Hello guys,
I broke my Galaxy Note 3's screen completely (touch&display doesn't work) and I want to extract files from it.
I have a pattern passcode lock that I need to pass in order to extract the files. (The phone works perfectly only the screen is dead)
I tried using pattern scripts to unlock the phone using adb and nothing worked.
Do you know of a way to cast the device's screen onto my PC/Mac without installing an app or anything? Also the phone is rooted & has a custom rom on it (cyonegenmod) but I never enabled the option of root in ADB in the settings so I can't get a root shell on it to delete the pattern lock...
What can I do?
Anyone know what I can do about this?
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Hi,
I did a bunch of search strings on here and Google to try and find a solution to my problem to no avail. I really hope you guys can help.
My device: Galaxy Note 3 - N900W8 - Rooted and Unlocked (RegionLock Away 1.3)
My Problem:
I'm trying to connect the device to my works account via Exchange ActiveSync. My company forces encryption on the device as part of the setup processes. When I try to Encrypt the device (Fast Encrypt or not) it shows the Encryption Android dude (Green) as if it's going to start and then the phone just turns off and reboots.
Any ideas what the issue could be? Is it possible that because the phone is rooted, the security settings that my works places on it doesn't like it?
Thanks.
H
Hi, I was experiencing the same thing, I was playing with the encryption and now my lock screen pattern and pin is not an option anymore and I have to use the encryption password, when my device is not even encrypted! I cannot decrypt because every time I go into the Encrypt device option, It goes back to rebooting just like you mention. Anybody can help?
Thanks,
T2
Hey fellas! I'm having an embarrassing, kinda weird but yet simple problem...
First of all, you need to know I disabled the system default keyboard to use exclusively Smart Keyboard Pro. Everything was going good, as IME's always had worked as expected, until now.
Last night phone run out of battery and shut down. When I turned it back on, I tried to put the password and I've encountered a very particular issue: Only Google Voice was available, which is exactly the IME that doesn't work at the lock screen. Obviously, I can't switch to SKP as the device is locked and ADB won't recognize my phone (didn't tried Download mode yet).
What can I do to fix this? I tried to run Shell commands on TWRP Terminal but none of them worked ("sh: [cmd]: not found").
Maybe enable/set default SKP from ADB? Disable Google Voice? Delete password flashing some zip file?
DISCLAIMER: I know exactly what the password is, I'm only trying to fix this (honestly very stupid) issue!
Success!
Thanks for all the replies!
As shiryd suggested, I finally found the right zip file to get rid of the password.
Nice!
Hello to all,
i have an xperia z3 compact and i left it out of use for a while due to broken screen, i finally changed the screen but realised that i have forgotten the lock pattern.
Any way to unlock it without losing my data in the internal memory?
If it helps and if i remember correctly,
1) i had usb debugging and developer options enabled
2) i haven't rooted it (for sure).
3) phone has kept the credentials for my wifi, gmail, etc, so it's connected when i turn it on (and of course i have those credentials).
4) it probably has android 6 (marshmallow) installed.
5) i tried with "find my device" from google, and while it sees my phone, it says "Find My Device is turned off" so the option for locking it anew is greyed out and i can't access it, so this method doesn't work.
Any ideas? is it possible to bypass the pattern and get inside to get my stuff and apps?
thank you to anyone reading this and wanting to help me out.
I don't think that's quite possible. The few ways to bypass the lock have pretty much disappeared with recent Android versions.
Best of luck!
thank you, i'm so frustrated. At first i wanted to save my data and bypass the pattern, now i just want to be able to use my phone again even if i lose the data and i can't even do that!
There is no hard reset for this model!
I just can't believe that there isn't any way possible to get back your phone if you forgot your pattern!
no way to have recovery or TWRP in a locked phone with usb debugging on?
no way to push adb commands?
There should be something for situations like that
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus (SM-G965F) (Android Pie 9.0) and I rooted my phone by using Magisk, after that I cannot setup PIN or pattern. After I setup PIN/pattern and I go to add biometrics screen, when I confirm my PIN/pattern, there's a popup tell me that "PIN/pattern is incorrect."
How I root my phone ?
1. Flash stock Android Pie firmware via Odin
2. Flash TWRP recovery
3. Boot into TWRP
4. Wipe data
5. Flash RMM-State_Bypass_Mesa_v2.zip
6. Flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-samsung-1.0.zip
7. Flash kernel ElementalX-S9-2.01.zip
8. Flash root file Magisk-v18.0.zip
9. Reboot
Did I do something wrong ?
OMG! Finally I've found someone reporting the same issue! My situation is a bit different, but the result is the same as yours. I have a Samsung Galaxy S9 (SM-G960F), and here are a few things worth noting:
I flashed the latest Pie-based firmware for the LUX-region from updato.com through ODIN
I flashed twrp-3.3.0-0-starlte.img.tar through ODIN
I tried flashing both no-verity-opt-encrypt-samsung-1.0.zip and no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0.zip, and I flashed RMM-State_Bypass_Mesa_v2.zip
I did not flash a custom kernel
Finally, I flashed Magisk v19.2.zip
Everything seemed to work just fine (during my limited time on Pie), but I encountered the same weird behaviour as you when trying to set up my fingerprint. If I dared to reboot my phone after that, it got stuck in some weird loop where the SIM unlock screen will show for a split second, and then turn off again for a moment. That pattern was repeated continuously, and sometimes it rebooted itself. I could basically not get back into my phone.
Please, PLEASE, tell me you've figured this out!? Or if not you, then somebody else. For now, I've restored the backup I made through TWRP prior to flashing Android Pie, so I'm back to a rooted version of Android Oreo. I'll probably stay there unless I have a solution for this problem, cause I just can't see myself using my phone without root access.
The joys of being a power user...
Same problem
I'm using a Samsung S9 (SM-G9600) and my rooting process was quite the same as yours. Phone works just fine, but I can't seem to set any kind of lock screen (including fingerprints, which forbids me from using fingerprint unlock on other apps too).
It's Samsung security stuff, you'd have to remove it to be able to use security again.
As to what exactly you need to remove, I'm not really sure.
Anyone got any updates? I got the same problem. I tried removing the *.key files in twrp to reset the Pin. It does work and it resets the pin asking for a new one but when i set it to 0000 and try to register a fingerprint it says the pin is incorrect.
I have a Motorola G Power (2021) that suddenly rebooted, without warning. When it powered back on the lock screen would not accept the PIN code that I have always used. I know that I am definitely using the correct code but something glitched and now I am locked out of my phone.
Doing a factory reset is NOT an option because my only recording of a loved one's voice/our final conversation before her death is on a file on the phone. So I cannot and will not do a factory reset to skip the code, or I lose that file.
I could easily transfer that file to my laptop via USB first and then do a factory reset, as everything else that matters on that phone – such as photos and videos – is backed up via Google and able to be restored. The audio file is not backed up to Google because it is from an app that does not back up to Google.
Unfortunately, when I connect the cell phone to the laptop, it does not show up because the default setting on the phone when USB is connected is set to charging, not file transfer. To change that setting, I have to enter the lock code... which no longer works.
So, I desperately need help figuring out how to get the laptop to recognize the cell phone and allow me to transfer the audio file off of it, without being able to get through the lock screen to change the USB settings... or how to bypass the lock screen without a working PIN.
I have Android Studio and I know that there are workarounds for phones that have Android Debugging enabled, which mine does. I just need someone knowledgeable to walk me through this.
HELP... PLEASE???
most likely that was only crashing/hot reboot otherwise google backup wouldn't work.
if you cold reboot the phone your files stay encrypted and can not accessed remotely, unless decrypted with lock screen pin.
on the other hand cold reboot might circumvent the deny of correct PIN (in case it was minor issue just caused by crash).
I think it's a patt situation. you will lose all files no matter what you try to get in. I would just do nothing for 24 hours and keep it charged.
if you have usb-debugging authorized you can try to access files from adb. first thing, backup your %UserProfile%\.android\adbkey.pub from all your computers you ever have connected the phone (important)
install usb drivers and download platform-tools, then type from cmd.exe
Code:
adb devices
adb pull -a /sdcard