I really really miss a feature in WinMo (at least, can't seem to find it) that lets you password protect your device at boot?
I don't want a pin-based lock each time I resume my phone, but preventing people from booting the device (and preferably accessing the data) without correct password would be great!
Any ideas?
i have windows mobile 6.5 and i have tweaked it so it'll autolock.In that way, every time i do a soft reset,i have to enter two passwords.My phone's password and my SIM password.But sometimes it's annoying me
I haven't really seen this issue come up but I have noticed there are issues with the encryption on the xoom, could be for most honeycomb devices.
What I did is I ran the battery down, plugged it in and turned it on. When it boots up it asks for your password, I unplugged it and the battery notification came up, then I hit Battery Use and it brought me to the settings screen, where I was able to Factory Reset the device. Even though it got rid of everything, you can still use the device. I know when I encrypt a device, if it happened to get stolen, I wouldn't want anyone to use it. I didn't spend much time seeing if we could launch any applications from the settings menu, try to "break out" of the settings menu, or see if I could access anything via USB. What's your thoughts on this? My opinion, you shouldn't be able to do this. My first post so please go easy
I have a youtube video of it but i have only 1 post so I'll post if I get more or search for user hermyhilton1 .
Since you did a Factory Reset, wouldn't it automatically disable encryption since it isn't enabled by default? Factory Reset is supposed to reset everything as if it was a brand new device.
By definition, factory reset removes encryption. It also removes all of your data. The point of encryption is to secure your data, not necessarily prevent anyone from ever using the device.
Pre-installed software and root-eploit are on a lower level, it just deletes/resets all user made changes. So it will remove the encryption and data, but will not restore the removed bloatware.
jonnypedantic said:
By definition, factory reset removes encryption. It also removes all of your data. The point of encryption is to secure your data, not necessarily prevent anyone from ever using the device.
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This.
Encryption is to protect your data, not your device.
What happens if you forget your encryption password? They have to build in a way to get the device usable again otherwise you end up with a very expensive brick.
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.
Hello guys. During setup my 6p asked me about having the pin checked before booting android itself. Am I correct in assuming having this on will stifle android device manager's ability to locate lock or wipe the phone in the event it is lost or stolen seeing how the rom never boots until the pin is entered. Seems super safe but at the expense of losing any chance of recovering it should it be stolen and still connected to data or lost by me.
RngrYogi said:
Hello guys. During setup my 6p asked me about having the pin checked before booting android itself. Am I correct in assuming having this on will stifle android device manager's ability to locate lock or wipe the phone in the event it is lost or stolen seeing how the rom never boots until the pin is entered. Seems super safe but at the expense of losing any chance of recovering it should it be stolen and still connected to data or lost by me.
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I don't know about remote finding and lock but I can tell you I had it for a little while and then when I loaded the last pass app it said I had to disable it for that to work so I did because I love LastPass
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Yes, if you have the option for requiring PIN to boot enabled, the device will never fully boot into Android and you would not be able to track it. The upside is that the thief would not be able to use the phone until that PIN is entered.
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.
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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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