Hey guys, before i started rooting and installing cyanogenmod on my phone i forgott to do a backup and now i want to do it but i dont have it, is there possible to download it from somewhere?
donhilaslt said:
Hey guys, before i started rooting and installing cyanogenmod on my phone i forgott to do a backup and now i want to do it but i dont have it, is there possible to download it from somewhere?
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Possibly you might be able to find a stock ROM image, but that depends on what kind of phone it is. You wouldn't expect a mechanic to give you advice about how to fix your car without telling him what kind it was, so how can you expect anybody to help you with your phone without telling us what phone it is?
Planterz said:
Possibly you might be able to find a stock ROM image, but that depends on what kind of phone it is. You wouldn't expect a mechanic to give you advice about how to fix your car without telling him what kind it was, so how can you expect anybody to help you with your phone without telling us what phone it is?
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wwops soory for that, its samsung galaxy s2 plus.
donhilaslt said:
wwops soory for that, its samsung galaxy s2 plus.
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Here ya go! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387725
With Odin and Samsung phones, you can usually easily restore to factory settings as long as you can still boot into recovery, so you've lucked out in that regard.
This is a factory image, of course, so any of your data is already gone, but I'm sure you already know that.
Planterz said:
Here ya go! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387725
With Odin and Samsung phones, you can usually easily restore to factory settings as long as you can still boot into recovery, so you've lucked out in that regard.
This is a factory image, of course, so any of your data is already gone, but I'm sure you already know that.
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omg thank you very much!! i cant say how much thankful im am in word xD
Planterz said:
Here ya go! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387725
With Odin and Samsung phones, you can usually easily restore to factory settings as long as you can still boot into recovery, so you've lucked out in that regard.
This is a factory image, of course, so any of your data is already gone, but I'm sure you already know that.
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actually bad news its a virus :s
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Hi everyone!
Just a little question, as I'm facing this situation right here:
is there a way to revive a phone that doesn't boot, nor lets me access recovery mode or fastboot or bootloader?
UltimateGoblin said:
Hi everyone!
Just a little question, as I'm facing this situation right here:
is there a way to revive a phone that doesn't boot, nor lets me access recovery mode or fastboot or bootloader?
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Which phone are you talking about?
I'm talking about the Alcatel V860. It's absolutely an uncommon model, that's the reason why I'm speaking in general.
UltimateGoblin said:
I'm talking about the Alcatel V860. It's absolutely an uncommon model, that's the reason why I'm speaking in general.
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Please ask specific questions as its related to the phone model. I'm not hopefully about it. You can get it serviced by "bootloader repair" Should be about 40$.
Some of the more common phones can be unbricked on your own.
LS.xD said:
Please ask specific questions as its related to the phone model. I'm not hopefully about it. You can get it serviced by "bootloader repair" Should be about 40$.
Some of the more common phones can be unbricked on your own.
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I've already posted here, but I received only one answer, so I decided to speak more general just to know if it is theoretically possible to rescue a phone in the situation I described.
Anyway, do you think that there is no way that the pc can communicate with a phone that doesn't even reach the bootloader?
Ok, I'll ask a different question: the phone I'm talking about ended up this bad while flashing an official OTA.
How is that possible?
I thought there was no possible way that an OTA messed with the bootloader, or the recovery... or fastboot! Doesn anyone know what could possibly have gone wrong during the update?
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Ok, I'll ask a different question: the phone I'm talking about ended up this bad while flashing an official OTA.
How is that possible?
I thought there was no possible way that an OTA messed with the bootloader, or the recovery... or fastboot! Doesn anyone know what could possibly have gone wrong during the update?
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Actually, it seems like your phone is bricked, there are some methods to unbrick some phones but I don't know if they would work for you, just try to do a Google search how to unbrick a bricked phone, and it might return with some useful stuff, try everything that's possible, because nothing worst can happen over a brick(except it can blast in your hand if you connect a high voltage in place of battery)(lol, it won't happen! )
Hit Thanks if I helped sent from my SM-T211
Already done that, I'm giving up if my pc cannot communicate with the phone.
At this point I'd only like to know how could an OTA corrupt the bootloader.
UltimateGoblin said:
Already done that, I'm giving up if my pc cannot communicate with the phone.
At this point I'd only like to know how could an OTA corrupt the bootloader.
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Only thing you can do now is, go to store(from where you buy your phone, act dumb and tell them that this won't turn on, they might replace your phone!
Hit Thanks if I helped sent from my SM-T211
Thanks. Anyone else?
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Thanks. Anyone else?
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So, what exactly you did?
Hit Thanks if I helped sent from my SM-T211
It wasn't me, it was my cousin, who flashed an OTA which apparently corrupted all the layers of the OS. I believe him, but I find it incredibly difficult to happen, so I wanted to know if that could really happen.
UltimateGoblin said:
It wasn't me, it was my cousin, who flashed an OTA which apparently corrupted all the layers of the OS. I believe him, but I find it incredibly difficult to happen, so I wanted to know if that could really happen.
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What do you mean by ota corrupting all layers of os?
I never heard of it.
Hit Thanks if I helped sent from my SM-T211
It means that the flashing went bad and now the phone is unusable. I cannot make it communicate with the pc. No access to recovery nor bootloader nor fastboot nor anything.
UltimateGoblin said:
It means that the flashing went bad and now the phone is unusable. I cannot make it communicate with the pc. No access to recovery nor bootloader nor fastboot nor anything.
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Try smart phone flash tool(on pc), I recently came across a thread in which author said he have a hard bricked xolo phone and it don't boot to anything, but responds to SP Flash tool. Give it a try, if might work.
I don't have it's link, Google it
Hit Thanks if I helped sent from my SM-T211
UltimateGoblin said:
It means that the flashing went bad and now the phone is unusable. I cannot make it communicate with the pc. No access to recovery nor bootloader nor fastboot nor anything.
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Did that worked?
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So it seems I've really put myself into a bad spot, here.
I recently rooted my phone (Verizon S3) using towelroot, which seemed to work exceedingly well, so I decided to try to make a NANDroid backup using ClockworkMod. I installed ROM Manager, set that up, and chose the "restart in Clockwork recovery mode option", which didn't work. I soon realized I forgot to unlock my bootloader so, at the recommendation of a few sites, used EZ-Unlock to try to do that. The app reported that it was successful, so I tried restarting my phone in Clockwork recovery mode again. To my utter horror, my phone did not turn on, and has not turned on since.
When I say that it doesn't turn on, I mean that it gives me no audio, vibrational, or visual feedback, almost like there's no battery in the phone. I've pulled the battery and also attempted to do the fix outlined in a video, but to no avail. (I would post the link if the forum allowed me to. The title of the video is "Unbrick hard bricked Verizon Galaxy S3 running 4.3 Jelly Bean")
Feel free to scold me all you like for my irresponsibility and stupidity, it's probably deserved. Any help will be hugely appreciated, though! Thank you so much!
Edit: I guess I should mention that this is my first time doing this sort of thing to an Android device. However, I do like to think I "know my way around", as they say. (although I guess not enough to avoid messing things up!)
Velovix said:
So it seems I've really put myself into a bad spot, here.
I recently rooted my phone (Verizon S3) using towelroot, which seemed to work exceedingly well, so I decided to try to make a NANDroid backup using ClockworkMod. I installed ROM Manager, set that up, and chose the "restart in Clockwork recovery mode option", which didn't work. I soon realized I forgot to unlock my bootloader so, at the recommendation of a few sites, used EZ-Unlock to try to do that. The app reported that it was successful, so I tried restarting my phone in Clockwork recovery mode again. To my utter horror, my phone did not turn on, and has not turned on since.
When I say that it doesn't turn on, I mean that it gives me no audio, vibrational, or visual feedback, almost like there's no battery in the phone. I've pulled the battery and also attempted to do the fix outlined in a video, but to no avail. (I would post the link if the forum allowed me to. The title of the video is "Unbrick hard bricked Verizon Galaxy S3 running 4.3 Jelly Bean")
Feel free to scold me all you like for my irresponsibility and stupidity, it's probably deserved. Any help will be hugely appreciated, though! Thank you so much!
Edit: I guess I should mention that this is my first time doing this sort of thing to an Android device. However, I do like to think I "know my way around", as they say. (although I guess not enough to avoid messing things up!)
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You need to report your post so it can be moved to the Verizon s3 forums where you can get help for your problem.
Darke5tShad0w said:
You need to report your post so it can be moved to the Verizon s3 forums where you can get help for your problem.
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Oh, my mistake. I'll do that right away. Thank you!
Velovix said:
Oh, my mistake. I'll do that right away. Thank you!
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No problems. This is the forum for the International version and we don't have locked bootloaders so you will have more chance in there than you will here.
can you get the phone to go in to download mode? that power+home+vol down
Timothy08 said:
can you get the phone to go in to download mode? that power+home+vol down
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No, unfortunately, I cannot. I hope I'm not already out of luck.
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No, unfortunately, I cannot. I hope I'm not already out of luck.
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Was your phone on android 4.3 before you tried to unlock bootloader? If so, that isn't good.
sjpritch25 said:
Was your phone on android 4.3 before you tried to unlock bootloader? If so, that isn't good.
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Uhh, yes, it was.. Any suggestions?
Velovix said:
Uhh, yes, it was.. Any suggestions?
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Maybe try looking at the unbrick thread in the q&a?
Velovix said:
Uhh, yes, it was.. Any suggestions?
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Do what the guy above suggested. Oh just so you know when you are on 4.3 you can not unlock your bootloader. Only root. Also once on 4.3 you can not downgrade to any earlier firmware versions. You can thank Verizon for that.
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YevOmega said:
Maybe try looking at the unbrick thread in the q&a?
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If you're referring to "[GUIDE] Debrick your bricked SCH-I535! [BOOTLOADER/HARDBRICK]", I have tried that a few times. I guess I could give it a few more shots if that's my only option.
Sandman-007 said:
Do what the guy above suggested. Oh just so you know when you are on 4.3 you can not unlock your bootloader. Only root. Also once on 4.3 you can not downgrade to any earlier firmware versions. You can thank Verizon for that.
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That's awful. I guess I was looking at a guide for a non-Verzion phone. Thank you for the information, though.
So, if I understand my situation, I guess the question now is: How can I lock my bootloader back up while it's hardbricked, correct?
Velovix said:
So, if I understand my situation, I guess the question now is: How can I lock my bootloader back up while it's hardbricked, correct?
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No. Your only focus is on getting the phone to boot back up. The only method that we have to do so is the bootloader/hardbrick thread by SpryroDazee posted at the top of our Q/A section.
SlimSnoopOS said:
No. Your only focus is on getting the phone to boot back up. The only method that we have to do so is the bootloader/hardbrick thread by SpryroDazee posted at the top of our Q/A section.
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Alright, I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the help!
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Alright, I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the help!
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-s3-bootloader-downgrade-service/
This might help. Try mobile tech videos. they can Jtag and downgrade for you.
Hello I'm a user of a Sky Vega Iron (IM-A870)
And I need desperate help.
It's not an ordinary boot loop I wish it was, here's the story.
I rooted my phone just to let you know.
So I installed the wrong version of cwd recovery on my phone and so when I go into recovery mode the screen will turn like this.
imgurDOTcom/iOFieHG (sorry I can't you links yet cause I'm new)
But it wasn't a big deal I just didn't use it.
Now is the deal I decided to update my phone to stock kitkat that the vega devs supported themselves with vega station(the stock updating app)
And when it started installing it suddenly went into cwm.
I wasn't that worried at the moment just tried pulling the battery out and rebooting but...it started a boot loop.
I can't navigate cwm because of the way it is and I'm stuck. Is there another way to factory reset? or to get out of the loop?
Maybe a way to get rid of cwm and get back to stock recovery mode? Please help I need help until tomorrow! (personal reasons)
I searched online hours for solutions yet I can't find one.
Please help. I'm begging anyone out there.
Thank You
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Hello I'm a user of a Sky Vega Iron (IM-A870)
And I need desperate help.
It's not an ordinary boot loop I wish it was, here's the story.
I rooted my phone just to let you know.
So I installed the wrong version of cwd recovery on my phone and so when I go into recovery mode the screen will turn like this.
imgurDOTcom/iOFieHG (sorry I can't you links yet cause I'm new)
But it wasn't a big deal I just didn't use it.
Now is the deal I decided to update my phone to stock kitkat that the vega devs supported themselves with vega station(the stock updating app)
And when it started installing it suddenly went into cwm.
I wasn't that worried at the moment just tried pulling the battery out and rebooting but...it started a boot loop.
I can't navigate cwm because of the way it is and I'm stuck. Is there another way to factory reset? or to get out of the loop?
Maybe a way to get rid of cwm and get back to stock recovery mode? Please help I need help until tomorrow! (personal reasons)
I searched online hours for solutions yet I can't find one.
Please help. I'm begging anyone out there.
Thank You
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this seems like a bit of a pia, but it looks like the only way i can find. click the link under the video for detailed text instructions.
Thanks but failed
Thank you so much but it didn't work.
Thinking of going to a service center and getting it factory reset.
Think it'll work?
Cottyn said:
Thank you so much but it didn't work.
Thinking of going to a service center and getting it factory reset.
Think it'll work?
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not sure, cant hurt to try.
bweN diorD said:
not sure, cant hurt to try.
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Is there a way to factory reset by myself?
I have to fix it today but the service centers are closed for sundays.(once again personal issues)
Thank you again
Cottyn said:
Is there a way to factory reset by myself?
I have to fix it today but the service centers are closed for sundays.(once again personal issues)
Thank you again
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you would need to get to one of 2 places, i thought you couldn't get to either, settings (from booted up) or recovery.
but factory resetting would only remove any data, it will not restore any files or fix your busted cwm.
bweN diorD said:
you would need to get to one of 2 places, i thought you couldn't get to either, settings (from booted up) or recovery.
but factory resetting would only remove any data, it will not restore any files or fix your busted cwm.
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Oh so then factory resetting won't get me out of my boot loop?
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Oh so then factory resetting won't get me out of my boot loop?
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i cant say that for sure, all im saying is, factory reset does nothing more than wipe data.
if there is an issue in there causing your problem, then yes it will fix it. if your problem is caused by a software issue, then no it will not.
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i cant say that for sure, all im saying is, factory reset does nothing more than wipe data.
if there is an issue in there causing your problem, then yes it will fix it. if your problem is caused by a software issue, then no it will not.
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Okay thank you for everything really
I've given up I think there's nothing I can do.
Next time I get a phone I'm not screwing with it
Cottyn said:
Okay thank you for everything really
I've given up I think there's nothing I can do.
Next time I get a phone I'm not screwing with it
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lol, ok, no problem.
I feel the pain
Cottyn said:
Hello I'm a user of a Sky Vega Iron (IM-A870)
And I need desperate help.
It's not an ordinary boot loop I wish it was, here's the story.
I rooted my phone just to let you know.
So I installed the wrong version of cwd recovery on my phone and so when I go into recovery mode the screen will turn like this.
imgurDOTcom/iOFieHG (sorry I can't you links yet cause I'm new)
But it wasn't a big deal I just didn't use it.
Now is the deal I decided to update my phone to stock kitkat that the vega devs supported themselves with vega station(the stock updating app)
And when it started installing it suddenly went into cwm.
I wasn't that worried at the moment just tried pulling the battery out and rebooting but...it started a boot loop.
I can't navigate cwm because of the way it is and I'm stuck. Is there another way to factory reset? or to get out of the loop?
Maybe a way to get rid of cwm and get back to stock recovery mode? Please help I need help until tomorrow! (personal reasons)
I searched online hours for solutions yet I can't find one.
Please help. I'm begging anyone out there.
Thank You
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I am going through a similar situation here. I was using Choi Mobil Recovery and was trying to flash a custom ROM. It's now in BootLoop and there is nothing I can do!
fakesoul said:
I am going through a similar situation here. I was using Choi Mobil Recovery and was trying to flash a custom ROM. It's now in BootLoop and there is nothing I can do!
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what variant of vega iron you were using and what rom youre trying to flash?
Hey everyone, I have the S7 G930V and I was curious if it is possible to root this sucker? Im not afraid of doing a flash root and doing everything manually if I have to, done it before back on the original Droid.
I have tried using Odin and it fails on the first step after starting it.
If anyone has any advice or info on how to root my phone, I would love to hear it.
Thanks
Yes you can root the G930V. Here is how to do it
There is a very very low chance that you will do something bad to your device, such as bricking it. Samsung is great with preventing bricks, especially because the bootloader is locked. I can guarantee you safety.
I have not personally rooted it yet because I'm worried I won't be able to deal with the possible issues. Tell me how your experience goes.
Nobiscis said:
Yes you can root the G930V. Here is how to do it
There is a very very low chance that you will do something bad to your device, such as bricking it. Samsung is great with preventing bricks, especially because the bootloader is locked. I can guarantee you safety.
I have not personally rooted it yet because I'm worried I won't be able to deal with the possible issues. Tell me how your experience goes.
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Thanks, I will give this a shot when I get home and let you know how it goes.
Nobiscis said:
Yes you can root the G930V. Here is how to do it
There is a very very low chance that you will do something bad to your device, such as bricking it. Samsung is great with preventing bricks, especially because the bootloader is locked. I can guarantee you safety.
I have not personally rooted it yet because I'm worried I won't be able to deal with the possible issues. Tell me how your experience goes.
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Got it done, worked out just fine. Able to do everything I wanted to do. Although the fix file didn't seem to fix the wifi passwords not being saved. Might try and flash it again and see if I can get it to work.
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Got it done, worked out just fine. Able to do everything I wanted to do. Although the fix file didn't seem to fix the wifi passwords not being saved. Might try and flash it again and see if I can get it to work.
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Wifi is an easy fix in a buid.prop editor. Get a build.prop editor and find a file called ro.securestorage and set it to false. This will fix the problem.
Did you wipe the phone before you rooted? I didn't and got MAJOR performance problems, regardless of the CPU governor control
Nobiscis said:
Did you wipe the phone before you rooted? I didn't and got MAJOR performance problems, regardless of the CPU governor control
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Out of curiosity, what type of "wipe" are you referring to here?
WarAxe said:
Out of curiosity, what type of "wipe" are you referring to here?
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Factory reset, essentially
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Factory reset, essentially
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I didn't do any wipe. Just backed up my data incase of anything and did the root with no issues.
Nobiscis said:
Yes you can root the G930V. Here is how to do it
There is a very very low chance that you will do something bad to your device, such as bricking it. Samsung is great with preventing bricks, especially because the bootloader is locked. I can guarantee you safety.
I have not personally rooted it yet because I'm worried I won't be able to deal with the possible issues. Tell me how your experience goes.
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Okay... except NOT. LOL. I hope you're giving out better advice these days.
I searched the forum for this and maybe I missed something but I can't find help anywhere.
My mother recently passed and we're trying to crack open her LG Velvet. She was very secretive about passwords and such and I can't break passed her finger pattern lock screen. Everything I've found says I can wipe her phone clean and it'll be clear but we need in to access her information and photos, we don't know what details she kept on her phone so we desperately need in. Does anyone know a way we can get passed the lock screen without erasing data? We've tried 55 times all the patterns we think she used but it's so far to no avail. We have T-Mobile, of which I called. They can't help so they sent me to LG and they can't help.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!!
Id u can get an custom recovery installed on that go to /Data/system/ and erase all files with lockscreen name on it and it would remove the pattern
Kratos574 said:
Id u can get an custom recovery installed on that go to /Data/system/ and erase all files with lockscreen name on it and it would remove the pattern
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Thanks for the reply. Anyway to keep the info on the phone? I don’t mind it going away but I need stuff off the phone.
rdyzzle89 said:
Thanks for the reply. Anyway to keep the info on the phone? I don’t mind it going away but I need stuff off the phone.
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by the method I told u it doesnt remove any data files
Kratos574 said:
by the method I told u it doesnt remove any data files
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I’ve not done this in some time, any direction you can point me to get a customer recovery on?
Hey you found a way to get past the code without losing data files? My situation is the exact same except it’s my brother, and it’s sooo frustrating!
Copperheadcross said:
Hey you found a way to get past the code without losing data files? My situation is the exact same except it’s my brother, and it’s sooo frustrating!
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Hey there, just saw this message. Nope not yet. Terribly frustrating! Her laptop is locked too.
Any luck for you yet?