Hi there,
Please forgive my stupid questions, I don't know much about this kind of stuff!
My daughter has a pattern lock on her Asus Memo HD7, and she forgot what it was. I have no idea what email was used, I've tried all possible emails to reset the screen lock, but none of them work.
I could do the factory reset, but I would just hate to lose all her photos and videos.
I watched a few youtube videos, and installed the adb/fastboot. I can't get the adb commands to work at all, but it has recognized the tablet a couple of times with fastboot. Problem is, I have no clue what commands to use to access her photos? (I also don't know if the tablet's debugger is enabled or disabled). Or if there is a way to bypass the pattern lock? Any suggestions?
Thanks!!
trulte said:
Hi there,
Please forgive my stupid questions, I don't know much about this kind of stuff!
My daughter has a pattern lock on her Asus Memo HD7, and she forgot what it was. I have no idea what email was used, I've tried all possible emails to reset the screen lock, but none of them work.
I could do the factory reset, but I would just hate to lose all her photos and videos.
I watched a few youtube videos, and installed the adb/fastboot. I can't get the adb commands to work at all, but it has recognized the tablet a couple of times with fastboot. Problem is, I have no clue what commands to use to access her photos? (I also don't know if the tablet's debugger is enabled or disabled). Or if there is a way to bypass the pattern lock? Any suggestions?
Thanks!!
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Wipe data (factory reset) it means : delete installed apps & system apps's data
This will not delete any pictures or videos or any content located on internal memory or sdcard.
There is a guide here: (you need ADB for this, but keeps all apps and settings)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800799
Or look at the smudges on the screen..
Elkan1985 said:
There is a guide here: (you need ADB for this, but keeps all apps and settings)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800799
Or look at the smudges on the screen..
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It will not work because android debug is set off by default !
MaDaLiNoSt said:
Wipe data (factory reset) it means : delete installed apps & system apps's data
This will not delete any pictures or videos or any content located on internal memory or sdcard.
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So if I choose the wipe data/factory reset button it will not delete the photos? I thought that wiped the whole thing back to how it was coming out of the box?
What do the options 'back up user data' and 'restore user data' do?
Thanks!
trulte said:
So if I choose the wipe data/factory reset button it will not delete the photos? I thought that wiped the whole thing back to how it was coming out of the box?
What do the options 'back up user data' and 'restore user data' do?
Thanks!
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backup user data means: backup app data... like subway surfers highscore...etc
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My kids Eris is stuck on the lock screen and we don't remember the pattern to bypass it. Can anyone help?
craigmack said:
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My kids Eris is stuck on the lock screen and we don't remember the pattern to bypass it. Can anyone help?
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boot into recovery and factory wipe phone
Thanks but we didn't do a backup and really don't want to lose everything. Any other ideas?
craigmack said:
Help
My kids Eris is stuck on the lock screen and we don't remember the pattern to bypass it. Can anyone help?
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brandonpry said:
boot into recovery and factory wipe phone
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craigmack said:
Thanks but we didn't do a backup and really don't want to lose everything. Any other ideas?
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Define "lose everything". Factory reset will reset any user data, which means: all your customized settings including email and password, text/multimedia messages. It will also temporarily wipe out your contacts list and calendar, but when you enter your email and password again it'll automatically restore those. Google backs those up automatically.
Any photos and music and such will be stored on your SD card so those will not be wiped out.
There is NO other choice in order to bypass the lock pattern.
Apps will still be on there, just lose the apps' settings (reset to default).
If you have any concerns about anything else in particular just ask and I'll tell you whether it'll be safe.
Actually, factory reset deletes all of that apps as well. However, after initializing your phone after the first boot of a factory reset, when you go into the market the first time and go to the "downloads" tab, all of the apps that you had installed - free and paid - will be there. Install everything that you want back without leaving the market - only the paid apps that you did not install the first time will probably be there after that.
Can't you change the pattern with the gmail account?
craigmack said:
Thanks but we didn't do a backup and really don't want to lose everything. Any other ideas?
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Have you tried a flashover of your rom? Not sure if that will help though.
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How do restore the s2 to factory conditions? tried holding down volume and turning on but a odin screen popped up
From the main home screen, tap menu
Tap Settings, then Privacy
Tap Factory data reset
Tap Reset phone
Enter your password, then tap Yes to confirm
That's how to do it on the old Galaxy S anyway
How to factory reset alternate method
Hi just to let you know you can also factory reset by entering (safe mode).
To do this switch phone off, switch on and hold power botton and home key and volume ***up *** key at the same time this will take you to (safe mode).
There are other options there too but id leave them alone until you have searched forums first for answers on what they do as they may damage firmware
I think your error was pressing down key this takes you to download mode something a little bit more knowledge required on
I hope this helps you dont forget to backup passwords email address as if you forget they are a pain to resett lol
want a hard format *2767*3855# but this will wipe off all u got so backup wat u need ....cheeeerz
Hi
I want to flash stock firmware using Odin Mobile and make a cleaning of my Internal SD Card (NOT external SD!) in order to remove old leftovers like unused folders and files.
Calendar and contacts are synced with Google and I have a full TI backup.
Will wipe everything on my Internal SD?
Does anybody know some good "clean up app" I can use instead?
Thanks
Mittaa said:
Hi
I want to flash stock firmware using Odin Mobile and make a cleaning of my Internal SD Card (NOT external SD!) in order to remove old leftovers like unused folders and files.
Calendar and contacts are synced with Google and I have a full TI backup.
Will wipe everything on my Internal SD?
Does anybody know some good "clean up app" I can use instead?
Thanks
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You are going to do a factory reset, right?
Wiping data would wipe your whole sd card (not external sd! ). Your USB storage wont be cleaned up.
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Paras Lehana said:
You are going to do a factory reset, right?
Wiping data would wipe your whole sd card (not external sd! ). Your USB storage wont be cleaned up.
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OK so I just have to secure pictures, GPS maps and this kind of data that TI do not backup.
And then - of course - reorganizing home screen ...
Thanks
Mittaa said:
OK so I just have to secure pictures, GPS maps and this kind of data that TI do not backup.
And then - of course - reorganizing home screen ...
Thanks
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Yup, good luck!
Well, I'd recommend you to first flash and then wiping data and cache from Recovery Mode.
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Noob question dont seem to find anywhere (or dont know how to look for) .
Everytime i flash a rom , non working links from preview rom appears also sometimes setting or configurations still there. I have try doing all the wipe data/cache/ factory reset also erase sd/erase internal memory and format sd. but traces of preview rom remain. any way i can full format or to start clean every time? tell me what you need to help me and i will post them. thanks
Do you have in settings, privacy settings, back up my data and automatic restore enabled?
Zeljko1234 said:
Do you have in settings, privacy settings, back up my data and automatic restore enabled?
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No, i even skipped the login to see if they where there and they do appear. They appear as shortcuts in the desktop but with no image as icon...and doesnt run. I have also seen folders that say usb1 usb2 usb3 usb4....etc. are does normal? they dont have nothing inside and cant be deleted i even try formating internal and sd and nothing
My appologies for this post. Probably this problem is being dealt before on this forum but cant seem to find a solution to mine.
hi, i have a samsung s3 32gb (original stock unrooted).
Problem my space was running low on my s3. And while shooting a video, the space ran out and the phone froze. then i tried to end the video but obviously the screen was frozen.
After that i tried to reboot the phone but it came to the home screen, and couldnt press anything. (i only can drag the top bar down and that's it, it doesnt come back up).
i tried soft reset, didnt work. i tried to boot in safe mode, it doesnt work (it get stuck at the samsung logo). download and recovery mode works fine.
when i connect it to the pc, in device manager i get under Portable Devices (MTP USB device with a yellow triangle and ! mark). obviously KIES doesnt recognise anything connected.
After reading lot of posts, i installed 'android-sdk' and ran 'adb.exe' in cmd.
adb devices shows my device ; i can see all the directories on my phone.
when i try to copy, move or delete any files from the phone to my pc to empty the phone storage, i get this message "device not found".
i dont wanna lose my pics and videos +data (no backup). ANY HELP GUYS???
masso76 said:
My appologies for this post. Probably this problem is being dealt before on this forum but cant seem to find a solution to mine.
hi, i have a samsung s3 32gb (original stock unrooted).
Problem my space was running low on my s3. And while shooting a video, the space ran out and the phone froze. then i tried to end the video but obviously the screen was frozen.
After that i tried to reboot the phone but it came to the home screen, and couldnt press anything. (i only can drag the top bar down and that's it, it doesnt come back up).
i tried soft reset, didnt work. i tried to boot in safe mode, it doesnt work (it get stuck at the samsung logo). download and recovery mode works fine.
when i connect it to the pc, in device manager i get under Portable Devices (MTP USB device with a yellow triangle and ! mark). obviously KIES doesnt recognise anything connected.
After reading lot of posts, i installed 'android-sdk' and ran 'adb.exe' in cmd.
adb devices shows my device ; i can see all the directories on my phone.
when i try to copy, move or delete any files from the phone to my pc to empty the phone storage, i get this message "device not found".
i dont wanna lose my pics and videos +data (no backup). ANY HELP GUYS???
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Try clearing cache and dalvik. If it doesn't work, u might have to factory reset which deletes ur data. Since android-sdk doesn't work anymore and kies too. There is no way to back up ur data. Ur only hope is tat clearing cache and dalvik works.
masso76 said:
i dont wanna lose my pics and videos +data (no backup). ANY HELP GUYS???
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pictures and videos are stored on the internal sdcard, so they are save even if you decide to wipe your data.
you will only lose your app data and settings
but try first the suggestion from the post above
JellyYogurt said:
Try clearing cache and dalvik.. .
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if you are referring to clearing the cache that is in the recovery mode. i already cleared the cache and still same thing happening.
can you explain 'dalvik' ? what to do step by step if possible
Also you mentioned that android-sdk is not working, (it is true ) but how come i can still see all my phone contents ?
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pictures and videos are stored on the internal sdcard, so they are save even if you decide to wipe your data.
you will only lose your app data and settings
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if you are referring to the factory reset inside the "settings" menu in the phone, i think it would be true (the pics & videos wont be affected)
but if you are referring to the reset in the recovery mode. i think that will format everything including my personal data (pics & videos) and return the phone to a factory state (which is how it was new). isnt the OS and data are on the internal sdcard as well ?
Their comments refer to a custom recovery, e.g Philz, where you can clear dalvik and also mount your storage for usb access.
I think you have bigger problems, the phone should not have frozen as you describe and you many have partition corruption.
There are step by step guides on how to install custom recovery in general forum, stickies. It will invalidate your warranty, which might not be a good idea if you need a new motherboard.
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masso76 said:
if you are referring to the factory reset inside the "settings" menu in the phone, i think it would be true (the pics & videos wont be affected)
but if you are referring to the reset in the recovery mode. i think that will format everything including my personal data (pics & videos) and return the phone to a factory state (which is how it was new). isnt the OS and data are on the internal sdcard as well ?
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The factory reset on recovery will not delete ur pics or videos.
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I have a silly problem, I had freshly installed the unofficial CM14.x and between all the new settings forgot the Lockscreen pattern. Since i didn't want to try factory reset and other solutions without data loss didn't wird, I searched a bit and erasted the /data/system/gatekeeper.pattern.key via ADB ! It actually helped passing through lockscreen, but now I can't set any new lock (none of the options tough) / I can't go to the option… I get dropped out with an error…
What can I do??
roshak said:
What can I do??
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Open thread in right section.
CheckYourScreen said:
Open thread in right section.
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Well, I guessed that users in the Q&A/Troubleshoot section wouldn't have much clue about manipulating Android's /data/system/. . . files and apparently I was true! No reply since 3-4 days
roshak said:
Well, I guessed that users in the Q&A/Troubleshoot section wouldn't have much clue about manipulating Android's /data/system/. . . files and apparently I was true! No reply since 3-4 days
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Chill.
You able to access your files and data?
Just open settings and change the screen lock to "none" or "swipe", then select pin/password and set your own.
It should fix it.
If it doesnt then make a backup of your data and clean flash stock rom by wiping system,cache and data (not internal sd).
CheckYourScreen said:
Chill.
You able to access your files and data?
Just open settings and change the screen lock to "none" or "swipe", then select pin/password and set your own.
It should fix it.
If it doesnt then make a backup of your data and clean flash stock rom by wiping system,cache and data (not internal sd).
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Says right in the in original post that he can't set any new lock with any of the options, it just crashes. I think he's got not choice but a re-flash.
As @Tanner1294 noticed. I can't change the locksreen options anymore and that's the problem (I can't use the device without lock! But I wouldn't)
backing up data may work or maybe not, because the missing files could be under data… But I'll give it a try.
I don't know why I couldn't replace the screen password via Google Device Manager… The device was recognised and the pass and message has been sent to it, but i couldn't interact with it at all! only "emergency call" was touchable If it's an issue in Android 7.x or CM14.x dunnow
Maybe dirty flashing the ROM again will help
mcmarius said:
Maybe dirty flashing the ROM again will help
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didn't work!
roshak said:
As @Tanner1294 noticed. I can't change the locksreen options anymore and that's the problem (I can't use the device without lock! But I wouldn't)
backing up data may work or maybe not, because the missing files could be under data… But I'll give it a try.
I don't know why I couldn't replace the screen password via Google Device Manager… The device was recognised and the pass and message has been sent to it, but i couldn't interact with it at all! only "emergency call" was touchable If it's an issue in Android 7.x or CM14.x dunnow
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Make a backup of contacts,sms, apps(or just download from playstore) or use titanium backup if you want app data also.
And clean flash rom.
Forget everything and clean flash after making backup.
That file is related to system and has to be present in /data/system/ so will remain excluded from backups you make.
Make sure you clean flash rom.
CheckYourScreen said:
Make a backup of contacts,sms, apps(or just download from playstore) or use titanium backup if you want app data also.
And clean flash rom. . .
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If I only knew how I can re-install my selection of apps straightforward, I wouldn't hesitate about clean flash; I don't worry about my files, contacts etc.
I'll try to figure out, how Titanium Backup works… Thanks for advice
The problem is now solved without reflashing etc.
I just had to know which other files need to be removed in addition to /data/system/gatekeeper.pattern.key
they were locksettings.db locksettings.db-wal locksettings.db-shm from the same directory!
So i removed them, whatever they may contain
then rebooted to system and everything was on the rail, i could pick a lockscreen method again.
PS: I haven't imagined that havong debugging mode enabled could make an Android system so unsecure though!
roshak said:
If I only knew how I can re-install my selection of apps straightforward, I wouldn't hesitate about clean flash; I don't worry about my files, contacts etc.
I'll try to figure out, how Titanium Backup works… Thanks for advice
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Titanium backup is godly makes transitioning between ROMs a breeze like you never left your setup. In TB app top right corner is a blank page with check mark on it. In there you can backup/restore large chunks of apps and data. After a fresh install rooted first thing install is TB and got to that section restore and choose what you want from backup. System apps can be backup also but will find some won't work on other ROMs. Regular apps will have no such issues. There is also TB sms backup. To use that you must set TB as default sms app. Restore sms then revert back to regular sms app and open. There all your messages will be restored.
roshak said:
The problem is now solved without reflashing etc.
I just had to know which other files need to be removed in addition to /data/system/gatekeeper.pattern.key
they were locksettings.db locksettings.db-wal locksettings.db-shm from the same directory!
So i removed them, whatever they may contain
then rebooted to system and everything was on the rail, i could pick a lockscreen method again.
PS: I haven't imagined that havong debugging mode enabled could make an Android system so unsecure though!
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You shouldn't delete " /data/system/gatekeeper.pattern.key" as "locksettings.db locksettings.db-wal locksettings.db-shm" contain your lock screen pattern. So to remove pattern just delete these files. Android device manager won't work if it reads that your device has already a pattern/PIN enabled. I guess it worked a while ago on password protected devices as well but not anymore.