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[Q] Please help!!! PIN code suddenly changed!!

So I used this pin code for about 3 weeks now..
what i did was, I downloaded dungeon defender because it was free..
and it told me to do a reboot after install so i did.
when i finished rebooting my pin would not be accepted..
and also even if i fail a lot, it keeps telling me to try again after 30sec
rather than entering you google account.....
Im running darky 9.5..
SHould i do a hard reset? or reflash?
any other solutions?
please help...

Did you enter your google account and reset your pin?
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That's odd. That usually only happens if you make changes to the framework with a PIN enabled.
Are you sure you didn't also happen to modify the framework (theming, no-clock, other flashable mods) with a PIN enabled?
The only way that I've dealt with it is basically reflash, and don't enable a PIN lock until you're totally done with your modifications.
If not that's very surprising, and makes me think twice about a PIN.

first it never asked for a google account.... im on my 240 try...
one thing i noticed is that when i get it wrong 5 times.
it says "you have incorrectly drawn your unlock pattern 240 times. Please try again in 30 seconds."
why does it say pattern?
and fyi i never did any modifications with the pin... i dont even know how to do it...
and does reflashing erase all the data?

i just reflashed.
it didn't help anything.. the pin is still there. I still dont know the password.
is there a way to figure out the pin? like plug it in a computer and it tells you or something?

Did you do a master clear through Odin?
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m3thods said:
Did you do a master clear through Odin?
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no i have not yet tried that...
is that the only way? because i really want to save my data....
but still thanks for the reply..

One more thing you can try is a hard factory reset (it's accessible through CWM). tbh I can't remember if it wipes all of your data. I don't think it does but don't quote me on that.
That will allow you to get into your phone temporarily. But you'll still run into the problem, so a master clear is in your future.
What data did you want to save?
You can use "SMS Backup" or "Backup to Gmail" to save your SMS/MMS/Call logs when you get back into your phone then wipe everything else.

I just wanted to get my app data.
Anyway I did a factory reset and it sort of solved the problem.
I'm not using a password now...
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have you tried rebooting the phone? i think when it happened to me the problem would come back after a reboot. if not then problem fixed!

m3thods said:
have you tried rebooting the phone? i think when it happened to me the problem would come back after a reboot. if not then problem fixed!
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That didn't work...
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Sorry I don't think I was clear. I meant have you tried rebooting to see if your pin lock cones back?
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That didn't work...
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Can you use adb on the phone? You could pull data or do something with the framework
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Please help

Okay so I rooted my phone and i removed some apps that were safe to remove using titanium backup pro. I then was having some problems with my phone where it would just start hitting the space bar until i hit another button, same thing with back space. So I factory restored it because I read somewhere that if you factory restore it'll still stay rooted.
So now that I factory restored it and wiped the cache. I am stuck trying to move past the add your accounts. If i click next I get to the part where my gps is. but then I get the problem of click 1 of the 3 for your gps. I then get a force close for my account.
I made a back up of everything using titanium back up. but I can't do anything.... Please help me

Was your phone plugged in? Idk if this is something others experience but if my phone is on usb debug and plugged in everything acts stupid and I end up having the same type of issues you started with. They disappear once it's unpluggged, tho. Sorry I can't help as far as restoring **** goes but I'm sure someone else may have some advice for that, I'm still not sure how to restore anything myself if stuff goes wrong.

Nevermind i got this taken care of. =]
I restarted again deleted everything again by wiping it. then I logged in and waited for my old launcher pro to download. I went to the market after they downloaded by dragging down and clicking home. I ended up clicking launcher pro instead. I then was able to just restore bloatware and then remove it after everything was okay

[Q] securely wipe this phone? (NO ROOTING)

i looked everywhere on how to do this didn't do much to help
i had a scratch in my phone and since i had already put my information in it returning it was not an option so i decided to sell it off to my brother i did lose on it but i don't want to think about it i am buying a brand new again after i have gotten rid of this one
so now i want to wipe this phone
i am not THAT parnoid as i am giving it to my brother but i would like to wipe it in a more secure way then simple reset i want the data to be very hard to get then slowly fade away as he uses it
i have encrypted the ENTIRE phone through the xperia encryption feature
i simply want to wipe it as much as possible before i give it away i plan on changing most of my passwords after this anyway (yes i am that parnoid)
is there a program or an app that simply writes zeros to the phone that i can have running for a long period of time a few hours that i can use before or after i have done a normal hard reset
i don't think my data is recoverable after my brother takes care of the phone and it will most likely fade away as he uses it but i am still very paranoid so i'd like to wipe it as good as possible i want to be safe

Hook up the phone to your pc and format the drive @ my computer, that should work.
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Dsteppa said:
Hook up the phone to your pc and format the drive @ my computer, that should work.
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i was planning to use this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avengermobile.nukemyphone&hl=sv
first removing all accounts and files manually i have no files so just accounts
then use that and "nuke" the phone then have it reset then fill it up with junk untill it's full then nuke it again
oh and to make it clear i do not want to WIPE the phone empty from everything including operating system i just want to wipe it securely to then perform a hard reset i DO NOT want to empty out everything making it an empty shell
assuming formatting it through then computer does that

it is still nuking how long will this take?
getting abit worried now
sorry for double reply

As you encrypted the entire phone you could have just factory reset your phone and all would be well, providing no one knows your encryption password.
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ianford10 said:
As you encrypted the entire phone you could have just factory reset your phone and all would be well, providing no one knows your encryption password.
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so that encryption password will never dissappear even if i do a hard reset it will now always need that password?
and it is still "nuking"
which it has been doing for nearly 2 days now

ianford10 said:
As you encrypted the entire phone you could have just factory reset your phone and all would be well, providing no one knows your encryption password.
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As stated here, once you data is encrypted 99.9% of people are not getting anything off that.

Boot Loop

Got my Note 3 just this past Thursday, finally finished everything on it this morning, and decided to give it a restart. It went in to a boot loop that no matter what I did I couldn't get it out of. I pulled the battery, sd card, and pen, and tried once more. As with each time I got to the home screen, but this time quickly went into task manager and cleared memory to try and kill all apps in case one was the problem.
My question is if there is a way to try and find out if it was an app, or the SD card, or something else. I know errors are stored somewhere, but for all I know I've never had a reason to try and access it.
As always, thanks for any help
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papertreeprophet said:
Got my Note 3 just this past Thursday, finally finished everything on it this morning, and decided to give it a restart. It went in to a boot loop that no matter what I did I couldn't get it out of. I pulled the battery, sd card, and pen, and tried once more. As with each time I got to the home screen, but this time quickly went into task manager and cleared memory to try and kill all apps in case one was the problem.
My question is if there is a way to try and find out if it was an app, or the SD card, or something else. I know errors are stored somewhere, but for all I know I've never had a reason to try and access it.
As always, thanks for any help
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If you can go i to play store and install a logcat program and take a log & post it back here so guys can see what yur device is doing. If you cant get that far you may try factory reset and reinstall apps & settings one at a time to catch the bug
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Bladerunner1825us said:
If you can go i to play store and install a logcat program and take a log & post it back here so guys can see what yur device is doing. If you cant get that far you may try factory reset and reinstall apps & settings one at a time to catch the bug
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Well not rooted, and found out logcat apps won't work without some trickery in Jellybean and up.
But, I got brave even without my home setup nearby so I can fix things (at the BBQ currently) I tried to rule some things out, and figured out it is something with the SD card. I can boot normally with it out, and insert it after boot. I'm hoping it's just the card, but I will hold off till tonight when I'm home to try and fix it.
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A lot of people have this problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467005
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Can overheat cause a factory reset?

Hi all,
After a not so smooth transition to Oppo, yesterday I almost collapsed when I looked at my phone and saw the config assistant starting.
I've left the phone unattended during around 2 hours and for some reason a factory reset was performed. I know that to perform a factory reset you need to input the password, so it's out of question that was done by one of the kids (they are 4 and 7). So, the real question is:
1) Did anyone experienced this before?
2) Could overheat cause a factory reset?
I know that all my data was lost but most was recovered. Unfortunately, all the files in the hard drive are vanished forever...

akabugie said:
Hi all,
After a not so smooth transition to Oppo, yesterday I almost collapsed when I looked at my phone and saw the config assistant starting.
I've left the phone unattended during around 2 hours and for some reason a factory reset was performed. I know that to perform a factory reset you need to input the password, so it's out of question that was done by one of the kids (they are 4 and 7). So, the real question is:
1) Did anyone experienced this before?
2) Could overheat cause a factory reset?
I know that all my data was lost but most was recovered. Unfortunately, all the files in the hard drive are vanished forever...
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Did you recover a backup or clone from old to new phone?
If this process does not complete successfully, you can end up back at the start of the wizard.
Once a restore or copy from old phone has completed "successfully" I cannot see any way the phone would auto factory reset.

No, I've managed to recover some of the data but for some reason I couldn't recover it all - the files in the local drive were lost forever...
The weird thing is why or how did the auto factory reset happened.