Recent content by Immy74

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    My Galaxy S8 Active Will Not Update Software

    am very aware how odin works, however if you read all the other messages that lead up to this, you would had seen that this firmware is (BL) Bootloader locked. It will show that firmware is success, however it is not. You stated before in this forum that you had a way to get around the BL...
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    My Galaxy S8 Active Will Not Update Software

    I took it to a UbreakIfix place as per Samsung request last year, and after 2 days of them having it, they put "Unknown" or the ticket back to Samsung Repair. For the BL unlock, is it a normal apk? or do I need to run via sdcard in recovery mode? I haven't had to tweak a phone since the days of...
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    My Galaxy S8 Active Will Not Update Software

    It's not stuck on lock screen, the screen doesn't wake up from sleep at all except for AOD
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    My Galaxy S8 Active Will Not Update Software

    getting into phone how? If referring to up and power, no. I can see screen after bootup using c to hdmi on monitor.
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    My Galaxy S8 Active Will Not Update Software

    Yeah I figured that, already d/led it and its current what with what I should have. So whats the work around on the BL that will actually work?
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    My Galaxy S8 Active Will Not Update Software

    At the current moment, this is all I can do on this phone. Double tap the screen for AOD. Power button just gives me a black screen. This is why I think its the firmware. Running the phone with USB-C to hdmi, everything works fine on phone. Through Sam Dex same. Will download Friday...
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    My Galaxy S8 Active Will Not Update Software

    So here is yet another confusing issue for SM-G892U .... Phone works great as it should, however I believe in May of 2021, the last firmware update was pushed OTA. Phone updated, screen never came back on. Different then the BSOD (or deep sleep mode). I called Samsung, they created a ticked...