Nougat Remove PIN to Shutdown Phone - Rooted - Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers

It's day 3 of using Nougat. So I wake up in the middle of the night, check something on my phone. Afterward, in order to shutdown the phone, I long press power button, select "Power off", press "Power off" and then now all of a sudden, I have to pass an aptitude test in order to get the phone to shut down. Are you kidding me? Please tell me there's a way to disable the PIN requirement in order to shutdown the device.

Sleaze0 said:
It's day 3 of using Nougat. So I wake up in the middle of the night, check something on my phone. Afterward, in order to shutdown the phone, I long press power button, select "Power off", press "Power off" and then now all of a sudden, I have to pass an aptitude test in order to get the phone to shut down. Are you kidding me? Please tell me there's a way to disable the PIN requirement in order to shutdown the device.
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Do you have twrp
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PoochyX said:
Do you have twrp
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Yes I do.

Sleaze0 said:
Yes I do.
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And you have a pin number that you have to put in everytime to shut down your phone and there is no option to turn that off in settings
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PoochyX said:
And you have a pin number that you have to put in everytime to shut down your phone and there is no option to turn that off in settings
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I've scoured my settings and can't seem to find it.

Sleaze0 said:
I've scoured my settings and can't seem to find it.
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There is a way to wipe your pin code from twrp if you couldn't access your lockscreen I dont know if it would help in your situation tho
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PoochyX said:
There is a way to wipe your pin code from twrp if you couldn't access your lockscreen I dont know if it would help in your situation tho
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I think there's a way to wipe lockscreen security in TWRP. Since I'm not locked out of the device, I can just go ahead and remove my PIN in settings. But my issue is that I would like to keep my security features, such as a PIN to access my phone. I just don't want to have to use a PIN to turn it off.

Sleaze0 said:
I think there's a way to wipe lockscreen security in TWRP. Since I'm not locked out of the device, I can just go ahead and remove my PIN in settings. But my issue is that I would like to keep my security features, such as a PIN to access my phone. I just don't want to have to use a PIN to turn it off.
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Something had to happen to trigger this is this flaw inside of twrp backup also...
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PoochyX said:
Something had to happen to trigger this is this flaw inside of twrp backup also...
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From what I read, it's a feature of Nougat to prevent a lost or stolen phone from being able to be shut down. Annoyingly, they don't always allow an option to disable a new feature.

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Best reboot app?

Whats your favorite reboot/power down app?
jason370 said:
Whats your favorite reboot/power down app?
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I use CWM that you get after you root your phone.
quick boot
I hold down the power button for 2sec to get the shutdown menu and if I hold it for more than 5sec it will reboot... I don't see why I need an app for that
anreboot: reboot, recovery, bootloader, off options
nbass668 said:
I hold down the power button for 2sec to get the shutdown menu and if I hold it for more than 5sec it will reboot... I don't see why I need an app for that
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i'd rather press soft keys
If you don't have a rooted phone try 'Fast Reboot'.
Although it does not close the device down it closes all Apps freeing up resources, memory and resets the phone if it has any errors.
Read the reviews... Many swear by it and I find it actually works very well.
nbass668 said:
I hold down the power button for 2sec to get the shutdown menu and if I hold it for more than 5sec it will reboot... I don't see why I need an app for that
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I have tried, but it won't reboot, just switch off.
strale.zivic said:
I have tried, but it won't reboot, just switch off.
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Strange... It should reboot. Are you rooted or changed the stock firmware?
Quick boot does what you want by the sound of it. Free version on market.
Can set short cuts up as well if you don't want to go into the app itself.
Although for any app to trigger reboot you need root.
Beards said:
Strange... It should reboot. Are you rooted or changed the stock firmware?
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Strange indeed, I was rooted and on stock rom. Today on romow-v1 ROM but still isn't working.
strale.zivic said:
Strange indeed, I was rooted and on stock rom. Today on romow-v1 ROM but still isn't working.
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Anyone else who's on the same ROM as you have the issue?
nbass668 said:
I hold down the power button for 2sec to get the shutdown menu and if I hold it for more than 5sec it will reboot... I don't see why I need an app for that
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Everyday I learn something new about Android, thanks.

How i can turn S8 Plus in Recovery mode?

Hi, i have an s8 plus with Broken screen and lock pin to insert on.
My problem is, i can't turn off the device until i put the pin, but i don't remember the pin.
So, how i can turn off the device and then turn on recovery mode?
miki232 said:
Hi, i have an s8 plus with Broken screen and lock pin to insert on.
My problem is, i can't turn off the device until i put the pin, but i don't remember the pin.
So, how i can turn off the device and then turn on recovery mode?
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force reset like download mode
TheMadScientist said:
force reset like download mode
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Hello, I managed to finish the recovery (original unfortunately), Now I wanted to know if there is any way to take all the phone dates, as a backup.

Engineer mode.

Can anyone help me, how do I enter engineer mode?
Press *#899# on Phone.
faisalxp said:
Press *#899# on Phone.
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Oh wow. Thanks!!
I can't, how to lock 4G?
help me to reset my phone
faisalxp said:
Press *#899# on Phone.
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i forget my pattern and i restarted my phone i only able to use emergrncy call in my mob how to reset my password
Try 4g switcher app on playstore
desaturated said:
I can't, how to lock 4G?
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gokukoki said:
i forget my pattern and i restarted my phone i only able to use emergrncy call in my mob how to reset my password
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Power Off your Phone and Hold Power + Volume Down to Enter Recovery Mode (if your device lock Bootloader) select Wipe confirm it with Power button. Wait Process until completed.

Need help with an a30s!

Hi guys! A friend give me this phone, a30s but i tryed to reset it and i cannot open it because i must typoe the latest google account that was on the phone, but i tried to install with odin the stock software and give me this error (An error has occured while updating the device software. use the emrgency recovery function in the smart switch pc software). and now i dont know what to do beucase i cant even power off it.
need help because i don t know how to do next because i;m noob in all this things!
Is it locked or u just cant?
Lil kuzo said:
Is it locked or u just cant?
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i can t even power off. it only stays up with that error. i tried with smart switch and emergency recovery but it didnt find my phone there.
country
djsoryn said:
i can t even power off. it only stays up with that error. i tried with smart switch and emergency recovery but it didnt find my phone there.
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where are you from? and which model you have? and which frimware you used and how you flashed it
Akshar1420 said:
where are you from? and which model you have? and which frimware you used and how you flashed it
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I'm from romania, i have the model sm-a307fn, i used this firmware A307FNXXU2BTG1_A307FNOEM2BTG1_ROM and i flashed using odin and this gave me the error
djsoryn said:
I'm from romania, i have the model sm-a307fn, i used this firmware A307FNXXU2BTG1_A307FNOEM2BTG1_ROM and i flashed using odin and this gave me the error
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send me the photos on this +91 9023564990
Finish the battery power of the phone and leave it for 2 days or so (in Download mode and *not* connected to odin) for faster battery usage, or anywhere as long as it on
After that power it to recovery mode with the volume up button and the power button but press em right after inserting the power cord (cable to your phone to charge it so it can boot to recovery)
When the Samsung thingies pop up release the power button and don't release the volume up button
Press till u see the recovery menu and then wipe cache and then factory reset it :cyclops:
Mostly likely it's gonna need the previous Google account details, I'll research on how to frp bypass the Google lock
Akshar1420 said:
send me the photos on this +91 9023564990
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this is an whatsapp account ?
Lil kuzo said:
Finish the battery power of the phone and leave it for 2 days or so (in Download mode and *not* connected to odin) for faster battery usage, or anywhere as long as it on
After that power it to recovery mode with the volume up button and the power button but press em right after inserting the power cord (cable to your phone to charge it so it can boot to recovery)
When the Samsung thingies pop up release the power button and don't release the volume up button
Press till u see the recovery menu and then wipe cache and then factory reset it :cyclops:
Mostly likely it's gonna need the previous Google account details, I'll research on how to frp bypass the Google lock
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Thanks mate, i will try this after the battery will be empty
djsoryn said:
this is an whatsapp account ?
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yes
Akshar1420 said:
yes
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this is the correct number? i added to my phone but he didn\t seems that is an whatsapp contact
djsoryn said:
this is the correct number? i added to my phone but he didn\t seems that is an whatsapp contact
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use +91 then 9023564990

Question Device stuck like this after trying to lock bootloader, any advice would be appreciated.

Can't select anything with the power button, can't force reset it with holding the power button, and I don't know what to do.
you'd better not lock the bootloader. If your device is not totally stock this will brick your device. EDL is the only way to restore then.
Cyanide_zh said:
you'd better not lock the bootloader. If your device is not totally stock this will brick your device. EDL is the only way to restore then.
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I just installed the latest RUI before this happened, also what is EDL?
Ok, it somehow solved it's self after a few hours, it stopped moving and allowed me to select, lol.
riftrn said:
Ok, it somehow solved it's self after a few hours, it stopped moving and allowed me to select, lol.
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you can force shutdown by pressing vol up + power button for a while until screen goes black or just keep pressing if you want to reboot

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