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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] grazed:
Trust me, I have read them. I saw the thread on flashing the international GSM image, but I don't get how I would get back to stock after doing that.

Honestly, I wish I hadn't done it and made a thread before I did anything, but it seems as if curiosity and laziness got me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gunz.jones:
Get a tar of the stock ICS firmware. Follow the directions while in download mode to flash. TiBU is useless to freeze anything if you're going to load a ROM anyway. Don't be lazy and just reload apps manually. You should always have a backup plan.

For sh*ts and giggles, go into cwm and just factory reset.

Since adb drivers arent loading for you, I'm not going through that process with you. For future though, you will want adb knowledge. Look it up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] grazed:
I used this thread to flash back to stock AT&T ICS:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1727443

Didn't work. It still boots into a black screen with a blue LED after the Samsung logo fades. Factory reset also went through, but nothing worked. It just booted into a blank screen again, but with the AT&T sound afterwards.

Sorry for being an idiot, I'm getting kinda desperate here, and I totally realize that this was a bad call on my part without more research.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gunz.jones:
Did Odin show a pass on flash?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] grazed:
This is what it showed:

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/004> RES OK !!

<ID:0/004> Completed..

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Removed!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gunz.jones:
Sounds like problems Motorola gave grief with on the droids and their flashing tool. I'm looking for a jb tar file. When you used cwm and used Odin, both of them should have removed any times that would cause and issue. Especially since odin of stock fw would be like ghosting an image. Try using the toolkit to lock everything up and go back to stock completely.

Samsung stock image for jb : http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] grazed:
Unfortunately can't use anything in the toolkit since it's needing me to be booted into the OS first with debugging on (I'm stuck with download mode or CWM).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gunz.jones:
Tried using the jb stock image?

http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html for adb use and information. To get the drivers to work, try loading the naked drivers pack. It includes Samsung drivers. Remove all Samsung installed crap from your comp and reboot. Manually install drivers by forcing legacy devices or by telling the computer you have the disk if needed after hooking phone back up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] grazed:
Couldn't find it, but I'm in the middle of downloading this to see if it works:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] grazed:
Holy crap it worked! Thank you for all of your help. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gunz.jones:
Good deal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ronman71:
Hello, hope I'm doing this right. Tried searching forum for similar issues but no luck. Here goes.

I own the T-Mobile variant of the Galaxy Note 2. It is stock, never rooted but I am getting this strange message when I attempt to check for new software updates under "about device." The message is "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available. " This happened once before but solved it with a factory reset. Any idea what's causing it? No new apps installed that I can think of. Would appreciate any advice.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mdt73:
something is triggering android into thinking you modified it. since you aren't rooted, I can't really think of a way to fix this... unless you root.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] JaguarXT:
This means that the device has been modded, like custom recovery, etc. Either you rooted it at one time or someone owned this device rooted it with a custom recovering. If you just got this device from T-Mobile then return to them and let them know that you got it this way. Bad form for a store or carrier to repackage a return (even reseal) and resale it, but it does happened.

Otherwise you need flash a root version, best use stock root injection version of rooted rom, into the device. Check to see if you have the stock recovery. If not then flash stock recovery. Now use Triangle Away to reset "Custom Binary" to 1. Once you do that then flash the stock rom unroot version (this will unroot the device). Then do a factory reset to get rid of anything left from root. After that then you will have "Normal" as your "Device Status" and can successfully check for updates.

Note - You will never get the "Custom Binary" back to "no". So if you need repair or replacement from Samsung you may have to pay for it (this depends on the tech working on your device). But with the T-Mobile Protection Bundle insurance ($7.99 per month) you may get around this problem. In returning to T-Mobile they seem to only check the "Device Status". So after resetting the "Custom Binary" to 1 you should be able to return to T-Mobile for repair or replacement under that insurance or your grace time (14 days or CA 30 days) with no problem. This getting around the Samsung's returning issues.

Note - I like the injection version of rooting. The injection version of rooting doesn't trigger the "Custom Binary". This solving this problem from the start. At least for the moment.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] whatsitsnamenow:
Go to menu-settings-about device-status

Scroll all the way to the bottom. It will tell you under device status whether your device is modified or not.

If it's modified then only thing you can do is Odin back the original Samsung Rom. You should do the triangle away thing first to reset the mod counter to "0"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] JaguarXT:
Actually it doesn't reset the "Custom Binary" counter to "0" or "no". This only resets the "Custom Binary" counter to "1".

But it does reset the "Device Status" to "Normal". And allows you to successfully check for updates.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] stevessvt:
Only if you have a custom recovery. If you have factory recovery on a factory rom it will reset to 0 if you use triangle away. Which is kind of a moot point since he says its never been rooted, therefore there should be no way a custom binary reading of anything higher than 0.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ronman71:
Thanks for your replies. Strange thing is that I've never rooted this particular device. Also, the factory reset fixes it temporarily. Could it be something in my micro sd card that I transferred from my previous device which was rooted?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] lt23:
If you have a sdcard in there, then that is the reason. Boot up without the sdcard and the status will say normal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] stevessvt:
What?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ronman71:
Wow, totally worked! Weird. Guess I should back up and reformat my micro sd card. Thanks guys!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] lt23:
Turn off phone, take out the sdcard. Turn on phone. Check status, should say Normal again. This is for those with no root/custom recovery or for those rooted with the injected rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] JaguarXT:
ClockWorkMod sometimes likes to use SD Card to put some files. It is weird. But this "Custom Binary" counter thing would "Modify" you if you have some root files, including SuperUser, SuperSU, ClockWorkMod, BusyBox, etc. These files can be anywhere including SD card. I find this weird because I don't have this problem with SuperSU, SuperSU Pro and BusyBox. But for some reason this comes up with some people.

Here is an idea. Copy all files into its own folder in your computer. After that then delete all files and folders within your SD card. Then copy whatever files you like to have with your Galaxy Note 2 back into your SD card. Then try your SD card with your Galaxy Note 2.

Personally I feel that it is not the place of the manufacturer to stop rooting on Open Source and Google encouraging rooting Android Devices. If you don't want to fix my rooting mess, then you can refuse to fix it. But doing things like this is only causing more problems with my rooting than ir would if you didn't do this. Mind you that T-Mobile don't care if we root, they just don't want to fix it. So this is not T-Mobile issue. This is Samsung issue. That speaking to manufacturers.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] svavrek:
I've actually rooted the stock T-Mobile Note 2 as well and used Triangle-Away and my counter was reset but my status is still "Modified" :laugh: I don't mind, though... once you root your first phone, you root everything anyways! Just waiting for a good ROM...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] topikdinata:
Your device has been modified

I didn't root my galaxy s3. In my country, Indonesia, i don't know 4.1.2 version will come. i just check to software update and it said your device has been modified. i tried take off sd card things, it didn't work. any solution that can change back to normal? :(:eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
You need a stock kernel and a factory reset to get back to normal.

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeep447:
You can remove "modified" and reset the flash counter to zero with a jig (and I thought triangle away was supposed to as well), because I've done it on my SGH-T889 Note 2. You have to Odin back to non rooted stock with stock recovery, remove your external sd card, go into download mode, then plug in the jig and Bob's your Uncle it's reset. I'm not sure why someone said you can never reset the custom binary to no because you definitely can.

Sent from my 1992 Motorola StarTAC :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
I set mine back to zero by Odining mrRobinson's root66 to get stock recovery. Then while stock rooted I used Triangle Away to reset the counter. After that a factory reset gets me back to status normal. Seemed to work when I did it. Maybe I don't know what I saw as I'm new to Samsung devices.

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeep447:
Yeah I'm pretty sure that's what you saw because it's definitely doable. If you have the time and know how, I'd definitely suggest building a jig for your phone, because according to Chainfire it's actually a lot safer than using Triangle Away. It's way easier to build one than most people think, and it literally only costs a couple of bucks at Radio Shack for everything you need. I made one for a friend of mine and wound up keeping it, and I'm really glad I did now that I have a Samsung phone. :D

Sent from my 1992 Motorola StarTAC :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ciphercodes:
I too had this issue last month, I brought my Note II from T-Mobile store, it was sealed and it used to show device status as Normal.

I never rooted or flashed any ROM. I did install/uninstall lots of games/applications and I did disable Amazon app.

Earlier this month I checked my phone and it was showing as Modified, I then reset to factory defaults and now everything looks okay.

I do use external memory card but it only has few media files.

How did the device status change then ?

I am new to Android and rooting and can make the following guesses.

1) Maybe one of the applications I had installed rooted my phone or modified some files via Exynos Abuse (discovered this week) and which is why my device was showing modified.

But again if my phone was rooted, why this device status is Normal ? I was able to update my phone with the OTA released today.

2) Applications like Antivirus or Task Killers have almost full access and maybe they modified some system files.

Like I said I am new to Android so just making guesses hoping experts can shed some light on this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] AG0087:
Wanting to go back to stock, but afraid to do so. Im on jedi x7, rooted, no custom kernal and with two addons from goodybag. I have dowloaded the tar to go back to stock. I've also downloaded triangle away. Im wanting to boot into TWRP recovery, do a wipe/Factory reset, reboot start triangle away and reset counter then use odin and return back to stock. My counter shows 1 on download mode. Would this be the right way to go and resetting the counter back to 0 without any issues? Thanx.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] geocas1:
How I got my Note 2 to upgrade after it was saying it had been modified.

This worked for me, I have stock and have not rooted, No mods or anything out of ordinary appd from google play,

Now the only thing I HAD done was disable some of the bloat ware that came installed with my T-Mobile Note 2 in the application manager section of options. Mostly the "My Tmobile, T mobile TV, T Mobile visual voicemail"

I re-enabled them and updated them in the market then tried again and the update worked.

Perhaps disabling the apps made it appear as if a ROM had been installed and those apps were missing or maybe those apps needed to be updated via the new update too. What ever the case this worked for me and I was then able to update and then again disable the same stupid apps as I had before.

Hope this helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Superdad_98:
I noticed this yesterday when I was checking for update, and I got the modified message, all what I did was shut down the phone and the power it back on and the message was gone and I was able to download the update.

HTH
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrog27:
I am having the same issue. Stock phone never rooted or modified. In settings it says modified. I got this phone on launch day. I tried restarting without micro sd in, no luck. Any other suggestions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Vanquiz:
Had this problem yesterday, update via Kies from PC works, after updated, status still said as modified.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrog27:
I dont have a computer so I cant go that route. Anything else I can do?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Vanquiz:
I have no clue, I never root, tried enabling all disabled apps, wiping cache from recovery mode, restart, battery pull, took off sd card, you name it, all didn't work.

And I still have no idea how my device status became modified.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jrog27:
This is frustrating. Now if this phone needs repair for some reason they wont touch it. I guess I may as well modify it for real....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Vanquiz:
One thing that I haven't tried, factory reset, it might works, but I just dont feel like trying it for a small minor updates.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] morphis568:
How's everyone's experience been with the fk23 modem?

I know that my performance took a massive hit. I went from having a ping of 100ms and 1.1Mbps down .8 Mbps up on FI22 to a ping of 600-750 and .3Mbps up/down FK23. Not sure if it's just isolated to me or my area would be nice to see how it's for the community.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evo3d6:
Im actually not on sprint but I can say that my service has gotten better with this modem vs others.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
This is with fk23 everything.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] morphis568:
My signal strength has gotten better so I like that.

I'm getting about the same speeds but much higher pings all FK23.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evo3d6:
3g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evo3d6:
Well your pretty close lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] morphis568:
Fi22

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fk23

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] extreme sense:
Looks like it. I'm in the big O.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] extreme sense:
Here's my 3g speed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evo3d6:
Ucf
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] extreme sense:
Check pm
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluedevils2003:
Im having all kinds of issues not major but ones that are annoying

1. Led dont work right - when olug phone into charge the red led dont come nor does it turn blue when fullt charge - cant change led for notifications use to be able to choose red or blue - theres couple more things with led but not going ti list the rest

2.apps get deleted from home screen and folders

3.sometimes phone glitch out and then my phone will start a emergency call...

4. At the top of the pull down bar where it shows time battery so on is a dull grey color now rather then blending in .. also left side emblems are lighter then the ones on right ( picture down below to show )

And theres couple other things going on but will list later or comment if I see a post
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluedevils2003:
Heres my 3g speed test
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] optimummind:
My 4g speed is just as good as it was when I was running calkulin's v3.0 gb rom.

https://imageshack.us/a/img6/7600/screenshot2012120416044s.png
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] morphis568:
I started getting the emergency call issue this morning.

Also I started getting a really major this morning as well. The phone will boot up and after a minute or 2 just show the no signal icon. Then after a few more minutes just shut down on me. When I try to turn it back on, it goes through the boot screen and boot animation but then just goes dead. When I try to power it back up, same issue keeps happening. The battery is good, not swollen or anything, also it's fully charged.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sledgie:
I love it. Ping is a little high but I can fix that later. Not sure why it says network unknown though. This is the best since Calkulin and coming from a complete wipe. No issues with modem at all. Loving the battery life too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gharlane00:
Top to bottom 4g, 3g, LAN
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elwood:
It will only list Evdo and Wi-Fi. Unknown is 4g of course
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluedevils2003:
Heres my 4g speed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dz1:
I hate the fact that I get good 3g speed but have really bad signal
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Foulwx:
I've been getting a lot of dropped calls, or calls made to me will go directly to voice mail. Don't know if it is the network or the modem.

Decided today to go back to FI27 and compare for awhile. That one had been pretty solid for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheBlackHombre:
I'm in Orlando as well, in the UCF area.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] morphis568:
Let me know how that works out. I went back to FI22 because that one worked best for me. I'm also getting another battery just to rule it out 100%
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Foulwx:
Fi27 works great. Re-calk 0.2.2.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
heres mine! lol data acting wonky.. the time of the screeny data and calls didnt work until reboot..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gobaers:
On Wimax, I'm getting 78ms, 6Mbps down, 680kbps up.

on 3G, it's 117ms, 500kbps / 167 kbps.

I think it's better than before...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ManofJELLO:
been getting an occasional LOS. I have to restart to fix it. didn't notice it until today
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
4g and wifi.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmikehd2:
My 3g 5 consecutive times.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] miketucky350:
far as modems ive ran them all. Far as network speed goes. Set up phone right and network is great. I am in love with fk23 . It pulled this phone out of the quirky ics stage. On top of better WiFi and sprint data I notice battery is solid on top of a better ui . LOVE IT

Sent from the most usefull device I own Epic 4g touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rdavis429:
Fk23 has done right by me! :D

Sent from the Normandy SR2 via Quantum [Jellyverse v02] Entanglement
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ManofJELLO:
reflashed the modem and seems to have fixed the LOS issue I was having.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] carrman17:
I know there have been a bunch of people out there looking for wallet cases for the T-Mobile version of the s2. I was one of those people too, but after searching I have found a great wallet case for a good price. The only problem is that it is made for the Galaxy s2 LTE E110(which is slightly different from ours). However, with an exacto knife I was able to make it work out.

There are also a lot of good cases for the skyrocket that can be easily modified to get our phones. Both the skyrocket and the LTE are nearly the same size as ours.

The only modifications I had to make was the positioning for the USB connector and the earphones. The phone fit great into the rubber case otherwise.

How did I find this you ask? Search on eBay for "s2 lte wallet" or "skyrocket wallet" recently I have even seen some actual wallet cases for the t989. Most of them ship from Korea.

This specific one is from a Korean company called solozen. The name of the case is "Hit diary protection" galaxy s2 lte version.

Let me know if you have troubles finding the cases. There are a lot of different brands and styles on eBay and other auction sites.

I hope this helps at least a few people!

Note-I HAVE tried this and it does fit. No problems at all. Please try not to post saying that this wouldn't work because the phones are different. I am well aware :) with a little modding it can work though.

Another idea was to buy a cheap plastic case for the t989, detach the one that fits the LTE from the wallet part, then glue the t989 cover to it. I didn't end up doing that, but it might be something to try! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cherryarrow:
wow thanks for posting this, I looked everywhere for a wallet case for S2 t-mobile version... You said that now they make wallet cases for S2 T-mobile? Where did you find this? I looked on ebay and couldn't find any from Korea.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gursky:
I'm curious about this case too but am also having troubles finding it on eBay. I searched for "s2 lte wallet" first but didn't see any that were a "hit diary protection". Next I searched for "solozen" and there were five with results with "hit diary protection" in the description but they were only for Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, iPhone 5 and Optimus G. I searched for "skyrocket wallet" and there was a result for Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727, but it wasn't sold through "solozen" but rather "totomagirl" (item location was still in South Korea though).

The item sells for $19USD and the photos look similar to what carrman17 posted so it's probably a match.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cherryarrow:
I think you can just look for S2 lte wallet case on ebay, and any of them will do. I think
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blatz729:
Would this wallet work for our phones?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=160942227351
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] carrman17:
That's the same kind as mine except it's the skyrocket version. I'm almost positive it could work with a little modification.

Also, the seller for mine was totomagirl. Most sellers don't put the brand in the description for some reason.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Elloco305:
Nice find. I was always under the impression that the skyrocket was a hell of a lot bigger device so cases would never work.
[Off-topic] Sheraz150:
My boy Shahroz's debut mixtape, check it out if you like hip-hop music! Featuring Joe Budden, Emilio Rojas, and J.R. Writer. Let me know what you guys think!

http://www.datpiff.com/Shahroz-Rise-Of-A-New-Sun-mixtape.423433.html
[Off-topic] 85gallon:
Another Mix Tape!!!!!
[Off-topic] LoopDoGG79:
Perhaps this is better suited here :rolleyes:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31075392
[Off-topic] TeeJay3800:
Perhaps! ;)

Clooooooosed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] garykwan1981:
Hi all,

I am trying to flash another JB rom the other day.

I just turned off the Prime completely, and try to enter the recovery mode by holding power and down, then up within 5 seconds...

It then showed the Android laying down with the heart opened:silly:

I have to holding power to restart and boot normally into the rom.

I didn't do any wipe or flashing at all...

Later, I restart and now totally stuck on the splash screen with "ASUS", not even able to boot in to the rom I'm currently using...

Any help?!

Thanks