Masterchief87
Android Expert
The avant I have is my 3rd one and after trying to restore my newest one to official status I have learned that some of them it seems can never be restored to 100% official status. My first two came with the G386T1UVU1ANH3 firmware and I could restore them to official status by rebooting to recovery, formatting system, data, and cache, then rebooting straight to bootloader (download mode) and flashing the G386T1UVU1ANH3 firmware, then rebooting straight to recovery and doing a factory reset with the stock recovery, then rebooting straight back into the bootloader and flashing the G386T1UVU1ANK3 firmware, then rebooting the phone normally and skipping through the setup wizard. Finally I would boot into download mode and check to see if system status and current binary both said Samsung official. If necessary I would repeat the process again. This worked on my first two avants but my third avant which came with the newer G386T1UVU1ANK3 firmware will not go back to official status no matter how many hours I spend factory resetting and flashing firmware.Technically you can't. Knox we'll always show that you have flashed custom software on your phone. But the way to get back to stock, like when you bought the phone is to use the update tar from Sammy and flash it using Odin, it will remove recovery and bring you to the stock phone as if you just got it. Only way to know the difference is if you look at the Knox counter in the boot loader mode.
Also, who should I give the OP to for transfer?
Sad to see. Hope everything turns out well for everyone