I went ahead and secured my phone with a password "sher" specifically. (if you understand the reference, you're awesome) and when I tried putting the password it says its incorrect.
What do I do?
nevermind, for some reason it still had my last password even though it was a pin number, weird.
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basically.. have an old phone of mine, and it used to have the pattern based password.. turned it on to retrieve all the data before trashing.. and its now a number based password.. tried everything it could be.. says last chance before data deletion. worried that i'll lose all my stuff..
DINC, skyraider rom.. tried a reboot and the password count is still there.
TLDR;Old phone, rooted/rom'd.. plugged in.. failed password 8/8.. last chance it says before deleting data
I've never run that ROM before, so I can't be too sure on this. But most Android phones/ROMs are tied to a Google/Gmail account. You should be able to unlock it using that account and password.
Failing that, you could plug it into a pc, and use adb to pull your data off.
Somehow my password pattern is suddenly not detectable and it shows as wrong password. As there is no more option in lollipop for "forgot password" and using the gmail account to log in. How do I reset the password on a HTC M8 without doing a reset? I've tried logging into the google account, and I can use the "find" option in the device manager to locate the device, but if i press the "lock" button and try to enter a new password, for a split second it says "We have sent a lock request to the device", but then it says "Since Google has verified that a screen lock is already set, the password you entered won't be needed." Wtf is going on? I am stuck with a pattern locked phone of whose password i know but the phone doesnt detect it anymore. Is there another way to reset the password?
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Well.......
Let me start by saying that this is a delicate matter, what if the device is stolen and somebody wants to get the info or device to work without wiping it. I know that this is probably not your intention and that it is hard to prove otherwise. But the possibility could be there in the worst case scenario !
Now don't get the above personal, it's written from another point of view, as i am running HTC phones for the past 6 years and never encountered this all of a sudden at any point. So from my point of view i find it difficult to believe.
To get to your point ...... not sure if it can be done otherwise but to reset the device. Depends if it's rooted or not for instance ?
Cheers
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According to the story, looks like either : 3rd party apps are interfering (can also be malware/virus) OR someone physically got hold of the device and changed the password(perhaps he thinks its his own)
Try restarting the device while holding the volume up button only, android will go into safe mode and disable all 3rd party apps. If the password still doesn't work, then you have 2 options:
1) if S-ON : factory reset and lose all user data
2) if S-OFF or bootloader unlocked: remove password (this is the most details I can give without being an accomplice)
Ok, the issue is that I forgot my password for my phone so it took me to the screen where you can either enter a backup pin, which I forgot, or your google details which I remember. The thing is my phone still says invalid username/password despite me changing the password on my computer to something else and double checking the username. this means my phone is useless as I can't use it. what do I do to fix this issue!
Hi,
i already thank you for all answers. There's a big problem with my device.
It's an OnePlus 3 with the MarshROM. Everything worked completely fine until i wanted to install SuperSU via recovery. It showed up that it needs a password. But i never did this password! It's none of my known passwords, so what should i do now?
Thanks for your answers and I apologize for my english.
did u make a nandroid backup, also is it asking for the pw in twrp or when trying to get into the OS
Yes, i can't enter TWRP and yes i did a nandroid backup
If you set up fingerprints, it also means you had to set up a backup PIN. Your partition is encrypted, so try the PIN to unlock
castironpuppet said:
If you set up fingerprints, it also means you had to set up a backup PIN. Your partition is encrypted, so try the PIN to unlock
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Tried it, also doesn't work..
It happened me once, it asked for my password and not the fingerprints to unlock the screen. But my password didn't work. I rebooted the OP3 and as I activated the option to ask password at boot, it asked for a password before booting and my usual password worked (that same password that I tried before rebooting if I didn't made myself clear).
For flashing supersu, yes it ask a password and it's the password that you set up when you register your fingerprint. At first I used a pin code but I could not remember the pin because I only remember the position I input on the numerical keyboard and in twrp it use a full keyboard. So I changed for a password and it worked fine.
The device is encrypted so you need a password if you need to flash something.
If you can still boot your device, choose 1234 as a pin. If it's asking you for a password at boot, then you are screwed.
So no returning?
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It happened me once, it asked for my password and not the fingerprints to unlock the screen. But my password didn't work. I rebooted the OP3 and as I activated the option to ask password at boot, it asked for a password before booting and my usual password worked (that same password that I tried before rebooting if I didn't made myself clear).
For flashing supersu, yes it ask a password and it's the password that you set up when you register your fingerprint. At first I used a pin code but I could not remember the pin because I only remember the position I input on the numerical keyboard and in twrp it use a full keyboard. So I changed for a password and it worked fine.
The device is encrypted so you need a password if you need to flash something.
If you can still boot your device, choose 1234 as a pin. If it's asking you for a password at boot, then you are screwed.
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So no returning?
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Okay i did it. Going to make a tutorial
you mean chosing a password in the phone resolved your problem?
Hi,
This morning i took my phone off the charger as usual. And i thought i had not rebooted my device in a while (i do that from time to time and never had an issue) but now, my device showed a page where it says "start android enter your pin right pin".
This is already weird because i never set a pin but i set a pattern. I tried some pins that might be it but all were wrong. Then i googled it and found that android device manager can do this because of suspicious activity (?!?). I also found that i had to enter the PIN that simulates the pattern i entered.
This does not help/work either. Once or twice i got the message "to continue turn your phone off and back on" but that just brings be back to entering the pin.
Normally after a reboot, i have to enter my sim PIN first and then enter my set Pattern and everything works like normal.
How can i fix this WITHOUT erasing the device?
EDIT: I am not rooted nor do i have any custom rom. It's all original.