Is there any way to skip past the MotoBlur registration? I just picked up my Atrix and powered it on. Since I don't plan to ever use MotoBlur once I have the phone rooted, how can I get past the MotoBlur registration screen without registering?
You can't skip it, but I did notice it is an added security feature.
Anytime you swap out SIM cards, it will ask for your email and password on bootup. You phone is basically unusable until you enter the info correctly.
kgeissler said:
Anytime you swap out SIM cards, it will ask for your email and password on bootup. You phone is basically unusable until you enter the info correctly.
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That's all Android phones from what I understand. I know my Craptivate wouldn't open any Google apps without providing credentials, but the rest of the onboard memory and such was still accessible.
Try the four corner touch like on the og droid
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Yes please, I need to know to. I just got mine and I don't want this crap registration. Can the previous poster elaborate on the procedure? Thanks!
You could just give it an email address that doesn't exist, and set a password you'll never remember. For the record, I didn't like having to register a motoblur account either.
qPs1 said:
Is there any way to skip past the MotoBlur registration? I just picked up my Atrix and powered it on. Since I don't plan to ever use MotoBlur once I have the phone rooted, how can I get past the MotoBlur registration screen without registering?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1027994.html
hi guys.
i found if you press the menu touch button on the motoblur set up screen it gives you the option to skip setup.
any one else agree??!
akady said:
hi guys.
i found if you press the menu touch button on the motoblur set up screen it gives you the option to skip setup.
any one else agree??!
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That's on Bell Atrix, AFAIK. You must do the key sequence on AT&T's Atrix.
You Don't Need To Register for Updates either...
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Hello all,
I am sorry if I didn't do a throughout search but I needed help urgently..
and so...
I was playing with a friend's Hero's pattern lock, until it got locked till the extent whereby only inputting the gmail's account details were the only way to unlock it...
He tried to input the particulars, but they didn't work..
he was rather sure that the details were correct..
Anyone can provide any help to this?
Is there any way to "rollback" to the lock screen? I am sure my friend remembers the pattern... just that we couldn't go back ):
Or do we need some kind of internet connection to connect to verify for the account?
Anyone who have experience, I appreciate your help! (and everyone else)
Thanks!
is the phone rooted ? do you have access to the recovery menu ?
No I don't think so... my friend just recently got the phone and has done pretty much nothing other than installing apps from the app store...
He's a first time user of Android too... (so am I...)
Btw, recovery menu wise, do you mean the one whereby he holds a few of the buttons and on the device?
Yea, we managed to get there,
but didn't make any selections because there were some important messages inside the phone... and he doesn't want to hard reset his phone...
Any help? :/
Well if you are on the original stock rom that got shipped with the phone (I assume its 1.5), then I do remember a bug which didnt allow us to get through that menu. So we needed to do a hard reset.
If it has the 1. 5 Rom you can call the phone and disable the unlock pattern. You can do this by going into settings while the call is still being made.
Don't know if you're understanding this. This is the best way to explain.
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I've done this a few times accidentally and the Google sign-in has always unlocked it.
Get him to log into his Gmail account on a PC to check his username and password, and then try the same details on the phone. If he's signed in with the correct user account then it should work if everything has been input correctly.
Also, when the phone tries to auto-complete his email address make sure it's correct... my phone always wanted to give me @Googlemail.com, however my email is @Gmail.com so I had to manually change it.
As for apps he has downloaded from the Market... if you do need to do a hard reset then he will be able to download everything again via the downloads tab in the Market app,
Also, any photos, mp3s etc stored on the SD will all still be there as the SD remains unaffected by a reset. The only thing he might loose is any contacts stored on the phone which are not sync'd with Google or saved on the SIM.
Hey guys I know I may sound completely noobish but I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to use the fingerprint reader for more than security. What I had in mind specifically was maybe as a scroll wheel of sorts? I'm no programmer but wondering if anyone's working on something like that.
Thanks
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Most aftermarket browsers will allow you to set the volume buttons to scroll, but using the fingerprint reader would be impractical since you would have to leave it running all the time. It would put a pretty hefty drain on the battery. Good idea though, and as always, I could be wrong about this in every way.
I was thinking more like profiles so unknown fingerprints would open a blank phone. Or certain apps like email, sms, etc could be locked individually.
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I was thinking more like profiles so unknown fingerprints would open a blank phone. Or certain apps like email, sms, etc could be locked individually.
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Great ideas...only problem with this one would be a bad swipe by the actual owner and we would have to lock and unlock..I like the idea of utilizing the swipe for other functions though. It will be interesting to see if anything comes of this.
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I would lovvvee to see a locater app that takes a finger print if the phone was stolen, along with taking front and rear facing images and satellite location. Zip it all up and submit to police, done.
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I would lovvvee to see a locater app that takes a finger print if the phone was stolen, along with taking front and rear facing images and satellite location. Zip it all up and submit to police, done.
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That's a damn good idea.....
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That is a good idea, though I wonder how we'd tell the phone that it had been stolen, versus the owner simply making bad swipes on the reader.
Anyway, as an alternative to that, in case you guys don't already know this, if you're signed up for MyMotoblur (Motorola's owner's website), Motorola has a free service where you can locate your Atrix on a Google Map. It's pretty cool. It also allows you to transfer contacts to your phone OTA, and remotely wipe your data.
The way you could tell it was stolen would be a web interface that would allow you to "report phone as stolen" and it would then take pictures/location/swipe data and email it to your registered email address.
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I was thinking more like profiles so unknown fingerprints would open a blank phone. Or certain apps like email, sms, etc could be locked individually.
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Great idea.
Another thing , is there a way to save passwords on the Atrix and later on have the browser auto fill them once you use the fingerprints reader?
For example , my bank web site requires password. It would be great if I could enter the username+password once and later on use my finger and have the browser auto-complete them.
Is it doable ?
All great ideas, we just need the boot loader unlocked!
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gzrecoil said:
I would lovvvee to see a locater app that takes a finger print if the phone was stolen, along with taking front and rear facing images and satellite location. Zip it all up and submit to police, done.
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Having been robbed at gunpoint for a phone before, I think this is a wonderful idea.
The only other thing I found out about the fingerprint reader was that you can also use it to hang up when you press it when youre in the middle of calling someone. I dont remember quite how I got to the setting for that though...
ChongoDroid said:
I was thinking more like profiles so unknown fingerprints would open a blank phone. Or certain apps like email, sms, etc could be locked individually.
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GREAT Idea with the profiles.
Would be awesome to create a 'guest' profile where only certain apps appear, no e-mail, text, call logs, contacts, etc.... pretty much only allow access to certain apps and features that you choose(like games, music, web browser, etc.) so that when I let someone use my phone i don't have to worry about them seeing sensitive data.... GREAT idea!!!!
This doesn't seem like it would be the hardest thing to create, but I'm guessing it would have to be rooted and coded into the ROM?? Any insight?
Hi,
I cannot see an option to setup an email account outside of corporate or Gmail. I did do a search through the forums but came up empty.
Have I missed something fundamental.
Tried setting up the POP account through the corporate icon but of course it could not communicate with the server.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Sydpark
Sydpark said:
Hi,
I cannot see an option to setup an email account outside of corporate or Gmail. I did do a search through the forums but came up empty.
Have I missed something fundamental.
Tried setting up the POP account through the corporate icon but of course it could not communicate with the server.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Sydpark
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Can't you just select "email" from the application list and go from there? Once you type in the email address and password select "manual setup" and configure it accordingly. You will need your outgoing and incoming mail server etc etc.
If that doesn't work for you for some reason you can always download K-9 mail from the market. Its free and has a ton of features.
Good luck! Let me know if you still need any further assistance
I think I'm going to give this rom one more shot today. I like it, but I'm not so crazy about the on screen buttons at the bottom. They seem redundant to the ones already on the atrix.
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I think I'm going to give this rom one more shot today. I like it, but I'm not so crazy about the on screen buttons at the bottom. They seem redundant to the ones already on the atrix.
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I couldn't handle that, it would suck to have those extra on screen buttons!
odinfire said:
I think I'm going to give this rom one more shot today. I like it, but I'm not so crazy about the on screen buttons at the bottom. They seem redundant to the ones already on the atrix.
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Do they go away if you change the launcher?
WiredPirate said:
I couldn't handle that, it would suck to have those extra on screen buttons!
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Just remove the ICS laucher and use a regular one like GO or AWD...
g2tegg said:
Can't you just select "email" from the application list and go from there? Once you type in the email address and password select "manual setup" and configure it accordingly. You will need your outgoing and incoming mail server etc etc.
If that doesn't work for you for some reason you can always download K-9 mail from the market. Its free and has a ton of features.
Good luck! Let me know if you still need any further assistance
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Thanks. I was not aware I could add it from there. You have really helped me.
Cheers,
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Do they go away if you change the launcher?
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Yes, they are launcher based, not Android based.
I really don't know how the real ICS would work on smartphones with harware keys. Redundant and i hated the ICS Launcher on this ROM just for that reason.
Been at the hospital for several days. My older brother was in a motorcycle accident and now I'm waiting to see if there's enough brain function left to continue treatment. He has and EVO 3d on Sprint. I need some help to get past his screen lock (numeric pin) so I can go through his contacts. This may get modded down but I'm desperate. Can anyone help me?
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Been at the hospital for several days. My older brother was in a motorcycle accident and now I'm waiting to see if there's enough brain function left to continue treatment. He has and EVO 3d on Sprint. I need some help to get past his screen lock (numeric pin) so I can go through his contacts. This may get modded down but I'm desperate. Can anyone help me?
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Sorry to hear that.
Is the device rooted?
I don't know his gmail and the phone is bone stock. Thx.
You could factory reset his phone, but that would also erase his contacts...
Exactly.
I need to contact some of his friends and I need their numbers off his phone. Can't factory reset.
Call sprint or whoever and act like him tell them u need to reset your password bcuz u forgot it and u can't unlock your phone they might ask for his ss # just a thought..good luck
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ClockerXP said:
Been at the hospital for several days. My older brother was in a motorcycle accident and now I'm waiting to see if there's enough brain function left to continue treatment. He has and EVO 3d on Sprint. I need some help to get past his screen lock (numeric pin) so I can go through his contacts. This may get modded down but I'm desperate. Can anyone help me?
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Can't bypass, gonna have to try different pins he may have used. Sprint will not know his pin.
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Can't bypass, gonna have to try different pins he may have used. Sprint will not know his pin.
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If contacts all what you need. try to login to his gmail account and contacts will be there because they are typically synched with his gmail account.
Your other option to see his bill statement either online or on paper. you will see his contacts phone numbers typically there with location but not name.
Install android commander on Windows. Connect to your computer and if he had usb debugging "checked" you will be able to access everything via. Windows. Long shot but worth a try. I did this when I smashed my screen and needed to get everything off of it before I sent it in. I'm sorry to hear about your brother.
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Normally I might chide you for being in the wrong section, but you've been through enough. I'm truly sorry about your brother and I wish I knew a way to unlock his phone. Life sucks sometimes.
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Maybe Google can allow access if you write them? Or at least pretend to be him using his ss#?
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Nice Rom. I'm loving the 4G.
Sorry to hear about your brother. But this belongs in the question and answer. Not development
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Threevo said:
Nice Rom. I'm loving the 4G.
Sorry to hear about your brother. But this belongs in the question and answer. Not development
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Really bro? I'm so sick of the 300 mods we have in the 3vo section! Is it in the wrong section? Yes. Did you have to say what u said? NO! I would have done the same damn thing because he's getting answers faster this way. Go be a **** somewhere else...Anyway you might want to try doing the old trick from the early android days. Call his phone from another one and answer it. When u answer it hit the home button and see where that gets you. Hope this helps and God Bless your family
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So sorry to hear about your brother. I work for Sprint and unfortunately there is no way to get around a pattern/passcode lock on the phone without a gmail username/password or a hard reset. What you can do is check the sd card to see if there is a vcard file on it. It's possible he made a backup of the contacts on there. The file will end with .vcf. If you see any files like that put them on a computer and import them into another gmail account that you have access to. Hope this helps and I wish your brother luck to recover from his accident.
You could use Juopunutbear to get S-OFF and then flash a custom recovery from fastboot and then either pull his GMail account information from there or at least bypass the lockscreen.
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You could use Juopunutbear to get S-OFF and then flash a custom recovery from fastboot and then either pull his GMail account information from there or at least bypass the lockscreen.
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There is no way to bypass the lock screen or get gmail info through the recovery. Plus I'm pretty sure the Juopunutbear bootloader unlocker hard resets the device.
Couldn't you pull the data partition with a recovery menu?
if you know is gmail, then attempt to do a password recovery of it. if u manage to get the password then you'll find all is contacts most likely synced with Google contacts.
check if hes still loggged into his gmail on his PC.
if hes using Firefox, he might of have had firefox save his password on his pc (assuming he as a computer) in the firefox options u can look at a master list of saved passwords and hopefully his gmail would be included...
found a link here: i havent tried it but its worth a shot.
http://droidlessons.com/how-to-reset-your-android-lock-screen-password/
If your familiar with rooting and modding. then maybe u can get clockworkmod on there and from there do a dirty flash of MeanROM or or CM9. there by flashing over the lock screen and pattern while keeping data.... this should be a last resort...
If he has his own computer you could try loging into his Play store and instal an app called : Screen Lock Bypass (search it on Play store).
If this doesnt help then your best luck is to search on Google "bypass android pin lock" and hopefully you find some methods.
And good luck to your brother i hope he gets better. =)
I was able to figure out his yahoo password which allowed me to reset his gmail password! I got his contacts. Thanks!
Anyway I will try to unlock the phone later when this all settles down so one of his sons can at least use it. (Their Mom passed away last summer, they are in their early 20's)
Thank you so much guys!
So I just got my Z2 yesterday and tried to set it up with my work account when I discovered that it erroneously keeps telling me that I need a password rather than a PIN lock. My device administrator requires only a PIN lock (and my M8 currently uses only a PIN lock).
I was able to somewhat get around this issue by installing the stock Google 4.4 email app and exchange service (which does work with only a PIN), but that app will not sync with my car to show my email on my navigation screen like the stock app would (and like the M8 does). Does anyone have any ideas on how to get around this "password" thing, which is clearly an error in Sony's software?
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So I just got my Z2 yesterday and tried to set it up with my work account when I discovered that it erroneously keeps telling me that I need a password rather than a PIN lock. My device administrator requires only a PIN lock (and my M8 currently uses only a PIN lock).
I was able to somewhat get around this issue by installing the stock Google 4.4 email app and exchange service (which does work with only a PIN), but that app will not sync with my car to show my email on my navigation screen like the stock app would (and like the M8 does). Does anyone have any ideas on how to get around this "password" thing, which is clearly an error in Sony's software?
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That's just the way it is with Sony KitKat phones. It's stupid. Just use Nine mail client instead of the stock version.
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That's just the way it is with Sony KitKat phones. It's stupid. Just use Nine mail client instead of the stock version.
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My concern is that Nine will probably not work with my car. I will give it a shot, though. Thanks for the suggestion.
By the way -- I tried Nine and it's fantastic. I might even stick with it even if it doesn't work with my car (and it probably won't) just based on the application level security. Not having a passcode is incredible. I had forgotten what that feels like.
Thanks for the suggestion.
nirvanayoda said:
By the way -- I tried Nine and it's fantastic. I might even stick with it even if it doesn't work with my car (and it probably won't) just based on the application level security. Not having a passcode is incredible. I had forgotten what that feels like.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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You shouldn't work on email and drive at the same time anyway :good: