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.
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Hi,
I got my SGS2 from O2 yesterday, went to check recovery mode is working ok and it is asking for a password. Has anyone else on O2 had this? For the short time I had my SGS on Gingerbread I got asked for the same when trying recovery mode.
Just tried on my unlocked T-Mobile phone from CPW and it goes in fine.
Blue text, Android system recover (3e), and options to reboot, apply update.zip, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition.
Also this was done on a rooted phone although im pretty sure i also tried it before rooting and it still worked then.
Password is your screen unlock password.
It turns out it is because I had the screen lock set to a PIN.
Yep, If you have either a screen lock PIN or password set the recovery rom prompts you for them (although if you set a pin it still refers to it as a password in the recovery rom which can be confusing).
However if you set a pattern lock then no prompt is given.
nice to know
Thanks for the info
I was sure my recovery got locked by the store I got it from ... (If its possible)
After replacing my Email.apk without any security and canceling the PIN all is well.
ilanshp said:
I was sure my recovery got locked by the store I got it from ... (If its possible)
After replacing my Email.apk without any security and canceling the PIN all is well.
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hey..man..
i got the kind of same question...
god..i deleted email.apk last time..(is that all about email.apk???)
and then i set a PIN screen lock,it just don't work.
whatever i type the password i just set,it just say "wrong"!
and then i fresh my i9000 by odin(without wipe before this)
when it finish,it just fxcking telling me to "confirm password" after auto reboot.
wtf...now i cant get in to recovery.
what can i do????????????help me plz....i dont want my sdcard data gone..
(sry for my ****ty english)
scottishlad80 said:
Hi,
I got my SGS2 from O2 yesterday, went to check recovery mode is working ok and it is asking for a password. Has anyone else on O2 had this? For the short time I had my SGS on Gingerbread I got asked for the same when trying recovery mode.
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hey..man..
i got the kind of same question with my i9000...
god..i deleted email.apk last time..(is that all about email.apk???)
and then i set a PIN screen lock,it just don't work.
whatever i type the password i just set,it just say "wrong"!
and then i fresh my i9000 by odin(without wipe before this)
when it finish,it just fxcking telling me to "confirm password" after auto reboot.
wtf...now i cant get in to recovery.
what can i do????????????help me plz....i dont want my sdcard data gone..
(sry for my ****ty english)
I have the same problem here, but I had no unlock code and still it asks me to "confirm password"....
Yesterday I picked the phone from my pocket, and on the display it said that the unlock code had been entered incorrectly. As I always do I entered the code, but this time it said that I would have to wait 30 seconds for my next attempt as I had entered the wrong code five times. I did, but still it won't accept the code. I know it is the right one because I use the same code as my SIM PIN, which works perfectly fine. Also, my SO knows the code, and when asked to unlock the phone she correctly responded with "it doesn't seem to work?"
I'm using Lite'ning ROM, and on other foras I've read that it is possible to have the device reset through the same screen where the code is entered. On my screen the only option is to type the code, and a button for emergency calls. No "recover password" button. Still, by accident I found out that I could access the phone by pressing the home button twice, which would take me to the voice dialing menu, and it would then be possible to use it as normal until the screen is locked again.
Today, I did a CWM factory/data/cache reset, and reflashed an old backup. Still, it asked for the pin, and said that I had entered the incorrect one. I searched, and found out that to get rid of this I would have to flash a stock ROM. I did, and ended up in the notoric boot loop. The fix for this is apparently to wipe user data from stock recovery, but this requires the password mentioned earlier. Which means I'm stuck.
I tried reflashing the backup I had of the Lite'ning ROM, and wipe data/factory reset from there, but it still does not work with the stock rom.
So:
Any ideas? Is my only option to go to a service center and have it fixed? Will it be a problem that I've unlocked and reflashed it?
Are there other ways to do the data/factory reset? (Through Odin?)
Thanks a ton for any help!
TL;DR: Unlock code entered incorrectly in pocket, phone locked, unable to access wipe functionality and therefore not able to reflash stock rom -> ****ed.
If it's the same issue experienced by someone else on these forums, the solution given here was to keep typing wrong passwords.
oinkylicious said:
If it's the same issue experienced by someone else on these forums, the solution given here was to keep typing wrong passwords.
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It seems to be related, but I now did 50 attempts (where one has to wait 30 sec between every 5 failed passwords), and nothing happens. Will try to repost in the thread you mentioned, and see if they can provide a better explanation.
Anyone else have any clue?
Got it to work!
Basically, the post oinkylicious linked to had the solution. The password/PIN they are referring to is the one that we are prompted to enter when trying to do a data/factory reset from stock recovery. After a number of tries it will say that if you type the password wrong once more it might delete contents on your SD card. What I did was remove the SD card, and continue to enter wrong passwords. After a while it will the show some text (can't remember what), and let you go through with the data/factory reset.
Hi All,
Long time poster, check my history on S2 for confirmation i own this phone.
My dads iPhone was playing up, saying no service, so i switched his SIM with mine to see if his sim was working and Wavesecure kicked in, used my unlock code (for wavesecure) and thought nothing off it.
Screen times out and i unlock, asks for MY android pin unlock (as usual), but it wont take it.
I power off, switch to my old sim and power on.
Back to the PIN screen, it still wont take my pin.
So i reboot to recovery, wipe Dalvik and cache, nope!
Ok, i'll run a nandroid restore to a previous backup, nope!
Ok, i'll flash my ROM again (Checkrom), Nope!
Ok, i'll flash another ROM (Andromedia), Nope!
Every time i wont let me in, i can when i flash a new ROM get to the settings menu but when i try to change the PIN it wont let me as it wants to know the old one.
WTF can i do?
PM if necessary.
Ok, was able to gain access to the phone by deleting the settings.db file, the sqlite3 command didnt work.
However it still thinks there is a pin configured when i try to change the pin via the settings menu.
What the hell is going on here?
I followed instructions to lock the bootloader/flashing of my Moto G5 Plus. I did it from bootloader, and it stated that the process would delete user data. I did it anyway. When the phone turns back on it asks me for a pattern. I enter the pattern that is set up but it says that its wrong. I try to fail so that I have the option to access through google, but that option never appeared.
I went back to the bootloader and tried to factory reset it, but it doesn't do it. I can't do anything form bootloader because the USB debugging is turned off now.
My guess is that the phone deleted all my used data, but failed to restore factory defaults. Therefore, it asks for a pattern that doesn't exist.
Can any of you think of a solution for this problem? I don't have the recovery anymore (deleted when I tried to turn my phone back to stock).
Thanks in advance!
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?