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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] joshw0000:
Thank you for your hard work! I'll definitely reference this thread if I have any warranty issues with my S3 or Note 10.1.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] It_ler:
Here is a good suggestion of how to reset the flash counter and flash stock ROM => http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33744281&postcount=1847

The clue is not to reboot normally after resetting the counter with TriangleAway app.

Boot into download mode after using TriangleAway app and flash the stock ROM with Odin.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Tkbf:
What people talk about "status", there are actually 2 status, one can be seen in the download mode, another is in the Settings/About device/Status/Device status of Android system.

As far as I know, what Triangle Away will reset for you is the status in download mode. If you have stock kernel, the status in it will be official and flash count can be reset to 0, and this state keep your warranty intact. While if you have custom kernel, like CWM one etc., you may have auto reset option appear in TA, but TA will only keep the count to 1, and that's because of YOUR custom kernel, not an error of TA.

If you flash stock ROM after root, you lost your root, right? So you should flash stock kernel, not entire ROM, unless you are going to prepare to claim warranty.

Regarding another status in the Settings, it is not the place where TA can help you, if you root your device, then it will become Modified, sometimes I saw it Normal but it is Modified most time. And this break OTA.

Just my understanding, please correct me if I am wrong.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jj92942000:
To clarify above. Once you TA and reset counter to 0 you can get stock OTA or full rom from sammobile. Using mobile odin pro with everroot you can flash it and counter stays at 0 and status stays REGULAR! I also flash CF-root after and install CWM and above stays as is. Never updated binaries as it'll changed REGULAR to Modified. Counter will never change with mobile odin only PC odin.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lownita:
Hi

I want to unroot my phone and flash branded 4.0.4 firmware for warranty. Is it ok to use triangleaway while running the branded fimrware? (it is galaxy s3 i9300).

cheers
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mustasusi:
Hello,

I'm a proud owner of the Galaxy Note II Korean model (AKA SHV-E250S)

The last few days volunteered to make a couple of flash-tests on my phone related to an on-going project developed by forum member Mark Skippen (mskip). These tests were essential in order to let him know about the Korean technical characteristics and how to bypass those, making this device hack-able for performing technical tasks such as root and Nand on it.

He will soon add support for Korean variants to his project's interface, according to my results.

For the unusual amount of flashes during my tests, I need to reset the counter and cleanup the mess I did.

Can you provide a method optimized for my model? If you need 'ingredients' like stock image - Mark can provide you some.

Keep in mind that since there are 3 variants of Korean Note II S/K/L, mine is a K one and this to be tested and supported for now.

Best regards.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Chainfire:
I've had root for the E250* family available from my website already ( http://autoroot.chainfire.eu )

Triangle Away support will be coming soon (I've actually already finished it, but it's not published yet)

Please provide a Mobile Odin dump file for your device, I'm still missing those for the E210* and E250* families.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mustasusi:
Is this what you need?

It took about half an hour to generate this little file,

Will be a pleasure for me to test it...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] edwoo:
I think you're right but the key objective here is regardless of where that status is reset, how can we ensure that we get official OTA updates after root?

Someone suggested to reflash stock firmware after TA whereas someone else says just flash stock kernel. As a noob on android myself, would appreciate some guidance on which route to take
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] milandhal:
Hello sir I use s2 i9100g its counter 5 now any way to reset it ?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Tkbf:
Regarding OTA and root, I have the same objective with yours at first, until I read Chainfire's comment.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33709557&postcount=199

Well, to flash firmware or kernel, it totally depends on your need, as they lead to different result.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] bpwsource:
When Triangle Away support for the Korean E250 is published, will it work for all 3 variants - S/K/L?

Thanks so much!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kevindd992002:
Let me see if I get, TA is used only if I want to avail my warranty, right? Other than that, there is no other purpose?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chippyuk:
No, not necessarily true, there are several system functions that can/are blocked if a custom kernal/rom is detected for example, Allshare Cast.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mmurphmsu:
USB to PC Connection Issues

I hope someone can shed some light on this. I did do a search before posting and did not find anything related.

I have a Galaxy S3 AT&T version and can use Triangle away just fine. But I am trying to eliminate some things that is causing my phone to not show up when I connect it to my PC via USB cable and see it in Windows Explorer. I was using version 2.25 but have since downloaded the newest version.

I have to flash back to rooted stock to get the functionality back then root to my favorite custom ROM (CM10). I did that today, installed all my Play Store apps, install a few sided loaded ones, then ran Triangle away. After a few hours I plugged my phone back into my PC and I didn't get the USB connection. Could running Triangle away affect my USB connection?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mmurphmsu:
The issue was this app. I uninstalled it, rebooted and plugged back into my PC and I get my USB connection back. Is this an issue with the newest version?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kevindd992002:
Oh ok, I didn't know that. If I use CF root + CWM, am I considered to be using custom kernel?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chippyuk:
If you have a stock rom installed and the stock Kernal (you only have CF Root and CWM) then you are not using a custom Kernal and I think in your instance nothing will be blocked and you will just need to run TA whenever you load certain things via recovery etc... to reset the counter but only if you use any of the apps or funtions that Samsung blocks on modified devices otherwse you can quite happily keep using the device with the counter not being reset.

The difference here is that if you have a custom Kernal and in some instances a custom rom (I think) then every time you boot the phone sets the counter to 1 so in this instance you would set TA to reset the counter at boot, this is where TA is, in my view most useful as in my case I can use Allshare Cast (with a custom Kernal) without any issues (this is one app that detects if you have tinkered with your phone)

So for example on my I9305, I can have a custom Rom and the "STOCK" Kernal and all is good until I install certain things (not everyting) via recovey, then my counter may increase to 1 in which case I need to run TA to clear the counter so I can use Allshare Cast. It is not very often that this situation arises.

However if I have a custom Kernal installed then the phone sets the counter to 1 everytime it boots, so in this instance I set TA to reset the counter at boot and all is good.

One thing to remember with TA is that if you cannot see the counter details in the app itself (Current Ststus - cannot be determined) and you do not have the option to reset at boot then you are running the stock Kernal in which case your counter will stay at zero once reset via TA until you flash certain things like a custom Rom, after whch you only need to run TA once but as I said this is only necessary to allow certain functions which may be blocked if the counter is not zero.

Also, everytime you run TA to reset the counter, because of the way it works it will automatically set your counter to 1. The easiest way to determine if your counter is not zero is to watch for the little red "!" in the top left corner of the screen when you boot the phone, no "!" then your counter is zero!

Hope this helps a little.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kevindd992002:
Thanks. Well, I don't see a "!" in my s3 during boot but in Download Mode the counter is 1. What does that mean? I flashed via PC Odin which made the counter 1.

So you're saying that if TA cannot determine the status of the phone then I'm sure that my counter is already set to 0?

Aside from AllShare Cast, which apps are blocked when your counter is 1?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] onesolo:
how I wish that this could be true...

I flashed official uk rom via mobile odin, Status stayed Normal for a few days but I don't know why, didn't touch anything, status return to modified...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jj92942000:
Superuser changed something. Maine stayed normal until I updated my binaries.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chippyuk:
No, if TA cannot determine what the status is it means you are running the stock Kernal which in turn normally means that the counter will stay at zero after each boot providing you have reset it.

I think every time you go in to download mode it will set the counter to 1 as the phone recognises a non standard build at that stage.

Not sure about other apps but would assume that anything by Samsung which involves remote viewing of the phone may be affected simply so they are not responsible for copywrite infringements when playing movies etc in such a way that they could be ripped etc... This is purely assumption though. There was a user on another forum that stated other things were affected with non stock kernals but when prompted as to what they were, did not respnd.

Anyway, at the end of the day it is a great tool, if you use it daily, weekly, whenever and as you said before, invaluable if you ever want you return your phone under warranty.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] xSpeced:
Hi, I have the SHW-M440S. Triangle away doesnt work the way it is, you have to edit build.prop to GT-I9300 then do it.

If you do it without editing build.prop, it will throw you errors specifically "Could not find triangle and counter data".

This is on JB 4.1.1 M440SKSJLJ2, btw :)

Other wise, this is awesome!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Which version are you using? It should work on latest... if not, please post the output of "adb shell getprop" :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kevindd992002:
Ok. Can chainfire confirm this?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] wanlop:
Where is the option "Reset at boot" ?

Hi anyone,

I don't understand, Why don't have anyone can explain about the option "reset at boot" that is missing.

Please give me an answer or how to enable this option. This option is very important with me.

:crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chippyuk:
Read my post #1875 (a few above yours)

This option is only available with CUSTOM Kernals, it is not availabe on the stock Kernal!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] wanlop:
Thank you.

That mean I can't use this feature while I,m on preroot odex rom at note II right.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chippyuk:
If you have CWM then just see if there is a custom Kernal out there and flash that, this will give you the option but you really DO NOT need the option.....

....because without a custom Kernal your counter will not increase upon booting. Just reset the counter ONCE and you are good to go until you flash a new rom, after which just reset the counter again.

Rememember the counter only increases if you have a CUSTOM Kernal, without a Custom Kernal your counter will stay at zero upon boot.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] wanlop:
Chippyuk thank you very much,

you made ​​me understand everything.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Karthus:
Hi, I flashed the waname lite rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1705866&page=710 . And I cant reset my counter thru Triangle Away. What I did wrong? My counter is still 1 and my status info i modified :(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] noobsgs2:
I would really get rid of the yellow triangle but i dunno if do that since i am afraid of brick.... are there any report about bricked device?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] PIRATA!:
Hi to everyone.

I have some simple questions that might help also a lot of people here about the extreme needs of removing these messages, triangles, exclamation marks and counter numbers.

I will soon be on Gakaxy S3 i9300 international and would like to put root, alternative kernel, and CWM.

As I will use my device for personal use, I think I'll never care about messages or images or counters if they actually will NOT block any phone features and NOT show up during any phone activity (I mean while phone is at launcher and in regular use, and NOT while booting or in recovery or download mode where I really don't care of any of those messages!!)

In case of warranty needs, I think I would wipe my phone in any case, so bringing it to its original state would be for me a normal procedure.

Since these things I just said, while personal/common device use I immagine I should not care of any counter number or triangles or exlamation marks...right???????

Correct me if I'm wrong.

But...if I would like to have and receive OTA updates/messages of available updates, is there a way to have them or to try to have them with an i9300 with stock rom + root + alternative kernel + CWM???

What about if having an i9300 with modded rom + root + alternative kernel + CWM???

Thank you.

Ps: as I'd like to do things good, I'd like to prevent any bricking...so where can I get an USB JIG?? Just in case.... ;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] vavasound:
SHV-E210L brick....

Hi... I tried to use it on the SHV-E210L and it possible bricked my phone.

I don`t know why now the touch screen is not responsive anymore. I tried to install again the rom, I did the format and everything and nothing makes the screen be back again...

anyone has an idea what could be?

thanks...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chippyuk:
Where do you see the info that the counter is 1? Do you see this in the actual app or when you reboot your phone and go to the TA recovery screen?

If the latter then this is NORMAL! Every time you run TA, because of the way the program works running it increases your counter. So, run it once, reset the counter and that is it.

If you have a custom Kernal, then just select the option to reset at boot.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Charlemagne626:
I get parsing error whenever I try to run the apk... why?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] xaxidk:
I have an SHV-E210K and using TriangleAway seems to have bricked my phone as well.

The phone boots almost normally, but the touch screen is unresponsive. The physical buttons work, and I can restore and reflash the phone, but the touchscreen still doesn't work. The softkeys light up and I feel haptic feedback when I touch them, but they don't do anything either. I was running stock 4.1.1 (E210KKKJLK1) with root. The flash counter was not reset, so I can't take it in to a Samsung store. Any advice?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] vavasound:
Same symptom as mine

yes buddy... mine is in the exactly way as yours. I tried to flash up a custom rom that allow me to calibrate the screen on CWM but the touchscreen doesn`t recognize any finger... :(

Chainfire any clue???

:(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Also E210 ?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] xaxidk:
He said in an earlier post that he has an E210L.

I just took my phone to the Samsung store. Luckily they didn't check the flash counter. The technician told me it was not a software/firmware issue, but that the touchscreen was damaged. I didn't know that that was possible. The technician replaced my touchscreen and my phone works fine now.

Chainfire: When I used TriangleAway, the app could not detect the number of flashes and told me to do a special boot. The special boot started and the Samsung logo appeared, and then the image on the screen became distorted. There were horizontal lines through the Samsung logo, and then the logo started to split apart along the lines. After a while the screen turned black.

I waited about 10 minutes hoping that the phone would finish booting, but it didn't. After that, I restarted into download mode and used Odin to flash to stock. It worked, but the touchscreen was unresponsive after that.

Judging by my experience and vavasound's, I would advise E210* users on 4.1.1 to refrain from using TriangleAway until this issue is solved.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] vavasound:
Could you help me on that?

Chainfire, yes. E210L but I think that it doesn't matter since the K version had the same problem, at least if the TA could reset the counter but it didn't. Another question, how many times I have to flash into a custom rom to the Triangle message appears on the screen?

For information I was running the 4.0.4 instead 4.1.1 as Xaxidk.

Hey Xaxidk could you help me saying which exactly part did the technician changed? I think that was the screen with digitizer right?

I'm in doubt because I have a couple of options on ebay to try to fix my phone as well, since I took my phone to the Samsung store here and they told me that they don't work with imported phones even if I paying the fix. (dumbs...)

expensive option:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Samsung...556?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337dab0af4

Another doubt that I have is if the screen is the same for the GT-I9300, I'm afraid to buy it and it doesn't work an I spend more money on the cell...

I really appreciate your help.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chippyuk:
Seems strange to me that TA could cause a hardware fault like this by "blowing" the cap sensor/interface. Just being objective but could it be connected to just rebooting the phone/current surge rather than TA itself along with faulty hardware to start with?

Perhaps someone familiar with the electronics of the phone can comment, just out of interest!

EDIT: @vavasound, google replacing the screen as from what I have seen it is all bonded together and quite a nightmare to get the front panel off. If money is not an object then you may be better off replacing the whole screen rather than trying to to get the front glass off and doing it from the back of the phone (pushing the screen out from the back)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] PIRATA!:
Please let me know. Thank you.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] vavasound:
Well I'm at work now...

well... I know... it won't be a easy thing ...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] fakhersidhu:
wow......

Worked perfectly on my S2 I9100 :)

With Dori Kernel 7.16 and RR 3.1.2 :)

Thank alot chainfire :) perfect app :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CBers:
As the new Nexus 10 is a SAMSUNG build, do you think they will have put their "flash counter" on the device ??

TIA.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] xaxidk:
The technician replaced the digitizer/LCD assembly. I don't know if that screen will be compatible with your phone. I know the E210 phones use completely different batteries than the USA phones; the screen assembly is probably different as well.

@chippyuk: Yeah, it doesn't seem likely that an app such as TriangleAway would ever cause physical damage, but it can't be a coincidence that both my phone and vavasound's would fail in the same manner after using TriangleAway.

My flash counter still isn't reset, but I'm not about to push my luck again. :(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kiwiandy:
N7100 SG Note II

Im not sure what the benefit is from using triangle away?

I purchased it and when I run it there is a message that it cannot reset all cpunters.

My counter is always at 1 before and after I run triangle away.

Am I missing doing something?.. or did I buy an app that isnt able to do anything for me?

I am running everything stock, just rooted.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Narhim:
If you use triangle away then go to download mode to check the counter. Using triangle increases the counter just due to the nature of the process... So if you go via triangle to check the counter it will always be minimum 1.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Chronos1121:
I can't understand. I have N7100 (int) latest ALJ3 rom and just rooted it with SuperSu and stock recovery. Installed Triangleaway and it said to boot into special mode bla.bla.

After everything was done I booted into download mode with 3 buttons pressed but there is still counter remaining on 1 and modified.

What possibly was wrong/
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chippyuk:
EDIT: Do you have a custom Kernal?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jj92942000:
Updated to Dlj4 had issues with root all resolved, reset counter to 0 from 8 no issues ty. Great app
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Chronos1121:
nope, just used Samsung toolkit v2 to root the device
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chippyuk:
mmm, not sure then hopefully CF can sort this one out!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Chronos1121:
Finally figured out the problem. Samsung toolkit install insecure boot image when rooting. If not reverted to stock after root manually then Triangle doesn't work.

Fixed mine now, counter shows 0.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] sarbe:
Not true, having a stock kernel will keep counter at 0, having a custom one it will always be 1.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Narhim:
Ah you used the tool :) I think for most the easiest way is via cf-auto-root because it's the one button action. Thought you did it via cf method... Good to hear it resolved :thumbup:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] soraxx:
Does it works for SIII Mini?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] slicingtaco:
Worked just fine on my friends SGH-i777 (AT&T S II) on JB (4.1.2)

PS: @Chainfire add it onto the list....:p:good:

TriangleAway v2.36
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Narhim:
Yes. However you have to check from download mode, not via triangle...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Longcat14:
Being a Nexus device, I seriously doubt there will be a flash counter.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] sarbe:
No you can reboot with TA into its recovery and view it there.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kiwiandy:
I did use download mode after triangle away.. and the counter was set to 1.:confused:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] scifan:
Seems to work fine under the new JB for Tmo S3... however, I keep having it reset when I boot into the rom... downgrading to ICS to see if the behavior changes back to what I experienced previously...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] WhoWhere:
I'm having the same issue on my Tmo s3. It looks like Samsung may have changed something.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chippyuk:
This is not the case and is mentioned many times in the forum. The way TA works is that by accessing the bootloader it itself will set the counter to 1.

EDIT: Just read the above few posts, the only excption to this is obviously if you are running a custom Kernal and have TA set to reset couter at boot. :)

---------- Post added at 11:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:58 AM ----------

When you say "having it reset when I boot"? Do you mean you have set TA to reset the counter at boot? This is the way to do it if you have a custom Kernal.