So i bought a used phone and its locked by a google account. Tried to wipe, factory reset, hard reset, multiple softwares on pc, and even contacting the seller, without success.
What do i do now?
Thanks in advance, and greetings from austria.
Did you ever get an answer to this? I know it probably won't help now but I managed to unlock the FRP by swapping SIM cards from other carriers. This was in an effort to 'Unlock' the phone which I'm still trying to do. The FRP appears to be unlocked but I can't get the phone to ask for the unlock code that I have. If you or indeed anyone else has a solution I'd be grateful to hear it.
Thanks.
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Just today i put my office sim card in my phone and now my unlock code doesnt work.
Its saying Wrong code entered.
I have put my sim card now but again my unlock code doesnt work.
Please help me.
Will hard reset solve my problem...
The HD2 comes with an inherent problem and that is the lock code.
It sometimes will not unlock and the only way I have found around it is to perform a hard reset. This will wipe your phone to factory and you will loose you content.
Sorry about the bad news, hope someone else can help you
thank god hard reset solved the problem...
Hey Guys,
Hopefully someone can help me out since I can't seem to find answers anywhere to my problem. I got an unlock code from T-Mobile but when I put a foreign sim into the phone is says "invalid sim, 0 attempts remain". I got the phone on craigslist so I'm guessing whoever had it before me tried unlocking it with the wrong code too many times. I have the right code now, how do I reset the attempts? I can't believe that the phone is hard locked and there isn't anything I can do about it. It's pretty frustrating so any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!!!
really???? no one knows anything about this issue?
So people here know how to put different operating systems on phones but no one knows if it is possible to reset the sim unlock counter?????
the phone is hard locked and (certainly in most cases) can now only be unlocked by using a hardware unlocker. (for most phones, you get three attempts via the keypad, and a further 10 via a hardware connection normally.)
thanks for the reply! what exactly does hardware unlocking mean? would i still need to use the code given to me by t-mobile?
speak to a phone shop (or better yet speak to t mobile first)
have you tried to restore the phone to factory(not a hard reset). I would try going to Tmobiles website and try to update the rom...
http://dl.htc.com/ruudownload/t-mobileUS/DeviceDownloads.aspx?pid=leo
^is for US phones I just did mine today because the guy that put android on it removed the unlock screen and I was unable to unlock the phone. And no one on here was able to answer any questions for me so don't feel bad.
Got it unlocked last night! turns out the sim card i was using was locked. i tried a different one and it let me key in the code. thanks for all the help!
now that the phone is unlocked would doing a hard reset lock it back up?
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now that the phone is unlocked would doing a hard reset lock it back up?
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good stuff. No, flashing / hard resets will not ever lock the phone now.
It might be a stupid question, but I am curious.
I got my Optimus One unlocked with a code purchased off ebay. But, I need to restore it to factory settings to delete the first google account that was established with the phone so I can establish a google account for my son as the default. But if I reset it, will it relock the phone back to its own brand? If so, do I need to get a new unlock code or will the code they sent me still work?
Thanks
A google search gave me the answer..
No. The phone will remain unlocked.
When you unlock a phone to all networks it can not be locked again. Its not reversible.
So you are safe.
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Thanks for the answer.
Hi all, I'm planning to buy the T-Mobile S5 (900T) and the seller will unlock it for me (I don't know the specifics of the steps). But if I decide to later factory reset the phone will it lock again (just like new) and require the unlocking process again? If anyone here has experience on this please help. Thanks a lot.
// After some googling seems like most T-Mobile version of other android phones (including the galaxy S4) doesn't get sim locked after factory reset.
If it is a carrier and not a software unlock, that will persist after a master reset.
So far I have not seen and software unlocks for this device.
Carrier Sim unlocks are permanent. Factory reset won't sim lock the phone. This is a question for the person you're buying the phone from.
Like the title says, my father just passed and we're locked out of his phone.
Don't want to factory reset the phone because all of his accounts are on there in apps and we're not able to figure out if we missed anything. Worried about upcoming bills and then any stocks or trades he did only in apps.
Currently the phone is requiring a pattern unlock and I've unsuccessfully been able to guess it so it kind of locked us out of doing anything. Can't even power off or reset it.
It's also saying "unlock the phone to use fingerprints." Does that mean even if we were to somehow guess the pattern would we still need the fingerprint to open the phone?
Is there a way we can bypass any of this? I looked into some programs and downloaded them but they all said they would erase the data if we removed the pattern unlock.
I have access to his Gmail via a tablet that we knew the pin code for but haven't been able to reset the password just yet. Not sure if having the google account password available will help us unlock the phone or not?
Any help or links to tutorials would greatly be appreciated.
By sheer luck I was able to guess the swipe unlock pattern so the phone is now unlocked for me. Mods can delete this thread if they want.