So i bought a second hand nexus 6 and all works fine but last night i thought i should try out a different ROM and voila :
TWRP has a password set on in by the previous user. I cant reach the seller know so simple call-him-to-ask-the-password is out of question.
How do i remove this?
Edit : Resolved. RootSU's method did the trick.
You cannot set a password in twrp. It uses the password set in android by you - because its encrypted. If you haven't set one in android, do - because you'll need it to get into twrp.
Also by the way, it works with pattern lock. esch number represents a circle on the screen when you unlock
So if the grid is
123
456
789
And your pattern is capital L, your code is
1
4
789
WizakorHD said:
So i bought a second hand nexus 6 and all works fine but last night i thought i should try out a different ROM and voila :
TWRP has a password set on in by the previous user. I cant reach the seller know so simple call-him-to-ask-the-password is out of question.
How do i remove this?
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look at the twrp thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/orig-development/recovery-twrp-2-8-2-0-touch-recovery-t2946534 and try the default_password if you have no lockscreen pin pattern or password. follow what @rootSU said if you have one of those
rootSU said:
You cannot set a password in twrp. It uses the password set in android by you - because its encrypted. If you haven't set one in android, do - because you'll need it to get into twrp.
Also by the way, it works with pattern lock. esch number represents a circle on the screen when you unlock
So if the grid is
123
456
789
And your pattern is capital L, your code is
1
4
789
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Thank you This helped.
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Hi
So on the Streak 7 is there a way to do a factory reset without the settings menu? I set a unlock code and now I don't remember it!!
Please help!
Tannerlynn said:
Hi
So on the Streak 7 is there a way to do a factory reset without the settings menu? I set a unlock code and now I don't remember it!!
Please help!
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According to the manual:
1. Touch Forgot pattern
2. Sign in to Google with your account name & password.
otnos said:
According to the manual:
1. Touch Forgot pattern
2. Sign in to Google with your account name & password.
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Tried that
On mine I didn't use the pattern I just used a number combo as the instead of the unlock pattern and there is no Forgot pattern[/B choice.
Help!
Hello everyone. I'm currently having an issue where TWRP is unable to mount my storage. Therefore I'm unable to create back ups or flash zips.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Is there a fix?
Thanx in advanced for your help.
MOTO NEKUSASU 6
SaXaPhIDeSoUl said:
Hello everyone. I'm currently having an issue where TWRP is unable to mount my storage. Therefore I'm unable to create back ups or flash zips.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Is there a fix?
Thanx in advanced for your help.
MOTO NEKUSASU 6
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Are you encrypted? Have you set a password in Android? IF so, are you entering that password in TWRP?
rootSU said:
Are you encrypted? Have you set a password in Android? IF so, are you entering that password in TWRP?
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It asks for a password but I haven't knowingly set one. Only my lock pattern. Where can I find this password and change it if needed.
MOTO NEKUSASU 6
SaXaPhIDeSoUl said:
It asks for a password but I haven't knowingly set one. Only my lock pattern. Where can I find this password and change it if needed.
MOTO NEKUSASU 6
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You need to enter the pattern on the numbers that show up..
Think of a grid of 1-9
1 - 2 - 3
4 - 5 - 6
7 - 8 - 9
(or whatever) and each number corresponds to one of the dots on your pattern lock..
SO if your pattern lock is a Capital L shape starting at the top, the numbers would be 1, 4, 7 ,8 ,9
Wow! You definitely taught me something. I'm going to give it a try! 1000 thanks!
leave it to me to set an over complicated lock pattern SMH... Gotta figure this out
MOTO NEKUSASU 6
Problem solved! Thanks!
MOTO NEKUSASU 6
SaXaPhIDeSoUl said:
Problem solved! Thanks!
MOTO NEKUSASU 6
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No problem
I flashed a Rom and it let me do this, "Password Protect Bootloader/Recovery" problem is I don't remember which Rom and I can't get the search the results I'm looking for.
any feed back is welcome.
I'm running 5.02
popper668 said:
I flashed a Rom and it let me do this, "Password Protect Bootloader/Recovery" problem is I don't remember which Rom and I can't get the search the results I'm looking for.
any feed back is welcome.
I'm running 5.02
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you can password protect twrp recovery, but you have to set it up in recovery. bootloader i dont see how a rom can protect, or a rwcovery, considering that on a nexus roms dont have anything to do with recoveries or the bootloader. are you sure it was on a nexus?
Are you talking about the unlock code to get to your homescreen? If so..... the numbers are setup like a telephone, 1-9.
123
456
789
So if your unlock code was an L, your code would be, 14789.
Hope this is what your looking for.
Sent from my Nexus 6
My phone can have a password to start up, it made me enter it twice. Onece right when starting up, then it would show a boot animation and ask for a password to start up, then it would boot up to lock screen. Idk what it was though. Maybe I'll figure it out right now
Alright, I went into settings and setup a pin password. It has the option to require pin to start up device. Maybe that's what your talking about? Its like a white and red screen that asks for a password and says encrypted on the top. BTW, I'm encrypted haha.I think I'm on 5.1
Hello,
So i drop my nexus on conrete floor shattering the screen in the process, to the point that the display no longer comes on at all, and i have it encrypted, is there a way i can dump the partition and maybe flash it to my new nexus 6?
its rooted and i left the boot loader unlocked and i know it still powers on because it comes up on linux when i run the lsusb command as Google Inc. Nexus 4 (not really sure why it says 4 but it is it because when i unplug it and re-run lsusb its gone) is there any hope for me?
Thanks for any replys
Hmmm. I assume you had a screen lock?
I'd love to say boot to twrp then enter the password with a USB OTG keyboard but I've no idea if that would work.
rootSU said:
Hmmm. I assume you had a screen lock?
I'd love to say boot to twrp then enter the password with a USB OTG keyboard but I've no idea if that would work.
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Yea i did with a pattern i was hoping for a way to do a dump without having to enter the pattern to boot
cm0002 said:
Yea i did with a pattern i was hoping for a way to do a dump without having to enter the pattern to boot
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Have you tried a keyboard as suggested?
im not really sure how to enter a pattern with a keyboard though
cm0002 said:
im not really sure how to enter a pattern with a keyboard though
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How about a mouse? Not sure if that would work either but I'm almost temped to dig out my OTG cable and see!
EDIT:
Yeah, I works! I was able to boot in to TWRP and unlock a pattern with a mouse. Good to know!
cm0002 said:
im not really sure how to enter a pattern with a keyboard though
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Imagine a pattern grid of dots...
* * *
* * *
* * *
Then imagine a grid of numbers...
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
Then you'll get the idea. Although last version of twrp or the one before uses actual pattern now instead if numbers so it may need downgrading a version or two
So I am a developer, making a lockscreen app. Part of the app allows it to set a system lock for double protection. Upon doing this, it set PIN needed for phone to start up. The pin I had set wouldn't work so I entered it in too many times and it wiped my device. The weird thing is, the default password "0" worked in TWRP but NOT to boot Android. Now, after it wiped my device, it boots up to the Android screen, and tells me to enter my PIN again.. It still doesn't work, but tells me in -1 attempts my device will be wiped. How can I just get this all to go away and start again? I have root and TWRP installed. Is there anything I can do?
I can't even boot into Android because it asks for the PIN, even though it already wiped it. I can't use my phone at all.
Flash factory images?
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Will this mess up TWRP?
DRatJr said:
Will this mess up TWRP?
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does it matter? it takes 10-15 seconds to flash twrp, or reflash. but anyways i have a feeling that itll ask again, i hope not.
Yea. I would fastboot erase and reflash everything. If bootloader is locked you are hosed.
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So I am a developer, making a lockscreen app. Part of the app allows it to set a system lock for double protection. Upon doing this, it set PIN needed for phone to start up. The pin I had set wouldn't work so I entered it in too many times and it wiped my device. The weird thing is, the default password "0" worked in TWRP but NOT to boot Android. Now, after it wiped my device, it boots up to the Android screen, and tells me to enter my PIN again.. It still doesn't work, but tells me in -1 attempts my device will be wiped. How can I just get this all to go away and start again? I have root and TWRP installed. Is there anything I can do?
I can't even boot into Android because it asks for the PIN, even though it already wiped it. I can't use my phone at all.
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Contact the previous owner for his unlocking gesture or code/pin and Gmail account, then factory reset and login with his account and when done delete this accoubt in /settings/accounts/. Then data factory reset again and it should be fixed imo. Or send your phone to the prev. owner so he can do it himself. Look here too http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-properly-prepare-nexus-6-resale-t3104504.
I've had this phone since it came out haha. I haven't stolen it or anything. The problem came because I was solely testing on Samsung devices. Here, I set a backup PASSWORD in case you couldn't unlock your phone. My app was a device admin so it had the ability to set phone lock and lock the phone. What happened was when I tested it on my Nexus, between making the password and setting the password there is the option of "require at boot", which mysteriously, my app automatically selected. Now the issue comes in when I rebooted my phone and Google did NOT let me put a PASSWORD it, but required a PIN. This was an impossible scenario because the android lock screen was set with a PASSWORD, not a PIN.
The even weirder thing was that my app automatically sets the backup android pin to "0" if no backup password is set. When I tried 0 at boot it wouldn't work. BUT when I tried it in TWRP 0 was the only thing that decrypted the phone. I am still not sure why this whole thing happened (Google not letting me put a PASSWORD instead of a PIN if the device is encrypted. My app automatically selecting require PIN at boot, and the backup "0" working in TWRP when it wouldn't work to boot Android).
So @gee2012 I know it may seem like another thread where someone stole a Nexus and wanted to break in to use it. But I assure you I am the only one to ever own this phone. This was just a weird scenario that hopefully won't happen again.
But for the sake of the question:
Flashing factory images worked! Thanks @HolyAngel
DRatJr said:
I've had this phone since it came out haha. I haven't stolen it or anything. The problem came because I was solely testing on Samsung devices. Here, I set a backup PASSWORD in case you couldn't unlock your phone. My app was a device admin so it had the ability to set phone lock and lock the phone. What happened was when I tested it on my Nexus, between making the password and setting the password there is the option of "require at boot", which mysteriously, my app automatically selected. Now the issue comes in when I rebooted my phone and Google did NOT let me put a PASSWORD it, but required a PIN. This was an impossible scenario because the android lock screen was set with a PASSWORD, not a PIN.
The even weirder thing was that my app automatically sets the backup android pin to "0" if no backup password is set. When I tried 0 at boot it wouldn't work. BUT when I tried it in TWRP 0 was the only thing that decrypted the phone. I am still not sure why this whole thing happened (Google not letting me put a PASSWORD instead of a PIN if the device is encrypted. My app automatically selecting require PIN at boot, and the backup "0" working in TWRP when it wouldn't work to boot Android).
So @gee2012 I know it may seem like another thread where someone stole a Nexus and wanted to break in to use it. But I assure you I am the only one to ever own this phone. This was just a weird scenario that hopefully won't happen again.
But for the sake of the question:
Flashing factory images worked! Thanks @HolyAngel
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Who talked about stolen devices mate, I surely didn`t! I thought that you bought a used Nexus 6 mate, and the previous owner didn`t delete his account :silly:
gee2012 said:
Who talked about stolen devices mate, I surely didn`t! I thought that you bought a used Nexus 6 mate, and the previous owner didn`t delete his account :silly:
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Oh sorry :/ haha. Wasn't sure if it seemed that way. But nah this has been my baby since unboxing lol