Hey guys,
So I went to do a factory reset on my phone on Saturday just gone (and several more times on the Sunday), since apps started randomly not working properly. Anyway, I figured since I'm doing a reset I might as well re-attempt installing RenICE since the last time I tried, the support for gs8+ was still very early.
So I reset the phone and go to flash TWRP (tried 3.14 and 3.2x), using Odin.
I have developer options enabled and USB debugging, but there was no OEM unlock button.
So I tried the following tricks:
- disable all auto-updates (not the one inside Google Play)
- disable automatic time set
- set time to 7 days before the current date
Apparently doing this and resetting enables OEM unlock, however the time just reset to a variance between the current date (when wifi or network was enabled) and 24 hours prior the fac reset (with sim removed and wifi turned off)
I have my gmail account put into the device. I also tried wiping the cache, which succeeded but still did not affect the current known date and no OEM unlock.
I did some digging and this can happen when the BL is already unlocked... so I put it into recovery mode and it says "OEM LOCK: 1" or something to the effect that it is still in fact locked.
I even tried re-flashing an XSA rom and that didn't change anything either.
Anyway, I've just found a potential solution to this problem and I just want to share it with the community in case anyone is facing the same problem.
It now seems very obvious, but I literally just tried it again as I was writing this post asking for help and now OEM unlock is enabled.
Solution: disable updates in Google Play Store then reset with wifi off and sim removed. (not sure about the combination here, the only thing I did different was Google Play. So it could be needing all three at once, might just be that last update setting needed switching off. Who knows, not gonna risk it again coz I want RenICE today haha)
If anyone is having this issue, or there are some hackers around with some spare time. Give it a whirl and lemme know how you go.
Some sys info:
Model: SM-G955F
Android: 8
Baseband: G955FXXU4CRI1
Kernel: 4.4.111-14315050-QB19732162
Build#: R16NW.G955FXXU4CRI1
Knox: 3.0
TIMA: 3.3.0
So I went to do a factory reset on my phone on Saturday just gone (and several more times on the Sunday), since apps started randomly not working properly. Anyway, I figured since I'm doing a reset I might as well re-attempt installing RenICE since the last time I tried, the support for gs8+ was still very early.
So I reset the phone and go to flash TWRP (tried 3.14 and 3.2x), using Odin.
I have developer options enabled and USB debugging, but there was no OEM unlock button.
So I tried the following tricks:
- disable all auto-updates (not the one inside Google Play)
- disable automatic time set
- set time to 7 days before the current date
Apparently doing this and resetting enables OEM unlock, however the time just reset to a variance between the current date (when wifi or network was enabled) and 24 hours prior the fac reset (with sim removed and wifi turned off)
I have my gmail account put into the device. I also tried wiping the cache, which succeeded but still did not affect the current known date and no OEM unlock.
I did some digging and this can happen when the BL is already unlocked... so I put it into recovery mode and it says "OEM LOCK: 1" or something to the effect that it is still in fact locked.
I even tried re-flashing an XSA rom and that didn't change anything either.
Anyway, I've just found a potential solution to this problem and I just want to share it with the community in case anyone is facing the same problem.
It now seems very obvious, but I literally just tried it again as I was writing this post asking for help and now OEM unlock is enabled.
Solution: disable updates in Google Play Store then reset with wifi off and sim removed. (not sure about the combination here, the only thing I did different was Google Play. So it could be needing all three at once, might just be that last update setting needed switching off. Who knows, not gonna risk it again coz I want RenICE today haha)
If anyone is having this issue, or there are some hackers around with some spare time. Give it a whirl and lemme know how you go.
Some sys info:
Model: SM-G955F
Android: 8
Baseband: G955FXXU4CRI1
Kernel: 4.4.111-14315050-QB19732162
Build#: R16NW.G955FXXU4CRI1
Knox: 3.0
TIMA: 3.3.0
