Ok, so I have a serious problem... My phone is locked and when I touch the text bar to enter the password, no keyboard comes up. Important information:
- I just upgraded to jelly bean (the official one that came out today)
- as far as I can tell, everything is working fine, i just can't unlock it
- when I touch the text bar, it makes a noise, but no keyboard comes up
- was working fine immediately after the upgrade
- I got done fixing some settings and locked the screen
- this may have something to do with changing the default keyboard to Google Keyboard (it was acting a little funny immidiately after, like it was crashing)
- I have Android Lost installed, the unlock function isn't working, but others do work
- phone is encrypted
Unless someone has some ideas for me within the next couple hours, I'm going to wipe the phone. Obviously, I would prefer to not do that.
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EDIT:
I've managed to use Android Lost to make some backups of some stuff, but I'm still trying to figure out how to unlock the screen. I've found that I'm able to install apps remotely from google play if that gives gives anyone some ideas.
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I had another idea. If this is a problem with the keyboard, is there a way for me to change it remotely? Can I install another one via the store?
Alright... I gave up on trying to get passed the lock screen and tried doing a factory reset. I was afraid of the super brick issue, so instead of doing a wipe in recovery mode, I used Kies to reflash it. However, that did nothing. The phone started back up and acted like nothing happened. It asked me for the same password, then got to the lock screen and had the same keyboard issue.
I've tried various roms, but nothing seems to wipe the encrypted information properly. At some point, I got it to forget the password, but it still thinks that one exists. I even rooted it and tried shostock3, but when it boots, it asks for a password. The old password doesn't work, so I can't get passed it. I tried entering the "wrong" password many times and it said it would wipe the phone, but it just restarted to the SAMSUNG boot screen and just sat there. I pulled the battery after half an hour...
I should note that stock gingerbread seems to work fine...
Does anyone have any ideas on how to wipe the encrypted data?
If you can push apps to it, try pushing an app like no lock or something.
Short answer: No.
It is probable that encryption information is stored in the efs (encrypted file system) folder. That's where the imei and other critical stuff is stored. I don't believe anyone who posts here in the I777 forum really has a grasp on how phone encryption works though. I've only seen one other person post here who had an issue with an encrypted phone, and he was unable to solve his problem as far as I know.
If you have a proper backup of the efs partition from before the phone was encrypted, it is possible that you could solve the problem by restoring that partition. But I'm not even sure you could write to that section of the phone memory with adb with the phone in it's current state. Edit: if you can boot into stock gingerbread normally, then you can restore an efs backup, if you have one.
I'm guessing you could send it to Samsung and they could fix it for you probably.
I finally got it working. I'm not sure what combination of things did it, but I had to restore it to stock jelly bean (via kies) to get it to wipe the encryption. I guess the stock rom knows how to properly wipe it when you keep entering the wrong password. After I got it all cleaned up, I put shostock3 back on. When the battery charges back up, I'm going to try encrypting it again (in shostock).
However, now I found another issue (may or may not be a real problem). I wanted to check if the phone was still unlocked, so I dialed *#SIMLOCK# and it says "Connection problem or invalid MMI code."
Tada!
Creepy, my good friend, would be referring to me and as you know SCIU I didn't ever get it to unlock the phone. Oddly enough a stock ICS rom (my mom now has my phone right up the road so I may try this to see if it will work and then go back to ShoStock3) works fine. I have nothing hidden from the phone storage, everything shows up, it is actually unlocked and rooted though not a custom bios err firmware/ROM because when that is put on there the encryption issues come back and the password is asked for. If the correct password is entered (and my KEYBOARD comes up but I didn't change it from the Android/Samsung one) it proceeds to enter whatever it is supposed to (my guess is the POST area like on a computer when it is entering Windows/Linux, etc.) but the screen stays black (ShoStock logo doesn't even appear if I remember correctly or it does show then goes to black loading screen with the Samsung logo and that is it, perm stuck). However I did try flashing back to Gingerbread ROMs and ICS ROMs though not through official KIES.
SCIU I may have to give this a try if my mom don't mind it and see if that helps fix the problem. Thanks for starting this thread. I am sorry I didn't respond to the PM you sent me (my LGOG, Triple OG, OG, TRIPLE OG, Optimus G AT&T Phone has screen cracked twice and is unresponsive on two different phones so I sent that in to warranty repair [rapid heating and cooling issues]) and haven't been on XDA for a week. If there is anything else you need to ask or bounce ideas off of me then I am all for it.
As far as encryption goes, the process works the same as any other encryption algorithms used (MD5/HASH/SHA-!, etc.) using a basic replica of most file systems although mobile storage tends to work a tad differently. Unfortunately, the freezer trick, brute force, nor any other cracking methods I was able to try at home worked to get it to open up. I tried getting into the EFS area of the phone but never could get to the directory or have it display.
Again thanks SCIU and as I stated I may give this a try if my mom don't care.
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i've the same problem here but i cann't use kies when my phone is locked .... so what can i do??
rawan-omer said:
i've the same problem here but i cann't use kies when my phone is locked .... so what can i do??
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You can get the full stock jelly bean Odin flashable tar in the Download Repository. See link in my signature. According to sciguy125, flashing stock jb and then inputting repeatedly the wrong password will clear it. I'm not sure how many times it takes, 5 or 10 I think. I've never worked with an encrypted phone. I'm just repeating what I have read others say. I've seen the above posted by at least one other person. You should be able to flash the stock firmware using Odin. The one you want is I777UCMD8
my phone screen is locked (with word password) , Huawei, and the keyboard doesnt show up when i click the box? tried reseting it, cant go to settings whatsoever! i didnt damage my phone in any way either. need help asap!!
moselyy said:
my phone screen is locked (with word password) , Huawei, and the keyboard doesnt show up when i click the box? tried reseting it, cant go to settings whatsoever! i didnt damage my phone in any way either. need help asap!!
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Friend, this is the forum for the S2 (Samsung), so you won't find anything about Huawei devices here - best to ask your question in the forum for your device.
That being said if you are rooted and have a custom recovery, simply power the device off and boot into recovery and perform a factory reset from there. If that doesn't work do a full wipe (this means wiping /system), then re-flash the ROM/gapps.
me too!!! do you have some tips for me?? i almost fainted when i knew that the keyboard isnt working.... i do have a lot of important files in my phone.
Easy, you fools! JUST KIDDING lol Connect an external keyboard. Restart the phone with the keyboard plugged in and you'll have one chance to input the pass every time you restart. Good luck, bosses!
my phone screen is locked (with word password) , SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 3V, and the keyboard doesnt show up when i click the box? tried reseting it, cant go to settings whatsoever! i didnt damage my phone in any way either. need help asap!
My sumsang keyboard has stopped I cannot do nothing because is secure by password can you help please
I got the same problem but everything on my phone is fine except it doesn't let me enter the password I dnt wanna factory reset it cause I got important pictures in it any suggestions on how to get my keyboard working.
Solution that worked for me
Hello all,
I usually don't post things around, but something told me to do this, since I don't see any threads talking about this solution.
My solution was the following:
Went to google play store on my computer via chrome. Logged in to the user attached to my play store and re-installed all keyboard apps I have.
That worked beautifully and hope this helps other people!!
Hi I am currently on stock lollipop 5.1 . I was under the impression that once the device is encrypted with a pin , device protection (kill switch) is activated ie nobody else can access data or erase the phone thus making it useless to a thief. But I can easily access recovery and initiate a full disk wipe if I want to. Then whats the point of device protection and what's going stop a thief from doing that and reusing the phone.
Even the recovery can be flashed using sp flash tool /odin . Then whats the point advertising about a kill switch compared to apple devices
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Hi I am currently on stock lollipop 5.1 . I was under the impression that once the device is encrypted with a pin , device protection (kill switch) is activated ie nobody else can access data or erase the phone thus making it useless to a thief. But I can easily access recovery and initiate a full disk wipe if I want to. Then whats the point of device protection and what's going stop a thief from doing that and reusing the phone.
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There are apps out there that can wipe the phone for you if the password is wrong and the phone is reported lost. Your phone can also be tracked down if you have the IMEI number, just go to your nearest police station and they should be able to track the phone if it's turned on. If my phone was lost or stolen, I'll rather let him reuse the phone after a full wipe than let him access my phone with all my Google account information and other personal stuff still inside my phone. Besides, it's not so often that you're phone gets lost or stolen if you take good care of it.
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Even the recovery can be flashed using sp flash tool /odin . Then whats the point advertising about a kill switch compared to apple devices
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Nobody advertised about a kill switch for Android. If you don't like it so much then go buy an IPhone.
Hi there folks,
I've got a bit of a problem here.
I forgot my unlock pattern so my phone encrypted all my data after a few tries. I remembered the pattern but while decrypting something went wrong.
After startup my phone says my data is corrupt and I have to do a hard reset to get it back running.
Before that I really have to get my data off of it.
So now to the problem, the OnePlus 3 is complete stock. No Root, no unlocked bootloader, USB-Debugging disabled.
The only way to get my data that comes to my mind, is to modify an original Oxygen Rom in that way that it ignores the corrupt data during startup.
I am definitly not able to do this, so I would be really happy if there's another way to my data.
I hope for some good ideas
Cheers
Hi there folks,
I've got a bit of a problem here. As there were no answers previously I'm now willing to pay a fair amount of money to the person fixing the problem without damaging my data.
Now to the problem:
I forgot my unlock pattern so my phone encrypted all my data after a few tries. I remembered the pattern but while decrypting something went wrong.
After startup my phone says my data is corrupt and I have to do a hard reset to get it back running.
I'm pretty sure not all of the data is corrupt, so before a hard reset I really have to get my data off of it.
Unfortunetly, the OnePlus 3 is complete stock. No Root, no unlocked bootloader, USB-Debugging disabled.
The only way to get my data that comes to my mind, is to modify an original Oxygen Rom in that way that it ignores the corrupt data during startup.
I am definitly not able to do this, so I would be really happy if there's another way to my data.
I hope for some good ideas
Cheers
Good evening, I'd like to ask about ways to go ahead and recover my data from a dead phone (xperia xz1 g8341) rooted/unlocked
The device is botting but shuts , dunno if itd because of the missing screen so dont know about visible errors(if i connect the screen the backlights turns on in the intervals it would as if booting from unlocked boatloader warning to Sony logo to system boot animations, but then vibrates as if it was shut so dunno if it is just fully booted or not but bscklight gives up)
Specifically if possible if you can answer any of the following questions
USB-C to laptop screen/input possible?(maybe flash software with fastboot)
Fastboot data download possible?
Ssh through fastboot?
And from experienced devs:
Any tools that i can buy and use to extract my data in case the device is broken?Just specifics on the tool i should be able to find a guide but a quick simplified 1 2 3 profit would be nice
Yes for whoever is wondering it is water damage, managed to crack the the side open when i dropped it in ice last year and dunked it in the toilet yesterday
Im asking some obvious questions since im afraid to boot the phone in case my luck has run out and I short circuit my storage empty plus my knowledge of what this device is capable of is limited, my data is really the only thing im worried about