Hi there! After spending some time with google without any result i thought i might ask the community. Sometimes (yep, not every time) when i restart my phone i get a message something like "password required after rebooting your device. Some features are disabled due to security reasons". But then the device never asks for any password and all features seem working. The device is unrooted, almost new, works perfectly and runs the latest firmware. European version, factory unlocked. Anyone any idea? Thanks in advance!
Have you enabled work mode?
Try to disable all the passwords or pattern.
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Long time since i've posted here but can't figure out a way around new Android security "feature"...
I gave my GF a Moto G 3rd gen for christmas. She really liked it but didn't complete the initial setup so never linked her gmail to the device.
She had a run in with her ex boyfriend who stole her phone and held it for ransom for a few weeks before giving it back. In that time though he had been using it with his own sim card and had setup his gmail on the device. He is gone from the country now and we know of no way to contact him. He had also put a number lock on the phone.
No problem, I thought, i'll just reset the device. So I did a reset and wiped all info.
Upon startup it says:
"Verifying your account"
"This Device was reset. To continue, sign in with a Google Account that was previously synced on the device"
This is not possible as the only Google account ever on the device was the ex boyfriend's and he's gone.
So I checked online and figured "Okay well I'll just re-flash the ROM"...
So I found the base ROM for the phone in Canada and successfully flash it using ADB fastboot.
Turns out that even with the cache and accounts on the device cleared the restart still has the same request.
So I thought. "Well Maybe I can load a custom ROM"...
So I went to work trying to unlock the bootloader to root the device.
I got the code from Motorola and tried to unlock and got the message: "<bootloader> Check 'Allow OEM Unlock' in Developer Options FAILED
Which I cannot do because I cannot see a way into the device to unlock the dev options now.
Not sure what I can do now. This seems like a remarkably flawed security feature...
Never-mind was able to solve via:
Device is a SM-N916S from Samsung (Galaxy Note 4 S-LTE Exynos 5433 ver.) for anyone that's wondering. It's current state : Completely stock with no root. USB debugging disabled. No Samsung Account linked to device. Can't change password through ADM. No more guesses left for the password anymore, any more will reset the phone.
So yeah. For the past few days I've been trying to bypass Android Device Manager's remote "Lock" feature that's meant to keep your data safe from theives. As for why? Long story short : I tried to pull a cruel prank on my brother by remotely locking his device through ADM. I have since forgotten the password (it was a random combination of letters and numbers that I thought I could remember, but obviously not.) and trying to set a new password through Android Device Manager just gives me the infamous "Since Google has verified that a screen lock is already set, the password you entered won't be needed." error message.
Now, if this was phone that belonged to me, I would just install a custom recovery and remove the password with a password disable zip, but unfortunately, that is not an option here. Oh yeah, I should probably mention that I CANNOT void the warranty (as in trip the KNOX counter) under ANY circumstances and would very much like to avoid a factory reset. Am I out of luck here? Or is anyone here aware of a method that can be used to bypass the ADM lock / or a way to backup data without root access / adb. Thanks.
In Android 9 Pie (and earlier versions) there is a setting ‘Secure startup’, which is applicable in case of full device encryption (which comes by default in all new Android phones AFAIK). When ‘Require password when device turns on’ is enabled, the password must be entered at phone start and the phone won’t boot if no password is entered. When the other option ‘Do not require’ is enabled the phone starts and I can even receive phone calls, I just cannot unlock the phone.
So my question is: if ‘Require password when device turns on’ is NOT enabled – does this mean that my phone is NOT encrypted and if for example gets stolen, the thief will be able to download all my data to a PC (without unlocking the phone)? If this is true this seems like an absurdly easy way to bypass full device encryption...
Your data is encrypted by default. You can have it set to not encrypt it but it is not something I would advice of you.
As for the secure start up. As long as you have a locked bootloader and a password there are less then .01% of people that can hack into your device.
zelendel said:
Your data is encrypted by default. You can have it set to not encrypt it but it is not something I would advice of you.
As for the secure start up. As long as you have a locked bootloader and a password there are less then .01% of people that can hack into your device.
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My phone is rooted and the bootloader is not locked AFAIK (it's Exynos).
I am not asking about bruteforce and other hacking techniques that could be used, I am just asking whether my phone is encrypted after boot and before the screen is unlocked.
Yes it is encrypted. Has been since the day you first day Bought it.
OK, but how come then my phone boots and is almost fully operational when ‘Require password when device turns on’ is NOT enabled (e.g. I can receive phone calls, calendar events pop up on screen - although I cannot see what they are all about because the screen is locked)?
orifori said:
OK, but how come then my phone boots and is almost fully operational when ‘Require password when device turns on’ is NOT enabled (e.g. I can receive phone calls, calendar events pop up on screen - although I cannot see what they are all about because the screen is locked)?
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Think of it as safe mode on PC. Not everything or all permissions are allowed when booting like that. It just a security feature and has nothing to do with encryption. It just locks out some info from being seen without the password.
Ill be honest with you. If you are worried about your data then dont be too worried. Unless you are someone important then your device is only useful for how much the hardware will get. Let me tell you how a phone theft goes.
1. Phone Stolen
2. Sim card removed
3. Device reset
4. If its locked then take it home and flash an OS to it or sell it to a pawn shop that is questionable.
Now the first 3 are normally done before you even know your device is gone (less then a minute)
Encryption bypass / Android (10) security issue after first unlock
zelendel said:
Yes it is encrypted. Has been since the day you first day Bought it.
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I have discovered another security issue on a rooted device:
On my Magisk-rooted and encrypted Note 10+/Exynos (Android 10) I just found out, that the userdata (data/data ) partition is UNENCRYPTED and fully readable when viewed with an ADB viewer from my PC although the device is in lockscreen mode / locked!
This doesn't happen after reboot before the first unlock! After the device has been unlocked, accessed via ADB and re-locked (but not rebooted) it is (still) unencrypted, even after rebooting the PC!
Here the lockscreen password would not make much sense at every screenlock - it just unlocks the screen which can be bypassed and all data can be read via ADB anyway - it would only make sense once at boot. Is there a way to have two passwords (1 at boot and an easier one at screenlock) for example?
Is this a known bug? / Any ideas?
Pocophone F1
security set to fingerprint and alphanumeric password.
every 3 days the fingerprint stops working and asks for password as a default security feature.
Last night it asked for password as its been 3 days since last used password. I am certain the password is correct and signed in several times before with it. I suspect there might have been a system update in the last 3 days. Now it keeps saying password is incorrect.
Forgot password option only allows erasing data and back to factory default.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Muhammed4 said:
Pocophone F1
security set to fingerprint and alphanumeric password.
every 3 days the fingerprint stops working and asks for password as a default security feature.
Last night it asked for password as its been 3 days since last used password. I am certain the password is correct and signed in several times before with it. I suspect there might have been a system update in the last 3 days. Now it keeps saying password is incorrect.
Forgot password option only allows erasing data and back to factory default.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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if you have TWRP or any other encryption supporting custom recovery, reboot to recovery and then check what it asks for.
called xiaomi uk
I didn't root the phone or have custom recovery installed unfortunately.
called xiaomi uk customer support, they were saying the phone should give the option to reset the password via the google account but it isn't giving this option.
the phone is definitely connected to my google account. can see it there and was able to locate it and ring it from the computer browser.
Ravindrasan said:
if you have TWRP or any other encryption supporting custom recovery, reboot to recovery and then check what it asks for.
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I didn't install those unfortunately.
Did you associate your phone to mi account? She this happen to my girlfriend's phone and saw a bunch of cases while looking for a solution. Couldn't find a way around factory resetting.
I ended up doing the factory reset. I am sure it's a Xiaomi software issue because when I was initiating the phone again, when you set up fingerprint it gives this message:
"Remember your lock screen password. If you forget it, you'll have to erase all data on your device, including photos and contacts, and then set a new one"
This is exactly what I ended up doing other than the fact that it wouldn't accept the correct password. There is ways around it if you rooted your phone before this happened but in my case there was no quick solution.
Xiaomi should allow the password reset via Google account like other android phones.
Lucky I did have some backup via Google so wasn't a total disaster.
this is really bad. Im in this situation and i don want to erase my files as i didnt back up or used cloud. since yesterday looking for work around this screen lock issue, im using pocophone f1.
Hello,
I have a realme 7 pro and this morning, after I turned it on, I entered the required password after rebooting and it rejected it.
The last time I used the phone was yesterday and I neither changed the password (it has been the same for months), nor did update.
How on earth is this possible?
I have never modified the system files since I bought the phone (no modding) and the bootloader is still locked (that's why I think I can't access the fast boot mode).
I can only access engineering mode and recovery mode.
Thank you in advance for your help.
thisisabyz said:
Hello,
I have a realme 7 pro and this morning, after I turned it on, I entered the required password after rebooting and it rejected it.
The last time I used the phone was yesterday and I neither changed the password (it has been the same for months), nor did update.
How on earth is this possible?
I have never modified the system files since I bought the phone (no modding) and the bootloader is still locked (that's why I think I can't access the fast boot mode).
I can only access engineering mode and recovery mode.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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That's strange. Phone rejects the password even if it entered correctly if someone has tried to enter the password incorrectly earlier without your knowldge.
Please allow some time and then enter it again.
mvikrant97 said:
That's strange. Phone rejects the password even if it entered correctly if someone has tried to enter the password incorrectly earlier without your knowldge.
Please allow some time and then enter it again.
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First of all, thank you for your reply!
I wasn't aware of this defense mechanism of smartphones, however to my knowledge no one has tried to access my phone by mistaking the password...
In any case, I will wait 24 hours without making any further attempts and then try again to enter it
I just tried again but nothing.
To your knowledge is there any company that performs such unlocks? I am only interested in recovering the data which is very important, otherwise I would have formatted it....
thisisabyz said:
I just tried again but nothing.
To your knowledge is there any company that performs such unlocks? I am only interested in recovering the data which is very important, otherwise I would have formatted it....
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There are a few problems with such requests:
They often come from people with stolen devices (knowingly or not, no judgements here)
It's borderline illegal, which contests our 'do not get us in trouble' rule
There's often payment involved with such services (and rarely any guarantees), also against our rules
You'll find several "tools" to "help you" but they are often bundled with malicious software
In short, though we do support some good old exploit sparring, the topic resides in a dark corner. Nonetheless it's good to ask around, perhaps there's other people with the same problem (2 years after release, unlikely) or someone has heard of a rare bug related to the matter.
IMHO your best bet would be getting in touch with Realme (find them here). Definitely keep us updated if you do!
I also have this Realme 7 Pro (issue/bug? IDK) since January 11, 2023
I have set face recognition but useless after rebooting phone.
In Realme UI recovery mode v1.2, before using any commands like
1. Install from storage
2. Online update
3. Wipe data
Phone asks for lockscreen password FIRST. Even PIN is what I set.
Also I need to recover my data first before doing ALL Methods to gain access again.
Please help us.
Edit: I just add more details about mine.
RMX2170
Android 11
non rooted, I dont have plan to modify first.
That's why I did not enable "USB Debugging" before I encountered this "lockscreen PIN problem". Which is I need right now to establish connection between android & pc.
(Forgot password is also useless they just recommend to bring this to Service Center to factory reset but, goodbye files.)
exdeeei said:
1. Install from storage
2. Online update
3. Wipe data
Phone asks for lockscreen password FIRST. Even PIN is what I set.
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It also applies to me
exdeeei said:
RMX2170
Android 11
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My model is also RMX2170 but i have Android 12.
exdeeei said:
That's why I did not enable "USB Debugging" before I encountered this "lockscreen PIN problem". Which is I need right now to establish connection between android & pc.
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Unfortunately, I am also in this situation, I can basically only use *#899#
For now, I contacted Realme who referred me to a local shop. I have contacted them but am still waiting for a response. I have a hunch that we will lose the data....
If the device is encrypted, you can not access data without unlock. Maybe Realme have something they can flash to EDL to unlock the phone and access data….