yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ghibli3:
If i have understood blocked aboot.mbn is always the same so in "Android System App" under System->Build the value of Bootloader would be the same after this operation, right?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] leboural:
20$ for this quest ! :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] EnhancerFIN:
Will this set knox to 0x1? If not, then there would be hope.

Although, I really don't care. In Europe Samsung is forced by law to fix hardware fault no matter what some software bit tells, that's consumer rights, and that's how it should be.

And I really think that if someone takes a intentionally hard bricked device to service center, they have no way of getting the info about knox bit out from it.

So break the knox bit, do whatever you want with the phone and if you need warranty, make some bootloader magic to brick the phone, Samsung pays :).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] latouffe:
Guys.... Theres a thread on XDA that reseting KNOX is possible!? IS IT TRUE?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2621750

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f67...olution-solution-repair-rebuild-emmc-1769456/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bungadudu:
:eek:

Wtf???

Somebody said on the gsm site that the knox can be reseted!

Basically with this new jtag we can fully erase the emmc and after that just copy a new full rom! :cool::beer:

Who's gonna try this?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] perissatto:
200 usd the box :(

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] newxdabie:
i would like to know too, i have read thats sites you posted and i dont find any succeed resetting case yet...maybe some senior xda developers will answer you question
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Omar04:
I can't find anywhere a post about reseting Knox counter.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] valentinosael:
if this box reset knox------>Get back knox warranty.

BUT

to connect this box with Phone, you have to disassemble the back of the phone------>void phone warranty
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bungadudu:
If you work cleanly there's no telling if the phone has been opened. There are just a few screws, no seals, everything pops up easily.

So unless you're an idiot or have the dexterity of a cow, this solution is great!

Maybe in the future, based on this, a noob friendly solution will appear and him who come first with one, will get the bounty?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] st3chn0:
its the soldering part that will void the warranty, all screws to get to the board are exposed without a warranty sticker.

I really think there is an easier solution, remember reading a post where samsung had reset the counter is 10 minutes
[Galaxy Note 3 General] valentinosael:
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-repair/how-to-disassemble-galaxy-note-3-teardown/

look at 3rd picture.Some has a warranty sticker on screw.I just chek mine and i dont have :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ghibli3:
You have to use EMMC adapter USB http://www.amazon.com/EMMC-Adaptor-Tool-Easy-Jtag/dp/B00FUTTF2U
[Galaxy Note 3 General] st3chn0:
didn't realise some would have the sticker never seen one in any of the samsung myself or family memebers have had

think these are little risky tho? move them a little while flashing and your done.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ghibli3:
No risk only right attention!

I have flashed a lot of other phone with other box and sometimes with shaky cables and connections, always with success

Anyway box works also with N9005 dead in Qualcomm download mode and I would be surprised to the contrary
[Galaxy Note 3 General] theunderling:
Nobody is getting my cash unless I can do the business in my own house without buying anything else.

People should only buy that box if they have loads of s4's or plan to start a business repairing phones.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] djnoicatse:
Not sure if you're donating $200 usd. Please let me know if I'm mistaken and I will remove it asap!! Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lilstevie:
The cost of the box referred to that can reset the flag on the S4 is $200
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nitrate:
N9005 seems to be supported afaik. But no guarantee on KNOX counter reset.

I regret buying the box if you have to solder. If we could use the box through the USB port somehow it would be amazing and I would buy one immediately.

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] perissatto:
That´s right. I was saying the price of the box.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] aaditya9369:
note2

but note 2 does not have s800 chip?

am i right?/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] midyat47:
http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/EASY-JT...LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e85786683&_uhb=1

No note 3 in the list. :confused:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] djnoicatse:
Changes have been made. Sorry for the mistake ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] theunderling:
Maybe its just me, but Im sure I saw a video where the guy just placed something onto the edge of the mb= no soldering.

Maybe someone could confirm if you get a stick/clip on setup.......
[Galaxy Note 3 General] pete4k:
My understanding is this just came out few days ago, I would imagine it will take time to develop and test all different models, but maybe Note3 is not going to work, just need to wait and see. One thing I take from all this - no e-fuse is used at least in phones listed to work, otherwise no resetting could work and that would mean there could be other ways to reset, just need to break encryption.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nitrate:
LOL!!! Have fun breaking the locked bootloader then. That definitely won't be as easy as you might think.

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] seba84_2005:
Or something like this for n9005:

This is for i9505 without soldering. multi-com maybe can make for n9005.

Work lihe this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7mxS09UMtI
[Galaxy Note 3 General] wilflare:
haven't been around for awhile but it pains me that KNOX is still such a bother :/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] homer285:
I couldnt wait for this, sold N3, unnacceptable Samsung, my last Samsung device! Until quality improves and no knox, that is :P
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mnasledov:
Neat! This is possiby a step closer to getting an unlocked BL for SGH-I537. I wonder if the SGH-I337 BL will work ...

Maybe I should get a JTAG rig, get familiar with it, and get to work, haha.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hepokatti:
Add my $20 to bounty.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Kouya1600:
Note 3 (N9005) "SAMSUNG MBG4GC,31GB,OCT 2013, KNOX 0:1

S3 LTE (I9305) "SAMSUNG MAG2GC,16GB,NOV 2013 no KNOX Bootloader

Note 2 (N7100) "SAMSUNG V3W00M,16GB,MAY 2013 no KNOX Bootloader MJ5 :)

Read with SD Insight

I hope I can help. The more information the better I think sometimes

Under the vibration motor and over the Spen is a unused connection, do you mean you can reset Knox or the bootloader downgrade? Since he is not even in use.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mahmoud007:
Edit : Fixing sound & Phone Dial up

THIS BEEN TESTED ON Galaxy GT-I9505 DEVICE

Ok so i decided to tell you the way to downgrade your s4 to previous version 4.2.2 but i'm telling you now wifi will not work because apparently it attached with the KWV flag and 4.3 version !!

so you decide either do it or not do it :

This wasTested on MGA downgraded from MK9 kernels ... not sure about other kernels

1- Download your country 4.3 JB version from Sammobile

2- Download your country 4.2.2 JB version from Sammobile

3- Download this file View attachment sbl1.rar

4- Download Odin and extract it View attachment Odin.zip

(Now the Hard Part )

5- IF you have Linux system you dont need this step otherwise download this program and install it Cygwin

6- Extract from 4.3 JB the folowing files : aboot.mbn , tz.mbn , modem.bin , NON-HLOS.bin

7- Extract from 4.2.2 JB all the files Except aboot.mbn , tz.mbn , modem.bin , NON-HLOS.bin

8-

...a -Extract sbl1.mbn file and gather all the extracted files in one direction "FOR LINUX USERS"

...b- Extract sbl1.mbn file and gather all files in C:/cygwin/home/'win_user_name' just cut and paste all the extracted files there without making any folder "FOR WINDOWS USERS"

9- now open linux termenal or cygwin and type these codes :

this first code for linux users

cd [I]'folder direction'[/I]

chmod 644 aboot.mbn boot.img cache.img.ext4 hidden.img.ext4 modem.bin NON-HLOS.bin recovery.img rpm.mbn sbl1.img sbl2.img sbl3.img system.img.ext4 tz.mbn

tar -H ustar -c aboot.mbn boot.img cache.img.ext4 hidden.img.ext4 modem.bin NON-HLOS.bin recovery.img rpm.mbn sbl1.img sbl2.img sbl3.img system.img.ext4 tz.mbn > s4.tar

md5sum -t s4.tar >> s4.tar

mv s4.tar s4.tar.md5

10- open Odin and install the new Rom you just instructed s4.tar.md5 in PDA or PA , you will find s4.tar.md5 Rom in the same direction of the extracted files

11-restart your device and after it vibrate press Volume Down + Menu Button will show Download Mode press volume Up and connect your device through origional s4 usb cable to PC

12- on odin Hit start .. and your done !!

13- if someone find solution for the wifi and sound issue please let me know

PS: this does not fix the counter Issue this only will downgrade your s4 to 4.2.2 official !!

HIT THANKS IF THIS HELPS PLEASE :good: :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jetbruceli:
This is for the note 3? And how many times do we have to see this post?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mahmoud007:
i fixed sound and dial up issues that comes when downgrading

and im not sure about Note 3 since it comes with knox stock
[Galaxy Note 3 General] blinkinink:
Exactly......this is a note 3 thread....your post about the s4 is of no use to us.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mahmoud007:
what about upgrading without knox ?? it might work !!

you only need one system.img.ext4 and CF-root.md5 for note 3 without knox to get unknoxed system.

and even if the rest of the files are original knoxed files that only emmc accept it "have the authority" and called for knox ..

it wont be active because its not there!!

but emmc look for these files authority only doesn't look for img files authority

you will need to disable knox and selinux first to try to make changes on KWV counter ..

otherwise those two will control all the changes you make and make sure that these changes doesn't harm them Nor counter
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Unknownforce:
Just so everyone knows here... All this does is downgrade the ROM to 4.2.2, this basically has nothing to do with this thread...

EDIT: Oh, and you could fix the sound/wifi by including the modem and NON-HLOS files from the older version instead of using the newer ones. The sound/wifi being broke is because you're using an old kernel with a new modem, any difference in combination of stock kernel and modem files breaks WiFi/Sound on newer Samsung devices.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danieljamie:
I have Note 3. I'm on KitKat CM kernel with Jb MJ7 modem...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] roger321974:
sry guys ... this thread can be closed ...

why?

samsun is in a win-win situation and there is and in future there wont be a solution to solve this issue. nobody can help, thats it.

the note 3 is since September 2013 on market, and no one can do something with knox counter. in 7 months is the note 4 on market and then nobody interests the note 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] oddbehreif:
Not necessarily true - There's people who either can't afford the Note 4, or are happy with what N 3 has to offer; me, a little bit of both. Just because there's a new model coming out doesn't mean all the old ones are gonna be abandoned. I see a long life for N3 ahead, hell, there's still developement for the first two Notes, and much more devices that came out several years ago. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Unknownforce:
Thanks for your opinion. But believe it or not, not everyone drops their hard earned money on a new device every time one comes out. This Knox flag is also not limited to just the Note 3, it spans across all the newer Samsung devices from the S3 all the way through the Note 2, S4, Note 3, and will continue to affect all future devices as well.

This one isn't going to go away just because you don't think it's possible and you believe what Samsung feeds you. The only way it's going away is when someone figures out how to revert it, or there's concrete evidence that they are using efuses that cannot be undone without modifying the way the device reads the flag. Doing this would be modifying stock images and thus not being stock any longer, ultimately defeating the purpose of resetting the flag.

Just because Samsung states that it's impossible doesn't mean that it is impossible. It just means that they put up blocks to attempt to stop people from doing so. It just takes the right mind set and the right set of tools and anything can be done.

I mean no disrespect, but your negativity isn't helping at all. You can unsubscribe if you don't care to see it anymore, because noone cares that you've given up and have no faith in the development community.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] aydc:
Apple puts all its resources into making iPhones not jailbreak-able, but they still haven't succeded. Every time they close one exploit, someone finds another and jailbreak lives on.

I don't think Samsung put comparable amount of resources to Knox counter being not hackable. It should be relatively easy to an experienced hacker, but those kinds of people are not interested in Note 3. That's the only reason why this is still an issue.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sultanali:
Can we not take support from ios devs community?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mahmoud007:
unfortunately for me old modem.bin and NON-HLOS.bin does not have the authority to write on eMMC also .. i tried

the key is to remove the Burst and protection modes from eMMC i believe

why some Rom files have that authority and the other doesn't ?? what make them able to rewrite on locked eMMC ??

and there is umm idk .. before odin fail it receives some request from the device before Odin fails saying that "RQT-CLOSE"

i think this comes from the device when blocking odin

Edit : sorry old NON-HLOS.bin does have that authority ... only old modem.bin doesn't
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Unknownforce:
This is not quite true. Samsung dumped a lot into this KNOX stuff because they believe that this is their "in" for Corporate Mobile Devices, which to them is a huge market, so they actually did spend a lot of resources on it. And easy is a relative term in the hacking world... Hacking in itself is difficult because you're not always sure of what you're looking to exploit, you're basically just trying something until you can make it work for the most part.

The devices are vastly different, "jailbreaking" is similar to the term "rooting." Which is done on the software level, but what this thread is more related to is bootloader unlocking/hacking, which is more low level hardware hacking. This is completely different from rooting or jailbreaking. I would have to assume they would be of no help in this specific scenario.

Each device is different. And each carrier has a different device. (Sprint Note 3 is NOT the same thing as the Verizon Note 3) Each device has it's own innards and it's own hardware. But more to the point, each carrier can choose whether or not to lock the bootloader in a sense that doesn't allow writing to certain partitions of the eMMC without a proper signature or using their own set update methods/parameters. In basic terms... Write Protection is different across all devices.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] aydc:
Actually that's a misconception. "Knox" is very different from "Knox Warranty Void Counter". While I believe Knox is very secure, I don't believe the warranty counter is infallible.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Unknownforce:
When I say KNOX stuff, I mean everything that's related to it, including the Warranty Void counter. KNOX itself is a whole pie. There are difference pieces of the pie, but it all functions for the same purpose. It's a full device security concept, all the way from the bootloader to the booted Android system. It gives the Enterprise Administrators full control of the security of the device and allows them to run their own custom kernel or software forcibly on a device. This also prevents the device from being tampered with, without their knowledge.

The misconception is that the KNOX Warranty is same thing as Device Warranty, which it's not. The KNOX Warranty Void flag was designed to be used to determine the eligibility for use in a KNOX Environment. Now, does this mean that carriers can not use it as a "proof" that you've rooted the device? No. They can use whatever they want to justify their denying claims based on rooting, it's their service. But, this is the main reason I think people want to revert it, not because they want to use it in a KNOX environment, but they want to be able to either resell it or return the device to stock without any indication of what has been done to it in the past.

As to their development work into the flag itself, probably not much, but the security surrounding it... definitely... because it's an Enterprise level security concept that they want to market as robust as they are claiming, I'm sure they put in lots of safe guards against reverting it because it would completely defeat the purpose if it was easily revertible.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] FireWall123:
Deleted.

Accidentally posted:o
[Galaxy Note 3 General] persiansoftware:
is here any news about reset KNOX to 0x0 ??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DON AMIGO:
^^^^

the same here. any news about knox and rooting our note for all models " 900 - 900w etc " ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Omar04:
Nothing yet and I believe there won't be any for a very long time.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gianton:
[MENTION=577248]Da_G[/MENTION] started a new thread for Knox development but it's for the SM-900A. I think something good will come up shortly and hopefully for the SM-N9005 too.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] yashade2001:
Hi guys. I'm back. So i noticed that it is possible. But not with any software modification. It can be possible with hardware modifications. Try reprogramming the chip.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] st3chn0:
cant be anything to do with any type of software as the knox counter is controlled by the bootloaders. this had been established many weeks ago by many of the developers.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Cyber_in:
For the clarification......

i like to share my experience that knox is not a efuse

i took my cell to software update to see what Samsung says with my custom ROM s4 device .

it was a new service center so they don't know much of it ,,,they updated my os then got stucked in booting ,then they again made some flash and tried to boot bingo my cell went in and they gave it back ,when i got my cell back I first switched off it and checked my knox count in download moad.what i found is it was 0*0

but my cell network was not working .then i gave them back my cell,reporting the issue

then they took 1 hr and then gave my cell with full functional condition,and saying that they accidentally deleted the imei no so only the network was not working.......

to my knowledge from it

1. knox is not a efuse 100*/* conform

2.when trying to reset the Knox ,backup the imei no then delete it in your cell and try to flash the stock everything...... and flash the imei back.....

try out

i am not a dev bro's

so i say what i have just got to my knowledge......
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BrunoWestone:
Thank you Cyber_In,

you gave me an idea (Good one i hope)…

Everyone is trying to find a way to Reset Knox by searching for the string where the hash verification is made, but everyone (inclusive me) seems to forget about other data that typically is storage in different places inside the memory like IMEI !!!!

In Samsung's (like most phones) the IMEI is storage in different places and i think if we follow IMEI checking procedure on boot maybe, if we get lucky, we will know more about Knox behaviour and how exactly the hash verification is made.

I'll give it a shot and post results.

Thanks Mate !

---------- Post added at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:40 PM ----------

Are you pretty sure is the same phone (PCB) ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Cyber_in:
yes i am pretty sure no hardware change is made to my phone

---------- Post added at 12:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:23 AM ----------

i have again made a root on my cell and my count went 1 on Knox

i am planing the same software update in the same service center bro i willl prove u in 3 or 4 days that Knox is just a software triger
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ghibli3:
Yeah! Is the first idea reading post of [MENTION=1590293]Cyber_in[/MENTION]!:good:

We have other experience of people in service center that exclude efuse so...

I want to say Stop with pessimism and talks about efuse!!!:victory:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Cyber_in:
and also bros if i can i speak with service center guys and will try to get the idea of the Knox.... if i can....

sorry i was out of xda for long time that's y i didn't know the Knox is a big b prob still exist . will try my level best as a xda mem brothers......

lets break the Knox and make xda rock again :D:D:D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bungadudu:
Would be great if you could somehow mark this knoxed pcb board to make sure you have an absolute way to know if they replaced it with a new one.

Unfortunately the best way I could think of for this would be to open the phone and with a marker make a small sign maybe on one side of the motherboard...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nitrate:
Something like a UV-pen that reacts only to black light? ;)

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] MxFadzil92:
Wouldn't it be noticable by their technician? I thought opening the phone itself would break the seal of warranty on the back of the phone?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bungadudu:
There's are no seals. Just some simple screws which when opened with care leave no mark. And anyway, the phone had been opened before so any minor scratch on the screws is from the previous technician.

Would be easier to make a small sign in the outer, silver frame of the camera, but I think the cameras are kept and reused on the new mb.

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+S4+Teardown/13947

//This because it is known that changing the mb / eMMC resets the knox counter.

And although there are reports of secret service centers resetting the knox counter with a top-secret method known by only a few, chosen at birth agents, highly trained 20 years in the art of reseting knox, there's no real evidence to support this. Just suppositions that knox was reseted without changing the mb...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] redwhiteblackandblue:
bounty pledge

I pledge a bounty of $12 USD.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kushalyathish:
small info dat I found out on my note 2

my kwv was 1,so I just tried flashing the official mk4 rom again to try my luck out there I found out dat when it was flashing the csc,in odin it showed recieving information from bootloader:confused:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MxFadzil92:
Well i just hope this knox nonsense thingy would end. I personally thinks it would be able to hack thru. And because of this knox ppl are afraid to root their phones and due to that reasons development were abit slowed down. Once knox is free im hoping for more developer would be interested in the note 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] st3chn0:
I've just got to a point where I'm thinking of changing to LG now.. May not be the best hardware wise (hopefully the next big LG phone has an sd card slot) but development more than makes up for it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] frostmore:
Sold my knox infected note 3 and never looked back.

i would stay away from any samdung phones if they still put in this knox bullcrap and will also advise other ppl from buying as well.

samdung is trying to pull an apple here and they should be taught a lesson for trying to force enterprise solutions on normal consumers.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] DrawnToLife:
Heh, that kind of sounds like third-rate in Korean. I kind of want to root, but at the same time, I want to keep my Knox cool until my warranty is over. Does anyone know if Rogers accepts 0x1 phones?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mbat64:
reset knoxhi

hi

i have note 3 sm-n9005

but knox flag is 1

how i reset it ?

is there way for chage to 0?

thank you
[Galaxy Note 3 General] perissatto:
Yes,

Just read all the 90 pages.

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] IOU-1:
+1 Best solution.