So yesterday my brother-in-law gave me his old Galaxy S 4.
He forgot to tell me that the screen is still locked with a pin.
I thought installing the latest software through Odin would remove the screen lock, but no luck.
I searched through the forum and have not found a single thread on solving this.
Can anyone help me solve this conundrum?
A factory reset should remove it unless it is a samsung account lock
Matthew M. said:
A factory reset should remove it unless it is a samsung account lock
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The problem is the only way I know how to perform a factory reset with the screen locked is through recovery. No matter how much I try the device will not boot into recovery. Any other ways to perform a wipe?
Snowby123 said:
The problem is the only way I know how to perform a factory reset with the screen locked is through recovery. No matter how much I try the device will not boot into recovery. Any other ways to perform a wipe?
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After a full odin flash it should replace the recovery and allow you in. If not then I don't think you can get in unless it has adb enabled with root
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Ive locked myself out of my phone is there any way to by-pass it?
I think there is an option to send it to your email id.
Rich_RH said:
Ive locked myself out of my phone is there any way to by-pass it?
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sim card? or exactly device ?
Pin for my device not my sim
Rich_RH said:
Pin for my device not my sim
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oh is no problem !
just tern off the phone....... hold power+vol up+ home....>wipe everything
sorry you will lose all your data
Just wondering is there anyway for me to recover my contacts or sms's?
Rich_RH said:
Just wondering is there anyway for me to recover my contacts or sms's?
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dont worry about contacts ! (google will return back, when you will sigh in)
but you will lose all sms's....
I have nandroid backups but all seem to have a lock on it so what can I do?
Rich_RH said:
I have nandroid backups but all seem to have a lock on it so what can I do?
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tern off - device.
hold vol up+home+power >>>>wipe everything..
after wipe., restart the phone...and you will get clean Rom like first time
you can delete your nondroid back up (if you forgot the password), make new one again.
tried wiping through CWM no dice, flashed back to generic rom, tried to wipe it through there then it asks me for my password gg.
Rich_RH said:
tried wiping through CWM no dice.
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come on man !!
in recovery:
wipe data/factory reset
wipe chache partition
go to advenced:
wipe dalvik cache
wipe battery stats
restart phone, and wait until is load.
People have reported that you can't remove the password by doing a factory reset. I was quite surprised by this myself, but have found a way to do it. I've never forgotten my password (I have a pattern, rather than a pin/password), but I've flashed a few kernels and have noticed that whatever pattern I use will work, until I set it again.
Try flashing a new kernel and see if that helps. Like I said, I use a pattern so I don't know if it will work for a pin or password.
Good luck mate
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People have reported that you can't remove the password by doing a factory reset. I was quite surprised by this myself, but have found a way to do it. I've never forgotten my password (I have a pattern, rather than a pin/password), but I've flashed a few kernels and have noticed that whatever pattern I use will work, until I set it again.
Try flashing a new kernel and see if that helps. Like I said, I use a pattern so I don't know if it will work for a pin or password.
Good luck mate
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yes or flash any rom with custom kernel !
No dice either, I'm pretty sure I didnt forget my password either, its full of **** i reckon. I typed my password in and my girlfriend saw me set it up plus it even asked me to confirm the password which I did now it wont let me in wtf?
Edit: Tried all of the above no dice.
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No dice either, I'm pretty sure I didnt forget my password either, its full of **** i reckon. I typed my password in and my girlfriend saw me set it up plus it even asked me to confirm the password which I did now it wont let me in wtf?
Edit: Tried all of the above no dice.
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dude maybe call to samsung ?
Rich_RH said:
No dice either, I'm pretty sure I didnt forget my password either, its full of **** i reckon. I typed my password in and my girlfriend saw me set it up plus it even asked me to confirm the password which I did now it wont let me in wtf?
Edit: Tried all of the above no dice.
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same problem here did you resolve this?
Hmm, CWM flash didn't do it, id try flashing through ODIN, just flash a completely new stock rom through odin
unleashed12 said:
Hmm, CWM flash didn't do it, id try flashing through ODIN, just flash a completely new stock rom through odin
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Tried that dont work only way i can get into my phone is to flash cm7 ! For some reason that rom dont see the password from fresh ?!? only thing ive not done is flashed odin and re partioned ?!?
The lock passwords, pins, and patterns are saved on the /efs partition which is not touched during flashing. That is why flashing is not fixing anything
CM7 would bypass it since it uses the original Android lock setup not the Samsung modified.
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The lock passwords, pins, and patterns are saved on the /efs partition which is not touched during flashing. That is why flashing is not fixing anything
CM7 would bypass it since it uses the original Android lock setup not the Samsung modified.
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Yep thought that was the problem after having a poke around my phone last night, now luckly I have a backup of that folder on my computer so will see about restoring these file and going from there.
again thanks for the tip
I have AndroidLost on my phone and recently it decided to go haywire, set a password on my phone then lock itself. I've verified this wasn't malicious, outside activity - none of my accounts have been hacked. I've done a backup, and that hasn't solved my issue, is there anyway I can, with root, unlock my phone?
You should be able to unlock it using your Google account, failing that, you're likely looking at data loss by factory resetting and overloading it with wrong passwords.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17039887#post17039887
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You should be able to unlock it using your Google account, failing that, you're likely looking at data loss by factory resetting and overloading it with wrong passwords.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17039887#post17039887
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This option would be for people that can access their phone, I cannot.
It's for recovery mode. You can't even get into that?
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It's for recovery mode. You can't even get into that?
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I can access that. What am I doing in there though?
It's written in the thread linked above.
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Got it to work!
Basically, the post oinkylicious linked to had the solution. The password/PIN they are referring to is the one that we are prompted to enter when trying to do a data/factory reset from stock recovery. After a number of tries it will say that if you type the password wrong once more it might delete contents on your SD card. What I did was remove the SD card, and continue to enter wrong passwords. After a while it will the show some text (can't remember what), and let you go through with the data/factory reset.
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It's for recovery mode. You can't even get into that?
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It's written in the thread linked above.
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I've done a factory reset via the Recovery menu. Restoring a back up now.
Hello,
If i want to sell my device and be 100% sure to delete all files.
What is the best thing to do?
Cause when i just delete storage it still says xx GB is used.
How to clean the entire phones of all files?
Thanks!
Boot into Bootloader, and apply factory reset. when you reboot the phone, it is like a new one which has just come out of the box.
Schumi 01 said:
Boot into Bootloader, and apply factory reset. when you reboot the phone, it is like a new one which has just come out of the box.
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Oke today i wanted to send it away.
But when i go in bootloader and fac reset it just boots into TWRP
I have the stuff in my sig on the phone, how to return it to stock?
Hope someone can guide me in the right direction
Hi,
I tried rooting my phone for the first time today and it didn't go as planned.
I used this tutorial: /watch?v=gIeq8Jx28cs
In part 1 everything went great, but in this part: /watch?v=80lMHUgxwww there is a problem.
I can't go into the recovery mode. My phone did a factory reset after the "root" and now I don't have anything on the phone.
BTW it says that the phone is unlocked, but it isn't rooted. I need help ASAP. Thanks in advance.
Brownstone221 said:
Hi,
I tried rooting my phone for the first time today and it didn't go as planned.
I used this tutorial: /watch?v=gIeq8Jx28cs
In part 1 everything went great, but in this part: /watch?v=80lMHUgxwww there is a problem.
I can't go into the recovery mode. My phone did a factory reset after the "root" and now I don't have anything on the phone.
BTW it says that the phone is unlocked, but it isn't rooted. I need help ASAP. Thanks in advance.
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Unlocked means your bootloader is unlocked, and you probably flashed your recovery wrong or forgot to flash it altogether. Try reflashing it.
(It probably did a factory reset because when you press recovery while running stock recovery, it automatically does a factory reset).
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Unlocked means your bootloader is unlocked, and you probably flashed your recovery wrong or forgot to flash it altogether. Try reflashing it.
(It probably did a factory reset because when you press recovery while running stock recovery, it automatically does a factory reset).
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Can you be more specific about what I need to do? I'm pretty noobish at these things if you haven't noticed
And is there a way to get my apps back? I had like $40 worth of paid apps on there.
read this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2066390
flash recovery before pushing SuperSU
P.S. All of your apps are in Google Play, just redownload them
Anyone know how to remove the passcode? I just forgot my passcode and can't remember what it was.
himu33 said:
Anyone know how to remove the passcode? I just forgot my passcode and can't remember what it was.
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If u have entered wrong passcode then there should be an option for security question at the bottom. Tap it. Answer the question that you've set during setting up your passcode then reset passcode.if you also have forgotten your security question answer then idk you need to search out google.
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If u have entered wrong passcode then there should be an option for security question at the bottom. Tap it. Answer the question that you've set during setting up your passcode then reset passcode.if you also have forgotten your security question answer then idk you need to search out google.
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That's a problem . I didn't set up any Security code
himu33 said:
That's a problem . I didn't set up any Security code
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So there nothing shows at bottom when you enter wrong passcode?
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So there nothing shows at bottom when you enter wrong passcode?
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No
himu33 said:
No
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Then you may need to boot into recovery and factory reset your device that's the only option
riley jes said:
Then you may need to boot into recovery and factory reset your device that's the only option
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I tried that.. The device wants password when i try to factory reset on recovery mode..now i am finding a way to unlockthe bootloader of this phone..then i can install twrp recover.. If i succeed then i can reset the phone but after many search i hadn't found a way to unlock the bootloader
himu33 said:
I tried that.. The device wants password when i try to factory reset on recovery mode..now i am finding a way to unlockthe bootloader of this phone..then i can install twrp recover.. If i succeed then i can reset the phone but after many search i hadn't found a way to unlock the bootloader
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Here how to unlock bootloader https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-3-pro/how-to/guide-unlock-bootloader-install-twrp-t3938845 proceed with caution! Don't skip any steps or you may end up bricking device
My phone realme 3 pro is lock how to forget password
riley jes said:
Here how to unlock bootloader https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-3-pro/how-to/guide-unlock-bootloader-install-twrp-t3938845 proceed with caution! Don't skip any steps or you may end up bricking device
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I have the same problem and need any solution if someone could be of any help. BTW This won't work as we cannot enter our phones and I believe to install apk we must be able to use our phones.