So i woke up today to my device telling me it is rent a center locked, what the hell does this mean? I bought it from CL and and its been working for months, anyway to get rid of this or am i screwed?
Does CL stand for Clove, the UK electronics vendor? What variant and any modifications?
It sounds like you bought a phone that was rented from rac and not paid for.
Pphish20 said:
Does CL stand for Clove, the UK electronics vendor? What variant and any modifications?
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Craigslist sorry, and its the RS988
Anyone? My phone is screwed im stuck with nothing;(
After looking around for you, I noticed most of the people with the Samsungs that had that issue ended up having to go to cm13 until they finally found a way to get around it. Considering the RS988 is not bootloader unlocked, doesn't have root or twrp available for it it looks like you are pretty much out of luck. One file I have seen mentioned is sec.abt, however I have also read that people have had issues removing it. Have you tried flashing factory firmware back to it again or a factory reset? Both didn't work on the samsungs, however it seems like there isn't any info for the lg's. Google searching also shows there are imei repair companies that can supposedly do it for $40-$80 from what I have seen. If you figure out how to fix it, share it in case anyone else gets burned by a scammer.
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I know this is a dead thread, but I think I figured out how to get rid of the RAC (rent a center) lock for good. The rac lock uses a system administrator profile along with a program called sec.abt that can not be removed or frozen. If you manage to uninstall it is just reinstalls itself. I was not able to find any information on how to remove this without using special hardware like an octopus box that costs hundreds of dollars.
I used LGUP with the uppercut modification (can be found here on XDA) along with the KDZ files from here https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-rs988-firmwares/
I was only able to find the USA RSS 11C firmware until I found the page linked above with the BPT 10D firmware. Whenever you flash the stock 11C USA firmware the RAC program comes back, however if you use LGUP and uppercut to flash the BPT 10D firmware using the upgrade option (refurbish will error out) I found that my device booted correctly and seemed to work, however I did not have any fastboot options and it said there were no updates available (you need fastboot to unlock the bootloader and the latest update grants that ability). I then reinstalled the USA 11C firmware and to my delight found that the RAC software and device administrator profile were gone.
I then checked for updates and it started download the latest update. I believe I will not have a problem unlocking the bootloader and rooting from this point on. I'll let you guys know if anything changes.
I'm only posting this because I have been sitting on a RAC locked phone for months that got locked over six months after I bought it used and really hope this can help someone else that got screwed over.
I have an octopus box and can you point me to the partition this security sits on? I have an unlocked bootloader us996 and I can use fastboot to erase the partition . Do you know?
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I know this is a dead thread, but I think I figured out how to get rid of the RAC (rent a center) lock for good. The rac lock uses a system administrator profile along with a program called sec.abt that can not be removed or frozen. If you manage to uninstall it is just reinstalls itself. I was not able to find any information on how to remove this without using special hardware like an octopus box that costs hundreds of dollars.
I used LGUP with the uppercut modification (can be found here on XDA) along with the KDZ files from here
I was only able to find the USA RSS 11C firmware until I found the page linked above with the BPT 10D firmware. Whenever you flash the stock 11C USA firmware the RAC program comes back, however if you use LGUP and uppercut to flash the BPT 10D firmware using the upgrade option (refurbish will error out) I found that my device booted correctly and seemed to work, however I did not have any fastboot options and it said there were no updates available (you need fastboot to unlock the bootloader and the latest update grants that ability). I then reinstalled the USA 11C firmware and to my delight found that the RAC software and device administrator profile were gone.
I then checked for updates and it started download the latest update. I believe I will not have a problem unlocking the bootloader and rooting from this point on. I'll let you guys know if anything changes.
I'm only posting this because I have been sitting on a RAC locked phone for months that got locked over six months after I bought it used and really hope this can help someone else that got screwed over.
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This worked for me on a LG G5 i've had in a box since last October because of the same kind of craigslist scam BS. Thank you so much!
Could you walk me through this I need to get my phone unlocked, Tia
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.
Dear xda users,
Ic would like to use your professional opinion and solutions about how to get my phone rooted. That's came to me from Sprint originally on Snapdragon but already unlocked for carriers. I have failed several times by updating custom rom through ODIN. Nothing didn't work. I could easily change stock firmware from Sam Sammobile between T-Mobile and Sprint but doesn't help me with root either.
As I have read the whole day different topics about, seems to be that locked bootloader prevent me to use custom rom or recovery with ODIN. I have even tried to make option "OEM Unlocked" visible but no chance. With a screenshot u may see the screen of my Download mode. Maybe would you have any idea and fresh solution for it?
By the way. Only reason to have root it's just to add Russian as interface language. I have tried MoreLocale but changes didn't save after smartphone reboot.
Please HELP!
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Best Regards,
Dominic Costigan
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?
Screenshots and photos: gdrive/folderview?id=1CaGu0NWwyz4AeR_XecaxlMTmtGVfX6Q0
hi all,
I have Samsung SM-G935W8 (in Canada), bought used from someone. recently, try to play with android, and realized the phone PDA was G935UUEU4BRD1, and model was SM-G935U which is different from the model that showing on back cover. think the guy flashed a different rom for this phone.
couple days ago, I did hard factory reset for no reason, and get google account locked. then search online and learning how to fix it. seems like need to flash combination rom --> use tool bypass frp --> flash official rom to solve this issues.
i downloaded many combination firmware and all failed on odin flash. until i use one that allowed me to flash and success to open the phone as Factory Binary. But, I noticed the phone model changed to SM-G935A, which is AT&T firmware. the android version is 6.0.1, when I try to run program to do FRP bypass, no luck, think that because I can't turn on OEM- Unlock option(can't find it on developer option tough)? or bootloader locked?
now, I can only flash official rom that from AT&T, and android 8 that I can find it. if the phone can be fixed FRP issues, model change to G935A is fine, I dont care that model, I dont use the phone for call, only for wifi and camera. and maybe later can play flash to other model of ROM. not sure if possible.
current, the working combination rom I flashed is PDA : G935UUCUBATA1
ADB FRP to bypass FRP (not working)
and flashed to AT&T rom PDA: G935AUCUBCTB1_G935AATTBCTB1_8.0.0
FRP still not bypassed, and stuck on google account validation screen. any advice how and what tools can bypass FRP for this phone now model is SM-G935A? thanks in advance!