Factory Locked Samsung Galaxy S6 Active - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6

Hi, my name is Cj. I have a factory locked Samsung Galaxy S6 Active. Its factory locked by samsung. The model # is SM-G89OA. I have followed many guides to unlock it none of them work. My main problem is i cant get my computer to recognize my phone and the phone needs to be unlocked in order to select what i want to do with the usb. (charging, media, etc) So i cant use odin because i cant select the modem to put the files (BL, AP, CP, CSC,) on the phone to unlock it. Any idea what else i can do? THX!

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dm-verity verification failed samsung s6 edge AT&T

Yesterday my phone ran out of battery, I went to plug it in to recharge and noticed my phone does not boot completely, it gets stuck at the AT&T logo. I went to the boot menu and noticed I have the dm-verity verification failed issue, does anyone have instructions to fix this I can follow. My phone is a samsung s6 edge LRX22G.G925AUCU1AOCE. I have odin v3.07 and I believe I found the AP, BL, CP, and CSC_ATT files for my phone as it matches the G925AUCU1AOCE. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Yesterday my phone ran out of battery, I went to plug it in to recharge and noticed my phone does not boot completely, it gets stuck at the AT&T logo. I went to the boot menu and noticed I have the dm-verity verification failed issue, does anyone have instructions to fix this I can follow. My phone is a samsung s6 edge LRX22G.G925AUCU1AOCE. I have odin v3.07 and I believe I found the AP, BL, CP, and CSC_ATT files for my phone as it matches the G925AUCU1AOCE. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You could fix friend?
Haven't tried, I was wondering if anyone had directions to fix this issue. I've done some research, hence the files I've already obtained. I'm not too worried about fixing it anymore, because I went through my insurance and they actually upgraded me for no cost to the s7 edge. I mainly wanted to get to the files, but no dice. I tried wired, wireless, and even smart connect in numerous ways. I guess it's a lesson learned on my part. If you have the same model as mine with the same issue all I could do is share the files I have.

AT&T SM-N960U to Verizon?

I have done quite a lot of searching and it appears that what I am trying to accomplish should be possbile but I have had no luck.
I am trying to move an SM-N960U from AT&T over to Verizon using my Verizon SIM. As far as I can tell this model is compatible on both networks, but if someone could clarify why I am having issues, I would be grateful. Here is what I have going so far:
The SM-N960U is unlocked. I can confirm this on the AT&T site as well the phone as the unlocked animation plays every time.
When I insert the Verizon SIM (which is the correct SIM format, brand new even), the phone sees the number but will not connect to the Verizon network for data/calling
I have Odined the latest stock official Verizon ROM onto the phone, but this changes nothing for some reason. The AT&T software still persists after I install all of updated Verizon files through Odin (The AP, BL, CP, userdata etc). The install is always a success, and shows the loading bar etc, but nothing changes. It's as if nothing is installed.
I have used both regular Odin and the custom 3B Odin
I have factory reset the phone after the install as well, but the AT&T ROM remains.
I am out of ideas on how to get the phone to work on Verizon. Does anyone have an other ideas or see something I missed? Or is it just not possible?
thanks for any help

Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9515 / GT-i9505 no sim after root and no sim after unbrick

Hello, friendly internet ghosts!
Yesterday I've bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 (in the system it says GT-i9515 but on the box GT-i9505)
The seller said he bricked the device at a shop to lineage 15.1 and after that, he had a no sim card error and that is the reason why he sold it.
I bought the phone thinking that if I would unbrick it back to original stock ROM (Netherlands PHN) it would work again, but NO! damn phone! Tried all different version (AP only) and .pit, ap, csc, etc. type of files with no luck.
It has been 10 hours non stop troubleshooting any way I could find, also hardware wise in order to make the sim card work but just no luck.
Any help is welcome, I've read some things about loading files in it, or rooting it or whatever but that know-how is just above my lollipop :silly:
At this moment I've put the following ROM on it -> I9515XXU1BOC3_I9515OXA1BOC3_I9515XXU1BOC3_HOME.tar.md5
Now i am downloading this one from sammobile -> I9515XXU1BOJ3 and CSC I9515YHN1BOI1. The operating system of this firmware is Android 5.0.1
smimpi said:
Hello, friendly internet ghosts!
Yesterday I've bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 (in the system it says GT-i9515 but on the box GT-i9505)
The seller said he bricked the device at a shop to lineage 15.1 and after that, he had a no sim card error and that is the reason why he sold it.
I bought the phone thinking that if I would unbrick it back to original stock ROM (Netherlands PHN) it would work again, but NO! damn phone! Tried all different version (AP only) and .pit, ap, csc, etc. type of files with no luck.
It has been 10 hours non stop troubleshooting any way I could find, also hardware wise in order to make the sim card work but just no luck.
Any help is welcome, I've read some things about loading files in it, or rooting it or whatever but that know-how is just above my lollipop :silly:
At this moment I've put the following ROM on it -> I9515XXU1BOC3_I9515OXA1BOC3_I9515XXU1BOC3_HOME.tar.md5
Now i am downloading this one from sammobile -> I9515XXU1BOJ3 and CSC I9515YHN1BOI1. The operating system of this firmware is Android 5.0.1
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You're in the wrong forum, this is the forum for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (GT-i9295). You want the forum for the regular Samsung Galaxy S4 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4). Good luck.

How To Guide [GUIDE] How To Flash Official Samsung Unlocked BloatFree Firmware

Did you just get your shiny new S21 Ultra? And the first thing you noticed is tons of preloaded carrier apps that can't be deleted? This is how to fix that.
Convert your phone into the one that would come from Samsung directly with a simple firmware flash!
BACK UP YOUR PHONE! ALL DATA WILL LIKELY BE WIPED!
You will need an SM-G998U/U1/W
Computer running Windows
USB-C Cable for your PC to Phone
This is only for SM-G998U/U1/W
Step 1:
Download the ROM of your choice. The firmware number does NOT need to match your phone, as long as you have an SM-G998U/U1/W
From each link, click the latest firmware in the list (what ever the top one is) and on the page that loads, click the blue button that says "Download from website"
(You can only download one in a 24 hour period so choose U1 or W wisely)
SM-G998U1 (U1 is unlocked, no carrier bloat, US radio bands)
SM-G998W (W is unlocked, no carrier bloat, Canadian radio bands)
The only main difference between the two is the Canadian W Firmware supports all radio bands aside from (n260, n261), the file size is a little bigger and will take up a fractionally larger amount of space on your phone as a result of also including all CSC's, but will allow your device to connect to any tower frequency with the correct SIM.
The U1 Firmware supports all US bands and works across all Canadian carriers, but does not have any Carrier CSC's as a result of the smaller file size.
Thanks to @milan03 for the info
Best measure is to use the W Firmware as it will be supported, but if you are positive of your carrier will work and bands are the same as US carriers, use the U1 to save some space.
Step 2:
Download Odin 3.14.4 and Samsung USB Drivers
Step 3:
Extract all of the .zip files that you have downloaded, and install the Samsung USB Driver
Step 4:
On your S21 Ultra, enter download mode by turning the phone completely off.
Once the phone is off, hold the volume up AND down at the same time, and without letting go of those buttons, plug a USB cable in from the computer to the phone
Do not let go of the volume buttons until the Download Mode screen is displayed.
Step 5:
Open Odin and make sure the S21 Ultra comes up as one of the COM ports
If it doesn't try rebooting your computer, and then connect your phone again
Step 6:
Click the BL Button, and select the BL file you extracted from the Firmware .zip
Click the AP Button, and select the AP file (This will take awhile, do not touch anything, don't even click your mouse or try to do anything else on your computer, it can crash, just wait, make a coffee or something, because depending on your computer specs, it can take up to 5 minutes to load that file
Click CP and add the CP file
Now this last part here, you have a choice, however I strongly recommend you do not choose the second option at this time, however you CAN, but you might face stability issues.
When clicking CSC, you can EITHER add the CSC file, which is what I recommend, OR you can add the HOME_CSC file.
The differences between these files is that the CSC file will wipe your phone, but this is recommended, because when you are switching firmware's from a different carrier build, which we are right now, you want to delete anything left over that could conflict with the new firmware being flashed, however, you CAN flash HOME_CSC which will keep all of your user data on the phone, but this could leave old firmware files behind that could cause stability issues with your phone, crashes, force close apps, or even boot loops.
It's recommended to ONLY use HOME_CSC when you are UPGRADING on the same build (eg, if you are on SM-G998W and UPGRADING to another SM-G998W firmware)
So if you are going from U/U1 to W, it's recommended to use CSC, if you are going from W to W, Home_CSC should be fine, if you are going from W to U1, you should use CSC.
Step 7:
Once you have made your choice of either CSC or HOME_CSC, you can now click Start and it will start flashing the new firmware.
This process will take a fair amount of time, go relax and enjoy that coffee you made while the AP file was loading.
Once the flash is done, it will say Pass in green, and your phone will reboot automatically into your new official carrier bloat free firmware.
If you picked CSC, you can now setup your phone just like a new phone and restore your backup, if you picked HOME_CSC, you should be at your lock screen, and the phone is ready to use.
Congratulation, you are now on the Official Samsung Firmware with no carrier bloat as if you bought the phone directly from Samsung.
Troubleshooting:
If you used CSC and the phone did not pass and says FAIL, try the flash again with HOME_CSC, once the flash passes, you should be back at the lock screen, go to settings, search for reset, and do a factory reset, wipe all data because something did not flash correctly the first time so you need to wipe the phone after the successful flash to guarantee no stability issues.
If you used HOME_CSC and the phone did not pass, use CSC and the phone will be wiped when it flashes, and you need to set up your phone like new and restore your backup during the setup screen.
If it still fails to flash both CSC and HOME_CSC, Download Mode probably timed out from your computer taking too long, at which point, you can try doing Step 6 BEFORE Step 5.
Turn your phone off completely, load all of the files into Odin, THEN enter Download Mode and immediately click Start to start the flash. This will give you a little more time for your computer to make the flash and hopefully download mode will not timeout, if it still fails, try a faster computer or a different/shorter USB cable.
If you are with Bell in Canada and you did not get the pre-order bundle promo E-voucher prompt from Samsung Members App, flashing the SM-G998W firmware linked above will fix this and you can redeem your e-voucher and get your headphones and smart tag.
This is a video I made on the S20 Ultra for flashing One UI 3.0 Beta/Stable, however the process is identical, just use the files from here instead of the ones linked in the video description
I will be replacing this video with a dedicated S21 tutorial once I have have finishing editing the new video, but for now this will give you an idea of how it works until 5:30 in the video, after that it's mostly related to One UI 3.0 Beta/Stable for the S20 so there's no need to watch further than that as the S21 would be done by that point in the video.
Thank you sir.
So will this trip KNOX? My phone should get here next week (AT&T), and one of the first things I always want to do is get rid of the bloat.
JimmytheGeek said:
So will this trip KNOX? My phone should get here next week (AT&T), and one of the first things I always want to do is get rid of the bloat.
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No problem with KNOX.
But majority of bloatwares are issued of CSC carrier brand and it is impossible to change csc without root or using samkey...
So this firmware will be like other versions with same samsung apps unless I'm wrong.
Thanks for the guide.
If I may, I'd like to post a correction on the state of the supported frequency bands on Canadian and the US firmware:
- The U1 firmware doesn't only support T-Mobile bands, it also fully supports AT&T and Verizon frequency bands, which includes their unique LTE carrier aggregation combinations as well as the 5G non-standalone combinations with n5 and mmWave. That's in addition to T-Mobile's combos with n71 and n41, in both non-standalone and standalone environment.
- At the same time the Canadian W firmware doesn't support all 5G bands, it completely disables mmWave (n260, n261), which means the US devices with this firmware won't be able to access this super-fast flavor of 5G on any US network. It also doesn't fully support all US 5G non-standalone combinations in FR1 (Sub-6 GHz) range.
Thanks again.
Chcolat-tiède said:
it is impossible to change csc without root or using samkey...
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If you're running a multi csc firmware (the one's linked above) you can change your csc by opening the phone app and dialing *#272*YOUR IMEI NUMBER# and from there you can pick the firmware CSC and carrier CSC to be whatever preinstalled apps you want. The W firmware has all of the preinstalled which is why the file size is larger.
As for the Samsung bloat, they all come with it, but a lot of these should be able to be removed using ADB without root.
There are some ADB scripts around that some skilled people wrote for removing bloat apps in bulk through ADB without root.
bANONYMOUS said:
If you're running a multi csc firmware (the one's linked above) you can change your csc by opening the phone app and dialing *#272*YOUR IMEI NUMBER# and from there you can pick the firmware CSC and carrier CSC to be whatever preinstalled apps you want. The W firmware has all of the preinstalled which is why the file size is larger.
As for the Samsung bloat, they all come with it, but a lot of these should be able to be removed using ADB without root.
There are some ADB scripts around that some skilled people wrote for removing bloat apps in bulk through ADB without root.
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Thanks for the info I will check.
I have a B/DS version, this manipulation unfortunately does not work on mine
Hello!
Thank for you posting this @bANONYMOUS. Question if I buy the the U1 model can I flash the W firmware? My father is in Canada and I'm getting an early Bday present for him. Making sure when he gets it, that it will have the correct bands for Rogers!
Is there any qualcomm firmware that has an FM radio app?
I purchased from the US and flashed the XAC firmware. The final result was XAC/XAC/XAA is that correct? I thought all blocs would be XAC.
Also, I wasn't sure if repartition should be checked or not so I unchecked it.
No VOLTE or WIFI calling on koodo.
I bricked my device today so I'm trying to flash stock OS.
I started flashing it in odin, but it seems it gets stuck on "<ID:0/010> vbmeta.img" for few minutes.
Not sure what is causing it, does anyone have any ideas?
Just tried this with u1. Failed each time
I'm trying to flash u1 onto TMB device. Keep getting failing with sha256 is invalid. Is there a modified odin 3.14.4 yet?
phucnukem said:
I'm trying to flash u1 onto TMB device. Keep getting failing with sha256 is invalid. Is there a modified odin 3.14.4 yet?
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I get this as well
phucnukem said:
I'm trying to flash u1 onto TMB device. Keep getting failing with sha256 is invalid. Is there a modified odin 3.14.4 yet?
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I am trying the patched 3.14.1 3b from here now
Download Latest Samsung Odin Tool v3.14.4 for Windows (2023)
Download the PatcheD and latest Samsung Odin v3.14.4 flash tool to install Samsung firmware binaries (AP, BL, CP, CSC files) on Windows PC.
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Specifically I used Odin3 3.14.1 3B PatcheD.zip
tjsooley said:
I am trying the patched 3.14.1 3b from here now
Download Latest Samsung Odin Tool v3.14.4 for Windows (2023)
Download the PatcheD and latest Samsung Odin v3.14.4 flash tool to install Samsung firmware binaries (AP, BL, CP, CSC files) on Windows PC.
technastic.com
Specifically I used Odin3 3.14.1 3B PatcheD.zip
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Update
I used home csc and went from Verizon FW to U1 (Newest firmware) all is good.
tjsooley said:
Update
I used home csc and went from Verizon FW to U1 (Newest firmware) all is good.
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I got a VZW S21 ultra and was thinking of doing this. Do all of the Verizon features work, like wifi calling, hd voice, rcs? and unlocked features like caller id, samsung cloud, call and text on other devices?
krylon27 said:
I got a VZW S21 ultra and was thinking of doing this. Do all of the Verizon features work, like wifi calling, hd voice, rcs? and unlocked features like caller id, samsung cloud, call and text on other devices?
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Wi-Fi calling in volte work. Samsung caller id it there and I was able to configure it. Cloud was as well. Call and text is and I configured it but my tablet does not support it yet.
tjsooley said:
Wi-Fi calling in volte work. Don't know how to test the other stuff
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Well, based on what my unlocked note 9 has:
Under the phone app settings there should be a setting for caller id and spam protection
Under system settings in the accounts and backup section there is should be samsung cloud,
Under system settings in the connections section there should be call and messages continuity.
These are all options I have on my unlocked note 9, but not on VZW FW S21 Ultra
krylon27 said:
Well, based on what my unlocked note 9 has:
Under the phone app settings there should be a setting for caller id and spam protection
Under system settings in the accounts and backup section there is should be samsung cloud,
Under system settings in the connections section there should be call and messages continuity.
These are all options I have on my unlocked note 9, but not on VZW FW S21 Ultra
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Wi-Fi calling in volte work. Samsung caller id it there and I was able to configure it. Cloud was as well. Call and text is and I configured it but my tablet does not support it yet.

Question Problem updating Android

Samsung Tab S8+ won't update via wifi, I get a server error message when I try, last worked in June and since then it hasn't worked. Tried clearing cache, restarting and everything else I can think of. Contact Samsung, I'm just saying phew... not much help there. Anyone have a solution to the problem?
My Samsung Tab S7+ 5G is working fine on wifi, no problems at all.
Hi. To be 100% clear, you don't have the bootloader unlocked, and you're not rooted, correct? (Although I wouldn't necessarily expect the problem you're facing with both of those things)
Bootloader locked, no root, just like straight out of the box.
What CSC (Country Specific Code) is your Tab S8+? Quoting another user on here - I don't remember who:
Go to settings > about > software information > service provider SW ver
The region code (CSC) will be written there.
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And what specific model number?
I don't really have any specific suggestion other than a factory reset, which I know is extreme, and wouldn't guarantee to fix the issue. You could always use the SamFirm or Frija Windows programs to manually download the firmware, and use Odin to flash it. As long as it's the completely stock Samsung firmware of any type for this device, it will work without unlocking the bootloader.

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