Hi- I started usi ng a pin number on my ne phone and have decided I
no longer want to use it. How can I delete it and go to using a pattern instead?
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Hello, I'd like to have prompted, only at startup, a pin request... I don't wanna set the windows mobile lock... I use CSDevCtrl and I'm fine with it.
Just a pin on startup. How to???
Anyone knows?
Just set the pin lock on your sim.
PauloJ5 said:
Just set the pin lock on your sim.
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Man... of course I wasn't talking about the sim pin, I was talking of a cell pin...! Asked just once at startup...
well if you have the sim lock then u get the same behaviour as you are looking for no ?
No at all... in that case it's still possible to use the cell... I wanna protect the cell (don't care about sim), but only at startup.
Why don't you want to use Windows Mobile Lock located in Settings? You could "almost" do what you are looking for. Your phone would be protected even if the sim is changed and if you set the lock to,for example, 12 or 24 hours you will likely have to insert the code only if you softreset or turn off your device. During normal use, the code will be asked only when you connect to PC with Activesync or WMDC..if that doesn't suit you I'm sorry I couldn't help.
Ciao
sualc said:
Why don't you want to use Windows Mobile Lock located in Settings? You could "almost" do what you are looking for. Your phone would be protected even if the sim is changed and if you set the lock to,for example, 12 or 24 hours you will likely have to insert the code only if you softreset or turn off your device. During normal use, the code will be asked only when you connect to PC with Activesync or WMDC..if that doesn't suit you I'm sorry I couldn't help.
Ciao
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Nope... I use CSDevCtrl just to have an auto screenlock WITHOUT pin every time there is a call and everytime the screen goes off.
I want still to use CSDevCtrl, but I want also a pin prompted only at startup and not during the usual usage of the autoscreenlock.
Have tried 50 times and I don't get a "forgot pattern" button! Any ideas? I have my google credentials and my pin just forgot the damn pattern...I'm rooted etc would rather the phone just ask me my password...[i.e. not looking for ADB hacks]
It can't just ask you a password. If you don't know the pattern then flash the factory image in fastboot and start over. You're probably going to lose everything on the phone because I bet the bootloader is locked too
Its supposed to ask for your google credentials:
From https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3388218?hl=en&ref_topic=3415522
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Can't unlock your Android device
If you’ve made too many pattern attempts or forgotten your PIN or password, you can try other methods to unlock your Android device.
Sign in to your Google Account
For pattern passcodes only
If you set up a pattern passcode and made multiple attempts to unlock your device, you can touch Forgot Pattern and be prompted to enter your Google Account username and password. This will take you to the Security options in the main Settings menu, where you can reset your device’s password.
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Anyways, tried Android Device Manager and it works great, just choose LOCK and you can enter a new pin. But definately a bug as it should ask you as their own FAQ says...
And my bootloader is unlocked but hey, as I said I preferred not to delete stuff with ADB if I could avoid it.
Mnemoch said:
Its supposed to ask for your google credentials:
From https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3388218?hl=en&ref_topic=3415522
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That page appears to not apply to the Nexus 5, it's not in the list for factory reset.
The OP probably just stole the Nexus 5 from some hapless idiot and you guys are falling over yourselves trying to help him access it.
Han Solo 1 said:
The OP probably just stole the Nexus 5 from some hapless idiot and you guys are falling over yourselves trying to help him access it.
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he could as well found it and he is trying to access the contacts in order to get in touch with owner,...
Hunteres said:
he could as well found it and he is trying to access the contacts in order to get in touch with owner,...
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If you're an optimist.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app
the OP (me) just happened to set pattern lock to try it out after using the same pin for years on every phone I have had, and promptly forgot it.
And I specifically said I was not looking for ADB commands to unlock it, which are freely available already...
Google doesn't have a Nexus 5 help page, they just have a Nexus devices help page. If the 'Forgot Pattern' button doesn't apply to a Nexus 5 they should say so...
And as I said in my second post I was able to unlock the phone using Device Manager (well, to set it back to pin unlock anyways, which then let me unlock it).
But let me sum up...
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Hi,
I was changing my PIN on my Samsung Note 3. After putting in the current PIN and then putting in the new PIN. I was prompted to confirm the PIN. The "settings app" was then forced closed. I returned to the PIN change setting but my current PIN nor the new PIN that I was trying to change to worked. I then restarted my phone and I'm completely locked out.
If the PIN was not changed due to the force close of 'settings' shouldn't the PIN be unchanged? I tried all PINs I've used in the past as well as 1111,0000,1234, last 4 digits of phone number, SSN... everything but still doesn't work.
Any suggestions? I don't want to factory reset the phone. Please help! Please!
------UPDATE-------
I found that using Google's Android Device Manager I can remotely change the PIN. I can see from the website and also on the phone that the password is changing. If I change from a numberic PIN to a text password, the password input keypad changes from number only to a full keyboard. So, i'm sure that the password was changed remotely. However, the temporary password that I recent using Android Device Manager still doesn't work!!!! Can anyone help?
I have a bit of an issue after restoring my /data after doing the new November ruu update. It restored all of the fingerprint settings, but it keeps saying my pin is wrong. I had no issue with the pin before the update. I can get into my phone with my fingerprint, but obviously I can't change any of the security settings which is becoming a real drag. I'd rather not have to spend 5 hours backing up 30K+ texts and all of my other data and do a wipe. I tried this pin bypass zip file I found on a pretty old thread, but it must only work for older versions of Android. Anyone have something similar that works with 6.0?
I have done this a few times, setting up a phone, restoring etc, and once in a while this got me.
Default for Android is 4 digit pin, if you want longer you have to do a setting to get 7 digits lets say.
In the past I have punched in 12345 and it took that to unlock the phone, but in reality it was only taking 1234.
When restoring I did the same thing, only to find I really had the 4 digit pin.
htconeXX said:
I have done this a few times, setting up a phone, restoring etc, and once in a while this got me.
Default for Android is 4 digit pin, if you want longer you have to do a setting to get 7 digits lets say.
In the past I have punched in 12345 and it took that to unlock the phone, but in reality it was only taking 1234.
When restoring I did the same thing, only to find I really had the 4 digit pin.
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I always had a 4 digit pin. The problem I'm having is that my pin was lost in the restore process. The pin that I was using before the backup and restore no longer works for some reason, but my fingerprint does
Hello,
My girlfriend have a asus TF101 with android, and she had it stored... now she need it again, guess what?
She dosent remenber de PIN i tried to hardreset, but when i enter in boot menu, choose wipedata... the android 'thinks' 10seconds and get the red android icon... like if it a broken droid...
how can i bypass the pincode or something? would be awsome if she dosent lose the data she has there.... maybe i can clone it with a PC? idk..
Many thanks