Jul 6, 2012

How To Reset Galaxy S3 Flash Counter (set to 0)

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We have posted some tutorial on how to root and install CWM on your Galaxy S3 GT 9300. The root method is simple and allow your phones boot as normal without yellow warning triangle. But  Samsung Galaxy S3 remembers the number of times you update the Firmware. Oh…. This is one of the annoyances with the Samsung Galaxy S3 and all its variants when flashing custom ROMs and kernels is the flash counter, which is incremented every time you unofficially flash a firmware or a kernel.
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-i9300
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: 1
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
Why need remove the YellowTriangle Warning and reset  Galaxy S3 Flash Counter or custom Binary Download? -Samsung can deny service (recognizes that it isn’t an Original Firmware) to those who have modified their phones by unofficial means.
Some says that it’s (flash counter) for warranty purposes. Here is another method- simple and effective to Reset Samsung Galaxy S3 GT i9300 Binary Count via Triangle Away by Chainfire:
Important Note: Triangle Away app only support rooted Galaxy S3. Click here (Method 1 : Method 2) for the Tutorial on how to root Galaxy S3

Step 1: Download and install Triangle Away from Google Play Store. (Please Download original version from Google Play store! )


Step 2: Launch Triangle Away. Triangle Away require you to download some data into your S3. So, Enable Wifi connection and then click download.
Step 3: After download complete, click Reset flash counter.
Step 4: Your phones will boot into Reset flash counter. warning Menu.
Step 5: Press volume out button to start reset S3 flash counter.
Step6: your S3 will reboot once reset flash counter process complete (<5sec)!
Go to download mode again. Your phone must display the following details:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-i9300
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NONE
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL

Download [root] Triangle Away: Google Play Store
If you have any question about this tutorial, you can leave us a comment. We will try the best to answer your Questions as soon as possible!

1 comment:

  1. what are the requirments? running ICS or JB?
    personally im running 4.1.2 Official Stock ROM and i have binary (5) can i remove it through triangle away?

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