I am wondering if all Note 2s allow for using gmail account to unlock phone when you are unable to remember pattern lock. I, Myself, do not have a problem, however, I have seen people mention they can unlock the phone if too many unsuccessful attempts are made at trying to unlock the phone. I do have a gmail account which is linked to the phone. I have tried 100 times to get it to give me the option to use the gmail account without any avail. I am a ATT user, was wondering if this might have something to do with it. The phone is not rooted. Any ideas? Also, it doesn't give me a countdown timer saying try again.
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Looks like I posted in the wrong forum.
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Way to unlock your phone try hard reset...
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Since I upgraded to ICS on my Vivid, I've been using the face unlock option with pattern unlock after 15 minutes. Yesterday I decided I want to change that option. However, when I went into Setting/Security/Screen Lock option, the options "None" and "Face Unlock" were disabled with the message "Disabled by administrator, encrypt policy, or credential storage".
Does anyone have this problem?
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Yes I get that same message, but mine is because my work exchange email account requires either a pin or password lock. Is that the case for you as well?
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No,I don't use exchange, just standard google stuff.
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Have you since installed a phone tracker app or something that takes over as phone admin?
I have been using Lookout since the first day I got the phone. I'll try to uninstall it to see if it makes any different.
Removed Lookout and rebooted, made no difference.
interesting... i was previously using phone locator pro, and it took over as device admin and limited what i could do to unlock the phone. i'm sure someone here will be able to figure it out!
I got my One about a month ago (first droid phone!) and have been trying to get the unlock code from htcdev.com, but it never sends it. I've gone through the unlock steps for "all other supported models", successfully submitted the Device Identifier Token and just wait for the email it says it sent with the file attachment. It never arrives. I even set up a 2nd account using gmail and the same thing. I've tried from Firefox and Chrome. I have tried this about 15 times now and getting pretty annoyed. Is this typical? Why the hell don't they send the code like they say they did? I manage the server with the email account I initially used, so I have access to all of the raw email server logs and nothing from htc is ever in there except for when I initially created the account and I received the email to activate the account.
All I want to do is get this stupid AT&T software off my phone so I can tether and use the net the way god intended
Since this is my first android phone, I'm not an expert on the ROM scene. From what I've read I probably want to install an International ROM and I believe the only way to do that involves unlocking the bootloader. Are there any other ways to do this if HTC won't send the unlock code for my phone?
I appreciate the help. I love this phone but want to get rid of half the crap that is on it that I can't remove and I don't use a single AT&T app.
I used this method to unlock, read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
Cronix said:
I got my One about a month ago (first droid phone!) and have been trying to get the unlock code from htcdev.com, but it never sends it. I've gone through the unlock steps for "all other supported models", successfully submitted the Device Identifier Token and just wait for the email it says it sent with the file attachment. It never arrives. I even set up a 2nd account using gmail and the same thing. I've tried from Firefox and Chrome. I have tried this about 15 times now and getting pretty annoyed. Is this typical? Why the hell don't they send the code like they say they did? I manage the server with the email account I initially used, so I have access to all of the raw email server logs and nothing from htc is ever in there except for when I initially created the account and I received the email to activate the account.
All I want to do is get this stupid AT&T software off my phone so I can tether and use the net the way god intended
Since this is my first android phone, I'm not an expert on the ROM scene. From what I've read I probably want to install an International ROM and I believe the only way to do that involves unlocking the bootloader. Are there any other ways to do this if HTC won't send the unlock code for my phone?
I appreciate the help. I love this phone but want to get rid of half the crap that is on it that I can't remove and I don't use a single AT&T app.
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I have an HTC One on AT&T and didn't have a problem. Not sure what's going on with HTC Dev.
Cronix said:
I got my One about a month ago (first droid phone!) and have been trying to get the unlock code from htcdev.com, but it never sends it. I've gone through the unlock steps for "all other supported models", successfully submitted the Device Identifier Token and just wait for the email it says it sent with the file attachment. It never arrives. I even set up a 2nd account using gmail and the same thing. I've tried from Firefox and Chrome. I have tried this about 15 times now and getting pretty annoyed. Is this typical? Why the hell don't they send the code like they say they did? I manage the server with the email account I initially used, so I have access to all of the raw email server logs and nothing from htc is ever in there except for when I initially created the account and I received the email to activate the account.
All I want to do is get this stupid AT&T software off my phone so I can tether and use the net the way god intended
Since this is my first android phone, I'm not an expert on the ROM scene. From what I've read I probably want to install an International ROM and I believe the only way to do that involves unlocking the bootloader. Are there any other ways to do this if HTC won't send the unlock code for my phone?
I appreciate the help. I love this phone but want to get rid of half the crap that is on it that I can't remove and I don't use a single AT&T app.
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+1 on using revone to unlock. The link is a couple of posts up.
Hello everyone,
I really hope you guys can help me with this problem. Lets start with, I have the international version of the HTC ONE 801e, and today I don't know why but I just set up a random PIN password for the lock screen and I cannot remember it at all :crying: I've tried unlocking it like 100 times I AM NOT KIDDING. I've contacted HTC and they told me that I have to reset my phone to Factory Settings but I really don't want to do that. My carrier is AT&T, I thought about contacting them or going to the store but I wanted to ask you guys first. My phone is not ROOTED it is completely stock everything. I really really really hope you can help me. And if my only option is to reset my phone to factory settings, can you tell me how to access my folders before doing that. Because I have some photos and whatsapp chat backups that I really don't want to lose.
Any help would be appreciated, Thank you,
Hmmm... suspicious.
I'm gonna leave this here: http://en.miui.com/thread-5684-1-1.html
If it's not allowed on this forum, I'm sorry.
Mrgrey44 said:
Hello everyone,
I really hope you guys can help me with this problem. Lets start with, I have the international version of the HTC ONE 801e, and today I don't know why but I just set up a random PIN password for the lock screen and I cannot remember it at all :crying: I've tried unlocking it like 100 times I AM NOT KIDDING. I've contacted HTC and they told me that I have to reset my phone to Factory Settings but I really don't want to do that. My carrier is AT&T, I thought about contacting them or going to the store but I wanted to ask you guys first. My phone is not ROOTED it is completely stock everything. I really really really hope you can help me. And if my only option is to reset my phone to factory settings, can you tell me how to access my folders before doing that. Because I have some photos and whatsapp chat backups that I really don't want to lose.
Any help would be appreciated, Thank you,
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Enter a random PIN a few times and when it asks you if you've forgotten your PIN say yes and unlock it with your Google account credentials. Then you can set a new PIN and there will be no need to reset your phone.
seashady said:
Enter a random PIN a few times and when it asks you if you've forgotten your PIN say yes and unlock it with your Google account credentials. Then you can set a new PIN and there will be no need to reset your phone.
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Thanks for the opinion but that didn't work. I've read tons of threads and the "Google Reset Method" only works if you forget your Pattern lock code. I had to reset it anyway T.T
Hey MrGrey44 was your problem solved without formatting your device? I am also facing same problem on my tab. Here is link to my thread, pls help me out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-10-2014/help/forgot-pin-how-to-reset-remove-t2901336
Hi,
I have recently put up a password lock on my HTC One to avoid my kids going on my phone due to the fact I had important phone calls coming.
I have forgotten the password for the device and I have tried over 40 times literally as the phone shows me a message with how many times I tried.
I have the gmail and password of the google account which is registered to this device but it does not give me an option to recover phone from my google account even though I have tried over 40 times. Is there a way where I could get into my phone as I do not want to lose my important settings and etc. on my phone.
I am not sure why it does not let me recover my phone using my Google Account as my other phones do.
Thanks!
Magician_rd said:
Hi,
I have recently put up a password lock on my HTC One to avoid my kids going on my phone due to the fact I had important phone calls coming.
I have forgotten the password for the device and I have tried over 40 times literally as the phone shows me a message with how many times I tried.
I have the gmail and password of the google account which is registered to this device but it does not give me an option to recover phone from my google account even though I have tried over 40 times. Is there a way where I could get into my phone as I do not want to lose my important settings and etc. on my phone.
I am not sure why it does not let me recover my phone using my Google Account as my other phones do.
Thanks!
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Check out post #18 & #19, it may be a possible solution to your problem. Good luck!
Hi all, feel silly posting a question like this but I am completely out of ideas at this point.
This morning I woke up and my P30 pro asked me to unlock it through PIN instead of using fingerprint (it usually does this sometime during the day "for security reasons"). Put my usual PIN, same one I am using since 20 years on all my mobile phone... PIN not recognized. Did it again various times paying attention, still no luck.
Things I did till now:
- Rebooted and retried, no luck
- Rebooted in recovery, safe mode, retried, no luck again
I am trying to unlock it since hours and after 3 wrong attempts I am blocked for 1 hour. I am absolutely sure that the PIN I am using is the correct one, anybody in the forum ever had a similar issue? And any idea on how I can solve this?
I own it since July 2019, never did a factory reset, phone upgraded to latest rom EMUI 12. There is a way I can at least access the internal memory to save some data? Photos are backup using google photos, but I would like to keep the original images before trying with a factory reset from recovery menu.
Thanks
Hey, I have exactly the same issue today. It asks me for a pin and I use the correct pin but it does not unlock. Did you find a solution?
Hey again,
I found the solution on my side. After the update the lock screen pin was replaced with another's app password (bank app screen password in my case). In order to be able to try many different passwords you are using to access different apps on phone and bypass waiting time:
Solution
1) Find old android phone and format it
2)Set up the old phone and use the gmail account you have on your p30 pro.
3) Select to restore from gmail and it will ask for lock screen password.
4) You can try many different passwords without waiting and when the password is accepted you can use it to unlock you are p30 pro.
jose13683 said:
Hi all, feel silly posting a question like this but I am completely out of ideas at this point.
This morning I woke up and my P30 pro asked me to unlock it through PIN instead of using fingerprint (it usually does this sometime during the day "for security reasons"). Put my usual PIN, same one I am using since 20 years on all my mobile phone... PIN not recognized. Did it again various times paying attention, still no luck.
Things I did till now:
- Rebooted and retried, no luck
- Rebooted in recovery, safe mode, retried, no luck again
I am trying to unlock it since hours and after 3 wrong attempts I am blocked for 1 hour. I am absolutely sure that the PIN I am using is the correct one, anybody in the forum ever had a similar issue? And any idea on how I can solve this?
I own it since July 2019, never did a factory reset, phone upgraded to latest rom EMUI 12. There is a way I can at least access the internal memory to save some data? Photos are backup using google photos, but I would like to keep the original images before trying with a factory reset from recovery menu.
Thanks
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I found the solution on my side. After the update the lock screen pin was replaced with another's app password (bank app screen password in my case). In order to be able to try many different passwords you are using to access different apps on phone and bypass waiting time:
Solution
1) Find old android phone and format it
2)Set up the old phone and use the gmail account you have on your p30 pro.
3) Select to restore from gmail and it will ask for lock screen password.
4) You can try many different passwords without waiting and when the password is accepted you can use it to unlock you are p30 pro.
apoelultras said:
I found the solution on my side. After the update the lock screen pin was replaced with another's app password (bank app screen password in my case). In order to be able to try many different passwords you are using to access different apps on phone and bypass waiting time:
Solution
1) Find old android phone and format it
2)Set up the old phone and use the gmail account you have on your p30 pro.
3) Select to restore from gmail and it will ask for lock screen password.
4) You can try many different passwords without waiting and when the password is accepted you can use it to unlock you are p30 pro.
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Hi @apoelultras , now that you are saying that to me I just remembered that exactly the day before I also changed the PIN of a baking app on my phone! In the meantime I also tried other PINs and I finally unblocked the P30pro using a very obvious PIN (my birthday date), that for instance was the same PIN I momentary put in the banking app (I usually access it using fingerprint).
But how is that possibile that an application is changing the lockscreen PIN? This is a bug of enormous proportions!
I've the same issue, but i've tried all possible PIN's i'm using, but it doesn't work for me.