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I forgot my pass code to my phone. How can I reset it or the phone
A full restore in zeus? You need something like a factory reset. Assuming it's not the sim-pin you forgot but a pass you made up yourself. Your sim-pin should be in the papers that came with your simcard.
if you mean the lockscreen passcode a 4 digit one, do it wrong so many times, youll get a popup saying login using gmail account and put your gmail password in and you can edit the code.
My Note 4 was stolen but it had my Samsung account so I rapidly entered "find my phone" website and locked it was a message on it
My Question is Is this an imei lock or the Thief can just avoid it by flashing a firmware or ROM or wipe system with custom recovery
If reactivation lock was enabled they can't flash any new firmware AFAIK
I didn't get u right
I put a pin code and I didn't disable but I don't know If there was other methods the thief can use to enable it
The problem is he turned off the phone after that and along a whole week every time I entered "find my phone" website it give me that the connection is off the thief called me and blackmailed me for a pin and money "very stupid " so obvious he didn't disable the lock but The website still gives me that connection is off and I'm afraid if he can flash another rom or wipe the system and the lock from recovery and uses the phone again while I go to the website and I see the "off" sign
mohamdyoon said:
I put a pin code and I didn't disable it so no it wasn't enabled but I don't know If there was other methods the thief can use to enable it
The problem is he turned off the phone after that and along a whole week every time I entered "find my phone" website it give me that it's off but I'm afraid if he can flash another rom or wipe the system and the lock from recovery and uses the phone again while I go to the website and I see the "off" sign
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Sorry for your loss,Pin code is for lock screen only & it want stop person to flash & use, so if you have not enabled reactivation in settings by this time he must be using your phone.
no no not that pin code , I mean this remotely lock ( it just includes pin lock )
http://s21.postimg.org/6ib3078fr/image.png
but I don't remember If I activated Reactivation lock or not
I'm sorry for what happened.
Some questions that may help us to help you:
1. When you use Find My Phone, can you locate the phone on the map or does it appear offline (meaning it's switched off)?
2. Do you think it was stolen or could it be that you left it or dropped it somewhere? I'm asking because if that's the case, there's a higher chance that the person who finds will return it to you.
3. Have you set up the options shown in the screenshot you posted? Have you set a message to display on the screen, saying that this phone was stolen and to contact you? You can also set a number the phone will be allowed to make calls to so if someone has your phone and wants to return it to you, they can contact you.
1 - yes after few minutes from the theft I could locate it
2- no unfortunately it was stolen
3- Yes I have set up these option with a message and my number and pin lock
Then I suppose all you could do is wait to see if anyone will contact you. Can you still locate it?
no I can't locate it
I didn't know if I checked Reactivation lock option but with my condition can the thief avoid the lock simply by flashing another rom
I think if you haven't checked Reactivation lock, then yes, they can flash another ROM, sorry.
If they do a hard reset on phone it will wipe everything and they can use your phone if it was unlocked if not call your carrier to have imei blocked
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Hello XDA
i've bought an LG G2 D802 from a person and i've lost his contact, it's locked to SFR France, and i'm loocking how i could unlock this device, but when i put 2945#*802# it shows me
"This phone is permanently locked and can't be locked"
please tell me how can i reset this counter, or unlock it without code
the phone is on stock rom KK, rooted and twrp recovery installed
thank you so much
softman20 said:
Hello XDA
i've bought an LG G2 D802 from a person and i've lost his contact, it's locked to SFR France, and i'm loocking how i could unlock this device, but when i put 2945#*802# it shows me
"This phone is permanently locked and can't be locked"
please tell me how can i reset this counter, or unlock it without code
the phone is on stock rom KK, rooted and twrp recovery installed
thank you so much
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Are you sure, Its not the case of Bad ESN? If so there's no way around.
Otherwise you can Order for Unlock code using your IMEI and purchase it through eBay or any other site.
Usually that's how i do. Easiest method to Unlock the device.
what means bad esn ? and how can i verify if it's bad ESN or not ?
i can purshase the code yes but how will i put it ? it don't let me type the code (phone is permanently locked)
thanks
dr.patron99 said:
Are you sure, Its not the case of Bad ESN? If so there's no way around.
Otherwise you can Order for Unlock code using your IMEI and purchase it through eBay or any other site.
Usually that's how i do. Easiest method to Unlock the device.
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softman20 said:
what means bad esn ? and how can i verify if it's bad ESN or not ?
i can purshase the code yes but how will i put it ? it don't let me type the code (phone is permanently locked)
thanks
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If i describe an easy way about Bad ESN then it would be like, The Phone that you own has been stolen earlier or previous owner has reported it to respective carrier or company itself to Block its IMEI. In such case, Phone will be no longer Phone. Means for calling purpose.
If its a Clean ESN then things are pretty easy as it sounds. At first make sure you're not using the same Carrier SIM as your phone came with. Any other SIM, Insert it. It will basically asks you to enter code. Which will given to you once you purchase through either eBay or any Online site where they Unlocks IMEI for the device specific. Usually its a 7 Digit code, But may vary, enter exactly the same as provided by respected Seller or Anyone whom you've contacted. As you'll have only 10-Attempt to Unlock your device. Once it done, It will show like this: Your Device has been Successfully Unlocked, Now you can insert any SIM-Card, it will work.
To Check whether its been Bad ESN case or not, Just Google it: Bad ESN
thanks for these informations, i don't think the phone is stolen, it works with the owner's sim card, but it seems like the 10 attempts has been tried and can't enter unlock code anymore (hard locked) what to do in this case ?
thank you
dr.patron99 said:
If i describe an easy way about Bad ESN then it would be like, The Phone that you own has been stolen earlier or previous owner has reported it to respective carrier or company itself to Block its IMEI. In such case, Phone will be no longer Phone. Means for calling purpose.
If its a Clean ESN then things are pretty easy as it sounds. At first make sure you're not using the same Carrier SIM as your phone came with. Any other SIM, Insert it. It will basically asks you to enter code. Which will given to you once you purchase through either eBay or any Online site where they Unlocks IMEI for the device specific. Usually its a 7 Digit code, But may vary, enter exactly the same as provided by respected Seller or Anyone whom you've contacted. As you'll have only 10-Attempt to Unlock your device. Once it done, It will show like this: Your Device has been Successfully Unlocked, Now you can insert any SIM-Card, it will work.
To Check whether its been Bad ESN case or not, Just Google it: Bad ESN
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softman20 said:
thanks for these informations, i don't think the phone is stolen, it works with the owner's sim card, but it seems like the 10 attempts has been tried and can't enter unlock code anymore (hard locked) what to do in this case ?
thank you
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I'm not sure, In this case there's any reset counter available or not. But surely if you want play around with your device with Owner's SIM in it. then do few things.
-Factory Reset your device, without inserting any SIM Card.
-Afterwards Purchase Unlock Code either online or contact Carrier company whichever company's SIM Card working in your device and ask them for Unlock Code.
They will basically asks few details and give you Unlock Code for free, Otherwise purchase it through online, but before make sure to insert any non-legit sim in it whether Enter PIN menu POP-Ups or not.
Do these, will possibly reset the counter for you. Or else i'm helpless buddy.:fingers-crossed:
All of this were done and the counter is still not reset, i'm hopeless, thank you anyway
i've heared there may be a solution by uploading a new qcn file with QPS, any idea ?
hard reset is the same thing as Fatory reset ? else ?
thanks
dr.patron99 said:
I'm not sure, In this case there's any reset counter available or not. But surely if you want play around with your device with Owner's SIM in it. then do few things.
-Factory Reset your device, without inserting any SIM Card.
-Afterwards Purchase Unlock Code either online or contact Carrier company whichever company's SIM Card working in your device and ask them for Unlock Code.
They will basically asks few details and give you Unlock Code for free, Otherwise purchase it through online, but before make sure to insert any non-legit sim in it whether Enter PIN menu POP-Ups or not.
Do these, will possibly reset the counter for you. Or else i'm helpless buddy.:fingers-crossed:
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Hi guys
I recently purchased an S4 from an on-line professional seller, the guy apparently owns a physical store but sells some phones on-line
when the phone arrived, I turned it on without the SIM, insert my home's wi-fi connection password, and the phone started to update both apps, and the OS to lollipop
I installed the backup I previously got from my old s3 mini, installed all my apps from playstore, and once I installed whatsapp, I turned the phone off, and than on again, this with my SIM since whatsapp has to confirm my number
The phone accepted my PIN code, whatsapp accepted my number and restored it's backup, but the phone also asked for this SIM network unlock pin
I told the guy what's happening, he told me he would send me a new phone, but I suspect this can go wrong
If that's the case, can anyone here tell me how can I overcome this SIM network unlock pin issue ?
thanks in advance
Regards
Antonio
If the phone were unlocked for use on any carrier, you would never see the SIM unlock pin request screen. Since you are seeing that screen, the phone is not unlocked.
To resolve this, root your phone and downgrade the phone's modem to an Android 4.2.2 version. Find a copy of RegionLock Away on XDA or through Google, copy it to your S4 and install it. Run it. Afterward, upgrade the modem to a more current version, and enjoy.
That's roughly what I had to do when the SIM unlock screen popped up on me.
Which s4 do you have? If it is the i337, region lock away may not work as you may not be able to downgrade the modem.
Hello guys!
Today i found Samsung J5 at the pavement, closed but when i tried to open it it opens just fine, has a sim card inside and even a home lock screen photo with a girl and a boy that i see at the background. So someone has lost it.
I'm trying to open it to send a message to any contact of the owner, that i have found it and to come get it back.
I tried to get into recovery to mount and get the passwords erased (according to a video i found at youtube -link at the bottom)
but the recovery it has now doesn't work and when i try to install the twrp through Odin it says "custom binary blocked by frp".
How can i get it to work?
Or any other ideas?
Thank you!
CloeNi said:
Hello guys!
Today i found Samsung J5 at the pavement, closed but when i tried to open it it opens just fine, has a sim card inside and even a home lock screen photo with a girl and a boy that i see at the background. So someone has lost it.
I'm trying to open it to send a message to any contact of the owner, that i have found it and to come get it back.
I tried to get into recovery to mount and get the passwords erased (according to a video i found at youtube -link at the bottom)
but the recovery it has now doesn't work and when i try to install the twrp through Odin it says "custom binary blocked by frp".
How can i get it to work?
Or any other ideas?
Thank you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E2FereoR4Y
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I see you have honest opinion, but sorry, since the owner didn't enable oem unlock, there is pretty much nothing you can do but flash stock rom using odin and use it yourself...
Just insert that sim card in another phone and wait for calls, or try importing contacts from the sim card onto your phone, if you really want to find its actual owner...
Edit: It might require a password for the sim card.
Ragazzza, i can not use it for myself, even if i wanted to, cause it is locked through and through. It has FRP enabled and it is unusable. I went to the company of the sim card and they told me they can't do anything, i just have to go to the police and they find the owner. I wento the police and they told me to take it to them. The only thing if that i'm afraid they maybe will take it for themselves. That's why i do not want to take it to them. Of course, if i can't find a solution i will do it.
Gent, well i haven't thought of that! But i do not think that it'll work because what we do in Greece is we tell the company we have the number to deactivate the lost sim, and give us a new sim with the same number. Also, the sim card has a pin, so... :/
So the sim i have now in my hands is useless, propably. I'll give it a try though, thanks for the idea!
Don't wipe the device in stock recovery. You will end up locked out by FRP.
Is there an sdcard in the device that could give clues to the owner?
Also I find it hard to believe that the network company of the sim card cannot help. If it's contract they should have no problem tracing the owner via the sim card number or even IMEI of the device.
Is the SIM card actually locked?
ashyx, i do not know where you are from but in Greece, unfortunately, things do not work like in other countries. I have gone to 2 stores, in both stores told me the same thing. "we can't do anything sorry. Go to the police to declare it lost". I do not trust the police will do it's job rightfully so i prefer to search for a solution, even if it takes time.
I got FRP lock, indeed. No sdcard :\ I actually found a program called Wondershare Dr.Fone but neither of my phones are supported....
CloeNi said:
ashyx, i do not know where you are from but in Greece, unfortunately, things do not work like in other countries. I have gone to 2 stores, in both stores told me the same thing. "we can't do anything sorry. Go to the police to declare it lost". I do not trust the police will do it's job rightfully so i prefer to search for a solution, even if it takes time.
I got FRP lock, indeed. No sdcard :\ I actually found a program called Wondershare Dr.Fone but neither of my phones are supported....
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So at the moment you are FRP locked because you attempted to install TWRP or can it still boot to the lock screen?
ashyx said:
So at the moment you are FRP locked because you attempted to install TWRP or can it still boot to the lock screen?
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I attempted to instal TWRP and it gave me this message "custom binary blocked by frp". But i can boot to the lock screen if i take out the sim card.
CloeNi said:
I attempted to instal TWRP and it gave me this message "custom binary blocked by frp". But i can boot to the lock screen if i take out the sim card.
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I'm surprised the owner hasn't attempted to call the phone.
The first thing I do is call the phone if I lose it and hope someone answers.
It should still be possible for you to pick up the call even if it's locked.
ashyx, not if the sim card is locked. If it was only the phone i wouldn't have a problem answering any calls to give the phone back. But it's both sim and phone locked. Or else i wouldn't have a any problems solving this