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This guide will walk you through the process of converting your Retail Note 4 to a Developer Edition Note 4. This means you have an unlocked boot loader and you are free to do what you wish with your device.
Requirements:
Retail Note 4 (Verizon)
Computer (PC, Linux or Window)
USB Cable
Samsung USB Drivers (If you are on Windows)
SD Card (Recommend a small one that you do not mind storing away for later)
ADB (Android Debug Bridge)
Root (Either Temp or Perm, that will not be explained here)
Samsung Unlock file (Creators Thread)
Steps:
- Verify you have an ADB connection to your device and you have root.
Connect your phone and launch ADB in either command prompt or terminal (Depending on your OS).
Type the following command to view the currently connected devices:
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adb devices
You should see a list of devices. If not, verify USB Debug Mode is enabled on your phone.
-Copying the unlock file to your phone
After you have downloaded the file from ryanbg's thread (samsung_unlock_n4-2) we need to copy it to the device. You will want to make sure your current directory is the directory that the file you downloaded is in.
Time to push the file to the phone, run the below command:
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adb push samsung_unlock_n4-2 /data/local/tmp/
-Connect to your phone
Type the following command:
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adb shell
You are now in in a shell through ADB on your phone.
Elevate your permissions by entering:
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su
You may get a confirmation on your phone for requesting root access. Be sure to grant ADB permission.
-Change Directory
Go to the directory we copied our files to
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cd /data/local/tmp/
-CHMOD and CHOWN the unlock file
This allows us to actually execute the file. Execute the below commands
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chmod 777 samsung_unlock_n4-2
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chown root.root samsung_unlock_n4-2
-Time to execute
Running the below command will generate a warning and a requirement to enter yes or no. Read the warning carefully before continuing:
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./samsung_unlock_n4-2
At this point you will see a few thing similar to this:
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[+] CID at boot time is/was: 1501xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[+] device not yet dev CID, now changing to dev CID
[+] programming new CID 150100523231384d4100657e54fc1200
[+] success! powering off device, power back on and verify CID
[+] then run this binary again to finish the process
As binary states, your phone CID is changing is going to reboot.
Before turning your phone back on, be sure the SD card you are okay with formatting is inserted into the phone.
Once your phone comes back online, launch terminal, ADB shell, obtain root access, and change directories. Now launch the unlock binary again:
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./samsung_unlock_n4-2
You will see the same warning and you will need to enter yes or no again. Once you enter yes, you should see something like this.
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[+] CID at boot time is/was: 150100523231384d4100657e54fc1200
[+] dev CID matching, proceding to unlock
[+] backing up loaders, this will take a few minutes
[+] loaders successfully backed up
[+] success! powering off device, hopefully its not bricked!
Keep the SD card in a safe place. If for some reason you ever break your phone, you can possibly use the loaders on this card to fix it.
Power your phone up in download mode (VOL-DOWN + HOME + POWER). Your phone should now show Developer mode. If this is not the case, you either did something wrong or your phone is not a Verizon Note 4
i can say it is really appreciated that we have this ability but this blunt "we wont tell you how to at least temp root it" thing is kind of messed up because a lot of people have no idea where to go to find the right temp root for this phone. We have always needed root yet now we have unlocked bootloader which again is appreciated, but a little help with the latter would be nice.
KingVekxin said:
i can say it is really appreciated that we have this ability but this blunt "we wont tell you how to at least temp root it" thing is kind of messed up because a lot of people have no idea where to go to find the right temp root for this phone. We have always needed root yet now we have unlocked bootloader which again is appreciated, but a little help with the latter would be nice.
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To be honest if a person cannot find KingRoot, they should not be using this method. This mindset is shared by a lot of people on XDA. This is not a simple click and go type unlock, it requires someone to get down and dirty to get things done.
chriskader said:
To be honest if a person cannot find KingRoot, they should not be using this method. This mindset is shared by a lot of people on XDA. This is not a simple click and go type unlock, it requires someone to get down and dirty to get things done.
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Trust me it wouldnt be the first down and dirty with rooting for me lol. But i have found it and will see if it goes alright and then i will try to link others to it to make it a little easier, at least with that part
can someone who has not done this, download and install brick bug app from Play store and post of screen shot of it running. I wanna check if Note 4 come with a emmc other than Samsung.
Well I did everything as stared and now it's stuck in a bootloop.
I wiped everything also. It does say mode developer though.
Couldn't get some help guys?
I can already hear the laughter
I have successfully completed these steps. However, I want to know is there any difference between this and an actual developer edition at this point?
I'm really kind of in trouble here. It only boots up in download mode and in recovery. It says mode developer but it just bootloop. Kies won't connect to it.
Is it possible to Odin back?
Thank you.
edjahman said:
I'm really kind of in trouble here. It only boots up in download mode and in recovery. It says mode developer but it just bootloop. Kies won't connect to it.
Is it possible to Odin back?
Thank you.
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remove battery and sd card. Then insert battery and reboot.
KingVekxin said:
i can say it is really appreciated that we have this ability but this blunt "we wont tell you how to at least temp root it" thing is kind of messed up because a lot of people have no idea where to go to find the right temp root for this phone. We have always needed root yet now we have unlocked bootloader which again is appreciated, but a little help with the latter would be nice.
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To be fair, I don't even own this device. The exploit happened to apply to the Note 4 and we decided to make it compatible for you guys. That's why I can't really help you with it. Make sense?
edjahman said:
I'm really kind of in trouble here. It only boots up in download mode and in recovery. It says mode developer but it just bootloop. Kies won't connect to it.
Is it possible to Odin back?
Thank you.
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Try pulling your battery and removing your SD card. Then try to wipe cache in recovery. Typically, you would unlock your bootloader if you wanted to flash custom ROMs/kernels. If that doesn't work, feel free to PM me and I'll help you as best I can.
Phew. Ty guys. Somehow I overlooked that lol.
It's fine now. I really appreciate it.
Edjahman
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So I assume we treat this like a Dev edition Note 4 then as long as it says developer mode in recovery?
I'd hate to ODIN TWRP or CF Autoroot and brick it for real.
Thanks
Just ODIN TWRP and flash supersu in twrp.
I'm unclear about the directory part. If someone could clarify that would be great
Will this work on the latest Verizon OTA? LMY47X.N910VVRU2BPA1 (Android 5.1.1)
I'm currently on BOG5 - Safe Upgrade with the BOAF Bootloaders (hsbadr). Should I flash back to 4.4.4 and allow all of the OTA updates or is there a point to where this won't work?
Suggestion to OP: Update Step 1 on the Requirements to include which Android version we need to be on for this to work. I "assume" 4.4.4, because I've heard that KingRoot only works on 4.4.4. Please confirm this. Thank you.
EDIT: Also, Step 5 of the Requirements section, I assume you meant MicroSD card, not SD Card.
BotRob said:
I'm unclear about the directory part. If someone could clarify that would be great
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You would just copy and paste the commands into the ADB shell window.
sixtythreechevy said:
You would just copy and paste the commands into the ADB shell window.
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K thank you very much for clarifying
Wait so do you need root to do this? If that is the case is there any way I could do anything with the note 4 on the latest firmware?
After typing Yes to confirm the warning message all I get is:
[-] this is for <some> Samsung devices only
[-] it will kill other devices
I keep getting this ::
------------------------------------------------------ 2nd attempt
(Yes/No)
[+] CID at boot time is/was: 15
[+] dev CID matching, proceding to unlock
[+] backing up loaders, this will take a few minutes
[-] you MUST have a 1GB or greater sd card inserted
[-] 4GB or greater is recommended
[-] do NOT patch this out of code!
[-] fail
10|[email protected]:/data/local/tmp #
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Fails I got this the first time... I loaded fully back in then tried again and got this. not in dev mode.
----------------------------- FIRST TIME -----------------
(Yes/No)
[+] CID at boot time is/was: 15
[+] device not yet dev CID, now changing to dev CID
[+] programming new CID 15
[+] success! powering off device, power back on and verify CID
[+] then run this binary again to finish the process
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Thanks
JimChagares said:
After typing Yes to confirm the warning message all I get is:
[-] this is for <some> Samsung devices only
[-] it will kill other devices
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download brickbug app from Playstore and check emmc cid, if it starts with 15 only then can you use this process. If it starts with 15 it would be better to wait and see what comes up tomorrow.
Hi all,
I don't have this phone yet, but was wondering if the bootloader can be unlocked. If it can then it will be possible to root.
Here is a simple guide, if there is anyone here that would like to try. No software required.
http://techbeasts.com/how-to-enable-oem-unlock-on-android-nougat/
If OEM Unlock shows up in the developers options menu.. good news!! If OEM Unlock doesn't show up, then there is no way to unlock the bootloader.
Please let me know if your phone is the Amazon Prime version. The Prime version may be locked down.
Thanks for any replies!
Prime version is indeed locked down. Also, at any point that you change anything on the phone to do anything with the software, Amazon will not provide you updates again.
I was able to unlock developer options in my Amazon version but now what? I'm assuming that the bootloader is now unlocked and theoretically, I should be able to flash a new rom? Problem is, does one exist? Cheers.
Just an FYI that my Prime Version did allow me to activate Developer Options/OEM Unlocking. Next step is trying to find a rom or even flash it to regular factory default. That I have not found yet.
Quick question SDACymru - I'm getting this phone in a few days... how did you perform the OEM unlock in dev options?
The normal way. Just tapping on the option for 5 or 6 times.
SDACymru said:
The normal way. Just tapping on the option for 5 or 6 times.
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Thanks. Is there a reason we shouldn't be able to restore from a backup of a non-ads phone stock image and at least get that running on ad-based versions? From my understanding they are exactly the same hardware-wise, so should be possible...
Being able to expose "Developer option" and access to "OEM unlock" still don't make this is developer-friendly device, but I quite surprised that the Amazon Prime version even show the "OEM unlock" in the "Developer option". Anyway, it is close, if you can also perform the last 2 steps, then this device can be considered as developer-friendly.
The next 2 steps are:
- Reboot into fastboot
- fastboot oem unlock (from adb console)
Some devices with full fastboot implementation can check the device lock state by
- fastboot getvar all
If all these commands work, then the device will have good developer support. In addition, if all these commands work on the Amazon Prime version, then it is a piece of cake to remove the Amazon ads.
did anyone every try any of this? ADB Shell temp root has been achieved on this model, I have the temp root xploit but it's useless unless people know what they are doing with it. You can easily brick your phone. I don't physically have this phone but what I do have is a little knowledge, access to the stock rom and a way to flash it. I also know that the recovery can be swapped with TWRP during that flash process. Hit me up on Telegram: https://t.me/PizzaG
So being that I have actually gained temp root access (all credit to PizzaG, he knows his stuff)
Should I go ahead and give the fastboot steps a go? Would the persdata\nvdata remove the temp root access with a reboot or am I way off course?
Any input appreciated
Sent from my Alcatel 6060C using XDA Labs
DelRi0 said:
So being that I have actually gained temp root access (all credit to PizzaG, he knows his stuff)
Should I go ahead and give the fastboot steps a go? Would the persdata\nvdata remove the temp root access with a reboot or am I way off course?
Any input appreciated
Sent from my Alcatel 6060C using XDA Labs
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Just rebooting you will lose temp root access. all you have to do is run the commands again any time you want adb shell temp root.
Please check out my new thread in the idol 5 forum. I have some things and ideas brewing
Magisk working
Thanks to the Mtk Easy Su app I have magisk working without flashing anything. How do ya get to fastboot on this thing? Recovery sucks, factory mode is pointless, so where's the good boot mode 99?
My guide to unlock bootloader and install twrp recovery.
https://androidforums.com/threads/6060c-bootloader-unlock.1327876/
Hi, I've got 2 phones I want to get the photos off.
An S7 Edge with a broken LCD (can't see anything)
An S6 with a forgotten passcode.
What would you guys suggest? I toyed around with a trial of dr.phone and was able to preview photos on the S6, but I would prefer to find a free way. And dr.phone & fonepaw do not support the s7 edge.
Would a custom recovery like TWRP work? or does that require full access to the phone? (ie turn on debug mode etc)
Thanks in advance?
Abut the S6EDGE I can give you a suggest
Unlock your bootloader first(Require remove the Google/Samsung account,if you login these account your phone before,this way is didnt work)
secound flash the twrp,then you mount your phone and copy photos out to your pc.
Another way:You can contact with some Shenzhen(China) company,they have a lots of way to unlock your phone.hahahahaha
Mazl427 said:
Unlock your bootloader first(Require remove the Google/Samsung account,if you login these account your phone before,this way is didnt work)
secound flash the twrp,then you mount your phone and copy photos out to your pc.
Another way:You can contact with some Shenzhen(China) company,they have a lots of way to unlock your phone.hahahahaha
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Thanks for the reply. So to flash TWRP I need to unlock the bootloader first? Is this something I can do without the passcode? I did a quick google, and it said the option is under the developer options menu.
northwestmicro said:
Thanks for the reply. So to flash TWRP I need to unlock the bootloader first? Is this something I can do without the passcode? I did a quick google, and it said the option is under the developer options menu.
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Use fastboot order to unlock it
fastboot oem unlock
and then download the TWRP Image,and flash it by fastboot.
enter the twrp and mount it,done!
I've used the search function and found nothing for this phone. I've used Google and found nothing about rooting this exact model.
I'm looking for the technique to root this phone and I'm finding nothing. Has anybody rooted and flashed a Custom ROM/custom recovery on this device and how did you do it?
I just got this phone as well, and I have been looking and also have found nothing for this exact variant. I have tried the usual one-click methods to no avail. Is there any development in the works? If you need a test dummy, let me know. I have several other phones to use as spares, so I am not afraid of a soft brick.
Rooting ZTE Blade a7 Prime
I too can be a test dummy to root this phone. Since Visible is such a hands off company you really need your phone to be rooted to do things for yourself. Currently for some reason my ZTE BLADE A7 Prime can’t send or receive calls and their techs are telling me 3 to 5 business days... counting yesterday and today that’s a week! Ridiculous! The APN settings look off compared to my wife’s phone but you can’t edit the settings.
ZTE Blade prime A7 Visible
I've been having the exact same problem with making and receiving calls also with losing service(for the service prob. Found great n easy solution- till find permanent one-**go to airplane mode in settings turn it on for 30secs to a minute then turn airplane mode back off TAKES SIGNAL FROM 0-4 BARS EVERYTIME AND I CAN GET/MAKE CALLS INSTANTLY ETC AGAIN ?)
Data saver seems to work for resetting connection as well. I too would be interested in rooting. I kinda like the phone, but it does have its issues.
First glance at unlocking bootloader
I just received the phone today. I was excited to see that I could get into developer mode and move the OEM Unlocking icon to allow bootloader unlock... Unfortunately, that's where the excitement ended. The typical fastboot oem unlock and fastboot flashing unlock yielded no results. I then did some research and it would seem MediaTek only implements two oem commands, and unlock is not one of them...
"The bootloader may implement additional, manufacturer-specific commands. These do not follow the usual protocol command format, and they cannot have a payload. Some manufacturers implement a lot of OEM commands, as can be seen here. MediaTek just implements two: fastboot oem p2u on and fastboot oem p2u off, these enable or disable the redirection of Linux kernel messages to the UART."
Will tinker with it some more later since I'm limited with time. Hope someone figures out how to unlock the bootloader and go from there.
Has anybody tried this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...atek-armv8-t3922213/post79626434#post79626434
I don't own this phone (yet), so I can't give it a shot myself.
I'm not very familiar with mediatek processors in general, but that looks rather promising with some restrictions... If I have time over the weekend, I'll give that a whirl and report back whether it works or bricks my device
seems lke ts gonna be a long process before were able to fiddle with roms but im atleast glad this is close to stock android.
I can confirm that mtk-su R20 downloaded from https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd...xperimental-software-root-hd-8-hd-10-t3904595 gets you root prompt. Use 32-bit binary (arm).
Edit: I can also confirm that the process in https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...atek-armv8-t3922213/post79626434#post79626434 works and root survives the reboots.
virx14 said:
I can confirm that mtk-su R20 downloaded from https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd...xperimental-software-root-hd-8-hd-10-t3904595 gets you root prompt. Use 32-bit binary (arm).
Edit: I can also confirm that the process in https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...atek-armv8-t3922213/post79626434#post79626434 works and root survives the reboots.
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Ditto here too. Couldn't get it working at first. Turned out I miss read the instructions and put all files in the init.d folder instead od the two files in the bin folder. Then your tip on using the 32bit binary got it working. Thanks.
Anybody figured out a way to change build.prop to make it stick after reboot? I am trying to enable APN editing by modifying /system/build.prop, but whenever I reboot I lose the changes.
/system and the root filesystem are mounted as a kind of RAM Disk. You would have to modify the actual image files (varies depending on partition scheme) and reflash to make things stick. Now, to my knowledge, doing so would require an unlocked bootloader, which currently is not possible with this phone.
wunderdrug said:
/system and the root filesystem are mounted as a kind of RAM Disk. You would have to modify the actual image files (varies depending on partition scheme) and reflash to make things stick. Now, to my knowledge, doing so would require an unlocked bootloader, which currently is not possible with this phone.
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Looks like we can not add an APN even with root then? It's a bummer.
sasuke33 said:
I just received the phone today. I was excited to see that I could get into developer mode and move the OEM Unlocking icon to allow bootloader unlock... Unfortunately, that's where the excitement ended. The typical fastboot oem unlock and fastboot flashing unlock yielded no results. I then did some research and it would seem MediaTek only implements two oem commands, and unlock is not one of them...
"The bootloader may implement additional, manufacturer-specific commands. These do not follow the usual protocol command format, and they cannot have a payload. Some manufacturers implement a lot of OEM commands, as can be seen here. MediaTek just implements two: fastboot oem p2u on and fastboot oem p2u off, these enable or disable the redirection of Linux kernel messages to the UART."
Will tinker with it some more later since I'm limited with time. Hope someone figures out how to unlock the bootloader and go from there.
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They removed the fastboot command to unlock the bootloader. I found it out by comparing the similar ZTE Blade 10 and Blade 10 Prime. The Blade 10 non-prime has the unlock command and it works whereas the prime version has the command removed but funnily enough the lock command is still there but is useless. I then looked at the bootloader for the a7 prime and same thing the unlock command is removed from the bootloader. So there isn't much hope for it unless a bypass can be found.
virx14 said:
I can confirm that mtk-su R20 downloaded from https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd...xperimental-software-root-hd-8-hd-10-t3904595 gets you root prompt. Use 32-bit binary (arm).
Edit: I can also confirm that the process in https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...atek-armv8-t3922213/post79626434#post79626434 works and root survives the reboots.
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+1 to another confirmation that the above works. Root is available, but there are limitations. I cannot install many of the modules from magisk, but this is still a great start. Thanks for the links :good:
I installed the magisk, however, it seems no root permission when I installed Titanium to remove stock apps, it never get root permission.
I was able to add new APN easily to make it work on AT&T 4G LTE data network. Are you saying any reboot of phone will make the newly added APN disappear?
ultrasoul said:
I was able to add new APN easily to make it work on AT&T 4G LTE data network. Are you saying any reboot of phone will make the newly added APN disappear?
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I was also able to add and APN by just clicking on the "+" icon on the top-right corner of the APN configuration screen. When I inserted by MINT SIM Card (T-Mobile MVNO) there were not default populated APNs, but was able to get everything to work after adding an APN -- even after rebooting.
Big Tip: After entering the APN data and before leaving the data entry screen, make sure that you save the APN or it will not be persisted. Click on the "three dots" menu on the top-right corner and hit the Save menu item.
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AmazerG said:
I installed the magisk, however, it seems no root permission when I installed Titanium to remove stock apps, it never get root permission.
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After studying the process a bit, I've come to conclude that this isn't really permanent root. All this does is the equivalent of running a script to gain temporary root after after reboot. This is done very late in the boot process, if you can even call it a part of the boot process since it's really just a user-space application auto-starting.
The modules are probably trying to be instantiated well before the root is made available through the pseudo "init.d" scripts.
It's still nice to have root access using this technique, but its usability is pretty limited. For example, I can't even get AFWall+ to start up, even if I configure it with a startup delay (hoping that it kicks in after temporary root).
So what are the odds we can make this a permanent root using a firehose file and QPST/QFIL? Similar to the Visible R2 phone?
Got a question that I am not sure has a proper answer (and yes I know this is a sus question to begin with).
I have an old s7 and I forgot the pattern to unlock it. Developer mode is enabled but since I can't get through the lock screen I can't whitelist my PC on the phone when I connect it. I need to access my google authenticator app because I want to export it to my new phone (use to have it on my new phone but for other reasons it got wiped). I've tried using the samsung service mode code to put it into service mode from the emergency call dialer but that doesn't work. Is there anything else I might be able to try?
use droidkit or drfone screen unlock? I think dr.fone has a free trial, maybe you can screen unlock with it. Or just look for any other 3rd party free screen unlocker. They usually don't need root, nor adb.
Ive tried both but both don't support the s7. At this point I would pay for one of these apps to get into this damned thing.
Is it's bootloader unlocked?
Yes you may try with - UFED4PC_7.49.0.2.tar
This is supported to remove or read screenshot without lock data For Android & specially working on many SAMSUNG devices
AzimBahar said:
Yes you may try with - UFED4PC_7.49.0.2.tar
This is supported to remove or read screenshot without lock data For Android & specially working on many SAMSUNG devices
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Is that something you can flash via odin or?
Did some research, looks like a full mobile forensic device suite. I don't have 2000 dollars to drop on trying to open a phone.
NO.
This is a tool which can read your phone lock
I wonder if there is a way to use Odin to flash TWRP for a single boot. It might be enough to push the ADB keyfile to the directory or to delete the sqlite keys for the pattern.
AzimBahar said:
NO.
This is a tool which can cellebrite your phone lock
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That doesn't mean anything Cellebrite is the name of the company that produces UFED.
metalblaster said:
I wonder if there is a way to use Odin to flash TWRP for a single boot. It might be enough to push the ADB keyfile to the directory or to delete the sqlite keys for the pattern.
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you use fastboot to boot a twrp image on a device, without actually flashing it, but im not entirely sure if you can do it with a locked bootloader. Google it i guess?
PhotonIce said:
you use fastboot to boot a twrp image on a device, without actually flashing it, but im not entirely sure if you can do it with a locked bootloader. Google it i guess?
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I wonder if I could mount the system partition that way or not bootloader aside. Unlocking the bootloader would kill all the data too which is a no-no.
It does seem possible to flash TWRP on some devices without unlocking the bootloader. How would I go about booting from it with fastboot without flashing it if I tried it? edit: nevermind I know how to do it.
I assume I would have to use the herolte img to try to get it to work since there isn't one specifically for the sprint variant.
Well I tried but I can't seem to read the phone with fastboot. I tried Odin and it predictably threw out the flash because it wasn't properly authenticated either.
Did you install the correct drivers? You need the samsung usb drivers for odin, and some adb and fastboot drivers for adb.
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Did you install the correct drivers? You need the samsung usb drivers for odin, and some adb and fastboot drivers for adb.
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Yeah, of course. I have the Samsung drivers and I tried working with linux and had the same issue. Feels like my only recourse at this point is to setup a kali nethunter.
You also need to manually install adb and fastboot drivers for your device, which for me is pain, but maybe it'll be easy for you.
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You also need to manually install adb and fastboot drivers for your device, which for me is pain, but maybe it'll be easy for you.
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Yeah I have them both. For some reason though Fastboot just doesn't see the device. I tried pinging it with the linux version and its vendor id but it didn't do any good. Kind of a real pain this is becoming. I may just convert my old nexus 11 into a kali nethunter and try to brute force it.
Still haven't found a solution and now I am feeling the consequences. My Nintendo 2FA is on this damned phone. Going to try to call support and get it removed tomorrow but its a real big pain.
Metablaster,
Is there an update to this?
My wife's S8 is pattern locked, she didn't set up a Samsung account prior, and the Google Find my Phone web tool PIN option has been changed/ deleted. Maybe there's an older html version of this somewhere?
ADB keeps coming back that the device access is "unauthorized" even after reboot, so although I thought I enabled USB Debugging before giving her the phone (it used to be mine), she may have restored to factory without enabling it again.
Kali will delete all of the data like a factory reset so that defeats the purpose except to just get use of the phone at all again.
Is there anyone on here that knows of a professional grade service that can do this?
So frustrating...! Why , upon proof of ownership, can't something be done?
Please pm me, I'd want to try the MD-Next option first.
If I run the risk of losing her data than anything more intrusive probably isn't worth it.
mat68046 said:
Please pm me, I'd want to try the MD-Next option first.
If I run the risk of losing her data than anything more intrusive probably isn't worth it.
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MetalBlaster,
I did manage to get the S8 to boot into Recovery Mode, please PM me about trying the MD-Next step via USB bridge.
mat68046 said:
MetalBlaster,
I did manage to get the S8 to boot into Recovery Mode, please PM me about trying the MD-Next step via USB bridge.
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Have you already tried to unlock the device with a locked SIM?