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[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sudo77:
Let's analze sboot/aboot files from different devices...

So, I took a look inside the sboot.bin/aboot.mbn files with a hex editor from a range of devices to study their boot behaviors including:

- Note 2 N7100/7105 (Exynos)

- Note 3 SM-N900 (Exynos)

- Note 3 SM-N900 (Leaked-Reset Warranty Bit)

- Note 3 SM-N9005 (Qualcomm)

I found out Exynos devices heavily relies on the RPMB where it stores the Knox warranty bit. Before the RPMB can be written to, it requires a verification key to allow access and rewrite. If md5 checksums fails on any of the components (Recovery, image, pit) the bit may be set to 1.

The reset sboot, seems to skip a majority of the TIMA checks and reset the bit anyway once it is allowed to rewrite the RPMB. Quite strange.

On the Qualcomm (so called aboot) found instructions to set a warranty fuse, if SHA checksums of components failed. There is just greater evidence of an efuse every time I look into this and I will be very biased if someone says efuses are still speculation. But, since I am unable to find the exact location of where the fuse or the flag is, I cannot conclude it. The values just gets passed from a different locations of the program into a %s (string) or %d (decimal value). Perhaps someone with greater or (greatest) programming knowledge can verify this. There is a load of gibberish in these files, assuming it is encryption, can be decoded with a correct key. Attached is the dump for these 4 files, my commentaries to the right.

Note: I hear people say that, repackaging these files with official firmware still trips the Knox flag. Well, even repackaging official firmware, if the hash values are linked, causes a change, avalanches, mismatch, and trips the Knox flag.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] resudo:
Why would they do that when there is no actual reset for KNOX (or even a trick to hide it or something). Samsung knows that there is no solution for KNOX so they wouldn't make a device without a reason.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dequadim:
I'm sure that a solution exist, and Samsung know it.

Mauro
[Galaxy Note 3 General] eRPeeX:
Searching the internet I've read an email from a Samsung service centre in the Netherlands saying they will reset Knox flag one time under warranty, if the rooting has not caused hardware damage.

So the one million question is: how will they do this? Hardware or software?

Quote (Google) translated:

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your email regarding your Samsung device. You indicate that you want to rooting the device.

To begin, I would like to hereby announce that I find it very annoying that the warranty procedure from Samsung keeps to participate. Following a Samsung device In order to be faster and better service, I have tried to record on April 24, 2014 at 10:45 pm, the phone with you, but unfortunately there was no answer. If you wish, you can rooting the device, but you can not use the Samsung services. The Knox is a Samsung service, so it is no longer possible to activate it. The warranty procedure when retted device is as follows: when the unit needs to be repaired, it can be single for repair under warranty. The unit will be repaired under warranty, unless it is established that the illegal software has performed on the device. Hardware damage

I hope to have informed you sufficiently.

If you have any questions you can always contact our Contact Center. This can be by telephone, email or via live chat on our website.

We are interested in your opinion about the quality of this answer. Therefore we ask you to leave. Through the link below a quick review

Sincerely,

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] mielletseed:
As I understand the text it only says that they will repair hardware failures (worn out buttons, defect digitizer etc.) even when knox flag is triggered (that's the law in Europe I'm sure so the can't really deny to repair hardware failures) but there is no single word that they would reset the knox flag in that case ...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bogdyro:
Do you guys know if the t700 galaxy tab s can be reset to knox 0x0 (it has the exynos chipset). Anybody looking into this right now?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nicholaschum:
Maybe if you asked in the damn Galaxy Tab S forums instead of posting in the Note 3 forums.

You think the Note 3 has the same popularity as the Tab? Don't get your hopes up bro. If there's trouble on the S and Note line, don't even bother.

Phones aren't the same, they have their own differences... Different devices may need different procedures.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bogdan1980:
the text says this:

unless it is established that the illegal software has performed on the device

So with KNOX 1, custom rom, custom kernel, triangle away, supersu, warranty is DISABLED.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lilstevie:
Nice selective quote there cutting off the last two words "hardware damage" ;) it is translated with google or something so it isn't perfect but it says that unless hardware damage has been caused by custom software
[Galaxy Note 3 General] resudo:
Their statement is that the damage is caused by rooting/modding (it is not) and is something you can't prove it is incorrect.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sudo77:
He's right you know... The letter doesn't speak about resetting Knox and furthermore it states, "Knox is a Samsung service, so it is no longer possible to activate it." Evidence points to the contrary -_-. I think people are expecting to find a universal solution to resetting Knox, which is highly unlikely. Nevermind different devices being different, even models in the same family tree have different chipsets and executes data differently in terms of operation. So we definitely need multiple solutions.

I think people also get overly concerned about tripping the Knox flag being regarded "hardware damage". It's not like once the flag is tripped all hell breaks loose. Knox is just security service validation, similar to Windows Genuine software. If you want to fully use a company's support service you must purchase the product or leave it un-tampered from the manufacturer. If Windows is left unactivated, doesn't necessarily mean the software is broken, as you can use Windows fully once it is activated. Knox is a little different in that it is one way, but from documentation it says, if the flag is tripped:

My phone seems to work better than it did before, I updated my modem and improved signal strength and now I can selectively choose when to let my device access to privileged mode without having to worry about tripping Knox again. Just saying this, but it shouldn't stop people who want the best out their devices to reset the flag and get back all of features it has to offer.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kasiquenou:
File to SM-9005 Knox void 0

Hi,

I can't use this file to resset the knox in my SM-9005, you know where I can find the right file for my phone?

Regards.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] My1xT:
there is none for SM-N9005 (yet) and be grateful that something stopped you, since if not you had an overly expensive paperweight...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SnuggP:
Which S5 is this for?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Someguyfromhell:
You are slightly in the wrong forum, no?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SnuggP:
Oh my damn. Sorry I subbed to this forum by mistake then.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] acme1974:
Ok this bootloader it isn't for n9005 is not ok.....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sudo77:
LOL, don't loose heart just yet.

Yes, understanding BL's he can thank his locked BL for that. Thankfully it only gets rejected with no changes made. Trying to force sboot BL (N-900) onto firmware that is designed to only work with aboot (N-9005)? What a gigantic mismatch. Imagine the havoc unleashed if it passed.

To answer your question, there is currently no way to reverse Knox flag for N-9005 as you have blown the irreversible fuse. (I'll preach this theory from now, until I find something interesting. Sad but quite true.)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SnuggP:
I just really like reading these forums it's my morning paper
[Galaxy Note 3 General] akshay.chavan:
I am anable to find the TAR file in this forum

Hi guys,

I am using SM-n900

As you guys are saying , does it really resets the KNOX flag to 0x0?

And I am not able to find the .tar file to download for this?

Can anybody please post a link..

PLzz
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sudo77:
I agree. Every time I see my smartphone lying on the table next to me I have the urge to come back to this thread. Damn Samsung for making me Knox OCD.

It's reported to work many times. Here is the link to the original post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2642207&page=8

Scroll down to post #76 and follow instructions. USE WITH CAUTION AT YOUR OWN RISK.. You need to

extract

the .zip file and flash the tar file. Good luck.

Also do me a small favor in return. Report back if it works, and try to create a Knox container with the app. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] the_ziom:
One question because im new to this thread I will the note 2 file work on my note 8.0 which also runs the samsumg exynos
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SnuggP:
I just had a doo hickey of a idea, news papers in the former of a tablet delivered to your home daily by way of Courier jam packed with the news from all media outlets in your region including coupons magazines gaming and tech reports or A device people can purchase and subscribe to the wall street journal, Inquirer, magazines, coupons where at a fingers touch they can have sent to their email and printed or smart phone for scanning at register, they can have forums like XDA send you news letters and articles even daily posts from the people. Aww man I'm spewing with ideas on the commode right now! If anyone takes this idea I want 5 percent monthly with a onion and cream cheese and not that WHIPPED CRAP!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sudo77:
Ok, what?? It was a joke. I said I was OCD to relate my continuous obsession to reset the flag, similar to the condition. Besides, I told you to not loose hope in resetting the flag, but I did not tell you to loose your mind in a public forum. LOL
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SnuggP:
But it's a hell of a idea rite, paperless media.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sudo77:
I didn't fully understand your question. But as far as I know, there is NO file you can use to reset the flag unless you

specifically

have the Note 3 SM-N900. Bear with me, but let me long-explain my theory of why this is. (Consolidated research)

I stumbled upon a post a few days ago, which says you CAN install custom rom on locked Samsung WITHOUT tripping Knox. Naturally I thought that this was not possible, but it is... Have a read:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2583199

Among other things, these components MUST remain unmodified (STOCK) in any way shape or form, as evidenced in the bootloader code. If the hash checks fails, will trip Knox:

- Kernel

- Recovery

- System

- Customer Sales Code (CSC must match the country of the ROM flashed)

Discovered you can only flash custom ROMS designed to work on a stock kernels. This leads to a debate on whether it is truly "custom". By definition you should be able to customize these components as well.

The Exynos reset can only be done if these conditions are met:

- The items listed above are signed by Samsung's certificate, before it is flashed. This will allow the new ROM to be accepted by the old bootloader and components installed.

- Once signed, components CANNOT be modified in any way. Continuous hash checking.

- ROM already must contain correct SHA-256 RPMB authentication key, and instructions to reset the flag. (http://www.slideshare.net/linaroorg/intro-to-emmc)

HA3GZS meets all these requirements so it is possible, and so far this is the only BL found. This issue might be that Auth key for other device models, Note 8.0, Note 2, S4, S5 etc are all different. You can try to brute force SHA-256, but it is extremely difficult. I have seen mixed reports of JTAG emmc erases working, but in theory it shouldn't. You can erase everything else off memory but RPMB data and the Knox flag within it should remain because it is write-protected as long as you don't have the key. You CAN replace the emmc though, the flag should reset then. You can "safestrap" to mirror the ROMs and protect the original flag, but that is not resetting.

The only difference in N9005 is the Qfuse (hardware check). Official firmware should always point to the same fuse location to verify the state of the flag, and it won't help to modify anything because of the same hash checks performed above. Unless you have proper authorization to mod, Samsung is not kidding when they say you cannot reset the flag.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Camela:
Note 3 SM-N9005

Anyone here think it will be a possible way soon to reset the knox counter to 0x0 (on Note 3 SM-N9005) ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JonSCSL:
Nope! Not unless someone from Samsung leaks a resettable bootloader for the SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Olleo:
Soon first Notes 3 warranty will expire, so it will not be a problem anymore ;)

I am waiting for the first topic regarding Note 4.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] its the peanut:
a quick reminder for all you guys...

if you got your phone from europe and bring it to the repair in europe your phone will still HAVE its warranty... so people who rooted their phone and live in europe go ahead and repair your phone!

i dont know about countrys outside europe, but someone said to me that in the US you also have your warranty (please verify for me so i can note that for other people)

btw parts for my phone afe actually very cheap

a new camera module costs around 30 euro's (around the 40/50 quid) only the screen is a pain in the ass... just dont drop your phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] My1xT:
In my opinion we should shove this in a Samsung general forum coz many devices will get knox...

Gesendet von meinem SM-N9005 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bogdan1980:
In Europe if they see supersu knox 1, custom status, titanium backup they will reject warranty. The law with: sammy will need to prove you broke the phone because custom kernel, etc - will not apply here in UE.

Maybe they do that in Holland, Germany.... But not at all in all 24 countries

Note 3 rooted knox 1, my last Samsuck crap. I want freedom. Stay away from Samsuck!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ionutzm05:
I told that to myself too. And I bought a HTC One. Never doing that mistake again. Came back and bought a Galaxy Note 3. And by the way, in Romania they don't care that you tripped Knox. A lot of people here had their phones repaired with Knox tripped.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] its the peanut:
Well here in holland i have my warranty, but if they are going to be crying about it parts are pretty cheap just dont drop your phone and youll be fine.

Yeah never going back to samsung damn retards they are. My next phone will be a google phone, or sony of LG

Saw a foto of the back of the note 4 ... Man really that is just so damn ugly
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ionutzm05:
I tried HTC, Sony, LG (Nexus) but I feel like they're not as advanced as Samsung. Ok, maybe a lot of you will think I'm an idiot but.. I actually like TouchWiz. Everything is so beautifully placed and there are a lot of apps that I use day by day. It's my honest opinion. Regarding Galaxy Note 4, I saw the pictures too and I have to admit, it looks pretty ugly. But let's wait until we'll see the actual device. Plus, I had every Galaxy Note but this time I feel like I'm going to skip the 4 as it just can't offer so many things to make me upgrade. We'll wait and see. Knox shouldn't be a reason to stop buying Samsung smartphones.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] its the peanut:
But all the bloatware does ;) and the update they bring out... Takes for ever man
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ionutzm05:
I agree with that :).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SnuggP:
I hate TouchWiz the color is ugly, and not customizable enough. You should be able to choose the color you want and and how you want it to look like next launcher I've be pleased with Next launcher since the Sammy Admire, I would to see that launcher in all its glory on the next phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] adeladas:
Any Clue?

Hello Everyone..

Any Clue for a magical file that resets the Knox counter?

I am unable to make any other updates.. I rooted my N7100 using Kangoo Root

Any Help ??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Louis235:
Hi. You're in the wrong thread my friend, I think. But to answer you're question. There's no such file till now. But who knows what the future brings:) you can't get official updates as you're rooted and as a consequence, device status is no longer "official". If you flash a Stock FW for your N7100 the status will turn back to "official" and you will be able again to update. But you'll lose root rights. If I was you, I would keep root. If there's a new FW for your Note, you can always find it here and flash it by using Odin.

Greets
[Galaxy Note 3 General] its the peanut:
Well there was an way to reset the counter and stuff... But isnt supported anymore deu to people downloaded for free and they didnt earmed money of it and more stuff.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Louis235:
Oh, thanks for that Info. Didn't know that. I'm still fighting with myself. Flash Fever gets higher and higher. Still I have Knox 0x0 but it's so boring without Rom's, Kennels and all that;) . I hate Knox.....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] adeladas:
Hi Louise...

So, if I flashed Stock FW directly with Odin, this will reset the phone status back to Official/

will it brick the phone/

how about the Knox counter, will it be reset as well??

Will be waiting for your reply.

Thank You
[Galaxy Note 3 General] its the peanut:
Hello

Yes if you flash stock official software four you phone your phone will return official.

No i wont brick your phone unless you flash something wrong in odin... just only use the Software For you Model!!!

And the knox **** counter won't be reset there was an app for it but isnt supported anymore :(

Hope i helped you

Best regards
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bogdan1980:
What app for knox counter reset? Never hear of this thing.

Note 3 rooted knox 1, my last Samsuck crap. I want freedom. Stay away from Samsuck!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] its the peanut:
The name is 'Triangle Away' should be in the llay store to buy but i think the guy posted it for free on XDA.

It actually worked with my galaxy S3 Mini, had the counter over 15 times lol, after i used triangle away it was 0 :) but that phone had the old counter with just a number and not 0×1 or what ever the hell you flashed lol... so it wont work but you can try it.

One thing, i never had this problem but youll be getting a message from triangle if you reset the counter that you may or may not brick your device... dont know why but never bricked it so i you dont spoil around youll be safe
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JonSCSL:
Triangle away only resets flash counter. It does NOT reset the KNOX counter.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] its the peanut:
Oops my mistake sorry

But Yeah screw the know man

Dont damage Ur phone and you need to bring it back for repair or whatever ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tomxass:
It is almost year and there is still no way to reset it... ****
[Galaxy Note 3 General] its the peanut:
Keep your hopes up man, surely someone is getting frustrated enough to actually working on this.

But think about this, if there is a way later on samsung will release again a knox update that covers up that again
[Galaxy Note 3 General] pisicutumic:
knox is a server controled app

I saw that after i tryed to restock my note 3 allways is trying to connect to a server after i saw this in a service oddicially samsung they connected the device and they reset to 0 my knox using the imei of the matherboard so the answer is knox can not be reset to 0 since you transmited the code 1 to the server unless they change your motherboard. i guess not anyone can do this . i propose to close the topic .:laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sudo77:
Actually, there is a way to "reset" knox, but we cannot do it with a locked bootloader, people have asked me this before. When I first came to this site, a mod explained that everything starts off with unlocking the bootloader. This is true. See... the whole point of hash verification is to make sure the firmware flashable to the old bootloader.

If the bootloader isn't locked in the first place, you can modify the firmware anyway you want and render the flag useless or point it to a new location without worrying about verification failures. Then flash it. I read a thread recently which I lost, a dev explained that this requires exploitation of the TIMA architecture. If this were to be successful, you can reset 0 on ALL Knox-enabled bootloaders.

Regarding server verification, I don't think Samsung goes that far as to

binding

imei to Knox as well. If this is true, it would be hell, but we'll see. Regardless, I think you are incorrect to assume that the imei is burned to the motherboard, unlike MAC which is, because it can be lost easily through improper software updates.

This thread has gotten stale hasn't it? A mod can close it as they want to.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] paynedave315:
I agree sudo
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ousss87:
s*/+t

I think the knox has won the battle !!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] harold5249:
So N9005 knox 0x1 cannot be reset back to 0x0? Or anyone working in Samsung center as a technician can share the knox reset tool?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mielletseed:
Yes, now when you ask this, he will read this an release the tool to us! Very clever idea! :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nicholaschum:
Sorry to break this to you, but if you breach your contract in a big tech company like Samsung releasing and leaking confidential code, you would have lawsuits up your a** and you'll be jailed for X amount of years.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] its the peanut:
Sir you can read my mind haha.

I read that comment in the morning and didnt had time to answer it but yeah forgot it and now you popped up and sayed it.

The guy that will bring that out will be fired on foot and after that hes got lawsuits following it after.

And that guy has to be reaaaallly stupid to bring it out when people ask it.

Just dont drop your phone or whatever becayse if you do and didnt trip knox youlll also lose your warranty because YOU dropped your phone and it isnt a factory issue. If it just out of the box and something is wrong already or after a time you can redeem warranty

My other phone's vibrator just burned up and didnt rooted it yet and i got it repaired and now its all new :). And yes i now rooted it. If something on the inside is failing and you havent rooted it and all that stuff they accept the warranty... If you root it you lose that warranty. If something on the outside breaks (like a dent in the bodywork or screen damage) they say: no you damaged your phone, your responsibillity and we wont accept it.

This is the fun part of the story, we have no freedom with our devices. Its like the law, you have to obey the rules or else...

I know everyone already knows this but i sometimes like to tell storys ;).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mobilexpert:
nothing is "burned" or OTP'ed, as people really believe (like they believe crap stories about knox and e-fuse),

samsung is too cheap to make things so good and totally secure.

regarding IMEI ... it's just SIGNED and stored in nvram, so it can't be just changed easily, like on previous models.

(altohough it still can be changed, with imei from some other phone, thing is called "SUPER IMEI").

now, regarding previous fact, same can be applied for knox crap, except there is no "knox cure" yet.

time will probably show that my words regarding knox are true. just wait and see.

of course, it's all about time. in moment when knox repair will be public,

sammy will start using new cpu's with different protections, and this story becomes obsolete (again),

because their plastic phones have lifespan shorter than a year. too much greed.

b.r.

Alex