Hi,
Yesterday I lock my phone with a pattern so I can get more "safe". But now I forgotten the pattern and I don't have data or wifi connection turn on on the phone.
I read that the best option is install a new ROM without wipe data in order to I can recover all phone data (because don't have SD Card, only a virtual SD Card that I create previous). If I made a hard reset is this virtual card remains?
If I need a ROM, how can I copy it into the phone? Plugging the phone on computer I can't access data maybe because the debug option or mass device is turn off.
Any suggestion?
hap17 said:
Hi,
Yesterday I lock my phone with a pattern so I can get more "safe". But now I forgotten the pattern and I don't have data or wifi connection turn on on the phone.
I read that the best option is install a new ROM without wipe data in order to I can recover all phone data (because don't have SD Card, only a virtual SD Card that I create previous). If I made a hard reset is this virtual card remains?
If I need a ROM, how can I copy it into the phone? Plugging the phone on computer I can't access data maybe because the debug option or mass device is turn off.
Any suggestion?
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i dunno, this story sounds fishy. You want to get past a lock screen that you dont know the pattern, you want to be sure u get all the data off it. it also cannot connect to any networks. sounds like its a stolen phone
What I'm telling is true and the phone wasn't stolen at all! I put a pattern that passes on all boarder points, but I don't remember where exactly point I started drag. I have more 3 attempts, but I now that after them, if I wrong I will need a solution.
After the final attempt a button will appear that says Forgot pattern? At that point you will need to enter the google account and password associated with that phone. This should close this topic. Of course if you do not know that info then we can safely assume this phone was found or stolen.
The phone is mine. The problem is that by default I have data and wifi turn off. If I can turn on of them on I will login into my google account, of course. If you know how, it will solve the problem.
open up the lock screen while it shows the pattern, hold down the power button and turn off airplane mode
Darunion said:
open up the lock screen while it shows the pattern, hold down the power button and turn off airplane mode
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The airplane mode is off. The problem is that I can't access the settings to turn on the data or wifi.
Your problem is quite unusual as very few ever turn off data AND wifi. You may have no choice but to call your carrier for help or to perform a hard reset and lose all data.
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Hello.
My HTC Touch Pro 2 encountered the following problem:
Additional to the PIN (for SIM-Card) I have also set a 4 digit PIN to lock the device, which is activated automatically after 5 minutes.
After accidentally deep discharge of the battery (forgot my phone in the drawer of my desk for over a week) and loading the battery afterwards, the phone refuses to unlock the device. The inputting device lock code, which is 100% correct, does not work anymore- no matter whether I type it on the touch screen or keyboard.
Even after several soft reset - not change. The PIN (for SIM-Card) works but the device-Lock PIN does not. No possibility to unlocked the device – it tells me always “entered code is wrong”. Even after connecting to a PC, the computer does not recognize the phone - so I cannot even read out the data of the phone via a computer.
On the phone are important data, photos, entries that I will not delete!
HTC has got - as usual – no idea of their own devices and the German support on the phone told me that I should buy myself a new cell phone - very helpful!
A hardware reset / reset of the device, I do not want to do otherwise the data all are gone.
Is there a way to circumvent/ bypass the device lock and hack the data in some way out my phone?
The emergency plan, which I do not want to try by now, would be a hardware reset and subsequent data recovery using the software "File Scavenger ®" This works very, very good with defective USB sticks and accidentally deleted computer hard disc drives (deleted system volume information etc.) . Unfortunately I have no idea what kind of memory, the HTC Touch Pro 2 uses (it's been no SD card inserted in the device).
And I do not know how the phone reset works - simple device reset witch clears memory only (which would not be that serious) or if the entire memory will be overwritten (which would be fatal).
Maybe someone has a solution and can help me, how to get my data out of my cell phone. Thank you!
If you have the data on the SD card, why worry? Photos, music, etc should all be on the SD card, not the phone itself.
Either way, I doubt you'll be able to recovery anything. Good luck.
If your data is on the sd card/sim card then I would pop it out and do a hard reset on the phone. Put it back in and hope for the best after the reset.
If your data is on the phone you are screwed. When you do a hard reset it will do lots of writing to the nand memory, and overwrite anything you might try to scan for data recovery.
I have never heard of anyone finding a way to get into the data on these phones when the pin didn't work. It is also the reason I never used that feature.
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(it's been no SD card inserted in the device).
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OP mentioned that he does not have a SD card inserted into the device. I think that is why he is so concerned!
Any updates there OP?
Android 4.1.2
Password protects menu but not USB port, when plugged into PC you automaticaly have access to all files
In my opinion this is a major security issue. If the phone is stolen even without a password, the thief would have
acess to all pictures/ personnal files.
gaby200381 said:
Android 4.1.2
Password protects menu but not USB port, when plugged into PC you automaticaly have access to all files
In my opinion this is a major security issue. If the phone is stolen even without a password, the thief would have
acess to all pictures/ personnal files.
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the only way would be encrypting the external memory but then i don't know if the phone will recognize that
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the only way would be encrypting the external memory but then i don't know if the phone will recognize that
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I did see that option but I guess it only works if the phone was off as it says encrypt when phone is turned on.
Im surprised it hasn't come up since everyone is affected non?
Hi,
I am new to this forum and I need serious help please. I dropped my AT&T Lg Optimus G the other day and now the bottom part of my phone is not responding to my touch. I have a lockscreen on and I cant put in the full pin and press okay I don't have my debugging option on, its not rooted (still stock), and I have tried the USB OTG with no luck but I am waiting to try the Y-cable OTG. There has to be a way I can enter my pin and unlock my phone so I can activate the debugging and use android screencast or something. I JUST NEED TO GET INTO MY PHONE SO I CAN BACKUP MY STUFF.. Is there a way to active debug from the computer or anything? There has to be some kind of way other then hard reset which will delete my texts, notes, etc... WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO I HAVE?
I have order the Optimus Pro and I need to get this done before it arrives so I can send my G off.
Someone please find a solution for me and I will be thankful beyond measures
Native7 said:
Hi,
I am new to this forum and I need serious help please. I dropped my AT&T Lg Optimus G the other day and now the bottom part of my phone is not responding to my touch. I have a lockscreen on and I cant put in the full pin and press okay I don't have my debugging option on, its not rooted (still stock), and I have tried the USB OTG with no luck but I am waiting to try the Y-cable OTG. There has to be a way I can enter my pin and unlock my phone so I can activate the debugging and use android screencast or something. I JUST NEED TO GET INTO MY PHONE SO I CAN BACKUP MY STUFF.. Is there a way to active debug from the computer or anything? There has to be some kind of way other then hard reset which will delete my texts, notes, etc... WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO I HAVE?
I have order the Optimus Pro and I need to get this done before it arrives so I can send my G off.
Someone please find a solution for me and I will be thankful beyond measures
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You need to backup internal storage things ? or some like apps or whatsapp conversation ?
If you want to backup something of your internal storage, you can wipe data/cache. It will let your phone from like it come to your hands, and screen pin will gone.
nch26 said:
You need to backup internal storage things ? or some like apps or whatsapp conversation ?
If you want to backup something of your internal storage, you can wipe data/cache. It will let your phone from like it come to your hands, and screen pin will gone.
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Yes I need to back up internal storage things like my notes in a app, my text messages, and other stuff that's not on my SD card. How can I wipe the data/cache so I can get into my phone???
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Yes I need to back up internal storage things like my notes in a app, my text messages, and other stuff that's not on my SD card. How can I wipe the data/cache so I can get into my phone???
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But if you do that all of your app data will wipe. There is no other solution other than buy a new screen
Hi everyone,
I've encrypted my HTC One M8 and I thought this would mean that plugging the phone in via USB would require a screen unlock. However I've just plugged my phone in to empty the internal storage and I can access all my photos/screenshots/camera data straight away..
I wanted to encrypt my phone to prevent a thief being able to see all of my photos in the event of a loss/theft. Why is this happening and is there any way to achieve this? Encryption seems pretty pointless if I can just see everything anyway..
Cheers guys.
My mistake, I realised I changed the screen lock settings so the device was unlocked when copying. Encryption works as expected.
Please can a mod delete at their soonest convenience, thanks!
My screen on my samsung galaxy is completely done and want to know how i can recover data off of it
wsperling said:
My screen on my samsung galaxy is completely done and want to know how i can recover data off of it
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If you can't access it using a PC you're boned.
You have the ability to use an SD card as a data drive, why didn't you?
All your critical data should be stored there for reloads and... this.
I did someone hacked my Gmail and reset my phone boom therewent everything
wsperling said:
I did someone hacked my Gmail and reset my phone boom therewent everything
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So the hardware's still good?
Check alternative 2nd email account if you have one to determine if it was unauthorized access took place.
Factory reload and change Google password after reload.
*You may have to reset Google account password if it was indeed hacked before you can regain device access. Try the original password first.
You get 3 tries before you get locked out for 72 hours.
If you got hacked, one or more of your devices was/is compromised. Always use a strong password and change it every few months.
Never use a "master" password for the Google account, it needs to be unique.
ALWAYS backup critical data on the PC and at least 2 more hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from the PC. If the your PC got hacked don't connect the backup hdds until it's clean.
I keep the laptop I use for backup offline and with no Google account on it for this very reason...