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[Q] Samsung s5-this device is locked because of adnormal factory reset. Please Help!

I have just bought a Samsung galaxy s5 from a for sale site. Seemed fully legitimate. Get home and try setting it up and I'm stuck on the screen that reads " this device I'd locked because of an abnormal factory reset. Sign in to the Samsung account you have already signed in to on this device to confirm it belongs to you. "
I do not know this information. And now have no way of getting the information off the owner. I have tried a couple of methods to bypass this And watched numerous videos on YouTube.
Some tutorials to remove it tell me to press "forgotten your ID or password?" Did that. Put my own samsung account. Entered the captcha and then went to the next screen. In the videos they tell you to them press my email which is highlighted in blue and then it takes you to the Web and it carries on from there. However it does not let you press the email anymore. It isn't a link or anything.
Please can someone give me some advice or help! Welcome any questions or anything. Thanks very much. Jordan.

Go in recovery and wipe data/factory reset. If not works I would suggest you to flash a new firmware through Odin.
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thanks for reply
Hi. Thanks for the reply. I have tried the factory reset and all that on recovery mode.
I am not the best expert on rooting or rooting. So any advice would be kuchly appreciated as I currently have no phone!! Thanks. Jordan

Seems you have bought a used S5 right ?
Are you sure this is not a lost os stolen device
As you describe de situation i`m thinking on the option Reactivation Lock o security tab.
If the old owner let this option active you will have a hard time trying to use the phone without the samsung account information.

Very much sounds like a stolen device I take it you didn't take any ID from the seller?
Might be expensive learning curve.

[Q] *Can't get past initial set-up page*

Peace ALL,
Hopefully someone can please help me!! I recently purchased a used OP2 off of Amazon. Phone received was in good shape and looked brand new. The problem I have however is that I can't bypass the initial set-up (I think it has something to do with Google factory Reset Protection).
Whenever the phone is in the initial setup process its asking for a gmail that was synced to the device before it was wiped--which of course I dont have access to. Is there any workaround for this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated

i had the same problem as i got it second hand.The thing with me was that i knew the owner.
The problem is that the previous owner wiped the device from the boot menu ( the one that looks like twrp) and not from the in menu setting.
this is why it asks for a previous mail.
I asked for his mail and password ,logged in, went to settings did a factory reset form the menu and all ok.I dont know what you could do without his mail and password.
Maybe unlock it put twrp custom rom open it and then reset it to factory settings?

Does anybody know if unlocking bootloader and flashing the stock ROM will bypass Google Device Protection (not sure if this will work as i think the OP2 is already "unlocked")?
Someone please help

I am having the same issue. I've read how you have to wait 72 hours but I am not sure if it will work.

[Q] Need help to start from scratch

Hello there!
I recently bought an HTC HD2 used online, I wanted to gift it to my father since he needs a new phone (stuck on an old Samsung with Symbian wich died) and the phone presents just one problem: when it reboots it resets back to factory settings, everytime.
It uses MAGLDR and I'm completely new to this software, so I really need help. I want to flash a new ROM to my device and wipe everything there is on the memory of the phone.
I've been lurking a lot the guide threads and been searching a lot on Google but made 0 progress so far, again, I'm completely new to this.
So I'm asking for help. I need someone to guide me and follow me through this process, 'cause I'm unable to proceed, I'm willing to dedicate all the time I have to do this.
Thanks for the help in advance.

Adanved Internet Experience, stuck at initial Setup

Hey everyone,
after installing an OTA Update for my L31 and resetting it back to factory defaults I cant get past the initial Setup Point "Wifi +".
It doesn't matter if I choose allow or deny, it jumps to the blue Google screen and says "checking.." for at least 1/12233 second.. then it goes back to the Wifi+ screen.
I tried nearly everything, every full update from SD Card. I didnt find a way to get past that point.
Is it possible to skip this Setup anyway or unlock Bootloader, go root and flashing TWRP without access to the Phone?
This is the only thing I havent tried.
Thank u all!
Ps: sorry for the bad heading!

You didn't remove your Google account when you were doing factory reset, and that's your problem. I had the same problem and I sent my phone to the service.
Sent by Huawei P9 Lite

Did you need to pay for it?

Need help unlocking my phone, it's really urgent for me

Hello.
I have a serious problem.
tl;dr:
I forgot my pattern lock combination and I need my messages so I don't want to factory reset. Is there any other way?
Long story:
So I've forgotten my pattern lock combination and I have a job interview tomorrow at the address I received in a message.
I can't unlock my phone. I didn't write down the address anywhere else. And if I try to factory reset my phone it will get rid of all my messages.
So far I've tried:
dr.phonw - but for some reason it doesn't work on p9 lite
I've read online you can delete the password file for the pattern lock and it will unlock, I've tried using usb cable to access my files but I can't access the phone while it's locked.
I've tried installing a file manager from a sd card in recovery mode, but p9 lite doesn't have that function.
Do you have any other ideas I could try.
It might seem like a strange question, but I'm really panicking right now, the job interview is tomorrow and it's really important to me.
Any help is greatly appreciated.