3.3 ((free)) | Samfirm

The "MTP" mode light turned green. On the phone's screen, a terminal window appeared—a secret handshake between the PC and the hardware. The SamFirm tool began its work, injecting the necessary scripts to bridge the gap between the locked interface and the official Samsung servers. It was a delicate dance of data packets, fetching the exact firmware needed to restore the device to its factory glory without losing the precious data hidden in the encrypted partitions.

Use (version 3.14.4 or later) to flash the downloaded firmware: samfirm 3.3

Samsung introduced new encryption keys and protocol changes with the Android 13/One UI 5.0 update and beyond. SamFirm 3.3, last updated in 2017, cannot handle the new "FUS 2.0" protocol. The "MTP" mode light turned green