Hi all,
I've a Nexus S (Gingerbread) and I'm curious to know what actually happens if there are too many failed unlock attempts at the unlock screen?
Will it eventually wipe the phone as a security measure? (this would be ideal)
I'm concerned because I'm going to be travelling with it soon and didn't know whether it would be worth stumping up for third party security like - Lookout mobile or something (does anyone have any suggestions?)
Thanks very much!
Nothing happens you just have to wait 30 secs and try again
Or you could hit "Forgotten Password " or whatever it is and sign in with your gmail account.
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When my sisters tried to unlock my phone too many times, I had to log back into my gmail to unlock it myself.
So your data is safe unless they know your gmail address and password. If not, they will have to do a complete wipe (and I'm sure any thief wouldn't know how to do that)
If you want to be safer you could download Prey, it lets you lock, automatically send a text to a pre-defined number if the sim is changed and track your phone through the internet. It's free, that's the best part.
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Thanks a lot for your help guys. After a bit of investigation, I went for an app called AutoWipe:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vesperaNovus.app.Autowipe&feature=search_result
It's very simple and does exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks again.
How do you get in if you are using 2 step verification in gmail?
Joe-retired said:
How do you get in if you are using 2 step verification in gmail?
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I'd imagine you'd have to go through the ballache of finding out your backup codes, and all that stuff.
Sometimes i wonder why i turned 2 step verification on..... then i remember just how big a part google plays in my life and how many services i use.... so i am happy
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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
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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!
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I'm kinda in a daze from losing my Nexus S last night. The hangover is probably contributing to said daze. I don't have one of those security apps installed. I must have forgotten to restore it when I flashed a new ROM. My inner child is on my inner floor bawling his eyes out at the moment.
Anyway, my question is, what can I do to ensure minimal loss of my privacy. I have already changed all my passwords. Does this automatically unsync my account on the phone? I mean, will the phone ask whoever has it to re-enter the new password? What else am I forgetting? What else can I do?
Would appreciate it if "You should have"s are avoided. Thanks!
I know for sure that if you have changed your Google/Gmail Password, that the phone will prompt for a new one. As far as 'unsyncing' I do not know. I didn't check to see if my contacts/emails/calendar etc were removed when I changed the password and the phone prompted for a new one.
I will change my password again, see what happens and let you know.
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I changed my password for my phone, I got a notification about a sign in error, that prompted for a password. The dialing functions still worked as normal, any emails that you had cached were also visibile as well as the calendar. I rebooted without updating the password and could still call out as normal, but when I tried to access the Gmail app, it tried to sync the inbox, but prompted for a password right away.
I don't have any apps installed with other sensitive information, but I would imagine those would function as normal.
Hope this helps.
You could try lookout mobile security "plan b" will help find it.
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Hmm sorry to hear that dude, i would probably be bawling on the floor too!
Although... i probably will install one of those security apps now...
Thanks for your help, guys.
Even if you don't change password but someone change sim card,android will require reenter password for sync
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I don't know if Plan B would work seeing as how his Google Account is tied to the market account. Because he changed his password and the phone lost connection with the Google account, I don't believe remote installs will work, but I could be wrong.
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I don't know if Plan B would work seeing as how his Google Account is tied to the market account. Because he changed his password and the phone lost connection with the Google account, I don't believe remote installs will work, but I could be wrong.
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Yes, I was wondering the same thing. I picked up a new Nexus S(not SAMOLED unfortunately) and synced it up and everything. Finally got to a PC and looked up my Market Account. It listed both phones under devices and I could go all the way to installing it on both phones. It located my current phone.
Unfortunately, I blocked my SIM card prematurely(did not know about Plan B), so, I can't send out the locate SMS. But, I figure whoever has it has probably removed the SIM card, or does not know how to charge it if the battery is dead or is using a SIM on it without a data connection. So, no data connection means no app on the phone. I haven't received an email from Plan B for the lost phone.
Why is the phone is still linked to my market account? I can see that the carrier has been changed which means a new SIM.
For now I'm just satisfying myself by installing inane and useless apps on the phone. HAHA! I hope it works and the app installation is going through. I've pretty much lost hope of finding it.
Hey
So a friend of mine lost his phone. He texted me asking for help on retrieving it.
I obviously thought of Plan B. But the problem is that he signed into the same Gmail account on two phones so plan b may not go to the right phone.
Will resetting the new phone allow plan b to go to the lost pphone?
Any ideas?
Plan B will probably work of you just remove the Google account from the second phone, rather than resetting it.
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When you click install...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en
It gives you the option of which phone to install it to. The phone list is in chronological order. Send it to both if you have to. You will get 2 locations in your Gmail as long as your friends Gmail is still logged in. Obviously you'll know which one is the right one.
Thanks. I installed it remotely.
However Plan B still hasn't sent me a location.
Any ideas on imei tracking?
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Thanks. I installed it remotely.
However Plan B still hasn't sent me a location.
Any ideas on imei tracking?
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When I log in, it still gives me the option to install to all my previous phones. They are all listed and I know I logged out.
Maybe whoever found the found already wiped it. Since that Gmail is no longer associated with that phone, the install won't go through. It just gets lost in cyber space.
Once the lost phone is reset / wiped. Chances of locating it slim down. I hope someone turns it in for your friend. Good luck.
Hi all,
Just got the nexus 5 and live everything about it except one thing, the email app. I can't tell if it's exchange services or the app itself, but "unfortunately email has stopped" keeps popping up randomly and will not stop. Another wrote thing is that the so manager will not let me wipe data (screenshot). Things I tried:
*rebooting
*deleting the apk through titanium, wiping data and reinstalling
Any ideas? I really need exchange email for work and it's driving me crazy.
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Seems you screwed up something with titanium so do a factory reset and flash back to stock and test it out then and see if it all works fine. After that then do some changes slowly to see if it comes back again to narrow it down?
I have this problem with my Nexus 5 as well. It's been this way since I got it. Really, really annoying. This has been an ongoing problem for a while. I wish there was a fix....
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shotta35 said:
Seems you screwed up something with titanium so do a factory reset and flash back to stock and test it out then and see if it all works fine. After that then do some changes slowly to see if it comes back again to narrow it down?
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I just wiped, flashed factory image and factory reset the phone and still getting these crashes and it is still not letting me wipe data from the app manager...
Any other suggestions? Right now, I'm going to try to delete the exchange accounts but it's not even letting me delete accounts!! I'm going to try to switch to ART to see if that helps at all, and will give an update.
Any other email clients for android that support exchange?? I'm lost at this point and I really tried everything I know before posting.
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This is total stock? As if factory image?
I don't think there's much you can do to fix the problem. There are a lot of people in the same boat. If you search Google, there are several posts about the same issue. Last time I checked, there's no fix.
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Yeah, factory image and it still didn't work.
I just ended up flashing twrp and cataclysm ROM and that fixed it.
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skyo12 said:
I just wiped, flashed factory image and factory reset the phone and still getting these crashes and it is still not letting me wipe data from the app manager...
Any other suggestions? Right now, I'm going to try to delete the exchange accounts but it's not even letting me delete accounts!! I'm going to try to switch to ART to see if that helps at all, and will give an update.
Any other email clients for android that support exchange?? I'm lost at this point and I really tried everything I know before posting.
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I'm using Touchdown (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nitrodesk.droid20.nitroid) from Nitrodesk.
Works perfect for my needs
Had battery drain issues with the stock exchange app, so I switched to Touchdown
Hope this helps for you as well
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Just read your later post that you switched ROM
cheers
I m experiencing another issue..!!
I get couldnt sign-in error!!
Any solutions for this!!
Dont frget to press the THANK button!!!
Just an update, the new ROM solution was working for a few hours but starting to have issues again with "unfortunately email app has stopped working" errors.
I think it has to be how my exchage accounts are setup:
- One gmail account on IMAP
- 3 Exchange accounts on push notifications and sync all mails
Outside of that setup, nothing special. Anyone experiencing the same?
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I m experiencing another issue..!!
I get couldnt sign-in error!!
Any solutions for this!!
Dont frget to press the THANK button!!!
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Can you elaborate your issue?
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Can you elaborate your issue?
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Now frm some hours i didnt get this error....now workin cmpltely fine!!
Thanks
Dont frget to press the THANK button!!!
One last update (unless it creeps up again). I switched the syncing of emails to date back 30 days instead of "All" and that fixed the "unfortunately email has stopped" messages completely. The HTC One email client never had that issue so I assumed that wasn't the problem but I guess the email client on this phone is a bit more sensitive.
Ok, the problem crept back up again... the error message keeps coming back, and in the app manager, the "clear data" button is greyed out so you can't even start over unless you remove all the accounts.
I would like to ask anyone that has working exchange accounts (multiple) on the native email client share their setup and the app versions etc.
I rooted my phone and my wife's. She's been hiding things and deleting messages and sending off pics of herflself and deleting them. I tried using a recovery app. But is there something that I can install on her phone that's will stay hidden so I can monitor what it is she is up to? Something that will save the text logs and pictures. Or activate her front facing camera. GPS... I want to make sure I have all the evidence I would need to confront her. This happened in the past as well and I didn't have enough proof. She played it off like I was the crazy one.
I've searched but figured some experts would point me in the right direction. Hoping to save my marrage before its too late.
Thanks.
Well for finding old picrures, theres diskdigger app. Uhm... Besides that, idk
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I used dr phone and it took so long and it kept showing all the current pics and not just the deleted ones . wasn't until I used discdigger that I found what I was looking for. but being the free version it didn't search for much. and hard to view everything ion the little screen, and it requires me to have her phone for long periods of time.
I know there has to be something out there I can install once and get the info sent to my phone or pc.
since I only have small windows of time to have her phone(when shes sleeping) I practice on my phone. install what apps I wanty to use and try them so I know what it is im doing when I get the chance.
a keylogger would be a start but I want to know what texts are coming in as well.
I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but recently when my phone broke and I still had to text people; I went to the Verizon wireless website, under 'My Verizon' is a tab called 'Send a message', enter your wife's phone number followed by her account password, and then it should be empty if this is the first time opening this. From here you can send and receive messages. After your initial login, all messages will be stored. It shows deleted as well. Finally, if you do happen to send a text from this online, sent messages will not show on her phone. Beware as she will still receive the incoming texts.
-Hope this helped! Good luck with your searching
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