[Samsung Gear Fit] neilio4316:
Here are the consolidated updated steps to get rid of / bypass the 'Reactivation Lock'. I JUST finished going through all the steps and it worked so I wanted to get these steps out there with some minor adjustments I noticed while still fresh in my mind. If you are a semi-noob like me, you can do it. Thanks to PaulieP and Bobus008 it is doable.

1. Download all the files you'll need courtesy of BOBUS008:

h.t.t.p.s:/./.w.w.w.dropbox.com/s/meo9rsl3kcr0ha0/GearFit2.rar?dl=0 -- - - - - I trust you know how to fix this URL - Sorry in advance Mr Moderator.

2. Hard Reset Fit2 - Hold power down until you see rebooting in blue, while it says that hit power button 2-3 times to get to bootloader menu. use power button to move to 'Download (wireless)' and hold power down to select. in Download (wireless) mode, hit power twice quickly to change to 'AP mode'.

3. Run NetOdin3 file and leave it running. Then go to your wireless settings and connect to the now-visible Gear Fit 2 (It will show an open network named SM-R360 or something). After a few minutes (or seconds for me), Net Odin should show an IP address in the box on the left.

4. Click the AP button in Net Odin and load the FTMA file from the 'Combination Firmware' folder. Hit Start and flash it. Once done, Fit 2 will reboot to a screen with yellow diagnostic info. Hit Power, settings, connection, wifi, turn it on, then connect to your wireless internet connection.

5. Once connected, then touch that network connection in the Fit 2 connection list to open up details, and note the ip address (example: 192.168.201.12) and copy it.

6. Hit back button to go back into settings, then Gear Info, then enable developer mode/DEBUGGING (this enables ADB), then hit back to back out of settings menu

7. Open up a command prompt window (ANSICON file provided) in same the directory where you have adb.exe, and type adb connect IPADDRESS:26101

- note IPADDRESS is your Ip address you copied above, and the :26101 is a port number. So using above example, I would type:

adb connect 192.168.201.12:26101

8. Once connected, type adb devices and you should see it listed.

9. In the ANSICON/command prompt window, paste the following lines pressing enter after each:

(note - during these steps the window continued to show messages about the versions being different, but this didn't seem to matter)

adb root on

adb push empty.bin /opt/usr/media/

adb shell dd if=/opt/usr/media/empty.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0p15

adb shell reboot download

(note - when I pressed enter after 'download', my gear fit 2 displayed some text on the screen, one line said 'reactivation OFF', which is great. It also said 'Downloading - do not restart...' at the bottom of the watch. I waited on this screen for about 30 minutes with no change, so I decided to hard restart the gear fit 2, which worked)

10. HARD RESTART - Even if it says 'downloading - do not disconnect/restart'

Hard Restart - hold power to reboot your Fit 2 (it's ready to be flashed with retail firmware), and just like before, but it into Download wireless mode, and AP mode.

-to check if the lock is removed, you can instead first select download mode (USB) instead of wireless, and see if it says ACTIVATION LOCKFF to confirm/doublecheck

12. In Net Odin take your unzipped retail firmware files (Firmware folder) and place each file as named in filenames, in the appropriate slots for AP, CSC, and BL. Hit Start to flash.

13. Once done and rebooted, should be clean and good to go.

These steps worked for me as of 5 minutes ago. Hopefully BOBUS will keep these files available for a while.