my buddy bought an atrix from a friend and doesnt have the pattern lock/gmail info. i flashed the 1.8.3 sbf but it didnt reset that, any ideas? im at a loss on what to do...phone isnt stolen no worries, just ultra forgetful friends and a guy who knows phones a little bit...thanks guys!!!
What about a factory reset?
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how do i do that? remember i cannot access the phone due to the pattern lock and no gmail account info...
morganblackstone said:
how do i do that? remember i cannot access the phone due to the pattern lock and no gmail account info...
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Hold the vol down and power button as you boot scroll using vol down untill u see android recovery and push vol up once that goes into rcovery hit the bottom left or right of the screen and use the vol buttons to navigate with the power button as the selecter choose factory reset/data wipe
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my buddy bought an atrix from a friend and doesnt have the pattern lock/gmail info. i flashed the 1.8.3 sbf but it didnt reset that, any ideas? im at a loss on what to do...phone isnt stolen no worries, just ultra forgetful friends and a guy who knows phones a little bit...thanks guys!!!
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unlock a bootloder if it's locked...that should clear everything...
Results? I think its good information to have in hands, cause **** only happens when you least expect. So lets be prepared. Also I have an awlfull memmory, and yes I do use patterns for lockscreen!
Please post if any of the methods above worked.
Thanks.
You thiefs.
Stop stealing peoples phones.
Boot into droid recovery and wipe data
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Hello Everyone!
Just got a Atrix over ebay, inserted my sim and now I cannot seem to login via Motoblur
Since I had the account on it previously ( on other atrix ), I skipped the register button also, now I cannot even go back, every-time it greets me with moto blur login window and even though my username and password are correct and I am connected to a open wifi, It always tell me that the username or password is wrong.
What to do now? I am stuck
Try login from pc .
Thanks for the quick reply.
But yes, I am able to login on a pc but not on atrix.
Anyone else please? Any ideas? I am using this outside of US, so that can be a problem, any way to get around it?
I would try flashing a new ROM either by CWM or using RSDLite.
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Hello Everyone!
Just got a Atrix over ebay, inserted my sim and now I cannot seem to login via Motoblur
Since I had the account on it previously ( on other atrix ), I skipped the register button also, now I cannot even go back, every-time it greets me with moto blur login window and even though my username and password are correct and I am connected to a open wifi, It always tell me that the username or password is wrong.
What to do now? I am stuck
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Dude at least try a master reset!!!! it might at least take u to the out of the box settings... which u might be able to make a new account!
sylaw said:
Dude at least try a master reset!!!! it might at least take u to the out of the box settings... which u might be able to make a new account!
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+1 master reset. The other persons moto account is on the phone. The reset clears all data. Power off phone, hold down volume button and power on the phone. When the m shows up with fastboot in top left corner, press volume down till you get to recovery, then press volume up. You will see the android logo in a triangle, press both volume buttons to open menu. Select master reset from menu.
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Hello,
My screen suddenly does not work anymore.
It certainly is a hardware problem because I can start, shutdown (I hear the sounds and it vibrates normally) and access through USB.
How can I wipe before sending to RMA without seeing anything on the screen ?
Thanks for helping.
Laurent
You probably can't. Unless.... search for fast boot. You can probably hit the right combination of buttons to hard wipe it.
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Thanks.
Currently trying to do this.
Hard.
Any other good idea is welcome.
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Edit : Done. Difficult to do this blindly.
Laurentwb said:
Hello,
My screen suddenly does not work anymore.
It certainly is a hardware problem because I can start, shutdown (I hear the sounds and it vibrates normally) and access through USB.
How can I wipe before sending to RMA without seeing anything on the screen ?
Thanks for helping.
Laurent
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If it's the screen and not electronics, you probably could have used the HDMI out to a TV...using the TV as a replacement screen.
The other option would have been the "factory reset" function...using a combination of the volume buttons and the power button....I think that would have wiped all data off the device.
what are you trying to wipe? if it boots up but screen doesnt work you can attach to your pc and use adb to pull data and wipe out personal data, if you are rooted then you can also get in and remove applications then use vipermod exe to remove root
Thank you guys.
I was trying to wipe out all data before sending for RMA.
I managed to mimick the "volume buttons" procedure. Had to try numerous time as it is not easy when blind.
Your ideas are good and I will remember if there is ever a next time.
Good day.
Laurentwb said:
Thank you guys.
I was trying to wipe out all data before sending for RMA.
I managed to mimick the "volume buttons" procedure. Had to try numerous time as it is not easy when blind.
Your ideas are good and I will remember if there is ever a next time.
Good day.
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you may also want to try the reset button on the left hand side near the micro sd card slot to restore to factory settings.
shreddintyres said:
you may also want to try the reset button on the left hand side near the micro sd card slot to restore to factory settings.
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are you certain that is not a microphone
shreddintyres said:
you may also want to try the reset button on the left hand side near the micro sd card slot to restore to factory settings.
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This just reboots .. pretty sure it doesnt format ..
Mic hole is on the top of the device, reset is on the side.
robertg9 said:
If it's the sccreen reen and not electronics, you probably could have used the HDMI out to a TV...using the TV as a replacement screen.
The other option would have been the "factory reset" function...using a combination of the volume buttons and the power button....I think that would have wiped all data off the device.
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My screen went out and I did the HDMI out to the tv and did a factoy reset before I sent it in .
hello, i am wondering if there is any other way to get past the motorola login, i just got this phone of ebay, the seller told me that the wifi has an error and ive been trying and trying but i cant get the wifi to turn on and i have no data plan so in that case i can login to motoblur and i cant get to settings or anything, ive also tried to put it in recovery but it wont work...i really dont wanna send thise great phone back, so is there anyone that can help me?
juggalo4life760 said:
hello, i am wondering if there is any other way to get past the motorola login, i just got this phone of ebay, the seller told me that the wifi has an error and ive been trying and trying but i cant get the wifi to turn on and i have no data plan so in that case i can login to motoblur and i cant get to settings or anything, ive also tried to put it in recovery but it wont work...i really dont wanna send thise great phone back, so is there anyone that can help me?
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Only thing I can suggest is to unlock the bootloader then install a custom rom that doesn't have crapblur
Try the following:
Need a MotoCast ID?
Go to Settings > Accounts on your Motorola Android phone and select MotoCast ID, or visit mymotocast.com and download and install the MotoCast desktop software.
Grabbed that from their Website. Should be able to create an account once you download the software it appears.
I had similar grief when I had my sim card replaced even though its the same service number, motoblur actually pairs the SIM ID + Service Number to your Motoblur accuont... which I find is ridiculous but it is what it is.
Power off phone. Hold down power and volume down. Release power when you see words across the top and scroll down to recovery mode. Then select wipe data / factory reset. Reboot and create yourself a motoblur account. As soon as you pull your sim card though it will ask you to log in again
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ya but like i said that is another problem, when trying to unlock the bootloaders, when it says to hold vol. up and power....it just boots up...it wont do none of that, and that motocast has nothing to do with this problem, i cant even go 2 settings anyway
that does not work eather...it wont do that eather
Do the volume buttons actually work?
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Do the volume buttons actually work?
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yes
When motoblur setup comes up, can you hit menu and add an APN to get 3G data?
Try holding up/down Vol while inserting the battery, keep holding till you get into rsd or fastboot - depending which button you press.
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When motoblur setup comes up, can you hit menu and add an APN to get 3G data?
Try holding up/down Vol while inserting the battery, keep holding till you get into rsd or fastboot - depending which button you press.
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ive tried all that...still nothing...but o well i sent it back to were i bought it...
I changed the lock screen code on my phone and need help to recover or reset it any help would be appreciated its the samsung galaxy 3 sph-l710 thanks in advance!
I think after several failed attempts it will prompt you to input your Gmail account. Let me test for you and see if it does.
Edit: And that was a resounding failure on my part. I'm not sure what you can do besides maybe doing a factory reset through Odin? This is my first Samsung phone so I'm not familiar with Odin yet.
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I don't think a pin code security will ask for gmail after a few failures like the pattern security will, if you have a nandroid, then maybe restore. I don't think security settings will stick across nandroids yet.
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thanks you your input. i've tried over 50 x's lol and it has yet to prompt me for my e-mail. and the phone is still new to me and i have not rooted yet. so no nandroid for me. im on the phone with sprint as i type this. I will report back my results for others to learn from my mistake
Can't you still access your recovery to perform a factory reset? Turn the phone off, then hold vol up, home, and power until the Samsung screen flickers, and when your stock recovery opens there should be an option for factory reset. If not just choose reboot to system. You'll have to set everything back up but at least you'll be able to access your phone again.
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yes! hard reset was the final answer! sucks but what can you do is there anyway to make it prompt you to send pin/password to e-mail? ive looked in the settings and haven't found anything am i missing something?
loumoli said:
yes! hard reset was the final answer! sucks but what can you do is there anyway to make it prompt you to send pin/password to e-mail? ive looked in the settings and haven't found anything am i missing something?
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cant you change the password via Samsung Dive ?
after i discovered that my lil sis knows my password i decided to change it but unluckily i ended up forgetting my
lock pin so any advices would be helpful
Try a tutorial given for this on hackmyandroid.com
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what phone do you have>?
rasing said:
after i discovered that my lil sis knows my password i decided to change it but unluckily i ended up forgetting my
lock pin so any advices would be helpful
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In my personal experience with my S3. I had to enter recovery mode using key presses and do a factory data reset to restore functionality of the phone. If you could tell is which phone you have we may be able to point you in the right direction.
Hope this helps if it does :good:
Thanks