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[Q] Anyway to bypass the lockscreen?

So my friend passed away and his mom asked me to unlock it so she can see the text messages and last calls he had before his accident.
I tried adb but i cant seem to enable usb debugging cause i cant get into the phone. Any more suggestions? or any help would work, thanks.

Reopened the thread. It seems there are plenty of guides on how to do this on this forum, like on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292671 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2225695. However if those don't work, you might have to find someone to JTAG your phone or someone with forensics experience.

Found Mate 9 can I unlock it?

Hello guys, I'll begin by saying that I'm not english so if i make mistakes u have to forgive me. Yesterday, a friend of mine came to me by saying that he "found" a phone, which actually is a Huawei Mate 9 MHA-L29.
Now, he told me that he tried to return the phone to the police but it didn't have any SIM card in it and they just told him to keep it because they couldn't do anything. I was actually searching a good and cheap phone to buy and he told me that he can sell it to me at a nice price if i manage to unlock it, now the problems start. So when i turn it on, it hasn't any wallpaper and it wants the unlock Pin, which obviously is unknown.
Something like this happened to me a month ago with a P8 Lite which i factory resetted even if it had a pin and everything went fine.
With this phone tho, if i go to eRecovery (both buttons and start button) and press "Download lastest version and recovery" it makes me choose a wifi and then gives me "getting package info failed".
If i try Vol Down and start button, it takes me to the EMUI update i guess (I'm kinda new to these things so please understand my ignorance.) and tells me "System install failed".
Also tried to link it via USB to my PC and tried Recovery from HiSuite but i guess since the device is in "only charge" and i don't have the pin to change that, it doesn't work either.
Do you guys think is it possible to unlock it someway? I would really appreciate your help.

It could be the original owner who had lost the phone had contacted Huawei and had them disable phone, (making it useless).

debugging seems to be not enabled
password isn’t known
pin isn’t known
factory reset without removing pin/password before will not be successful!!!
as i know, this phone is fully useless for you.
BTW: bad for you, but good for all the people which have lost her phone.
If you would have the original box and bill, the HUAWEI service center can help.
Without this, you will get no help!
and at last...
How often do you think, people have "lost" her phone without sim card installed into it? Not often i think!!!

If it has the original software and recovery on it, chances are that FRP lock is still enabled so unfortunately, it's worth nothing. Maybe you guys can post it on some public ad sites and the owner will be found and give a reward.

LG Stylo G (Metro lgms631) FRP lock - can't enable USB debug - ADB won't detect

Forgive me as there may be a simple solution for SDK to detect it, been many years since I've messed with any Android devices to this extent. I bought an LG Stylo G at a flea market. Of course it's FRP locked. Reset, tried all the superficial ways of bypassing (including the TalkBack one, never presented with the "feedback" option to get outside of the menu, and don't have a Google Keyboard). Installed SDK Manager, installed LG drivers, adb can't detect, PC doesn't even seem to detect. I have no way to enable USB debugging, and presented with no options upon plugging in the phone to PC.
Did recent updates prevent any way around this entirely? Maybe if I'm lucky I can re-sell it for what I paid for it at least, but I'd like to try and get into it.

Have you found a solution to your issue... If not I may be able to help but I will need more information

im in the same boat
SoonersChuck said:
Have you found a solution to your issue... If not I may be able to help but I will need more information
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what kind of info do u need\ i cant get anywhere with it

I was fortunate to have my MS631 back when Android was at 5.1.1 I didnt have to even hook it to a PC. they changed it on 6.0.1 but it was still possible. Im actively searching thru all my software i finally had some of my stuff returned to me from my ex. only took 3 years, but who's counting? LoL.
you might find yourself sitting messing around on accessibility options. i think there is still a small exploit you can bypass frp you just gotta be connected via WiFi . somewhere in the settings you can find terms of Service agreements and stuff...if you scroll thru these and you happen across a url (doesnt matter what url) click to get a web browser to come up, if you get that, stay in browser. do a search via browser searchbar for settings.
it should suggest a local apk. click on it and you should be on the other side of the door and behind the frp lock.
first thing you gotta do if find system apps like google one time init. and go in and disable it. there are a couple others i am pretty sure . Disable phone admins as well. i hope this helps... and i hope like hell i am giving you information

This is the video I used to get past FRP on mine.
Its in arabic but just do everything he does and it should work.

is this phone that dead as to where there are virtually no relevant custom roms for it?

jeeze louise man, its like a barren wasteland in here....

I concur. Seems like this forum is oriented to newer phones. I have a J3 and hope to be able to load a custom OS on it.
Did you figure out how to unlock the bootloader on your phone? I'm still trying to get to the "hidden" OEM unlock in the developers options. If you were able to figure out how to do it, please share.
If you haven't unlocked the bootloader, a custom rom will be impossible to load.

You need turn on OEM unlock. You go to settings, about phone, software information, you tap on "build number" 7 times. This unlocks Developer settings which should be at the bottom of the settings page. OEM unlocking should be one of the options, but be aware iirc it should factory reset your device so back your things up. After that you can install twrp, here's the link to the page for the J3: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...axy-j3-2017-sm-j330f-j330fn-j330g-ds.3709056/
As for finding a custom ROM for this device, good luck, you'll need it.
Hope all this helps.

LegendaryCheerio said:
You need turn on OEM unlock. You go to settings, about phone, software information, you tap on "build number" 7 times. This unlocks Developer settings which should be at the bottom of the settings page. OEM unlocking should be one of the options, but be aware iirc it should factory reset your device so back your things up. After that you can install twrp, here's the link to the page for the J3: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...axy-j3-2017-sm-j330f-j330fn-j330g-ds.3709056/
As for finding a custom ROM for this device, good luck, you'll need it.
Hope all this helps.
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Thank you for taking the time to reply. I have been trying for weeks to get OEM unlock to appear in my Developer Options. I've tried reading every article and watching every youtube video on how to do this, and none of them will unhide the OEM unlock.
I appreciate you sending me the link. Maybe I missed it, but that appears to be telling you how to install TWRP using Odin. Are you suggesting installing TWRP with the bootloader locked?' Or was that intended to be done after the unlock was successful?
All the articles I read suggest setting the time back a week or so. That might work if you just bought a phone, but mine is about 5 years old. Nevertheless, I have tried it many times and it doesn't unhide OEM unlock.
Is there another way to unlock the bootloader? Any idea why Samsung made it so difficult? I tried calling Samsung support and of course they were zero help, telling me that OEM unlock was for level 2 Samsung technicians and not mere mortals.
If you have any further thoughts or suggestions, they would be most welcome, as I have pretty much hit a brick wall.

BigZ1 said:
Thank you for taking the time to reply. I have been trying for weeks to get OEM unlock to appear in my Developer Options. I've tried reading every article and watching every youtube video on how to do this, and none of them will unhide the OEM unlock.
I appreciate you sending me the link. Maybe I missed it, but that appears to be telling you how to install TWRP using Odin. Are you suggesting installing TWRP with the bootloader locked?' Or was that intended to be done after the unlock was successful?
All the articles I read suggest setting the time back a week or so. That might work if you just bought a phone, but mine is about 5 years old. Nevertheless, I have tried it many times and it doesn't unhide OEM unlock.
Is there another way to unlock the bootloader? Any idea why Samsung made it so difficult? I tried calling Samsung support and of course they were zero help, telling me that OEM unlock was for level 2 Samsung technicians and not mere mortals.
If you have any further thoughts or suggestions, they would be most welcome, as I have pretty much hit a brick wall.
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Hi, when the "OEM Unlock" option is invisible, you need to search update, disable and re-enable developer option.
I'm sorry for my bad english but i hope that will help you.

LinkyWolfka said:
Hi, when the "OEM Unlock" option is invisible, you need to search update, disable and re-enable developer option.
I'm sorry for my bad english but i hope that will help you.
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I don't understand what you meant by "you need to search update".
If you meant to click on system updates and then check for an update, I tried that, then I disabled and re-enabled developer option. OEM Unlock is still missing.
If you meant something else, please explain. Thanks for helpling.

I've heard there can be a 7 day lock period for some Samsung devices to unlock OEM, or even just straight out unavailable in certain regions. Worst case scenario you could flash the OS from a different region.

Well, I'm about to give up on this phone. I haven't been able to find any Custom ROMs for it. So there is little value in spending more time trying to figure out how to unlock the bootloader. I think the OEM Unlock feature is not available to USA customers.
Thanks for your assistance.

Question unlocking

Hello,
Recently a friends son passed away and the family wants to recover whatever is in his phone including his last text messages and phonecalls.
Xiaomi only offered a full wipe which cannot happen even though the phone and receipt is on his mother's name ( the person who currently has the phone).
I'm uncertain if the phone has USB debugging turned on as I havent got it in my hands yet, trying to gather as much info as I can before I try anything on it.
The family also has a second Poco x3 so the idea was to try anything I find on the 2nd phone first to make sure it doesnt wipe.
It is locked with a pattern and face recognition, but they told me it doesnt ask for the face recognition unless its turned off and on again so they keep it charged at all times to prevent that from happening for obvious reasons.
Any ideas or ways or direction is welcome and very much appreciated.

Doesn't matter if phone has USB debugging turned on, you need to actually allow access from inside the phone to allow debugging on untrusted machine. Sorry, don't think there is any way, unless you know the password, or maybe try to face unlock by pointing the phone at a picture of their son? Don't know if this will work.

Popletenec said:
Doesn't matter if phone has USB debugging turned on, you need to actually allow access from inside the phone to allow debugging on untrusted machine. Sorry, don't think there is any way, unless you know the password, or maybe try to face unlock by pointing the phone at a picture of their son? Don't know if this will work.
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The picture is worth a try. Theres also a google recovery thing when you fail multiple times on the pattern to answer a secret question, so im hoping that he put an easy one so the family can figure it out. Thanks for your suggestion