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[Q] Reactivation LOCK-no root, no custom rom.. (RESOLVED)

Just my fun ......my phone (900M) is with the new bootloader and new modem and then I installed the 2.2 Xtrolite with 900M kernel and tried to enter the recovery to install the update of the rom and it appeared:
samsung reactivated LOCKED(ON)..secure download:enable...UDC start (in download mode).....does not enter recovery....Odin installed with the official firm and now enters the original recovery but does not accept odin to install custom recovery ...FAIL...damn burglar with myself....normal works but only with firm default. No root no fun...finish line form me with S5.
I can not disable activation lock with my own password.
It was a damn Iphone ...
any solution? I've tried a few things and nothing
I had before 2.1 without problems. great rom

Is the result:

reactivation lock problem
Am Stock at this ? my account work but i cant unchech RL

brayhanrd said:
Am Stock at this ? my account work but i cant unchech RL
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Yes...I will put that **** in the trash

brayhanrd said:
Am Stock at this ? my account work but i cant unchech RL
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I have the same problem, uncheck reactivation lock then input password. It then comes back to the previous screen with the lock still checked.

I have the exact same problem, put XtreStoLite with the bootloader, modem etc... reactivation lock was on, flashed back to stock to turn it off, now im unable to uncheck the box. I uncheck and it asks me to log into the samsung account... i do this and the box is still checked.
No idea where to go from here.

Fix
1. going to downgrade phone to KIT KAT 4.4.2 OFFICIAL
How to.
1. downgrade kitkat stock from sammobile.com
2. Turn off the Phone Remove battery, to take off Sim Card and Micro SD.
3. Full Wipe Phone on recovery
4.now we are going to Used Odin to Flash 4.4.2 firmewire.
wait to it done. when it get done u go to ur sam account and them go to security and esea like that u can turn off Reactivation Lock
i do by my self. and it work
Now back to XtreStolite 2.2
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vioSTYLE said:
I have the exact same problem, put XtreStoLite with the bootloader, modem etc... reactivation lock was on, flashed back to stock to turn it off, now im unable to uncheck the box. I uncheck and it asks me to log into the samsung account... i do this and the box is still checked.
No idea where to go from here.
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Reactivation Lock Fix
1. going to downgrade phone to KIT KAT 4.4.2 OFFICIAL
How to.
1. downgrade kitkat stock from sammobile.com
2. Turn off the Phone Remove battery, to take off Sim Card and Micro SD.
3. Full Wipe Phone on recovery
4.now we are going to Used Odin to Flash 4.4.2 firmewire.
wait to it done. when it get done u go to ur sam account and them go to security and esea like that u can turn off Reactivation Lock
i do by my self. and it work
Now back to XtreStolite 2.2

brayhanrd said:
1. going to downgrade phone to KIT KAT 4.4.2 OFFICIAL
How to.
1. downgrade kitkat stock from sammobile.com
2. Turn off the Phone Remove battery, to take off Sim Card and Micro SD.
3. Full Wipe Phone on recovery
4.now we are going to Used Odin to Flash 4.4.2 firmewire.
wait to it done. when it get done u go to ur sam account and them go to security and esea like that u can turn off Reactivation Lock
i do by my self. and it work
Now back to XtreStolite 2.2
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Reactivation Lock Fix
1. going to downgrade phone to KIT KAT 4.4.2 OFFICIAL
How to.
1. downgrade kitkat stock from sammobile.com
2. Turn off the Phone Remove battery, to take off Sim Card and Micro SD.
3. Full Wipe Phone on recovery
4.now we are going to Used Odin to Flash 4.4.2 firmewire.
wait to it done. when it get done u go to ur sam account and them go to security and esea like that u can turn off Reactivation Lock
i do by my self. and it work
Now back to XtreStolite 2.2
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Perfect, WORK.
THANK YOU.

sachs said:
Perfect, WORK.
THANK YOU.
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You welcome

brayhanrd said:
You welcome
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Same here, thanks man

THX man, it´s so simple. I tried for a week....

Valeu galera, salvou minha vida e minha noite.
Tecla SAP: Thanks guys. You saved my life and my night

anyone have a link to downgrade to kitkat? using Canadian G900W88VLU1BOC1
got the reactivation lock when i wanted to flash the Aroma package. oh man.
Couldnt find it on sammobile.
much appreciated.

when i tried to use odin to downgrade, it says failed.
steps:
power down phone > Cable plugged > volume down + home + power > volume up . odin > AP> insert kitkat rom> start > Failed.
sigh. this damn XtreStoLite rom screwed me over. can't get past anything because when i got the phone i didnt activate my samsung account. well i did but i never got the e-mail, then I looked in my spam mail, and i couldn't activate it now because the link expired. ffffffffffff!!!!!!!!

It worked for me
brayhanrd said:
1. going to downgrade phone to KIT KAT 4.4.2 OFFICIAL
How to.
1. downgrade kitkat stock from sammobile.com
2. Turn off the Phone Remove battery, to take off Sim Card and Micro SD.
3. Full Wipe Phone on recovery
4.now we are going to Used Odin to Flash 4.4.2 firmewire.
wait to it done. when it get done u go to ur sam account and them go to security and esea like that u can turn off Reactivation Lock
i do by my self. and it work
Now back to XtreStolite 2.2
Thanks X1000
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SM-N910C
Just if anyone asks himself: the deactivation of the Reactivation Lock works the same way for the galaxy Note 4. Just flash KitKat (4.4.4), register your samsung-account, deactivate the Reactivation Lock in the security settings and you're done!
Note: flashinf/upgrading to newer firmwares does NOT change the Reactivation Lock setting! Once deactivated - it stays deactivated!
A BIG thank you to the original poster of the workaround!

and s6?
I am having the same problem however is the galaxy s6 . Can anyone help ?

hey i need help. So i got my s5 from a friend's brother because the screen on my s7 shattered. anyway when I went to power on the device, it gave me a "custom binary blocked by reactivation lock. Secure fail: Recovery" message. I did some research and found out that pressing the volume down+home+power button at the same time would take me to the odin screen. From there, i needed to reboot the device. Which it did. Now, i tried to factory reset the device but the Reactivation Lock prevented me from doing so. Naturally, i went to turn it off but i didn't know the prior owner's sam account password. I somehow managed to remove the sam accoount from the device (settings>application manager>all>samsung account>clear cache &disable then settings>accounts>samsung account>tap on email>tap on 3 dot menu>remove account). removing the sam account didn't help deactivate the Reactivation Lock. everytime i click on it, it unticks but then ticks itself back on. Eventually my friends brother finally gave me his sam account password but now i have a new issue. I cant add the sam account back on the device! Damn it! i tried the 4 steps but when i get to #3, i cant access the stock recovery. It takes me to the original "custom binary blocked by reactivation lock. Secure fail: Recovery" screen. can anyone please help? My S5 is model SM-G900P completely stock (no root/custom anything).

reactivation lock

I flashed XtreStoLite rom through custom recovery, everything went well. During the setup menus before entering the os it asked something about a reactivation lock. It sounded good so i turned it on. Next thing i know i cant boot into my custom recovery and i can't boot the phone. I put it in download mode flash the first thing i find with odin (it failed) but the phones boots. (I found this solution online)
There is no reactivation lock in settings but i can find it when i search settings. Needless to say when I disable the reactivation and search for it again it is still enabled.
Kies will not recognise it. There is no Samsung account of any kind in this rom. anything i've seen anyway.
When i try to factory reset through settings it says "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped".
What do i do? pls help
the phone is an SM-G900F running the latest XtreStoLite_ROM_v2.2_LP_ with a custom touch recovery which i cannot access.

As far as some users who encountered this problem said... Flashing a stock ROM with the same build number through odin was able to fix this issue.

Riyal said:
As far as some users who encountered this problem said... Flashing a stock ROM with the same build number through odin was able to fix this issue.
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i did that everything works fine but i can't install a custom recovery or root and i cant turn off reactivation lock. its in settings now but when i deactivate it it asks me to login to my samsung account. i do that it signs in fine but it is still enabled.

Like I said Flashing a stock ROM with the same build number... What I meant was a ROM that wasn't prepackaged by any members of xda but instead was built from samsung. Perhaps try using Kies to factory reset your phone instead.
When reactivation lock is on you can't boot to recovery & can't debrand your phone. But that doesn't block your from reflashing a ROM with the same build number as your current custom ROM has.
So what you need to do is
1. Flash a full stock ROM.
2. Factory reset
3. From Setup wizard login your samsung account and other details and disable reactivation lock.
4. Install custom recovery and root your device again.

rockon92 said:
i did that everything works fine but i can't install a custom recovery or root and i cant turn off reactivation lock. its in settings now but when i deactivate it it asks me to login to my samsung account. i do that it signs in fine but it is still enabled.
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Back to Kitkat and disable.
Then upgrade to Lollipop and install the custom files.

thank you very much everybody! its working fine now!
i just downgraded to kit kat 4.4.2 logged in to my samsung account and disabled reactivation lock with no problems. i then update with ota and everything is fine until now!
thanks again!

On.my 900f s5 uk edition on lollipop the reactivation lock was in the security menu. I had to flash twrp using flashify as it locked my phone when using odin and the twrp app. Of course now I know to deactivate the lock first lol

tony_76 said:
On.my 900f s5 uk edition on lollipop the reactivation lock was in the security menu. I had to flash twrp using flashify as it locked my phone when using odin and the twrp app. Of course now I know to deactivate the lock first lol
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I already had twrp when i flashed the custom rom and during the setup the custom rom asked to enable reactivation lock, it sounded good at the time..little did i know! next time i reboot the phone into recovery to flash the aroma addon package for the rom i used, it locked the phone down.
I had to flash something with odin to make it boot into the os, the flash failed but it did boot! then i flashed the stock kit kat 4.4.2 from sammobile, did the setup, logged in to my samsung account and reactivation lock disabled just fine! did the OTA updates then root, installed twrp recovery and installed the xtresto rom with the aroma addon package.
Everything seems to be fine now!

I'm in the same boat. I can't even factory reset and cannot turn of activation lock KK.
phone still works. i just can't access recovery. cannot use odin to push kitkat back.
cannot use TWRP either. i'm stuck.
Damn XtreSto Lite Rom...what the heck.

found a way. Download and install Kies 3 on your comp. Follow the Firmware upgrade and initialization. it'll flash back to stock. follow the instructions.
Omg took me forever to find this solution.

melloyellowkc said:
found a way. Download and install Kies 3 on your comp. Follow the Firmware upgrade and initialization. it'll flash back to stock. follow the instructions.
Omg took me forever to find this solution.
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it seems that for some people kies works to recover the phone (for me it didn't) and for some odin works to push kit kat and disable reactivation lock
anyway am glad you fixed it

Flash something from odin. The flash will fail but the phone boots afterwards. Don't know why this works but it did for me and rocking above. Once booted turn off the reactivation lock.

Try to flash kitkat firmware original with bootloader end pit file for ur device model you find in xda

What worked for me!!
Had the same problem. The rom locked me out. (reactivation lock was activated)
I flashed the stock LOLLIPOP firmware i got from sammobile using odin, the KITKAT firmware does not flash.
Logged into the phone with my original samsung account.
Removed that account from the device
Created a new samsung account from the computer.
Added that account to the device.
Turned of reactivation lock, and viola!! it worked

do i need to downgrade to kitkat just to make it work? remote control and reactivation lock? before im using stock rom rooted but still doesn't work. then i tried custom rom it's working but the only problem is private mode is failed to enable. then i switch to another custom rom then almost perfect but the remote control and reactivation lock is not working.

Just letting people know:
I had the same issue as OP, except that when I was locked in the first time setup thing, trying to log in with my Samsung account credentials resulted in the error message "Processing failed". I tried the reactivation lock bypassing trick that takes advantage of the samsung default browser and acessibility settings (can be foun on YouTube) but it still didn't help because when I pressed to add a Samsung account, nothing happened. It was probably due to some of Samsungs files missing on my phone due to the previous XtreStoLite installation that I was originally updating when I got into this mess.
What fixed it for me was flashing the stock 4.4.2 KitKat firmware from sammobile with Odin and THEN doing the reactivation lock bypassing trick. Just downgrading to KitKat and trying to login normally in the first time setup thingy didn't work as it resulted in the same "Processing failed" error as before on Lollipop. You guys have no idea how happy I was when I booted to download mode and saw "REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF". I had already lost almost all hope! :victory:

i have a more sexy problem ! i don`t have the reactivation lock option on website not even on my phone....! how to disable it ?

melloyellowkc said:
I'm in the same boat. I can't even factory reset and cannot turn of activation lock KK.
phone still works. i just can't access recovery. cannot use odin to push kitkat back.
cannot use TWRP either. i'm stuck.
Damn XtreSto Lite Rom...what the heck.
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same here... my g900w8 is on download mode only now!

mp_79 said:
same here... my g900w8 is on download mode only now!
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Thanks for your idea a few days helped me deactived my samsung s5. it has the same problem when i up rom xtrestolite 2.2 and active reactivation lock without knowledge what is it.
I declare my way:
1. find stock rom with same baseband in sammobile.com, there are 2 version: 5.0 and 4.4.2, you should choose both and use 4.4.2 first, if success, next step.
2. use odin, in tab AP choose file rom above
3. pass, finish
4. find on youtube "how to remove or bypass reactivation lock", find correct version for you.
5. finish, enjoy it
sorry my bad english

i flashed with 4.4.2 many time but not remove reactivation lock still here not disable

Reactivation Lock

HI im new here, and also I do have realy new problem.
my phone is: Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F)
Stock Android 5.0
Problem Explain:
Reactivation Lock, that I accidentally activated was enablad on custom rom XtreStoLite. The biggest problem is that I did not activate my Samsung Account when I enabled it, and now I have stock firmware non -rooted Android 5.0 installed via Kies
I watched couple of youTube videos, but with no luck, I also send message to FindMyMobile but no luck as well.
When I logging to FindMyMobile, I can lock screen, ring to my device, acctually I can do everything except enable and disable reactivation lock.
Please I do realy need help with this

Same problem here.. Can't find reliable solution. Went back to stock ROM and tried to disable it and it didn't work

Downgrade to KitKat, log into accounts on phone, disable reactivation lock has worked for a few people

Thank you for help
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Downgrade to KitKat, log into accounts on phone, disable reactivation lock has worked for a few people
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Downgrade by Odin you mean?
if yes, then that is imposible, becase in ODIN MODE says: "REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): ON"
i will try that one, but i guess it will not work.

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Treno00 said:
Thank you for help
Downgrade by Odin you mean?
if yes, then that is imposible, becase in ODIN MODE says: "REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): ON"
i will try that one, but i guess it will not work.
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Yes via ODIN, people have reported success with that method, some with KIES

Fixed
Thank you sooooo much, but I had little problem. So I will explain step by step what I have done.
1. Odin 3.10.6 + Stock Firmware KitKat 4.4.2
2. In options I leave checked F. Reset Time and Auto Reboot
3. After it's done, I stuck in boot logo so
4. Switch phone off and go to recovery mode
5. wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition
6. Reboot device and, yes. system is booted
7. Then after setting up I went to Settings>Security>Reactivation Lock (but I did use Mobile Data, don't know about WiFi)
8. DONE!
PS. You can upgrade your android via Kies from 4.4.2 to 5.0

What worked for me!!
Had the same problem. The rom locked me out. (reactivation lock was activated)
I flashed the stock LOLLIPOP firmware i got from sammobile using odin, the KITKAT firmware does not flash.
Logged into the phone with my original samsung account.
Removed that account from the device
Created a new samsung account from the computer.
Added that account to the device.
Turned of reactivation lock, and viola!! it worked

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Maybe merge with existing thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help/reactivation-lock-t3118566

me also i can't activate reactivation lock and remote control.
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do i need to downgrade to kitkat just to make it work? remote control and reactivation lock? before im using stock rom rooted but still doesn't work. then i tried custom rom it's working but the only problem is private mode is failed to enable. then i switch to another custom rom then almost perfect but the remote control and reactivation lock is not working.

Treno00 said:
Thank you sooooo much, but I had little problem. So I will explain step by step what I have done.
1. Odin 3.10.6 + Stock Firmware KitKat 4.4.2
2. In options I leave checked F. Reset Time and Auto Reboot
3. After it's done, I stuck in boot logo so
4. Switch phone off and go to recovery mode
5. wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition
6. Reboot device and, yes. system is booted
7. Then after setting up I went to Settings>Security>Reactivation Lock (but I did use Mobile Data, don't know about WiFi)
8. DONE!
PS. You can upgrade your android via Kies from 4.4.2 to 5.0
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uhm hey hi where did u dl your stock 4.4.2 rom? we have the same problem actually same cause too haha need help real bad

OK, in this folder you will find all possible stock firmware for [SM-G900F]
https://mega.nz/#F!i9dm2LKL!fzGY14qi4pYiEczNQy5KWA!uoFXBSDZ

Impossible to desactivate Reactivation Lock

Hello everybody, so I have a big problem... After installing XtreStoLite ROM, I accidentaly checked "Activation Lock on" in the installation menu after the first boot... So I search it on config > security and there was not option to deactivate it. Then I flash with Odin the stock lollipop 5.0, then it appeared in security menu, I tried to uncheck it, put my samsung account and still checked, its IMPOSSIBLE to uncheck it, im getting crazy with this, already factory reseted, deleted and created my samsung account again and nothing works..
How I can deactivate it back?? I don't wanna use this stock rom.

Flash a Kitkat stock ROM, log into all accounts, disable reactivation lock, flash whatever you want after that

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Flash a Kitkat stock ROM, log into all accounts, disable reactivation lock, flash whatever you want after that
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Thanks alot! Its disabled now.
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA Free mobile app

Galaxy Note3 Brick

Hi all, i'm new on XDA!
I want ask from experts some helps!
My phone is new, i rooted with cwm-recovery, no interested Reactivation Lock, but i rooted via Odin and was successful.
After root i can't get OTA update and i want wipe data/factory reset with CWM but said "Blocked by Reactivation Lock".
I flashed phone with Odin by official firmware and device now unrooted. but still says i can't get OTA update, while wipe data with stock recovery asks Samsung Accounts for abnormal reset, i bypassed self. After entered device is ready, i can't open Samsung Accounts page and can't Disable Reactivation lock.
There my problem and how to fix:
1) Samsung Accounts login and/or register page not opening, just returning to Accounts page when pressed Samsung Accounts. I can't add Samsung account
2) Reactivation Lock itself enabling after i unchecking it. I can't uncheck it.
3) How i can re-root this. When again rooting via Odin, fails.
Info:
Samsung Galaxy Note3 (SM-N900S SKT/Snapdragon), Android 5.0 Lollipop (Latest firmware, flashed via Odin), i'm in Uzbekistan. From Korea phone.
Please help me!
Sorry for bad english.
Thanks...

The basics.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/samsung-galaxy-note-3-sticky-roll-t3237249

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The basics.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/samsung-galaxy-note-3-sticky-roll-t3237249
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Thanks!
I finding, but haven't solution for my problem. Who have any ideas?

dalisoft said:
Hi all, i'm new on XDA!
I want ask from experts some helps!
My phone is new, i rooted with cwm-recovery, no interested Reactivation Lock, but i rooted via Odin and was successful.
After root i can't get OTA update and i want wipe data/factory reset with CWM but said "Blocked by Reactivation Lock".
I flashed phone with Odin by official firmware and device now unrooted. but still says i can't get OTA update, while wipe data with stock recovery asks Samsung Accounts for abnormal reset, i bypassed self. After entered device is ready, i can't open Samsung Accounts page and can't Disable Reactivation lock.
There my problem and how to fix:
1) Samsung Accounts login and/or register page not opening, just returning to Accounts page when pressed Samsung Accounts. I can't add Samsung account
2) Reactivation Lock itself enabling after i unchecking it. I can't uncheck it.
3) How i can re-root this. When again rooting via Odin, fails.
Info:
Samsung Galaxy Note3 (SM-N900S SKT/Snapdragon), Android 5.0 Lollipop (Latest firmware, flashed via Odin), i'm in Uzbekistan. From Korea phone.
Please help me!
Sorry for bad english.
Thanks...
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I'm not sure, but I think you can deactivate reactivation lock from your profile in any samsung webpage, I don't remember what, but you could look that way for a solution.