About 2 years ago, I've sold my SIII to a good friend, after factory resetting it.
Today, I've noticed the phone is still online via the findmymobile-website from samsung, using my samsung account.
I was able to get the precise location of the phone, which I find pretty disturbing.
How is this possible? Can I remove this device from 'my devices' and most importantly; how can you prevent this when buying a used phone?
Best solution for used phones:
go for a full wipe. And install a new Stock rom. (found in this forum)
But not shure if it works, because the findy-my-phone service prevents robbers from factory resetting your stolen phone and ur unable to find it anymore.
So when you're buying a used 4.3+, KNOX-protected device, you're unable to not be followed by the previous owner without voiding warranty.
Am I the only one that finds this troublesome?
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Hi there. Problem:
Bought a second hand S5 plus (901f) and booted up. All went well till i got to screen for logging into samsung account NOT google. It stated that the phone is blocked because of wrong factory reset (dont know exact phrase because i have Dutch language). Previous owner wont give his account info.
How to resolve? Flashing original firmware from sammobile? Getting root and flas custom recovery and rom? Or can it be bypassed in a simple way? Reset to factory in original recovery dont work.
Please help
Hi, go to ebay and buy the service there to fix it for you any of above mentioned wont work.
Abnormal factory reset?
Probably factory reset protection?
Hi guys I have an issue I need your quick help plz......
I have just purchased s9+ I want to create secure folder but it's showing an error saying couldn't create secure folder contact service providers....... and the same issue while using samsung pass it says your phone has been rooted.....
But my phone is not rooted it running official firmware even I have just updated Oct security patch now....... I have checked in download mode for knox wranty void it says (0x0000) plz help me how can I solve this problem :crying:
Plz some one help me
You just purchased the phone? If that is the case simplest solution is see if you can exchange it for a different one (of same model).
Only time I have heard of those errors happening is if the phone has been (or was) rooted/modified. Have you tried to do anything to the phone at all (like trying to install the pie beta before it was a public beta that was on the forum here, or anything else you might have flashed to the phone) or any software modifications/flashing? If you have not then it is very well possible the previous owner may have done so (or at least tried to do).. This is why I suggest you return it for a replacement since you just purchased the phone.
You could try doing a factory data reset or flashing the proper firmware for the phone model/region. Outside of that there isn't anything I myself could suggest, especially if the newly purchased phone is covered by a warranty.
I know this phone is very old at this point. But my mom has been using this Verizon s6e+ that was bought from china (not from a official retail store) and it works on other operators! In fact, the phone itself doesn't recognize that it is a Verizon model. The about phone section says that the model number is SM-G928F, so I believed it had a ported firmware(!) and didn't give much thought into it. I didn't know Verizon phones are extra secured until 2 days ago. She upgraded to a s9+ and so I started searching for roms for this phone. I found a TWRP for the sm-928f, and tried to flash it with Odin, but that's when I git confused - the phone still has a locked bootloader. In Odin Download mode, it even says the phone model is SM-G928V.
As far as my understanding goes, it means that the Chinese folks have managed to bypass the Verizon lock, kept the bootloader intact, and installed a unlocked international firmware?
I came here to find someone more experienced on these to work on this case, i can confirm the following:
- Factory reset from phone settings reverts the phone to a new g928f; haven't tried wiping from recovery.
- most of Samsung/Verizon bloats are uninstallable just normally, but they appear again after a factory reset.
- the phone is stuck at Android 6.0.1 with TouchWiz and tapping software update from settings does nothing
Any devs interested in this case? Can this device potentially give us the solution to rooting Verizon phones?
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Hi All
My mother is a cleaner for the elderly, one of her customers got a Samsung Galaxy A10 as a replacement phone for his current one but after several months of using it, he decided he didn't like the phone and wanted to go back to his previous one. He gave the new phone to my mother (she does a lot for her customers, he wasn't interested in selling it).
The issue I have is that he doesn't know what PIN he had on the device, we've tried all the combinations he can think of and he doesn't remember, the phone was also setup with a google account that my mother set up for him, but neither she or him remembers! Nightmare I know...
I am looking for way to flash the phone so that we can bypass the FRP, if this is even at all possible and isn't massively illegal? I have tried flashing the ROM with Odin, but on restore FRP kicks in again
Any helps appreciated, and if this is considered illegal and shouldn't be done, please delete the thread at will and I will bin the phone.
have u try this methode?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10/themes/frp-bypass-samsung-s10-100-t4066211/amp/
Recently purchased a used Galaxy Tab S6. I was warned it had a warning about the bootloader being unlocked. No big deal. The seller couldn't remember his Samsung account credentials so we couldn't factory reset at time of purchase via Settings. No big deal. I went into Download Mode and relocked the bootloader. I went into Recovery Mode and Factory Reset.
Then I ran into "This tablet is protected by Know Cloud Service. To continue setup, connect to a wi-fi or mobile network." I've done that (since I can't skip the step) and get the dreaded "Can't create work profile" error and that's as far as the set up will go.
So I used Odin to flash the latest stock ROM and factory reset again and wiped the cache and I'm still having that problem.
In download mode, I've confirmed that Knox has been tripped.
I've googled like mad and I'm not finding a solution. Can anyone help me out? I'd prefer to stay on Stock ROM so there are no hardware issues (particularly with the SPen) as I'm planning to use this device extensively for note-taking (with OneNote). However, I'm open to custom ROM if that's my best/easiest/simplest route.
Thanks in advance!
If you're able, unlock the bootloader again. When you flashed with Odin, did you use the CSC or HOME_CSC file?
V0latyle said:
If you're able, unlock the bootloader again. When you flashed with Odin, did you use the CSC or HOME_CSC file?
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I used CSC. As I understand it, that is the "deeper" reset option.
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I used CSC. As I understand it, that is the "deeper" reset option.
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Correct, that wipes user data.
Unlock the bootloader again, which will wipe the device (again), and see if it's removed the FRP. If not, you should be able to flash TWRP, from which you should be able to flash this to disable the FRP.
I can't access the developer options because I can't get through the setup wizard. So I can't flip the OEM Unlocking so the download mode doesn't give me the option to unlock. I can connect to ADB via the Recovery Mode but Fastboot doesn't see it so I can't do "oem unlock." Are there any other methods to unlock it? My friend Google hasn't found any yet.
Seller was able to login to both his Google and Samsung accounts and remove the device from them. That got me through the 100% Know Enrollment Service before it hung up in the "update" portion again. He was also able to send a message to the tablet from the Samsung account to try and release it further but, of course, since I've wiped it, that message can't get through.
I'm getting desperate. I might have bought a paperweight! Any once else have a suggestion?
Checked with the seller. He bought it from Kijiji as well from the original owner. It's always been a personal device, never an institutional one.
Last night's searching of the internet determined that the device is in "prenormal" status so I'm just going to wait 7 days and reboot. That might be sufficient. Nothing to lose at this point.