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Need Help with Password after Hard Reset

I'm desparate, please help!!!!
I had to do a hard reset after failing to Root my A500, that's a long story.
After the Hard Reset it has come up with a APKInstaller (All pre-install processes complete). I click OK and then it has asked me to enter your password (with the Android logo on the left had side.
I have tried all the passwords I can think of, including my Gmail password, and it just says that it is wrong.
Can someone please put me out of my misery and help????
Feel free to mock me, as long as you come up with a solution that doesnt involve taking the device back to get fixed.
Thanks in advanced

had this happened before when i tried to do the factory reset through the method of HOLDING DOWN POWER + RIGHT VOLUME BUTTON (in landscape mode) + SWITCHING THE ROTATION LOCK BUTTON. easy solution to this would perform the factory reset one more time and it'll go away

Having this issue too..
Ok.. simplified version of long (2-wk) history:
1) Initially 3.0.1 device "bricked" attempting to do a direct 3.0.1 to 3.2.1 update.. bad move and stupid of me.
2) Successfully unbricked using EUUs_SBK_Acer_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1
3) 3.0.1 rooted, custom recovery, and updated to a 3.2.1 stock with root.. and stable for about 5 days.
4) I installed ES Task Manager and played with some settings. Shut down the device for the day (early afternoon).
5) Restarted device, boot, and was asked for a Password. -- One that I never set. None of the account (google) passwords that were on the device worked.
6) Being still somewhat fresh, I did the "unbrick" flash again and proceeded with root, recovery, and update again... stable for about 3 days.. before the Password prompt returned.
I'm now at the state that I've attempted multiple ROMs.. there is *something* not getting wiped. Now, even when I use the EUU "unbrick", the first boot is fine.. as soon as I restart though, Password.
Massive frustration.. but I'm hoping someone here might be of some help on this.
I figure the worst case.. I literally break the thing and have to use my "accident" warranty.. but I'd really rather not do that.
Any ideas?

MoonHowler said:
Ok.. simplified version of long (2-wk) history:
1) Initially 3.0.1 device "bricked" attempting to do a direct 3.0.1 to 3.2.1 update.. bad move and stupid of me.
2) Successfully unbricked using EUUs_SBK_Acer_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1
3) 3.0.1 rooted, custom recovery, and updated to a 3.2.1 stock with root.. and stable for about 5 days.
4) I installed ES Task Manager and played with some settings. Shut down the device for the day (early afternoon).
5) Restarted device, boot, and was asked for a Password. -- One that I never set. None of the account (google) passwords that were on the device worked.
6) Being still somewhat fresh, I did the "unbrick" flash again and proceeded with root, recovery, and update again... stable for about 3 days.. before the Password prompt returned.
I'm now at the state that I've attempted multiple ROMs.. there is *something* not getting wiped. Now, even when I use the EUU "unbrick", the first boot is fine.. as soon as I restart though, Password.
Massive frustration.. but I'm hoping someone here might be of some help on this.
I figure the worst case.. I literally break the thing and have to use my "accident" warranty.. but I'd really rather not do that.
Any ideas?
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Do a clean flash directly to 3.2.1 rooted. Then don't install anything for a few days and see if your problem is gone. It should be fixed.

I've never had any problems like yours. I always use CWM to do full WIPES + FORMATS. I have used windows Directly to do about 3-4 Flashes that way. About 20-30 Flashed ROM's thru CWM Recovery (20-30 -not ever cuz of problems).
Best i can say is Next Time do it THRU CWM Recovery and WIPE (3) + FORMAT (4) = 7 commands to say "YES" to before Installing a CUSTOM ROM. I've messed arround a lot and have hard time BRICKING or having any messed up ROM INSTALLS.

amateurandroid said:
I'm desparate, please help!!!!
I had to do a hard reset after failing to Root my A500, that's a long story.
After the Hard Reset it has come up with a APKInstaller (All pre-install processes complete). I click OK and then it has asked me to enter your password (with the Android logo on the left had side.
I have tried all the passwords I can think of, including my Gmail password, and it just says that it is wrong.
Can someone please put me out of my misery and help????
Feel free to mock me, as long as you come up with a solution that doesnt involve taking the device back to get fixed.
Thanks in advanced
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No problem, but, I have to "mock" you a little Because in over 350+ flashings for testings, etc, I have never had this happen, nor have I ever had to use the "pinhole" (knock on wood)
And that "password".... hint, there is no password that will work. The issue, is that you have a big mess internally when booting, and the OS doesn't know what else to do, so it gives you that dialog.
And you're not the first person to have this happen to.
My question, is WTH did you do to get yourself into this mess? And the reason I ask, is that others have done the same thing. So perhaps it would be best to give the "Long Story". This may be useful to others and serve as a reference point.
TimmyDean has a tool for unbricking devices. From what I've seen, it works well 90% of the time. So you should listen to him. There's also one other unbrick master, but haven't seen him around for awhile.

[Q] GS5 Sport

Hi, I think that I have done something to my new phone and it is not working right now. I was trying to root it, and followed the directions and it went into the rebooting phase. But now it does not want to get out of the rebooting phase. It keeps on turning off and on. I need help. I have looked all over to see if there is ways to root a gs5 sport and have come across a site that said do not try to root it. Now I am in trouble and would like to fix this problem. How do I factory reset this phone, root it if possible.

nate2mars said:
Hi, I think that I have done something to my new phone and it is not working right now. I was trying to root it, and followed the directions and it went into the rebooting phase. But now it does not want to get out of the rebooting phase. It keeps on turning off and on. I need help. I have looked all over to see if there is ways to root a gs5 sport and have come across a site that said do not try to root it. Now I am in trouble and would like to fix this problem. How do I factory reset this phone, root it if possible.
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If you're stuck in a bootloop, pull the battery and boot to recovery, hold home, vol up and power until it boots to recovery, then select wipe cache then wipe data factory reset.

nate2mars said:
Now I am in trouble and would like to fix this problem. How do I factory reset this phone, root it if possible.
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You can try the advice above, but it may not be sufficient. The poster there isn't very attentive to details.
Your phone is in a bootloop. If you are lucky and it's just due to a minor conflict then the above advice will prevail. But if your root was incomplete or any errors were written then it won't be sufficient. In that case you will need to use Odin to write a full factory firmware image to your phone to revert it to a proper working condition.
You should be able to root your phone. But we need to know the details of both your phone (model, firmware, baseband versions, etc) and a detailed description of how you tried to root it. In particular what file you tried to write and the Odin log that shows if any errors occurred during the root. Without those critical details we don't know what happened. If that information isn't available for some reason, then your best course would be to back up any files that are important to you. Then write a full stock firmware image to your phone and start over.
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[Q] sgh 1337 UN stuck on Samsung splash screen (safe strap broken)

So, I have gotten myself in a bit of a pickle I however think I can get out of it by sideloading using EXT. SD, Im not sure what to flash to solve the dillemma however. So this is the situation. I have a (had) a rooted Galaxy s4 (sgh-i337 ucufnc1) with 4.4.2 android. It had safestrap installed and back ups of everything else in sd card and other locations just in case. The phone was acting buggy, so I formatted the phone with safestrap, the problem persisted, ill get into the issue a bit further down. So I booted back into safestrap, and did a complete wipe, however my sd card must've bumped out, because it didnt delete any media files or so it said, and then after the wipe it crashed. and refuses to boot into safestrap or even past the splash logo. I can get into download mode, but usb debugging isnt on anymore since i wiped it, I can get into the other mode as well ( cant for the life of me remember the name of it atm although i use it frequently) with some luck. I also happen to have all .md5 files from a backup i did about 4 months ago in tact, I cannot for the life of me get them to convert properly to apply them to the phone without safestrap however, if anyone has any insight to this please let me know also.
I can/will list any other information I have if anyone needs it, and if anyone can help it would safe a life!
The reason i reformatted it to begin with, was because media would stall, and when i plugged in the audio jack it'd freeze the entire app using it, then the whole phone would freeze. I believe it was due to lucky patcher but im unsure. The issue began when I altered the auto update file, and even after i rectified it, it persisted. At this time i have a phone soft bricked because it didnt delete all the media files and I assume something bugged onto the kernel image but Im not sure. If I can simply try to restore it to stock kernel then im fine with that.

Ghujii said:
So, I have gotten myself in a bit of a pickle I however think I can get out of it by sideloading using EXT. SD, Im not sure what to flash to solve the dillemma however. So this is the situation. I have a (had) a rooted Galaxy s4 (sgh-i337 ucufnc1) with 4.4.2 android. It had safestrap installed and back ups of everything else in sd card and other locations just in case. The phone was acting buggy, so I formatted the phone with safestrap, the problem persisted, ill get into the issue a bit further down. So I booted back into safestrap, and did a complete wipe, however my sd card must've bumped out, because it didnt delete any media files or so it said, and then after the wipe it crashed. and refuses to boot into safestrap or even past the splash logo. I can get into download mode, but usb debugging isnt on anymore since i wiped it, I can get into the other mode as well ( cant for the life of me remember the name of it atm although i use it frequently) with some luck. I also happen to have all .md5 files from a backup i did about 4 months ago in tact, I cannot for the life of me get them to convert properly to apply them to the phone without safestrap however, if anyone has any insight to this please let me know also.
I can/will list any other information I have if anyone needs it, and if anyone can help it would safe a life!
The reason i reformatted it to begin with, was because media would stall, and when i plugged in the audio jack it'd freeze the entire app using it, then the whole phone would freeze. I believe it was due to lucky patcher but im unsure. The issue began when I altered the auto update file, and even after i rectified it, it persisted. At this time i have a phone soft bricked because it didnt delete all the media files and I assume something bugged onto the kernel image but Im not sure. If I can simply try to restore it to stock kernel then im fine with that.
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UPDATE: I resolved the issue, by rooting, safestrapping, ripping the image files, from another galaxy s4 with alike descriptions. then i managed to side load it, then it booted properly, i then reformatted it completely back to 100% factory everything. Now my original problem persists, and i cant help feel that google services is causing it. (examnples of issues" proccess.gapps has stopped. anotrher process error code. phone calls can be made, but not recieved as it seems the server is too busy to n otice it, massive battery drain, audio takes several seconds to play, while video continues to play fine, audiojack is mostly unresponsive, phone calls that are made cannot recieve or send audio during call session, phone may freeze at unlock screen, or any time during operation, may even reboot from process overloading" now keep in mind. i removed every system file and app that the natural reformat will allow. so nothing applied by the user is on the phone, other than natural factory applications. Im digging a bit into the phone as i can but its a slow process whenit starts freezing. if anyone has any idea of what can be causing this, or how to fix this please inform me lol.

Ghujii said:
UPDATE: I resolved the issue, by rooting, safestrapping, ripping the image files, from another galaxy s4 with alike descriptions. then i managed to side load it, then it booted properly, i then reformatted it completely back to 100% factory everything. Now my original problem persists, and i cant help feel that google services is causing it. (examnples of issues" proccess.gapps has stopped. anotrher process error code. phone calls can be made, but not recieved as it seems the server is too busy to n otice it, massive battery drain, audio takes several seconds to play, while video continues to play fine, audiojack is mostly unresponsive, phone calls that are made cannot recieve or send audio during call session, phone may freeze at unlock screen, or any time during operation, may even reboot from process overloading" now keep in mind. i removed every system file and app that the natural reformat will allow. so nothing applied by the user is on the phone, other than natural factory applications. Im digging a bit into the phone as i can but its a slow process whenit starts freezing. if anyone has any idea of what can be causing this, or how to fix this please inform me lol.
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The best solution must be installing the stock firmware via odin. Since you are on NC1 , You can installed the stock NB1.
Here is guide explaining you using odin, installing NB1, root with towel root, updated NC1, install the safestrap. The guide was not specifically written for that but you can find those steps in the guide.

I will attempt to do this, since nothing since has work. I am about to get a new logic board for the system in the next 2 weeks. Towel root DOES typically work on this system, however the last time I attmpted it it failed to work outright. Im not sure what has changed with the device, but i believe reflashing stock is the best method. The phone now, will boot up, then skip the lock screen and go straight to the home screen, which is black with no pull down bar, or with no signal and there is no way to rectify it. Even if there were, it boots back down and launches back up and becomes locked at the ATT logo.
After a fair bit of messing with it, and recovery mode it will sometimes boot normally where it tells me that processes has failed and askes me to cancel the ''app''. This is the best option to update the phone and attempt root, but getting it here is so difficult because it reboots itself and the mode is rare to acquire. This problem either is due to the kernel, or the rom i believe. I also am to believe the powercell may have some issue, as i replaced the battery a few weeks back and it worked fine for about 1 week.
Booting into safemode doesnt work either as it skips over the lock screen straight to the home screen. Outsidce of replacing the logic board, or attempting another flash im at the end of the short rope i was already on in terms of options.

sway8966 said:
The best solution must be installing the stock firmware via odin. Since you are on NC1 , You can installed the stock NB1.
Here is guide explaining you using odin, installing NB1, root with towel root, updated NC1, install the safestrap. The guide was not specifically written for that but you can find those steps in the guide.
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UPDATE: I found therein two methods to flashback to stock. I did so, then proceeded to attempt to flash from nb1 to nj4. Progress stopped there when it flung an error 7 at me. So this means either something in my phone is corrupted or the file i downloaded from the above mentioned forum is corrupted. I also attempted flashfire, but seen as it STILL crashes at random due to process errors thats almost impossible to attempt.

HELP: Encryption Unsuccessful TB-X104F

I i had to reflash the firmware the correct one TB-X104F_S000024_180930_ROW_DCC. Anyway it wasn't booting at all before i flashed. Now it boots, shows the logo etc and constantly says Encryption unsuccessful!, so i reset it and factory reset it but nothing changes.
I have no idea where else to go, bootloader is locked and all i can do is flash the firmware. Would there be a way to remove this from the files within the firmware?. It seems like android is there in the background but i can't get away from that encryption unsuccessful screen!
Sorry if none of this makes sense.

Yo. I got the same tablet bro. Been trying to figure out a custom recovery for her. A stock ROM would be great to have and I haven't been able to find one anywhere. Might I inquire as to where you found yours? It would be a huge relief to know I can fix it if I break it lol.

encryption
If you download the Lenovo MOTO smart assistant from Lenovo support it has a resque option. I also used that to root my tb-x104f. It downloads the original everything and if you take the boot image from the file it downloads and replace it in one that has been modified from magisk it will rescue it and you will have root also thatd what I did with mine

same problem here, reflashed with stock rom. and not resloved

frankieuk said:
I i had to reflash the firmware the correct one TB-X104F_S000024_180930_ROW_DCC. Anyway it wasn't booting at all before i flashed. Now it boots, shows the logo etc and constantly says Encryption unsuccessful!, so i reset it and factory reset it but nothing changes.
I have no idea where else to go, bootloader is locked and all i can do is flash the firmware. Would there be a way to remove this from the files within the firmware?. It seems like android is there in the background but i can't get away from that encryption unsuccessful screen!
Sorry if none of this makes sense.
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Did you fix this issue?
I am having the same problem.
Thanks

Same problem here (my error reads "Decryption unsuccesful", but I think it's the same as yours).
After a few tries, I believe that it is a problem with the internet connection. After the factory reset, if I skip the wifi connection step, it starts normally. And it is completely usable. I can load pdf documents or apks by the usb from a computer and it runs correctly. But whenever I try to set the wifi connection, it updates something and it causes the tablet that the next time I turn it off, I find the error on the picture when turning on. It asks for a password and no matter which password you enter, then it delivers this message.
In resume, right now it is a completely functional tablet if you NEVER connect it to the internet and load anything you need via usb or bluetooth.
I tried to reset it with Lenovo Smart Assistant, but the result is the same.
I am looking for custom roms to try if it's something about the stock rom, but I haven't found any. Can anyone reccomend me a rom for Lenovo E10 X104F 2GB?

Solution: (Worked for me)
Format Data as F2FS in TWRP. (Advanced Wipe)
Then reboot and wait.

Help, I think I may have bricked my phone. :(

I had attempted to install Evolution X, and after installing Magisk I had an issue with WiFi not working.
After reading another thread where a user had success installing PQ1A.190105.090 from fastboot, I decided to do the same myself.
After installing PQ1A.190105.090 it does not go through the setup process, and instead asks for PIN. Entering the PIN causes the phone to crash right back to the lockscreen.
I even tried wiping Data from TWRP (Which also asks for PIN and says it is incorrect)
I think I managed to mess up my phone, can someone be of assistance? Thanks!

but2002 said:
I had attempted to install Evolution X, and after installing Magisk I had an issue with WiFi not working.
After reading another thread where a user had success installing PQ1A.190105.090 from fastboot, I decided to do the same myself.
After installing PQ1A.190105.090 it does not go through the setup process, and instead asks for PIN. Entering the PIN causes the phone to crash right back to the lockscreen.
I even tried wiping Data from TWRP (Which also asks for PIN and says it is incorrect)
I think I managed to mess up my phone, can someone be of assistance? Thanks!
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No expert here but I am pretty sure I read on here of others having had issues and thus advise to disable PIN lock on the phone before attempting. Might want to try a search on here for that and it should point you to how to fix it.
Hopefully others that have rooted already will chime in for you. I am still stock 10 due to the whole A-B slot thing that has me scared.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=83458899&postcount=5