Hello,
I recently purchased the H960A model (European Version). I've read several threads about rooting this phone, but I want to be absolutely certain I'm following the proper procedure.
1) Do I need to unlock the bootloader prior to rooting? My understanding is that this model recently had the bootloader unlocked by LG Developer.
2) Once I've followed the instructions to unlock the bootloader, I'm assuming I need to go into the developer options of my V10 and enable "Enable OEM unlock" and "USB debugging"?
3) Once I've done the above two items (if all of that is necessary), what next? Can someone direct me to the correct process for root?
I was hoping to add TWRP but it seems that there is only an unofficial process currently.
Any help on accomplishing root (safely) with this phone would be greatly appreciated. Just want to be certain I'm following the proper steps so I don't brick my beautiful new international V10.
Thanks
You need to enable usb debugging and OEM unlock before unlocking the bootloader then flashing twrp unofficial then flashing supersu file
Hi,
yes, you need to unlock the bootloader before you can root your phone. Please be aware that this will also initiate a factory reset of the phone, so if you have already a lot of apps installed and data on the internal SD card be sure to make a backup. For the apps you can use LG Backup. You need to have an external SD card and be sure to select this as destination for the backup. Otherwise it will be deleted during the factory reset (if it is on the internal memory; that gets deleted as well).
Then just follow the description on the LG developer page step by step and then the TWRP thread to get root. As vip57 already pointed out you need to set USB debug and OEM unlock before trying to unlock the bootloader but that is also described in detail on the LG developer page (step 7 and 8).
Thanks to all who responded. I unlocked the bootloader successfully. Then installed TWRP, rooted, and installed XPosed. All went perfectly, no problems or glitches. LOVE MY V10!!!
More clarification please
Hi, I need more clarification, not the OP, though.
I read some of the guides explaining how to root this phone. Thanks for the info regarding the bootloader, I didn't know that. I also don't know what this TWRP is.
I want the stock LG ROM, I just want the root, is this possible? I want the standard camera, galery, capture+, all the standard LG things. I also want the standard updates, so I want to get a
system update via LG bridge, when my friend (unrooted phone) gets one.
Is this possible, or do I have to install an unofficial "kinda like the stock" ROM, to get root access?
Thanks in advance!
Hi everyone ;
I have a problem to reboot in bootloader mode ; LG USB drivers are installed ; debug mode and OEM unlock are ON ; H960A still with original firmware (5.1)
When I type 'adb devices', my phone is listed.
When I type 'adb reboot bootloader' the phone reboots, but in android, not in a fastboot mode
when I turn the phone OFF, press Volume Down and attach a USB cable from PC : it reboots to android
when I turn the phone OFF, press Volume Up and attach a USB cable from PC : it reboots to some download mode (firmware upgrade, don't disconnect the cable....). I have to remove battery as it's unresponsive then.
Any idea to help me ?
thank you
edit : it was simply not possible to access the bootloader from android 5.1.
I updated to android 6 (with LG Bridge), and then 'adb reboot bootloader' rebooted in bootloader mode.
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hi all i have lg v10 h901 21j
i tried to root it i download tot file LGH901AT-01-V20j-310-260-JUL-12-2016-ARB02+0ROOTTWRP
when i flashed it phone off and cant on please help
stock rom H901 21j please and how can i flash it cause phone is dead please please help
please guys help the tot file from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...-h901-t3382819
when flash finish phone off and cant turn on please help
my phone model H901 21j
same issue . ihave h901 running on 5.1 update it via lg up to 6.0 20e then its bricked . pc read it as qualcom hs-usb 9008 . any help/ solution
Is there a reason this thread has been ignored? I also have a LG V10 H901 21J MM/6.0 stock firmware.
I have not as of yet flashed a .tot file to it, because I am not sure that the .tot files for other H901 phones is correct. I have heard different things, regarding this particular version, which I have heard is a Korean version of the phone, I am not sure if this is applicable or true, but apparently this may mean the phone has a different board than other H901s out there.
What I can say for certain is that I was unable to unlock my bootloader, due to the inability to reach Fastboot/Bootloader moder from this phone using any of the normal methods which work on my other LG V10 901. The procedures I have followed to get into Fastboot/Booloader mode are: (a) Shutting down phone; --> Pressing Power-Off, and Volume Down at the same time, holding for 5-6 seconds after the LG screen appears, which just causes the phone to boot normally, (b) running <adb reboot bootloader>, which again just boots normally, it does not go into the bootloader/fastboot mode; and (c) Power down /turn off the phone, once off, hold down Volume Down, while you plugin a USB cable into the phone(that is already plugged into a computer with good drivers on the phone), continuing to hold down the Volume Down until you reach Fastboot, again same results and this does assume that the USB cable is plugged into a computer with good drivers.. Just for the record for the methods listed that involve having the phone attached to the computer, I have tried this with the phones USB in both Multi-Media Mode, and PTP mode, without a difference being made, and it should be mentioned that I have successfully performed all 3 methods on my LG V10 H901 20L running stock MM, which was successfully rooted using the Dirtycow exploit. Yes, debugging is enabled on the phone, and although it does not effect getting into Fastboot mode itself, OEM UNLOCK is enabled.
If I could get into Fastboot on this phone, and get it unlocked, then I should be able to use the Dirtycow exploit in order to get temporary root, that would of course allow me to then flash TWRP recovery directly to the recovery partition, and solve the issue.
rabahallia I know that this is almost a year late, but can you tell me if your phone was unlocked when you flashed the .tot file, and if so, how did you go about unlocking it? Also, I can tell you based on the chipset that the phone runs, that you should be able to image a microSD card using a ROM designed for the phone, and then boot using the flashed sdcard image. If you are not able to do that, then can you tell me if now that your phone is bricked, is the phone turning on at all, or just not booting fully? Can you attempt to get it into Fastboot mode now, using the methods I described above? You will have the highest chance of success using the 3rd method in terms of being straight forward, and of course the fact that your phone is not booting again that involves: plugging a USB cable into your PC, then, shutting down your phone which is not a problem in your case with your phone off, hold down the Volume Down button on your phone, while still holding down the Volume Down plug the USB cable into your phone, and continue holding Volume Down until your phone reaches the fastboot/bootloader menu. If you are able to do this, and you DID NOT unlock your phone before you flashed the .tot with the modified recovery onto your phone, then unlocking the bootloader at this point may allow your phone to boot. To do this, after you have reached Fastboot/Booloader, you will use the command <fastboot oem unlock> wait for it to finish, and it should inform you that your phone is now unlocked, then you can reboot your phone using <fastboot reboot>. Please let me know if this worked, or if you still have the phone, if you could try this. I am interested to know if flashing the .tot to a phone that can not be unlocked due to inability to reach the bootloader/Fastboot mode, as you may have done, would allow that mode to be reached after bricking the phone, and if so, if unlocking the phones bootloader after the fact, fixes the issue. If this does not fix the issue, but you were able to reach fastboot/bootloader, then you should be able to reboot back into Fastboot mode, and then flash a recovery, which would in turn allow you to flash a new ROM to the phone. If anyone else out there has any information SPECIFICALLY ON THE 21J version of H901 stock MM, please provide any information you may have. Or if you have any information about what board is running on this phone, if it is not the same board running on every other version of the H901 such as the 20J, 20e, 20L.
IMPORTANT: It appearance that Huawei is no longer going to provide bootloader unlocking services for their devices. Because of this, this guide is of no use unless you can find a way to get a code or you just held onto the code.
Hello, this is a guide for unlocking the bootloader and rooting the Huawei Ascend XT. I am writing this because the current guide is not very well written and does not contain bootloader unlock instructions. This will be split into two parts: Part 1, unlocking the bootloader, and Part 2, rooting the phone.
PLEASE NOTE THAT FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR PHONE!
THINGS YOU WILL NEED:
1. A Huawei Ascend XT with at least 60% of battery left
2. A computer with adb drivers, fastboot drivers, and the Huawei USB drivers
3. A Micro-SD card for your backups (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE MAKE BACKUPS!)
4. TWRP for this phone. This can be found here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/huawei-ascend-xt-h1611-t3507933 (credits to enigma2446)
5. The ZIP containing SuperSU. This can be found here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/huawei-ascend-xt-h1611-t3507933
6. The SDK Platform Tools. These can be found on the android studio website.
PART 1: UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER1. Geting the Bootloader Unlock Code: You need to get your bootloader unlock code. You can get this by going to https://emui.huawei.com/en/plugin.php?id=unlock
(EDIT: It appears that this website is down. I have read that if you PM Huawei on Twitter or call them and provide all the details of your phone, they will give you a code. I have not tested this method, bit people have said it worked with the mate 10.) and signing into your Huawei ID. If you dont have one, create one. Then, follow the instructions given to you by Huawei to get the code.
2. Enabling the Enable OEM Unlock Option: To enable this option, you must enable developer options. To do this, go to Settings>About Phone and tap the Build number until it says "You are now a Developer". back out of About Phone, and go to Developer options. turn on "Enable OEM unlock" and press Enable.
3. Enable USB Debugging: While you are still in Developer options, enable the option 'USB debugging" and press OK.
4. Booting Into the Bootloader: once you have completed the first three steps, you can now boot into the bootloader. Connect your phone to your computer, and open the Platform Tools folder you should have downloaded and extracted. Shift-Right click, and press "Open Command Window Here" or "Open Powershell Window Here", depending on your version of windows. Once it is open, make sure your device is detected by typing "adb devices". If it displays your device, you are good to continue. If not, something is not set up right on your computer or phone. Once you verified that your phone is detected, type "adb reboot bootloader".
5. Unlocking the Bootloader: Once your phone has booted into the bootloader, you can now unlock the bootloader. YOUR PHONE WILL BE WIPED ONCE YOU TYPED THIS COMMAND. You can unlock it by typing "fastboot oem unlock <your bootloader unlock code>". Once it has finished, you can reboot your phone, and just run through the setup fast, because you will still have to wipe it again.
PART 2: ROOTING YOUR PHONE1. Move the TWRP image you downloaded (called
Xtrecovery) to your Platform Tools folder and rename it to "TWRP.img"
2. Insert Your Micro-SD Card
3. Move the SuperSU Zip you downloaded to the SD card
4. Re-Enable USB Debugging: Enable Developer options by going to Settings>About Phone and taping the Build number until it says "You are now a Developer". Back out of About Phone, and go to Developer options, and enable USB debugging, and press OK.
5. Boot Into the Bootloader: Type "adb reboot bootloader" into your open CMD window or Powershell window.
6. Verify That your Phone says that the Bootloader is unlocked
7. Type "fastboot boot TWRP.img"
8. TWRP should boot. Tap "Keep Read Only"
9. You should now be in TWRP. Go to Backup>Select Storage and choose your Micro-SD card and tap OK. Uncheck everything and check "Recovery". Then, Swipe the slider to back up your stock recovery partition.
10. Once it has finished backing up, reboot your phone to the bootloader.
11. Once it is in the bootloader, type "fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img" to flash TWRP as your recovery. (I believe this is the point where your warrenty will be invalidated by Huawei, so be careful.)
12. When it finishes flashing TWRP, reboot your phone to TWRP by holding down the power button and volume up
13. It should boot to TWRP. Tap "Keep Read Only", then go to (YOU ARE ABOUT TO WIPE IT AGAIN)Wipe>Format Data and type yes, and hit the enter button.
14. Once it finishes, go to Backup>Select Storage, select your SD card and hit OK, then check every box to backup all six partitions, and swipe to back them up. (At the end, it may seem to get stuck at 98-99%, DO NOT STOP IT! It is generating an MD5 checksum)
15. When it finishes backing everything up, go back to the home screen of TWRP, then go to Install, navigate to where you stored the SuperSU ZIP, select it, then swipe to flash it.
16. When it finishes flashing the SuperSU ZIP, tap "Clear Cache/Dalvik" and swipe to clear them.
17. Reboot your phone. IT WILL REBOOT MULTIBLE TIMES AND APPEAR TO BE STUCK SOMETIMES, BUT DONT TOUCH IT! This is normal and it will eventually boot like normal.
That's it!
Your phone should now be rooted and have SuperSU installed. Please note that this is a Systemless root, and will be removed if you factory reset your phone.Thanks to divineBliss for creating the original instructions.
What do we do after we get root to install custom ROMS? please advise
nedfred0 said:
What do we do after we get root to install custom ROMS? please advise
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To install a custom ROM, you need the ROM you want to install, gapps depending on the ROM, and the proper firmware. The firmware you are on can be found under about phone and is the last 4 digets of the build number (in the format of B1xx). Once you are on the proper firmware, have your ROM and other things it may require, (every ROM is different), and a backup (just in case), you can flash the ROM from TWRP. Follow the instructions provided by the creator of the ROM to properly flash it.
Where do you get the USB driver at because I am not seeing it at http://consumer.huawei.com/us/support/phones/ascend-xt/
BTJustice said:
Where do you get the USB driver at because I am not seeing it at
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The drivers come with HiSuite. Download it and you should be good to go.
randomness725 said:
The drivers come with HiSuite. Download it and you should be good to go.
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Thanks. I tried that but couldn't get it to go so I downloaded these instead which did the job:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634745788
does this work on the new h1711 huawei assend xt2
xaneth201 said:
does this work on the new h1711 huawei assend xt2
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It will not. The TWRP recovery image is device specific and might brick your device if you flash it to your phone.
bricked 1711
randomness725 said:
It will not. The TWRP recovery image is device specific and might brick your device if you flash it to your phone.
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Well I did not see that, so yeah, I have bricked it. IT comes up and says it is unlocked, it used to sit there then boot into the system.
So I downloaded the TWRP, tried to reboot to recovery and nothing.
Now, it just gets to the yellow warning screen, then goes black. Just bought this today on a black friday sale for 49.00
But did it for a reason. Now I would like to be able to recover it....
I was able to run adb and fastboot, so know that the drivers work, but it looks like it won't even get there now.
And it won't even go to the recovery, so I guess this phone is a real brick.
Can't seem to get the back cover off to remove the battery either.
You need a copy of the stock H1711 recovery image to use
"fastboot flash recovery H1711-stock-recovery.img" to restore the stock recovery. Until someone creates a working H1711 TWRP, I don't know where you'll find a stock H1711 recovery image file.
scrungydoolittle said:
Well I did not see that, so yeah, I have bricked it. IT comes up and says it is unlocked, it used to sit there then boot into the system.
So I downloaded the TWRP, tried to reboot to recovery and nothing.
Now, it just gets to the yellow warning screen, then goes black. Just bought this today on a black friday sale for 49.00
But did it for a reason. Now I would like to be able to recover it....
I was able to run adb and fastboot, so know that the drivers work, but it looks like it won't even get there now.
And it won't even go to the recovery, so I guess this phone is a real brick.
Can't seem to get the back cover off to remove the battery either.
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download hisuite, enable oem unlocking and usb debbuginig, you gotta also get tha password or the unlocking, denn u run cmd and type:
adb devices
i hope i helped
there is easy way to get unlock bootloader pass for all huawei
just by IMEI search on google "hardreset24 unlock bootloader" there is full info how to do it
BTJustice said:
Where do you get the USB driver at because I am not seeing it at http://consumer.huawei.com/us/support/phones/ascend-xt/
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Here is the site for USB drivers for all Huawei models:
http://huaweiadvices.com/download-huawei-usb-drivers/
Good luck....
Does the phone even have a fastboot mode?
RomLord14495 said:
Does the phone even have a fastboot mode?
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Sure it does
Notes on booting up the phone (from power off)
Bootloader (fastboot) = power + volume down + USB hooked to pc
eRecovery = power + volume up + USB hooked to PC
TWRP = power + volume up
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Optionally you put phone into bootloader/fastboot or recovery modes by typing from an adb prompt "reboot bootloader" or "reboot recovery"
Hi there. The website link for submitting your imei to get the unlock code doesn't work. Does anyone know how to get this code now?
dominoes20 said:
Hi there. The website link for submitting your imei to get the unlock code doesn't work. Does anyone know how to get this code now?
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You'll have to use DC Unlocker and pay to unlock until the page returns
Since unlocking the bootloader is no longer supported, I have a suggestion but am afraid to try myself.
So, download stock version of rom (aka fastboot rom). Extract, replace recovery.img with twrp (renamed to recovery.img). Restart phone in EDL mode, flash. In theory, edl is working fastboot mode so it shouldn't matter if bootloader is unlocked, correct?
ezopantyd said:
there is easy way to get unlock bootloader pass for all huawei
just by IMEI search on google "hardreset24 unlock bootloader" there is full info how to do it
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Imma try this out, I’m stuck in a weird situation where my sd card slot broke. When I sent it in for service, they said it was rooted and refused to fix it. I specifically did not root it so that I could send it in for warranty service. So it’s mission to try and root, unlock boot loader etc so that I can have more storage space
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ezopantyd said:
there is easy way to get unlock bootloader pass for all huawei
just by IMEI search on google "hardreset24 unlock bootloader" there is full info how to do it
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Can you be a little more specific? I didn’t get that info on google
Hello everyone guys, i hope i write in the right section so don't get angry whit me if i don't.
Like i said in the title i have some troubles to make my first root ever on my LG G6 International (h870) let me explain better.
I have enabled developer permissions and enabled USB Debug and OEM Unlock, i have installed on my pc ADB and FASTBOOT and i have unlocked the BOOTLOADER and i have SUPERSU.ZIP in the memory of the phone and TWRP flashed in my phone but the problem starts here, after i going in recovery mode whit POWER BUTTON + VOLUME- and do all the process to start TWRP the phone shows me the TWRP image but it don't start and after few seconds it reboot into my normal android recovery.
i really apprecciate if some of you guys wanna help me out whit this.
I just received an LG K40 and wanted to root it or potentially install a custom OS.
Unfortunately, it forced me to update upon resetting the device, which locked me out of being able to use mtk-su, the most viable root method. I regained hope upon seeing that I was able to tick "Enable OEM Unlocking" from the developer options, so it would be easy to unlock the bootloader.
For some reason, it seems like LG has completely disabled fastboot mode on this phone. If I hold down volume down and power at boot, I get LG's horrible stripped down recovery which is only a factory reset dialog. If I do the same but with volume up, the phone boots normally. If I hold down volume up with the phone off then plug in USB, I get to LG's download mode which can only be used to flash stock ROMs with their proprietary Windows-only software. With volume down, I get the "low power" screen that I would get if the phone's battery was dead.
These combinations are not documented anywhere and I have compiled them from various random sites and people from all across the web. I have tried many drivers, running adb reboot bootloader (which just reboots back to Android), and every possible combination of keys, but I cannot get to an environment where fastboot can be run.
Does anybody know of a method by which I can unlock the bootloader without using fastboot (OEM unlocking is enabled)? Or at least an alternative root method for this device not involving recovery or fastboot? This is a very tough issue to tackle.
there is a long outdated method to force (hidden) fastboot by erasing LAF partition, but I guess fastboot is meanwhile removed entirely so this would most likely just brick.
however you could try to unlock from mtkclient (should able to by-pass MediaTek Secure Boot)
Code:
python3 mtk da seccfg unlock
Perfect, I was able to unlock the bootloader from download mode with that application and install Magisk from there. Thank you for this!
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Perfect, I was able to unlock the bootloader from download mode with that application and install Magisk from there. Thank you for this!
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Hi!
Can you please explain the steps, as i can't use magisk successfully.
Thanks
Gian-Fr said:
Hi!
Can you please explain the steps, as i can't use magisk successfully.
Thanks
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The steps are outlined in this section of the README. The only difference is you should use stock Magisk instead of the outdated Chinese fork they used (the changes in that fork have been in upstream Magisk for a while now).
BenTheTechGuy said:
The steps are outlined in this section of the README. The only difference is you should use stock Magisk instead of the outdated Chinese fork they used (the changes in that fork have been in upstream Magisk for a while now).
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thanks, it works, but when i lock bootloader, it goes bootloop, do you encounter the same problem?
I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 (SM-A520F/a5y17lte/android 8.0.0 oreo) but I cannot install TWRP on it. I tried many methods but its not letting me to do it:
-unlock bootloader /failed
-OEM unlock in dev options /hidden and cannot access/failed
-flash stock rom to unlock OEM /failed
-root phone with adb /no fastboot access /failed
-root phone with Odin /failed
-flashing TWRP with adb /no fastboot access/failed
-flashing twrp with odin /"only official binaries are allowed to be flashed" error message in download mode /failed
-uding heimdall (wtf is this program ive never heard it b4) /failed
Anyone got solution to install TWRP ? So i can flash to android 9 and also root my phone. Thank you if you suggest any solution that actually works.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 (SM-A520F/a5y17lte/android 8.0.0 oreo) but I cannot install TWRP on it. I tried many methods but its not letting me to do it:
-unlock bootloader /failed
-OEM unlock in dev options /hidden and cannot access/failed
-flash stock rom to unlock OEM /failed
-root phone with adb /no fastboot access /failed
-root phone with Odin /failed
-flashing TWRP with adb /no fastboot access/failed
-flashing twrp with odin /"only official binaries are allowed to be flashed" error message in download mode /failed
-uding heimdall (wtf is this program ive never heard it b4) /failed
Anyone got solution to install TWRP ? So i can flash to android 9 and also root my phone. Thank you if you suggest any solution that actually works.
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First you have to access developer mode. You have to tap several times on the build number. (Settings/about the phone) In developer mode you heve to enable oem unlocking and usb debugging. Wait for permission request on the phone for access of your PC when attached to the phone.
Next step is to unlock the bootloader.
After this you will be able to install TWRP, which finally gets you to the point where you can install a new ROM. Just follow step by step:
Install LineageOS on a5y17lte | LineageOS Wiki
wiki.lineageos.org
Of course, instead of Lineage, you can use any suitable ROM
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First you have to access developer mode. You have to tap several times on the build number. (Settings/about the phone) In developer mode you heve to enable oem unlocking and usb debugging. Wait for permission request on the phone for access of your PC when attached to the phone.
Next step is to unlock the bootloader.
After this you will be able to install TWRP, which finally gets you to the point where you can install a new ROM. Just follow step by step:
Install LineageOS on a5y17lte | LineageOS Wiki
wiki.lineageos.org
Of course, instead of Lineage, you can use any suitable ROM
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Thank you for replying but as I said above i cannot unlock bootloader in any way i tried. So maybe can u find another solution? (Note: i tried following the link u send me and its not working)
How far did you get? OEM unlocking and usb debugging successful?
When putting your phone in fastboot mode and attaching it to the pc, check with "adb devices", if your phone is properly recognised. Using windows, it´s often the drivers. On my system, I had to manually select the ADB driver, since I got no connection before.
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How far did you get? OEM unlocking and usb debugging successful?
When putting your phone in fastboot mode and attaching it to the pc, check with "adb devices", if your phone is properly recognised. Using windows, it´s often the drivers. On my system, I had to manually select the ADB driver, since I got no connection before.
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thanks for replying again
i tried to oem unlocking and usb debugging but unsucessful
furthermore my pc cant even recognise my phone when i turn on usb debugging or change the usb to media transfer protocol (mtp) mode after i flash stock firmware (it worked before i flash the firmware)
how am i gonna install anything if my pc cant even recognise my phone????
(ps: your question "how far did you get" my answer is i cant flash any mods or unlock anything. bootloader locked.)
Can you see the "developer options" in settings/system when scrolling down ? If not, then:
How to access developer options in Android
Step 1: Go to Settings > About Phone.
Step 2: Tap Software Info > Build Number.
Step 3: Tap Build Number seven times. ...
Step 4: Once developer options are activated, you will see a message that reads, You are now a developer.
Within developer options there are options to enable usb debugging and oem unlock. I recently did this on a Galaxy tab and saw..nothing.
First I had to establish a network connection to my wifi base. Weird, but this brought those wanted menu items...
For further connection, check your computer drivers. Both the manufacturers usb drivers and adb driver are necessary. While connected to a PC, check, if you´re on Windows, the device manager, if the proper driver is chosen.
chrysopra said:
Can you see the "developer options" in settings/system when scrolling down ? If not, then:
How to access developer options in Android
Step 1: Go to Settings > About Phone.
Step 2: Tap Software Info > Build Number.
Step 3: Tap Build Number seven times. ...
Step 4: Once developer options are activated, you will see a message that reads, You are now a developer.
Within developer options there are options to enable usb debugging and oem unlock. I recently did this on a Galaxy tab and saw..nothing.
First I had to establish a network connection to my wifi base. Weird, but this brought those wanted menu items...
For further connection, check your computer drivers. Both the manufacturers usb drivers and adb driver are necessary. While connected to a PC, check, if you´re on Windows, the device manager, if the proper driver is chosen.
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I see the developer options and the usb debugging switch
But there are 2 problems
1. My pc running windows 10 cannot detect my device (like showing it as a disk so i can copy files to )
2. In developer setting there is no OEM unlock option, which is weird. I triee many solutions but cannot get acess to OEM unlock. I even tried to unlock it with ADB ut its useless since my phone cant even access fastboot mode.(download mode is considered to be fastboot but ADB wont recognise my phone)
*why are you putting so much effort replying me*
*also drivers seem to be down*
As for the drivers, you could try:
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) USB Driver for Windows (Official Mobile Driver)
Download the official USB Driver for Windows Computer.
gsmusbdriver.com
As for the OEM unlocking, Samsung seems to be tricky:
How to Fix Missing OEM Unlock in Developer Options on Samsung
Are you looking for the OEM Unlock in developer options but couldn't find it? Here's how to fix missing OEM unlock in developer options.
www.ytechb.com
or:
How to fix the missing OEM unlock in developer options on Samsung devices - KrispiTech
There are different methods available to fix the missing OEM unlock in developer options on Samsung devices. By using this option, you will
krispitech.com
ItsSuperPlayz said:
*why are you putting so much effort replying me*
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Maybe I´m a reincarnation of genghis khan, trying to earn some good karma...
chrysopra said:
As for the drivers, you could try:
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) USB Driver for Windows (Official Mobile Driver)
Download the official USB Driver for Windows Computer.
gsmusbdriver.com
As for the OEM unlocking, Samsung seems to be tricky:
How to Fix Missing OEM Unlock in Developer Options on Samsung
Are you looking for the OEM Unlock in developer options but couldn't find it? Here's how to fix missing OEM unlock in developer options.
www.ytechb.com
or:
How to fix the missing OEM unlock in developer options on Samsung devices - KrispiTech
There are different methods available to fix the missing OEM unlock in developer options on Samsung devices. By using this option, you will
krispitech.com
Maybe I´m a reincarnation of genghis khan, trying to earn some good karma...
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heimdall finally recognise my phone but whenever i try to flash twrp.img it says
"Only official binaries are allowed to be flashed(RECOVERY)" (the phone itself) HELP!!!!
*good karma +1*
On any other device, you would have enjoyed your new TWRP since several days. But Samsung is eager to build as many hurdles as possible, to prevent changing the original software. They invented "KnoxGuard" to "protect" the phone. In your case, it´s aprotection against it´s owner
The error message means, that your phone isn´t successfully unlocked.
Try this:
"FIXED IT!!
The time trick actually worked.
All I had to do was turn back the time by like a year, reboot, enter recovery mode, delete cache, re-enable OEM unlock, spam the update phone button, and boot into download mode!"
The following Link may also be of interest:
Prevent Prenormal KG/RMM State on Samsung Galaxy Devices (Guide)
Is the OEM unlock toggle missing on your Samsung Galaxy device? That's probably because your phone has entered Prenormal KG/RMM State. In this guide, we will show you how to prevent Prenormal KG/
www.thecustomdroid.com
chrysopra said:
On any other device, you would have enjoyed your new TWRP since several days. But Samsung is eager to build as many hurdles as possible, to prevent changing the original software. They invented "KnoxGuard" to "protect" the phone. In your case, it´s aprotection against it´s owner
The error message means, that your phone isn´t successfully unlocked.
Try this:
"FIXED IT!!
The time trick actually worked.
All I had to do was turn back the time by like a year, reboot, enter recovery mode, delete cache, re-enable OEM unlock, spam the update phone button, and boot into download mode!"
The following Link may also be of interest:
Prevent Prenormal KG/RMM State on Samsung Galaxy Devices (Guide)
Is the OEM unlock toggle missing on your Samsung Galaxy device? That's probably because your phone has entered Prenormal KG/RMM State. In this guide, we will show you how to prevent Prenormal KG/
www.thecustomdroid.com
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Sorry to say this but the method is useless. Its never gonna work.
Perhaps this (long) Thread may be helpful:
[GUIDE][17.06.2019] RMM/KG bypass - Root/Install TWRP on Exynos Samsung after 2018
UPDATE 17.06.2019 - NEW RMM/KG bypass patch UPDATE 23.02.2019 - Pie and more Please take some time and read carefully the whole post. I am not and i won`t be responsable for anything. Disclaimer I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead...
forum.xda-developers.com