So I sold my phone (Galaxy S6) on Swappa, first time ever. The buyer received the phone went to set it up and the an error reading "This device was reset. To continue, sign in with a Google Account that was previously synced on this device." He recommended doing a video call where I would give him the password so he could get in and remove my account. And I would be able to watch him so I know he isn't stealing my information. I changed my password before giving him it because it is similar to other passwords I use for other logins. When we went to do the call it keeps looping back to that same screen with an error message. I know it recognizing my email because I see my picture pop up when it asked for a password. In my research I just came across articles like this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/07/13/dont-change-your-google-password-before-factory-resetting-your-android-phone-you-might-trip-a-72-hour-security-lockout/
I just want to know if I am permantly locked out because I changed my password after I reset, or if we can try again in 72 hours? I can't find anything more clear about changing the password after the factory reset, everything talks about before.
thefayeride said:
So I sold my phone (Galaxy S6) on Swappa, first time ever. The buyer received the phone went to set it up and the an error reading "This device was reset. To continue, sign in with a Google Account that was previously synced on this device." He recommended doing a video call where I would give him the password so he could get in and remove my account. And I would be able to watch him so I know he isn't stealing my information. I changed my password before giving him it because it is similar to other passwords I use for other logins. When we went to do the call it keeps looping back to that same screen with an error message. I know it recognizing my email because I see my picture pop up when it asked for a password. In my research I just came across articles like this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...ne-you-might-trip-a-72-hour-security-lockout/
I just want to know if I am permantly locked out because I changed my password after I reset, or if we can try again in 72 hours? I can't find anything more clear about changing the password after the factory reset, everything talks about before.
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Well, wait for 72 hours and see
thefayeride said:
So I sold my phone (Galaxy S6) on Swappa, first time ever. The buyer received the phone went to set it up and the an error reading "This device was reset. To continue, sign in with a Google Account that was previously synced on this device." He recommended doing a video call where I would give him the password so he could get in and remove my account. And I would be able to watch him so I know he isn't stealing my information. I changed my password before giving him it because it is similar to other passwords I use for other logins. When we went to do the call it keeps looping back to that same screen with an error message. I know it recognizing my email because I see my picture pop up when it asked for a password. In my research I just came across articles like this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/07/13/dont-change-your-google-password-before-factory-resetting-your-android-phone-you-might-trip-a-72-hour-security-lockout/
I just want to know if I am permantly locked out because I changed my password after I reset, or if we can try again in 72 hours? I can't find anything more clear about changing the password after the factory reset, everything talks about before.
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sorry, i cant help with your question, but in the future, remove your account from the phone before factory reset and you wont have this problem.
any phone running lollipop and forward will have this new security on it, and if your phone never had software older than lollipop on it, there is no way to bypass the security check.
After doing a full reset on my phone using Mobile Upgrade Q (which successfully removed CM and TWRP from my phone) I get an error message when trying to set up Android saying "sign in with a google account that was previously synced on this device." I've only ever used one google account with this device, so I'm not sure what the problem is.
passaloutre said:
After doing a full reset on my phone using Mobile Upgrade Q (which successfully removed CM and TWRP from my phone) I get an error message when trying to set up Android saying "sign in with a google account that was previously synced on this device." I've only ever used one google account with this device, so I'm not sure what the problem is.
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Its factory reset protection, you have to log in with the google account associated with the phone prior to reset.... To avoid this in future or if you sell phone just remove your Google account in settings... accounts before factory reset... It's the equivalent of iCloud locking on Apple, designed to cut down on theft.... If you cant remember the password you can go to the Google account recovery page for assistance
https://accounts.google.com/signin/recovery
I don't understand. I WAS logged into the account prior to the reset, on CM. It's the only account I've ever used on this phone, and I haven't changed the password.
How do I unlock it? Is it even possible, or does it think I stole the phone?
Is it possible to reinstall TWRP and CM now? Just to have a useable phone?
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I don't understand. I WAS logged into the account prior to the reset, on CM. It's the only account I've ever used on this phone, and I haven't changed the password.
How do I unlock it? Is it even possible, or does it think I stole the phone?
Is it possible to reinstall TWRP and CM now? Just to have a useable phone?
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If you reset it any other way than from settings reset phone (i.e. Recovery mode or something like mobile upgrade Q) without first removing your Google acct your locked out for 24 hours(used to be 72 hours).
kal250 said:
If you reset it any other way than from settings reset phone (i.e. Recovery mode or something like mobile upgrade Q) without first removing your Google acct your locked out for 24 hours(used to be 72 hours).
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But if it locked me out with the correct information, how can I be sure it will let me in after 24 hours?
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But if it locked me out with the correct information, how can I be sure it will let me in after 24 hours?
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Here is a writeup on how and why frp works like it does....
http://www.pcnexus.net/2015/12/what...gle-72-hour-lockout-android-lollipop.html?m=1
There are some hacks around it, but I have never tried them, best method to avoid frp headaches is to simply remove your Google acct prior to any reset
Is there anything special I have to do to login in 24 hours? Is it 24 hours from the first time I reset or the last time I reset (I wiped it a few times trying to get in)?
kal250 said:
Here is a writeup on how and why frp works like it does....
http://www.pcnexus.net/2015/12/what...gle-72-hour-lockout-android-lollipop.html?m=1
There are some hacks around it, but I have never tried them, best method to avoid frp headaches is to simply remove your Google acct prior to any reset
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Thank you for the link. Just to be clear, in case future people ever find this thread: during the 24 hour lock out, you cannot unlock the phone, EVEN WITH THE CORRECT ACCOUNT NAME AND PASSWORD. Oddly enough, the device can still receive phone calls, and displays the caller's contact name. So it's definitely logged into my account, it's just locked out of doing anything except receiving calls. Also, I can hear that the phone is receiving text messages, though I have no way to read or reply to them.
Once I unlock it, I will update this thread with how and what it looks like, again, just in case someone finds this thread in the future, because this information is hard to find.
Same
passaloutre said:
Thank you for the link. Just to be clear, in case future people ever find this thread: during the 24 hour lock out, you cannot unlock the phone, EVEN WITH THE CORRECT ACCOUNT NAME AND PASSWORD. Oddly enough, the device can still receive phone calls, and displays the caller's contact name. So it's definitely logged into my account, it's just locked out of doing anything except receiving calls. Also, I can hear that the phone is receiving text messages, though I have no way to read or reply to them.
Once I unlock it, I will update this thread with how and what it looks like, again, just in case someone finds this thread in the future, because this information is hard to find.
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I have the same issue were you able to unlock it? The only way I got back in was by installing cm12.1 but I would like to go back to stock.
Yes. 24 hours after my last reset, I was able to log in and unlock the phone.
dereks1989 said:
I have the same issue were you able to unlock it? The only way I got back in was by installing cm12.1 but I would like to go back to stock.
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Before running mobile upgrade Q just remove your Google account in settings, I believe that will allow you to safely reset without triggering FRP...
Nice!!!
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Yes. 24 hours after my last reset, I was able to log in and unlock the phone.
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This happened to me yesterday so I hope it works for me as well.
You know what, I just happened to be looking for the official Alcatel factory flash tool and came across this post because after a few factory resets I was able to get the phone to boot up......BUT, as described above, the phone will only accept the PREVIOUS password which I forgot.... I simply requested a new password be created and it doesn't unlock the phone.
So now I too must wait 24, wow.
This is BS.. I mean, yeah I factory reset the phone because after my son accepted a system update, his phone kept bootlooping and his battery doesn't want to accept a charge now (so it seems per the display).....but what if I want to sell my phone? We have to remove the gmail account prior??????? Wow way to go Alcatel. And if this is actually an Android feature, it sucks.
Now, can anyone direct me to the actual official Alcatel upgrade tool????? I want to just flash this stock unrooted phone to out of box condition so we can trade his phone in. The Alcatel website no longer offers it from what I can see. Thanks!
igotroot said:
You know what, I just happened to be looking for the official Alcatel factory flash tool and came across this post because after a few factory resets I was able to get the phone to boot up......BUT, as described above, the phone will only accept the PREVIOUS password which I forgot.... I simply requested a new password be created and it doesn't unlock the phone.
So now I too must wait 24, wow.
This is BS.. I mean, yeah I factory reset the phone because after my son accepted a system update, his phone kept bootlooping and his battery doesn't want to accept a charge now (so it seems per the display).....but what if I want to sell my phone? We have to remove the gmail account prior??????? Wow way to go Alcatel. And if this is actually an Android feature, it sucks.
Now, can anyone direct me to the actual official Alcatel upgrade tool????? I want to just flash this stock unrooted phone to out of box condition so we can trade his phone in. The Alcatel website no longer offers it from what I can see. Thanks!
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It's an android security feature introduced in 5.1 LP, it only triggers the wait if you reset any way other than from settings. It's similiar to an iCloud lock, so yes if you sell phone remove google account, or if your buying a used phone make sure the google account is removed prior to reset, or boot up phone and make sure you can get passed the lockout before buying it!!
http://www.alcatel-mobile.com/global-en/support/softwareUpgrade/list
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It's an android security feature introduced in 5.1 LP, it only triggers the wait if you reset any way other than from settings.
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at last i understand why i never ever heard of it
my 6039y is still on 5.0.2 and i never removed gmail accout before made a reset with mobile q or any other way and google never did anything.
Hi,
Was just trying to update some tool and my Asus ZX551ML device went into bootloop.. So I just tried to flash the ROM again (taking backup of data on PC).
While ROM was flashing via ADB sideload..
While ROM was flashing I also changed my google password as it was unchanged for a very long period.
Once the flashing thing was done, when I tried to login to my Google account, was continously getting message, Please sign in using one of the owner's account for this device.. IT wont even allow me to sign in using another account.
Researched enough that I have to wait for specific number of hours before that FRP - Factory Reset Protection thing is released..
least 24
max 72
kindly confirm what is latest wait time.
Also if there is any other way to sign in ?
Since its my account, I have the SIM card, all recovery emails, all the purchase history, including CC numbers etc. with me.
Or
There is no option and to wait..
1. This is really no security, but a waste totally.. (inspite of having access to all details, I still cannot sign-in or contact google in anyway..)
2. Whats the overall use of security for a thief, if the bypass shall be gone/take away after 3 days.. as read.
3. Since I got this phone, I have only used 1 google account on this device (like majority of people do), how am i supposed to login to other owner account.. on a new bought phone.. OR
should I contact Asus in this case.
Thanks.
Just an update, the FRP has been removed after 24 hours. (It was been reduced to 24 hours now, earlier it was 72 hours)
Able to login with the old account properly now.
Hopefully, this information might help someone in future..
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I just sold my S7 and beforehand I used the Settings menu to reset the phone. It also asked for the Samsung password too for some reason. I checked after the boot that the phone restarted in factory setup mode and it did, so I powered it off and shipped it.
Now the buyer has said that they see this msg on start up:
"an unauthorised attempt has been made to reset your device to factory default settings, connect to Wi Fi or mobile network to verify your identity"
Why is this?
They are saying that they have been advised that "the phone is locked" and so want to return it.
Why did the FRP get triggered? Is there any way out of this?
Obvs I really don't want to give the buyer my google userid (presuming this will allow them to to set it up) as even if I changed my password afterwards they could potentially do all sorts of stuff before I can change the password again ... Besides giving your login out just a no no in anyone's book.
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I checked after the boot that the phone restarted in factory setup mode and it did, so I powered it off and shipped it.
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Did you check if everything was actually properly erased by going through the setup wizard again and seeing if it complained about an unauthorized reset, or did you just see the setup screen and thought everything was good? It also seems you didn't remove any accounts prior to the reset.
You should've removed all accounts, and disabled any screen lock methods on the device before even going into the reset menu on the Settings app. If you leave your accounts on your device, especially your Google and Samsung accts, both FRP and Reactivation Lock will assume that an unauthorized reset was made and as such it will store said accounts during setup in order to verify that it's *you* who reset the phone.
It may be possible for the buyer to bypass FRP and effectively remove your Google account from the phone, but if Samsung's Reactivation Lock was enabled and you still hadn't tripped Knox, then you're pretty much out of luck on doing that in any way. Removing the Reactivation Lock is incredibly hard if not impossible on some devices, so don't count on much if the feature is active.
If nothing is possible, the only choice you have is to talk to the buyer to see if he will temporarily send the phone back so that you can unlock the thing properly, then ship it again. But I doubt anyone would like to go through more hoops and expenses to get their used phone working and would rather just return it and get a refund.
Thanks for the info.
After the reset and restart I just saw the setup screen and thought everything was fine. All I knew from memory was that doing a reset via the Recovery boot menu would trigger the protection, but I had no idea that one had to actually remove the screen lock and accounts before doing a reset via Settings! I'm pretty sure that the Settings-Reset page even says it will remove all data & accounts etc. and I know it said nothing at all about removing lockscreen & accounts beforehand!
Even the specific page at https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00083965/ makes no mention of that step - how are folks expected to know this stuff?
Grrr, this is why I'm so frustrated at how such a seemingly simple operation is so screwed up - no wonder folks love iphones [ducks] ....
The buyer is non-technical but I've persuaded them to give me a go at talking them through entering my google userid over the phone - and then straight afterwards I'll change the google password and remove the device from google account. Failing that it's refund time and writing off all the postage.
Well we tried. But, for some reason during my account sign-in, it was asking for a mobile phone number too which I wasn't expecting, and then after that it wouldn't accept my password. The guy was 86 though and so there might have been something else amiss that he didn't spot. So I'll have to try and fix it when it comes back... Oh and it turns out that changing your google account password nukes all your app passwords without any warning, so that's another PITA to update everywhere that uses those.
The buyer actually dropped by during a road trip, so I could login myself. It turned out that it was the S7's Samsung keyboard that was at fault since it refused to type in actual characters correctly. I had to disable the Samsung keyboard setting for Predictive Text. Also it insisted on automatically changing the case of letters until I'd long pressed the shift key to fix the case.
Only after doing these things was it possible to enter email address and password correctly. I then removed my google account, did a settings reset, and finally the phone reset correctly.
Getting desperate here. My friend wanted to do a factory reset because she was running out of space, and everything was lagging. I told her no problem, just make sure to have your correct Google credentials. I don't use Google (Custom ROM FOSS guy) so have very little experience with possible issues.
So we went into the settings and wanted to initiate the factory reset process. She was asked to enter her PIN, which he had forgotten. She always uses fingerprint to access her device. Therefore I went into recovery and did the wipe from there. Everything seemed normal. We were greeted with the welcome screen, entered the Wi-Fi key, then it checked for updates for a moment. After that it asked for a "previous password". Before doing the factory reset, we double-checked her Google credentials to make sure nothing goes wrong. I was a little irritated that it wouldn't ask for her Google Account Email address first. Alas, after several attempts, it just wouldn't accept her Google password. We entered her account on a browser, no problem there.
I did some research, and there have been several people with the same or similar problems. Some report that they need to enter a PIN after factory reset. Seems like HTC is asking for a different password, and not the one for the Google account. Unfortunately she does not remember to have ever created a password for the device.
What really bugs me is that even the official HTC support page for the U11 does not mention this obstacle:
What can I do if I forgot my screen lock password, PIN, or pattern?
www.htc.com
I successfully bypassed FRP on a Samsung Galaxy J5 several years ago, and tried the same with the following tutorial:
Everything goes well, until the YouTube app opens and asks me to update. When I tap on update, it wants me to sign in to Google Play. When I tap on sign-in, it immediately asks for this ominous 'previous password' again.
Hope you guys have a solution. Data is all backed up, but she really needs this phone.
UPDATE: She remembered the password. She said she had to set it up together with the fingerprint when she got the device.
Still, I find it extremely misleading that HTC does not follow its own guidelines. The official support page for this model linked above explicitly states that in order to remove any PIN, pattern or password, you can wipe the device.