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Urgent HELP! FORGET THE UNLOCK PATTERN of the T-mobile GALAXYS VIBRANT
I have been trying to hold the down vol + power ....not working
it is the t-mobile vibrant from states
THANKS...pls help....i cant dail no. now...damn kids ...
minicris said:
Urgent HELP! FORGET THE UNLOCK PATTERN of the T-mobile GALAXYS VIBRANT
I have been trying to hold the down vol + power ....not working
it is the t-mobile vibrant from states
THANKS...pls help....i cant dail no. now...damn kids ...
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leave it under tap water for 2 mins than take the battery out and put it back in. now you should be unlocked.
If it was your kid who did that and he was smart enough to put down the same lock pattern twice, he should be smart enough to tell you which pattern he used, right?
Just do all you you can to get into download mode and do a wipe. I don't know odin but I think that can help you? If you bring to t mobile they will just put it in download and wipe.
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minicris said:
Urgent HELP! FORGET THE UNLOCK PATTERN of the T-mobile GALAXYS VIBRANT
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If you try entering the incorrect pattern five times you will see a screen where there will be a place to click for people who forgot their password. It will ask you to enter your gmail user name and password. then will ask you to set a new unlock pattern and you will be fine
Get into recovery and do a factory reset/wipe depending on the recovery you use, keep trying tell you get it to boot into recovery.
You dont need to factory reset my method works fine already tested
demo23019 said:
You dont need to factory reset my method works fine already tested
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Unless, it isn't his phone........
PaiPiePia said:
Unless, it isn't his phone........
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Yea well we are not here to help thieves this works if its his phone.
demo23019 said:
If you try entering the incorrect pattern five times you will see a screen where there will be a place to click for people who forgot their password. It will ask you to enter your gmail user name and password. then will ask you to set a new unlock pattern and you will be fine
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Hey Guys, I have the same problem. I have an unlocked T-mobile phone here in Ontario Canada so that I can use it on the Wind mobile network.
I can't rememeber the pattern or the phone won't accept my pattern, I have lost my mind. I tried many different times.
the phone does not ask me for gmail account after 5 times but keeps on waiting 30 secs after 5 tries and then lets me try againa and again and again.
I tried to reset the phone with holding the vol down and pushing the power button, but it only goes back to the pattern screen.
I can answer the phone when I call it but that is it.
Can some one please help me.
I also downloaded kies, but it wont connect since I cannot get into the settings of the phone to let the usb connect with kies.
hope you can help..
cheers.
Bato
Bato Vukovic said:
Hey Guys, I have the same problem. I have an unlocked T-mobile phone here in Ontario Canada so that I can use it on the Wind mobile network.
I can't rememeber the pattern or the phone won't accept my pattern, I have lost my mind. I tried many different times.
the phone does not ask me for gmail account after 5 times but keeps on waiting 30 secs after 5 tries and then lets me try againa and again and again.
I tried to reset the phone with holding the vol down and pushing the power button, but it only goes back to the pattern screen.
I can answer the phone when I call it but that is it.
Can some one please help me.
I also downloaded kies, but it wont connect since I cannot get into the settings of the phone to let the usb connect with kies.
hope you can help..
cheers.
Bato
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Hold both the vol+ and vol- and the power. You will see vibrant on the screen. Well keep on holding it will go black again. Keep holding... It will come back...let go...you should be in recovery mode. Delete user data. This will wipe your phone.
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Demo2319 is correct I just tried it on my vibrant and it worked even though my pass. Tested and confirmed here.
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alot of people are selling LOCKED PATTERN devices on ebay now.
demo23019 said:
If you try entering the incorrect pattern five times you will see a screen where there will be a place to click for people who forgot their password. It will ask you to enter your gmail user name and password. then will ask you to set a new unlock pattern and you will be fine
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Hey seriously does this work? I have a Vibrant and two other Android phones (ie three different unlock patterns). I took the requirement to do the unlock patern off on the vibrant for the last couple of months and when I thought of allowing it I realized I have been messing with the other two phones more and forgot the unlock pattern on the vibrant.
Currently my Vibrant is in use but I will like to be able to lock the screen now that my GPS and lag problems are much better fixed, but I do not want to wipe everything first. If this works I can enable the lock pattern and try different patterns till I get to this screen....but it has to be for real before I loose all my connections and presets etc on the phone.
intruda119 said:
alot of people are selling LOCKED PATTERN devices on ebay now.
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yeah, i've noticed that too but tbh, i wouldn't buy one of those just in case it was stolen. i'm hoping ppl will also be as wary of those devices.
This Is What Happened To Me, My Friend Kept Doing The Unlock Pattern And Made My Phone Get Locked Out, I Wasn't Worried Cause I Had My Email And Pass, Well Turns Out The Email And Pass Didn't Work...At All, It Kept Saying It Was Wrong And I Couldn't Go Into Recovery Mode Or Download Mode Because I Guess It Was A Hardware Locked Vibrant? I Have No Clue, Long Story Short This Is What You Do, Either Switch Out The Vibrant, OR Go Into ADB And Fastboot, Reboot Into Recovery
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Hold both the vol+ and vol- and the power. You will see vibrant on the screen. Well keep on holding it will go black again. Keep holding... It will come back...let go...you should be in recovery mode. Delete user data. This will wipe your phone.
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I tried this, it still will not go to recovery mode. Are there any other ways of having to put this phone in recovery?
I am so pissed.
thanks guys
If your phone does not get into recovery or download. Best thing to do is just bring it into samsung for warranty repairs or exchange. Samsung canada covers it now free of charge. That's what I had to do, nothing worked for my first i9000m to get into recovery/download.
Erickomen27 said:
This Is What Happened To Me, My Friend Kept Doing The Unlock Pattern And Made My Phone Get Locked Out, I Wasn't Worried Cause I Had My Email And Pass, Well Turns Out The Email And Pass Didn't Work...At All, It Kept Saying It Was Wrong And I Couldn't Go Into Recovery Mode Or Download Mode Because I Guess It Was A Hardware Locked Vibrant? I Have No Clue, Long Story Short This Is What You Do, Either Switch Out The Vibrant, OR Go Into ADB And Fastboot, Reboot Into Recovery
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you are full of chit my friend. I've locked myself out of multiple android devices using the lock pattern and my gmail account unlocked them all.
If you don't know the unlock code and don't know the gmail username and password for your email account... sounds pretty darn stolen to me.
prove me wrong and I will be happy to help other wise go find a new route you thieves.
rsfaze said:
you are full of chit my friend. I've locked myself out of multiple android devices using the lock pattern and my gmail account unlocked them all.
If you don't know the unlock code and don't know the gmail username and password for your email account... sounds pretty darn stolen to me.
prove me wrong and I will be happy to help other wise go find a new route you thieves.
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I did not steal this phone I bought it. I just calle tech support in Canada, and they told me to call tech support in the US. The US tech support told me that to do a hard reset, I have to hold down the Vol up and Vol Down button and power button for 15 sec and then let go to get to a reboot screen. I tried and it did not work. Then I asked to send the phone in for repairs and they said that it was not in warranty since I used it in canada???? Now I am **** out of luck.
cheers.
I purchased a used Acer Iconia A500 on ebay. It was sold As Is and I payed next to nothing for it. It came with no A/C adapter and had no charge. SO when I acquired a AC adapter and powered it on, it is asking for a password. I am an android phone user and I always root and run custom roms. I know that I can restore the tablet to its original out of the box state. But I was wondering how to go about it on this tab. I cant get it to boot into recovery and this is my first tablet. Im used to pulling the battery and holding down the vol and power. Im starting to wonder if I wasted $100.
Any help on this matter would be great. Im just not sure what I need to do to wipe all data and restore. I dont think this tab is rooted and thus no Clockwork mod. and I do not have a SD card in the slot. Do I need to have a stock rom on the SD card. This tablet world is sooo new to me. thanks in advance.
scotbot said:
I purchased a used Acer Iconia A500 on ebay. It was sold As Is and I payed next to nothing for it. It came with no A/C adapter and had no charge. SO when I acquired a AC adapter and powered it on, it is asking for a password. I am an android phone user and I always root and run custom roms. I know that I can restore the tablet to its original out of the box state. But I was wondering how to go about it on this tab. I cant get it to boot into recovery and this is my first tablet. Im used to pulling the battery and holding down the vol and power. Im starting to wonder if I wasted $100.
Any help on this matter would be great. Im just not sure what I need to do to wipe all data and restore. I dont think this tab is rooted and thus no Clockwork mod. and I do not have a SD card in the slot. Do I need to have a stock rom on the SD card. This tablet world is sooo new to me. thanks in advance.
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You need to put an SD card in then put a stock rom on it then boot into recovery : hold volume- and power button until you see text in upper left hand corner don't let go until you see that. The volume- is closer to the power button you have to decrypt the stock rom too
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dkj77777 said:
You need to put an SD card in then put a stock rom on it then boot into recovery : hold volume- and power button until you see text in upper left hand corner don't let go until you see that. The volume- is closer to the power button you have to decrypt the stock rom too
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thank you! Is there a tutorial or at least some sort of guide to doing this. I have never had to decrypt a rom before.
Hello !
Try this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1155664
Look for "Unbricking" section.
Hope this helps.
Ahh no its broken. Ill give you 70 for it cuz I'm a nice guy. Lol jk. You just got a great deal if the hardware woks. Getting past the lock screen is easy with a flash.
scotbot said:
I purchased a used Acer Iconia A500 on ebay. It was sold As Is and I payed next to nothing for it. It came with no A/C adapter and had no charge. SO when I acquired a AC adapter and powered it on, it is asking for a password. I am an android phone user and I always root and run custom roms. I know that I can restore the tablet to its original out of the box state. But I was wondering how to go about it on this tab. I cant get it to boot into recovery and this is my first tablet. Im used to pulling the battery and holding down the vol and power. Im starting to wonder if I wasted $100.
Any help on this matter would be great. Im just not sure what I need to do to wipe all data and restore. I dont think this tab is rooted and thus no Clockwork mod. and I do not have a SD card in the slot. Do I need to have a stock rom on the SD card. This tablet world is sooo new to me. thanks in advance.
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I was looking at one on ebay, wonder if it was the same one.
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Sounds like it was a stolen Iconia, and the thief couldnt figure out how to get past the lockscreen, so he sold it on ebay. Lol
lord_voldemort666 said:
Sounds like it was a stolen Iconia, and the thief couldnt figure out how to get past the lockscreen, so he sold it on ebay. Lol
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that, or it was in a car that got impounded
skullzaflare said:
that, or it was in a car that got impounded
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Wouldn't surprise me if the gestapo...I mean police took it and sold it from one either.
Do,a,hard reset, it will delete everything and bring it back to factory reset by preesing vol + hold it then press power button until the acer logo comes up then release the power and toggle the screen rotate switch......search the instruction in you tube, search for acer a500 hard reset...
I got mine bricked for switching roms,so many times and this method save me althogh
I lost everything but i got it back to factory reset without recovery
Resetting the tablet with a paper clip doesn't work?
Jeckler said:
Resetting the tablet with a paper clip doesn't work?
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That's a soft reset. Won't do anything.
If with stock rom try this..... Plug any external USB keyboard into the tablet USB. 1.Turn the tablet off. 2.Pull out the Micro SD. 3. Push and hold the power button and -volume button together. 4.When the screen lights up release the power button and push and hold the HOME button on the keyboard while still holding the volume- till you see the recovery mode. 5. With the arrows on the keyboard highlight the factory reset option and hit Enter.
snyph3r said:
Do,a,hard reset, it will delete everything and bring it back to factory reset by preesing vol + hold it then press power button until the acer logo comes up then release the power and toggle the screen rotate switch......search the instruction in you tube, search for acer a500 hard reset...
I got mine bricked for switching roms,so many times and this method save me althogh
I lost everything but i got it back to factory reset without recovery
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thanks that worked great! I didnt have the screen rotation lock on and that was keeping me out of the recovery mode. I didnt need to use the keyboard method. Although I did order one of those leather USB keyboard cases for $19 today so I will be able to play arround with it. Once I get CWM on it will I need the keyboard or does the vol rocker work like on my EVO.
scotbot said:
Once I get CWM on it will I need the keyboard or does the vol rocker work like on my EVO.
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No. It works by holding power+volume down but you have to hold it until you see the recovery message not just the Acer logo.
scotbot said:
thanks that worked great! I didnt have the screen rotation lock on and that was keeping me out of the recovery mode. I didnt need to use the keyboard method. Although I did order one of those leather USB keyboard cases for $19 today so I will be able to play arround with it. Once I get CWM on it will I need the keyboard or does the vol rocker work like on my EVO.
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You don't need a keyboard in recovery, vol. Buttons are all you need and power button to select.
Edit: can you tell me the seller name from eBay? I was looking at one also, just wondering if it was the same one.
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snyph3r said:
Do,a,hard reset, it will delete everything and bring it back to factory reset by preesing vol + hold it then press power button until the acer logo comes up then release the power and toggle the screen rotate switch......search the instruction in you tube, search for acer a500 hard reset...
I got mine bricked for switching roms,so many times and this method save me althogh
I lost everything but i got it back to factory reset without recovery
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+1. This will work for you. On next boot, it'll do the firstboot wizard.
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Anybody knows what's wrong and how do I solve it? Here's the entire story (if it helps):
I went to Play and updated my apps. I press and held the power button and selected "restart". (I restart my device regularly) However, after shutting down, it does not boot at all and no matter how many times I press the power button it just wouldn't boot up!
I tried charging it too. Nothing happens even after plugging in.
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Anybody knows what's wrong and how do I solve it? Here's the entire story (if it helps):
I went to Play and updated my apps. I press and held the power button and selected "restart". (I restart my device regularly) However, after shutting down, it does not boot at all and no matter how many times I press the power button it just wouldn't boot up!
I tried charging it too. Nothing happens even after plugging in.
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Can you get to the boot loader, if so, try to wipe data from the recovery within the boot loader.
Or else leave the battery to drain fully , this will solve your problem and the tab will boot.
This happened to me couple of weeks ago and draining the battery solved this issue.
lsherif said:
Can you get to the boot loader, if so, try to wipe data from the recovery within the boot loader.
Or else leave the battery to drain fully , this will solve your problem and the tab will boot.
This happened to me couple of weeks ago and draining the battery solved this issue.
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May I know how do I get to the bootloader? I can't even allow the battery to drain. The problem is it is not even starting at all. I pressed the power button a million times and NOTHING happens at all, the screen didn't even turn on.
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May I know how do I get to the bootloader? I can't even allow the battery to drain. The problem is it is not even starting at all. I pressed the power button a million times and NOTHING happens at all, the screen didn't even turn on.
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You can get to the boot loader by pressing power button + volume down at the same time.
try it.
lsherif said:
You can get to the boot loader by pressing power button + volume down at the same time.
try it.
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I tried it before posting here. The screen doesn't turn on at all still...
JFSG said:
I tried it before posting here. The screen doesn't turn on at all still...
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With a long power button press , does your tab show the galaxy tab 7.7 logo ?
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With a long power button press , does your tab show the galaxy tab 7.7 logo ?
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Nope. I wish it did.
Try to hold the power button in about 4 or 5 seconds. I doubt it'll do anything. It sounds like there's a problem with power button or hardware.
I had a thrive 7 before I got my gtab 7.7 and my first one I exchanged because of a problem identical to yours. It was very sketchy to power on.
Exchange or warranty if you can unless someone else has any ideas
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Nope. I wish it did.
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Only alternative left to leave it till battery drains, if you can remember the battery percentage before this happens, otherwise i am out of solutions.
A service center would be an alternative choice.
nicduim said:
Try to hold the power button in about 4 or 5 seconds. I doubt it'll do anything. It sounds like there's a problem with power button or hardware.
I had a thrive 7 before I got my gtab 7.7 and my first one I exchanged because of a problem identical to yours. It was very sketchy to power on.
Exchange or warranty if you can unless someone else has any ideas
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I decided to give it another shot a minute ago and it miraculously worked! I have no idea what's wrong or what caused the positive issue but am happy that it is fine now. Thanks guys!
Hi,
Just happened last night out of nowhere. It say "PHONE LOCKED. Follow the link from the other device for instructions - https://anotepad.com/notes/kbppst
It doesn't let me power off, it says "Unable to turn off device. Device locked via FMM."
Has anyone seen this? How do I reset the phone? I don't have data to save.
thanks
nsical
nsical said:
Hi,
Just happened last night out of nowhere. It say "PHONE LOCKED. Follow the link from the other device for instructions - https://anotepad.com/notes/kbppst
It doesn't let me power off, it says "Unable to turn off device. Device locked via FMM."
Has anyone seen this? How do I reset the phone? I don't have data to save.
thanks
nsical
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Yikes! It looks like FMM is Samsung's Find My Mobile service, so I wonder if you can sign into your Samsung account somewhere and unlock the phone? Good luck, I hope you can regain access to your phone.
nsical said:
Hi,
Has anyone seen this? How do I reset the phone? I don't have data to save.
thanks
nsical
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Have you tried holding power + vol down to get hard reset and get into download mode to odin something?
jasons1004 said:
Have you tried holding power + vol down to get hard reset and get into download mode to odin something?
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I am waiting for the battery to drain, it won't let me power off for me to start hard reset. Not sure if there is a way to hard reset via odin or some other tool?
I hadn't set up FMM and I can't set it up until I recover the phone. So I will wait for battery to go off and try hard reset.
nsical said:
I am waiting for the battery to drain, it won't let me power off for me to start hard reset. Not sure if there is a way to hard reset via odin or some other tool?
I hadn't set up FMM and I can't set it up until I recover the phone. So I will wait for battery to go off and try hard reset.
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So it wont even hard reset if you hold vol down and power? You don't have to turn it off first for that - just hold the buttons for like 6 sec and should reboot.
jasons1004 said:
So it wont even hard reset if you hold vol down and power? You don't have to turn it off first for that - just hold the buttons for like 6 sec and should reboot.
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You ha e yo hold power, volume up, and home.
When the splash shows quickly let go and repress the power key if it doesn't automatically go the the BL.
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nsical said:
Hi,
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Any luck - Im bored at work and curious...
what is this hack for? unlocking the phone for other carriers?
FreshIce21 said:
what is this hack for? unlocking the phone for other carriers?
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HIS phone got locked/hacked. He is looking for advise. No mods or anything......
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Any luck - Im bored at work and curious...
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So after the battery died, I was able to factory reset as mentioned here and it started now.
nsical
nsical said:
So after the battery died, I was able to factory reset as mentioned here and it started now.
nsical
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nice to hear you got past it - thumbs up
Remember to set up FMM so someone else can't.
I hope the OP has checked to make sure his Samsung account password hasn't been compromised, or they'll just lock it again.
It was actually locked by your phone's system and not a bullcrap app? My son downloaded something that was a 3rd party lock and I got past it by putting it in safe mode.
I bought a Lemfo lem7 smartwatch yday through aliexpress. During settings I switched the screen lock option and now cant unlock the screen doing whatsoever. I have rebooted by pressing the power button to no avail. Can anyone help? How can i do a factory reset as this watch has a single button?
About the same question
I got mine ordered at Banggood 2 days ago, and tested it's feature's without SIM card so far. Last test was company email configuration using exchange account setup. All worked out fine except the required pin-code unlock to start Andoid (after reboot watch).
After a while i got annoid to use the pincode input, and liked to get rid of the exchange account so i deleted this account in my LEM7.
But next reboot, i still got this pin code input screen but without onscreen keyboard !!
So the same question as topic starter, how to restore - do a factory reset with only one physical button ?
Or using the supplied smartwatch-dock with USB connection at Windows computer.
What procedure ? Software ? How to obtain factory ROM not having any backup ?
Next i will send Banggood.com service request.
thanks for any support , Hans
Yeah. Anybody knows please respind. How to do a factory reset with one physical button?
Have anybody found the solution to rsset LENFO LEM7 physically??
Go to proboards, maybe they can help http://roundandroidwatches.proboards.com/thread/2252/lemfo-lem7-discussion-thread
Hello,
I guess you have to hold the power button in booting process. So long pressing power button for 10 second to reset watch and then during booting again long pressing power button. I guess then you will see new boot menu where will be HARD RESET option. This process is more or less same for all Android devices
Good luck,
Marek
Make a reset using your Google account!
Klex Duffman said:
Make a reset using your Google account!
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And how would this fix a device what does not start Andriod before entering 4 numbers at the same device what does not shows a keyboard to enter these numbers ?
No, neither a solution.
Meanwhile i've returned my LEM7 to supplier Banggood, got my money including shipping costs refund. And have bought a THOR4 smartwatch instead. But i would not try to enable the security setting to input a pincode anymore neither at my current THOR4 device.
Another thing, experience of the passed weeks having a 'cheap' smartwatch with all it's features including 4G , most apps running on a small and round display and very tiny onscreen keyboard are hard to use. Or not even to install when required to tap at YES / NO the yes or no is not visible on the screen neither full round or squared display setting.
Using a 2 (micro) sim card of my provider, can only use one device (watch or smartphone) at the same time. Have to set one in airplane mode to use the other as a phone .
And have you ever entered a password at onscreen keyboard on 1.34" round display ? not easy done for shure i can say !
Do consider the smartwath as a nice gadget, practically spoken prefer to use smartphone or larger display sizes .
Best regards, Hans
byzi said:
Hello,
I guess you have to hold the power button in booting process. So long pressing power button for 10 second to reset watch and then during booting again long pressing power button. I guess then you will see new boot menu where will be HARD RESET option. This process is more or less same for all Android devices
Good luck,
Marek
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Doesn't seem to be working
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Doesn't seem to be working
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Finally succeeded. Couldn't do it from my pc but the Lemfo still had bluetooth on. I paired it with my smartphone, connected and I was able to erase all. Now the tedious reinstalling except the suspect app, whuich had been ok until the latest update. You had the right solution, thanks
I have LEM11 and my my kids forgot smart watch’s passcode and currentry I can’t login.How can I do factory hard reset?