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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] csradley:
Need help on counter reset

Hi Guys,

I am a new at this so bare with me......

Purchased Note I717 from Att with ICS installed. Went back to Gingerbread and now would like to reset my counter. I have installed the root file and installed CWM. I downloaded the counter reset zip and placed it on my SD card in the phone. Now can someone please walk me through the steps needed to get this completed? I have tried selecting rebooting into recovery from the cwm phone program and it does not do anything. I power off the phone, hold up/down volume keys and hold power button, wait for vibrate and release power button and hold up/down keys until android recovery appears. Now what do I do? I have tried going to install update from SD card/ then going to external sd and selecting the /... file but it does not do anything.

I must be missing something here...:confused:. Please advise.

Thanks!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
Sounds like you have stock 3e recovery, not cwm.

Gubment Cheeze
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] g00p:
worked great for me. Thanks for your work on this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] henryko:
This is the exact question I wanna ask too!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] holeshot77:
This work using PA JB and TWRP?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tat2messiah:
I need to know if it works with twrp also

Sent From My Rockin Samsung Galaxy Note
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Wondering if I can run this on rooted-stock official ICS 4.0.4 AT&T Note. It's rooted and my flash count is 1. My phone no longer charges and I need to send it in for a replacement. Also, if I need to be rooted, flash this, then unroot, won't it be 1 again? Should I just unroot, send it in and hope for the best?

This is how I rooted: http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...y-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] KariemSoudy:
i did it on GT-N7000

Guys i did update from zip file on my galaxy note GT-N7000 on rooted GB stock rom,

then my phone is dead, no power on no recovery no charging, NOTHING, can anyone tell me what to do PLEASE :(((

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Hey man, i'm afraid i did it on GT-N7000, now it have a black screen, nothing seems to work, no sign of life, please please please tell me what to do, i owe you man
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lunadomain:
The same here, any one knows if we can use this?

I have the same as you; Official 4.0.4 AT&T Note. I want to know if I can flash this to reset my counter.

Thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
I took the plunge. It worked.

Sent from my phablet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Put it in download mode and then you'd have to restore everything back to stock through Odin. There are threads on how to do so. It will get your phone up and running
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
This whole day I've been trying to go from 2.3.6 to 4.0.4 via Kies. I keep trying but it keeps saying I have a tripped counter so I can't upgrade. Can I flash it at stock with the stock recovery? This doesn't make sense.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tat2messiah:
I believe you need to install cwm or trwp recovery to flash this
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] borijess:
I use triangle away from the market and it worked.

Sent from the TermiNOTEr 2! ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] papabear:
Use odin to flash like above.

This.. best couple bucks I've spent in a long time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Prfndhatrdofman:
Anyone know if this will work on the T-Mobile Note?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
So I got my new ATT Note. I compared the recoveries I got from this thread, and they are different. Does anyone have the latest recovery for ICS on ATT? The one I flashed on my old Note uses Home button to select options, new Note uses the "wake up" button. Also the menu options are rearranged. I think the recover I got is for Gingerbread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] MoJoe277:
Doesn't mater which version of recovery you use. You could use twrp recovery if you wanted. Much better than cwm anyways.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
I'm warranty exchanging. I had CWM and flashed a stock recovery I found in this thread but it is an old one..

Sent from my phablet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] VoluntaryMan:
I doubt they'll even notice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Thanks. Took the plunge and just sent it back. They'll probably just shred it anyways.

Sent from my phablet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vintage144:
Is there a reason I need this ? Im not with att anymore , and I dont care samnsung knows how many flashes i make , not if it stops at 255 that would be a different story
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
No. Samsung only "knows" if you send your phone in for replacement or repair. If the counter is tripped, you voided your warranty and they don't have to fix it and can charge you full price for a new phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wase4711:
but, there has NEVER been a single report of them doing that, so I don't have a clue why anyone bothers resetting the counter to zero...paranoia strikes deep....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Only takes one. The amount of effort or (lack there of) it takes to reset it is worth it IMO. If you have an extra $550 to burn, then be my guest.

They put the flash counter in there foror a reason.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wase4711:
I'll loan you my tin foil hat if it makes you feel better...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ciespi:
Will this Work with TWRP ??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sholsten:
Yes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CB620:
I use Triangle Away. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] abumaha:
what about europen note n7000?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mpgrimes:
Wanted to say thanks for this, worked great. Had my note for 2 days and it was at 15 already
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bouzouki:
does triangle away work with the i717? att? i thought that it didnt work with it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] MoJoe277:
So....anyone willing to try this on the new 4.1.2 update? I know it works fine on GB and ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] zivan56:
It works fine (I did it twice), it really has nothing to do with the OS but the bootloader partition instead.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
Nope.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] super-user2.3:
does the update.zip work for other samsung devices such as the tab 3 7.0" ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Talentooman:
[MENTION=2898906]braway[/MENTION] is it working on samsung galaxy s7 edge? :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hhaawwkk:
Can I flash it on any android device

Plz reply. me thanks in advance
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cnckck58:
Thank u Braway works like a charm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ahmarchi:
Man we need to grt braway an att note
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] StyleUkno:
Awesome! thanks Braway. I would donate but i am banned from Paypal :(...loong story short i was scammed by a Nigerian and my account was banned.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mastibeta:
Disbale signature verification in your cwm, its in the menu after selecting install from zip.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 00mred00:
I will check and see when we have another upgrade coming up. I dont mind using one To get him one.

I dont think it is until august tho.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] s1mpd1ddy:
donated what little I could... It's not much but it's a start.

You the man Braway.

Unique Transaction ID # 4SM31194WL726760V
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Dsmforlife92:
Just flashed and worked perfect, thanks for your hard work. I hope you can get the note soon, I will be donating on Friday when I get paid.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DAGr8:
well the admins have locked down a second bounty thread so we gonan look for anohter method to get him a note .. in the meantime

Confirmation number: 5BV38954VG871803B
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] iakeco:
I will flash it when I get home. Thanks for your hard work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] RMXO:
donated $10

Confirmation number: 273639947T813681A

keep up the good work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Rocket42:
Wow. You cease to amaze me. Thank you very much. I did donate to you about a month ago but i am deff going to try to send u a lil somthing again.

Again....many thanks.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 1tontomato:
You forgot the word "never" between you and cease, but yea "mad props"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] raitchison:
My Note's not rooted (yet) and even when I do root I won't have to sweat the flash counter but this is incredibly helpful to the community as a whole so I had to throw a bit your way to hopefully help get a device in your hands or at least buy you a <insert preferred beverage here>

1VM84763126840317
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jesse6749:
Thanks Braway!!!, I just flashed this and my counter went from 5 to 0.

I atached a pic of my counter being back to 0 :p.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] pj_rage:
Just to clarify based on your fun facts... this will reset the flash counter, but Samsung will still know that we had flashed the device with *something* (but may not know what)? So they could theoretically still deny warranty based on that even if the flash counter says 0?

Or does resetting the flash counter prevent Samsung from knowing anything about us ever flashing the device?

It wasn't clear if the fun facts were pre or post flash counter removal, or both, that's all.

Thanks for your hard work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ukic:
This.

Once again, no bounty was posted. No request for funding for the said device. This dev doesn't own the device but still got a working mod. Braway deserves these damn donations. Great work man. Tyvm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
WOW!!!! Great Job Braway!!!!!! Thank you so much for your unselfish work on this phone! You are appreciated. And I would love to help put a note in your hands!!! Someone take the reigns on this and let's see how far we can get.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] keilbaca:
Amazing work. I can now flash TPC Note onto my Note and not have to worry about triggering the counter. Major props, and I can't wait until we can get a note in your hands, to see what you can do with it :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jesse6749:
Ukic - Yeah I agree and is why I donated to Braway last week on his CWM recovery thread as a thank you for his great work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] borijess:
This guy is simply ridiculous! :eek: Awesome job!

Sent from the TermiNOTEr! ;-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
maybe I wasn't clear enough, i'll try to clarify it

if you flash through odin (like a kernel or recovery) a counter will increase.

basically there is a counter for every kernel flash, for every recovery flash

and possibly for other flashes as well (modem, ...) (not for system though)

So basically samsung (or someone who knows how to read that stuff) can tell at least the following data:

- did you flash something custom

- how many kernels and recoveries (and possibly other stuff) did you flash

- what was flashed last (like was a kernel flashed the last time)

the method described in the op resets that data back to stock, so basically samsung should not be able to tell that you flashed anything custom anymore

of course, if you leave a custom rom on the phone, then they will still be able to tell... ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] borijess:
If I flash this do I lose all my rom settings and app data?

Sent from the TermiNOTEr! ;-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
you shouldn't

its only bootloader related
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
WOW

where do i donate?

i havent used this yet, been waiting on TP2 and the other rom to knock out kinks, but I know i will use this!!

good job!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DAGr8:
We got it already :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] s1mpd1ddy:
just flashed this.. worked beeautiiffuully ---

man .. i need to get to your guys level somehow. maybe one day. I'm still working on guis in netbeans haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 00mred00:
Why were we able to do so in the skyrocket thread hrmmm...

Regardless....when I get paid on Friday I am making a donation...and tonight putting a donation link in my sig

Hell I may donate tonight via a credit card if I can find one that isnt maxed out
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] unibomber:
We need a telus one too
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] andysubie:
So my question is do i flash like a regular zip file or do i have to do something else?? Im scared in this whole process of messing with the bootloader!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] borijess:
Flash like any other zip with CWM. No big deal takes less than 20 seconds.

Sent from the TermiNOTEr! ;-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Plexicle:
Put the zip on your internal SD.

Flash via CWM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yglup:
Don't know if Ill ever need this, but you're the man!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] andysubie:
Awesome job!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] carlospr21:
ur a beast bro doing this blind without owning a note guys we should get him a note first CWM now this cool bro keep up the great work u have done for the note community without owning a GNOTE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] urbanshadow:
If nobody offers himself I'll exchange my phone for a new one this weekend and we can go from there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 00mred00:
I think they got one
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] flappjaxxx:
Bravo sir! Excellent Work!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bbgt2:
PM sent. Simply amazed with what he has done without even having the Note. Imagine what he can do for us if we help him get one. wow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] keplenk:
Braway .. thank you for this. Even though I used mashi method to flash custom roms.

You gave me .. balls .. balls

Balls to flash it without being scared of counter increase.

For that I will donate so you'll get a note soon!

Thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jshinn1:
Just sent you 20 bucks as soon as i saw this awesome job man

Id# 0NB24467H8591392B
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Tomdg07:
Thank You

Confirmation number: 8D632796JB749350D. (small amount don't take it as an insult I'm broke)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lo0n:
This worked flawlessly, thanks braway! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Coffinfeeder:
You guys are doing such awesome work with this phone. I won't forget everything that everyone has done and as soon as I start working in the next few weeks you guys will be getting donations.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
a small token!

A small token of appreciation for all your efforts on our behalf. Hope you get hold of a note soon! And thank you.:)

Confirmation number: 7YD77271T7687131S

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Didn't your mother ever tell you it's not the size but the thought that counts! ;)

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So, a simple flash. Install complete. So How do I find the flash counter and if this worked?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dumbquestion:
put your phone in download mode
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lo0n:
Boot into download mode and check it there.

sent from the all-mighty note via xda
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] The Saint Hyoga:
Thanks!!!!!!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Confirmed- says on stock and no flashes. Very cool!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ScooterG:
Get everyone over to rootzwiki.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717

Cheers: 41E83535S6754602U
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yemiforest:
You da man
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Deadclown:
*HOLDS NOSE* Okay going to dive in..... Wish me luck

EDIT: You are the man!

Confirmation number: 4FJ81865576325806
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] carlospr21:
Hope we can get u the note soon u deserve it bro thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SkipKelley:
Thanks

Worked like a champ. Appreciation #79755905BT617351W
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bsw11:
The one thing I am unclear about is - So What?

Exactly what can happen to you if your flash counter is not 0?

Does ATT send out a team of hit men?

Or is this just in case you ever have to return your phone?

Any details would be great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] van131:
lol I dont see a reason to reset unless your sending the phone back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bbgt2:
I don't care about resetting it either. I am simply amazed at OP doing this without having the phone. I'm prolly at 60 + on the counter, take it and say ahhhhh ATT!

sent from the phablet aka the Note
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] djwascom33:
Your the Man we need to get you a NOTE

Worked perfectly. I will be sending some $$$ your way on the first. Thanks again :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] zancro:
Great work, braway. Zip worked smoothly, counter reset to zero. Sent a small donation, hope you get the Note soon. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lrwjr1964:
It worked like a charm. Made a donation.

Confirmation number: 88H20300HM769804E
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] renohawj:
Awesome work my man!! Donated!! confirmation: 2RS87970JA2748909
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bataga:
Does this work for the skyrocket? My brother has one and I was trying to help him out
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
the files themselves, probably not

the method itself should be similar though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DAGr8:
ok I bricked my device using this so stop donating to him and help me fund my new note .....

NOT .

lol j/k worked fawlessy on my rogers , it takes cohones to be the first tho I confirm you that .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 00mred00:
Haha

Ha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
ok, like DAGr8 said, the rogers version is up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gotshoaib:
Well, i have Stock Rogers with 0 flash counter.

I can help if i am directed how to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 1tontomato:
Get yourself a note already thanks a bunch. Donation

898603460F8682634.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] xda1zero:
working here, thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] crielstar:
Will the reset work on telus?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
NO!

We would need some data from a "virgin" (aka no flash counter) telus phone first.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] big_mac_69:
Would love this for Bell version. I have a Bell i717 that's completely virgin, no root or recovery. Can get you the data if you tell me how.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] californiarailroader:
Thank you for this Braway, it worked great!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 1mile:
This is great. When will the bell be released. Im assuming I can use rogers one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
I assume that telus, bell and rogers are different

i need some raw data first from telus and bell first, before I can release it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cdshepherd:
Thank You so much. I went out on a limb And flashed this on my att skyrocket, since the two devices are almost just alike(other than screen size) And it worked. My flash counter is now at ZERO. You should spread the word. I can say for sure that it works on the att skyrocket:D

Thanks again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] UnicornKaz:
Just to let you know... I have the BELL version and the original AT&T version file (flash_counter_reset_att.zip) is working fine !! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] DAGr8:
your nuts .

but please more info .. di dyou flash straight the note's att zip on your phone ? or you changed its content ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] songyop:
It worked like a charm!

I hope you get your Note soon with all these donations heading your way!

Here's my small token of appreciation for this and for CWM.:D

Confirmation num:Dber: 7AA96696U2725670C.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
Oo

well, I know for sure that rogers and at&t are different,

they might work, but they are different :> (some data has a different offset, not the counter data itself, but some other data, also the id is different)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Envy Diz:
I also confirmed it worked flashing through CWM, the AT&T .zip. Thanks again!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] brittoking:
Xda member "Cdshepard" tried it with success

Please hit THANKS button if I help you, I have very low self esteem, and I crave validation! Sent from my Team EOS ICS Xoom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 1mile:
well guys i gave it a try. I'm on bell and used at&t and flashed fine. count is back at 0
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Phoneguy589:
Just letting you know....Thanks, Worked great!

Transaction ID # 1RD17580YY923211X
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] PeartFan40:
What kind of screen protector are you using? From my perspective, your screen has a texture to it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kaishi00:
Probably zagg

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tyler79durdan:
Thank you... Working great
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] KLUVJ:
so using the att with bell has zero negative effects？ and wont manipulate any part of the system into like the att version？ thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
i have not received any data from bell yet,

but I guess that there are differences (there are quite a few between at&t and Rogers)

i do not encourage people to flash this, if it is not for their phone. (Same with the skyrocket, but we fixed that already)

So if someone wants to contribute the missing data (Bell & Telus), drop me a PM.

BUT(!) you have to have no flash counter (d'uh), you have to be rooted and have adb installed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] odeccacccp:
Maybe a stupid question, but how do I check my flash counter value?

by looking at the posted screen shot, my is exactly the same just has i727R, I have not flashed this yet, but flash rom's every day, how can I check how many flashes I've done?

and also why is it important, only for warranty?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] assaace:
You can check on the download mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] odeccacccp:
That's the question, my says Binary=No, ...=Samsung Binary, is that it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nique0201:
will the no triangle app from my epic 4g touch work now that we have a ics rom??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
depends,

if you replaced the bootloader then I would not try this method.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] californiarailroader:
So it should work if we flashed DAG's version of ICS?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
yes,

as long as you only replaced the kernel & system (like DAGr8's ics rom is doing),

then you can use that.

If you flashed ics using the odin update, then, well, i don't know what will happen.

it might work, it might not work, depends how much they changed with the bootloader.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] californiarailroader:
No, I flashed DAG's ROM on CWM from the get go, looks like I'm good there, thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] vanemburghj:
Am RMAing my phone spotty issues getting worse and counter is not at zero. Have Odin the complete stock ROM with Stock CWM. Would like to get counter back to zero before I return it.

Choices I have are:

reboot system now

apply update from sdcard

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

tes redbend fota[FS]

Which one turns off signature verification?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ahmarchi:
this still working on ICS?

stupid of me: i read wrong thread and not here, answered my own question forgive me for noobness!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] braway:
looks like you have the stock recovery...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] vanemburghj:
Ok, so only works with after market CWM, how would I get stock CWM back on the phone before I RMA it or just hope they are happy counter is at zero?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ahmarchi:
we can just wait as well guys, i remember DA_G said this can be done with ICS, so it wont be much longer until a counter reset is released for the new bootloader introduced