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So i got my captivate yesterday, sent one text, enabled the pattern, then forgot what pattern I set and thought I bricked my phone. After getting into the recovery menu, I was able to clear user data but that didn't help. I waited until I got home and started playing with the data cable. I found that if I had the data cable plugged in (phone was still set to use Samsung Kies) and I turned the phone off, then booted it back up holding volume down and the home key, I managed to get it to go to the home screen and eventually I had to do a factory settings restore. The funny part was even after I got into the device this way, if the screen locked it would still say "Too many pattern attempts" and ask for my gmail account which hadn't been setup on the phone yet. Hope this helps someone.
Worked very first time!
OMG, this worked like a charm. My little cousin locked my phone without me knowing she had it and i was so upset but i decided to give this a try and it worked on the first time. Thanks so much for posting this. Oh & im also using a Captivate
mikkela01 said:
OMG, this worked like a charm. My little cousin locked my phone without me knowing she had it and i was so upset but i decided to give this a try and it worked on the first time. Thanks so much for posting this. Oh & im also using a Captivate
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what worked?
Negative OP, the pattern is full!
Sorry...couldn't stop myself ;-)
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Just found a work around not mentioned here. (already had a gmail account configured that wouldnt accept the PW... not sure if this will work if no Gmail account has been configured)
Start with a fresh reboot of the device
>> Once logged in to the screen asking for the Google account have somebody call you
>> when they call select the menu and then memo
>> keep doing this until a memo actually displays
>> once a memo is opened you should be able to pull down the status bar
>> look for anything that would allow you to create a google account
>> if the account is already setup send an email to yourself so you get a notification and then open the message which will take you to the gmail app
>> inside of the app get the the account screen to sync or modify the account
>> once you sync you should be able to bypass the login for the lock screen
Some other tricks are in the Captivate FAQ:
http://capfaq.com/w/Too_Many_Pattern_Attempts
Thank you for those tips much appreciated!
T
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Yeaterday(IST), when I connected my Captivate to Kies I got notified of JH7 update.
My Captivate is unlocked, not rooted and was on stock firmware(jp6 I guess). Phone is on Airtel's network in India.
I grabbed the update using Kies and upgrade of phone completed successfully.
Before upgrade, my phone was configured for exhange email and I was getting my exchange email in phone without a problem.
After the upgrade, email client asked to setup a 6 digit numeric password. I tried to set it. But, for some reason phone doesn't detect the password as numeric. A bug?
What ever 6 digit number I try to set as password, i get an error saying that password needs to be numeric.
Crap!
I tried removing account and adding again, reboot of phone..etc nothing work.
Is there any work around fir this?
I read in engadget that Samsung added exchange security policy support in JH7 and it appears to be the reason its asking me to set password which is not working. looks like Sansung's QA team didn't do their job well.
By the way, I read reports of Tethering option removed from phone's USB settings. But, connect USB to laptop and set USB to 'KIES' mode. Use 'tethering' shortcut in Kies application. Tethering works!, atleast on Airtel in India.
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manojkreddy said:
Yeaterday(IST), when I connected my Captivate to Kies I got notified of JH7 update.
My Captivate is unlocked, not rooted and was on stock firmware(jp6 I guess). Phone is on Airtel's network in India.
I grabbed the update using Kies and upgrade of phone completed successfully.
Before upgrade, my phone was configured for exhange email and I was getting my exchange email in phone without a problem.
After the upgrade, email client asked to setup a 6 digit numeric password. I tried to set it. But, for some reason phone doesn't detect the password as numeric. A bug?
What ever 6 digit number I try to set as password, i get an error saying that password needs to be numeric.
Crap!
I tried removing account and adding again, reboot of phone..etc nothing work.
Is there any work around fir this?
I read in engadget that Samsung added exchange security policy support in JH7 and it appears to be the reason its asking me to set password which is not working. looks like Sansung's QA team didn't do their job well.
By the way, I read reports of Tethering option removed from phone's USB settings. But, connect USB to laptop and set USB to 'KIES' mode. Use 'tethering' shortcut in Kies application. Tethering works!, atleast on Airtel in India.
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I don't know how to fix your problem but try downloading Touchdown from the market and see if that works. Maybe it will get you by until you find a solution. Make sure you pick the one Exchange for Android 2.x.
manojkreddy said:
Yeaterday(IST), when I connected my Captivate to Kies I got notified of JH7 update.
My Captivate is unlocked, not rooted and was on stock firmware(jp6 I guess). Phone is on Airtel's network in India.
I grabbed the update using Kies and upgrade of phone completed successfully.
Before upgrade, my phone was configured for exhange email and I was getting my exchange email in phone without a problem.
After the upgrade, email client asked to setup a 6 digit numeric password. I tried to set it. But, for some reason phone doesn't detect the password as numeric. A bug?
What ever 6 digit number I try to set as password, i get an error saying that password needs to be numeric.
Crap!
I tried removing account and adding again, reboot of phone..etc nothing work.
Is there any work around fir this?
I read in engadget that Samsung added exchange security policy support in JH7 and it appears to be the reason its asking me to set password which is not working. looks like Sansung's QA team didn't do their job well.
By the way, I read reports of Tethering option removed from phone's USB settings. But, connect USB to laptop and set USB to 'KIES' mode. Use 'tethering' shortcut in Kies application. Tethering works!, atleast on Airtel in India.
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The maintenance crashed and ate my post about JH7 firmware update from Kies enabled.
Anyway, I did upgrade to JH7 and exchange service works fine for me. It didnt ask me to set up any security password. I am in da US.
@keitht:thanks for your suggestion about touchdown. I am using Moxier Mail for now.
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@C3000C: good to know that your exchange email works after upgrade. May be your exchange server doesn't enforce security policies?
My exchange server requires me to setup password for phone screen unlock.
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Exchange still works fine
I have 2 exchange accts set up on my phone. Both work fine after JH7.
One change after JH7 - One of my accts requires a passwd on the phone. Before the upgrade, when I hit the text box, previouly I used to get the full keyboard. I would have to change to numeric to enter the passwd. After JH7, it defaults to numeric keyboard.
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@keitht:thanks for your suggestion about touchdown. I am using Moxier Mail for now.
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I read in another thread that the Samsung keyboard seems to be possibly typing in letters instead of numbers even though you can see the numbers being typed. Not sure if this is the same thing but maybe trying another keyboard, like the Android one instead of samsung or vice versa may yield different results?You can set this on phone settings > Locale and Text.
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Earlier I was trying to set an easy numeric password(like 123456) and it was giving me an error to type 'numeric password'.
I later tried it using a bit complicated numeric password and it accepted the password.
So, the issue was that I was using a very easy numberic password and hence it was not accepting that password.
but, what an error message shown by email app!!
looks like Samsung ran out of error messages
Title says it. I cannot find a way to enter the new password on the phone. It just indicates errors synching, but does not offer to enter a new password, and I cannot find how to change it.
Any suggestions?
If its the gmail account password then your phone should automatically tell you that It can't log in to sync your contacts and what not then ask you for the new password..
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It is the GMAIL password, and it is not doing that.
I am getting a message "synch is currently experiencing proglems, and will be bak shortly". Now, maybe that is in fact the case. bit it is quite coincidental that it started immediately after I changed my password online.
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In fact, I just went in and changed it back to the old password, and it synched fine, so it seems my phone is not operating like you indicate it should.
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You must login to the market. It then asks for the new password, and you are good to go. Cannot do it via GMAIL. Interesting...
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By the way, it turns out that on that ASUS Tablet, you must do it through GMAIL, not MARKET. Exactly backwords. Go figure...
Lol that's funny. Its been a while sice I messed with it so I couldn't remember
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go to settings accounts and sync. remove your account and add it again with the correct password
mrevankyle said:
go to settings accounts and sync. remove your account and add it again with the correct password
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That requires a factory reset after...
mrevankyle said:
go to settings accounts and sync. remove your account and add it again with the correct password
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I had tried that. It will not let you because of all the things linked to the account on it. To do that you need to do a factory reset.
ok so o hope this is in the right spot. i have a rooted SR on stock rom, unlocked on t mobile and all of a sudden i am having issues with the native email app not sending yahoo mail. i did nothing, down loaded nothing, no weird reboots nothing. all i get is that the email could not be sent and moved to my drafts. i have deleted and reset up my email and still nothing. i also rebooted my phone and nothing. has any one had or having issues or is it just me and my phone?
Try removing the account and setting it back up using the "other" option instead of choosing yahoo.
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sounds like you're not getting internet to the phone or the outgoing settings are wrong. verify internet. and check the outgoing mail server settings haven't changed on yahoo's end.
ctalcant said:
sounds like you're not getting internet to the phone or the outgoing settings are wrong. verify internet. and check the outgoing mail server settings haven't changed on yahoo's end.
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How would I go about doing this? It's seems all the other functions that require Internet work fine. I also have no problems, well few problems receiving email. I have it set to push and for the most part get email regularly. It's just the sending that's become an issue. It sends every once in a while but usually get the error.
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I just tried "other" and it won't let me set it up. I Googled the settings but they must have changed since March? I can find any settings newer than that, maybe some one has some newer settings they can provide?
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ok it seems there is a new protocol on the yahoo servers, adding "android.imap.mail.yahoo.com" and some other changes. if i set it manually it works. the only thing is that i need it to be pushed not poled. the only option in "other" is to check every 15 mins. how would i go about getting the automatic email set up to recognize this new change and let me set up my email as push?
Try adding it back under yahoo and see if there is any option to modify server settings. I don't think you can choose manual set up like with other but may be able to modify settings after its added. If not, could try the yahoo mail app in the playstore it may have a push option. I don't have a Yahoo account so I've never used it but might be worth checking out.
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Luckily I remembered I have a friend that works for yahoo, son had some inside help. Guess it was a spamming issue. Seems that if you reply to the same person too many times in the same email thread the system makes it as spam and requires a captcha for sending. Well since a phone can't see that, it fails to send. So now I have to wait 24 hours to reset and see if that fixes things. Thanks guys
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I'm not able to disable the PIN (or any security based lock screen; Password, Pin, or Pattern) and set the phone to just "Lock Screen" or even "No Lock Screen." The Face Unclock feature is also not available.
How do I remove the PIN (without a factory reset?)
UberSlackr said:
I'm not able to disable the PIN (or any security based lock screen; Password, Pin, or Pattern) and set the phone to just "Lock Screen" or even "No Lock Screen." The Face Unclock feature is also not available.
How do I remove the PIN (without a factory reset?)
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Are you connected to a corporate Exchange email account? If so, I think the Exchange admin can require the lock screen and not let you turn it off.
dneiding said:
Are you connected to a corporate Exchange email account? If so, I think the Exchange admin can require the lock screen and not let you turn it off.
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+1 This happened to me on my last phone, built in policy in MS Exchange. I think if you delete the account, you can get the options back.
dneiding said:
Are you connected to a corporate Exchange email account? If so, I think the Exchange admin can require the lock screen and not let you turn it off.
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Only company email account used on the account is accessed through Gmail.
The "Lock Screen" was the selected option, until I tested out the PIN. But then when I went back into setting, Lock Screen and the other two were greyed out. So I can't remove the PIN now.
Only company email account used on the account is accessed through Gmail.
It's because you locked the microSD card. I had the same thing right now with LG G2 Mini
See if any of these will work for you
http://en.miui.com/thread-5684-1-1.html
it's for rooted devices and I'm not rooted. just delete the micro SD protection
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How do you delete micro SD protection? Can this be done without formatting the card?
Of course, because you do not format it. Settings/security/decrypt SD card storage.
of course that option will be shown if you encrypted the card before
I think that also works with phone encrypt so maybe that's why you can't delete pin
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Do you have foxfi certificate installed?
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ChrisNee1988 said:
Do you have foxfi certificate installed?
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i did not install anything.
Did you ever solve the phone lock problem?
I have the same problem as the one you've described in this thread. Did you ever come to a solution on this one?
Settings - security - crecredentials storage - clear credentials
Worked for me
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This also just worked for me thanks
MrRedPants said:
Settings - security - crecredentials storage - clear credentials
Worked for me
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jackie08 said:
This also just worked for me thanks
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Ditto. Clear certificates.
figured it out
I managed to sort the issue out by clearing the credential storage on my device. It may not solve the issue for everyone.
UberSlackr said:
Only company email account used on the account is accessed through Gmail.
The "Lock Screen" was the selected option, until I tested out the PIN. But then when I went back into setting, Lock Screen and the other two were greyed out. So I can't remove the PIN now.
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So I had this problem but only after this most recent update beginning may. And what I did was go to setting, then security, there should be a credential storage area. I cleared the credentials went back to lock screen and it wasn't greyed out anymore. I don't even know what activated this because all I did was add a pin just like you and then wanted it off and I couldn't. But I solved it. Hope it works for you. Good luck
To opt out, Go to Settings » Accounts» Remove Google and Corporate/Exchange account then restart device.
Now again go to Account and add Google account.
Now lock the phone and try to unlock with invalid PIN/Pattern for 5 times, next it will automatically open SnapView settings, there, remove SnapView.
That's it, Go to Security » Lock screen, enter the current PIN/Pattern, now it will display all other lock options....
100% working for Android Lollipop, others not sure!!