Data Recovery - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5

I have a ATT S5 that a close friend's mom gave me and asked if there was any way that I could get the photos off it. The friend has passed away and after numerous attempts to recovery the google account and trying to figure out the password, they still can't get into the phone. The phone currently is a stock ATT s5 with fingerprint enabled. I am just looking to see if there are any options. It looks like custom recovery flashes with odin aren't an option with ATT version so I am not sure where to turn. Any help would be greatly appreciated in pointing me in a direction.

Not entirely sure about flashing, but if it is stock rom then googles ring/lock/locate may work on it.
Just have to know the email and password for the Gmail account tied to the device.
Then got to Google.com/android/devicemanager
Hit lock, change the password, and you are good
Also from google.com/accounts/contact/deceased?hl=en
Just incase

xwtfbobx said:
Not entirely sure about flashing, but if it is stock rom then googles ring/lock/locate may work on it.
Just have to know the email and password for the Gmail account tied to the device.
Then got to Google.com/android/devicemanager
Hit lock, change the password, and you are good
Also from google.com/accounts/contact/deceased?hl=en
Just incase
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Yeah that's the core of the problem. The family doesn't have access to the google account yet since it takes a good amount of paper work to take over a passed away's persons account. If I had those credentials, I wouldn't have to try to crack into this device. Thanks for the information however.

Did you take the phone into the store to see if they have a way to get in?
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shakatu said:
Did you take the phone into the store to see if they have a way to get in?
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Yeah the store won't help.
So I have been doing some more reading and have a thought. The recovery mode says this phone is KOT49H.G900AUCU2AND3. Is it possible to odin flash back down the stock firmware 4.4 using the single AP file so that it wouldn't wipe data. Would android boot up as a new install (with no security) but would still have emulated SD card in tacked?

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I need help

It's been 5 days ago now and i can't access my gmail account from the gmail Apple on my phone . I get can't connect to google servers or contact my service.provider Called google well did all the steps required to get it to work but in vain.and called tmobile as well to refresh my network. I have no problem signing into my gmail account online on my phone the problem is the gmail app Now my nexus is rooted with the "universal unroot"one click thingy.. i went to this one live android chat and i was told to unroot and root. Which i just did. My gmail worked afterwards now i have a new dilemma my setcpu no longer works. I installed busybox and it can't find the busybox on the device... i get an error on exploit when i try to root it.. its funny because it says i got root access. My primary language is french so please excuse my poor grammar. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. I know its long but i had to write it all.
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mamboking said:
It's been 5 days ago now and i can't access my gmail account from the gmail Apple on my phone . I get can't connect to google servers or contact my service.provider Called google well did all the steps required to get it to work but in vain.and called tmobile as well to refresh my network. I have no problem signing into my gmail account online on my phone the problem is the gmail app Now my nexus is rooted with the "universal unroot"one click thingy.. i went to this one live android chat and i was told to unroot and root. Which i just did. My gmail worked afterwards now i have a new dilemma my setcpu no longer works. I installed busybox and it can't find the busybox on the device... i get an error on exploit when i try to root it.. its funny because it says i got root access. My primary language is french so please excuse my poor grammar. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. I know its long but i had to write it all.
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i had the same issue, making me crazy for a longgggg time .. i fixed it by install passimg and keep trying till my phone catch the server. and got FRG83D update just keep trying till u catch the server
I've been having gmail issues for a week now too. My gmail will just not update no matter what I do. Just started out of nowhere. I'm surprised I haven't seen more complaints about this lately as some thing with Google servers must have got screwed up last week.
i did not go with passimg but i was able to sign in yesterday. something is wrong with the Google servers.they gave me a code to check in and it failed...
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Delete the Google back-up??

Can't seem to find an answer to this. I had to get a replacement DHD (1st one had a very loose camera) and really wanted to have a fresh start with the new phone - no apps, etc. Since I had the backup thing checked on the 1st phone, the 2nd phone reloaded all the apps from the 1st phone. I've tried the various resets (with backup turned off), but nothing gets me back to a blank, clean phone.
Keep in mind that I'm not talking about the Contacts or Gmail being pulled in (that's fine) - I just don't want the apps & settings from the 1st phone. Uninstalling the apps doesn't quite get me to a clean install. Anyone know of a way to delete/turn off that backup that's sitting in the Google cloud?
What are you running? 2.1 or 2.2
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What are you running? 2.1 or 2.2
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The stock 2.2 rom from DHD
I've had the same problem, and as far I know there is no way to do it. There is a simple workaround, but you will have to disable backup all together:
1. Reset your device,
2. When first time setup will come on, set up your DHD BUT dont enter Gmail settings (for now).
3. Once done go into 'Settings', then 'Privacy' and UNCHECK box next to 'Back up my settings' and 'Automatic restore'.
4. Once done, set up your Gmail account (either manually or starting 'Setup' from All apps).
This seems to be the only way for now, and to be honest I'm quite shocked there is no easy way to manage backups from a pc/phone.
PS: I hope there is a better way - if somebody know one, then please share it with us.
You could also just sign in with a new google account.
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You could also just sign in with a new google account.
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You could, but most of us would like to keep the "old" one (for obvious reasons).
There are 2 ways to do it. The reason why it reload all the apps is becoz Ur gmail ID stores Ur download list for the market.
1. When u hard rest don't sign in to gmail. Let the setup finish. Once that's done open market place, it will ask u to sign in. As soon as u complete the sign in go to downloads. There u will c ur apps installed list, which will start to download automaticly. Click on each one and cancel the installation. There, ur list is clean now. U don't really need to do a hard rest after this but should do just Incase.
2. Goto market then to downloads and uninstall every thing and hard rest and ur back to a clean phone.
as I had the same issue, The first method worked for me.
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Same thing has been bugging me as well!!
i've posted a question on googles help forum,
See if that get any suggestions...
any real answer to this yet or is there some type of pc/phone management for this??
It should ask for restoring from Google account while setting up the phone.
Just after the location server setting, I think.
Then just uncheck it.
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[Q] I dont want it to remember this stuff

Ive had my phone rooted and cm6 mod for a while and its good. But its starting to get so slow, even when im texting theres huge lag making it almost unusable. I re-flashed sprint rom and then rooted and reflashed cm6...but it still remembers my apps and installs them for me without me telling it. How can i prevent this? I want it completely fresh with absolutely nothing remember of what ive had on the phone before. Is there an easy way to do it? Thanks for the help.
that's from google backing up your apps. When you sign in with your google account, I believe it asks you if you want to restore your apps, or something along those lines.
After you flash a rom and boot into setup, when you get to the page to enter you Google acct info, hit menu. There is an option to disable restore.
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Yep. These gentlemen have got it right. Do what they said and you'll be fine.

Why isn't Google backing up my WIFI passwords!?

Howdy people...I'm not sure why, but google seems not to ever want to store my wifi passwords. Stock GB..never worked...CM10 doesn't work. I'm currently running the excellent leaked stock ICS...why does google recover everything else but my passwords? (and yes I have the box ticked to enable backups) is there anyway I can explore my account server to retrieve them? The landlord of local is getting racked off with me asking every time I mess about and install a new ROM! Help much appreciated.
Titanium Backup can do it but I don't know if that's in the free version, you can also just make a .txt and put it on your external sd card.
On cm where is the problem to look into data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf file?
And write down the password? LoL...
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On cm where is the problem to look into data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf file?
And write down the password? LoL...
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same here, I use Titanium Backup (pro)
for me it used to work on CM7
but it didn't on the experimental CM9 builds or on CM10
I did sometimes, isn't it?
Don't really know why, but it's the same for me with the automatic app recovery after full wipe.
Sometimes they get restored, sometimes not. Same with the WIFI psswds.
It says during initial screens but it never did seems like bug ...
they've never been recovered with me. I've had the phone for 6months or so.. It's a bit of a pain. I keep flashing new roms but you'd have expected them to sync in the same way as with contacts etc! anyway. It would just be great to know whether it's my phone playing up or my Google account. It has to be one of the two... I'm guessing ill never know as it seems you can't check what is actually stored on the Google server.
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majoortje said:
Titanium Backup can do it but I don't know if that's in the free version, you can also just make a .txt and put it on your external sd card.
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This is what I do. It's probably the most reliable way to store your Wi-Fi passwords.

Google Play Store problem?

I have a Sprint HTC One, I'm running it rooted and with a custom rom. It used to work fine until about 5-6 days ago my Google Play Store App would not display any apps at all. I would go in and everything would be blank. I've Factory reset phone, wiped phone, I've tried 3 different ROMS and am having the same problem with all 3 (Rage, DigitalKarmaZen, and Stock+Goodies) With Rage I would get just a blank store, Zen and Stock the store immediately closes. I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I couldn't find a fix. I'm really hoping I can find a fix so I can get the store working again. My phone is S-ON for what that's worth, I don't quite know the difference or if it matters
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I have a Sprint HTC One, I'm running it rooted and with a custom rom. It used to work fine until about 5-6 days ago my Google Play Store App would not display any apps at all. I would go in and everything would be blank. I've Factory reset phone, wiped phone, I've tried 3 different ROMS and am having the same problem with all 3 (Rage, DigitalKarmaZen, and Stock+Goodies) With Rage I would get just a blank store, Zen and Stock the store immediately closes. I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I couldn't find a fix. I'm really hoping I can find a fix so I can get the store working again. My phone is S-ON for what that's worth, I don't quite know the difference or if it matters
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Are you wiping before flashing?
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Are you wiping before flashing?
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I'm using TWRP I go into Wipe and go to Advanced and check everything except the last option which says something about USB which I wasn't sure what that was. So I think I'm wiping it properly. I'm not 100% on that though
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I'm using TWRP I go into Wipe and go to Advanced and check everything except the last option which says something about USB which I wasn't sure what that was. So I think I'm wiping it properly. I'm not 100% on that though
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Yeah that is correct, sorry I don't have a solution for you though.
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Yeah that is correct, sorry I don't have a solution for you though.
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Thanks for trying
I've done pretty much all the common sense things I can think of. So hopefully someone knows something to help me get it back! Sucks not being able to get apps easily
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I'm using TWRP I go into Wipe and go to Advanced and check everything except the last option which says something about USB which I wasn't sure what that was. So I think I'm wiping it properly. I'm not 100% on that though
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Hmm. While this isn't the source of your problem, why would you do that? A wipe of cache, dalvik and /system is all you need, I believe.
The basic wipe in TWRP is enough, and all I ever used as a flashaholic.
I tried that at first without the advanced wipe but it didn't work so I figured I'd just try to wipe everything and see if it helped lol
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I tried that at first without the advanced wipe but it didn't work so I figured I'd just try to wipe everything and see if it helped lol
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OK. So lemme get this straight. You downloaded a (sense) ROM. You did a full wipe. You flashed it. You booted. You set everything up the way HTC/Google told you to. Then, Play Store wouldn't work?
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OK. So lemme get this straight. You downloaded a (sense) ROM. You did a full wipe. You flashed it. You booted. You set everything up the way HTC/Google told you to. Then, Play Store wouldn't work?
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Correct. It was not instant though. Google Play had been working for a couple weeks and then recently it stopped working.
Looks like the Play Store has me marked as a different country or something?
I did a wipe and reinstalled Rage (The only one I could get to show Google Play store at all), opening up Play Store still no apps showing, but I can search for apps as long as I type exactly what it's called (IE: I can search for facebook but I have to type "Face" and click on the facebook icon once it pops up, otherwise it doesn't allow me to search for apps. And when I click on the app it says "This item isn't available in your country"
I'll try to do some research with this new info but if anyone has any idea on it, some advise would be greatly appreciated
Also I created a brand new GMail account thinking it might have been something to do with my GMail account I was using or something.
Maxy1292 said:
Looks like the Play Store has me marked as a different country or something?
I did a wipe and reinstalled Rage (The only one I could get to show Google Play store at all), opening up Play Store still no apps showing, but I can search for apps as long as I type exactly what it's called (IE: I can search for facebook but I have to type "Face" and click on the facebook icon once it pops up, otherwise it doesn't allow me to search for apps. And when I click on the app it says "This item isn't available in your country"
I'll try to do some research with this new info but if anyone has any idea on it, some advise would be greatly appreciated
Also I created a brand new GMail account thinking it might have been something to do with my GMail account I was using or something.
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That's what I wanted to say, but I thought it so unlikely.
Go to wallet.google.com and check your stuff. Also check in accounts.google.com.
sauprankul said:
That's what I wanted to say, but I thought it so unlikely.
Go to wallet.google.com and check your stuff. Also check in accounts.google.com.
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Hmm kinda weird, if I got to the play store on my laptop I registered my device on there and I can send apps from there to the phone but still won't work on the phone, at least I have a work around lol

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