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[Q] Almost giving up on android phone....

Hi there,
Is there anything I can do for a T-Mobile ZTE V768 gingerbread phone that doesn't enter recovery mode(it freezes) or download mode(it reboots),
and can't start because it has a pattern and it is locked for T-Mobile? The phone was sent to a friend here in Honduras from the USA. I have really tried to help this guy but have not met my goal yet.... Any ideas would be totally useful....
Regards and thanks in advance,

freakyhn said:
Hi there,
Is there anything I can do for a T-Mobile ZTE V768 gingerbread phone that doesn't enter recovery mode(it freezes) or download mode(it reboots),
and can't start because it has a pattern and it is locked for T-Mobile? The phone was sent to a friend here in Honduras from the USA. I have really tried to help this guy but have not met my goal yet.... Any ideas would be totally useful....
Regards and thanks in advance,
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Hey dude hope this will help
A couple of weeks ago, the iPhone world discovered an exploit (not fixed) that allowed anyone to bypass the lockscreen and access the phone, messages, and even pictures.
Well, the bug has been caught in the GS3 world now, too. A few days ago, mobile enthusiast Terence Eden discovered a flaw that also allowed limited access to certain features of your Samsung Galaxy S3, and only in very certain circumstances. And it works no matter what protection you have enabled...Pattern Lock, PIN, Password, or Face Unlock.
Steps to Exploit #1
Lock your phone and turn the screen back on.
Go to Emergency Call.
Select the Emergency Contact icon on the bottom left.
When in the Emergency Contact screen, hit the Home button.
You will see a flash of your Home Screen (no matter what launcher you are using).
In that second when the Home Screen flashes, you can select an app/widget to execute.
The limitations with this exploit are that almost anything you select will run in the background, and you will be back at the lock screen. Where this exploit can be effective is if, let's say, you have a Direct Dial widget on your homescreen. In this case, someone can hit this widget, and the call will go through.
While this is something that should be fixed, it doesn't actually allow you to do much, so really, it's not all that scary. Unfortunately, the fun doesn't end there.
Yesterday, Sean McMillan of Full Disclosure opened up the initial exploit and discovered something much scarier. If successful, not only will this exploit open up the full contents and capabilities of your S3, but it will disable the lock screen completely until the phone is rebooted.
Steps to Exploit #2
Lock your phone and turn the screen back on.
Go to Emergency Call.
Select the Emergency Contact icon on the bottom left.
When in the Emergency Contact screen, hit the Home button.
Immediately after hitting Home, press the Power button.
If you did this correctly, the next time you press Power, your device will go directly to your homescreen.
This is obviously not good. Sean does note that you may need to do this multiple times to get it to work. Also, it doesn't matter what launcher you are using, or whether you are using a lockscreen replacement or not.
In the interest of full disclosure, I tried about 30 times, both with my rooted/modded phone, and with a bone-dry stock phone, and I couldn't replicate it.
But, just because I couldn't do it, doesn't mean it isn't real and dangerous. At this point, there has not been any word out of Samsung regarding this exploit, but I imagine a response and a patch will be on their way shortly.
Atif Naser

How to Bypass Activation Screen [LG Optimus Zone Verizon]

Simple Steps:
(NOTE: MUST RESTART PHONE DO NOT TOUCH OR CLICK ANYTHING)
1: Volume Up
2: Volume Down
3: Back Button
4: Home Button
5.) Enjoy
If this doesn't work PM me on XDA Developers Forum Site.

How can you get back to the activation screen after doing this?

Just in case anyone stumbles on this for the LG Optimus Exceed 2 like I did... this actually bricked the phone... it freaked out and rebooted (after bypassing the activation mind you) and then after the third time trying to reboot, complained about secure boot being violated, and now won't boot at all.

This worked for the Zone 2 as well.

Exceed 2 activation bypass no longer working??
I just got a new LG Exceed 2 Verizon. Tried the Vol up, Vol dn, back, home key sequence. No result at all. Watched youtube video and duplicated keys exactly. Make sure I was using the right back (bottom left) and home (bottom middle) keys.
Firmware change stop the activation bypass??

blueman2 said:
I just got a new LG Exceed 2 Verizon. Tried the Vol up, Vol dn, back, home key sequence. No result at all. Watched youtube video and duplicated keys exactly. Make sure I was using the right back (bottom left) and home (bottom middle) keys.
Firmware change stop the activation bypass??
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I'm in the same boat as you, just bought two about an hour ago. The search continues

kklops said:
I'm in the same boat as you, just bought two about an hour ago. The search continues
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i just picked up my lg optimus verizon prepaid. i was able to bypass activation by using the vol up, vol down, back, and home button.
it didn't work for me at first but when i tried the sequence faster, it worked. try to do it as fast as you can.
also, the "home" button is the physical button that can actually press down. i was a bit confused about this.
best of luck!

eddiekang said:
i just picked up my lg optimus verizon prepaid. i was able to bypass activation by using the vol up, vol down, back, and home button.
it didn't work for me at first but when i tried the sequence faster, it worked. try to do it as fast as you can.
also, the "home" button is the physical button that can actually press down. i was a bit confused about this.
best of luck!
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Yup, after about 8 tries, it worked. I have no idea why. Did it the same every time without touching any other button. Tried many reboots. Perhaps it was timing, as I did get faster each time since I knew what I was doing!
BTW, I LOVE this device!!! Not using any of the cell capabilities, but as an Android device, it is wonderful. Just had to enable writing to the SD (kitkat had an issue here which you can google) and then had to move a lot of stuff to SD card since internal memory is limited.

Thanks
Worked like a charm the very first time I tried. Thanks :good:

Worked
thepcmrtim said:
Simple Steps:
(NOTE: MUST RESTART PHONE DO NOT TOUCH OR CLICK ANYTHING)
1: Volume Up
2: Volume Down
3: Back Button
4: Home Button
5.) Enjoy
If this doesn't work PM me on XDA Developers Forum Site.
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Worked for me on the first try.

thx .. worked for me too

Just bought one. What's wrong with activation screen? Its not like i have to provide my credit card number. I don't know what happened to mine. I followed instructions to activate and then accidentally pressed canceled towards the end of the process. Then it took me to android initial setup screen. I entered google email, password, connected to network. I don't plan to use it as a phone and don't care for verizon. Just needed the phone. Not sure why activation screen needs to be bypassed. Let verizon assign a new number and plan. I don't care.

Awesome! Worked great! Thank you! :good: :good:

I just grabbed one of the Exceed 2s at Best Buy yesterday for $14.99. Unbeatable deal for a decent (expendable?) mini-wifi tablet!
Yep, just select "pay later" during the activation, then turn the cellular radio off.

This worked like a charm to bypass the Activation screen for the LG Exceed 2 that I just picked up from BestBuy.
You don't have to be a speed demon to get it to work, but you also can't be too slow or take your time with it. With any phone, when pressing any kind of key sequence for anything, you have to press each key within less than 1 second of each key press. Kind of similar to the old days of the nintendo when pressing in a key sequence to activate cheat codes and such. You couldn't be too slow with pressing them in, otherwise the cheat code (key sequence) would not work. The faster you are, the better, but you also don't have to be road runner about it either.
When you correctly finish the key sequence, you will get a pop-up that asks you if you are sure you want to exit the Activation menu. Obviously select yes. then your good!

thepcmrtim said:
Simple Steps:
(NOTE: MUST RESTART PHONE DO NOT TOUCH OR CLICK ANYTHING)
1: Volume Up
2: Volume Down
3: Back Button
4: Home Button
5.) Enjoy
If this doesn't work PM me on XDA Developers Forum Site.
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I ordered one for $15 from Amazon. It arrived today. Your trick to bypass the activation screen worked like a charm. Thanks! Now I can use the phone as an IP camera as planned.

Would this work for the LG Ultimate 2 as well?

Will this work with a LG L3 phone?

I have the lg tribute 5 and this does not work because thers no back or home button. Any suggestions?

I thought the phones usually gave an option to skip the activation anyway?

Moto G 1st Gen 5.1 OTA: How to BYPASS Activation Screen

Big thanks to @henser for figuring out the new bypass method!
Link to Reddit post by me, explaining the new bypass method
The confirmed bypass method is Method 3 in the post above.

DamianHelixTV said:
Big thanks to @henser for figuring out the new bypass method!
Link to Reddit post by me, explaining the new bypass method
The confirmed bypass method is Method 3 in the post above.
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Method 3 (CONFIRMED WORKING on XT1028):
As performed in this video (Russian, but language doesn't matter guys)
You can get past the activation call by following these steps:
On the first screen "Setup Wizard" appears on top, press START.
On the second screen is the Verizon Wireless Activation screen.
Press "Activate" in the lower right hand corner, then press "Cancel" in the lower left hand corner, and repeat this process quickly over and over until the screen freezes.
When the screen freezes, you will see the navigation bar back button in the lower left of the screen.
Press it, and WiFi Settings should pop up.
NOTE:
Before I took the OTA upgrade to 5.1, I was on 4.4.4 and had previously bypassed the activation screen, had entered by Google account info, and the phone was on airplane mode.
After the OTA upgrade, I did not need to bypass the activation again in 5.1. Apparently, you only need to use the above method after resetting the phone to factory settings, or if you didn't bypass before the OTA. I am using this phone as a wifi-only device.

I have the VZW pre-pay variant of the Moto G. I tried "method 3" and got to the point of freezing the screen but the back button didn't show up. However, by chance I accidentally hit the power button and turned the screen off. When I turned it back on, the frozen screen was still up for about a second and then the wifi settings window popped up.

Bypass bootloader unlocked warning

Wondering if it is possible to bypass the prompt which requires you to press the power button upon reboot?

enzyne said:
Wondering if it is possible to bypass the prompt which requires you to press the power button upon reboot?
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You have to press a the power button at the warning screen to finish booting? Odd. The warning screen on my phone says to press the power button to pause the boot process.
Mine looks like this:
https://goo.gl/images/mi6Ckg
Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

PiousInquisitor said:
You have to press a the power button at the warning screen to finish booting? Odd. The warning screen on my phone says to press the power button to pause the boot process.
Mine looks like this:
https://goo.gl/images/mi6Ckg
Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
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Yes I have the same, but I'm wondering if there is a way to bypass the screen from ever coming up in the first place.

A simple 30 second Google search shows this has been asked before. No solution.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/help/removing-unlock-bootloader-warning-t3716114
Even though it was asked for the XL, it's basically the same non-solution.

Too bad. It's yelling at phone thieves, "Hey! This is an unlocked device. ..." (You know what the rest of that is.) We can have the phone black-listed in the US, but that's not going to find it for us. At least if they had to figure out that it was unlocked (which most of them are probably incapable of), it would give us a chance.
Hey, Google! Change that, huh? (Even if we have to hex-edit the firmware? Just let it boot without the notice?)

vankyo s20 tablet frp unlock

Have a Vankyo s20 tablet I bought on Ebay that is FRP locked. Anybody know what will unlock it? No info about original credentials is available. None of the unlocking apps that I have looked at show that this tablet is supported

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Thanks for posting this but it is not going to work on my tablet. The video appears to show the person bringing up the keyboard to put in the email address and then holding down the @ key and a menu pops up. This does not happen on my tablet. When I take my finger off the @ key it just puts an @ in the email block.

prosetian said:
Thanks for posting this but it is not going to work on my tablet. The video appears to show the person bringing up the keyboard to put in the email address and then holding down the @ key and a menu pops up. This does not happen on my tablet. When I take my finger off the @ key it just puts an @ in the email block.
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I have this same tablet. with same issue. Did you find a solution on how to bypass this lock?

tv_traders said:
I have this same tablet. with same issue. Did you find a solution on how to bypass this lock?
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Try this
This worked for me on my S30

Rugar23 said:
Try this
This worked for me on my S30
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This worked. Thank you very much. I also bookmarked it on my computer so I will have for next time