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Demo Mode?

Hey, I'm new here... so I don't know if there's a post about this somewhere else, but I haven't found it...
Anyway, I bought a second hand Galaxy S6, it's new and everything, I bought it for like $300 because it is on Demo Mode, like from a Demo Floor model, and I'm wondering if I can remove this with some kind of software, or flashing it, but all I can find is SM-G920 I and F models, no SM-G920P (which is Sprint) on sammobile website
Also, if someone could help me telling me how much does it cost and when will it be possible to unlock my Galaxy S6?
Thanks

Yes it can be done but! for you to have one thats in retail mode the phone had to have been stolen from the store so most likely bad ESN.

adrianr514 said:
Yes it can be done but! for you to have one thats in retail mode the phone had to have been stolen from the store so most likely bad ESN.
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It doesn't have bad ESN

Nahzghul said:
It isn't bad ESN
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Either way to put it in retail mode you need a special code that only stores have. So it had to have been stolen at one point.

adrianr514 said:
Either way to put it in retail mode you need a special code that only stores have. So it had to have been stolen at one point.
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So... I talked with the same guy from who I bought it, and traded this Demo S6, for a new one, so my only problem now is that it's not unlocked...
I don't know how to unlock from Sprint, I'm not from the United States, any suggestions/ideas/websites/programs/etc?

Sprint S6 Unlock
So... I did a little search yesterday, and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/not.../app-one-click-hotspot-enabler-menus-t2816159
But I don't think that will help me unlocking my SM-920P, or will it? I'm asking before trying because I have never rooted a phone, so... I rather be sure
The IMEI seems clean too

Galaxy tools will get the job done.

purchased locked phone.

So my girlfriend just purchased an S6 (sprint) and when she took it to the store to have it activated they couldn't do it because it was "locked"...some kind of carrier lock I'm assuming.. Like they owed sprint money or something? Obviously if it was a normal security lock than we could just do a factory reset but apparently that won't work.
So.. Anyone know anything about this and a way around it? I'm a Verizon user and have never heard of this kind of problem. Thanks for any help in advance.

topshot17 said:
So my girlfriend just purchased an S6 (sprint) and when she took it to the store to have it activated they couldn't do it because it was "locked"...some kind of carrier lock I'm assuming.. Like they owed sprint money or something? Obviously if it was a normal security lock than we could just do a factory reset but apparently that won't work.
So.. Anyone know anything about this and a way around it? I'm a Verizon user and have never heard of this kind of problem. Thanks for any help in advance.
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All carriers, including Verizon, have a carrier BLOCK not lock. A carrier lock means the device is locked to that carrier. What exactly did Sprint say? If the phone is blacklisted, which you can check on any ESN checker online, then it will never work on Sprint.
Where did she buy the phone at?

elesbb said:
All carriers, including Verizon, have a carrier BLOCK not lock. A carrier lock means the device is locked to that carrier. What exactly did Sprint say? If the phone is blacklisted, which you can check on any ESN checker online, then it will never work on Sprint.
Where did she buy the phone at?
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I'm unsure what they told her exactly, besides that they can't activate it. Now what is the point of a carrier block? She got the phone off Craigslist.

topshot17 said:
I'm unsure what they told her exactly, besides that they can't activate it. Now what is the point of a carrier block? She got the phone off Craigslist.
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Yup. Its definitely carrier blocked. NEVER buy cell phones from Craigslist without first checking the ESN from Sprint directly. You are better off selling the device on eBay FOR PARTS.
The point of a carrier block is so people who steal, or fail to pay off their device, can not use it anymore, and thus rip off good people on craigslist and eBay.

elesbb said:
Yup. Its definitely carrier blocked. NEVER buy cell phones from Craigslist without first checking the ESN from Sprint directly. You are better off selling the device on eBay FOR PARTS.
The point of a carrier block is so people who steal, or fail to pay off their device, can not use it anymore, and thus rip off good people on craigslist and eBay.
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Joy. Problem with this phone is that it has a none removal back.. Can't look under the battery.. Can't get into the phone to check the ESN either without the previous owners Gmail account information.

topshot17 said:
Joy. Problem with this phone is that it has a none removal back.. Can't look under the battery.. Can't get into the phone to check the ESN either without the previous owners Gmail account information.
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That I believe is an FRP lock.. Totally different from a carrier block. But if you go into download mode, you can press the home key to view IMEI. But FRP lock, which is what you just described, can be bypassed.
Check out this video and follow it to a T. You may need to improvise do to different android versions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ8_qbj1DPQ
Hope it helps! If its just FRP locked, and not carrier blocked, then you should be okay to get it activated.

elesbb said:
That I believe is an FRP lock.. Totally different from a carrier block. But if you go into download mode, you can press the home key to view IMEI. But FRP lock, which is what you just described, can be bypassed.
Check out this video and follow it to a T. You may need to improvise do to different android versions.
Hope it helps! If its just FRP locked, and not carrier blocked, then you should be okay to get it activated.
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Thank you, I'll check into it.

Saafir said:
The numbers for the device is located on the back panel, at the bottom.
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Ahh it is.. So the phone did have an FRP lock on it but that was an easy fix.. But unfortunately it also has a carrier block due to an unpaid balance. Thanks for everyone's help.

topshot17 said:
Ahh it is.. So the phone did have an FRP lock on it but that was an easy fix.. But unfortunately it also has a carrier block due to an unpaid balance. Thanks for everyone's help.
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can't you contact the person who sold it to you? threatening to bring the police in might scare them into giving you a refund. If the phone had a FRP lock and its flagged, then im pretty sure the phone was stolen.

The Android Attorney said:
can't you contact the person who sold it to you? threatening to bring the police in might scare them into giving you a refund. If the phone had a FRP lock and its flagged, then im pretty sure the phone was stolen.
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Yeah It more than likely was. It's pretty much a dead end.. My gf payed for it but her brother met the person somewhere for pickup.. Only contact information is an email address which they haven't responded too after the sale. Apparently the phone was dead when he picked it up. I personally would have put it on my car charger and powered it on before paying for it.. And got more information.. But oh well.. Now she knows to be more cautious and I'll probably handle any future used phone purchases for her.

Saafir said:
Shady stuff man. I hope you have better luck with Craigslist in the future. I try to steer clear of them, sort of like Ebay. You could always inquire on what the remaining balance is. If it's something stupid like $48, I would just pay it off.
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Haha yeah somehow I doubt it'll be anything under a few hundred.. Think I'll call and check just got kicks though.

topshot17 said:
Yeah It more than likely was. It's pretty much a dead end.. My gf payed for it but her brother met the person somewhere for pickup.. Only contact information is an email address which they haven't responded too after the sale. Apparently the phone was dead when he picked it up. I personally would have put it on my car charger and powered it on before paying for it.. And got more information.. But oh well.. Now she knows to be more cautious and I'll probably handle any future used phone purchases for her.
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Who buys a used cellphone without even physically checking it ?? I mean seriously ?...next time when buying atleast have a number of the seller and complete info of what u are buying atleast
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retail mode?

Was wondering if anybody knew or had an idea how to remove the retail mode on one of these, Company sold out to a different cell phone sales store and gave demo away because it was at no cost to them so i was wondering if there was a way to. Im new so any help would be amazing.

i dont have g7, but did you try factory reset in settings ? can you go in settings ?

Demo mode is in the developer settings

i am able to get to settings, demo mode in dev options is off. this is done on the retail app itselef. doesn't allow me to access admins

Cellphonesales said:
i am able to get to settings, demo mode in dev options is off. this is done on the retail app itselef. doesn't allow me to access admins
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Hm, Strange. Im Not sure how to help.

the best solution would be to flash a kdz, look on the forum for info

Cellphonesales said:
Was wondering if anybody knew or had an idea how to remove the retail mode on one of these, Company sold out to a different cell phone sales store and gave demo away because it was at no cost to them so i was wondering if there was a way to. Im new so any help would be amazing.
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Is it LG Retail Mode?

have you succeeded I have the same problem as
Cellphonesales said:
Was wondering if anybody knew or had an idea how to remove the retail mode on one of these, Company sold out to a different cell phone sales store and gave demo away because it was at no cost to them so i was wondering if there was a way to. Im new so any help would be amazing.
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have you succeeded I have the same problem as you

Am I first VZW Rooted?

35 imei twrp rooted am I missing something? Been a long time user of XDA just never posted so I can't post links so I guess imgur. /a/AgTqD7U

Did you do anything to enable oem unlocking?

Nothing out of the ordinary. Loaded os WiFi on, no sim , dev options enabled oem unlocking then fastboot commands. It does in my opinion disprove that it's because of the imei not being 99 though

xvgarethvx said:
Nothing out of the ordinary. Loaded os WiFi on, no sim , dev options enabled oem unlocking then fastboot commands. It does in my opinion disprove that it's because of the imei not being 99 though
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My only issue is, I don't see that it's a 35 imei. Pics don't show it. Of course. No need for full imei, but definitely would love to see that it is a Verizon model. I know my pixel 3 is a Verizon one, and when I got it, before I even popped my sim in, I was unable to even toggle the switch. They didn't have one pre-installed in this one, I put my sim from my old phone in after it was still greyed. Had it on my wife's Wi-Fi for 30 Min before giving up

I get that and if you want private message me I'll give you my number and send whatever needed to unlock these if it's here.

xvgarethvx said:
I get that and if you want private message me I'll give you my number and send whatever needed to unlock these if it's here.
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Oh, no, I only had ideas, but @FernBch is the mastermind. Maybe he can find something useful. Check the bootloader unlock bounty thread

abranson said:
Oh, no, I only had ideas, but @FernBch is the mastermind. Maybe he can find something useful. Check the bootloader unlock bounty thread
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yeah I tried to message him some time ago when I first started this adventure lol

xvgarethvx said:
yeah I tried to message him some time ago when I first started this adventure lol
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What firmware are you on?

xvgarethvx said:
35 imei twrp rooted am I missing something? Been a long time user of XDA just never posted so I can't post links so I guess imgur. /a/AgTqD7U
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i dont see how it helps at all unfortunately.. even if it is a vzw model you didnt do anything out of the ordinary that others havent already tried..
seems like if it is vzw u just got lucky lol
i got a brand new p3xl yesterday and did the same thing but it remains greyed out :-/

Milly7 said:
What firmware are you on?
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it seems hes on oreo and already on a custom rom lol

Sorry just got off work. I am running aosip on pq2a 003 update.

@xvgarethvx
Am I first VZW Rooted?
If your phone is a Verizon Pixel XL, No.
If your phone is a Verizon Pixel 3 XL, Yes:
Please write the steps you did to root (unlock the bootloader) it.
Then change the name of your thread to: [Guide] How to Unlock Verizon Pixel 3 Bootloader

xvgarethvx said:
35 imei twrp rooted am I missing something? Been a long time user of XDA just never posted so I can't post links so I guess imgur. /a/AgTqD7U
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What country are you in? I know that some devices in Europe can be unlocked after a certain period of time, I think 6 months or after you've paid off the contract. Something along those lines. Perhaps the IMEI are different outside the US? Nonetheless, did you buy it as a Verizon branded device either from Best Buy, Google or Verizon? If you bought it from Verizon then I'd say you got lucky as mentioned above. But suffice it to say you have done nothing that hasn't been tried hundreds of times.

USA, and I agree about it probably being luck of the draw however it is a proof of concept that it can be done. This is a Verizon branded device. Was a warranty but in store and still in the sealed box without a sim in it.
My personal feeling is there's a fastboot command that is fastboot oem rma that sets the trigger for it. They have to be able to unlock them during the RMA process for repairs right?

xvgarethvx said:
USA, and I agree about it probably being luck of the draw however it is a proof of concept that it can be done. This is a Verizon branded device. Was a warranty but in store and still in the sealed box without a sim in it.
My personal feeling is there's a fastboot command that is fastboot oem rma that sets the trigger for it. They have to be able to unlock them during the RMA process for repairs right?
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Where did you buy it? What do you mean by it was "a warranty"? In store sealed without a sim is extremely unusual if it was a brand new device. They all come with a Verizon sim in them afaik.
As for the fastboot rma commands, it's not necessarily the way they would do it. They could whitelist the IMEI temporarily, fastboot a factory image, then blacklist it again. Perhaps they forgot to blacklist yours. I'd say *very* lucky.

400 hours on the line with Verizon/Google I finally told them to give me a new one under warranty 5th one for various reasons and my final warranty according to them. I honestly don't think it was luck considering I even got a letter from corporate office (vzw) to cease and desist my contact with them regarding the bootloader they don't like it when you know their policies better then them and call them out for quoting policies out of thin air.

Hmm.. 400 hours? Might be time to close this thread. Sounds like a bunch of bull **** to me. Consider me trolled.

xvgarethvx said:
USA, and I agree about it probably being luck of the draw however it is a proof of concept that it can be done. This is a Verizon branded device. Was a warranty but in store and still in the sealed box without a sim in it.
My personal feeling is there's a fastboot command that is fastboot oem rma that sets the trigger for it. They have to be able to unlock them during the RMA process for repairs right?
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a proof of concept aka POC would mean you have process to unlock the bootloader which in this case you dont. You dont have any steps for anyone to replicate it nor do you know exactly how it was possible which means no poc can exist.
just my 2 cents of course lol

Proof of trolled more like

Sounds like a jcbizsnatch kind of story.

General Just Unlocked my VZW Bootloader

I'm not quite sure what happened but I was loading the android flash tool on Googles site and my OEM unlocking allowed me to toggle it on my Verizon Pixel 6 Pro. I purchased this directly through Verizon last Saturday and could not do a unlock then. I did a factory reset today to try and fix my contacts not syncing and the OEM locking button let me toggle it. I am currently flashing the full factory image from Google with a unlocked bootloader now.

Hmmm. Did you fully pay off the cost of the phone?
Perhaps Verizon is doing what they haven't done in the past and started following the paths of the other phone carriers (where your phone can be bootloader unlocked - but only once you fully pay off the phone's cost).
Of course, there is also a chance that you just got extremely lucky, haha.

NippleSauce said:
Hmmm. Did you fully pay off the cost of the phone?
Perhaps Verizon is doing what they haven't done in the past and started following the paths of the other phone carriers (where your phone can be bootloader unlocked - but only once you fully pay off the phone's cost).
Of course, there is also a chance that you just got extremely lucky, haha.
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Nope haven't even made the 1st payment on it. I think it might have been a fluke but I'll gladly take it.

Misterxtc said:
Nope haven't even made the 1st payment on it. I think it might have been a fluke but I'll gladly take it.
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Dang. That's an absolutely amazing fluke, haha. It makes me wonder if a factory reset through the flash tool site would have done this to Verizon model P6P phones from the get-go. Hmmmm....

NippleSauce said:
Dang. That's an absolutely amazing fluke, haha. It makes me wonder if a factory reset through the flash tool site would have done this to Verizon model P6P phones from the get-go. Hmmmm....
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I'm not sure but I think it might have been something with the flash tool. I started to open it up in chrome and connect the phone. Then I checked the dev options and I was able to unlock it. I'm happy.

Misterxtc said:
I'm not sure but I think it might have been something with the flash tool. I started to open it up in chrome and connect the phone. Then I checked the dev options and I was able to unlock it. I'm happy.
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Interesting. Did you have to confirm the unlock via fastboot?

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Interesting. Did you have to confirm the unlock via fastboot?
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Yup, just like normal. Toggled OEM unlocking and rebooted to fastboot to unlock it. It's all rooted now running Kirisakura kernel.

Misterxtc said:
Yup, just like normal. Toggled OEM unlocking and rebooted to fastboot to unlock it. It's all rooted now running Kirisakura kernel.
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Wow, that's awesome! It kinda makes me wanna switch back to Verizon, haha. Where I am currently working, you can't get service from any carriers except for Verizon. But I would hate to ditch T-Mobile and possibly lose my data in other areas outside of work...
Regardless, supposedly Google is going to give great trade-in values for purchasing the P7 and P7P... And if they provide 500-600 for the P6P (256GB model), then the P7 regular would be free. If true, this has me questioning which model P7 I should get (if the modem is actually decent and isn't the crummy old one that is in the P6 series phones, haha).
*Edit* - Just to clarify, there might be T-Mobile signal where I work. But the data strength certainly isn't strong/good in my area, hence why I am considering the upgrade =/

Misterxtc said:
I'm not quite sure what happened but I was loading the android flash tool on Googles site and my OEM unlocking allowed me to toggle it on my Verizon Pixel 6 Pro. I purchased this directly through Verizon last Saturday and could not do a unlock then. I did a factory reset today to try and fix my contacts not syncing and the OEM locking button let me toggle it. I am currently flashing the full factory image from Google with a unlocked bootloader now.
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What does the model say when you enter the IMEI at store.google.com/repair

Alekos said:
What does the model say when you enter the IMEI at store.google.com/repair
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It says it's a VZW model. I removed my IEMI from the photo but this is what I got.

Misterxtc said:
It says it's a VZW model. I removed my IEMI from the photo but this is what I got.
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Wow. Incredible. Go buy a lottery ticket