[WIP] Reset Binary Counter

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Shaaan

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Please note that if you perform this procedure, you do it at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage!


For resetting binary counter :

In terminal emulator/adb shell, do this :
Code: 
$ su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=1 count=1 seek=3145732
Exclude $ & #.

Make sure that you issue the correct command as this is extremely risky and if done incorrectly, might result in a HARDBRICK.!!

I need someone to test if this method works on the s3 mini. This has been tested on GT-I9070. Please do this at your own risk.


If you feel my work worthwhile, please consider donating! ;)
 
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Shaaan

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No takers? Seriously?
You guys can gain your warranty back using this! This works with tee!

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Sn0w0nS

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Yes but we also risk a hard brick I wanted to try but changed my mind when saw about hard brick. Sorry I hope someone else will test it.

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Lazarosh

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Shaaan said:
Please note that if you perform this procedure, you do it at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage!


For resetting binary counter :

In terminal emulator/adb shell, do this :
Code: 
$ su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=1 count=1 seek=3145732
Exclude $ & #.

Make sure that you issue the correct command as this is extremely risky and if done incorrectly, might result in a HARDBRICK.!!

I need someone to test if this method works on the s3 mini. This has been tested on GT-I9070. Please do this at your own risk.


If you feel my work worthwhile, please consider donating! ;)
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hi all
i tryed this but dont work on s3 mini
 
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Lazarosh

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Shaaan said:
Can you please post a detailed result?

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screenshot2013021314532.png


dsc0001gu.jpg


i have costum recovery
 
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DooMMeeR

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wouldn't it be more safe to examine multiple mmcblk0 contents first before blindly trying to overwrite a byte in flash…
sry it just feels a bit blindheaded to do it that way… lazarosh has hopefully first made a backup of the partition before erasing the byte :p to recover the previous state as the flash counter was clearly not in that place on his device and he may have overwritten different data…
 
Benzonat0r

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Nope doesn't work, it's probably in a different column/block not in 3145732.

But I'm sure you'll figure it out eventually, keep up the good work. :)
 
Shaaan

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Please post the result of this :
hexdump -s 3145732 -n 1 /dev/block/mmcblk0


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Shaaan

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tys0n said:
Sorry for OT, but nice to see you around s3mini dev-section Shaaan.
Hope you'll figure it out, and thanks for taking your time on this!
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Well. I cannot continue anymore! I don't have the device. Also, the method used here is pretty dangerous!
To get this to work, i will have to study the hex dumps of mmcblk0, by changing the binary counter 3-4 times.

So sorry. But this cannot be continued without a device!

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    Shaaan
    Shaaan
    Please note that if you perform this procedure, you do it at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage!


    For resetting binary counter :

    In terminal emulator/adb shell, do this :
    Code: 
    $ su
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=1 count=1 seek=3145732
    Exclude $ & #.

    Make sure that you issue the correct command as this is extremely risky and if done incorrectly, might result in a HARDBRICK.!!

    I need someone to test if this method works on the s3 mini. This has been tested on GT-I9070. Please do this at your own risk.


    If you feel my work worthwhile, please consider donating! ;)
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    Shaaan
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    It means my work is over..


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    I have now my "custom binary download: NO" ... :) Chainfire is the best developer around !!! in the space of 2h he was able to modify TriangleAway for i8190 !! Happy, happy, happy !!! :)

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    Sn0w0nS said:
    So where can I download triangle away? Is it the one in google play wich you have to pay for? Hopefully not cause I cant pay in google play :(

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    Chainfire is nice, so you can find it here.
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    Sn0w0nS said:
    So where can I download triangle away? Is it the one in google play wich you have to pay for? Hopefully not cause I cant pay in google play :(

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