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Samsung S.M.A.R.T Tool

Its hard for me to believe that no one on here works at or is friends with someone that works at a best buy Samsung experience store that has access to the S.M.A.R.T. TOOL used to flash samsung phones. If someone is able to get the software please share here. It would not only be valuable to those trying to update to kit kat but also anyone who has had problems updating even stock firmware that get the dreaded "update interrupted" message.
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samsung experience store don't even have the 4.4.2 fw yet

xuanphucn said:
samsung experience store don't even have the 4.4.2 fw yet
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No they don't .. but they have the ability the flash your phone back to stock firmware no matter what you have done to your phone in the past .. and without having to follow descriptive instructions to do it yourself via ODIN with multiple downloads.
I visited my local Samsung Booth at BestBuy .. I was one of the lucky ones that was constantly erroring out while trying to install the KK OTA .. Samsung flashed my phone back to NB4 without a bat in the eye .. within seconds of my phone rebooting, it re-started the NC2 KK OTA download .. rebooted, and complete success .. my progress bar on the installation past 27% .. full 100%, rebooted and now I am on FULL 4.4.2.

It would be of great value to our xda at&t Note3 community if we had this S.M.A.R.T. tool. I wonder if this is the "rumored" magical flash that supposedly reset the KNOX flag back to 0x0 from 0x1?
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LordGeek said:
But they have the ability the flash your phone back to stock firmware no matter what you have done to your phone in the past.
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The BB guy here showed me an internal memo that told them not to put software on a device that was below the version currently installed due to a large amount of devices being bricked. The wording is paraphrased but that's the crux of the memo. The AT&T Device Support Center here said pretty much the same thing after they took my phone in and realized I was on 4.4 and all they had to flash it with was 4.3.

I just talked to a guy at our best buy and he straight up talked to me about rooted phones. He said he's limited on what he can do but he can flash my phone to a fresh 4.3. He said they can flash your current firmware and up, but it wont go backwards. He also said they should get the update 4.4 in a couple weeks. He didn't care that my phone was rooted at all. He was just happy someone asked him questions.
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Real IT Tech! Real Fact!!
I visit BB yesterday to reflash my phone. The Samsung representative had issues logging on to smart tools. She actually showed me the screen on the laptop. She explained that she has to use her best buy login username and password that is assigned to her to login which was failing. No one in the store did know what the issue was. Since I told her I'm a IT professional she asked for my assistance. I verified SmartTool is the software that is required to flash all the current Samsung phones. The error message required that TLS is required to connect. She was using I.E. to login which was pretty simple access the I.E. settings and enabled it. Right afterwards she was successfully able to login to the Samsung Server. Even if you did have the tool its still usless. The tool is only used to access SAM server only. Plus the laptop she was using I'm sure is dmz or other words the MAC ID of the pc is registered on their firewall to even connected. So having this tool is irrelevant. A real Samsung guru knows Samsung has been using upgraded versions of this to flash it phones. BTW they currently have 4.4.2 available. It took only 7 minutes to flash my At&t Note 3 to Kitkat 4.4.2

Had mine flashed on the 5th trying as a last resort to solve a problem.
Little did I know they had nc2 now I am stuck on it and it did not fix the problem.
I've got deja vu of my motorola backflip lockdown days.

jtmj06 said:
Its hard for me to believe that no one on here works at or is friends with someone that works at a best buy Samsung experience store that has access to the S.M.A.R.T. TOOL used to flash samsung phones. If someone is able to get the software please share here. It would not only be valuable to those trying to update to kit kat but also anyone who has had problems updating even stock firmware that get the dreaded "update interrupted" message.
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It's nothing something someone is going to jeopardize their job for. The actual firmwares doesn't become available on Smart for actually a few days after the OTA update comes through anyways. Plenty of people come in wanting the update as soon as OTA pushes, but often the software doesn't have it yet.
Samsung tells SEC's to not reflash rooted devices. This is a liability issue because you could turn around and blame the SEC for whatever reason if the device bricks. You obviously knew what you were doing in the first place when rooting, so why bring it in really. Sammobile provides the same flashable files, so if you know enough, you should be able to do it yourself.
The SES is really there to support individuals learn and do light troubleshooting. Majority of the SEC workers are not even XDA savey. Smart is really simple, but majority of them do not know Odin or anything outside of what they're trained. So be careful who you hand your phone to. I see plenty of phones get wiped even when it was suppose to be a simple "update."
And no, Smart will not fix your Knox count. Smart can flash a rooted device to an OEM rom, but it will still show a tripped flash from before.

yeeserious said:
It's nothing something someone is going to jeopardize their job for. The actual firmwares doesn't become available on Smart for actually a few days after the OTA update comes through anyways. Plenty of people come in wanting the update as soon as OTA pushes, but often the software doesn't have it yet.
Samsung tells SEC's to not reflash rooted devices. This is a liability issue because you could turn around and blame the SEC for whatever reason if the device bricks. You obviously knew what you were doing in the first place when rooting, so why bring it in really. Sammobile provides the same flashable files, so if you know enough, you should be able to do it yourself.
The SES is really there to support individuals learn and do light troubleshooting. Majority of the SEC workers are not even XDA savey. Smart is really simple, but majority of them do not know Odin or anything outside of what they're trained. So be careful who you hand your phone to. I see plenty of phones get wiped even when it was suppose to be a simple "update."
And no, Smart will not fix your Knox count. Smart can flash a rooted device to an OEM rom, but it will still show a tripped flash from before.
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Sammobile hasn't updated our device since release. Version MI9 is on there, but it's un-flashable unless your on MI9.

440bro said:
Sammobile hasn't updated our device since release. Version MI9 is on there, but it's un-flashable unless your on MI9.
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Funny how both of the guys I talked to there on separate days, both rooted their phones, both new exactly what they were doing, and both were more than happy to help me. It depends on how you talk to people. Be kind and they'll treat you the same.
I learned pretty much the same stuff they knew in the time I was there. They updated the smart tool a week or so ago. It's now called smart 2. If the employee hasn't taken the time to learn the program, you're probably gonna be out of luck. We found out that my guy would flash the "HOME" firmware when they used the original smart tool. Home is basically the unlocked firmware straight from Samsung. He used to put that on people's phones to help them out, but we found out you can no longer put that on carrier locked phones anymore. Instead, they need to put the "factory" firmware on the phone. We tried to update my phone straight to kitkat but it failed miserably each time. Once we applied the factory 4.3 to my phone, it worked like a charm. He logged me onto the wifi their and downloaded the OTA in no time.
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yeeserious said:
It's nothing something someone is going to jeopardize their job for. The actual firmwares doesn't become available on Smart for actually a few days after the OTA update comes through anyways. Plenty of people come in wanting the update as soon as OTA pushes, but often the software doesn't have it yet.
Samsung tells SEC's to not reflash rooted devices. This is a liability issue because you could turn around and blame the SEC for whatever reason if the device bricks. You obviously knew what you were doing in the first place when rooting, so why bring it in really. Sammobile provides the same flashable files, so if you know enough, you should be able to do it yourself.
The SES is really there to support individuals learn and do light troubleshooting. Majority of the SEC workers are not even XDA savey. Smart is really simple, but majority of them do not know Odin or anything outside of what they're trained. So be careful who you hand your phone to. I see plenty of phones get wiped even when it was suppose to be a simple "update."
And no, Smart will not fix your Knox count. Smart can flash a rooted device to an OEM rom, but it will still show a tripped flash from before.
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And yes, they will jeopardize their jobs for that software. My guy tried numerous times to copy the program but they blocked usb writing on the computer he used.
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I was at best buy the other day and the guy couldn't even get the software to find my phone. Kinda odd, he had a note 3 also and it worked. He did say he could restore kit kat through
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mazdamiata210 said:
I was at best buy the other day and the guy couldn't even get the software to find my phone. Kinda odd, he had a note 3 also and it worked. He did say he could restore kit kat through
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When I was on MI9, it never worked. Could be due to root as well. But some firmwares don't pull up in smart for some reason I found. In this case the SEC would need to put the phone into recovery and flash the phone through a different menu option in Smart with a "Home" flash.
Not everything is supported through Smart right away. Smart doesn't have any international roms. Even the new tab pro's and S5 are not on there yet. If plugged up, it's reported that it'll brick somehow.
Just be sure the person you're talking to is confident in what they're doing.

BestBuys Samsung Guy Upgraded Me to 4.4.2
about forty minutes ago from 4.3. Took about 20 minutes to do. Walked in and told him that I kept getting the "install interrupted" message & he said "no problem," took my phone, plugged it in and went to help some other customer as I sat there. When he returned, it was done. San Francisco, CA, USA - Geary St. store if you are in the area. Ask for Arschack.

Any news about Samsung S.M.A.R.T Tool?
Best regards

Is the S.M.A.R.T. Tool different than the Smart Switch PC SW from Samsung?

Hey guys sorry to dig up an old thread but I needed to share - this Smart software saved my ass today at the Samsung store in Sydney, Australia.
I rooted my gf's S8 (SM-G950F) but didn't flash the custom ROM straight away. I booted into the stock ROM whilst I wasted for a custom ROM to download on my PC and sure enough the RMM kicked in (which I didn't know about, n00b) and locked me out of TWRP when I went to eventually flash the new ROM. The interesting thing is from that moment (ie, second reboot after flashing TWRP) the OS was not bootable and I had a bootloop. Since I had no recovery, and I couldn't reinstall TWRP due to RMM (unofficial binary error) I resorted to flashing a stock ROM/firmware via ODIN so that at least the phone was usable while I waited the 7 days for RMM to reset.
This is the bit I don't understand. I tried several different firmwares both Nougat and Oreo that I got from the Updato website, several different versions of ODIN, two different PCs and multiple cables but no matter what I tried I couldn't get anything to flash successfully. The main error I couldn't get around was "KERNEL REV CHECK FAIL". Believe me, I scoured the internet and after 10hrs I gave up since I couldn't find any forums or solutions which worked.
Next day I went into the Samsung store expecting them to tell me **** off but I was open and honest about what I had done and started speaking to one of the technical guys there. He was pretty sympathetic, and offered to have a go at resetting it for me. Sure enough it worked first go - recovery was back and the OS booted flawlessly. He said the Smart software is login protected (ie you need employee credentials) and that normally they don't touch rooted phones.
So yeah in summary this software is a pretty good last resort if you think you've ****ed your phone, but I imagine not every Samsung store will help you out so easily.

Bootloader unlock for S6 SM-G9250

So, according to drakon.us, Samsung has provided factory bootloader unlocker in the Samsung App store.
Search for "CROM Service", You can see the process here:
https://youtu.be/KTTgXqaP7Rk
I'm in preorder hell waiting for my gold S6E from Verizon so I can't verify independently. Is this something we can use?

Seems it's not showing up in the US Store. I'll see if anyone I know in that region can grab the app for us. Might be worth looking into.

So there was a link here to a place to find the app, then poof it magically disappeared. LOL gotta love how that happens. Regardless, the app that was linked did not work, it downloaded and installed fine, but when trying to open it, it just force closes.

androidoholic said:
So there was a link here to a place to find the app, then poof it magically disappeared. LOL gotta love how that happens. Regardless, the app that was linked did not work, it downloaded and installed fine, but when trying to open it, it just force closes.
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fc here also
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elliwigy said:
fc here also
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Like I said, can't download it... If anyone could post it I'd be grateful. Wondering if it could be decompiled.

The.Jericho.Initiative said:
Like I said, can't download it... If anyone could post it I'd be grateful. Wondering if it could be decompiled.
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I PM'd ya a link, it's in my google drive.

androidoholic said:
I PM'd ya a link, it's in my google drive. Since it was deleted, I am assuming the fine folks at xda for some reason don't want it shared.
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Can you hook me up as well please

androidoholic said:
I PM'd ya a link, it's in my google drive. Since it was deleted, I am assuming the fine folks at xda for some reason don't want it shared.
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No posts have been edited or removed from this thread. I believe the OP was talking about the link was deleted from the Youtube video link.

skylinegtr116 said:
Can you hook me up as well please
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Skyline,
No need for a hook up.There's a thread in the hacker/dev forum with both versions of the apk that I've come across... They're available to download there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...sung-factory-bootloader-unlocker-apk-t3086609

So is there a way to make this work .... FC for me after installing

Well like I said earlier, I'm trying to relearn all this after not using it for six or so years... My intuition tells me that this tool is invaluable, and we know it is functional as we've seen on a Galaxy Tab, it does install and load, but after the disclaimer, it FC's. This is telling me it is probable that the device is simply failing a version or class checker.
If that is true, depending on how this was created, the source can be altered to work with our devices. What's critical here is that these are official Samsung apps; we're not recreating the wheel here. What we're doing is looking at an unencrypted tool that was designed specifically for the purpose of unlocking our device. That's why I posted these to Hacking/Dev. While I am starting almost from square one, someone who is familiar with the environment and scripting language would be far ahead of me on the curve.
Will it work out of the box? Nope, but there is the potential it can be made to work.

The.Jericho.Initiative said:
Well like I said earlier, I'm trying to relearn all this after not using it for six or so years... My intuition tells me that this tool is invaluable, and we know it is functional as we've seen on a Galaxy Tab, it does install and load, but after the disclaimer, it FC's. This is telling me it is probable that the device is simply failing a version or class checker.
If that is true, depending on how this was created, the source can be altered to work with our devices. What's critical here is that these are official Samsung apps; we're not recreating the wheel here. What we're doing is looking at an unencrypted tool that was designed specifically for the purpose of unlocking our device. That's why I posted these to Hacking/Dev. While I am starting almost from square one, someone who is familiar with the environment and scripting language would be far ahead of me on the curve.
Will it work out of the box? Nope, but there is the potential it can be made to work.
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Good lord I hope you or someone else gets it to work. There's hope!

Decompiled the apk and explored around a little, heres the strings.xml. Just wanting to share what it shows.

I really hope this goes somewhere. If this gets ported than I will be so thankful. If there is anything I can do to help I would but I have not much experience with programming

Title is misleading. I would edit it

Done.

Any updates on progress or is it completely dead?

By the looks of it you can get it to work you just need to obtain root first... Which means it serves no use seeing as the phones that have root are already bootloader unlocked

Wiseor said:
By the looks of it you can get it to work you just need to obtain root first... Which means it serves no use seeing as the phones that have root are already bootloader unlocked
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But phones with locked BL's can be rooted given the right tool is created. And if it is then once rooted we can unlock our BL's and flash Roms like everyone else.
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Root doesn't guarantee any bootloader unlock. If that was true, then every phone with root would have an unlocked bootloader, which isn't the case.
Root would be nice, but without an unlocked bootloader I see many bricks happening from inexperienced users pushing things too far and not knowing a way out.
This is not your typical Nexus crowd in here.

Is the S5 still a good phone to get in 2016?

About to get warranty replacement phone thru my carrier tomorrow.
Was offered S5 and an alternate to my G3 since they were out of stock.
If you were in my shoes, which phone would you get?!
Thanks in advance

S5

The S5 is still a very capable phone. The display is top notch. It would really depend on what carrier you are with though. I know the att variant cant be rooted or unlocked currently and verizon has theirs locked down too, but as long as it comes with lollipop (5.x.x) software the verizon variant can be unlocked all the way to the bootloader.
as far as i know they are the only two providers who secure the s5 like fort knox. I could be wrong though. I have a verizon variant (900V) and its fully unlocked and rooted. I dont think you'll find a better phone in the same price range.

S5 is still a great phone. Only issues ive had with it over the 28 mos that ive had it is the low light blurryness with the camera and the fact that you have to swipe your thump across the fingerprint scanner. Having to do that nowadays kinda makes it feel dated. Other than those 2 issues, its a great phone!!

I just got an S5 to replace my S4 and I love it. I'm on AT&T and got the Tmobile version for the unlocked bootloader. I would totally get this phone again.

Its a great phone!

Green Bastard said:
The S5 is still a very capable phone. I have a verizon variant (900V) and its fully unlocked and rooted.
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I have a s5 900v like you (verizon) & got it 12 days ago. . When did you root yours? I *had* lollipop until last Thursday after accidentally pressing the screen through my pocket....which proceded to accept the update I was avoiding. Now I have marshmellow and I'm not happy ???*
Been fishing through XDA and haven't found anything about rooting s5 on mm. Anyone have something to share with me? Thanks

http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...t/rd-unlocking-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909
That's for bootloader unlocking, some Google searching should get you root too
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youdoofus said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...t/rd-unlocking-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909
That's for bootloader unlocking, some Google searching should get you root too
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I tried the root method (link within the thread u posted) about a week ago & had problems. To make a long story short, check out my remarks on pages 1-2 in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help/to-root-t3330514/page2
I'm just looking to root my g900v s5. I don't want to mess around with the bootloader (not yet anyway). I just want root before Marshmellow or verizon release another update to patch the *open* vulnerability.
If the dumb MM update didn't happen I would've had time to find lollipop root. I never had a problem w/ my s4 where the screen would allow a touch through pants or shirt pocket. Thought these things were sensitive to the touch of skin not clothing?? Cause of my problem was losing my s4 over July 4th weekend that I rooted w/ towelroot in 05/2014 (that I just paid off in May over 24 months w/ verizon)

Right on. Well, if the bootloader unlock is there, root has to be possible too. I'll see what I can find later. We are busy as hell on Mondays at work
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have you tried kingroot? not kingoroot

youdoofus said:
Right on. Well, if the bootloader unlock is there, root has to be possible too. I'll see what I can find later. We are busy as hell on Mondays at work
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have you tried kingroot? not kingoroot
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Root looked do-able by what @painiac put together, which is similar to @jkrause's is in the link you shared.
Kingroot: no go
OneClick: no go
Towelroot: no go
The root (sorry, couldn't resist) of my problem is that I can't get a PC to recognize my s5 as removable storage. Since they don't this has prevented me from going any further. Take your time and pass on whatever you can...whenever that time is.
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youdoofus said:
Right on. Well, if the bootloader unlock is there, root has to be possible too. I'll see what I can find later. We are busy as hell on Mondays at work
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Root looked do-able by what @painiac put together, which is similar to @jkrause's is in the link you shared.
Kingroot: no go
OneClick: no go
Towelroot: no go
The root (sorry, couldn't resist) of my problem is that I can't get a PC to recognize my s5 as removable storage. Since they don't this has prevented me from going any further. Take your time and pass on whatever you can...whenever that time is. Thanks

Lane W. said:
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Root looked do-able by what @painiac put together, which is similar to @jkrause's is in the link you shared.
Kingroot: no go
OneClick: no go
Towelroot: no go
The root (sorry, couldn't resist) of my problem is that I can't get a PC to recognize my s5 as removable storage. Since they don't this has prevented me from going any further. Take your time and pass on whatever you can...whenever that time is. Thanks
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CLEVER!!! LoL! No, that was actually pretty funny! But oneclick and towel doesnt surprise me, but kingroot has been the "if nothing else works" as of late. I have a root program on my computer that i cant recall the name of off hand, and it does look like a malware program, but its been the go-to when all else fails. Ill look at my desktop icons and remind myself what it is when i get home. Its some chinese .exe is that helps in the interim
found it, its called "v root"
it looks like its malware, but the one i got works fine
here is a bit of an older article that lists it first as a good program to root stuff
http://www.3ptechies.com/9-best-software-apps-to-root-android-devices.html

tiguy99 said:
About to get warranty replacement phone thru my carrier tomorrow.
Was offered S5 and an alternate to my G3 since they were out of stock.
If you were in my shoes, which phone would you get?!
Thanks in advance
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I'd stay clear of Samsung from my experiences:
- issues with warranty and knox
- not easy to customise / flash / fix OEM issues with bloatware, root, other ROM issues that require root
- many variants mean even after 8 years of flashing ROMs, I still can't find what I need in the SGS5 section. I don't know what ROMs can be flashed to my device, the information is sparse and not easy to follow or understand
I'm looking to go back to HTC - they don't mind you rooting / customising (unless this has changed in the last couple years).

dieselboy said:
I'd stay clear of Samsung from my experiences:
- issues with warranty and knox
- not easy to customise / flash / fix OEM issues with bloatware, root, other ROM issues that require root
- many variants mean even after 8 years of flashing ROMs, I still can't find what I need in the SGS5 section. I don't know what ROMs can be flashed to my device, the information is sparse and not easy to follow or understand
I'm looking to go back to HTC - they don't mind you rooting / customising (unless this has changed in the last couple years).
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I disagree with this (respectfully). I've never had to return a Samsung because of warranty related issues or return one period, so warranty and Knox are all but irrelevant. Customization is a snap, flashing is a breeze, and bloatware (which is caused by the carrier most often) is easily solved with titanium backup. There are many variants, yes, but all the Roms are cross compatible as long as you flash the snapdragon based processor ones on a snapdragon powered device. The only sgs5s that were problematic were the at&t and (of course) vzw ones because of the carriers deciding to lock the @&$%/!? Bootloaders. Sprint and tmob sgs5s have always been an absolute cakewalk. Hell, I've bricked mine intentionally just to see if I could actually kill it. It's actually harder than one would think to seriously screw up a sgs5 esp a g900p

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I disagree with this (respectfully). I've never had to return a Samsung because of warranty related issues or return one period, so warranty and Knox are all but irrelevant. Customization is a snap, flashing is a breeze, and bloatware (which is caused by the carrier most often) is easily solved with titanium backup. There are many variants, yes, but all the Roms are cross compatible as long as you flash the snapdragon based processor ones on a snapdragon powered device. The only sgs5s that were problematic were the at&t and (of course) vzw ones because of the carriers deciding to lock the @&$%/!? Bootloaders. Sprint and tmob sgs5s have always been an absolute cakewalk. Hell, I've bricked mine intentionally just to see if I could actually kill it. It's actually harder than one would think to seriously screw up a sgs5 esp a g900p
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Hi mate, of course this is a difference of opinion and I'm not posting here to argue with you so much as to give reasons for my post above.
When I say warranty issues, I mean in a sense that if you flash anything to your samsung then you've voided your warranty. If you customise on day 1, knox efuse are blown and it's impossible to revert what you have done. In this case your warranty is voided and samsung can refuse to honour any warranty issues irrelevant to your flashing. Basically you make changes to software on your device and later there is a hardware issue such as microphone not working - samsung don't have to honour that claim.
Flashing is a complete pain in the bum, to be honest. What makes it harder is these forums don't contain all of the information you need in once place. Compared to my previous devices such as HTC, you simply do a wipe and install the new rom. With the samsung you need to do the same PLUS find and flash the correct bootloader and modem. And this isn't even taking into consideration the knox trip issue. The roms aren't cross-compatible unless I've missed that bit of information? You technically can flash a g900F ROM to a g900i but to get it to boot you need to do additional steps. NFC and call recording wont work, though. So, no you can't really flash that way. Samsung may have made it easier for you guys in the USA, not sure.
I disagree about the bloatware statement, samsung have their own rubbish in there as well and most of it is redundant and not necessary. There's a samsung app store and a samsung account thing that lets you find your phone - google has all of that.
Lastly, when you trip knox this actually physically prevents some functionality on your phone, but I've never tried using that functionality anyway (although I did want to try it out). From memory this is a secure parition on the phone that you set up for your work, which is completely separate from the personal things on your phone which can be seen to make it more secure.
All the best,

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Hi mate, of course this is a difference of opinion and I'm not posting here to argue with you so much as to give reasons for my post above.
When I say warranty issues, I mean in a sense that if you flash anything to your samsung then you've voided your warranty. If you customise on day 1, knox efuse are blown and it's impossible to revert what you have done. In this case your warranty is voided and samsung can refuse to honour any warranty issues irrelevant to your flashing. Basically you make changes to software on your device and later there is a hardware issue such as microphone not working - samsung don't have to honour that claim.
Flashing is a complete pain in the bum, to be honest. What makes it harder is these forums don't contain all of the information you need in once place. Compared to my previous devices such as HTC, you simply do a wipe and install the new rom. With the samsung you need to do the same PLUS find and flash the correct bootloader and modem. And this isn't even taking into consideration the knox trip issue. The roms aren't cross-compatible unless I've missed that bit of information? You technically can flash a g900F ROM to a g900i but to get it to boot you need to do additional steps. NFC and call recording wont work, though. So, no you can't really flash that way. Samsung may have made it easier for you guys in the USA, not sure.
I disagree about the bloatware statement, samsung have their own rubbish in there as well and most of it is redundant and not necessary. There's a samsung app store and a samsung account thing that lets you find your phone - google has all of that.
Lastly, when you trip knox this actually physically prevents some functionality on your phone, but I've never tried using that functionality anyway (although I did want to try it out). From memory this is a secure parition on the phone that you set up for your work, which is completely separate from the personal things on your phone which can be seen to make it more secure.
All the best,
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I wasn't trying to argue either. It's rather hard to express tone over text I've just never had any trouble with flashing stuff on a Samsung since the epic touch 4g. Htcs have that goofy bootloader unlock that has to be done via htcdev.com. The newest Samsung I'd be willing to use is the S5 anyways because of the removable battery, external storage and waterproofing. The s6 sucks and the s7 has that dumb encrypted storage that made root hard for a while. Samsung's are far from perfect, and I'd likely be looking at a OnePlus or a Huawei in the future if I was shopping for a phone, but for those looking at either the second hand market, refurbs or a new one available for stupid cheap, S5s are great phones still.
Again, 0 arguing from me, like you said, just a differing opinion. Cheers mate! Btw, judging my the terms you used, I take it that you're in the UK, and thank goodness Jeremy Clarkson and the boys are back!!

youdoofus said:
CLEVER!!! LoL! No, that was actually pretty funny!
found it, its called "v root". it looks like its malware, but the one i got works fine
here is a bit of an older article that lists it first as a good program to root stuff
http://www.3ptechies.com/9-best-software-apps-to-root-android-devices.html
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Should I use the links in this "older article" to possibly get to vroot? Or do you have something more current? Thanks

Lane W. said:
Should I use the links in this "older article" to possibly get to vroot? Or do you have something more current? Thanks
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Vroot has a site. Lemme look
http://vrootdownload.info/download/

youdoofus said:
Vroot has a site. Lemme look
http://vrootdownload.info/download/
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Fantastic, thanks. Just to be sure, I want to use the one click root APK the part at the top under the first description, correct? The second section, as far as I can tell, is for iroot via a PC?
Is Titanium compatible with this method of root? What about recovery? Does Vroot have its own method or could I use TWRP or SafeStrap? Have you had any complications with the modem or WiFi using your device with Vroot?
Thank you!!

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I wasn't trying to argue either. It's rather hard to express tone over text
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Again, 0 arguing from me, like you said, just a differing opinion. Cheers mate! Btw, judging my the terms you used, I take it that you're in the UK, and thank goodness Jeremy Clarkson and the boys are back!!
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I said that I wasn't arguing for that very reason - I didn't want my second post to come across in a negative way. I could see that your post had come across in a good light and wanted to keep it that way
I am from UK but living in Australia at the moment. I last heard that Chris Evans has gone from the new Top Gear - thank F... for that, he's the biggest pleb going and watching the first couple of episodes were extremely painful and cringy. A number of things Chris said in the first show were somewhat not completely correct and I eventually switched it off.
Really looking forward to watching Clarkson and the gang - they're entertaining. Their top gear was more like a sit-com, which is what it's grown into and it works pretty well. Anyone in the family can watch it even if they know nothing about cars - I'll have to google for it because I don't know any details about their new show.

Motorola Nexus 6 October 2017 frp 7.1.1?

Is there a bypass method using dirtycow exploit for Nexus (6) running October 2017 patch? I obtained this device last month for cheap from a friend who found it online and ran into the frp problem. Long story short, they gave up and sold me the phone. I've been looking all over and the closest thing I've found to a bypass for the Nexus 6 on 7.1.1 October patch is a a method for the Nexus 6p. Which did not work. I have managed to use a variety of apps to be able to semi use the phone. Then after a while it would bootloop and force me to reset everything and start over. Then eventually it wouldn't turn on directly, just turn on into the bootloader first where I could decide to turn it on from the start option. I've been having trouble because I can't seem to use fastboot or adb with the device. I can see it in adb but permission is denied for every command I've tried. Dirtycow seemed to make it furthest out of anything and :fingers-crossed: the apps I've been using are as follows.
Pixel launcher
Pie Controls
Glovebox
Es file manager
Es app killer
If someone can give me a working method I am willing to donate. :highfive: I'm not a newbe to the Android lingo, just catching the hang of the no-chill, always evolving software and trying to keep up. And if there is a possible way to flash back to ICS I'll be so greatful. :fingers-crossed:

Alixbot said:
Is there a bypass method using dirtycow exploit for Nexus (6) running October 2017 patch?
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Nope. In fact, there haven't been any working bypass methods in months.That said, I think there's more issues with your device than FRP. You might want to get the device checked out.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Nope. In fact, there haven't been any working bypass methods in months.That said, I think there's more issues with your device than FRP. You might want to get the device checked out.
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Has anyone figured this out yet?
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f1014/nexus-6-frp-last-security-n6f27m-impossible-answered-2350585/
someone here said dirtycow may help.

If it had been figured out, it's unlikely the person who did would keep it to themselves.

I can unlock Nexus 6 Supports all patches in 10minutes

ashamsu said:
I can unlock Nexus 6 Supports all patches in 10minutes
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You have people other than yourself who can attest to it working? Do you have a video demonstrating the unlock process? Unless you have either or both of those things then AFAIK it's just another scam.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
You have people other than yourself who can attest to it working? Do you have a video demonstrating the unlock process? Unless you have either or both of those things then AFAIK it's just another scam.
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Dear Sir,
i dont have video to demo, but i wont lie here in this trusted forum. solution is long waited & also its my own method.
I can unlock till October patch.
Who wants unlock contact i am ready to prove...

ashamsu said:
Dear Sir,
i dont have video to demo, but i wont lie here in this trusted forum. solution is long waited & also its my own method.
I can unlock till October patch.
Who wants unlock contact i am ready to prove...
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Others have lied here in this "trusted forum", so it's prudent to be cautious. So anyone taking him up on his offer, please chime in with details.

Intelligent Hub apk bypass?

I have a Samsung S10 SM-G973U Android 10 (Q) work phone with Intelligent Hub installed(security apk) and wish to bypass/uninstall it. I have tried every method that I am aware of minus rooting/flashing and such.....which is possibly the only way to get around this stupid app.
Is there anyone with experience with "Hub" or possibly knows of a way to bypass it and therefore uninstall it.
I could throw a reward out for success.

Is this phone owned by you or is owned by the organization you work for?
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company... which is why i need to find a work around while keeping it stock
gernerttl said:
Is this phone owned by you or is owned by the organization you work for?
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I wouldn't recommend that. I'm certain that you signed something that says you are not supposed to add or remove apps, root, or do anything to the device without the organization's consent.
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irishvandal said:
I have a Samsung S10 SM-G973U Android 10 (Q) work phone with Intelligent Hub installed(security apk) and wish to bypass/uninstall it. I have tried every method that I am aware of minus rooting/flashing and such.....which is possibly the only way to get around this stupid app.
Is there anyone with experience with "Hub" or possibly knows of a way to bypass it and therefore uninstall it.
I could throw a reward out for success.
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I hardly think that someone can be found here who gives hack instructions!

ed-gonzo said:
I hardly think that someone can be found here who gives hack instructions!
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Well stated, and thank you!??