Hi, I have a Nexus S running 4.0.3 and I have a password (the alphanumeric one) set on it. (someone else set it, it's all a really dumb situation)
I thought that if you couldn't remember your password that you could log in with your main Google credentials, but I see no such option, even after failing the password 70 times!
If I can't do that then how can I get around this password?
Thanks for any help!
Monnyaa said:
Hi, I have a Nexus S running 4.0.3 and I have a password (the alphanumeric one) set on it. (someone else set it, it's all a really dumb situation)
I thought that if you couldn't remember your password that you could log in with your main Google credentials, but I see no such option, even after failing the password 70 times!
If I can't do that then how can I get around this password?
Thanks for any help!
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It gives you the option to change your password Just click: "Can't access your account?" @ google account sign in via your pc, you'll then be asked to give your e-mail adress & proceed from there!
CrackDaddy said:
It gives you the option to change your password Just click: "Can't access your account?" @ google account sign in via your pc, you'll then be asked to give your e-mail adress & proceed from there!
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Ah no, what I meant was there's a password on my phone which I can't remember.
I know my Google password.
You can try Screen Lock Bypass App
I used it on my old phone, worked
havent tried it on nexus s though
works by downloading it from market.android.com
if it works, you can get in to save data/pics and then wipe the phone
it wont recover the pw thought
Never mind, just decided to do a hard reset from recovery. Shame though.
I have successfully bypassed the reactivation lock on my brother's Samsung S6 running 5.1.1 (VZW)
1.) Use OTG cable and launch settings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ8_qbj1DPQ)
2.) Open Accounts and add Google account
3.) Open Lock Screen and Security
4.) Open Find My Mobile
5.) Click http://findmymobile.samsung.com ( it will open up a browser)
6.) Search Google Play Store and launch it
7.) Google Play Store opens up and then search for KNOX and install it
8.) Launch KNOX and Register
9.) Now search for a launcher like APEX and when it is done click open (should take you to home launcher)
10.) Open up KNOX and MORE and KNOX Settings in the upper right
11.) Click Account
12.) Add SAMSUNG account ( I also added google account but dont think its needed)
13.) I then set KNOX stlye to Launcher and it restarted the UI
14.) On the Samsung Protection screen Log into the samsung account you signed into with in KNOX
You should be logged back into your phone
Confirmed working...thank you. But it doesn't seem to let you turn reactivation lock off so you can hard reset the device and not run into that sign in page again. When i go to turn off reactivation lock it prompts for my password and then just kicks me back into the "find my mobile" page with the reactivation lock toggle in the "on" position again. when i delete the Samsung account it says that it will turn reactivation lock off, but now all of the toggles are grayed out, including reactivation lock, which is still in the "on" position. Is there a way to turn it off after it is bypassed?
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Confirmed working...thank you. But it doesn't seem to let you turn reactivation lock off so you can hard reset the device and not run into that sign in page again. When i go to turn off reactivation lock it prompts for my password and then just kicks me back into the "find my mobile" page with the reactivation lock toggle in the "on" position again. when i delete the Samsung account it says that it will turn reactivation lock off, but now all of the toggles are grayed out, including reactivation lock, which is still in the "on" position. Is there a way to turn it off after it is bypassed?
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Thats weird. I was given the option to turn it off after I signed in. I also did a lot of other stuff like install Samsung+, froze setup wizard and other things I cannot remember and to my surprise I bypassed it. I dont have the phone anymore to play with.
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Thats weird. I was given the option to turn it off after I signed in. I also did a lot of other stuff like install Samsung+, froze setup wizard and other things I cannot remember and to my surprise I bypassed it. I dont have the phone anymore to play with.
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Im not sure if you were using the same login once you bypassed the reactivation lock. Which may be why you were able to turn it off. I unfortunately am trying to bypass it because a phone was returned to me and the person had set up the reactivation lock and then hard reset the phone through recovery. So i am using a different email than the account that reactivation lock was originally set up on.
If anyone has any other methods to turn off reactivation lock it would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Im not sure if you were using the same login once you bypassed the reactivation lock. Which may be why you were able to turn it off. I unfortunately am trying to bypass it because a phone was returned to me and the person had set up the reactivation lock and then hard reset the phone through recovery. So i am using a different email than the account that reactivation lock was originally set up on.
If anyone has any other methods to turn off reactivation lock it would be appreciated. Thanks.
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It was a new account. My brother bought the phone on craigslist and factory reset it. It was locked so I did the above method and it worked.
bigshotrob22 said:
It was a new account. My brother bought the phone on craigslist and factory reset it. It was locked so I did the above method and it worked.
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oh wow. then maybe something else you did worked. i am unable to turn off reactivation lock. i was able to get back into the phone and past the setup page where it prompts for the login, so that DID work and i thank you for that. Im just not able to turn reactivation lock off completely. I think that even though i bypassed it with my new account, the old users account is still on there and until i can sign in with their information and delete that account it'll be grayed out and in the "on" position.
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oh wow. then maybe something else you did worked. i am unable to turn off reactivation lock. i was able to get back into the phone and past the setup page where it prompts for the login, so that DID work and i thank you for that. Im just not able to turn reactivation lock off completely. I think that even though i bypassed it with my new account, the old users account is still on there and until i can sign in with their information and delete that account it'll be grayed out and in the "on" position.
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Well that's unfortunate. At least you can use the phone again though. Thanks for your response.
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Confirmed working...thank you. But it doesn't seem to let you turn reactivation lock off so you can hard reset the device and not run into that sign in page again. When i go to turn off reactivation lock it prompts for my password and then just kicks me back into the "find my mobile" page with the reactivation lock toggle in the "on" position again. when i delete the Samsung account it says that it will turn reactivation lock off, but now all of the toggles are grayed out, including reactivation lock, which is still in the "on" position. Is there a way to turn it off after it is bypassed?
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bigshotrob22 said:
Thats weird. I was given the option to turn it off after I signed in. I also did a lot of other stuff like install Samsung+, froze setup wizard and other things I cannot remember and to my surprise I bypassed it. I dont have the phone anymore to play with.
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This is GREAT. So, I've moved forward a little bit. Was able to register my samsung account and thereby log into the phone via samsung reactivation lock! So, that's a start. I did run into the issue of still not being able to toggle off reactivation. So, I logged into FindMyMobile and found that the reactivation lock" command works, attempting to disable the lock via find my mobile would send back an error stating it couldn't contact device (I'm doing this all without a sim but connected to to wifi. So, I've just tried to pull a factory reset on the phone via findmymobile and that triggered the phone to reset, I was stil greeted with the reactivation though. I'll report back once I"m done with setup and stuff; I gotta run out for coffee right now.
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This is GREAT. So, I've moved forward a little bit. Was able to register my samsung account and thereby log into the phone via samsung reactivation lock! So, that's a start. I did run into the issue of still not being able to toggle off reactivation. So, I logged into FindMyMobile and found that the reactivation lock" command works, attempting to disable the lock via find my mobile would send back an error stating it couldn't contact device (I'm doing this all without a sim but connected to to wifi. So, I've just tried to pull a factory reset on the phone via findmymobile and that triggered the phone to reset, I was stil greeted with the reactivation though. I'll report back once I"m done with setup and stuff; I gotta run out for coffee right now.
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Awesome. Hopefully you can get it. I wish I still had the device to tinker with it more. Goodluck
Ugh.
bigshotrob22 said:
Awesome. Hopefully you can get it. I wish I still had the device to tinker with it more. Goodluck
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Still working on it. Still can't disable reactivation lock, not through the FindMyMobile site nor through the device. Attempted closing Samsung account (fun fact, when you close your account there it doesn't get completely closed!) and still nothing. Will update upon further movement. Until then, looking for more information.
Slowly forward.
ZeroLovesDnB said:
Still working on it. Still can't disable reactivation lock, not through the FindMyMobile site nor through the device. Attempted closing Samsung account (fun fact, when you close your account there it doesn't get completely closed!) and still nothing. Will update upon further movement. Until then, looking for more information.
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So, I broke down and emailed Samsung. Recieved instructions and was able to rid myself of the Reactivation welcome screen, Hooray, yeah? Well, not quite. Now I'm no longer able to add my Samsung account (via either accounts page nor FindMyMobile, annnnnd the reactivation lock is listed as on and greyed in that menu. Strangely enough, the phone asks me to set my lock screen every time I restart it.
Directions followed to get me to this point, from the last point:
1: Settings > Applications> All> Samsung Account > Clear Cache (was told to clear Data but that option wasn't available)
2: Accounts > Samsung Account > Sleect Account > Menu > Remove Account
You'll get a message that the account will be removed and reactivation locked will be removed yadda yadda. Your phone will not restart.
I've restarted the phone a few times and also into ODIN/Download mode and Reactivation is still enabled.
God, I hate this phone and am super glad that I don't own it. **** Samsung, for real. (**** Verizon too). Will report back if I can make anymore progress.
any progress on this?
Headaches continue
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any progress on this?
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Nope, best I can get is being able to get into the phone using my samsung account (original problem) but then every boot it asks you for samsung account. Beyond that I can disable the query for samsung account on boot.
Both have no way of disabling the reactivation lock via settings or via the findmymobile site. Both do not allow you to completely factory reset the phone. Both do not allow you to pave over the os with a factory image. Upon attempt of factory reset the system will ask for samsung account again on boot.
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Nope, best I can get is being able to get into the phone using my samsung account (original problem) but then every boot it asks you for samsung account. Beyond that I can disable the query for samsung account on boot.
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I was able to remove reactivation on one Galaxy S6 edge running 5.1.1 but unable to repeat it. Installed Samung+ and disabled setup wizard like suggested. After inputting Samsung account information in the Setup Wizard it asked to enable Reactivation lock, unchecked it and it was off. Have not been able to do it again on a different S6 edge 5.1.1.
Hi,
I've been asked to repair one with the reactivation lock on Android 5.1.1 and this guide worked perfectly. Thanks.
I also had to make an OTG cable from an old charger brick and cable, which was a PITA but finally got it reset.
Glad its working for y'all.
at the last step its asking again for the samsung account ? anyone got past this ?
Nevermind, the password i provided was wrong. This guide is sick, its working, thanks a lot, cheers.
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Glad its working for y'all.
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my knox cannot be installed because a costum OS has previously been installed in this device ??? what to do ...
when i click to add samsung account from settings it "back" me to settings again ?
Thank You!
After searching everywhere it didn't seem that the methods I could find were working until I found this post, thanks
Worked with a combinations of tuts. This one made it a success.
Have you run into this before and if so how do you fix it?
My kid accidentally triggered his security feature on his new S7 to wipe his phone with too many incorrect entries.
Once he got the phone rebooted he attempted to enter is google account and password. Here in-lies the rub...
He forgot his google password and changed it from the desktop. This should not be an issue. However the S7 would not accept the new google password and wants the original password. The phone is completely locked out.
After making calls (on a different phone) to Samsung, we had it sent in. Samsung cannot even get past this and are now sending him a new phone.
We do not want to go through this ever again as it is very much PITA.
Besides keeping a log of his account passwords in a secret location, how does he get past this in the future?
rosedog said:
He forgot his google password and changed it from the desktop.
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Don't you need the know the old password before you can change it to a new one?
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.
I'm trying to resolve an issue with the Android Lost app, and unfortunately the developer's forum page is closed. It does no good to contact him via email, as I always receive a canned response due to the many emails he receives. I'm hoping someone here may be able to help me troubleshoot.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled, cleared cache and data, but every time I reinstall Android Lost v3.26 on my wife's Google Pixel 3a running Android 12, I get the same following issues:
First, it opens and says Personal Notes, PIN code required. It will only take the old PIN.
How is it remembering the old PIN if I have completely uninstalled, deleted its data, rebooted the phone, etc? (Yes, I removed the Administrator permissions)
After entering the correct PIN, I get a popup, "Use Your Location", which I click OK.
It then instantly pops up the next window:
"Some Permissions are missing. For this app to work as expected you must accept the permissions. Let us go through them one by one."
I click OK. (It does NOT go through any permissions for me to select.)
Once again, instantly, another window pops up:
"Not all permissions were accepted. Most likely you have clicked deny and never ask again. To allow permissions you must go to your phone's settings menu and set it manually."
I click OK.
So I go to my phone's settings, and allow all permissions for the Android Lost app, YET, when I run the troubleshooter from the app, I get the results shown on the attached pic, Test12-Missiing Permissions.png.
I have also attached the log file generated by the Android Lost app.
Mike
Have you tried to reset your app launcher? I've had this problem and by clearing data in my launcher it reset my screen and all the apps pop back up.
Just tried by clearing the data and cache for the Pixel Launcher, but it made no difference.
One of the options for troubleshooting is to start from scratch and register your email again by clicking the button, Re-register at Google. Yet, when I click it, it says "Please Wait...", then 3 seconds later it says "No Google account found on phone - This app was NOT registered."
I can confirm, my wife's Google email is on this phone, so I'm not sure why it is saying that.