Hello, I hope it's the right part of XDA to post my thread as I have serious issues here.
Got my HTC 10 (with Android 6)back from repair today and restored my backup.
But dumb me it seems as if i set a password/patern whatever and i can't remember it.
So after a restart i can't unlock my phone cause it's asking for the code (and won't let unlock only with fingerprint) and i can't remember.
All combination that i would have used are wrong and now i got a working phone back again (after almost 2 month of repairing) and can't unlock it.
Is there any way of bypassing/ignoring the restart password or is it possible to only unlock it again with the fingerprint that is stored?
As i don't know what i should do if i don't get my phone unlocked
I tried to factory reset it andxthat worked but all my apps and data is gone as google seems to only restore some apps and almost no data of the apps.
So i set it up as a new device and only restored /data but immediately after reboot I was asked to put in the forgotten password.
So is there anyway of bypassing the pin/pattern after restart and only unlock the device with the fingerprint that is stored. And if not, is there any way of being able to use my /data after a factory reset again?
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Ok so admittedly I made a noob mistake and inadvertently unchecked OEM unlock and rebooted. So I'm stuck on FRP lock. From what I see, my only option is to flash the original firmware on the phone.
My question is simple: I don't have TWRP and can't do a NAND backup. Will my internal SD card get wiped as well? If so, is there ANY way I can back it up before hand??
Thanks...
Ok so I managed to save my arse after all, but I figured I would leave a reply here for archival purposes.
I used Odin to flash the stock Bootloader and PDA. Not only it didn't touch my SD, but it really didn't wipe anything and I only lost my root.
Two things happened I didn't see documented anywhere I looked: I got a weird crash on boot update and ended up in Stock recovery after auto reboot and got a slew of error messages, but a simple phone reboot worked.
Then I was asked for a password to restart, which turned out to be "default_password"...
Hope this will help someone down the road!
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Cleaned & wiped all stuff, flashed stock 6.0.1 with Odin AP,BL,CP,CSC and same FRP google login shows up. Mind sharing those two files?
For sure, I just used the latest firmware on Sammobile: this is the generic one for Canada, but I'm on Rogers so I used this one.
I only used the BL and PDA, but I also made sure I wasn't locked out on my Samsung Account. FRP can be because of the custom binaries, but it can also be a system lock out and I've read that in some cases it's because the phone has soft locked itself out. Not sure how accurate that is, but wouldn't hurt to check I guess...
now all ok or still facing same?
I removed all of the security parameters to make a backup so that, theoretically, I wouldn't run into the pin number obstacle, as my device is encrypted. Upon returning to security settings to setup my fingerprint I keep getting the message: Fingerprint Setup Cancelled Please Try Again. I've tried everything short of factory reset, or reflashing my custom ROM. At the moment, I'm restoring my Nandroid backup which I'm sure wont work, since it will take me to square one. I've found no threads on XDA concerning this, just some unintelligent threads on Verizon and T-Mobile where nobody knows anything. If anybody has found a solution to this, please help.
Edit: Just for the record, removing security parameters did not bypass the necessity to enter the decryption pin. Also, Nandroid made phone very slow and unstable. Looks as though I'm going to have to perform a clean wipe. My original question is still relevant though, as I'm not the first that this has happened to. The device became so unstable, I performed a factory reset.
Gday,
Ive been using my xz premium for about a year and recently it started retsrating randomly a couple of times but never caused me any issues, the other night i was on the phone and it was woring fine then 5 minutes later went to make a phonecall but on trying to unlock it, it restarted and now is stuck in a bootloop, it did get to the password screen once but i was unable to enter the correct password as i usually have a pin code and i restarted to see if i could select password reset or similar but of course it just went back to bootloop.
Now i understand that im in a pretty bad poaition to beable to recovwr data as i dont believe i ever rooted the phone. But also the two factor authentication app, without that i dont believe i can get into some websites to add the 2fa to anither device.
So my question is, is there any company that would beable to either fix the bootloop without data removal and i could get access to my 2fa and my data or at the very least someone who can recover the data from it ? Thanks dor any help you guus can offer.
Navara32 said:
Gday,
Ive been using my xz premium for about a year and recently it started retsrating randomly a couple of times but never caused me any issues, the other night i was on the phone and it was woring fine then 5 minutes later went to make a phonecall but on trying to unlock it, it restarted and now is stuck in a bootloop, it did get to the password screen once but i was unable to enter the correct password as i usually have a pin code and i restarted to see if i could select password reset or similar but of course it just went back to bootloop.
Now i understand that im in a pretty bad poaition to beable to recovwr data as i dont believe i ever rooted the phone. But also the two factor authentication app, without that i dont believe i can get into some websites to add the 2fa to anither device.
So my question is, is there any company that would beable to either fix the bootloop without data removal and i could get access to my 2fa and my data or at the very least someone who can recover the data from it ? Thanks dor any help you guus can offer.
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If the phone's bootloader hasn't been unlocked you may be able to do a software repair using Sony Companion, but not sure as you're in a bootloop situation. If you have enabled developer options you can update the firmware using Sony's Emma without erasing user data. As for your 2fa app, install it on the next device and your info should come over when you log in on the new device
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If the phone's bootloader hasn't been unlocked you may be able to do a software repair using Sony Companion, but not sure as you're in a bootloop situation. If you have enabled developer options you can update the firmware using Sony's Emma without erasing user data. As for your 2fa app, install it on the next device and your info should come over when you log in on the new device
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Thanks for the help Bob,
I have been able to get the phone to connect to sonys companion software but did not go ahead with the repair as it states that all data will be deleted, and thats what i have been reading online, is this correct ?
I think i may of enabled developer options, and i just downloaded the Emma software but am unable to login without my account been activated and cannot find access to the customization.ini file that looks like people use to use to get in without a login. Is there any way to get into the Emma software ?
appreciate the help.
Ok so i managed to get into the Emma software, however it said my phone has a locked boot loader, so i guess now the only option is if the sony companion tool can do a repair without erasing data ?
If Companion sees your device you can back up data and reinstall it after repair. I've never done this with Companion as my phones are unlocked and rooted. The few times I've tried to back up and restore (not with Companion) it never really restored the the way I thought it would. If your music and pics/vids are on the sd card, that stuff is safe. I usually just resign myself to setting up the phone and reinstall apps. But give back and restore on Companion a try. What kind of data are you worried about losing?
Hi
A couple of days ago I tried to root my Pixel 2, it was locked and I unlcoked and then flashed it. During that process it got very close to a bricked state.
It now has a flash Android 10 on it but all of the gestures that I had last week as part of Android are gone and I can't do what I wanted to do anyway, so I'd like to go back to stock factory with a locked bootloader. Exactly as it was last week.
can anyone please tell me how to do that and if that will also restore the up swipe, left & right swipes (to switch between apps and show all open apps).
I am aware of the gestures app which I have installed but I just want to rewind history and forget I changed anything. i also hate the fact that I get told that it's in an unsafe condition every time reboot.
thanks
Stephen
Download factory image from Google site, flash it and lock back the bootloader.
While I don't use the gestures feature at all, I don't think that your issue is related to the unlocked bootloader. At first I would try to do the factory reset from the ROM itself, it will reset to the default state, but the phone stay rooted and unlocked bootloader state.
I unlocked the bootloader and was hoping I might be able to backup the user data (by partitions) with TWRP to attempt file recovery but it is encrypted. I never set a Pin/Pass/Pattern lock on the OP8 before doing the oem unlock.
Does oneplus have a default encryption password?
I know what you mean. I've run into that issue before. I am not sure if it is fixed yet, but technically there is no official TWRP for our OnePlus8. I did backup my partitions with one of them floating around but with that one, including another phone back in the day, I am able to backup but when trying to restore, it always gave me errors doing so. Not sure others experiences but as far as I know, there is no default encryption password.
You can try setting a pin in the security settings of your phone and going back to TWRP and seeing if the pin will take at that section.
Thanks for the reply.
I had luckily backed up the files I thought I had lost so it was moot anyway. I