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[Q] stuck in lockscreen forgot my lock screen password

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

Help entered wrong pattern lock

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.

hell_lock said:
Try wipe data
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Thanks for help, it worked. Wiped data. Now phone is working.
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[Q] weird sms recieved

Hi all,
I have rooted my wildfire recently, and flashed CM7 a month ago.
However, I restored it back to froyo as I found the camera app in CM7 very ineffective.
I use the camera a lot, so had to revert back to Froyo today.
Now I have been recieving weird sms messages that give me an option to save or cancel.
Please see the pictures attached.
Is is due to some app i might have installed and the permissions i gave it?
The sms messages are very frequent and pretty distressing as they disrupt my music too
Kindly help.
Regards,
Abhay

abhishekmalyala said:
Hi all,
I have rooted my wildfire recently, and flashed CM7 a month ago.
However, I restored it back to froyo as I found the camera app in CM7 very ineffective.
I use the camera a lot, so had to revert back to Froyo today.
Now I have been recieving weird sms messages that give me an option to save or cancel.
Please see the pictures attached.
Is is due to some app i might have installed and the permissions i gave it?
The sms messages are very frequent and pretty distressing as they disrupt my music too
Kindly help.
Regards,
Abhay
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could you be more specific ?
which rom you flashed or did you go complete stock ?

Wasimk32 said:
could you be more specific ?
which rom you flashed or did you go complete stock ?
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I rooted my phone by unlocking the bootloader from htcdev, downgraded the hboot version using "gold card " method, Used revolutionary to S-off and unrevoked to root.
I then made a back up of my froyo rom from backup options in the revolutionary recovery.
I flashed CM7.2 from the official CM website.
I neede the camera badly, so I had to go back to recovery and restored my froyo through recovery.
(I did wipe data, davlik cache etc according to the procedures mentioned on Xda )

abhishekmalyala said:
I rooted my phone by unlocking the bootloader from htcdev, downgraded the hboot version using "gold card " method, Used revolutionary to S-off and unrevoked to root.
I then made a back up of my froyo rom from backup options in the revolutionary recovery.
I flashed CM7.2 from the official CM website.
I neede the camera badly, so I had to go back to recovery and restored my froyo through recovery.
(I did wipe data, davlik cache etc according to the procedures mentioned on Xda )
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Have you installed any apps from outside the play store recently? This is very strange. What number, if any is it being sent from?
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abhishekmalyala said:
I rooted my phone by unlocking the bootloader from htcdev, downgraded the hboot version using "gold card " method, Used revolutionary to S-off and unrevoked to root.
I then made a back up of my froyo rom from backup options in the revolutionary recovery.
I flashed CM7.2 from the official CM website.
I neede the camera badly, so I had to go back to recovery and restored my froyo through recovery.
(I did wipe data, davlik cache etc according to the procedures mentioned on Xda )
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Looks like your cellphone operator is sending you apn settings in the format which the phone cant read it.Which operator are you using ? BSNL ?

Three possibilities:
1. Service messages, stop them by DND
2. Some friend is sending u a flash message, try this from a nokia handset.
3. (Just kidding) You are using sms faker..

gobz said:
Three possibilities:
1. Service messages, stop them by DND
2. Some friend is sending u a flash message, try this from a nokia handset.
3. (Just kidding) You are using sms faker..
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we can send flash messages from our phone too!

Wasimk32 said:
we can send flash messages from our phone too!
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How?
Never seen a function..

Wasimk32 said:
Looks like your cellphone operator is sending you apn settings in the format which the phone cant read it.Which operator are you using ? BSNL ?
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Yes bsnl... But the messages are incessent... I've recieved close to 100 messages since last night, though i save them, they appear in the sms folder as seen in the second picture. And then a fresh batch of sms are recieved again.

gobz said:
Three possibilities:
1. Service messages, stop them by DND
2. Some friend is sending u a flash message, try this from a nokia handset.
3. (Just kidding) You are using sms faker..
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I am on DND. so, can't be service messages.
Don't have an idea about flash messages, but these are not like routine sms.
routine sms doesn't prompt me to save or cancel as in the first picture..

gobz said:
Three possibilities:
1. Service messages, stop them by DND
2. Some friend is sending u a flash message, try this from a nokia handset.
3. (Just kidding) You are using sms faker..
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Let's assume that what i am recieving are flash messages.... is there a way to disable them?

abhishekmalyala said:
Let's assume that what i am recieving are flash messages.... is there a way to disable them?
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I dont think so,I think bsnl has been sending you apn settings, and trust me they have worst phone database. May be customer care people could explain better?

Wasimk32 said:
I dont think so,I think bsnl has been sending you apn settings, and trust me they have worst phone database. May be customer care people could explain better?
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Done that as soon as you suggested the idea. i already have settings for gprs, and the customer care has denied having sent anything.
I plan to back up some apps with titanium, then do a factory reset and see if that works.
One important doubt though: Is it ok if i do a factory reset from settings, rather than from recovery?

abhishekmalyala said:
Done that as soon as you suggested the idea. i already have settings for gprs, and the customer care has denied having sent anything.
I plan to back up some apps with titanium, then do a factory reset and see if that works.
One important doubt though: Is it ok if i do a factory reset from settings, rather than from recovery?
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Its the same.
Let me tell you, I dont think reseting will solve ur prob. It might be some app, maybe something like fb try to remember where u gave ur no. and when did this start.
Uninstall some suspicious apps that arent much popular in market..

gobz said:
Its the same.
Let me tell you, I dont think reseting will solve ur prob. It might be some app, maybe something like fb try to remember where u gave ur no. and when did this start.
Uninstall some suspicious apps that arent much popular in market..
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If a factory reset does fix this then it will have most likely have been a rouge app. But if it is a network text, they wouldn't know as it would most likely be a automated service.
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Most likely as said above its app you installed, but if you find out what caused it for definite let me know because I had a similar issue when I first got wildfire
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Try antivirus
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erdal67 said:
Try antivirus
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Antivirus doesn't really seem to do much for this (fixed my issue like this ages ago) all it ever seemed to do is give false positives and sap battery life
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erdal67 said:
Try antivirus
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Anti virus is totally ineffective and zaps off the battery too fast...

heavy_metal_man said:
If a factory reset does fix this then it will have most likely have been a rouge app. But if it is a network text, they wouldn't know as it would most likely be a automated service.
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tried that... uninstalled EStaskmanager as i noticed in "running applications" the estaskmanager update process started after the seconds after i recieved a new sms.
But it didn't work out.
Just uninstalled titanium backup... no sms since past two hours...
let me see if it works

Mobile Locked

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

Osoris said:
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

mosta_9741 said:
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)

mosta_9741 said:
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

mosta_9741 said:
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:

Locked phone after factory reset

Hello.
A few weeks ago my wife forgot her pin to unlock phone, there was no other choice than just reset phone to factory settings via stock recovery.
Eveything was nice until phone wanted me to log into the previous google account that was used before erasing everything. My wife dont remember password and login either. She created it while ago just to use the phone.
Ive got no warranty for it as I bought it used.
Is there anyway to bypass that security? Otherwise phone cant be used again.
Thank you.

Try this... maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYS8Y3mt0f0
Read the description

ShaDisNX255 said:
Try this... maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYS8Y3mt0f0
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This video does not help me but I found another one which let me make my way thought security.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvEb_UD1cBc
Thanks for idea!

Zwijam_Dywan said:
This video does not help me but I found another one which let me make my way thought security.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvEb_UD1cBc
Thanks for idea!
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Whoa, you taught me something new today :good:
It's kind of a shame it's specific to the J2 Prime phone, I wonder if there are other methods for other phones similar to this

There is a method of launching a shortcut to settings via an app installation from otg at time of setup. That works.