[Q] Reactivation Lock missing!? - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This is driving me CRAZY!!!!!
I have installed a custom ROM (XtreStoLite) it has worked amazing, it was my first ever time to install a custom ROM so obviously I was having a good play around with all the tweaks etc, to where it started to slow my phone down a hell of a lot, I decided to do a fresh install of the custom ROM and everything went fine, it was until I was setting up my phone (logging in to google etc) and it asked me for the option of enabling "Reactivation lock", for SOME reason I agreed to it, knowing I shouldn't!!
anyway, this is where it all went abit wrong, I got stuck in a boot loop with the error "custom binary blocked by reactivation lock", after searching the whole internet I found the Odin "error" solution to gain access to my phone again.
My problem is, I don't seem to have an option in Settings > Security to turn off Reactivation Lock, it seems to be there in the search bar of settings, and it is checked but when I try to uncheck it, it takes me straight to the Security settings again.
I need to be able to disable option as I will not be able to access recovery mode otherwise, do you guys have any idea what I could possibly do? I have acess to a root explorer so I may be able to changed some values etc but I wouldn't know where to start to do that!!
Please guys, I'm struggling without my phone and my head feels like it will explode!!!

did you get anywhere with this? Having the same problem myself

I have the same issue, after having installed the same Rom. Now what?
It prevents me from recovery :/
Anyone already any ideas?

Downgrade to a stock KitKat ROM, log in with all accounts, disable reactivation lock > flash whatever you want after that, remember not to enable reactivation lock next time

Sorry to resurrect an old post, I managed to fix it and forgot the post the solution. quite easily actually.
Simply log onto your account via Samsung's web page and delete your account. This will then result to your lock being removed from the account and your phone being free of any errors! You might have to re-flash but it will fix any problems.
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I'm having the same problem, I've deleted my Samsung account and reflashed a stock Rom but it just comes up asking me to enter my Samsung account details and I can't get any further than this screen.
Anything else I can try?

p5x said:
I'm having the same problem, I've deleted my Samsung account and reflashed a stock Rom but it just comes up asking me to enter my Samsung account details and I can't get any further than this screen.
Anything else I can try?
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Just skip it, i've never had to log in.
Sent from my Tw5ted SM-G900A using Tapatalk

I don't seem to be able to skip it, how did you do it?

p5x said:
I don't seem to be able to skip it, how did you do it?
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A button at the bottom that said skip, try just htting next without logging in and seeing if theres a way to skip it there.
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i can enter my phone , but i dont want to see this s... and im curiouse if i delete my account and it asks me again to sign in with the account what to do then?

If you delete your account, it'll ask you to sign in anyway. You just have to remake that account.
*** you will lose any purchased you've made with Samsung ***
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[Q] Not able to turn off reactivation lock

Hi!
For some strange reason, after flashing a rom, I can't turn off the reactivation lock of my phone. I uncheck it, but when I enter download or recovery mode, it is still turned on..
Anyone faced something like that? Any suggestion would be fine.
Thanks and regards!
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It occurs toghether with a boot loop problem, such as described in other thread on this forum..maybe they are related?
Regards!
empat said:
Hi!
For some strange reason, after flashing a rom, I can't turn off the reactivation lock of my phone. I uncheck it, but when I enter download or recovery mode, it is still turned on..
Anyone faced something like that? Any suggestion would be fine.
Thanks and regards!
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Try a factory reset
jaythenut said:
Try a factory reset
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Thank you for your atention. After many attempts, I finally managed to uncheck the reactivation lock, problem solved. I still have this boot loop bug reported on this forum, but this is anothe issue...
Regards!
empat said:
Thank you for your atention. After many attempts, I finally managed to uncheck the reactivation lock, problem solved. I still have this boot loop bug reported on this forum, but this is anothe issue...
Regards!
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How did you solve it?
empat said:
Thank you for your atention. After many attempts, I finally managed to uncheck the reactivation lock, problem solved. I still have this boot loop bug reported on this forum, but this is anothe issue...
Regards!
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me too.I have the same problems as you did. Reactivation lock on. always boot loop. HOW to lock off
I had a similar issue. I can't remember exactly how I got there, but I had the boot loops and wasn't able to flash anything via Odin/twrp. The way I solved it was by flashing a stock rom through Odin (equivalent to my build number not a newer one as that wouldn't flash either)
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hi .. i have the same issue. is there a way to disable reactivation lock without flashing a new rom? i just want to enter the recovery mode
Same Problem
empat said:
It occurs toghether with a boot loop problem, such as described in other thread on this forum..maybe they are related?
Regards!
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I am having the same problem and in the boot loop problem. How to resolve this issue?
Which is the other thread on this forum where this is discussed? let me know please.
sshamim said:
I am having the same problem and in the boot loop problem. How to resolve this issue?
Which is the other thread on this forum where this is discussed? let me know please.
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Hey i had the same problem and solved it. I have tried many things like reflashing recovery and afther that reflashing root and those went failed.
-->I was unable to do factory default.
-->reactivation lock was unchecked but was strangly still active
-->I also tried reflashing the stock firmware from
HTML:
www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
and strangly enough this one completed 100% and it solved my problem with reactivation lock.
so the only way to solve this issues is to flash the stock rom ?
Me too with lollipop
Hi I'm ressurecting this subject because I just have the problem and i'm not able to install another recovery or root my device. Even installing a stock rom fom Sammobile doesn't solve the problem :crying:
Every time i uncheck lock reactivation button it steels activate
I'm using lollipop BNL9 stock rom
Thanks for help
azerty-666 said:
Hi I'm ressurecting this subject because I just have the problem and i'm not able to install another recovery or root my device. Even installing a stock rom fom Sammobile doesn't solve the problem :crying:
Every time i uncheck lock reactivation button it steels activate
I'm using lollipop BNL9 stock rom
Thanks for help
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This exact thing is happening to my galaxy s5 running lollipop firmware. I cannot unchecked the reactivation lock in security, even with the correct password. I can't flash custom recovery or root cause reactivation lock always enables Odin to fail! Did you find any solutions?
At last
dbowmanda115 said:
This exact thing is happening to my galaxy s5 running lollipop firmware. I cannot unchecked the reactivation lock in security, even with the correct password. I can't flash custom recovery or root cause reactivation lock always enables Odin to fail! Did you find any solutions?
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Yes at last I called Samsung support to get help and and athe solution may be problematic for some people. In fact you need to suppress your Samsung Service account at http://account.samsung.com :crying: , after that reboot your phone and that's it. You can now check in download mode that reactivation lock is now :fingers-crossed: . When you do that you will loss all apps you buy through Galaxy Apps and nedd to eventually recreate a new account,if needed.
azerty-666 said:
Yes at last I called Samsung support to get help and and athe solution may be problematic for some people. In fact you need to suppress your Samsung Service account at http://account.samsung.com :crying: , after that reboot your phone and that's it. You can now check in download mode that reactivation lock is now :fingers-crossed: . When you do that you will loss all apps you buy through Galaxy Apps and nedd to eventually recreate a new account,if needed.
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Thanks for your help! I didn't read this until after I tried another solution. I flashed stock 4.4.2 and I could uncheck without any hassle. It seems Lollipop was the problem.
Hey.
Having the same problem here. What do you mean with "suppress your Samsung Service account"? Delete the account?
azerty-666 said:
Yes at last I called Samsung support to get help and and athe solution may be problematic for some people. In fact you need to suppress your Samsung Service account at http://account.samsung.com :crying: , after that reboot your phone and that's it. You can now check in download mode that reactivation lock is now :fingers-crossed: . When you do that you will loss all apps you buy through Galaxy Apps and nedd to eventually recreate a new account,if needed.
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by "suppressing" the account, do you mean deleting the samsung account? because i dont see any other option there.
i dont want to lose my data and apps, so a factory reset is out of option.
Infortunately yes. You must delete your Samsung account
azerty-666 said:
Infortunately yes. You must delete your Samsung account
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Thanks buddy.. Just one more question.. deleting the account wont affect anything else than the paid galaxy apps.. right? i mean, will it interfere with other phone functionalities or not?
Edit: I just deleted my samsung account online and restarted my phone. Still unable to uncheck the reactivation lock. any ideas?
Edit: I had to factory reset my phone from the stock recovery. When it booted it asked for samsung account password, I clicked on forgot password, created a new password from my laptop and used that to login to the samsung account. After that I was unable to uncheck the reactivation lock. Downside is that I had to lose my data, I could get my apps back from the google account.
I think the account is not deleted because I had exactly the same symptoms before deleting my account.
Did you follow my link on the previous messages?

Need to downgrade from Marshmallow to Kit Kat because of Samsung Lock

I put myself into a perdicament and I have been searching high and low to figure this out.
Currently I am samsung Locked out of my phone, I am getting a processing failed error even on a correct samsung account entry. I've tried everything from deleting the account to re-entering the IMEI on the account to register it on the same username and pass. Unfortunately nothing.
Next I tried to bypass the samsung lock by using Root Junky's Method. I couldn't follow it all the way because my phone didn't have one crucial step ( to scan business card button) So I basically got around it by getting into google play and downloading a file explorer and continuing the process. I then downloaded SideSync and sololauncher to have some sort of homepage.
With all that I'm still not able to enter the samsung account info. when you try to add another account it just backs out instantly, and if you try to enter the information on an app that makes you log in, it just immediately closes the app.
Sooo, I've been reading the next possible solution is to get the phone on Kit Kat but I'm honestly having the hardest time doing so.
I dropped the phone down to lollipop and tried rooting but I got stuck on the phone not getting usb debugging dialog to pop up, even though It pops up for my samsung s3 so I know it's not the cord or my computer. This is where I'm stuck at. I have no clue how to drop the phone back down to Kit kat and would love someone to help me out or to just give me a nudge in the right direction.
Currently on pd1 stock samsung s5 vzw.
Thank you guys in advanced!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/booted-ncg-pb1-bootloader-t3431692
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver.../reactivation-lock-off-finally-stuck-t3433342
damagi123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/booted-ncg-pb1-bootloader-t3431692
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver.../reactivation-lock-off-finally-stuck-t3433342
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Thank you for the threads! The bottom one "reactivation lock" one is actually the one I started on, but for some reason, my phone will not for hte life of me bring up the debugging dialog, if i can get the debugging dialog to pop up then everything will be perfect and I can root and continue on from there.. but for some reason the galaxy s5, will not pop up that message, I've flashed ok3, pb1, pd1, and pd4 or whatever the latest one is. Hilariously pd4 actually popped up the debugging dialog to accept permission to my computer.... something that I can't do anything about or do anything with that since you cannot root on pd4. I have a galaxy s3 and that pops up debugging dialog instantly so I know it's neither my cord or my computer. All drivers, programs and adb are installed on my computer.
Those two forum threads are perfect if I can just get debugging to pop up.. it's like once I get the bypass to work for ok3 or pb1, none of the status bar things work, some pop ups work and I think that it is popping up but it's blocking it or something seeing how I'm just by passed through it and not actually done with the setup wizard.
Just need to get my phone authorized instead of unauthorized. the RSA KEY debugging pop up wont pop up at all. I'm not sure if it's because samsung lock basically shuts down part of the phone to be functional and wont let it pop up? I just can't figure it out.
I've been trying to figure this out but so far a no go
To make my guide 100% working I will try again tonight I think
natepez23 said:
I put myself into a perdicament and I have been searching high and low to figure this out.
Currently I am samsung Locked out of my phone, I am getting a processing failed error even on a correct samsung account entry. I've tried everything from deleting the account to re-entering the IMEI on the account to register it on the same username and pass. Unfortunately nothing.
Next I tried to bypass the samsung lock by using Root Junky's Method. I couldn't follow it all the way because my phone didn't have one crucial step ( to scan business card button) So I basically got around it by getting into google play and downloading a file explorer and continuing the process. I then downloaded SideSync and sololauncher to have some sort of homepage.
With all that I'm still not able to enter the samsung account info. when you try to add another account it just backs out instantly, and if you try to enter the information on an app that makes you log in, it just immediately closes the app.
Sooo, I've been reading the next possible solution is to get the phone on Kit Kat but I'm honestly having the hardest time doing so.
I dropped the phone down to lollipop and tried rooting but I got stuck on the phone not getting usb debugging dialog to pop up, even though It pops up for my samsung s3 so I know it's not the cord or my computer. This is where I'm stuck at. I have no clue how to drop the phone back down to Kit kat and would love someone to help me out or to just give me a nudge in the right direction.
Currently on pd1 stock samsung s5 vzw.
Thank you guys in advanced!
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Have wifi signed and good to go before you follow his method then do his method at the WiFi screen after signing into WiFi
at the contact screen click add a website
And add this website
http://www.rootjunkysdl.com/files/?dir=Apps/FRP
Then click on the website link and it will go to web browser
and download frp bypass app and install tell me if it works
[email protected] said:
Have wifi signed and good to go before you follow his method then do his method at the WiFi screen after signing into WiFi
at the contact screen click add a website
And add this website
http://www.rootjunkysdl.com/files/?dir=Apps/FRP
Then click on the website link and it will go to web browser
and download frp bypass app and install tell me if it works
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Heya Yeah, I have already done almost all of rootjunky's methods. Got into a a webbrowser and accessed google play, also downloaded that frp work around but i think it's for the google reactivation lock not samsungs reactivation lock. I reboot and it goes right back into the same thing. the frp bypass just makes it so you can reenter your google account info if you are google locked. :/

Help! Stuck in google verify!

I have been trying to reboot a used phone I have bought. The Samsung Galaxy J3 (6). Yes, there is a 6 after the J3 inside of a little circle. Apparently this is the closest thing that xda has to it on the forums. I have tried everything I could find on the internet to get around this google verify problem from the previous user. I have used the emergency caller to basically access everything on the phone. I have attempted to change the google account through settings, I have installed new apps to access other areas, I have have tried to downgrade Google Account Manager to disable the "error" problem in the quick shortcut app. This last method didn't work due to the phone not letting me be able to downgrade. I have installed the rootjunkie's samsung unlocker apk and got to settings. I have factory reset from here twice, with and without a password. Both did not do a thing for me. I am out of ideas. can anybody help me out here?
bobhihih said:
I have been trying to reboot a used phone I have bought. The Samsung Galaxy J3 (6). Yes, there is a 6 after the J3 inside of a little circle. Apparently this is the closest thing that xda has to it on the forums. I have tried everything I could find on the internet to get around this google verify problem from the previous user. I have used the emergency caller to basically access everything on the phone. I have attempted to change the google account through settings, I have installed new apps to access other areas, I have have tried to downgrade Google Account Manager to disable the "error" problem in the quick shortcut app. This last method didn't work due to the phone not letting me be able to downgrade. I have installed the rootjunkie's samsung unlocker apk and got to settings. I have factory reset from here twice, with and without a password. Both did not do a thing for me. I am out of ideas. can anybody help me out here?
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The issue is FRP. Someone has factory reset from recovery instead of settings.
If you can get into settings as you say then set up another Google account then switch to that account.
Restart and log into that account.
Which firmware build is the device running?
ashyx said:
The issue is FRP. Someone has factory reset from recovery instead of settings.
If you can get into settings as you say then set up another Google account then switch to that account.
Restart and log into that account.
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I have tried to add a Google account through several methods as well. Through settings, through Gmail app, through play store. All of which keep taking me to the same verification check screen, but it allows me to back out to the settings again.
ashyx said:
Which firmware build is the device running?
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My version is 6.01 I believe. But I cannot downgrade to the 6.01 Google account manager with new security stuff.
Your device is nearly identical to J320A & J320AZ.
I am unsure if you need to enable "oem unlock" from Dev options to flash the kernel.
But if Odin let's you this method should get you going.

Decrypting loop after OTA update

Hello fellow people of XDA!
Today I got an OTA update for my S7 edge (SM-G935F). The update has installed fairly fast (after the first reboot). But then, it got stuck on a decrypting loop. I have enabled prior the full phone encryption, and set it to ask for a password at each start. I entered the password correctly, as it said Starting Android... after, and since then, only the rotating padlock is showing. Every like 5 minutes the soft buttons are lighting up for a second, but then nothing is happening. After a while it even gets hot, but still nothing. I had this issue at the previous update too, but it started after like 30-40 minutes. Now 90 minutes have passed and still nothing.
I can reboot to the recovery and bootloader screens, and everything is fine. Knox not tripped, not rooted, everything official. In the recovery screen it says that my CSC is ECT (but according to sammobile it should be CNX).
Some additional info: samsung/hero2ltexx/hero2lte
7.0/NRD90M/G935FXXU2DRAG
I will try to flash a stock rom (PDA: G935FXXS2DRAA, CSC: G935FROM1DQJ3). If that doesn't work, I'll flash today's rom (PDA: same, CSC: G935FVFG1DQI1).
Any tips/help would be greately appreciated! Would not want to fall to the wipe data method, because I don't want to lose everything... But then again, I guess that would remove the boot password...
Thanks!
Update: After waiting for like 10+ hours, nothing has changed. Maybe I shouldn't have forced a reboot after an hour of the ota update? Going to try flashing the firmware now.
Update 2: I flashed the firmware, now the buttons seem to light up less often. But after an hour of decrypting, I guess the ultimate soultion would be to do a factory reset, since no one is helping...
jaszfalvi.tamas said:
Hello fellow people of XDA!
Today I got an OTA update for my S7 edge (SM-G935F). The update has installed fairly fast (after the first reboot). But then, it got stuck on a decrypting loop. I have enabled prior the full phone encryption, and set it to ask for a password at each start. I entered the password correctly, as it said Starting Android... after, and since then, only the rotating padlock is showing. Every like 5 minutes the soft buttons are lighting up for a second, but then nothing is happening. After a while it even gets hot, but still nothing. I had this issue at the previous update too, but it started after like 30-40 minutes. Now 90 minutes have passed and still nothing.
I can reboot to the recovery and bootloader screens, and everything is fine. Knox not tripped, not rooted, everything official. In the recovery screen it says that my CSC is ECT (but according to sammobile it should be CNX).
Some additional info: samsung/hero2ltexx/hero2lte
7.0/NRD90M/G935FXXU2DRAG
I will try to flash a stock rom (PDA: G935FXXS2DRAA, CSC: G935FROM1DQJ3). If that doesn't work, I'll flash today's rom (PDA: same, CSC: G935FVFG1DQI1).
Any tips/help would be greately appreciated! Would not want to fall to the wipe data method, because I don't want to lose everything... But then again, I guess that would remove the boot password...
Thanks!
Update: After waiting for like 10+ hours, nothing has changed. Maybe I shouldn't have forced a reboot after an hour of the ota update? Going to try flashing the firmware now.
Update 2: I flashed the firmware, now the buttons seem to light up less often. But after an hour of decrypting, I guess the ultimate soultion would be to do a factory reset, since no one is helping...
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Wait, i dont get it, it is prompting you for a password even you didnt set it?
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shah22 said:
Wait, i dont get it, it is prompting you for a password even you didnt set it?
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I set a password when I enabled Secure Startup.
jaszfalvi.tamas said:
I set a password when I enabled Secure Startup.
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Then use that same password, i think there is confusion, there is a password when you enable fingerprint and then a password when you enable secure startup. Be sure not to confuse them. If it still happens, then I guess there's got something wrong with the update, and only way is a factory reset. Btw, i also updated and i normally entered secure boot password and it started okay. Don't know what caused this for you.
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shah22 said:
Then use that same password, i think there is confusion, there is a password when you enable fingerprint and then a password when you enable secure startup. Be sure not to remember them. If it still happens, then I guess there got something wrong with the update, and only way is a factory reset. Btw, i also updated and i normally entered secure boot password and it started okay. Don't know what caused this for you.
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I entered the password correctly, as it stated "Starting Android..." then the rotating padlock took forever. More than 10 hours even. But in the end, a factory reset helped me. But rip my photos and memories...
Don't use device encryption anymore and leave OEM unlocking enabled in developer options.
Those two settings cause more hassle if you want to keep data, and make backups from time to time using Samsung Smart switch on computer. Use a microSD card to store and take all your photos from camera.
benjamen50 said:
Don't use device encryption anymore and leave OEM unlocking enabled in developer options.
Those two settings cause more hassle if you want to keep data, and make backups from time to time using Samsung Smart switch on computer. Use a microSD card to store and take all your photos from camera.
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Right, but i use encryption and i could update without any problem, don't know what caused this issue with him. But one should backup all data BEFORE updating, as i did to save yourself from such hassle.
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benjamen50 said:
Don't use device encryption anymore and leave OEM unlocking enabled in developer options.
Those two settings cause more hassle if you want to keep data, and make backups from time to time using Samsung Smart switch on computer. Use a microSD card to store and take all your photos from camera.
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Yeah, it's a sure thing I won't turn on Secure Stratup anymore. I don't know what OEM unlock does or does not, but right now, I don't have dev options enabled. If I had a microSD then I couldn't care less about resetting my phone, but since I don't have, because I have two SIM cards and a memory card has no place left, I feel bad.
Still, I don't know caused this issue. I had OTA updates before with full device encryption enabled and I had no issues before. I kinda used the same disk space at every OTA, so it should have took the same time... And I have to mention, that I did not tamper with the software. No root, no custom rom, and software only from the play store.
To enable developer options you click Build number 7 times which is located in the Software information tab in settings.
OEM unlock allows you to flash and boot the phone with custom binaries (Custom Recovery, Kernels, Roms). You can leave OEM unlock disabled if you don't want people that may steal your phone and use it for themselves.
With OEM unlock disabled and a google account signed in, it will block anyone from using the phone after a factory reset on stock Samsung firmware as it will prompt the user to enter the google account that was associated with that device.
Unfortunately there are rare cases that a OTA update may fail. Reflashing correct stock firmware usually fixes it but in worse case scenarios a factory reset will be required.
benjamen50 said:
To enable developer options you click Build number 7 times which is located in the Software information tab in settings.
OEM unlock allows you to flash and boot the phone with custom binaries (Custom Recovery, Kernels, Roms). You can leave OEM unlock disabled if you don't want people that may steal your phone and use it for themselves.
With OEM unlock disabled and a google account signed in, it will block anyone from using the phone after a factory reset on stock Samsung firmware as it will prompt the user to enter the google account that was associated with that device.
Unfortunately there are rare cases that a OTA update may fail. Reflashing correct stock firmware usually fixes it but in worse case scenarios a factory reset will be required.
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Never had OEM unlock enabled, because I didn't know what is does, so thanks for the info. I reflashed the correct stock firmware, but that didn't help either, so I had to resort to wiping the data... Regarding this, do you know by any chance a good software for recovering data without root?
I don't know of any unfortunately, if anyone has any good paid ones that actually work please post here.

Forgot PIN, Google, FAP locked. No access on everything. Please help...

so, I have Samsung J7 2016 left on my drawer for years now, dont know the PIN and the google account. I dont want to lose the data in it coz its the phone I have used to take pictures on my newborn baby so no to Factory Reset. I've Googled for a while and found out about Odin with TWRP then you have to delete some files using TWRP. problem is, when I go to download mode and flash TWRP using Odin, it says FPA is locked and wont proceed.
I really dont know what to do next. Programs such as Dr.Fone is requiring me to go to Settings>Developer>USB Debugging but I cant go there because my phone is locked with PIN.
Please someone help me, I need to unlock my phone.
pooch22 said:
so, I have Samsung J7 2016 left on my drawer for years now, dont know the PIN and the google account. I dont want to lose the data in it coz its the phone I have used to take pictures on my newborn baby so no to Factory Reset. I've Googled for a while and found out about Odin with TWRP then you have to delete some files using TWRP. problem is, when I go to download mode and flash TWRP using Odin, it says FPA is locked and wont proceed.
I really dont know what to do next. Programs such as Dr.Fone is requiring me to go to Settings>Developer>USB Debugging but I cant go there because my phone is locked with PIN.
Please someone help me, I need to unlock my phone.
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Surely the Google account is the same as you're using now?
I have had the same account on 10+ devices for years.
Google account is simply your Gmail address.
ashyx said:
Surely the Google account is the same as you're using now?
I have had the same account on 10+ devices for years.
Google account is simply your Gmail address.
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Thank you for replying to my thread, but unfortunately I have too many Google Accounts, I used them to register to online games and I cant remember those anymore :/
I just dont want to lose the data on this phone

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