Helo ppl....I happened to miss my S2 about a week back after which I had lodged a police complaint with IMEI and relevant details and am waiting for information about the phone. Regarding the instances and settings with which the phone was lost gave me a few doubts which I post here. Any one who could throw some light would be helpful
1) When the phone was lost it was already in 2% battery level. So as soon as I lost it when i called back to my number obviously I got a "phone switched off" message.But not sure if it had switched off by itself or if it had been switched off. I believe there is no way of knowing. But if any one has a miraculous idea or sumthing.... do post
2) I had pattern lock active on the phone so I wonder if there is any layman work around for pattern lock just to be sure if my data has been compromised. And also, if the pattern lock is active , when the phone is connected via USB does it give direct access inspite of the pattern lock or how else does it work? If my phone does end up non-traceable i just want to rest assured that the data doesnt get out and to bypass the lock the thief just formats the phone, which i would say is much better for me.
3)I came across a very promising tracking software called Plan B on the google play store and tried installing it via my computer by logging in to my gamil ID. Once i went to the google play store I could see that my ID was still associated with Galaxy S2 even after a week. So does the last active device on the gmailID still show up even if the phone has been logged of my account/phone formatted or could i take it that the device has not been logged off my gmail ID/not formatted yet??
Thanks for ur replies....
If you didn't install tracking software on your phone before you lost it, the police recovering it is your only chance. And at a rough guess, police probably recover 0.01% (1 in 10,000) of stolen mobile phones (in Australia at least)...you know the rest.
MistahBungle said:
If you didn't install tracking software on your phone before you lost it, the police recovering it is your only chance. And at a rough guess, police probably recover 0.01% (1 in 10,000) of stolen mobile phones (in Australia at least)...you know the rest.
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So what is the best tracking software for our phones?
There's lots of them. Search Google Play. I don't use any on my phone, but I use Prey on my laptop & I've heard good things about their Android app. Try a few out & see which has the features you want & works best for you.
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So what is the best tracking software for our phones?
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@mistah: thanks for the replyy....i too know the scenario about police helping out...but they insisted that they had retrieved quite a number of phones and since it was a smart phone it would be easier they said.......I was jus hoping if some one could enlighten me on point no 2).....
hi just got a second hand gift from my cousin. Its was in his drawer for ages.. Model Asus_X014D. i impulsive did a hard reset cause he forgot his pin. To my low and below i needed his email and password to go to the settings. I am bewildered with FRP. The phone is not roooted and he has since changed his verification and forgot them.
I there any kind soul who can give me some advise?
JeremyMartinus said:
hi just got a second hand gift from my cousin. Its was in his drawer for ages.. Model Asus_X014D. i impulsive did a hard reset cause he forgot his pin. To my low and below i needed his email and password to go to the settings. I am bewildered with FRP. The phone is not roooted and he has since changed his verification and forgot them.
I there any kind soul who can give me some advise?
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PUT UP YOUR QUESTION ON THIS THREAD YOU'LL GET INSTANT HELP
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/rooting-bricked-roms-development-t3776189/page4
Hello i have an Huawei Mate 10 pro and my children lock accidentaly my display with pin.
My phone is locked with 6 digit pin.
Now if i try to put pin , after i type and is not good it say to try after 24 hours.
I have over 20 000 photos in the memory of phone, i do not have sd card, so i need to recover all my photos.
How can i unlock my phone and recover my photo?
I read about the possiblities of recover the pin over the google account, but on the display i do not hace this option.
ON the display i have only pin, emergency and back buttons.
Is any way to recover my photos ? or unlock my pin ? and to not erase photo from internal memory ?
I don't know what version of android i have, 8 or 9.
focsaciprian said:
Hello i have an Huawei Mate 10 pro and my children lock accidentaly my display with pin.
My phone is locked with 6 digit pin.
Now if i try to put pin , after i type and is not good it say to try after 24 hours.
I have over 20 000 photos in the memory of phone, i do not have sd card, so i need to recover all my photos.
How can i unlock my phone and recover my photo?
I read about the possiblities of recover the pin over the google account, but on the display i do not hace this option.
ON the display i have only pin, emergency and back buttons.
Is any way to recover my photos ? or unlock my pin ? and to not erase photo from internal memory ?
I don't know what version of android i have, 8 or 9.
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there is no way you can unlock display without wiping every thing
if you can connect it via hdmi-type c may be chances to get unlocked
You can also return the phone to its owner. They should be able to unlock it.
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Gilberticus said:
You can also return the phone to its owner. They should be able to unlock it.
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You took the words right out of my mouth, the whole "my children accidentally set a pin" story was pretty fishy. Hopefully the owner reported it stolen so the IMEI can be blacklisted.
focsaciprian said:
Hello i have an Huawei Mate 10 pro and my children lock accidentaly my display with pin.
My phone is locked with 6 digit pin.
Now if i try to put pin , after i type and is not good it say to try after 24 hours.
I have over 20 000 photos in the memory of phone, i do not have sd card, so i need to recover all my photos.
How can i unlock my phone and recover my photo?
I read about the possiblities of recover the pin over the google account, but on the display i do not hace this option.
ON the display i have only pin, emergency and back buttons.
Is any way to recover my photos ? or unlock my pin ? and to not erase photo from internal memory ?
I don't know what version of android i have, 8 or 9.
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That's what all jealous, possessive significant others say, too... Hhhmmmm, anyways, I wrote to tell you you are in the wrong section but that doesn't matter anymore because what you've been told stands and most likely made account, posted, no go, bye!
Wrong judgement ! I have all the paper, invoice, warranty..yes is in warranty still, all with my name...so before you talk,, you can ask if the phone is stolen or not, so in my case the phone is mine, accident is happen.
I talk with somebody in my town and he told me is possible to save my photo..i will return when i resolve or not.
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focsaciprian said:
Wrong judgement ! I have all the paper, invoice, warranty..yes is in warranty still, all with my name...so before you talk,, you can ask if the phone is stolen or not, so in my case the phone is mine, accident is happen.
I talk with somebody in my town and he told me is possible to save my photo..i will return when i resolve or not.
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Since you have to go into settings, select that you want to secure it with a PIN and enter it TWICE that pretty much makes it IMPOSSIBLE to "accidentally" secure it with a PIN without you knowing exactly what you are doing. So that makes your story about your "kids" accidentally setting a PIN pretty much just garbage. On another note however, the chances of you getting into the data on the phone is slim to none as everything is encrypted on the mate 10 pro so even if you hook it up to a computer at best all you will get is gibberish.
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Since you have to go into settings, select that you want to secure it with a PIN and enter it TWICE that pretty much makes it IMPOSSIBLE to "accidentally" secure it with a PIN without you knowing exactly what you are doing. So that makes your story about your "kids" accidentally setting a PIN pretty much just garbage. On another note however, the chances of you getting into the data on the phone is slim to none as everything is encrypted on the mate 10 pro so even if you hook it up to a computer at best all you will get is gibberish.
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Tell me about it! Look at my phone (and you know what the pink means) and I've been trying for months! Last this morning! It seems as if i blink, that's it, wiping again
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revjamescarver said:
You took the words right out of my mouth, the whole "my children accidentally set a pin" story was pretty fishy. Hopefully the owner reported it stolen so the IMEI can be blacklisted.
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I don't think it's a thief, i think it's a person who pays the lines for the whole family, and thus they are in his/her name, BUT that phone belonged to the significant other.
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Could be
culiacanazo said:
I don't think it's a thief, i think it's a person who pays the lines for the whole family, and thus they are in his/her name, BUT that phone belonged to the significant other.
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Could be, I've seen both on here.
My dad passed this week and I am trying to get into his phone for his email as he did everything by email. There are details we need regarding his solicitors and many issues. He has a Samsung J3 and it is on and has a standard pin lock which none of us can get through.
I have looked at guides online and they are all suggesting to factory reset which will not erase the data but that will log out his email. Is there any way of bypassing a screen lock without knowing his passwords or such. He is not the kind of person who would have had USB debugging running on his phone or set up fastboot / adb in the past. He was not that way inclined tech wise. I have found a couple of pieces of software but they want an incredible amount of money for a license and I am wary of how legitimate and successful they are.
Any help or pointers would be very well received right now.
Vincent
VincentStoker said:
My dad passed this week and I am trying to get into his phone for his email as he did everything by email. Is there any way of bypassing a screen lock without knowing his passwords or such.
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I'm really sorry for the loss, brother! May he rest in peace. [emoji120]
Have you tried this guide?
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I have an old AT&T Asus 9020A tablet. I got them new years ago thru my phone plan with AT&T. It wasn’t used much and is like new still.
Anyway, I take care of my mother and she likes games and painting by numbers on her iPad but she broke it and screwed up her charging port. I want to fix this tablet up for her.
I bet it wasn’t used 2 months and was just forgotten….I looked it up and completed a factory reset on it and wiped it clean. So I was trying to set it up and get her to painting again! It’s bout to kill her not having it..lol
I was setting it up and it wants the old email associated that was used to set it up. There is no way to remember that or even get it. I asked my daughter, she don’t remember. Anyway, are there any way I can use (reset) this tablet not knowing the old email that was associated with it? Where I can fix her up for her or am I just wasting my time? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
So it is FRP locked?
Arealhooman said:
So it is FRP locked?
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It’s not locked. It reset ever And started the initial setup as if it was new. It just wants the old gmail for some reason before it will accept the new one. It lets me start in the setting up her account on it but is asking for the old email for verification….. I don’t have it and there is no way to remember it unfortunately. I know they are there to keep folks from stealing them and that’s great. But 10 years later…LOL Is this possible?
what you describe (verify device with google account) is called FRP lock (factory reset protection). this is same on most/all official android devices to render device useless on theft.
however, the unofficial by-pass methods vary for each device model/android version. search on YouTube.