Reactivation Lock isn't turning ON after Lollipop Update - Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My model is the N910C with the exynos processor. After updating to lollipop I can't turn on the Reactivation Lock in the Security Settings. Every time I check the box and enter the Samsung credentials, when it goes back it is unchecked It is driving me crazy. I checked findmymobile to verify that this wasn't just a visual bug. It really stays Off! I 'm stock, not rooted and with no custom recovery of course
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Doing a hard reset isn't an option .
Maybe if I wiped one of the system's app data it would fix it. I tried to wipe the "Remote Controls" apps but it didn't do anything. HEEELP :highfive:

enroll the device at samsungknox and use the knox reactivation lock. much more secure anyway.

zurkx said:
enroll the device at samsungknox and use the knox reactivation lock. much more secure anyway.
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Not the answer I was looking for but thanks for your input. Do you mean to enable the "Turn on KNOX active protection" option in Security? It says it may affect device perfomance and this kept me from having it disabled.

yes it wont affect device performance.

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[Q] Sould I use reactivation lock after rooting?

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

[Q] Rooted Note 4 and Reactivation Lock?

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.

N910p how to root?

I'm on Android 5.0.1 and i have the sprint variant of the note 4 and I have tried many methods to get root. I could really use some help
Just to help get this started...
You've read through and tried [SM-N910*] CF-Auto-Root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/orig-development/sm-n910-cf-auto-root-t2897428
"On your phone - Settings - Security and Turn the Reactivation Lock off"
catseyenu said:
Just to help get this started...
You've read through and tried [SM-N910*] CF-Auto-Root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/orig-development/sm-n910-cf-auto-root-t2897428
"On your phone - Settings - Security and Turn the Reactivation Lock off"
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I tried it yesterday but it didn't work. I had the reactivation lock on so I guess that is why. I got it rooted now
Good deal, all's well that ends well.

Reactivation lock bugged?

Hi all, first post. (long time lurker)
I've got a Samsung galaxy note 3 (SM-n900 - "ha3g")
I'm attempting to root the phone. (usually takes a minute or two) but I'm struggling here.
The problem I'm facing is the samsung re-activation lock on the phone.
It's not letting me flash any updates or firmware in download mode.
Whenever I try to disable the re-activation lock on the phone security menu, it asks for a username and password, then once I put in the correct password, it puts me back into security settings and the reactivation lock is still ticked on.
I updated from 4.4.2 to 5.0 last week and I'm just trying to re-root, but I can't turn off activation lock to let me flash packages.
Anyone heard of this before? Any fixes?
I've just this second tried a factory reset, it asks for my Samsung account info, I put it in, it resets the phone.
When it comes back up, tells me that I have done an unclean reset and I need to log into my samsung account to continue.
I log in, and reactivation lock is still ticked.
Halp please. App adverts are eating my data and I need root.

Can't root, reactivation lock enabled even with no Samsung Account

Hi,
I tried to root my phone using the instructions from this thread; I'm no expert, but I have rooted other phones previously, and I followed the instructions to the letter. Unfortunately, every time I get the error message "Custom binary(recovery) Blocked By R/L" on my phone.
I didn't initially know what this was, so I looked around a bit and it looks like it refers to the Samsung Reactivation Lock. Problem is, I just bought the phone today, I have no Samsung account linked to this phone, and the Reactivation Lock option under "Security" is turned off. I tried messing around with it a little, and found a few other very puzzling things. First of all, when I access the "About device" section of my phone, it says it's an SM-N910F; but when the phone is in download mode, it says "PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910P". I have no idea what to make of this.
Also, as I mentioned, when the phone is booted, the Reactivation Lock is unchecked (as it should be, since I don't have a connected Samsung account); but when the phone is in download mode, it says "REACTIVATION LOCK: On".
So I decided to try and connect my Samsung account, thinking that maybe if I did that, activated the lock and then de-activated it, it would stick. So I did the proper procedure to connect my account, I click on "Reactivation Lock" to check it, it asks me for my password, I enter it, it loads for a while and then it boots me back to the previous screen, and the "Reactivation Lock" option remains unchecked. I tries this several times, even after reboots, and for some reason it doesn't let me activate the option; other features of the Samsung account work just fine, so it's not a server or password problem.
Sorry for the long post, but there were a lot of weird things I thought I should mention, even though I'm not sure how much they're related to the problem. The main problem, as I mentioned, is that I can't root my phone because it tells me Reactivation Lock is on, but Reactivation Lock is off and I can't actually turn it on even if I try to. I have no idea what to make of this, I couldn't find any solution online, and I'd just like to root my phone so I can change the fonts (not like I need to do any major hacking).
I should probably also mention that the phone is on Android version 5.1.1.
I'd greatly appreciate any help you could give me.
An easy solution can be found here:
[Guide] Unlock FRP / Deactivate Reactivation lock, Root and recovery for Samsung

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