[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] noidodroid:
[FRP] Samsung Galaxy S8 Active SM-G892U Sprint

sm-g892u

s8 Active

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8.0

security patch: 02/01/2019

binary 4

Combo / Odin 3.13.1 - Patched (supports LZ4 and more)

Flash combination file and then use ADB commands -->

adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/secure --bind name:s:user_setup_complete --bind value:s:1

If Above Command not Working Then Try This Command

adb shell am start -n com.google.android.gsf.login/

If Above Command not Working Then Try This Command

adb shell am start -n com.google.android.gsf.login.LoginActivity

--> Factory Reset and Reboot.

Combination File: Use one for your S8 Active's current binary number. If this model and you are wanting the Combo File just post and ask and I will upload it. (Can find them easy searching google)

Issues Found:

I have found with this phone there is no way with this security patch to manually bypass FRP. You must flash a combination rom or adb enabled boot image, eng boot etc then remove the FRP using adb but the proper way. How did i do this one? I First flashed complete combo, then reset frp by running adb command, this didnt work FRP Still showed as "ON" so i enabled Factory IME and dialed *#0808# then ADB command, factory reset and rebooted into download mode and FRP OFF! I Then flashed same firmware originally on phone after figuring out alternate keys to get phone into a *working* download mode. There seems to be 3 types, 1) key combo boot directly into download mode - didnt flash with odin stalled on "File Analysis" so i left phone on and attempted to use 2) quick combo holding all buttons down to reboot then quickly pushing vol down and power + bixby as soon as screen went black.. This eventually brough up download mode after holding for a while and this flash using odin gave same error. After this different upload modes kept getting triggered and brought up on the screen because of holding down certain combinations of buttons too long and i found out that when this happens the way to get to download mode (even though it wont work for flashing at least for me it didnt) was by holding only the bixby and volume down buttons. Finally I booted into combination firmware, rebooted to download mode using adb. To explain easy this mode is just a screen saying download mode with no details such as if FRP lock is on and details on binary # etc. This actually worked for flashing with odin.

I had similar issues with my personal Custom Blue S8+ i built by hand. It was so strange i was able to use a combo on a very low bit/binary (not even for this US variant sitting on u3 i believe it was) for a -totally different- model samsung but did work.. Still looking into this.. I ditched Verizon firmware and put U firmware on.

Ok back to this FRP. This was the most aggravating Samsung I have done an FRP on wasnt easy stuff as usual.. especially finding valid crc non corrupt combo files and good firmware on binary 4's same build with fast download speeds.. . My experience..

I hope my details on how i had to remove FRP on the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active will help others who run into the same or similar issues and get stuck not knowing what to try next.

To those who get upload mode.. can't flash in Download mode using hardware keys to get into Download mode? If so then get to where you can boot normally by using various key combos and then use a program to boot to Download Mode. You will reboot to bootloader / download mode and not the usual.

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-noidodroid