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Hello, can someone help me with something. I rooted my htc inspire a few months back. I did not change the room just left it as is. I am now trying to tethering my accer a500 to my htc inspire. I have tried the hot spot and also tried to hook cable to tablet from phone. when i try hot spot it turns on then turns off says i need to call att.
I am wondering do i have to flash phone with a differnet rom inorder to use those functions. or is their a way around the issue. Sorry for my lack of knowing lol. i am looking but I have not found a newbie guid covering this. I am asuming i do need to flash phone with custom rom but wanted to make sure.
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I guess should of added more info. I have rooted my phone a long while back. I did not flash a custom Rom to my phone. I am running the Rom the phone came with just rooted. Thanks again for any help someone will be able to give. I am still reading the fourms just guess not understanding. From what I am getting if I want hot spot to work or tethering to work I need to flash my phone with a custom Rom.
a 30second search of putting 'free tether htc inspire' into google would have given you the answer you need. This has been asked over and over and over. You are technically breaching your agreement and if you get caught that is on you. Here is a link in the market for a simple to use app. Next time please search before making threads.
https://market.android.com/details?...EwOSwiY29tLm1zdHJlYW0uZWFzeXRldGhlcl9iZXRhIl0.
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Lol sorry but you really think I didn't do that like a month ago. Really I have read and re-read every topic even close to covering this topic. One topic saying yes you can the next saying it didn't work. Figured would find someone nice enough to say yes you can do it, and here is the topic area to look. Thank you for the link
Update, followed your link and it went no were. Google free tethering again and came up with the same thing. Someone saying they have a way to make it work. Then a bunch of posts after that with people saying it worked for a bit but not now. I'm just looking to see if it can be done, what has and has not worked and if I am right and I need a custom Rom.
I use EasyTether Pro, don't know if its safe, but I have been using it for almost 2 years on 2 different phones, and haven't been stuck with a higher bill yet
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I tether my HP Touchpad about an hour a day and have never got hit with the email from AT&T.
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thanks for the info
Was wondering do you guys use the cable, or set up a WiFi way. I don't plan on doing any downloading I use a program that looks up info for me on the net. Maybe some Facebook on the night ****. Once again thanks for the help with this very cool.
I dont have to DD an app to use hotspot because my dev built it in, which most roms do... but if you must stick with your stock rom... (thumbs down)
I used "open garden" wifi tether on a few different phones requiring that functionality. Its one of the best out there IMHO
P.S. If you like the stock feel and stability? of your stock rom, but are ready to open your phone up to a brand new life...
My suggestion for a jump off point(ROM) is 'COREDROID'! I dont rock it anymore, but it was imo the best, next very close runner up would be 'AndroidRevolution'...
Both of those have built in hotspot, plus a WAYYY faster UI than stock. Just My Opinion. good luck!
I have never tried to tether using stock rom, however almost all custom roms I have used have the ability to tether. Maybe try a custom rom, I like IceColdSandwich v 4.2. Good luck!
Thank u very much that was what I was really looking for. I will start looking for custom Rom that might work for me. I really need to learn how to back up the Rom I have so I can save it so I can flash it back to phone if need be. Thanks again all for all the help with this.
Start by looking for a recovery like "cwm recovery"... within the Inspire forums. Follow the directions exactly and read them ALL first, then reread them before flashing. Once youve achieved a recovery, you'll have opened yourself up to try ROMS i.e.Try coredroid for a few days then perform a backup of coredroid, then flash AR and run that for a few days.
As it seems in your OP, youre kinda used to a stock ROM and both of those are based on stock, with enhancements, and bloatware removed... MUCH FASTER and responsive.
So just start with one thing at a time - Recovery Time!!!
p.s. once youve installed your recovery, you should backup your current config before going to the next step - ROM!!! Practice good backup skills, and you'll limit your headaches considerably.
hello, thank you all for your replies. I am really wanting to move up to custom roms. Prob is I do not know how to back up my current rom, and how to check it to make sure its good. I am looking for the info and what app to use to get the best back up file. i want to be sure I know how to back up and also how to go back to the back up if need be before I move forward. If someone knows of a guide to do that stuff or has any good information could you pm me please. thanks a bunch for the help.
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hello, thank you all for your replies. I am really wanting to move up to custom roms. Prob is I do not know how to back up my current rom, and how to check it to make sure its good. I am looking for the info and what app to use to get the best back up file. i want to be sure I know how to back up and also how to go back to the back up if need be before I move forward. If someone knows of a guide to do that stuff or has any good information could you pm me please. thanks a bunch for the help.
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as for backup between ROMs the two major ones are Titanium Backup and MyBackup
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a 30second search of putting 'free tether htc inspire' into google would have given you the answer you need. This has been asked over and over and over. You are technically breaching your agreement and if you get caught that is on you. Here is a link in the market for a simple to use app. Next time please search before making threads.
https://market.android.com/details?...EwOSwiY29tLm1zdHJlYW0uZWFzeXRldGhlcl9iZXRhIl0.
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I used the EasyTether app a few times around last Christmas. Today I got the email from AT&T about tethering. So I guess now we can't use EasyTether?
I went to my local store yesterday and had a rep examine my phone to be sure there was no way I could tether. She noted it in my account. Today I got a txt msg saying I was tethering. So I called the 866 number in the msg and the phone rep told me they can now tell any time a computer or any other device is plugged into the phone and any time a tethering app is used. So according to her logic, we can't even use our computers to charge our phones.
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I went to my local store yesterday and had a rep examine my phone to be sure there was no way I could tether. She noted it in my account. Today I got a txt msg saying I was tethering. So I called the 866 number in the msg and the phone rep told me they can now tell any time a computer or any other device is plugged into the phone and any time a tethering app is used. So according to her logic, we can't even use our computers to charge our phones.
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no, she means they can detect the tethering. not the connection itself. u can still charge and xfer files and sync lol
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no, she means they can detect the tethering. not the connection itself. u can still charge and xfer files and sync lol
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*I* know that. But she apparently doesn't. She told me that ANY time ANYTHING is plugged into the phone now counts as tethering. Even if NO apps are being used. I know better than to believe that lol.
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Sucks for EasyTether and PDANet users
This seems a good place to ask. Of course, the ref with whom I spoke claims that their system is flawless, but is there anyone here who kows AT&Ts systems that can speak as to the reliability of their inspection system?
The reason I ask, I was informed that "the data connection from your phone was opened to another device several times within the past 2 months." I used it once, I'm afraid that something looks like tethering to their system, and I'll end up with a more expensive capped plan rather than my unlimited plan (truth is that I've only gone over 3 GB once of which I'm aware, I just don't like the concept of caps.... or more cost).
I finaly put a custom rom on my phone and was able to hotspot and tether my phone to my laptop. Only used it to load one page of xda just to see if it worked or not. I never got a text meassage or phone call or anything. I also use a bunch of bandwidth on a daily bases. e-mail, web games and such. I had to re-lock my phone sending it to htc to get repaired, when i get it back it will be re rooted and custom rom and tethered again. Will let you know what happens then. lol
They will constantly improve the system. the more people that find ways around it the more they will invest in closing the holes. they didnt used to have the ability to see but more and more is pointing to packet inspection and TTL's on them to see if theres another device behind the phone. it's not just an apn setting anymore. it's best either to not tether and breach contract or just pay the $15 a month and use it. Getting around it now, could change next week or a month or tomorrow. companies will do what they can to protect their services from being taken advantage of, and with the number of users that are stealing tethering data, that is a considerable cost. do i think its fair that i need to pay $15 to connect my pc to phone for just a picture here and there, no, but the consumer always wants everything for free.
So I know there is almost no way to recover it as security programs need a data connection..
Either way, not too worried about that.
I just bought the darn thing 3 weeks ago, box is sitting in front of me..
I put a facelock/lock on it, It was rooted and running EOS 2.0
What is making me sick to my stomach, is the fact someone else will be able to use it
Makes me sick..
Can they sign in with google and basically use it? Is there a way I can say xxxx model xoom was stolen and it locks the device or something?
So sad
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So I know there is almost no way to recover it as security programs need a data connection..
Either way, not too worried about that.
I just bought the darn thing 3 weeks ago, box is sitting in front of me..
I put a facelock/lock on it, It was rooted and running EOS 2.0
What is making me sick to my stomach, is the fact someone else will be able to use it
Makes me sick..
Can they sign in with google and basically use it? Is there a way I can say xxxx model xoom was stolen and it locks the device or something?
So sad
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I've heard that you can install a security app from the online Play Store you may be able to disable your Xoom remotely. I'm really sorry that it's been stolen.
only way a security app would work, would be if it had a network..
My xoom was locked, so someone would of had to format it to get it to come up and by then, any app would be erased anyway
Just sucks that these companies cannot some how incipient a unique ID for each tablet.
**** THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The app in the play store is called plan B and can be installed and used remotely. Good luck!
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The best way for you to prevent someone from charging your google account is to go to google online, on another computer and change your login password. If they try to purchase an app the old password will no longer work.
Sorry to hear about this. But the is ways to own him/her like big ach said with Plan B but I also found an app called Lost Phone which you just install from Google Play site and then sign into your Google Account via the website and you can set off alarms, wipe and stuff. Try it out.
sadly all these tricks are based on the fact that they got passed my facelock and security pin.
without those, they cannot get in, there for they will have to format/reset the entire xoom to factory settings..
which means no google account anymore
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sadly all these tricks are based on the fact that they got passed my facelock and security pin.
without those, they cannot get in, there for they will have to format/reset the entire xoom to factory settings..
which means no google account anymore
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just go to the site via a computer login and install apps remotely then use them to locate, wipe, or what ever else they can do, I know some that do actually give you GPS location
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just go to the site via a computer login and install apps remotely then use them to locate, wipe, or what ever else they can do, I know some that do actually give you GPS location
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I did that.. but I had my xoom set for wifi while awake only.
Its not a network verizon xoom, wifi only
I did do those apps though, nothing came back
Jeez is it me or no one actually read what the guy is trying to say? You can't install an app if you don't have data connection! He bluntly says it everywhere! So your only option is to move on, since the stealer could get some one to flash a new ROM or just by relocking/unlocking the bootloader it would reset everything! Well don't think he would do that though. But factory reset will also work. Sorry for your lost buddy!
I bought my wife a Nexus 7 knowing it was a wifi only device. She wants to use her phone as a mobile hotspot. Come to find out I have to pay an extra $20 per month for the 5GB plan in order to get the mobile hotspot. BS! I saw that I could freeze tetheringmanager.apk and that would unlock the grayed out tethering option on the phone. TB unpaid version doesnt allow freeaing so I just decided to delete it. Only problem is.....now when I try to turn on the mobile hotspot on her phone the phone freezes and I have to reboot it. I know I can use foxfi, but that just keeps saying obtaining IP address and never really connects, even with pdanet tablet installed and running on the N7. Can someone please pull the tetheringmanager.apk from their phone and post it here so I can fix it the correct way, maybe, if it actually works. Doubt it will cause nothing comes easy! Please and thank you!
First off, you should really have the TB Property version. Just buy it, it's not very expensive. Next, whether or not freezing the APK will work depends on your version of Android. If you're on 2.3.5, it'll work. If you're on 4.0+ then it won't. For ICS/JB there is a slightly more complicated procedure (which you can find by searching the threads) or you can just flash a ROM with Secure Tethering already enabled (this is what I recommend).
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I bought my wife a Nexus 7 knowing it was a wifi only device. She wants to use her phone as a mobile hotspot. Come to find out I have to pay an extra $20 per month for the 5GB plan in order to get the mobile hotspot. BS! I saw that I could freeze tetheringmanager.apk and that would unlock the grayed out tethering option on the phone. TB unpaid version doesnt allow freeaing so I just decided to delete it. Only problem is.....now when I try to turn on the mobile hotspot on her phone the phone freezes and I have to reboot it. I know I can use foxfi, but that just keeps saying obtaining IP address and never really connects, even with pdanet tablet installed and running on the N7. Can someone please pull the tetheringmanager.apk from their phone and post it here so I can fix it the correct way, maybe, if it actually works. Doubt it will cause nothing comes easy! Please and thank you!
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TetheringManager.apk is attached.
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First off, you should really have the TB Property version. Just buy it, it's not very expensive. Next, whether or not freezing the APK will work depends on your version of Android. If you're on 2.3.5, it'll work. If you're on 4.0+ then it won't. For ICS/JB there is a slightly more complicated procedure (which you can find by searching the threads) or you can just flash a ROM with Secure Tethering already enabled (this is what I recommend).
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Thanks for the info, I have searched the web for endless hours looking for ways to do this. The method I am trying to use is the most common and most recommended. My wife wont let me ROM her phone, took me forever to get her to let me root it. My phone has the tethering ability and I love it!
My wife is having a crisis here with her new note 5, the long story short is that she was away at Disney world (we live in Michigan, not sure if the geography had an impact) and she had her phone locked with the retarded finger print scanner. She tried to unlock it while her finger was wet and not only did it not unlock but it also continued to register tries and locked her phone and requested google account password. She apparently had two google accounts synced to the phone and she had no idea which was primary, add to that that she has a terrible memory, well, she waited until she had one try left to call and ask me if I could get it for her from her planner in the house. For whatever reason this password didn't work either (even though I could log into her gmail with it) and the phone did a forced factory reset. Ok, no big deal, right?
Phone reboots, starts the setup wizard, goes to what looks like a google screen which says this phone experienced an abnormal factory reset and you must sign in with a gmail account which was previously synced (it defenitely say "a gmail account" not "the gmail" or Primary gmail). So she signs in with the gmail that we know we had the right password for. The phone reboots and comes back to the same screen. Her gmail gets a message that SM-n920V signed in with this account and I went into the android devices and verified that "it was me". By this time I was at work and the only thing I could think was that it must need the proimary and that must be the other one, so in order to get her other gmail account working and I had to reset it's password (one gmail was backup to the other), ok, so I get both gmail accounts working. She tries to log in with that one and the it behaves exactly the same.
I was at work by this time and I start trying to research this and I find it's probably tied to samsungs FRP. I try to log into the samsung account and neither gmail is tied to it. I finally find it and it is tied to a yahoo account that she also has no idea what the password is. I manage to reset the yahoo account, and then the damned samsung account and now I can look at everything.
The only mention I can find about FRP on the samsung site is in a FAQ that I find and I find a little tidbit in there that says that if you change your google password you have to wait 72 hours to log back in with it. I have no idea how the samsung account would know the google password reset, but also, there are no prompts on the phone that mention this. it just asks for the account again and again.
So, my wife calls Verizon, they are clueless but they transfer her to samsung. Samsung support was apparently horrible with her, but regardless, they tell her it's googles fault and transfer her to google, google says it's a samsung bug and sends her back to samsung. Samsung finally tells her what I found about the FRP in the begining, that there is a 72hr cooldown, but FURTHERMORE, they tell her that she can't try the account until 72hrs are up, that just by trying to log in means she has to RESET PASSWORDS AGAIN and then just sit with her thumb up her butt for "up to 72 hrs" they tell her this time. They also said she would get an email when she can log in, but we still have no idea to which account...
So, all parties involved are fully satisfied that this is indeed her device but they claim there is no way to expedite this. I also know that this is 99% her fault, but come on, this is ridiculous. I also am not convinced that after 72 hours, which is really up to 96 now because it took until the second night after all of this to get an answer from tech support. Meanwhile my family is clear across the country and now with minimal communication capability. They got home safely today, and tonight would have been the initial end of 72 hours, but apparently she will be waiting for tomorrow night because they made her reset again. When she got home I tried to completely reflash the phone with odin, and it was 100% successful, but as soon as it boots it goes to software update does a really quick update (which I suspect is the FRP thing leeching onto the setup wizard) and then it boots, goes through until account sign in and then says the phone was reset... blah... blah... blah... I didn't try to log in, I don't want to make this drag out any longer, but WTF!!!!
There used to be a loophole to get out of the wizard, it's patched. Is there any way around this? I mean, tomorrow is not that much further away, I'm not trying anything risky this close to the end of the cooldown, but I highly doubt that it is going to make any difference tomorrow. It feels like a bug, I would expect that it would give some kind of warning, flag, or message that this was going to take 72 hours and there is nothing, its like a sign in bootloop... Added to that google themselves says its a sammy firmware bug, well I'm not hopeful.
Anyone else experience this? Any resolution? I will report back tomorrow one way or another, but I suspect we will be getting a new device from Verizon.
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Jason
We had two customers who reset their password and it made them wait 72 hours before that password could be used again for the verification. Now those phones both worked after the 72 hours but they only had one Gmail on there. Only thing I can think of is to absolutely make sure both accounts have the password. And try each on the phone after the 72 is up for both of them. Google locks the phone believed to be the IMEI of the phone after a reset on 5.1.1. Something new we ended up running into
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Thanks for the reply! It is good to know that it is possibly going to work. I'm surprised that it is baked into lollipop-- Google claimed that it was all Samsung's fault. I checked my Tab S which is running some spin of CM on lollipop and there is no FRP options in the settings like there are in my note 4 on official firmware. I did run across a few other references to it being a lollipop thing, but all I can say is what google tech support told us.
I have to say that it really surprises me that with the fact that all three of the corporations with some sort of power with the device having been satisfied that she is the actual owner, can't just remotely restore access.
I'll update when we find out more... I'm trying to figure out which account might be primary by looking back in her google device history, oddly enough they both show this device as a "new device" trying to sign into her accounts on the day that all this went south. I wonder if there is more going on here-- I have completely wiped and flashed different roms and still had google recognize the device as my previous one.
Thanks,
Jason
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Thanks for the reply! It is good to know that it is possibly going to work. I'm surprised that it is baked into lollipop-- Google claimed that it was all Samsung's fault. I checked my Tab S which is running some spin of CM on lollipop and there is no FRP options in the settings like there are in my note 4 on official firmware. I did run across a few other references to it being a lollipop thing, but all I can say is what google tech support told us.
I have to say that it really surprises me that with the fact that all three of the corporations with some sort of power with the device having been satisfied that she is the actual owner, can't just remotely restore access.
I'll update when we find out more... I'm trying to figure out which account might be primary by looking back in her google device history, oddly enough they both show this device as a "new device" trying to sign into her accounts on the day that all this went south. I wonder if there is more going on here-- I have completely wiped and flashed different roms and still had google recognize the device as my previous one.
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Jason
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Yea no problem at all and like I said it did just show itself the past couple weeks. So far it's from 5.1.1 but it has work keep us posted and I'll look into more if need be
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Well, she got it unlocked. Apologies to you Jacob, but the Verizon tech who made her reset passwords a second time was an idiot. She was in a chat with a Samsung tech today and told him she still didn't have an email and 72 hours was almost up and she didn't want to try to login and end up reseting her lock out again. He told her no email was coming and that the only way she would know if it was unlocked was if she tried... Smh... It may have been unlocked for days now. Lol. It did her some good to go through withdrawal.
Fwiw I blocked updates and am still on Kk with my note 4, the frp thing is in my security menu. I have it turned off on hers now too, but the option was buried in developers settings and is listed as "OEM unlock". Maybe this post will help others before they get in her position. Thanks for the info!
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Jason
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72 hour lockout if you change password around a Factory Reset.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...ne-you-might-trip-a-72-hour-security-lockout/
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Well, she got it unlocked. Apologies to you Jacob, but the Verizon tech who made her reset passwords a second time was an idiot. She was in a chat with a Samsung tech today and told him she still didn't have an email and 72 hours was almost up and she didn't want to try to login and end up reseting her lock out again. He told her no email was coming and that the only way she would know if it was unlocked was if she tried... Smh... It may have been unlocked for days now. Lol. It did her some good to go through withdrawal.
Fwiw I blocked updates and am still on Kk with my note 4, the frp thing is in my security menu. I have it turned off on hers now too, but the option was buried in developers settings and is listed as "OEM unlock". Maybe this post will help others before they get in her position. Thanks for the info!
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Jason
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Lol no offense taken just trying to help. Was new to me till I read up on it and experienced it. Sorry it took so long but glad you were able to get it unlocked ?
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I turned that reset feature off real quick.....I have a 2 year old and a5 year old. My phone would get wiped and reset every day!
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I turned that reset feature off real quick.....I have a 2 year old and a5 year old. My phone would get wiped and reset every day!
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Oh yes be glad you don't have an iPhone to see the disabled screen....lol
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Had the same problem only I gave up, and pulled out my old phone for the holidays, but just last night I tried it aging putting in my gmail account and it worked. But I had none idea their was a cool down wait time, this is stupid you would think they would give you a warning.. good luck to you all I can say is that it did work after the cool down.
I do not own the phone but my friend ad work is in the same situation I have been helping her the only thing is it has been more then 72hrs and it is still not letting her in she has been trying to log in the whole time not sure if that will re set the wait time also the phone was forced factory reset after the failed password scenario any help would be great she just got it 2 weeks ago
Hi. Just a tidbit of information here. This isn't really "Google" locking out the phone. It is in fact a bug on Samsung's newer phone models. If you do some searching you will see that mostly people with samsung phones get locked out. It appears that there is some spotty coding in Samsung's customization of the Android OS which interferes with the FRP. I played around with it on my Nexus 5 and don't get this problem, only on my extra phone which is a core prime
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my phone is on a lockout which really sucks! my question here is by trying to log in multiple times because no one told me this was going to happen either at the store where I bought the phone or when the idiots reset it without telling me this, will it reset the timer again? my lock out started on Wednesday afternoon and I kept trying to log in and even changed my password but nothing until yesterday that I was told about the lock out did I stop. I really hope it does not reset because that is the only means of communication I have.
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my phone is on a lockout which really sucks! my question here is by trying to log in multiple times because no one told me this was going to happen either at the store where I bought the phone or when the idiots reset it without telling me this, will it reset the timer again? my lock out started on Wednesday afternoon and I kept trying to log in and even changed my password but nothing until yesterday that I was told about the lock out did I stop. I really hope it does not reset because that is the only means of communication I have.
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The 72 hours is a Google thing. If you reset your Gmail password it is not valid for use on the locked phone until 72 hours after reset. That being said their is a work around and I believe it might still work. I have method to try and an app I made to get it bypassed. Just let me know if you need the steps with an otg cable and a USB flashdrive
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The 72 hours is a Google thing. If you reset your Gmail password it is not valid for use on the locked phone until 72 hours after reset. That being said their is a work around and I believe it might still work. I have method to try and an app I made to get it bypassed. Just let me know if you need the steps with an otg cable and a USB flashdrive
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hi if you have a way to bypass it, please let me know, i'm locked out of mine as well , already reset and waited 72hrs, same thing, please help
How to bypass Factory Reset Protection (FRP) on Samsung Galaxy Note 5 [Step-by-step Guide] http://drippler.com/drip/how-bypass...ion-frp-samsung-galaxy-note-5-step-step-guide Via j.mp/drippler_app
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hi if you have a way to bypass it, please let me know, i'm locked out of mine as well , already reset and waited 72hrs, same thing, please help
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Anilpalepu posted exactly what I had. Made the app that he already had tho so I already had it
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So I have been loving my pixel and I baby it. However this morning out of nowhere when the phone vibrates it sounds like it is buzzing and probably something is loose inside causing this. Seems others have had this. Long story short looks like I need a replacement. I came from an iphone so it took me a while to set up this phone as ideally as I want. I have rooted it and have TWRP flashed.
Is the best way to set up my new phone when it comes in to back up this one with TWRP, root the new one, flash TWRP on and restore a back up? Will this remember all my settings? Will it back up my apps and info, photos?, notes?.
I'm looking for the fastest way to get set up again
Thanks in advance.
dejanspa said:
So I have been loving my pixel and I baby it. However this morning out of nowhere when the phone vibrates it sounds like it is buzzing and probably something is loose inside causing this. Seems others have had this. Long story short looks like I need a replacement. I came from an iphone so it took me a while to set up this phone as ideally as I want. I have rooted it and have TWRP flashed.
Is the best way to set up my new phone when it comes in to back up this one with TWRP, root the new one, flash TWRP on and restore a back up? Will this remember all my settings? Will it back up my apps and info, photos?, notes?.
I'm looking for the fastest way to get set up again
Thanks in advance.
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You should use Titanium Backup to back up all user apps+data. Copy that backup to your PC. When you get the new phone, root, install TB and restore. Done!
Do you have a Verizon Pixel? If you do, and the replacement device has the latest security patch, the previous advice is moot since you can't root it any more (locked bootloader).
quangtran1 said:
You should use Titanium Backup to back up all user apps+data. Copy that backup to your PC. When you get the new phone, root, install TB and restore. Done!
Do you have a Verizon Pixel? If you do, and the replacement device has the latest security patch, the previous advice is moot since you can't root it any more (locked bootloader).
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Okay perfect thanks i'll do that instead. And no verizon pixel, whew!
dejanspa said:
Okay perfect thanks i'll do that instead. And no verizon pixel, whew!
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Is the replacement on the way already? When you get a new Pixel there is a way to transfer all your programs and settings to your new device at the initial setup even without root yet. But you will want to unlock the bootloader first which will cause a factory reset and then do the transfer. I did it from my n5x and it worked great. I wasn't even unlocked or rooted and I'm still not. I haven't used Titanium backup obviously and don't feel the need to any longer. But if you want root then you might as well backup everything and restore what the transfer misses. Best part of the transfer is that all your settings get ported over to the new device, i.e. sounds, preferences, security settings etc. Titanium will not do that.
Alternately, you can set it all up again which is sometimes fun. It lets you change a bunch of stuff and make it like a new device all over again. But as you said, that does take time. Anyway, good luck with the new one.
bobby janow said:
Is the replacement on the way already? When you get a new Pixel there is a way to transfer all your programs and settings to your new device at the initial setup even without root yet. But you will want to unlock the bootloader first which will cause a factory reset and then do the transfer. I did it from my n5x and it worked great. I wasn't even unlocked or rooted and I'm still not. I haven't used Titanium backup obviously and don't feel the need to any longer. But if you want root then you might as well backup everything and restore what the transfer misses. Best part of the transfer is that all your settings get ported over to the new device, i.e. sounds, preferences, security settings etc. Titanium will not do that.
Alternately, you can set it all up again which is sometimes fun. It lets you change a bunch of stuff and make it like a new device all over again. But as you said, that does take time. Anyway, good luck with the new one.
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Well currently arguing with google. Since I didn't buy it from google store but a carrier they want me to send the phone in first before they ship the new one. If you buy it from google then they send you a new one first and put a charge on hold on your CC until old one is received. I asked them to do the same for me but they said it's policy. I'm having the issue escalated.
The steps you mentioned is exactly why I want google to send me one first, through my carrier I would probably have to swap it right away and never have both in my hand.
If I get google to send me one, i'll do both things. Root then transfer via google's method and then use titanium as well for the rest of the stuff.
dejanspa said:
Well currently arguing with google. Since I didn't buy it from google store but a carrier they want me to send the phone in first before they ship the new one. If you buy it from google then they send you a new one first and put a charge on hold on your CC until old one is received. I asked them to do the same for me but they said it's policy. I'm having the issue escalated.
The steps you mentioned is exactly why I want google to send me one first, through my carrier I would probably have to swap it right away and never have both in my hand.
If I get google to send me one, i'll do both things. Root then transfer via google's method and then use titanium as well for the rest of the stuff.
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I have been dealing with the same problem!! I started a thread right below yours called RMA for new Verizon pixel! They want me to be out a phone for some 14 days while I send them my defective device and then they send my new one!
zaksimmermon said:
I have been dealing with the same problem!! I started a thread right below yours called RMA for new Verizon pixel! They want me to be out a phone for some 14 days while I send them my defective device and then they send my new one!
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I don't remember seeing your response on this on your thread. Why wouldn't you guys return at Verizon? You bought these at Verizon, right? Something doesn't add up. Just curious now. I've never had a Verizon exchange not show up at my door the next day, if ordered before 4pm.
quangtran1 said:
I don't remember seeing your response on this on your thread. Why wouldn't you guys return at Verizon? You bought these at Verizon, right? Something doesn't add up. Just curious now. I've never had a Verizon exchange not show up at my door the next day, if ordered before 4pm.
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I haven't been back on XDA until now and I haven't checked my thread until just now actually lol. But I bought mine from a different retail store called Nebraska Furniture Mart they have a store in Kansas city Mo where I live and they sell the Verizon variant. I called Verizon first and they told me to contact google. Maybe there was just a misunderstanding with the rep I spoke to? I have tried lots of different options but all are pointing to sending the phone in first because I'm past the 14 day remorse period?
quangtran1 said:
I don't remember seeing your response on this on your thread. Why wouldn't you guys return at Verizon? You bought these at Verizon, right? Something doesn't add up. Just curious now. I've never had a Verizon exchange not show up at my door the next day, if ordered before 4pm.
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Mine is not from verizon, i'm in Canada. With it being christmas my carrier currently has this phone online only. They have a $300 off activation credit going on right now so have had a huge amount of order and it's couple of weeks back log.
Just to back up the fact that Verizon requires you to go through the manufacturer if it's still on the OEM's warranty, the same happened with my LG G Pad 8.3 LTE (VK810). I was paying for the absolute best Verizon warranty on all three lines, and less than six months after I got this device I had a problem with the screen on the LTE (not dropped or cracked, just not working right), and Verizon wouldn't lift a finger to help me and said I had to go through LG.
Totally off topic but luckily LG gave me the absolute best warranty service I ever received. They had me take my device to a FedEx, LG paid for FedEx to box it up and have it shipped to them. I dropped it off on a Monday evening about 5 PM and the tablet was back in my hands fully repaired (not replaced with a refurb) on Friday of the same week around the same time. Sorry for the OT part. Too bad LG bootloader unlockable devices are rare except maybe through some other carriers (T-Mobile?).