Hi everyone.
I wanted to root my device and it didn't work, allways got Auth fail recovery on odin and device, until I unchecked the reactivation lock, then it rooted flawlessly.
(I know my google account and password)
I was curious is it safe to stay with reactivation lock checked in case this happens:
Lets say the soft bricks into a boot loop who knows why but recovery still works.. so if I want to factory reset from custom recovery(philz recovery, with Nandroid and efs backed up), I think it is the best to unroot before factory reset(hope I'm wrong), witch will be imposible if the root didn't worked because of the reactivation lock, the unroot won't work too?
I gues before trying any flashing etc is good to uncheck reactivation lock, but I can allways make a mistake and forget it on.
So let me make that short, is it safe to activate ractivation lock when rooted in case something bad happens with the boot start?
I want to activate it for safety but this safety could block me too?
Do you guys keep it on after rooting?
I hope the readers will understand my question and don't get any headakes, sometimes I gould it hard to express myself in english, sorry about that.
alexpu1u said:
So let me make that short, is it safe to activate ractivation lock when rooted in case something bad happens with the boot start?
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Well reactivation lock is an anti-theft feature. Theft deterrents are good although they only have significant value when they are well implemented. Which is arguable in this case. It's hardly undefeatable. 2 strikes. And can be as annoying as hell in not liking your custom kernel. Strike thr ...
Bottom line, if you are good at making backups and believe in theft deterrents, then enable it. It makes it slightly more likely that a lost phone would make it back to you. Or at least ruin the thief's day. There should always be a way to restore your device if you have a backup and your credentials.
However if you are forgetful, bad with backups or simply have no patience for having to search XDA threads or enter something on a command line to disable reactivation lock and recover from a bootloop, etc.. then obviously don't use it. It could cause you some exasperation if you are in an unbootable state and it is interferring with an Odin flash.
Pick one. And either way try not to lose your phone.
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That's what I wanted to hear, so it's safe to keep it on if I'm backedup and pacient in case of a problem.
Thank you for your time. I activated it .
alexpu1u said:
That's what I wanted to hear, so it's safe to keep it on if I'm backedup and pacient in case of a problem.
Thank you for your time. I activated it .
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Well, I'm not concerned with being locked out of my phone permanently. Nor convinced that RA would really stop a stolen phone from being reactivated. But it's plausible that it would delay some thieves from using Odin to obliterate your tracking software.
So a longer window in which it might be possible to pin down your phone's location. Or perhaps spur someone to return your phone in the case of a lost, rather than stolen phone.
Whether to use RA depends mostly on your willingness to put up with some temporary frustration should your phone somehow end up unbootable and you have to jump through a few hoops to disable the reactivation lock.
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alexpu1u said:
Hi everyone.
I wanted to root my device and it didn't work, allways got Auth fail recovery on odin and device, until I unchecked the reactivation lock, then it rooted flawlessly...
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But you can't enable this option after root, it does not work!
knox 0x1 (2)
jgfernog said:
But you can't enable this option after root, it does not work!
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interesting finding from me:
even if you are not root, with samsung knox 0x1 (2) the option is automatically enabled but you won't see it ticked. You can factory reset your phone when you have knox 0x1 (2) and see it will ask for reactivation account in order to by pass the phone. There is no solution. Samsung knox is funny.
MaXi32 said:
interesting finding from me:
even if you are not root, with samsung knox 0x1 (2) the option is automatically enabled but you won't see it ticked. You can factory reset your phone when you have knox 0x1 (2) and see it will ask for reactivation account in order to by pass the phone. There is no solution. Samsung knox is funny.
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Yeah! There are some problems with it. I saw people saying that their devices had KNOX enabled even with the option unchecked in settings.
I wouldn't bother with reactivation lock for any scenario
1. Easy to bypass
2. Only causes problems for yourself if you forget to disable it before flashing
3. Anyone who knows how to flash a new ROM, which is what it's designed to prevent, can bypass it flashing a KitKat ROM anyway
4. You've lost your phone anyway, they're not gonna give it back because they can't use it
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Hi all,
I was wondering if I'd still be able to use the reactivation lock after rooting my note 4?
As in: If the phone is rooted (using stock recovery) and a factory reset is preformed from bootloader, will the OS prompt to enter the Samsung Account credentials?
Found the following topic, but it did not make things clear:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/reactivation-lock-root-t3004321
The model that I'm using: SM-N910F.
Kind regards, Stefan.
Anyone?
Thaevil0ne said:
Anyone?
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Bump.
Thaevil0ne said:
Hi all,
I was wondering if I'd still be able to use the reactivation lock after rooting my note 4?
As in: If the phone is rooted (using stock recovery) and a factory reset is preformed from bootloader, will the OS prompt to enter the Samsung Account credentials?
Found the following topic, but it did not make things clear:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/reactivation-lock-root-t3004321
The model that I'm using: SM-N910F.
Kind regards, Stefan.
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I m not sure but it's like this, u can't root if your phone reactivation is on & once u root without reactivation, u can't activate reactivation.
jdomadia said:
I m not sure but it's like this, u can't root if your phone reactivation is on & once u root without reactivation, u can't activate reactivation.
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Thanks for your reply, I will not be rooting this phone then.
I would mainly be rooting to be able to use the Moga universal driver for my controller.
But the reactivation lock is really a neat feature that I would not want to lose.
Kind regards, Stefan.
Reactivation Lock
I can confirm (at least with your request having been put in layman's terms!!) that no, the reactivation lock does........NOT work after rooting!
dang. I could swear that after rooting my Note 4 n910G, reactivation lock still works. im positive about it. I did it a few times, checking n unchecking it. But i got sick of Odin errors because of having Reactivation Lock on that i just left it unchecked for then on & havent touched it since. I donr even know how important a feature it is.
Hi all, im thinking about rooting my phone and i dont mind tripping the knox counter.
I wondered if the tracing still works using the find my mobile site from samsung?
Knox is really succesful because if you enable it they cant hard reset your phone or root it do remove the tracing, right?
So is there any possibility to have the same functionality after rooting?
Wally93 said:
Hi all, im thinking about rooting my phone and i dont mind tripping the knox counter.
I wondered if the tracing still works using the find my mobile site from samsung?
Knox is really succesful because if you enable it they cant hard reset your phone or root it do remove the tracing, right?
So is there any possibility to have the same functionality after rooting?
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You can still trace it after root via Samsung. Idk about the reactivation lock tough becouse u need to disable that before rooting
Racinghart91 said:
You can still trace it after root via Samsung. Idk about the reactivation lock tough becouse u need to disable that before rooting
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I'd like to know the same thing, when rooted and on stock recovery: reactivation lock enabled;
Will it still ask for Samsung credentials if reset from system?
Will it still ask for Samsung credentials if reset by bootloader?
Will it still ask for Samsung credentials if flashed via PC?
Kind regards, Stefan.
I tried the tracker at the Samsung site yesterday. It didn't find my rooted phone, didn't make the phone ring etc,
I was just relying on cellular data for the connection (no WiFi or GPS).
Maybe it was a one off.
Hello,
I have a note 4 (Italian) blocked on the lockscreen.
after updating to 5.1 lollipopop (samsung official update via wifi),
the fingerprint reader has started to give some problems, then in about 24 hours by the update the phone does not ask me more unlocking fingerprint, but only by backup password;
but also by entering the backup password will not unlock, and says password wrong.
unfortunately debugging is not active ....
What can I do before performing a hard reset?
thanks!
Happened twice with my phone ...at last it accepted the backup password. .
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i don't think that work on my note.... i have I tried a million times
Help!!
Doesnt it give you an Unlock via Google option?
Use Find my phone for unlock
You can unlock your phone screen with browser.
https:// findmymobile samsung com
Do hard reset if u don't find solution.
I think there is a way that's need TWRP recovery and you must flash a file!
Sent from my SM-N920C using Tapatalk
unfortunately I tried using Google Android Device to replace the password and lock the phone but it says it on the phone already has a password ....
I did not want to make a hard reset because I do not have a data backup ....
I can use this procedure http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...ck-screen-pattern-password-pin-t2948336/page7 ? But I do not have root permissions, and I would not risk after knox 0x1 because I noticed a spot in the display that I should replace warranty
thanks
mdp987 said:
unfortunately I tried using Google Android Device to replace the password and lock the phone but it says it on the phone already has a password ....
I did not want to make a hard reset because I do not have a data backup ....
I can use this procedure http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...ck-screen-pattern-password-pin-t2948336/page7 ? But I do not have root permissions, and I would not risk after knox 0x1 because I noticed a spot in the display that I should replace warranty
thanks
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You can't use it without root...
Sorry.
I can do is root and then go back?
mdp987 said:
I can do is root and then go back?
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You can always go back to your original software after root bat you will trip Knox for ever that mean you will void your warranty.
I saw that came out a firmware in late November N910FXXS1COK2 always based on 5.1.1 but with the fix, if I did the flash of this by Odin on my mobile in theory should fix it if it really had been caused by the previous update?
Odin also works with phone locked and debugging disabled?
thank you
I have Samsung Find My Mobile and Knox code activated in case my phone is stolen.
Is this as secure as the iphone icloud lock? Or this can be eaasily bypassed if i lock my note 4.
I ask this because i think this is slowing my device for constantly running in the backround and I want to run a debload script.
Is it worth it? Or should i get rid of this functionality.
cod_r said:
I have Samsung Find My Mobile and Knox code activated in case my phone is stolen.
Is this as secure as the iphone icloud lock? Or this can be eaasily bypassed if i lock my note 4.
I ask this because i think this is slowing my device for constantly running in the backround and I want to run a debload script.
Is it worth it? Or should i get rid of this functionality.
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I think only fool proof security is encryption, i have seen people bypass google account lock on several devices, not sure about samsung find my mobile.
Are you saying that when one encrypts the device, there is no way to flash another rom on it or factory reset it?
If so, would that also work when custom rom / recover is installed?
Kind regards, Stefan.
I've disabled it, it was indeed slowing my device... not worth it in my opinion..
Thaevil0ne said:
Are you saying that when one encrypts the device, there is no way to flash another rom on it or factory reset it?
If so, would that also work when custom rom / recover is installed?
Kind regards, Stefan.
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I guess it will not work with a custom rom because you'll have to trip knox.
Device is a SM-N916S from Samsung (Galaxy Note 4 S-LTE Exynos 5433 ver.) for anyone that's wondering. It's current state : Completely stock with no root. USB debugging disabled. No Samsung Account linked to device. Can't change password through ADM. No more guesses left for the password anymore, any more will reset the phone.
So yeah. For the past few days I've been trying to bypass Android Device Manager's remote "Lock" feature that's meant to keep your data safe from thieves. As for why? Long story short : I tried to pull a prank on my brother by remotely locking his device through ADM. I have since forgotten the password (it was a random combination of letters and numbers that I thought I could remember, but obviously not.) and trying to set a new password through Android Device Manager just gives me the infamous "Since Google has verified that a screen lock is already set, the password you entered won't be needed." error message.
Now, if this was a phone that belonged to me, I would just install a custom recovery and remove the password with a password disable zip, but unfortunately, that is not an option here. I probably forgot to mention that I CANNOT void the warranty (as in trip the KNOX counter) under ANY circumstances and would very much like to avoid a factory reset. Am I out of luck here? Or is anyone here aware of a method that can be used to bypass the ADM lock / or a way to backup data with usb debugging disabled. Thanks.
use smart switch to go back to stock firmware
SrikarPrayaga said:
use smart switch to go back to stock firmware
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Hi, could you explain what you mean by this? Does smart switch work even when the phone is locked? And what would going back to stock firmware do? Thanks.