Hi guys, recently I was robbed by two armed guys and they stole my Nexus 5x(I'm ok and I already got a new).
The first thing I did when I got home was lock my device using Android Device Manager.
The thing is they turned off my device and I think the signal to block never really got to it.
Its possible for them to do something with the device? Reset it to resell or acess my data?
Ps. My Nexus had the "pattern to boot" option turned on.
Tnks so muck guys!
If you had a pattern lock, when they go to factory reset it, it will force them to use your original google account to sign on before it will let them switch accounts.
This happens to people all the time when they sell their phones and do the factory reset without first removing their pin/pattern/password.
Good to see a case where the feature can work as intended rather than being a nuisance.
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My daughter has a sprint galaxy note 4 and last night she was watching Hulu and her phone jumped to the password screen, problem is the fingerprint scanner doesnt show up and her password isnt unlocking the phone (wrong password). Im an apple user myself and am clueless to her phone, ive called sprint and they suggested a factory reboot, problem is she has pictures on her phone of her grandmother that passed away and doesnt want to lose them ofcourse. She doesnt have the debugg active and no way to access that that i know of because the phone is locked, is there a way to take off the lock?
Tried restarting the phone? I've had the fingerprint mess up before and only allow me to use password but it fortunately worked
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yes its been reset several times and the battery taken out. Weve also tryed resetting the password using her google account but that doesnt work either
I need some technical help as I have a really weird problem with my zenfone 2. A couple of weeks ago I bought some skype credit and made a phone call. For some ungodly reason right after this call there was a pin screen in place, with no warning or messages. I tried to put in several pin numbers as I thought it was a sim lock but nothing could get past the lock. I tried putting in 5 wrong codes in the hope to see a "forget password" button but nothing. I tried resetting the lock via google device manager and it says that it can't since a screenlock is present and will not reset the pin. I have even tried to get into recovery mode so that I can do a factory reset but at this stage I get an "error" here so this avenue is also blocked. I have even attached the phone via usb to the computer but the computer sees and empty hard disk. I have even tried to use adb to take a look inside, but this did not work either as the device is not seen. I have also tried rebooting in safe mode but the screen lock behaviour is just the same. . At the moment the wifi is also off so now google device manager can not locate the phone So at the moment I am out of ideas. I am now inclined to believe that my phone has been hijacked by some sort of new yet super sophisticated lockware/malware.
I have already accepted that all our family photos including the ones from our recent holiday are permanently gone for good with no chance in hell of recovering them.
Does anyone have any ideas to get around this annoying problem?
So what are my options? Is there any software that I can use to break this beasts back? Do you have any suggestions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3316831
Try this it might work
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Thanks ... where is the original article as how to use this ...
niannella said:
Thanks ... where is the original article as how to use this ...
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Just flash it in recovery
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TLDR; is there a way to bypass the mi unlock tool, cuz it ain't working for me. timer keeps getting reset. and no matter what i do, it keeps happening. also xiaomi support is absolutely useless
so i received my k20 pro about a month or more ago with the intention of putting on a custom rom.
from what i can tell, i've done everything right. i initially had 360 hours to unlock according to the tool. opened it again the next day to make sure the counter was going down. and it was fine.
but then i went back about a week later, and the countdown was at 380!!
did some digging and fiddling seems like perhaps i reset the account on the phone somehow or maybe the update to miui 11 reset it, i dunno, it certainly was NOT intentionally signed out.
so i made sure to do everything proper (which btw might be impossible bcuz all the guides are either broken chinese/english translations, or the ui/menus have changed, links to the english forums go nowhere): removed/re-enabled the mi account on the phone. dev mode. pair the account to the mi unlock status
380 hours.... check the next day.... looks good
that was about 6 days ago. so i went to double check the countdown again today.... back to 380!?!?!?!?
what the hell is going on? something reset again? now i legit cant even find the developer options menu. and the mi account thing. something reset developer mode. just had to go reactivate it
is there anyway to just bypass all this crap and unlock the bootloader, or something i am doing to cause this reset??? do i just have to leave the phone on the fastboot screen for 380 hours or something?
its been weeks with miui and i really want it gone, i dont want to start another 380 countdown to just go back a week later and have it reset
plz help, thanks
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that was a post i made on reddit a few weeks ago. i've since had a timer in my calendar, to wait the allotted time. only to see the timer reset TWICE. it's about a total of 4 times that this timer reset has happened to me.
i have contacted xiaomi "support" during all these resets and they all send me some boiler plate message along the lines of:
"I would request you to follow the timer/ waiting period shown in Mi Unlock Tool to unlock successfully, you'll see this sentence "Couldn't unlock the device after XXXX hours" which means "Please unlock after XXX hours." There is some translation issue in Mi Unlock Tool. Also would like to inform you that after you've successfully bound your Mi Account, do not log out the approved Mi account from your phone. Otherwise, the timer will be reset and you gotta spend more time waiting again."
i've literally begged them to put me into contact with someone who can actually help. my last message literally said plz don't respond with a canned answer, and guess what, i got the same canned answer, yay.
edit: finally got it unlocked thanks for helping
Hey,
I once got a similar issue where my timer reset itself.
My problem was just to login with my Xiaomi account and tried unlocking once, after that I put the phone in the drawer back without using it very much. You have to use the phone actively to not get the timer resetet.
Try this:
1. activate phone with mi-account and install some apps from google
2. try unlocking with the tool
3. have a sim-card inserted every second / third day and/or always a wifi connection
4. use the phone a bit (I did it after work when coming home for 15 minutes)
Do not log out your mi-account, do not turn on flightmode, do not reset your phone during waiting
after that I had no reset and could unlock my phone with the latest mi unlock tool. I hope this will help you.
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Hey,
I once got a similar issue where my timer reset itself.
My problem was just to login with my Xiaomi account and tried unlocking once, after that I put the phone in the drawer back without using it very much. You have to use the phone actively to not get the timer resetet.
Try this:
1. activate phone with mi-account and install some apps from google
2. try unlocking with the tool
3. have a sim-card inserted every second / third day and/or always a wifi connection
4. use the phone a bit (I did it after work when coming home for 15 minutes)
Do not log out your mi-account, do not turn on flightmode, do not reset your phone during waiting
after that I had no reset and could unlock my phone with the latest mi unlock tool. I hope this will help you.
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I almost did the same steps. I throw it in last corner and was charging it a bit, that's all. Didn't use it at all until the timer was over.
WiFi was activated the whole time and I removed the Sim after login into mi account and apply for unlock. Worked now 2 times this way.:good:
bssnik said:
Hey,
I once got a similar issue where my timer reset itself.
My problem was just to login with my Xiaomi account and tried unlocking once, after that I put the phone in the drawer back without using it very much. You have to use the phone actively to not get the timer resetet.
Try this:
1. activate phone with mi-account and install some apps from google
2. try unlocking with the tool
3. have a sim-card inserted every second / third day and/or always a wifi connection
4. use the phone a bit (I did it after work when coming home for 15 minutes)
Do not log out your mi-account, do not turn on flightmode, do not reset your phone during waiting
after that I had no reset and could unlock my phone with the latest mi unlock tool. I hope this will help you.
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Kollachi said:
I almost did the same steps. I throw it in last corner and was charging it a bit, that's all. Didn't use it at all until the timer was over.
WiFi was activated the whole time and I removed the Sim after login into mi account and apply for unlock. Worked now 2 times this way.:good:
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so you guys just used another phone while waiting for the unlock timer? i guess maybe i should just do that. my old phone was a huge POS, hence getting a new one. but maybe it'll be worth it. are we sure it doesnt need a sim card? wifi is good enough. cuz it explicitly says to use the phone data when linking the accounts
thanks guys
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so you guys just used another phone while waiting for the unlock timer? i guess maybe i should just do that. my old phone was a huge POS, hence getting a new one. but maybe it'll be worth it. are we sure it doesnt need a sim card? wifi is good enough. cuz it explicitly says to use the phone data when linking the accounts
thanks guys
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Yes for linking the device you will need sim card. But after that I removed it and put it back in my old phone. As I said it worked now two times.
got it to unlock last night, thanks for the tips guys
Hello guys,
This is a mystery, before posting here I have searched the net for a solution but nothing works that I tried.
The option on "None" on the Lockscreen type setting has gone, disappeared. I think (but not sure) it happen after one of the recent updates. I am in Australia.
I have spent nearly an hour on the phone with Samsung customer service clearing credentials and a lot of other stuff, but no solution.
I did a full "Recovery" type of factory reset but still the "None" option is missing. Samsung has now told me to take the phone to a Service Centre for repair.
This seems an over kill for what must be a software/firmware problem.
There is a strange twist. Within my family there are three modern samsung smart phones running Android 10. Two have the "none" option missing and one does not.
Guys, please check your phones and if anyone has a solution I would love to know it.
Chris
Strange.. I have a G981W and have the option available.
What do you see under device administrators in settings? any corp work accounts/school accounts on the device? encrypted sd card?
I read older posts that by creating a guest account , rebooting and removing guest account, somehow that brought back the none option. However they were from 2015-2017. Also read that some 3rd party VPN apps can cause this. Maybe secure folder? (unsure on that last one as i don't use it).
Might have to try a full device wipe (unless that recovery did a full wipe).
As far as I know I did a full wipe factory reset, I did it from within the Android recovery menu,
I dont understand the guest account option, dont seem to have that option (to create a guest account) anywhere in Settings.
Not using any VPN's of any apps for that reason. Bare phone, minimum stuff installed after factory reset. "None" option still missing.
If you did a factory reset it would have run you threw setting up the device again as if it was brand new(login to google account , setting pin/passcode/fingerprint etc). If that was a case, did you have an option there to set "none" for security on lockscreen?
As for guest mode... looks like samsung has removed access to guest-mode in oneui, I never knew that till going to look for it myself as i never have used it lol
Well I'm out of ideas, I'm wondering if this is maybe a carrier specific thing?
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If you did a factory reset it would have run you threw setting up the device again as if it was brand new(login to google account , setting pin/passcode/fingerprint etc). If that was a case, did you have an option there to set "none" for security on lockscreen?
As for guest mode... looks like samsung has removed access to guest-mode in oneui, I never knew that till going to look for it myself as i never have used it lol
Well I'm out of ideas, I'm wondering if this is maybe a carrier specific thing?
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When I set it up as new phone I bypassed all the pin and face ID fingerprint options. It defaulted to "Swipe to unlock" ,the "none" option was never available.
I don't think its a carrier related problem. As I mentioned have three devices (on two different providers) two devices the option is missing and one its available.
I thank you for giving it some thought.
wait... the 2 that are not showing "None" as an option, are they already set to swipe to unlock with no security on lockscreen? THe one where it is available, does it have a pin/passcode etc on lockscreen?
digitaljeff said:
wait... the 2 that are not showing "None" as an option, are they already set to swipe to unlock with no security on lockscreen? THe one where it is available, does it have a pin/passcode etc on lockscreen?
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Here is the story of each Smartphone. None of my phones have ever had a PIN or Passcode or fingerprint set up on them except the S20 as an attempt to fix the problem. During out of box setup the security option are always "skip for now".
Galaxy S20 +:- The main subject of this discussion, you know the story recent factory reset etc
Galaxy Fold:- Not long after initial setting (out of Box) was changed to "None". Then used in that state for 6 or more months. Then as part of my checking to find out what was wrong with the S20+, the fold was set to "Swipe to unlock". A short time later when I tried to return the "Fold" to "None" the option had disappeared on it as well. I would try a factory reset on this phone as well but I think its would not fix the problem just like on the S20+.
Note 10 +:- Does not matter What I do the "None" option remains intact and available to switch too at any time. In other words works perfectly.
These are all family phones, Not rooted, no special weird apps etc. I think its pretty bad that when you do a factory reset the phone is clearly not reset to the way it came out of the factory. I would imagine most people think that it would be.
Chris
Very weird. Only thing I could come across was having smart lock on with on body detection on. But that still doesn't explain why after factory reset you still have this .
As for factory reset, when done, the device will revert back to the most recent updated revision. This includes security patches. You will not go back to true "out of box" factory software. But essentially a clean install, including most recent updates that have been done via system update .
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Very weird. Only thing I could come across was having smart lock on with on body detection on. But that still doesn't explain why after factory reset you still have this .
As for factory reset, when done, the device will revert back to the most recent updated revision. This includes security patches. You will not go back to true "out of box" factory software. But essentially a clean install, including most recent updates that have been done via system update .
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I thought as much about the updated revision and security patches with regard to factory reset. I have always had a suspicion that it was after an update that things stopped working.
I was thinking about trying to flash back to the original firmware version. Have done it once before many years ago. Its just a bit of a stressful process.
Chris
My girlfriend can see everything I do on my phone, even listen in to my surroundings and spy on me with my camera. I've looked at all the running processes and I can't find the malware. Any advice besides a system reset? Thanks
She's probably just has your password mate. Change it or factory reset your device. If that doesn't work find a new gf.
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She's probably just has your password mate. Change it or factory reset your device. If that doesn't work find a new gf.
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Believe me it's not just the password. She's installed some kind of parental Spyware like MSpy
If you're sure that's what she has done, and not just a bit paranoid, then you should be able to find it if you got into safe mode. At least I believe so.
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If you're sure that's what she has done, and not just a bit paranoid, then you should be able to find it if you got into safe mode. At least I believe so.
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I'm 100% convinced that's what she's done but I'm not that tech savvy when it comes to phones so I'm not sure which processes are part of the Android OS and which processes are the spy app.
Ditch gf.
Factory reset, will purge anything she loaded. The bootloader is locked so the only thing she could hack is the user data partition, a factory reset clears this.
Delete Google and Samsung accounts in settings>factory reset from settings not recovery menu>don't set up your Google account initially>change Google and Samsung account passwords on another computer (PC or Mac), write down passwords and make them complicated, setup the Google account on phone then.
It is clean. Be careful what you then load and who you give access to your phone if anyone.
I had a phone bought on eBay which I think it was cloned
It was the Xiaomi mi mix fold 2. I kept sending me messages please close the screen mirroring ect..I tried to reset it but nothing worked. Someone cracked the ROM in my opinion. eBay refunded me in full. I think you shall better buy a new phone
If you're paranoid:
reset your computer without a network connection.
reset your phone and don't connect to wifi yet.
reset your home wifi modem/router
connect your devices and use a strong password.
After this only a specialist can hack you.
simrag said:
I had a phone bought on eBay which I think it was cloned
It was the Xiaomi mi mix fold 2. I kept sending me messages please close the screen mirroring ect..I tried to reset it but nothing worked. Someone cracked the ROM in my opinion. eBay refunded me in full. I think you shall better buy a new phone
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No reason to replace the phone if it's a stock Samsung and it factory resets. As long as Knox isn't tripped it's still running with a stock rom and bootloader that haven't been altered and are still secure.
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If you're paranoid:
reset your computer without a network connection.
reset your phone and don't connect to wifi yet.
reset your home wifi modem/router
connect your devices and use a strong password.
After this only a specialist can hack you.
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After reset it can't be accessed until account info is entered. My solution bypasses that entirely.
If he factory resets from recovery without first deleting Google and maybe Samsung accounts from the phone he may get locked out by FRP!
FPR is more wicked than any bad gf...
In Samsung's it's always best to factory reset from Settings rather than the boot menu. I redundantly make sure FRP won't be invoked by also deleting the accounts before the reset whenever possible*
*a boot loop or total system crash trashes this option, better hope the account password works...
How to stay away from Hackers?, How they simply get the access to hack our devices.
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How to stay away from Hackers?, How they simply get the access to hack our devices.
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They don't; most victims inadvertently install the malware themselves. Social media sites like WhatsApp, Tiktok etc are hunting grounds for hackers. Poor settings and app selection, clumsy browsing habits, side loading, unlocked bootloaders, no firewall in use, being careless what's downloaded, not keeping email in the cloud, allowing others physical access to the device, sharing drives, using unsecured wifi hotspots, not using Android 9 or higher... among others.