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Google Sign-In Bypass App... Maybe

i switched between tzone and the g1 plan so many times, its a burden. And as of now i am on tzone, and my g1 isnt rooted yet. So when i do root it i'll probably have to put the g1 plan back on my account just to sign-on to my phone, which is something i dont wanna do. i also wanted to know if i would be able to sign on google with tzone on my account

If you follow the thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316 whilst missing out the bit to bypass the "please insert sim" screen you'll be able to do sign-in with wifi if you have access to it, instead of having to switch data plans just to sign in.
An app to bypass the sign-in would not be feasable I don't think, as the sign-in process locks you out of everything else on the phone unless you play about with an ADB session, which means you may as well use ADB to bypass the sign-in, instead of using ADB to access an app which is going to do just that.

There is already ROM which make Bypass and Inserting SIM Optional
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=490107

Yeah that is what people want but yours is more for people in India,make one based on the U.S and everyone will be happy.

Its not whiolly India based
Now it includes so many APNs which i found from XDA

[Q] Lost my Nexus S

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.

SphericalPuma said:
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.

Two-factor authentication issue with Google Account

I picked up my Verizon Galaxy S7 yesterday and went to setup my Google Apps for Education account but ran into an issue. With all of my other Galaxy phones I've used an app specific password since I have two-factor authentication enabled. However, that didn't work with my S7, it said something to the effect of "incorrect password". My coworker had the same issue. We ended up using our regular passwords and then entering a 6 digit Google Authenticator code. This seems to have worked for now, but it may ask for another code in 30 days and wouldn't have worked if I didn't have my old S5 with Google Authenticator still set up. Has anyone else had this issue? Was there a fix or workaround?

My experience has been you have to use your normal Google password. In the past the application password would have worked but for me that changed when I went from the S5 to the S6.

_Gir_ said:
My experience has been you have to use your normal Google password. In the past the application password would have worked but for me that changed when I went from the S5 to the S6.
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Thanks for the reply. Just to make sure I follow, you are using two-factor and had to enter your regular password and your 6 digit Google Authenticator code?

sixteen2nd said:
Thanks for the reply. Just to make sure I follow, you are using two-factor and had to enter your regular password and your 6 digit Google Authenticator code?
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Yes & I do use the 2-factor. I have never been asked to revalidate after 30 days. Maybe the S7 will be different than my experience with the S6.
For any other newcomers who use 2 factor--the old phone isn't really required. Just skip the initial google setup, activate the new sim card, and once text messages are being sent to the new phone go back and active the google account.

I'm just about to switch to the S7 too! (Slight thread hijack here), but is there any (non-root way ... ie not TB) to take my GAuth from my Note 3 to my S7 without having to manually reactivate anything?

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Yes & I do use the 2-factor. I have never been asked to revalidate after 30 days. Maybe the S7 will be different than my experience with the S6.
For any other newcomers who use 2 factor--the old phone isn't really required. Just skip the initial google setup, activate the new sim card, and once text messages are being sent to the new phone go back and active the google account.
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It's just weird that on my SIII and S5, and on my coworkers S6, we could use the "Application Specific Passcode" generated in our Google account, whereas our S7's wouldn't accept said code.
But you are exactly right, there are other ways to get your 2-factor authentication code: text message, phone call, etc.

[Q] Do Samsung Pay cards stay on watch when re-installing phone?

I'm a crackflasher and frequently am reinstalling my phone.
Do the cards listed in Samsung Pay on the watch stay on the watch when re-installing the phone, or do they get erased when the watch syncs with the phone for the first time?
The reason I ask is because when using Android Pay on my phone, if I reinstall the ROM without removing the card from Android Pay first, my banks see it as having it installed on multiple devices. AMEX for example only lets you have the card setup on 3(I think) devices.
Thanks for the info!

MrBrady said:
I'm a crackflasher and frequently am reinstalling my phone.
Do the cards listed in Samsung Pay on the watch stay on the watch when re-installing the phone, or do they get erased when the watch syncs with the phone for the first time?
The reason I ask is because when using Android Pay on my phone, if I reinstall the ROM without removing the card from Android Pay first, my banks see it as having it installed on multiple devices. AMEX for example only lets you have the card setup on 3(I think) devices.
Thanks for the info!
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They get erased. I've done it twice. I setup my Gear S3 on my Note 2 perfectly, complete with Samsung Pay. I even got a letter from my bank saying my credit card has a "digital account number" associated with it using Samsung Pay. Then I had to reflash the ROM (because I messed it up trying to fix my Group MMS trying to install different versions of messenger apk). When re-registering the Gear S3 with my newly flashed Note 2, the Gear S3 had to do a "soft-reboot". I had to setup Samsung Pay again (enter the credit card number, sign your signature my Note 2, etc.). I got another letter from my bank saying my credit card has a new "digital account number" (which is different from the first one which no longer works). Everything works again.
EDIT *** Whether the first one is still considered "active' in the eyes of my bank, I don't know.

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They get erased. I've done it twice. I setup my Gear S3 on my Note 2 perfectly, complete with Samsung Pay. I even got a letter from my bank saying my credit card has a "digital account number" associated with it using Samsung Pay. Then I had to reflash the ROM (because I messed it up trying to fix my Group MMS trying to install different versions of messenger apk). When re-registering the Gear S3 with my newly flashed Note 2, the Gear S3 had to do a "soft-reboot". I had to setup Samsung Pay again (enter the credit card number, sign your signature my Note 2, etc.). I got another letter from my bank saying my credit card has a new "digital account number" (which is different from the first one which no longer works). Everything works again.
EDIT *** Whether the first one is still considered "active' in the eyes of my bank, I don't know.
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Great info! Thank you.

RexEscape said:
They get erased. I've done it twice. I setup my Gear S3 on my Note 2 perfectly, complete with Samsung Pay. I even got a letter from my bank saying my credit card has a "digital account number" associated with it using Samsung Pay. Then I had to reflash the ROM (because I messed it up trying to fix my Group MMS trying to install different versions of messenger apk). When re-registering the Gear S3 with my newly flashed Note 2, the Gear S3 had to do a "soft-reboot". I had to setup Samsung Pay again (enter the credit card number, sign your signature my Note 2, etc.). I got another letter from my bank saying my credit card has a new "digital account number" (which is different from the first one which no longer works). Everything works again.
EDIT *** Whether the first one is still considered "active' in the eyes of my bank, I don't know.
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2 Questions, did you logged into the same Samsung account for gear manager after the flashing and did you logged in to your Samsung account before starting the pairing process. As far as I know, watch should not reset itself as long as you are pairing with the same phone and user account.

10urshin said:
2 Questions, did you logged into the same Samsung account for gear manager after the flashing and did you logged in to your Samsung account before starting the pairing process. As far as I know, watch should not reset itself as long as you are pairing with the same phone and user account.
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Hmm...I can't remember whether I'm signed into my phone using my Samsung account when I tried to reconnect the Gear S3 on a newly flashed ROM. I wish I remembered exactly what I did and when I did it. Sorry

I was thinking of using Titanium Backup to backup and restore all the Samsung Gear apps. This may remedy the card erasing solution.
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If you have the LTE S3, you can pair it with a cheap phone dedicated solely to that task. It doesn't need a SIM, only a WiFi network. Plus a service like Digits, Google Voice, or NumberSync.

10urshin said:
2 Questions, did you logged into the same Samsung account for gear manager after the flashing and did you logged in to your Samsung account before starting the pairing process. As far as I know, watch should not reset itself as long as you are pairing with the same phone and user account.
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Just a follow up, i just installed nougat update to my s6 edge with wiping data, i logged in to my samsung account and tried pairing phone with gear without resetting the gear, bluetooth pairing worked but as soon as i open gear manager it light reset the gear. After reset it restore all my gear data tho, except settings and widget orders.

I still can't remember whether I was logged into my Samsung account when I paired. It did pair after a light reset but Samsung Pay info was gone and I had to re-register my credit card again.

Lol, I had to redo my cards just after taking the pin code off.
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So, having the PIN removed, does it just go directly to Samsung Pay without asking for a PIN when you long press the Back button?

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So, having the PIN removed, does it just go directly to Samsung Pay without asking for a PIN when you long press the Back button?
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With my pin removed. I could no longer use Samsung pay. It basically deleted everything pay information wise to my watch. I redid a pin code. And basically started from scratch again. The bank even sent me a new letter about joining Samsung pay.
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Help switching primary Android account

Hi,
My current Google account for my Android phone is an old Gmail address that I haven't used in over 10 years. I've had a newer account all this time. But every time I buy a new phone, I'm forced to have to enter the old account in order to transfer the backups across from the previous phone. So then it becomes the primary account on that phone too. And the next phone, and the next.
I'm sick of it, and just want to be rid of that dumb old account, and use my current Google account instead.
The problem is that if I try to remove it in settings, I get a threatening warning message. I've been researching online, but I'm not really sure what it entails. Will I lose all my data? All my apps? Will I have to completely set my phone up again from scratch, repurchase all my apps and configure them again, and lose all my saved app data? What about my SMSs? And if so, why? Why do we have to be stuck with our entire phone running off a really old dumb account that we don't use anymore?
Is there any way around this? Thanks in advance,