[GUIDE][17.06.2019] RMM/KG bypass - Root/Install TWRP on Exynos Samsung after 2018

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If Knox gets tripped the phone warranty goes down the toilet.

You can see this only in download mode.

Knox will have a value of 1 if the phone has been fiddled with in any way. Even an Odin flash of stock firmware can trigger Knox to 1.

My Galaxy J5 was upgraded from 6.0 to 7.0 using Odin and it triggered Knox. I was using official firmware, no root, no custom recovery, only stock.
 
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Hello. Im trying to flash twrp and custom rom. I used second method for "How to unlock" and now i have oem unlock in dev options. When i booted to odin to check if i have to wait i got stuck on downloading please do not turn off target and i had to force restart. Ill attach pic of what i saw in corner. Does this mean that i can install twrp now through odin or do i have to wait.


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colaigor said:
Hello. Im trying to flash twrp and custom rom. I used second method for "How to unlock" and now i have oem unlock in dev options. When i booted to odin to check if i have to wait i got stuck on downloading please do not turn off target and i had to force restart. Ill attach pic of what i saw in corner. Does this mean that i can install twrp now through odin or do i have to wait.


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According to your screen shot you should be good to go. Use correct twrp for your device.
I would also turn FRP lock off
 
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Please notice that the following text is in Portuguese.

@costafabiof, Como o André colocou, se vc instalar o firmware novamente a trava retornará (vc não deixou claro pq vc está instalando novamente, ficou preso no setup inicial? Está respeitando o FRP?). Isso aconteceu comigo ao atualizar para o Update de fevereiro, pq fiz FR. Vale ressaltar que caso opte pelo root com Magisk, não é necessário flash de "no-verify", pois já está incorporado. O bypass deve ser usado por último sempre que modificar a system ou boot, apesar que nunca fui bloqueado por fazer alterações em system e fiz muitas. Hoje estou com o último update, root Magisk, sem knox, com alguns mods etc sem problemas.

Especifique a razão pela qual vc está reinstalando o firmware.
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Então eu tentei a instalação da firmware 9 de outro pais, antes de lançar a do Brasil. Sempre quando fazia isso no 8 seguia o seguinte procedimento:
1. Instalava a FW via Odin, não deixava o celular reiniciar sozinho,
2. Reiniciava em modo download e já colocava o TWRP e Magisk
Para não dar bloqueio de RMM STATE. Depois entrava no 8 normal e ia atualizando programas etc.

Desta vez com o 9 fiz o mesmo procedimento, instalei o 9, depois TWRP, MAGISK. Deu tudo certo, mas quando voltei no Android e atualizei os app's e reiniciei o celular e bloqueou com esta nova trava FRP.

Se eu não seguir o procedimento acima no 8, quando reiniciava travava o RMM e tinha que aguardar 1 semana, no 9 apareceu a nova trava FRP.

Tudo esta ligado ao fato que não quero ficar 7 dias sem root, pois gosto do celular com Cerberus no modo root.

Não sei se fui claro.
 
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Do note "KG state = checking" is harmless (phone is unlocked), that's how it is on most of the devices.
My personal advice for this is to reflash Oreo bootloader and modem (which i did), ofc following the rules posted at 1), bootloader and modem being same revision as your current. Flashing oreo bootloader and modem will force the phone from RMM v2 to RMM v1, and since pie doesn`t have anymore files of RMM v1 inside, will simply get unlocked (for the moment). Now, this is not a permanent solution because things may change in pie and require updating of bootloader and modem.
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To get Root on Android 9, for devices with "kg status" = checking, is it still in the above form or is there news?
 
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costafabiof said:
Então eu tentei a instalação da firmware 9 de outro pais, antes de lançar a do Brasil. Sempre quando fazia isso no 8 seguia o seguinte procedimento:
1. Instalava a FW via Odin, não deixava o celular reiniciar sozinho,
2. Reiniciava em modo download e já colocava o TWRP e Magisk
Para não dar bloqueio de RMM STATE. Depois entrava no 8 normal e ia atualizando programas etc.

Desta vez com o 9 fiz o mesmo procedimento, instalei o 9, depois TWRP, MAGISK. Deu tudo certo, mas quando voltei no Android e atualizei os app's e reiniciei o celular e bloqueou com esta nova trava FRP.

Se eu não seguir o procedimento acima no 8, quando reiniciava travava o RMM e tinha que aguardar 1 semana, no 9 apareceu a nova trava FRP.

Tudo esta ligado ao fato que não quero ficar 7 dias sem root, pois gosto do celular com Cerberus no modo root.

Não sei se fui claro.
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I arranged this item like this.

In Android 9, installing TWRP soon after installing Android no longer works, after installing TWRP, it appears in red "only official realease binaries are allowed to be flashed" and restarting in the download mode appears KG STATE PRENORMAL.

To fix I installed Android 9 again without the TWRP, Magisk, etc, that is, pure. I entered the system and started the updates by Google, when I came back to check in download mode KG STATE was with CHECKING which is normal.

With this I returned everything to normal, I installed TWRP, Magisk, etc. and I continued.
 
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I followed every single step for G611MT (using compatible twrp) and it's working!
Unhappily I could only once read/mount data on TWRP.
After booting into system once then backing to TWRP, it couldn't read/mount nada anymore.
Device isnt encrypted. I checked it out on security settings and using adb.
 
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Adriano-A3 said:
I followed every single step for G611MT (using compatible twrp) and it's working!
Unhappily I could only once read/mount data on TWRP.
After booting into system once then backing to TWRP, it couldn't read/mount nada anymore.
Device isnt encrypted. I checked it out on security settings and using adb.
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I don't have your model phone but you could try in TWRP :
Mount menu - then tick/check data partition and see if that works.( Reboot)
You may still have to re-format data in twrp and re-flash the no-verity-,opt-encrypt zip
 
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Any way to root without SD card? I managed to flash in TWRP, but in order to flash Root ZIP I obviously need to mount /data. And I cannot mount /data without formatting it so obviously all the ZIPS for Root are gone from internal memory after format.

I also tried to be "smart" and formatted it, rebooted it, put the ZIPS for Root back in and then reboot back to TWRP, well it asks to mount /data, which I cannot do without format so its a never ending story. ?

Any ideas? I don't own SD Card since I don't really need it but I guess I will have to buy one to root if there are no workarounds.
 
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Afdabrikman said:
Any way to root without SD card? I managed to flash in TWRP, but in order to flash Root ZIP I obviously need to mount /data. And I cannot mount /data without formatting it so obviously all the ZIPS for Root are gone from internal memory after format.

I also tried to be "smart" and formatted it, rebooted it, put the ZIPS for Root back in and then reboot back to TWRP, well it asks to mount /data, which I cannot do without format so its a never ending story. ?

Any ideas? I don't own SD Card since I don't really need it but I guess I will have to buy one to root if there are no workarounds.
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You should be able to copy files to internal storage after formatting data.

IE:

- In twrp - Format Data
- Reboot straight back into twrp
- Copy files across to internal storage from your pc
- Then flash files in twrp

Make sure when you copy files across that you put them somewhere where you can find them easily in twrp.

May pay to check that MTP is ON in twrp in the Mount menu bottom right first.
 
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You should be able to copy files to internal storage after formatting data.

IE:

- In twrp - Format Data
- Reboot straight back into twrp
- Copy files across to internal storage from your pc
- Then flash files in twrp

Make sure when you copy files across that you put them somewhere where you can find them easily in twrp.

May pay to check that MTP is ON in twrp in the Mount menu bottom right first.
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Bought SD card anyway ? On the bright side everythings alright, thanks a lot ! ☺️
 
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Does this method still work?

Hello.

I'm fairly new to rooting and was wondering of this method still works.
I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 with all the latest updates installed. Will it be possible to root?

EDIT: Also what are the risks of doing it wrong? I've read this post multiple times and I think I got everything that I need to do but I'm still afraid that I will mess up, because this will be my first rooting attempt.

Thanks for your time :).
 
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limepixl said:
Hello.

I'm fairly new to rooting and was wondering of this method still works.
I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 with all the latest updates installed. Will it be possible to root?

EDIT: Also what are the risks of doing it wrong? I've read this post multiple times and I think I got everything that I need to do but I'm still afraid that I will mess up, because this will be my first rooting attempt.

Thanks for your time :).
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Can confirm it's still working, rooted yesterday. IF the instructions in the guide are followed you should be just fine.
 
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Galaxy a3 2017 A320FL, i followed the procedure for the root:

  • Boot to twrp
  • Format data
  • Reboot to recovery (from twrp)
  • Flash RMM-State_Bypass_Mesa_v2.zip
  • Flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0.zip
  • Magisk-v18.1.zip \ or supersu
  • Reboot to android

Tried several times with no success, it finish with the root that is not installed.
It seem the the device get encrypted because if i try to come back to twrp to retry flash root, it cannot mount /data anymore.
 
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    UPDATE 17.06.2019 - NEW RMM/KG bypass patch

    UPDATE 23.02.2019 - Pie and more

    Please take some time and read carefully the whole post. I am not and i won`t be responsable for anything.

    Disclaimer
    I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed.
    Please do some research if you have any concerns about this guide!
    YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
    Flashing any custom binary will trigger knox and you may lose your warranty. Make sure you know what you do to your device.

    Introduction
    December 2017 update (for some even older) brought us a different lock, that creates panic among users as usual. As described here by my friend @BlackMesa123, this is not a lock to developement, rather an advanced lock for theft or scams. This has a bypass too, specially when you`re the owner of the device.

    How it works
    This lock is in bootloader, but the trigger to it is inside the system, it`s hard to reproduce, but usually happens when you plug another country sim than your firmware country, because changing the country might not seem as a traveling guy and more like a thief. If you are on stock rom all this time, you might not feel the change, as the device reboots and wipes data, but it will eventually boot. The nice thing comes if you already have custom binary installed (rooted kernel or twrp), as you can`t boot anymore because bootloader is preventing you to boot on custom binaries and alter the system.

    Devices confirmed to have the lock:
    • Any other Samsung device manufactured after 2017
    • Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9+ - SM-G960F & SM-G965F
    • Samsung Galaxy Note 8 - SM-N950F
    • Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ - SM-G950F & SM-G955F
    • Samsung Galaxy A8 & A8+(2018) - SM-A530F & SM-A730F
    • Samsung Galaxy A Series (2017) - SM-A320F/FL, SM-A520F & SM-A720F
    • Samsung Galaxy Note FE - N935F

    How to know if you are locked
    There are 3 things at this chapter:
    1. "Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed" message shows up and now you know for sure you got locked outside your phone
    2. Missing OEM unlock toggle in developer settings, if your device has FRP
    3. "RMM state = Prenormal" in download mode

    How to unlock
    1. As i personally did, and other users reported, if you face any of the things above, flash latest full stock fw of your country with Odin, boot up, don`t reboot, don`t unplug the sim and don`t disconnect the network connection for 7 full days (168h). It seems that after 7 days of uptime, RMM state resets and you can flash TWRP again without issues. You can see uptime in settings/about device/status.
    2. Some users reported this guide was working in first Oreo fw releases, can't guarantee it still works.

    How to avoid getting locked again
    Unfortunately bootloader can`t be reverted to older revisions, so we need to live with this. My friend @BlackMesa123 made some investigation and found out how to disable this lock. After waiting those 7 days, go to settings/developer option and enable OEM unlock. In order to never get locked again, flash TWRP for your device (install instructions below), boot into TWRP (do not boot into rom yet as you might get locked again), download and flash his fix from here (don`t forget to thank him too for his findings).
    You can keep this zip near and flash it after flashing any custom rom, to be sure you don`t get locked again. The zip contains an universal script that disables the services responsable. Can be flashed on any device, if the device has the lock, won`t get locked again, if not, nothing will happend. I like to say "better safe than sorry".

    How to safely install TWRP
    Considering you are already unlocked (waited those 7 days), follow the next steps carefully:
    1. Make sure you downloaded latest Odin, samsung usb drivers installed, latest RMM-State_Bypass fix (download links are in #2 post) and latest TWRP available for your device
    2. Put RMM-State_Bypass.zip in external sdcard
    3. Go to settings/Developer options and enable OEM unlock (If you don't see developer settings, go into Settings/About phone/Software info and tap "Build number" 10 times to show Developer options menu)
    4. Reboot the phone into download mode and connect the usb cable
    5. Open Odin, go into options and untick Auto-reboot and put the TWRP tar file in AP tab of odin, hit Start and wait
    6. When Odin shows "PASS", take your device in hands, disconnect the usb cable and press simultaneously the "Home" + "Vol. Down" + "Power" buttons until the downoad mode disappears
    7. At the precise moment the screen becomes black, immediately release the "Vol.Down" button and press the "Home" + "Vol. Up" + "Power" buttons during 10 to 15sec to forcefully enter TWRP
      ***Don't boot into rom because it will lock your device again!!!!
    8. Once the custom recovery booted, swipe to "Allow modification" and flash RMM-State_Bypass.zip as normal zip
    Now you can reboot into rom and hopefully never get locked again.
    If any of above steps fail, redo from step 1, more carefully this time.


    How to safely root
    Considering you already unlocked (waited those 7 days) and you have TWRP installed, follow the next steps carefully:
    1. Download root zip and no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0 (download links are in #2 post) and drop the zips into external sdcard
    2. Boot into TWRP and swipe "Allow modifications"
    3. Go into Wipe menu and select "Format data" - note that this will erase all your data including internal storage
    4. Reboot recovery, swipe to "Allow modification" and flash RMM-State_Bypass.zip
    5. Flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0 zip downloaded at step #1 to disable data partition encryption
    6. Flash root zip downloaded at step #1
    7. Reboot the phone into system
    8. After booting up in setting wizard make sure to uncheck diagnostic data
    If any of above steps fail, redo from step 1, more carefully this time.


    You can read more about it here here, here, here, here or here.

    Credits
    @BlackMesa123
    @RicePlay33
    @Yahia Angelo
    @TaifAljaloo
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    Useful links

    FAQ
    Q: TWRP can't mount data partition, what to do?
    A: Make sure you formatted data partition.

    Q: Phone is not booting even after 20 minutes?
    A: Try to reboot. If still not booting, make sure you formatted data partition.

    Q: How to format data partition?
    A:
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    Q: Why do i need to format data partition?
    A: Because old rom encrypted your data partition and new rom can't decrypt and use that content / root needs access to data partition to place misc files / phone not booting after flashing root until data partition gets formatted.

    Q: Why not formatting data at twrp install?
    A: Phone will boot even if data is encrypted if you don't root. Also system partition is not encrypted meaning you can flash RMM-State_Bypass anyway.
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    And here it is, the long waited update of RMM bypass zip.
    First of all i need to mention few things:
    • This only applies after you unlocked your phone and installed TWRP successfully (check first post for more details about that)
    • This patch is compatible with both Oreo and Pie
    • This patch is compatible only with exynos Samsung devices
    • This patch is needed only on exynos Samsung devices manufactured after 2017
    • This patch comes with absolutely no warranty, you may get locked back anytime without any notice, don't try to blame me or other people involved in this for your failure.
    So as i said in my previous pie post, things have changed a bit with Pie and old patch didn't work anymore. After some time i discovered a bypass for the new KG/Payment lock thing, which i included in my roms/kernels with the purpose of mass testing the behaviour, which proven to be good.
    For those who want to know exactly what's going on and what's behind the patch:
    Most of the RMM code moved to KnoxGuard app, vaultkeeper turned from a binary service a fully functional service based on libs and integrated in the services.jar.
    After some digging i found out that services.jar loads libvkjni.so, which loads libvkmanager.so/libvkservice.so, which eventually trigger KnoxGuard.apk to do it's thing inside the running rom.
    So basically deleting libvkjni.so, libvkmanager.so/libvkservice.so and KnoxGuard.apk/Rlc.apk will disable the service.
    Optional (requires decrypted csc), you can check in the csc files for
    Code: 
    <CscFeature_Knox_SupportKnoxGuard>[COLOR="Red"]TRUE[/COLOR]</CscFeature_Knox_SupportKnoxGuard>
    make sure you set it to
    Code: 
    <CscFeature_Knox_SupportKnoxGuard>[COLOR="Red"]FALSE[/COLOR]</CscFeature_Knox_SupportKnoxGuard>
    Here's what logs say about this: (you can see in red the important things)
    Code: 
    W system_server: Lcom/android/server/VaultKeeperService; failed initialization: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: [COLOR="Red"]Library vkjni not found[/COLOR]; tried [/system/lib64/libvkjni.so, /system/vendor/lib64/libvkjni.so]
W system_server:   at void java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(java.lang.ClassLoader, java.lang.String) (Runtime.java:1040)
W system_server:   at void java.lang.System.loadLibrary(java.lang.String) (System.java:1669)
W system_server:   at void com.android.server.VaultKeeperService.<clinit>() (VaultKeeperService.java:69)
W system_server:   at void com.android.server.SystemServer.startOtherServices() (SystemServer.java:-1)
W system_server:   at void com.android.server.SystemServer.run() (SystemServer.java:-1)
W system_server:   at void com.android.server.SystemServer.main(java.lang.String[]) (SystemServer.java:-1)
W system_server:   at java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) (Method.java:-2)
W system_server:   at void com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run() (RuntimeInit.java:493)
W system_server:   at void com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(java.lang.String[]) (ZygoteInit.java:944)
W system_server: 
W System.err: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: [COLOR="Red"]Library vkjni not found[/COLOR]; tried [/system/lib64/libvkjni.so, /system/vendor/lib64/libvkjni.so]
W System.err:   at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:1040)
W System.err:   at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1669)
W System.err:   at com.android.server.VaultKeeperService.<clinit>(VaultKeeperService.java:69)
W System.err:   at com.android.server.SystemServer.startOtherServices(Unknown Source:819)
W System.err:   at com.android.server.SystemServer.run(Unknown Source:273)
W System.err:   at com.android.server.SystemServer.main(Unknown Source:5)
W System.err:   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
W System.err:   at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
W System.err:   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:944)
E SystemServer: [COLOR="red"]Failed to add VaultKeeper Service[/COLOR].
    And a bit after this comes the nice part:
    Code: 
    I SystemServer: StartKnoxGuard
E VaultKeeperManager: VaultKeeperService is null
E VaultKeeperManager: Unauthorized Pkg. Manager can't be provided.
D KG.Utils: getRlcState.
I KgvManager: query(void)
E KgvManager: [-5]Error from VaultKeeper Manager is null object
E KG.Utils: [COLOR="red"]KnoxGuardVaultManager not supported[/COLOR] (KnoxGuardVaultException)
I KG.IntegrityUtil: setInitialState
E KG.IntegrityUtil: Client Notfound : android.content.pm.PackageManager$NameNotFoundException: com.samsung.android.kgclient
    As a basic check one of my testers was locked on his S8+ running stock rom. He downgraded the bootloader and modem to Oreo, flashed TWRP, deleted libvkjni.so, libvkmanager.so/libvkservice.so and KnoxGuard.apk/Rlc.apk, flashed Pie bootloader and modem and booted up with no lock and no more red text "Only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed".

    How long this will last? Well, Samsung can always turn it into a mandatory thing or even fully change the way this works, making our phones get stuck in bootloop, nobody can tell, but for now let's enjoy it while it lasts.
    As further instructions, for safety reasons make sure you flash this bypass zip after flashing any Samsung based rom (Touchwiz/OneUI), it may take a while until all devs integrate it in their roms.
    Last but not least, make sure you understand the following:
    • This only applies after you unlocked your phone and installed TWRP successfully (check first post for more details about that)
    • This patch is compatible with both Oreo and Pie
    • This patch is compatible only with exynos Samsung devices
    • This patch is needed only on exynos Samsung devices manufactured after 2017
    • This patch comes with absolutely no warranty, you may get locked back anytime without any notice, don't try to blame me or other people involved in this for your failure.
    If you are going to include any part of this in your work, make sure you give proper credits. Thank you
    Special thanks goes to @BlackMesa123 for initial work, @_alexndr for script improvements, @ananjaser1211 for further testing and supporting all my things all the time, all my testers/users that got dragged into this without even knowing, and of course people who already kanged the patch from my kernel zip (if i didn't say anything doesn't mean i didn't saw it ;) ).
    You can find KG/RMM Bypass zip attached to this post.
    All the best!
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    As gathering some more feedback from users i will give an update to this thread hoping that i cover at least some of the problems that occured since the last update.

    1. Some users noticed me they can't make OEM toggle show even after waiting those 168h, for me last time i got locked on purpose i managed to make it show after 3 days (72h) without doing anything specific. For the moment my advice will be to flash oldest firmware available for your device that has same bootloader and modem revision as your current, and try again with date trick or with waiting 168h.
    You can find out what bl/modem rev you have by checking the current build number of your current rom. Let's take A520FXXU7CRL8 - in this build number 7 is the revision, leave other numbers and letters for some other time. To be able to flash older firmware it must be same revision, or odin will fail. Search on the firmware related websites for older fw of your phone/region that has that same revision. So for the device mentioned before A520FXXU7CRHA is the oldest fw that can be flashed.

    2. Pie is out. Funny that, but it also has new locks, new things, all still new to everyone, fixes not working yet and so on. Few people including me got locked on Pie and we found some workarounds to it to prevent data loss.
    First of all, old patch doesn't help anymore so flashing it will be pointless. The RMM v2 is called KG too (KnoxGuard) which also comes attached with the apk that throws you in "payment lock" if you delete it. You can see it in download mode as "KG state = prenormal" if you have the lock. Do note "KG state = checking" is harmless (phone is unlocked), that's how it is on most of the devices.
    My personal advice for this is to reflash Oreo bootloader and modem (which i did), ofc following the rules posted at 1), bootloader and modem being same revision as your current. Flashing oreo bootloader and modem will force the phone from RMM v2 to RMM v1, and since pie doesn`t have anymore files of RMM v1 inside, will simply get unlocked (for the moment). Now, this is not a permanent solution because things may change in pie and require updating of bootloader and modem.
    My friend @_alexndr details here an alternative way, as the oreo method, which concludes in flashing full pie firmware and wait to get unlocked by itself, either flash oreo, get ota update to pie and wait to get unlocked by itself.
    The real issue of this is that we couldn't find yet the secrets behind the new locks so, without a flashable patch to disable further locks, it can come in any custom roms, stock roms rooted etc.
    Stay safe!
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    ananjaser1211
    corsicanu said:
    Please take some time and read carefully the whole post. I am not and i won`t be responsable for anything.
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    Awesome guide corsi this needs to get around.
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