Hi all,
I'm having issues wiping the data via recovery mode. I don't have the option to do it. The only options I have is the boot to bootloader, or exit.
The phone is fully charged. The only reason why I need to wipe the data is because my daughter changed her password but can't remember what it is fully. I.e. where she may of put spaces or capital letters.
Any ideas what I can try? The bootloader is showing as locked and I can't seem to find a way to unlock it without turning on developers options.
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I am on A9192: HTC Inspire 4G.
My mobile got locked by too many patterns attempted. It asked for email and password, though I provided right information, it didn't let me go through.
I tried few options from Cannot unlock tablet as have no internet connection? but none of the option worked for me.
Anyway, I tried to factory reset through its stock recovery which is in chinese and labelled as `HTC ACE v4.0.0.2`.
I selected `wipe data/factory reset` which could have uninstalled the ROM on it. So, now my mobile is showing company logo only.
Every time I go to mount and storage menu, I find system, cache and data are unmounted. Though I mount and reboot the boot, it again gets unmounted.
What to do now ? I know this phone is rooted but I don't know if its bootloader is unlocked or not. It shows S-OFF on bootloader menu. Is it possible to install the system again ?
[the final word in the title should be the word "removed"].
My phone is a Rook G from EE (UK), which I understand to be just a carrier-branded ZTE Blade 3 A410. I need to wipe the phone and do a Factory Reset . But the phone has Factory Reset Protection, so I must remove this in order to proceed. I do this by removing all google accounts from the device. As a result, I can perform the factory reset from within the "Backup & Reset" section of "Settings".
However, if I boot into recovery (By holding Vol+ and Power simultaneously), then when I choose "Wipe data/Factory reset", the following line appears at the bottom of the screen:
"Frp have not wipe, factory reset failed".
And it doesn't seem that the device is factory reset. So my first question is: WHAT do I do to enable the Wipe data/factory reset feature from recovery?
[If you are wondering why I need to Factory Reset from Recovery, the answer is that I'm trying to unlock the bootloader. Now we know that the last step in unloking the boottloader is that the device is wiped back to Factory Reset state. I presume that this is accomplished by code which runs in the regular recovery partition.
What worries me substantially, therefore, is that if there is some problem which prevents Recovery from wiping the device clean, then it will not be possible to unlock the bootloader. I'm sorry to say that indeed I am not able right now to unlock the bootloader -- at the crucial moment when I would use the Volume key to confirm that I want to unlock, there seems to bea problem with what is happening: the phone screen stops responding, and in the end the procedure for unlocking the bootloader fails.
If anyone can confirm to me that it must be possible to do a factory reset of your device from within Recovery for there to ever be a procdure to unlock the bottloader.
And last but not at all least -- if someone can help me to end the appearance of that crazily ungrammatical error ("Frp not have wipe, factory reset failed"), I'd be very grateful. Because I'm hopeful that this is the key to unlocking my bootloader.
--scott
Developer options>Allow OEM unlocking
thanks, but of course I have both Allow OEM unlocking checked and also USB debugging checked. Perhaps it's a clue that the "OM unlocking" toggle seems to be not perfectly sticky. It sometimes/often happens that I check the value and it's gone abck to "off". At this point, i check that value before I do anything that might unlock the bootloader.
But thanks for the suggestion.
BTW -- please note that THIS question here is about how to get Factory Reset to work from Recovery on a phone which has no google account set up. To do THAT surely doesn't require the OEM Unlocking toggle to be set.
My stock Nexus 5 hardlocked today while attempting to connect to a wifi network. Upon restart, the boot-up animation took longer than usual, then displayed the 'Optimizing Apps' screen (which is not typical). It completed optimization on 5 apps, claimed to be starting Android, and then reset back to the boot-up animation, continuing the same cycle.
Unsuccessfully tried to boot into safe mode, although I can access Recovery Mode. Wiping system cache did not help. Installed ADB/Fastboot and sideloaded the original OTA without any improvement.
At this point, I'm hoping for either another path to get the device to boot or a way to extract some critical data (SMS, docs, etc.) off the device before doing a factory reset.
If the bootloader is unlocked, you could try flashing TWRP, booting into TWRP, and pulling off the data.
audit13 said:
If the bootloader is unlocked, you could try flashing TWRP, booting into TWRP, and pulling off the data.
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Sadly no, fully stock phone.
Gave up and pulled the trigger on factory reset. We'll see if it helps.
On the plus side, this incident has motivated me to unlock and root my phone, hopefully expanding my options for the next time this happens.
Yup, an unlocked bootloader is definitely a plus in these situations.
I always unlock the bootloader unless it voids the warranty on the phone. Once the warranty is over, I unlock it if possible.
Factory reset seemed to work. Now unlocked and rooted!
Hello, I have a problem with a friend's Redmi Note6pro.
The phone suddenly restarted, and since then it turns on, redmi logo for 3 / 4sec and then turns off.
Same thing if I try to go into recovery with vol +, while I can go into fastboot with vol-.
It is FUNDAMENTAL first of all, even more important to reset the phone, save the data inside it (photos, videos and whatsapp chat), the app settings do not interest me.
I did some tests with adb to see if I could access the data (I'm pretty sure, having done the configuration of the cell to my friend when she got it new, that I have activated the usb debugging), but since the phone goes only in fastboot I was unable to access the data saved inside (the command adb device gives no result).
I found a guide to flash a rom with Miflash without deleting the data, but the guide talks about unlocked bootloader, which has never been done on this phone.
Now, since I am not interested in loading a mod rom but I would reload the official rom, is it possible to do all the procedure described WITHOUT unlocked bootloader?
I'm only interested in accessing the cell to save the data, after doing that I can also reset the phone, so I don't necessarily need a 100% "working" rom.
And above all, do I have the ABSOLUTE certainty of saving the data inside the phone (rather than risk losing the data, I will return the cell to the owner and see her)?
Thanks for who will answer
(sorry for my english, i'm italian ad i use google translate)
Hello, my wifes stock S21+ crashed and rebooted. It now boots up, accepts SIM card pin code but UI crashes to black screen and reloads when you enter the pattern to unlock the phone. Phone is still locked and it asks for the pattern again. I can't activate developer mode/USB debugging because of this. I can call the phone and answer the call so the phone works, it just doesn't want to unlock.
Is there any way to get the data out? We do have backups but unfortunately yesterdays sons christmas event didn't get yet uploaded to the cloud. The phone has warranty but support said they will wipe the phone. I don't care about keeping phone under warranty, all I want is yesterdays data.
Safe mode has the same problem. I already tried flashing current and older stock firmware with Odin but same problem persists. Is there any other thing I could try?