Hi,
I have a Tab A6 SM-t580, had it for a while then stopped using it, decided I wanted to give it to my son to play with, so did a reset by home & Vol Up & power button, then eventually it asks for this google verification, I've never seen this before and I cant remember the email address or password i used at the time because I just create a new random one for each device i have.
I used odin to flash the firmware but same thing
I tried to use odin to flash the root from here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-a/how-to/root-t3674409 but that says its blocked the file because of the FRP lock.
Have I totally fooked this now? Do I just have a shiny paperweight?
Thanks
And another T580 falls victim to the FRP lock. If you don't enable Developer's options and OEM enable prior to a factory reset, you'll be required to enter your Google username and password upon first reboot. This is supposed to discourage thieves but it seems legit owners get bit by it more than the thieves. The good news is that you can recover from the disaster. But it isn't easy. Search the Q&A threads for "T580 FRP lock" and you should find the instructions for fixing it.
Thanks for that, I like the anti theft system, but maybe it should display a warning before you commit to the reset. I've done plenty of resets before on my android devices before and never seen this
A warning would also alert the thief not to reset. I know some people want more than one Google account and can forget what account they used on a given device. But I think the answer to this would be to allow some method of associating one's account to a main account that could be used to see what logon and passwords were used on each device. Personally, I use the same account on all devices. I have close to a dozen and if I used a different account on each, I'd never remember them all.
I've sorted it thanks to this post - https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-a/help/samsung-sm-t580-frp-lock-t3619870/
Thanks!!!
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I sold a nexus 6p online. I shipped it out to the buyer. He received it and he is unable to sign into his account on the phone. It is telling him that it's still attached to my account. I was wondering if there was a way to remotely delete my account so the buyer and sign into it with his account.
mflammger said:
I sold a nexus 6p online. I shipped it out to the buyer. He received it and he is unable to sign into his account on the phone. It is telling him that it's still attached to my account. I was wondering if there was a way to remotely delete my account so the buyer and sign into it with his account.
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Search google for FRP (factory reset protection).
As far as I know there is no way to do it remotely. I think you should have signed out of your google account before you reset the phone. Most likely he will have to ship it back to you so you can sign in and then remove your account.
Here: https://security.google.com/settings/security/activity?pli=1
But I'm not sure how that will affect the device.
You could always change your password to something stupid for a few seconds for him to sign in and sign out depends how sensitive data you have on your account..
Will Android device manager do it? Will it remotely wipe the phone and remove my account from it, or will it flag the phone as stolen. I cannot get any solid information from repeated Google searches as to what happens after the device is remote wiped.
Android Manager will wipe the device but when it turns on it will ask for any Google account it was bound to before wipe. The other person needs to enter your Gmail account, then his, then you can either change password to your account or wipe it with Device Manager and next time it boots it will accept your account or his (because both were added before wipe).
You can always set a temporary password to your Google account, send it to the buyer and have him log in with his account. After that, you change your password back and voilà.
Is all of this a working protection against simply Fastboot unlocking bootloader, flashing stock image then rebooting into a working phone?
Mangala_Dharma said:
Is all of this a working protection against simply Fastboot unlocking bootloader, flashing stock image then rebooting into a working phone?
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If the bootloader is currently locked, I believe you would have to go into developer options to enable the OEM unlocking setting... Which you can't get to because of the FRP.
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Is all of this a working protection against simply Fastboot unlocking bootloader, flashing stock image then rebooting into a working phone?
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Unlocking bootloader (OEM unlocking in dev options) deactivates this protection but to do it you still need to get in there somehow and you can't without first logging into a Google account it is currently bound to. And as you probably know without unlocked bootloader you can't flash anything.
And even if he could flash new ROM my friend had bought used Samsung S7 Edge and previous owner also left it locked. You can flash different ROMs with S7 Edge out of the box but the FRP survived several attempts at flashing stock/custom ROMs. We had to use the workaround found here at xda S7 forums.
Thanks for all the info.
I did not unlock the bootloader on the phone. I read a little bit about Factory Reset Protection and the only way around it was to sign in to the phone and then remove your account from the phone. It's something that was new this year for Android devices and I was just unaware of it.
It's actually been around awhile, just not widely implemented. If you remember which monthly security update you last installed, he might be able to get around it. YouTuber root ninja has some videos depending on patch. The one I watched just for kicks (since I'd like my 6P to be protected if lost) was a few months old though.
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I heard that with a simple factory reset with the stock recovery should remove the account from the phone.
Lol good luck with getting that off remotely it's impossible it's kinda like apple cloud system which is really good.
I've been trying for a long time to get OEM unlock with the Samsung Galaxy J5 Pro SM-J530 G variant. I've seen people unlocking the BL in the J730G, same exynos chip.
Here is what I have tried so far:
All date/time tricks
Factory reset
Flash Stock ROM
Waited 7 days
My last attempt made me give up and ask for help here... I completely flashed the most recent stock rom, wiped everything using the CSC file not the CSC-HOME, I did the start setup logging into samsung account and google account, after completing the start setup I inserted the SIM card otherwise that stupid start setup would consume 4G costing me $$$.
Waited for 168 hours with the device always on, and still no OEM UNLOCK, I mean what else can I do... there's almost nothing about this problem with this device here on XDA... I'm hoping someone with a SM-J530G and that had OEM Unlock could tell me what was the process to enable this option. Or what are my options here? Thx
And by the way, I've seen something called Miracle Box, but I dont want to use it since it does not look very legal, I think its meant for FRP bypass. I'm just an android user trying to root my personal device e.e
I'm having the same problem, I'm tired of this, never buying Samsung again. I tried all the things I searched on the internet for hours and nothing works, I do not want to wait 7 days, if you find a method of bypassing that actually works, please do tell me, I will do the same if I find one.
I'm so pissed.
I have good news for you my friend, and for everyone that is reading this. I tried many and more times the same procedure changing small things. I will try to write it out as best as I can so I can help some fellow buddies who've got the same problem.
1 - (As I had already everything backed up and got nothing to lose) Factory Format the device (I did it from the bootloader), hell, I even also cleared cache just for god's sake.
2 - Proceed to initiate Android, DON'T sign-in to any account (nor Samsung nor Google), don't change the date during installation, finish set-up.
3 - DON'T enable Developer's Mode yet. Change the date, I've set it for a month back just to be damn sure (disable automatic date-set). Now go to the Software Updates tab and disable auto-updates and manually check for updates, once done, re-boot.
4 - Once rebooted enable auto-date (that should correct the old date and replace it with the actual one) and re-do the manual check.
5 - Re-boot and enable Developer's Mode and hopefully, for the love of Ragnar Lothbrok, OEM Unlock should be there. I hope it is for all of you.
Hope it helped, good luck buddy/buddies!
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I have good news for you my friend, and for everyone that is reading this. I tried many and more times the same procedure changing small things. I will try to write it out as best as I can so I can help some fellow buddies who've got the same problem.
1 - (As I had already everything backed up and got nothing to lose) Factory Format the device (I did it from the bootloader), hell, I even also cleared cache just for god's sake.
2 - Proceed to initiate Android, DON'T sign-in to any account (nor Samsung nor Google), don't change the date during installation, finish set-up.
3 - DON'T enable Developer's Mode yet. Change the date, I've set it for a month back just to be damn sure (disable automatic date-set). Now go to the Software Updates tab and disable auto-updates and manually check for updates, once done, re-boot.
4 - Once rebooted enable auto-date (that should correct the old date and replace it with the actual one) and re-do the manual check.
5 - Re-boot and enable Developer's Mode and hopefully, for the love of Ragnar Lothbrok, OEM Unlock should be there. I hope it is for all of you.
Hope it helped, good luck buddy/buddies!
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That is awesome! I'm going to try it tomorrow, I've been using the device doing my third 168 hours. If it fails again I will repeat everything like you did.
Thank you!!
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Another 168 hours wasted and I followed the trick above, it does not work it was patched with the august 2018 security patch, my device is running with the november 2018 security patch.
My frustration is beyond what I expected to experience with this device... I guess most people were able to activate this thing except me >.<
Enlighten me
When you keep it for 168 hours does the WiFi have to be on or is that not necessary
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When you keep it for 168 hours does the WiFi have to be on or is that not necessary
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I tested with wifi always on and logged to google and samsung account so it could sync whatever it had to sync, still no success. I have no idea on how to meet the requirements to unlock the BL on this phone
scroll-lock said:
I tested with wifi always on and logged to google and samsung account so it could sync whatever it had to sync, still no success. I have no idea on how to meet the requirements to unlock the BL on this phone
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Is their any other method for 2019.am at my wits end
OK I tried something and it worked to unlock the oem.
Have a Samsung account,then go to find my mobile website and press unlock.it did the trick for me.hipw it helps you as well
Firstly, i use miracle box and then i use samsung tools pro to "reboot" my device because when you unlock the bootloader there is a fail on the room.
here you have a video which could help you.
Hi Guys,
I have a couple T580 tablets for my kids, and we had just gotten a new one for Christmas that I set up. I THOUGHT I had done everything correctly, but the new tablet is giving me the FRP Lock suddenly.
Any idea how that could happen? Is there any way to recover the tablet or do I have to do a original rom flash?
Thanks
sjbayer3 said:
Hi Guys,
I have a couple T580 tablets for my kids, and we had just gotten a new one for Christmas that I set up. I THOUGHT I had done everything correctly, but the new tablet is giving me the FRP Lock suddenly.
Any idea how that could happen? Is there any way to recover the tablet or do I have to do a original rom flash?
Thanks
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Somethings not right. You don't "suddenly get an FRP lock". An FRP lock occurs only after you "factory reset" the tablet and don't know the google account login. And that is only if you hadn't enabled "OEM" in "Developer options". What makes you think it is the "FRP lock"? And if it is locked, flashing a ROM with Odin won't help. You'll still need the google account info to access the tablet.
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Somethings not right. You don't "suddenly get an FRP lock". An FRP lock occurs only after you "factory reset" the tablet and don't know the google account login. And that is only if you hadn't enabled "OEM" in "Developer options". What makes you think it is the "FRP lock"? And if it is locked, flashing a ROM with Odin won't help. You'll still need the google account info to access the tablet.
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Because this is what it says when I start the tablet...
https://i.imgur.com/u8PXyBD.png
I have a google account, and info, for the tablet. Not sure how I put it in when the boot process is blocked though...
My only thought is something happened with Magisk?
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Because this is what it says when I start the tablet...
https://i.imgur.com/u8PXyBD.png
I have a google account, and info, for the tablet. Not sure how I put it in when the boot process is blocked though...
My only thought is something happened with Magisk?
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Again, unless something has changed, which I doubt, that is not the way the FRP lock works. First of all, you said nothing about having a custom ROM installed. But even if you did, the FRP lock would NOT prevent the tablet from booting. It would merely ask for your google account info when it did boot. Have you tried booting into recovery and performing a factory reset?
edit: Let me explain what FRP means. In early versions of Android, if your phone/tablet were lost or stolen, anyone could bypass your "screen lock" simply by booting into recovery mode and perfoming a Factory Reset. So Google came up with the Factory Reset Prevention lock. So if someone tried to use the Factory Reset, the lock would demand the google account login and password to access the tablet. So if you wanted to sell your tablet, you either had to enable "Developer options" and then use that to "Enable OEM", prior to reseting the tablet or put in a google account whose info you could pass to the buyer, remove your real account, and then reset.
In any case, the tablet did NOT show the message you are getting. I've bought several T580s on eBay that WERE locked, and none of them gave that message. A locked tablet would still let you install stock ROMs with Odin, but the tablet would still ask for the google account info. But the way around that can be found in this forum.
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First of all, you said nothing about having a custom ROM installed.
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I dont think I do, its stock rom, but Magisk is installed which I believe is not a custom rom.
lewmur said:
Have you tried booting into recovery and performing a factory reset? .
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When I turn on the power, the screen comes on, and then says "Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock" then the screen turns off. I have not tried a factory reset because I was hoping to find a solution without losing everything before I did something that could not be undone.
The only thing left is, I know samsung will (if detected) attempt to remove software. I wonder if it somehow tried to reset automatically and in so doing caused this.
A factory reset does not help in your case.
First option is: contact your person, who sell the phone. Because he must unlock this one in his Google settings.
The question is: how many times a wrong oe no account was insert, that the device doesn't start up till the possibility to insert the correct account.
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I dont think I do, its stock rom, but Magisk is installed which I believe is not a custom rom.
When I turn on the power, the screen comes on, and then says "Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock" then the screen turns off. I have not tried a factory reset because I was hoping to find a solution without losing everything before I did something that could not be undone.
The only thing left is, I know samsung will (if detected) attempt to remove software. I wonder if it somehow tried to reset automatically and in so doing caused this.
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You don't lose everything with a Factory Reset and what you do lose should be easily recovered from your google account backup. And nothing else could be done that wouldn't also cause a reset.
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A factory reset does not help in your case.
First option is: contact your person, who sell the phone. Because he must unlock this one in his Google settings.
The question is: how many times a wrong oe no account was insert, that the device doesn't start up till the possibility to insert the correct account.
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No one sold me this phone, I bought it new. There is no unlock option. The phone doesnt event start booting, the screen turns on says the FRP lock, then turns off.
Ab FRP Lock said, that the phone is looked via a Google account.
In a normal case, you can only unlock the device, if you insert the correct Account with password.
I don't know.. maybe you have insert 3 time wrong credentials... why the device give your not the possibility to unlock the device.
Try an complete wipe / factory reset out of the recovery menu, so that the OS can start.
The lock isn't away, but maybe you have the possibility to insert the correct data.
In Download Mode here is what I see:
https://i.imgur.com/5eZ2YmH.png
Alright I just flashed the latest rom and that fixed it.
I now know a little bit about what is going on. When I got the tablet, I set it up for me. Then I discovered googles "family link" so I set it up again for my daughter.
Child accounts have FRP protection. I dont know what triggered it, but somehow it activated recently when it discovered magisk which I had installed some time back.
Now I am super irritated and over Family Link...
My dad passed away last year and one of the thing he left behind was a Samsung SM-t580 tablet. He had stacks of passwords written down everywhere but the one we found for a gmail account did not open the device. I tried all the others also and no luck. So I figured I would factory reset it and set it up for my step mother with her GMAil account. No luck it keeps asking me for his password.
How do I root this thing to act like it is a fresh install and setup a new user. All the instructions seems to take me down the road of having to login to the device first to enable OEM access.
Thank You!
It's called Factory Reset Protection (FRP), been on action since Lollipop. Directly rooting won't work, you won't be even able to flash TWRP recovery.
Check this video to find out how to bypass the password.
Condolences to you and your family.
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It's called Factory Reset Protection (FRP), been on action since Lollipop. Directly rooting won't work, you won't be even able to flash TWRP recovery.
Check this video to find out how to bypass the password.
Condolences to you and your family.
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Thank You.
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Thank You.
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The video you shared didn't work but this one did.
Video title: "
BOOM!!! Samsung galaxy Tab A 2016 SM-T580 Android 8.1, Binary 4. Remove Google account, Bypass FRP.
Hello everyone,
I got a phone Galaxy A 20 and called Boost mobile to sim unlock the phone, what they did.
When done I factory reseted the phone. Now when I try to add an account I got a "your phone was factory reset., type the password to unlock it. If I bypass the request I get "This device was reset. To continue, sign in with a google account that was previously synced on those device."
I don't have those information, is there something I can to to really reset the phone and not get this message?
Thanks
This means that your phone has google lock, also known as FRP (someone forgot to log out from google account). It is possible to bypass it (i successfully did it on Lenovo Tab M10, Lenovo Tab 3 7 and Nokia 5.1 Plus), but sometimes it can be difficult. According to this video, you can enter settings by crashing the setup wizard app. I think installing Apex Launcher is unnecessary, you can search for the Pin Windows feature. I didn't tested it, but I think this should work.
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This means that your phone has google lock, also known as FRP (someone forgot to log out from google account). It is possible to bypass it (i successfully did it on Lenovo Tab M10, Lenovo Tab 3 7 and Nokia 5.1 Plus), but sometimes it can be difficult. According to this video, you can enter settings by crashing the setup wizard app. I think installing Apex Launcher is unnecessary, you can search for the Pin Windows feature. I didn't tested it, but I think this should work.
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thanks you very much for your answer. Nothing worked for me because I couldn't have access to the launcher adn the settings. I brought the phone to a store and he was able to crack it
floppy__ said:
Hello everyone,
I got a phone Galaxy A 20 and called Boost mobile to sim unlock the phone, what they did.
When done I factory reseted the phone. Now when I try to add an account I got a "your phone was factory reset., type the password to unlock it. If I bypass the request I get "This device was reset. To continue, sign in with a google account that was previously synced on those device."
I don't have those information, is there something I can to to really reset the phone and not get this message?
Thanks
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You could have done frp bypass.