Coworker of mine brought me her AT&T "worldphone" SPH-I897 (eclair 2.1.1). she claims that a family member changed the lock code on the phone and no longer remembers it, and i cant factory reset the phone because she used the phone to take photos of her now deceased mother. she doesn't care if i have to brick this phone in the process, but its critically important that she get those photos...
there is no google account associated with the phone, so unlocking it via gmail auth isnt an option, and the phone was never put into debugging mode, so adb is only accessible from recovery mode. I've also attempted a hack someplace else on XDAdev which involved modifying and removing files in /data/data/, but this path was inaccessible in recovery mode.
I'm hoping someone can give me some guidance on what i can try next. I've read that custom recoveries can be flashed to the phone without root through ODIN, then a backup can be initiated, but i haven't been able to find a copy of a custom recovery that i'm certain wont brick this phone. i'm also assuming that the photos are inaccessible from adb when in recovery?
ugh... Help!
kb1ibh said:
Coworker of mine brought me her AT&T "worldphone" SPH-I897 (eclair 2.1.1). she claims that a family member changed the lock code on the phone and no longer remembers it, and i cant factory reset the phone because she used the phone to take photos of her now deceased mother. she doesn't care if i have to brick this phone in the process, but its critically important that she get those photos...
there is no google account associated with the phone, so unlocking it via gmail auth isnt an option, and the phone was never put into debugging mode, so adb is only accessible from recovery mode. I've also attempted a hack someplace else on XDAdev which involved modifying and removing files in /data/data/, but this path was inaccessible in recovery mode.
I'm hoping someone can give me some guidance on what i can try next. I've read that custom recoveries can be flashed to the phone without root through ODIN, then a backup can be initiated, but i haven't been able to find a copy of a custom recovery that i'm certain wont brick this phone. i'm also assuming that the photos are inaccessible from adb when in recovery?
ugh... Help!
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You can look at sammobile's program, SRS I believe it's called. It's one the its free feature.
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Hey.
I messed with a phone who had the pattern-lock and after enough tries it locked the phone informing me I needed the proper e-mail address and password. It's a phone's friend by the way.
He can't remember his right e-mail, so that end is lost.
Is there a way to bypass this unlock without wiping the entire phone? Through adb or something? Even a way to plug his phone and back-up all his stuff so it won't go to waste.
I really need your help here, thank you very much in advance.
Ok, so I have been researching for days trying different ways to bypass the pattern lock/too many failed attempts. Normally I'd just hard rest no problem...
Well, this is different. A friend who is a Private Investigator recovered this phone from the scene of a car accident. I didn't get a lot of the story, but apparently this guy was in a car accident and they need his texts/pics from the phone that night (a couple years ago). The phone belongs to the defendant who needs these to prove innocence.
This is a HTC Hero HBOOT 1.4, USB debugging not enabled, pattern lock exceeded attempts. I need to either break the lock or get the pattern from the phone. I have searched:
Root from fastboot
Root from adb
Mem dump fastboot (find key hash etc)
Mem dump adb
QPST mem dump
Also, a few other more that led me from these other searches. Basically, for anything requiring adb the device appears offline. I can only get it to show in ADB DEVICES when its in recovery, but still only offline. Everything else has failed, I found one half reliable CWM via fastboot guide but it seems to wipe system memory.
Is there anything else I can do? Have I missed anything? At this point, anything will help getting read from QPST, adb dump, break lock idk.
Hey guys,
I bought a phone off of Craigslist and it appears that the phone is locked with a password. I tried to go through the bootloader and do a factory reset but I get a message that the MDM Does Not Allow Reset or something along those lines. I have also tried to use Odin to flash a stock recovery, that goes through successfully, but upon starting up the phone it appears that the password is still locked to the phone and nothing changed.
I tried calling the person who I purchased the phone from and there is no answer, so at this point I feel like I lost money and cant use the phone.
Please help
elite-fusion said:
Hey guys,
I bought a phone off of Craigslist and it appears that the phone is locked with a password. I tried to go through the bootloader and do a factory reset but I get a message that the MDM Does Not Allow Reset or something along those lines. I have also tried to use Odin to flash a stock recovery, that goes through successfully, but upon starting up the phone it appears that the password is still locked to the phone and nothing changed.
I tried calling the person who I purchased the phone from and there is no answer, so at this point I feel like I lost money and cant use the phone.
Please help
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If you Odin all four files BL, AP, CP, CSC what should wipe the phone clean. It don't Matter which four files. N900AUCUDNL1 Files http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/general/kitkat-4-4-4-n900aucudnl1-odin-tars-t2999317 N900AUCUEOC1 Files http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/general/100-stock-lollipop-5-0-n900aucueoc1-t3069609 N900AUCUCNC2 Files http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/general/n900aucucnc2-odin-files-t2838117 The NC2 files can be rooted with Towelroot https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952593961
elite-fusion said:
Hey guys,
I bought a phone off of Craigslist and it appears that the phone is locked with a password. I tried to go through the bootloader and do a factory reset but I get a message that the MDM Does Not Allow Reset or something along those lines. I have also tried to use Odin to flash a stock recovery, that goes through successfully, but upon starting up the phone it appears that the password is still locked to the phone and nothing changed.
I tried calling the person who I purchased the phone from and there is no answer, so at this point I feel like I lost money and cant use the phone.
Please help
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The above post is correct. Odin will be your only option, although keep in mind that "MDM" stands for Mobile Device Management, it's what large companies and schools use to manage devices remotely to install updates and such, kind of like Microsoft Active Directory . Did your Craigslist source seem a bit shady? Because if that phone is linked to a MDM account and it was stolen and currently turned on, it's very likely that someone is going to track it down using it's data connection and gps.
Hi Guys,
I think I have no lucky these days...
I was testing a new ROM and when a returned the backup with TWRP android asked me a patteren for unlock.
The patter I usauly use dont work.
I found a help that say to erase some files in /data/system but it doenst work...
I had a idea to block the cell with my google account and set a new PIN for unnlock... It doenst work
Now I have the cell blocked by google and its impossible to access the internal memory with TWRP...
I need help... I dont know what to do...
Please !!!!
Sounds like your only way back is to format/delete all your data and start from scratch. You can use fastboot to do this.
I think this is the way... but I never did this before...
Do you know a step by step to do this !?
If I understand rightly you have a Google locked phone. I have not tried this on the OP3T but if you are able to reach the boot up screen where Google asks you for the password/pattern lock, you can try inserting an OTG drive of any capacity into your device. The phone will ask for changing storage. After clicking 'OK' you will be taken to the storage section. Go to 'Apps' and from there to 'Setting'. If you are able to reach this far, do a complete reset from that 'Settings' section and you would be able to recover your phone. I repeat, I have not tried this on the OP3T but have successfully tried this on some other phones. Best of luck and hope you get back your toy.
Let me also add that you won't be able to recover a Google blocked phone by factory resetting from recovery. The only way to do this is to reset it from the settings section of the OS itself after you have booted up.
shantanil said:
If I understand rightly you have a Google locked phone. I have not tried this on the OP3T but if you are able to reach the boot up screen where Google asks you for the password/pattern lock, you can try inserting an OTG drive of any capacity into your device. The phone will ask for changing storage. After clicking 'OK' you will be taken to the storage section. Go to 'Apps' and from there to 'Setting'. If you are able to reach this far, do a complete reset from that 'Settings' section and you would be able to recover your phone. I repeat, I have not tried this on the OP3T but have successfully tried this on some other phones. Best of luck and hope you get back your toy.
Let me also add that you won't be able to recover a Google blocked phone by factory resetting from recovery. The only way to do this is to reset it from the settings section of the OS itself after you have booted up.
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Perfect!
I did exactly this and now I recovery the cell...
Thanks a lot!
You save my day!
I'm VERY new to this whole rooting, flash mode topic with any phone. I'm an IT guy, and have a Nexus 6 that an employee left behind after being let go that did not unlock the phone. I did a factory reset, but evidently since the flash mode is secure (device locked), when I start up the phone after factory reset, it requires me to enter the users email address and PW. I dont have that, cant get it, so now I'm here. I've learned how to use ADB to apply a new OTA, did that with Shamu 7.1.1, no luck, still wants last users email address info during initial setup. I need to take it OUT of Secure mode without turning on developer mode, since I cant get into the phone at all. Is that even possible? I have read articles for 2 days, tried several things, but am beginning to lose hope that this phone is not recoverable. Please understand that I am extreme newbie! If you have a way to do it, I would be in your debt, and if you could please put it in laymens terms, I would greatly appreciate it. thanks ahead of time!
you need to bypass FRP, another question is, is that possible. And it is forbidden to share such info on this forum.
Sorry mate, unless you find it somewhere else, you are probably stuck with a nice paperclip. You can try oem unlocking from fastboot, but doubt that will work.