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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] pieces of cake:
LOL! Sorry but, how old are you? I'm as disappointed as anyone, but you're acting like a child. You think that because YOU'VE been with T-Mobile "since VoiceStream" T-Mobile should change their decision? Ridiculous. The guy you were talking to can't help you, cannot make any executive decisions and sure as hell isn't passing along your "concerns" to Legere. He also doesn't give a damn that you're cancelling a whopping THREE (3!!!) device orders. Did you think he was going to crumble to his knees, beg you to keep your orders and run tell boss, "we must change our bootloader plans because Mr. VoiceStream is simply NOT having it?"

You were just whining to yourself while he typed, "I understand how you feel" and rubbed your shoulders a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] johnwayne27:
Agreed, complaining to a underpaid rep that probably hates listening to people complain all day everyday is not going to get bootloaders unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Z51:
Yet people still complain lol.

You know the bootloader is locked before you buy the device. Deal with it and move on.

Edit: not aimed towards you. Just saying in general of the complainers lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aydinbahadir88:
Chainfire already finds a solution ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Milly7:
Source?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] DSA:
^ This.

I also love how the op states he is speaking for the users/devs on XDA.....errr, no you aint!! lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
For realz???
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
LMAO...Yea, sure he did.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitemare3219:
Useless thread. This is not a surprise and is something we already knew.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jpeckinp:
I ordered two from TMo and I'm sure that a root method will pop up soon after release.

Motorola had bootlocks on the Bionic and it was still able to be rooted. I bet within a month we'll be rooting with the rest of them.:good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] YMNDLZ:
Samsung has officially lost by business. Been a samsung guy since the S3 and I've stuck with them in the years since. It's such a shame that they choose to do this. I don't need Samsung pay, as I have a wallet. Awful that they force these programs down our throats as they're nice to have but are completely unnecessary.

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The Galaxy S7 came out in March and it took three months to even figure out how to root it. We don't even have a bootloader unlock for the GS7, and it's been a year since it's release. Might want to lower your expectations as devs are moving away from locked down devices like the Galaxy series in the U.S.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] cpufrost:
Wow this is like posting water is wet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sireniankyle:
I stopped rooting my phones, but I'm still against taking away the option. I just never could pull the trigger on losing Samsung Pay permanently.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bkeaver:
Hahaha how true [emoji106]
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Salval:
*GASP!!* I'm glad you pointed that out....
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Harry44:
I'm in the same boat as you. Unsure of what to do for the foreseeable future. Also KNOX. I actually do care about tripping it. The email app my company uses breaks if KNOX is tripped....
[Xperia Z5 General] haarshmadhvi:
Its a new game launched by Gameloft, Gangstar New Orleans which is incompatible on Xperia Z5 but it is compatible with many other devices like S7 and A5 (2017).. What would have gone wrong?
[Xperia Z5 General] L33Tgod:
I can install it, I have Xperia Z5 E6653 running LineageOS, android 7.1.1.
[Xperia Z5 General] haarshmadhvi:
No dear, i am talking about stock nougat
[Xperia Z5 General] L33Tgod:
maybe region issue ?
[Xperia Z5 General] haarshmadhvi:
If it would have been a regional issue then play store should display region error, but its not the case here...
[Xperia Z5 General] shehabskull:
Same here.. Maybe it needs vulkan?
[Xperia Z5 General] sceryavuz:
Here is the apk and sd data.

1.0.0n

apk : https://cloud.mail.ru/public/Dufa/LrUF3qbSU

sd data : https://cloud.mail.ru/public/3vy2/DirS7T3Cb

1.0.2d

apk + sd data : https://cloud.mail.ru/public/ADo3/Ny18gWjYj
[Xperia Z5 General] haarshmadhvi:
It isn't about having that game and playing it.. Its about the compatibility.. Why such a flagship kind of device is not compatible to run that game officially?
[Xperia Z5 General] sceryavuz:
Problem is on the game, not on the phone. Contact the game's developer :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z5 General] freaky2xd:
nope I am running Android 7.0 2.33 rooted+deodexed+superuser+patched kernel+vulkan mod

and still not working :(
[Xperia Z5 General] haarshmadhvi:
I am 100% agreed with u, the problem is not with the phone
[Xperia Z5 General] freaky2xd:
yeah. I installed the newest version of the apk + obb but after the gameloft logo it says that the device is not supported.
[Xperia Z5 General] shehabskull:
Have u changed your module name and number to match a vulkan device like Xperia xz? I am also having vulkan drivers on my device but I am too lazy to change these lines [emoji14]
[Xperia Z5 General] freaky2xd:
no I haven`t... how can I change it?
[Lenovo Yoga Book Questions & Answers] brie987:
Hi, I am currently using a micro hdmi cable, it works great, but I would like the screen on the tablet to shut off while I am casting onto the larger monitor. Is this possible? There is an app in the PlayStore that can do this but it requires root, which I dont want to do. Thanks for any help or suggestions.
[Lenovo Yoga Book Questions & Answers] ox_eye:
Hm, I am not sure but I dont think so.

Do you have the name of the app please?
[Lenovo Yoga Book Questions & Answers] CardosoPedro:
Hi,

Name of the app.. PLEASE.... =)
[Lenovo Yoga Book Questions & Answers] brie987:
The app is called "Screen Standby # Root"
[Lenovo Yoga Book Questions & Answers] brie987:
The app is called "Screen Standby # Root". In the PlayStore .
[Lenovo Yoga Book Questions & Answers] ox_eye:
Does this App really works? The last update is over 3,5 yeas old and the homepage doesnt exist anymore.
[Lenovo Yoga Book Questions & Answers] brie987:
Hi, I mentioned this app more of a reference and an explanation of what I want to accomplish. If I was rooted I would have given it a try as the Yoga Book is still on 6.0, and will be for some time if I am to believe posts regarding Lenovo Android updates.
[Lenovo Yoga Book Questions & Answers] uuang:
I yearn for the same thing. Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible without root. Hopefully it'll be added in a future update. HDMI out without a way to turn the primary display off is useful in very few situations. One of those odd oversights by Lenovo.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v12xke:
7.1.2 Final build posted here. Build version N2G47H. Bootloader (03.67) and radio (03.81) unchanged from beta. Contains April security update.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] rambo6:
I found this .cab file on the Kaiser Upgrading section. It works to improve scrolling of large pages in PIE in WM6 on BA too.

Thanks to whoever built it.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] ThePrinoob:
I used a site to update my Huawei P9 lite and now i have the Build-number Huawei P9 lite Vns-L31NRD90M test-keys. Now beacause the BT and NFC won't work I want back to marshmallow. Sorry for my bad english. Please let me now if it is possible to rollback to marshmallow.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] sirjohnrl:
Flash c432 oeminfo and b160 update.app
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] ThePrinoob:
How can I do that?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Gregoire187:
I had the same problem...

You can use the rollback package from Huawei.

That's what i did this weekend.

For that i use hicare to access to the Huawei forum.

In this page you have the rollback pagage for vns l31 ( for example in french : http://consumer.huawei.com/fr/support/mobile-phones/p9_lite_fr-sup.htm )

Then use the guide (pdf) in the rollback pagage !

For information, you have to flash the rollback (c900b300) and then the mm rom (c432b160).

Then when you are on c432b160, make update only if you have the 1.99gb ota (data full)!

(Sorry for my english)
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] UltrashRicco:
That is correct!

THere is a tutorial already though ;) : https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p9lite/how-to/tutorial-rollback-n-to-mm-c432-devices-t3563955
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] ThePrinoob:
Okey thanks i will test it.

EDIT: The Rollback not work but i had install the marshmallow OTA and that work for me! Thank you!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluenile:
I switched from Oneplus One to Redmi 4a, which comes with MIUI. While I was able to restore all the SMS messages from my old phone to Redmi 4a using the free version of the app SMS Backup and Restore, the same app is unable to backup all the messages under MIUI. The app can backup only 2.5k SMS messages, while the phone has upwards of 9k SMS messages. So I tried a couple different apps from the Google Play store to backup my SMS messages with similar result. The inbuilt tools in MIUI 8 are able to make full local as well as cloud based backup. However I need the backup in XML or Text format.

Can any one please suggest how I could get the backup of all the messages in XML or Text format?

Thanks for your time and consideration.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Hello everyone,

Recently a friend bought a tablet (SM-T819) which was in some sort of retail mode or I don't know what.

It had "Maas360" security app and it was quite locked up.

So, I didn't know what else to do since I couldn't get into settings any way, so I tried flashing TWRP without enabling OEM unlocking and USB debugging, and then I got a download mode screen saying "MDM MODE, CAN'T DOWNLOAD" and a boot loop at Samsung Logo.

I tried flashing all possible combination of stuff, custom recovery, stock AP, Smart Switch initialized recovery, but whatever I do, I can't flash it, because every time flashing starts the message mentioned above appears and flashing fails.

I tried "adb sideload" and "factory data reset", but I get blocked at MDM screen.

After all, I tried "NAND erase all", hoping it will wipe the whole device, but still just bricked.

I thought that this may be solved by flashing a PIT, security, bootloader or something, but I cannot manage to find any online.

Any ideas?

Similar problems?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
I'm confused, if you can't download anything using download mode, how can you have possibly caused a boot loop?

Or do you mean you can use download mode, but it just doesnt boot?

Does ODIN complete the flash or not?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Odin doesn't complete the flash. I think erasing NAND caused the bootloop, but I am not sure.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
If you used NAND erase all then it has wiped the internal storage, possibly wiping the system partition too.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Whatever it was, do you have an idea where could this restriction be written? Don't just tell me jtag is the last resort :(
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Have you tried reflashing the stock Firmware?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Of course, I used files which I got from Smart Switch by entering IMEI and SN, extracted from AppData.

I am advanced user, even working as a technician, but this one surely gave me trouble.

I even tried Octoplus Samsung, but the closest supported model is some variation of T819 (not sure which letter was at the end).

I tried some stuff, but not helping really. Friend who owns this box told me I should go "Factory Unlock", that it would unlock absolutely any type of lock, but it's not supported for this device, neither I think it can do anything since the system is not starting.

Device was bought cheap if I understand well and is in perfect condition, so there is nothing except the motherboard to be replaced, but since it's a friend's device, I don't wanna make him spend money on it.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Technogeeks:
Hello

Did anyone manage to solve it? Please share if any working solutions.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Do you have the same device, or something else?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Technogeeks:
Hello

Yes I have the same device, please tell me you have a solution :)
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Nope, just hoped you own an older device. These features is little kernel are implemented from Android 6 I think. If you could downgrade the BL, you wouldn't have a problem. Does anyone know how to disassemble the sboot.bin back to "readable" code? I don't program, but I sure could take a look and waste my time :)
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luxx666:
any more on this? have samsung SM-T819 with "MDM mode cant download" message when trying to do full factory reset with odin ,kies. any solution? thanks!
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Nothing mate, try JTAG, or eventually flashing a debrick.img (if can be found) through USB with testpoint wiring.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androbots:
Hmm seems really complicated I think .pit comes should have fixed the issue let me research a bit well try to contact you then
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
I'll see if I can get hold of the eng boot or the combo firmware. This may at least flash.

The other thing to try is to flash using Heimdall for Linux to flash the firmware.

Heimdall doesn't have the restrictions ODIN has.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
If you mean HOME.tar by combo firmware, then you're losing time. I tried. The point is that certain partitions are locked for recovery and ODIN mode. I tried flashing file by file from tar's and md5's with Octoplus Samsung, as well as with Chimera Tool, but at the end, only sboot.bin can be flashed. But since that's the bootloader file which is instructed to check from (I think) data partition for restriction parameters by MDM, someone who knows how to edit them could (I suppose) easily remove that line of code.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
No, I mean the engineering firmware?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
To be honest, now I don't even know what you mean. I thought maybe it can be put into QFIL mode, and then flash it, if that is what you mean?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snsmosko:
Hi

Did you managed to solve the MDM MODE problem?? I have the same problem with phone......

Please let me know

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
No, unfortunatelly

This specific unit is driving me nuts... Anyways, I already read about this type of thing and all the possibilities.

Tried so far:

1) ADB enable-can't flash nothing except aboot.mbn (tried million times flashing file by file, recompiling .tar, Chimera mobile utility, Octoplus Samsung box, all the different firmwares... Not allowed, MDM!

2) Factory reset, ADB sideload-blocked by MDM!

3) Factory binary (combination)-only aboot.mbn passes

3) Tried "NAND erase all" with Odin-nothing changes

4) Re partitioned with all .pit

5) Tried flashing in kernel panic mode (unknown download mode, caused by aboot.mbn from factory binary)-fail

So, these are the options:

1) Modifying aboot??

-I need someone who can reverse engineer, or at least give me directions how to decompile the file to a readable code.

2) eMMC flash

-needs disassembly, needs files, impossible to find...

3) QFIL flash (deep flash)

-Need files for the model (almost impossible, could work with files from different unit with the same chip, or can be created from official FW files (need patch0.xml, firehose...))

-Not sure if it's possible to boot it into "qdloader 9008" mode without disassembly (test point method), it's very complicated to perform, and the chance to have it as good as new later is very little.

4) T-flash -very unknown Odin function, couldn't find much about it.

Requires a class 10 microSD card, I suppose the size of the eMMC (32GB in this case)

I'm not quite sure how it works, I do not have an SD card to give it a try, but if understood, you can put it in the device, check the option, select pit and it will flash the FW to an SD instead of eMMC, then we can work around the MDM security when we gain access to system.

Please, if anyone reads, knows or has something on this, write it!

Also, if anyone else has MDM issue, report!
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jos89h:
Has any progress been made? I have a Tab S2 with MDM and retail mode preventing everything.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Have you tried the available passwords on the offending app?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jos89h:
Yes I've tried the standard 5444 password and multiple others that I've found in searches. Also updated the firmware to 7.0 via Odin - it updated but didn't help anything and I can no longer access download mode or recovery menu. The MDM prevents Developer Options being activated and cannot do a factory reset via settings.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Does the Odin firmware have 5 separate tar files or just 1?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jos89h:
I have made some progress since installing 7.0, I encrypted the device with a password lock and checked erase device after 15 login attempts. Incorrectly entered the 15 times and factory reset was performed. Retail mode is now non-existent and i can access developer options. I can still no longer access access download mode - not even via ADB. I did not check the amount of tar files when flashed. It was downloaded via sammfirm
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hq15955657:
so the retail mode had been removed,

but the MDM still inside the phone,

even it can get into the download mode but the flashing process will still blocked by the MDM,

wish somebody could share the solutions.

BR
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Any chance to find a testpoint and flash it in qd-loader 9008 (edl)?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
You need to factory reset as the user above to remove MDM.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emuandco:
In my good ol' Note 3 times the solution was shutting down, pulling battery, waiting a minute, put back in and then DIRECTLY hop into DM by button combination and retry. No clue if this helps in any way here. Just try without removing battery first. (Not that easy to do these days)
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hq15955657:
I don't have Jtag, any chance I can able to flash the 9008?

with Odin still can do?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
You must find the test point on the motherboard to be able to boot EDL.

Then you need emmc_programmer.mbn, rawprogram0.xml and patch0.xml. The other two are "easy" to make, but the first one can be tricky to find.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hq15955657:
Thank you for the reply!!
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Well, we are having the same problem, there is nothing to thank for :)

What are your device's symptoms? Sometimes it's less difficult to remove MDM.

If you were able to update OTA, that means that your recovery mode is not blocked, which makes me think there might be something else.

I cannot even flash factory binary or boot.img.

Try flashing one by one file from the firmware, but please flash with the version which is already in your device, in case it goes through, you don't want it to boot with bad files and perhaps mess up a partition which you cannot change yet because of the lock (happened to me, my Tab got bricked while trying to flash aboot.mbn which is the only file that goes through).
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hq15955657:
What I have known just the basic knowledge: FRP by passing and unlocking by the boxes, also, avoiding to trip the knox,

but I do I what I am doing,

still need a way to learn new things, like what you told above :eek:TA, CPID,imei corporated in bord, TEST POINT, 9008, installing APP by the platform, lots of them, just like having a huge gap to reach those new knowledge,

Just feel glad that you would like to discuss the problems with me, thank for the kindness.

BR
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Well, I don't know if I am right 100%, so don't rely much on what I say., I also work in repair industry, but I work more manually.

Anyways, we need to rewrite some partitions which hold this info. Normally that is persist or config (as far as I've had experience), but when it comes to FRP locks, it's much easier to somehow trick the provision interface into thinking that requirements have been satisfied to unlock or even wipe the above mentioned partitions then in (for example) in my case.

When you have FRP (let's say Samsung), you can still flash different stocks through Odin, and even downgrade most of the time and bypass manually by old methods.

Of all the files that could be flashed by Odin, I can only flash aboot.mbn.

If I flash anything else, including the whole CSC, CP, AP sectors of the Samsung firmware and the rest of the BL sector (cm.bin and whatever else) I get something like "MDM! Not allowed" or whatever it actually says. The device isn't with me anymore, but in case of progress, I can contact the owner.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom_hungston:
I have S8+ and I'm unable to log in to the phone as don't know the password. I tried factory reset and it says MDM doesnt allow factory reset and phone reboots to pin entry. I can't get it into download mode either, so flashing using odin won't work for me.

Please help me guys. thanks
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmat71:
SM-T819 pit file

Anyone has the pit file for the italian unbranded version of T819 (SM-T819NZDEITV)?

I erronously loaded the firmware of a branded version (TIM) and now i am stuck with "invalid id ext4 image"

Thanks

Matteo
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
The 4 file firmware should have the pit inside the CSC.

Just flash the whole firmware.

http://full-repair-firmware.blogspot.com/2017/12/repair-firmware-t819.html?m=1
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] camilo8:
I have a t813 and every time I go to flash with odin oh z3x octopus samsung gives me the mdm error some solution ....
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Which firmware build is this device running?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Flash the combination firmware. It should allow you to reset the device.

It should flash even though it will be 5.1.1 as the revision number is the same.

https://shell.boxwares.com/Download.aspx?L=4156
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Your saying mdm is blocking download mode?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovan Riparazioni:
Exactly. It doesn't have anything to do with FW version, or if it's factory FW or normal FW. It will always flash only the aboot.mbn file and .pit (not 100% sure for .pit). It will not move from the Samsung screen. I even managed to get it to "Unknown upload mode" or kernel panic mode with aboot.mbn from combination FW, but I don't know if I can do anything with that. I know it's used in part of the process of removing some locks with UART (like Octoplus FRP, Chimera, Z3X...), I don't know can I do manually anything with it, since there is nothing of that kind for this model (T819) in any of these box softwares...