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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?

[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.

Reactivation Lock isn't turning ON after Lollipop Update

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.

Help with root - without custom recovery

Long story short, the re-activation lock on my partners S5 (g900i) came on, and when deactivated it didn't go away like it should have.
I can use the phone completely normal except i cant login to a samsung account (it says network error or doesn't do anything) - and i'm locked out of ODIN so i cant flash a stock ROM, or custom recovery.
All i'd like to do to make it properly usable again, is root the damn thing but i'm not aware of any root methods for lollipop that don't use a custom recovery.
Anyone know of a root method i can use from within the phone itself, or over USB from the PC or something?

Reactivation lock should still allow you to flash a KK ROM, log into the Samsung account and disable the lock
That's how most people fix Lollipop with the same problem
AFAIK, there are no alternative root methods for Lollipop that don't require ODIN, (CF Auto Root works)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696537

*Detection* said:
Reactivation lock should still allow you to flash a KK ROM, log into the Samsung account and disable the lock
That's how most people fix Lollipop with the same problem
AFAIK, there are no alternative root methods for Lollipop that don't require ODIN, (CF Auto Root works)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696537
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unfortunately kitkat is not recognising the account, where lollipop kinda does but then glitches out.
is it possible to ODIN flash a rooted stock ROM?

Mussels84 said:
unfortunately kitkat is not recognising the account, where lollipop kinda does but then glitches out.
is it possible to ODIN flash a rooted stock ROM?
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Yea, you should be able to ODIN flash your phone in any state, so long as it boots into download mode
But the only way I've seen to disable a stuck reactivation lock is to downgrade to KK and log in / disable it from there, then upgrade back to LP
Are you sure the credentials for the samsung account are correct? - Maybe try resetting the password on a PC first so you are 100% sure

*Detection* said:
Yea, you should be able to ODIN flash your phone in any state, so long as it boots into download mode
But the only way I've seen to disable a stuck reactivation lock is to downgrade to KK and log in / disable it from there, then upgrade back to LP
Are you sure the credentials for the samsung account are correct? - Maybe try resetting the password on a PC first so you are 100% sure
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On KK, the samsung account isnt accepted. on lollipop i can get in, but its like it partially unlocks only - i can use the phone but cant untick the activation lock button, and i cant login to a samsung account (it shows none as active)
I figured root would let me force-clear the data on the samsung apps and possibly resolve the issue.

Mussels84 said:
On KK, the samsung account isnt accepted. on lollipop i can get in, but its like it partially unlocks only - i can use the phone but cant untick the activation lock button, and i cant login to a samsung account (it shows none as active)
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Ive just remembered, there is a video on how to bypass the lock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E41tLyi59II
Another possible method
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f77...ck-solution-galaxy-s5-no-root-needed-1865438/

*Detection* said:
Ive just remembered, there is a video on how to bypass the lock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E41tLyi59II
Another possible method
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f77...ck-solution-galaxy-s5-no-root-needed-1865438/
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those methods have been fixed because there is no blue email link to click, even on KK firmwares.
as for the lollipop videos, they show you being able to sign into any app that uses samsung accounts and that one doesnt work for me either - they popup and disappear. maybe i need an older lollipop build...
anyone got a mega link for one of the first G900i 5.0 firmwares?

i waited for sammobiles slow ass downloads and flashed the initial 5.0 release for the S5 and got an even weirder result - it asked if i wanted to activate the lock.
it allowed me to say no... but same damn bug! once i'm into the phone, the tickbox turns itself back on automatically! arrrgghh

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uh, thanks?

Reactivation Lock will not turn off even with correct information.

Reactivation lock just wont turn off at all. I type in the correct info and it loads back to the screen with the check mark still on it under security. What can I do to fix this? I'm currently on a stock pb1 flashed in odin because I couldn't upgrade to MM due to bootloader (download screen) being reactivation locked. Can any one help please? ♥

shibtastic said:
Reactivation lock just wont turn off at all. I type in the correct info and it loads back to the screen with the check mark still on it under security. What can I do to fix this? I'm currently on a stock pb1 flashed in odin because I couldn't upgrade to MM due to bootloader (download screen) being reactivation locked. Can any one help please? ♥
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its a known issue for android 5.0. with 4.4.4, 5.1.1 and 6.0 it can be disabled correctly but for some reason it wont work even with the new updates (PD and PF) for the s5 verizon.

My guide removes reactivation lock
Requires a Samsung 15emcc to bootloader unlock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ivation-lock-off-finally-stuck-t3433342/page1