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I have a Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 LTE and rooted it. I saw a thread how to get the Galaxy S5 Settings list view. I downloaded the SecSettings.apk for the Galaxy Note 3. I installed it into system/priv-app and gave it the correct properties. Then I deleted the old SecSystem.apk and odex and rebooted my phone. Just so that you know, I have a handwriting protection for security which was preinstalled from Samsung. After turning it on again everything looked normal. As I am about to sign in with my handwriting My Phone does not log in. If i try to put in the pin, no keyboard pops up to put it in. Only Google speach recognition opens and it loads and loads and loads. I can not use my phone to change anything, because I can not log in. My phone is not turned in to debugging mode and first it says settings stopped and then it says android.phone stopped and then it says systemui.xxxx stopped. For a second i can then see my homescreen. Then it locks again. I have important pictures I dont want to loose. How can I save them before flashing my phone with odin and wiping everything? What can I do(anything)? Can I put a new rom on there without loosing any data or how do the tools work on kies. My phone is locked and i wont be able to unlock it. Reasons are given. I am about to cry. I dont have enough money to buy another one and I dont want to loose my pictures. PLEASE HELP. URGENT
PS: Ask me any question if it helps you to solve my problem
Flash offical firmware. It will not wipe internal memory unless it stuck at samsung boot logo where you need to do factory reset from recovery. Or flash a custom rom
Rosli59564 said:
Flash offical firmware. It will not wipe internal memory unless it stuck at samsung boot logo where you need to do factory reset from recovery. Or flash a custom rom
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Will I not loos any data? I am German and still a student. Can you tell me how to install an official firmware. Dont forget I cant check the USB debugging mode cause I cant unlock my phone. Does it work with Odin?
Thanks:good:
I flashed XtreStoLite rom through custom recovery, everything went well. During the setup menus before entering the os it asked something about a reactivation lock. It sounded good so i turned it on. Next thing i know i cant boot into my custom recovery and i can't boot the phone. I put it in download mode flash the first thing i find with odin (it failed) but the phones boots. (I found this solution online)
There is no reactivation lock in settings but i can find it when i search settings. Needless to say when I disable the reactivation and search for it again it is still enabled.
Kies will not recognise it. There is no Samsung account of any kind in this rom. anything i've seen anyway.
When i try to factory reset through settings it says "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped".
What do i do? pls help
the phone is an SM-G900F running the latest XtreStoLite_ROM_v2.2_LP_ with a custom touch recovery which i cannot access.
As far as some users who encountered this problem said... Flashing a stock ROM with the same build number through odin was able to fix this issue.
Riyal said:
As far as some users who encountered this problem said... Flashing a stock ROM with the same build number through odin was able to fix this issue.
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i did that everything works fine but i can't install a custom recovery or root and i cant turn off reactivation lock. its in settings now but when i deactivate it it asks me to login to my samsung account. i do that it signs in fine but it is still enabled.
Like I said Flashing a stock ROM with the same build number... What I meant was a ROM that wasn't prepackaged by any members of xda but instead was built from samsung. Perhaps try using Kies to factory reset your phone instead.
When reactivation lock is on you can't boot to recovery & can't debrand your phone. But that doesn't block your from reflashing a ROM with the same build number as your current custom ROM has.
So what you need to do is
1. Flash a full stock ROM.
2. Factory reset
3. From Setup wizard login your samsung account and other details and disable reactivation lock.
4. Install custom recovery and root your device again.
rockon92 said:
i did that everything works fine but i can't install a custom recovery or root and i cant turn off reactivation lock. its in settings now but when i deactivate it it asks me to login to my samsung account. i do that it signs in fine but it is still enabled.
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Back to Kitkat and disable.
Then upgrade to Lollipop and install the custom files.
thank you very much everybody! its working fine now!
i just downgraded to kit kat 4.4.2 logged in to my samsung account and disabled reactivation lock with no problems. i then update with ota and everything is fine until now!
thanks again!
On.my 900f s5 uk edition on lollipop the reactivation lock was in the security menu. I had to flash twrp using flashify as it locked my phone when using odin and the twrp app. Of course now I know to deactivate the lock first lol
tony_76 said:
On.my 900f s5 uk edition on lollipop the reactivation lock was in the security menu. I had to flash twrp using flashify as it locked my phone when using odin and the twrp app. Of course now I know to deactivate the lock first lol
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I already had twrp when i flashed the custom rom and during the setup the custom rom asked to enable reactivation lock, it sounded good at the time..little did i know! next time i reboot the phone into recovery to flash the aroma addon package for the rom i used, it locked the phone down.
I had to flash something with odin to make it boot into the os, the flash failed but it did boot! then i flashed the stock kit kat 4.4.2 from sammobile, did the setup, logged in to my samsung account and reactivation lock disabled just fine! did the OTA updates then root, installed twrp recovery and installed the xtresto rom with the aroma addon package.
Everything seems to be fine now!
I'm in the same boat. I can't even factory reset and cannot turn of activation lock KK.
phone still works. i just can't access recovery. cannot use odin to push kitkat back.
cannot use TWRP either. i'm stuck.
Damn XtreSto Lite Rom...what the heck.
found a way. Download and install Kies 3 on your comp. Follow the Firmware upgrade and initialization. it'll flash back to stock. follow the instructions.
Omg took me forever to find this solution.
melloyellowkc said:
found a way. Download and install Kies 3 on your comp. Follow the Firmware upgrade and initialization. it'll flash back to stock. follow the instructions.
Omg took me forever to find this solution.
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it seems that for some people kies works to recover the phone (for me it didn't) and for some odin works to push kit kat and disable reactivation lock
anyway am glad you fixed it
Flash something from odin. The flash will fail but the phone boots afterwards. Don't know why this works but it did for me and rocking above. Once booted turn off the reactivation lock.
Try to flash kitkat firmware original with bootloader end pit file for ur device model you find in xda
What worked for me!!
Had the same problem. The rom locked me out. (reactivation lock was activated)
I flashed the stock LOLLIPOP firmware i got from sammobile using odin, the KITKAT firmware does not flash.
Logged into the phone with my original samsung account.
Removed that account from the device
Created a new samsung account from the computer.
Added that account to the device.
Turned of reactivation lock, and viola!! it worked
do i need to downgrade to kitkat just to make it work? remote control and reactivation lock? before im using stock rom rooted but still doesn't work. then i tried custom rom it's working but the only problem is private mode is failed to enable. then i switch to another custom rom then almost perfect but the remote control and reactivation lock is not working.
Just letting people know:
I had the same issue as OP, except that when I was locked in the first time setup thing, trying to log in with my Samsung account credentials resulted in the error message "Processing failed". I tried the reactivation lock bypassing trick that takes advantage of the samsung default browser and acessibility settings (can be foun on YouTube) but it still didn't help because when I pressed to add a Samsung account, nothing happened. It was probably due to some of Samsungs files missing on my phone due to the previous XtreStoLite installation that I was originally updating when I got into this mess.
What fixed it for me was flashing the stock 4.4.2 KitKat firmware from sammobile with Odin and THEN doing the reactivation lock bypassing trick. Just downgrading to KitKat and trying to login normally in the first time setup thingy didn't work as it resulted in the same "Processing failed" error as before on Lollipop. You guys have no idea how happy I was when I booted to download mode and saw "REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF". I had already lost almost all hope! :victory:
i have a more sexy problem ! i don`t have the reactivation lock option on website not even on my phone....! how to disable it ?
melloyellowkc said:
I'm in the same boat. I can't even factory reset and cannot turn of activation lock KK.
phone still works. i just can't access recovery. cannot use odin to push kitkat back.
cannot use TWRP either. i'm stuck.
Damn XtreSto Lite Rom...what the heck.
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same here... my g900w8 is on download mode only now!
mp_79 said:
same here... my g900w8 is on download mode only now!
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Thanks for your idea a few days helped me deactived my samsung s5. it has the same problem when i up rom xtrestolite 2.2 and active reactivation lock without knowledge what is it.
I declare my way:
1. find stock rom with same baseband in sammobile.com, there are 2 version: 5.0 and 4.4.2, you should choose both and use 4.4.2 first, if success, next step.
2. use odin, in tab AP choose file rom above
3. pass, finish
4. find on youtube "how to remove or bypass reactivation lock", find correct version for you.
5. finish, enjoy it
sorry my bad english
i flashed with 4.4.2 many time but not remove reactivation lock still here not disable
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
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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)
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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/
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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/
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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?
My girlfriend has a note 4 we where casting songs to YouTube when the pin changed itself. Any info on this or how to fix as she is locked out and none of our Google searches seem to help.
Was it rooted ?
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How did that happen?
Now completely stock. She casted a song on YouTube then went to unlock her phone and the pin would not work
Ffinger said:
Now completely stock. She casted a song on YouTube then went to unlock her phone and the pin would not work
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If you manage to root the device through odin and install twrp or any recovery, then you can flash this file :
https://mega.nz/#!KwNlUQKY!XPMcejxkzUeHOnKaQ6c9B6tk4Jwq1HgTNoPUDF8B_kY
This will reset any security to swipe.
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Thank you so much will give it a try
well i think i am ready to try and root and install twrp just curious if this will wipe the phone and weather it matters that it was a pin unlock not swipe. i should also add that it is the canadian varient. sm-n910w8
Ffinger said:
well i think i am ready to try and root and install twrp just curious if this will wipe the phone and weather it matters that it was a pin unlock not swipe. i should also add that it is the canadian varient. sm-n910w8
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There isnt any need to wipe data if you use cf- auto root. Before rooting make sure that twrp can be installed via odin. It doesnt matters what your security was, it will be reset to swipe.
When i root my phone, I never format or wipe anything, unless I want to flash a rom.
Incase something goes wrong, flash the stock rom, you wont have to format it.
You can find that on sammmobile site.
Do you have any experience in rooting?
If something goes wrong while installing twrp, like error while booting the device or bootloop on samsung Logo, then just flash the cfauto root file, it will restore your stock recovery.
Warning: There surely is a risk but I suppose there is no way out.
Let me know if it works or even if it doesn't.
Goodluck.
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So im trying to install twrp recovery but when i try to flash it thru odin, i get a Custom Binary (RECOVERY) blocked by FRP lock. I cant factory reset because it also disabled by FRP. I cant verify the tablet because i dont know the account information as the tablet was bought through craigslist. I have tried flashing a stock firmware version and that installed fine, but i still couldnt get past the verify screen. So thats when i decided to try and flash twrp but came into the binary error. I have been trying for the past two days to find a way around the verify identity and the frp lock. I cant enable oem unlock. I have tried rootjunky method but OTG flash wont pull up the file manager when plugged into the tablet. I cant use adb because i cant enable the developer settings because you guessed it i cant get past verify identity screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sounds like you need to find the Combination Firmware.
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So im trying to install twrp recovery but when i try to flash it thru odin, i get a Custom Binary (RECOVERY) blocked by FRP lock. I cant factory reset because it also disabled by FRP. I cant verify the tablet because i dont know the account information as the tablet was bought through craigslist. I have tried flashing a stock firmware version and that installed fine, but i still couldnt get past the verify screen. So thats when i decided to try and flash twrp but came into the binary error. I have been trying for the past two days to find a way around the verify identity and the frp lock. I cant enable oem unlock. I have tried rootjunky method but OTG flash wont pull up the file manager when plugged into the tablet. I cant use adb because i cant enable the developer settings because you guessed it i cant get past verify identity screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Read the post by Beut in this thread and then watch the video.
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Read the post by Beut in this thread and then watch the video.
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I already tried that method but didn't work. It's on android 7.0. I tried downgrading to sm-t580.. XAR firmware 6.1 and it worked but when it boots it goes straight to a black screen asking for a password. I tried the frp call method as well but it doesnt have wifi calling.
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I already tried that method but didn't work. It's on android 7.0. I tried downgrading to sm-t580.. XAR firmware 6.1 and it worked but when it boots it goes straight to a black screen asking for a password. I tried the frp call method as well but it doesnt have wifi calling.
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It only works with certain versions of 6. The one ending is PL4 is the one you want. The trick is in adding the fake wifi network instead of connecting to your home network. Pay close attention to the beginning of the video.
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It only works with certain versions of 6. The one ending is PL4 is the one you want. The trick is in adding the fake wifi network instead of connecting to your home network. Pay close attention to the beginning of the video.
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Okay thank you. I will try that again when I get home. And this works on version 7.0? The device is currently on 7.0 but when I tried the pl4 md5 it flashes it but when I boot up the device it just goes to a black screen and asks for a password. It doesn't start at the setup wizard
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Okay thank you. I will try that again when I get home. And this works on version 7.0? The device is currently on 7.0 but when I tried the pl4 md5 it flashes it but when I boot up the device it just goes to a black screen and asks for a password. It doesn't start at the setup wizard
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You have to use Odin to install PL4. You can't flash it via TWRP. Also, make sure you wipe everything first.
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You have to use Odin to install PL4. You can't flash it via TWRP.
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I know. I can't install twrp like I said. I've been using Odin to flash everything. But when I flashed the pl4 file and tablet goes to reboot. It doesn't load the setup wizard. Doesn't show the welcome screen and pick a language. It goes straight to a black screen and asks for a password. Doesn't ask for an email or anything.
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I know. I can't install twrp like I said. I've been using Odin to flash everything. But when I flashed the pl4 file and tablet goes to reboot. It doesn't load the setup wizard. Doesn't show the welcome screen and pick a language. It goes straight to a black screen and asks for a password. Doesn't ask for an email or anything.
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Never heard of that. Can you boot from there into recovery and wipe again?
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Never heard of that. Can you boot from there into recovery and wipe again?
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Yea but when I try to factory wipe it says mdm doesn't allow factory reset and reboots and takes me back to that same black screen. I can only wipe cache partition. I will post a picture of the screen when I get home.
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Yea but when I try to factory wipe it says mdm doesn't allow factory reset and reboots and takes me back to that same black screen. I can only wipe cache partition. I will post a picture of the screen when I get home.
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I found this site. It is apparently an "MDM lock" and not FRP.
lewmur said:
I found this site. It is apparently an "MDM lock" and not FRP.
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Tried this as well. I did it about 20 times before giving up. I might try it again and do it about 30 to 50 times. If I was just able to get to settings I'd be straight but I can't get to the settings so that's why I'm trying to reset it as a completely new device. Do you know if I could flash the 7 inch tab A firmware onto the smt580? Or flash the smt585 firmware onto the t580 and flash the BL AP and CSC?
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Tried this as well. I did it about 20 times before giving up. I might try it again and do it about 30 to 50 times. If I was just able to get to settings I'd be straight but I can't get to the settings so that's why I'm trying to reset it as a completely new device. Do you know if I could flash the 7 inch tab A firmware onto the smt580? Or flash the smt585 firmware onto the t580 and flash the BL AP and CSC?
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From what I've read, Airwatch MDM lock can't be removed by flashing ANYTHING. It is third party anti-theft protection that has nothing to do with what ROM is installed. I know I ran into their stuff a few years ago with a used laptop I bought and only Airwatch was able to solve the problem after contacting their customer and verifying the laptop wasn't stolen.
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From what I've read, Airwatch MDM lock can't be removed by flashing ANYTHING. It is third party anti-theft protection that has nothing to do with what ROM is installed. I know I ran into their stuff a few years ago with a used laptop I bought and only Airwatch was able to solve the problem after contacting their customer and verifying the laptop wasn't stolen.
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Okay thanks. I'll get in contact with airwatch.
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I found this site. It is apparently an "MDM lock" and not FRP.
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I did end up finding this. Seems the device is completely locked with no way to get around. When i flashed the device i may have deleted the admin privilages so there is no way of gettting around it as of now. I might end up paying someone to fix it or get around it or i wasted 180$ on a locked device. The guy i bought it from either blocked my number or deactivated his number as i cant get in contact with him. Pretty pissed. Thanks for all the help tho
I had the black screen password happen to me when I downgraded my SM-P580 from Android 7 to 6. Try clearing the cache. If that doesn't work, try reflashing, then turn it off and reboot to recovery and clear the cache.
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I had the black screen password happen to me when I downgraded my SM-P580 from Android 7 to 6. Try clearing the cache. If that doesn't work, try reflashing, then turn it off and reboot to recovery and clear the cache.
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Okay I'll try that. Didn't try that yet. Will keep updated
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I found this site. It is apparently an "MDM lock" and not FRP.
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Do you think if i changed the CSC to a different region on the tablet, and put a unlocked bootloader on it, would it might get rid of the frp lock? Do you happen to have a smt580? If so do you think there is anyother way of getting around this? say if i flashed like your firmware on to my tablet? Im desperate to get this thing unlocked as i would be out 180$ :crying:. Thanks for all your help so far. I really appreciate it man. Thanks to everyone who has helped so far.
Or what if i downgrade it to 6.1 and then downgrade it again to a even farther back version? Do you think this might work and gett me around the black screen? If so then i would be able to bypass the google verify account. Ima go ahead and try it unless its a risk of bricking the tablet completely.
I also read somewhere that if i flash the cp part on odin that it will erase all data. Think that might be worth a shot? But what do i need to insert in the cp slott? I know BL goes to BL and AP to AP and CSC home goes in CSC. So what goes in the cp slot?
EDIT: So instead of putting csc home in the csc slot i put the other csc file in its place. I checked the re partition box. When i did this i got a new message on the tablet in the top left of tthe download mode that says FRP is enabled, ignore PIT download. Any idea what this means?