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Galaxy S22 Ultra Owners Report Post‑Reset Locks Triggered by Knox Enrollment

The cases raise concerns about abuse of enterprise provisioning that can lock out retail phone owners.

Overview

  • Users say a factory reset on retail Galaxy S22 Ultra units kicks them into Samsung’s Knox Mobile Enrollment screen that states the phone “isn’t private” and is managed by an organization.
  • Knox Mobile Enrollment is a corporate setup tool that auto‑provisions company phones, which should not appear on devices bought for personal use.
  • The device admin view reportedly shows “SAMSUNG ADMIN” with a “FRP UNLOCK SAMSUNG” logo and lists a company labeled “Numero LCC/LLC,” which reporters could not locate in U.S. business records.
  • Coverage outlines two leading possibilities: a compromised authorized‑reseller account that bulk‑uploaded random IMEIs to Knox, or a Knox weakness that lets outsiders bypass ownership checks.
  • People stuck at the screen say a reset does not clear it, leaving them to either hand control to the unknown admin or stop using the phone, and no official fix or attribution has been confirmed.