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Screen flicker issue... Hard reset?

Hello, all.
I am having an issue with my Iconia A500. The screen will quickly shift screens back and forth on its own for a while and then it will freeze. I was hoping to reset, but since I cannot get it in to any of the menus, I am unable to do so.
Is there a way to hard reset without booting the device up using the reset hole or another way? Anyone ever seen this screen problem?
Thanks for your help.

codeworks said:
Hello, all.
I am having an issue with my Iconia A500. The screen will quickly shift screens back and forth on its own for a while and then it will freeze. I was hoping to reset, but since I cannot get it in to any of the menus, I am unable to do so.
Is there a way to hard reset without booting the device up using the reset hole or another way? Anyone ever seen this screen problem?
Thanks for your help.
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I found that holding the power button down for about 30 seconds will force a hard boot.
(This is specifically mentioned in the manual downloadable from Acer's site).
As for the "flickering" and refusal of the A500 to stay asleep, it seems to be related to background wifi activity. Disabling wifi before putting it to sleep will make it stay asleep. At least that happens with mine.

http: //dl.free.fr/hUB7595fE
this is the video
(no space between : and //)

By the looks of things it seems like the music app is launching then quiting and launching and quiting... I don't see a screen issue but rather some kind of corruption or instability. Try a reset or uninstall/update that app.

i tried many reset but it doesn't worked. i tried to do the update.zip but unsuccessfully. i try to push the power button +30sec it doesn't worked too.
and i can't update or uninstall the app because i can't push on the tab because of the constantly launching/quiting.

Ya... I don't know man.
Is there anything you might have done to cause the behavior? SD card installed with music on it? rooted? Installed (bad) apps?
Maybe someone with more knowledge has some ideas.
You could always try to return it and get a new one...?

None of these.
Stock, just few minutes using (i was configurating it). No root. No apps installed, just an automatic update of google maps.
I'll see with Acer if they can give a solution

FredFrench said:
None of these.
Stock, just few minutes using (i was configurating it). No root. No apps installed, just an automatic update of google maps.
I'll see with Acer if they can give a solution
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The news:
Tab was down. Acer's warranty sent me a new one. I don't know what was the real issue because they don't said me any information.

[Q] droid x gingerbread camera has mind of its own?

so i updated my droidx to gingerbread, it managed to brick itself, i called verizon and they sent me a replacement. i got the replacement, opened it up, and it worked great! except, the camera seems to like to start itself and repeatedly take pictures. i try pressing home, and it goes to my homescreen, then it will reopen itself. if i force close the camera it will open itself right back up. this is really annoying, and i was wondering if anyone has any suggestions/seen this happen?

try factory reset. if that doesnt work, then sbf. if that doesnt fix it, just have them send you another.

ugh factory resets take so much time.....

actually, wait, would a factory reset auto-download all my apps again?

Switch?
Faulty camera switch??
That is the simplest reason for the camera to auto start and taking pictures.
Good luck

Pedro Hazza said:
actually, wait, would a factory reset auto-download all my apps again?
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No, it returns your phone to a blank (out of the box) state. You have to re-download apps independently.

Well actually, once you sign in to your gmail account, all your apps will download.
But you deserve this for getting a replacement. Learn to fix bricked phones before you do ANYTHING with them

wait... the phone bricked itself?!? lol good one
TappaTappaTappa

[Q] Random unresponsive home and lock button

Hi,
I am having some serious trouble with my note 3.
The basics of the problem are that the lock button seems to lock the screen but once pressed again it shows whatever was on the screen before, not the lock screen!? Holding the lock button does not come up with the turn off/reset options.
Another odd thing that happens along with this is that any application that is opened or closed the screen flashes black before opening up.
Along with this I have found that the alot of the native apps, including phone, contacts and most annoyingly, CLOCK, crash also. Making me late for work and rendering the phone useless unless I do a battery pull.
I will note that the most odd thing is that I contacted our business contract guy who who i expected to tell me to do a soft reset, told me that the supplier would swap out the phone?! That was last week and the new handset is showing early signs of the same thing.
Neither phones are rooted and I have not installed any unknown sources on the new handset to be sure it wasnt an outside source?!
Any help would be appreciated.

HAJ32 said:
Hi,
I am having some serious trouble with my note 3.
The basics of the problem are that the lock button seems to lock the screen but once pressed again it shows whatever was on the screen before, not the lock screen!? Holding the lock button does not come up with the turn off/reset options.
Another odd thing that happens along with this is that any application that is opened or closed the screen flashes black before opening up.
Along with this I have found that the alot of the native apps, including phone, contacts and most annoyingly, CLOCK, crash also. Making me late for work and rendering the phone useless unless I do a battery pull.
I will note that the most odd thing is that I contacted our business contract guy who who i expected to tell me to do a soft reset, told me that the supplier would swap out the phone?! That was last week and the new handset is showing early signs of the same thing.
Neither phones are rooted and I have not installed any unknown sources on the new handset to be sure it wasnt an outside source?!
Any help would be appreciated.
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Factory Reset
if not solve ur problems, try Odin flash tools to flash another stock ROM
if not work take to service cause it should be hardware problem.
:good:

x102x96x said:
Factory Reset
if not solve ur problems, try Odin flash tools to flash another stock ROM
if not work take to service cause it should be hardware problem.
:good:
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But why would the problem occur on two separate brand new devices?

because you have the same app on both phones :highfive:

dancapitan said:
because you have the same app on both phones :highfive:
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lol....any suggestions what sort of app?

Does it also happen before you install any apps?
Send From My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Using Tapatalk

ShadowLea said:
Does it also happen before you install any apps?
Send From My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Using Tapatalk
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Well some of my apps install straight onto the phone.
Do you think I should remove as many as possible and try then?

Same exact issue here
HAJ32 said:
Hi,
I am having some serious trouble with my note 3.
The basics of the problem are that the lock button seems to lock the screen but once pressed again it shows whatever was on the screen before, not the lock screen!? Holding the lock button does not come up with the turn off/reset options.
Another odd thing that happens along with this is that any application that is opened or closed the screen flashes black before opening up.
Along with this I have found that the alot of the native apps, including phone, contacts and most annoyingly, CLOCK, crash also. Making me late for work and rendering the phone useless unless I do a battery pull.
I will note that the most odd thing is that I contacted our business contract guy who who i expected to tell me to do a soft reset, told me that the supplier would swap out the phone?! That was last week and the new handset is showing early signs of the same thing.
Neither phones are rooted and I have not installed any unknown sources on the new handset to be sure it wasnt an outside source?!
Any help would be appreciated.
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I am having this same exact issue. First happened when I installed a SanDisk Ultra CLASS 10. I thought the card was causing me compatibility issues so I returned it to amazon. This was just a few days ago. The only thing that worked to fix this issue was to remove the battery.
On the way to work today I suddenly couldn't play any music downloaded from Google music to my device. However, I could stream music that was not downloaded to my device. I also couldn't view any pictures in my picture gallery. I tried rebooting the phone and guess what -- I got the same exact issue as the original post above.
I wasn't going to mess with my phone while driving so I made up my mind that I was going to return it to verizon tomorrow. About an hour into work I picked up my phone and it gave me the onscreen instructions to swipe up to get flip board -- same instructions it gives you after a reboot. I then tried playing the same music that wouldn't play before and it played. I tried viewing pictures in the gallery that were inviewable before and they were now viewable.
I'd like to know what is going on too. I can't just give up to the fact that my phone doesn't want to work at certain times of the day so I just have to give it an hour.

HAJ32 said:
Well some of my apps install straight onto the phone.
Do you think I should remove as many as possible and try then?
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The best thing would be to remove all non-factory apps. But yes, start by removing as many of them as possible.
(If that doesn't work, do a factory reset and cache wipe through the recovery menu, and don't restore a single app. (I'm not talking abouy the bloatware, we all have those.))
If there are no problems at that point, add back your apps one by one. (no restoring anything, make sure they are clean installs.)
Eventually you should run into whatever app is causing the issue.
Send From My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Using Tapatalk

Same issues
ShadowLea said:
The best thing would be to remove all non-factory apps. But yes, start by removing as many of them as possible.
(If that doesn't work, do a factory reset and cache wipe through the recovery menu, and don't restore a single app. (I'm not talking abouy the bloatware, we all have those.))
If there are no problems at that point, add back your apps one by one. (no restoring anything, make sure they are clean installs.)
Eventually you should run into whatever app is causing the issue.
Send From My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Using Tapatalk
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I reset the system to factory settings and started arranging only the installed apps and widgets and I got the same lock screen issues.
This time the phone wouldn't go to the lock screen but it would give me the option to restart or shut down. I set it aside again and when I picked it up a few later it showed me the home screen wwith instructions on how to access flipboard -- as if it was reset! I have a warranty on mine so I'm gonna return it to verizon tomorrow or friday.

Constant random reboots (already did factory reset)

Hey guys,
HALP
Is there a good way to pinpoint exactly why my phone random reboots? So far I've already done a factory reset and it hasn't helped. Even with only installing basic apps (google apps, twitter/insta/snapchat/evernote)
Even with none of those apps installed, it would still reboot.
Tonight my phone was at 48%, I picked it up, sent a text message, put it down, picked it back up and it was on the Google splash screen rebooting.
I downloaded Catlog, will that help diagnose, and what should my settings be?
Thank you so much in advanced for any help yall can provide
PS, my phone has always been stock and never modded in any way.

xxxdc5 said:
Hey guys,
HALP
Is there a good way to pinpoint exactly why my phone random reboots? So far I've already done a factory reset and it hasn't helped. Even with only installing basic apps (google apps, twitter/insta/snapchat/evernote)
Even with none of those apps installed, it would still reboot.
Tonight my phone was at 48%, I picked it up, sent a text message, put it down, picked it back up and it was on the Google splash screen rebooting.
I downloaded Catlog, will that help diagnose, and what should my settings be?
Thank you so much in advanced for any help yall can provide
PS, my phone has always been stock and never modded in any way.
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Have you tried flashing the factory images, along with formatting the internal storage? Factory reset was a good idea, flashing the factory images is the next step. Do that and don't install any apps, if the problem remains then you're probably dealing with a hardware failure.

xxxdc5 said:
Hey guys,
HALP
Is there a good way to pinpoint exactly why my phone random reboots? So far I've already done a factory reset and it hasn't helped. Even with only installing basic apps (google apps, twitter/insta/snapchat/evernote)
Even with none of those apps installed, it would still reboot.
Tonight my phone was at 48%, I picked it up, sent a text message, put it down, picked it back up and it was on the Google splash screen rebooting.
I downloaded Catlog, will that help diagnose, and what should my settings be?
Thank you so much in advanced for any help yall can provide
PS, my phone has always been stock and never modded in any way.
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Is your case "accidentally" holding down the power button? This was my issue.

Boot the phone in safe mode and check if the phone still does a constant reboot... in case it does.. there might be some hW issue as you already got the factory reset part going...
SENT... isn't that enough

Thanks for all the responses. I ended up losing patience and sending it back to my phone insurance for testing/replacement. They were the last to take it apart for a screen repair so I'm hoping to pin any hardware issue on them and they'll replace it under the warranty of the insurance plan I purchased with them.
If they offer me a definitive diagnosis I'll update as well.
Cheers

Help.... Pokemon Go bricked my phone.

I'm going to Copy and Paste a conversation between a girl who tried to help me and all the stuff I've done so far... any help would be great. Issues started upon download of Pokemon go....
Hi Aubry
This would also be faster to chat this way
Yeah, thanks for the help, btw
No problem
I like to help when I can
So, if you already have that message after the card is removed, it's possible you have malware
It's also possible that will the latest android update, something unexpected happened with your phone
Tech support is 99% troubleshooting
lol, yeah, I know
I'm just not as tech savvy yet, I wanna be..
If the memory card is out and you still get that message, I'm leaning toward the latest update acting up
That would make sense...
I had an update forced on me 2 nights ago, I think. Happened without my consent
So that's why I think it may be likely
Is the battery still out?
No, it won't turn on at all without a battery in
Even connected to power
That's a little odd. That might happen if you have a hardware problem but irrelevant to the current issue
Let's try this..... can you get it to turn off, perhaps by taking out battery? Wait a minute (or a few if you want to be safer) and then immediately upon Power up, go into safe mode by hitting home + volume up + power at the same time, holding for maybe 10 seconds
That may throw it out of the loop and into actually recovering itself
I got into safe mode previously by holding power + down
Should I do that or what you said?
There are several modes
lol, k
The combinations are android specific overrides
They're used for different purposes
We want to break the cycle, get out of a loop and begin to recover
You could alternatively do a factory reset, but you lose EVERYTHING that way, so I prefer to exhaust all possible options before recommending that
The main idea is that you have a soft brick, which is recoverable
I already did a factory reset earlier today
That didn't cause any change?
So anyway, now I'm Android System Recovery
It still was having the same issues yeah.. nt as bad at first, but once I put in the mem card, and it started installing my apps and stuff...
Same old BS
Hmmmm
If it's installing apps from the memory card that can be malware
I don't think it was, cause when I did the reset, I took the memory card out to protect my data.
My pictures and stuff
And it stayed out for a while.
Right but malware is code. So if the card itself contains the code, it will continue to install even if it stays out a while
If I'm understanding correctly
It gave me a few hiccups, this has stopped, that has stopped.. but then it worked ok. I was like Oh! It's good! Let's reinstall! ... and back to crap..
If it is malware, the second you put in the infected card, it installs
So if you put the card in the trouble starts, correct?
Sorry if I'm misunderstanding. It's a little harder to fully understand when the device isn't in hand ?
Sooooooo I should save my pictures off the card and reformat?
If you place the card into a computer (presumably with an adapter, if it's microsd), you run possible risk of infection. I would run a virus scan on the card itself, but outside the phone
If you can save the pictures, that's ideal. In the future, consider google backups to the cloud or amazon prime photos
Well, I tok out the card. Then I did a factory reset.... it gave me a FEW of the annoying "this has stopped" or that has stopped, but I don't remember what, now.... It started installing stuff, but some programs it refused to. Clean Master, Pokemon Go.. it gave me error code -504. Then I forced some and it seemed like they were working ok and installing, so I figured maybe I was just DLing too much all at once. So I went back and put in my mem card in, and it froze. rebooted, and **** went to pot again.
I had Google Drive, but it kept filling up my phone's hard drive and prevented me from doing stuff, DLing more.. I had to clear all the data.
Hmmm
I'm lookin up error code
kk
-504 is specific to memory and data collision
Basically, one aplication said "I want to be king of the playground" the firmware said the same thing and they shoved themselves off the playground and both broke their arms
My analogies are bad at 2am
Anyways, when this happens, it's also related to the Google account data having issues with software
Ultimately, the Google services framework needs to be cleared
But how to do that without being able to boot is the problem
I can boot.. kinda.
But it freezes up quick
Right, but the associations and cache will freeze ir
Exactly
Who is your carrier?
Straight Talk
Ah.
That may be trickier
A regular kiosk usually has the software that overrides this to fix the firmware
Like,most of the time, it gets to the "A service of Straight Talk Wireless" and stopps there
Yeah that can't boot fully
You can't get into the settings, right?
(and I am really sorry for my typos, my husband is a slob and his keyboard on this laptop is filled with gunk.)
I can, sometimes~! I can try
If you can get into settings, the cache could be cleared
So just reboot normally?
If you can
But you likely need to be in a recovery mode
Hmm. Would it be best to go into safe mode for this or normal?
The developer resource says:
Go to ”Settings”-> “Applications”-> “Manage Applications” and select “All”
Go to “Google Services Framework”and select “Clear Data & Clear Cache”to remove all the data regarding Google Service Framework.
Go to “Google Play Store”and Select “Clear Data & Clear Cache”to remove all the data regarding Google Play Store.
..one question... will that kill my data in Pokemon Go.
If you could get into recovery mode, which is holding down power + home + DOWN volume, that may work best
No
Go data is all server side
Whew, ok
In theory, it should never be lost
Ok, hang on, gonna try this
(Thank you SO much for all the help)
If the above steps don't work, a second "easy" method is de authenticate you, meaning remove your accounts
The recovery mode gives me the option to wipe the cache a head of time, should I do that too?
Yes
Absolutely
Deleting cache is our goal
Ok, now it's updating andriod.. but stopped cause I'm at 12 percent battery
Oh that's no good
If the battery is too low it might quit
Did it give you the low battery message?
No stayed on
I mean, told me the battery is low but
Ok, in settings
Hang on
Oh great I thought you mean it forced itself off
It HAS done that before, but not right now currently
Go to ”Settings”-> “Applications”-> “Manage Applications” and select “All”
Go to “Google Services Framework”and select “Clear Data & Clear Cache”to remove all the data regarding Google Service Framework.
Go to “Google Play Store”and Select “Clear Data & Clear Cache”to remove all the data regarding Google Play Store.
Ok, so I'm in settngs, applications, but I have Application Manager.
Ok
Might vary depending on version
When I go there it gives me a list
Ok what do you see?
Do you know what phone and android version you are running, by the way?
Android System Webview, ANT Radio Service, AANT+ Plugins Service, AVG Antivirus, BatteryDoctor, my apps.
I might have it memorized in the deep recesses of my brain
That's my device right now
You need google services framework
It may or may not be totally alphabetical
clearing the cache did seem to help though..Ok, so I need Google Play services? I found that
Ok great!
Now.....
Hit clear data and then after clear cache
Those buttons
Ok, so when I tap it it won't show it to me. It goes back to the Applications main menu
When you tap services?
Yeah
That's interesting
Can you try again?
it acts like it wants to, and then gets kicked back out
Sure hold on
Yeah same thing.
Ok try going to Google play store instead in that list
Something is preveting it.
It might be malware or issue with the firmware
Same thing with Google Play... or any app
Google play store is the name of the app
Yeah, I know
I tried it with a few of them randomly too
You should click on that and then attempt to clear that data
Its not letting me access any of them
Ok new plan
Go to “Settings”-> “Accounts”-> “Google” -> Select “Your Account”
Go to “Menu”and Select “Remove Account”, and then “Add Your Account”.
Now “Restart”your mobile device and try to perform update or download.
Ok, so delete my account or services?
If it doesn't say remove, you can delete
that won't delete my gmail and everything right? ?
I sure it won't but just making sure
Well your Gmail will still be on the server assuming you didn't pull it down
I probably sound like the typical idiot here.. yeesh
And delete it on the server
Nah
Then it should be ok
I won't do that, had the account for like 20 years lol
Ah ok
It wants to open it with Chrome or Internet?
Chrome is fine
I hate "internet"
....and now "Unfortunately, Chrome has stopped."
That is unfortunate
Please turn on airplane mode
Airplane on
Ok we are going to wait a minute now
kk
For fun, let's go back into that app list and try clearing that cache again
While airplane is off
Also, if it's late, I can also send you messages later
I'm a 3rd shifter, I'm fine if you are
Yeah I couldn't really sleep
And just tried while Airplane was on, no dice, same BS
Try restarting while in airplane mode
You can hold power
And then restart
Ok
Ok, booted fine
Yay
Now once it's rebooted you can take out of airplane mode and see if the data can now be cleared
Now it won't go into the application list at all
That's sad
Ok time to try something else
On the settings screen, can you find "backup and restore"?
Backup and reset...
Yep that
Ok, in it, now what?
We can try a factory reset from here.
But before you do that
Already did this earlier but sure. XD
Hmm?
Uncheck the boxes that save the app data
So uncheck "Back Up My Data" and "Automatic Restore"?
Yes
You will lose your phone data
That's fine. I know what I need
But at this point, without installing firmware to fix it, it's pretty much the best bet
Is it normal when rebooting the phone it keeps the old apps up and running? I don't remember it doing this previously but it's been doing that lately
Alright.. So factory reset time yes?
I think so
The factory reset should wipe everything
But again, if firmware was badly enough affected you would need more than this
And it might possibly be better to get a new phone, depending on factors considered
But at least the most common solutions were tried
Ok
Welp, got to the tracfone screen... and it's stuck.
What do we mean by stuck?
Frozen?
Whatever is in there, it's in there good
Yeah. It does three boot screens. 1, the Galaxy Grand Prime screen. Then the Pretty Samsung one with the musical tone. Then the Tracfone screen, then it boots. Since these problems started, it will often freeze on the Tracfone one.. cause after a few seconds the screen will dim. And then it boots.. but like, before I took my husband to work.. it was still froze there. I had to pull the battery, cause it wouldn't move. Though, just now it did finally
If it is incapable of factory reset, it's the kernel. That really would have to be handled by the dealer who sold the phone (if under warranty and they feel like replacing it) or doing things that void the warranty anyway
Well, looks like it finally got to boot...
huh.
If it moves, I would say to give it a little more time
That's good news
We are hoping it's not the kernel
....and I selected English, and "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped"...
That might not be a huge problem if it progresses
Settings might be fussy but it can be overlooked for now
Does it look like a factory reset took place?
Like it's new without apps, data, etc?
Same start up and "Welcome!" screen from last time.. but now that I select English it won't go past it. Keeps saying settings stopped.
Oh. That's different than settings stopping on the home screen
Yeah, it's acting like I just bought the phone
If settings are failing to load during language selection and you can't get to the home screen, you can try takin out battery for 10 minutes and then try rebooting and trying again
If it still fails to work after 24 hours (sometimes if you leave it alone long enough it'll work) I'd go to where you bought it with proof of purchase and hope they'll help get a new one
Ok, battery removed. Is it possible it's an overheat issue? Cause when we were playing Pokemo Go Friday night, my phone froze.. and when I booted it the screen went black, and lines went through it, like it lost connection to the MB or something
I've had issue like that with like, DS lites when the ribbon cable gets crunched.. but...
It's possible the hardware overheated, but because it boots, it's not necessarily a gonner
I've taken very good care of this phone, no hard drops or water...
It seems it's definitely a firmware and software issue
If there is a malfunction and it overheats from processing too much at once, that is possible
If the memory can't handle it and it's overloaded
Ok. Cause when that happened it was hot as ****.. and that's when most of these issues really started
I was having the "stopped" messages but only about my SMSs
If it was hot out that is definitely a possibility then
Leave it alone for as long as you can. Maybe all night and up to 24 hours
And those started literally after Pokemon Go.. I would have to stop Pokemon Go cause it would freeze a lot, I don't know if that did anything
But all this happened after I started playing it.
The game may not be good for the phone
Honestly, a lot of the pay as you go phones are not really suitable for mucj processing
I've dealt with a lot of them
They sometimes have trouble with games
I would absolutely submit a bug ticket with Niantic
I soft bricked my phone (and recovered it) because of pokemon having an issue during a specific sequence in game play. It definitely has bugs
I warned friends about it and that other phones may not be recoverable. It really depends on many factors
I've noticed it allowed me to install it on both my tabley (really crappy NextBook from WalMart) and my husband's phone (LG Fuel) and it won't run on either.. I figured, 200 dollar phone, it should be able to handle it....
It ran fine, but now.. and it sucks cause this is how I run my etsy, is this expensive brick
For the record, I have now tried yet a third factory reset. Now my phone won't even get past set-up. Any help would be amazing...

On an unofficial capacity, I think your phone may have been google account locked. This commonly happens when you forget to remove your google account before factory resetting the phone. You will know if your phone is google account locked by holding Volume up button + Power Button + Home Key, then when you get blue screen press volume up button, If the FAP lock: ON, then your account is google locked (Google locked phones tend to not allow you to go past the setup screen as you cannot click the "next" button). You can send it in to your phone dealer for them to send back to Samsung for repairs, however you seem to live in the U.S so I don't know their policies. I live in Canada and work as a part-time Samsung repair technician and our policy is to unlock the google lock and factory reset then return to phone company. However, that is not covered under warranty so we do it as a sort of "customer service" capacity.

Jonny W said:
-snip- , If the FAP lock: ON, then your account is google locked (Google locked phones tend to not allow you to go past the setup screen as you cannot click the "next" button). -snip-
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It is FRP, not FAP, it means Factory Reset Protection.
Well, if that is the case, on the setup you will get a window telling you to choose the WI-FI you want to connect to. Do it, then try to log in with your gmail account (This "gmail" account must be the same one you used last time otherwise it will not work.