My friend have a refurbished G900A (OF2), and when he tried to start to configure his phone it appeared the message "anormal reset", so we decided to downgrade it but we haven't found any solution (and we researched for hours).
The problem is, the bootloader is locked, and my friend discovered after installing "Supersu", that the phone is rooted.
So, I'm asking for your help to find a solution, or at least find how to change that "anormal reset" message, because when he tried to use any solution on the internet (specially YouTube), the phone responds "Error processing" (or something like that, it's in spanish) when he tries to insert his or my Samsung account, or doesn't allow to start Samsung Apps when he tries to change the "Accesibility" options.
Best regards from Chile!
(And sorry about my english)
Additional info
By the way, I started the phone in bootloader mode. Odin starts and get stucked in "Downloading".
"ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G900A
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
Reactivation Lock(kk): ON
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0X0
Qualcomm secureboot: Enable (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T2, R1, A4, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
UDC START"
Additional info 2
I bypassed the screen, but I can't add a Samsung Account, or reset the default settings.
zenogrod said:
By the way, I started the phone in bootloader mode. Odin starts and get stucked in "Downloading".
"ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G900A
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
Reactivation Lock(kk): ON
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0X0
Qualcomm secureboot: Enable (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T2, R1, A4, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
UDC START"
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Reactivation lock may be your problem. If you can get it to boot up disable it in settings
Wtfbob said:
Reactivation lock may be your problem. If you can get it to boot up disable it in settings
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Thanks for your answer!
I tried to do that, but when I unchecked the box to disable the lock, the phone checks it again.
So now I'm thinking as a desperate option, to bring the phone to a Samsung Official service center.
zenogrod said:
Thanks for your answer!
I tried to do that, but when I unchecked the box to disable the lock, the phone checks it again.
So now I'm thinking as a desperate option, to bring the phone to a Samsung Official service center.
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I brought the phone to a Samsung Service Center, and they can't fix the phone, because the AT&T Model doesn't have support in my country.
Is there any way to remove the samsung account lock in the OF2 version?
Your friend might have gotten conned. I once bought a refurbished phone and it had an IMEI lock on it, meaning it was either lost or stolen. So it's possibly a similar situation...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using XDA Premium HD app
completely lost and its been a week of em trying to get this phone to accept sp,ething form odin and still noluck ive been glued to this computer and learned alot but nothing that has been able to fix my issue, any help would be appreciated please and thankyou
jpres1991 said:
completely lost and its been a week of em trying to get this phone to accept sp,ething form odin and still noluck ive been glued to this computer and learned alot but nothing that has been able to fix my issue, any help would be appreciated please and thankyou
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Can you please elaborate. .what exactly the issue...what you did?
manishvy said:
Can you please elaborate. .what exactly the issue...what you did?
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i have had my device rooted since the week i got it in october successfully, no issues. when i got the phone it was on the oi6 firmware, rooted it and put MOAR rom on it, no issues. then on the 23rd the day before i was going to go out of town i changed my primary google account password on my device, and for some reason i couldnt tell you why other than it didnt seem that it would be of any significance that OEM UNLOCK option was enabled so i turned it off not thinking anything of it, and right after i reboot the phone i found myself in a bootloop. only going to samsung galaxy note 5 powered by android with little red writing at top that says custom binary blocked by FRP lock. so i did some research and it became obvious what my issue was that the oem unlock should never had been touched. from what i figure, but that didnt validate why i was never given the chance to actually verify my account being that the device hasnt booted back into the os or any screen other than the splash screen i mentioned and download mode. thats the only two things i can access my download screen reads this
ODIN MODE
DOWNLOAD SPEED: FAST
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N920P
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
FRP LOCK: ON
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0x0500)
AP SWREV: B:2 K:0 S:0
i have tried flashing stock oi6, ive tried PIT file for oi6 ive gotten errors starting from couldnt open com port ehich seems to vary from the different versions of odin more or less, ive gotten complete write fail error, ive gotten COULDNT GET PIT FOR MAPPING as well as THERE IS NO PIT, and so i tried flashing one andit failed or just wouldnt go through, i mean ive just about ran the well dry as far as what ive read to do. Odin recognozes the device, i just cant get it to flash anything. as for all i know the device is wiped. my assumption.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3191927
FRP LOCK ON Can't ODIN firmware... Lord help me.
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Seems this guy got his working
Try use Samsung KIES (or Samsung Smart Switch) on Windows PC to flash/restore your firmware. I've never had to this way though.
And BTW. This is not a "hard brick", so your thread title is misleading. It's "soft"...
jpres1991 said:
i have had my device rooted since the week i got it in october successfully, no issues. when i got the phone it was on the oi6 firmware, rooted it and put MOAR rom on it, no issues. then on the 23rd the day before i was going to go out of town i changed my primary google account password on my device, and for some reason i couldnt tell you why other than it didnt seem that it would be of any significance that OEM UNLOCK option was enabled so i turned it off not thinking anything of it, and right after i reboot the phone i found myself in a bootloop. only going to samsung galaxy note 5 powered by android with little red writing at top that says custom binary blocked by FRP lock. so i did some research and it became obvious what my issue was that the oem unlock should never had been touched. from what i figure, but that didnt validate why i was never given the chance to actually verify my account being that the device hasnt booted back into the os or any screen other than the splash screen i mentioned and download mode. thats the only two things i can access my download screen reads this
ODIN MODE
DOWNLOAD SPEED: FAST
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N920P
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
FRP LOCK: ON
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0x0500)
AP SWREV: B:2 K:0 S:0
i have tried flashing stock oi6, ive tried PIT file for oi6 ive gotten errors starting from couldnt open com port ehich seems to vary from the different versions of odin more or less, ive gotten complete write fail error, ive gotten COULDNT GET PIT FOR MAPPING as well as THERE IS NO PIT, and so i tried flashing one andit failed or just wouldnt go through, i mean ive just about ran the well dry as far as what ive read to do. Odin recognozes the device, i just cant get it to flash anything. as for all i know the device is wiped. my assumption.
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just flash latest stock firmware through odin and your phone will be completely wiped and back to normal.
54NJ41 said:
just flash latest stock firmware through odin and your phone will be completely wiped and back to normal.
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You can't if OEM UNLOCK is not enabled. ...
UpInTheAir said:
You can't if OEM UNLOCK is not enabled. ...
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how do you reckon i flash it using kies or smart switch ? i dont have my serial number and the device isnt recognized in kies or smart switch
jpres1991 said:
how do you reckon i flash it using kies or smart switch ? i dont have my serial number and the device isnt recognized in kies or smart switch
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It's on the box your bought it with. ...
UpInTheAir said:
You can't if OEM UNLOCK is not enabled. ...
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for me it worked and use latest Odin
UpInTheAir said:
You can't if OEM UNLOCK is not enabled. ...
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UpInTheAir said:
It's on the box your bought it with. ...
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im 100 % sure ive tried all the numbers on the box
jpres1991 said:
im 100 % sure ive tried all the numbers on the box
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I'm sorry, this is where my help ends.
Awfully suspicious if you can't find your serial number.
They all come on the sticker that seals the two halves of the box. This is standard from Samsung.
And you're in the wrong forum. .
UpInTheAir said:
I'm sorry, this is where my help ends.
Awfully suspicious if you can't find your serial number.
They all come on the sticker that seals the two halves of the box. This is standard from Samsung.
And you're in the wrong forum. .
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WELL THANKYOU for your detective like skills considering i know my imei and meid by heart would you like photographs of my box
fact of the matter is is smart switch DOES NOT recognize the numbers give it a try detective
model number is SM-N920P
MEID_DEC: 256691545905342464
MEID_HEX: 99000583518500
ESN_HEX: 80ED70AD
ESN_DEC: 12815560877
SPC: 970920
jpres1991 said:
i have had my device rooted since the week i got it in october successfully, no issues. when i got the phone it was on the oi6 firmware, rooted it and put MOAR rom on it, no issues. then on the 23rd the day before i was going to go out of town i changed my primary google account password on my device, and for some reason i couldnt tell you why other than it didnt seem that it would be of any significance that OEM UNLOCK option was enabled so i turned it off not thinking anything of it, and right after i reboot the phone i found myself in a bootloop. only going to samsung galaxy note 5 powered by android with little red writing at top that says custom binary blocked by FRP lock. so i did some research and it became obvious what my issue was that the oem unlock should never had been touched. from what i figure, but that didnt validate why i was never given the chance to actually verify my account being that the device hasnt booted back into the os or any screen other than the splash screen i mentioned and download mode. thats the only two things i can access my download screen reads this
ODIN MODE
DOWNLOAD SPEED: FAST
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N920P
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
FRP LOCK: ON
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0x0500)
AP SWREV: B:2 K:0 S:0
i have tried flashing stock oi6, ive tried PIT file for oi6 ive gotten errors starting from couldnt open com port ehich seems to vary from the different versions of odin more or less, ive gotten complete write fail error, ive gotten COULDNT GET PIT FOR MAPPING as well as THERE IS NO PIT, and so i tried flashing one andit failed or just wouldnt go through, i mean ive just about ran the well dry as far as what ive read to do. Odin recognozes the device, i just cant get it to flash anything. as for all i know the device is wiped. my assumption.
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mate, its really nothing to worry about, it isnt hard bricked,
i had the exam same issue, that oem lock can be a real pain in the arse,
all you need to do is download the firmware, and i mean not just the same android version, but the same, as in oc1 ok1, what ever version you were rocking,
in my case it was the latest firmware available on sammobile,
and flash it via odin,
after that you must wipe cache, data, and factory reset to be a able to use your phone,
once booted,
you can login with you google account, enable oem unlock from dev mode, and install custom recovery and do what you do from there.
cheers
UpInTheAir said:
I'm sorry, this is where my help ends.
Awfully suspicious if you can't find your serial number.
They all come on the sticker that seals the two halves of the box. This is standard from Samsung.
And you're in the wrong forum. .
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urmother93 said:
mate, its really nothing to worry about, it isnt hard bricked,
i had the exam same issue, that oem lock can be a real pain in the arse,
all you need to do is download the firmware, and i mean not just the same android version, but the same, as in oc1 ok1, what ever version you were rocking,
in my case it was the latest firmware available on sammobile,
and flash it via odin,
after that you must wipe cache, data, and factory reset to be a able to use your phone,
once booted,
you can login with you google account, enable oem unlock from dev mode, and install custom recovery and do what you do from there.
cheers
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SO dont do the ok3 if thats not what i was on prior to this happening?
my phone isnt recgonized in odin now for some reason. it has been up until now
I can solve your problem with Fap Lock On
hoangps said:
I can solve your problem with Fap Lock On
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ALL EARS
So long as you are using genuine Samsung firmware or smart switch you do not need OEM unlocked.
If Odin is not recognizing your phone something has gone wrong with either your drivers or your phone is in a bad state.
Power down your phone, if you have to because it is restarting, catch it so you get back into download mode.
Then follow these steps exactly as they are laid out.
Open Smart Switch, click MORE, click Emergency software recovery and initialization, click device initialization, type in your model number using caps and dashes such as SM-N9200 or whatever your device is, then input your serial number again using caps for all the letters in your SN, finally connect your phone to your PC and continue with the prompts from Smart Switch.
The problem is since you have a carrier version, smart switch may not work. There was a guy who said it would not work for an AT&T phone.
Good luck.
Edit: I checked in smart switch using the sprint model number and it took it so you should be good to go.
CodeNameRedNeck said:
So long as you are using genuine Samsung firmware or smart switch you do not need OEM unlocked.
If Odin is not recognizing your phone something has gone wrong with either your drivers or your phone is in a bad state.
Power down your phone, if you have to because it is restarting, catch it so you get back into download mode.
Then follow these steps exactly as they are laid out.
Open Smart Switch, click MORE, click Emergency software recovery and initialization, click device initialization, type in your model number using caps and dashes such as SM-N9200 or whatever your device is, then input your serial number again using caps for all the letters in your SN, finally connect your phone to your PC and continue with the prompts from Smart Switch.
The problem is since you have a carrier version, smart switch may not work. There was a guy who said it would not work for an AT&T phone.
Good luck.
Edit: I checked in smart switch using the sprint model number and it took it so you should be good to go.
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yes i can get it in download mode ive installed the drivers from samsung website for the note 5, and installed them. is there other drivers i should install fgor it to recognize it? i also am successful in getting smart switch to recognize the SM-N920P for my phone model but i am unclear on how to obtain the serial number that smart switch wants. ive tried the dec hex the imei esn hex and the spc none of which it accepts. i have the box and it doesnt say serial number anywhere so im lost when i get to that point
jpres1991 said:
i am unclear on how to obtain the serial number that smart switch wants. ive tried the dec hex the imei esn hex and the spc none of which it accepts. i have the box and it doesnt say serial number anywhere so im lost when i get to that point
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That is a problem then because you need that number. It should be labeled SN and should be a mix of letters and numbers. Perhaps sprint keeps those records on file.
Good luck.
This all started when i accidentally deleted a text message that i needed, i did a search on google how to recover a text message. I downloaded some software that was recommended on a reputable site, i scanned the file with Kaspersky etc and it was fine.
The software was pretty straight forward to use, you basically needed to go into developer mode to enable debugging which was easy enough and the software did the rest, it said on the site that rooting wasn't needed.
Anyway, it didn't recover the text message. After i disconnected my Note 5 from the PC i had this Security notification warning coming up which says "Unauthorised actions have been detected, restart your device", i've done that several times and nothing happens. I've tried going into the phone updates but it won't even allow me to connect to the update servers as i get a message which says
"The operating system on your device has been modified in an unathorised way. Try downloading software updates using Smart Switch on your PC or visit a customer service centre".
I've tried doing updates via Smart Switch but i can't even check if i'm upto date or not, i tried a hard reset via the home button, volume up switch and the power button but that hasn't done anything. The phone seems to function normally but it has this constant security notification being displayed.
I've tried going into the download mode to check the knox counter but a big yellow triangle comes up first with an exclamation mark inside it with a white android man underneath and it says under that "No Command , it pauses for a while then the boot and reset option list eventually appears, it's got yellow writing above the list saying Android Recovery but nowhere does it say the knox counter.
Before the above this is a UAE Note5 that is standard and hasn't been rooted, it's a stock phone.
Any ideas as to what i can try or do next ?
Do you have a link to this software you used?
One was called FonePaw, that didn't work so the one that i tried after seem to give me all these issues, that one was called Dr.Fone Toolkit for Android, version 8.3.3.64
It wouldn't let me post a link saying something about me being a new member.
This is the strange thing, ive been into the download screen a few times via the home/volume up and power button. Where normally you get a nice neat list with the actions you can do, their was a lot of yellow text at the top left, the actual list was underneath all that yellow text, it didn't have the Knox line where it usually is. I then downloaded PhoneInfo *Samsung* and that gave me a lot of info, it said the Knox was 0x0
Download mode screen says:
Odin Mode
Download Speed: FAST
Product Name: SM-N920C
CA_ TYPE: CA_2
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
FRP Lock: ON
Secure Download: ENABLED
Knox Warranty Void: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:3 K:0 S:1
Thanks Darren, i've updated the info from the download screen above.
One quick question, i've never flashed a phone before, i've flashed graphics cards etc. Do you need to remove the SIM card ?
Thanks Darren, do you have a link to the latest genuine version of Odin, sorry to be a pain mate, it's just i aint done it before and want to make sure i have the right version lol
TheJoshuaTree said:
One quick question, i've never flashed a phone before, i've flashed graphics cards etc. Do you need to remove the SIM card ?
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No, you do not need to remove the SIM Card.
Here is a link to Odin 3.12.3 in my OneDrive account...
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AojwsjavMvQdoFsfD1CA-MEZbvr6
Works perfectly and is a stock version of Odin with no modifications.
Sent from my Samsung SM-G955U using XDA Labs
Thanks for all the help.
I flashed the phone in Odin with a stock ROM, the same UAE one that was previously on the phone. Touch Wood everything seems to be working fine with no error messages.
All sorted.....
Hello everyone, I have a problem, since I updated my phone to android "Oreo", it started to fail, it restarted, the battery lasts less, and sometimes it has many "Lags".
Download a version from "Sammobile", but when I try to go back to the previous version the process fails.
In "Oreo" I did all the "Wipe", but the problems aren't solved, since time later they come back out. I want to go back to android "Nougat", my "Note 8" was very good with that system, it even lasted me all day.
I attach this information:
FRP LOCK: ON
OEM LOCK: ON
Secure Download: ENABLE
Warranty VOID: 1 (0x500)
RP SWREV: B: 5 K: 3 S: 3
naoiayato17 said:
Hello everyone, I have a problem, since I updated my phone to android "Oreo", it started to fail, it restarted, the battery lasts less, and sometimes it has many "Lags".
Download a version from "Sammobile", but when I try to go back to the previous version the process fails.
In "Oreo" I did all the "Wipe", but the problems aren't solved, since time later they come back out. I want to go back to android "Nougat", my "Note 8" was very good with that system, it even lasted me all day.
I attach this information:
FRP LOCK: ON
OEM LOCK: ON
Secure Download: ENABLE
Warranty VOID: 1 (0x500)
RP SWREV: B: 5 K: 3 S: 3
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Well since you didn't read before upgrading your phone, now you're screwed and staying on Oreo because Samsung blocked downgrading.. No matter how much you try it's just going to keep failing!! All you can do now is try to fix all the problems you think it has and make the best of it and next time read about what you're planning to do first so you don't end up in this situation again!!
As mr mike said, there is absolutely no way for going back to 7.1.1 once you upgrade to 8.0.0, no way, but, you may try to flash another oreo firmware with an equal or higher bootloader version, there should be one that works for you, be patient and try