S3 not reading external SD after upgrade also Tri away not working? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi I''ve done some hunting but cannot find any answers (apologies if there is).
This may be a newbie error so again apologies if I am just stupid.
I have a S3 on orange which I rooted using chainfire 6.2 tar via ODIN so I could get full use of Avast and all was fine until I plugged it into Kies and did the update Orange released a week or so ago (details in screen shot below) then a few days later it stopped recognising the external SD, I''ve tried 3 cards none work but are fine in my PC and Xoom.
To do the update I hid the root did the update then left it as was as thought stick to the stock working.
After a few factory re sets still nothing so got in contact with Orange who want the phone back as I'm the only person with this issue.
So then re rooted and downloaded Triangle away so I could reset the counter etc which it has except for removing the triangle???
Can anyone help as Orange are pestering for the phone and I know they'll discover I''ve been tinkering?
Can I just reflash the previous Orange ROM\firmware via ODIN to reset Status and get Tri away to work?
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Run Triangle Away then flash stock rom or Orange rom .
jje

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JJEgan said:
Run Triangle Away then flash stock rom or Orange rom .
jje
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Thanks,
I ran Triangle away and flashed the following I9300BVALE4_I9300ORAALE4_ORA.zip and done a factory reset but when I go into download mode I still have the Triangle???
Do I need to Start again from this firmware?
Now reading SD card which is a bonus!!!

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G3001 said:
Thanks,
I ran Triangle away and flashed the following I9300BVALE4_I9300ORAALE4_ORA.zip and done a factory reset but when I go into download mode I still have the Triangle???
Do I need to Start again from this firmware?
Now reading SD card which is a bonus!!!
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Hold up SGS3 does not have a triangle what phone have you .
jje

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download mode always shows a triangle.
The app's name is from the Galaxy S2 who showed a Triangle on boot when it was not on stock, the S3 does not.
All you have is make sure that in Download mode the counter shows 0 or none and the booted phone doesn't read "modified" in Settings->About phone
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

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Beg pardon thought user was referring to the triangle at boot not the download display .
jje

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G3001 said:
Thanks,
I ran Triangle away and flashed the following I9300BVALE4_I9300ORAALE4_ORA.zip and done a factory reset but when I go into download mode I still have the Triangle???
Do I need to Start again from this firmware?
Now reading SD card which is a bonus!!!
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when u run triangle away dont flash the rom.zip from cwm unzip it once so u get a tar/md5 file and flash the rom using odin or use these instructions from chainfires cf root thread
Chainfire said:
How to uninstall
This is by no means an extensive guide for unrooting, but if you want to sell or warranty your device, I advise the following procedure:
- Use Triangle Away to reset the flash counters, and pull the battery immediately after rebooting starts
- Boot into recovery and perform a wipe, and pull the battery immediately after rebooting starts
- Go to SamMobile and get the stock firmware for your region
- Flash that stock firmware on your device
- Let Android boot, go through device setup (without doing any logins) until Android is fully usable again
- Reboot
- Wait at least 10 minutes
- Check Settings->About device->Status and make sure Device status is not "Modified"
- Perform another factory reset
- Boot into download mode and make sure the flash counter and system status are all set to official
Some of these steps may require further info, if you can't figure it out, do some more searching, or ask people who aren't me
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Ahh right that all makes sense now.
All counters reset, status normal, binary no, all official, SD being read.
BUT now messaging doesn't work and it won't download the drivers to my PC.
At least now I can send it back.