Someone is trying to sell me a tab that is stuck on the lockscreen due to a forgotten password. There's no CW recovery installed or any root, but I was wondering if I can boot into stock recovery and wipe data to do away with the password? I'm not too familiar with stock recovery so any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Find a stock update img and update it
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Yea boot into stock recovery by holding vol up + power and select wipe data
But why would someone sell in that condition
Its probably stolen, tc
If they have an invoice to go with the tab IMEI, you can buy it. There are simple ways to recover it from that state. It's not the technical but the legal implications that you should worry about IMHO.
Peace.
there's ALWAYS a way around passworded devices, but like others mentioned, it's the legitimacy of the devices' owner that comes into question more than whether the device is recoverable..
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So i tried to root my phone using one of the tutorials and ended up with a padlock screen on my phone. after researching i ALOT i decided on hard reseting my phone from the recovery menu. but all i see now is the google logo i believe i have deleted the 2.3.4 while reseting. can someone guide me from here. i am a n00b and i have had this phone for just 2 days. thanks in advance
anyone who can help?
youngballer said:
anyone who can help?
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Please be more specific.
What tutorial did you use?
Did you download clockwork recovery?
Do you have the superuser zip?
If you can enable fast boot and fastboot flash recovery you should be able to mount your usb storage in CWM and then install a ROM and the su zip.
stuck on the nexus s boot screen
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Please be more specific.
What tutorial did you use?
Did you download clockwork recovery?
Do you have the superuser zip?
If you can enable fast boot and fastboot flash recovery you should be able to mount your usb storage in CWM and then install a ROM and the su zip.
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i used the one mentioned in addictive tips website (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-root-nexus-s-with-a-single-click-using-superboot/). i basically followed what these guys had mentioned.
since this failed i read that the other option is to go through fastboot > recovery > and clear everything but this did not change anything.
can someone give me a step by step guideline on how to continue. i dont mind going back to the stock 2.3.4 android. i just bought the phone yesterday
Which version do you have? The sprint or t mobile? Check if you can go into fast boot hold down volume up and then powerbutton. If not you may have to Odin it if not. That super one click looks old..
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chewbz said:
Which version do you have? The sprint or t mobile? Check if you can go into fast boot hold down volume up and then powerbutton. If not you may have to Odin it if not. That super one click looks old..
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I am in Canada but the model is 19020 A. I can get to the fastboot mode but don't know what to do after that.
I have the 4g so I don't want to give you the wrong information and never encountered this situation so sorry dude. Hopefully a more experanced user can help you out.
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Btw if all fails you can Odin it
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its all good thanks for trying to help
If your ROM flashed incorrectly, it would lead to your phone being in a state where it just shows a GOOGLE with a Padlock; kind of like turning on a computer without an operating system.
You would have to read the instructions on rooting your phone, which involves using fastboot and flash recovery from fastboot (All this is in the rooting guide). Simply reflash the recovery so you boot up back in recovery and try flash the rom again.
The same happened to me, I fixed it buy flashing a stock boot.img
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thanks for the replies. how do i flash from the fastboot mode? when i plug it in to my computer i cant see the drive but my computer can detect the nexus s is plugged in
Set up adb first, they have the guides in the dev section, I used wolverines guide, you'll have to look for the software img, I don't know where it is at for the GSM model. Good luck
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Sounds like you're rooted and have recovery installed, but your OS is hosed.
Flash a ROM.
thanks for the replies guys. i have the adb setup on my laptop. i took it to one of the stores and he said he cant reflash it for some reason. he said he needs to get some software off samsung and it will take him a day. my phone is brand new and i didnt wanna trust him. do u guys think i should use odin? one of my friend has a galaxy s and he said odin should work fine on my phone.
Can you get into the ClockworkMod recovery menu? Turn the phone completely off then hold VolUp and Power until you get into Recovery.
If you get there, you're golden. Just download a ROM (I recommend Deck's) and away you go.
i can get into recovery but it gives me option like wipe everything and i selected that. but when i reboot the phone the same locked screen pops up. anyone from toronto here who i can contact?
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i can get into recovery but it gives me option like wipe everything and i selected that. but when i reboot the phone the same locked screen pops up. anyone from toronto here who i can contact?
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Basically with those wipe commands you make the Rom unuseable. You have to flash a new one or apply it via Odin. There are various guides on this forum section. Odin requires less technical knowledge but is a bit more risky then flashing via recovery. Odin and the Roms for that method can be obtained from samfirmware.com. Zipped roms can be found in the development section here.
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Have a ns4g rooted running miui 1.8.5. Went to go into recovery and phone is just sitting on google main screen. Cant restore or backup nor is a factory reset take effect. Using power and vol up gets me to bootloader but wont load recovery
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What are you developing? Oh you have a question? But it's not in Q & A? Did you try searching?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1199987&highlight=recovery
Thanks for the info...... now if I was really tech savy and say had Rom manager and was still unable to to access recovery then what would happen?
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I would say fastboot it to make it stick then. It's really not as complicated as it seems.
you may find this useful:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK
Made the mistake of buying a registered nook that was cleared back to stock image.... how can I go around registeration to flash? I'm not able to flash since I can't get a custom recovery since b&n won't let me into device.
Please help I don't want a paper weight.
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Made the mistake of buying a registered nook that was cleared back to stock image.... how can I go around registeration to flash? I'm not able to flash since I can't get a custom recovery since b&n won't let me into device.
Please help I don't want a paper weight.
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First thing I'd do is reset data by power + n.... then I'd 8 failed boot attempts to restore to factory.
If you would like... you can follow the information here to skip OOB
I'm considering returning my Nexus 7 back to best buy but I was just curious if there is any way for them to know if the device is unlocked. Do they actually boot it up to the bootloader and check at the time of return? If so, is there any way to unroot the device and lock it back up?
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I'm considering returning my Nexus 7 back to best buy but I was just curious if there is any way for them to know if the device is unlocked. Do they actually boot it up to the bootloader and check at the time of return? If so, is there any way to unroot the device and lock it back up?
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They will likely go into the settings to verify the device number is the same as in your receipt. They won't go into the bootloader but will see the unlocked icon as the device is booting up. You can return it to them with it already on.
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I'm considering returning my Nexus 7 back to best buy but I was just curious if there is any way for them to know if the device is unlocked. Do they actually boot it up to the bootloader and check at the time of return? If so, is there any way to unroot the device and lock it back up?
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Why not just flash the factory image (boot, recovery, and system) and then lock the bootloader?
How do you lock the bootloader?
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The reverse of how you unlock it. In fastboot mode type "fastboot oem lock"
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I did an exchange at Best Buy. They only made sure it turned on and worked. I didn't even have my receipt, they looked up my credit card number.
May I suggest at least put the stock back, even do a factory reset.
Just look out for the next customer who may buy it.
It's okay, I actually was able to restore the factory image and lock the boot loader back up. Thank you guys.
A lot of times I returned something to bb, they didn't even check the contents inside, they only asked me the reason for the return. Do keep in Mind that they track customer returns based on the id you give them.
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I tried that and it says fastboot is not a recognized as an internal or external command.i have it in fastboot volume down with power button
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Hey all,
my wife dropped my previous Nexus 4 many times and now the screen is dead. Would like to sell it for parts. Digitizer still works. Now, I would like to clean everthing, and it a perfect world, install Lollipop!
But, I need to get access to the phone. I've spent many hours now reading different methods, but I'm getting to a common issue: USB debug (ADB) not enabled. I would need to get in recovery mode and put a custom ROM. However, even with the method to get into recovery mode, I would need the screen at the choice at boot to select Recovery, unless someone here tells me exactly what button to press to get into this.
I'm also open for any other solution.
Is the bootloader unlocked? Do you have a custom recovery? If your bootloader is unlocked you can boot into twrp custom recovery and get access to your files though it.
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Well I only got in the boot when I got the phone the first time a year ago and wiped everything to factory, so I don't think I still have the bootloader unlocked, unless wiping everything doesn't wipe the bootloader.
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Well I only got in the boot when I got the phone the first time a year ago and wiped everything to factory, so I don't think I still have the bootloader unlocked, unless wiping everything doesn't wipe the bootloader.
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Unless you specifically unlocked it using fastboot or a tool kit I doubt it's unlocked. Which is too bad because it would have made it easier to get to the files. Now you'll have to blindly use the keys to get into recovery and do a factory reset. And hope for the best because you'll probably never know for sure whether you got it right or not.
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