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Problem with Find My Phone!!!

How do I resolve this? Am I creating a problem or?
The other day I used the side https://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/find and tried to give functions Lost your phone? We can find it for you! Everything was ok! After two days I checked again, but now we give to the picture (windows.jpg). Can someone send me where to look for the programs of something or I 'm screwed

I never booked marked it, just signed into my live.com account clicked on "Devices" from the top left when you hover the mouse over "Windows Live" and it should show up there. But this is what the site shows up to me as now:
https://devices.live.com/

Is it possible that when I check how it works ( ring, lock, or erase your phone ) that I messed something and now you can not use that option.
in order for this picture when I go to Change Windows Phone 7 setting of switch me to that previous file
Oops...
Something went wrong and we can not show you this page right now.
Go to windowsphone.com
Is it possible that I am something in the phone or in checks or something messed up...

Oh, right. You do have to enable it on your phone first.
Settings > Find My Phone
You also have to have a live (ie hotmail or msn) account on the phone.
But you also might need to re-add it on the live.devices.com. I know after I flashed it, it didn't recognize my phone so I just hit "add a phone" on the devices page. It sends a text to the phone and then you should be good.

Hey, after I installed Rataplan v6.0 and tried to activate "Find my phone" in settings > find my phone, it says "Re're still setting up Find My Phone. This will take another moment or two to finish. Come back later to make sure it's been set up, then visit windowsphone.com to use it." It's been saying this since I installed the ROM. What should I do?
EDIT: Found the solution
"Long back story:
Here's what I was previously experiencing:
In Settings, it would list find my phone and have the subtitle "Setup Needed." When I tapped this, it would take me to the find my phone options and immediately display a modal dialog that said it would take a few more minutes to set everything up. When I hit OK, it would back me out of the find my phone settings. This left me completely stuck and no amount of rebooting or fiddling seemed to fix it.
Just now, while I was grabbing another phone to take a picture of the dialog to post here, my phone went to sleep. When I woke it up, the dialog was dismissed and I was in the find my phone options. I checked the first option, Connect to these features faster (may use more battery). I then hit back and the subtitle under find my phone reported connected. I logged into windowsphone.com and my phone is now listed. I simultaneously also received an email from windowsphone.com welcoming me to my new phone. There must be a bug that results in that dialog being dismissed when the phone goes to sleep, and that bug allowed me to toggle the first option, which re-attempted connecting my phone to windowsphone.com.
Anyway, long story short, if you are stuck in this boat, try these steps to work around them:
Set your lock screen timeout to the shortest available duration (1 min?)
Go to settings and tap find my phone.
When the dialog pops up telling you to hold on, set your phone down and leave it be until the screen turns off and the phone goes to sleep.
Turn your phone back on. You should be in the find my phone options now.
Check the first setting, Connect to these features faster (may use more battery).
Back out and verify it says connected and login to windowsphone.com and verify your phone is listed." - found this on windowsphone site, posted by someone. Not my solution.

[Q] My laptop was locked and is not starting anymore now. Help Please

Hi,
I've got an iconia tab A500 that I have upgraded though Wifi to Ice Cream Sandwich.
It was working perfectly fine.
Issue is that my daughter tried to much time a bad 'draw' to login and now the laptop is locked.
It's asking me a google account and everytimes it failed.
I searched a lot on the internet and I try to restore an old ROM
(I tried this one Acer_A500_7.006.03_COM_GEN1)
I placed the update.zip file on a sd card and try the volume - + POWER
an upgrade has been done but now the laptop is stucked every time on the 'ANDROID' message after the ACER logo.
What can I do ?
Please help
Unfortunately the USB debug was not activated
Thanks for your help

I have to admit this post seems dubious.
why would you want to go to the trouble of reloading a new rom when the existing one works, and you could just go to google.com and retrieve your account info?

the point is that I know very well the draw to do to open the tablet
but as now my little daughter locked it, I can't do it.
It is asking my google acount and refuse it every time.
about the google account I remember that I created a different one for the tablet (I have already one for the pc, one for my phone) and everytime the laptop refuse the password that I maybe don't remember very well.
Now even if I change it on google, it won't be updated on the tablet as the Wifi is not activated and as I can't log in.
My wish is just to be able to redo the draw to login as I know it what seems impossible. At this stage I'm totally stucked.
And FYI, this is a proper tablet and I have the invoice

ok matey u can of course see why this subject would raise questions,
there must be a way to switch on the wifi or it would be a HUGE flaw in the system lol ill have a look around when im on break from work.

thanks.
here are some proposals that could help me:
1) be able to reactivate the DRAW login as now it is asking me everytime the google account
2) be able to know which google account I used on this tablet (I need at least the login so I can try to change it on Google recovery but remaining issue will be that If I'm changing it it won't be updated on the tablet because tablet is not starting and Wifi was unactivated
3) in the worst case, be able to restore the tablet in its original factory state
FYI, my laptop was in ICS and was updated properly through Wifi (activated manually /then unactivated to keep battery)

multor said:
thanks.
here are some proposals that could help me:
1) be able to reactivate the DRAW login as now it is asking me everytime the google account
2) be able to know which google account I used on this tablet (I need at least the login so I can try to change it on Google recovery but remaining issue will be that If I'm changing it it won't be updated on the tablet because tablet is not starting and Wifi was unactivated
3) in the worst case, be able to restore the tablet in its original factory state
FYI, my laptop was in ICS and was updated properly through Wifi (activated manually /then unactivated to keep battery)
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but you said in your last post you manually updated the tab with a rom?.
if you try to login the tab should give you the option to switch on wifi.
if you cannot remember your google login check your other e-mail addresses for the confirmation email you would have received to set your secondary address. this will contain your google account info.

no
I have the tablet since one year and I'm upgrading it though Wifi.
My last upgrade was done through Wifi to ICS.
Now issue is that as my daughter locked the laptop I can not enter in.
I'm not able to activate the Wifi or the USB debug as I can't log in.
I can not go back to either the draw login (what could be the best solution for me)
now it is asking me only the google account and every time it is rejecting my password
the issue is that even on the google recovery tool with my mail address, the site is not sending me the password to my mail address but it is asking me only to change it what I did but as there is no Wifi activated and as I can't login I'm always at the same point.
I insist on the fact that this is a proper tablet, that this is mine, that I have box and invoice.
So now I'm trying to restore other roms to have a clean tablet or even better just be able to redo the draw (this I remember).
But now everytime I'm login in it is display 'too many attempts' and asking me the google account

A friend came round with his new iconia to put software on it,
however when he tried to unlock it, he had already forgotten his password swipe. (he had'nt even had it a day...).
Eventually I managed a full (factory) reset, that wiped everything.
It was one of these 2 methods (I think it was the one using the rotation lock, but I may have done the other one first).
http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/tablets/2011/Acer/ICONIATab/ICONIATabA500/IconiaTabA500faq51.shtml
http://www.hard-reset.com/acer-iconia-tab-a500-hard-reset.html
Hope it helps
*edit*
The exact sequence I did was this
1. Switch off
2. Press Vol-up + Power
3. If display goes on: Release power but hold vol-up
3. Toggle Lock switch (On>Off>On>Off)
Screen will display:
Erasing Userdata..
Erasing Cache..

Thank you, even I think I already try this I will try this again this evening.
thing is do you know if this is still working when laptop is upgraded in ICS ? (Ice Cream Sandwich - latest firmware available for A500)
Thanks

multor said:
Thank you, even I think I already try this I will try this again this evening.
thing is do you know if this is still working when laptop is upgraded in ICS ? (Ice Cream Sandwich - latest firmware available for A500)
Thanks
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Unfortunately, I don't know if it works with ICS...
It worked for me with the previous OS...
Try anyway...
Good Luck

It would help and be slightly less confusing if you stopped referring to the tablet as a 'laptop'. A laptop is an entirely different device from an Acer Iconia tablet.

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Hi,
I try method 1 and it worked fine !!!!
In fact the tip is to stay 3 sec and Power button and to play with lock button when tablet vibrates - staying with finger on volume + button
My data have been erased but I don't really care. Good news is that I can now use again my tablet. I have now to reinstall the games for my son. he will be happy.
You save my life ! Thanks !
Seb

wow he even clicked the thanks button..........

chismay said:
wow he even clicked the thanks button..........
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Ehhhh.... and I'm confused on just exactly "who" messed it up? Son or Daughter? Hmmmmmm...
I threw a couple of thanks out.....

Moscow Desire said:
Ehhhh.... and I'm confused on just exactly "who" messed it up? Son or Daughter? Hmmmmmm...
I threw a couple of thanks out.....
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Yeah weird that eh? Changed as much as the story, first he did Gen_1 update himself then said he only updated over wifi?

[Q] Security PIN turning to password and locking me out

This issue has been addressed and no actual cause has been determined.
My pin lock pad which I usually use is replaced by a keyboard for no reason and my pin doesn't work anymore.
it keeps asking me for a password and after every 5 attempts I get a 30 seconds countdown.
To add insult to injury trying to restart the computer boots me into download mode.
It's very frustrating to say the least. Fortunately I have a twrp backup that I can restore but it's such a waste of time.
Has anyone else had this happen to them?

mrnovanova said:
This issue has been addressed and no actual cause has been determined.
My pin lock pad which I usually use is replaced by a keyboard for no reason and my pin doesn't work anymore.
it keeps asking me for a password and after every 5 attempts I get a 30 seconds countdown.
To add insult to injury trying to restart the computer boots me into download mode.
It's very frustrating to say the least. Fortunately I have a twrp backup that I can restore but it's such a waste of time.
Has anyone else had this happen to them?
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Not happening to me. but anyone who knows how to deal with this. So, just in case happened to us, we know what to do.

hemander said:
Not happening to me. but anyone who knows how to deal with this. So, just in case happened to us, we know what to do.
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Useless posts just to raise your post count are all over this forum, seriously if you cant offer anything remotely helpful why post at all? Also put your tongue back in!
OP can you extrapolate how to arrive at the issue and also please state device model, device status etc?

Are you using an application to set/unset your PIN?
I had this happening to me repeatedly, however it was accepting my PIN as the password so was more just annoying that anything else.
After some experimenting I found that it was Secure Settings (setting the PIN) that seemed to be the cause - somehow it was setting the PIN correctly the first time it ran and then subsequently it would switch to password.
I ditched it and instead setup my set/unset PIN via Pebble Locker (also using Wifi and other bluetooth devices to set/unset PIN).
After using it for a few days successfully, it locked once setting a password instead of PIN, and this time my usual PIN failed to unlock it. Luckily it was about 11pm and I knew that it would automatically unlock at about 7am the next day when the wifi was automatically switched back on - so I didn't need to reset or anything (although I got the impression at the time that you could unlock it via going to your google account somehow - but I can't recall the details and may have this entirely wrong).
I setup a Tasker profile so that I'd have a backdoor to disable the PIN by plugging it into power and checking if I'm at home at the time. Not the most secure solution, but hardly wide open either.

I'm having the same issue and it also appears to be a quirk with Secure Settings. Actually locked me out of my phone yesterday, had to return home where I had task to unlock phone in order to get back in.

NinjaBuzz said:
I'm having the same issue and it also appears to be a quirk with Secure Settings. Actually locked me out of my phone yesterday, had to return home where I had task to unlock phone in order to get back in.
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I've had this exact issue with Secure Settings

[Q] Encryption per Employer Standards, but Issue with Alarms

Hi,
I've just connected my phone (Galaxy S5) to my work email, and it required that I encrypt my device and give the employer (or employer's mail server, from the looks of it) many permissions.
My phone has been working as normal since the encryption (other than the fact that I am now required to have a password/pin), except for this morning when for some reason the phone went into it's "unlock encryption" mode. I've only seen this happen when the phone is started from being powered down, but I'm not sure if it goes in to this mode after a certain time of inactivity?
Due to this, my alarm didn't go off, as the encryption password needed to be entered for any of the phone's features to work.
Is there any way to get around this? For example, hosting the alarm apps I use outside of the encryption? Or only setting the encryption to the email app. I'm not sure if any of that makes sense, but I wanted to ask if someone's had a similar experience and how to get around it, or if it was just a one off (I guess I'll find out about that tonight anyways).
Thanks.

Screen Lock on S7 Edge - Bypass Help

Hello, I'm stuck with my s7 edge screen lock, I've always used my fingerprint scanner but when configured enterprise email account into the cellphone it asked me to set a PIN (weeks ago) and since then I just used fingerprint to unlock it, however yesterday my batery ran out and its asking for this PIN now. I don't have the samsung account to unlock it and ADM from google wont set a temporary password as "there is one already in place"
1. My phone is not rooted
2. I don't have any recovery tool installed
Is there any zip or bypass up to date that I could flash via SD card to remove the lock screen, please help

Short answer - no. You'd need to factory reset the device or enter the pin.
If security was that easy to bypass, it wouldn't really be security.

NJ72 said:
Short answer - no. You'd need to factory reset the device or enter the pin.
If security was that easy to bypass, it wouldn't really be security.
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There are tons of tutorials of screen unlocking and even apps that you just plug into the USB and click "screen unlock bypass" thing is I did not find any for S7 Edge, that is my question, no need to reply with such unexplored answer.

jackzinh said:
There are tons of tutorials of screen unlocking and even apps that you just plug into the USB and click "screen unlock bypass" thing is I did not find any for S7 Edge, that is my question, no need to reply with such unexplored answer.
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#1 - There may well be lots of apps which claim to do this. If it was actually that simple, why would you have a screen lock in the first place? These are snake-oil type apps
#2 - Any apps you may have found that do work probably (almost certainly) don't work beyond Android 4.4 as security became a much larger focus for the OS as a whole
#3 - just because I haven't cited sources doesn't mean that I haven't conducted previous research. I had an issue where my Google Pixel C would not authenticate with the pattern key. I could not bypass it and had to extract all the data I could using AirDroid before factory resetting the device
It wasn't an 'unexplored' answer, it was merely telling it to you straight rather than trying to sugar coat it. Remind me not to answer your question next time. :good:

It doesn't mean that it's not the answer you seek, it's not the truth. There's a reason why people are told to remember passwords, and if their memories suck, they should write it down somewhere.
Newer phones are more securely locked than older phones now precisely for the reasons that Android is being made more secure due to demands for use in corporate and government settings. as far as I know none of those hacks works for anything higher than Android 6.0, and the S7 launches with that Android version.
Sent from my Galaxy S7 Edge Duos via Tapatalk

I'm in the same boat, took out my S7 after a couple of months, and do not remember the password anymore. The only saving grace is, it still connects to my home wifi network. I'm able to use Android Device managr to locate it, make it ring, send a lock meesage to it. I've logged into my samsung account, it lists the S7 edge as one of my devices but, it is unable to locate the phone. I may not have setup Samsung findmyphone on the device after I reset it t factory default in the past, which is why it is unable to locate it.
The phone is turned on, and connected to my home WiFi - but, is obviosuly not being located by Samsung Fund My Phone. There is NO option to reset, recover password, it have bumped upto 60 minutes wait to try again as I;ve entered the password unsuccessfully multiple times.
All the guides I've read on the net are completely useless, they all either require rooting, which I dont have as I had corporate email setup on it and the IT policy woulndt allow rooted phones ot be used, or they default to hard resetting the device. Some suggest after multiple failed attemps, the option to reset password should show up on the lock screen, but, all I get it, please try again in 60 minutes.
The phone is legitimitely mine, Android Device Manager finds it under my gmail account, but, Samsung doesnt seem to talk to it - is there any option avaialble?. I really don't want to reset the phone. I've emailed Samsung support as well, but sentiment on the net is, they're no apple when it comes to support.

Android normally secures your device by demanding a PIN, pattern, or full password. Your phone isn't useless if you forget the unlock code — you can bypass lock screen on Samsung S7 Edge.
As Google tightens security, this has become more difficult on modern versions of Android. But there's always a way to make your phone usable again, as long as you remember your Google account's username and its password.
Older versions of Android — Android 4.4 KitKat and older — have an integrated way to bypass your pattern, PIN, or other password if you forget it. Google removed this feature in Android 5.0 Lollipop, so you'll have to use a different method if you have a device with a newer version of Android.
To find this feature, first enter an incorrect pattern or PIN five times at the lock screen. You'll see a "Forgot pattern," "forgot PIN," or "forgot password" button appear. Tap it. You'll be prompted to enter the username and password of the Google account associated with your Android device.

Thanks Adeliz, however...
RizSher said:
All the guides I've read on the net are completely useless, they all either require rooting, which I dont have as I had corporate email setup on it and the IT policy woulndt allow rooted phones ot be used, or they default to hard resetting the device. Some suggest after multiple failed attemps, the option to reset password should show up on the lock screen, but, all I get it, please try again in 60 minutes.
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