What is Factory Reset Protection (FRP) on Google Android devices and what does it do?
Factory Reset Protection (FRP) is a security feature on Google Android devices designed to prevent unauthorized use of your device if it is lost, stolen, or wiped. FRP ensures that only someone with your Google account or screen lock information can use the device. In concept, this is a great idea and should deter criminals from using your phone after they steal it and may even prevent them from stealing your device in the first place.
Problems with this new built-in feature in Android 5.1 Lollipop and above:
- You forget your own password or Google account information.
- You buy a used phone online, and the previous owner didn’t wipe the device correctly, leaving you unable to use it because of FRP.
- Your child plays with your phone and accidentally activates the FRP screen.
- You are older, and the person at the carrier store who set up your phone didn’t provide you with your Google account information. Note: I have seen this happen.
There can be many legitimate reasons you may need to bypass FRP on your device so that you can use it again. Unless someone shows you how to bypass FRP, you don’t have many options to get your device working again, unless you can get the OEM to repair it for you, which isn’t likely unless the device is new.
FRP should be a feature that is turned on by the owner and only with many, many warnings that must be read before the device owner can activate it to protect them from these issues. Google, please correct this and make FRP optional.
Note: FRP is activated once you add your Google account to the device and set up a screen lock.
Knowing about all these problems, I have been working on some solutions for those of you with devices you just can’t use. Enjoy.
If you want to learn advanced FRP remove methods and see some of the latest bypass technique then you should check out Phonlabtech.com
Motorola Droid Turbo
Sorry for the poor Grammer and spelling. On my tablet and I suck at typing on this keyboard. Such a pain. Anyone know of any good exploits for the tab s2? Seems to be scarce right now. I want to install nethunter, but with out admin it would be nearly pointless. Plus I haven’t found a working kernel for the s2 and I am to lazy to write one myself.
For those of you with samsung, after you reset and have cleared the cache you need to let your phone sit on the WiFi screen at the beginning for at least one hour. And then connect to wifi. Tether is easier here. When you get to the update security turn off the wifi. Go thru the options with WiFi turned back on and select the Google policy and it will connect to the Internet to pull the info. Scroll down until you find regular text. Hold and highlight and click share. Hold the popular so app manager opens up. From there you will see the force stop option and other details. Go to the battery selection. At the top should be a new option that wasn’t there before. Battery location service or what ever. Turn on location, accept Google maps terms, skip signing in. Go to settings and then to help, find any of the help topics that are blue. Those are links to the Internet and opens up chrome. From chrome download the short cut maker. Then go to Samsung apps site via chrome. Click the apps icon to open galaxy apps, sign in, search file explorer, open file Explorer and go to downloads, install the short cut maker. It will prompt for security and select install from unknown sources. Install
And open the app. Search for Google manager or what ever it is called in the other instructions. Click the down arrow to open up the tree for other options. Find password and log in about 4 or 5 down fron top. Choose make shortcut. A password log in screen will pop up. Choose login in from browser aND log in to your Google account. It will take you back your the password screen of memory serves me right. Just back out of everything. You will be back at login for setup or what ever, here I got a loop and restarted the phone. When it booted up it ran setup normally without the login and was completely open. Update if your keeping, remove Google account in accounts if you are not. If there is any sensitive data that needs to be securely erased choose to encrypt all your files before the reset. Or root and use busy box and a terminal emulator and use in bash dd. Type man dd at command prompt for instructions or Google how to secure delete in Linux with dd. No other way to securely delete anything on the phone or tablet. None of the apps from play can run an over write you would need. Rewrite the unused portion at least 11 times. 35 if it is a old disc drive. Gutman is good for those. Otherwise dod is fine with the 11 times. You can find instructions anywhere how to use dd and run a dod over write via command line. If you want to unlock your phone carrier, the s7 at least American version does not having a working root, so you will need to pay for a unlock code. Pm me if you need a reputable site. Otherwise you will need to downgrade your Os to a version capable of running the old unlock apk. Run it and restart, of you see Samsung with a lock underneath it that is open then you now can use any carrier. Upgrade to the highest Os you can that will still allow the exploit towel root to work. Install towel root and make it rain. Do nothing else. Install flash fire and download ok2, I’d you are on s4 at&the or s5. So already has the new Os and might be boot locked. T-mobile phones were not locked up until s7 from what I read. Make sure you get the version for your phone!! Otherwise you need to adb and install twrp to unbrick. Make sure usb debug is on before you do anything too. Do not get oc3 it is super buggy. For marshmallow I amean still working on a use able exploit.
I had the same problem with the talkback settings being greyed out but managed to bypass this by actually turning the talkback on and going through the tutorial. Annoying but at the end I was able to get into the settings and then turn off talkback by holding the power button until the turn off options came up and then holding two fingers to the screen until it beeps and asks if you want to turn talkback off. From there you can continue. Unfortunately, I got stopped when I realized there was no “User” option to add user so now I’m stuck.
Thats awesome, thank you this worked!! now im stuck with the dual windows :/
what if the Talk Back Settings option is disabled/greyed out?
hi there… I’ve tried every YouTube video on bypassing Google verification etc. for the galaxy s6 edge + and nothing has worked. I’ve tried downgrading, so the OTG reader software would work that was a bust. can you please help? Because I’m at the end of my rope with this phone.
Hey Lee is your phone updated with the latest?
My wizard thing doesn’t have the chrome accessibility an I don’t know what’s to do
You need to reset and let it sit for one hour at the wifi screen in the initial setup. Not sure if you do connect before that hour if the option will be there or not. I just know that it works as I got past it all myself by not even touching or connecting for one hour.
Quick update. If you allow your s7 to sit for at least an hour. Haven’t tried less you will find in the Samsung setup under battery the option to turn on location at the top of the last. Accept and turn on. Scroll through th help find a link and open in Chrome. Go to the site to download the shortcut apk. The Google Samsung app store. Find open app store icon on page. Open Samsung app store. Sign in. Install file Explorer. Open, goto downloads, install the apk. Choose unknown sources, open, search Google account manager. Click choose enter login and password. Click the three dots top right corner. Sign in from browser. And link your account to the phone. Check to see now of you can access settings. If yes back out. I got a loop at set up your phone. So i restarted and was in!
Good luck!
Samsung sm-930a. My short update. No data upgrade and no battery ex.
But if you force stop the share you get the pull down menu for wifi, location and first clue ultra power savings mode.
I found I could turn on ultra power saving mode and have full access that it provides. I do not know enough about ultra power save mode on Samsung to get a file Explorer open or chrome. I tried the email app but since it wasn’t Google Apps it did not change over for the Frp. I have full access to the Internet but can’t open downloads or add apps without root as far as I know.
Hopefully this will help find a solution. I am assuming that the ultra power savings uses root too. And trying to find ways to open up other apps it is super buggy. Maybe a root exploit could be found here too.
If you turn off ultra power mode it resets and your stuck at the same frp. Any ideas? Play with it and get back to me. I dont know what the build number is. Clue me in if you know. If I can’t find an easy solution for upsm I will try using drozer later to see if I can force other apps to open.
Hi! Tried all of your methods on my Samsung J5 and didn’t work. When I use the odg methode no pop-up is shown, and with the other way I have no “download” option on the menu.
Please help with an idea.
Thanks!
I have an Lg G4 and I’m trying to bypass the Google account. But when I get to the talk back step the settings is disabled what do I do?