I'm posting this in a bunch of different places just in case someone has an answer for me:
I'm so frustrated. I set some stupid new pattern passcode on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S7) yesterday because I wanted to try it out and see how it worked. It was a method where you swipe on the screen in a series of directions to unlock it. Now I've either forgotten it or it's not working and I only have two attempts left before my phone automatically erases all data on itself. I cannot do a factory reset and lose all of my data, that's just not an option for me. I've tried unlocking it with "Ok Google" which I do have enabled on my phone, but it didn't work. I've tried going to device manager in my google account and locking the phone but it won't override the password I already have on my phone so that doesn't work. Apparently my device wasn't registered in my Samsung account so Samsung can't remotely unlock my device. Verizon (my service provider) won't help me. The link that people online say should appear after too many attempts that lets me sign into my phone using the Google Account that it's linked to won't appear. The information that I've found online about how to "hack" my phone doesn't make any sense to me and requires me to download or already have installed all sorts of suspicious looking files/programs that I'm not willing to install onto neither my phone nor my computer. I'm just at a loss and really frustrated. What could be wrong? How do I fix this? Who can help me?
Check this , maybe it will works for you .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muAOM47VPOQ
You might be out of luck. You won't lose any files just apps and settings if you factory reset.
This is why no one uses pattern unlock any more. Too many things that can go wrong.
first blue tooth connection. My phone connected for phone services just find but no for android auto. I called Honda and tech did a factory reset on the audio system. it did more harm then help. My phone still was not found for android auto. However now all my contacts and recent calls will not show up. I still can make and receive calls but I can no longer get messages or see my contacts. After factory reset every thing seems to be not working. any Ideas? no one seems to be able to help me with this. PS I deleted my phone and tried installed it again but still the same issues.
Alright, so at first, google was working fine. while the phone was locked, screen off and it was in my pocket, I could say "Hey google, start a timer for 5 minutes" and it would confirm and start the timer.
Then I updated... and for a while it was saying "Sorry, I can't do that while the device is locked, go ahead and unlock the device". I followed about a dozen suggestions online and one of the suggestions (I'm still not sure which one) worked.
BUT: There's now this problem of: if the screen is off and I say "hey google, start a timer for 5 minutes": The screen will turn on and show the pattern unlock screen (as if it wants me to put in the pattern). If I leave it alone, the screen eventually turns off and google finally responds with "ok, starting the timer"... but then it never actually starts the timer until I pull the device out and unlock it.
Another strange thing is that it won't use the google assistant voice I selected (I selected a natural-sounding male voice but it still uses this robotic-sounding female voice).
I've been through countless forum posts, suggested fixes, have tried everything from restarting to the phone to clearing cache, uninstalling/reinstalling google assistant, changing security settings and even went as far as to factory reset the entire phone... nothing has worked so far. The problem I think is that all of those are solutions to problems that are SIMILAR to, but not exactly like, this. I'm wondering if anyone else has run into this specific problem and if you have: were you able to fix it? How?
It's just really annoying :/ This used to work so well. I used
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it for EVERYTHING. Now it doesn't really work at all unless I have my phone out and unlocked
Darn, it IS actually still telling me "actually, I can't do that while the device is locked. To keep going, go ahead and unlock the device". SO yeah... still just doesn't do anything at all if the device is locked. Only way I can get it to work is to uninstall all updates... but then it it reinstall those updates whenever I tell google play to update all. If I want to avoid that I guess I just have to go install updates individually/manually?... :/ This stinks. Just want my google assistant back to how it was working before (aka actually working - while the device is locked).
My p6 will see most some of my Bluetooth devices (laptop, tablet, TV, earbuds) . It pairs with the earbuds, but everything else it will try and pair, usually does not. If and when hen it does pair, that pairing is dropped dropped within 5 secs. Cleared BT cache, rebooted. No joy. It will show no paired devices.
Network reset.
Clear system cache.
Hard reboot.
Do not factory reset; find to root cause as it will likely reoccur otherwise, eventually.
It may be a 3rd party app, try in safe mode.
Try rolling back associated apks to their factory load versions if updated.
Double check permissions and settings.
blackhawk said:
Network reset.
Clear system cache.
Hard reboot.
Do not factory reset; find to root cause as it will likely reoccur otherwise, eventually.
It may be a 3rd party app, try in safe mode.
Try rolling back associated apks to their factory load versions if updated.
Double check permissions and settings.
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Thanks. Tried everything but the "roll back " . It will remain paired with ear buds and car, but laptop, desktop,tablet and phone all disconnect immediately
Tool Belt said:
Thanks. Tried everything but the "roll back " . It will remain paired with ear buds and car, but laptop, desktop,tablet and phone all disconnect immediately
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You play with bt settings in Developer options?
Is power management active? This doesn't fit power management's profile for erratic behavior but maybe it got "smarter".
Played with BT in developer. I will give power a try, but I don't understand why the buds and car are seemingly 0k. I haven't the chance to be in the car for an extended period.
Tool Belt said:
Played with BT in developer. I will give power a try, but I don't understand why the buds and car are seemingly 0k. I haven't the chance to be in the car for an extended period.
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Think about the clues.
Are the other devices configured properly?
Check Event Viewer in Windows for error messages, it might tell you why this is happening.
Try some Google searches for similar issues, it can be other devices and OS versions. Many issues span both. With a newer device this strategy works many times.
To see if power management is active Developer options>standby apps, all buckets should show as active, otherwise power management is running. It can't be disabled here though.
Power checks out. I tried to send a file from the tablet. Phone showed the attachment, file failed. Was able to send a file to tablet using "nearby device"
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Power checks out. I tried to send a file from the tablet. Phone showed the attachment, file failed. Was able to send a file to tablet using "nearby device"
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Do it to the PC and see what error messages Event Viewer shows.
Sent file from lap top to P6. P6 paired and accepted. Closed send window on LT and P6 dropped connection. Sent another file and did not click finish on LT and P6 remains connected and LT acts as trusted device for Smart Lock. The purpose here is not having to get frustrated with the FP sensor while at home. Using Trusted Location enables an area with nearly a half mile radius
It's not just bluetooth, it has to do with the Wifi+Bluetooth implementation. You can reliably crash System Settings after a factory reset if you type a wifi password wrong on the same network more than once, or if you attempt to connect to the same network with an incorrect password too many times. Attached "proof" (not really proof but). Once it crashes it'll restart setup but won't let you continue past Network Setup.
I could not get my Android Wear watch (Fossil Gen4) to connect. It was seen once and tried to but the bluetooth stack crashed. Even after a reboot, settings reset, forgot the device, and factory reset the watch it would not work.
My Pixel buds connected via fast pair and "worked", but the phone refused to identify them as Pixel Buds and I could not use the dedicated settings app. Same thing with my Galaxy Buds Live, the Samsung Wearable app would not find the buds even when connected.
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It's not just bluetooth, it has to do with the Wifi+Bluetooth implementation. You can reliably crash System Settings after a factory reset if you type a wifi password wrong on the same network more than once, or if you attempt to connect to the same network with an incorrect password too many times. Attached "proof" (not really proof but). Once it crashes it'll restart setup but won't let you continue past Network Setup.
I could not get my Android Wear watch (Fossil Gen4) to connect. It was seen once and tried to but the bluetooth stack crashed. Even after a reboot, settings reset, forgot the device, and factory reset the watch it would not work.
My Pixel buds connected via fast pair and "worked", but the phone refused to identify them as Pixel Buds and I could not use the dedicated settings app. Same thing with my Galaxy Buds Live, the Samsung Wearable app would not find the buds even when connected.
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This sounds similar to my problems. Try and contact support (took 50 minutes for a call back) and get it into their system.
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This sounds similar to my problems. Try and contact support (took 50 minutes for a call back) and get it into their system.
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I'm sorry you're dealing with it I've since factory reset the device and haven't tried crashing anything, so things seem to be working so far. I have an RMA P6 on the way already due to terrible screen tint issues on my phone. Took over 3hrs (1hr waiting for chat to be available, 1hr in line on chat, 1hr on chat)
I may try a reset when I am bored. Gr8 you have a new one coming
Hi, it would be good if someone can give me some advice on resetting a phone that I have, which appears to have the reset function disabled.
I have had my business phone upgraded and am left with the old device which is a Galaxy A50 which has not been asked to be returned. This phon e is newer than my personal phone and was wondering if I could use it. I have tried putting my sim in it and made a call which works fine (they are both the same phone network provider). Trouble is I can't put any new Apps on it and it's locked to the corporate settings.
I tried to carry out a hard reset but that option appears to be blocked. When the phone reboots it does not go into the android boot menu but instead goes straight to full boot with the screen lock. I plainly know the screen lock as it was my old phone.
I have also done some reading and it seems that if I was to be able to reset the phone I would need the email account to get back into it. The phone has 3 email accounts, none of which I actually need:-
- my work email account (exchange)
- my work email account (work account)
- an android email account (numerous numbers @ANDROID-for-work.gserviceaccount.com)
Before I do anything that may brick the device, I was wondering if anyone can offer any advice on how to make use of this. Seems a shame to just bin it, and I know my business won't do anything with it, it'll just get dumped. I don't need anything on the device, just want to do a total wipe and start from fresh.
Thank's in advance if anyone can help.
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