Recent content by theghostbehindthewall

It died. No resurrecting it. Tried all manner of button combinations that I could find online. Thanks for all the advice though.

Not as far as I'm aware. It had been on charge overnight and when I had connected it to the charger today it showed that it was charging.

Dammit. It would appear that I spoke too soon. It has just suddenly. I've tried all button combinations but I'm not getting anything on screen. Tried to connect to charger too, in case it's the battery, but no joy. It appears to have just totally died.

Well, Mustang - I cannot thank you enough. That has worked! My partner's phone is back up and running with all files intact. She is over the moon and said to say a huge thank you. Thanks for taking the time to help. It's very much appreciated!

Thanks again. The volume up and power just displays the 'custom binary blocked' message. So, I'm trying to find the correct firmware to try and flash that. Not sure which it is tbg as I'm a total newbie with this. I have found a firmware link on the sam mobile site. I bought the phone direct...

Thanks again. The volume up and power just displays the 'custom binary blocked' message. So, I'm trying to find the correct firmware to try and flash that. Not sure which it is tbg as I'm a total newbie with this. I have found this ...

Hi, Thanks. I've tried that and nothing happened. So, I tried the power, volume down and button on the front screen until I got the blue warning screen. Volume down to cancel and restart doesn't do anything. Volume up button then shows 'Downloading... do not turn off target' on the screen but...

Thanks for the quick reply! I bought it from Samsung direct, way back in November 2017. It's confused me. We've just been to her service provider who just tried to sell her a new phone!

Hi, My partners Samsung S7 Edge suddenly switched off and now she has the message 'Custom binary blocked by FRP lock' in red when she tries to switch it on. I've been searching for answers, but they all seem to point out it's an issue if you've flashed a file to the phone. She has never tried...