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[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esummers91:
Frp lock metropcs solution

This what worked for me. Try this at your own risk .

I tried the stock rom listed here through Odin and I was not able to get back into my device because of the

FRP Lock. FRP Lock Binary Message , would not let any of the roms boot onto my device from Odin and I tried a lot of different solutions. This is the only thing that worked for me .

I downloaded Kies 3.

I installed it .

I put my device into download mode ( I did not connect it yet )

Kies wil tell you that your device is not compatible with the software .

Knowing that Tmobile software would be close enough I decided to give this a try. (Some people have bricked their phones trying to run t-mobile software through odin, this is running through kies is different, it worked for me.)

In Kies I then went to where it said Tools,

I selected the option that says "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization.

Its going to ask you for the model number and the serial number.

I won't go into details of how I got it but use the MN: SM-G530T - Serial Number: R28GA0EJ6FZ

Its a public serial number

Then from there it ask you to hook up your device,

Once you hook up your device you can continue with the install.

Make sure that you are taking the battery all the way out before putting the device in download mode. In my opinion this may be the best way to make sure it works.

Please let me know if this works for anyone. Thank all of you that helped me and gave me advice to get my phone restored . I hope that this helps everyone who has this issue.

One things for sure . This will make me never want to buy a metro device again especially if there devices aren't supported by samsung.

I'll try my best to answer any questions anyone might have. I'm really hoping that this will help all who have that nasty FRP LOCK

ISSUE
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MDavu:
I appreciate that but for a new person to this I am unconfident. Is there a company or something that can do it for me? All this information on the internet is hard to know that it works.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
EDIT: Bring us the stock firmware that you can pull from C:\Users\YOUR NAME\AppData\Local\Temp\Binary\
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esummers91:
sn: R28ga0ej6fz
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MDavu:
Since I was new to metropcs they replaced the phone so I'm good now. But I still want to root it to wifi tether my tablet and maybe change my rom.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esummers91:
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Sorry there should not be a 1 . Model Number should be SM-g530T

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Serial Number: R28ga0ej6fz

Model: SM-g530T
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Interesting cuz i couldn't flash the sammobile package but i will try this
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eggypadua:
thanks, work for me.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
It worked!! I wonder if it will work on metro PCS network now :)

Cc [MENTION=4168602]klabit87[/MENTION] can we extract the firmware from kies to help the users who are stuck with FRP?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esummers91:
Yep hopefully someone could test it out . I may try calling metropcs later and seeing if I can get my phone switched back over. I started using another phone because of the FRP thing. Let me know if it works . Glad to see we have some type of a workaround .
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Yes it will work on metro because they are owned by t-mobile. It would be considered a grey market device, even though they sold it to you.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Meaning that it can't be unlocked ever?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Ok.. I would say that, since unlocking is obtained by imei then yes, you could. I am thinking of personally purchasing a box for unlocking. And I can see how the method for frp lock breaking earlier can work. Simply put, the phone is the same no matter whom the carrier. The software is what is different.. and we are running t-mobile software, just with a different version number. And cosmetic differences.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Hey guys, I know this is off topic. But... If any of you are electrical engineers and can solder, directions for making a box or, pin outs for a cable with which to flash these phones can be found at the following link. Should any of you make a box or cable, please let me know how it goes. http://pinouts.ru/cellularphonescables/
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MDavu:
Galaxy Grand Prime SM-G530t1 Rooted using King Root

Update.....today I received my new Galaxy Grand Prime. I rooted it using King Root. So far so good. I checked it using root checker & root check. I'm running Android 5.1.1. I restarted it several times just in case it was going to brick but again so far so good. Next is a backup then wifi tether.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yu-san:
SUCCESS! Great thinking, mate! Thank you! :)
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
I'm going to break bad on all of you guys.. This works on Smartswitch also. Just change the program.. Follow the same steps. Note, this is a complete factory restore. Also, I happened to capture the files that were copied.. So, we now have the official firmware.. I am going to forward them to [MENTION=4168602]klabit87[/MENTION] for further use. *Edit* The install crashes when you move the folder, so it bricked my phone. The awesome part was that, the same firmware I'd just ganked when I crashed the install flashed through odin!!!!! So... This firmware, while official, can be flashed through odin. Or you can go through the process outlined by the fellow earlier that gave the serial number.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
Make sure to enable OEM unlocking in dev options will help you in the future.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
So you think since people are actually back into their phones from the frp lock problem they can flash the final version and be back with metropcs and happily ever after?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Once we can separate my personal data in the metro rom from the data we can use, then i will say yes, we will "re-release" it. But.. If you want the t-mobile software to where you can use your frp lock, I have it on my Google Drive. You will want to flash the file that starts with AP in the zip file. THe other files are a modem driver, recovery, and pit file with one or two other files. If you flash the one th starts with "AP" you are gravy.

Also, a note from my experience; It matters not which version you put on your phone beside startup and shutdown screens (No more metro ball rolling. Now just t-mobile remaining on the screen while it loads. And t-mobile is the last screen you see before the power shuts down completely), and carrier apps (t-mobile money as opposed to mymetro). So, in reality, t-mobile does own metro, and as such, the phone will work on either carrier. The only differences are those I mentioned a moment ago.. And.. Oh yeah.. The t-mobile wallpaper fr the desktop was nice.. I'd rather be sitting on a nice beach like that any day than stuck in life where I am... :)

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If you are looking for someone to root your phone for you, allow me to give you this bit of wisdom. Try it.. And be sure to read everything very carefully. And if you cannot root it, then find someone whom is close by and see if they can.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
So you think since people are actually back into their phones from the frp lock problem they can flash the final version and be back with metropcs and happily ever after?

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DUDE THANK YOU SO ****ING MUCH I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE END OF ME!!!! GENUS WORK 11/10 :highfive::cyclops::angel::D:o:) HOPEFULLY I CAN INSERT MY METRO SIM CARD AND GET BACK ON THE METRO PCS NETWORK!!!!! WOOOOOOO! YOU BEAT THE LOCK!
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esummers91:
You are very welcome. Glad that this worked for you. Hopefully you have success with switching back to Metro. I still haven't switched my phone back to Metro yet, please let me know how that works out. Was thinking about going back to Tmobile anyway but I still want to know if it works.

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Your very welcome
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
Testing...

Okay, :D So, right now my phone is currently reinstalling everything on my device. I just tested the Camera and WIFI they work! :highfive: going to play around and see and report, if any, errors or glitches, bugs, etc. Inserted my SIM and we're back on the metropcs network! hopefully we'll have no problems. when it comes to paying for my bill time. [MENTION=7023617]ts_root78[/MENTION] you're right about the t-mobile change it does have it's boot and has t mobile stock apps... is there anything i need to know further more

PS. THANK ALL OF YOU!

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I put my Metro SIM in and it appears to be working fine. I'll be reporting be here though out the day with updates on how it's going.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esummers91:
Good news. I'm still holding off on switching back in the meantime. Hopefully everyone remember to go into the Developers settings and turn the FRP Lock off.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klabit87:
Link has been posted in the other thread guys. I will update op and title next chance I get
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
Update #2

Everything seems to working with this new MetroPCS/T-Mobile Hybrid device :) Although, Wifi tether doesn't seem to work with devices i connect it to. :confused: No biggie! as long i can use major things like camera and wifi I'm GOOD!
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
Update #3

Everything is smoooth. Thank you all. the bill was payed and it went though and I got the message :)
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Alright guys, the only difference I see, besides the apps and shutdown/startup screens, is the programming for the carrier itself. The stuff that allows you to use their network. That being said, the two phones are the same. The only reason why they are different is due to the aforementioned screens, apps, and carrier designation. Now, with that being said, has anyone flashed t-mobile and made the switch from metro? All t-mobile is is like metro's big brother.

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Hmm, since that was a public serial number, I'm curious.. Can we use a metro serial to get the metro version??? Or.. Will it install the same version no matter the serial? I.E. if I took my serial, which is different from the oe provided, and reflashed my phone, according to directions, would it flash the metro version and make it grabbable like we did with the t-mo version??? I'm asking because I am willing to bet the serial number was found with t-mobile's help. Should it be stolen, Metro thinks their apps can assist the police in finding your phone so they do not wish to disclose your serial number. Whether or not this is the case, any time you get a new phone, write your serial # down and store it somewhere where you can get it if you need it. I will attempt what I mentioned with my serial later today and post results. Thanks for the "correct" way to do this.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentgumm:
good to hear! I knew the aolution would involve some kind of compatible OFFICIAL firmware to get the needed flash files.

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I was unable to get wifi tether router running correctly on 5.0+. I think they screwed it up on purpose.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
really :silly::confused:
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
Works on mine perfectly try changing your settings up to this
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
Where are those settings?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
Hit configure router
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentgumm:
nice tether app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
Did you flash the t mobile firmware too?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
No I have the stock metro pcs rooted firmware

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No I have the metro pcs firmware
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentgumm:
i stopped using it as it always hit my tether limit no matter what the settings.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
Not really sure if there's a way to bypass that yet.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentgumm:
thats what makes me think its a 5.0+ thing like frp. I moved into a newer phone but thought people might like to hear .
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazer171:
I have another metro pcs phone running 4.4.2 that also has a limit on wifi tether router

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I'm guessing it has something to do with metro giving out free hot spot data now.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theUsualSuspexx:
Worked like a charm. And samsung sent me a letter saying the phone was damaged beyond repair lol many thanks esummer91

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Btw someone here on xda has a working t1 metro tar that I can flash via Odin after using esummer91 kies method, for those who really want the original metro bloat
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
[MENTION=7136990]phazer171[/MENTION], can you message me when you have a moment. I have a query for you?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
I Need A Little help

Can someone that flashed the T Mobile firmware using Smart Switch/Kies please test Kingroot and root the device and test emoji switcher

Remember OEM unlocking has to be on correct?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrianhix:
I have flashed the tmobile firmware using smart switch on my metropcs phone. I then used king root with OEM unlocking on. Reboot phone and is working. Downloaded emoji switcher and switched to lollipop with success.

Now that I have tmobile firware I wonder if I can use a tmobile custom recovery? too scared to try
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Ok... I spoke to a few different people at both carriers, and both confirmed that, were there a way to flash t-mobile to a metro and vice versa, the rooms would work. Where the 1 in ours comes from denotes it is a metro phone. Nothing more. What makes them different is nothing more than the network programming, I.E. the network specific settings for the carrier. Also... I have been looking at the firmware we "snatched" from kies/smart switch, namely some of the code. I can definitely, without a doubt, confirm that the sim lock keeping you at metro also runs on boot. So.... This is just an informational blurb guys. Do with it what you will. I can say this much from the info I have gathered: Were someone to have an unlock box that ran for the sm-g530t it would also work for metro. As such I have a theory that the firmware differences rests in the serial number. If I decide to test my theory and succeed we would have both stock roms.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
Thank you hopefully I'll build up the courage and root it
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
So since I flashed the t mobile firmware can my device work with anything sm-g530t now? Please help me. I trying to root and use root applications
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdoggawesomex900:
I have the sm-g530t firmware on my device flashed via smart switch to get my sm-g530t out of the frp lock crap.How would I be able to get my device back to stock metropcs firmware? I tried putting my serial number into smart switch, but when I did it just went black and closed the smart switch application.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
[MENTION=6204575]jdoggawesomex900[/MENTION] I am glad you asked this. I believe the serials will be the factor that differentiates... so here is my suggestion; follow the directions that got you out of frp lock, substituting your serial instead of the one provided. When you do this, if it goes right, the firmware will be temporarily dropped on your hard drive, and as such you can copy/paste it elsewhere and get the metro version. If you do this and it flashes back to metro, I ask that you zip the firmware up and upload it somewhere and drop the link here please?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
[MENTION=7044799]kenny54[/MENTION] from what I know, yes.

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In all actuality, I would think it should have been that way the whole time
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
True, true. I might root my device tonight or tomorrow I'm just scared of losing it again but at the same time I will be opened to an entire world of things I can do with it. Any who, it should work with kingroot as long as I have OEM unlocking on right? Anything else I need? Also is cyanmod available for this device through ROM manager?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klabit87:
You're device does not have a true recovery yet. So no cm is not available for your device.

But that doesn't mean it don't.

All you guys need are a few people willing to learn to do it and get busy.

I know [MENTION=7023617]ts_root78[/MENTION] has been hard at it learning as much as he can and working on a custom recovery.

Just because it isn't there now doesn't mean it can't be.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentgumm:
I had no problem with any root app used so far. with frp lock problem solved there shouldnt be any issue with rooting and messing about. ive flashed everything I could imagine to it and was still able to use these various methods to restore.

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only thing i have not tried was using the recovery to flash zips. have you tried say a modified gapps or anything flashed in zip form in recovery?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny54:
Tell me more about the things you did and flashed. Is there a custom ROM out yet for us?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Realfam Vigilante:
OEM Unlocking On?

So if I turn OEM Unlocking ON I should be able to safely root with Kingroot and be ok? I did it successfully before with the G530T1 that I bricked, I'm wondering if the build.prop tweaking I did is what bricked it and NOT the use of Kingroot?

Open for discussion & help 385-887-4944
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdoggawesomex900:
I tried this but unfortunately smartswitch didn't recognize it.It just closed after a fresh smarts witch install when I put in my serial number and hit enter.For some reason through everything I tried only that nice fellow who provided his serial number seems to work.And that's a problem because that's for t-mobile firmware.Maybe if we can get a metropcs firmware to download through odin maybe it would work.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swiperru:
does anyone know a safe way to root the galaxy grand prime from metro and does anyone else with a hotspot experience problems when trying to use it after frp lock fix. Im assuming its because its on t-mobile and my hotspot is metro

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Big shutout to all you guys who developed the method for fixing the metro grand prime frp lock I sat here for hours reading all the posts , I thought my phone was gonna be done for good but then you guys saved me
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yu-san:
Thanks! Unfortunately, no luck.

With Smart Switch it says, "Please check the model name and S/N, and enter them again." That was when I copied and pasted it. I tried typing in the serial and that's when it just forced closed. I tried it again running Smart Switch in admin mode and the same result occurred.

I also tried with Kies (both 2 & 3). With that, instead of closing it just says, "Please check the model name and enter it."
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinder:
Quick question how did you brick your phone? I tried wipe from twrp but i wanted to know if twrp cause it before wipe.

Is there a working custom recovery for G530T1 if yes I can create a nandroid
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yu-san:
I flashed the Root for SM-G530T 5.1.1 and when I restarted the phone I got a black screen with the message "Custom binary blocked by FRP. Secure Fail: Kernel" I think it's because I didn't disable KNOX. I was so happy and in rush that I didn't fully pay attention to the instructions. A silly mistake XD

I don't think there's a working custom recovery for G530T1, but I'm not entirely sure on that. I'll have to do some more looking.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinder:
Have you tried gcpro frp off?

You have two options i could do it for free but you'll have to ship it to me and trust me. Second is get gcpro and turn off frp if that is what is blocking it.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yu-san:
Hey, sorry for the late response!

I was under the impression that flashing the stock firmware would place the original kernel back and get everything back working again. Is that not the case? :( Then again, we still don't have the stock firmware yet, so there's that XD

The phone is my sister's and she isn't too sure about shipping it out. GC Pro Key? Hmm... that's a bit out of my league XD

I guess the only option I currently have is to wait for the firmware. Unless she changes her mind about shipping the phone to you so that you can fix it and if you'd still be willing to do it if she does end up changing her mind.

In any case, thanks for the help :)
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalmCentro:
I still haven't found a stock firmware for it..

But you can definitely go back to a Samsung Service center to reflash it for free!!

if they ask about the knox tell them that it happened when you flashed the T-Mobile version....
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
Hey guys, I have a phone that is rooted and I've removed some apps. It is still stock with the stock recovery. If someone will walk me through it, I can attempt to take a rom off of it. As such, this is aimed at all you metro pcs owners out there. It is a metro phone, so it is a SM-G530T1.

Today I found a custom recovery for the SM-G530H and it worked on my T1. It was listed for the SM-G530H and I found it here, on XDA. So.. How do I make a nandroid now?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eker05:
http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-de...ide-backup-stock-rom-flashing-custom-t3129375

I found that idk if it would work though , its worth a try..
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentgumm:
worked for me as well after failed G530T flash. put tar file in ap slot. now to find a working rom... http://xdaforums.com/grand-prime/development/custom-recovery-twrp-2-8-7-0for-lollipop-t3190351