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Phone does not connect to Network (started after being stuck at samsung logo)

Hi everyone,
I rooted my note and was using Jon ROM V3 for the last 3 months. Never had any malicious apps and my phone was working as usual.
Yesterday I took my phone and see that it is stuck at Samsung logo (an hour ago it was working fine). Tried reset and re-flashed ROM but no luck.
Later through download mode i flashed Official Indian Firmware(I live in India). Now I by passed the logo screen and the phone shows full signal bars but not able to connect to carrier network.
(tried all basic work out like removing battery/sim and re-inserting to phone and boot up)
I pressed power key and it did not show the power menu , it directly switched off mobile.
I rooted again with Philz kernel and flashed JON ROM. Still i see that my phone is not able to connect to any network. Also I observe that even here on this ROM when i press power key it directly turns off.
This is weird. I thought my IMEI was wiped off but im lucky to see that its still there.
I need your help. Im without my phone for the last 2 days now.
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Jonathan

Note - I find that my IMEI number has been changed (to some generic IMEI 004999010640000) after i flashed the official firmware !!!! that's why it is not connecting to any network.
Someone please help me.

How did you flash the official firmware?
was it a tar file or a zip? I mean did you use odin?

chickoo.t90 said:
How did you flash the official firmware?
was it a tar file or a zip? I mean did you use odin?
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It was a tar file The official Indian firmware I got from sammobile

either a glitch or you selected by accident clear efs.
anyways without efs backup hard to recover emei.
Do you get the simcard enter pinscreen on boot? If you dont then its not imei, if you do then you need someone like cvxcvx, search to fix it. That or Samsung

chickoo.t90 said:
How did you flash the official firmware?
was it a tar file or a zip? I mean did you use odin?
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baz77 said:
either a glitch or you selected by accident clear efs.
anyways without efs backup hard to recover emei.
Do you get the simcard enter pinscreen on boot? If you dont then its not imei, if you do then you need someone like cvxcvx, search to fix it. That or Samsung
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No I do not enter pin for simcard. I see my imei has been changed to 004999010640000. I tired fixing one problem and got onto another.
I guess there is no way other than sending my device to Samsung !
Anyways I appreciate your help. Thanks

jonastro said:
No I do not enter pin for simcard. I see my imei has been changed to 004999010640000. I tired fixing one problem and got onto another.
I guess there is no way other than sending my device to Samsung !
Anyways I appreciate your help. Thanks
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You have a so called "developer IMEI". If you didn't safe your EFS then there is no real chance to restore it yourself.
There is a member (cxlcxl) who has hardware and can restore the original IMEI remotely.
But you still can use your device. Try to change the Sim Pin in the settings: you can use the same Pin for old and new (this is easier for me because sometimes I forget the new number).
After this the network connection should come back.
My workaround in my Pristine Custom Rom: one different jar-file that doesn't have the checks on startup from my old XXLSC dump. With this it works completely normal: Sim and Pin are always recognized from startup. I'm using this for many months now.

ThaiDai said:
You have a so called "developer IMEI". If you didn't safe your EFS then there is no real chance to restore it yourself.
There is a member (cxlcxl) who has hardware and can restore the original IMEI remotely.
But you still can use your device. Try to change the Sim Pin in the settings: you can use the same Pin for old and new (this is easier for me because sometimes I forget the new number).
After this the network connection should come back.
My workaround in my Pristine Custom Rom: one different jar-file that doesn't have the checks on startup from my old XXLSC dump. With this it works completely normal: Sim and Pin are always recognized from startup. I'm using this for many months now.
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Thanks. BTW I jus gave my phone now to Samsung service center. They said its easy for them to restore my original IMEI and they charged me 150Rupess (3 Dollars) :good:

Really? Just $3

jonastro said:
Thanks. BTW I jus gave my phone now to Samsung service center. They said its easy for them to restore my original IMEI and they charged me 150Rupess (3 Dollars) :good:
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sweet!

nokiamodeln91 said:
Really? Just $3
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Aha , yes not joking.

Help with bricked (hopefully soft) Note 5

Guys,
I bought an immaculate second hand Note 5 for 160 euro/180 dollars/140 pounds including shipping. It comes with the charger and an official Samsung case. It doesn't come with the box or anything else. I won't have it until tomorrow but I'm just trying to get a head start at hopefully fixing it.
Now here's the problem. The guy I bought it from got it from his work place. It was on the Vodafone network but he got it unlocked. He also rooted it. When he went to sell it a couple months back he factory reset it and now it doesn't go past the "Samsung Galaxy Note 5" splash screen. He's had it collecting dust for 3 months now.
Does this sound like it'll be as easy as an ODIN flash? As far as I know if it gets stuck on bootloops or stuck at the splash screen it's soft bricked and not hard bricked.
I've attached pictures if they help at all but I doubt it. Apparently it's a lot cleaner than the pictures and doesn't have a scratch on it. He also guarantees it's not water damaged!
Any help appreciated!

You can easy reflash the original firmware with Odin. It's nothing major.
Sent from my SM-T377W using Tapatalk

Christopher.J.M said:
Guys,
I bought an immaculate second hand Note 5 for €160/$180/£140 including shipping. It comes with the charger and an official Samsung case. It doesn't come with the box or anything else. I won't have it until tomorrow but I'm just trying to get a head start at hopefully fixing it.
Now here's the problem. The guy I bought it from got it from his work place. It was on the Vodafone network but he got it unlocked. He also rooted it. When he went to sell it a couple months back he factory reset it and now it doesn't go past the "Samsung Galaxy Note 5" splash screen. He's had it collecting dust for 3 months now.
Does this sound like it'll be as easy as an ODIN flash? As far as I know if it gets stuck on bootloops or stuck at the splash screen it's soft bricked and not hard bricked.
I've attached pictures if they help at all but I doubt it. Apparently it's a lot cleaner than the pictures and doesn't have a scratch on it. He also guarantees it's not water damaged!
Any help appreciated!
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You, my friend have lucked out on that deal. EASY FIX. Just download full firmware for you model number and let odin perform surgery...CLEAR!?
Hope this helps you out.

divine1250 said:
You, my friend have lucked out on that deal. EASY FIX. Just download full firmware for you model number and let odin perform surgery...CLEAR!?
Hope this helps you out.
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Wow! You really think that's all? Because it doesn't come with the box I won't have access to the IMEI or serial numbers. Do you think it'll be a problem? I also have no idea what model number it is but ill ask where he got it (he lives in Ireland but I think he works in the UK as we never got the Note 5 here) maybe that'll help narrow it down.

rafeba said:
You can easy reflash the original firmware with Odin. It's nothing major.
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Hopefully it's that easy! And is there a sure fire way to return to stock, unroot, relock bootloaders etc and reset any knox trips so I can use Samsung Pay etc?

Christopher.J.M said:
Wow! You really think that's all? Because it doesn't come with the box I won't have access to the IMEI or serial numbers. Do you think it'll be a problem? I also have no idea what model number it is but ill ask where he got it (he lives in Ireland but I think he works in the UK as we never got the Note 5 here) maybe that'll help narrow it down.
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If i were in your situation i would install custom recovery thru odin then flash one of the many universal note5 roms. Just how i would approach that situation.

divine1250 said:
If i were in your situation i would install custom recovery thru odin then flash one of the many universal note5 roms. Just how i would approach that situation.
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Will it automatically know which model it is and when I check settings it'll tell me? And then be able to go back to complete stock?

divine1250 said:
If i were in your situation i would install custom recovery thru odin then flash one of the many universal note5 roms. Just how i would approach that situation.
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You are in good shape no matter how you approach this because your device is ALIVE. You would need to be worried if nothing showed up on screen (DEAD). That my friend would be hard bricked.
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divine1250 said:
You are in good shape no matter how you approach this because your device is ALIVE. You would need to be worried if nothing showed up on screen (DEAD). That my friend would be hard bricked.
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You can return everything to stock except knox. Once knox is tripped its permanent.? And once you boot up any rom, settings will identify imei, model #, etc...

divine1250 said:
You are in good shape no matter how you approach this because your device is ALIVE. You would need to be worried if nothing showed up on screen (DEAD). That my friend would be hard bricked.
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You can return everything to stock except knox. Once knox is tripped its permanent.? And once you boot up any rom, settings will identify imei, model #, etc...
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Cool beans! So because of the knox trip via root, a few Samsung things like pay won't work. Am I right?

Christopher.J.M said:
Cool beans! So because of the knox trip via root, a few Samsung things like pay won't work. Am I right?
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Correct. Everything else would go back to stock. You would get ota updates and all.?

divine1250 said:
Correct. Everything else would go back to stock.
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Righty! I'll keep you all updated tomorrow when I receive it! Cheers!

With knox tripped you will lose just the warranty which doesn't matter anyway. Samsung pay is working if you keep stock rom without root. Try to see if you can go in recovery mode with vol up home and power and do a factory reset. Sometimes is resolving the boot problem.
Sent from my SM-T377W using Tapatalk

rafeba said:
With knox tripped you will lose just the warranty which doesn't matter anyway. Samsung pay is working if you keep stock rom without root. Try to see if you can go in recovery mode with vol up home and power and do a factory reset. Sometimes is resolving the boot problem.
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Will try first thing when I receive it

rafeba said:
With knox tripped you will lose just the warranty which doesn't matter anyway. Samsung pay is working if you keep stock rom without root. Try to see if you can go in recovery mode with vol up home and power and do a factory reset. Sometimes is resolving the boot problem.
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oh cool Samsung pay will work! Awesome sauce!!!

Phone arrived this morning! Here's where I'm at:
The phone model is the n920s, apparently some sort of korean telecomm model.
I was successfully able to boot into recovery mode via volume up, home and power button. I tried wipeing everythiong and rebooting but it doesn't pass the Galaxy Note 5 splash screen. I'm now downloading it's stock firmware and going to try flashing it via odin.

So it seems I haven't completed lucked out after all!
My findings are that it appears to be a bad/blacklisted imei. I know there is paid options to fix this but how likely are they to work?
I also found that when I boot to recovery mode it gives me theses lines in the log;
dm-verity verification failed
need to check drk first
What is this?
Even after flashing the correct n920s package from sammobile via odin I have these lines.
Any help appreciated!

Don't bother with dm-verity verification. You can google and you can see. For IMEI go to www.imeigurus.com. They are very good and they can fix your problem for 35$ include sim unlocking for that amount.
Sent from my SM-N930W8 using Tapatalk

rafeba said:
Don't bother with dm-verity verification. You can google and you can see. For IMEI go to www.imeigurus.com. They are very good and they can fix your problem for 35$ include sim unlocking for that amount.
Sent from my SM-N930W8 using Tapatalk
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I had a look at that website and I see they don't support my phone which is n920s version. In regards to forgetting about the DRK, I'm pretty sure that's why I can't boot my phone.
Just to clarify for all I seem to have three main problems now;
1 - IMEI is bad/blacklisted (Repairable).
2 - dm-verity verification need to check drk first (Not sure how to fix).
3 - FRP Lock is enabled/on stopping me from installing twrp etc (not sure how to fix).
Phone cannot boot up to enable USB Debug or anything.
Stuck only with recovery mode and ODIN mode.

Just to keep everything in one place for anyone else who has this problem, here is a private message I just sent to 123Unlock over at sammobile.com forums. He is from SRS(Simlock Remote Server) - www.unlocksamsungonline.nl
Hi there,
I've been reading through a lot of websites for the last 7 hours trying to fix a phone that I bought. I was caught in a scam and sold a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 N920S which has a bad/blacklisted IMEI, the FRP lock is enabled/on and the DRK needs to be repaired. The guy who sold it to me said he got it from his work place. He also said he got it unlocked (I don't know what network it was on) and rooted it. Then when he went to sell it he factory reset it and now it's stuck/broken the way it is.
After all my reading it seems like you/your company are the only ones capable of fixing my phone. Could you please help me. I'm obviously willing to pay for the job.
My phone does not boot but I can enter ODIN and recovery modes. For more information here is a thread I started over at XDA - Developers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/help/help-bricked-hopefully-soft-note-5-t3445232
To contact me directly here is my email - [email protected]
Look forward to hearing from you,
Chris.

Did you flash the stock firmware with Odin? Did you put the firmware in AP section in odin and it was successfully flashed? Sometimes after that it keep staying in boot screen for long time. Just turn it off presing the power key for 10 seconds and turn on again.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 5, i need help ASAP.

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.....

Really weird situation with SM-N960F

Hi
I just bought a 2nd handed phone from my friend and all of the samsung apps said my phone has been rooted.
I'm quite sure my phone is not rooted and Knox still stay at 0x0
I have gone to samsung warranty service and know that this phone has broken the contract with some kind of 3rd party certified reseller, for that reason it will cause my phone to void the warranty and the phone will keep in rooted state.
Is anyone have any idea about this?
Thanks

romi1996 said:
Hi
I just bought a 2nd handed phone from my friend and all of the samsung apps said my phone has been rooted.
I'm quite sure my phone is not rooted and Knox still stay at 0x0
I have gone to samsung warranty service and know that this phone has broken the contract with some kind of 3rd party certified reseller, for that reason it will cause my phone to void the warranty and the phone will keep in rooted state.
Is anyone have any idea about this?
Thanks
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probably was rooted. go to dl mode and check "warranty:

romi1996 said:
Hi
I just bought a 2nd handed phone from my friend and all of the samsung apps said my phone has been rooted.
I'm quite sure my phone is not rooted and Knox still stay at 0x0
I have gone to samsung warranty service and know that this phone has broken the contract with some kind of 3rd party certified reseller, for that reason it will cause my phone to void the warranty and the phone will keep in rooted state.
Is anyone have any idea about this?
Thanks
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Are you using an app to check if Knox is 0x0 ? Apps are telling me Knox is not tripped, when it is! Best way to check is go into download mode, check via there!

bober10113 said:
probably was rooted. go to dl mode and check "warranty:
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N1NJATH3ORY said:
Are you using an app to check if Knox is 0x0 ? Apps are telling me Knox is not tripped, when it is! Best way to check is go into download mode, check via there!
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I have reached Download Mode as you guys have asked and noticed some lines like this, take a look
Current BINARY : Samsung Official
KG STATE: CHECKING
FRP LOCK: OFF
OEM LOCK: OFF
WARRANTY VOID: 0 (0x0000)

romi1996 said:
I have reached Download Mode as you guys have asked and noticed some lines like this, take a look
Current BINARY : Samsung Official
KG STATE: CHECKING
FRP LOCK: OFF
OEM LOCK: OFF
WARRANTY VOID: 0 (0x0000)
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looks good then.
maybe you should just reset phone. go to recovery mode and wipe cache a data maybe?
im at a loss

bober10113 said:
looks good then.
maybe you should just reset phone. go to recovery mode and wipe cache a data maybe?
im at a loss
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I did try soft restore in phone setting except recovery one but no luck, maybe recovery mode and wipe everything should do the trick I think.
I heard they have mentioned something like F.nox (Similar to locked carrier phone contract) that caused all of this.
More confusing, this phone somehow broke out the contract with "F.nox" and work like global except Knox involved Samsung apps.

romi1996 said:
I did try soft restore in phone setting except recovery one but no luck, maybe recovery mode and wipe everything should do the trick I think.
I heard they have mentioned something like F.nox (Similar to locked carrier phone contract) that caused all of this.
More confusing, this phone somehow broke out the contract with "F.nox" and work like global except Knox involved Samsung apps.
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oh if it was a rental?
maybe but again try a reset in recovery if you can't then yeah maybe its the mdm that the rental company activated that is causing this
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maybe it jsut needs a good old fashion reflash of stock firmware via odin

bober10113 said:
oh if it was a rental?
maybe but again try a reset in recovery if you can't then yeah maybe its the mdm that the rental company activated that is causing this
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maybe it jsut needs a good old fashion reflash of stock firmware via odin
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I have quite some baddddddddd memories with odin but maybe yeah I should think about that solution too.
EDIT : Last time I flashed my note 2 with it. It blown my imei and baseband away

romi1996 said:
I have quite some baddddddddd memories with odin but maybe yeah I should think about that solution too.
EDIT : Last time I flashed my note 2 with it. It blown my imei and baseband away
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sounds like modem issue.
but regardless, ive not herd of such issues lately.
anyways ill let you decide.
a good way to get non corrupt firmware is to use samfirm tool 0.3.6 just enter phone model: SM-N960F
and your region code.
when using odin 3.13.1
fill all slots but for csc use regular csc.md5 not the one with home.

bober10113 said:
sounds like modem issue.
but regardless, ive not herd of such issues lately.
anyways ill let you decide.
a good way to get non corrupt firmware is to use samfirm tool 0.3.6 just enter phone model: SM-N960F
and your region code.
when using odin 3.13.1
fill all slots but for csc use regular csc.md5 not the one with home.
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Thanks, I'll try it out later, currently, I'm trying to test if the recovery mode work or not. I hope it work.

Possible that the device had a bad IMEI/ESN and was a new CERT file was created to allow network access.

SM-T817V Firmware nowhere to be found?

I work with a private computer repair company and we often refurbish devices, like older computers and monitors. I'm attempting to refurbish an older Samsung Galaxy S2 tablet with Verizon a customer brought in, but FRP is preventing our factory reset. We've attempted calling and emailing the customer for that login information but they aren't responding, so we need to reflash the firmware. Is there anywhere we can get SM-T817V firmware? Also, if we can't find that specific firmware, i there any other version of firmware we can put on it that won't cause too many issues? We don't absolutely need LTE on the tablet, but keeping it would be a huge plus.

Iridix said:
I work with a private computer repair company and we often refurbish devices, like older computers and monitors. I'm attempting to refurbish an older Samsung Galaxy S2 tablet with Verizon a customer brought in, but FRP is preventing our factory reset. We've attempted calling and emailing the customer for that login information but they aren't responding, so we need to reflash the firmware. Is there anywhere we can get SM-T817V firmware? Also, if we can't find that specific firmware, i there any other version of firmware we can put on it that won't cause too many issues? We don't absolutely need LTE on the tablet, but keeping it would be a huge plus.
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It depends on the reason frp has kicked in. Does download mode state any of the partitions are custom or is the device status official?
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Iridix said:
I work with a private computer repair company and we often refurbish devices, like older computers and monitors. I'm attempting to refurbish an older Samsung Galaxy S2 tablet with Verizon a customer brought in, but FRP is preventing our factory reset. We've attempted calling and emailing the customer for that login information but they aren't responding, so we need to reflash the firmware. Is there anywhere we can get SM-T817V firmware? Also, if we can't find that specific firmware, i there any other version of firmware we can put on it that won't cause too many issues? We don't absolutely need LTE on the tablet, but keeping it would be a huge plus.
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It depends on the reason frp has kicked in. Does download mode state any of the partitions are custom or is the device status official?

ashyx said:
It depends on the reason frp has kicked in. Does download mode state any of the partitions are custom or is the device status official?
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It depends on the reason frp has kicked in. Does download mode state any of the partitions are custom or is the device status official?
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FRP kicked in I can only assume because the original owner didn't properly reset the device. The current owner came in and stated it was like that when he bought it. When opening in download mode, it does state the device status as official.

Iridix said:
FRP kicked in I can only assume because the original owner didn't properly reset the device. The current owner came in and stated it was like that when he bought it. When opening in download mode, it does state the device status as official.
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In recovery mode what does it state is the current firmware build?

ashyx said:
In recovery mode what does it state is the current firmware build?
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In Odin mode:
Download speed: FAST
Product name: SM-T817V
Current binary: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
System status: OFFICIAL
FRP Lock: ON
Secure download: Enabled
RP SWREV: B:2 K:0 S:0
Android Recovery (From top to bottom):
Verizon/gts210ltevzw/gts210ltevzw
7.0/NRD90M/T817VVRU2DQE1

I've tried different sites like Sammobile, Updato, and AndroidMTK. Only Updato has the file, but it's blocked behind a user account wall which isn't sending me an email. The other two don't have it at all. I'm skeptical that anywhere has it.

Iridix said:
I've tried different sites like Sammobile, Updato, and AndroidMTK. Only Updato has the file, but it's blocked behind a user account wall which isn't sending me an email. The other two don't have it at all. I'm skeptical that anywhere has it.
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You either need the combo firmware or an eng boot. Neither of which seem to be available without payment.
The other option is to try one of the FRP bypass tricks.

ashyx said:
You either need the combo firmware or an eng boot. Neither of which seem to be available without payment.
The other option is to try one of the FRP bypass tricks.
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Which of those tricks do you suggest?

Iridix said:
Which of those tricks do you suggest?
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I can't recommend one, but you will find them on Google. They do work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tI...IwAHoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3l1hlLK_t6mCf53D6HPFrR

ashyx said:
I can't recommend one, but you will find them on Google. They do work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tI...IwAHoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3l1hlLK_t6mCf53D6HPFrR
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The video you recommended is in Spanish, which isn't necessarily a problem. The problem is the tool he says to use doesn't work anymore (the download link is broken, taken down by MediaFire's TOS). If you've got any other suggestions, I'd be glad to consider them.

Iridix said:
The video you recommended is in Spanish, which isn't necessarily a problem. The problem is the tool he says to use doesn't work anymore (the download link is broken, taken down by MediaFire's TOS). If you've got any other suggestions, I'd be glad to consider them.
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Like I say I can't recommend one, just got to try them. However the methods are pretty generic and I have used the method below successfully on a completely different device:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a-A-poRZPzY

That one doesn't work either. I'm currently running the device on Android 7.0 and I've found a way to get into Settings. All I need to do is find a way to get into developer options and I'm golden. But, I can't do that. If anyone can help find a way to do that, it'd be wonderful.

Iridix said:
I work with a private computer repair company and we often refurbish devices, like older computers and monitors. I'm attempting to refurbish an older Samsung Galaxy S2 tablet with Verizon a customer brought in, but FRP is preventing our factory reset. We've attempted calling and emailing the customer for that login information but they aren't responding, so we need to reflash the firmware. Is there anywhere we can get SM-T817V firmware? Also, if we can't find that specific firmware, i there any other version of firmware we can put on it that won't cause too many issues? We don't absolutely need LTE on the tablet, but keeping it would be a huge plus.
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I had the same issue and bought the files you need to do it on Odin if I can locate them on my laptop. If you are are still in need of them let me know and I will see if they can be loocated