Have installed swype, recommended soft reset which i did. Phone will now not unlock, put in my four numbers on lock screen and it says invalid password. Tried another soft reset now if you put in the four numbers and press unlock nothing happens. It came up with a message saying i had input wrong password too many times and gave me a code to put in. a1b2c3 done this goas back to lock screen but still not taking my password. Any help please
"You need to disable your password before installing swype 3.9. Then after its installed and you soft reset then add your password again. It happens because swype 3.9 is from the TMOUS and needs to change the ID of your phone to T-Mobile_LEO. This is what causes the issue."
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Was it swype 3.9 you installed??
Might mean a hard reset.......
Sorry.....
conantroutman said:
"You need to disable your password before installing swype 3.9. Then after its installed and you soft reset then add your password again. It happens because swype 3.9 is from the TMOUS and needs to change the ID of your phone to T-Mobile_LEO. This is what causes the issue."
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Was it swype 3.9 you installed??
Might mean a hard reset.......
Sorry.....
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Yes was 3.9, no other way but hard reset?
That was the most relevant info I could find......
I really cant see anyway round it (although I could be wrong).....
"swype 3.9 is from the TMOUS and needs to change the ID of your phone to T-Mobile_LEO."
Im assuming you cannot establish an activesync connection until the password screen is passed??
I know that might be a stupid question but I've never used a password on any phone I've ever owned....
If it was possiible to connect to a computer you might be able to change the setting which was altered by the installation of swype......
However I doubt thats a possibilty because if you were able to do that It would be pointless having the password enabled in the first place......
Dont hard reset just yet... wait it out... somebody on here might be able to provide you with a fix.....
Hope it works out for you.........
conantroutman said:
That was the most relevant info I could find......
I really cant see anyway round it (although I could be wrong).....
"swype 3.9 is from the TMOUS and needs to change the ID of your phone to T-Mobile_LEO."
Im assuming you cannot establish an activesync connection until the password screen is passed??
I know that might be a stupid question but I've never used a password on any phone I've ever owned....
If it was possiible to connect to a computer you might be able to change the setting which was altered by the installation of swype......
However I doubt thats a possibilty because if you were able to do that It would be pointless having the password enabled in the first place......
Dont hard reset just yet... wait it out... somebody on here might be able to provide you with a fix.....
Hope it works out for you.........
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Thanks for help, will use a spare phone tomorrow hope for a way round it without reset. Tried connecting to computer, askes me to unlock the phone!
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Help,
I upgraded my BA, got everything working great, added a password cause i leave it at work mon to friday, came to unlock it and it is saying my password is wrong, i know dam well it is not.
It then said that i had to wait 8 min to re enter eventually.
I tried again to no avail
Is there anyway round this? can i re boot another rom?
PLEASE HELP
Kinjo
I ended up reloading another rom, glad i did because the one that i did was/is better.
Now running WM6 Pro - Build 18125.0.4.2
Thanks
Try a blank password and check if it works.
kinjo said:
Help,
I upgraded my BA, got everything working great, added a password cause i leave it at work mon to friday, came to unlock it and it is saying my password is wrong, i know dam well it is not.
It then said that i had to wait 8 min to re enter eventually.
I tried again to no avail
Is there anyway round this? can i re boot another rom?
PLEASE HELP
Kinjo
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If you are sure you are entering the right password then its either...
You got flat battery or somebody might have removed your battery.
The only thing you can do is to Hard Reset your phone and choose the No/Yes/No Option to protect your data.
that will restore the Original Registry BUT your program customization will be gone if you do that.
TIP:
dont use the WM6 System Password.
Find an alternative password protection program on the web.
Hi,
today that happened to me the second time. My battery runs complettely out of charge an then BA doesn´t accept my password. This can´t be right?!?!
can you tell me which alternate password protection software I can use?
I just installed Swype on my HD2 did soft reset as asked now when i enter unlcok code on start up it says incorrect password please help
sounds like swype 3.9 on a non 2.1 based rom,,,, some reading around that and other similar probs
pretty sure if that is the case, then its hard reset time, im afraid, sorry.
SOLVED.
Greets.
A mate of mine forgot his unlock password the other day. At first I thought it was gonna be the same as with Galaxy S - just flash it or better yet do a wipe/factory reset in recovery and be rid of it - boy was I wrong... I tried everything I could come up with - flashing costum SW, different kernels from xda, older/newer original SW, CMW resets etc. - no luck at all.
So now I turn to you beloved XDA and ur techies - does anyone have any idea how we could reset our SGS2's so that this passwords would be gone aswell?
Solution:
Just spam random passwords (think it was 5 wrong) and then a message appears, that the SD card will be reset and a full wipe will be done - press OK and bang the phone boots normally.
In case anyone finds themselves in the same situation. You lose all your data ofcourse but the password is deleted and bang the phone works.
What password are you talking about, because a factory reset in recovery mode should do it.
I am talking about the screen lock with a password. Like I said nothing works... everytime I turn the phone on I get the "Confirm Password" screen thrown in my face
A ROM flash should definitely get rid of that, but I'm very surprised that a factory reset doesn't do it.
Like I said I tried flashing original roms (older and newer of KE2), costum roms (villian, litenin etc.), different kernels - the password is still here.
I'm stumped then mate. I've never had a lockscreen password persist from one ROM to another. I think household insurance and a brick may be the easiest way to remove it
Hehe ye I was not exactly exstatic about it either... I've been playing with roms etc. since my 1st android Samsung Galaxy (GT-I7500) and the one thing that was always persistant was "Software saves" - and now this with the SGS2...
I just tried the same on mine - set the password and flashed the official KF3 - got welcomed with the "Confirm Password" screen and just input my password that I set before and bang the phone finished with the software update and booted normally...
Thinking this thread would be better off in the development section in case anyone will have the time to look into where this stuff is stored and make a workaround (perhaps similar like the nv_data one for network unlock).
This is purely a guess and I haven't tried it on SGS2, but you could try flashing a ROM via Odin and ticking the option "Phone EFS clear". Not sure but this could wipe also the EMMC partition where I have heard the screen lock data is stored in. I won't take any responsibility on bricked phones or other problems though...
I only did try this on my wife's SGS and for it it did not do any harm.
Nightravenn said:
Thinking this thread would be better off in the development section in case anyone will have the time to look into where this stuff is stored and make a workaround (perhaps similar like the nv_data one for network unlock).
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Tut tut matey. It's a question - it's already in the wrong forum
Heh my bad about the placement of the topic
@Pume EFS is actually where the calibration is stored aswell (which is different for every phone/IMEI/RF), but yes I did try it aswell heh, also tried the bootloader update option ticked on - same story still the damn PSD (Password screen of death?).
First you can try to disable the password via adb (in recovery) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110307
If its not the right description you could try to format the data partition in recovery and then flash a new rom. No idea how smart that is on the galaxy s II but on the desire it was perfectly save. Last i believe this is a more common problem and there should be other threads around with solutions.
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Heh my bad about the placement of the topic
@Pume EFS is actually where the calibration is stored (which is different for every phone/IMEI/RF), altho yes I did try it aswell heh, also tried the bootloader update option ticked on - same story still the damn PSD (Password screen of death?).
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Oh, good to know anyway. Damn I'm never gonna put a password on mine as I tend to forget even my own birthday
You could try that again(flash a rom) without your SIM card and maybe without your MicroSD. Maybe it syncs with data and get the password lock from there.
Are you sure the password isn't a PUK lock? Try booting the phone without a sim. If it works, then the password is restricting your use of the service by locking you out of the phone. To solve this you can do one of two things:
1. Get the Sim replaced
2. Call your provider for an unlock code and GET RID OF IT in the security settings under sim-lock
Hope that helped!
Actually I always flash roms without the SD card and SIM as I've come to realise some .pit's acutally repartition your SD card aswell thus erasing it - cheers for the post tho.
@TheGhost1233
You might be on to something with that actually but now I have another problem... for some reason everytime I want to go to recovery it shows that little yellow box (the usual one before going into recovery) and then back to the dumbass PSD. So I can't get ADB working now at all.
I almost don't want to post this hehe...
But ye found a solution - spammed random passwords (think it was 5 wrong) and then a message appeared, that the SD card will be reset and a full wipe will be done - pressed OK and bang the phone boots normally
In case anyone finds themselves in the same situation. You lose all your data ofcourse but the password is deleted and bang the phone works
I think this is anti-theft protection, at least your info is gonna be deleted if someone steals it
My Galaxy S4 decided to password protect itself... no idea why. I usually use the Lock Screen pattern, when I screw that up enough it prompts me for a PIN. I guess that's what happened, but after I got in after doing entering the PIN, I didn't reset my PIN or pattern, so now it's asking me for a password to get into the phone.
I've tried using Android Device Manager to send the phone a new password... it doesn't work. When I send an integer only password the phone prompts for a PIN, but it doesn't accept the PIN I send, and when I send it a alpha-numeric password, it prompts for a password, but doesn't accept that either. Clearly the phone is acknowledging the receipt of new protocol.... but it's not adhering to the new directions.
Anyone know how get around this? Or another method that doesn't require me destroying all of my data? Or a way for me to retrieve my data without having to manually select "Use as Media Device" (can't do this since I can't access the drop down menu).
Well, if you're rooted you can mount to your computer via the recovery.
You can also try a dirty flash. Will not destroy your data but it may cause bugs and other problems.
Maybe you got some kind of virus.
GDReaper said:
Well, if you're rooted you can mount to your computer via the recovery.
You can also try a dirty flash. Will not destroy your data but it may cause bugs and other problems.
Maybe you got some kind of virus.
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Not rooted, do I have to be rooted for a dirty flash?
You have to be rooted to install any kind of custom rom.
I think samsung kies has a backup feature. But I may also backup the password.
My Samsung S5 (SM-G900F, 4.4) device has a fingerprint scanner to unlock the screen. It was working perfectly, but now it only asks for the alternative password, but I forgot it. I tried on the Google webpage to lock my phone, I hoped that the password given there will be overwrite the alternative password on the phone, but it said, that it found the phone already locked, so no need to use the password. I don't want to do a factory reset if it possible, how could I get the fingerprint scanner to be an option again, or somehow unlock the screen and use my phone?
This happened to me today in the morning on my S5 mini with stock OS. At first I typed in the correct alternative password, but it was not recognized. Latter I successfully (?) changed password with "Lock" option on Android Device Manager, and it didn't help either...
At the end I did a factory reset and lost all my data
Is this a common bug? Should we report it somewhere or something?
After too many failed fingerprint attempts, it will only ask for the password
Maybe someone else has been trying to access your phone
Factory reset to regain access if you don't know your alternative password (Probably a good idea to write that down)
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After too many failed fingerprint attempts, it will only ask for the password
Maybe someone else has been trying to access your phone
Factory reset to regain access if you don't know your alternative password (Probably a good idea to write that down)
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Yes, you are correct. I tested this again, and I think that, in the morning, I really used wrong password . And the first time I didn't notice the displayed info, about password already being set, on Android Device Manager site, when I tried to change the password.
Thanks for the replay