I have mentioned countless times that if you start to root and flash, don't even think about warranty. By installing CWN, you have already change your kernel. Even though you can restore back your original rom - your kernel is still based on CF Root

I am not trying to discourage users from root/flash - I find this phobia of warranty persists. If you want to root/flash - you mest be mentally prepared that warranty is void. If you cannot accept this, than don't root and flash.

My experience ( 5 times ) in dealing with Samsung Service center and 2 times with HTC and one time with Apple - all my submits to claim were based on rooted/flash/jailbreak and in ALL occasions I never faced any problem claiming repairs/replacement/services - all are FOC. But mentally I am prepare to pay for any costs incurred. If I can get all these claims done FOC - it is a bonus
Most recent is just last week - I help to send in my friend Galaxy Tab to KL Service Centre - his Tab was rooted and after flashing a cook rom and a trial kernel resulting in  a lot of problems - battery drain, hard to switch on etc ; the center still process it and reflash a new rom free. When I send it in, I told the staff honestly what he has done , all his trial kernel and rom flashing. Infact I tell the same story too of rooting and flashing when I sent in to Spore Center 3 times for my ex Galaxy S and all 3 ocassions done free and my set is bought AP in LowYat KL !

i believe there is a flash counter at your phone...which indicate how many times you flash it...can be reset by jig though, but i think there must be something that samsung engineer put in to see whether you did flash it or not.

only samsung knows what they have done. haha~~

only samsung can answer you that

pluggin in the jig and erasing the counter triggers another hidden counter that shows how many times you erased

To change from GB 2.3.4 back to 2.3.3.
Just flash with ODIN only? I think I've tried it. But boot loop occur. Any help here?
Does anyone know any stock ROM from Samsung will have Chinese language support. I've tried Taiwan and HongKong. But can't see any Chinese input.
And yet, according to some of the HOngkies, they have built in HTC ChineseIME. Any idea why?

U cant really blame him or old-timers here as this question had came up , over and over and over again without fail . The best is , ask Samsung personally . Not customer service via phone call , walk into their service center and ask them directly . U can get a 100% answer

aargh~~~~

Like I said , ask samsung directly .....What is there 2 be confuse ? At the same time , u can also clarified if  your warranty will be void by flashing or rooting ...... What is so difficult ?

Because THIS question pop-up in every new thread over and over and over ..... IF i get RM10 each time someone ask this , I am 101% i can by myself a few SGSII by now ..... And yes , its a forum but i doubt any of us works for SME technical dept or those involved with the warranty claims . U will get answers , thats 4 sure but who is to give u a better answer than ppl from SME themselves ?

Yoo.., the high and mighty Captain 0..!!
(love your avatar., love the red cape with the capital O..)

Why is it important for you to know whether got rom counter or erase rom counter in our phone if void of warranty is not your concern.?

Samfirmware firmware are official firmware. So it will be same as your stock

Since you posted my posts earlier on, you'd have noticed that this is an issue no need to worry too much about. Somehow someone create this phobia that phones root/flash warranty is void and  ways/means is develop and use to "cheat" the service center by restoring back to stock rom. YES - officially warranty is void once phones rooted/flash. You go and ask the service center , 101 % they will tell you no more warranty. If you have this worry/phobia claiming warranty , just don't root and don't flash

Practically - depends on how you present your case and how the staff respond back.  As my experience shows, I never has issue claiming warranty /services and is free every time, not one time. One time, people say is luck ; 5 times still luck ?? Honestly as I see it as long as you are honest and don't try to bluff your way, the service center guys are nice. I'd think they have more trouble/time pushing you away than accepting your request. My 3 occasions Galaxy S ( AP set bought in LowYat KL) but i send in to Spore Center. Galaxy S2 ( UK set ) also processed by Spore Center. Galaxy Tab ( AP set ) processed by KL Plaza Berjaya . All occasions these sets are rooted and flash with cook roms. In all 5 occasions I need not pay a single cent
I'd just say if one tries to bluff his way , most probably he will be charged for any work done

The technician has definitely a  way to check even with your roms installed back to stock - we can only see what the manufacturer wishes us to see. I am pretty sure the phone has captured log files of processes done on the phone,  these unseen by us. I was told most obvious is the kernel exact file details which we can't see. If you are tech savvy, you can even rename a cook rom firmware details according to the exact name you wish as a technique to cheat the service center

And also don't be too happy with the JIG: it appears clean to us only

http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.ph...h-counter.3827/

Nice~~ am tasting it everyday!!  

@frankgan - in other words, samsung is the owner, so they have the blueprint. no one ever knows what the original blueprint is like except them. so somewhere in there, only they know how to access something even the developers cant find. thatd why devs waiting for the owner's kernel source~ and thats only the kernel. we dont what else the owner has with them.

i'm the only one using umobile among friends ATM, so is totally useless to me. what i damn dulan is the advertisement at 7-11 say top up RM30 free 100 sms. den i ask the cashier at 7-11, she nod her head and say "tak tau". wtf?? ok, i go back n wait for decades, asking at u.com.my, and even go flame their fb page. result: no ppl diao me at all, not only me but oso got other users dun get their free 100 sms. dat's the reason i say their promotion mechanism is suck till the end of the world; in terms of level of exposure and also reliability.

JB quite good. KL good. other places not sure

why not buy the package, try for 1 month and see u like it or not lah. only RM 28. worst case, you lose that money only

wat to do? celcom is GLC and have TM as their backbone. coverage wise i think celcom had penetrated even the caves and isolated islands 

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Added on August 5, 2011, 5:56 pm
for your information, i often travel between kl and mlk; and mlk dun have single bit umobile coverage. when dun have umobile coverage, it will automatically turn into celcom roaming, charges are still the same but the internet service.... 64kbps is what quoted from umobile, but from my experience even 6.4kbps also i kenot reach. wan refresh facebook widget oso take me forever. but whatsapp still can function as usual la. no choice and kenot complain much, since RM28 per month including voice and sms plan had outplayed other telco's best voice+internet plan everywhere.

just buy a RM8 simcard pack, reload RM30 and use *118# to subscribe the Rm28 plan. ya, even roaming oso charge u ntg. overquota oso no charge, jz throttle ur speed to 64kbps only. one thing is when roaming you only can access to celcom 2G. no 3G 

If use 2 G surf forum nvm. If wanna do heavy browsing sure die kau kau... 

i am testing digi Edge for 2 days..opening website still ok.. but listen to internet radio can say 1 song only listen he sing less than 50%..keep on buffering.. dun say open fb game! wait 30 minutes also not yet finish loading.. 

i use celcom postpaid exec 20. add rm28 get 300mb unlimited(means after you finish with the quota speed will throttle down), rm38 1gb unlimited.
speed is very good. download 300mb rom finish within 10 - 15 minutes, using js my phone..
its very enjoyable..download using phone, flash using cwm..flash-on-the-go...lol..
kernel, theme etc i js use this method..

i think maxis is the only one with additional charges after finish quota right now..

i get my Sgs 2 2 days ago...can i know any software can let me download a keyboard to taip chinese words ??