[CLOSED] forgot screenlock pattern - j7 pro - Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) Questions & Answers

Hi,
Somehow I managed to forget my screenlock pattern (changed before lockdown) on my Samsung j7pro j730GM and it does not show any recovery through google password or similar. I need some help to recover access to my phone (preferably without factory reset).
This is the current situation of my phone:
- NOT Phone Rooted, all default
- Currently logged in with my google account on the phone, but can't access it over the google account (i kind of disabled history and other features in my google acc).
- Also "Unknown Sources" should be enabled on my phone.
If there is any way to recover the password via ADB, or to unlock the Data, that would be just awesome...
Thanks for any help.

utocava said:
Hi,
Somehow I managed to forget my screenlock pattern (changed before lockdown) on my Samsung j7pro j730GM and it does not show any recovery through google password or similar. I need some help to recover access to my phone (preferably without factory reset).
... ... ...
If there is any way to recover the password via ADB, or to unlock the Data, that would be just awesome...
Thanks for any help.
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Flash the latest TWRP recovery from here via Odin: TWRP Recovery J7 Pro
Boot into installed TWRP recovery. Connect device to your PC. Hopefully, you can access your files in there. :victory:
Backup your files, and factory reset your phone via the recovery.
See ya!

CaelestisZ said:
Flash the latest TWRP recovery from here via Odin: TWRP Recovery J7 Pro
Boot into installed TWRP recovery. Connect device to your PC. Hopefully, you can access your files in there. :victory:
Backup your files, and factory reset your phone via the recovery.
See ya!
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what about with samsung account? Can i take away the pattern?

utocava said:
what about with samsung account? Can i take away the pattern?
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Yes, there's actually a simpler method via the Samsung account.
Try this: Using Find My Mobile to reset Password or PIN

CaelestisZ said:
Flash the latest TWRP recovery from here via Odin: TWRP Recovery J7 Pro
Boot into installed TWRP recovery. Connect device to your PC. Hopefully, you can access your files in there. :victory:
Backup your files, and factory reset your phone via the recovery.
See ya!
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Okay but in the twrp section it's mentioned it needs OEM unlocked which i dont have enabled and i am presently locked out of my samsung j7pro J30GM. I forgot the password and i need the data inside it. Can anyone guide me in getting my data out of my mobile safely? Without factory reset. I just need the data.
Present condition :
1. ADB debugging enabled (i dont know if it's of use as mobile is locked)
2. Mobile data is switched on ,Google signed in, samsung account not signed in so no find my mobile.
3. No root, OEM not unlcoked
Thanks for any help

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Hi, Somehow I managed to forget my screenlock pattern (changed before lockdown) on my Samsung j7pro j730GM and it does not show any recovery through google password or similar. I need some help to recover access to my phone (preferably without...
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[RECOVERY] [TWRP 3.0.0-0] for Vodafone Smart Prime 6

Hello guys.
I have successfully ported TWRP 3.0.0-0 for our Smart Prime 6.
It's 100% working !!
There are NO BUGS !! :good:
DOWNLOAD
NEW LINK: DOWNLOAD
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How to install​​
Via app:
1) Download TWRP 3.0.0-0 from the link above and place it on internal storage of your phone.
2) Download Flashify app from Google Play Store.
3) Open Flashify app.
4) Grant root permissions.
5) Click "Recovery image" and then click "Choose a file"
6) Navigate to the folder where you placed TWRP 3.0.0-0 and choose the .IMG file.
7) Press "Yup!" button and wait.
8) After a while the phone will require reboot. So click "reboot" button.
9) Phone will reboot and automatically boot into TWRP, so you can press reboot to system.
10) Enjoy!
Special thanks to Oneb1t for modded .fstab file! :highfive:
edit: you can use Flashfire app too instead of Flashify, but it's not recommended, because the latest version of the Flashfire app is not flashing properly.
Brilliant! Thank you so much! Do you know any custom ROM what is better than the factory ROM?
There is no custom ROM for this phone yet.
But I'm trying to make LITE ROM.
Adreno306™ said:
There is no custom ROM for this phone yet.
But I'm trying to make LITE ROM.
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Do you think it's easier/possible to adapt a ROM from a similar device like say, the Alcatel
Pop 2 (5) Premium ? I don't know if there's any ROM for that phone tho, but since it's branded as Alcatel you might get more support from the community here than by using Vodafone's name.
Hello, Demonlord6.
I have tried to make a stock flashable ROM via dumping the system folder and the boot.img file, but without success.
It does not boot properly.. when I tried to flash it without dalvik/system wipe everything was as before.
When I tried to wipe /system and dalvik first and then flash the ROM, it causes bootloop.
So now I'm trying to fix this issue..
I don't know where the problem is.
So when this issue will be solved I will try to build a ROM from Alcatel phones with same specs.
Adreno306™ said:
Hello, Demonlord6.
I have tried to make a stock flashable ROM via dumping the system folder and the boot.img file, but without success.
It does not boot properly.. when I tried to flash it without dalvik/system wipe everything was as before.
When I tried to wipe /system and dalvik first and then flash the ROM, it causes bootloop.
So now I'm trying to fix this issue..
I don't know where the problem is.
So when this issue will be solved I will try to build a ROM from Alcatel phones with same specs.
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Hey, Andreno306
I don't know much about Rom's in that level of expertise I'm afraid :/ but I did some digging and came across this simple tutorial on XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387941
I imagine it does not work for every single device out there, at least not with modifying stuff after, but it might be a good starting point I think, in fact I would try to actually make one myself had I a working PC currently at home. But even if I did I had no way of testing it because this is currently my daily driver phone.
Just wanted to say that I'm also very interested in getting a slim ROM for this device. I can't offer any expertise I'm afraid! Just wanted to show that there are people interested in your project.
:highfive:
Stock Kernel
Thanks, it works great.
This is little off-topic but does anyone has the stock kernel, i flashed NeoKernel but it is not that good and i forgot to make a backup do can anyone please link me to the stock kernel?
vojta_horanek said:
Thanks, it works great.
This is little off-topic but does anyone has the stock kernel, i flashed NeoKernel but it is not that good and i forgot to make a backup do can anyone please link me to the stock kernel?
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I have one
https://mega.nz/#!tMJD3B4T!f6m2ELYCVupqGCcN2aGbkrNzEqijLu7au-7usEfeVL0
But I recommend to restore it with the flashify app, because that's how the backup was made.
If, for some reason, you don't/can't restore it, then you can always try Sugar on the PC which basically restores everything to factory settings (recovery, kernel, etc, it all gets reset)
Demonlord6 said:
I have one
But I recommend to restore it with the flashify app, because that's how the backup was made.
If, for some reason, you don't/can't restore it, then you can always try Sugar on the PC which basically restores everything to factory settings (recovery, kernel, etc, it all gets reset)
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Restored and my phone keeps turning off after boot(once i saw the turn off screen, other times it just vibrates at boot screen), isnt it the wrong file? (flashed wia flashify)
I was able to restore the boot from TWRP (lucky i made a backup this time)
vojta_horanek said:
Restored and my phone keeps turning off after boot(once i saw the turn off screen, other times it just vibrates at boot screen), isnt it the wrong file? (flashed wia flashify)
I was able to restore the boot from TWRP (lucky i made a backup this time)
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Sorry there about the bootloop but glad u could restore it from TWRP, maybe it was because we have different ROM versions ?
Demonlord6 said:
Sorry there about the bootloop but glad u could restore it from TWRP, maybe it was because we have different ROM versions ?
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I got this one: http://www.needrom.com/download/vodafone-smart-prime-6-vf-895n-debloatedclean-stock/#
vojta_horanek said:
I got this one: http://www.needrom.com/download/vodafone-smart-prime-6-vf-895n-debloatedclean-stock/#
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Yeap, that's not the same version as my ROM, mine is not 130FNN etc. Maybe that's why it didn't work
Enviado do meu GT-S5280 através de Tapatalk
Sorry for the stupid question but... does it works on Smart Prime 7 too?
Has anyone installed that linked ROM? It seems to be what we are looking for... a slim debloated rom.
I presume we need to be rooted, install this TWRP, then flash that ROM?
It mentions unlocking the bootloader, I dont think I've seen any info anywhere about unlocking the bootloader.
Can anyone give a quick lowdown on all the steps required to install that ROM please?
Hi everyone, I discovered that Elephone Trunk and Smart Prime 6 have (almost) identical specs: https://www.devicespecifications.com...ison/c584481c6
So it would be great to "port" (or build ?) the official Nougat-OmniROM for Trunk to VF-895N: http://dl.omnirom.org/trunk/
Last but not least, here's official Vodafone Smart Prime 6 sources: Vodafone_Smart_prime_6_20150413.tar.xz
TWRP for vodafone smart max 4 990N (coolpad 8890u).
I tried this recovery image for vodafone smart max 4 990N (coolpad 8890u).
The phone is in a bootloop state. I think i have usb debugging enabled already.
So, in fastboot mode i can see the device in my pc in adb fastboot cmd.
Im trying to ''fastboot boot recovery.img" but it stops in ''booting..''.
Dont know whats the problem but for sure i can not find a specific twrp image for this device.
If i enter fastboot oem device-info it says ''(bootloader) Device unlocked: true''.
Any ideas ?
hi i was wondering if you could share how you did this or if you can make one for the Vodafone smart n9 (VFD720) it would help a lot of people out looking for this
Needed to root a Vodafone Smart Prime 6 (VF 895N) (got it from a friend because it became unresponsive from all the updated google play stuff ) to get linux-deploy running. Just wanted to leave a big thank you here for Adreno306 for his TRWP 3.0.0-0. it did the job very well!
Only the procedure to get it installed differed quite a bit for me, since Flashify is no longer available.
I wanted to preserve boot and just flash trwp to recover, what worked quite well.
The first thing I did was to boot the phone manually in recovery mode (Power+Vol up) and reset it to factory settings from there. It takes a little while. Then follow the setup, go to phone settings, enable developer mode and set usb debugging. If "unlock oem" is not available there, reboot into recovery again, set unlock there and reboot into bootloader.
The prerequisites are adb and fastboot, both must work. Means adb devices and fastboot devices must show the phone. What can make problems under win10 as it sometimes does not detect the phone in bootloader mode. An actual google usb driver is needed, as provided by google.
For me adb worked well, but when rebooted into bootloader with adb reboot bootloader, fastboot didnt detect the phone. With the phone still connected, the windows device manager showed an unknown device with and exclamation mark (!). Right click, install driver, select driver manually, select driver from device list, mark all devices (first entry) and click "disk", then point to the usb driver director and select "ADB fastboot driver". ( A more comprehensive description is available here )
Once adb and fastboot detect the device, it is time to prepare it. Boot to system (normal operation) first. Make sure that the TRWP 3.0.0-0.img is renamed to trwp.img and then
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot boot trwp.img
Now the phone should show the trwp menu, set it up to root the phone and install SuperSU. Reboot into bootloader and
fastboot flash recovery trwp.img
fastboot reboot
Verify with adb reboot recovery, you should see trwp now. Reboot to system.
Now finally go into the app selector, start SuperSU, and root the phone. SuperSu uses trwp recovery mode to install its image and root is done.
Again, big thanks for providing the TRWP image!
Adreno306™ said:
Hello guys.
I have successfully ported TWRP 3.0.0-0 for our Smart Prime 6.
It's 100% working !!
There are NO BUGS !! :good:
DOWNLOAD
NEW LINK: DOWNLOAD
________________________________________
​How to install​
​
Via app:
1) Download TWRP 3.0.0-0 from the link above and place it on internal storage of your phone.
2) Download Flashify app from Google Play Store.
3) Open Flashify app.
4) Grant root permissions.
5) Click "Recovery image" and then click "Choose a file"
6) Navigate to the folder where you placed TWRP 3.0.0-0 and choose the .IMG file.
7) Press "Yup!" button and wait.
8) After a while the phone will require reboot. So click "reboot" button.
9) Phone will reboot and automatically boot into TWRP, so you can press reboot to system.
10) Enjoy!
Special thanks to Oneb1t for modded .fstab file! :highfive:
edit: you can use Flashfire app too instead of Flashify, but it's not recommended, because the latest version of the Flashfire app is not flashing properly.
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Hi, I would like to try your tutorial but I can't root this phone (which is an important step in the tutorial), is there any way someone could help me??
Thanks

S7 edge , pin code removal unrooted with twrp without loosing data

Hello
Thanks for all support can members produce in this website
i am a new french user , happy to join you.
i will expose you my situation , normaly i don't found any similar post before
so i have a S7 edge g935F version , pin code and google account forget
but i need to recovery all data from it before hard reset .
so i found solution of TWRP for remove the password.key and/or gesture.key in data/system right ?
the s7 edge developper mode is not active / also no rooted .
Can i flash with ODIN twrp-3.1.1-0-hero2lte.img.tar in pda section
and just apres reboot in recovery twrp and nagivate in folder for delete files concerned ?
thanks so much for your help .
hope i can help you soon
Regards
abdel59 said:
Hello
Can i flash with ODIN twrp-3.1.1-0-hero2lte.img.tar in pda section
and just apres reboot in recovery twrp and nagivate in folder for delete files concerned ?
Regards
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To flash TWRP you need to have OEM unlock enabled in Developer Settings. Otherwise your device will not boot.
There is a guide here
I'm pretty sure if your device is not rooted or anything already beforehand there isnt a way to remove the password without loosing your data. This is to protect a users data incase there phone is stolen or lost.
EasyAndroidPro said:
To flash TWRP you need to have OEM unlock enabled in Developer Settings. Otherwise your device will not boot.
There is a guide here
I'm pretty sure if your device is not rooted or anything already beforehand there isnt a way to remove the password without loosing your data. This is to protect a users data incase there phone is stolen or lost.
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Hello
thanks for fast reply
what about TWRP official website , they explain that on s7 edge we can install TWRP without root with ODIN in download mode
but i don't found information about the after install, can i will boot on recovery twrp or not to mount file ?
thanks
best regards
abdel59 said:
Hello
thanks for fast reply
what about TWRP official website , they explain that on s7 edge we can install TWRP without root with ODIN in download mode
but i don't found information about the after install, can i will boot on recovery twrp or not to mount file ?
thanks
best regards
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Hi sorry for slower reply im at work.
This is the same post i linked you.
Yes - you can install TWRP without installing root but you still need to have OEM unlock ticked in developer settings.
Also once flashing TWRP you will not be able to mount data or boot your device unless you FORMAT data which will loose all your files on your internal storage.
i think the solution "so i found solution of TWRP for remove the password.key and/or gesture.key in data/system right"
is only for people that already have TWRP installed on there device before they loose there passwords.
EasyAndroidPro said:
Hi sorry for slower reply im at work.
This is the same post i linked you.
Yes - you can install TWRP without installing root but you still need to have OEM unlock ticked in developer settings.
Also once flashing TWRP you will not be able to mount data or boot your device unless you FORMAT data which will loose all your files on your internal storage.
i think the solution "so i found solution of TWRP for remove the password.key and/or gesture.key in data/system right"
is only for people that already have TWRP installed on there device before they loose there passwords.
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thanks for reply
so maybe i will try search another method for this situation
thanks
best regards

Device encryption on rooted G4 Play (XT1604) with TWRP

I have a UK XT1604 Retail device which is running the current TWRP and is rooted with the stock rom.
The device was rooted with the guide from here, but at the time I didn't realise device encryption was not enabled...
Now I'm trying to enable to device encryption, but the process never starts (by the looks of it) the phone reboots to the Moto/Lenovo logo and just sits there. A manual reboot brings back the normal OS with no changes. I've seen some other posts which say I need to un-root, and other which say I just need to re-flash the boot.img file
Can someone tell me the correct process for enabling device encryption and re-rooting the device after.
I was unable to find the stock UK Retail image for this phone, but I have found a o2 version - can I use any .img files I need from that safely ? My other option is - I have an identical none-rooted device, if I fastboot TWRP (rather than install) can I extract and use the .img files from that device on mine? - This has been uploaded this morning - but its not 100% clear is this is UK and for the XT1604
Can anyone confirm the current 3.1.1-0 supports encrypted file systems and can access them?
Very new to all this Android stuff so any help is very welcome.
You should be able to unroot from the SuperSU app (at least that's what I did) and then encryption will work normally.
bsevcenk said:
You should be able to unroot from the SuperSU app (at least that's what I did) and then encryption will work normally.
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I'd seen the option but wasnt sure if I needed the full un-root, or just 'disable super user' I presume once I've encrypted I just need to re-flash the SuperSU zip file?
iam-q said:
I'd seen the option but wasnt sure if I needed the full un-root, or just 'disable super user' I presume once I've encrypted I just need to re-flash the SuperSU zip file?
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You'll need to do a full un-root, encrypt, and then you can flash the SuperSU zip again.
So the encryption worked fine & is set with a password. Now I'm unable to access TWRP in recovery mode as it won't accept the known working password.
I Changed the password to a PIN and that allows me to access TWRP - but if I change it back to a password TWRP flat refuses to accept it. I've seen old issues relating to earlier versions to TWRP where people had the same issue, but nothing relating to the current version. Any ideas?

twrp internal storage 0mb s8

Good evening,
I have the following situation in TWRP:
1. I have waited 7 days to release the OEM.
2. After that I installed TWRP via ODIN, and logged into Recovery.
3. As usual the DATA folder was unavailable (Encrypted) and had to do FORMAT DATA, placing yes, etc ....
4. After that I was able to access, I installed Magisk and RMM STATE.
*********I also tested using SuperSu, NO-VERITY, and RMM STATE, and the same thing happened.
5. Everything wonderful, I accessed the system, the OEM remains unlocked, in the download mode has no PRE NORMAL, I can access ROOT softwares a marvel.
6. But here comes the problem, whenever I enter the TWRP it is with the DATA folder unavailable, that is, I have to redo FORMAT DATA.
7. If you do FORMAT, it restarts the procedure from the beginning.
The version of TWRP that I use is correct, the ROM is last STOCK Brazil ZTO.
I have no idea what to do.
Link to TWRP I'm downloading
https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxys8.html
I read the link below the information below, it would have some connection with the problem:
This device uses dm-verity!
This means that if you allow the system to be modified, it will prevent you from being able to boot if you are using the kernel stock. In order to bypass dm-verity's boot prevention, you will have to install a kernel that has disabled dm-verity in the fstab.
Problem solved through link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-twrp-oreo-t3769254/post76036701#post76036701
You are asking for help, and it just so happens that there is a forum meant specifically for that.
SirSoviet said:
You are asking for help, and it just so happens that there is a forum meant specifically for that.
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Good afternoon.
Would you link to it?
'Cause I thought I'd go in with recovery.
I have tested everything I read in the forum and it is not right.
Problem solved through link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-twrp-oreo-t3769254/post76036701#post76036701

Root Without TWRP / Samsung Account Error / IMEI Recovery

Is there any way to be root without TWRP?* I'm in Oreo and I lost my Imei and cell coverage*. However, I have my backing of the EFS folder. But I can't stick it in the root without being root.
I know I have to wait 8 days for the OEM unlock to activate (I even used the trick to not wait 8 days and it worked for me). And be able to use twrp and install Root per zip file.
But now I haven't been able to do the trick because I can't log in to the samsung account*(Procesing Failed). My fear is that the 8 days will pass and since I cannot log in to my samsung account, the OEM unlock will not be activated even after 8 days.
In short, it would be a great help if anyone knew of these 3 options.
*1.- If you can be root without installing twrp.
*2.- If someone knows how to log in to samsung account, when the error message ("Procesing Failed") appears. I've erased cache of all samsung applications, I've reestablished it from the factory. I have installed full Stock firmware and nothing yet.
*3.- Recover IMEI in another way (I have a TWRP EFS Backup (I already restored it but it didn't work) and I have backup of the EFS folder to replace with the root.
Image that could possibly be useful for point 2.
Knox status: https://ibb.co/kjt908 In download mode it appears as (0x030c).
Download mode: https://ibb.co/nuMySo
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I found something about point 1, about how to rotate without using a TWRP.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/u12-plus/how-to/guide-how-to-root-u12-magisk-tips-tricks-t3802583
Will there be something similar for our device?.
I welcome any input on the subject. (Y)

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