My wife is having a crisis here with her new note 5, the long story short is that she was away at Disney world (we live in Michigan, not sure if the geography had an impact) and she had her phone locked with the retarded finger print scanner. She tried to unlock it while her finger was wet and not only did it not unlock but it also continued to register tries and locked her phone and requested google account password. She apparently had two google accounts synced to the phone and she had no idea which was primary, add to that that she has a terrible memory, well, she waited until she had one try left to call and ask me if I could get it for her from her planner in the house. For whatever reason this password didn't work either (even though I could log into her gmail with it) and the phone did a forced factory reset. Ok, no big deal, right?
Phone reboots, starts the setup wizard, goes to what looks like a google screen which says this phone experienced an abnormal factory reset and you must sign in with a gmail account which was previously synced (it defenitely say "a gmail account" not "the gmail" or Primary gmail). So she signs in with the gmail that we know we had the right password for. The phone reboots and comes back to the same screen. Her gmail gets a message that SM-n920V signed in with this account and I went into the android devices and verified that "it was me". By this time I was at work and the only thing I could think was that it must need the proimary and that must be the other one, so in order to get her other gmail account working and I had to reset it's password (one gmail was backup to the other), ok, so I get both gmail accounts working. She tries to log in with that one and the it behaves exactly the same.
I was at work by this time and I start trying to research this and I find it's probably tied to samsungs FRP. I try to log into the samsung account and neither gmail is tied to it. I finally find it and it is tied to a yahoo account that she also has no idea what the password is. I manage to reset the yahoo account, and then the damned samsung account and now I can look at everything.
The only mention I can find about FRP on the samsung site is in a FAQ that I find and I find a little tidbit in there that says that if you change your google password you have to wait 72 hours to log back in with it. I have no idea how the samsung account would know the google password reset, but also, there are no prompts on the phone that mention this. it just asks for the account again and again.
So, my wife calls Verizon, they are clueless but they transfer her to samsung. Samsung support was apparently horrible with her, but regardless, they tell her it's googles fault and transfer her to google, google says it's a samsung bug and sends her back to samsung. Samsung finally tells her what I found about the FRP in the begining, that there is a 72hr cooldown, but FURTHERMORE, they tell her that she can't try the account until 72hrs are up, that just by trying to log in means she has to RESET PASSWORDS AGAIN and then just sit with her thumb up her butt for "up to 72 hrs" they tell her this time. They also said she would get an email when she can log in, but we still have no idea to which account...
So, all parties involved are fully satisfied that this is indeed her device but they claim there is no way to expedite this. I also know that this is 99% her fault, but come on, this is ridiculous. I also am not convinced that after 72 hours, which is really up to 96 now because it took until the second night after all of this to get an answer from tech support. Meanwhile my family is clear across the country and now with minimal communication capability. They got home safely today, and tonight would have been the initial end of 72 hours, but apparently she will be waiting for tomorrow night because they made her reset again. When she got home I tried to completely reflash the phone with odin, and it was 100% successful, but as soon as it boots it goes to software update does a really quick update (which I suspect is the FRP thing leeching onto the setup wizard) and then it boots, goes through until account sign in and then says the phone was reset... blah... blah... blah... I didn't try to log in, I don't want to make this drag out any longer, but WTF!!!!
There used to be a loophole to get out of the wizard, it's patched. Is there any way around this? I mean, tomorrow is not that much further away, I'm not trying anything risky this close to the end of the cooldown, but I highly doubt that it is going to make any difference tomorrow. It feels like a bug, I would expect that it would give some kind of warning, flag, or message that this was going to take 72 hours and there is nothing, its like a sign in bootloop... Added to that google themselves says its a sammy firmware bug, well I'm not hopeful.
Anyone else experience this? Any resolution? I will report back tomorrow one way or another, but I suspect we will be getting a new device from Verizon.
Thanks,
Jason
We had two customers who reset their password and it made them wait 72 hours before that password could be used again for the verification. Now those phones both worked after the 72 hours but they only had one Gmail on there. Only thing I can think of is to absolutely make sure both accounts have the password. And try each on the phone after the 72 is up for both of them. Google locks the phone believed to be the IMEI of the phone after a reset on 5.1.1. Something new we ended up running into
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Thanks for the reply! It is good to know that it is possibly going to work. I'm surprised that it is baked into lollipop-- Google claimed that it was all Samsung's fault. I checked my Tab S which is running some spin of CM on lollipop and there is no FRP options in the settings like there are in my note 4 on official firmware. I did run across a few other references to it being a lollipop thing, but all I can say is what google tech support told us.
I have to say that it really surprises me that with the fact that all three of the corporations with some sort of power with the device having been satisfied that she is the actual owner, can't just remotely restore access.
I'll update when we find out more... I'm trying to figure out which account might be primary by looking back in her google device history, oddly enough they both show this device as a "new device" trying to sign into her accounts on the day that all this went south. I wonder if there is more going on here-- I have completely wiped and flashed different roms and still had google recognize the device as my previous one.
Thanks,
Jason
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Thanks for the reply! It is good to know that it is possibly going to work. I'm surprised that it is baked into lollipop-- Google claimed that it was all Samsung's fault. I checked my Tab S which is running some spin of CM on lollipop and there is no FRP options in the settings like there are in my note 4 on official firmware. I did run across a few other references to it being a lollipop thing, but all I can say is what google tech support told us.
I have to say that it really surprises me that with the fact that all three of the corporations with some sort of power with the device having been satisfied that she is the actual owner, can't just remotely restore access.
I'll update when we find out more... I'm trying to figure out which account might be primary by looking back in her google device history, oddly enough they both show this device as a "new device" trying to sign into her accounts on the day that all this went south. I wonder if there is more going on here-- I have completely wiped and flashed different roms and still had google recognize the device as my previous one.
Thanks,
Jason
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Yea no problem at all and like I said it did just show itself the past couple weeks. So far it's from 5.1.1 but it has work keep us posted and I'll look into more if need be
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Well, she got it unlocked. Apologies to you Jacob, but the Verizon tech who made her reset passwords a second time was an idiot. She was in a chat with a Samsung tech today and told him she still didn't have an email and 72 hours was almost up and she didn't want to try to login and end up reseting her lock out again. He told her no email was coming and that the only way she would know if it was unlocked was if she tried... Smh... It may have been unlocked for days now. Lol. It did her some good to go through withdrawal.
Fwiw I blocked updates and am still on Kk with my note 4, the frp thing is in my security menu. I have it turned off on hers now too, but the option was buried in developers settings and is listed as "OEM unlock". Maybe this post will help others before they get in her position. Thanks for the info!
Later,
Jason
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72 hour lockout if you change password around a Factory Reset.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...ne-you-might-trip-a-72-hour-security-lockout/
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jacampb2 said:
Well, she got it unlocked. Apologies to you Jacob, but the Verizon tech who made her reset passwords a second time was an idiot. She was in a chat with a Samsung tech today and told him she still didn't have an email and 72 hours was almost up and she didn't want to try to login and end up reseting her lock out again. He told her no email was coming and that the only way she would know if it was unlocked was if she tried... Smh... It may have been unlocked for days now. Lol. It did her some good to go through withdrawal.
Fwiw I blocked updates and am still on Kk with my note 4, the frp thing is in my security menu. I have it turned off on hers now too, but the option was buried in developers settings and is listed as "OEM unlock". Maybe this post will help others before they get in her position. Thanks for the info!
Later,
Jason
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Lol no offense taken just trying to help. Was new to me till I read up on it and experienced it. Sorry it took so long but glad you were able to get it unlocked ?
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I turned that reset feature off real quick.....I have a 2 year old and a5 year old. My phone would get wiped and reset every day!
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dakota-boy said:
I turned that reset feature off real quick.....I have a 2 year old and a5 year old. My phone would get wiped and reset every day!
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Oh yes be glad you don't have an iPhone to see the disabled screen....lol
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Had the same problem only I gave up, and pulled out my old phone for the holidays, but just last night I tried it aging putting in my gmail account and it worked. But I had none idea their was a cool down wait time, this is stupid you would think they would give you a warning.. good luck to you all I can say is that it did work after the cool down.
I do not own the phone but my friend ad work is in the same situation I have been helping her the only thing is it has been more then 72hrs and it is still not letting her in she has been trying to log in the whole time not sure if that will re set the wait time also the phone was forced factory reset after the failed password scenario any help would be great she just got it 2 weeks ago
Hi. Just a tidbit of information here. This isn't really "Google" locking out the phone. It is in fact a bug on Samsung's newer phone models. If you do some searching you will see that mostly people with samsung phones get locked out. It appears that there is some spotty coding in Samsung's customization of the Android OS which interferes with the FRP. I played around with it on my Nexus 5 and don't get this problem, only on my extra phone which is a core prime
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my phone is on a lockout which really sucks! my question here is by trying to log in multiple times because no one told me this was going to happen either at the store where I bought the phone or when the idiots reset it without telling me this, will it reset the timer again? my lock out started on Wednesday afternoon and I kept trying to log in and even changed my password but nothing until yesterday that I was told about the lock out did I stop. I really hope it does not reset because that is the only means of communication I have.
eescam said:
my phone is on a lockout which really sucks! my question here is by trying to log in multiple times because no one told me this was going to happen either at the store where I bought the phone or when the idiots reset it without telling me this, will it reset the timer again? my lock out started on Wednesday afternoon and I kept trying to log in and even changed my password but nothing until yesterday that I was told about the lock out did I stop. I really hope it does not reset because that is the only means of communication I have.
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The 72 hours is a Google thing. If you reset your Gmail password it is not valid for use on the locked phone until 72 hours after reset. That being said their is a work around and I believe it might still work. I have method to try and an app I made to get it bypassed. Just let me know if you need the steps with an otg cable and a USB flashdrive
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Jacob11701 said:
The 72 hours is a Google thing. If you reset your Gmail password it is not valid for use on the locked phone until 72 hours after reset. That being said their is a work around and I believe it might still work. I have method to try and an app I made to get it bypassed. Just let me know if you need the steps with an otg cable and a USB flashdrive
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hi if you have a way to bypass it, please let me know, i'm locked out of mine as well , already reset and waited 72hrs, same thing, please help
How to bypass Factory Reset Protection (FRP) on Samsung Galaxy Note 5 [Step-by-step Guide] http://drippler.com/drip/how-bypass...ion-frp-samsung-galaxy-note-5-step-step-guide Via j.mp/drippler_app
veeeyesee said:
hi if you have a way to bypass it, please let me know, i'm locked out of mine as well , already reset and waited 72hrs, same thing, please help
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Anilpalepu posted exactly what I had. Made the app that he already had tho so I already had it
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Hi everyone , I've been an android user for the last couple of years I still own an iPhone but I'm really excited to sell it because from now on I feel that buying an iPhone is buying a piece of plastic with technology from 3 years ago with an apple sticker , OK, why am I making this post well .Nowadays stealing a phone is useless because of the security measures used on them , with an iPhone it's impossible to unlock the device without the icloud but on the Android side , with my note 5 I'm able to reset and use it like it was a brand new phone even though I've set the fingerprints lockscreen, if someone steals my phone they can press home+power+volume up and do a factory reset and BANG they have a new phone , I have rooted my phone but is anything possible fix this ? Any kind of configuration or app that stills make the recovery menu possible and the factory reset option but still maintain my security configuration that why even that people erase all the data on my.phone the couldn't be able to use it because it would still have the lockscreen setup with my f in Niger prints or code . Thank you
ralls94 said:
Hi everyone , I've been an android user for the last couple of years I still own an iPhone but I'm really excited to sell it because from now on I feel that buying an iPhone is buying a piece of plastic with technology from 3 years ago with an apple sticker , OK, why am I making this post well .Nowadays stealing a phone is useless because of the security measures used on them , with an iPhone it's impossible to unlock the device without the icloud but on the Android side , with my note 5 I'm able to reset and use it like it was a brand new phone even though I've set the fingerprints lockscreen, if someone steals my phone they can press home+power+volume up and do a factory reset and BANG they have a new phone , I have rooted my phone but is anything possible fix this ? Any kind of configuration or app that stills make the recovery menu possible and the factory reset option but still maintain my security configuration that why even that people erase all the data on my.phone the couldn't be able to use it because it would still have the lockscreen setup with my f in Niger prints or code . Thank you
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To be honest no. Even your finger print can be grabbed from the device. No mobile device security is complete. There are even ways to get around apples.
Best advise is dont lose your device or keep anything really important on it.
there are back doors built into android I read a while ago that if you know the persons Gmail account on the phone you can actually make it urs I mean the imei number might be bad but there is always wifi but anyways all u need is the Gmail associated with the phone and the password null and bam you in I have yet to try it but I will here in a few
There's an option to enable a reactivation lock. But really, flashing a custom ROM will remove this. There's no way around it, on any device.
Installing some security software may help to catch a thief. I'm using one which takes picture using front camera and emailing it to me after 3 unsuccessful passwords. On rooted phone is impossible to remove untill you flash new firmware
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Hello guys and gals!
When I bought my Galaxy S7, I set up fingerprints and all that good stuff. Having used fingerprints since day one, I forgot my backup pattern. Recently, I had to restart the phone, and after doing so, it's not allowing me to login using my fingerprints, saying that I need to draw my pattern first since the phone was restarted.
I'm currently logged out of my own phone.
Please help me!
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Hello guys and gals!
When I bought my Galaxy S7, I set up fingerprints and all that good stuff. Having used fingerprints since day one, I forgot my backup pattern. Recently, I had to restart the phone, and after doing so, it's not allowing me to login using my fingerprints, saying that I need to draw my pattern first since the phone was restarted.
I'm currently logged out of my own phone.
Please help me!
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jump into recovery and factory reset it
Problem: solved
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jump into recovery and factory reset it
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I didn't want to do that because I'd lose my messages and my apps and what not (according to various sites). I did, however, visit the Samsung page and remotely unlocked it.
Tah-dah! I'm not locked out of my phone anymore haha.
Thanks a million for your feedback, though!
hey everyone i am going absolutely nuts trying to get past this reactivation lock. i've tried absolutely everything for the past couple of days. can anyone help me? pretty sure im on latest.... i can get into youtube and all that and apex launch into the system but cannot get rid of the samsung account?
please i beg of you help me!
i just got around the FRP lock on my dads S5 (straight talk G903VL) last week and i dont even know what his gmail address is to be perfectly honest. His phone wasnt associated with any service account either, so the only commonality that google would know about is sharing our last name. Anyways, what i ended up doing is just entering my gmail acct info in the fields and it just asked me to make a new password. It seemed waaaaaay too easy to get past, so im assuming that something else had happened to cause it. I had also factory reset it several times in stock recovery and attempted to flash the G900V firmware on it (which failed over 5 times with different firmware versions)
anyways, heres a how-to with some methods worth trying
https://www.lifewire.com/bypass-google-account-verification-on-android-devices-4582588
hey my man thank you so much for your reply!
no i know my google account...its the samsung reactivation lock (samsung account) i can't get past and ive contacted samsung and yeah i have to do this on my own... :/
Hey everyone, so I recently purchased an a10e second hand, thought i did my due diligence, checked the black list for the imei, registered on samsungs site , when i finally got to play with it a day or so later when i was going through the setup it asked me for the original owners information. had attempted to contact the owner but dude is litterally a ghost, I have attempted everything i can possibly find here and on the forums about frp unlock tried several apk tools which get **** blocked by debuggong not neing on, tried hrs worth of adb commands to no aveil, and redonculous amount hrs trying bad combo files and firmware files that fail. ive been at this daily for a month now. I realize i can eat my pride and pay to get it dealt with, but ive been at it for so long at this point. I NEED TO SEE IT THROUGH. PLEASE HELP THANKS
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