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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...
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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
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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?
Hello everybody,
I have a Galaxy Note 3 Lte (SM-N9005) . I have already installed many custom recovery and custom roms.But this time I am unable to install custom roms
due to Reactivation lock is always on in bootloader mode.Under the Setting>General>Security>Reactivation lock ,it is untick (off position).But when I try to root or install custom recovery it not allow me to install, reactivation lock is always ON as per attached photos and "Custom binary block by reactivation lock" it says. But I can install official roms.
Kindly help me how to solve this problem so that I can root and install custom roms as usual.
Thanking you for kind help.
sein said:
Hello everybody,
I have a Galaxy Note 3 Lte (SM-N9005) . I have already installed many custom recovery and custom roms.But this time I am unable to install custom roms
due to Reactivation lock is always on in bootloader mode.Under the Setting>General>Security>Reactivation lock ,it is untick (off position).But when I try to root or install custom recovery it not allow me to install, reactivation lock is always ON as per attached photos and "Custom binary block by reactivation lock" it says. But I can install official roms.
Kindly help me how to solve this problem so that I can root and install custom roms as usual.
Thanking you for kind help.
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So, just to check. You have installed an official firmware and tried ticking it on, reboot and then tick it off? And that didn't work?
Journyman16 said:
So, just to check. You have installed an official firmware and tried ticking it on, reboot and then tick it off? And that didn't work?
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Thanks for your reply
When I tick it on ask me to sign on samsung account , after sign on accont it tick on.Then I reboot phone still tick on ,I try to tick it off ask me to sign on samsung account again ,then I sign on account it tick off. Without sign on account unable to tick on/off. When I flash official rom during setup wizard also ask me to sign on samsung account, without sign on account unable to continue setup wizard.
The problem is I can not flash any custom recovery or custom roms now.When I try to flash "Secure Check Fail: Recovery " always showing in Odin mode as you can be seen attached.Also Reactivation lock is always ON in Odin mode.
Please help me .Thanks
sein said:
Thanks for your reply
When I tick it on ask me to sign on samsung account , after sign on accont it tick on.Then I reboot phone still tick on ,I try to tick it off ask me to sign on samsung account again ,then I sign on account it tick off. Without sign on account unable to tick on/off. When I flash official rom during setup wizard also ask me to sign on samsung account, without sign on account unable to continue setup wizard.
The problem is I can not flash any custom recovery or custom roms now.When I try to flash "Secure Check Fail: Recovery " always showing in Odin mode as you can be seen attached.Also Reactivation lock is always ON in Odin mode.
Please help me .Thanks
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Download Phone INFO Samsung and see what your CSC is. You need firmware with that CSC (Region)
Also there's a Kies process suggested at Kies Recovery
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Also, something to try is remove the battery for a few hours, then try removing the tick...
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!
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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
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.
Thread moved to proper forum.
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
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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
After toying around with XtreStoLite, I've gone back to stock firmware.
Having stupidly checked "reactivation lock" at some point, I am now unable to uncheck it even tough I'm using THE SAME ACCOUNT that locked the phone in the first place.
Going to settings->security->reactivation lock will trigger a password prompt, which I complete successfully, but after returning from it "reactivation lock" remains checked!
Any ideas? getting desperate here...
(And yes, I've tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/help-soft-bricked-note-3-t2848679)
Downgrade to a stock KitKat ROM, log in with accounts, uncheck reactivation lock
Generally works for most
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Downgrade to a stock KitKat ROM, log in with accounts, uncheck reactivation lock
Generally works for most
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Thanks Detection!
This worked.
A few notes for anyone who might land here with a similar problem.
1. I've found it easiest to flash stock firmware via Odin, stock firmware will flash successfully even with the reactivation lock on.
2. Be sure to do a factory reset + cache wipe via recovery after each firmware update.
Nice job
boazarad said:
After toying around with XtreStoLite, I've gone back to stock firmware.
Having stupidly checked "reactivation lock" at some point, I am now unable to uncheck it even tough I'm using THE SAME ACCOUNT that locked the phone in the first place.
Going to settings->security->reactivation lock will trigger a password prompt, which I complete successfully, but after returning from it "reactivation lock" remains checked!
Any ideas? getting desperate here...
(And yes, I've tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/help-soft-bricked-note-3-t2848679)
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I done almost the same thing but when i rebooted after flashing this rom i had this trouble & it deleted my custom recovery because i had the activation lock enabled! & i was even more surprised that i couldnt hardly find a stock firmware to flash back on so i could fix? after 10hrs of pulling my hair out i finally unbricked this morning but only to find out that i was now on Kitkat again. This thread is where i found a quickier download for the kitkat firmware - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2715487
Hope this helps anyone else who has this problem