G925I with 6.0.1 (Argentina-Claro) - missing OEM unlock option - Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello guys, i've recently got a Galaxy S6 Edge SM-G925I with Marshmallow 6.0.1 and i'm really pleased with its speed and battery!
I searched how to root it, but from the very first moment i got stuck because i can't find the "Allow OEM Unlock" option in Developer Settings. I have already made a factory reset but remained the same, so i decided to avoid flashing anything just to make sure i don't screw it up. I've looking for similar cases and i found out that if the OEM Unlock option doesn't appear, the phone may have an already unlocked bootloader. But if the phone comes from a carrier, it could be locked.
As i mentioned in the title, my S6 Edge comes with the firmware from our carrier Claro. I suspect this could be the cause.
Please can someone confirm that the firmware from this carrier indeed has a locked bootloader? Is there any way to check this by myself? how can i bypass the lock and root the device? Can i safely flash the official Nougat firmware with Odin even if the bootloader is locked?
I'm leaving below the details from "Software Info" and the Download Mode screen in case it helps.
Android version: 6.0.1 // Compilation number: MMB29K.G925IUBS3QD5 // Base Band: G925IDVU3EPL1
Odin Mode
Product Name: SM-G925I
Current binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Reactivation Lock: OFF
Secure Download: Enabled
Knox Warranty Void: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:3 K:2 S:2
Screenshots
Thanks a lot in advance!

alpha-ro said:
Hello guys, i've recently got a Galaxy S6 Edge SM-G925I with Marshmallow 6.0.1 and i'm really pleased with its speed and battery!
I searched how to root it, but from the very first moment i got stuck because i can't find the "Allow OEM Unlock" option in Developer Settings. I have already made a factory reset but remained the same, so i decided to avoid flashing anything just to make sure i don't screw it up. I've looking for similar cases and i found out that if the OEM Unlock option doesn't appear, the phone may have an already unlocked bootloader. But if the phone comes from a carrier, it could be locked.
As i mentioned in the title, my S6 Edge comes with the firmware from our carrier Claro. I suspect this could be the cause.
Please can someone confirm that the firmware from this carrier indeed has a locked bootloader? Is there any way to check this by myself? how can i bypass the lock and root the device? Can i safely flash the official Nougat firmware with Odin even if the bootloader is locked?
I'm leaving below the details from "Software Info" and the Download Mode screen in case it helps.
Android version: 6.0.1 // Compilation number: MMB29K.G925IUBS3QD5 // Base Band: G925IDVU3EPL1
Odin Mode
Product Name: SM-G925I
Current binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Reactivation Lock: OFF
Secure Download: Enabled
Knox Warranty Void: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:3 K:2 S:2
Screenshots
Thanks a lot in advance!
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G925I and G925F have unlocked bootloader by default.
You can flash nougat firmware without issue and keeping knox intact. Beware if you root knox will be tripped permanently.

Good! i may install nougat and then look for the proper root method, but now i feel more confident, i'll let you know once i manage to do it, thanks callumbr1 !

alpha-ro said:
Good! i may install nougat and then look for the proper root method, but now i feel more confident, i'll let you know once i manage to do it, thanks callumbr1 !
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No worries, and I suggest root with twrp and magisk :good:

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Rooting SM-G530T

Hello everybody,
I've got an SM-G530T phone. The Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime from T-Mobile. I'd like to root it, and this is my first time trying to root or otherwise tamper with the software on a phone beyond a little app development.
I downloaded the kernel from this post and tried to flash it on to my phone using Odin. v3.11. The flashing fails, and "Custom Binary(boot) Blocked By FRP Lock" appears underneath the rest of the text, which now reads:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G530T
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
FRP LOCK: ON
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x0
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, H1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE
Custom Binary(boot) Blocked by FRP Lock
I have no idea what this means and google is being most unhelpful to me tonight. I've found some resources for the SM-G530H, but I'm not sure whether they'll be compatible with the SM-G530T that I have. Not to mention that a lot of what I've found looks somewhat sketchy. Maybe I'm paranoid about the sketchiness, but if possible, I'd like to keep all the data on my phone and not brick it. It'd be even better if I could dump all the data to a file on my computer that I could restore later.
I've read that the FRP Lock is something where you have to enter your credentials after you factory reset the phone or something, but I'm not doing a factory reset and there are no mentions of credentials anywhere.
Anyone know how to remove this "FRP Lock" thing or root it differently?
Xenotoad said:
Hello everybody,
I've got an SM-G530T phone. The Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime from T-Mobile. I'd like to root it, and this is my first time trying to root or otherwise tamper with the software on a phone beyond a little app development.
I downloaded the kernel from this post and tried to flash it on to my phone using Odin. v3.11. The flashing fails, and "Custom Binary(boot) Blocked By FRP Lock" appears underneath the rest of the text, which now reads:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G530T
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
FRP LOCK: ON
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x0
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, H1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE
Custom Binary(boot) Blocked by FRP Lock
I have no idea what this means and google is being most unhelpful to me tonight. I've found some resources for the SM-G530H, but I'm not sure whether they'll be compatible with the SM-G530T that I have. Not to mention that a lot of what I've found looks somewhat sketchy. Maybe I'm paranoid about the sketchiness, but if possible, I'd like to keep all the data on my phone and not brick it. It'd be even better if I could dump all the data to a file on my computer that I could restore later.
I've read that the FRP Lock is something where you have to enter your credentials after you factory reset the phone or something, but I'm not doing a factory reset and there are no mentions of credentials anywhere.
Anyone know how to remove this "FRP Lock" thing or root it differently?
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Looks like I can't read. If you have this problem, go into the Settings app, developer options, and turn off OEM Bootloader Locking or whatever it's called. Something like that.
Now, can I install a TWRP for SM-G530H on a SM-G530T?
In case anyone else is looking here for resources on rooting the SM-G530T and you want to install a custom recovery, take a look at this post. If that ever goes down, I could probably put up a mirror if you asked.

Unable to disable reactivation lock

Hi,
I got my first S6 Edge 1 week ago with a locked samsung account on ebay. I made only a bid cause i know that there is always a solution to bypass. So i did a successful bypass without flashing, I used Package Disabler Pro and added my samsung account. Now I'm trying to flash latest TWRP but it fails with Odin, the message shown on the display is:
Custom Binary blocked by R/L
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R/L is reactivation lock. In settings i can't disable it and so far i couldn't find a solution to disable it. Is there a way to disable it?
EDIT: Forget to post some general infos...
In download mode:
Product name: SM-G925F
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Reactivation Lock: On
Secure Download: Enabled
Knox Warranty Void: 0 (0x0000)
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Androidv.: 6.0.1
Basisband: G925FXXU5DPL3
Build: G925FXXU5DQA7
Knox: 2.6
up, im having the same issue. I can't solve it.
Trolleule said:
Hi,
I got my first S6 Edge 1 week ago with a locked samsung account on ebay. I made only a bid cause i know that there is always a solution to bypass. So i did a successful bypass without flashing, I used Package Disabler Pro and added my samsung account. Now I'm trying to flash latest TWRP but it fails with Odin, the message shown on the display is:
R/L is reactivation lock. In settings i can't disable it and so far i couldn't find a solution to disable it. Is there a way to disable it?
EDIT: Forget to post some general infos...
In download mode:
Androidv.: 6.0.1
Basisband: G925FXXU5DPL3
Build: G925FXXU5DQA7
Knox: 2.6
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Can you explain how to bypassed with Package Disabler Pro. Is it via adb sideload.

FRP Locked T-Mobile S8+ HELP PLZ

So I bought a S8+ plus off of craigslist, everything worked good he dhowed me the phone booted up, pressed the butttons to restore it and we mde the transaction then turns out the email was still on the phone, I contacted him for it but never got a reply. Can anybody help me out, I've been searching all over the interenet and tried some different things with Odin but nothing works.
On the download mode screen it shows as this :
*Pretty sure the model or whatever is 955U or could I be mistaken?*
Carrier: TMB
RPMB Fuse Blown
Rpmb Provisioned
Current binary: Samsung OFFICIAL
System Status : Official
FRP Lock: ON
Warranty void: 0x0
QUALLCOM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
RP SWREV: B3(1,1,1,1,1) K2 S3
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
DID: 205EE96BCD40
SW REV CHECK FAIL: [abl] Fused 3> Binary 2
PLEASE HELPPP
Hi We can team up. I have a g955u and also have frp lock
Ive tried flashing combo and turning off OEM Lock and then reflashing BL AP and Home CSC but then its still has the google verification making the phone unusable. Im pretty stuck atm any help would be greatly appreciated.

Samsung S7 (SM-G930W8) FRP Lock

I buyed a S7 for 130 CAD on ebay but i am not able to remove the FRP lock after multiple attempt . The phone is blocked to a carrier and i don't have a SIM card to to other methods .
DETAILS:
SAMSUNG S7 (SM-G930W8)
Carrier: Bell (Canada)
Android 8.0.0
Bootloader information: G930W8VLS5CRJ2
Download mode information:
Current Binary: Samsung official
System status: Official
FRP LOCK: ON
Secure Download : Enabled
Warranty Void: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:5 K:2 S:3
Help !
Este999x said:
I buyed a S7 for 130 CAD on ebay but i am not able to remove the FRP lock after multiple attempt . The phone is blocked to a carrier and i don't have a SIM card to to other methods .
DETAILS:
SAMSUNG S7 (SM-G930W8)
Carrier: Bell (Canada)
Android 8.0.0
Bootloader information: G930W8VLS5CRJ2
Download mode information:
Current Binary: Samsung official
System status: Official
FRP LOCK: ON
Secure Download : Enabled
Warranty Void: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:5 K:2 S:3
Help !
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The FRP lock has nothing to do with Network lock. You can have the bootloader unlocked and still you could not be able to use another Sim card. If you still wan't to disable the FRP, go to settings,about device,software info, build information. Tick 6 times on that one. Now go to developer settings and disable oem protection. Once you disable it, the frp will be disabled.
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Question Used S23 Ultra: KG STATUS PRENORMAL - is my device secure?

I bought a second hand S23 Ultra on Ebay.
I believe it had the official firmware installed, but wanted to flash the firmware just incase.
On going into Download Mode, it showed the following (before flashing);
RPMB Fuse Set
RPBM PROVISIONED
Current Binary: Samsung Official
FRP LOCK: OFF
OEM LOCK: ON (L)
KG STATUS: PRENORMAL (00)
WARRANTY VOID: 0x0
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
LCS STATE: PROD (3)
RP SWREV: B1 (1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0)
RP SWREV: K1 (1,1,1,1,) S1
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
SPU: 5, AR: 1
HDM STATUS: NO
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Should I be worried about this 'prenormal' KG Status?
What actions can I take to ensure my device is secure?
Welcome to XDA. Please be aware that we have specific forum sections for each device; these are always the best place to post, and is required by the Forum Rules:
Use our search function to find the best forum for your device.
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Please take a moment to read the Rules and Forum Etiquette linked in my signature.
On to your question: KG: PRENORMAL is just Vaultkeeper (Knox Guard) taking note of the fact that your device was manually flashed via USB, so it wants to make sure you're running the correct firmware. Once you connect to the Internet and check for a software update through System Settings, the KG status should disappear or read COMPLETED.

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