Is the OEM unlock toggle missing on your Samsung Galaxy device? That'southward probably because your phone has entered Prenormal KG/RMM Land. In this guide, we will testify y'all how to forestall Prenormal KG/RMM Land on Samsung Milky way Devices and avoid being locked once again after flashing custom binaries. Information technology is especially meant for users who would like to install TWRP, custom ROMs, kernels, or root their Samsung Galaxy device.

Updated on 19 June 2019: RMM Land is now known as "KG State" on Samsung Galaxy devices running Android Pie, where "KG" stands for "KnoxGuard". Cheers to XDA Programmer corsicanu, we now have KG/RMM Bypass v3 zip that will help you forestall your device running Android Pie or Oreo from getting locked again.

Table of Contents
  • What is Prenormal KG/RMM State and How it Affects Custom Flashing?
  • You can Bypass Prenormal KG/RMM Country and Forbid Locking Over again
    • Supported Devices
    • Requirements
    • How to Featherbed Prenormal KG/RMM State on Samsung Galaxy Devices?

What is Prenormal KG/RMM Land and How it Affects Custom Flashing?

Back in December 2017, Samsung pushed a new security feature to its device'southward bootloaders to fight against theft protection. This new security feature appears as 'RMM State' or "KG State" when your Samsung Galaxy device is booted into Download Mode.

In a nutshell, the problem arises when the KG/RMM State is fix to 'Prenormal'. In that instance, it will prevent you from flashing custom binaries like TWRP or carrying out whatsoever other sort of modifications to the phone's software.

At that place are 3 unproblematic means to check if your device is locked and has Prenormal KG/RMM State:

  • The OEM Unlock toggle will be missing in Settings > Developer options
  • Yous will run into 'RMM State: Prenormal' OR 'KG State: Prenormal' when your Samsung device is in Download Mode
  • Yous will see "Only official released binaries are allowed to exist flashed" message when trying to flash custom binaries like TWRP recovery using Odin

You can Featherbed Prenormal KG/RMM Country and Foreclose Locking Once again

A few months agone, nosotros covered a simple trick to fix the Missing OEM Unlock Toggle. However, the method didn't work for long and was patched by Samsung. So, information technology'south highly likely that you will exist forced to feel the vii days lock menses for the get-go time. So, if the OEM Unlock toggle is missing on your Samsung Galaxy, yous must have a SIM card inserted, connected to the network, and must not reboot your phone for direct vii Days (168 Hours).

But what after the OEM Unlock toggle reappears? It doesn't mean that your device won't get locked once again. A simple instance of this situation is when y'all flash TWRP and reboot directly into the system (Os). In that case, your phone will exist locked again and foreclose you further from rooting or flashing a kernel/custom ROM.

Then, to prevent Prenormal KG/RMM State on Samsung Galaxy devices, you must flash the KG/RMM State Bypass v3 zip file provided by XDA Recognized Developer corsicanu . The patch was initially developed by XDA Senior Member BlackMesa123 , so a huge thanks to him.

As described by them in their corresponding detailed posts (1 & 2), the Prenormal KG/RMM Land is triggered by a string in the services.jar file and an app (KnoxGuard.apk/RLC.apk) that comes pre-installed on the phone. The flashable cypher file he provided will assist you lot bypass Prenormal KG/RMM Land and foreclose your phone from getting locked over again. Piece of cake, right?

Too read: Disable DEFEX Security to Root Samsung Galaxy Devices on Oreo (Guide)

How to Prevent Prenormal RMM State on Samsung Galaxy Devices

Supported Devices

The new KG/RMM State security feature was rolled out to the current users via software updates initially. On the other hand, all new devices released in 2018 and further come up with this new security characteristic enabled. Irrespective of the Samsung device you lot own or when information technology was purchased, this method should work if it suffers from the stated result.

The method beneath volition help you lot Prevent Prernormal KG/RMM State on the following Samsung Milky way devices:

  • Samsung Milky way S9 (SM-G960F) & Galaxy S9+ (SM-G965F)
  • Samsung Milky way S8 (SM-G950F) & Galaxy S8+ (SM-G955F)
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (SM-N960F)
  • Samsung Milky way Note viii (SM-N950F)
  • Samsung Galaxy Note FE (SM-N935F)
  • Samsung Galaxy A8 2018 (SM-A530F) & Galaxy A8+ 2018 (SM-A730F)
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 2017 (SM-A720F)
  • Samsung Milky way A5 2017 (SM-A520F)
  • Samsung Galaxy A3 2017 (SM-A320F/FL)

If y'all observe that your Galaxy device is affected by this effect, then please let u.s. know, we'd update this list.

Requirements

  • Start off, yous must enable 'OEM Unlock' in 'Settings' > 'Programmer options'. The best style is to flash stock firmware on your Samsung Milky way device. Once flashed, you must insert a SIM bill of fare, actuate the network, and do no reboot your phone. Later on vii Days (168 Hours) of uptime (Go to Settings > About telephone > Status to view Uptime), the OEM Unlock toggle will announced and and so you can enable information technology.
  • Once OEM Unlock is enabled, you must wink TWRP on your Samsung Milky way device using Odin. However, at that place are a few important things to note here:
    • Y'all must uncheck the 'Auto Reboot' box in 'Options' tab in the Odin tool window before flashing TWRP.
    • Right after the flashing procedure finishes in Odin, you MUST reboot your device directly into TWRP. If the device tried and enters into the OS, and so it might get locked again!

Once you have fulfilled the requirements, you can follow the instructions below to prevent Prenormal KG/RMM State on Samsung Galaxy devices. We will presume that you take already flashed TWRP and booted your telephone direct into TWRP.

How to Bypass Prenormal KG/RMM State on Samsung Galaxy Devices?

  1. Download the KG/RMM Country Bypass nada file: Link
  2. Copy the downloaded naught file to the external storage (SD carte)
  3. In TWRP, you shall see the 'Unmodified System Partition' message
    Prevent Prenormal RMM State on Samsung Galaxy Devices - Swipe to Allow Modifications in TWRP
  4. Simply slide the 'Swipe to Let Modifications' button
  5. Tap on the 'Install' push button
  6. Navigate to the storage and select the 'RMM_Bypass_v3_corsicanu.cipher' file
    Flash KG/RMM Bypass v3 zip in TWRP to prevent your device from getting locked again
  7. Finally, slide the button to install the file and forestall Prenormal KG/RMM State on your Samsung Galaxy device.

Once the flashing procedure finishes, yous can tap on the 'Reboot System' button. Your device should boot into the Os without existence locked again and the 'KG State' or 'RMM State' should be shown as 'Checking' or 'Normal', respectively in Download Style.

Notation that you will need to repeat this procedure and install the KG/RMM Land Featherbed zip every time you flash a ROM. You can further root your phone as well, using the latest version of Magisk. Although we guide you to flash this bypass zip in our regular rooting tutorials, we still felt the need to create a dedicated post for it.

Rooting Tutorials for Samsung Devices:

So, yous have just learned how to Bypass Prenormal KG/RMM Country on Samsung Galaxy devices and avoid being locked. We tin can end this mail without thanking XDA developers corsicanu and BlackMesa123! If you have any questions regarding the procedure detailed here, please feel costless to leave a comment below.