I sold my Samsung gear fit2 recently and forgot to turn off the reactivation lock. I realized immediately after I had handed over the device and in my hurry to correct the situation I half read a page which told me to delete my Samsung account and recreate it using the same account credentials previously used. I foolishly thought this would help the buyer activate the device under his own account and went ahead and deleted my account. Now that the buyer is trying to setup the device it is asking for the original username and password which i have given to him (this is the recreated account with the same credentials) but the device is not accepting it and is stuck . Please advise what to do? I am very worried.
if original account is deleted, the Fit2 is dead
dersie said:
if original account is deleted, the Fit2 is dead
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Thanks a lot for your kind reply, the following website step #4 tools me to delete the original account and recreate it using the same credentials again.
https://drfone.wondershare.com/unlock/samsung-reactivation-lock.html
Greetings. A friend bought 2 months ago a remi note 4. For an unknown reason he factory restored his mobile phone and now it is asking for google account that have previously connected with the phone... He knows nothing about his account. Tried with his name, tried with his mobile number for google account recovery but the person who created his account did not keep the credentials. Is there anything I can do? Because I don't want to send it to xiaomi and pay postage and the service fee. Thank you in advance.
Kalhantas said:
Greetings. A friend bought 2 months ago a remi note 4. For an unknown reason he factory restored his mobile phone and now it is asking for google account that have previously connected with the phone... He knows nothing about his account. Tried with his name, tried with his mobile number for google account recovery but the person who created his account did not keep the credentials. Is there anything I can do? Because I don't want to send it to xiaomi and pay postage and the service fee. Thank you in advance.
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What do you mean by "factory restored"?
Factory reset. Volume up + power. He wiped everything
If he wiped everything, then he will need to set up everything again. That should not involve being asked for the details of any previous account, because there should be no record of a previous account. However, if, on initial set up, he is asked whether he wants to set up the phone as a new phone, or whether he wants to restore a previous backup, then he should choose to set up as new.
I did that and asking for a Google account...
Kalhantas said:
I did that and asking for a Google account...
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Well, then enter your google account details.
Read my first post... He don't know the account... I have the receipt the box and the phone. My only hope is Xiaomi authorized service?
I read the first post before answering at all. What is preventing him from entering his own account details? If that doesn't work, then he should reset the phone again, and start afresh.
He dont even know his email. He didnt know that he had an email lol. He just bought a phone. A friend created his account and he didn't keep the details. Stupid move I know. But this is the case.
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He dont even know his email. He didnt know that he had an email lol. He just bought a phone. A friend created his account and he didn't keep the details. Stupid move I know. But this is the case.
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Then create a new Google account for him, and he can login with the details of that account.
The phone needs a previous account that was used with this phone. New account is not working
Kalhantas said:
The phone needs a previous account that was used with this phone. New account is not working
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Sorry, but I have never heard that before. Any phone can be set up to work with any Google account after a factory reset - unless we are not talking about Google accounts here. Maybe you should post screenshots or pictures of the login requests that you are seeing.
See the pictures
Kalhantas said:
See the pictures
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Hmmm ... seems to me that the phone was encrypted. You will have to format the data partition to remove the encryption. For this, you might need to install a custom Recovery, like TWRP.
Whether your job will be easy or not depends on what else the person who set up the phone did. If the bootloader is already unlocked and TWRP is already installed, then things will be relatively painless. Just reboot to TWRP, select "Wipe" -> "Format Data", and so on. If the bootloader is not unlocked or TWRP is not already installed, then you are in for an interesting time. You will need to read the threads about installing TWRP. Good luck!
Hello!
I'm a noob when it comes to the ins and outs of Miui as this is my first Xiaomi device, I've come from HTC and LG before
So, when I first got the phone I setup the Miui account, not putting my phone number in, got the phone all setup and started using it as normal. Now when I come to unlock the Bootloader I find the account needs a phone number associated with it and it's here I hit a brick wall.
When I try to edit my account to add a phone number I'm supposed to get a verification code to my registered email address which is a googlemail account. I've tried multiple times and I'm not getting this code, I've emailed Tech Support and they're slightly misunderstanding what I'm trying to achieve and not getting the fact there's no code for me to enter to edit the account and it's not in my junk/spam folder.
I've also tried the manual verification technique but that always comes back (as an SMS annoyingly!) that there's no associated device with the account.
I've just tried to setup another account using my work Exchange email address and no code but I'm pretty sure that'll be the work spam filter.
Has anyone else come across this and got any tips?
Thanks in advance for any help!
I'd try setting up a new gmail account and then set up a new Miui account using the new gmail account with the fone number this time.
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I'd try setting up a new gmail account and then set up a new Miui account using the new gmail account with the fone number this time.
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Thanks. That's my next plan of action just so I can unlock the bootloader then go back to the original account.
I've had 2 more email dialogues with Xiaomi support and they just don't get it. :silly:
I have a S7. It used to power up fine and go to the main screen. Now it boots up like it is brand new. It wants to connect to the internet and asks for a gmail account. I don't have that gmail account for this phone. It was given to me. How can I bypass this to just use the phones apps and wifi to the internet? No paid service.
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Joe
When in doubt. Youtube it.
Well I still have questions. Do I have to do a restore defaults? Or clear data? I want to keep whats on the phone.
@joebudd
You disable FRP by doing
Go to Settings.
Choose Cloud and Accounts - on some devices, this may be just Accounts and then you’ll skip the next step.
Tap Accounts.
Find and tap your Google account.
Tap Remove Account.
The only problem is I can't get into the phone. It powers up and there is a start button. Then the internet, then sign in to the google account assigned to the phone. I need to get around that.
@joebudd
If you have USB debugging enabled on your phone, then to remove FRP lock you can try out Windows app called GSM Flasher ADB FRP Bypass Tool .
Ok I am in. There are so many different ways it's not funny. I do have another question. The phone comes up with the old number that was put in the phone. Can it be removed? Also can activation incomplete be removed as well?
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The phone comes up with the old number that was put in the phone. Can it be removed?
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Look inside here.
My sister wants to switch to an iPhone and apparently she's lost access to her google account, she doesn't have the phone number anymore. Is there anyway to remove the account from the s21? I can try rooting it but dont know what to do after. Thanks!