Hello All,
My dilemma is as follows. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 which is no longer in use, and there is pertinent information I need from this device for an upcoming court date. I can't seem to remember the password I set for the lock screen, the phone has been out of use for sometime now. I never set up a Samsung recovery account, nor did I have a Gmail associated with the phone. Any additional suggestions? Normally I wouldn't care, but as previously stated this is for a child custody case and there are several pieces of information I need off of that phone. This phone is not rooted btw. Any insight is appreciated, thank you in advance!
You need to factory reset from recovery, which erases all data on the device.
That's the only way. And you owned an android device with no Gmail account? So no play store?
Well, that's your answer, and good luck! I'll close this now.
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I bought a used Verizon Samsung galaxy s4 (model sch-i545) online a few weeks ago from ebay for $119.99 and just received it this morning and when i booted it up it won't let me past this Samsung account screen. I created a Samsung account on my PC and registered the galaxy s4 product with the IMEI and I still can't get past this Samsung account screen to set up my new phone, I've tried literally everything for 5 straight hours now with no success. Please I beg you to find it in your heart to guide me past this issue,I have no clue whatsoever what to do,my s3 I had thru Verizon never had this screen on it. I've been working on this issue for 9 straight hours now and the seller refused to either remove his account from it so I can use the phone or even allow me to just do it for him to get this nightmare over with,its not like I want or have a hidden agenda for his petty insignificant login info,I just want to login with the info than clear his info off it and sync it to my account that's all. I have done absolutely everything that's even remotely possible for an amateur tech enthusiast who's learning by trial and error and I am now down to just two hopefully promising tricks left up my sleeve at the moment. I have an android app called DEVELOPMENT SETTINGS (download the apk to another phone then connect both phones together using an otg cord and run the program, it actually works on the host phone so im hopeful)that on its own supposedly opens up the phones settings for me but I unfortunately gave away my only otg cord to a friend 6 months ago so I'm screwed on that option apparently. And my final option is to just have my app developer/Linux code writer/programmer acquaintance guy give it a shot with all his professional programs and whatnot that the general public doesn't typically have access to without cash,credentials,and a college education. Please email me at Mod edit: Email address removed if anyone can please find it in your heart to help an up and coming fellow tech lover out with ur proud vast intellectual prowess and undeniable utmost respectable expertise that ur proud to possess! SHOW ME AND ALL OUR OTHER FELLOW XDA MEMBERS WHO THE REAL TRIED AND TRUE TECH GENIUS IS BY ACCOMPLISHING WHAT ABSOLUTELY NOBODY HAS SO FAR BY FIGURING OUT A BADASS BYPASS FOR THIS INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING CONUNDRUM!!!!!
Please re-write the op if you want anyone to actually help you. Keep it short and to the point and try to use photos. Describe your phone and problem as much as possible while cutting out anything that won't help people understand your situation.(I didn't post this to offend you, just to help you)
Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge | Completely Broken Screen | Need USB Debugging & PC Control
Hello ladies and gentlemen. I am very grateful for the opportunity to be able to use this forum and access the infinite knowledge the community has to offer. Let me start with what I have already read and searched, then I will go into details.
I did a search here, and read the little that was related to my issue. Some of the more relevant threads that started to cover my issue where very old and left off where I needed help. I did not want to necro those posts which lead to the decision to post here. If that was the wrong choice, I do apologize. Some of the topics that turned up results for me are here (had the same issue but wrong goal. Also no replies), here (Was very descriptive and helpful. However I am too much of a novice to understand most of it. Combine that with it being over a year old and one reply, and I get a dead end.), and here (which suggests I can do it with a wireless connection, however my phone has no screen to complete some of the tasks).
I read this, and this. But I am unfamiliar with some of their terms and methods as I mentioned earlier. I have only ever rooted one device in my life and it was thanks to a program. So I have VERY little knowledge on how to use a lot of the tools and knowledge being given to me in a lot of other forums. That's why I am calling on all of you to not give me the answers but teach me so that I can do this on my own and even pass on the tricks I might learn to others in my situation. After all a simple breaking of my phone screen has put a hold on my life. I have no access to my email, my bank account (online), my business website, and every other part of my life that uses 2fa. Why?? Because I can't use my phone to get my codes to login to my accounts. Like every other dummy, I never backed up my "one time use codes" I mean after all I ALWAYS have my phone on me right??? -.-
My Phone is a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. Sadly I do NOT have USB Debugging enabled. I bought the screen glass and was following the advice of a Tutorial that suggested I could separate the glass from the digitizer as my digitizer still worked at that time, when the digitizer snapped. Completely my fault. Now with the phone having NO screen I am left without a phone. But it gets worse because you know my handy dandy PC? Well I've had the OS for over 5 years and decided to do a fresh install. Oh but I really did.... Only to discover what I already knew and had totally forgotten. I needed to re-register all my accounts to the "New Device". Sure no problem just use that phone you always have with you to get your code and login....
I am out of options and getting more and more frustrated by the minute. I don't have enough cash to go buy a new digitizer as they are the same price as the ENTIRE phone is Refurbished. The phone number I had is useless as it was pre-paid and I switched to Metro PCs with my wife's phone. So switching sims to get a one time pass-code isn't going to work. That leaves me with trying to access the phone with no screen, which I know is possible thanks to all of you amazing people.
Im in need of desperate help so if you can teach me anything that would fix my issue I would be forever grateful. Thank you all for taking the time to read this and please just ask me what details I need to provide if I left any out.
Hello All,
I'm needing some tech expertise. Long story short, my sister suddenly passed away and she had a few month old S9+. It's currently locked with Sprint, but I thought about using it to play with. I attempted a reset of the phone so that none of her info would be accessible. When it boots up, it asks for the google account the phone was tied with, which I have no access to. Is there a way to get around this or should I plan on tossing the phone in the trash?
I've been an iOS person, so I have no idea about Android, but I'm fairly tech savvy so rooting or anything like that I would feel comfortable with. I'm open to options or suggestions.
djrabbie303 said:
Hello All,
I'm needing some tech expertise. Long story short, my sister suddenly passed away and she had a few month old S9+. It's currently locked with Sprint, but I thought about using it to play with. I attempted a reset of the phone so that none of her info would be accessible. When it boots up, it asks for the google account the phone was tied with, which I have no access to. Is there a way to get around this or should I plan on tossing the phone in the trash?
I've been an iOS person, so I have no idea about Android, but I'm fairly tech savvy so rooting or anything like that I would feel comfortable with. I'm open to options or suggestions.
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Contact samsung or google and tell them the story and give them proofs. They will help you for sure if you are telling the truth.
I am truly sorry to hear of the loss of your sister...
Thanks for the info. I will contact google tomorrow and see what I can do.
And I wish it wasn’t true, that would mean my sister is still here. I have her death certificate so if google or Samsung needs it, that can be provided. Thanks for the help and the kind words.
Hello all,
In my circle of friends there was a suicide case and I was asked by the family if I would be able to remove a screen lock from a Samsung Galaxy S21. The family can't explain why their son killed himself and would like answers to all their questions. They assume that there is information on the phone or reasons for the suicide.
Are there any serious ways to get around such a block? I don't have much information about the device yet, nor do I currently have it with me. Maybe there are exploits or bruteforce toolkits to bypass the lockscreen. Programs like Tenorshare 4uKey or PassFab Android Unlocker are probably scam or?
I will get the device in the next week and could provide more information then.
Currently the following information is available:
Device Model: Samsung Galaxy S21 5G | Samsung SM-G991B | Android 11 | One UI 3.1
Mobile contract: active
SMS PIN & PUK: available
Google account credentials: available and valid and linked to the device but no backups available in Google Drive
Samsung account credentials: present and valid but not associated with the device so no backups available
Does the approach via Kali Nethunter and a HID keyboard attack work with a current Android Samsung Galaxy S21 bruteforcing or do you always get into the temporally increasing lock?
A data recovery $pecialist might be able to, ask the police for assistance.
Find the password for the lockscreen, or maybe through their Gmail or Samsung accounts, again passwords needed.
I think if they wanted you in the phone they would have unlocked it...
blackhawk said:
A data recovery $pecialist might be able to, ask the police for assistance.
Find the password for the lockscreen, or maybe through their Gmail or Samsung accounts, again passwords needed.
I think if they wanted you in the phone they would have unlocked it...
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This is not a helpful answer.
The police in this country does not help in such matters if it is assumed that no outside influence was involved.
A data recovery specialist also only executes toolkits or exploits. I am also able to do this if someone gives me a hint which toolkits or exploits would come into question for this model. I work as a sysadmin myself and therefore I am not completely untalented technically. I just lack information about which approach would be the best.
This is a community of people who like to hack their phones, not hack into other people's phones... which is considered unethical.
Are you serious?
You really think it's unethical when a 21 year old boy takes his own life overnight and the family just wants to know why their son did it? Sure, the boy was of age at 21 and can do with his life what he wants. Nevertheless, any clear-thinking person can understand that the family wants to know why the son did that.
I have no bad intentions and I am only trying to help the family. This is not about hacking a stolen cell phone. Then I would just do a factory reset and use the phone normally and not write this post here.
Yes, well... be that as it may.
With a screen lock in place you can't simply factory reset as you still be locked out.
I believe my original response was valid. It's not an easy nut to crack... by design.
Hello, i own a phone repair shop and i'm a relation with a person specialized in unlocking phones. He said me that he can bypass the lock screen and keep data on all samsung phones and he can do it remotly. Being in this business i don't trust him a lot about keeping data. One of my customer's son is dead and his family want to access his phone, they gave me his phone and they are agree to loose data if things dont go good so i'm gonna try with this guy and if you want i will give you a feedback.
Hi sorry to hear that this terrible situation happened around you.
I am in a similar situation. My cousin died suddenly and his sister asked be to recover pictures and videos because he filmed himself before try to end his life and she would like to find if there is any video that could help us understand better.
I'm trying to find ways to do that and so far I haven't but I wanted to share some information in case it could be helpful to someone.
I tried the iMobie Data Extractor. It is supposed to help recover data from "broken phone". I guess it's the closest thing I found that didn't look scammy and could work. After about a month of back and forth with their support person, I managed to replaced the OS using Odin (because the official software left my phone in a non-bootable state) replacing all partitions except User Data. Unfortunately, that didn't remove the lock (PIN). I'm not surprised since I didn't wipe the User Data.
From a security perspective, it is good that it is hard (impossible) to access data of a locked phone, but from a family emotional perspective, it is hard to have to tell my family that I failed.
I wish you good luck and please post here if you find a way.
be safe
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Hello, i own a phone repair shop and i'm a relation with a person specialized in unlocking phones. He said me that he can bypass the lock screen and keep data on all samsung phones and he can do it remotly. Being in this business i don't trust him a lot about keeping data. One of my customer's son is dead and his family want to access his phone, they gave me his phone and they are agree to loose data if things dont go good so i'm gonna try with this guy and if you want i will give you a feedback.
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I don't have easy-to-hear information for you. But I offer these words as a way to think about this situation.
I believe Samsung intentionally builds phones which are extremely hard to break into. This is a conscious design decision they make. Why? Because so many users do things like credit card payments, banking, and social media, where, if you lost your phone and a bad person found it, an easy-to-break-into device would have potentially catastrophic results. Aside from the harm to a user who lost a phone, Samsung themselves would be subjected to great reputational damage, too. It's bad press when it's easy to break into and steal something.
Also, you may not be able to break into the device, even with the help of a commercial vendor. Exploits in Android, when found, are patched regularly. A very smart person might have had a way to crack into a phone last week, last month, or last year. But again, Samsung intends to continually patch the software to keep it secure. They make a point to telling people that Samsung phones are patched for several years, so users will feel confident their data will be secure.
One suspects certain governments have police or security organizations who likely could break in, but they are unlikely to help in a personal situation, as you described.
Although this doesn't seem to apply to you, it's worth saying that Samsung phones are also backed up (by default) to their "cloud." It's possible that a lawyer might be able, with proper documentation of the owner's death, to get access to Samsung's (or Google's) cloud backup(s). I don't think it's easy though. Google, at least in the USA, allows the owner of an account to specify how Google should handle their data if they stop accessing their accounts. (I think Google treats an idle account as "dead" and for reasons like this, if you no longer want to use a vendor like Samsung or Google, you should proactively delete your account, not merely let it go idle.)
Anyone reading this post, might want to consider having what can be an uncomfortable conversation with your friends and family: "How would you like your friends and family handle your electronic, financial, and social accounts in the event of your death?"
Please, forgive me if any of this sounds insensitive. My father worked in insurance and as part of his job he knew all to well that all people eventually die. And how hard it is for those left behind to pick up the pieces, especially when secrets are involved. My family knows where to find my keys.
My father passed a couple days ago and I need to gain access to his phone in order to invite all his friends to the service as well as get into contact with some family overseas.
He has a 4 pin code that I've been trying to guess but have not yet succeded.
I can provide proof that it is my fathers phone incase people believe it is stolen.
I can't get into his samsung account because it is basically his google account, I set up his google account with two factor authorization. Which requires me to get into his phone to even access.
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I don't have easy-to-hear information for you. But I offer these words as a way to think about this situation.
I believe Samsung intentionally builds phones which are extremely hard to break into. This is a conscious design decision they make. Why? Because so many users do things like credit card payments, banking, and social media, where, if you lost your phone and a bad person found it, an easy-to-break-into device would have potentially catastrophic results. Aside from the harm to a user who lost a phone, Samsung themselves would be subjected to great reputational damage, too. It's bad press when it's easy to break into and steal something.
Also, you may not be able to break into the device, even with the help of a commercial vendor. Exploits in Android, when found, are patched regularly. A very smart person might have had a way to crack into a phone last week, last month, or last year. But again, Samsung intends to continually patch the software to keep it secure. They make a point to telling people that Samsung phones are patched for several years, so users will feel confident their data will be secure.
One suspects certain governments have police or security organizations who likely could break in, but they are unlikely to help in a personal situation, as you described.
It's worth saying that Samsung phones are also backed up (by default) to their "cloud." It's possible that a lawyer might be able, with proper documentation of the owner's death, to get access to Samsung's (or Google's) cloud backup(s). I don't think it's easy though. Google, at least in the USA, allows the owner of an account to specify how Google should handle their data if they stop accessing their accounts. (I think Google treats an idle account as "dead" and for reasons like this, if you no longer want to use a vendor like Samsung or Google, you should proactively delete your account, not merely let it go idle.)
Anyone reading this post, might want to consider having what can be an uncomfortable conversation with your friends and family: "How would you like your friends and family handle your electronic, financial, and social accounts in the event of your death?"
Please, forgive me if any of this sounds insensitive. My father worked in insurance and as part of his job he knew all to well that all people eventually die. And how hard it is for those left behind to pick up the pieces, especially when secrets are involved. My family knows where to find my keys.
Uzuki12 said:
My father passed a couple days ago and I need to gain access to his phone in order to invite all his friends to the service as well as get into contact with some family overseas.
He has a 4 pin code that I've been trying to guess but have not yet succeded.
I can provide proof that it is my fathers phone incase people believe it is stolen.
I can't get into his samsung account because it is basically his google account, I set up his google account with two factor authorization. Which requires me to get into his phone to even access.
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You can see his contacts in his Google account on a browser, but if he saved the contacts locally (which is annoying that many phones don't make it clear that contacts are saved locally only until specifying Google as the account to save to)