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Hello I bought my verizon galaxy s5 yesterday on craigslist knowing verizon phones now come factory unlocked and intended to use it with my T-mobile sim. When I tested the phone everything worked fine but later on when I got home I decided to factory reset it to clean it up and now I am stuck with a "reactivation locked" window asking me for the owners samsung id, I then tried contacting the seller and now he wont respond so I am stuck with it. I have now made research and know that its a security new method on verizon phones. Is there a way to fix/disable this? any input will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
verizon phones now come factory unlocked??
This is news to me.
Kies or Odin might allow you to install a new image.
rolozcar said:
Hello I bought my verizon galaxy s5 yesterday on craigslist knowing verizon phones now come factory unlocked and intended to use it with my T-mobile sim. When I tested the phone everything worked fine but later on when I got home I decided to factory reset it to clean it up and now I am stuck with a "reactivation locked" window asking me for the owners samsung id, I then tried contacting the seller and now he wont respond so I am stuck with it. I have now made research and know that its a security new method on verizon phones. Is there a way to fix/disable this? any input will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Pretty sure you're screwed...it's an anti-theft security measure.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/5...ck-and-find-my-mobile-anti-theft-features.htm
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pego99 said:
verizon phones now come factory unlocked??
This is news to me.
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This has been the case with 4G phones. It is sim unlocked, as in you can use other carrier's sim cards, not with an unlocked bootloader in case that is what you were thinking.
rolozcar said:
Hello I bought my verizon galaxy s5 yesterday on craigslist knowing verizon phones now come factory unlocked and intended to use it with my T-mobile sim. When I tested the phone everything worked fine but later on when I got home I decided to factory reset it to clean it up and now I am stuck with a "reactivation locked" window asking me for the owners samsung id, I then tried contacting the seller and now he wont respond so I am stuck with it. I have now made research and know that its a security new method on verizon phones. Is there a way to fix/disable this? any input will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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You will have to get it from the seller.
It likely wasn't done maliciously nor may they remember even setting it.
IIRC when setting up the phone it is an option that you can enable. Chances are it may be a password they use for many things and my not want to divulge it?
Unfortunately you will have to get ahold of them as only they know the password.
The only other thing I can think of is flashing the ODIN tar. Not sure that this will reset it anyways as when you enable this option there is a message saying that Reactivation lock must be disabled before sending your phone in for service.
9/10 guy probly screwed u for a claim because that feature would have to been activated it wont activate on a reset as it would have asked for password prior to reset and the fact that its asking for the Samsung id is evidence to the fact
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rolozcar said:
Hello I bought my verizon galaxy s5 yesterday on craigslist knowing verizon phones now come factory unlocked and intended to use it with my T-mobile sim. When I tested the phone everything worked fine but later on when I got home I decided to factory reset it to clean it up and now I am stuck with a "reactivation locked" window asking me for the owners samsung id, I then tried contacting the seller and now he wont respond so I am stuck with it. I have now made research and know that its a security new method on verizon phones. Is there a way to fix/disable this? any input will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60279880&postcount=51
garsax said:
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60279880&postcount=51
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This is the second thread you've done this in. Stop finding year old dead threads and posting a link to the solution that was found a year ago. If you want to get your post count up, try posting something useful (like me) in a thread you can contribute to:good:
Breakthough!!!! glitch found
rolozcar said:
Hello I bought my verizon galaxy s5 yesterday on craigslist knowing verizon phones now come factory unlocked and intended to use it with my T-mobile sim. When I tested the phone everything worked fine but later on when I got home I decided to factory reset it to clean it up and now I am stuck with a "reactivation locked" window asking me for the owners samsung id, I then tried contacting the seller and now he wont respond so I am stuck with it. I have now made research and know that its a security new method on verizon phones. Is there a way to fix/disable this? any input will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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I found a way to access the devices of my sm-g900v with the build OE1 with this problem. So the bug i found is not complete but, i know that someone could do something with this info. All you need is blue-tooth headset mines are the lg HBS750. First you have to call 911. turn the bluettooth on and Quickly disconnect the call... you should be on the searching for devices.. At this point you connect you headsets and connect to wifi.. and press the speak/call button on the headset. S-voice should pop-up and ask you to connect to wifi (if you didnt follow my directions) if you did, you should be able to open settings are any stock app... i tired to disable from the settings but, it keep re-checking itself. Maybe someone could find out use this access to disable the reactivation lock.
have you find any solution to the reactivation lock?
rolozcar said:
Hello I bought my verizon galaxy s5 yesterday on craigslist knowing verizon phones now come factory unlocked and intended to use it with my T-mobile sim. When I tested the phone everything worked fine but later on when I got home I decided to factory reset it to clean it up and now I am stuck with a "reactivation locked" window asking me for the owners samsung id, I then tried contacting the seller and now he wont respond so I am stuck with it. I have now made research and know that its a security new method on verizon phones. Is there a way to fix/disable this? any input will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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if you find anything that WORKS, plz can you post it here, i have the same problem, I bought a G900V, later upgrade to PD1 android 6.0.1 and find the surprise
I've got some phones with a reactivation lock as well. I'll look into above. Any chance you could bring up adb? If so I can give you the adb input commands to force a hard reset via a bug, it may work and bypass reactivation lock as it is a full wipe, but no promises. Otherwise I have a theory for disabling it via a script that can be pushed via adb and executed. I need to see if I have time, cause it needs to be done
Thanks for getting me that far!!!
ive gotten close
GeTex said:
I've got some phones with a reactivation lock as well. I'll look into above. Any chance you could bring up adb? If so I can give you the adb input commands to force a hard reset via a bug, it may work and bypass reactivation lock as it is a full wipe, but no promises. Otherwise I have a theory for disabling it via a script that can be pushed via adb and executed. I need to see if I have time, cause it needs to be done
Thanks for getting me that far!!!
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I have an s5 on bok3 firmware right now with a samsung reactivation lock lockout without root or unlocked bootloader and no custom recovery
i first went back to bok3 firmware then used the otg usb/cable bug to access the file manager i've also gotten into play store settings phone and couple other things but also i force closed a bunch of apps and then backed into the setup wizard and got phone activating as if it was a new device but alas it failed as i had disabled and/or forced close activation agent. I haven't been able to recreate since. ps you can access lock screen by going to android device manager on the web and using the lock feature to change the lockscreen password. I also discovered samsung account is the issue app for reactivation lock as when i force closed and disabled it setting menu crashes instead of does nothing when you try to do a factory reset in setting or add a samsung account to your device.
perhaps we can install a custom version of the s5 samsung account app to our device i dont have the skills to change it but you might. Just a thought
Reactivtion lock is off!!!!!!!!!!
I booted NCG on PB1 Bootloader
is a new thread on s5 verizon general on xda
im testing it to see if reactivation lock can be circumvented this way will tell you either way as soon as i can
IT IS CONFIRMED WORKING AND REACTIVATION LOCK IS OFF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver.../reactivation-lock-off-finally-stuck-t3433342
this is the guide i wrote
So I have been trying just about EVERYTHING to remove this Goddamn FRP Lock on this phone. I used Odin to reflash the factory firmware, still same lock, tried factory resetting on the recovery menu... I just don't know what to do. Can someone please help me!?
How I got this stupid lock:
So my friend just gave me a phone that he got from a friend. He never turned it on since apparently, and when I got it, it had a password lock saying, 'Ha, you dont know my password *****'. Extreme letdown, then I thought 'Hey, why not factory reset through recovery, since I now own it. Now I am stuck with this FRP Lock, and without a doubt, he doesn't give me the account information needed to unlock it.
Try this
TRiP_E said:
So I have been trying just about EVERYTHING to remove this Goddamn FRP Lock on this phone. I used Odin to reflash the factory firmware, still same lock, tried factory resetting on the recovery menu... I just don't know what to do. Can someone please help me!?
How I got this stupid lock:
So my friend just gave me a phone that he got from a friend. He never turned it on since apparently, and when I got it, it had a password lock saying, 'Ha, you dont know my password *****'. Extreme letdown, then I thought 'Hey, why not factory reset through recovery, since I now own it. Now I am stuck with this FRP Lock, and without a doubt, he doesn't give me the account information needed to unlock it.
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Hi, you can try this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhuCEYD0M_I
H2ckerNorg said:
Hi, you can try this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhuCEYD0M_I
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Doesnt work, I cant get into any menus through talkback
Try to flash the first samsung firmware for your phone.
H2ckerNorg said:
Try to flash the first samsung firmware for your phone.
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Has anyone tried and got this to work successfully?
So i have an Samsung S8 SM-G950F. I made a factory reset on it but because i forgot my synced google account username and password on it i wanted to flash the same software again on it so i can use it again but forgot to click the OEM Unlock option. Now i flashed custom binary on it and with ODIN i tried to flash my new firmware but nothing happened. And when i enter in the custom binary in developer options there is no OEM Unlock option? What can i do. They told me the only way is to change the main board of the phone. Is this true,i mean the boar costs as much as the phone ...
dankata18 said:
So i have an Samsung S8 SM-G950F. I made a factory reset on it but because i forgot my synced google account username and password on it i wanted to flash the same software again on it so i can use it again but forgot to click the OEM Unlock option. Now i flashed custom binary on it and with ODIN i tried to flash my new firmware but nothing happened. And when i enter in the custom binary in developer options there is no OEM Unlock option? What can i do. They told me the only way is to change the main board of the phone. Is this true,i mean the boar costs as much as the phone ...
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You have to wait for 7 days without the phone dying or being turned off, then the oem unlock option will appear, I take it you flashed oreo?
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You have to wait for 7 days without the phone dying or being turned off, then the oem unlock option will appear, I take it you flashed oreo?
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I have only factory binary on it and in the developer option there is no oem unlock yet...are you sure it will gonna show? Cuz i can't flash android 8.0 because it is locked.
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I have only factory binary on it and in the developer option there is no oem unlock yet...are you sure it will gonna show? Cuz i can't flash android 8.0 because it is locked.
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So you are on nougat right now, ignore what I said then about waiting 7 days, as far as I know it applies to oreo, I mean you can wait and see if you want but apart from that, have you nor acceded your gmail account on a computer or laptop or anything? Maybe try to recover the username and password that way, my Google account is my main email account so that makes it handy for me when issues like this occur, not sure what else you can try
sofir786 said:
So you are on nougat right now, ignore what I said then about waiting 7 days, as far as I know it applies to oreo, I mean you can wait and see if you want but apart from that, have you nor acceded your gmail account on a computer or laptop or anything? Maybe try to recover the username and password that way, my Google account is my main email account so that makes it handy for me when issues like this occur, not sure what else you can try
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Sadly the software is already deleted and i have only the binary. It is hard stuck right now and i am trying to flash the same android (7.0) or even 8.0 with odin but it only restarts and factory binary starts and nothing happens...
i have same problem, forget the google account password, can someone help please??
dankata18 said:
So i have an Samsung S8 SM-G950F. I made a factory reset on it but because i forgot my synced google account username and password on it i wanted to flash the same software again on it so i can use it again but forgot to click the OEM Unlock option. Now i flashed custom binary on it and with ODIN i tried to flash my new firmware but nothing happened. And when i enter in the custom binary in developer options there is no OEM Unlock option? What can i do. They told me the only way is to change the main board of the phone. Is this true,i mean the boar costs as much as the phone ...
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i have the same problem, i did the factory reset and i wasn't aware of this, i tried several methods and couldn't find any solution, my samsung s8 is under oreo 8.0.0 SM-G905F can someone please help i am lost thank you fellas !!
***DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK***
***IF YOU MESS SOMETHING UP DO NOT BLAME ME***
***I AM SHARING A METHOD THAT WORKED FOR ME, MIGHT NOT WORK FOR YOU***
***READ EVERYTHING BEFORE PROCEEDING***
***I ONLY TESTED THIS ON THE S7 (FLAT) - G930FD***
If you are like me (an amateur) and forgot to OEM Unlock (in Developer Options) and flashed a custom rom, and now stuck on FRP lock and cant boot your phone, this guide may be for you.
You probably tried flashing the original firmware with ODIN and it keeps failing.
After spending a lot of time trying to revive my S7 with different original firmwares, I realized that the device wouldn't take anything older than the firmware on which it got locked.
It also failed when I tried to flash the whole firmware at once. So I had to flash it in pieces - The order below worked for me, not sure if it will work for everyone else.
Here is how I finally got it to boot after being stuck on FRP lock:
I Used the most recent Firmware, location (CSC) didn't seem to matter. - All you're trying to do here is to get it to boot.
You can try using the one I used, I uploaded it in pieces to Dropbox:
BL - https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wwu8wn54...3_QB19588892_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5?dl=0
AP - https://www.dropbox.com/s/c8vgdyfb1...9588892_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5?dl=0
CP - https://www.dropbox.com/s/dldh07gjxe5e607/CP_G930FXXU3ERHC_CL878338_QB10643129_SIGNED.tar.md5?dl=0
CSC - https://www.dropbox.com/s/1u66yrt11...1_QB19668317_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5?dl=0
PIT - https://www.dropbox.com/s/yacn187sp4xok9v/HEROLTE_EUR_OPEN_HIDDEN45M.pit?dl=0
Odin - https://www.dropbox.com/s/sblzsuetto2qreu/Odin3_v3.13.1.zip?dl=0
USE A RELIABLE USB CABLE
1. Using ODIN, flash PIT -> Reboot
2. Flash CP -> Reboot
3. Flash BL -> Reboot
4. Flash CSC -> Reboot
5. Flash AP -> Reboot
6. Your phone should now boot and bypass FRP.
7. Once it boots, you will have to verify your Google account.
7. Once verified, go to Developer Options and switch OEM Unlock to ON
Now you should be able to flash anything you want without getting FRP lock. :victory:
I hope this method works for those stuck on FRP lock.
Is this working on SM-G930XXX ??? thank you
Will this resolve the FRP lock on a SM-G930F?
pedropenduko said:
Is this working on SM-G930XXX ??? thank you
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Did you find a solution?
UKEZ said:
Did you find a solution?
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this works now my problem is how to unlock sim puk
But what is the point? If you have your Google account info, FRP isn't a problem anyway!
Lauriso said:
But what is the point? If you have your Google account info, FRP isn't a problem anyway!
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not really.
I am trying to unlock an old S7; I have my google credentials (fully working) and a new phone that shows the google notification, but the FRP process on the S7 simply starts over and over
i fixed this problem by flashing same firmware again with home_csc. no data lost, everthing like before.
Roberto W. said:
i fixed this problem by flashing same firmware again with home_csc. no data lost, everthing like before.
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Hi, I'm in the same situation but I try to hard reset from recovery first: do I have some chances to see my data again?
Is a Factory Reset Protection Lock, in the end, isn't it?
I found the same firmware than before, do I find there home_CSC?
Thanks
Il Pittore said:
Hi, I'm in the same situation but I try to hard reset from recovery first: do I have some chances to see my data again?
Is a Factory Reset Protection Lock, in the end, isn't it?
I found the same firmware than before, do I find there home_CSC?
Thanks
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u already did a reset? then u have lost ur data i guess.
if u wont find a csc file, just flash the firmware. it shouldnt touch ur data partition.
hello xda,
I recently purchased a S7 edge with firmware G935FXXS8ETC1 from ebay , the seller had just upgraded to an s9 and sold this s7 edge to me. Upon receiving it i turned it on and was met with the "enter pin or fingerprint " to unlock .
So i emailed the bloke straight away and he said it should have been factory reset and there was some concern about his data being still on the phone. However , as i was emailing him i could see the email notifications of the emails i was sending appearing on the screen whilst it was locked (push notifications)
Anyway he gave me four or five different pins which did not work so i did a factory reset on the device by holding volume up, home and power button and when the phone boot up i was met with the frp lock.
I was on the phone to the bloke for around an hour typing in every possible gmail account possible he could have had . i got one and it processed , asked to verify by text and entered confirmation code which the guy emailed me but the device just went back to beginning again. there is absolutely no doubt the phone is legit as the dude owns a business and was very well to do , and i could see that he did have the phone registered to the email address i was sending emails to..
The guy offered me a full refund but i really want this phone up and running and paid 100 quid for it
but im unable to do anything with frp , it just isnt taking the details hes giving me.
There is no adb enabled , no oem unlock
i have fixed , unlocked , rooted many devices via help from you guys and i do know the policy for certain files and how there are folk who misuse the site . So as a last resort i ask the ones with the knowledge for some assistance and what to do next .
As always thanks in advance , much appreciated and thanks for taking the time to read my post
####Edit ### Thanks for all the replies, I got it working with remote frp unlock through flexihub. Cheers anyway
Bertonumber1 said:
hello xda,
I recently purchased a S7 edge with firmware G935FXXS8ETC1 from ebay , the seller had just upgraded to an s9 and sold this s7 edge to me. Upon receiving it i turned it on and was met with the "enter pin or fingerprint " to unlock .
So i emailed the bloke straight away and he said it should have been factory reset and there was some concern about his data being still on the phone. However , as i was emailing him i could see the email notifications of the emails i was sending appearing on the screen whilst it was locked (push notifications)
Anyway he gave me four or five different pins which did not work so i did a factory reset on the device by holding volume up, home and power button and when the phone boot up i was met with the frp lock.
I was on the phone to the bloke for around an hour typing in every possible gmail account possible he could have had . i got one and it processed , asked to verify by text and entered confirmation code which the guy emailed me but the device just went back to beginning again. there is absolutely no doubt the phone is legit as the dude owns a business and was very well to do , and i could see that he did have the phone registered to the email address i was sending emails to..
The guy offered me a full refund but i really want this phone up and running and paid 100 quid for it
but im unable to do anything with frp , it just isnt taking the details hes giving me.
There is no adb enabled , no oem unlock
i have fixed , unlocked , rooted many devices via help from you guys and i do know the policy for certain files and how there are folk who misuse the site . So as a last resort i ask the ones with the knowledge for some assistance and what to do next .
As always thanks in advance , much appreciated and thanks for taking the time to read my post
####Edit ### Thanks for all the replies, I got it working with remote frp unlock through flexihub. Cheers anyway
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Could you please elaborate ?
Nikola Jovanovic said:
Could you please elaborate ?
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Did I not elaborate enough?
Check where it says ## edit ### the problem was solved by using a paid frp unlock service
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.
lewmur said:
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?
sjbayer3 said:
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.
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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.
mad0701 said:
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...