I found my old GS3 which I had a lock screen but I can't remember the pattern I used. I tried doing the forget my password option but it's not recognizing that either. I there a way to unlock the phone without knowing the pattern?
Does it have a custom recovery? If not, flash one using Odin and then boot into recovery (power off then do VolUp+Power+Home) and run the following
Code:
adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
Source: Forgot my password once and had to figure this out :sly:
Is there a similar way to defeat a PIN on the lockscreen?
m20120 said:
Is there a similar way to defeat a PIN on the lockscreen?
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adb shell rm /data/system/password.key
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hi i have forgotten my pattern password.
i have a rooted verizon one with the latest cm11 snapshot.
su is not ebabled on apps and adb is only on apps.
tryed doing the command: adb shell
rm /data/system/gesture.key
but it says i dont have permisson i have notics i have a: $
instead of a #
tryed typing su and it didnt help
any suggestiones ?
UdiFlpb said:
hi i have forgotten my pattern password.
i have a rooted verizon one with the latest cm11 snapshot.
su is not ebabled on apps and adb is only on apps.
tryed doing the command: adb shell
rm /data/system/gesture.key
but it says i dont have permisson i have notics i have a: $
instead of a #
tryed typing su and it didnt help
any suggestiones ?
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load the latest TWRP in fastboot and use the file manager to pull the file manually?
synisterwolf said:
load the latest TWRP in fastboot and use the file manager to pull the file manually?
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lol just noticed there was a forgotten pattern button fixed the problem.
thanx anyway
UdiFlpb said:
lol just noticed there was a forgotten pattern button fixed the problem.
thanx anyway
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Oh yeah, enter the google password to unlock. i forgot that was an option. Its been a while sense i used the pattern lock.
glad you figured it out thought. ^_^
Hi all,
I'm trying to use adb to get past the to many patterns screen, bet keep getting stuck following the posts I have seen. It all starts well with the commands but then I cant go any further. I can enter the first 2,
adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
Then when I enter "sqlite3 settings.db" it comes up "sqlite3: permission denied"
if I go via the commands "adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key" it comes up with "adb: permission denied"
Does anyone have any ideas of how I can get round this or another way I might be able clear this too many pattern attemps?
carpingchris said:
Hi all,
I'm trying to use adb to get past the to many patterns screen, bet keep getting stuck following the posts I have seen. It all starts well with the commands but then I cant go any further. I can enter the first 2,
adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
Then when I enter "sqlite3 settings.db" it comes up "sqlite3: permission denied"
if I go via the commands "adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key" it comes up with "adb: permission denied"
Does anyone have any ideas of how I can get round this or another way I might be able clear this too many pattern attemps?
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Firstly I assume that this is your phone your working on, or a phone you have permission to work on. The law requires this.
You need root access. Gaining root access while being locked out will be tough. Depending on your hboot version (needs to be 1.01.001) you could run revolutionary to gain s-off, the root using a superuser flashable zip file. But if you dont care about data then just factory reset the phone and your in.
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I try to restore a backup and when I restore a nandroid I get to the lock screen and put in my pin. BUT, the phone says it is the wrong pin but it is correct! Anyone run into this issue?
I noticed this when restoring a backup after a wipe. Confusingly, it recognised my fingerprint as valid, but didn't like my pattern.
I think this was while I had /data decrypted, in case that makes any difference.
Thanks for the response. This is so weird.
same exact issue, same exact set of circumstances.
This is reported on 6p as well. Only thing I seen was disable security before back up
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I factory reset through TWRP, then used TiBU to get back to where I started. Still had to update Google apps, but I didn't knew what else to do.
Someone reported a pattern worked fine but the pin won't restore. Haven't confirmed with anyone else yet.
Can anyone confirm that a pattern works after a performing a man droid back up? Can't believe pin does not work...
jackdubl said:
Someone reported a pattern worked fine but the pin won't restore. Haven't confirmed with anyone else yet.
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stu5797 said:
Can anyone confirm that a pattern works after a performing a man droid back up? Can't believe pin does not work...
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As I posted above, pattern lock did not work for me
stu5797 said:
Can anyone confirm that a pattern works after a performing a man droid back up? Can't believe pin does not work...
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Confirmed NOT to work with pattern either.
Same thing happened to my 6P, PIN does not work
Guess we just need to remember to clear the fingerprint setting and lock screen settings before we back up
unbelievable!
After restoring the Nandroid, open ADB and:
rm /data/system/locksettings.db
rm /data/system/*.key
This should remove the pattern/pin completely, you'll have to re-secure your phone after
srnoth said:
After restoring the Nandroid, open ADB and:
rm /data/system/locksettings.db
rm /data/system/*.key
This should remove the pattern/pin completely, you'll have to re-secure your phone after
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You're the best! Thanks!
buru898 said:
You're the best! Thanks!
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Glad I could help. Of course I only discovered this AFTER reconfiguring my phone from scratch -_- lol.
srnoth said:
After restoring the Nandroid, open ADB and:
rm /data/system/locksettings.db
rm /data/system/*.key
This should remove the pattern/pin completely, you'll have to re-secure your phone after
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Perfect :laugh: ran into the same issue though tried to adb through twrp then from the lockscreen and neither worked (in twrp: rm command not found or something like that; lockscreen: adb device offline).
So just checked the files you mentioned through twrp file manager and deleted them all (I had 2 .key files for pattern and password, deleted both).
Worked perfectly! Thanks again, you saved me valuable reflash and restore time lol.
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Perfect :laugh: ran into the same issue though tried to adb through twrp then from the lockscreen and neither worked (in twrp: rm command not found or something like that; lockscreen: adb device offline).
So just checked the files you mentioned through twrp file manager and deleted them all (I had 2 .key files for pattern and password, deleted both).
Worked perfectly! Thanks again, you saved me valuable reflash and restore time lol.
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Thanks you both so much. At first the commands didn't work and then I went into the file manager and removed the restrictions. THANKS SO MUCH
srnoth said:
After restoring the Nandroid, open ADB and:
rm /data/system/locksettings.db
rm /data/system/*.key
This should remove the pattern/pin completely, you'll have to re-secure your phone after
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ADB in recovery or after booting in the lockscreen?
This also happens to me on 6p but it happens immediately after installing a ROM and setting up fingerprint lock. After setting that up if I try to unlock the phone it says enter pin for added security and tells me my pin is wrong =\
Dear Mods I am totally new to this so I have no idea where to ask my question:
I have a One Plus 3 rooted with TWRP.
I changed my locking pattern and now ofc I don't know it anymore.
So I tried to delete the gesture.key with:
adb remount
adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
But it says that there is not such a file/directory.
Question 1: Is there another path for the One Plus 3?
Question2: If I recover a backup is the new pattern deleted?
Greets Pyro
Hi,
my OnePlus 3 got crushed. Felt down while driving motorbike and then at least 3 cars did drive over it. Display splintered in thousands of pieces and digitizer is dead. Home button with fingerprint also seems to not work.
By miracle the phone itself still works. . How I can enter the phone? I tried to boot into recover and browser with ADB but I dont know where my files are.
BTW USB Debugging was not activated, not rooted and Pattern lock is activated. The phone also asks for pattern lock on boot (I am worried that this means that my files are encrypted)
What else I can do?
fxppas said:
Hi,
my OnePlus 3 got crushed. Felt down while driving motorbike and then at least 3 cars did drive over it. Display splintered in thousands of pieces and digitizer is dead. Home button with fingerprint also seems to not work.
By miracle the phone itself still works. . How I can enter the phone? I tried to boot into recover and browser with ADB but I dont know where my files are.
BTW USB Debugging was not activated, not rooted and Pattern lock is activated. The phone also asks for pattern lock on boot (I am worried that this means that my files are encrypted)
What else I can do?
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send it back and pay money for repair or you can buy yourself a new display + digitizer
for the glass oneplus take ~100 dollar. someone in this forum had the same problem.
you can ask the support first
Without debugging and with encryption you really can't do much ...
Sent from my OnePlus 3 using Tapatalk
@panther124
I just want to have my data back.. I dont really want to fix it. The mobile phone is slightly bended and has tons of scratches on the backside and a big bump. If you see the phone you will be surprised that it is still working As far as I understand is the data lost if I send the phone back.
Isnt it possible to connect just another cheap display on the phone to just for passing the lock. So I can enable debugging.
fxppas said:
Hi,
my OnePlus 3 got crushed. Felt down while driving motorbike and then at least 3 cars did drive over it. Display splintered in thousands of pieces and digitizer is dead. Home button with fingerprint also seems to not work.
By miracle the phone itself still works. . How I can enter the phone? I tried to boot into recover and browser with ADB but I dont know where my files are.
BTW USB Debugging was not activated, not rooted and Pattern lock is activated. The phone also asks for pattern lock on boot (I am worried that this means that my files are encrypted)
What else I can do?
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Hi
did you unlock the bootloader?
maybe you could still root it and adp push / pull stuff from it
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Hi
did you unlock the bootloader?
maybe you could still root it and adp push / pull stuff from it
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I can enter shell with adb if I use power+vol up to boot into bootloader. But I dont know where my files are. "/sdcard" /media / mnt" I dont find anything.
fxppas said:
I can enter shell with adb if I use power+vol up to boot into bootloader. But I dont know where my files are. "/sdcard" /media / mnt" I dont find anything.
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try look into "/storage" or "/data", or any other directories, use "adb pull" to copy everything you can to your computer.
Internal storage is at /storage/emulated/0
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Explorer23 said:
Internal storage is at /storage/emulated/0
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[email protected] ~/on3bu $ sudo adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ cd /storage/
[email protected]:/storage $ ls
sdcard0
[email protected]:/storage $ ls -l sdcard0
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-04-23 10:16 sdcard0 -> /sdcard
[email protected]:/storage $ exit
[email protected] ~/on3bu $ sudo adb pull /storage/sdcard0
failed to copy '/storage/sdcard0' to './sdcard0': No such file or directory
[email protected] ~/on3bu $ sudo adb pull /sdcard
failed to copy '/sdcard' to './sdcard': No such file or directory
[email protected] ~/on3bu $ sudo adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ ls /storage/
sdcard0
[email protected]:/ $
Not with my phone
Hey, sorry for the late reply, i've been sick the last day.
First of all a stupid question
Have you seen that all your data is there under /storage/sdcard0? or is it an empty folder
try specifying the output directory of adb pull like
Code:
adb pull /storage/sdcard0 /home/username/
I'm thinking maybe it's a linux related problem, since linux doesnt always automatically create folder structures. So if your error message changes keep me posted.
Also:
my data is directly under /sdcard
so if i
Code:
adb pull /sdcard
I get
Code:
pull: building file list...
pull: /sdcard/ViPER4Android/DDC/Custom_jmxc23.vdc -> ./ViPER4Android/DDC/Custom_jmxc23.vdc
and Last but not least
maybe the sdcard isn't mounted correctly...
try
Code:
mount -a
in adb shell and leaye the shell open, then open a new one and try pulling the stuff from it.
I'm also new to XDA so until now i only had to solve my own problems but maybe it helps just give it a try
I'm also not shure if your pattern lock has encrypting your data (/sdcard).
but there is also a solution for removing lockscreen patterns via adb shell.
Good Luck,
Alex