My friend bought a nexus 6 and the guy never removed his Google account,he cannot get ahold of the guy so is there anyway around the lock?
You could probably get the nexus root toolkit and flash a complete stock ROM including the entire system image to get rid of it...
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thawte said:
You could probably get the nexus root toolkit and flash a complete stock ROM including the entire system image to get rid of it...
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wrong.
if you do not get hold of the previous owner, then that device will be a brick for you, a door stop for all intensive purposes.
Yeah, im thinking if you can get to the bootloader, you should be able to factory reset that.
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Kenjari said:
Yeah, im thinking if you can get to the bootloader, you should be able to factory reset that.
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sure, you can factory reset and flash anything you want, but itll ask for the previus users name and paasword before letting you finish booting. thats the whole point of google setting up this security feature, as it wouldnt be security if it didnt.
Is it showing in recovery or just when you unlock the phone?
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I've played with my nexus 6 and it has never asked for a username or password... It's just a pattern or pin and I have reset it when I had it setup. There is a option to have it enabled on boot up and also enabled when the OS loads. Maybe the guy didn't have the boot up option enabled
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See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-properly-prepare-nexus-6-resale-t3104504
Note the number of threads that this has already happened. @simms22 is 100% correct, there is no workaround or bypass.
thawte said:
Is it showing in recovery or just when you unlock the phone?
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I've played with my nexus 6 and it has never asked for a username or password... It's just a pattern or pin and I have reset it when I had it setup. There is a option to have it enabled on boot up and also enabled when the OS loads. Maybe the guy didn't have the boot up option enabled
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its a newer security feature, it came out with 5.1. if he sold the phone, and had his security feature enabled(even if he wiped the phone), itll ask you for it first, before you can change it. what he should have done is remove his account from the phone, but he didnt. theres a few threads here on xda about it.
simms22 said:
its a newer security feature, it came out with 5.1. if he sold the phone, and had his security feature enabled(even if he wiped the phone), itll ask you for it first, before you can change it. what he should have done is remove his account from the phone, but he didnt. theres a few threads here on xda about it.
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Might as well buy a IMEI blacklisted phone. Have the same result.
I thought maybe you can modify the OS and remove the anti theft or fc the initial setup.
prdog1 said:
Might as well buy a IMEI blacklisted phone. Have the same result.
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at least you can use it as a wifi device in that case
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jordy787 said:
I thought maybe you can modify the OS and remove the anti theft or fc the initial setup.
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nope.
if it was that easy to remove it, it would be considered extremely terrible security. but, if your phone gets stolen, at least it would be of no use to a thief.
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So I needed to send my N1 back to Amazon because the lock/power button is damaged and jammed in.
I'm going to send it into Amazon for a replacement, would I need to erase the CM7 rom?
also would/should I lock the bootloader???
I'm still within the 30 return day thingy so I can return it if I'm "not satisfied."
Thoughts?
How do you lock the bootloader again? Sry it cant be undone
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I don't know if this is correct for the Nexus but you can re-lock the boot loader by adb. And do this command.
Fastboot OEM lock.
And see what happens. Worked for me with the evo design when I needed to lock it up to get it repaired.
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Uhm.. regarding the the bootloader.. Once you unlock it, THERE'S NO WAY TO LOCK IT!
It was just a question. Chill out. Were obviously not experts of the Nexus One. And my response was just a suggestion.
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mddcflimsreal said:
It was just a question. Chill out. Were obviously not experts of the Nexus One. And my response was just a suggestion.
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I know, and I just gave a straightforward answer to avoid any possible confusion. I am yet to be proven wrong.
Oh haha sorry brotha its just hard to tell over a forum on who's trying to be straight forward. Happy. Assertive or any of that.
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you can flash passimg from wiki and go back to stock
erase all personal stuff
i have read phones have been repaired under wty with unlocked bootloader--just sent back to owner locked
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also,
check out this page in blackrose thread and also search "relock bootloader" in thread for more posts
not a definitive how to, and is over my head--but may help if you are tech enough
Well Amazon says they don't care since I'm within the 30days, PLUS, since Amazon is hella nice, they said they'll send me another one with free one day shipping (comes Wednesday 25 Jan, 2012)! And when I receive it, I just need to send my damaged one back to them in the box my new one comes in. They are nice.
But does anyone have a link to the stock OS files to flash?
my phone model is GWK74. Running Cm7.1 Stable.
just go to the nexus one in the wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
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just go to the nexus one in the wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744605
haven't done this myself, so nandroid and check in to it a little
not sure what you can do though with pwr button broke
rugmankc said:
just go to the nexus one in the wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
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just go to the nexus one in the wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744605
haven't done this myself, so nandroid and check in to it a little
not sure what you can do though with pwr button broke
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Thanks for the link!
welcome--------
my build number is GWK74 and I can't find and stock roms for that build #...?
Theshawty said:
Uhm.. regarding the the bootloader.. Once you unlock it, THERE'S NO WAY TO LOCK IT!
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Uhm - yes there is...
rugmankc said:
welcome--------
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Hey Ken - good to see you still on the circuit!
Chubby_Skunk said:
my build number is GWK74 and I can't find and stock roms for that build #...?
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Download this and rename it passimg.zip, and place it in the root of your sdcard. Enter the bootloader and flash it: http://db.tt/81vKk41h
Now download this and rename it update.zip and place it in the root of your sdcard. After flashing passimg, enter the recovery and flash update.zip: http://db.tt/w5zj2dOa
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danger-rat said:
Hey Ken - good to see you still on the circuit!
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Hey DR, good to hear from you. Sorry, I had to cut out last nite, early work day. Yes, with Engineering HBoot you can relock. But, I haven't researced the exact steps--not really interested.
Glad OP is getting it worked out--
Something's wrong my with N7. It won't update to 4.2 and when i try to restore it back to factory settings, I get a "EOCD Not Found" error message. How can I fix the issue?
It should have updated to 4.2.1 on its own before you even do wugs
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Sveke said:
It should have updated to 4.2.1 on its own before you even do wugs
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Regardless, I can't restore it back to factory. Do you know how to fix it?
Veldetta said:
Regardless, I can't restore it back to factory. Do you know how to fix it?
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Does your computer recognize your device?
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Also if you go in wugs thread on your computer, you can usually gtalk with him and he'll help you.
He's good like that.
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Yes, my computer does recognize it. I'll try to reach out to him on gtalk. Thanks.
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earlier today I found out my little sister knew my pattern so I changed it. But when I changing the pattern I didn't pay attention a lot and know I forgot the pattern.My data and WiFi are disabled.I can't sign in to my google account with the phone now.
My question: I can't sign in because data/wifi is off? If yes is there a way to turn on wifi or data without unlocking phone?
I'll be thankful if someone help me because I can't loose my apps and setting
I'm using CM 7.2 official
Well there is a slight chance to be lucky enough to get the notification bar opened and enable the wifi/data but there one more way using recovery.
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System 2 : Useless (Almost)
System 3 : Slimbean
System 4 : Slimkat (latest)
sbetatester said:
Well there is a slight chance to be lucky enough to get the notification bar opened and enable the wifi/data but there one more way using recovery
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Can you tell me what are this ways
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2308130
This might help
I dont know if i can paste links so feel to delete the post offensive.
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ayadgalaxymini said:
Can you tell me what are this ways
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Wiping data is an option if everything else failed, but it would delete your apps and data, so it's only a last thing to do.
ayadgalaxymini said:
earlier today I found out my little sister knew my pattern so I changed it. But when I changing the pattern I didn't pay attention a lot and know I forgot the pattern.My data and WiFi are disabled.I can't sign in to my google account with the phone now.
My question: I can't sign in because data/wifi is off? If yes is there a way to turn on wifi or data without unlocking phone?
I'll be thankful if someone help me because I can't loose my apps and setting
I'm using CM 7.2 official
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sbetatester said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2308130
This might help
Hey don't install that cwm.zip if ur device is galaxy mini...only install second zip...that will definitely solve your problem...
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I don't know whether this would work... it's for SGA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522473
Use at your own risk.
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Venkatesh said:
I don't think wifi or data is necessary to unlock...if you have registered any gmail account...just press forgot pattern and give the account details registered with ..This might solve your problem...coz those details are stored in ur phone database(locally) ..(.db file)
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I registered 2 meails and non of them sign in
ayadgalaxymini said:
I registered 2 meails and non of them sign in
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Then try that zip files....2nd zip file only...
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ayadgalaxymini said:
I registered 2 meails and non of them sign in
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try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800799
First try this...coz it is tested on galaxy mini:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2423721
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Hey fellow LG Owner(s) I am writing this asking for some help. I know that majority of LG Phones use the same software and flashing tools regarding taking your phone back to stock. I currently own an LG G Flex (LS995 Sprint Variant) and I managed to soft brick my phone. I have posted this same message over at the LG G Flex Threads but so far I have gotten no one to provide me some sort of solution on how to un-brick or factory reset my phone.
The status of my phone before it got bricked was it had Root (IOROOT method), Busy-Box (by Jrummy), Build.Prop was edited to display as a Nexus 5, and boot-loader locked along with no custom recovery. If you’re wondering why my boot-loader was locked and why there wasn’t any type of custom recovery was due to the sad fact that Developers are having a hard time on cracking it.
Now to explain on how I soft bricked my phone. I was changing my font style by using a tool called ROM Toolbox (by Jrummy). I managed to change my font once and I attempted to change it a second time, since I was looking for something that displayed it wider and bolder. So as I applied install on the new font I got an automatic reboot.
The reboot consisted of the normal LG Logo display, followed by a black screen and staying as a black screen. On the upper left of my phone the notification indicator was flashing multiple colors (red, white, blue etc). This is the current state of my phone, black screen with a multicolor notification.
My attempts to fix:
- Simple reboot of the phone ((fail))
- Let the phones battery drain out then charge for a few minutes and restart ((fail))
- Managed to get into STOCK recovery and perform clean partition ((fail)
- Managed to get into STOCK recovery and apply factory reset ((fail))
- I got into some weird mode which also gave me the option to apply factory reset ((fail))
- I followed this tutorial (LG Flash Tool) on how to revert back to stock (by hyelton) ((fail))
Link to tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644083
The tutorial by hyelton was almost successful to reverting back to stock firmware until I got to the last step (Number 6). The error that occurred by using the LG Flash Tool was when the tool attempted to flash the stock firmware it gave me a Download FAIL!! “Device Model is different“ notification (Images below). I did this tutorial at least seven times and I got no luck. Every single time that I attempted to do this I kept getting the same notification. I have now ran out if ideas on what to do.
My theory, I believe that by changing my build prop to display as a nexus 5 is the reason why I keep getting this fail notification. On the phone it-self when I put it into download mode it even displays as a Nexus 5 (Images below).
I was wondering since it’s possible to get into STOCK RECOVERY, I saw that it had an option for “ADB SIDELOAD” is it possible to push something thru ADB??? Any type of help is greatly appreciated and thanked. Please do not get upset that you see this in multiple LG threads, I am just trying to find a solution to UNBRICK this very expensive phone that I bought and I cannot afford to just use it as a paper weight. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS
Here is a Link to all my files regarding STOCK tot,dll,lg flash tools,aboot, buildprop, lg usb drivers and adb drivers that are for my phone
Link: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1D8UNLjuTB6TWpCQ1pJME5qWk0&usp=sharing
i hope these files help anyone that are attempting to help me put my phone back to stock
Alright yall, I am almost official screwed. I purchased this phone about a month ago from Best Buy and they stated that I am out of there 15 day window so I cannot exchange or replace for the same phone. I then went to Sprint on whom I have phone insurance for and they stated that they cannot do anything and that I have to go to one of their Sprint repair stores. I went to one of the repair stores and the gentlemen that assisted me plugged my phone to his computer and immediately knew that my phone was rooted. So from there I played the dumb blonde card acting like I don’t know what he’s talking about and from there he directed me to call LG and see what they can do. So now the current status is I filed a repair request and now I am awaiting a reply from LG. Does anyone have any suggestion???
**SOLUTION** hey yall i got the solution to my problem and it was simply by downloading this universal custom .dll from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663369
and i managed to flash back to stock recovery using this guide. instead using the dll on the the guide i used the custom one.
*GUIDE BACK TO STOCK*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644083
christiam.coronado said:
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am i officially screwed?? - sprint LS995
by using ROM tool box (by Jrummy) it’s an awesome app but I decided to play around with the custom font option and when I tried to install another custom font it decided to reboot my phone to the LG logo and from there the screen goes black with the little indicator light on the upper right of the phone flashing multiple colors.
Fixes that i have attempted to apply where:
-multiple reboots nothing happened same results
-let the battery drain out of the phone then let it charge for a bit and restart it with no luck
-go into recovery mode to clear partition and reboot, but no luck
-go into recovery mode and apply factory reset but no luck
At the end of all these attempts I continue to get the LG LOGO and after that has played out i get a black screen with my notification indicator flashing multiple different colors.
** so i decided to go back to stock firmware by following hyelton directions and so far i got everything to work but one thing which is i remember changing my build prop a while ago to be noticed as a nexus 5 and now the LG Flash tool wont update my phone to the stock firmware because it recognizes it as another device. please help me, there has to be another way around this **
Also what option was I suppose to choose when installing lg flash tool. Was it the global mode or test mode?? Because I chose the global mode I hope I was correct.
SCREENSHOTS OF LG FLASH TOOL BELOW AND PICTURES OF WHAT I GET ON MY PHONE
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You are trying to flash the wrong tot and dll file. Download this, extract and use these files.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6HYWZRx8JLsSHA0MlIySlpWVnM/edit?usp=docslist_api
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Nevermind, you changed the build. Prop. We can fix this. Let me find the answer
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Pm a guy named younggunner he can help you. Be has fixed this problem for people on the g2. Should be the same solution for you
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justinswidebody said:
You are trying to flash the wrong tot and dll file. Download this, extract and use these files.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6HYWZRx8JLsSHA0MlIySlpWVnM/edit?usp=docslist_api
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Nevermind, you changed the build. Prop. We can fix this. Let me find the answer
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Pm a guy named younggunner he can help you. Be has fixed this problem for people on the g2. Should be the same solution for you
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ok ill do that right now thanks fot the response
BUMP.......so far no luck on contacting younggunner... i am desperate does any one have any suggestion. also i noticed on the stock recovery mode that there is an option to "ADB SIDELOAD" can i use that to push something????
christiam.coronado said:
BUMP.......so far no luck on contacting younggunner... i am desperate does any one have any suggestion. also i noticed on the stock recovery mode that there is an option to "ADB SIDELOAD" can i use that to push something????
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Since there's a Adb sideload option, you could push the stock build.prop to /system then LG Flash to stock. I have T-Mobile so I can't give you the build.prop, sorry
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kintwofan said:
Since there's a Adb sideload option, you could push the stock build.prop to /system then LG Flash to stock. I have T-Mobile so I can't give you the build.prop, sorry
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Factory recovery won't let you adb sideload a package without a LG verified updater script so it won't work. Your best bet is to take to Sprint and have them replace it. They won't say anything
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christiam.coronado said:
BUMP.......so far no luck on contacting younggunner... i am desperate does any one have any suggestion. also i noticed on the stock recovery mode that there is an option to "ADB SIDELOAD" can i use that to push something????
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http://apicdn.viglink.com/api/click...ls=#gflex&loc=http://forum.xda-developers.com
Go there and sign in. See if autoprime or someone can help.
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justinswidebody said:
Factory recovery won't let you adb sideload a package without a LG verified updater script so it won't work. Your best bet is to take to Sprint and have them replace it. They won't say anything
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http://apicdn.viglink.com/api/click...ls=#gflex&loc=http://forum.xda-developers.com
Go there and sign in. See if autoprime or someone can help.
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ok will do thanks
justinswidebody said:
Factory recovery won't let you adb sideload a package without a LG verified updater script so it won't work. Your best bet is to take to Sprint and have them replace it. They won't say anything
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http://apicdn.viglink.com/api/click...ls=#gflex&loc=http://forum.xda-developers.com
Go there and sign in. See if autoprime or someone can help.
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Didn't knows that. I thought it was strange if they just let you adb push stuff. I'm not used to having stock recovery on my phone.
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justinswidebody said:
Factory recovery won't let you adb sideload a package without a LG verified updater script so it won't work. Your best bet is to take to Sprint and have them replace it. They won't say anything
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http://apicdn.viglink.com/api/click...ls=#gflex&loc=http://forum.xda-developers.com
Go there and sign in. See if autoprime or someone can help.
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how the heck do i right a message on the freenode site
christiam.coronado said:
how the heck do i right a message on the freenode site
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Should be a spot at the very bottom of the screen to type and hit enter to send
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justinswidebody said:
Should be a spot at the very bottom of the screen to type and hit enter to send
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i got nothing this is foreign to me. i think i am just gonna pm him thru XDA. oh and i purchased this phone thru best buy. so would i go to best buy or sprint to exchange and what should i say?? by the way thanks for your responses
justinswidebody said:
Should be a spot at the very bottom of the screen to type and hit enter to send
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oh never mind found the bar. i wasn't wearing my glasses
christiam.coronado said:
oh never mind found the bar. i wasn't wearing my glasses
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It depends, do you have insurance through best buy or sprint? I'm sure no matter what if you take it back to best buy and tell them that you bought the phone and haven't dropped it or anything that they will replace it being it is so new still
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I'm just going to throw my opinion out there. I hate returning a phone that you broke. It's not sprints fault or best buys fault. As a matter of fact they did everything they could(locked bootloader, no root, etc. ) to stop this. There's a reason every carrier has started locking bootloaders now.
You're a grown man so do whatever you want just thought I would throw an opinion out there. Plus recovering this is a good learning experience. I bet you'll learn a lot about the workings of Android in the end
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kintwofan said:
I'm just going to throw my opinion out there. I hate returning a phone that you broke. It's not sprints fault or best buys fault. As a matter of fact they did everything they could(locked bootloader, no root, etc. ) to stop this. There's a reason every carrier has started locking bootloaders now.
You're a grown man so do whatever you want just thought I would throw an opinion out there. Plus recovering this is a good learning experience. I bet you'll learn a lot about the workings of Android in the end
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I agree. I saw way too much of that in the T-Mobile galaxy s3 forum. It seriously irritates me when people do that.
I will say this. I do agree that it is kind of wrong. But when corporations make over triple the profit of a phone then I don't really see anything wrong with it. If they wouldn't have locked the phone down to where we could have a recovery on it right now he wouldn't be going through this problem. He could have restored a nandroid or flashed a new Rom. I have never had to return a phone for this reason. I mean hell, I bought a spare just so I could finish my tether mod and not have to keep using LG flash tool on my daily driver. Plus all a cell phone company is going to do is send it back to LG and get another free phone out of it. Yes it is his fault for changing the build.prop and other mods. Everyone makes mistakes and the best of us learn from them. I'm sure Christiam learned his lesson. I don't feel he should have to spend 599 to buy a new phone for it, when it probably cost under 100 to make.
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kintwofan said:
I'm just going to throw my opinion out there. I hate returning a phone that you broke. It's not sprints fault or best buys fault. As a matter of fact they did everything they could(locked bootloader, no root, etc. ) to stop this. There's a reason every carrier has started locking bootloaders now.
You're a grown man so do whatever you want just thought I would throw an opinion out there. Plus recovering this is a good learning experience. I bet you'll learn a lot about the workings of Android in the end
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I completely agree also because (my opinion) if you return a phone, they will try to do everything possible to make it as new and sell it but the people that will spend money to work on YOUR phone are going to be paid from LGE because of YOUR error, not LG's. If LG pays those people to spend time on YOUR phone, the prices of the next phones (by LG) will grow up. I said it, my opinion (99% of times I am wrong)
Link to All Stock Files, Tools and More
Here is a Link to all my files regarding STOCK tot,dll,lg flash tools,aboot, buildprop, lg usb drivers and adb drivers that are for my phone
Link: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1D8UNLjuTB6TWpCQ1pJME5qWk0&usp=sharing
i hope these files help anyone that are attempting to help me put my phone back to stock
I wonder how lgflash determines what firmware you're flashing? Is it just the file name out the build.prop if the file? I ask because maybe we can tell the tool the file you're flashing is for a nexus so it matches your current build prop. I'll look and see if I can figure it out tomorrow, but maybe one of our pros already know
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no hate just help me if you CAN
im sorry that some of you feel the way you feel but i just want you all to know that i come from a family of smart phone moto droid, samsung epic, htc evo, htc evo 3d to current model g flex. an this is the first time that i have had an issue like this. so for those of you that think im ripping the system off, im pretty sure the cell phone carriers and phone manufacturer have dug deep enough into my pockets for the past 5 years. no hate you all know that i love
Was working fine a few weeks ago, now it tells me to call big red, and I can't think of anything I've done that should have caused this to happen.
Anyone have a solution or should I be looking for an app?
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chipk said:
Was working fine a few weeks ago, now it tells me to call big red, and I can't think of anything I've done that should have caused this to happen.
Anyone have a solution or should I be looking for an app?
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Look at settings and see if you're on 4.4.2 or 4.4
4.4.2
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chipk said:
4.4.2
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The 4.4.2 broke root and overwrote your tethering mod. read the thread below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/-t2702982
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...-4-4-4-4-2-t2709239/post51715805#post51715805
If you have an unlocked bootloader, it's easy to enable hotspot again.
motoxone said:
If you have an unlocked bootloader, it's easy to enable hotspot again.
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What does unlocking process involve? Ive heard there is a code.. and if you get the code does it work for every x or just yours..
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I guess all are able to be unlocked not just dev versions.. i will hook my usb cable to my laptop and start entering random numbers into the unlocking code hole thingy and get mine unlocked.. just like the bobbypin in a master lock
I just had to install xposed and we're working again, should have never happened in the first place though!
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So yours is unlocked.. that makes a big difference
I got the code from the chinese middle-man back when it was available, but now it's not possible. I have the standard Moto X, not DE.
doitinthedirt said:
What does unlocking process involve? Ive heard there is a code.. and if you get the code does it work for every x or just yours..
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I guess all are able to be unlocked not just dev versions.. i will hook my usb cable to my laptop and start entering random numbers into the unlocking code hole thingy and get mine unlocked.. just like the bobbypin in a master lock
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