Hello everybody,
I usually find my answers in the specific phone related forums. But this time I'm stuck.
A friend of mine bought a Samsung Galaxy J7 (SM-J700F to be specific) in India. After using his phone there he came back home to Israel.
His phone didn't worked here for some reason and he went to a phone lab which flashed his ROM to stock Israel ROM.
They called him in the middle of the process and asked him what was his Google account thet he signed to while the first setup. Unfortunately, he cant remember his email address.
I took the phone to try bypassing the frp lock.
After a small search I realized I need an otg cable, which I bought.
I received the cable (1.5 mounths wait) and tried the otg cable method with no success.
After some experiments I successfully managed to open the settings menu. Pressed factory data reset and after a restart it stopped on recovery menu with the yellow message "dm-verity verification failed".
Well, this is annoying. I realized I need to flash the stock ROM again(Dated 01/16). So I did And the message dissapperd.
Back to the FRP lock issue. I did the process again and it didn't stopped in the recovery mode this time and I could see the Android logo with a little erasing.. Under it. Finally I thought.
I was wrong.
The FRP lock is still there! Dammit.
It is time to pull the big guns.
I thought I will flash the OLDER version of the stock ROM. Dated 09/2015 I Understand google updated the FRP lock protection on January 2016. Is the downgrade OK? I don't know if a downgrade is possible on Samsung phone.
And if you have an idea how to bypass this. Please share it.
Thank you so much!
Hello epopcop
I try so hard for three days like ure problem
The issue not from odin or pc
Th problem from samsung you cannot downgrade any update
So maybe u use software sysgem update and install it on ure device
So you cannot use any old firmware
(You shloud last updated firmware)
Link
Sorry just search in androidfilehost make a search for j700f and download the 2016 firmware
I cannot post links sorry
Use it and live ure life happy
Wishes
Hello.
(backstory, boring) So, in efforts to root my device, after successfully doing it (or so I thought), I clicked the restart button on the "your phone has been modified, restart to undo process" notification from samsung. My phone had a message that the custom binary had been blocked when restarting. After a while I fixed it just by installing stock firmware from the internet, but not the original from Claro as it didn't have any of the bloatware.
(question) I'm trying to install the recovery now but I keep getting "custom binary(recovery) blocked due to remaining installment balance" on the download section for Odin, and it obviously fails.
OEM Lock: OFF
FRP Lock: OFF
So what is the problem? I already tried installing all the stock files from the firmware I found, but no success.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Estebandido1232
Estebandido1232 said:
Hello.
(backstory, boring) So, in efforts to root my device, after successfully doing it (or so I thought), I clicked the restart button on the "your phone has been modified, restart to undo process" notification from samsung. My phone had a message that the custom binary had been blocked when restarting. After a while I fixed it just by installing stock firmware from the internet, but not the original from Claro as it didn't have any of the bloatware.
(question) I'm trying to install the recovery now but I keep getting "custom binary(recovery) blocked due to remaining installment balance" on the download section for Odin, and it obviously fails.
OEM Lock: OFF
FRP Lock: OFF
So what is the problem? I already tried installing all the stock files from the firmware I found, but no success.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Estebandido1232
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same problem, also Claro Puerto Rico, custom binary(recovery) blocked due to remaining installment balance, OEM Lock: OFF
FRP Lock: OFF, on android oreo (8.0) dont show OEM unlock option, spend more than 10 days and it does not appear, I can not downgrade to nougat (7.0) I've tried several versions, but all give DRK error, so I have to go back to Oreo (8.0) the last thing I tried was to install COMBINATION_FA70_G955FXXU1ARA1_CL12792727_QB16458742_REV00_user_mid_noship.tar.md5 which is based on 7.0 to see if Could you activate OEM unlock, but without any results, any help?
WalterSilverio said:
same problem, also Claro Puerto Rico, custom binary(recovery) blocked due to remaining installment balance, OEM Lock: OFF
FRP Lock: OFF, on android oreo (8.0) dont show OEM unlock option, spend more than 10 days and it does not appear, I can not downgrade to nougat (7.0) I've tried several versions, but all give DRK error, so I have to go back to Oreo (8.0) the last thing I tried was to install COMBINATION_FA70_G955FXXU1ARA1_CL12792727_QB16458742_REV00_user_mid_noship.tar.md5 which is based on 7.0 to see if Could you activate OEM unlock, but without any results, any help?
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I'm able to upgrade/downgrade. I've moved past it and decided not to root it. So I installed 8.0 stock rom for PR signals.
I recently bought an unlocked s8+ which was from Claro, and am getting the same error. This error started popping up after I did a factory reset. The phone was never registered with Claro before, and has a clean IMEI. Does anyone know what could be done to stop this message?
mrh4ck said:
I recently bought an unlocked s8+ which was from Claro, and am getting the same error. This error started popping up after I did a factory reset. The phone was never registered with Claro before, and has a clean IMEI. Does anyone know what could be done to stop this message?
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I have not found a problem since then. I'm trying now to get the phone working with a Stock Firmware. Downloaded the file from sammobile. I'll let you know how it goes.
Hello friends, did anyone manage to figure this out? im quite mad as ive never seen pre-normal state for RMM. I waited 10 days and no oem ever showed up. I too get this error and can not flash twrp. If anyone has managed to fix this, please help me out if possible. Thanks.
I had...have, actually, the same problem. I bought this phone on Ebay for the express purpose of rooting and running cfw. But when i try to install anything custom i get that same message that a balance is owed on this device. I even tried contacting Claro to inquire about paying the balance.
Long story short, I ordered another Exynos s8 and made sure it wasn't from Puerto Rico or Claro first.
WalterSilverio said:
same problem, also Claro Puerto Rico, custom binary(recovery) blocked due to remaining installment balance, OEM Lock: OFF
FRP Lock: OFF, on android oreo (8.0) dont show OEM unlock option, spend more than 10 days and it does not appear, I can not downgrade to nougat (7.0) I've tried several versions, but all give DRK error, so I have to go back to Oreo (8.0) the last thing I tried was to install COMBINATION_FA70_G955FXXU1ARA1_CL12792727_QB16458742_REV00_user_mid_noship.tar.md5 which is based on 7.0 to see if Could you activate OEM unlock, but without any results, any help?
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I sold my US version and bought this Exynos version on eBay specifically so I could root. In developer options OEM unlock was missing. I tried flashing TWRP anyway and got the "custom binary blocked due to balance owed on the phone". I never got the pie update and any firmware I tried to install other than the one that came on the phone failed. I ended up just buying a different phone and made sure it was not Claro.
Well I pulled this one out today and flashed a non claro pie firmware. SM-G955FXXS8DTC6. Amazingly it passed. When I got the phone on the OEM unlock toggle was there and I got excited. I flashed the latest TWRP an it failed and I got that same annoying notification about the outstanding balance. But I do have OEM unlocked now at least. That's progress. There has to be a way around this
Rooted SGS8+ wont boot up after restart:"only official released binaries are allowed"
Hello People,
I've rooted my SGS8+ almost a year ago. 1 week ago I had to send my phone to the service center because of a dead pixel in my screen.
The service center have replaced the screen and wiped unfortunately all the data.
Ofcourse I want to get rid of all the bloatware again and so I just tried to Root my phone. Everything went fine, I only forgot to place my simcard, which I placed after the root.
And this ofcourse asked me to reboot the phone which I did.
Since then my SGS8+ would not boot anymore and gives the message (above the samsung logo): "only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed after reboot", in red text.
So I've looked arround on the internet and can't find really much about this message. Some "solutions" which for me don't work like:
I did download stock firmware from Sammobile, but if I'm trying to flash this firmware it will give me the message: "sw rev check fail device 4 binary 2"
I seriously dont know what to do and I really hope someone could explain me some..
I would like to know why this message even occurs, is it like Samsung trying to stop people from rooting?
And should I leave my phone now for 7 days? And will it boot up after?
I've tried to check other forums but nothing really helped or no real solution for me.
Hope I dont bother you guys.
Kinds regards,
Tom
The same thing has happened for me, though i don't get a fail message in Odin, more or less just that it has failed. Did you ever solve it?
[EDIT: SOLVED THE ISSUE BY TRYING THE LATEST FIRMWARE. THANKS ANYWAY!]
I got this phone from a friend, no clue what he's done to it, but I get a "Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed"
So I downloaded the stock rom and tried flashing it through ODIN, but I keep getting errors, and it will not let me flash anything. There seems to be no bootloader too, if that's possible, as I can't enter it. I'm now stuck on a screen that tells me "An error has occurred while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software"
I haven't rooted a phone or messed around with a phone at this level since the Oneplus One days. Extremely rusty, please help me out.
(also, the phone has G950FD on the back, but download mode claimed it's G950F. it's a dual sim phone. Is this normal?)
(apologies if I'm repeating a threads already dealt with. Can't seem to find threads related, I've forgotten my ways around this forum)
Hello everyone, I bought this phone with Verizon in its original software version, previously it was binary 2 ...
I looked for how to modify it and get the most out of it, but I only found it for the SM-A515F version, I didn't think it would work with my phone, because I couldn't unlock the bootloader ...
so i decided to wait for some modification like: "ROOT, TWRP or Rom"
But time passed and an update arrived that I ignored but 10 days passed and my phone was locked and I was forced to update without any other option.
To my surprise it turned out that my phone was upgraded to binary 3 and I was a little freaked out because I know it can't be downgraded to older binaries,
so i was hoping they would create xda threads soon but nothing, and my surprise was another update came and when it downloaded my phone crashed and the screen specified: "for your safety please update".
and then proceeded to forcibly update ...
And to my surprise, it is now binary 4:
"A515USQU4BTJ1"
November 8 update ...
And now I don't know what future this device will hold for me, I just have to wait ...
I just wanted to share my situation and wait for some brainstorming or answers to this ...
The US versions of this phone will probably never be unlocked. Good luck. Glad you at least had an update.
I bought an unlocked A51 on Amazon ($279) and brought it to Verizon to Activate on their Prepaid service. They told me it couldn't be done. I went to a Verizon Company store (most are mom and pop owned) and was told the same thing. I asked if they would humor me by putting in a working Sim card to show me it doesn't work. To their utter surprise it worked. No issues at all. They immediately added it to my Verizon Account.
Luiszipatla said:
Hello everyone, I bought this phone with Verizon in its original software version, previously it was binary 2 ...
I looked for how to modify it and get the most out of it, but I only found it for the SM-A515F version, I didn't think it would work with my phone, because I couldn't unlock the bootloader ...
so i decided to wait for some modification like: "ROOT, TWRP or Rom"
But time passed and an update arrived that I ignored but 10 days passed and my phone was locked and I was forced to update without any other option.
To my surprise it turned out that my phone was upgraded to binary 3 and I was a little freaked out because I know it can't be downgraded to older binaries,
so i was hoping they would create xda threads soon but nothing, and my surprise was another update came and when it downloaded my phone crashed and the screen specified: "for your safety please update".
and then proceeded to forcibly update ...
And to my surprise, it is now binary 4:
"A515USQU4BTJ1"
November 8 update ...
And now I don't know what future this device will hold for me, I just have to wait ...
I just wanted to share my situation and wait for some brainstorming or answers to this ...
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There is stuff for F variant but I don't know about U variant. This unlocked bootloader is something that should be now forced. Like I even know 7 year old devices that still dont have an unlocked bootloader.
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Luiszipatla said:
Hello everyone, I bought this phone with Verizon in its original software version, previously it was binary 2 ...
I looked for how to modify it and get the most out of it, but I only found it for the SM-A515F version, I didn't think it would work with my phone, because I couldn't unlock the bootloader ...
so i decided to wait for some modification like: "ROOT, TWRP or Rom"
But time passed and an update arrived that I ignored but 10 days passed and my phone was locked and I was forced to update without any other option.
To my surprise it turned out that my phone was upgraded to binary 3 and I was a little freaked out because I know it can't be downgraded to older binaries,
so i was hoping they would create xda threads soon but nothing, and my surprise was another update came and when it downloaded my phone crashed and the screen specified: "for your safety please update".
and then proceeded to forcibly update ...
And to my surprise, it is now binary 4:
"A515USQU4BTJ1"
November 8 update ...
And now I don't know what future this device will hold for me, I just have to wait ...
I just wanted to share my situation and wait for some brainstorming or answers to this ...
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P.s. I forgot to say one thing. Just be glad that your phone supports 3 years of updates aka till Android 13