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[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] levone1:
Wow... So if it's tied in to their servers, it's not even a development issue - either someone does something illegal, or we never get root.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] richaardvark:
Well, I'm really thankful you're still exploring and investigating any possibilities you come across! Even if we keep hitting brick walls.

On another thread similar to this one (https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-a10/help/a10-locked-to-sprint-oem-lock-developer-t3963898) we also tried using ADB to change the OEM bootloader unlock flag in secure settings.

(adb shell setprop sys.oem_unlock_allowed 1) and the command does work (you can verify that the setting did change with 'adb shell getprop sys.oem_unlock_allowed') but it still didn't make the menu option appear, probably because of what you have uncovered, the way they've hidden and disabled the feature. :(

This is a long shot, but is there any way to "hard-mod root" this device? Can we short out some test pins somewhere inside or bypass the memory chip or flash it with an external device somehow? I'm assuming no, but this is how root was ultimately made possible on my Amazon Fire HD tablet, after years of dead ends.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] levone1:
No expert, but what I think I have learned a little bit is that anything in /res is basically supply files to be used or not, depending on what specific functions and commands are called on on the Java side, (smali files in deodexed, or odex files in odexed). It's the switches in the Java files that pull from the res files to cause function to happen.

I thought that possibly if we removed those lines in my previous post and recompiled it, signing with the original signature, maybe there's a chance it would install through adb. It's messy and hacky, but I don't understand smali enough to try it the right way. Someone who knows smali can see which specific characters indicate "off" or "disable", and change it, (like 0x1 instead of 0x0, or 'if eqz' instead of 'if nez', etc)...

Again, it's all moot, if the phone info is checked in a Samsung database when you attempt to unlock it, (unless there would be some way to spoof the device info without root, and you could figure out which info would be acceptable). Maybe someone can confirm or deny...
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] richaardvark:
I think you're probably right. These lines seem to show where it does in fact have to connect to an online database, and Samsung/the carrier have that locked down:

<string name="oem_unlock_enable_disabled_summary_connectivity">Connect to the internet first</string>
<string name="oem_unlock_enable_disabled_summary_connectivity_or_locked">Connect to the internet or contact your carrier</string>
<string name="oem_unlock_enable_disabled_summary_sim_locked_device">Unavailable on carrier-locked devices</string>

I will explore smali more/educate myself a little bit better.

This is the tool I used to decompile the apk. It seems to support recompiling the apk without making it look tampered with.

I was also reading this link and this link, which seem to describe methods for OEM bootloader unlock/rooting without OEM unlock on totally different devices from ours but perhaps there's something useful there...?
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] levone1:
The stock apps are odexed, so the apk file basically only contains res files and manifest. In the app folder, along with the apk are 2 other files with odex and vdex extensions. These are the files that contain the Java stuff, and the paths to connect with framework files.

With deodexed apks, all of it is contained in the apk. So modifying the apk of an odexed app is unlikely to affect much functionality, since the Java files are untouched. That's why I was thinking you would have to deodex it, since there's no way I know of to push a modified odex file to the system folder without root, but it may be possible to install an apk as an update to a system app, (it works for Settings app specifically on some Xperia phones I've molded).

The second method you linked looks interesting - I might try that next time I'm at the computer, if someone else doesn't get to it first... [MENTION=5802828]ShaDisNX255[/MENTION] - what do you think?
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] richaardvark:
I don't know if it will really help at all, but I was able to change the following System settings via adb:

$ adb shell getprop | grep oem
[ro.oem.key1]: [VZW]
[ro.oem_unlock_supported]: [1]
[sys.oem_unlock_allowed]: [1]

At least it's allowed at all on this model, lol. Even if we may never achieve it... :crying: :mad:

Also, I don't know if it's helpful at all or not, but this seems to explain in more detail a bit more about how the OEM Unlock java works.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] Destron5683:
Has anyone had any luck flashing a firmware with Odin? Or is Chimera still the only option?

I bought the Boost Mobile version strictly to use on Wifi but it won't let you, so looking to flash a different firmare.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] Turpster01:
I had the Three (H3G) variant of SM-105FN and was able to flash the firmware to the international variant with Odin. There were no issues etc.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] Destron5683:
Hmm, this one is the SM-A102U, when I try to flash it Odin fails every time, this is what I get:
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] levone1:
I tested the second method, (for Piixel), and got bootloop/recovery loop after running adb command, and the phone would only boot to safe mode from that point on until a factory reset...
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] richaardvark:
Is any information here or here at all helpful? ?
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] ShaDisNX255:
Yeah I don't think the OEM unlock method on Samsung phones is quite the same as Google's phones. The first method looks like it's more viable, but I don't have an A10e to try myself or make modifications myself so I wouldn't know.

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CF-Auto? Chainfire doesn't even work on SU anymore I doubt he'd be able to make a file to root the A10e lol

I think the first link you posted was pretty promising

This one here

I think the A10e's best bet for root would be to root without unlocking OEM. That probably won't let you flash GSI though.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] inderstalvnv:
same problem at startup

i just picked one up the other day just from a different company sm-s102dl it's straight talk it runs on trackphone. but i have the same screen blimp when it's booting up.but you talk about triggering an unlock but there is nothing there way to enter a command some where as the trigger?
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
you cant decompile and recompile a system app and install it.. soon as its decompiked or edited in any way it breaks the signature.. same as firmware.. system apps r also signed
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
you guys are going backwards instead of forward.. the pixel method only worked on those specific devices and is old and has been patched for years now.

usually if u can set sys.oem_unlock_allowed=1 in adb it doesnt actually do anything and after a reboot it is back to 0.. also it does even register as being toggled when u go into dl mode to try and unlock.. ur better off trying to get onto combo firmware and rooting/moving from there as well as togglimg oem unlock in settings will stick (of courss on other devices this still doesntvallow bl to be unlocked but not sure bout a exynos based device)

on snap s10 and n10 i found a way to get oem to show in settings and could even hold vol up in dl mode to oem unlock but bl still remained locked so getting toggle to appear in settings doesnt usually mean u can then unlock the bl
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] levone1:
I've found multiple combination files, but the only one that successfully flashes is the exact match to the one I'm on, (except for CP file, which will flash successfully from any fw, and results in breaking the cellular signal). Any ideas how I can mod the AP file to result in root? If I patch with Magisk, it modifies the boot, and the flash will be successful 90 percent until it hits 'boot', then fails. Do you think if I extracted the system img and added su binary and app and then repacked it all, that it would flash? I assumed that would likewise break the signature...
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] DDR2Stick:
Progress on the A10E

I'm very glad to have found this thread on the A10E. I have the SM-A102U like most of you and have been looking into root access and OEM unlocking.

I have flashed many different carrier firmwares to this device but keep seeing the Metro by T-Mobile come up with Metro's bloatware installed? I am very keen to the Note 3, I haven't worked on anything newer than Android Nougat so I wouldn't have a clue how that works. Flashing A102U1 firmware did the trick in terms of removing the bloatware, though the phone was unable to recognize the sim card at all.

Not trying to advertise anything but I stumbled across Frija, an application that allows you to download any and all samsung firmwares with unlimited bandwidth and it personally felt like God was shining a light onto me at that moment :)

I have tried the USC, XAA, TMB and ATT firmwares (using ODIN 3.14.1 Patched) and still had the Metro by T mobile boot animation.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
no.. just no.. ur not makin any sense to me
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
it can only dl stock official firmwares.. not everything
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] DDR2Stick:
I've tried the same thing. I flashed VZW firmware and still had the Metro by T mobile boot animation but got verizon bloatware... Currently running XAA firmware as of now.

I was able to find a factory unlocked A10E mainboard on eBay for 15 bucks so I'm gonna give that a go instead. This device that I bought was never paid off to T mobile / Metro so any work I do with it will likely

be a dead end... The carrier will blacklist it and I won't be able to do anything.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
blacklisted phones make the best test devices
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] levone1:
I have extracted AP file for my current firmware, (A102USQS6atd2), and extracted system.img.lz4, and unpacked system.img. Now I was going to pull files out of a SuperSU zip, and place them in the extracted filesysten, then repack into system.img, then rezip into system.img.lz4, and add it back into AP...tar.md5. Do you think that would flash?
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] DDR2Stick:
Maybe, but with a patched version of Odin 3.14.1. I tried a Magisk flashed AP file but didn't work, I ran into a write operation error. Give it a try
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] levone1:
(sorry - xda double-post glitch)

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Magisk patch modifies boot, so wouldn't work on locked bl (that's what I was trying to say before, to [MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION]'s confusion), but system root with SuperSU only adds files to /system. My wonder is if it will break some security / signature...

My main issue is time. I rarely spend time at the computer, and packing and unpacking 3gb+ files takes a while, so I usually just start one thing, and let it go and come back to it in a day or two...
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] levone1:
So I used SuperR kitchen to unpack system img and add root files, then repack to system img. Then used lz4 tool to compress into system img lz4. Now I need to get the lz4 into the AP. I was hoping 7zip could do it, but it won't.

One thing I tried was to convert img to tar.md5 with this tool- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...Vaw3DrixTHsiRnYtFhAw53sHY&cshid=1591325083597 It converted fine, but when I flashed it with Odin, it showed success progress up to 100 percent, then suddenly failed with "write error rqt" or something like that.

Any ideas
[MENTION=5910732]salim7685[/MENTION]?
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] DDR2Stick:
Carrier Locked

I bought a new MB for the device. It was a factory unlocked unit. Installed, tried it out, it was a legitimate unlocked MB. I flashed XAS firmware to it, and pretty much stayed the same.

However... Inserting my verizon sim seemed to make the device go into a "system update". Upon removing the sim, factory resetting, flashing every available firmware for this device, the device will do a system update, give me the Verizon boot animation, and when inserting a Cricket sim during the setup wizard, gives me a "This SIM card is not from Verizon Wireless."

Any thoughts? No matter what CSC I flash, it gives me this BS. Frustrating... Older Samsungs wouldn't do this?

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Flashing SM-A102U1 XAS Firmware seemed to do the trick. There's no boot animation and I can insert whatever card I want. It reads both cards- though, experiencing a little latency.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
lol

it failed because you cant flash a modified system img on a locked bl device.

no need to convert .tar.md5 as you can simply rename it to .tar and use modified odin.. all the md5 is is a hash check.

suggestion is to unlock bl then use magisk patched firmware or twrp etc. if you cant bl unlock then suggestion is to buy a bl unlockable variant
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
you probably bought a vzw mb
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] levone1:
I pretty much expected as much, but I've seen other Samsun devices rooted with un-unlockable bootloader, so I have been wondering how to go about it... Anyway, I'll probably end up back on Xperia before too long...
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] abispac:
So i have the tmobile variant and i hate how the roaming alert pops out every 10 seconds and how the wificall settings bother too, ect, i wish i could install another rom.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] dornz:
Ok got this done on android 10, model sm-a105fn

Big shout out to Pak Tech for this one:see link

[youtube]-cdaAk9zzho[/youtube]
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] richaardvark:
While I'm happy you achieved root, this entire thread is about the Samsung Galaxy A10e (SM-A102U), not the Galaxy A10.

It is still impossible to achieve root for the US versions of the A10e, and probably will be forever.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] dornz:
Yes this device is A10e ?
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] dornz:
A10eea
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] richaardvark:
Seems very similar.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] dornz:
Yup, really similar indeed
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] richaardvark:
You must not have a US version. All US Samsung phones do not have "OEM Bootloader Unlock" as an option in the Developer Options menu - it has been hidden/locked by Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] dornz:
Man that sucks
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] Yodelman12:
Okay, aside from all the overly technical talk, to anyone new please navigate this thread: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-a10/help/ive-samsung-galaxy-a10e-sm-a102u-isnt-t4076057/

And you will get your answer (not from OP but from the other commenters). Short answer: No, you CAN NOT root a US release Samsung Galaxy A10E phone. Why? Because the bootloader is LOCKED (by default). There is a way you can make the OEM unlock option appear in developer options externally, but it won't serve any basic function because it WON'T WORK, so you can't do anything to root these phones. So what can you do? Well, there are a number of virtual machine-based OSes that you can download the APKs for, like x8 Sandbox (x8sb.com) or VMOS (vmos.com) but it'll take up a ton of storage and battery life and will only root your phone in the VM, not your regular machine.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] Tirelesaul:
Yes

Looking for upbgrade
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] JN2002:
Will flashing the XAS firmware get Android 10 on my Boost A10e, or unlock the carrier at least. If so can I have a link to a guide and the software?
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] OakBricks:
Most likely not, from what i can gather from DDR2Stick's experience with the CSC ****ting itself on a new SIM being entered on the system, it will just reset to the default factory Boost mobile firmware if you insert your SIM (if you have a SIM)
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] OakBricks:
Hey, its been a while since i checked on this post, since there is no root available, i wonder if i could flash an unbranded/unlocked firmware and if i could downgrade back to the stock Metro (TMK) firmware it came with.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] vsal4:
hello everyone i want to rootmy sm-a102n.please help me..provide me twrp
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] OakBricks:
There is no root as far as anybody on this thread knows, and there probably won't be any root for a long time because nobody has actually tried to work on it.
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] Grantangel:
Is that update on android 10 or 11? so I can get the update link for sm-a102u
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] Gueron:
try this - https://xdaforums.com/t/unofficial-recovery-a10e-sm-a102n-twrp-3-6-2.4554369/
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] netfifty:
its been almost 5 years since this comment and still nothing
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] 00stargazer:
Hi all, I have a Mediapad M3 lite 10 (BAH-W09) obtained in China. It's currently running Emui 5.1.3 and Android 7.0 u rooted. Im currently trying to install a Google system on it for work purposes. I've tried using GMSinstaller but the whole apk is blocked. [App may damage your device, installation forbidden]. There is no option in the security menu to prevent checks on apks. I've also tried to manually installing the framework and play services but the play store still asks to install the core GMS packages. Is there a work around for this?
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] zabbaskeema:
Gms

Same problem for me have you found a solution?
[P3600 General] pixie67:
I dont know what has happened,but I keep getting a blank notification error popping up every few minutes.Everything else is working ok.Can I switch it off,its driving me mad!:mad:
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] Josh McGrath:
Is the 7T water resistant like if I dropped it in a pool, would it be okay?

I know they say it won't be ip68 cert cause they don't want to pay for it but can't find a clear answer on the water proofing
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] Udzi:
Have a look at Matthew Moniz's YouTube Video and decide yourself :o

OnePlus 7T is Water Resistant!? // 30 Mins Under Water!

OnePlus 7T Water Resistance Update // The Aftermath!
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] Josh McGrath:
Thanks... So definitely not water proof for submerging, but great for minor splashes like spills.

Just no submerging or underwater pics
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] Udzi:
Correct, it will survive an accidental fall into the toilet if you're fast enough ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AidenMoonBow:
i am currently using the pixel 3...blah....i was wondering if there is a sideload app for android q that brings back the old android m dailer....i liked the look of it...i hate the new pixel dialer because it is just blah and boring now. i tried a dialer app that i paid for which broke after 13 mins in any phone....so i was trying to find just that one simple thing to change...i mean if you can change the entire phone to behave like iphone or windows phone heck even blackberry...my hope is that there is something similar for the android m dailer....because i loved that one cause i had it in the moto z2 play i had...but due it breaking....verizon plucked me with the pixel 3 and im trying to make the best of it and fix the stupid boring glitches with this phone...any help will be greatly appreciated ^-^
[Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Questions & Answers] Berlin2019:
Does anyone has SM-G977N(S10 5g korean version) one ui 2.0 beta update.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Questions & Answers] nguyenxuanhoa:
Link download

http://fota-secure-dn.ospserver.net...msbQ8Eo1faZAU=&px-nb=UGtezEZ854jbmFcvWGxLEA==
[Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Questions & Answers] Berlin2019:
I flash the zip file, it rebooting always. cant boot into system.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Questions & Answers] riveralc:
Do you have a Verizon 5G phone or different carrier? And which SW build are you coming from (ASI4)?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Questions & Answers] 0mepai:
I got into a boot loop too. from (ASIA) update.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Questions & Answers] MeisterWunderfart:
I'm on ASJ5, will this work?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Questions & Answers] 0mepai:
I managed to get it working. If you're on ASJ5 you need to rollback to ASIA.

(to avoid bootloop apply the update using PowerShell not cmd)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Questions & Answers] FuLygon:
Im on MIUI, added face unlock data but im disable it on locksccreen only use it for app lock, i prefer fingerprint on lockscreen, so here my question, after unlock screen, is the front camera turn on all the time to detect my face or it only turn on when im unlocking app ?, because i notice a bit more heat, dont know if its because of face app unlock
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munzir7783:
I have switched to my new phone Honor 20i ( Also known as Honor 20lite) and was in the process of activating the bank accounts in my upi app. The option for sending the sms came and i proceeded along with it where the app got automatically switched to a screen sending a message and upon coming back to the upi app, an error comes stating "Do not switch apps while registration is in process" .

happened with all the upi apps incl PhonePe, GPay, Paytm UPI, Amazon UPI & BHIM app.

Please revert ASAP.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mr. Zach:
I ran across Windows Mobile SDK and some emulators/images of WM6.1 on microsoft's website and when i ran it, it comes up on the screen as if it were a real ppc, allowing me to install cabs and have them function and all. I can't get the program to allow me to change the BIN it uses as the image. If this could be figured out, could this be used to test ROMs before flashing (I want to get into cooking)?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Rudegar:
i dont not believe the emulator support real roms as it dont deal with drivers and other hardware related issues at all

it also comes as standalone so people dont need to install the sdk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lan2711991:
My device is c900f android oreo how to install dolby atmos?my device install dolby atmos from magisk is forrce close please help ???
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] batman957:
Should I wipe the system partion

What would happen if I didn't wipe it

Is it safer to keep the system in case flashing failed

System

DATA

Cache

Dlavic cache
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] KamiKaonashi:
What version are you on right now and what Rom are you trying to flash, xiaomi.eu or stock rom Miui 11
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] batman957:
Stock eea ROM on global Device (PFJMIXM)
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] GloryIan:
You can dirty flash no problem. Just wipe cache and dalvik cache after flashing.
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] batman957:
R u sure it won't bootloop
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] GloryIan:
It won't. I recommend using the Russian Twrp from 4pda.
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] batman957:
So I don't wipe anything then flash it(don't wipe system)

After flashing clear cache and dalvic cache

Is this twrp the ' Russian fix one '
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] GloryIan:
Search for twrp-3.3.1-2-davinci.zip from brigudav. If you are flashing MIUI 11 Android version 9 (11.0.2.0 PFJEUXM), you don't need to wipe anything, just cache afterwards.
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] batman957:
Is it the second one ? From brigudav