Flashing firmware

[chathuradesilva]

Does flashing stock firmware of another region to my device voids my warranty? Is that gonna trigger the Knox counter?

And as per the signal bands vary from region to region, if I gonna install a firmware from another region, what is the most suitable firmware to use here in Srilanka other than the SLK one.(Please include the CSC)

Thank you in advance.

[chathuradesilva]

Ah then there is a case. And @kavishkakreed has mentioned the way to check your knox counter.

[_Pasindu_Nirmal_]

I'll check

[_Pasindu_Nirmal_]

Oh that's a relief. Warranty was no voided.

[chathuradesilva]

It should be remain 0 since you've neither downgraded nor installed unofficial furmware.

[_Pasindu_Nirmal_]

Does flashing back from Android 12 to Android 11 count as a downgrade?

[chathuradesilva]

Oh! Wait a minute what? Then it didnt triggered the counter 😂 😂. Lmao. I didnt realise that. First thing that went in to my mind was you updated to the android 12 and changed the firmware region by reflashing it. Ok that make sense. Then flashing any kind of stock firmware does not affect the knox counter. But as kaveesj said downgrading is risky and could not work because of the bootloader mismatch issue.

[_Pasindu_Nirmal_]

😅 Yeah it **bleep**. When I updated to Android 12 with Russian CSC I didn't need to Factory reset the phone. But when I downgraded to the SLK android 11 CSC I had to do a factory reset.