Help Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime bricked without usb debugging.

[Jfalls63]

The SN is in the battery compartment. The problem is that Kies doesn't recognize the 530T1 but will the 530T. Finding firmware for the T1 that works is a challenge. Hardware is the same but if you use Odin to flash T firmware on the T1, it will fail.
If you fool Kies by using the T model number and the SN in the link, it will flash the T firmware on the T1 device.

 

[Jfalls63]

MetroPCS doesn't like to release its firmware and this is about the only way to make the T-Mobile firmware work.

 

[lunatic59]

That's the reason I've been avoiding Samsung phones of late. Too many friggin' variants of the same phone with just enough differences in firmware to make them incompatible.

 

[Jfalls63]

Switched from S5 Active to Moto XPE and been a happy camper ever since.
Now I'm allergic to locked bootloader's !

 

[Bg260]

Or, if the pockets are deep enough....

Spoiler: J-Tag

This video always brings a tear to my eye.......It's just so dang cool

 

[Bg260]

Thinking seriously about starting a J-Tag outfit....but then you all would be my competition

 

[Jfalls63]

Thinking seriously about starting a J-Tag outfit....but then you all would be my competition

Way above my pay grade.

 

[Bg260]

Just a machine, some wires and a few buttons. Can't be that hard

 

[lunatic59]

That's what Enrico Fermi said and look what he ended up with.

 

[Rayz Mond]

I feel compelled to re-phrase my post. The word "Hack" can have mutiple meanings. I think of it as the repossession of that which is already ours. Some may think of it as the repossession of that which we think should be ours. The former is hacking the latter is piracy which I in no way endorse. Just wanted to clear that up.

Haha nice save there. There's a fine line between taking hat is our, what should be ours, and doing it for a certain reason. Whether that reason is personal gain, exploit, or expirimentation. Oh since this phone has t mobile firmware now, I don't have to take it to metro to get it converter right. And should I wait till after I get it activated to root?

 

[Rayz Mond]

That's the reason I've been avoiding Samsung phones of late. Too many friggin' variants of the same phone with just enough differences in firmware to make them incompatible.

While I was looking online for firmware, I searched up galaxy grand prime, and there were like 12 different kinds of the phone. It's insane. Makes it almost impossible to find firmware that would work.

 

[Bg260]

Haha nice save there. There's a fine line between taking hat is our, what should be ours, and doing it for a certain reason. Whether that reason is personal gain, exploit, or expirimentation. Oh since this phone has t mobile firmware now, I don't have to take it to metro to get it converter right. And should I wait till after I get it activated to root?

That is a great question.....

 

[Rayz Mond]

I k ow apple won't activate a jail roken phone. Is it the same with Samsung

 

[lunatic59]

Samsung's got nothing to do with it. It's the carrier who activates devices on their network. I don't think T-Mobile really cares one way or another if your rooted. If the phone is of questionable origin, it might be blacklisted, in which case nobody will allow it on their network.

 

[Rayz Mond]

I checked the imei.. it doesn't appear to be blacklisted. But I overwrote metros firmware with tmobile. Do u think that will be a problem

 

[Jfalls63]

I checked the imei.. it doesn't appear to be blacklisted. But I overwrote metros firmware with tmobile. Do u think that will be a problem

Should just get them to activate the account and Sim and set the proper APN and be good to go

 

[Rayz Mond]

Activate the metro account?

 

[Jfalls63]

Activate the metro account?

What carrier do you plan on using and do you know if the phone has been carrier unlocked?

 

[Rayz Mond]

Tmobile and I have no idea. Apparently it's in the metro system and it's tied to an account tho

 

[Jfalls63]

MetroPCS is a MVNO of T-Mobile so either sim should work. If it's still linked to a contract and terms of contract have not been met( phone paid off), you might have some difficulty

 

[Rayz Mond]

I'm not sure how to tell how much longer the contract lasts. When I called them yesterday the guy there said there's an active account linked to the phone. But I don't have a sim

 

[shakazoid]

The Op never stated if this fixed the initial USB debugging issue. I have the 530T that is not recognized most of the time , will not charge when connected to usb unless it is powercycled. Have tried different cables and computers. Odin works fine.