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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crozar:
im afraid to tell u im sorry , but this is the truth , im asking the questions , if u are under my territory in my specialty or physics i will be the one helping u more then telling u to just read a bunch of books, i will elaborate an explain in simple forms like i have said in my previous posts that may helped people like me old pals , take a look at my info how its explained for instant this even though its not a concerete answer in the same time im asking this question that has a simple explanation within it for the people not on the smart phone android genre this will be useful unless u guys dont know what OS means or have nothing to do with linux in the first place

those terms ur giving me in ur post is not my concerns , only the above terms i have mentioned and requoted in my post above is the one that i am in need of , if theirs no help here , it doesnt matter because this phone doesnt control my life i can always go buy a new one or ditch everything even this forum itself , the only thing i can do is donate with simplicity from my phone to these developers thats the only contribution i do for them , and i dont donate cheaply since thats my gift.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crozar:
Settings > backup and reset > factory settings reset

Will this restore my phone to the way I purchased it? My phone is rooted with auto-root I can go in super su and uninstall it before reseting.

Need it back to factory to perform update of 4.1.1 to 4.1.2

Why all the mess of information when a simple thing requires an effort?

My question in my previous posts requires attention plz. This was never discussed in a normal language everyone using terms not of the old generation basic computer world
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanDroidian:
Yes sir, boss.

Anything else we can do for you, Mister Johnson?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crozar:
no need to be disrespectful , mocking a person who makes a living and has passion to care for donating whenever theirs a chance i dont mean once an just , something like i do in quakelive.com i am the same person of the premium tokens give aways , u can google premium tokens give away quakelive and see my nick , over 1000$ , its because i dont have the time to contribute with knowledge like the old days when i was idling in ubuntu channel helping newborns ... we dont need to open a mayhem of subjects just to know if this guy is worth helping or not , helping concepts differs , im asking a question in a diffrent manner of how i see things , Operating System is ROM? does safebox reset factory setting in samsung reinstalls the factory operating system and default values and cvars back to its origin ? i am asking these questions to see a better solution to what u guys propose in flashing and i dunno what ur terms of callsigns that u understand.

because as for me if my theory is correct once u clarify if safebox within samsung reinstalls its values + default origin operating system from purchase , then its simple to just do that and update then re-root with auto-root tutorial and install t1tan1um backup and get back things to the way it was.

Thanks in advanced
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primusmagestri:
Hi there,

I've reached this thread in search of an answer to one of my problems, not being able to search for updates through OTA (taking too long or just stating my device is modified). I was actually not able to do it through KIES either for some different reason.

indeed, rooting is not that friendly anymore on newer Samsung devices and newer versions of Android. Samsung now has several ways to tell you've changed something to your device (flashed a custom ROM or just a kernel or whatnot) so they can refuse servicing or at least blame the problems on the user and his wicked ways :laugh: in some cases they'd be right in others they're just covering own arses.

enough with the prelude, to keep the explanation as simple as possible:

1. factory reset (wipe data/cache)

2. flash a stock ROM

3. apply the CSC you want if its a multi-CSC ROM (do it now before installing apps since it's wiping data once again)

4. get the ExynosAbuse application mentioned in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2050297 and install it. it uses an exploit to root your device (inject su binary to system and install SuperSu application).

5. install TriangleAway and use it to reset counter/statuses. you may then boot again to Download mode to see if statuses indicate 'Official' and counter says 'No'

6. system may still appear modified because of the su binary. open SuperSu and choose to 'Full unroot' which will remove SuperSu and the su binary.

as opposed to other means of rooting, ExynosAbuse really does not change the kernel or the ROM so no matter how much you use it to root/unroot you're not going to have the device show as modified so OTA should be available. still, it won't be available forever :D

good luck!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crozar:
Wish some one reply to my last post
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crozar:
Ok since my theory is correct, flashing stock ROM is basically installing stock ROM to ur device.

What is wrong with the safe box why can't it reinstall normally like an I phones safe box recovery method. Avoids the stress to seek what a company should have putten in the device in first place for emergencies. Let's say I'm stuck in a forrest or something this is absurd waiting for a suitable explanation
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Don`t have time to read all the posts here, so what do you want:

1. Return to full stock with no root?

2. Keep root and just update to 4.1.2?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primusmagestri:
what's this safebox you're talking about?

regardless, I've listed a procedure that could get your device to 'untouched' state. there are a few flags and a counter that Samsung uses to track what you've done. TriangleAway helps clean those but unfortunately merely booting a changed ROM (operating system) would get those flags back to custom because the verification is made by the bootloader :( and until recently there were no good means to gain the root access that TriangleAway required, no means of doing that without changing the system; that was a vicious circle.

Luckily the memory access exploit has been found and ExynosAbuse built upon it to inject the su binary to the system thus giving TriangleAway what it was missing.

so now you can write the stock ROM, flags would be changed, counter incremented but then you are able to use ExynosAbuse+TriangleAway to clear/clean that so that your device appears to be untouched.

isn't this answering your question?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crozar:
Yes return to full stock with no root.

Can't the safe box reset option from Samsung devices reinstalls the stock ROM? I am already rooted with auto root I have super su installed and I have triangle away. I already rested counter now I can fully uninstall root once I'm clarified to get on with the process of getting my phone back to untouched state
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I have no idea what you mean by safebox to be honest.

To retun to stock:

1. Flash the latest Note2Core kernel, see Original thread

2. Reset the counter with Triangle Away

3. Flash the latest stock with Odin for your country/region

4. After bootup do a data/factory reset in backup and restore.

5. Reboot and the status should say Normal so you can receive OTA`s an update with Kies.

Save important files to the external sd card or pc first!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primusmagestri:
isn't flashing whatever with Odin (even stock ROMs) incrementing the counter?

i'm talking about the flags and counter shown in download mode.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No, flashing official firmware with Odin doesn`t raise the counter, only when flashing custom rom`s or kernels.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primusmagestri:
ok but mere booting a custom kernel (like the one you suggested) isn't it bringing the flags to custom?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No it will not, flashing Stock rom and doing a data/factory reset however will. Note2Core is the only kernel that resets the counter to 0 right away. With other kernels you have to flash the firmware twice. That`s the reason.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crozar:
Thanks for the help but this is frustrating all the things I got to do just to update a phone. I may forget about updating phone and keep it to the way it is.. Rooted on 4.1.1
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primusmagestri:
ExynosAbuse+TriangleAway is pretty simple...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanDroidian:
Where can I buy a safe box?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MobileJesus:
I used MobileOdin with the Polish 4.1.2, kept root and now I don't have the 'modified' message anymore (:

No data wipe needed.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanDroidian:
Luckily, you're wrong!

I just rooted mine with the exynosabuse apk and still have root AND can get OTA updates, AND device status is NORMAL.

This is all after a reboot, so no glitch or anything..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Isriam:
This is easy to fix. Here's what I did. I am on rooted stock firmware that updates.

Root

Triangle Away

Wipe Data and Cache

This fixed my stock rom to allow updates again. I also purchased mobile odin pro, and I can download new updates from India or wherever and flash them before update is available from my region.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekxxx:
I had the same problem of system status showing modified on my N7100 after rooting it using Exynosabuse 1.40. I installed supersu pro and activated the survival mode. Rebooted my phone and the status turned back to normal. I'm currenty on stock android rom 4.1.2 with stock recovery.

EDIT: I also noticed that havng an app that requires root permission on boot (like o the enabling the root feature on better batter stats) causes the staus to be 'modified'.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whmcal:
For those getting this message who are not rooted. Try taking out your sd card...worked for me. My Sd card was faulty. Once removed, I get the usual 'latest software installed' message rather than 'your device has been modified'. .
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SadHeroXIII:
Modified and can't use USB ( No Root )

Hello everybody,,

I have this problem and can't live without solving it,

I'm not rooting my phone !!

I can't even connect my Note ii to computer

what the hell is Is this ?

Why we got this problem ??

I don't do anything to my phone !!

Samsung must be paid for it >_<

If anyone have an idea to solve this, then tell us plz
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naveenvijay:
Sorry noob question but how to wipe data and cache?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SadHeroXIII:
you need to go to recovery menu

while your device is turned off, press power + volume up + home

and you will find everything by yourself,,

for me, I'm not rooting my phone and I don't want to erase my data,

I really need evething in my phone,

I don't have that time to replace everything !!

In fact why I get this problem ??

I don't do anything to my phone !!

Like what I said before, I can't even connece it to my laptop !!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SadHeroXIII:
The problem have been fixed

Finally,

My Note ii return to Normal :o

I'm not rooting my phone,

What I do is going to recovery menu ( power + volume up + home ),

then wipe cache,

so finally my problem solved without losing any information or data ^_^

I hope u don't get this problem, and if you have, try doing above, it may help you :good:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poyzzone:
Ihave the same problem and more ... :(

Hi guys.

I have a problem / questions. I made two big mistakes I think, I don't made a backup when I root and 2, I installed a version from somewhere in UAE.

Now, I got this phone subscription from Orange Romania, and have N7100XXALJ2 version, now has JRO03C.N7100XXALJ3

The phone works ok, but it appears at the bottom UAE TRA ID: xxxxxx TA: xxxxxx

I will attach a picture for more details.

Heaven help those / one who can help me reinstall the original version or an update authentic Orange RO or something compatitbil from Europe.

Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Inach:
Can you plug your device and see what Kies shows on the current firmware? I'm interested in the code in the brackets after CSC, because I also bought the phone from Orange but I have the csc COA which is Cosmote not ORO. Anyway you can find both firmwares here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3 and follow the guide to flash and reset counter if you need to here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JezzeB:
Hello, got a question , I bought my note 2 last week and the guy I bought it from had rooted it. Stock ROM is still it and I want to keep it. When I checked let's say yesterday for new updates ota it immediately sad no update your device is running the latest software or something. Now after reading this topic I checked again for update ota it sad , your device is modified no update available, bla bla bla. So I ran the triangle away and rebooted, and now it is searching for a update only it takes for ever and I haven't got the message yet that says , your device is on the latest software or something. Is this good or is this bad? I'm in Holland BTW , maybe this is important to know. Tnx guys....

Verstuurd van mijn GT-N7100 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JezzeB:
It still take ages to search for update with no ending. Beats me

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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark.Soul085:
Iv tried many times to resolve this and here is what i found :

Rooting will disable OTA updates

The system status can be changed to official after resetting the counter with Triangle Away BUT each time you boot into (CWM) Recovery the counter will be increased.and the status will be modified again.

The only way that worked for me to get the OTA updates back :

Reset the counter with Triangle away

Install stock recovery ,

Flash Stock Rom which means Unroot your phone.

---------- Post added at 10:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:31 PM ----------

I had this issue before Make sure you have a stock recovery installed not CWM , Reflash a stock Rom and Factory reset "Make Backup first"" then you ll get OTA updates back
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JezzeB:
Tnx, you mean flash a stock ROM with Odin?

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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark.Soul085:
Yes FIRST make a BACKUP of your data to your SD card.

Reset the counter with Triangle away then flash a stock Rom with Odin ,

Finally after flashing the Rom make factory reset from '' settings - Backup and reset'

This should give you the OTA updates back and your system status will be official.

Notice that this will unroot your phone and erase all your data
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BratPAQ:
Triangle Away has a tool to remove the "Modified" status temporarily.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JezzeB:
Tnx bra tried it and now I get a message that I have 2 wait for my turn or something so I guess it worked

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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Indisent:
No OTA after ROOT

So at the end of the day it looks like if you ROOT your device, then you can't do OTA. Is that correct?

That's fine for me since I'm going to go to the ARHD ROM when it's available for T-Mobile phones. Here's the question though.

Does Samsung do this to discourage ROOTING or is this a bug?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primusmagestri:
They constantly add validations to discourage rooting. With root access you have a few more options on messing your device so they want to know if you did it. Of course there may be false claims since meer rooting doesn't break anything. Runing stupid apps that require root access for stupid reasons, that's what may break the phone :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BratPAQ:
Makes sense, dont you think? You have rooted your device, samsung didnt know what adjustment you have made to system files, samsung update might mess up your system.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gi3M0:
Question.Can I install stock recovery over custom recovery (redpill kernel on custom rom) and then the original rom?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primusmagestri:
That's why I can't entirely blame them for refusing warranty :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JezzeB:
Is it possible to format internal storage and then use Odin to flash ROM? Or do I have 2 save some files that may not be deleted. My problem is this, the internal SD has about 10 gig that can be used, I have 3.7 gig free but I have only used about 2.5 gig, so I'm missing 4 gig.

So I want 2 format and start from scratch.

Maybe I post this in the wrong section, forgive for this.

Verstuurd van mijn GT-N7100 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SadHeroXIII:
r there any final solution for this problem ?

the problem solved for me, but again it returns !!

We do not do anything harmful for the device, no root no anything!!

so, we must call samsung > I don't know how, so I ask >

they must reply on us !!!

we have bought this phone not to get stupid problems !

we can't wait anymore !!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyanide911:
I started having this problem, I factory resetted my phone twice, but I'm still having this issue. Never rooted or anything...!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UtkarshGupta:
If you have never rooted then give your device to service center
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shalabi49:
Hello all,

I've been having the same problem, searching for solution for weeks now.

My note II is rooted using CF method, & it was showing modified.

I rebooted into Recovery mode and cleared cashe partition. Rebooted phone and Hasta La Vista... It was back to normal.

Checked for updates and downloaded everything no problem.

Hope this helps.

;)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmuntean2:
RE: Revert to System Sate Normal

To revert your system state to normal follow these steps:

Install triangle away

If you have it installed from PlayStore the SystemStatus option is available. If you have it downloaded from somewhere else you will need to get SuperSU Pro (get it from somewhere and install the apk)

After this open triangle away and at the bottom there is an option to prevent system status to be changed to modified.

This works best only with stock recovery and stock ROM so if you just have root and you want your OTA updates back use this tutorial.

Tested on Galaxy Note 2 N7100 Android 4.1.2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aughi:
Your device has been modifeid,Software updates are not available

Hey guys i have a samsung galaxy tab 3 7.0 SM-T211 and i am getting message whenever i try to check my frimware updates that your device has been modified,software updates are not available. so guys plzz help me... :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] massinegro204:
as the best and smart screen to turn off the screen?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Texus915:
Very nice man. ;)

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[HTC Rezound] vudu:
I don't remember exactly when it started, but the last month or so my WiFi signal strength had been a lot weaker on my phone. I want to say it started when I started using ASOP roms, but even back in a sense Rom now, I can't hold a signal even one room away. It's not my router because other phones/laptops still get a good signal.

Any ideas on potential fixes to improve signal strength? I'm s-off and on Ineff Deus 1.2 at the moment. Tried different kernels with the same results.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Not much I can say, I get better wifi reception on CM9. Holds out way more than it did on senseless ROMs.

Wipe and reflash?
[HTC Rezound] vudu:
Already clean flashed a couple roms. Doesn't help. Now I'm just on LTE all the time, so not a huge issue, but of course battery drain is much higher.
[HTC Rezound] dottat:
Did you recently replace the battery cover or have it off a lot ? The contacts could be funky for the antenna..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] marawan31:
title says it all. the phone is on sound profile: vibrate then it randomly vibrates then the sound profile becomes sound. i dont even touch it it just vibrates for half a sec and its changes the profile

idk what to do
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
Please tell us some more information about your phone. For example:

Which touchwiz or custom software are you running?

What network provider are you on?

Are you rooted?

Have you dropped the phone recently?

How long has this been going on?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] marawan31:
i have the bell i747 rooted with stock rom and i just got it a few days ago. never dropped it. its been doing that for a few days but im guessing its maybe an app but i have way too many apps and i dont want to hard reset
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
It could be an app. I recommend you delete a few apps, test, and repeat and then report back to see which app. If you have some questionable apps, list just the names here and maybe I could point out a few that could be the issue.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] Lukas2.0:
Hello, i want make a question...

Someone can tell me if exist a new version of android to my s5839i? I found to s 5830, but they tell to me it wont work on my ace

thank you
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] ZakooZ:
If by "new version of android" you mean anything over 2.3.6, no
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] Lukas2.0:
Yes, i see in this forum the 4.0 for galaxy ace, but is for the 5830 ace version, and that dont work on mine...