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Restore Dream/G1 without using home key

I found a G1 and tried to factory restore it but the home key doesn't work and I don't know the Gmail address or password so is there any way around that so I can get into the phone and use it. Please let me know, Thank You!

elvis21 said:
I found a G1 and tried to factory restore it but the home key doesn't work and I don't know the Gmail address or password so is there any way around that so I can get into the phone and use it. Please let me know, Thank You!
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You found a G1?
I bet its mine... just kidding.
Look it up dude!!
Poor guy who lost the phone though.
The home key is pretty vital though since you need to confirm with the home button.

This should be in Q&A, you'll likely get a better response.
Factory reset really just involves reformatting the data and cache. Without having root access already, and an Engineering SPL installed, you might have a tough time. My initial thought is that a gold card would work, but I think you do that from the recovery partition. I don't think that you can reboot to that partition from fastboot. Hmmm, not sure. I'd check with Q&A.

You should check to see if the last owner had the phone rooted (you'll be surprised)
If thats the case then just flash a new rom through the computer (Droid Explorer)
Turn the phone on and plug it into the computer with DroidExplorer open and see if it picks up anything.
I'm pretty sure thats all you need then you could download a cyanogen or what ever rom of your choosing and flash it.

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elvis21 said:
I found a G1 and tried to factory restore it but the home key doesn't work and I don't know the Gmail address or password so is there any way around that so I can get into the phone and use it. Please let me know, Thank You!
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how about emailing the owner and returning his/her property ?
you should see the email address of the owner after 4-5 failed unlock patterns iiirc.

Try:
Code:
adb shell reboot recovery

[Q] Black screen in recovery mode after installing ICS

Hi everybody,
I have an italian nexus s (i9023 i guess, lcd screen). It is unlocked but *not* rooted or with custom roms installed and stuff.
I installed ICS via the official ROM, flashing it through recovery mode. (I unfortunately forgot to delete the cache before flashing it).
The phone works just fine, no issues so far, except that now when I try to boot into recovery (the stock one, not clockwork or anything else) an android appears and then the screen shuts down (leaving the soft keys lit). I can't do anything but remove the battery and restart it.
This is a video of the thing (can't post the full link, just put the dots back on):
www dot zshare dot net/video/97637499e053ff65/
I've searched the forums but couldn't find a solution. I reset the phone to the factory defaults but that didn't help. Using adb (or fastboot, can't remember) to get into recovery gives the exact same result. Any clues?
Thanks!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402020

it's not working, even if i put it in front of a lamp

When screen goes blank press POWER + VOL UP and then in intensive light you shoud see recovery.
I know what i'm talking about because i have this bug.

Try install clockwork mod recovery through fastboot, its because the recovery was for 19020T with samoled display where as ours is slcd.

nodstuff said:
Try install clockwork mod recovery through fastboot, its because the recovery was for 19020T with samoled display where as ours is slcd.
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Guess this could be a noob question, but...do you need to have an unlocked bootloader in order to do that?. I'm having the same problem, and it would be great to use that option, but i have a locked bootloader and rooted phone, so...

flixos said:
Guess this could be a noob question, but...do you need to have an unlocked bootloader in order to do that?. I'm having the same problem, and it would be great to use that option, but i have a locked bootloader and rooted phone, so...
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Ya I think you do, there are easy ways to do it if you search the forums. I would link you but I'm on my phone. I think its something like fastboot oem unlock. It is explained better in the proper thread! And as for not being able to see well try the bright light thing mentioned above!

nodstuff said:
Ya I think you do, there are easy ways to do it if you search the forums. I would link you but I'm on my phone. I think its something like fastboot oem unlock. It is explained better in the proper thread! And as for not being able to see well try the bright light thing mentioned above!
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Yep, as i said in another thread, actually i already tried the "bright light thing". Not easy, but it worked. I also know how to unlock the phone, i just was asking if that option is avalaible without unlocking it. But, as you said, i could use the search tool by myself. Thanks for that.

flixos said:
Yep, as i said in another thread, actually i already tried the "bright light thing". Not easy, but it worked. I also know how to unlock the phone, i just was asking if that option is avalaible without unlocking it. But, as you said, i could use the search tool by myself. Thanks for that.
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Sorry if I came off rude, wasn't trying to be!

Rooted, but never flashed. Best way to unroot to take the updates?

Hi there, quick question. Searched like crazy, but I think the keywords were just too generic to get any useful results.
Status:
Verizon Galaxy S3
Running 4.1.2 Touchwiz via Verizon
Rooted with some apps frozen & some greenified
Never flashed anything, there are no triangles.
The unlocked icon & "custom" appears at boot.
Issues: None, except my micro USB port doesn't work anymore, so I'm a battery swapper day to day.
I'm on the last few months on my phone, but decided I'd like to take the kitkat update. The quickest & easiest way to do this seems to be to install Universal Unroot from the play store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.universal.unroot
Run it. Then take the updates once I'm no longer rooted.
Before I did this, wanted to get your feedback on this as a process and if anyone has experience with a similar set up??
Thanks!!

aarontsuru said:
Hi there, quick question. Searched like crazy, but I think the keywords were just too generic to get any useful results.
Status:
Verizon Galaxy S3
Running 4.1.2 Touchwiz via Verizon
Rooted with some apps frozen & some greenified
Never flashed anything, there are no triangles.
The unlocked icon & "custom" appears at boot.
Issues: None, except my micro USB port doesn't work anymore, so I'm a battery swapper day to day.
I'm on the last few months on my phone, but decided I'd like to take the kitkat update. The quickest & easiest way to do this seems to be to install Universal Unroot from the play store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.universal.unroot
Run it. Then take the updates once I'm no longer rooted.
Before I did this, wanted to get your feedback on this as a process and if anyone has experience with a similar set up??
Thanks!!
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Make sure you revert back to factory as much as you can remembered, like build.props, unfreeze all system apps, unroot with Universal unroot, then take the update. But first make a backup of all your apps/settings with Tibu. Worst come to worst it just failed without any harm done and if it failed and you couldn't figure out what's wrong then the fastest way and most reliable way is to Odin stock ML1, then use the OTA to upgrade to 4.4kk then root with Towelroot app, then restore all your apps with Tibu.

buhohitr said:
Make sure you revert back to factory as much as you can remembered, like build.props, unfreeze all system apps, unroot with Universal unroot, then take the update. But first make a backup of all your apps/settings with Tibu. Worst come to worst it just failed without any harm done and if it failed and you couldn't figure out what's wrong then the fastest way and most reliable way is to Odin stock ML1, then use the OTA to upgrade to 4.4kk then root with Towelroot app, then restore all your apps with Tibu.
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Thanks! That's what I'm thinking. Thinking unfreeze, ungreenify, then unroot. Do a nice reboot for good measure then take the update.
If it fails and I'm still on 4.1.2, just re-root, grab mobile odin, and **** it, let's flash!

I rooted recently using towelroot and uninstalled a bunch of bloat. What would I need to do in order to take the upgrade?

buhohitr said:
Make sure you revert back to factory as much as you can remembered, like build.props, unfreeze all system apps, unroot with Universal unroot, then take the update. But first make a backup of all your apps/settings with Tibu. Worst come to worst it just failed without any harm done and if it failed and you couldn't figure out what's wrong then the fastest way and most reliable way is to Odin stock ML1, then use the OTA to upgrade to 4.4kk then root with Towelroot app, then restore all your apps with Tibu.
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Huh. Went ahead and gave it a go. Twice. Won't take the update. It's confirmed unrooted. Huh.

my suggestion if you're still on 4.1.2 is to wait till a custom 4.4.2 rom comes out and flash that. or sell me your 4.1.2 lol. this whole locked bootloader stuff is so apple like. shame on you vzw/samsung

suchavibrantthang said:
my suggestion if you're still on 4.1.2 is to wait till a custom 4.4.2 rom comes out and flash that. or sell me your 4.1.2 lol. this whole locked bootloader stuff is so apple like. shame on you vzw/samsung
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yeah, I may do that. I'm down to the last few months which is why I was like "screw it, let's go vzw". With that in mind, I do need to think about clearing off my personal data, so I may do a factory reset soon because why not and see what happens.
You don't want my phone. While it is in really good condition, the lack of usable micro usb (it flat out doesn't work) gets old.

aarontsuru said:
yeah, I may do that. I'm down to the last few months which is why I was like "screw it, let's go vzw". With that in mind, I do need to think about clearing off my personal data, so I may do a factory reset soon because why not and see what happens.
You don't want my phone. While it is in really good condition, the lack of usable micro usb (it flat out doesn't work) gets old.
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had a problem w/ a refurb they gave me where the usb port was screwy. i had to firmly hold the cable in at a weird angle and luckly got through a 9min ODIN flash after 4 tries. you could probably chat w/ tech and see if they'll still send you another. i've been outta warranty for awhile but they were really cool, gave me another (although it was a locked 4.3).

suchavibrantthang said:
had a problem w/ a refurb they gave me where the usb port was screwy. i had to firmly hold the cable in at a weird angle and luckly got through a 9min ODIN flash after 4 tries. you could probably chat w/ tech and see if they'll still send you another. i've been outta warranty for awhile but they were really cool, gave me another (although it was a locked 4.3).
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Giving it one more go, found this little bit of advise on a verizon support board when someone was getting a 402 failure on a Note 2:
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/813932
Please wipe your cache partition, then try again. This will not erase data.
• Turn off the device.
• Press and hold the following three buttons at the same time:
• Volume Up key
• Home key
• Power key
• When 'GALAXY Note II' appears on the screen, let go of the Power key but continue to press and hold the Volume Up key and the Home key.
• When the Android System Recovery screen appears, release the Volume Up and Home keys.
• Press the Volume Down key to highlight 'wipe cache partition.'
• Press the Power key to select and wipe the cache.
• With 'reboot system now' highlighted, press the Power key to restart the device.
MarquiaF_VZW
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We'll see! Yeah, if i'm stuck on 4.1.2 and get annoyed, I may re-un-root and give them a shout.

aarontsuru said:
Giving it one more go, found this little bit of advise on a verizon support board when someone was getting a 402 failure on a Note 2:
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/813932
We'll see! Yeah, if i'm stuck on 4.1.2 and get annoyed, I may re-un-root and give them a shout.
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Nevermind.
It failed 402.
lol

I'd wait. If you install OTA, you will NEVER be able to go back and install normal, custom ROMs.

cozzbp said:
I'd wait. If you install OTA, you will NEVER be able to go back and install normal, custom ROMs.
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Looks like I have no choice. Every attempt to take the OTA has failed.

Maxx Hd Encryption unsucsessful bug

Ok so i was on my phone when all of a sudden my home screen kept crashing and pushing the window to close it. So i closed it and powered down the phone thinking a restart would help. It subsequently went to the Encryption Unsuccessful page where it tells you that your phone will need a Factory Reset. So i power down my phone and some times itll restart to the "E.U" screen 3/4 times. When i get it to power down and not power on i try to use the Volume+&Power. It'll pull to the menu and ill scroll to the Recovery and click it but itll push right back to the " Encryption Unsuccessful" screen. On the "Encryption Unsuccessful" Page i have a "Reset Phone" button but it does nothing but turn blue from gray when i press it. I can even take screenshots on the "E.U" page. I URGENTLY need my phone because im constantly awaiting interview calls and im waiting for a certain one. Will try other things until i get a Reply from this. If I fix it over night (well morning now) ill let you know with what stwps

sorry bout your troubles man, bad timing....i dont have a Max and I dont encrypt my phone. Are you on stock ROM? what version?
You most likely will need to flash with rsd lite, a stock rom then go from there

hbenz2008 said:
sorry bout your troubles man, bad timing....i dont have a Max and I dont encrypt my phone. Are you on stock ROM? what version?
You most likely will need to flash with rsd lite, a stock rom then go from there
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I was on the most updated STOCK ROM. And i didnt want to encrypt my phone either i think i may have hit that setting when my homescreen was crashing over and over. I was wondering if it could be heat damage because I have a laptop with a metal case (****ing Dumbass Alienware) and i was playing rust for almost the whole day and it gets like hot to the touch when i play that long and the phone was in my pocket. If you could link me to a tut for how to flash with rsd and a link to the stock ROM ill go through and try that tonight and post my results either in the am or right when i finish depending on what time it is and what im doing.
Another thing that sucks is theres no warranty and i have no carrier on it ATM (its a verizon phone without the sim, basically an android ipod)

Rsd lite 6.1.6:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2637338
Moto firmware:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/
How to:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...ellyBean-on-PagePlus-VOICE-SMS-MMS-3G-WORKING

KingHephaestus said:
I was on the most updated STOCK ROM. And i didnt want to encrypt my phone either i think i may have hit that setting when my homescreen was crashing over and over. I was wondering if it could be heat damage because I have a laptop with a metal case (****ing Dumbass Alienware) and i was playing rust for almost the whole day and it gets like hot to the touch when i play that long and the phone was in my pocket. If you could link me to a tut for how to flash with rsd and a link to the stock ROM ill go through and try that tonight and post my results either in the am or right when i finish depending on what time it is and what im doing.
Another thing that sucks is theres no warranty and i have no carrier on it ATM (its a verizon phone without the sim, basically an android ipod)
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its possible rsd may work, but i wouldnt be surprised if it doesnt. encryption errors are bad and sometimes unfixable.
if you are able to boot the phone and tell me the system version, i can provide an end all script to try.
if you cant get the system version, have you taken an update in the last couple weeks? that will tell me what you are on if yes or no.
also, you will need to be able to get into fastboot to use any script, you can get there right?

Encryption errors are triggered by the data partition becoming unmountable (data file system corruption?).
Data and data/media wipe (factory reset) could fix it (unless the data partition part of storage device is physically damaged).

hbenz2008 said:
Rsd lite 6.1.6:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2637338
Moto firmware:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/
How to:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...ellyBean-on-PagePlus-VOICE-SMS-MMS-3G-WORKING
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Thank you for providing the link to everything i will be trying that in the morning just to give it a try
bweN diorD said:
its possible rsd may work, but i wouldnt be surprised if it doesnt. encryption errors are bad and sometimes unfixable.
if you are able to boot the phone and tell me the system version, i can provide an end all script to try.
if you cant get the system version, have you taken an update in the last couple weeks? that will tell me what you are on if yes or no.
also, you will need to be able to get into fastboot to use any script, you can get there right?
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No i hadn't updated it in the past weeks and yes i can get into fastboot.
kabaldan said:
Encryption errors are triggered by the data partition becoming unmountable (data file system corruption?).
Data and data/media wipe (factory reset) could fix it (unless the data partition part of storage device is physically damaged).
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Yeah i believe it may of been heat damage because of my laptop accumulating a lot of heat on the metal casing and that combined with 17hrs of Archeage = one hot laptop
And also for all who replied i sometimes get a picture of the little android dude laying down with his stomach hatch open and a caution sybol above it. Dont know if thats something bad or if its just buggy because i can hard reset it (pwr + Vol-) and turn it back to the encryption unsucsessful page.

KingHephaestus said:
Thank you for providing the link to everything i will be trying that in the morning just to give it a try
No i hadn't updated it in the past weeks and yes i can get into fastboot.
Yeah i believe it may of been heat damage because of my laptop accumulating a lot of heat on the metal casing and that combined with 17hrs of Archeage = one hot laptop
And also for all who replied i sometimes get a picture of the little android dude laying down with his stomach hatch open and a caution sybol above it. Dont know if thats something bad or if its just buggy because i can hard reset it (pwr + Vol-) and turn it back to the encryption unsucsessful page.
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regardless of the issue, "if it is fixable", this will do it.
there are certain situations that cant be fixed by rsd and standard fastboot. the above tool will fix any issue that is fixable.

bweN diorD said:
regardless of the issue, "if it is fixable", this will do it.
there are certain situations that cant be fixed by rsd and standard fastboot. the above tool will fix any issue that is fixable.
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sorry i havent replied in a few days life got in the way. But i will finally be trying the rsd and fastboot fix today and to the person who posted the rar can you tell me what im supposed to do with that? Youre hand a laptop guy a bunch of phone programs without instructions.

Dead Mother's locked Velvet

I searched the forum for this and maybe I missed something but I can't find help anywhere.
My mother recently passed and we're trying to crack open her LG Velvet. She was very secretive about passwords and such and I can't break passed her finger pattern lock screen. Everything I've found says I can wipe her phone clean and it'll be clear but we need in to access her information and photos, we don't know what details she kept on her phone so we desperately need in. Does anyone know a way we can get passed the lock screen without erasing data? We've tried 55 times all the patterns we think she used but it's so far to no avail. We have T-Mobile, of which I called. They can't help so they sent me to LG and they can't help.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!!

Id u can get an custom recovery installed on that go to /Data/system/ and erase all files with lockscreen name on it and it would remove the pattern

Kratos574 said:
Id u can get an custom recovery installed on that go to /Data/system/ and erase all files with lockscreen name on it and it would remove the pattern
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Thanks for the reply. Anyway to keep the info on the phone? I don’t mind it going away but I need stuff off the phone.

rdyzzle89 said:
Thanks for the reply. Anyway to keep the info on the phone? I don’t mind it going away but I need stuff off the phone.
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by the method I told u it doesnt remove any data files

Kratos574 said:
by the method I told u it doesnt remove any data files
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I’ve not done this in some time, any direction you can point me to get a customer recovery on?

Hey you found a way to get past the code without losing data files? My situation is the exact same except it’s my brother, and it’s sooo frustrating!

Copperheadcross said:
Hey you found a way to get past the code without losing data files? My situation is the exact same except it’s my brother, and it’s sooo frustrating!
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Hey there, just saw this message. Nope not yet. Terribly frustrating! Her laptop is locked too.
Any luck for you yet?