My fingerprint reader stopped working, i am using the latest neutrino ROM, i tried to back up and restore but nothing seems to work. I don't want to restore my device completely and loose my unread messages and files. Is there a way to remove the fingerprint lock.. so i can use my phone ? Is there a way to unlock my phone without the fingerprint ?
iwcarbon said:
My fingerprint reader stopped working, i am using the latest neutrino ROM, i tried to back up and restore but nothing seems to work. I don't want to restore my device completely and loose my unread messages and files. Is there a way to remove the fingerprint lock.. so i can use my phone ? Is there a way to unlock my phone without the fingerprint ?
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Clear data in true suite. If that doesn't work, backup with tibu, even system data the reflash and restore your txts and files that way.
I asked the same question in the CM forum months ago, but it seems that there still are not any easy solutions till now.
Yeah i ended up clearing everything. ;/ i was hoping for some command line instructions on removing the lock screen
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Hello,
I followed the newbie tutorial on flashing WM6 ROM to my G4 Wizard. After a few tries, it seems everything went well. But now the phone seems to be bugging out. I upgraded to NBD 9.2 from the OEM WM5 ROM.
First off, I lost all my information/history such as contacts, texts, calls, etc. How do I restore these?
Alternatively, is there a way to go back to the original WM5? Do I need to remove HardSPL? I thought that was only when you were sending it back for service so they can't detect you did anything to your phone.
I am not getting any phone service at all. It won't bring up the keypad to dial either. The internet seems fine however.
Right after flashing, I think there was a program called PIM Restore, but now it seems to be missing.
I have soft reset it since the flash, but nothing. I don't want to hard reset for fear of losing all my data, even though it appears none of it is there since the flash.
ChosenWon said:
Hello,
I followed the newbie tutorial on flashing WM6 ROM to my G4 Wizard. After a few tries, it seems everything went well. But now the phone seems to be bugging out. I upgraded to NBD 9.2 from the OEM WM5 ROM.
First off, I lost all my information/history such as contacts, texts, calls, etc. How do I restore these?
Alternatively, is there a way to go back to the original WM5? Do I need to remove HardSPL? I thought that was only when you were sending it back for service so they can't detect you did anything to your phone.
I am not getting any phone service at all. It won't bring up the keypad to dial either. The internet seems fine however.
Right after flashing, I think there was a program called PIM Restore, but now it seems to be missing.
I have soft reset it since the flash, but nothing. I don't want to hard reset for fear of losing all my data, even though it appears none of it is there since the flash.
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First, flashing a new rom will remove all the files on the phone including your personal data/contacts/mssgs etc etc,they all are lost,you shud have first backed them up,now there's no way to restore them back,yes ! PIMbackup is the application with which you shud have backed up all your data to your pc.
Perhaps,its a bad flash thats why its bugging out,either reflash or try any other latest custom build wm6 or wm6.1,hope you'll get a much faster response and wonderful experience.
Well,as you say,all the data is already lost,there's no harm in doing Hard Reset,it might get it working correctly.Hard Reset is what I recommend otherwise,reflash.
You can download the PIMbackup software from the forum and install it anytime and backup your data.
Well,if you want to revert back to original wm5,you'll have to first remove HardSPL,only than you can revert back,otherwise you'll Brick the phone.
zabardast_1 said:
First, flashing a new rom will remove all the files on the phone including your personal data/contacts/mssgs etc etc,they all are lost,you shud have first backed them up,now there's no way to restore them back,yes ! PIMbackup is the application with which you shud have backed up all your data to your pc.
Perhaps,its a bad flash thats why its bugging out,either reflash or try any other latest custom build wm6 or wm6.1,hope you'll get a much faster response and wonderful experience.
Well,as you say,all the data is already lost,there's no harm in doing Hard Reset,it might get it working correctly.Hard Reset is what I recommend otherwise,reflash.
You can download the PIMbackup software from the forum and install it anytime and backup your data.
Well,if you want to revert back to original wm5,you'll have to first remove HardSPL,only than you can revert back,otherwise you'll Brick the phone.
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OK, UPDATE:
So last night I turned the phone off and turned it back on and now the phone works (as in makes & receives calls). It's still twitchy, but everything seems to work except the Contacts & PocketCM. When you try to use them, it looks like it's trying to open, but then closes.
As far as the backup, I had a feeling I was in for that but wasn't sure. Maybe we should have a warning in the newbie tutorial that tells everyone: ALL DATA WILL BE LOST! BACK UP ALL THINGS PRECIOUS TO YOU! I read somewhere that to save your contacts, you just copy your PIM file to storage and paste it back after flashing. I did do that, however it doesn't seem to work. It didn't cross my mind to copy the contacts through Outlook. I didn't have PIMbackup before flashing, but the ROM included it, but now it seems to be missing altogether.
Here's the weird thing though. So all data is supposed to be lost after flashing right? Well after my phone decided to start working again, I checked call history & all my old calls are still there, with names & everything. Is this supposed to be right? All the new calls however don't have names & I can't add them because I can't access Contacts. If all data is to be lost, shouldn't the call history be gone, too? This makes me wonder if all my data is really lost or if it is somehow recoverable on the phone.
How do I reflash? Just do the entire process over again? Do I just reflash over, or should I remove something first (sorry newbie question)? Is there a way to revert to WM5 without removing HardSPL?
Thanks.
after flashing gingerblur 3.1 to my uk orange phone and using titanium backup im not sure if i seleceted something wrong as now i cant accses my fingerprint reader or change any settings for my lock screen so whenever it sleeps i have to input my lockscreen code with no way to turn it off as it wont aloow me to
does anybody know of a fix or something to do?
do i need to reflash etc?
chuckyd said:
after flashing gingerblur 3.1 to my uk orange phone and using titanium backup im not sure if i seleceted something wrong as now i cant accses my fingerprint reader or change any settings for my lock screen so whenever it sleeps i have to input my lockscreen code with no way to turn it off as it wont aloow me to
does anybody know of a fix or something to do?
do i need to reflash etc?
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reflash.
In case you never read this anywhere, you should NEVER do a Ti Restore of system + data, EVER, unless you backed up on the same exact ROM. None the less, I'd avoid doing that as it always causes wierd ones if you manage to avoid any severe ones.
thanks for the reply ive added a few extras but was having issues with 3g conections and web in general whilst out and about so restored back to stock from a backup i made
is there any custom roms avalible which are more for the uk phones as it was telling me i was roaming due to it being based on an at&t rom lol
Long story short i deleted my data/app file(accidentaly). Sony xperia S android 4.2.1 i think... Dont ask how that happened. So right after i deleted it by mistake everything started crashing many apps stopped working. Immediatly after doing that i restored a restore point and rebooted. As you would expect my phone is password protected, but when i klick the password slot id doesnt show the keyboard nor the option to change keyboard because i was using swift key keyboard. Now i cannot enter my phone, so i think that i should do s factory reset but i cant do that. I know that i saw a factory reset option on the sony software updater on my pc because i wanted to update my phone. Also when i tried to root my phone i could not flash it some broken driver issue (was not able to fix) so i finally rooted it with the root tool kit. Well please help me with this. Also i assume that the restore point didnt work. Please help :crying: :crying:
Hmm. So you deleted your /data/app folder and most of the apps are gone? Whoops! lol And you are rooted. Do you have a custom recovery? I'm assuming so since you said you tried to restore a backup, is that correct? It would probably just be easiest to factory reset in recovery as that will remove the password and then when it boots, you can restore the keyboard app. Other option is trying to remove the password in recovery (has to be custom) with adb commands as you won't be able to while booted due to the password.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620456 - and this does not work for every device, obviously.
es0tericcha0s said:
Hmm. So you deleted your /data/app folder and most of the apps are gone? Whoops! lol And you are rooted. Do you have a custom recovery? I'm assuming so since you said you tried to restore a backup, is that correct? It would probably just be easiest to factory reset in recovery as that will remove the password and then when it boots, you can restore the keyboard app. Other option is trying to remove the password in recovery (has to be custom) with adb commands as you won't be able to while booted due to the password.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620456 - and this does not work for every device, obviously.
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Well the thing is that im not near a pc for the next few days, but i have a tablet which has the device input to usb output cable. So i was wondering if theres a app that turns my android tablet into a keyboard for my phone. Ive been looking but only found bluetooth and wireles keyboard wich wont do me any good since my phone is locked. Also is there an app that could hack my phone since its rooted.
Pretty sure you're out of luck without the PC.
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Hello,
Have global version of the phone. Yesterday have installed Android 12 firmware by OTA.
Always on display functionality doesn't work anymore - have tried all modes and on/off states. Also fingerprint scanner not showing and working on turned off screen at all. On android 11 I was able to unblock phone just using scanner. Now I must turn on screen by power button before. Is any some settings that I've missed or it bug of new firmware?
Also is there a way to downgrade firmware?
Thank you.
Did try to factory reset?
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Did try to factory reset?
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Not yet. Have tried only reset system settings. Now am trying to discover is there any other way that full reset to fix. Have a lot of applications that should be restored and reconfigured after reset...
how could you install it on the global version? what county are you from?
Zierbeek said:
how could you install it on the global version? what county are you from?
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russia. Just check the update section on the phone...
thanks! is it bad to flash a C version on an A version?
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Not yet. Have tried only reset system settings. Now am trying to discover is there any other way that full reset to fix. Have a lot of applications that should be restored and reconfigured after reset...
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hi, i have the same problems after updating the os via ota. Both a soft and hard reset were useless
Same bug after upgrading from full ota file
I've have a solution for this issue. It's not ideally - because you cannot restore the phone from backup and need to migrate all data and applications manually.
I have loaded phone in the recovery mode (turning on by power button + volume down button) and perform the wipe data operation. After reboot I've initialized the phone without restoring from backup.
AOD works correctly but the fingerprint sensor doesn't showing by default on AOD screen. I've turned off/on the Show finderprint settings and all works fine.
After that I've installed and initilized all applications from Google play.
I've installed OTA today, have no issues, Global Version, Germany.
Hi, have same problem with mine, Poland - GDPR.
Edit, AOD started working for me after formating data from recovery mode. Dont use in-android wiping.
Edit 2: AOD is working untill i log in to google...
Same issue here! Global Version - Italy
It's very annoying, I hope in a fast new update
Same problem here. Global Version - Spain
No way to make AOD work. Have tried all possible setups. It was working fine in previous version. Quite frustrating.
I've also noticed since updating to Realme UI 3.0 - Android 12, that some apps are asking for fingerprint to unlock, while other apps ask for face unlock...
These apps would always ask for fingerprint in previous version.
Anyone else facing this problem?
I have the same issue when I try to unlock an app with finger. The finger sensor not appears. I must power off screen and then power up for sensor appear and works
EDIT: IF RESET FACTORY DOESNT WORK FOR U JUST GO TO SERVICE CENTER(I did it after all)
Hello
My device is Global version with miui V13.0.4.0.SKIMIXM
my fingerprint stopped working a week ago, then i contaced the support and they said these solutions:
1-factory reset
2-wipe data
3-download latest package
4-clean fingerprint area
i did all and somethimes just right after booting device my fingerprint showed up and working but after about couple hours back to the problem.
on early time of this problem i had fingerprint setting but couldnt open it (couldnt add fingerprint hint) but after some times it removes from setting too then at last after wiping data and solution above , fingerprint never showed up. so i decided to flash the original rom with fastboot and after i did that my fingerprint comesback and was working but again after couple hours stopped.
the thing is if safe mode it was working. even after rebooting to normal working 2 or 3 times then after that stop working again. in safe mode CIT fingerprint tests passed successfully untill right now after half a day i dont have fingerprints even in safe mod.
so i think of downgrading to miui 12.5.7 just want to be sure is it safe to downgrade because when i wanted to flash miui13 it errored with rollback but i edited script and flash was successful.
script edit is safe for downgrade ?
and maybe is there any othe solution that im not aware of?
13eauty said:
Hello
My device is Global version with miui V13.0.4.0.SKIMIXM
my fingerprint stopped working a week ago, then i contaced the support and they said these solutions:
1-factory reset
2-wipe data
3-download latest package
4-clean fingerprint area
i did all and somethimes just right after booting device my fingerprint showed up and working but after about couple hours back to the problem.
on early time of this problem i had fingerprint setting but couldnt open it (couldnt add fingerprint hint) but after some times it removes from setting too then at last after wiping data and solution above , fingerprint never showed up. so i decided to flash the original rom with fastboot and after i did that my fingerprint comesback and was working but again after couple hours stopped.
the thing is if safe mode it was working. even after rebooting to normal working 2 or 3 times then after that stop working again. in safe mode CIT fingerprint tests passed successfully untill right now after half a day i dont have fingerprints even in safe mod.
so i think of downgrading to miui 12.5.7 just want to be sure is it safe to downgrade because when i wanted to flash miui13 it errored with rollback but i edited script and flash was successful.
script edit is safe for downgrade ?
and maybe is there any othe solution that im not aware of?
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solution is service center...in theory no anti rollback....just check in script before flash
rayman95 said:
solution is service center...in theory no anti rollback....just check in script before flash
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thansk for reply so youre saying that in theory there is no problem to downgrade with editing script but in real life God knows right?
Unfortunately I have the same problem on my MI11 Lite 5G.
I would be interested if I install a custom ROM e.g. CorvusOS 3.2-V v12.1 if it works with it
So if anyone has experience with it?
norryhox said:
Unfortunately I have the same problem on my MI11 Lite 5G.
I would be interested if I install a custom ROM e.g. CorvusOS 3.2-V v12.1 if it works with it
So if anyone has experience with it?
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i tried some custom roms before i send my phone to the service center and none of them worked.today i recieved my phone back and everything is great after replacing fingerprint.