Well, I normally dont use any type of lock for my HTC Desire HD, however I had people messing around with my phone therefore I set up a lock screen with password. Problem is I had mistyped the password 2times in a row while setting it up therefore now I don't know how to unlock my device. I have a gmail account however even after typing a incorrect password 75 times it still doesnt give the option to put my gmail it may be that I dont have internet connection at the moment on my device , all I have is emergency call. I dont want to delete my data on the device, I'm running LeeDroid custom rom. I've heard some suggestion about using ADB but couldnt find proper method how to
Replies very much appreciated,
thanks
I think the only thing you can do is wipe and flash rom again although i would assume there is some sort of forgot password repair.
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twiztedvvv said:
I think the only thing you can do is wipe and flash rom again although i would assume there is some sort of forgot password repair.
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that's what I really don't wanna do, got some stuff which I hadn't backed up yet thanks though.
Did you trie to re-install the custom ROM? Don't know for sure but if you don't format or wipe anything maybe it will set the lockscreen back in default.
Download android-sdk, this will give you the adb control.
when you plug your cell to your computer it will ask you what do to, and you can choose internet pass through(get internet from the computer on to the cell) and maybe the lockscreen will send a "reset password" request.
anyway, if you re-flash your current ROM without any wipes, you won't be loosing any data
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Hello all, I beg thee if you can help me, my friend "stole" my xda orbit while I was erm drunk and changed a load of settings, inc adding a password. When I was sober he told me what it was so I could use the phone again. But last night I accidently wanted to change the 4 digit number code that you do when the phone goes inactive for like 1 minute...Instead I think I accidently activated some password...everytime I go to restart the xda I get grilled for a password and if its wrong the time counter keeps going up and up...
Basically I really either need to crack or deactivate this password or some how backup my txts and phone...as I didn't before and theres a few sentimental texts I don't want to lose...
I hope you can help me
i think you might be stuck unless you can figure out the passcode!
i dont think it lets you sync your phone at all does it?
no sync
no asks for a password before sync-ing wondered if there was an alternative to activesync that would work??
was about bootloader mode, if you can go in you would be able to flash a (new) rom.....
errr right
you've lost me, last time I did rom flashing was on a very old XDA and ive forgtten..help!?!
You just have to go to WM6 artemis part of the forum, read the topics about "how to flash" and use the last wm6 rom B&B v3.7.
Before that, ensure bootloader mode is available.
Good luck
huh
1 I don't know how to know if bootloader mode is available
2 I think im on WM5!?
If it is a UK model then he can flash it back to the original ROM using the microSD card first if it will not connect by USB cable.
Yes its an 02 XDA Orbit and I live in the uk and it is a UK phone...so I guess I can but how the hell!? lol Thankyou by the way you may have saved me!
As it seems no backup was done, what about trying to ask a repair center if they can "unlock" the password. Of course you will have to show to purchase invoice ....
Thanks, that will be my alternative if the rom flash doesnt work...just need to be told how to do it via micro sd!!!!
advent said:
Thanks, that will be my alternative if the ROM flash doesn't work...just need to be told how to do it via micro sd!!!!
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I will PM you about the file you need as all references to it seem to have been removed from the site.
You then put the file onto an empty microSD card and put the card into the phone.
When you turn on the phone ho hold in the 'record' button (top left hand side viewed from the front of the phone) and the phone should go into boot-loader mode and recover the OS from the microSD card.
EDIT: NOT removed, just unpinned! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=314866
Does it matter if anything else is on the SD card?
Do I need to update to a newer WM5 Rom after as I think i saw that 02 1 is a bit old??
advent said:
Does it matter if anything else is on the SD card?
Do I need to update to a newer WM5 Rom after as I think i saw that 02 1 is a bit old??
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Sorry, but doesnt a hard reset solves this problem?? (if the lock is on the phone) sipmle and quick solution.
If it is the sim that is locked, contact you provider.
Considering flashing the ROM is deffinately going to wipe any saved texts etc. Surely a simpler option is a hard reset?
Press and hold both soft-keys, press the stylus into the reset hole, release reset, wait for message on screen and release soft-keys.
This will return the phone to out-of the -factory state, so again you will loose all saved data in system memory and all installed applications in system memory.
advent said:
Yes its an 02 XDA Orbit and I live in the uk and it is a UK phone...so I guess I can but how the hell!? lol Thankyou by the way you may have saved me!
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Not quite. Flashing the ROM will erase your "sentimental" messages.
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Not quite. Flashing the ROM will erase your "sentimental" messages.
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Yes, but it is looking like he is going to lose them no matter what happens.
Just Hard Reset it....Wont ask for the password...you will loose your data on the device though....and if your data is on the PC can sync again...no issue there...but the service centers will not remove the password...I had the same issue...and thats what i did.
cheers
yeah all you have to do is hard reset the pda and then the password will be erased, along with all your data ofc.
It would be interesting though to find a way to "crack" the password or somehow remove or bypass it.....
like some kind of PUK code?
entered wrong pattern lock, now too many attempts screen, asking email and password which dont work, plz help.
Samsung gal y.
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Use Odin to restore or if you are lucky you made a Back-up In CWM or have a custom Rom in CWM Recovery Install that probs Gone!
dr.manoj_n said:
entered wrong pattern lock, now too many attempts screen, asking email and password which dont work, plz help.
Samsung gal y.
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Yes use ur Google Account used in play store and account sync (username password ) Reset Lock.....................
dr.manoj_n said:
entered wrong pattern lock, now too many attempts screen, asking email and password which dont work, plz help.
Samsung gal y.
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Try wipe data
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as mentioned by the previous poster.
I think using "wipe data" will reset the phone to the original settings back to the "click the android to begin".
this method may work unless you still have something you want to backup from your phone.
if it still does not work,then it is a good time to unleash the power of ODIN!!!!
you can unlock it with android sdk.phone must be soft or hardrooted.start the phone usb debug must be enebled for this method,i hope you have,open cmd window(windows)navigate to "platform-tools" from sdk folder where is da adb.exe,type step by step the following commands:
adb remount
adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
after thats the lock is deleted,the joke is the phone ask for the patternlock,but you can type wat u want all is right now.
Method nr2:
The second option presented here is the quickest and cheapest option, since it costs nothing
You choose first "emergency". Give her as an emergency number
*2767*3855#
Now you can reset your phone and lock the screen is then gone, too, as your data.
i hope it helps:good:
explanation:method1
If your set at the Androiddevice a screen unlock, it is in the folder / data / system file with the name "gesture.key" created. This contains the data as the correct pattern looks like, in encrypted form. If this is now removed with the rm command so the system knows the unlock does not work properly and take any pattern to be correct.
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Try wipe data
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Thanks for help, it worked. Wiped data. Now phone is working.
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Hey guys,
I already posted this on the MIUI.us forum and please don't bash me for reposting it here, but I kinda have this feeling that xda might be a bigger community
I have my marange miui ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627448 ) set on pattern lock and apparently my phone screen went off in my pocket causing the pattern lock to be triggered very often.
Now my phone is locked down as it asks me to validate via my google account, but I didn't have WLAN/3G turned on, so there's nothing I can do.
(I know this sounds stupid... as every "how do I unlock a locked XXX" question )
Is there a way to unlock my phone without reflashing it?
not sure bout miui roms but just when it says sign in, enter ur email and password and press sign in. it works (does for me anyway)
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jmcclue said:
not sure bout miui roms but just when it says sign in, enter ur email and password and press sign in. it works (does for me anyway)
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Hey,
when I enter my account data it just goes "checking..." and nothing happens (it probably is checking with the internet which well doesn't work ^^)
asm0diel said:
Hey,
when I enter my account data it just goes "checking..." and nothing happens (it probably is checking with the internet which well doesn't work ^^)
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If you don't have internet connection, just flash the rom without a wipe. See if that works.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
If you don't have internet connection, just flash the rom without a wipe. See if that works.
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No, didn't help, but thanks for the idea
i set a PIN unlock for lockscreen last night and i forgot it. i cant get in my phone and i dont want to hard reset because i have lots of important data:crying:
please anyone who has a solution help fast
you can do this(its for pattern lock,but try it and see)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800799
mihirengg19 said:
you can do this(its for pattern lock,but try it and see)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800799
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i dont know anything about adb but i found another method somewhere on XDA. He said to make a nandroid backup then wipe data from recovery then restore only data of the nandroid backup. Will this method work and will all my data be there?
I may or may not work...its the only solution i think for your problem...
Dude get it wrong more times and sooner or later it asks to use your Google account?
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Dude get it wrong more times and sooner or later it asks to use your Google account?
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But that requires you to have mobile data enabled.without it,you cannot sign in.is your data enabled?
This sounds fishy to me.... all you need to do is enter your Google account info next to emergency call. How can we trust that it is actually your phone ?
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flash a new rom
flash a new rom
R: Forgot pin... Need help
Guys I guess he resolved. It's not that hard to find another way, Google is your friend always remember :beer:
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I my phone was locked, and I was requested to enter my google acc, so I did, but it was not recognized, My password is the same since I created my acc, never changed, so I had no solution than making a factory reset to get back my cell, but this is not a solution, since I have a small child and he always playing with the mobile, and this might happen again.
If anyone have an idea please feel free to ask any questions to make it clearer
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I my phone was locked, and I was requested to enter my google acc, so I did, but it was not recognized, My password is the same since I created my acc, never changed, so I had no solution than making a factory reset to get back my cell, but this is not a solution, since I have a small child and he always playing with the mobile, and this might happen again.
If anyone have an idea please feel free to ask any questions to make it clearer
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that happens only when maximum password attempts has been reached.
when asked, you have to be connected to the internet coz verification is done online.
now if you want to avoid this from happening again, don't use any password or pin lock.
Dont use password
klacenas said:
that happens only when maximum password attempts has been reached.
when asked, you have to be connected to the internet coz verification is done online.
now if you want to avoid this from happening again, don't use any password or pin lock.
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So, of I'm not connected Noway to recover the lock, this seems stupid from Samsung it should be stored on the phone, anyway I made an image of my ROM. So if it happened again I will just restore. Thanks for the reply
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Osoris said:
So, of I'm not connected Noway to recover the lock, this seems stupid from Samsung it should be stored on the phone, anyway I made an image of my ROM. So if it happened again I will just restore. Thanks for the reply
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Waw..
No samsung stupid..hahaha
mencret
mencret said:
Waw..
No samsung stupid..hahaha
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yea, stupid, if I am not connected to the net, and my cell is locked, I will not be able to connect it, and if you think that I am stupid, then why bother your self by replying to my post.
Silence is a bless
you couldve just rooted ur phone then installed CWM or TWRP recoveries so u could keep all ur data by making a nandroid backup so u can pull all ur data from it after having a factory reset
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you couldve just rooted ur phone then installed CWM or TWRP recoveries so u could keep all ur data by making a nandroid backup so u can pull all ur data from it after having a factory reset
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I have CM10 Alpha7 on my phone, and I have a Nandroid backup and already used it and nothing lost, my question here? What if my cell is not rooted? There should be a different way. That's what I wanna know,
if ur not rooted then ull simply root ur device through the stock recovery as usual then install the recovery and make ur nandroid backup or simply just format system and cache and re install the same rom so ur data won't b touched (im not so sure if it will help with removing ur lock but my guess is that it will), cuz if u go to SSC in egypt then they will simply tell u to format ur cell (they dont give a s**t for us bro)
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if ur not rooted then ull simply root ur device through the stock recovery as usual then install the recovery and make ur nandroid backup or simply just format system and cache and re install the same rom so ur data won't b touched (im not so sure if it will help with removing ur lock but my guess is that it will), cuz if u go to SSC in egypt then they will simply tell u to format ur cell (they dont give a s**t for us bro)[/QUOTE
But I guess this way the lock issue will be restored also, I'm only guessing. And the SSC like u said they don't care. This is not the solution I was looking for, but till now its the best answer, at least not telling me how stupid i was, thanks bro
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if u restore the whole backup then ur lock won't be removed (ull get stuck again if u can't remember it) but if u restore only ur data bk, i guess u won't get the locking thing again, try it for urself if u want and tell me the results
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if u restore the whole backup then ur lock won't be removed (ull get stuck again if u can't remember it) but if u restore only ur data bk, i guess u won't get the locking thing again, try it for urself if u want and tell me the results
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I already made a factory reset, and flashed the ROM again, Luckily and thanks to a friend of mine who advised me couple days before this problem happens, he told me "Make a backup just in case" so I didn't lose anything, and now I made a new Image of my ROM, so what ever happens in the future I will just restore the whole ROM with the settings, but really thank you for trying to help, because every time I ask for help, I must find someone who gives me a frustrating answer, once I was asking about some stuff for my SGW, and someone named Frank said "Your phone isn't popular if you want help get a more popular phone" I felt like oO if you can't help why bother replying, so I really appreciate anyone who tries to help:good: