This time, the green bar filled. Then, adb sideload NikGapps-core-arm64-12-20220815.zip .
I wanted to throw it away. But then, I saw a glimmer of hope on XDA Developers: "LineageOS 19.1 (Android 12L) for Samsung Note 5 - Unofficial." custom rom samsung note 5
The screen went black for 10 seconds. Too long. Panic. Then, the boot animation appeared: a circular logo spinning. And spinning. And spinning for 12 minutes (first boot always takes forever). This time, the green bar filled
I downloaded , the Samsung flashing tool. With trembling hands, I loaded the engineering bootloader. The moment of truth: Holding Volume Down + Power. The download mode screen appeared. I clicked "Start." But then, I saw a glimmer of hope
Three months later, I got greedy. I tried to flash a ROM (Android 13). I forgot to flash the correct vendor patch. During the flash, my cat jumped on the desk, yanking the USB cable.
But the thread mentioned an exploit: "CID 15" or "Shop Samsung" models. Mine wasn't one. After two days of frantic Googling, I found a guide. It wasn't an unlock; it was a bypass using a leaked engineering kernel. The risk: bricking the phone into a permanent "Secure Fail: Kernel" state.
Finally, I wiped cache/dalvik and hit "Reboot System."