FRP or Factory Reset Protection is a security feature on Android devices. As soon as you register an Android device with a Google account, FRP is enabled automatically. Firmware Reset Protection aims to protect your device, data, and information against getting into the wrong hands. If you have a Samsung Galaxy phone or Tab and you have forgotten its unlock pattern or PIN, there’s a way to bypass and remove the FRP lock on Samsung devices using Odin by flashing a combination file.
When the FRP is enabled on an Android device, and you perform a data factory reset via the Android Recovery menu or some other way, you will see the following message upon device reboot.
This device was reset. To continue, sign in with a Google Account that was previously synced on this device.
You’ll be asked to enter the registered phone number or email address in order to unlock your device.
However, if you reset your Samsung phone from Settings > General Management > Reset > Factory Data Reset, you’ll able to format your device without any issue.
Update:
The combination firmware method to remove the FRP lock used to work with old Samsung Galaxy devices with Android 10 and below. If your Samsung phone is running Android 11+, you should try the latest version of the SamFW FRP Removal Tool.
Removing FRP on Samsung with Combination File
Many people think that they can bypass or remove the FRP lock on Samsung Galaxy simply by installing the stock firmware via Odin. I remember doing the same to fix the firmware reset protection on a friend’s Galaxy S7 Edge. The truth is, you can’t remove FRP lock Google account issues on Samsung mobiles with a normal firmware flash.
Below, I’ll be describing the method to flash combination firmware on Samsung devices to remove the FRP lock.
1. Download Samsung Firmware
Since we will be using a combination of specific firmware binary components, you will need to download the latest Samsung firmware for your Galaxy device. You can grab or get the firmware file for your device model from any of the sources mentioned below.
- Download Samsung Firmware with Frija
- BL+AP+CP+CSC binaries for Odin
- Download Firmware on macOS and Linux with Samloader
2. Create Samsung Combination File
Okay, now that you have downloaded the correct firmware for your Samsung Galaxy phone or Tab, it’s time to create the combination firmware to remove the FRP lock on your Samsung device.
Follow the steps given below to create a combination firmware from the regular firmware files.
- Extract the downloaded Samsung firmware Zip file. You can use a Zip archiver like WinRar, 7Zip, PowerArchiver, etc. for this purpose.
- Open the extracted folder and you’ll find 5 firmware binaries including AP, BL, CP, CSC, and Home_CSC.
- Make sure you can view the .md5 extension of the files. If you see only .tar, click on the View tab on the Windows Explorer window and check the option that says ‘File name extensions‘.
- Now, right-click on the firmware file that starts with AP in its name, select the Rename option, and add a .rar extension after .md5.
- Then select the BL file and change its extension to .rar too.
- You can now extract the AP and BL zip files.
- Open the AP folder, copy the boot.img.lz4, and system.img.lz4 files and paste them into a new folder.
- Similarly, open the BL folder and move the file names sboot.img.lz4 to the same new folder.
- Open the folder where you saved the boot.img,lz4, sboot.img.lz4, and system.img.lz4 files. Select all three files and pack them into one file by selecting the Compress to “New folder.rar” option from the Windows context menu.
- Now, change the Zip extension of New folder.rar file to .tar and rename it with the firmware name as shown below.
You have successfully created the Samsung combination file to remove FRP on your Galaxy device.
3. Reset Samsung Device and Enable USB Debugging
Before you proceed to install the combination file, you need to perform a data factory reset. Since you can’t do that via the device settings of your Samsung Galaxy phone or Tab, you need to do that via the Recovery Mode. The method to access the Recovery mode on Samsung devices differs from model to model. You can refer to my detailed tutorial on booting into the Samsung Recovery Mode.
- Once you get into the Android Recovery menu screen, select the Wipe data/factory reset. You can use the Volume up/down keys to navigate and the Power button to confirm the selection.
- Perform a data/factory reset and then select the Reboot system now option.
- When your Samsung device boots up, you’ll see the Samsung factory binary screen similar to the one shown below. Tap the mosaic icon on the top-left corner of the screen.
- Doing so will show you the app drawer screen. Navigate to Settings > Developer options and enable USB debugging. If you don’t find that option, here is how you can turn on the Developer option on Samsung devices.
- Now, turn off your phone or tablet device by holding the Power button.
Flash Samsung Combination File with Odin
Okay, you now have the Samsung combination file that you created from the stock firmware. You have also enabled USB debugging on your Galaxy device to ensure that Odin can it. You are all set to remove the FRP lock on your Samsung phone or Tab.
- Download PatcheD Odin and extract the Zip file on your desktop.
- Odin3 3.14.1 3B PatcheD (for devices released after 2018)
- Odin3 3.13.3 3B PatcheD (for older Samsung models)
- Download and install the latest Samsung USB Driver on your Windows PC and reboot your system.
- Open the Odin folder and launch Odin3.exe as an administrator.
- It’s time to boot your Samsung device into the Download Mode.
- Connect your device to the computer using a compatible USB cable.
- When your phone or tablet is recognized by Odin, the ID:COM port will be highlighted.
- Click the Options tab in Odin and make sure that only the Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options are enabled there.
- Then click on the AP button and add the Samsung combination file you created earlier.
- Finally, click the Start button to trigger the installation.
- Wait until the combination firmware installation finishes and you are greeted by the PASS!! message in Odin. Your Samsung Galaxy device will reboot automatically.
Just wait until your device boots up and that’s it. You have successfully removed the FRP lock on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Please get the approval to use factory binary (PIT)
Sometimes, Samsung’s security feature might block the installation of custom firmware and throw the following error on the Download Mode screen of your Samsung Galaxy device.
Please get the approval to use factory binary (pit)
To fix this, you can flash the PIT (Partition Information Table) file for your device and the Samsung combination file in Odin. If you don’t know how to get the correct PIT file, read my tutorial describing the steps to extract Samsung PIT from firmware.
Please keep in mind that if you install the PIT file, you’ll have to check the Re-partition option under the Options tab in Odin as well. Moreover, you’ll need to add the PIT file in Odin by clicking the Pit tab in Odin.
Update:
The combination firmware method to remove the FRP lock used to work with old Samsung Galaxy devices with Android 10 and below. If your Samsung phone is running Android 11+, you should try the latest version of the SamFW FRP Removal Tool.
Hey there,
I followed each and every step here, but unfortunately, if I click on “Start” in Odin, it just gets stuck in “File Analysis”.
And nothing is happening anymore.
Perhaps, it is because I can’t get my table USB debugging enabled?
Because, if I follow your step 3 and start the “Wipe data/factory reset” and reboot the device after that, it doesn’t show me the “Samsung factory binary screen”.
Any tips, how to solve the issues?
Thank you
The manual gets a little bit spongy at this point, but it helped me to unlock my device. You need to flash (via odin) the device specific “android combination firmware” (just google it for your device), it’s a kind of minimalistic developer operating system, which contains the menu from point 3. When the flashing was successful, your device will boot to this new operating system, and you can enable the usb debugging. After that, you can easily flash (also via odin) your selfmade image file which you created from the stock firmware before. By the way, the file name is minor, as long as it is an archive ending with .tar, my file was called “selfmademix.tar”.
This does not work, and the newly combined tar file cannot take effect.
I followed the guide and I got to the part where we make our own combination rom and I can’t seem to find the sboot.bin.Iz4 in the BL file and none of the files that were shown in the picture are in my BL folder. What should I do to get the sboot.bin.Iz4?
Which Samsung device do you have?
I have the same problem. My device is a U.S Galaxy Note 10 Plus sm-n975u1 (n975u1ues5dtj6). I did the zip extraction of the BL file and I don’t have an sboot.bin.
What’ your carrier?
T-Mobile or TMB. I used Frija to get the firmware files for my specific Note version. These are all the filenames in my BL folder (after I did the zip extract)
abl.elf.lz4
aop.mbn.lz4
apdp.mbn.lz4
bksecapp.mbn.lz4
cmnlib.mbn.lz4
cmnlib64.mbn.lz4
devcfg.mbn.lz4
dspso.bin.lz4
hyp.mbn.lz4
km4.mbn.lz4
msadp.mbn.lz4
multi_image.mbn.lz4
NON-HLOS.bin.lz4
quest.fv.lz4
qupv3fw.elf.lz4
sec.elf.lz4
storsec.mbn.lz4
tz.mbn.lz4
uefi_sec.mbn.lz4
vaultkeeper.mbn.lz4
vbmeta.img.lz4
xbl.elf.lz4
xbl_config.elf.lz4
Hi, which Samsung device do you have? Is it a single file firmware?
My device is an unlocked Galaxy Note 10 Plus (N975U1UES5DTJ6). It’s not a single file firmware since Frija gives me the same firmware files in your guide (AP, BL, CP, CSC, HOME with .tar.md5 extensions), only difference is that my BL file/folder has different contents compared to what I see in your guide and does not come with the sboot.bin.
Weird, mine is an unlocked Galaxy Note 10 Plus SM-N975 too. I have sboot.bin in the BL archive. Let me do a research.
Thanks Rakesh. I’ll wait for any updates
I have the same problem with my Tracfone A01 SM-S111DL running Q. My AP file contains the following:
meta-data (folder)
boot.img.lz4
dtbo.img.lz4
metadata.img.lz4
recovery.img.lz4
super.img.lz4
userdata.img.lz4
vbmeta.img.lz4
And my BL contains:
aboot.mbn.lz4
adspso.bin.lz4
apdp.mbn.lz4
bksecapp.mbn.lz4
cmnlib_30.mbn.lz4
cmnlib64_30.mbn.lz4
devcfg.mbn.lz4
km4.mbn.lz4
msadp.mbn.lz4
NON-HLOS.bin.lz4
rpm.mbn.lz4
sbl1.mbn.lz4
sec.dat.lz4
tz.mbn.lz4
vaultkeeper.mbn.lz4
So which files now constitute the combination file? Help will be greatly appreciated.
same issues missing system as well
Try this instead: https://technastic.com/bypass-frp-lock-samsung-samfw-frp-tool/
Same issue where’s the sboot
right, when I try to extract ap and bp zip they requested a password. does anyone know the master password?
Which device do you have and what’s the Android version of the Samsung firmware?
i had to make mine a .rar to extract without a password
Hi so i have. Tried following this and i still dont understand how yuhou get the phone into Factory binary by factory reseting the device everytime i factoryreset it and then select the boot option it just loads back up regularly it doesnt load into factory binary like the above article stats i have tried and failed several times. What am i doing wrong and how do i get it into factory binary cuz i know its not by resetting the device and rebooting it! A little more info would be nice.
hey there,
love your website! thank you so much for taking the time to put all of this information in one spot for us! I have an interesting question for you if you’re able to answer it.
I used to know this answer, but have since forgot it, and I can’t find it online anywhere. When you are in the Factory Binary combination file and you select any of the action apps on the firmware, it pops up a box asking for a password. I remember this password was incredibly easy, whatever it was. haha. Do you happen to know what the password is for the combination firmwares?
Hello. At step 6, it asks me for a password to extract the zip file that I just created! Weird.
I have the Nordic model of Samsung S7. The name of the file is AP_G930FXXS1DQLB_CL12365438_QB16111086_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5.
Try changing to .rar instead of .zip
Had the same problem and your suggestion worked brilliantly, many thanks!
The sboot.bin doesnt show up for my samsung s9 firmware
Same Issue as Stated with others. Samsung Tab S4 SM-T830
No sboot.img.lz4 in BL folder. Actually every file is different. No file with similar size, or any .bin.
Hello,
Has the sboot.bin.Iz4 question been answered yet? I have the same Issue.
Hi! everything with the firmware file works except i don’t have the system.img file. What’s the problem?
After I extract my AP and BL files there is no system.img.lz4 in there…. is it possibly called something else??
Which phone model do you have, Mat?
I can’t find the file called “system.img.” in the AP folder. Others, present. For Samsung S20+ 5G, VOD
Not possible to pass the installation. The phone requires approval for bootloader binaries. Samsung S20 plus
i have attempted to frp unlock my SAMSUNG TAB E (SM-T560NU) using odin3 v3.13.3_3B_patcheD with samsung firmware file T560NUUEU1CQK2_T560NUXAR1CQK2_home.tar which is an .md5 file. in odin i put the firmware file in the AP feild and clicked on start eveything went perfectly after the installation i received the green pass message my tablet rebooted BUT it DID NOT by pass the FRP google lock. PLEASE explain to me what am i doing wrong. thanks in advance for any help you can give and for everything that you contribute on this site your a real asset thanks again
Hey, my galaxy a21 on metro does not have a “system” OR “sboot” file. I assume that “super” is the same as “system” because of the large file size, but I can’t find an equivalent file to “sboot” to put in my combination folder. Please help!
Sadly I also do not have an sboot file from my frija download.
Phone is a Verizon Galaxy S8
G950USQU8DUD3
I’m trying to pull a firmware zip close to the PDA id… it’s just that dang sboot file I need.
If I find it I’ll post here.
Hi ive managed to get to the point where you are suppose to flash the file i made. But odin is stuck at “File analysis” Ive done everything as it says in this tutorial. am i missing something?
Ok, so ive managed to get my file flashed, but it does not remove the FRP Lock on SM-T580.
also tried NAND Erase and repartition, but since FRP is on it ignores my PIT file.
Hey again. looks like I got it working. don’t know how cause it wanted me to connect to a google account to verify me so I turned it off and after about 5 min I thought I was going to try something I came across, and then it was unlocked when i turned it on without trying to do anything…Thanks for this guide, it helped me understand the workings of the FRP in some sense and how Smartphones/tablets work nowadays. I’ve unlocked and hacked my own smartphones in the early days to see how it worked and I see that it’s come some way since then so thank you very much, the help was very appreciated 🙂
I have an A5 2017 (SM-A520F) with a 1&1 service branded Android. I got it from ebay, and the pre-owner did a factory reset via recovery. System boot presents a language selection, then wifi connection setup, then a Google login that cannot be omitted (FRP). So I am stuck because I cannot enable USB debugging, and flashing of a ROM is prohibited because of FRP and OEM lock.
By the way: I am on Linux and am using heimdall. Which partition name (or number) is used for the AP partition? Can I use heimdall flash –AP mycombinationfile.tar
P.S.: The files I needed for the combination file are all present in my downloaded firmware.
I dont find sboot.img.lz4 in BL section. What to do? I have SM-T295.
When I open the BL file it does not contain the sboot.img.iz4…pls help..ty in advance
> it just gets stuck in “File Analysis”.
One can prevent this by using 7zip to create the archive from the three files, and actually create a TAR file (instead of a ZIP that is afterwards renamed to TAR).
Even though the process worked, then, this did not do anything to the FRP lock. It was enabled after the process as it has been before. Trying NAND erase next…
Still a very well-made tutorial. Thanks!
This article makes frequently reference to the .rar file name extension. In every instance, the author intended to type .zip instead. Please correct this flub. RAR archives have no place in Android.
HI I am Stuck at the point where I need to set developer permissions. I have a Tab T510.
I have tried to reset the device but I cannot get to the Samsung Binary Mode to set the developer permissions. Also I can find no other instructions on how to enter this mode.
Can you assist please.
I tried a couple of times to create a combination file, flashed it on odin to bypass frp Google lock and it’s not working for me. I mist be doing something wrong.
I know I’m a little late to the party but when I open the BL file for my device located in Frija. I have an S9 that I had put into storage because I thought the charging port was broken. Found it yesterday, plugged it in and what do you know, it worked with no issue. Only problem was I haven’t turned it on in 3 years and had no clue what my pin was… So I factory reset it only to be met with a google verification screen.
I followed all your steps right until unzipping the “BL”.rar and copying sboot.bin.lz4 because a file by that name is not available in the folder. I’ve listed the files that ARE in the folder below, maybe there’s another name for it?
I just want to be able to give my phone to one of my friends, and it’ll kill me if a perfectly good phone is rendered useless because of my bad memory.
“Perform a data/factory reset and then select the Reboot system now option.
When your Samsung device boots up, you’ll see the Samsung factory binary screen similar to one like shown below. Tap the mosaic icon on the top-left corner of the screen.”
Not on my phone! The link you provide requires accessibility to the phone screen and there enabling debugging in settings. Which denies the purpose of this whole procedure!
I wasted a lot of time for nothing. Thanks!
Please use SamFw: https://technastic.com/bypass-frp-lock-samsung-samfw-frp-tool/
i got samsung a125u tmb and in my AP folder im missing the system.img.lz4 file is it safe to continue with out
super is the new one.
Followed step by step on a SM-G935V and everything went as described. FRP is still engaged after flashing
Hello Rakesh. I own a, Galaxy Tab s4, SM-T830. It is rooted with Magisk 25.2 TWRP recovery, The tablet is FRP locked. I inadvertantly re-enabled OEM unlock and turned off my tablet. When I turned it back on it went directly to the FRP screen. I cannot access recovery or anything else. I am trying to create the Combination file. I have all the latest firmwaree from Sammobile and through Frija. There is no sboot.bin in my BL archive either. Have you discovered anything else ?
It didn’t work for me.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S21 5G currently Android 13 with 5.0 U.I.
and I’m trying to downgrade to the original 11 version and 3.0
I downloaded the firmware from samfw website and the recommended Odin software, went into the boot loader on my phone and added the AP, BL, CP and CSC files to Odin but when I press start, it takes a couple of minutes and it fails.
I can’t use the Sam FRP program to unlock my device because the 2023 update patched the program bypass and when I start the FRP unlock process it can’t enable ADB even though I already have both the Samsung and ADB drivers on my laptop.
Any possible solutions?
What error are you getting in Odin?
You should wait for the upcoming release of the SamFw tool as it might have a solution to bypass the patch from Samsung.
See that a few people have had problems with the combination file not being downloaded correctly.
The create zip, or create rar doesn’t work. I had to use 7-zip to create a tar file, then Odin passed the file, connected and downloaded to the phone correctly.
Were you able to bypass FRP? Please mentin your Samsung device and Android version.