Hi,
I went abroad on vacation and turned off the data connection on my Nexus S (GT-i9023). While on vacation a friend figured out my pattern to unlock my phone. Because of that I changed the pattern and of course couldn't remember the new pattern which led to my phone getting locked. To unlock it I have to sign in to my Google account but like I wrote I turned of data connection before I went abroad so I can't log in to my Google acoount. =(
Is there a way to force activate data connection or WiFi without USB debugging enabled? If not, is there a way to force activate USB debugging and then force activate data connection or WiFi? If I can get either one of them working I guess I would be able to unlock the phone by entering my Google account information.
Is there another way of recovering my pictures and videos from the phone maybe? I really really would like to be able to save all pictures and videos that I took on my vacation up until I looked it out.
Please please help and thank you very much in advance!!
Is your phone rooted?
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No it's not rooted.
Have you tried entering "null" without the quotes for your password?
Yes I have tried with null as password and with and without @gmail.com with my username.
I have tried to connect it with ADB but the device is not found. I don't think the USB-debugging is activated so I guess that's why I can't see it. Isn't there any tool to force activate USB-debugging or get around that somehow? Atleast then I would have a chance.
Please, any tips?
I also contacted Samsung support but the only answer i get from them is that i have to reset my phone or send it to them so they can reset it and I don't want to do that.
There must be a way? If I connect the usb-cable while in the boot menu I can see it in the device manager as "Android phone - Android ADB Interface". But if I type adb devices the "List of devices" ends up empty.
Is there really no way? I'm totally new to this but it doesn't make sense that there is no way what so ever to get a connection to the phone. Please help, I'll try anything.
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Hey guys,
I've seen this questions posted elsewhere, but have yet to see a solution that will work now.
I'm running CM7 Eaglesblood. A friend of mine was messing around on my phone trying to guess the password, and the phone proceeded to tell me that there had been "Too many pattern attempts", and requested my GMail username and password. Unfortunately, I'd turned mobile data and wifi both off prior to it demanding my username and password, and so it will not accept my password until I turn one of those two things on.
I'd really rather not factory reset. Can I setup ADB (to run the commands to turn on wifi) without having access to anything on the phone? USB debugging is on already, I believe.
Thanks in advance.
I fixed it. For posterity's sake...
I followed the instructions here to set up ADB on my device. Thankfully, USB debugging was already enabled, so I could immediately start using ADB on my phone. I then used this SO question and ran the commands in the top 2 answers. I'm not sure which of the two worked, but after rebooting, my phone connected to Wifi and I was able to log in to my phone.
My son ended up setting a screen lock pin on my cell phone and 30 minutes later he brings me the phone and tells me he can't remember the pin. I read on the verizon website that if you enter the wrong pin 5 times there will be an option to unlock the phone using my google credentials. I don't see this prompt on my phone. It's a verizon S3 running Android 4.1 something. USB debugging is not turned on and the phone has not been rooted.
Does Android 4.1 not include the option to unlock using your gmail account?
I even called Verizon and they told me I should be seeing the prompt.
I saw a few apps on the play store that claim to be able to unlock your phone via USB connection, but they only work up to version 4.0.
Worst case I know I can factory reset the phone, but I have a lot of photos on my internal storage and also don't want to lose all my text messages. I have never done a backup unfortunately.....
Is there a way around this or am I screwed? ......
Thanks in advance
Rob
We are in quite a unique situation here. Our Optimus G phone screen cracked while abroad and it was a month before I received and changed the digitizer screen. Now everything works well but she changed her pin code before it broke and now can't remember it. Anyways, wifi is turned off, mobile data is turned off . The screen is locked out and can't connect to google account because of no data.
I have been trying for days to get it fixed without a hard reset. She has very important files on the phone that we need off. I attempted ADB but with usb debugging (probably) disabled it isn't listed under adb devices in cmd prompt.
Is there anything at all that I can try?
Thanks in advance
Did the PIN code get lost?
techboy411 said:
Did the PIN code get lost?
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I have no idea, we've tried over a hundred pin codes and none have worked, is it possible she never made a pin code?
Anyways, we have sent the phone back to her family in Korea to try and get a service center to unlock it.
If she didn't make a PIN, why the heck is the PIN entry screen showing?
Hi guys,
Im in big big trouble. I have samsung A5 (2015) which I did not use for the past few months. Now when I decieded to sell it and to put my pictures and docs
on hard disk, It happened that I forgot my passcode. So the device is not connected with the internet, and debugging mode is off. I have many files in the device itself and not on SD.
I tried ADB with no success - that's how i know that the device is not in debugging mode.
I opened my google account to check - the device is not active.
No custom recovery installed or ROOT - everything is stock.
I tried to call on the number to try to connect to wifi when in dialing mode, but than I remembered that I redirected my calls to my actual number.
So is there any solution? I searched the web for the past few days and I'm about to lose hope.
Thanks in advance!
zmeiq said:
Hi guys,
Im in big big trouble. I have samsung A5 (2015) which I did not use for the past few months. Now when I decieded to sell it and to put my pictures and docs
on hard disk, It happened that I forgot my passcode. So the device is not connected with the internet, and debugging mode is off. I have many files in the device itself and not on SD.
I tried ADB with no success - that's how i know that the device is not in debugging mode.
I opened my google account to check - the device is not active.
No custom recovery installed or ROOT - everything is stock.
I tried to call on the number to try to connect to wifi when in dialing mode, but than I remembered that I redirected my calls to my actual number.
So is there any solution? I searched the web for the past few days and I'm about to lose hope.
Thanks in advance!
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Well I'm not sure there is any way to get those files off of the device without remembering the password. If the files aren't too important and you still want to sell the phone, just boot to the bootloader (power off, then hold power, volume up, and home at the same time until bootloader loads) and use the volume down key to go down to wipe data/ factory reset and click volume up to do it. Of course you won't get to keep the files, but the password wouldn't be an issue anymore.
Thanks for the answer. I would like to make everything possible to save the files first, but as I continue to research.. maybe Im out of options
I managed to log in my Samsung account "find my mobile" where I have an option to remotely disable the passcode, but since I do not have internet connection Im not able to do anything.
So sad.. files are there but I can't reach them.. because of my stupid head..
If some have any idea - I'm ready to try whatever.
Thanks in adnvance!
zmeiq said:
Thanks for the answer. I would like to make everything possible to save the files first, but as I continue to research.. maybe Im out of options
I managed to log in my Samsung account "find my mobile" where I have an option to remotely disable the passcode, but since I do not have internet connection Im not able to do anything.
So sad.. files are there but I can't reach them.. because of my stupid head..
If some have any idea - I'm ready to try whatever.
Thanks in adnvance!
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I actually just thought of something. If you are able to remotely remove the password, but can't get to the wifi, you might be able to use an OTG cable (micro USB to full usb) and get a USB to Ethernet adapter to plug your phone into your router for a wired internet connection. I'm not sure if this would work for Android or for this specific phone, but that's possibly a way.
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I actually just thought of something. If you are able to remotely remove the password, but can't get to the wifi, you might be able to use an OTG cable (micro USB to full usb) and get a USB to Ethernet adapter to plug your phone into your router for a wired internet connection. I'm not sure if this would work for Android or for this specific phone, but that's possibly a way.
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Ohhh mannn!!! This sounds like a way to go... I will try it and post results here!
Many thanks! This is smart!
Hello, I recently found an LG Stylo 3 in one of my drawers that has a knock code on it. I don't remember the code and I already tried 66 times to unlock it (it now takes 240 seconds between each attempt). No "Forgot Password" or backup pin option shows up, USB Debugging is on but it's unauthorized, and the mode that it's on when I connect the phone to my PC is Charging Only. I just want to know what pictures I have saved on it, or if I can pull out my photos or something. I can't reboot into bootloader from the recovery options, it just reboots my phone. I'm able to go into recovery, and safemode, update from adb puts it into sideload mode, and it's connected to my wifi but because I changed my passwords on my google accounts already, the phone doesn't show up in any of my google device manager accounts.
Everything is stock, no custom recovery or firmware and it's not rooted.
What can I do now? Is there a way to reset my password or bypass it entirely? I don't care how technical it is, if given a good guide I can do it. I can't find anything to help me, hopefully someone can help my problem here.
Before anything, I didn't steal the phone, it's my old phone I had when on Virgin Mobile, I can give as much proof as I can to show that it is my phone if needed. I just don't remember the knock code
Thanks!