In all my years of using Android, i've never come across this one.
I wanted to encrypt my device then factory reset in order to sell my I337m. Previously I unrooted my phone, this included flashing the latest stock rom from samsung.. NE1 ... baseband NC1
Now when I enter the screen lock options, it tells me that every option -- except for PIN and Password (which don't work when I try to enter a password) -- are "disabled by administrator, encryption policy, or credential storage."
I've wiped the credentials, clicked and unclicked all the device administrator options (knox, android device manager) and still no go.
This is a totally clean, factory reset stock rom.
I'm trying to figure out if I screwed something up while it was rooted.
Now if I go into device updates, it tells me that "your device has been modified, no updates are available".
Anyone have any ideas?
I figured out my issue.
Luckily I never tripped knox. My mistake was that I loaded NE1 firmware over a custom NC1. I d/led and installed the stock NC1, saw in Download mode that my phones knox wasn't tripped, and then installed NE1. Works perfectly, warranty still intact and ready to sell.
Hope this can help someone else.
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So I initially rooted my Sprint S5 using the old fashioned way, which tripped my Knox flag seen at bootup in Odin mode. That part I cannot seem to get reset (going to try Triangle Away shortly).
However I now have it reloaded using the Samsung Kies Windows program with the latest firmware, and in the phone settings Device Status where it used to say "Custom" it now again says "Official". I first tried to use Odin to put the stock firmware image back on, which did not help at all.
I went into Kies version 3.2.14072_12 with my S5 plugged in and clicked Tools menu -> Firmware upgrade and initialization". It may ask you for model and serial number, which I put in for mine just fine, and then it launched saying the device will be initialized to original settings. However this is different from doing factory reset from within the phone. It reboots to odin and then recovery and performs a handful of things. When it completed I had to re-setup a bunch of things, but the phone basically unrooted itself without me telling SuperSU to do an unroot. I ran supersu and it said it couldnt run on an unrooted phone... So I checked the About info in settings and voila, back to Official status, and OTA updates work again!
Unfortunately the knox flag didnt un-set, but Im less worried about that and more worried about missing enhancement OTA patches and updates - well I was before I will update here if that Triangle program can reset the counter. I thought that counter was a hard-wired fuse piece of hardware, not flash memory, so Im not sure that it can be done, but worth a try. Hope this works for everyone and Good Luck!!
This is already known.... And FYI no known method can reset the Knox counter.
Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away
Herby6262 said:
So I initially rooted my Sprint S5 using the old fashioned way, which tripped my Knox flag seen at bootup in Odin mode. That part I cannot seem to get reset (going to try Triangle Away shortly).
However I now have it reloaded using the Samsung Kies Windows program with the latest firmware, and in the phone settings Device Status where it used to say "Custom" it now again says "Official". I first tried to use Odin to put the stock firmware image back on, which did not help at all.
I went into Kies version 3.2.14072_12 with my S5 plugged in and clicked Tools menu -> Firmware upgrade and initialization". It may ask you for model and serial number, which I put in for mine just fine, and then it launched saying the device will be initialized to original settings. However this is different from doing factory reset from within the phone. It reboots to odin and then recovery and performs a handful of things. When it completed I had to re-setup a bunch of things, but the phone basically unrooted itself without me telling SuperSU to do an unroot. I ran supersu and it said it couldnt run on an unrooted phone... So I checked the About info in settings and voila, back to Official status, and OTA updates work again!
Unfortunately the knox flag didnt un-set, but Im less worried about that and more worried about missing enhancement OTA patches and updates - well I was before I will update here if that Triangle program can reset the counter. I thought that counter was a hard-wired fuse piece of hardware, not flash memory, so Im not sure that it can be done, but worth a try. Hope this works for everyone and Good Luck!!
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Thanks for th3 info. When I need ota then I know what to do. Its pretty obvious that I am new to this but I'm learning
Where can I find the numbers required for kies update ? SN is no where on the phone or under battery
MagnumPOS said:
Where can I find the numbers required for kies update ? SN is no where on the phone or under battery
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phone info.apk
I factory reset my stock S5 using the recovery menu to try and fix battery drain issues after upgrading to Marshmallow, however after reset it asked me to enter my Samsung account details due to "Abnormal factory reset" to prove I was the device owner.
After entering the correct details, it then gives me the message "Processing failed" and won't continue.
My account details are definitely correct (changing the password by one character gives a different message), and I've never logged into the phone using any other Samsung account. I've had the phone since new.
Is there any way to regain entry? I can log into the Samsung portal on my computer.
Flash a stock KitKat ROM and try logging in again, if it still fails, you'll need to factory reset from recovery (Still with Kitkat) and then upgrade back to MM
Next time, disable "Reactivation lock" before resetting the phone
Would that invalidate my warranty?
No, flashing stock ROMs doesn't invalidate it, only if you flash custom (Warranty is determined in some regions by the KNOX flag, if KNOX is 0x0, warranty is valid, if it is tripped to 0x1, it is invalid) flashing stock ROMs leaves it valid with 0x0
Last ROM I had that was working was Lollipop. Should I try that, or do you still recommend KitKat?
Has to be KitKat, the exploit was patched in Lollipop, best to go for an early build, pre-June 2014, basically just choose the first one available from sammobile .com or wherever you download them from
Exploit? Will logging in directly work on KitKat then - or do I have to do some workaround?
I've told you how to do it, read some threads, that's how you fix it when you mess up by leaving reactivation lock enabled
And I really appreciate it. Thanks!
I have a SM-G900V currently running stock PB1 unrooted and a locked bootloader. My s5 also has Cid with 15 so I am able to unlock. My end goal is to have mm rooted and unlocked bootloader with custom recovery.
Now the issue,
The Reactivation Locked is enabled/checked in security settings with my account which I am able to log into both from a PC and while doing a full reset using ODIN or from stock recovery. During reset it makes me login to setup my phone and I do and move forward with setting up my phone. If I go into Settings/Security and turn off reactivation it asks me to login so I do. It says I'm logged in but the check is still there. It actually disappears then reappears right away.
I have done a dozen full on wipes/resets of both the internal and external SD card using odin but nothing seems to let me disable reactivation so that I can get to MM rooted and unlocked bootloader.
Anyone got any pointers?
~me
Try this: http://androiding.how/unable-to-disable-reactivation-lock-on-galaxy-s6-try-this-fail-safe-trick/
I have a new method to unlock the s5 verizon reactivation lock stuck on issue
It works on Samsung eMMC and Toshiba eMMC
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ivation-lock-off-finally-stuck-t3433342/page1
So I got this Galaxy S7 (Sprint) from someone and he said everything works fine. (Yea Right),... Here is what is not working, Samsung Pay message pops up and says "Access Denied, phone has been modified". There is also no "software update" option in my settings. Should be in "about phone" RIGHT? Wrong! Now here is the weird part,.... Status on the phone says "official". Knox is not tripped, it's showing 0x0. I even odin'ed the latest official software G930PVPU4APL6. Again, everything works fine except for Samsung pay and no update option. Status still official and knox not tripped. What gives??? Any ideas please!!!!!!!!
It might be rooted. Which would make Samsung pay not work. I'd recommend using Odin to flash your phone back to stock completely. (obviously you make sure to flash the correct files for your phone model number.)
Flash same version then make wipe data/factory reset from recovery and check again. Is this phone unlocked or you are using on Sprint carrier?
Got all the files needed to flash back to full stock and now everything works!!!! Thanx guys!!!
Hi, where did you get it? Kindly pass me the link. thanks.
Help please.
I want to fully unroot my Galaxy S7 Edge (SC-02H version, but I think this is not relevant).
I tried flashing back to stock with Odin (both latest version, as well as a previous one) but some kind of "partial root" still remains.
Always complete flash (AP, BL, CP, CSC).
I know some leftover from Root is there because whenever I open Samsung Web Browser and try to "Turn on Secret Mode", I get an error message saying "Root Detected(...)"
BUT, if I install SuperSU from Google Play, and try to run the app, it stops right after being started, saying there is NO ROOT detected.
I even tried re-flashing stock, flashing twrp, flashing supersu just for the sake of using the SuperSU App to "cleanup to unroot". When I did that, by the way, I chose "Yes" for both optional steps (try to recover stock recovery, something like that) so after the unroot cleaning process was supposedly done, the phone went into a bootloop. At that point I entered Download Mode and once more flashed stock.
But for my surprise, after initial setup, Samsung Web Browser STILL SAYS I am rooted!
How can I really completely revert back to stock?
PS- I tried installing Samsung Smart Switch, but the new version cannot reinitialize devices anymore! (And it is impossible to find an older version on the web). So with Smart Switch, there is no way of reverting back to stock anymore..
gamekill said:
Help please.
I want to fully unroot my Galaxy S7 Edge (SC-02H version, but I think this is not relevant).
I tried flashing back to stock with Odin (both latest version, as well as a previous one) but some kind of "partial root" still remains.
Always complete flash (AP, BL, CP, CSC).
I know some leftover from Root is there because whenever I open Samsung Web Browser and try to "Turn on Secret Mode", I get an error message saying "Root Detected(...)"
BUT, if I install SuperSU from Google Play, and try to run the app, it stops right after being started, saying there is NO ROOT detected.
I even tried re-flashing stock, flashing twrp, flashing supersu just for the sake of using the SuperSU App to "cleanup to unroot". When I did that, by the way, I chose "Yes" for both optional steps (try to recover stock recovery, something like that) so after the unroot cleaning process was supposedly done, the phone went into a bootloop. At that point I entered Download Mode and once more flashed stock.
But for my surprise, after initial setup, Samsung Web Browser STILL SAYS I am rooted!
How can I really completely revert back to stock?
PS- I tried installing Samsung Smart Switch, but the new version cannot reinitialize devices anymore! (And it is impossible to find an older version on the web). So with Smart Switch, there is no way of reverting back to stock anymore..
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That's normal.
You're probably already completely unrooted.
The reason secret mode won't work because it detect knox flag is already tripped, which happen when you root the first time.
Once Knox flag is tripped, it cannot be reverse.
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NonXtreme said:
That's normal.
You're probably already completely unrooted.
The reason secret mode won't work because it detect knox flag is already tripped, which happen when you root the first time.
Once Knox flag is tripped, it cannot be reverse.
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Oh really? Nice to know that.
So Samsung says a tripped knox is "root" while that is not actually accurate. Thanks!
PS Personally I do not care about knox, have no use for that. But I am doing all this temporary unroot thing to finally maybe get my phone sim-unlocked. I have been trying with some people over the net, but the unlock always fail at the end and maybe it was failing because of custom recovery and root. Well anyway, I will try the unlock again later, now stock and unrooted. Hope it goes well.