[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] careenprokop85:
Re: settings

Here's what i did and under my status it says "normal" and searches for ota updates and says im up to date within a minute or less. Hope this helps:

I have a t889, never really messed around with it, except to unlock it. Ive been a long time fan of xda though, so i decided it was time to start rooting, but was worried about voiding my warranty. Ive read all about resetting flash counters, using triangle away etc ect. but wasnt too awful sure about all of this.

In the end I decided to go with option 2 (strictly rooting my phone) found on this form:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1955423

Flashed through odin, no problems, worked great. Said this in download mode after rooting:

custom binary download: yes (1 count)

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: custom

Decided to try and unroot it, in case i needed a warranty exchange once i went back wih tmobile. Flashed the normal stock rom downloaded through kies (so i KNEW it was straight from samsung ya know?). Again, no problem.

Went back into download mode...... saw this:

custom binary download: yes (2 counts)

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Official

alrighty then. rerooted using CF autoroot as per thread instructions. now i saw this is download mode:

custom binary download: yes (3 counts)

Current Binary: custom

System Status: custom

Used triangle away. Now i saw this in download mode:

custom binary download: no

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Official

I said to myself "YAY! now to simply remove the root by using supersu (settings, full unroot), and do a system/cache reset from recovery mode, like it says." Did that exactly like they say in the forum......... saw this:

custom binary download: yes (1 count)

Current Binary: custom

System Status: custom

me = NOT HAPPY at that point! So, i retried all the steps listed, thinking i did something wrong. Same results. Tried it a 3rd time, same thing..... finally about to through my pc, i searched the forums for some other fix.

Found THIS thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1975560

HOLY COW IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!!!! After simply flashing the root66_TMO_T889UVALL4 rom with odin, my download mode now says this:

custom binary download: no

Current Binary: samsung official

System Status: official

Not ONLY is it consistently saying this thoughout MANY reboots, it also stays this way after a system/cache reset through recovery mode.

AND if you use the root66 rom, your phone is basically normal stock tmobile everything, with one huge exception... ITS ROOTED!!!! YAY! Now you can do whatever the heck u want, and if u have to send it in for warranty exchage, just use the system/cache reset from recovery mode and it wont chnce any of the values like i was having so many problems with! No need to use supersu to unroot and no need to use triangle away (although i still bought the app even if its just to support the devloper).

I hope this helps anyone who's running into the same problems I did. I cant thank the OP of the root66 rom (mrRobinson) anywhere NEAR enough for fixing my phone! Now i can uninstall the bloatware and CARRIER IQ that i hate, and not have to worry about screwing up my warrany exchange!