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Hello xda community i'm planning to buy an s7 but since it cost a lot i've an important question for you...if my device is stolen the chance that i will get the phone back is high or low? I mean...would the police help me to track my phone or they will only call my carrier to blacklist the IMEI

XnameX said:
Hello xda community i'm planning to buy an s7 but since it cost a lot i've an important question for you...if my device is stolen the chance that i will get the phone back is high or low? I mean...would the police help me to track my phone or they will only call my carrier to blacklist the IMEI
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If you live in Brazil, I can give you an answer. But I'm sure this is a very relative question.
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XnameX said:
Hello xda community i'm planning to buy an s7 but since it cost a lot i've an important question for you...if my device is stolen the chance that i will get the phone back is high or low? I mean...would the police help me to track my phone or they will only call my carrier to blacklist the IMEI
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That's a very hard question to answer, as we have no idea how your local police will handle it. If its locked with fingerprint, pattern etc, the thief won't be able to turn it off so that means that it will stay on for a couple hours and you will be able to track it. Then I guess you can call the police, but I would advice you to not go without the police as you might get in more trouble.
If you cant locate it, your carrier will blacklist it.

Travis Bickle said:
That's a very hard question to answer, as we have no idea how your local police will handle it. If its locked with fingerprint, pattern etc, the thief won't be able to turn it off so that means that it will stay on for a couple hours and you will be able to track it. Then I guess you can call the police, but I would advice you to not go without the police as you might get in more trouble.
If you cant locate it, your carrier will blacklist it.
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Does the s7 have a turn off protection when the screen is locked?
Thanks for the tip

goTouch said:
If you live in Brazil, I can give you an answer. But I'm sure this is a very relative question.
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Nope i live in Italy,thanks anyway

XnameX said:
Does the s7 have a turn off protection when the screen is locked?
Thanks for the tip
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Hmmm I was wrong, unfortunately you can turn it off even when the screen is locked. My bad.
I don't know if you can locate your phone when its turned off.

Travis Bickle said:
Hmmm I was wrong, unfortunately you can turn it off even when the screen is locked. My bad.
I don't know if you can locate your phone when its turned off.
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No,you can't the only way to locate it is with samsung and/or google account but unfortunately with factory reset it will be wiped off, i know that there is Frp (Factory Reset Protection) to prevent the account from being deleted but there are bypass that make it useless because even if they get patched an expert thief could downgrade the firmware with odin and a firmware from sammobile...so the only ways to are:
1)the thief is not an expert
2)the police or carrier track the phone using imei number...
Since the first possibility not always happen,what i was asking for is if the police or carrier will spend time on tracking my phone or not

XnameX said:
No,you can't the only way to locate it is with samsung and/or google account but unfortunately with factory reset it will be wiped off, i know that there is Frp (Factory Reset Protection) to prevent the account from being deleted but there are bypass that make it useless because even if they get patched an expert thief could downgrade the firmware with odin and a firmware from sammobile...so the only ways to are:
1)the thief is not an expert
2)the police or carrier track the phone using imei number...
Since the first possibility not always happen,what i was asking for is if the police or carrier will spend time on tracking my phone or not
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Wouldn't it be better to ask the police and your carrier, rather than a forum who can't speak for either party?
Seems a strange thing to be thinking about before even buying it, do you get a lot of things stolen from you regularly?

*Detection* said:
Wouldn't it be better to ask the police and your carrier, rather than a forum who can't speak for either party?
Seems a strange thing to be thinking about before even buying it, do you get a lot of things stolen from you regularly?
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No but I don't want a phone that i've paid 600 € will be put in the trash or down the flush by a thief due to blacklisted imei

XnameX said:
No but I don't want a phone that i've paid 600 € will be put in the trash or down the flush by a thief due to blacklisted imei
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Well don't leave your phone lying around near people who might steal it
Easy enough to keep in your pocket when you're out, and if you can't, leave it at home

*Detection* said:
Well don't leave your phone lying around near people who might steal it
Easy enough to keep in your pocket when you're out, and if you can't, leave it at home
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Yes...you're right...it's only that this thought crossed my mind and worried me and i was too hasty to not see that i'm worrying on a thing with an easy solution...thanks for the tips...sorry for this useless thread I feel a bit stupid .-.

Keep away from theandroiddoctor.com

Hi,
I bought the unlock service for my sm-n920p note 5 phone. The connect my phone remotely. They make somethings then said the phone is unlocked. But my phone is not unlocked. I couldn't use my phone. Then my phone give invalid sim messages.
I couldn't reach support. Open a few tickets but nobody contact me. I reach them via chat but they said me phone is blacklisted and a lot of "mother ****er, **** off, etc". They don't give me money back.
They give guarantee theandroiddoctor_com/imei-guarantee
They said unlock will be permenant.
Please keep away this persons and send this messages to your friends.
Regards,

That stinks man
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Jesushasadroid said:
That stinks man
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My order number is 15288.
I can send a lot of screenshot from my unlocked phone. Why I'm so ungry for $15. I lost totaly $500 for this phone. So $15 is not important for me. I can paid another $15 for permanent unlock my phone.
If you are theandroiddoctor person, you should explain the all process. Why technician close the session after unlock process without my test result. Nobody answer me, nobody answer my support request.
All time they use bad words and their behaviour is not fair.
Regards,

umitgl said:
My order number is 15288.
I can send a lot of screenshot from my unlocked phone. Why I'm so ungry for $15. I lost totaly $500 for this phone. So $15 is not important for me. I can paid another $15 for permanent unlock my phone.
If you are theandroiddoctor person, you should explain the all process. Why technician close the session after unlock process without my test result. Nobody answer me, nobody answer my support request.
All time they use bad words and their behaviour is not fair.
Regards,
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Because they aren't a true professional shop, they are someone that does this from their home. They don't care about whether your phone works, they only care about getting paid and they didn't do the right thing because they didn't want to pay for messing your device up because they don't have a true business like a true professional would.
That's what you get for trying to save money to get it done and trusting someone that you found on the internet instead of taking your device to a trusted and reputable professional shop, you get what you pay for, it's your own fault for being stupid enough to trust someone you found online.
You made a bad decision and now you're paying the price, get over it, move on and learn a lesson from it. Posting here isn't changing anything.
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theandroiddoctor
Droidriven said:
Because they aren't a true professional shop, they are someone that does this from their home. They don't care about whether your phone works, they only care about getting paid and they didn't do the right thing because they didn't want to pay for messing your device up because they don't have a true business like a true professional would.
That's what you get for trying to save money to get it done and trusting someone that you found on the internet instead of taking your device to a trusted and reputable professional shop, you get what you pay for, it's your own fault for being stupid enough to trust someone you found online.
You made a bad decision and now you're paying the price, get over it, move on and learn a lesson from it. Posting here isn't changing anything.
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Regarding the Note 5, the phone can be restored to factory conditions by downloading Samsung Kies. Once downloaded fire up the software, select "tools" followed by "firmware upgrade and initialisation". Then connect your phone and the software will download all the necessary files, including the latest updates. I know this because they screwed my phone's IMEI during a unlock process, probably hoping they would squeeze more money out of me for a IMEI repair. Kies solved my IMEI problem, and their unlock wasn't affected by the Kies update (their unlock worked). These are unsavoury people who had access to my computer and phone while they carried out their half a job. Hindsight is a wonderful thing....

js6281 said:
Regarding the Note 5, the phone can be restored to factory conditions by downloading Samsung Kies. Once downloaded fire up the software, select "tools" followed by "firmware upgrade and initialisation". Then connect your phone and the software will download all the necessary files, including the latest updates. I know this because they screwed my phone's IMEI during a unlock process, probably hoping they would squeeze more money out of me for a IMEI repair. Kies solved my IMEI problem, and their unlock wasn't affected by the Kies update (their unlock worked). These are unsavoury people who had access to my computer and phone while they carried out their half a job. Hindsight is a wonderful thing....
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Cyberbullying at it's best, STAY AWAY FROM THEM
To add to the OP's experience, here is what i had to go through:
I asked about the process to unlock a galaxy s7 and the online chat support rep sent me a Google pay link. I asked him whether they'd support Paypal and he responded with a barrage of expletives, also threatening to install active x and hack my browser. NEVER EVER USE THIS SITE FOR ANYTHING.

umitgl said:
Hi,
I bought the unlock service for my sm-n920p note 5 phone. The connect my phone remotely. They make somethings then said the phone is unlocked. But my phone is not unlocked. I couldn't use my phone. Then my phone give invalid sim messages.
I couldn't reach support. Open a few tickets but nobody contact me. I reach them via chat but they said me phone is blacklisted and a lot of "mother ****er, **** off, etc". They don't give me money back.
They give guarantee theandroiddoctor_com/imei-guarantee
They said unlock will be permenant.
Please keep away this persons and send this messages to your friends.
Regards,
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They are racist. Disgusting human being. I had a horrible experience through their online "help" to fix my note 5 blocked on the Samsung Google Account Verification screen.
Disgusting
I am filing a racial discrimination complaint against this Sharena Johnson that sent me a gpay link and their service. What a disgusting person

GOOD NEWS
Just want to let everyone here know that the androiddoctor has been shut down by me. I contacted someone in the higher dept in shopify and i got their website shut down. They messed with the wrong person. Scammed my friend for $40 now they are done.

Here is proof
Attached are photos showing site down and me messaging them before and after.

hec2k said:
Attached are photos showing site down and me messaging them before and after.
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Dude they're still online.
Lets report the site to google and firefox . Maybe they'll mark the site as deceptive
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What google model is this

hi guys i want to know the google model and know if it can be downgraded as it has FRP
google/sailfish/sailfish
7.1.2/N2G470/3852959
BL:8996-012001-1703151359
BASEBAND:8996-012901-1702171013
PRODUCT/VARIANT: SAILFISH ROW-PVT
CPU-MSM8996SG-AB 0X10001
UFS: 32GB TOSHIBA
DRAM: 4096MB
BOOT SLOT: A
CONSOLE: DISABLED
SECURE BOOT: PRODUCTION
DEVICE IS LOCKED
This device has google FRP and i want to know if its possible to downgrade to an older firmware that will allow google FRP
bypass
thanks

morrisgsm said:
hi guys i want to know the google model and know if it can be downgraded as it has FRP
google/sailfish/sailfish
7.1.2/N2G470/3852959
BL:8996-012001-1703151359
BASEBAND:8996-012901-1702171013
PRODUCT/VARIANT: SAILFISH ROW-PVT
CPU-MSM8996SG-AB 0X10001
UFS: 32GB TOSHIBA
DRAM: 4096MB
BOOT SLOT: A
CONSOLE: DISABLED
SECURE BOOT: PRODUCTION
DEVICE IS LOCKED
This device has google FRP and i want to know if its possible to downgrade to an older firmware that will allow google FRP
bypass
thanks
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No it doesn't. Can you please leave?
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bobby janow said:
No it doesn't. Can you please leave?
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what do u mean, please leave?
do u own this site ?
No
so stop being rude and personal

morrisgsm said:
what do u mean, please leave?
do u own this site ?
No
so stop being rude and personal
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Stop trying to bypass a security screen. Leave. What part of that don't you understand?
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bobby janow said:
Stop trying to bypass a security screen. Leave. What part of that don't you understand?
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It is possible that he bought the device used and can't get into it. It happened to me before. Also, maybe he's trying to sell the device and get rid of the frp. You shouldn't make assumptions about his motives just because he's suck with factory reset protection. It's locked legit owners out of their devices before.

benhaube1 said:
It is possible that he bought the device used and can't get into it. It happened to me before. Also, maybe he's trying to sell the device and get rid of the frp. You shouldn't make assumptions about his motives just because he's suck with factory reset protection. It's locked legit owners out of their devices before.
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Come on. This is BS and you know it. This is an XDA scam thread once again. That doesn't happen to people who buy legitimately. New users trying to get page views so their minions can spam these threads. Frp bypass is illegal and if you have it on your device then up yours. You are a moron. (Not you) You bought a brick. Go onto a hacking site and leave us be.
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bobby janow said:
Come on. This is BS and you know it. This is an XDA scam thread once again. That doesn't happen to people who buy legitimately. New users trying to get page views so their minions can spam these threads. Frp bypass is illegal and if you have it on your device then up yours. You are a moron. (Not you) You bought a brick. Go onto a hacking site and leave us be.
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Fortunately I bought it on eBay, so I was able to get my money back, but if I hadn't I'd have definitely been trying to figure out if someone knew how to bypass it. Although I'm pretty sure it isn't possible. If it were there wouldn't be any point in having it as a feature.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by a scam thread trying to get page views though. It looked like the OP was just asking a question, not trying to sell anything. However, I'm kinda new to XDA, so maybe that's why I don't understand what you mean. I'm also not sure that it's illegal to bypass FRP. At least not in my state, and certainly there isn't a federal law that I'm aware of.

benhaube1 said:
Fortunately I bought it on eBay, so I was able to get my money back, but if I hadn't I'd have definitely been trying to figure out if someone knew how to bypass it. Although I'm pretty sure it isn't possible. If it were there wouldn't be any point in having it as a feature.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by a scam thread trying to get page views though. It looked like the OP was just asking a question, not trying to sell anything. However, I'm kinda new to XDA, so maybe that's why I don't understand what you mean. I'm also not sure that it's illegal to bypass FRP. At least not in my state, and certainly there isn't a federal law that I'm aware of.
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Glad you got your money back. There has been a rash of used car salesmen hawking their FRP bypass skills very recently here on XDA and it's against XDA rules to either ask or supply FRP bypass. Whether or not it's legal in your state is not for me to say since I really don't care if you get prosecuted for using or distributing it. That's for you to find out. But before the mods have to start all over again cleaning threads and passing out infractions I do believe it's in all our best interest to refrain from these discussions. Now and in the future.
But keep an eye out, because stock scams and paypal scams abound. They'll be back.

Death of a loved one. S8+ unlock

Hi,
We lost a family member to suicide recently. We have had a lot of questions and we feel there are lots of critical answers in the phone. The phone is locked via finger print and passcode. Is there any way to unlock this phone? The family is looking for some closure.
Thanks.

lurker316 said:
Hi,
We lost a family member to suicide recently. We have had a lot of questions and we feel there are lots of critical answers in the phone. The phone is locked via finger print and passcode. Is there any way to unlock this phone? The family is looking for some closure.
Thanks.
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I am sorry for your loss.
In case like this I recommend google or searching XDA really well... grey topic
There are many guide on bypassing these already

I find a lot of software to do this, the problem is i am not sure which one is legit.

You can try to unlock it using the google account used with the phone! Or you can try to contact samsung via email or to go with the phone over a samsung Service Center and i think that they will help you with the problem! Hope that it helps you!

Actually Google has a program where if a loved one is passed, you can send them death cert. and they will give you access to their account.
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RebelShadow said:
Actually Google has a program where if a loved one is passed, you can send them death cert. and they will give you access to their account.
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That is correct I forgot about this As I purchase devices from auctions I have had to supply auction paper work for new proof of ownership for black list and google bypass from google for a fee of coarse

Know what, you could take a copy of the death certificate to the phone company and explain the situation. I'd bet they have a manner to get into the phone, rather easily.

JeffDC said:
Know what, you could take a copy of the death certificate to the phone company and explain the situation. I'd bet they have a manner to get into the phone, rather easily.
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I had to supply my mothers When I was on her sprint account And they ended up forgiving the bill and cancelling out the contract on my LG G2 Mine clean and clear And I got to keep my number and all New fresh account

Is this Pixel 3 garbage or what?

I work in IT for a medium size company and have several nice verizon phones that were used as company phones but were not correctly reset when people were terminated.
I did a master reset only to find out that they are still locked.
I have no idea what the pin code was.
Can this be bypassed or is this a parts phone now?
Thx
greg

Greg555 said:
I work in IT for a medium size company and have several nice verizon phones that were used as company phones but were not correctly reset when people were terminated.
I did a master reset only to find out that they are still locked.
I have no idea what the pin code was.
Can this be bypassed or is this a parts phone now?
Thx
greg
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On Android phones when you sell or decommission them you have to manually remove the Google account that is on the phone prior to resetting the phone. It is theft protection.
You need the original Google account that was used, set that account back up and then remove it.
If you don't have or can't get that account info then yes, it's a parts phone.

TonikJDK said:
On Android phones when you sell or decommission them you have to manually remove the Google account that is on the phone prior to resetting the phone. It is theft protection.
You need the original Google account that was used, set that account back up and then remove it.
If you don't have or can't get that account info then yes, it's a parts phone.
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That's kind of nuts in a way. Not for individuals but for a medium size company that probably bought the phone from Google or Verizon. Couldn't they call the seller and prove the phone was bought by them and get it reset or RMA'd?

Greg555 said:
I work in IT for a medium size company and have several nice verizon phones that were used as company phones but were not correctly reset when people were terminated.
I did a master reset only to find out that they are still locked.
I have no idea what the pin code was.
Can this be bypassed or is this a parts phone now?
Thx
greg
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Any chance they used a company Gmail email (that you may be able to access) so you can send a reset password email to yourself? If not, I would contact Verizon/Google depending on how the phone was purchased. Otherwise, the web is your friend for unverified unlock methods but not XDA.

sliding_billy said:
Any chance they used a company Gmail email (that you may be able to access) so you can send a reset password email to yourself? If not, I would contact Verizon/Google depending on how the phone was purchased. Otherwise, the web is your friend for unverified unlock methods but not XDA.
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Probably trolling to find an unlock for a stolen device. Medium sized it company wouldn't need to do that. Bogus thread.

bobby janow said:
Probably trolling to find an unlock for a stolen device. Medium sized it company wouldn't need to do that. Bogus thread.
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Yeah, but it is fun to post a little passive aggressive BS that anyone "in IT" would know the answer to.

It's gettin old Greg