total plunker de-activated Gboard ! ! ! [solved] - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi guys and girls
i was messing around with my phone and some how stopped gboard from working after android starts. this means that i cant enter my password, and am stuck at the lock screen.
i have adb+fastboot, and if a start the phone in recovery mode the phone is listed with "adb devices" but not authorized "adb: connect error for write: device unauthorized" , so i cant get my data off and factory reset and i cant install another keyboard program
i also tried entering the password using this methord -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions...ocked-phone-when-password-contains-as-first-c
is there a better way for me to enter my password via adb ?? or something else i can do to regain access ?
any suggestions are welcomed.
ps. its a ulefone armor x3 with Mediatek MT6580 chip set. phone is stock, never rooted. OTG not supported, no debugging enabled.
cheers
gazza

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ga77a said:
i cant install another keyboard program
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Can you login to the playstore from a computer and install gboard

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Not_Rich said:
Can you login to the playstore from a computer and inst
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hi not_rich
thank you for the reply
i did already do that, and the keyboard did install, but is not activated.
let me clarify exactly what happens when i start the phone, so as to give you a better idea.
when i switch the phone on and it boots up i have to enter my password which works, then i have to enter the sim card password which works, then i have to re-enter the first password again for android to unlock. it is on the second occasion that the password dosent work and i am locked out. the keyboard dosent pop up, and i cant tap the keys.
regards
gazza

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ga77a said:
hi guys and girls
i was messing around with my phone and some how stopped gboard from working after android starts. this means that i cant enter my password, and am stuck at the lock screen.
i have adb+fastboot, and if a start the phone in recovery mode the phone is listed with "adb devices" but not authorized "adb: connect error for write: device unauthorized" , so i cant get my data off and factory reset and i cant install another keyboard program
i also tried entering the password using this methord -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions...ocked-phone-when-password-contains-as-first-c
is there a better way for me to enter my password via adb ?? or something else i can do to regain access ?
any suggestions are welcomed.
ps. its a ulefone armor x3 with Mediatek MT6580 chip set. phone is stock, never rooted. OTG not supported, no debugging enabled.
cheers
gazza
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Is your data important or a working phone?
Boot into fastboot mode if possible using following combination
Credits: HardReset
At first switch off the device by holding the Power key for a few seconds.
After that press and push Volume Up and Power buttons together for a short while.
Let go of all keys when Boot Mode pops up.
Now select "Fastboot" by using Volume Up to scroll down and Volume Down to confirm that.
Now open command prompt window on your computer and make sure you have fastboot drivers installed.
Then type fastboot erase userdata
Your phone will reset.
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hi mvikrant97
thanks for replying to my post
yes the data is important to me, and this is why i havent already factory reset my phone.
what i think i need is, a way to input my password via adb or some other way, maybe via sd card.
regards
gary

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ga77a said:
hi mvikrant97
thanks for replying to my post
yes the data is important to me, and this is why i havent already factory reset my phone.
what i think i need is, a way to input my password via adb or some other way, maybe via sd card.
regards
gary
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If your data is important then we can backup your firmware first and then flash it back to the phone.

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ga77a said:
what i think i need is, a way to input my password via adb or some other way, maybe via sd card.
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You mentioned in your original post that usb debugging is turned off, afaik you need it turned on and able to access the phone because you get a security prompt on the phone.
It seems with fastboot you dont need usb debugging, that seems the only option, I am no expert on fastboot as I have only used it once.

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thank you mvikrant97
i'm using fastboot version 28.0.2-debian
but i dont think the fetch command is installed !
what commant should i use ?
cheers
gazza

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not_rich
thank you anyway rich, for trying to help me.

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[SOLVED]
so out of frustration i installed many keyboards via playstore, then i realised that Gboard was installed but not activated so i reinstalled Gboard via playstore , then restarted the phone and it Gboard was acive.
thank god this is over
hope this helps somebody else.