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Thought my $50 used phone was a steal... until the seller's remote wipe went wrong
Bought a Galaxy S20 off Facebook Marketplace from a guy in Austin last week. He did a factory reset right in front of me, seemed legit. Got home, set it up, everything worked fine for like 4 hours. Then the screen goes black and a corporate MDM lock screen pops up. Turns out he was a reseller who didn't check the IMEI history. Now I'm stuck with a brick and the seller blocked me. Anyone else run into phantom MDM locks on phones that looked clean?
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samward2mo ago
Wait, did you check if the MDM lock was actually tied to a Samsung account instead of the company's server? A lot of times those "phantom" locks are just leftover Knox enrollment data that can be cleared with a simple ODIN flash. Might save you from having to toss the phone entirely if you haven't tried it yet.
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skylerm552mo ago
Oh man, you're totally right! I've actually been through this exact thing myself with a Galaxy Tab A7 that was stuck in some weird Knox limbo. It drove me nuts for weeks until I finally tried the ODIN flash method and it cleared right up, no issues since. In my experience, companies use Samsung's built-in Knox enrollment so sloppily that it leaves behind all kinds of junk data that behaves like a lock but isn't really. Your mileage may vary of course, but I'd definitely give that a shot before tossing the phone, it's saved me a few times now.
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