I am on OE2 rooted, and can't seem to turn on remote controls or turn off reactivation lock, contacted samsung and they say I need to take it into a samsung repair shop to have latest firmware flaked to it to get birth to work right, but I don't want to lose root and have the newest crapware they are pushing! Anyone have any ideas?
kilroy1stcav said:
I am on OE2 rooted, and can't seem to turn on remote controls or turn off reactivation lock, contacted samsung and they say I need to take it into a samsung repair shop to have latest firmware flaked to it to get birth to work right, but I don't want to lose root and have the newest crapware they are pushing! Anyone have any ideas?
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It's a common issue. The latest update fixed the reactivation issue but has ping pong exploit patched. Reflash the original firmware for our phone and then turn off reactivation lock and it should stay off. Then re root. I had the same issue once I rooted and I had to go pure stock to turn it off.
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I have a galaxy s6 bought from malaysia and it was region locked. I initially thought it will be easy to unlock but I couldnt unlock it so I took it to local mobile service center. There they unlocked the phone. I dont know how they unlocked it but I think he used some box like octoplus. When I recieved the phone from him it was rooted and the knox counter was tripped.
I know I have voided the warranty but thats fine. Now I dont recieve any updates from Samsung. I want to flash the original samsung firmware back and I have the following clarification before doing it by myself.
1. If I flash the original samsung firmware using smart switch or odin will the phone be unrooted and will I start receiving updates
2. Currently in my smart manager-> device security it says security threat found and I get the notification "unauthorized action detected restart your device to undo any unauthorized changes". Will this error message go off and will the device threat go off.
3. Will installing My knox cause any problem or I should avoid installing it ?
4. Currently "In find my mobile" remote controls is not getting enabled. Will the find my mobile feature start working after flashing the official firmware.
Thanks in advance
Rahul
srahulmca said:
I have a galaxy s6 bought from malaysia and it was region locked. I initially thought it will be easy to unlock but I couldnt unlock it so I took it to local mobile service center. There they unlocked the phone. I dont know how they unlocked it but I think he used some box like octoplus. When I recieved the phone from him it was rooted and the knox counter was tripped.
I know I have voided the warranty but thats fine. Now I dont recieve any updates from Samsung. I want to flash the original samsung firmware back and I have the following clarification before doing it by myself.
1. If I flash the original samsung firmware using smart switch or odin will the phone be unrooted and will I start receiving updates
2. Currently in my smart manager-> device security it says security threat found and I get the notification "unauthorized action detected restart your device to undo any unauthorized changes". Will this error message go off and will the device threat go off.
3. Will installing My knox cause any problem or I should avoid installing it ?
4. Currently "In find my mobile" remote controls is not getting enabled. Will the find my mobile feature start working after flashing the official firmware.
Thanks in advance
Rahul
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if you have tripped knox to 1 then the warranty is voided. you can't unvoid it. furthermore, malaysian SGS6 are G920F, which is supposed to be international unlocked versions. where did you buy this in malaysia? i hope it's not low yat or some shady place.
Yes its G920F. All Samsung galaxy phones are region locked irrespective of where its bought. I dint buy in low yat. But I just curious why you are skeptical about low yat ?. Is low yat not a good place to buy ?
I know I have voided the warranty but I want to know the answer to the above questions
srahulmca said:
Yes its G920F. All Samsung galaxy phones are region locked irrespective of where its bought. I dint buy in low yat. But I just curious why you are skeptical about low yat ?. Is low yat not a good place to buy ?
I know I have voided the warranty but I want to know the answer to the above questions
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you should try installing the official firmware through smart switch first. then slowly work on the rest. use emergency firmware initilization.
2. i'm not sure.
low yat can sell you at a cheap price, but i have had friends who had been conned of several things there before.
I am sure many would have tripped Knox and flashed stock firmware and you must be having answers to my clarification. Can anyone help me by answering my questions
srahulmca said:
I am sure many would have tripped Knox and flashed stock firmware and you must be having answers to my clarification. Can anyone help me by answering my questions
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bro, i suggest you try installing Smart Switch on your PC, then click more at the top right hand corner, click emergency firmware initialization > Device initialization > Key in SM-G920F > key in your Serial number > click okay (make sure to back up first) then install the latest firmware. That should unroot your phone. The rest of the questions you asked, may be fixed after you unroot your phone
Ok. Thanks zincsnow. I will try it.
srahulmca said:
Ok. Thanks zincsnow. I will try it.
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no problem, let me know if you need any more help. but quote me so i can be notified
Did the guys in the local mobile devices center tell you that their actions will trip knox and void your warranty?
No they didnt tell me.
srahulmca said:
No they didnt tell me.
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you should talk to them about this. this is very irresponsible of them
This is India, you cannot do much. Any how I cannot use samsung Malaysia warranty here. I will not be using samsung pay here. My only concerns is getting OTA updates from samsung and find my mobile to work, because I have a previous experience of losing my phone.
zincsnow have you tripped the knox. if yes and if you are on stock firmware back. What does the device security under smart manager say ?
srahulmca said:
This is India, you cannot do much. Any how I cannot use samsung Malaysia warranty here. I will not be using samsung pay here. My only concerns is getting OTA updates from samsung and find my mobile to work, because I have a previous experience of losing my phone.
zincsnow have you tripped the knox. if yes and if you are on stock firmware back. What does the device security under smart manager say ?
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alright then. i have tripped knox but i haven't gone back to stock.
Bro, please follow this link to unroot your galaxy S6 and bring it back to stock.
you'll be able to update your device normally after that.
I have updated my device using smart switch now everything works fine. I didn't try installing my Knox because I don't need 2 environments one for work and personal. Thanks all especially zincsnow
I was surprised about one thing. I was expecting that once the installation is completed my phone will be in a new state but it had all my datas and settings intact nothing was changed, not sure if restore had run.
srahulmca said:
I have updated my device using smart switch now everything works fine. I didn't try installing my Knox because I don't need 2 environments one for work and personal. Thanks all especially zincsnow
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srahulmca said:
I was surprised about one thing. I was expecting that once the installation is completed my phone will be in a new state but it had all my datas and settings intact nothing was changed, not sure if restore had run.
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no worries mate. have a great day!
Hey guys firstly i want to apologize if i'm on the wrong forum.
I have screwed up and i hope you guys could help.
I have a Samsung S6 that worked perfectly, but i wanted to sell it and buy an S7 and so i have done a "hard" factory reset by pushing Vol up, Home, Power buttons. Turns out i had to do a "soft" factory reset first.
Now when i tried to sell my phone with all parts and documents i have failed!
It turns out that the phone asks for my Samsung ID but obviously i can't remember an ID that i have created more than a year ago that was of no use to me!
I think i still have warranty but that is my last option for something like this, i have not rooted this device it runs on marshmallow.
What can i do to fix it myself?
I haven't tried flashing it with a stock rom simply because i fear that that will trigger KNOX, even though i'm desperate to fix this, i haven't crossed that border of despair.
Guys please help, i'm counting on your replies.
Thank you.
Flashing a stock rom that was made for your phone will NOT trigger knox. You can use samfirm and odin to do it
ankushkatari said:
Flashing a stock rom that was made for your phone will NOT trigger knox. You can use samfirm and odin to do it
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Thanks for your reply, do you mean from sammobile? Also i do not remember what version if marshmallow i was running, is there a way for me to figure it out now?
Okay i figured out what version of marshmallow i was running simply because i had put updates on automatic so it must be the last 6.0.1
However i do not know anything about samfirm i have used odin before on my s4 like 3 years ago, and i only used it to root my s4.
Could anyone please help me out?
Btw, if i successfully put a stock firmware on it throigh samfirm and odin, will it remove my email? Or is it omly worth a try?
Are you certain that it will not trigger knox?
Okay i tried flashing the same firmware unto my devicd but it seems that i can't flash anything because Reactivation Lock is enabled.
I didn't enable it (at least i don't remember) mayve the marshmallow update enabled Reactivation Lock?
I'm almost at the point of throwing my phone into a wall, it's getting close.
Did you figure it out. I'm in the same boat with my S6 edge
Hi all,
Tried figuring out how to unroot the note 7 but no luck
samsung plus is detecting it and i cannot download updates
I only rooted so i can unlock the phone
any help?
SOLVED:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-note-7/how-to/sm-n930p-stock-odin-firmware-t3444733
Launched ODIN and did only AP first, phone crashed and had a strange error screen. Then did the other three and the phone asked for a factory reset then started working.
The unlock STAYED
The device is able to get updates and everything seems to work fine including Samsung Pay
Only issue is that the hotspot does not show in the settings at all. All hotspot apps fail.
Also, does anyone know if the unlock will hold after returning to stock? Considering it's probably a soft unlock.
I want to be able to use all samsung services normally. as well as download updates and install them.
Thanks!
So I have a galaxy s4 active and I rooted a while back with kingroot I know it isn't good but I did it anyway... and unistalled king root completely and supposedly should have removed my root. So I was trying to play Pokemon Go after recently purchasing a pokemon go plus and I can't play and it is because of safetynet even though I have no root. I realized that when I boot up my s4 a screen with a padlock icon and text that says custom appears. I thought this may mean my bootloader is unlocked and that this could trigger me failing safety net. I have been looking every where on how to relock my bootloader. I just want to pass that safety net baloney.
MillaShows said:
So I have a galaxy s4 active and I rooted a while back with kingroot I know it isn't good but I did it anyway... and unistalled king root completely and supposedly should have removed my root. So I was trying to play Pokemon Go after recently purchasing a pokemon go plus and I can't play and it is because of safetynet even though I have no root. I realized that when I boot up my s4 a screen with a padlock icon and text that says custom appears. I thought this may mean my bootloader is unlocked and that this could trigger me failing safety net. I have been looking every where on how to relock my bootloader. I just want to pass that safety net baloney.
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Try installing latest stock firmware for your device with odin or kies/smartswitch
Regards
Sawdoctor
I used smartswitch and I have the latest firmware
So I used smartswitch and it said I had the latest firmware what now?
I tried everything
So smartswitch said my device isn't compatible to initialize (sgh-i537) so I tried using Odin to return to stock but the only firmware avaliable for my device is kitkat and I have lollipop so I cant downgrade can I? Even then I get and error in download mode saying fail secure download: boot or something like that. If I hard reset through the stock recovery will I be able to pass safetynet I even tried triangle away because I thought maybe it had something to do with my system being custom and it needed to be official and triangle away didn't even work I tried rooting again just so I could rename the su files to su1 which people said would let you play that didn't work either I looking how get magisk I couldn't do it. Is there anyway I can fully go back to stock that will work and will allow me to pass safetynet I am not concerned about root currently I don't need it.
I recently bought a Galaxy S6 (SM-G920A), that has been factory reset and has been Samsung Account locked. I've done a lot of research and can't find a method that works for me to recover the phone.
Most recently, I flashed the combination rom (G920AUCU7ARA1), hoping to maybe achieve something by enabling usb debugging, but I'm not sure where to go from there or if it's even possible.
Also, I can't remember what exact firmware was on the phone before flashing the combination rom but it was on 6.0.1. Is there anyway to find out what firmware I was on? Can I just re-flash any firmware back onto it as long as it's 6.0.1?
Edit: Also, the combination rom is 5.0.2, so could I downgrade that far? I've read something about the bootloader version preventing that but since the combination rom is already this version wouldn't it make sense that I could install the same version of original firmware?
I've spent pretty much every hour I've had off work for the past 3 days trying to figure it out to no avail. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
I've seen/read multiple times about a bluetooth headset bypass by accessing voice assistant. Can anyone confirm on 6.0.1 G920A?
I should also add that I don't really mind if KNOX is tripped or whatever. There's no warranty anyways and that's all KNOX is for, right?
So, I flashed G920AUCS7ERA2, which is the newest firmware available. For some reason this was the only firmware that would work with odin - I'm guessing because of the bootloader version of the combination file being '7'.
Anyways, bluetooth doesn't work with the emergency call and also talkback isn't available, it's been replaced with voice assistant.
Any way I can downgrade to enable bluetooth or anything that would work? I'm honestly desperate at this point. I'm out $100 for the phone and the pawn shop can't give me the information for the original owner. Am I screwed or can anyone offer any assistance?
I'm willing to pay at this point.
I was able to downgrade to G920AUCU6EQCF. I don't know how but I am now able to enable bluetooth. I bought these, and they don't work. Google doesn't come up. Nothing does. Does it have to be a headset?
try to flash LineAgeOS roms....
Another easy solution can be found here:
[Guide] Unlock FRP / Deactivate Reactivation lock, Root and recovery for Samsung
Lennvy said:
I was able to downgrade to G920AUCU6EQCF. I don't know how but I am now able to enable bluetooth. I bought these, and they don't work. Google doesn't come up. Nothing does. Does it have to be a headset?
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