Factory Reset for Lock Pattern - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My Friend Locked his Phone with Pattern and not he doesnt know his password
also he doesnt know his Gmail account .. so i can do it from there.
My Attempts :
1.Flash Stock Rom from SamMobile - Fail (Password Still There)
2.Enter Recovery Mode tring to Wipe Data Factory and Cache - For some odd reason there is a password there also - Fail.
3.Installing Custom Recovery and wiping Data - Stuck on Wiping Data - Fail.
i couldnt care less about the Data in the phone..
i just want to install new Rom or anything else to make it work.
Thank you.

TDMaster said:
My Friend Locked his Phone with Pattern and not he doesnt know his password
also he doesnt know his Gmail account .. so i can do it from there.
My Attempts :
1.Flash Stock Rom from SamMobile - Fail (Password Still There)
2.Enter Recovery Mode tring to Wipe Data Factory and Cache - For some odd reason there is a password there also - Fail.
3.Installing Custom Recovery and wiping Data - Stuck on Wiping Data - Fail.
i couldnt care less about the Data in the phone..
i just want to install new Rom or anything else to make it work.
Thank you.
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You can try doing it through adb, with the command "adb shell wipe data"or try flashing another Recovery and then wipe the Data partition. That might help.

fixed it already..
replaced PIT file and removed SD CARD while doing Odin.

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[Q] Clear all private data without unrooting?

I am going to be selling my Hero to someone who would like it rooted (as it is now).
His plan is to use it in WiFi mode only and won't be activating it with Sprint.
Is there a way to clear all my private data (logins, bookmarks, contacts, calendars, etc.) without unrooting?
Will he then be able to enter his google account info and gain access to the Market though WiFi?
Thanks!
Eph
The "Factory Reset" feature does the trick. But if you are really paranoid, you could wipe data, cache, dalvik and resintall the ROM from recovery.
Won't factory reset unroot me?
Will he still be able to access the net and the market via WiFi?
What ROM are you running?
andythegreenguy said:
What ROM are you running?
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Nfinite's Stock.
cephraim said:
Nfinite's Stock.
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Factory reset should bring the phone back to the state it was in when you first installed the rom. If you really want to be safe, boot into recovery, wipe everything and reflash the rom. You will still be rooted. Remember to either remove and keep your sd card or to format it to erase the data on it, THEN create a nandroid for whoever is buying the phone. Yes, they will be able to run the google setup via wifi if they choose to do so.
Weird.
After I do a factory reset (either from settings or from recovery), it stays in a boot loop. I have to pull the battery and restore the Nand.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Eph
Tried many different factory resets last night.
Tried from recovery mode and from settings>privacy.
In each case, I got stuck in boot loops.
Also tried to wipe data, cache, dalvik and resintall the ROM from recovery. Same thing - boot loop.
All I could do was pull the battery and do a nand restore.
Any ideas?
go here and download the ruu. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800586 . follow the instructions. this WILL take away root and will flash you black to stock. then, go here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-743289.html and follow those instructions to re-root your phone. it is very easy. then flash your rom of choice again. that will erase your data AND get rid of your bootloop. idk why the othere way isnt working for u though
OR, you should try to take out your sdcard or format it before you reflash the nfinite's stock. i had this problem once because some of my data was on the card and so when it tried to boot it got stuck.
Thanks guys. I tried the factory reset a couple more times, and for some reason it booted.
Thanks again!

Stuck at "touch the android to begin"

This concerns my galaxy note n7000. I had a rooted checkrom v4 working on my note. I tried to install criskelorom v2 and got bootloops. I then tried to go back to stock via odin and flashed stock N7000 KL3 ROM which i had earlier used, I had to go to stock because after bootloop even recovery was not working. now after flashing stock i am getting a strange problem of the phone getting stuck at the welcome to gt-n7000 screen . "touch the android to begin" . nothing is happening after touching the android on the screen although i can change the language etc and even the pull down notification is also working but the phone is stuck at the initial stage. I have a nandroid backup of my initial checkrom in my internal sd card but cannot restore it before installing a rom with root and cwm. Kindly help . Thanks.
I'm having the exact problem. I'm hoping we can create a soft brick sticky thread. I walked away from my phone last night because I was getting frustrated.
My attempts to flash stock ROM via Odin resulted in the "not responding" message in windows. I can get to both CWM and download mode, however any ROM flashed via CWM results in the behavior described by the OP. fortunately I have access to another Samsung phone, so I can double check driver installation (although it worked for flashing previously).
I'm continuing a search through the forums to find some alternate methods for unbricking. Hope someone has an idea.
Thanks!
It seems that the stock roms i was trying to flash were nonwipe ones so i flashed xxla3 which is a wipe rom and was able to boot . I then flashed the earlier kl3 rom over this rom because kl3 is rootable. I then rooted and installed cwm booted into recovery and restored my earlier nandroid backup. I think the situation arises because the nonwipe rom was unable to clear the cache , user data etc
Thank you for the information. I had exactly the same problem. What did you use to root KL3 ?
Just wipe both cash and user data, and reboot.
reboot to recovery mode -> mount and storage -> format system, format cache, format data.
and do a factory reset and wipe cache.
problem should be solved cause that's what i did
Flo1389 said:
Just wipe both cash and user data, and reboot.
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Thanks
liewkingyan said:
reboot to recovery mode -> mount and storage -> format system, format cache, format data.
And do a factory reset and wipe cache.
Problem should be solved cause that's what i did
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daaamnnn!!! I'm scared to dead because of this!! Thanks dude!!!, no more **** ass ics
I had an issue like this once or twice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5XjF6sPef4
This skips the that screen. then I cleared some things like google framework and it all was peachy
But its not wroking for me

[Q] STOCK ROM and all went wrong

Dear Friends,
I was trying to root my phone. I downloaded a STOCK ROM using Desktop ODIN and after the ROM was downloaded, the phone started and I keep getting errors like these
Unfortunately maps has stopped
Unfortunately the process android.process.acrore has stopped
Unfortunately Google Play Store has stopped
.
.
And so on
I have tried with N7000XXLRK_N7000DBTLRK_N7000XXLRK_HOME.tar.md5 and N7000DDLR6_N7000ODDLR2_N7000DDLR1_HOME.tar.md5 so far and I have also tried the Pre-Rooted ROM SGN_XX_OXA_KJ1_FACTORYFS.tar
My phone is un-usable as of now. I cannot even enter the menu. All i have to keep doing is pressing ok on these error messages.
Please help. How can i restore the phone back to normal?
gudddu said:
Dear Friends,
I was trying to root my phone. I downloaded a STOCK ROM using Desktop ODIN and after the ROM was downloaded, the phone started and I keep getting errors like these
Unfortunately maps has stopped
Unfortunately the process android.process.acrore has stopped
Unfortunately Google Play Store has stopped
.
.
And so on
I have tried with N7000XXLRK_N7000DBTLRK_N7000XXLRK_HOME.tar.md5 and N7000DDLR6_N7000ODDLR2_N7000DDLR1_HOME.tar.md5 so far and I have also tried the Pre-Rooted ROM SGN_XX_OXA_KJ1_FACTORYFS.tar
My phone is un-usable as of now. I cannot even enter the menu. All i have to keep doing is pressing ok on these error messages.
Please help. How can i restore the phone back to normal?
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Ok, there is no need to open a new thread for this stuff. You already had one....
That is because you are doing dirty flashes. Do the following:
Reboot into stock recovery and flash philz kernel (just to make sure that you are safe)
Reboot recovery (you should have CWM now)
Do a full wipe (wipe data/factory reset - wipe cache partition - format system - format data - format preload)
Reboot in download mode and re flash the Stock firmware with ODIN PC
Then you should be ready to go...

[Q] i9305: Encrypted + no recovery access + boot freeze

Hello!
Device: i9305
ROM: sentinel v5.0
Recovery: TRWP 2.6.3.0
Timeline:
1.ROM flashed and everything working fine
2.Phone encrypted using Settings->Security->Encrypt and Exchange email account installed. (battery drain became very high)
3.Boot to recovery but TWRP not able to mount /data (says "password failed" even though it is the right pass.. I performed many system reboots and every time the phone decrypted and booted). Only recovery not doing it.
4. attempted full wipe, format data, etc.. but it always failed
5. attempted Restoring previous nandroid (made before encryption with TRWP of ROM Rremix 4.07). It seemed to work
Current Problem:
1. On boot phone asks for password to decrypt (the decrypting little green android image shows up) but it then freezes during ROM boot
2. Cannot access recovery (HOME+VOLUME UP+POWER)
EDIT 3. I can access download mode and connect to PC and Odin recognizes it
Question:
How can I simply format the internal memory to then re-flash a recovery and ROM?
Or any other suggestions on how to get the phone to work again?
Thank you for your help!
cheers
progress report
Hello!
I got the correct stock ROM for my phone from SamMobile (I9305XXBMD4) and Odin flashed it (PDA option).
Odin said PASS.
However, during boot it still asks for encryption password (and the right password is not accepted). Recovery is also still not accessible.
So, I need a away to get ODIN to really format the internal SD or similar to actually remove the encryption. So, here comes the question: will Re-partition do it (correct PIT file needed and instructions)? And I know using it is half-way towards a completely bricked phone... so I accept suggestions (flash count is not 1 so no warranty service options yet...)!!
thank you!
cheers
If you mess with partition or Pit you are likely to brick your phone with no warranty .
Its not just the rom counter that voids warranty .
Flashing Philz Recovery via Odin may allow you to format all .
It Worked!!!!
JJEgan said:
If you mess with partition or Pit you are likely to brick your phone with no warranty .
Its not just the rom counter that voids warranty .
Flashing Philz Recovery via Odin may allow you to format all .
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Thanks for the idea JJEgan.
I did install the Philz recovery via Odin and was able to select "Mounts ans Storage"-> "format /data and /data/media". This one worked with no errors.
Tried "Wipe Data/factory" reset and it also worked (no errors on not being able to mount /data)!
Then Odin Flashed Stock ROM (taken from SamMobile), reboot and it again asked for password! Removed battery and this time I could access the stock recovery.
Did wipe data/ factory reset + wipe cache.
Reboot and it works!
Now I just need to Root and enjoy the phone again!
Thank you all for the help!
If you have encrypted the phone with stock based ROM, you can also decrypt it. TWRP is not able to mount partition encrypted with Samsung's proprietary way of doing it.
If you have encrypted the phone with AOSP based ROM, and TWRP is not able to mount it, then something went wrong.
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!crazy said:
If you have encrypted the phone with stock based ROM, you can also decrypt it. TWRP is not able to mount partition encrypted with Samsung's proprietary way of doing it.
If you have encrypted the phone with AOSP based ROM, and TWRP is not able to mount it, then something went wrong.
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@!crazy: I encrypted while using AOSP Sentinel v5 ROM (see OP). ROM wise the phone seemed to be ok but TRWP recovery simply could not mount /data. Indeed, something went wrong.
In any case I went back to a stock based ROM to have full encrypt/decrypt compatibility because of Exchange email accounts I need to use.

[Q] GalaxyMini locking in Wipe Data/Factory Reset

Hi
A few days ago I was using my phone normally when he suddenly caught, well it was already quite normal to happen however I tried to turn it back and he did not call so I went in Recovery mode and tried using Data Wipe only he then caught Recovery tried using Odin and put the Original Rom but it always hangs on the Wipe Data I no longer know what to do does anyone help me please?
I have looked in my country (Brazil) forums but found nothing so hopefully you can help me from XDA
Sorry for my bad english I used Google Translate
after odin flashing process has done. do full wipe (wipe data wipe cache) then reboot.
dzeig said:
after odin flashing process has done. do full wipe (wipe data wipe cache) then reboot.
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But the Recovery Mode lock in the Wipe Data
bruno13melo said:
But the Recovery Mode lock in the Wipe Data
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You can install a new recovery (CWM or TWM). Than you will can do wipes.
Give me thanx please if I helped.
@alexissuper > Please don't be tell people wrong things. You CAN wipe data even with stock recovery. The wipe data function is available in all recovery mode. Flashing new recovery won't solve any problem.
So I think sdcard may cause this problem, format sdcard or partition it. Report back when the problem solved or persisted.
F4uzan said:
@alexissuper > Please don't be tell people wrong things. You CAN wipe data even with stock recovery. The wipe data function is available in all recovery mode. Flashing new recovery won't solve any problem.
So I think sdcard may cause this problem, format sdcard or partition it. Report back when the problem solved or persisted.
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My SD Card has been replaced and not changed anything, I've tried without the card too and nothing has changed, and when I had the CWM it also fought in wipe data
Again sorry for my english D

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