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I bought a second hand s10e. The phone works normally and not locked to any network. The main issue is that the phone used to be a company phone and is knox locked and enrolled. I called then many times but they didn't help. The problem is that the software and security updates are disabled, oem unlock disabled and can't boot into download mode. I want to ask if there is any other way to install a fresh firmware without all this knox lock and be able to update to the latest Android available which I believe is 11. I asked some phone repair shops and they said something about MDM but it's costing too much.
Returning the phone for a full refund is the best solution...
blackhawk said:
Returning the phone for a full refund is the best solution...
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I'm looking for a solution. That's not a solution as this website has a lot of experts. Or maybe I'm wrong !!!!
Fadihyts said:
I'm looking for a solution. That's not a solution as this website has a lot of experts. Or maybe I'm wrong !!!!
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Lol, some of the experts here work for Samsung no doubt
Unless you have the knox account security info or can some how reflash it...
Solution #2 - replace mobo
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I am posting this as a last resort because unfortunately I have failed to find an unlock procedure for this mobile and I have searched thoroughly (to the best of my knowledge).
Does some one know how to remove the network lock from the Galaxy Trend Plus - S7580 - allowing my uncle to use another carrier mobile?
Or at least point me in the correct direction.
I have tried many alternatives between apps, softwares, adb but they all fail for this device.
I even installed a new ROM also to no avail.
If you can help me but require more information please let me know!
timmas said:
I am posting this as a last resort because unfortunately I have failed to find an unlock procedure for this mobile and I have searched thoroughly (to the best of my knowledge).
Does some one know how to remove the network lock from the Galaxy Trend Plus - S7580 - allowing my uncle to use another carrier mobile?
Or at least point me in the correct direction.
I have tried many alternatives between apps, softwares, adb but they all fail for this device.
I even installed a new ROM also to no avail.
If you can help me but require more information please let me know!
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Buy a unlock code HERE or HERE or check out ebay for "S7580 unlock code"
You can't remove the lock by flashing another firmware.
LS.xD said:
Buy a unlock code HERE or HERE or check out ebay for "S7580 unlock code"
You can't remove the lock by flashing another firmware.
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The problem is the phone cost 10€ and to pay another 40€ (at best) to unlock is not feasible.
My samsung galaxy S & S3 were unlocked through adb. Is there not a similar procedure for this device?
timmas said:
The problem is the phone cost 10€ and to pay another 40€ (at best) to unlock is not feasible.
My samsung galaxy S & S3 were unlocked through adb. Is there not a similar procedure for this device?
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S3 can be unlocked via root access. I Suppose the phone costs just 10€ (WTF?!) because it can't be unlocked easily...
LS.xD said:
S3 can be unlocked via root access. I Suppose the phone costs just 10€ (WTF?!) because it can't be unlocked easily...
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It was with a discount not normal price
I am sure there has to be a similar procedure. I will keep trying!
Thank you for the replies
Andrew K. Sterling said:
Check out these guys' offer: http://www.unlockunit.com/unlock-samsung-galaxy-trend-plus
I've used them in the past and everything was ok.
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Quite cheaper than the others I have seen. I will try a bit longer investigating on my one but for sure will consider this if all else fails!
Thanks
Nice news 8 years after..... funny
I have a Samsung J320V or J36V which is on the Verizon network. I really want to root it to unlock the full potential of my phone and I understand it will void my warranty but I'll go ahead and do it anyway. When I follow the steps to root I get stuck at the Odin part which I have to click start and the TWRP file installs on my phone. But it fails and I get this message on my phone "SECURE BOOT FAIL RECOVERY"! I've looked everywhere for a solution but none of them work and I also enabled USB DEBUGGING and OEM UNLOCK. I also couldn't disable REACTIVATION LOCK because the feature is not on my phone and I also removed my Google account and Samsung account. If anyone could help you would be the real MVP and I would really really really appreciate it from the bottom of my heart! Even if you saw my post and can't help still thank you for taking time out of YOUR day and looking at my problem!
XpertSource said:
I have a Samsung J320V or J36V which is on the Verizon network. I really want to root it to unlock the full potential of my phone and I understand it will void my warranty but I'll go ahead and do it anyway. When I follow the steps to root I get stuck at the Odin part which I have to click start and the TWRP file installs on my phone. But it fails and I get this message on my phone "SECURE BOOT FAIL RECOVERY"! I've looked everywhere for a solution but none of them work and I also enabled USB DEBUGGING and OEM UNLOCK. I also couldn't disable REACTIVATION LOCK because the feature is not on my phone and I also removed my Google account and Samsung account. If anyone could help you would be the real MVP and I would really really really appreciate it from the bottom of my heart! Even if you saw my post and can't help still thank you for taking time out of YOUR day and looking at my problem!
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Greetings and welcome to assist. I can see you have already asked this question here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3497140
and here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3435514
so I will close this one up. Please just make the one thread in future
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
I'm rooted via ODIN with TWRP. I got a browser hijacker that put my browser home page to some stupid ad, so I tried to get rid of it using the AVG antivirus program. That program recommended I disable "developer mode" on my phone ... and like a total idiot I followed their instructions.
Next time I tried to boot ... I get the "Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock" message.
I am on vacation and I REALLY need my phone. I can't believe Samsung can just lock me out of my own phone like this. I can get into download mode. Do I try to reflash with Odin or what?
ANY help would be greatly appreciated ...
EDIT: forgot to mention I was on Nougat stock ...
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I'm rooted via ODIN with TWRP. I got a browser hijacker that put my browser home page to some stupid ad, so I tried to get rid of it using the AVG antivirus program. That program recommended I disable "developer mode" on my phone ... and like a total idiot I followed their instructions.
Next time I tried to boot ... I get the "Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock" message.
I am on vacation and I REALLY need my phone. I can't believe Samsung can just lock me out of my own phone like this. I can get into download mode. Do I try to reflash with Odin or what?
ANY help would be greatly appreciated ...
EDIT: forgot to mention I was on Nougat stock ...
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No one is willing to advise me on this ... ?
Odin back to stock seems to be the only way forward? At the same android os level or higher?
flash back stock firmware and next time never disable oem unlock in developer options on rooted phone
Haints said:
No one is willing to advise me on this ... ?
Odin back to stock seems to be the only way forward? At the same android os level or higher?
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You need to call T-Mobile and request that they help you because this FRP lock deals with stolen phones, which I'm not accusing you of. Just saying.. If you Odin back it's going to ask for the original Google account info and password and if you have that just enter it into the phone and then you'll be able to get back into the phone to enable it again. But if you don't have the Google account and password, that's a problem.
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flash back stock firmware and next time never disable oem unlock in developer options on rooted phone
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I just finished doing exactly as you describe when I checked back here to see if anyone had responded. So even though I had successfully reflashed my phone before I saw your advice, I still appreciate you're willingness to help and the fact that your solution is the correct one.
I've been rooting my phones for years and had never heard of the developer mode warning or run into FRP lock before. I won't forget either now, though.
In case anyone else runs into this issue:
I found my exact stock tmobile rom on sammoble ( sign up, use free download mode, takes forever but it is free) and downloaded the tar/mdf file.
Used Odin3 v3.11, select AP then find your tar/mdf file.
Put phone into download mode and when Odin recognizes it, hit start.
I thought it looped at the tmobile logo but it just took a while so be patient.
Not only do I have a fully working phone again, but contrary to what I had read--that the only way to defeat the FRP lock would entail losing all my data--I lost NOTHING. My phone is EXACTLY the way it was before, including the fact that Developer mode is now enabled AGAIN. How is that possible? I don't know, but I'm very very happy that all I lost was time.
you only lost root, flashing same version explains that you didn't lost your data
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You need to call T-Mobile and request that they help you because this FRP lock deals with stolen phones, which I'm not accusing you of. Just saying.. If you Odin back it's going to ask for the original Google account info and password and if you have that just enter it into the phone and then you'll be able to get back into the phone to enable it again. But if you don't have the Google account and password, that's a problem.
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When I Odin'ed back it didn't ask me for anything--my phone was exactly the way it was before.
Phone is not stolen. I bought it used off craigslist and had the seller meet me at a tmobile store to verify that it was clean before I bought it. I
This happened while I was on vacation and I really, REALLY needed a working phone. Called samsung and the first rep I spoke to in India--as soon as she heard "FRP Lock," she basically said: "You're ****ed." She also said it was my fault that I had a crippled phone because I never should have rooted it in the first place. When I argued that the root hadn't crippled my phone,--I'd been using it rooted for months with no issues--but that the FRP lock had crippled it, she said FRP lock wasn't Samsung's fault, but Google's fault, and if I needed a solution to FRP lock, I should talk to Google. Classic buck-passing mode. Like Google would have helped me.
Second rep I spoke to was much more helpful, even though she couldn't really help me. She eventually suggested I get the IMEI from tmobile, then send my phone into Samsung and they would fix it--at my cost, presumably.
Thanks to the power invested in me by the internet, however, I didn't have to find out what would have happened if I'd sent my phone to Samsung.
Happy, happy day, and good luck to anyone who runs into this issue in the future!
Haints said:
When I Odin'ed back it didn't ask me for anything--my phone was exactly the way it was before.
Phone is not stolen. I bought it used off craigslist and had the seller meet me at a tmobile store to verify that it was clean before I bought it. I
This happened while I was on vacation and I really, REALLY needed a working phone. Called samsung and the first rep I spoke to in India--as soon as she heard "FRP Lock," she basically said: "You're ****ed." She also said it was my fault that I had a crippled phone because I never should have rooted it in the first place. When I argued that the root hadn't crippled my phone,--I'd been using it rooted for months with no issues--but that the FRP lock had crippled it, she said FRP lock wasn't Samsung's fault, but Google's fault, and if I needed a solution to FRP lock, I should talk to Google. Classic buck-passing mode. Like Google would have helped me.
Second rep I spoke to was much more helpful, even though she couldn't really help me. She eventually suggested I get the IMEI from tmobile, then send my phone into Samsung and they would fix it--at my cost, presumably.
Thanks to the power invested in me by the internet, however, I didn't have to find out what would have happened if I'd sent my phone to Samsung.
Happy, happy day, and good luck to anyone who runs into this issue in the future!
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What I meant by Odin back was you can get back into the phone and just re-enable the OEM unlock in developer settings and you won't have to worry about the FRP crap again.. And you're right I highly doubt Google would have given a crap and gave you the run around again.
can anyone help me.
I have a s22u s908u tmobile locked unpaid. is it possible to flash it to global firmware?
will it remove the carrier restrictions?
does anyone has a tutorial for this problem?
thank you guys and more power.
You can Odin flash "unlocked" firmware, U1 as opposed to U firmware that is.
But it has zero affect on the status of your simlock status.
Also you might find if you go to unlock it that you need to go back to the TMobile firmware to access the app they use to sim unlock it.
What exactly are the restrictions you are trying to circumvent?
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You can Odin flash "unlocked" firmware, U1 as opposed to U firmware that is.
But it has zero affect on the status of your simlock status.
Also you might find if you go to unlock it that you need to go back to the TMobile firmware to access the app they use to sim unlock it.
What exactly are the restrictions you are trying to circumvent?
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I am in the philippines, some one sold me the phone and told me it was unlocked clumsy me didnt check it. cant unlock it via server since it is unpaid and cant return it either. thats why im looking for an alternative way so i can use my simcard here.
Ahh. So yeah. You may want to worry about the simcard situation first and flashing the firmware won't fix that. I know there are paid services out there that will take Paypal and such but I haven't used one in almost ten years so I won't be any help there
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Ahh. So yeah. You may want to worry about the simcard situation first and flashing the firmware won't fix that. I know there are paid services out there that will take Paypal and such but I haven't used one in almost ten years so I won't be any help there
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thanks bud
But if there is still money owed by the person you bought it from there is a chance it will be black listed. You were basically sold a device that he or she didn't own, correct?
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But if there is still money owed by the person you bought it from there is a chance it will be black listed. You were basically sold a device that he or she didn't own, correct?
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Possibly, im screwed right?
I am in the same boat as u, though was able to get my device (Tmobile) unlocked from 3rd party vendor and using it in India. But am not getting any OTA updates.
What could be the reason and what should be done.
Can i flash an Indian/gobal ROM and get OTA updates. Also will it lock the phone again and/or wipe out the data on the phone.
Any help would be highly appreciated
The moment you put a SIM it will the IMEI flashing won't change this. If you change your IMEI with certain software in the US you can have a visit from the Feds as this is something that terrorist do to spoof IMEIs.
New to all of this. I used to jailbreak, unlock iPhones but am unfamiliar with this side of things. I was able to remove the passcode and Google account off the Pixel 6a which was on A13 and updated to the most recent patch (Let me know if you need instructions as that was not easy for me to find). But now I found that it is locked to AT&T which I do not have. Is it possible?
You may have bought a locked model by accident
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I was able to remove the passcode and Google account off the Pixel 6a which was on A13 and updated to the most recent patch (Let me know if you need instructions as that was not easy for me to find).
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I'd be interested to learn how you did this. I'm assuming a factory reset via recovery isn't enough?
If you have bought a carrier locked device, you may need to contact them to see if it can be unlocked
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I'd be interested to learn how you did this. I'm assuming a factory reset via recovery isn't enough?
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Not sure what's allowed on the forum so dm me and I'll send you the link I used. Factory reset is not enough.
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If you have bought a carrier locked device, you may need to contact them to see if it can be unlocked
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I bought it from a private party who will not help me.
txcoffeeguy said:
I bought it from a private party who will not help me.
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Zounds very fishy in that case. Buying new is always safer. I got mine from bestbuy
I bought it for 4 days. And is not installed.
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I bought it from a private party who will not help me.
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You could try method #2 from here:
How to Unlock a Carrier-Locked Phone: Your Guide to Mobile Freedom
If you're phone is carrier-locked, you'll need this guide to unlock it.
www.makeuseof.com
I have never had to unlock a device before, so not 100% sure it will work.