My wife's Note 5 factory reset protection lock - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5
My wife is having a crisis here with her new note 5, the long story short is that she was away at Disney world (we live in Michigan, not sure if the geography had an impact) and she had her phone locked with the retarded finger print scanner. She tried to unlock it while her finger was wet and not only did it not unlock but it also continued to register tries and locked her phone and requested google account password. She apparently had two google accounts synced to the phone and she had no idea which was primary, add to that that she has a terrible memory, well, she waited until she had one try left to call and ask me if I could get it for her from her planner in the house. For whatever reason this password didn't work either (even though I could log into her gmail with it) and the phone did a forced factory reset. Ok, no big deal, right?
Phone reboots, starts the setup wizard, goes to what looks like a google screen which says this phone experienced an abnormal factory reset and you must sign in with a gmail account which was previously synced (it defenitely say "a gmail account" not "the gmail" or Primary gmail). So she signs in with the gmail that we know we had the right password for. The phone reboots and comes back to the same screen. Her gmail gets a message that SM-n920V signed in with this account and I went into the android devices and verified that "it was me". By this time I was at work and the only thing I could think was that it must need the proimary and that must be the other one, so in order to get her other gmail account working and I had to reset it's password (one gmail was backup to the other), ok, so I get both gmail accounts working. She tries to log in with that one and the it behaves exactly the same.
I was at work by this time and I start trying to research this and I find it's probably tied to samsungs FRP. I try to log into the samsung account and neither gmail is tied to it. I finally find it and it is tied to a yahoo account that she also has no idea what the password is. I manage to reset the yahoo account, and then the damned samsung account and now I can look at everything.
The only mention I can find about FRP on the samsung site is in a FAQ that I find and I find a little tidbit in there that says that if you change your google password you have to wait 72 hours to log back in with it. I have no idea how the samsung account would know the google password reset, but also, there are no prompts on the phone that mention this. it just asks for the account again and again.
So, my wife calls Verizon, they are clueless but they transfer her to samsung. Samsung support was apparently horrible with her, but regardless, they tell her it's googles fault and transfer her to google, google says it's a samsung bug and sends her back to samsung. Samsung finally tells her what I found about the FRP in the begining, that there is a 72hr cooldown, but FURTHERMORE, they tell her that she can't try the account until 72hrs are up, that just by trying to log in means she has to RESET PASSWORDS AGAIN and then just sit with her thumb up her butt for "up to 72 hrs" they tell her this time. They also said she would get an email when she can log in, but we still have no idea to which account...
So, all parties involved are fully satisfied that this is indeed her device but they claim there is no way to expedite this. I also know that this is 99% her fault, but come on, this is ridiculous. I also am not convinced that after 72 hours, which is really up to 96 now because it took until the second night after all of this to get an answer from tech support. Meanwhile my family is clear across the country and now with minimal communication capability. They got home safely today, and tonight would have been the initial end of 72 hours, but apparently she will be waiting for tomorrow night because they made her reset again. When she got home I tried to completely reflash the phone with odin, and it was 100% successful, but as soon as it boots it goes to software update does a really quick update (which I suspect is the FRP thing leeching onto the setup wizard) and then it boots, goes through until account sign in and then says the phone was reset... blah... blah... blah... I didn't try to log in, I don't want to make this drag out any longer, but WTF!!!!
There used to be a loophole to get out of the wizard, it's patched. Is there any way around this? I mean, tomorrow is not that much further away, I'm not trying anything risky this close to the end of the cooldown, but I highly doubt that it is going to make any difference tomorrow. It feels like a bug, I would expect that it would give some kind of warning, flag, or message that this was going to take 72 hours and there is nothing, its like a sign in bootloop... Added to that google themselves says its a sammy firmware bug, well I'm not hopeful.
Anyone else experience this? Any resolution? I will report back tomorrow one way or another, but I suspect we will be getting a new device from Verizon.
Thanks,
Jason
We had two customers who reset their password and it made them wait 72 hours before that password could be used again for the verification. Now those phones both worked after the 72 hours but they only had one Gmail on there. Only thing I can think of is to absolutely make sure both accounts have the password. And try each on the phone after the 72 is up for both of them. Google locks the phone believed to be the IMEI of the phone after a reset on 5.1.1. Something new we ended up running into
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Thanks for the reply! It is good to know that it is possibly going to work. I'm surprised that it is baked into lollipop-- Google claimed that it was all Samsung's fault. I checked my Tab S which is running some spin of CM on lollipop and there is no FRP options in the settings like there are in my note 4 on official firmware. I did run across a few other references to it being a lollipop thing, but all I can say is what google tech support told us.
I have to say that it really surprises me that with the fact that all three of the corporations with some sort of power with the device having been satisfied that she is the actual owner, can't just remotely restore access.
I'll update when we find out more... I'm trying to figure out which account might be primary by looking back in her google device history, oddly enough they both show this device as a "new device" trying to sign into her accounts on the day that all this went south. I wonder if there is more going on here-- I have completely wiped and flashed different roms and still had google recognize the device as my previous one.
Thanks,
Jason
jacampb2 said:
Thanks for the reply! It is good to know that it is possibly going to work. I'm surprised that it is baked into lollipop-- Google claimed that it was all Samsung's fault. I checked my Tab S which is running some spin of CM on lollipop and there is no FRP options in the settings like there are in my note 4 on official firmware. I did run across a few other references to it being a lollipop thing, but all I can say is what google tech support told us.
I have to say that it really surprises me that with the fact that all three of the corporations with some sort of power with the device having been satisfied that she is the actual owner, can't just remotely restore access.
I'll update when we find out more... I'm trying to figure out which account might be primary by looking back in her google device history, oddly enough they both show this device as a "new device" trying to sign into her accounts on the day that all this went south. I wonder if there is more going on here-- I have completely wiped and flashed different roms and still had google recognize the device as my previous one.
Thanks,
Jason
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Yea no problem at all and like I said it did just show itself the past couple weeks. So far it's from 5.1.1 but it has work keep us posted and I'll look into more if need be
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Well, she got it unlocked. Apologies to you Jacob, but the Verizon tech who made her reset passwords a second time was an idiot. She was in a chat with a Samsung tech today and told him she still didn't have an email and 72 hours was almost up and she didn't want to try to login and end up reseting her lock out again. He told her no email was coming and that the only way she would know if it was unlocked was if she tried... Smh... It may have been unlocked for days now. Lol. It did her some good to go through withdrawal.
Fwiw I blocked updates and am still on Kk with my note 4, the frp thing is in my security menu. I have it turned off on hers now too, but the option was buried in developers settings and is listed as "OEM unlock". Maybe this post will help others before they get in her position. Thanks for the info!
Later,
Jason
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72 hour lockout if you change password around a Factory Reset.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...ne-you-might-trip-a-72-hour-security-lockout/
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jacampb2 said:
Well, she got it unlocked. Apologies to you Jacob, but the Verizon tech who made her reset passwords a second time was an idiot. She was in a chat with a Samsung tech today and told him she still didn't have an email and 72 hours was almost up and she didn't want to try to login and end up reseting her lock out again. He told her no email was coming and that the only way she would know if it was unlocked was if she tried... Smh... It may have been unlocked for days now. Lol. It did her some good to go through withdrawal.
Fwiw I blocked updates and am still on Kk with my note 4, the frp thing is in my security menu. I have it turned off on hers now too, but the option was buried in developers settings and is listed as "OEM unlock". Maybe this post will help others before they get in her position. Thanks for the info!
Later,
Jason
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Lol no offense taken just trying to help. Was new to me till I read up on it and experienced it. Sorry it took so long but glad you were able to get it unlocked ?
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I turned that reset feature off real quick.....I have a 2 year old and a5 year old. My phone would get wiped and reset every day!
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dakota-boy said:
I turned that reset feature off real quick.....I have a 2 year old and a5 year old. My phone would get wiped and reset every day!
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Oh yes be glad you don't have an iPhone to see the disabled screen....lol
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Had the same problem only I gave up, and pulled out my old phone for the holidays, but just last night I tried it aging putting in my gmail account and it worked. But I had none idea their was a cool down wait time, this is stupid you would think they would give you a warning.. good luck to you all I can say is that it did work after the cool down.
I do not own the phone but my friend ad work is in the same situation I have been helping her the only thing is it has been more then 72hrs and it is still not letting her in she has been trying to log in the whole time not sure if that will re set the wait time also the phone was forced factory reset after the failed password scenario any help would be great she just got it 2 weeks ago
Hi. Just a tidbit of information here. This isn't really "Google" locking out the phone. It is in fact a bug on Samsung's newer phone models. If you do some searching you will see that mostly people with samsung phones get locked out. It appears that there is some spotty coding in Samsung's customization of the Android OS which interferes with the FRP. I played around with it on my Nexus 5 and don't get this problem, only on my extra phone which is a core prime
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my phone is on a lockout which really sucks! my question here is by trying to log in multiple times because no one told me this was going to happen either at the store where I bought the phone or when the idiots reset it without telling me this, will it reset the timer again? my lock out started on Wednesday afternoon and I kept trying to log in and even changed my password but nothing until yesterday that I was told about the lock out did I stop. I really hope it does not reset because that is the only means of communication I have.
eescam said:
my phone is on a lockout which really sucks! my question here is by trying to log in multiple times because no one told me this was going to happen either at the store where I bought the phone or when the idiots reset it without telling me this, will it reset the timer again? my lock out started on Wednesday afternoon and I kept trying to log in and even changed my password but nothing until yesterday that I was told about the lock out did I stop. I really hope it does not reset because that is the only means of communication I have.
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The 72 hours is a Google thing. If you reset your Gmail password it is not valid for use on the locked phone until 72 hours after reset. That being said their is a work around and I believe it might still work. I have method to try and an app I made to get it bypassed. Just let me know if you need the steps with an otg cable and a USB flashdrive
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Jacob11701 said:
The 72 hours is a Google thing. If you reset your Gmail password it is not valid for use on the locked phone until 72 hours after reset. That being said their is a work around and I believe it might still work. I have method to try and an app I made to get it bypassed. Just let me know if you need the steps with an otg cable and a USB flashdrive
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hi if you have a way to bypass it, please let me know, i'm locked out of mine as well , already reset and waited 72hrs, same thing, please help
How to bypass Factory Reset Protection (FRP) on Samsung Galaxy Note 5 [Step-by-step Guide] http://drippler.com/drip/how-bypass...ion-frp-samsung-galaxy-note-5-step-step-guide Via j.mp/drippler_app
veeeyesee said:
hi if you have a way to bypass it, please let me know, i'm locked out of mine as well , already reset and waited 72hrs, same thing, please help
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Anilpalepu posted exactly what I had. Made the app that he already had tho so I already had it
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my first go at galaxy s.. x3
i just spent the last few hours getting to know these new phones i bought. i purchased 2 captivates and 1 vibrant off ebay this week, just picked them all up. they were all locked. the first captivate was easy to unlock, unlock code worked fine. the vibrant was weird, i first had to enter the unfreeze code, then the unlock code in order for it to work. now for the 2nd captivate.. it was a bit more of a hassle. the item was listed as "locked" which i assumed was locked to the ATT carrier.. but was actually locked because of too many failed attempts with a swype code i believe. it prompted me to sign in with the gmail user and password (which i didnt have of course). and even worse, i couldnt use the button combos to get into download mode or recovery mode. i searched through threads trying to find out if there was an alternative (tried sdk) but didnt work. when i plugged it into my pc, and messing around with the vol +/- keys, i managed to get into the phone without the code or user/pass request. i thought sweet, now i can just wipe the phone, but when i tried to, it asked me for the code once again. i ended up working my way into the accounts, and added a new google account to the phone (it wouldnt let me delete the original). then once i restarted the phone, i could now login using the new account. i ended up going into the phone settings, and it let me set a new screen lock, which i was then able to use to privacy wipe the phone and start fresh. i figured this could possibly be useful to some people, so id post my experience with it if anyone else had/has the same issue. im just glad i managed to do something with this phone.. i thought i was going to have it goto waste. i have to say, so far im loving this phone (a former iphone 3gs user).. froyo is quite nice!
how much did you pay, if you dont mind me asking...
Paid 300 for each with original boxes, manuals, cables, plus cases and screen protectors. I'm in canada so didn't have much other options besides being off ebay Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
NFC puchases after 4.4.3 firmware?
Anyone able to make purchases with google wallet or softcard after updating their firmware to 4.4.3?
nomisunrider said: Anyone able to make purchases with google wallet or softcard after updating their firmware to 4.4.3? Click to expand... Click to collapse I'm on the latest firmware and running NuSenseSIXv2.0 (4.4.3 based). Softcard works as expected after setting up the Rootcloak Xposed module.
shortstuff_mt said: I'm on the latest firmware and running NuSenseSIXv2.0 (4.4.3 based). Softcard works as expected after setting up the Rootcloak Xposed module. Click to expand... Click to collapse Same here with rootcloak Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk
nomisunrider said: Anyone able to make purchases with google wallet or softcard after updating their firmware to 4.4.3? Click to expand... Click to collapse Same here. I used to use Google Wallet before the update on CVS once in a while. However after the update I'm not able to use it anymore. Not rooted, running stock Android 4.4.3. OTA Verizon Updated. I am resetting my phone now and will try soon when I get another chance. Anyway, how did it go for you? is yours working now? I do not have insurance, just ran out two days ago when I did a plan change. Sucks big time now that I have to get to know that it doesn't work. Also, just to be sure I tried ISIS/Softcard Wallet as well to see if it is the Google Wallet itself is blocked or handicapped for some reason. But to my surprise, ISIS/Softcard does not work as well. I am doubting the hardware now. Or this is a solid 4.4.3 Update bug that is causing our device to not function as normal. Question is, is Verizon aware of this? How do we report this to Verizon? According to what I see here, only few have been affected it seems? or is it so? I am left with many more questions than answers ever since the update. P.S - After the update my phone isn't as smooth as it was before either. Feels like the I am experiencing choppy frame rates often times. But not to the level that I will fault the phone. Please help. Let me know what worked for you and what didn't.
Deepak Sanje said: Same here. I used to use Google Wallet before the update on CVS once in a while. However after the update I'm not able to use it anymore. Not rooted, running stock Android 4.4.3. OTA Verizon Updated. I am resetting my phone now and will try soon when I get another chance. Anyway, how did it go for you? is yours working now? I do not have insurance, just ran out two days ago when I did a plan change. Sucks big time now that I have to get to know that it doesn't work. Also, just to be sure I tried ISIS/Softcard Wallet as well to see if it is the Google Wallet itself is blocked or handicapped for some reason. But to my surprise, ISIS/Softcard does not work as well. I am doubting the hardware now. Or this is a solid 4.4.3 Update bug that is causing our device to not function as normal. Question is, is Verizon aware of this? How do we report this to Verizon? According to what I see here, only few have been affected it seems? or is it so? I am left with many more questions than answers ever since the update. P.S - After the update my phone isn't as smooth as it was before either. Feels like the I am experiencing choppy frame rates often times. But not to the level that I will fault the phone. Please help. Let me know what worked for you and what didn't. Click to expand... Click to collapse Sorry this probably doesn't help you much but I am totally stock 4.4.3 - no s-off no root and Softcard ( used to be Isis ) works fine for me. Just used it this morning. Hope you get your issue figured out.
Thanks for your response, DangerousDave said: Sorry this probably doesn't help you much but I am totally stock 4.4.3 - no s-off no root and Softcard ( used to be Isis ) works fine for me. Just used it this morning. Hope you get your issue figured out. Click to expand... Click to collapse Thanks for the response, Honestly, anything and everything helps. Since you have a Verizon M8, assuming from your signature, I guess I am in the minority or rare bunch who's device is affected. I am glad to know that your device is functioning as normal. I do not have insurance at the moment. And I am sad to learn that I have to send my device to HTC for repairs. Which takes about 10-14 days without phone. Does Verizon do loaner phones?
Deepak Sanje said: Thanks for the response, Honestly, anything and everything helps. Since you have a Verizon M8, assuming from your signature, I guess I am in the minority or rare bunch who's device is affected. I am glad to know that your device is functioning as normal. I do not have insurance at the moment. And I am sad to learn that I have to send my device to HTC for repairs. Which takes about 10-14 days without phone. Does Verizon do loaner phones? Click to expand... Click to collapse You should be covered under verizons one year manufacturer warranty go in to a verizon corporate store they will probably overnight you another m8, and from what most assume usually they seem to always send a new m8 because they are really hard to disassemble so many thing they replace with new. I know many people that got an m8 replaced through asuron the verizon and at&t insurance and everyone says they got a new one because you can go into the settings and they dont show reconditioned and usually show a build date within a couple months of when they receive them. I say take it to a verizon owned corporate store steer clear of verizon dealers a corporate store can do more for you like overnight you a replacement.
Bit the bullet and called HTC. Roefastford said: You should be covered under verizons one year manufacturer warranty go in to a verizon corporate store they will probably overnight you another m8, and from what most assume usually they seem to always send a new m8 because they are really hard to disassemble so many thing they replace with new. I know many people that got an m8 replaced through asuron the verizon and at&t insurance and everyone says they got a new one because you can go into the settings and they dont show reconditioned and usually show a build date within a couple months of when they receive them. I say take it to a verizon owned corporate store steer clear of verizon dealers a corporate store can do more for you like overnight you a replacement. Click to expand... Click to collapse Bit the bullet and called HTC. Found out there is another program that they send out a device in advance, overnight that is along with a mailer envelope to return our old unit. But it seems they put a hold on your card for 599 and also a 29 one time fee for this to happen. I am thinking if it is worth going this route. At least this will solve my problem of being without a phone. But before I do that, I have made sure the HTC Rep to record our coversation and give me time to call back, so that I can test it out one more time. ( Did I tell you some HTC reps are dumb? The first one I talked to, the girl was so stupid that she did not know what is NFC and asked me to explain what it is, and how to use it. Asked me to pause, stopped me numerous times and made me repeat what was not working. After all that, she still did not get it. Hung up the phone on me and left, and did not bother to call me on my backup callback number. Lol. ) ---------- Post added at 02:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:40 PM ---------- Just went to CVS and tried my Google Wallet. Wholla, it worked. So the second reset seemed to have fixed the problem. Or did it? I am not sure, only time will tell. I will keep on trying once in a while to be sure that it is not just a fluke. Here is what I did. The HTC rep (the second one that is, first one was dumb and rude due to her limited understanding) asked me to reset the phone once more, and when the phone booted up, I unchecked the Settings > Power > Fastboot option. Disabled Softcard/ISIS Wallet in App settings, Installed Google Wallet again. And all seems to be in order now. Not sure what caused the initial trouble. I will be on the look and report if the trouble comes back again. Thanks for the suggestions and feedback guys.
Deepak Sanje said: Bit the bullet and called HTC. Found out there is another program that they send out a device in advance, overnight that is along with a mailer envelope to return our old unit. But it seems they put a hold on your card for 599 and also a 29 one time fee for this to happen. I am thinking if it is worth going this route. At least this will solve my problem of being without a phone. But before I do that, I have made sure the HTC Rep to record our coversation and give me time to call back, so that I can test it out one more time. ( Did I tell you some HTC reps are dumb? The first one I talked to, the girl was so stupid that she did not know what is NFC and asked me to explain what it is, and how to use it. Asked me to pause, stopped me numerous times and made me repeat what was not working. After all that, she still did not get it. Hung up the phone on me and left, and did not bother to call me on my backup callback number. Lol. ) ---------- Post added at 02:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:40 PM ---------- Just went to CVS and tried my Google Wallet. Wholla, it worked. So the second reset seemed to have fixed the problem. Or did it? I am not sure, only time will tell. I will keep on trying once in a while to be sure that it is not just a fluke. Here is what I did. The HTC rep (the second one that is, first one was dumb and rude due to her limited understanding) asked me to reset the phone once more, and when the phone booted up, I unchecked the Settings > Power > Fastboot option. Disabled Softcard/ISIS Wallet in App settings, Installed Google Wallet again. And all seems to be in order now. Not sure what caused the initial trouble. I will be on the look and report if the trouble comes back again. Thanks for the suggestions and feedback guys. Click to expand... Click to collapse Glad you got it working and I can empathize some of the reps can be infuriating !
i could be able to make purchases using google wallet and im on MIUI digital high v4.9.21 before that i used digital high's GPE rom and it did NFC purchases just fine
No Longer Working - Again DangerousDave said: Glad you got it working and I can empathize some of the reps can be infuriating ! Click to expand... Click to collapse So as my previous post suggested, after a hard reset and disabling the Softcard/ISIS app, and having Google Wallet as the exclusive app, the tap and pay worked at the CVS. However, when I tried again last night, it is no longer working and not registering the tap anymore at the terminal. I am confused. Is it the hardware? Should I go ahead with the replacement device from HTC? or Should I just blame the software and keep the phone as is. Although my contacts and account is backed up in Google accounts, I still think its a hassle reinstalling 50+ apps, and restoring the phone to its fully functional day to day state that suited me. I just do not like the hassle of swapping phones. Any last suggestions guys? Or hardware swap is my only way?
Switched Phones, gave up on HTC One m8. Deepak Sanje said: So as my previous post suggested, after a hard reset and disabling the Softcard/ISIS app, and having Google Wallet as the exclusive app, the tap and pay worked at the CVS. However, when I tried again last night, it is no longer working and not registering the tap anymore at the terminal. I am confused. Is it the hardware? Should I go ahead with the replacement device from HTC? or Should I just blame the software and keep the phone as is. Although my contacts and account is backed up in Google accounts, I still think its a hassle reinstalling 50+ apps, and restoring the phone to its fully functional day to day state that suited me. I just do not like the hassle of swapping phones. Any last suggestions guys? Or hardware swap is my only way? Click to expand... Click to collapse Update - Got rid of the HTC One M8, swapped for a Galaxy S5 on craigslist and guess what, Google wallet works fine there. Yes, although that is a Verizon phone as well, grass is definitely greener on that side. I do not like the menu system and UI, color etc, but what it supposed to do, it does without any issues. Yes I miss the aluminum body and the build, also the sense 6, but the ease of use with fingerprint sensor and the vibrancy of amoled screen picks up the slack. Wish HTC can use Amoled screens as well.
I was able to use google wallet no problem after the 4.4.3 update at CVS this is however before CVS disabled their NFC payment system. Stock Rooted.
I was able to use it just fine at Walgreens this morning.
Never had a problem with it 4.4.3 or 4.4.4
AT&T S6 still won't work right tried everything
I've searched far and wide on these long threads and tried most of them. Twice or more and I still can't add certain. Accounts specially samsung. Yes the phone is Samsung account locked the phone was reported stolen so my brother could get a new one and he gave me this one. Now that I don't have a working phone I need to get this thing up.and running. It's got activation lock on even when I turned it off double factory reset and all those tricks and asks work but not 100%. I'm broke and can't buy a good phone and would love the help
No one on XDA will help you when you obtained the phone through fraud.
issue with getting back into note 5 on firmware N920VVRS3BPI1
Got into a frp situation. Girlfriend can't recall her password from a account she made with the note. Its not the first time she couldnt remember a email address with the password difference is she hadnt been asked to login in for whatever it was she does frequently so over time she totally forgot. I tried rootjunkys universals approach but yield no results. Cant this firmware be backtracked to the previous? Is there a better approach on skipping the whole wizard?
Gthunders said: Got into a frp situation. Girlfriend can't recall her password from a account she made with the note. Its not the first time she couldnt remember a email address with the password difference is she hadnt been asked to login in for whatever it was she does frequently so over time she totally forgot. I tried rootjunkys universals approach but yield no results. Cant this firmware be backtracked to the previous? Is there a better approach on skipping the whole wizard? Click to expand... Click to collapse You cannot downgrade any longer since it's already updated with the current security patch.. There's really only 3 things you can do at this point... 1 try like hell to figure the password out trying multiple times if you have to.. 2. Simply change the password and then wait 24 hours for it to trickle down to the phone itself (some times it takes longer) or 3. If you can't even remember the username and password at all you're going to unfortunately have to go to Samsungs online chat support and they will end up giving you a shipping label to send the phone to them in Texas and you won't get the phone back for like 12 to 14 days... Other than that your pretty much screwed sorry to say..
Guess I'm going to with a uart 10.00 dollar service bypass. I miss the old xda crowd.
Gthunders said: Guess I'm going to with a uart 10.00 dollar service bypass. I miss the old xda crowd. Click to expand... Click to collapse Did that work?
Of course its android phone ?
Looking for best option with my S7
Hey guys, So I purchased a S7 on ebay after clearing the IMEI through Verizon's Fraud Department. I then made sure the Imei matched the Original Phone Box, Receipt and back glass. All was well so I was happy with the purchase. It had a broken front screen and I went through the repair and fixed it! Was really happy to save money by repairing an S7. Only issue is what I have no learned to be FRP. She reset the phone before sending it to me which is completely understandable. I've emailed her in ebay about it and she said she would get back to me with the gmail account but hasn't responded regarding giving me the password. I fully understand and don't expect her to give me their password. That's a bit ridiculous of me to expect that. All I want is the clean clear phone I bought from her and be able to use it. So A few things, Im not just here for this. I also want to get into rooting which is why I registered, I hope to be of help in the future as I learn more and more about getting those terrible factory apps and stuff that comes from verizon. 1. Which is the best method about doing an FRP Bypass. I see people on ebay that will do it for like 20 bucks remotely over team view. Others send a usb drive. 2. I absolutely can provide proof of purchase through screen shots on ebay, as well as the item number to show you who bought it. (Same Username of course) I totally understand frp is to prevent theft, which is great. It just sucks that the owner didn't know she was selling me her locked phone. Shes the original owner. She didn't have insurance so when she broke the screen she had to buy a new one and thats why she sold this one on ebay. She's been super helpful and nice as we exchange emails on ebay. But short of driving 5 hrs each way to meet in person frp bypass is my only option. I gave her the option of me driving there, I would spend the time/gas to meet at her local verizon store so i dont have to do this mess. I did attemp a frp bypass on albviral but I must have done it wrong, and it seemed a bit complicated. Again, I can provide proof that I did not steal this phone. Whatever I need to do to not lose even more money from the purchase and repair. If any help, I'd be super appreciated. thanks
Well they changed their password because she couldn't remember it so I can only assume theres a 24hr lock out period or something. It wont log in. And even using a recovery email and her sending me the verify code it wont let us into the phone.
Update: Lady changed their google password and it still wont log in. I tried clicking forgot and it sent a code to the recovery email which she logged in, got and sent me. After I tried that it just kept kicking me back to the start of frp by saying "Log in using an account that was synced to this device" and taking me to a screen to put in the gmail. When I try random passwords it says wrong password. But when I try the one she made today it just kicks back. 24hr period? I really hope that's all it is. I even put in their names to confirm account and it kicks me back saying that isnt correct. She said he can't remember anything and has to get new passwords all the time much less knowing what was used when they orginally go the phone. So I guess i'll try in 24hrs and if not then I'll try someone on ebay? idk.
Flash an older firmware with ODIN that has an FRP bypass tutorial on YT
It's been done. Now I get a security notice that unauthorized changes have been detected, restart phone to undo. Obviously im not going to do that but will it ever go away. I'll shortly install sim card and activate phone. I appreciate the help. Now for me to research rooting!
Wow this is terrible. The prev. owner called verizon tech support and had the phone cleared off her account but it still won't let us activate it. They said wait 24hrs and see if that takes care of it and if not then the phone is useless. Doesnt even make sense that the original owner contacted them, cleared her and the phone and still may not be usable.
Alrighty, all is fixed and new sim card and im activated and everything. It wants to update to 7.0 but im hesitant to do it.
Updated to 7.0 nagout. All is well. There's an additional System update that includes some security measures. Since updating to 7.0 went smoothly I guess I'll go ahead with the additional system update.
Glad you got it working!
Thanks! This newest security system update has me a little worried but I guess I'd the 7.0 update went fine I shouldn't be worried about it. Having done the rep bypass just has me on edge even tho the original owner is great and told tech support it was hers to clear it and let me have it and all. I still want to look into rooting, there's just a bunch of junk on here. Even games! I don't use it for games.