My son has a Desire S which he has locked now after doing too many pattern attempts but we do not have the gmail account password (was setup purely for this phone and not used it since created) I have done a gmail recovery form but not holding my breath as account was never used so cant provide the "who emails you frequently" info etc...
Found a post on G1 forum about turning pattern lock off using ADB but he has turned off USB debugging
I know I can wipe the phone but he really dont want phone wiped as obv. will loose all his contacts and as its summer holidays wont be easy to get them back
If I flashed a rom (stock or otherwise) would it automatically wipe data? (normally only use clockwork to flash mine and know it gives option but clockwork not an option as cant get in phone) if it didnt wipe data do stock roms normally have debugging enabled? so I could then disable using ADB
or is there any other way? or will I have to bite bullet and wipe it
can't you boot into recovery using power and volume down, and aren't the contacts in sync with your gmail?
There are some methods on this link you can try
http://einartysen.se/unlock-android-phone-after-too-many-pattern-attempts/
Also how many times did you try?!! Usually it locks for a little while
It is running a stock rom unrooted so no recovery mode
Contacts are synced with gmail but no good as we cant access gmail account
Dont know how many times it was tried but lock seems permanent, has been stuck on that for hours now and even turning off/on dont clear it
oh and I have tried everything in that site already btw
lol this really bites, how old is your son? does he have a zillen and a half contacts? does he have an paid apps associated with gmail? if your answers are; under 10, no, and no. then it might just be easier to scrap and redo... :|
other then that your choices are to either remember the pin or the password to the gmail account
and did calling the phone but pressing the home button really not work? cause i really would like to know that one for future reference.
yeah you're only option now is to do a factory reset.
ViaraiX said:
My son has a Desire S which he has locked now after doing too many pattern attempts but we do not have the gmail account password (was setup purely for this phone and not used it since created) I have done a gmail recovery form but not holding my breath as account was never used so cant provide the "who emails you frequently" info etc...
Found a post on G1 forum about turning pattern lock off using ADB but he has turned off USB debugging
I know I can wipe the phone but he really dont want phone wiped as obv. will loose all his contacts and as its summer holidays wont be easy to get them back
If I flashed a rom (stock or otherwise) would it automatically wipe data? (normally only use clockwork to flash mine and know it gives option but clockwork not an option as cant get in phone) if it didnt wipe data do stock roms normally have debugging enabled? so I could then disable using ADB
or is there any other way? or will I have to bite bullet and wipe it
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Did you not give gmail an alternative email in case of situations where you forgot your password? If you did then you can just request your password sent to that.
Once you get the gmail password it's just a case of factory reset, set up gmail account and gmail should have all contacts backed up.
If your son is on facebook, they have probably "stolen" all the contacts already and you can get them back from there.
al89nut said:
If your son is on facebook, they have probably "stolen" all the contacts already and you can get them back from there.
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that's a great idea, get your son to log into his face book and if he's used the face book application from his phone recently then his account will contain all of his contacts and their numbers
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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 ;-)
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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 decided to try and change the rom on my lg optimus v for virgin mobile. I dl'd gapps-gb-20110325-signed.zip (from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=962862 )to my pc, and turned on usb mass storage. i went to f:/download/root and put the file in there. Then opened it in root manager clicked install from root sd card, and installed the rom.
now to the probelm
when it turned back on it looks nothing like the rom, just my default rom but without any apps but the super basic apps for the phone (no junkware either) and superuser. no marketplace or rom manager.
i tried going to settings/accounts & sync settings and adding my account. then it says add an exchange account. i put my gmail email in and then it goes to server settings for my email... its all allready filled out so i just hit next and then it says setup cannot finish, unable to open connection to server.
if someone could help me through this or at least try i would really appreaciate it, my phones bascially useless untill then.
Well, gmail is not an "Exchange Account"...
When you setup your accounts, use your Gmail account info with Gmail...
well, i dont know what account to put in.. and i dont know if i really screwed my phone up. what is an exchange account then? that gmail account is what i had everything linked to (contatcts etc)
camf3xu said:
well, i dont know what account to put in.. and i dont know if i really screwed my phone up. what is an exchange account then? that gmail account is what i had everything linked to (contatcts etc)
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Exchange is a Windows based corporate mail setver.
You dont need to setup an exchange account on your phone for it to work.
If you did a factory reset you should be prompted to enter your gmail info before anything else.
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ya after it was all ****ed up, i tired to do a factory reset. and im now stuck in clockwork recovery mod. I tried to go to backup/recovery and install the backup i made before i tried to flash my os, let it do its thing, then after it installed, it went right back to clockwork. :[
you never realized how terrible it is to not have a phone untill it happens...
can anyone direct me to a next step i need to take?
I tried to flash to a different ROM and it either bricked, or I was just impatient(waited almost 2 hours), but I stopped it. And then the infuse wouldn't boot up, was just stuck on "samsung". So I used the Odin unbrick method found on these forums.
After this, it booted up, but most of my apps wouldn't work properly, and I couldn't dl anything from the market, so I factory reset.
So now it works, but I've lost some contacts that I recently added, and all of my texts. All of the contacts from my old phone are still there, so I guess only the ones on the sim card are saved. Can anyone advise me if its even possible to recover any of the stuff I lost?
Also, how can I make sure that the contacts are being saved to sim, so that there's no risk of losing them?
Sync with Gmail account. Its better.
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ATT offers to back up your contact lists on their server at least they do mine. not sure of if there's a charge or not. I have mine set to auto sync everynight. good thing about that is if you brick or get a new phone its just a dl away
what is the lesson here... BACK TO GMAIL ACCOUNT!
Optimus-Prime said:
what is the lesson here... BACK TO GMAIL ACCOUNT!
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Yup. My contacts are always synced to my Google account, so I can wipe all I want.
SMS Backup and Restore works for texts, same for Call Logs Backup and Restore for call logs, but be careful - a full-blown factory wipe in Settings will nuke your SD card and that's where the backups reside by default. Copy them off your device before doing any significant changes.
Another option is to do occasional Nandroid backups in CWM.
I have a rooted Desire S running the VoidU S 1.1a rom (which is great by the way) but I have upgraded to a Sensation and I am giving the Desire S to my dad.
I want to get rid of all of my phone numbers that are in the standard phone app (ie when you press the phone button and the list pops up behind the dialler) but I can't seem to do it.
I started with deleting everything from the contacts app, and then cleared the cache via Application Management, then cleared the cache in CWM, still no luck. Then I did a full wipe and re-installed the rom but the numbers are still there. I have read elsewhere on this forum that you need to have the stock recovery in order to do a full factory reset, is that true?
Any ideas? How risky is it to restore the factory recovery? My dad really does not want to go through all of my phone numbers in order to make a call!!
go to
settings-->application-->manage applications-->all-->contacts storage-->clear data
also remove your gmail account to not re-sync..
loukasz said:
go to
settings-->application-->manage applications-->all-->contacts storage-->clear data
also remove your gmail account to not re-sync..
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I don't believe that its possible to remove your google account as this asks you to perform a full factory re-set.
ben_pyett said:
I don't believe that its possible to remove your google account as this asks you to perform a full factory re-set.
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if he untick contacts sync from google account and clear contacts storage?
Thanks guys, in the end I cleared the data in App Mgmt from every app to do with contacts, people, phone etc and that worked. Clearing just one app wasn't enough, I had to do all of them....
Funny thing though, now I have the numbers that I do want in both the dialler app and the people app, when a new text message comes in from someone that is in the contacts/dialler already, it only shows the number and not the name...hmmm...
So i recently had to change my Google account password and upon doing so, obviously the account was removed or had to be signed into again on my phone. Long story short, after doing a reset and such, my Charge tells me I have the wrong password again and again. I can log in everywhere else except my phone. Any ideas as to why this would be?
My guess is that ur old password is still saved in the phones mem, maybe even the sd card. Have u wiped data/factory reset yet? If u have, then maybe u need to odin back to stock.
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Funny thing is, it's completely stock. This is a replacement phone. I did do a wipe/factory reset though.
Have you tried logging in through the browser on the phone rather than the app screen?
Are you using a keyboard like SwiftkeyX, which has the nasty habit of appending a space at the end of the text string?
No downloaded keyboards, nothing. I am unable to even add my google account to my phone at this moment.
jerseykirby said:
No downloaded keyboards, nothing. I am unable to even add my google account to my phone at this moment.
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Well, what I would do is go here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/contact/ ....
There look for support for your Google account, and if nothing than you need to contact them ...