Unlocking your Android phone’s bootloader is the first step to rooting and flashing custom ROMs. And, contrary to popular belief, it’s actually fully supported on many phones. Here’s how to unlock your bootloader the official way.
Download latest firmware for you model directly from official servers using https://samfirmtool.com/samfirm-v0-4-1 or
https://github.com/wssyncmldm/frija/releases
Download and install following packages Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:
Open Frija and type in your model (ex. SM-A515F) and your CSC : ex. LUX).
You can check all CSC’s and models on Samfrew: https://samfrew.com/model/SM-A515F/
After download is complete extract SM-A515XX_1_00000000000000_xxxxxxxxxx_fac.zip
This will wipe your data and automatically reboot your device!
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Cristian Penisoara is a Guides Writer and Android specialist at Droid Tools. An Android user since version 2 and a professional event photographer, he combines technical curiosity with a detail-oriented approach - every guide he publishes is tested step-by-step on a real device before it goes live.
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