I tried to change my PIN on my A70 and must have mis-typed it; in any case, I can no longer unlock the phone. After multiple attempts I get a "wait 29 seconds" message, then it starts from the beginning.
All the various instructions for switching off without a PIN and doing a factory reset fail, I always get back to the lock screen.
Can anyone help?
Seems like you are have problem with Android Factory Reset Protection. You can try entering one of your last google account on that device.
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While sitting in the airplane last week I rebooted my phone and couldn't correctly remember my encryption passphrase. I tried different permutations when suddenly (I later found out after two 30s delays) my phone rebooted and factory reset without asking me or giving any warning. Is this normal for Android 4 or is this a Sony "feature"?
I find this to be a massive usability fail. I probably would have remembered the passphrase in the end but the data is gone forever.
I've never heard of that, and if so there should be a warning I agree.
Howdy everyone.
An hour ago I decided to encrypt my Optimus G Pro running SlimKat 4.4.2 and things have gone awry. During the encryption process it asked me for a "Pin". I assumed this was my lockscreen pin that it was asking for so I put that in. The next screen prompted me to plug in my device and wait ~1 hour. I came back to the phone rebooted at the decrypt screen asking for a password.
I have tried the Pin I gave before I hit the encrypt button (which was my lock screen pin) as well as my Google account password but nothing is working.
Was the encryption setup supposed to ask me for another password specifically for encrypting / decrypting or is it my lock screen code that isn't working? Or is there a default password that it's on that I change after encrypting? If not, I guess I'll be doing a factory reset.
Edit: Ended up just factory resetting it.
I recently bought a new device and decided to give my HTC U11 EYES to my sister-in-law. So I did a factory reset through the recovery mode (rather than through the Android settings). Now the phone refuses to proceed through initial setup. I can get to the Welcome screen where I choose the language, then it asks me to connect to a WiFi network (which it does successfully, and I have to do so otherwise the "Next" button is grayed out), then it goes to a screen that says "Checking for updates, this may take a minute or two" and it just sits there forever. It never progresses beyond that. There's no "Skip" option anywhere, there's no EULA to agree to, and the WiFi icon shows all kinds of constant activity. But the setup never progresses beyond that update screen. I tried leaving it on overnight, it's been 10 hours. Still nothing. I tried doing another factory reset, same result.
I've owned two of these devices and never had an issue doing initial setup before, but I've never done a factory reset on either of them before. Normally a factory reset is supposed to SOLVE problems, not cause them. I have no idea what's wrong or how to fix it. I've been unable to find an original RUU that successfully flashes to the device.
try to wipe the cashe
Go again to download mode by pressing power and volume down together, then check for wipe Cashe drive
And you can try again factory rest later after restart
Hi there,
First timer on the forums. I rooted my phone around mid February of this year and haven't had a problem until recently. I've noticed I cannot press the OK key after I entered my pin. The OS just doesn't recognize it. And it turns off normally as if I took too long to press anything and the phone sleeps. Reason I posted is because I have the phone on fingerprint setup, but when I restarted my phone, it required me to enter my pin. But I can't even enter my pin and unlock my phone. I seriously don't want to have to go into recovery mode to do a factory reset/data wipe.
Any suggestions? Anything but data wiping would be appreciated.
Never mind
I don't have time to waste since I need this for work. You may close this thread.
My son forgot his screen lock after changing it. We have a backup so factory reset is fine.
However every time I try to hard reset it just reboots the phone back to the Lock Screen.
Anyone suggest an easy way to factory reset this device so I can use his email to get his account back??
sim non valide