Forced Samsung Admin

[Members_VWp2Mc7]

Hello, I am trying to swap my wife over to my old S22 Ultra, and when i went to set it up for her after the factory reset, the phone now is set up with SAMSUNG ADMIN and is saying it's owned by a organization. but it was never a company phone. i bought it right from either Samsung or Amazon unlocked and never had this admin mode for it. How can i remove it so that i can set it up for my wife? 

Thank you.

[Members_VWp2Mc7]

no, i do not. neither does my wife.

[officialguy]

That makes it even more curious. That's why I deeply distrust these apps that give admin privileges to a non-user. There's an app called 'Seperated Apps' that showed up on my phone after an update. It says it's to allow a business to 'manage' a private user's phone. It has insane permissions, and it can't be disabled or deleted.
I bought my phone new, and have never had a business account. The reviews of the Play Store show that my phone isn't the only one infected.

[kimberleigh]

Is the phone activated or no ?

[Members_VWp2Mc7]

it is not my current phone anymore, as i upgraded to the s25 ultra a little a week ago, but my S22 ultra has never left my house.

[kimberleigh]

Does it have service on it ?

[Members_VWp2Mc7]

no, it does not. it has no SIM card or eSIM either. 

[kimberleigh]

Just wondering what it would do if it had service. I'm wondering if it would set up normal

[officialguy]

It's odd that I can't respond to this thread.

[3Fees]

If you can't delete or shut off Samsung admin, you can take it to a Samsung service center and flash the phone with the latest firmware and start it a new. You should also try first to delete the phone from Google and Samsung accounts and see if this takes care of your problem with Samsung admin.

Cheers
3Fees

[Members_VWp2Mc7]

i've factory reset the phone a few times, so wouldnt that remove any accounts from it? and none of the accounts that were connected to it, or will be, are from any companies. i think im just going to take it to Best Buy and see if they can do anything with it, as i do not appear to have any  actual Samsung stores even in the same state i live in.