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Reboot means..?

Hi there. I came across many words of reboot'ing your phone to do certain things on your phone. I know in other words means restart. But how or what exactly is a reboot in this case?
Does reboot means I "shut down" and on back the phone?
Or reboot means I tap "restart" the phone and therefore reboot itself?
Thank you. =)

All depends really. If your ROM supports fast boot then no dice on shutdown power up unless you can by pass it.
In regular terms reboot means restart of device. Lets break it down,
Boot comes from the original phrase Bootstrap the hardwired application that was read by a computer system to load a more complex system, in other words a system pulling itself up by the bootstraps.
Basically think of it as booting is the very low level of the system that loads a more complex one, so you can "boot into clockwork recovery" or "boot into the operating system".
So booting the phone and in turn rebooting is to run the phone through the boot process. So a "Restart" is a reboot.
Hope this helps.

superstick1 said:
I came across many words of reboot'ing your phone to do certain things on your phone.
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Rebooting/Restarting is as mentioned by wbbigdave. When you do this it is like restarting a computer (which is what a mobile phone is these days).
Rooting your phone gives you the ability to do certain tasks (like alter system files, load kernel modules, etc.) that require super user (Administrator) level permissions.
Rebooting/Rooting sound similar but are quite different - thought I might add some clarification.
Mike

superstick1 said:
Hi there. I came across many words of reboot'ing your phone to do certain things on your phone. I know in other words means restart. But how or what exactly is a reboot in this case?
Does reboot means I "shut down" and on back the phone?
Or reboot means I tap "restart" the phone and therefore reboot itself?
Thank you. =)
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Simply put...REBOOT = RESTART

Simply!! reboot means restart (reboot = restart)~ just like computer.....0_0

(How To) Restore Desire Z to Original Bell ROM

This works and is easy.
1. Go to shipping-roms.com and download your applicable Rom, for your phone, from your service provider. Click on Android, scroll to bottom of list and click on "Vision", then scroll to the file called "RUU_Vision_BellMobility_WWE_1.34.666.1_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.18_M2_release_154437_signed.exe". This is the one you want!
2. Make sure you have HTC Sync installed on your Windows based laptop, this is what provides the driver for your usb to connect to your phone.
3. Make sure "USB Debugging" is set on your phone. It can be found by going to: Applications/Development, then check it off at the top.
4. Power Down Phone, or choose "restart" from your "rooted" phone and select "BootLoader" in the option list that comes up.
5. (If you chose bootloader from list as mentioned above, skip this step) With your phone powered down, hold the power button and "up" volume switch simultaneously to get to bootloader menu. This could take a few tries to get right. Keep trying, you'll get it. Hopefully though, you'll have the option in the "restart" menu of your rooted phone.
6. With "usb debugging" on and your phone in "bootloader" mode, it is time to fire up the executable file your downloaded in step 1. After it installs, you will get a grey screen program that shows your phone. Check the box and select next, on the next screen, check the box again and select next. Wait for the rewrite of the original ROM to your phone. You'll know it's working as your phone will display the HTC logo with a green progress bar.
Note: While the original ROM is being installed, your phone may power down a couple of times. No worries, it is expected behaviour. When the program is done, it will tell you it is finished, and your phone will reboot to it's fresh from Bell state.
Hope this helps. Wish these instructions were here when I had to do it. Lol!
Enjoy the Day!

If anyone is having luck with this, and this post was helpful, I could use the "Thank Yous". This allows me to post the direct links to the items you"ll need for unroots.

Actually i was getting ERR 155 but, it was because i was not on bootloader... thanks for the clear and easy to follow steps.
Now i got it working with stock Froyo!!

[Q] Any other way to bypass activation screen. [Solve]

I have a big problem on my HTC Droid Incredible.
Bypassing the activation screen really irritates me and i can't turn on the USB Debugging which is the key to root and s-off my phone and to bypass the activation screen.
The procedure i did for bypassing the activation screen are: tap 4 corners, safe mode, call *228 and end call after few seconds (did this several times), cdma workshop, ##778 change the nam setting, and non of them works for me.
cmlusco member of xda told me that the best way to bypass it is to change the build.prop in any rom i'm going to flash on my phone. Then he give me this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306400 and i think this is it, but in the end still failed because i need to turn on my USB Debugging.
Please help me to bypass my Droid Incredible.
I'm here in Philippines and there is no Verizon network provider here.
I already solve this problem and I can use my Droid Incredible. Sweet!!!View the 3rd post how did i do that.
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are you able to fix this?im having EXACTLY the same problem.

yup I already fix it, just follow this procedure.
1) try to enable usb debugging mode by doing this procedures.
for this,you should need wi-fi.
so,let's start
1)when the phone calls to *228 tap contacts icon,right to the "end call"
2)try to add a new contact and enter facebook or other socialnet dialog.
phone asks you to enable wifi, do this and connect your wifi network
3)next hold the search button and (via voice search) search in google "market"
4)tap to the official market page, phone asks you about opening this page,choose market app.login in the google accounts,if you need.
5)search in market "usb debug" app. install it and tap "open' in the market app
6)enable usb debugging and enjoy)
and for those who don't have a wifi connection in there home, this procedure is for you.
1. call *228 and tap the contact on the right side of end call.
2. add contact and put any information.
3. try to connect it in facebook to prompt the setting window.
4. tap setting.
5. tap search softkey and type application.
6. finally you can enable usb debugging without any problem.
thanks to ramazancik94 for giving this life saver step for enabling usb debugging mode.
2) root and s-off your phone by following this procedure root 2.3.4,downgrade,and s-off
3) if you already have CWM, rooted, and s-off your phone try to install some ROM using CWM in development section. Double check if your phone is s-off via hboot (press and hold power button and volume down), your phone is rooted if you install CWM, and find some ROM that suits your need.
4) Try to use the "end call bypass" if this method doesn't work with you this will be your last resort. Delete the phone.apk before you install the rom, to delete the phone.apk open the "blah blah blah rom.zip" and go to data> system app> find phone.apk and please don't extract the rom and delete the phone.apk or i won't work, just delete it from the zip.
Note: Deleting the phone.apk will result for disable your phone signal. So you're going to use your phone for music, game, watch some movies and wifi internet. You won't be able to use it for call, text and mobile data, and also please read it carefully so you won't **** your phone. You've been warned
For more information visit this thread: help bypass the activation
All big thanks to cmlusco, ramazancik94 and tiny4579 for their help

need help
sir maybe you can help me with this...im new to android phones and i dont think i can make it
can you please send me the step by step procedure of the things i need to do after i put my phone in USB debugging mode?hope you dont mind
my email is [email protected]
my tcp account is kian0926, im here in the Philippines as well and im glad that you were able too fix yours, hoping that i can use mine as well, saving this device from a trash can
many thanx in advance...

i can't get my ADB working
after i extracted mini-adb under c drive (c:\mini-adb_inc) i extracted adb inside of it
but icant get adb working
when i tried to open adb it just flashes (like blink of an eye) and closes itself immediately
i cant proceed
pls help..............

Kian0926 said:
i can't get my ADB working
after i extracted mini-adb under c drive (c:\mini-adb_inc) i extracted adb inside of it
but icant get adb working
when i tried to open adb it just flashes (like blink of an eye) and closes itself immediately
i cant proceed
pls help..............
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You cant just click on the adb.exe file, it is a cmd line program. Open a cmd prompt on your pc and type " cd C:\mini-adb_inc " then type in your adb command, example " adb devices " this should show the serial number of your phone if connected to the pc and adb and drivers are setup correctly.

thnx for the reply
but this " cd C:\mini-adb_inc " seems to be invalid when im trying to enter n the command prompt window
i already tried removing those that i downloaded and download them again but still the same thing...
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also inside of mini-adb extracted on my c drive theres no adb.exe.it just say's adb
under that is AdbWinApi....so cunfused now

Kian0926 said:
thnx for the reply
but this " cd C:\mini-adb_inc " seems to be invalid when im trying to enter n the command prompt window
i already tried removing those that i downloaded and download them again but still the same thing...
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also inside of mini-adb extracted on my c drive theres no adb.exe.it just say's adb
under that is AdbWinApi....so cunfused now
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What makes you think the cd command didnt work, did it give an error? All cd does is change the directory to C:\mini-adb_inc where the adb file is located. It is ok if it says just adb and not adb.exe, your pc is just set to hide extensions. When you first open the cmd prompt to the left of where you type it will say something like C:\users\your_user_name\desktop >, when you type cd C:\mini-adb_inc it should go to the next line, and to the left of where you type now it should say C:\mini-adb_inc >Then type adb devices and see if a serial number comes up.

"C:\users\your_user_name\desktop" his is what i exactly saw on my laptop and when i tried enterring "c:\mini-adb_inc" a message appears say's like "incorrect path/directory"
im gonna try using another PC and hope this time it works..

Kian0926 said:
"C:\users\your_user_name\desktop" his is what i exactly saw on my laptop and when i tried enterring "c:\mini-adb_inc" a message appears say's like "incorrect path/directory"
im gonna try using another PC and hope this time it works..
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You have to type " cd C:\mini-adb_inc " or what ever the path is to the adb file. here actually try this. Go to the folder where the adb file you unziped is. Then hold ctrl + shift and right click on an empty space in that folder, and select open cmd prompt here. then type in your adb command, ie adb devices.

after i successfully activated,rooted to 2.3.7 with cm7 ROM my droid incredible it was working perfectly fine,but after a couple of hours using my droid it unexpectedly shut itself down and left me with just a blinking orange led at the top of it..last application running is viber,im on a call actually..and my phone is on charge...
what might be the cause of it?and can this be fixed?..my phone is completely dead
i even tried resetting the phone(pressing volume down button and power button but still no reponse..

Kian0926 said:
after i successfully activated,rooted to 2.3.7 with cm7 ROM my droid incredible it was working perfectly fine,but after a couple of hours using my droid it unexpectedly shut itself down and left me with just a blinking orange led at the top of it..last application running is viber,im on a call actually..and my phone is on charge...
what might be the cause of it?and can this be fixed?..my phone is completely dead
i even tried resetting the phone(pressing volume down button and power button but still no reponse..
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Sorry to say, but if you cant enter hboot, or boot up to the os or recovery, then the phone is more thsn likley bricked. Unless its a battery issue. Does it vibrate at all when trying to start?

Kian0926 said:
after i successfully activated,rooted to 2.3.7 with cm7 ROM my droid incredible it was working perfectly fine,but after a couple of hours using my droid it unexpectedly shut itself down and left me with just a blinking orange led at the top of it..last application running is viber,im on a call actually..and my phone is on charge...
what might be the cause of it?and can this be fixed?..my phone is completely dead
i even tried resetting the phone(pressing volume down button and power button but still no reponse..
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Does it boot when plugged in? There MAY be some help if it can boot when connected to AC power.

Kian0926 said:
after i successfully activated,rooted to 2.3.7 with cm7 ROM my droid incredible it was working perfectly fine,but after a couple of hours using my droid it unexpectedly shut itself down and left me with just a blinking orange led at the top of it..last application running is viber,im on a call actually..and my phone is on charge...
what might be the cause of it?and can this be fixed?..my phone is completely dead
i even tried resetting the phone(pressing volume down button and power button but still no reponse..
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I've experience this, just a blinking orange led. What did I do was i charge it and a couple of minute the the blinking orange led stops and it become a steady orange led.

Easier way (offline)
Found what could be an easier way, I'm playing with my sister's incredible and I can get usb debugging enabled by using any of the official verizon update packages (could be a rom, but I downloaded the smallest hboot upgrade from htcdev), it appears to send some commands in usb mode that trigger the activation of usb debugging, what's funny if that if you either disconnect before it's done, or it fails, it leaves usb debugging on.
Non-sense.
EDIT: You just have to open the utility, you don't to flash or disconnect.

Such and old thread but I have a Incredible that a friend gives me and I couldn't access the market app by search function. What I did was search anything with voice commands, then a navigator window opens and change the URL to: market://details?id=usb, it opens the market app and I can install the USB debug app

Simple method, without the use of USB Debudding/rooting flashing:
Go to Emergency dialer,
Enter ##778, and press 'call'
Select 'Edit Mode'.
Password is: 000000
Select 'NAM Settings'
Make the following changes:
MDN = your 10 digit phone# (0000000000)*
MIN1 = your 7 digit phone# (0000000)
MIN2 = the area code of your phone# (000)
Press the 'back' key and go to 'HOME SID/Home NID' settings
Select 'Home SID/NID #1', and change the first value to '189' (Leave the 65535 alone).
Now press your 'menu' key
Press 'commit modifications' "button"
Phone Should reboot now.
Changing MDN using cdmaDevTerm
In some phones MDN cannot be changed, in this case you need to connect the phone to the computer as a "modem" device, and use the opensource cdmaworkshoptool / cdmaDevTerm from here:
http://code.google.com/p/cdmaworkshoptool/
Connect the tool, select manually / automatically the COMPORT for your HTC device, Read from device, Change the MDN to 0000000000 Select write
Disconnect and reboot your device.
It should now by pass the activation.
most of the ref. from
http://androidforums.com/incredible...g-activation-screen-no-service-available.html

Lg g3 bootloop finally got fixed !

found a very simple yet damn effective way to get out of numbing LG G3 D855 bootlooping loops ! but guys in the process i seem to have forgotten a few steps...shi* ! but dont worry yet. it should come right up....its there. just let me freshen up before tracing back those vital moves that i reluctantly made on(lets see whether it works fine and if not...? mode !)......and voila...it worked magic...! what i now regret is the screen rec. had i been hit with the idea even before getting in there in the first place !

Ok where is the method?

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OK here it is : first reboot into recovery Twrp( by holding down both Power+Vol-Down buttons while device on power-off state ! that brings up usual LG Logo screen..the minute it appears just let go of the buttons at the same time.. simultaneously strike back and hold them down again. of course this lets us enter into Twrp Recovery Mode. Now... first off, hit the Factory Reset button. as soon as its done with go ahead and hit the Restore button next... it pulls up the screen that says: select Package to Restore... get that package below checked. on the next make sure all these system/data/boot are checked as well. no need to enable MDS verification at the bottom...Swipe what it says swipe to..... ! finally...that unforgetable sxcy 'reboot into system' Lo and behold..........! *

ehhbi said:
OK here it is : first reboot into recovery Twrp( by holding down both Power+Vol-Down buttons while device on power-off state ! that brings up usual LG Logo screen..the minute it appears just let go of the buttons at the same time.. simultaneously strike back and hold them down again. of course this lets us enter into Twrp Recovery Mode. Now... first off, hit the Factory Reset button. as soon as its done with go ahead and hit the Restore button next... it pulls up the screen that says: select Package to Restore... get that package below checked. on the next make sure all these system/data/boot are checked as well. no need to enable MDS verification at the bottom...Swipe what it says swipe to..... ! finally...that unforgetable sxcy 'reboot into system' Lo and behold..........! *
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Hahaha its a simple restore of ur backup ....everyone knows this no big deal

Mods kindly look into such posts.no need of them.

Dude, seriously? I have to treat my phone like cancerous tumor about to burst because god knows what triggers that reboot, trawling all over the web if somebody found a solution and then this shows up.

Threads not very contributive and is misleading. Closed.

Samsung A7 2017 lock pattern cannot be bypassed, newly updated to official firmware

Hi friends,
this is my first post here and thanks a lot to whom paying time to answer my questions.
I am having trouble with Samsung A7 2017. My wife always uses fingerprint for unlocking her phone. 2 or 3 days ago (~20.01.2018) she has started an official regular update and it finished normally. But after a restart, the phone gave a message that at least once the phone should be opened with the unlock pattern. Both i and my wife does not know or at least could not enter the correct pattern. So, i talked to a samsung call center person, and she asked me if we have any samsung account working on that phone but unfortunately we do not have one. She told me that more probably the data on the phone would have to be erased in samsung authorized technical service.
Until then, i did not have any experience about android technically, but i am now trying to understand what booting, TWRP, CWM, odin is meaning in terms of android running phone. Actually i am an electronics engineer, i even develop some basic applications on android but this kind of informations are completely different and new to me.
The only important point is that I REALLY DO NOT WANT ANY DATA LOSS, since i have many memories, pictures, videos on that phone. Please do not get angry with me for not backing up earlier, because i am already very sorry on that and angry with myself.
Anyway, i tried following but could not have success.
1. The phone's "developer options" menu is not activated, thus "USB debug" option is also unchecked. We do not have any chance for changing this because we are unable to bypass the pattern lock screen. So as i guess ADB commands are of no use. If this information is not true please explain me how i can proceed since i do not have much information.
2. I restarted the phone, by pressing "VolumeDown + Home + Power" buttons and Downloading mode appeared on the screen. I ran the Odin (latest versions - do not know exactly since i tried many) software on my PC and tried to download TWRP on the phone but failed each time. Phone gave the massage telling about "... FRP lock". I guess this is due to a lock under developer options (something like ... OEM lock). So i could not install TWRP.
Again if my knowledge is false please tell me the true way or right information.
3. I had an idea on creating a bootable SD card so that it will boot from it and thus giving me the opportunity for installing TWRP. But i could not find much information on that.
Please help me find a suitable solution. I am actually not interested in rooting the device or installing TWRP and in fact i do not want my device warranty voided. But my first priority is extracting safely my data from the phone. So if i need to root the phone to get them it is not a problem even if the varranty vanishes. Being able to bypass the lock screen is a sufficient solution for me now but i do not know how. So please direct me in a best and simplest way and i, as a newbie, will try to understand and search what you advice with my greatest effort.
Thank you all in advance & best wishes
Tankut (Elect. Eng.)

Unfortunately I don't think that there is any way to hack your phone with these conditions... The only think I can tell you is that you can factory reset your phone without paying anyone just from the downloading mode

Didn't Google photos automatically backup your pics and videos?

Thanks for your replies.
I actually do not know if google automatically backup all these content but i guess we did not setup such a back up task. But i will search for it. By the way, there was a google account set on the phone and google's "find my moile" app can reach the phone by locking it or ring the phone. Unfortunately it can not unlock the phone. I am just writing these to give additional info which can direct you all of some useful approach.
Another point is "VolumeUP + HOME + Power" menu has some options. These are:
"Reboot system now" , "Reboot to bootloader" , "Apply update from ADB" , "Apply update from SD card" , "Wipe data / factory reset" , "Wipe cache partition" , "Mount /system" , "View recovery logs" , "Run graphcs test" , "Power off"
Are none of these options, especially "Apply update from ADB" or "Apply update from SD card" , of no use? Can something be done with these? For example when i select "Apply update from ADB" the phone gives the message "Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>" ... and waits for some time. Later "Timed out waiting for package" appears on the screen.

In addition to my previous post, i searched for possible backup of photos and videos on google account and found some, it is a nice news. But my wife was usully using CandyCam application on the phone and unfortunately i could not find any photos or videos bakup taken by CandyCam. I could not find a way for adding the CandyCam photo or video folders in the google backup task via google account remotely(that is outside the phone)(If only i had done it before on the phone itself while everything is fine). Do you think it is possible? Thanks.

hayat_bilgisi said:
Thanks for your replies.
I actually do not know if google automatically backup all these content but i guess we did not setup such a back up task. But i will search for it. By the way, there was a google account set on the phone and google's "find my moile" app can reach the phone by locking it or ring the phone. Unfortunately it can not unlock the phone. I am just writing these to give additional info which can direct you all of some useful approach.
Another point is "VolumeUP + HOME + Power" menu has some options. These are:
"Reboot system now" , "Reboot to bootloader" , "Apply update from ADB" , "Apply update from SD card" , "Wipe data / factory reset" , "Wipe cache partition" , "Mount /system" , "View recovery logs" , "Run graphcs test" , "Power off"
Are none of these options, especially "Apply update from ADB" or "Apply update from SD card" , of no use? Can something be done with these? For example when i select "Apply update from ADB" the phone gives the message "Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>" ... and waits for some time. Later "Timed out waiting for package" appears on the screen.
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Stock recovery is of no use unless you are prepared to wipe/reset the device.
Are you sure you can't use Google's find my mobile?
As far as I'm aware you can reset the lock to a password which you then use on the device. You may have to wait a while for this to happen and reboot.
Also if there is a Samsung account on the device you can unlock with that.
Have you tried entering the wrong pin around 15 times (I think)?
This used to allow you to use Forgot password and enter your Google log in details instead.
Lastly there is a possible way with ADB.

When i firstly used google's find my mobile, i really entered a pin number(temporary password) which i hoped that i would enter it on the phone and the lock would just disappear. But the phone just continued opening with the pattern lock which we already could not pass. During our tries "find my mobile" was able to lock the device, on the screen we entered a symbolic "lost phone" message, we are also able to ring the phone via this application - All of these worked, but pattern lock is still there. After that first attempt, google's password asking or password entering screen(in PC) has not appeared again. So, totally i did not see any kind of password entrance screen on the phone after that samsung's official update.
We did not count but tried many patterns but each time the phone just messaged us to retry after 4 min, 10 min , 30 min and so on... So nothing changed. I agree that after some retries, it should give the user a chance for forgetting the password and trying another method for unlocking the phone but it never show any other than the pattern lock. I wonder why it does not trust fingerprint as my wife was always using. Thanks anyway for sharing your opinions.
I really wonder if this phone's memory should really be wiped out and there is no other way for unlocking it!! Warranty void is not a problem, i just want to see the photos back again. They all belong to my 1-year old son and his birth approximately. So i really do not want to lose anything. I hope you understand my feelings. To tell you the truth, i was just planning a complete backup of all the memories in one place. But actually, i would not guess such a disaster would happen to me. So please do not get angry with me just try to understand me. Thanks again for spending your valuable time on my problem.

hayat_bilgisi said:
When i firstly used google's find my mobile, i really entered a pin number(temporary password) which i hoped that i would enter it on the phone and the lock would just disappear. But the phone just continued opening with the pattern lock which we already could not pass. During our tries "find my mobile" was able to lock the device, on the screen we entered a symbolic "lost phone" message, we are also able to ring the phone via this application - All of these worked, but pattern lock is still there. After that first attempt, google's password asking or password entering screen(in PC) has not appeared again. So, totally i did not see any kind of password entrance screen on the phone after that samsung's official update.
We did not count but tried many patterns but each time the phone just messaged us to retry after 4 min, 10 min , 30 min and so on... So nothing changed. I agree that after some retries, it should give the user a chance for forgetting the password and trying another method for unlocking the phone but it never show any other than the pattern lock. I wonder why it does not trust fingerprint as my wife was always using. Thanks anyway for sharing your opinions.
I really wonder if this phone's memory should really be wiped out and there is no other way for unlocking it!! Warranty void is not a problem, i just want to see the photos back again. They all belong to my 1-year old son and his birth approximately. So i really do not want to lose anything. I hope you understand my feelings. To tell you the truth, i was just planning a complete backup of all the memories in one place. But actually, i would not guess such a disaster would happen to me. So please do not get angry with me just try to understand me. Thanks again for spending your valuable time on my problem.
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I fully understand your predicament. I would be the same.
I take it there is no Samsung account on the device?
I have helped someone remove the pattern lock once before, but this was using a custom recovery which you cannot use.
There is a possibie way with ADB. . However it depends on the firmware you are currently running.
Have you simply tried just reverting the firmware?

ashyx said:
I fully understand your predicament. I would be the same.
I take it there is no Samsung account on the device?
I have helped someone remove the pattern lock once before, but this was using a custom recovery which you cannot use.
There is a possibie way with ADB. . However it depends on the firmware you are currently running.
Have you simply tried just reverting the firmware?
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Dear ashyx,
Thanks for your reply,
Yes, unfortunately there is no samsung account on the device.
At this moment i think the device has the latest official firmware(by saying firmware, i think you mean what we install or upgrade as the operating system) which samsung published, because my wife accepted the install just a few days ago(about 20.01.2018). I do not know what this upgrade consists of or what version it is. But is it possible to revert back to previous or former releases of firmware in my situation? Can you explain me shortly how i can do this briefly? And of course, if this works - e.i. if i reverted back to a previous firmware, do you think is it going to be useful in my situation?
How should i proceed? Thanks

By the way, i should say that i already downloaded "Android-Multi-Tools-v1.02b.rar" on my PC and in CMD window i ran the software. I connected the phone to the PC and selected "Apply update from ADB" on the phone in recovery mode. As soon as i select "Apply update from ADB" on the phone, my Windows 10 x64 PC gives a sound like "a new device connected or found". You know, it installs the drivers for the device in device manager on PC. I did not install any more driver and left it as it is. Anyway, on android multi tools software, "ADB devices" command did not show me any device connected. I think it is due to developer options not being activated on the phone. All of the tutorials i watched on youtube say that developer options should be activated before using adb commands.
I just wanted to tell about my experiences. But i did not tried "sideload" download. Maybe it is different than what i mentioned above.
What about fastboot mode? One of the tutorial was saying, in order to use adb, i should activate developer options or set the phone to fastboot mode. I could not find any info on how to set fastboot mode?
What about "Apply update from SD card" option on the phone? Can this also be used and be useful for me? Actually this seems more and more possible to me. But i do not know which way to take, which software to install first, second etc..
I know too much questions, many apologizes on this.

hayat_bilgisi said:
By the way, i should say that i already downloaded "Android-Multi-Tools-v1.02b.rar" on my PC and in CMD window i ran the software. I connected the phone to the PC and selected "Apply update from ADB" on the phone in recovery mode. As soon as i select "Apply update from ADB" on the phone, my Windows 10 x64 PC gives a sound like "a new device connected or found". You know, it installs the drivers for the device in device manager on PC. I did not install any more driver and left it as it is. Anyway, on android multi tools software, "ADB devices" command did not show me any device connected. I think it is due to developer options not being activated on the phone. All of the tutorials i watched on youtube say that developer options should be activated before using adb commands.
I just wanted to tell about my experiences. But i did not tried "sideload" download. Maybe it is different than what i mentioned above.
What about fastboot mode? One of the tutorial was saying, in order to use adb, i should activate developer options or set the phone to fastboot mode. I could not find any info on how to set fastboot mode?
What about "Apply update from SD card" option on the phone? Can this also be used and be useful for me? Actually this seems more and more possible to me. But i do not know which way to take, which software to install first, second etc..
I know too much questions, many apologizes on this.
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Forget about recovery its useless for anything other than official updates or resetting the device.
What build number does it state in recovery?

ashyx said:
Forget about recovery its useless for anything other than official updates or resetting the device.
What build number does it state in recovery?
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Here is the recovery screen of my A7 2017
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}