I have the international version of the Huawei Mediapad (non-rooted). Since yesterday I see only an emergency calls screen and there's no way to unlock the device, to enter PIN or to open the Notification drawer.
The storage is not accesible via adb so I can't even backup the tablet. Same story with the PC-Suite.
I removed the SIM-card but the problem still exists. When I re-enter it the PIN-unlock screen comes up. I enter the numbers and guess what?! The old emergency calls screen.
I can't submit screenshots because I can't access the internal memory.
What should I do to render the device usable again?
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So my daughter got a hold of my phone. "I think" she tried entering the password too many times. Now phone just displays:
Just my Background Picture and this message below.
"To unlock, enter recovery password"
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Under this message is a Emergency Call button.
I tried my phone password, google password, and Outlook password. All not working. After entering my password, and it is incorrect I get this message:
"You have incorrectly attempted to unlock the phone 1 times. The phone will now be reset to factory default" OK button. (DONT CLICK OK, Just restart phone by holding down power button)
I then just power off and restart. After restart -> Samsung logo -> Verizon logo, it goes back to the "To unlock, enter the recovery password" screen.
Don't want to go to factory default, Any help or suggestions???
Verizon Samsung S3
Verizon just pushed out the KitKat update to my phone last month.
NOT rooted, just stock Verizon ROM.
I can call this cell. I still works. But can't get to regular unlock screen. Always just goes to this Recovery password screen.
Do a hard reset.. no another way
Really... Is there no Default "recovery password". I don't remember setting one up. Any Google work around? I tried searching online, and I don't see anything about this "Recovery Password"... Is this new or do people just not get to this screen?
Well, if there is any Odin-flashable recovery for your phone, you can flash it and then pull important data using ADB. You can also take a Nandroid backup and then use Nandroid Manager to see if you can recover any more data from the ROM.
This will void your warranty.
Bingo... So if anyone is still having this issue, you DON'T have to do a factory reset. I finally solved it (at least it worked for me). Here's how I did it. You need a Google account setup already for this phone. Go to: wwwgooglecom/android/devicemanager (add dots, come on xda, I'm not a newbie -> join in 2009) I tried to Locate and I tried to Ring, they both worked, but you need to do this -> Click the LOCK icon. Then it will try to find your phone. If it does find it, it will ask for a NEW password to "LOCK" your phone. After entering your password, your phone will "LOCK" itself. (Even though it has been locked out already) Once that is done, I went back to my phone and try entering this "new" password I setup in the: recovery password location. It works. Good luck...
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Bloody Legend!!
You wanted to say thanks mate.
My S5 has presented me with this screen twice, in the past week! The first time it wiped my phone (and SD card).
Happy New Year!!!
J.
Going to wwwgooglecom/android/devicemanager doesn't work anymore. Now when you try that process, you will get a pop-up saying that the device is already locked and the new password you put in will not be used. You are still required to put in the old Recovery Password. I have wiped the phone and tried to find where one would put in a recovery password and cannot find it.
I contacted Samsung and they told me to use their system. Go to findmymobile(dot)samsung(dot)com and log in (assuming you registered). I logged in, went through the process to unlock my phone. I could see the notification that the unlock was successful, but the lock is still in effect. Samsung support said I would have no other option than to wipe the phone again. I asked how I could get support for the Android lock that was in effect, and they referred me to support(dot)google(dot)com. If you go there, and work your way through the menu, you find that the manufacturer of the phone is supposed to handle Android OS support.
So Samsung has added a proprietary remote unlocking feature, but somehow forgotten to disable the built-in one. Since they have that extra "feature" they won't support the default one.
Hoping someone can help because my phone is completely unusable. I was in work yesterday and decided to restart my phone because the battery was draining and I didn't have a USB-C cable. It got to the "enter PIN" screen, and the PIN I've always used was invalid. I'm pretty sure I never changed my PIN, but I've used 15 of 30 guesses trying any number that I might have changed it to, and none work. I usually unlock my phone with my finger print, but that isn't possible because this isn't the standard unlock screen, it's the screen before the phone even fully boots up. It's not connected to the internet yet so I can't reset it via Google and there's no "forgot PIN" option.
To further complicate things, the power button on my phone doesn't work (though the finger print sensor still does.) The phone was in my pocket and got moist from sweat on a hot day, and hasn't worked since. So I'm not even able to get into recovery mode. I can turn the phone on by holding volume-down and connecting then disconnecting the charger. I can also get into "download mode" to flash firmware by doing the same thing holding volume-up.
I have my camera photos backed up, but nothing in my downloads directory is saved, nor any pictures received in text messages. I'm sure there's plenty of other stuff that's not backed up too. I hadn't enabled encryption. Is there any way to transfer files off my phone? I'm assuming no, especially since even "adb" doesn't see the phone in either download mode or the PIN entry screen. USB debugging was enabled, but it seems like it's only connecting in "charge only" mode.
I'm not even sure how to get the phone working again, even if I have to wipe it. Should I try flashing a stock ROM (it's not rooted or un-bootlocked)? What happens when I enter the invalid PIN 30 times?
Thanks for any help.
Edit: If it helps, it's the AT&T model, H820
think you must reflash the Rom with fatory reset option. not the best, but you have a usable devive again. Bad you cant root the device and delete just the two *.key files
gesendet von meinem LG G5 H850 V10E
What happens after 30th attempt to unlock Secure Boot?
I have forgotten the unlock pattern for my G5, which has been sitting in a drawer for the last couple of months.
What happens when I fail to correctly enter the unlock pattern for the 30th time? Will it clear the data and reset itself, if so, no biggy, or will it turn itself into a brick, which would be a biggy?
Regards,
SpudULike said:
I have forgotten the unlock pattern for my G5, which has been sitting in a drawer for the last couple of months.
What happens when I fail to correctly enter the unlock pattern for the 30th time? Will it clear the data and reset itself, if so, no biggy, or will it turn itself into a brick, which would be a biggy?
Regards,
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It clears all data and factory resets itself. The only other thing is that you need the password for the Google account it was associated with, in order to use it after it resets. I think it's to prevent phone theft. I remember hearing you shouldn't try to change your Google password within ~3 days of resetting the device either, because it might not work.
Note that if it's the actual screen lock pattern you forgot instead of the startup/boot PIN, you can probably just reset it through Google's Android Device Manager website.
LG G5 SE H840 stuck on secure startup
Hi everyone.
I've tried to flash TWRP on my phone using fastboot and it seems to have worked, but when I reboot, my phone is asking for a secure startup code.
I don't have it because I don't remember setting one up... Each reboot uses 2 of the 30 try allowed and now I'm at 12 left.
I tried default_password, and some other things... not working.
I tried fastboot -w to do a factory reset, but it doesn't want to write "userdata" : "cannot flash this partition in unlocked state"...
Code:
Created filesystem with 11/32000 inodes and 4110/128000 blocks
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 0.609s]
sending 'userdata' (138917 KB)...
OKAY [ 4.361s]
writing 'userdata'...
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in unlocked state)
finished. total time: 4.989s
For what it's worth : I'm french and the secure startup is in french... Is it because the initial stock rom that I used is still behind whit my settings ? Factory reset should have brought me back to English at least ?
Any help please ?
New problem, new thread.
I remember that I set a secure startup pin in my Lenovo TB3- x70L . But when I typed the pin the tab displayed incorrect pin . So I restarted it a black display appeared to enter the pin.
I tried many times typing the pin what I set . It shows all are incorrect pin . And after many attempts it says "your tab will be wiped after 7 attempts with incorrect pin".
My debugging is off ,OEM is off.(Initially).
But I some how activated debugging.
Pls help me guys if you can.
Same issue
Have you guys ever solved this issue? I am facing the same with my LG G5...
Hey i have a lg aristo 2 and forgot my lockscreen passcode i have tried multiple tips off the web and me and my fiance are both logged into her google account what can i do to get into my phone....
Lg vs087 g5
Had the same problem....Secure boot enter pin. After exceeding the 10 attempts it factory reset itself and went into setup.
I have the exact issue also on my LG G5 H830. it recognizes my fingerprint but the pin ive been using for years says its wrong pattern. I can only unlock my device with my fingerprint. f**king weird.
Hey guys.
Here is the story ... I received my Redmi 3 Pro device back from the Xiaomi because it was sent there due to faulty camera. When I turned on the device it said This device is locked and there is a little button Activate this device. After that the screen shows that the device may be associated with existing Mi Account, which is my account. When I enter the password and tap on Activate I get an error saying Couldn't verify Mi Account ID. Can't connect to network.
How the hell can I connect to network if I even can't get past this screen.
Does anybody have an idea? I bought the device months ago and couldn't use it even for a day because it took them almost three months to replace the camera.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
BR
Try to use a sim card with mobile data and no pin. It should automatically connect to the internet and allow you to activate your phone.
randhackr said:
Try to use a sim card with mobile data and no pin. It should automatically connect to the internet and allow you to activate your phone.
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Thanks ... worked like a charm
In my case it happened after disabling some stock Mi apps on an officially unlocked phone. Trying to connect would fail because the required dependencies were not available. The easy solution was to reboot into the twrp recovery and delete the file /data/system/users/0/package-restrictions.xml — the file gets recreated after boot with the default stock package restrictions.
In Android 9 Pie (and earlier versions) there is a setting ‘Secure startup’, which is applicable in case of full device encryption (which comes by default in all new Android phones AFAIK). When ‘Require password when device turns on’ is enabled, the password must be entered at phone start and the phone won’t boot if no password is entered. When the other option ‘Do not require’ is enabled the phone starts and I can even receive phone calls, I just cannot unlock the phone.
So my question is: if ‘Require password when device turns on’ is NOT enabled – does this mean that my phone is NOT encrypted and if for example gets stolen, the thief will be able to download all my data to a PC (without unlocking the phone)? If this is true this seems like an absurdly easy way to bypass full device encryption...
Your data is encrypted by default. You can have it set to not encrypt it but it is not something I would advice of you.
As for the secure start up. As long as you have a locked bootloader and a password there are less then .01% of people that can hack into your device.
zelendel said:
Your data is encrypted by default. You can have it set to not encrypt it but it is not something I would advice of you.
As for the secure start up. As long as you have a locked bootloader and a password there are less then .01% of people that can hack into your device.
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My phone is rooted and the bootloader is not locked AFAIK (it's Exynos).
I am not asking about bruteforce and other hacking techniques that could be used, I am just asking whether my phone is encrypted after boot and before the screen is unlocked.
Yes it is encrypted. Has been since the day you first day Bought it.
OK, but how come then my phone boots and is almost fully operational when ‘Require password when device turns on’ is NOT enabled (e.g. I can receive phone calls, calendar events pop up on screen - although I cannot see what they are all about because the screen is locked)?
orifori said:
OK, but how come then my phone boots and is almost fully operational when ‘Require password when device turns on’ is NOT enabled (e.g. I can receive phone calls, calendar events pop up on screen - although I cannot see what they are all about because the screen is locked)?
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Think of it as safe mode on PC. Not everything or all permissions are allowed when booting like that. It just a security feature and has nothing to do with encryption. It just locks out some info from being seen without the password.
Ill be honest with you. If you are worried about your data then dont be too worried. Unless you are someone important then your device is only useful for how much the hardware will get. Let me tell you how a phone theft goes.
1. Phone Stolen
2. Sim card removed
3. Device reset
4. If its locked then take it home and flash an OS to it or sell it to a pawn shop that is questionable.
Now the first 3 are normally done before you even know your device is gone (less then a minute)
Encryption bypass / Android (10) security issue after first unlock
zelendel said:
Yes it is encrypted. Has been since the day you first day Bought it.
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I have discovered another security issue on a rooted device:
On my Magisk-rooted and encrypted Note 10+/Exynos (Android 10) I just found out, that the userdata (data/data ) partition is UNENCRYPTED and fully readable when viewed with an ADB viewer from my PC although the device is in lockscreen mode / locked!
This doesn't happen after reboot before the first unlock! After the device has been unlocked, accessed via ADB and re-locked (but not rebooted) it is (still) unencrypted, even after rebooting the PC!
Here the lockscreen password would not make much sense at every screenlock - it just unlocks the screen which can be bypassed and all data can be read via ADB anyway - it would only make sense once at boot. Is there a way to have two passwords (1 at boot and an easier one at screenlock) for example?
Is this a known bug? / Any ideas?
Hi!
I think of rooting my phone, that's why I post here, I am not a developer at the moment but I have an issue I think you can help me with.
I hown a Samsung S6 Edge (I think G-925F). I did a hard reset from within a shut-off phone, Before I wiped the cache (in Recovery Mode), and both the Samsung account and the Google account have been active, as far as I know.
1) Getting into the Recovery Mode contained an error:
I press the buttons to get there, afterwards the Andoird Logo appears, Installing System Update message is shown, and a while later an error:
No Command
But after waiting for about 15 seconds the Recovery Mode is entered. Anything to think about here?
This issue still remains after the hard reset, but the Recovery Mode is entered always.
2) Main Problem:
I want to set my phone up again, but I am prompted to enter my Samsung credentials (Samsung Account, not Google).
I cannot skip. I entered the right (!) credentials. Just a message "in process" and "logging in", but after that nothing happens, idle.
I can log into my Samsung Account from my notebook, I have 2-Factor-Authentication(2FA) activated (cannot deactivate there).
At first my S6 edge was recognized there as logged in device, even though I could not move forward in the S6 setup with the credentials. I changed the password, just to be sure, now it is not even recognized as a logged in device, maybe because of the changed password?
The code for the 2FA is sent to my SIM card on my iPhone.
I also put this SIM card into the S6, but I did not get any code for the 2FA.
I was connected both via WiFi and LTE to get through the Samsung Login on the S6.
What can I do? Any Bypass? Rooting mandatory?
Thanks!
no idea?