Hi
I was on Xiaomi Devices before and they have no Limits for rooting and Unlocking Bootloader .
No I have a A52s and tried to root it without any knowledge about Knox and its Limits !!!
Right after rooting and knowing that Camera wont work good on Unlocked Samsung Device , I unrooted and Locked my Bootloader Again But some of Apps are not working and give error about Not Official Firmware !
Can I ReEnable the Know ?
Negative. Knox is efuse safeguarded. Once tripped the only way to reset it would be to changed out the chipset or more likely the mobo.
For many of the effected Samsung apps there are workarounds if you're rooted though.
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Just a question im hoping someone can help me with
I have an S4 mini, I-9197 with std firmware, 4.2.2
build is I9197XXUBML3 which has knox and locked bootloader
I would like to get root on this device to run a particular app, but according to CF website
"UNLOCK BOOTLOADERS If you have locked bootloaders, flashing one of these will probably brick your device"
So has anyone sucessfully got root on this model phone and software or is it not possible due to locked bootloader and potentially bricking it,
Im not concerned with KNOX warranty status as i dont use any apps that need it, just need root access.
jamies22 said:
Just a question im hoping someone can help me with
I have an S4 mini, I-9197 with std firmware, 4.2.2
build is I9197XXUBML3 which has knox and locked bootloader
I would like to get root on this device to run a particular app, but according to CF website
"UNLOCK BOOTLOADERS If you have locked bootloaders, flashing one of these will probably brick your device"
So has anyone sucessfully got root on this model phone and software or is it not possible due to locked bootloader and potentially bricking it,
Im not concerned with KNOX warranty status as i dont use any apps that need it, just need root access.
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Try Towelroot
https://towelroot.com/
download, install and that should do the magic.
have tried towelroot but phone just reboots therefore is unsucessful
I guess that that phone is completely locked from modification.
Keep in mind that I'm not an expert on the custom side of android. I've only so far managed to flash cyanogen and root my device
Here are my questions:
Is every samsung phone's bootloader unlockable? I was locked into the stock rom on my xperia because - "Bootloader unlock allowed: no".
Is there any sort of mechanism preventing me from unlocking the bootloader on the s4 mini, like on my xperia M?
Will "knox/eFuse" (what's the difference?) brick my phone if i try to flash something?
I've already went into download mode and knox wasn't tripped, says 0x0.
Thanks for reading
kviki said:
Keep in mind that I'm not an expert on the custom side of android. I've only so far managed to flash cyanogen and root my device
Here are my questions:
Is every samsung phone's bootloader unlockable? I was locked into the stock rom on my xperia because - "Bootloader unlock allowed: no".
Is there any sort of mechanism preventing me from unlocking the bootloader on the s4 mini, like on my xperia M?
Will "knox/eFuse" (what's the difference?) brick my phone if i try to flash something?
I've already went into download mode and knox wasn't tripped, says 0x0.
Thanks for reading
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Most samsung devices don't require unlocked bootloaders , you can directly flash roms after you root the device and put a custom recovery ( TWRP/CWM )
Tripping knox/efuse it only voids warranty
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I did the Unlocked OEM succes, but not root process, and right now i cant use the whole app of knox samsung as samsung pass, samsung pay, netflix.
I didn´t know, doing the Unlocked OEM the phone wouldn´t work as if it were root.
Somebody would help me to get back the Unlocked OEM for can use the mentioned APPs.? please.....
tradermax said:
Hi
I did the Unlocked OEM succes, but not root process, and right now i cant use the whole app of knox samsung as samsung pass, samsung pay, netflix.
I didn´t know, doing the Unlocked OEM the phone wouldn´t work as if it were root.
Somebody would help me to get back the Unlocked OEM for can use the mentioned APPs.? please.....
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The same way you got rid of it. Same process.
Brava27 said:
The same way you got rid of it. Same process.
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Hi
Thank you so much but you cannot explain me step by step because I'm not sure the right way.
Pretty sure with Samsungs once you trip Knox there's no way back. Made that mistake with Tab S4
tradermax said:
Hi
I did the Unlocked OEM succes, but not root process, and right now i cant use the whole app of knox samsung as samsung pass, samsung pay, netflix.
I didn´t know, doing the Unlocked OEM the phone wouldn´t work as if it were root.
Somebody would help me to get back the Unlocked OEM for can use the mentioned APPs.? please.....
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Not sure what exactly you did.
Do you mean you just toggled "allow OEM unlock" in Developer Settings? If so, just go back to Developer Setting and toggle it back off.
Do you mean you booted into Download mode and confirmed you wanted to unlock the bootloader? If that's the case, I'm not sure. Maybe boot into Download mode again and see if there's an option to relock it?
Either way, unlocking the bootloader should not have tripped Knox or prevented you from using Knox services.
Now. If you unlocked the bootloader and flashed TWRP or any custom firmware, then Knox is tripped and that is irreversible. If that's the case you'll never be able to use Knox services on that device again.
Mr. Orange 645 said:
Not sure what exactly you did.
Do you mean you just toggled "allow OEM unlock" in Developer Settings? If so, just go back to Developer Setting and toggle it back off.
Do you mean you booted into Download mode and confirmed you wanted to unlock the bootloader? If that's the case, I'm not sure. Maybe boot into Download mode again and see if there's an option to relock it?
Either way, unlocking the bootloader should not have tripped Knox or prevented you from using Knox services.
Now. If you unlocked the bootloader and flashed TWRP or any custom firmware, then Knox is tripped and that is irreversible. If that's the case you'll never be able to use Knox services on that device again.
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I think once you unlock it trips Knox as it considers itself "vulnerable" then.
jjayzx said:
I think once you unlock it trips Knox as it considers itself "vulnerable" then.
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I used to think that as well; however, I've been told by a few Exynos users that unlocking bootloader itself will not trip Knox. I did some research last night and the site's I found agreed. Knox is not tripped until a custom recovery or firmware is flashed.
I'm NOT saying I'm 100% right about that. I have a US Snapdragon and haven't unlocked a bootloader since the S7Edge (I bought a Exynos model of that phone from eBay). I'm just researching and trying to help the OP best I can. It sounds like he tripped Knox and that can't be reversed, but won't know until we find out exactly what he did.
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I used to think that as well; however, I've been told by a few Exynos users that unlocking bootloader itself will not trip Knox. I did some research last night and the site's I found agreed. Knox is not tripped until a custom recovery or firmware is flashed.
I'm NOT saying I'm 100% right about that. I have a US Snapdragon and haven't unlocked a bootloader since the S7Edge (I bought a Exynos model of that phone from eBay). I'm just researching and trying to help the OP best I can. It sounds like he tripped Knox and that can't be reversed, but won't know until we find out exactly what he did.
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Yea SD here, he might have done something more than, instead of just toggling.
Hi all, I am new to Samsung phones. Long time HTC user. From what I have been reading on the forums the G986U US variants cannot easily be bootloader unlocked. Most of those posts are from 2020. I was wondering if there were anyways to unlock aside from the pay service SamPWND?
I usually root my phones so I can debloat and block ads (adaway). Normally install TWRP and Magisk. If I was to unlock the bootloader I have read that knox would be tripped. That would cause samsung pay and secure folder and things like netflix in hd to not work. Any other apps that would fail to function correctly? Will things like VOIP work? Banking apps?
I haven't turned on the phone yet, its new. Also read that updating to the latest software version also might cause problems for unlocking the bootloader. So I am just waiting to see if turning the phone on would cause cause some sort of auto update.
Thanks!
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What Baseband are you running?
i activate oem unlock in my europeen zfold 3
But when i am in download mode it says the oem protection is on. So any oem file i try to falsh i get a fail message. because of protected binary. Someone know how to bypass this ?
Before you try unlocking the bootloader, got to make sure that you know your cameras will stop functioning.
Another note is if you unlock your bootloader, then knox is triggered which makes it permanently disabled and all apps require it won't work ever again. Since they need working knox to work such as samsung pay, samsung pass, secret folder and few more. Secondly when knox is triggered then warranty is voided too. Since if you send it for repairs they will see knox has been triggered and that's when they know you have unlocked the bootloader.