hey guys please help me,
I got an Xperia Z from my Friend rooted and all that. he wants to lock that someone can wipe his system, so i flashed him twrp and locked it with an Password theme, whichs is working.
Problem is although it asks for an password if you boot into the recovery directly, it still wipes if i reset the phone with my normal settings.
can someone please tellme how can i rmove or disable or hide the Backup and Reset Tab in the Settings of the Xperia??
Thanks in Advance tho
You can set up a passcode/PIN/Pattern/etc to stop access to the Settings app itself, but have never seen a way to hide 1 specific thing in the Settings. If the phone is encrypted with a password, I think it requires the code before resetting, but am not 100% sure of that.
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My friend's little sister was playing with this device and she somehow lock the device. Now, when I turn on the tab it asks for gmail account and password.. (which my friend tried his own and no luck with google verifcation etc). Is there anyway to reset this device?
In this device there is no custom or stock recovery. Just a dead android sign when open recovery nothing else. Also I cannot tick USB debugging from the settings because I cannot access the OS.
Please tell me how to reset this device? Is there any hardware solution or tutorial available to factory reset any android device?
here is device specifications
solution
did u find a solution to the issue
yes it has a reset button.
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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Hi, i have a quick question. I've installed cerberus, hidden it and made it a system app using Link2SD. From my understanding, now if somebody factory resets my phone it will stay there hidden. But somebody can still acces recovery mode or S/W mode and flash a new ROM which will wipe the whole system including cerberus. Is there any way for me to ,i don't know, lock this modes with a password or something ? My last phone got stolen so i am super sensitive when it comes to countermeassures.
HEllo, i have Reddmi note 4 global
With Lineage 14.1 + Franco KERNEL + MAGISK.v16
make ALL the WIPES BUT the unlock pattern he keeps asking me when turning on the device or in TWRP.
also my name appears...
What happens if tomorrow I want to sell it? I should give this information to the buyer..
I would like to remove this pattern forever, every time the device is started, and I even ask for it in the TWRP.
it's possible?
Try formatting the data partition. Format - not wipe.
PS: this will also wipe all data on your internal memory - so you had better have all that data backed up.
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I would like to remove this pattern forever, every time the device is started, and I even ask for it in the TWRP.
it's possible?
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It is - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76269572&postcount=4476
Hi, thanks to both, I managed to fix it, re-activating the fingerprint and disabling the start option. Then I turned it off again.
You have to remove the safe startup option.
Greetings and thanks.
Hey hey,
I have a problem with the encryption on my ROG Phone.
Whenever I get a new device, one of the first things I do is to enable the requirement of a password before booting.
This worked for a while but is now miraculously disabled with apparently no way of enabling it?
Before I could only see a black screen where I was prompted to enter my password. Nothing else worked, which is desired.
Now after having changed exactly nothing myself it boots completely on its own without the need of a password and then asks for one to access the phone.
I feel that this is a security risk. Any know ways of fixing this except for a factory reset?
Iceursus