Every once in a while I hear somebody mention using the Atrix without signing in to MotoBlur.
I did an exhaustive search, and I can't see this question answered anywhere.
Can I use my Atrix without signing in to/creating a MotoBlur account? I'd much rather just not have one.
I'm using mine without Blur. When I started, at the blur setup screen, typed Alt e Alt e Alt bluroff and now no need to login to blur. Just used gmail to import contacts and other apps for facebook
Wow didn't know you could do that...
Does anyone have more information on this? Do you press the ?123 button, then the Alt key, or you actually type Alt? Is there spaces in this? I cannot get it to work.. Thanks. Also do you type this in the New Account field?
I don't know why other people are having problems with this, I just skipped the sign in because I wasn't connected to any network and it didn't bother me again.
Silent8Strike said:
I don't know why other people are having problems with this, I just skipped the sign in because I wasn't connected to any network and it didn't bother me again.
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I don't see a "skip" button..
what is the benefit of not signing into a blur account? I've not used blur before and pick up my phone tomorrow so I'm about to find out.
natboy said:
I don't see a "skip" button..
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If I remember right, I didn't have a data connection so it took me to a WiFi network choosing screen, and in the drop own menu there is an option to do it later.
Silent8Strike said:
If I remember right, I didn't have a data connection so it took me to a WiFi network choosing screen, and in the drop own menu there is an option to do it later.
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Did you have a sim card inserted? When first starting up without a sim I can't log into it. The only option is to make an emergency call. The only card I have is activated, so it automatically connects.
I started it up with a Rogers SIM card before I unlocked it from Bell, so maybe that was what let me skip it.
rayzblades said:
I'm using mine without Blur. When I started, at the blur setup screen, typed Alt e Alt e Alt bluroff and now no need to login to blur. Just used gmail to import contacts and other apps for facebook
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I tried this method (Alt e Alt e Alt bluroff) for at least 30 mins with no success!
What I'm missing here?
I found a way to bypass the "no sim inserted screen" But bypassing motorblur using that method did not work for me.
HOW TO BYPASS "NO SIM INSERTED" IN MOTOROLA ATRIX:
-Power up the phone while holding "Volume Down" until "fastboot" appears in top of screen.
-Use the "volume down" button to navigate through booting options until you see "Boot Android (No Bp) then press "Volume Up".
-The phone will boot up right to the motorblur screen skipping the "Emergency Call/No SIM Inserted" one.
*blah* I don't want any association to Blurr if I can, though the remote wipe is very attractive, lol. Anyways, can't you press back? lol I'm not sure if I did that but I vaguely remember pressing something to skip it. I could have been like SilentStrike with my Rogers sim but it was already unlock when I did my 2nd factory reset.
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*blah* I don't want any association to Blurr if I can, though the remote wipe is very attractive, lol. Anyways, can't you press back? lol I'm not sure if I did that but I vaguely remember pressing something to skip it. I could have been like SilentStrike with my Rogers sim but it was already unlock when I did my 2nd factory reset.
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Can the Motorola Atrix be updated without a Motoblur account?
I went into the OTA Update and when I tried to check for an update I got the following message:
"Social Networking account required
"com.android.setttings.deviceinfo.CheckUpdate" is not available without a social networking account. To create a new account, click "Setup" button"
Can this phone be updated via USB from Motorola's website or do you have to create a Motoblur account?...
ccrows said:
Can the Motorola Atrix be updated without a Motoblur account?
I went into the OTA Update and when I tried to check for an update I got the following message:
"Social Networking account required
"com.android.setttings.deviceinfo.CheckUpdate" is not available without a social networking account. To create a new account, click "Setup" button"
Can this phone be updated via USB from Motorola's website or do you have to create a Motoblur account?...
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Anyone?...
Ditto on the "Anyone?"
It can be updated via the website or even sbf flash. But i und out if i skip motoblur, the dier ereases the speeddial shortucts after every reboot.
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Is there a way to get around the activation on the Verizon Fascinate? Either through keys or flashing.
Not sure what you mean.
Sent from my fascinating fascinate!
There is a method to manually activate the phone without over the air activation that is normally done. I'm not sure of the process to actually do so, but was informed that it is possible to do at one point as I was complaining about the poor service in my apartment to a CSR once and they said there is a manual process that can be done.
I think he may mean get past the activation screen without activating the phone. I think it may be something like touching each corner of the screen.
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I think it may be something like touching each corner of the screen.
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That sounds more like touch calibration to me. I've seen several reps do this in-store.
Instead of hitting activate, hit emergency dialer and type *#83786633 then press the home key.
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when the "touch android to begin" setup screen appears; touch top left, then top right, next bottom right, and last bottom left of screen. This will bypass the activation portion of setup but phone will need to be activated using *228 after setup. This came in handy when I had my droid x during the 2.2 update. Several issues came up after 2.2 update because of app data from 2.1 and froyo conflicts. bypassing activation allowed the user to turn off automatically restore data before activating the phone in order to avoid restoring 2.1 data to apps.
ibz41 said:
when the "touch android to begin" setup screen appears; touch top left, then top right, next bottom right, and last bottom left of screen. This will bypass the activation portion of setup but phone will need to be activated using *228 after setup. This came in handy when I had my droid x during the 2.2 update. Several issues came up after 2.2 update because of app data from 2.1 and froyo conflicts. bypassing activation allowed the user to turn off automatically restore data before activating the phone in order to avoid restoring 2.1 data to apps.
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sorry if previous post seems off. I was trying to reply to post #5 but forgot to quote in reply. veteran forum reader but newb to posting. lol
Florynce said:
Instead of hitting activate, hit emergency dialer and type *#83786633 then press the home key.
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Worked great!
How to bypass activation on VZW
Florynce said:
Instead of hitting activate, hit emergency dialer and type *#83786633 then press the home key.
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This method also works for the new Samsung Illusion which was released in late November 2011 (for which there is not yet a device forum).
I can log on to my samsung account online, but when I enter the same password on my galaxy to activate the tracking and erasing data function, it's saying "error processing failed". I've tried to reset phone to delete account and create new one, but just before restart it's asking me for password to samsung account, which doesn't accept. Any ideas
Think everyone is having the same problem.
Same for me
I thought I was the one, there must be solution or it's kind of bug which will be fixed in next update?
I did have the same issue, logged in online ok, couldn't get past password stage on the phone, I did 2 things, restarted the phone and entered p
Samsung password on the phone with wifi turned off, (it had bern on when it failed).
Not sure what solved it but it worked. And now the security settings are activated. Hope this helps
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I originally created the account on the phone; never had a problem logging in to it.
What I did find though, having set up the remote access / wipe stuff, was that software update (which also uses your "Samsung account", was checking for stuff every hour or so; murdering the battery!
What I did, I switched wi fi on, because I had it on when I was setting samsung account on mobile and worked! It accepted password, so I reset device, activated security settings, but still can not access via samsung dive.
paulvandyk said:
What I did, I switched wi fi on, because I had it on when I was setting samsung account on mobile and worked! It accepted password, so I reset device, activated security settings, but still can not access via samsung dive.
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Same here, I set up my account through the phone and that was fine. However I'm not recognised by the samsungdive website.
Perhaps the link between phone and website is not working yet?
Mines an old account just logged in first time on this phone as normal .
jje
Works normally for me, no issues.
Is it because when I open Kies on my PC my it can't read the firmware version?
Anyone else who gets this error message can you check?
Guys I've reverted back to the UK firmware and everything has started working now.
I was using the German KDD FW.
+1.
I enabled with my usual username and password and setup account on the phone.
Phone wouldn't recognise that same password for the SMS notification setup.
Went to samsungdive, that site wouldn't recognise it either.
I did a password recovery on that site (same password), and then samsungdive would let me use that password okay.
However, that password that I now know definitely is correct still doesn't work on the phone.
completely stock phone.
Rebooting now to see if that helps, but not that hopeful. :/
Edit : nope didn't work. now it's stuck on and can't even de-select that protection because it says the password is wrong. I think we've found our first big bug!
crypticc said:
+1.
I enabled with my usual username and password and setup account on the phone.
Phone wouldn't recognise that same password for the SMS notification setup.
Went to samsungdive, that site wouldn't recognise it either.
I did a password recovery on that site (same password), and then samsungdive would let me use that password okay.
However, that password that I now know definitely is correct still doesn't work on the phone.
completely stock phone.
Rebooting now to see if that helps, but not that hopeful. :/
Edit : nope didn't work. now it's stuck on and can't even de-select that protection because it says the password is wrong. I think we've found our first big bug!
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actually not a new issue. Fixed:
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/setup-mobile-tracker-samsung-galaxy-s/
Site is correct that we should've entered a numeric password? I used swype and it just said enter 8 characters, and didn't make keyboard numeric. It accepts alpha when new password, but log in won't accept anything that isn't numeric
crypticc said:
actually not a new issue. Fixed:
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/setup-mobile-tracker-samsung-galaxy-s/
Site is correct that we should've entered a numeric password? I used swype and it just said enter 8 characters, and didn't make keyboard numeric. It accepts alpha when new password, but log in won't accept anything that isn't numeric
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Did you manage change this password? This screen shot from link is from first Galaxy, I can't find any option on mine to change it.
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Did you manage change this password? This screen shot from link is from first Galaxy, I can't find any option on mine to change it.
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You can change the password from the actual Samsung Dive website. Just click on about me. Once you have logged in you are then able to change the password which also changes it on the phone.
I've changed password on samsung dive website to alpha and still nothing
I thought it had to be a numeric password? That is what I changed mine to and it worked with no problems.
macnessie said:
I thought it had to be a numeric password? That is what I changed mine to and it worked with no problems.
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Yep
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monkley said:
Same here, I set up my account through the phone and that was fine. However I'm not recognised by the samsungdive website.
Perhaps the link between phone and website is not working yet?
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Turns out the problem for me was Chrome. The samsungdive site doesn't work in chrome although it's fine in firefox.
Ok, I managed to log on to website and I have all options. I've used the same alpha numeric password, so don't understand why it hasn't worked before.
However it doesn't show my mobile number even if it's entered in my details.
Any ideas?
BAMF 1.6.3
i know i can quickly depress/release the pwr button to lock the screen, but is there a quick method/setting to "lock" the phone requiring a password to unlock without powering down? i'm sure there's an app out there. just wondering if i'm missing something native to the phone or to bamf.
thanks
mark
You can put your screen timeout down to 15 seconds.
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would prefer not to do that. would prefer something like a short cut/keystroke.
by the way, is there a way to create a shortcut for settings>security>lock phone after>immediately?
markkal123 said:
would prefer not to do that. would prefer something like a short cut/keystroke.
by the way, is there a way to create a shortcut for settings>security>lock phone after>immediately?
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+1. I'd like to know that too
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App
ok anyone have any thoughts on this. it seems such a simple thing. press shortcut. phone is locked (and still powered on). enter password to unlock.
thanks mark
markkal123 said:
ok anyone have any thoughts on this. it seems such a simple thing. press shortcut. phone is locked (and still powered on). enter password to unlock.
thanks mark
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Why would you need something like that though? I don't understand the benefits of it compared to just pressing the power button. j/w
I don't have an answer to the original question, but thought I'd point out that in addition to locking the phone, you may want to lock your "SIM." Doing so prevents someone from using your SIM in another phone and running up your bill.
I believe the default SIM PIN1 is 1111 for all VZW SIMs.
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I don't have an answer to the original question, but thought I'd point out that in addition to locking the phone, you may want to lock your "SIM." Doing so prevents someone from using your SIM in another phone and running up your bill.
I believe the default SIM PIN1 is 1111 for all VZW SIMs.
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I thought that each LTE sim is registered to the MEID of your Thunderbolt and is unable to be used in others. (without extensive EPST work) Hence the reason people were getting brand new TB's also had to get brand new SIM cards?
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I thought that each LTE sim is registered to the MEID of your Thunderbolt and is unable to be used in others. (without extensive EPST work) Hence the reason people were getting brand new TB's also had to get brand new SIM cards?
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You didn't read the material Verizon provided with your phone, did you? Right there on the front of the Activation Guide: "To learn more about your 4G LTE SIM card, visit verizonwireless.com/4GSIM" Poke around, and you'll find this:
the SIM card is portable and can be used in any Verizon Wireless-certified 4G device. All usage will be billed to the account associated with the 4G SIM card.
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markkal123 said:
would prefer not to do that. would prefer something like a short cut/keystroke.
by the way, is there a way to create a shortcut for settings>security>lock phone after>immediately?
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Maybe something like Anycut?
mike.s said:
You didn't read the material Verizon provided with your phone, did you? Right there on the front of the Activation Guide: "To learn more about your 4G LTE SIM card, visit verizonwireless.com/4GSIM" Poke around, and you'll find this:
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Ahhhh, so i am actually supposed to read those pages with words on them? I thought it was just packing material.
I've honestly never read one phone manual i've ever had. Not cause I know everything about a phone before I get it, but I just rather find out everything myself. If i had to get a replacement shipped to me I'm sure I would have found that out then.
But also, I don't know if you saw some other threads or not, but i remember people saying they went in and got replacements and had to get a new SIM also. They said the VZW reps had said that the SIM is not transferrable. I don't know for sure, just saying what was said.
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Why would you need something like that though? I don't understand the benefits of it compared to just pressing the power button. j/w
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same reason why i would lock the display of my pc at work. i don't need to turn it off every time i walk away from it. just want to temporarily disable it from prying eyes.
This says it does exactly what you are asking for and its free but i havent downloaded it but you can check it out
https://market.android.com/details?...&rdid=kennethcheng.com.lockscreen.free&rdot=1
IT says a one push software lock app HOPE IT WORKS FOR YA
I JUST used it and it works perfectly
markkal123 said:
would prefer not to do that. would prefer something like a short cut/keystroke.
by the way, is there a way to create a shortcut for settings>security>lock phone after>immediately?
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If you set it to lock phone immediately, it will lock when you press the power button fast. The screen will turn off and the phone locks. When you press the power button next, the screen turns on and you need to swipe to unlock screen. You then enter password to unlock phone.
I have done it this way and it works fine. Hitting the power button once fast is the same as if you had an icon for it. The nice part is you can be on any screen.
just use the app i posted and if you need a password set it up in settings in security and viola just what your asking for software app to lock and password on unlock
also here is the patch to make the volume rocker wake the device also so then you could wake the phone with volume button and power buttton
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046425&highlight=wake+volume+rocker
dang i figured it out.. thanks for all of your help and suggestions.
took your advice nyvideo1.
settings>> display>> screen timeout>> 10 minutes or never
then
settings>> security>> lock phone after>> immediately
Hi everyone please forgive my ignorance of development but I really need help I'll explain ,about 2 months ago I was had I've had this email for 10 years ,I had two factor authentication on .I told Google over a 100 times and a period of 4 hours I did not recognize this device .Now around this time I met a new "friend" who told me to push build number 7 times and it would make my phone better .Now mind you I did not know and still do not know but I believe he clones my chip or something...all calls and texts are being intercepted ,Gmail accounts I create are useless I think they are entertaining themselves locking me out .I have switched new phones new carriers put my phone in someone else's name it doesn't matter no associated emails .they have full remote access and are in accessibility after factory data reset using calender clock and contacts ,I have 400 system apps I can not Uninstall, if I try to remove permissions it just leads me in circles it says other apps with this permission and 20 more apps show up its so frustrating ( which all apps want all permissions physical activity location sms.contacts ,location microphone camera files storage I have screen overlays for network my phone screen EVERYTHING ...why does my phone have a little dot like I'm being recorded constantly ? They take screens hots listen to calls .my roku even says Apple TV. No this guy has 50 cell phones literally a desktop and security cameras but lives in an abandoned house .he let's bits of info out like telling me about apks,,,,which I never wanted .I am unable to buy a malware remover because I can not enter any card info I never know if I'm on the real page of something .I am on some type of Google play for testers ??? This person has Linux and Apple. I currently have a simple Samsung ao3 and moto g pure .another topic of discussion is this .I live at a hotel where we have dish network but as well there is xfinity open signal that has no security and I live by a building of sea offenders in Houston..these guys can be doing anything ..this friend use to live here for a year ....during corona virus which makes me think hes had plenty timevto set up shop ,,,and hes friebd with several of those said sex offenders lord only knows what those guys are looking at undetected there for a while when I would make a call it would say i was connected to a TV. Like casting .??? This guy has an xfinity wifi box that's busted open and I believe he's running my hotels wifi two blocks up the street to him .and I know my hotel with an app said that there were 4 wifi signals for my hotel which it's suppose to only be one .I know this is crazy sounding and I've been embarrassed time and time again in the phone store told I'm crazy .but I know what I know and I'm far from crazy .I have a Gmail that is connected to Google workspace ? Chrome has red arrow i can never update .I'm so tired please any info or light you can shed on my subject would be greatly appreciated
A terribly complicated situation.
If all this is true, I feel sorry for you.
A quick and easy fix.
forget and do not use previous email accounts,
remove the SIM card,
reset the phone to factory settings,
boot the phone and configure it, but don't connect any wi-fi network, and don't configure google account,
turn off the phone, insert the SIM card and boot the phone,
connect to the hotel's WiFi network (don't turn on connection saving) or better yet, turn on your SIM card's data connection, if you have that tariff,
set up a NEW n.p. account on gmail, but through a web browser, not through the gmail app,
if you see that everything works fine and you have no problems, then you can set up a google account if you need one,
NEVER enable debug mode in the developer options and don't listen to any advice from "friends"; you now have advisors on the XDA forum,
never install apps from outside the google store.
@TeenieMarie said:
why does my phone have a little dot like I'm being recorded constantly
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Relax, that only shows there are more notifications from apps (well, with 400 as you told it's no surprise).
As you have two phones, it might prudent to follow @ze7zez advice, start a new (phone) life on one of them with a "different" identity (aka account). See how that goes...
Don't despair, it might be a steep learning curve - just come back and ask
PS: Use also paragraphs, please Your text was incredibly hard to read
ze7zez said:
A terribly complicated situation.
If all this is true, I feel sorry for you.
A quick and easy fix.
forget and do not use previous email accounts,
remove the SIM card,
reset the phone to factory settings,
boot the phone and configure it, but don't connect any wi-fi network, and don't configure google account,
turn off the phone, insert the SIM card and boot the phone,
connect to the hotel's WiFi network (don't turn on connection saving) or better yet, turn on your SIM card's data connection, if you have that tariff,
set up a NEW n.p. account on gmail, but through a web browser, not through the gmail app,
if you see that everything works fine and you have no problems, then you can set up a google account if you need one,
NEVER enable debug mode in the developer options and don't listen to any advice from "friends"; you now have advisors on the XDA forum,
never install apps from outside the google store.
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Hi Sigmund. I have done all of the above but yes debug mode is always on your right .and it says Rev 1.0 I read that Google released that in 2008 ? This is so messed up that was released in 2008 .can not fully reset because they are in accessibility settings with calender clock and emergency contacts .this has been 7 phones now I NEVER TURNED ON THE WIFI yet it connects without my knowledge I have earthquake alerts? I live in Texas we don't have those lol but several times ambet alert goes off incessantly and nobody around me had theirs go off ..this has been traumatizing I've lost my account of ten years its down right criminal that google let's these thing transpire.thank you for the advice about another browser!
Does anybody have any thing I can download to remove remote access for android ?? Tired of being spied on and I am unable to enter card info due to them stealing info .
The user is prob using remote debugging type of feature. Disable all dev options, run a full wipe, do not restore anything.
If you do not know what you are doing, never turn on dev options
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have done all of the above but yes debug mode is always on your right
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Oi, let's try to break it down into smaller parts (just to avoid any confusion):
I was referring to circle at the end, position 7 - that shows there are more notifications from other apps. (you got that, right?)
Now you are probably referring to position 2, the gear?
Arealhooman said:
prob using remote debugging type of feature. Disable all dev options, run a full wipe
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First of all, if you do a full wipe: your data, contacts, emails, pictures and everything else will be gone...
You okay with that? I guess a firm "yes" here, besides you said you have 2 phones, so you can try that on one.
To reset a phone you go into settings, for me it looks like this:
1 settings
2 system
3 advanced
4 Reset options
5 erase all data (factory settings)
However, I am using a different phone and a different android (called LineageOS), so it might totally look different for you.
It differs quite often (eg samsung always feels weird to me). If you cannot find it, let us know what phone you want to reset.
After reset, best follow the list by @ze7zez
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@TeenieMarie said:
anybody have any thing I can download to remove remote access for android
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Not needed, a factory reset will kill that anyway.
PS2: Out of curiousity - how did you find your way into this nerdy place called XDA?
I was reading a thread about carrier unlocking pixel phones by taking out the sim then doing a factory reset and skipping mobile and wifi to do an offline setup but when I try I can choose skip mobile network but there's no skip option for the wifi, I have to connect to wifi or a mobile network or I can't continue with the setup, why is this? I have the pixel 6a with straight talk and most recent updates.
illegalnature said:
I was reading a thread about carrier unlocking pixel phones by taking out the sim then doing a factory reset and skipping mobile and wifi to do an offline setup but when I try I can choose skip mobile network but there's no skip option for the wifi, I have to connect to wifi or a mobile network or I can't continue with the setup, why is this? I have the pixel 6a with straight talk and most recent updates.
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There's a button on the left hand side, called "skip'' and then in the other screen in the same place there "setup offline"
1ca1 said:
There's a button on the left hand side, called "skip'' and then in the other screen in the same place there "setup offline"
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I seen a video of the Ukrainian guy and it's just like you said a skip the another setup offline but mine doesn't have that . It has an option to skip the mobile part since there's no sim in it, but when wifi comes up the skip button isn't there. I seen it on the guys video but when I do it it's missing.
I believe it forces connecting to wifi/some network now in order to check with Google to make sure it wasn't stolen and factory reset to remove the owner's Google account. Possible that this was an old exploit that's been patched out of more recent versions?
illegalnature said:
I was reading a thread about carrier unlocking pixel phones by taking out the sim then doing a factory reset and skipping mobile and wifi to do an offline setup but when I try I can choose skip mobile network but there's no skip option for the wifi, I have to connect to wifi or a mobile network or I can't continue with the setup, why is this? I have the pixel 6a with straight talk and most recent updates.
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Recent updates. There is a way to SIM unlock but it will require adb knowledge. And to modify Device Setup.
If you are wondering how to bypass that, enter wrong password and you may get the "SKIP" button