Hi there,
i need some help,
i've got my dads sony ericsson xperia x10 mini pro phone, sadly he passed away 13weeks ago
i tried to work out what his pattern lock was but did it wrong far too many times, now its asking me for his googlemail login details, well as u can see i cant ask him... i can not access any part of the phone to do a restore as i need the details to login..
so can any body help me on doing a hard restore as ive tried holding the left and right buttons whilst pressing the power button but no luck...
i need to get in to the phone so i can use it as mine is now broken,
can
anybody shed some light on what to do that s not going to cost me any money,
thanks
Tubby,
Moved it to the right forum for you buddy.
Why you can't ask him? At least ask him to put the password and then you deactivate the security lock.
Felimenta97 said:
Why you can't ask him? At least ask him to put the password and then you deactivate the security lock.
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If you re read my original post you will see that i had said he has passed away..
So asking him is a impossible thing to do
Tubby-mummy said:
If you re read my original post you will see that i had said he has passed away..
So asking him is a impossible thing to do
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Oh, really sorry. Really, really sorry, I didn't get at first. Sometimes my english is awful. Do you know if he had recovery installed? Try to reboot in recovery and do a backup in case you want to keep any app or it's configs.. Then enter factory reset, reboot phone. Everything right, install App Extractor and recover the apps you want from the recovery.
In case he hadn't any recovery, I think the only option is reinstall Android, using SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service).
Again, sorry for the thing I said in my earlier post.
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I dont know what he had on the phone, ive got his sd card with all his pics etc so not worried about losing anything,
i cant get into any thing on the phone as it says pattern entered wrong too many times please enter googlemail and password, well i can not get past that, all i can do it call 999 ...
ive connected the phone via usb to my notepad but when i click on the usb via my computer it says to insert a disk to disk drive??
i honestly have no idea what to do, ive tried to download the sony ericsson pc suite but where i use a internet dongle it dont download...
i dont want to pay for the phone to b reset when i know i can do it myself some how and places round here have said they'd charge £50-£60 just to do it!!!!
and honestly it fine, no need to apologize so much, was a simple miss read,
so i know this topic probably been issued many times over google and this page but no one gave a solution to our hands.
I found myself in a situation where my beatup galaxy s2 (gt.i9100) HOME BuTTON NOT working AND sience yesterday im stuck
on a loop on startup S logo. sometimes it gets thru to pin type, but tells me there is some kind of UID inosense.i looked it up and i have to delete my partitions and restore the phone-SO MY QUESTION IS...HOW DO I GET TO DOWNLOAD MODE VIA COMPUTER TO RECOVER THE PHONE...REMEBER NO HOME BUTTON...AND PLEASE DONT TELL ME ODIN COUSE THAT IS FOR FLASHING PURPOSES.
i know u can do it via cwm but my phone wont start...so i need a computer-like solution...
Thanks to the guy who gives me a straight anwser....google doest have it..
ErZahani said:
so i know this topic probably been issued many times over google and this page but no one gave a solution to our hands.
I found myself in a situation where my beatup galaxy s2 (gt.i9100) HOME BuTTON NOT working AND sience yesterday im stuck
on a loop on startup S logo. sometimes it gets thru to pin type, but tells me there is some kind of UID inosense.i looked it up and i have to delete my partitions and restore the phone-SO MY QUESTION IS...HOW DO I GET TO DOWNLOAD MODE VIA COMPUTER TO RECOVER THE PHONE...REMEBER NO HOME BUTTON...AND PLEASE DONT TELL ME ODIN COUSE THAT IS FOR FLASHING PURPOSES.
i know u can do it via cwm but my phone wont start...so i need a computer-like solution...
Thanks to the guy who gives me a straight anwser....google doest have it..
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Alright, so I myself am a Motorola guy myself, but I do have some experience with Samsung..
You don't really have that many options here. If you were able to get into cwm, then by all means you could recover all of your data. But really, all you can do here is restore with odin. You're pretty much out of luck. Sorry
I have an E970 which I have loved over the past 16 months. Love it. It's not rooted or modded in any way, but I had it set up real nice.
I was at the hospital emergency room yesterday visiting someone and had some time to kill, so I updated some apps that needed updating. I did this over LTE, not hospital WIFI. I mention this because of what happened next.
Last night I started getting an error message when I attempted to get into the settings: "unfortunately settings has stopped." Everything else looked normal at this point.
Of course, the first thing I did was reboot and there was no change.
So, I did a little research and the suggestion was:
1) something you installed or updated last messed it up, try uninstalling the updates.
2) try putting the phone into safe mode and see if it works.
So I uninstalled the apps I had updated while at the hospital. Swiftkey keyboard, Chrome, Dolphin, the MyAT&T app (never used), and some others. About 12 in all. No dice, settings was still not working.
So after another reboot, I put the phone into safe mode (which I didn't know existed on Android). It took a long time to reboot into safe mode, much longer than a normal reboot. Settings was still not working. Same errror. Thats when things got worse.
Rebooted back out of safe mode. It still took a long time to reboot. Now not only does settings not work, but now the notification area on the top of the screen is gone, the notiication shade is now gone, and long pressing home does not bring up task manager. I am able to get into the settings for the home screen and the lock screen via the menu key. I cannot access sound settings or wifi or anything else in settings. I also lost my wallpaper. The LG launcher was still working as was the LG lock screen. All else looks fine, my MMS, contacts, email, etc.
This morning, I tried rebooting again. Now the phone won't boot past the white AT&T logo after the animation and sound plays.
I tried removing the sim and the sd card. No change. No boot.
What the hell happened to my phone and what should I do?
At this point I realize I'm probably going to lose everything in my phone memory, and I'm at peace with that. I had my photos and media all on my SD card, but my contacts and my text messages from the last 16 months are going to be gone.
I am not versed in rooting or recovery, though I am actually very technical. I would appreciate any assistance anyone could give. Thank you.
jaytee23 said:
I have an E970 which I have loved over the past 16 months. Love it. It's not rooted or modded in any way, but I had it set up real nice.
I was at the hospital emergency room yesterday visiting someone and had some time to kill, so I updated some apps that needed updating. I did this over LTE, not hospital WIFI. I mention this because of what happened next.
Last night I started getting an error message when I attempted to get into the settings: "unfortunately settings has stopped." Everything else looked normal at this point.
Of course, the first thing I did was reboot and there was no change.
So, I did a little research and the suggestion was:
1) something you installed or updated last messed it up, try uninstalling the updates.
2) try putting the phone into safe mode and see if it works.
So I uninstalled the apps I had updated while at the hospital. Swiftkey keyboard, Chrome, Dolphin, the MyAT&T app (never used), and some others. About 12 in all. No dice, settings was still not working.
So after another reboot, I put the phone into safe mode (which I didn't know existed on Android). It took a long time to reboot into safe mode, much longer than a normal reboot. Settings was still not working. Same errror. Thats when things got worse.
Rebooted back out of safe mode. It still took a long time to reboot. Now not only does settings not work, but now the notification area on the top of the screen is gone, the notiication shade is now gone, and long pressing home does not bring up task manager. I am able to get into the settings for the home screen and the lock screen via the menu key. I cannot access sound settings or wifi or anything else in settings. I also lost my wallpaper. The LG launcher was still working as was the LG lock screen. All else looks fine, my MMS, contacts, email, etc.
This morning, I tried rebooting again. Now the phone won't boot past the white AT&T logo after the animation and sound plays.
I tried removing the sim and the sd card. No change. No boot.
What the hell happened to my phone and what should I do?
At this point I realize I'm probably going to lose everything in my phone memory, and I'm at peace with that. I had my photos and media all on my SD card, but my contacts and my text messages from the last 16 months are going to be gone.
I am not versed in rooting or recovery, though I am actually very technical. I would appreciate any assistance anyone could give. Thank you.
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Two option that I can think are a factory reset and restoring with a program named lgnpst.
Factory reset would be simplest if it works, but will definitely wipe your phone.
Using lgnpst usually doesn't wipe the phone. Let me know how you want to proceed.
adfurgerson said:
Two option that I can think are a factory reset and restoring with a program named lgnpst.
Factory reset would be simplest if it works, but will definitely wipe your phone.
Using lgnpst usually doesn't wipe the phone. Let me know how you want to proceed.
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First of all, thank you very much for replying!
LGNPST doesn't wipe the phone? Well, I'm all for that if it works. Boy, I thought for sure I was 100% going to lose everything. Now at least maybe there is a tiny chance of not losing everything.
I had joined the lg-optimus-g irc and user autoprime directed me to the guide there. I downloaded and installed tSilenzio's Automated LGNPST already. I was going to use it to flash the stock rom, but I didn't do that yet. Is that what you need me to do with LGNPST, flash the stock rom or does LGNPST have other options? Please let me know, I'll wait for your reply, sir!
jaytee23 said:
First of all, thank you very much for replying!
LGNPST doesn't wipe the phone? Well, I'm all for that if it works. Boy, I thought for sure I was 100% going to lose everything. Now at least maybe there is a tiny chance of not losing everything.
I had joined the lg-optimus-g irc and user autoprime directed me to the guide there. I downloaded and installed tSilenzio's Automated LGNPST already. I was going to use it to flash the stock rom, but I didn't do that yet. Is that what you need me to do with LGNPST, flash the stock rom or does LGNPST have other options? Please let me know, I'll wait for your reply, sir!
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I would use the stock firmware posted by g33k3r, it is a zip that contains a tot file which you rename to .bin for use with lgnpst. If afterwards you want to try custom ROMs we can go from there.
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I would use the stock firmware posted by g33k3r, it is a zip that contains a tot file which you rename to .bin for use with lgnpst. If afterwards you want to try custom ROMs we can go from there.
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I'm downloading LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock.bin.zip right now. It's a super slow download though...
Let me see if I can find the one from g33k3r...
jaytee23 said:
I'm downloading LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock.bin.zip right now. It's a super slow download though...
Let me see if I can find the one from g33k3r...
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http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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I would use the stock firmware posted by g33k3r, it is a zip that contains a tot file which you rename to .bin for use with lgnpst. If afterwards you want to try custom ROMs we can go from there.
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Is this the file you wanted me to dl?
LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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I found it just before you posted that... DLing now.....
So flashing this *may* repair my phone without losing everything? I'm guessing it will overwrite all the Android OS, LG and AT&T files?
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Is this the file you wanted me to dl?
LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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Is it a .tot file when unzipped? If so it should be right.
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http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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got it, unzipping now... I also need to reboot my PC since I haven't done that since installing LGNPST...
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Is it a .tot file when unzipped? If so it should be right.
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aw crap, i just ran LGNPST and the com port is not showing up.. the instructions say that a com port should show up in the list
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Is it a .tot file when unzipped? If so it should be right.
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or does the com port only show up when the phone is attached?
jaytee23 said:
aw crap, i just ran LGNPST and the com port is not showing up.. the instructions say that a com port should show up in the list
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Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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on it... hold on...
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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okay, the phone is in download mode and plugged in... it showed up in LGNPST on COM4
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Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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I selected the DLL and the BIN file.. i'm guessing i'm ready for the transfer?
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Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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is there a way to use LGNPST to try to back up my phone book before I flash this?
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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I think i'm screwed.. I did the flash, it rebooted, but is stuck on white AT&T screen...
I think I have to do the factory reset.
well, that's it. did the factory reset. that worked.
>sigh<
the only stuff I wish I could have saved would have been the contacts and the text messages. They are gone now.
Thank you, adfurgerson, for the hand holding. I appreciate it!
jaytee23 said:
got it, unzipping now... I also need to reboot my PC since I haven't done that since installing LGNPST...
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Sorry I didn't reply back of was set for email alerts but they didn't come through. Your contacts don't sync to google.?
hello xda,
i was wondering if ever i could put a password on boot to recovery or download,
in order to prevent stealing my phone and doing a hard reset easily with the recovery
i searched almost all the internet and found topics back to 2009 but nothing useful
hope developers will put this idea under concideration and sorry for bad langage.
nouninou said:
hello xda,
i was wondering if ever i could put a password on boot to recovery or download,
in order to prevent stealing my phone and doing a hard reset easily with the recovery
i searched almost all the internet and found topics back to 2009 but nothing useful
hope developers will put this idea under concideration and sorry for bad langage.
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I know if u encrypt your device u need a password to get into recovey but theres know way to put a password on download mode
ok thanks, i'll try this
I bought a pre-owned swift2. The previous owner had a google account which he told me he had removed the phone from his account, but when I try to set the phone up it wants me to use a previously synced account and wont let mr do anything else or let me see any other screens. I have done a hard reset but no difference. can anyone help please.
so you can't get to do a factory reset? whenever i've had a new phone it asks to use a google account, copy from another phone or skip and start fresh. you don't have that option?
ask the previous owner to take the phone off his google account. if he still has it in his name it might cause problems.
Andrew Joseph said:
so you can't get to do a factory reset? whenever i've had a new phone it asks to use a google account, copy from another phone or skip and start fresh. you don't have that option?
ask the previous owner to take the phone off his google account. if he still has it in his name it might cause problems.
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I have done a hard reset then try to set up the phone by trying both copy data and set up as new ( I don't have a skip option on this screen) when I enter my details I get a message saying unable to sign in to the device due to an unknown error try another
e mail or try again in 24 hours. Do you think I am doing something wrong?
i'm not sure if it's your fault or not. possibly the original owner not cleared the phone, possibly the phone not done a factory reset. try to get into recovery mode to do a factory reset.
you COULD try this - https://forum.xda-developers.com/swift-2/how-to/how-to-unbrick-marmite-t3674952
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you COULD try this - https://forum.xda-developers.com/swift-2/how-to/how-to-unbrick-marmite-t3674952
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Thank you for this option. I am a complete novice to doing anything to the software on a phone so I am going to ask a silly question. Is this easy to do ?
damneddoug said:
Thank you for this option. I am a complete novice to doing anything to the software on a phone so I am going to ask a silly question. Is this easy to do ?
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I didn't have much issue as long as you follow the instructions you should be fine
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I didn't have much issue as long as you follow the instructions you should be fine
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Thank you I will try this at the weekend.
Hi, after some help.
I have a wileyfox swift 2 phone & cannot get past the Google account verification screen. I've watched so many YouTube videos but nothing seems to be the same on my phone as it is in the videos... Can anyone help?!!