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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrumpyFart:
I am quite frustrated with MM at this point. My wife's phone Sprint S6 had Lollipop on it, and she set up fingerprint unlock. It did not ask for a pin and there was no backup pin/password set up on the phone. The new MM update rolls around and the policy has changed so that it now requires a pin for the fingerprint unlock and it will not use fingerprint authentication after a reboot or 24 hours of not being used. Well her phone went straight to asking for a pin without one ever being set up and refuses to unlock with a fingerprint. Sprint sent us another phone and I have set it up, but so far the old phone is on and I can do anything you can do with a locked phone on the main screen, take pictures or screenshots, open and close the top menu, but I can't sign in to make any changes. The wifi is on, and it connects to my network. I signed into Android Device Manager and can get it to ring, attempt to reset the lock code which does put up another lock screen but it will not let me unlock the phone. Just keeps going back to the pin. She didn't have a Samsung account so I can't use the unlock on the Samsung page. Took it to a Sprint service center and they couldn't do squat of course. It was another center that told me to go to that one for help. Guess that was just a couple hours drive time wasted.

I now have a spreadsheet of pins I have attempted and it's an hour between attempts but I am getting nowhere fast, and feel like I am wasting time. Since the bootloader is locked I can't get Odin to update it to TWRP, and I have downloaded 5.1.1 to try and push it back but that too is locked out when I try Odin. I logged into the bootloader and have tried to Apply Update from ADB, but I can't seem to find an OTA version of 5.1.1 for Sprint SM-G920P. I can find the .tar.md5 version bit Odin will not let me put it on, I am assuming because it isn't letting me go backward.

I did manage to get all of my contacts off the phone because we still hadn't deleted the bluetooth connection to our car, and it pulls all of the contacts to the car when you connect a phone. So I let it connect to the car, pulled the contacts and then used my phone to video as I scrolled through the contacts and expanded the ones that were truncated on the screen.

The only thing I want now would be some of the pictures, and I can't get to those since there's no micro SD card on an S6. So at this point I don't know if this is just a rant or if someone knows if there is anything I can possibly Update through ADB to help me get into my phone? I have a few more days before I have to send it back to Sprint as they called and wanted it already, but I told them they needed to give me more time since someone (Sprint, Google, or Samsung) let this particular scenario slip by before they pushed this update. Having the phone just sitting here beeping with updates and updating software all the while not letting me in is like it's just screwing with me. If it would just allow the fingerprint to unlock this would be done. Anyone have any ideas?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genuine55:
So you have tried the sprint stock Marshmallow Odin tar and it's not working ? AND BY YOU CONNECTING YOUR PHONE TO THE PC I'M GUESSING YOU CAN'T SEE THE PICS BECAUSE OF THE NEW MARSHMALLOW PERMISSIONS U HAVE TO ALLOW IT FIRST CAN'T JUST CONNECT IT LIKE BEFORE AND THE STUFF POPS UP ? :confused:
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrumpyFart:
Yes. The file I tried to upload was the stock 5.1.1 (1648503226 Apr 27 18:36 G920PVPU2BOF7_G920PSPT2BOF7_SPR.zip wrong file this is the one I tried with Odin - 3662786727 Jun 12 2015 G920PVPU2BOF7_G920PSPT2BOF7_G920PVPU2BOF7_HOME.tar.md5 ) for the G920P. The phone has always been stock. I get an error with if I recall LRP and it shows the version numbers and will not allow the update to load. Odin fails pretty quickly. If I try and upload the TWRP bootloader it will show it uploading and then fails the write as the bootloader lock is on.

Correct, I can't see the pics, and didn't have USB debugging turned on either, otherwise there was a chance that I could have used adb to do a backup. It was my wifes phone so I didn't mess with it. In hindsight I guess I should have, and will definitely be correcting this on the replacement.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genuine55:
Try the sprint 6.0.1 tar

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http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/general/sprint-galaxy-s6-sprint-mm-6-0-odin-t3333530
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrumpyFart:
It currently has 6.0.1 on it, and I don't think reloading the same version will help any, since it's the policy of the new MM update to require a pin on a restart, which is what happened here. When the new phone came in it still had 5.1.1 on it, and I went through and verified that setting up fingerprint authentication didn't require a pin. I did turn it back off so we wouldn't get bit by the same issue twice. I also took a screenshot of the 6.0.1 MM update where it mentions the new fingerprint rules. Seems to me they forgot about people who might have set up fingerprint verification and not had a required pin. I have tried over 30 different pins that we can think of, including the last 4 of the phone number, etc. No luck and I am just about to give up.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genuine55:
You never know with the stock Odin android is full of surprises lol I didn't have this problem when I upgraded that's crazy man

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Let me do a quick search on something and I'll get back to you

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Look in this thread a new root method u could root it with cf auto root use the new twrp in the thread and flash the custom rom there that should get you past it

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http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/general/guide-how-to-root-marshmallow-sm-g920p-t3338694
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrumpyFart:
I will go read that right now. I am almost ready to go to the bootloader and "Wipe Cache Partition" also to see if that will maybe get it to where it let's me attempt to get back in using the gmail account.

Which leads me to a side rant. The gmail account on the phone was set to sync everything and I figured when I logged into the new phone it would all (at least contacts and calendar entries) just re-sync and download. Nope. Nothing. So I entered new contacts into the new phone, made sure sync was set up, and logged into google with the account and nothing had synced up. I had to tell it to sync manually on the PC before it pulled anything from the phone. Make sure and check your google account folks. Make sure it's actually syncing your data and not just saying it is.

Off to read the thread and see how it goes. I will report back.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genuine55:
Yea I noticed that with Google and the syncing learned that a few years back lol but that thread should be able to help and once u put a custom rom u should be good to go
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrumpyFart:
It didn't work. I get "Custom Binary(RECOVERY) Blocked by FRP Lock. And I can't get in to turn on the OEM Unlock. I guess my next step will be deleting the cache from the bootloader and see if that resets something to let me re-try via the google account. I am not going to do the factory reset until I am putting it back in the box, but at this point I don't have much to lose.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genuine55:
But a factory reset would not delete your pics and stuff that might be what u need because that's a bug
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrumpyFart:
I did not know it would keep the data. When I go to the bootloader there is the option "Wipe data/Factory reset". So I just assumed that was the nuke option. Or do I need to google or search here for factory reset? I am also downloading the 6.0.1 stock firmware to attempt to see if it will upload through Odin. This phone gets sent back in a few days so I can't really screw it up and I am not worried about tripping Knox or anything like that. So it's about another 5 hours to dl, as I am on a sloooow connection. Might read up on the factory reset and hit the hay. It's 1:30AM here and I can pick this up tomorrow. Appreciate all of the help and sticking with me.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genuine55:
Let me know how those 2 methods work out for u mate
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrumpyFart:
Am saving the factory reset for a last resort as from what I read it wipes everything and since the S6 has no card to remove... The download didn't complete so I just restarted. Couple of hours to go.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrumpyFart:
I got the MM update to successfully upload, but as I figured I am in the same position. I even tried swapping out the recovery.img with another from a rooted firmware, but the FRP lock kept it from loading. So now it's just back to trying pin numbers. And I am about up to about the 40th one since I started logging them. I am sure I have duplicated some of the ones we tried earlier, but since there was nothing set initially I am really just wasting my time I guess. So I will keep an eye here and maybe by the end of the week just wipe the device and put it in the mail back to Sprint. Again, thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrumpyFart:
Officially gave up on it tonight. Sprint is calling and threatening that if we don't send the phone back they will charge us the full amount so times up. Tried well over 40 possible pins, tried flashing a different firmware, tried flashing twrp, even tried cobbling together a firmware package with twrp stuck inside. No dice. You win Samsung/Google/Sprint.

So beware folks, if you are running Lollipop and using fingerprint authentication and don't have a pin set, switch to another type of unlock before it updates to Marshmallow. Or else you could be stuck in the same predicament as I was. I realize it's a possibly rare combo of settings, but I saw someone in the Sprint repair center the same time I was in there with the same problem.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmmbusby:
I'm sure I'm not the only one having issues with this game on the 6p. At least a quarter of the time I start the game, it freezes and eventually crashes when the first car shows up. At least half the time, the sound is off enough that I mute it. A lot of times, the game is jittery, sometimes to the point I have to force close and restart. I was dealing with it, but then I played it on an iPhone and was shocked at how much faster it loaded and how smooth it played. That is hard for me to say, not being an Apple fan.

Is there anything others have done to minimize these issues? Or, is this just how it is on these phones. I did try searching for answers, but couldn't find anything related to the 6p and RR3. Honestly, I think my old Note 3 handed it better, which makes me think that maybe I wasted my money.

I appreciate any help,

mmmbusby
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonzaTheChosenOne:
iPhone comparison isn't fair... There's like 5 currently used different iPhones vs. thousands of different Android devices. Optimizations are hard to be done for every single phone. RR3 may not even be optimized for 6.0.1. And we don't the resolutions that the game runs on a different phones...

That being said, for me RR3 lags when I enter race which has many players on it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Son Rise:
I know they were atlest 2 updates we got. I was wondering if we can odin back to the first version before the 2 updates we got.. anyone know where i can get the older firmware stock Tar to flash on Odin? Im guessing it doesn't exist huh?:confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] optimummind:
It exists. However, you cant go back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Son Rise:
That really sucks man. This S7 Edge is a big disappointment:(. Cant do nothing!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] neijia:
I haven't updated once, yet. I'm still holding out for root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] optimummind:
Went to the Samsung booth at Best Buy & the Samsung rep said that even with his software, he cant downgrade firmware for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] pandakn1ght:
Recently unlocked my Samsung Galaxy s7 edge. I decided to transfer my sim from my iPhone to my Samsung. I can text and call but my mobile data is not working. I believe it has something to do with my apn settings. But once I try to go to my apn settings it says "Unable to view access point name. Access is restricted to current user profile.

Would love to have someone to help me fix this problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] AndroiderM:
What carrier is your s7
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] pandakn1ght:
Globe (from the Philippines) gotnit unlocked and moved to Canada and using a Canadian sim atm
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] AndroiderM:
Sounds like a common problem going back to the introduction of mm. Carries implemented it to stop users from getting free Hotspot usage without them having the feature on there plans.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/help/apn-settings-t3072391

Here's some info I found on it with a possible fix on one of the post. Also the sprint s7e forum has users talking about losing the ability to change apn after OTAs
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] pandakn1ght:
Sorry my Internet is dreadfully slow and having a hard time browsing through this forum. So do I have to root my phone in order to make the modifications to get my 3g to work?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] pandakn1ght:
Still having problems but I'm getting somewhere..

The carrier I bought this phone from did some retarded modifications to this phone.

So most likely the problem is this "user profile" it might be fixed if I can change or delete it or whatever. But the problem is I can't find the place where you can change this user profile. It seems it's supposed to be in "about device" but there is nothing that could change the user profile. I think the previous carrier somehow modified it stupidly. Reformatting doesn't help BTW.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Hupao03:
have you figured this out yet buddy?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mezzha:
I have the same problem. Did you get this fixed? :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] hunkguy94:
Globe-locked S7 unlocked.

Same thing here. I just recently unlock my phone using the unlock code given to me by Globe telecom but when I use different sim network, I can only do call & text. I contacted Globe and the agent told me that unlocking is for call & text only and mobile data still locked to Globe.

Can we bypass this by reflashing openline firmware or wait for Oreo update?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] botski:
Did you manage this?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] hunkguy94:
After the Oreo update, I still have same issue. But before I upgraded to Oreo, I managed to fix the issue. I was trying to root my device (Nougat), unfortunately, it failed. So I downloaded openline firmware (PH version) for S7 in Sammobile and reflashed. I think I missed flashing CSC file but it was successful. The other sim network worked fine and can be used for data already. But when I checked for OS updates, it has no CSC code indicated, and my settings interface was like from UK (not sure). So I reflashed again with CSC file already and it got back to Globe interface and same issue occured. Haha. But the point is, we can fix the issue by changing CSC. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] botski:
Great mate! What csc can we use? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] goodbuoy:
CSC Codes

Google the list of CSC codes per country.

To change CSC code, enter *#272*Device IMEI#

Tried XTC (Philippines - Open Line) and it worked.

WARNING: This procedure will wipe the data of your phone. This may also void the warranty. Do this at your own risk.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] cjchriscj:
Is there anyway to stop my 8525's screen from turning on when I press any of the media control buttons on my motorola s9? Its really annoying when I have to turn the screen off whenever I change a track or pause a song
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Xaaran:
Same thing happens on HTCBT S-100.

Help! It's annoying!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Nemokun:
I'd like to know this as well. Using the Sony Ericsson HBH-DS980 with my TyTN.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Xaaran:
I cant believe that no one seemes to care for this problem!?

Have any one found any solution???

I tried to use several screen shut down programs, but none seemes to be working if pressing the BT button.

Have any one thought of any other solution?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lonegreywolf20:
I just received my Chuwi Hi 8 Tablet today and have been unsuccessfully tried rooting it. I have tried the one click rooters, I have tried the method listed on here and Tech Tablets and nothing seems to be working.

When using the Tech Tablets method I don't seem to be auto rebooting into the CWM recovery in order to flash UPDATE-SuperSU-vX.Xx.zip. What I get is this for script:

E: installer device ignored

FASTBOT INIT...

E: installer device ignored

E:Failed to mount device '/dev/block/sda1' as installer partition using fs_type 'vfat'

ition using fs_type 'vfat'

FASTBOOT CMD waiting...

E:installer device ignored

E:installer device ignored

E:No valid installer medium found

Could not open /sys/devices/virtual/backlight

I am still given the options to reboot droidbot, reboot, recovery or power off.

All I want to do is be able to move apps/games to my SD card on the android side of things.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lonegreywolf20:
Now this morning I am finding out that i cannot uninstall SuperSU even when doing a factory reset.

Anyone have any ideas on either getting this tablet to root or getting rid of SuperSU?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maurizio21:
Hi,

I have flashed the hboot-eng.mg in an attempt to get s-off onto my htc desire hd, and now it wont boot at all, no signs of life. The battery has died though, and now if i plug it in to my windows computer I can use ADB, but I cannot get into fastboot or hboot. I need help getting back to stock hboot. Before getting bricked, it was s-on, unlocked bootloader, running cyangenmod 12 with twrp 2.8.7.0. Any help would be much appreciated :)

PS I am new to XDA forums, this is my frist post :p
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gatosbil:
If you still have access to adb shell you could try adb command to get you to fastboot or RUU mode.

So practically you could flash a normal updated hboot and get full s-off through your rom by unlocking your bootloader with htc_devs way.

I have answered before how to flash a 2.00.0029 hboot and unlock your device here.

You can also chexk here and here how to S-OFF your device after hboot unlock.
[T-Mobile LG G4] Modernb:
Greetings fellow G4 Users,

A while I tried rooting my new LG G4 with no success. It was due to the fact that my computer crashes whenever I try installing the latest LG G4 drivers. Has anyone else encountered this problem? (I have a custom PC desktop using ssd/Win 8.1/64 bit operation system) Also How can I verify that the drivers were successfully installed on my pc?
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pswzyu:
Seems like nobody talked about this method. So I'm posting it here.

First of all, install X11 apps using apt-get. You need to first remount your root as read-write:

sudo mount -o remount,rw /

(copied from: http:||askubuntu.com|questions|399709|install-with-sudo-app-get-install-doesnt-work-not-using-locking-for-read-only)

Then, you can first start a builtin X11 app, for example the gedit app from scope. And then run this in terminal:

DISPLAY=:1 codeblocks

If you want to run Qt apps, do this:

export MIR_SOCKET=/var/run/mir_socket

(copied from: http:||askubuntu.com|questions|611274|how-do-i-run-a-mir-application-from-a-command-line)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] PeterTheGeek:
Ive used my droid turbo for 18 month or so. I always enjoy the convenience of installing an app first and drag data into the obb folder under emulated/0/Android.

But yesterday, I can't find it anymore(all those app data is not lost). I wanted to create a new obb folder but the phone tell me that the folder already exists. When I connect the phone to my computers(both mac and windows), I still can't find the obb folder and as I drag in a blank obb folder that I've just created, my phone crashed and restart. I used shell to check permission and it turns out the folder is there and I have full permission to Read and Write. And I backed up my device and give it a wipe. But no luck.

So, I know that the obb folder is still there, but hidden. I think it may be the Es explorer since the problem happens after I used es explorer to clean app residue after deleting an app which could trigger the write protection?

So Im bit frustrated after working on the issue or this long. So Im asking you guys, have you ever run into issues like this? Is there a viable solution?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] ChazzMatt:
Are you rooted? If so, try Root Explorer to see if you can see it.

Wouldn't hurt to re-flash SuperSu again in TWRP, either.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] siberian85:
On the droid turbo it was a pain to find this folder, went with some suggestions creating new one, copying the whole folder. etc none worked, I gave up on the phone at that time also bootloader was locked, I went with moto maxx, what a ease
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] PeterTheGeek:
you are saying the problem is solved with an unlocked bootloader?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] PeterTheGeek:
Sadly, I haven't rooted my device yet....any alternatives?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Elite2k:
Hi guys, I have an unlocked s5 the g900w8. it is the Canadian model and it does not have the Spanish language just English, French etc.. its currently on 5.1.1 i am willing to root it.. but trying to avoid putting custom rom.. if anyone can help it would be appreciated thanks so much in advance
[Xposed General] pikuer:
It shows "Android Pay can't be used Google is unable to verify that your device or the software running on it is Android compatible" when I try to add a card.

It does not work when I disable root.

It does not work until I uninstall XPOSED with uninstaller zip.

I just want to know if any Idea to enable XPOSED with Android Pay work? Any hidden module??

HTC A9 Sprite with 6.0.1 stock rom
[Xposed General] Spott07:
There is no known way to get Android Pay to work with Xposed. This has been the case since they split Android Pay from Google Wallet last year.

Android Pay will only work on stock, unrooted ROM's, without any system modifications. They claim they enforce this policy for security reasons.

AFAIK, no one has found a way to hide root or system modifications from Android Pay.
[Xposed General] margentieri:
That's not entirely true. Yes, xposed breaks Android Pay, but chainfire's new systemless root once again no longer breaks Android Pay. I'm currently rooted systemless on a Galaxy S5 by flashing the latest beta SuperSU through TWRP, and my device passes SafetyNet. Android Pay has been working no problem.
[Xposed General] ldeveraux:
and you have Xposed installed too? If you've managed to do that, you've cracked a code...