Hello,
I have a problem with my "sharp softbank aquos phone 303sh" with standard rom.
I setup a pattern lock. Since I have not used the phone for some time I cannot remember the pattern anymore.
I thought an unlock with a hard reset is no problem. But I found no way to boot into recovery mode(tried power and minus button, power and plus button to boot).
Also the device did not show up in adb as a device(Windows 10/Sharp USB driver installed) but was recognized as a storage device.
The user manual says:
"Do not forget pattern, Lock No. passcode or password set for canceling Screen lock(write it down if necessary). If you forget it, visit the nearest SoftBank Shop for recovery procedure."
As I live in Germany and there are only softbank stores in Japan. So this is not possible for me.
Is there any other way to hard reset the device?
Thank you for your help.
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Hi,
I purchased a MyTouch over ebay which was locked initially. Somehow I reseted the phone and I am into Google screen now without any data access.
I inserted my sim card and it asked for unlock code which I entered successfully (code procured from unlockingonline).
However, still I am stuck at google screen. It does not offer any option to setup APN or WiFi so I can't make any progress. It's kind of a deadlock situation. I tried to turn it off and on again without any success.
What can I do now? Please help.
Thanks
Press the menu button, it will allow you to change your APN.
Thanks AdrianK. It did help.
Hello
I did the mistake today to encrypt the tablet with the option provided in the settings menu. After everything went fine and the tablet run for some hours, it force rebooted and now I can login to the tablet but there is a two step login (decryption and the unlock). While decryption works, unlock does not, there is no keyboard displayed and everything seems to "hang". Connection an USB keyboard did not help.
How to reset?
- Connect USB keyboard
- Press Power + (Vol -) while booting the device
- When you can select wipe data and cache, select it
In my case the option was not possible, then do the following:
- Get the update.acer.zip in the dev forum
- Put it an the external SD-Card
- Press Power + (Vol -) while booting the device
- System will be "updated"
- Root your device
- Install a system.img for your region
- Have fun again with the device
Greets
I encrypted the day I got mine (after rooting) and have had no problems. Obviously something went wrong for you, but I don't think you can make the generalization that encryption will fail. It's also possible something on your tablet interfered, or your internal sd is bad or something.
What does encrypting do?
My assumption is that if you encrypt it the government goons at the airports and border can't as easily poke around in it(or at all) if you don't "remember" the password.
Oh yea, and although they're less malevolent, criminals can't access your data if your device is stolen.
Such a broad over the top warning with no basis or facts that encrypting had anything to do with your problems. Don't make such statements unless you're 100% sure it was the encryption process. I encrypted my friends Acer with zero problems.
I changed the title and provided more information when someone has the same problem like me to solve it.
Don't know why my device was "broken", had nothing other installed and nothing changed. Anyway had no chance to retry it, device in the service while back camera cover was not holding in the case.
Thank you for correcting that and happy to see you're fine now.
Hi everyone,
Sorry if this has been answered before but I've done some serious searching and can't find anything. I've found my old S5 to which I've forgotten the lockscreen pin. I would normally reset it using my Google account but I no longer have a sim that fits nor can I set up a new WiFi connection without access to the settings.
The device is not rooted nor do I think ISB debugging is enabled.
Thanks in advance!
Boot to recovery and factory reset
Volume up & home & power from a powered off state
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Boot to recovery and factory reset
Volume up & home & power from a powered off state
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Thanks, I should have made a note that I'm hoping not to have to reset it. I'd much rather be able to access it to see if I have left anything important on there.
If you flashed TWRP you might be able to wipe the security via recovery - but the security is there to prevent exactly what you are trying to do, so it won't be a couple of buttons to press
iirc, you have to adb in from recovery or something, but never done it myself
Flash TWRP with ODIN and have a google on removing lock screen security from TWRP
Or buy a SIM for £1 and top it up £5 (Or whatever your countries £ is
EDIT - Could give this a try
http://techbeasts.com/2014/03/07/by...id-device-without-any-data-loss-how-to-guide/
Make a backup in TWRP first (Could always restore the data side of the backup with TiBu after resetting which would ignore the lock I imagine)
I have mistakenly run Google Remote Erase https://android.com/find on my phone. The phone has done a complete factory reset. Now it boots to initial blue setup screen "Hi there...English...Start", but the touchscreen is not responsive. There is a lock icon in the left upper corner. So I assume it is FRP (Factory Reset Protection) by Google.
I repeated Hard Reset and even managed to boot to Safe mode (still the same initial blue setup screen) as per https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-217744/
but still the touchscreen is not responsive.
The phone is from Amazon.com, I am in Canada. The bootloader was unlocked and then re-locked. So BL is now locked.
The short story long: -) I have had two identical G6Plus handsets. One was stolen 3 days ago. After that I changed my Google password and mistakenly run Google Remote Erase on the one which was NOT stolen
Will FW flashing remove FRP? To flash FW, I will need to unlock BL. Is it possible while FRP?
FRP remains activated even if you flash a new FW. It's possible to flash a FW while bootloader is locked. But it must be exactly the same build which is currently installed on the phone. Have a look on this page: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/evert/official/
You'll find different folders for each software channel. To find your software channel you can boot into bootloader (power on while press+hold vol-) Watch out for XT1926-3 for example. The last digit (e.g. -3) defines the software channel.
rybshik said:
I have mistakenly run Google Remote Erase https://android.com/find on my phone. The phone has done a complete factory reset. Now it boots to initial blue setup screen "Hi there...English...Start", but the touchscreen is not responsive. There is a lock icon in the left upper corner. So I assume it is FRP (Factory Reset Protection) by Google.
I repeated Hard Reset and even managed to boot to Safe mode (still the same initial blue setup screen) as per https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-217744/
but still the touchscreen is not responsive.
The phone is from Amazon.com, I am in Canada. The bootloader was unlocked and then re-locked. So BL is now locked.
The short story long: -) I have had two identical G6Plus handsets. One was stolen 3 days ago. After that I changed my Google password and mistakenly run Google Remote Erase on the one which was NOT stolen
Will FW flashing remove FRP? To flash FW, I will need to unlock BL. Is it possible while FRP?
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Try LMSA'S Flash rescue option
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/update-moto-lenovo-moto-smart-assistant-t3951714
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sd_shadow said:
Try LMSA'S Flash rescue option
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/update-moto-lenovo-moto-smart-assistant-t3951714
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I have removed FRP by connecting external Keyboard/mouth, then unlocked BL and flashed new FW. It works normal with external Keyboard/mouth now, but the touch screen is still not responsive. So it probably is just a hardware problem having nothing to do with FPR
Hello everyone, I am in need of some help, I have this old Essential Phone, I gave it to my son and he can't remember the unlock pattern, the bootloader is unlocked but usb debugging was not enabled after factory resetting it before handing it to him, booting with volume down takes me to a bootloader menu, but there's no option to factory restore, i can't wipe it using google, it says device not found...., Is there any way to unlock this even if everything gets lost?
adb is not listing any device, fastboot does show the serial number but refuses to flash anything.
Seeing as some threads get locked because of possible theft I can provide purchase receipts if needed.
Boot into recovery and just hit factory reset