u/abigail3141

I'm a software dev, and a friend of mine recently got a Galaxy S21 FE from an old office being disbanded, alongside two whole boxes of half-dead half-presumed-dead electronics, probably out of a company phone fleet. When we tried to get it working, I wiped it to get rid of the PIN code, thinking the company wouldn't have left personal Google accounts on it, but they did. Now I'm stuck on FRP lock, and unsure how to proceed from here. I mostly do backend and desktop frontend not mobile. The phone is too new for SamFw free, and I'm not sure whether I should shell out 40 USD for one try of a sketchy software that may not work after all. I'm also not sure what else to use. Most things you find on the internet (including SamFw btw) look terribly sketchy and like a scam. So, what do I do now? Any help'd be appreciated. Majorly screwing with hardware and software is very much within the realm of possibility and something I'd be willing to do.

Here's some more info on the phone:
Firmware version: G990B2XXS5EWF2
FRP, Qualcomm Secure Boot, OEM lock, bootloader lock: ON
Bootloader SWREV: 5, image on the phone is as old as can go with this rev
No MDM, Knox status PRENORMAL
RPMB provisioned

I don't know how much there is to save here, I'm no mobile expert, but any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

A few days ago, I posted this build here and god mostly positive impressions on that draft, but it seems it's either just a bad build lacking hull damage or I'm having a severe skill issue.

I've been doing PCZs solo to test the build, and here's what I found:

I get my ass handed to me before I get a chance to kill the ship in the process of doing so, I sit there for 10 or more minutes at a time stripping the hull of one ship.

It's not just because it's a solo PCZ. Getting out the old cookie-cutter MC+beam laser build makes it actually manageable.

Some NPCs also appear to carry Thermal Shock and Phasing Rounds, so while cooking myself from the inside with too many SCBs and Imperial Hammers, I also get cooked from the outside while having my hull shredded through a half-full shield.

So, what do I do now, with a bunch of engineered components and a build that doesn't seem to function at all? How do I even practice?

Lastly, I just wanted to say I truly hate engineering with every fibre of my being. This vile abomination of a gameplay "system" has caused me so many hours of needless grinding, just to get a bearable ship, or, realistically, one that I can just chill and explore in outer space with without all the bubble hastle.

So I mayyyy have taken 13 Mining Rush missions just after returning from DW3...

The problem is, I've never done that much mining, I do exploration, and what I knew I forgot during DW3. I need the materials for engineering, unless there's a better way to get a bunch of focus crystals and raw mats.

I've barely completed anything in two mining sessions, I barely even found what I was looking for. I've been searching, but it seems the tool infrastructure for mining is nowhere near as good as for trading and exploration. I would greatly appreciate if anybody could help me out here, tell me what I need to do.

Here's what's still left of the missions:

• Osmium: 284t
• Bromellite: 45t
• Methanol Monohydrate: 432
• Gold: 106
• Samarium: 201

Hey, I've been out on DW3 for the last couple of months and haven't been following what's happening in the bubble. I may take a quick trip back to the bubble to hand in Guardian relics and do some evacuation missions shortly and am wondering what I'd need to pack into my Lynx Highliner. Do I just fill the whole thing with cabins or do I need something with a little more shields or firepower? Will there be pirates?