My device was given to the other person long time ago. Yesterday I found out it could be turned on but the screen was nothing but black (and the texts are flipped for some reason). I decided to reset it via recovery download. Now, I'm struck with FRP and the guy who used my phone couldn't remember which account was signed in before.
I've tried every method I found. Talkback method doesn't work since my talkback version is 7 and there's no 'Help & Feedback'. Sharing contact also doesn't work since my contact app is HTC one, not Google's, so there's no share option. Sending emergency number a YouTube link doesn't work either because it prompted me to update YouTube right before I can click anything. Any bypass programs so far don't support HTC phones.
It would be ashamed to leave My U12plus in a cabinet doing nothing when the device is working fine. So, is there any way else I could try ?
Thank you in advance.
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I have had my Acer A100 for over a year now. I have a lot of stuff on it that I don't want to loose.I bought it from Best buy on black Friday for $189. About a week ago I picked up my tablet and entered the screen lock and it did not work. I did this until it took me to a new screen where I am suppose to log in to my Google account to get back into my tablet. I know both my screen lock and my Google account log in info and none of it is working. To check I even logged into my Google account on my computer and everything worked just fine. I even logged into my Lockout Security app and did the GPS locator and the siren test and it all worked (this is my tablet and it is not stolen).
So my fist issue is I can't even get back to the screen lock to try and enter my screen lock code. I know that I tried five times already but I don't know what else to do because my Google account isn't working.
The only thing that I can think of is when I first setup my Google account on the tablet I was using a password that I have since change about three times. So maybe my tablet wants me to use my Old password. The problem with that is I have a lot of them and I can't be certain which one I used at the time. I have a good idea but I have already tried them too and they are not working.
I just don't know what to do, does anyone know if I am doing something wrong? Or is there a way I can get my tablet back.
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I have now talked with both google and acer reps multiple times and after the countless times I have been on hold I have come to the conclusion that I am getting the runaround. So, I gave up on trying to get help fixing this problem from acer or google, so now I will have to do exactly what I was afraid of, a factory rest ...
After trying to do a factory reset I get the android on his back with the ! in a red triangle over it.
Does any one know what I can do from this point? Sorry, I'm sure that it is here in one of the XDA forums, if I don't find it before some one responds can some one give me the link to it? Thanks.
Hi guys,
Don't ask why, at the time being I tought it was a good idea to disable oem in the developer settings while having a custom rom. That having said, I needed to do a complete reset with odin and flash the stock firmware. Because I still had my google account tied to my phone, they now want that I sign in with that account. After many failed attemps I changed the passwort an finally logged in. But then it said that I should use an account which was previously used with the phone. And I am 100% sure that that is the right one, but google tells me otherwise. I read something about a 24h lock if the password is changed. Is it as simple as waiting a day?
I know it is this email, because when I logged into google in the web, it showed me that the device was recently factory reset. It also showed me my phone nummber and I could see apps which I installed on this phone. I only have on, so that must me it?
I'm really lost here. I already searched for ways to contact google, but I came up with nothing email-related to my problem and I really don't wan't to call them. IIs there a working way to bypass it? I know there were some with earlier security patches.
Also, does anybody know, where I could post this in the google forums? I looked at all of them, but none would fit into my problem. The closest I got wouuld have been google play store
Don't know if it's usefull:
Samsung Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F) running 6.0.1 with firmware downloaded yesterday straight from Samsung
Try that:
Thanks for the help, but the problem resolved itself. After waiting for a day I was able to log in using the account I mentioned. Don't know if it was part of the protection to display that the account was not usable or not, but it hat me severely confused.
I have used this phone for 2 years. While the sale was going on I upgraded to the Note 8 and decided to give my daughter my S7. I set up the account with Family Lock and everything seemed fine, but it would never let me do anything. Even when I logged in as me! So I decided to just log in as me and remove all the family link bs. Well it wouldn't even let me add my account to the phone. At this point I should have called help, i know this. However I just deleted the family link which deleted my daughters email from even google services (she isn't old enough for an email so it just created a non-email type of google account).
So I go to reset the phone, but there's no options for resetting the phone. I have reset it 3 times in the past, I know what it looks like/how to do it. The option was NOT there. So I did the factory reset through the boot menu, and of course there's FRP. I've followed every youtube video, and many written out instructions. I did try Samsung but because my order from T-mobile doesn't have the IMEI on it, they won't repair it. *sigh* I even tried to use someone online to repair it via LOGmeIN but it was a scam.
Can someone help a computer nerd mom save her little girls phone?
Thanks in Advance
sheydee said:
I have used this phone for 2 years. While the sale was going on I upgraded to the Note 8 and decided to give my daughter my S7. I set up the account with Family Lock and everything seemed fine, but it would never let me do anything. Even when I logged in as me! So I decided to just log in as me and remove all the family link bs. Well it wouldn't even let me add my account to the phone. At this point I should have called help, i know this. However I just deleted the family link which deleted my daughters email from even google services (she isn't old enough for an email so it just created a non-email type of google account).
So I go to reset the phone, but there's no options for resetting the phone. I have reset it 3 times in the past, I know what it looks like/how to do it. The option was NOT there. So I did the factory reset through the boot menu, and of course there's FRP. I've followed every youtube video, and many written out instructions. I did try Samsung but because my order from T-mobile doesn't have the IMEI on it, they won't repair it. *sigh* I even tried to use someone online to repair it via LOGmeIN but it was a scam.
Can someone help a computer nerd mom save her little girls phone?
Thanks in Advance
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Does it not allow you to login with your original email address still?
Hi guys!
Tried the search but came up with nothing so here goes...
I must admit I'm not very tech savvy but I can follow instructions no worries
I joined mainly because my Samsung Galaxy S8+ (un-rooted) started to behave very strangely early this year.
(and I want to trick it up after warranty expires in August ?)
Short story is that my Samsung account got hacked (or it at least seems like it) and the perp was then able to control my phone remotely. It was incredible watching my phone do as it pleased and all I could do was sit back and watch. Funny thing is that I've never actually toggled the RC switch (find my phone)...
My local carrier (Telstra Bigpond - Australia) account as well as my Google account got taken over shortly after. This would have given whoever it was access to my 3 cloud accounts which add you can appreciate would contain some sensitive material.
Whoever is responsible could well be a member on here so "Hi, there!! "
I pulled my sim and sd card and switched the phone off so I could decide what to do next.
I got a password manager app, changed all passwords (lucky my partner had a spare iPhone 5S sitting around up I could get online) and factory reset the phone.
All seemed to be going well until a few days ago...
I got "timed out" on my Samsung account (is that even possible?!) and while I was putting the password in (on the Samsung website - silly mistake!) just as I hit next I noticed a few dots in a square pattern that did a spinning type of graphic over the password entry box.
Continuing onto the next screen where the two step verification was, which was to send a text to my phone to receive a code and bang! Before I even received the text a six digit code appears in the fill box on the screen (same spinning dots in a square pattern) right before my eyes and then I receive the text afterwards! The numbers matched!!
I’ve also been asked to enter my Google credentials on more than one occasion lately from being “signed out”...
I don't know what to do!
I've tried all of the popular virus type apps and a few file managers to no avail. More like I've been hacked than a virus?
I've removed apps and shut down almost all of them as well as toggling between mobile data and WiFi and restored the phone twice back to earlier backups from over 6 months ago.
I've only ever downloaded from the Play Store apart from just the once getting your better version of the Play Store XDA (LABS) app.
What might be noteworthy is when I was using Google's help function it said that I had a "modified Android" and to contact manufacturer. I can guarantee the phone has never been cracked open.
I can provide screen shots from DevCheck (FLAR2) but I really don't know what I'm looking at. I also don't have any unknown apps etc...
I really don't know what to do next...
Any advice please??
Sorry about the long post.
All the best,
Crackles
Took phone to Samsung and they wiped the device and installed current (Android Pie 9 w. Feb 01 security update) so was looking forward to having a play with the new os until I went to add my Samsung account details...
Entered the password then the 2-step security kicked in to send a text to my number.
The earlier 4 circling dots dropped the 6 digit code into the fill box before I even received the sms! Device (on it's own jumped straight to the remote control button in the Find my Device security section) then attempted to change the password!
Only thing that prevented that from being carried out was I had biometrics activated and stopped the action using my fingerprint.
Seriously no one has any idea on what to do?!
I also had installed a replacement sim card.
I also can't uninstall updates on certain apps like Google Play Services etc, and some apps either have a dead link (press it and nothing happens) or Play Store can't find the app when I hit the downloaded from Play Store thingy at the bottom of the app description page. Hope that makes sense.
As you said, they wiped the phone, which means they most likely flashed the whole firmware, so there's no way for any malware to remain installed. But for what it's worth, you can try to re-flash the firmware yourself using Oding to make sure the whole flash is clean.
If your phone really was infected with any kind of malware, it must have been a 3-rd party app you have (repeatedly) installed. Some apps like Google Play Services cannot be uninstalled because they are vital for system's (or rather apps installed from Play Store) propper functioning.
Also, even if you had infected your device, it would not be able to take control of your device to the extent you described because of app sandboxing, which cannot be broken unless the app constitutes itself as a system app (because every part of the system has to be cryptographically signed, this would break the boot and brick your device) or the user (you) would have to allow the app the necessary permissions to carry out these tasks.
Hey Kernel thanks for the reply ?
Yes I know what I'm saying sounds crazy and even the missus said I was nuts till I showed her.
I can't screen record any more either...
I'm noticing odd little things like when I pull the notifications screen down for a second or so the NFC, Bluetooth and nearby icons are lit up but then revert back to a if they were off. I've switched all of these items off in the settings so are they being sneaky?
So far nothing really bad has happened apart from not being able to put my credentials into the PayPal app. That's using both Last Pass auto-fill and manually entering the email and password. I've un-installed and re-installed many times and it's the same. I'm not going to add any banking apps just yet.
Facebook also got installed in the background about 4 times within a few minutes. Seemed odd to me. I think I've got a screenshot of that.
Malwarebytes found an issue with I'm guessing a theme I got from the Samsung Galaxy Store so I removed it, chose another and it seems OK.
There's still a few odd things happening like certain settings reverting back to something different from what I'd set.
I'll keep tinkering and post anything that stands out.
Is there an app or something that can check every file on my phone and tell if something isn't quite right?
I don't have a pc at the moment but when I do I'll look into Odin.
Thanks again for taking the time I know I sound like a lunatic and tbh I really wish I was haha!! :laugh:
Hmm interesting...
When I tried to upload the screenshot it stopped and said "bad request"...
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Could all this weird bs be happening if the home WiFi has been hijacked?
Sorry for dumb questions.
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Whatsapp does the same thing, autocompletes the code, before de sms is coming. This is not a malware. But, don't use password manager... Those can be hacked.
Really my password manager can be hacked?!
I'm using Last Pass.
So moving on I started to poke around the WiFi router and found the PnP enabled and my device was sharing with another device. I did not authorise this. I've since reset the router, changed the pin and access code, disabled the WPS and also factory reset the device that was "sharing" with mine... The owner of said device no longer lives with me. I'm just glad I confiscated the phone from him before he left.
When I'm researching possibilities of what could be going on with my phone the pages won't load. It's like my searches are being monitored and the data is being stopped. I tested this with my partner's phone (on mobile data) and the exact Web pages loaded right up on her's without a hitch! I tried again on mine and they just stopped. Pages would load straight away on mine if searching for something completely different like rc cars or bmx related content. Stuff to do with my phone just won't work ffs!
Like when I tried my first post on here. It simply would not post it up! I ended up having to copy/paste the draft and emailing it to another account that I made up on the spot on her phone. Hence the two usernames in this thread.
I got the 3C TOOLBOX app and in the app management section, Task Manager under service many of them are "custom entries" and I cannot un-tick, modify or reset back to the original version of any of these apps. Google Play Services was the worst. Pretty much every thing it was capable of doing had a "custom action" and I could not do anything with it.
Am I doing something wrong or do I have a serious invasion of my phone..?
Thinking about smashing this thing to bits and getting an S10+ ??
Also the Bluetooth, NFC & Nearby buttons almost any me of the day/night are on for a split second when I drag the motivation panel down. These are all set to "OFF" in settings...
What
The
F--k?!?!?!
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Hello, a few days ago my aunt called me, because she was unable to get her phone to work. Turns out she managed to get into the recovery menu while attempting to turn the phone on and hit factory reset from there. I do have access to her login details for the account that was used with the phone, and the phone in question does appear to be linked to this account. I have waited 72 hours since she reset the phone, but haven't been able to log into it. I also do not see the option to remove the phone in the security tab in her Google account. How screwed is the phone?
The phone is a Gigaset GS370, and finding a legit stock firmware for it is unlikely, although if anyone has any ideas, it's appreciated.
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Hello, a few days ago my aunt called me, because she was unable to get her phone to work. Turns out she managed to get into the recovery menu while attempting to turn the phone on and hit factory reset from there. I do have access to her login details for the account that was used with the phone, and the phone in question does appear to be linked to this account. I have waited 72 hours since she reset the phone, but haven't been able to log into it. I also do not see the option to remove the phone in the security tab in her Google account. How screwed is the phone?
The phone is a Gigaset GS370, and finding a legit stock firmware for it is unlikely, although if anyone has any ideas, it's appreciated.
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FRP can likely be bypassed.
But you really need to see a video of it being done to understand.
Search YouTube for frp, your device and Android version.
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