OK guys and gals I have a unique situation. I have both a pattern lock and finger print lock on my Fold 3. I just changed my pattern and now forgot it. I know I know I am idiot but I can unlock the screen with my finger print but since I forgot the pattern I can not reset it. I have tried at least 10 times to get into the setting to change the pattern it no luck. Can you guys help me? Again I can open with finger print but can not unlock by pattern. Any help is GREATLY appreciated in advance!
I think you have to factory reset it.
Techvir said:
I think you have to factory reset it.
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If I'm not mistaken it will AGAIN ask you for the pattern AFTER the factory reset. I just sold my Fold 1 on eBay and I factory reset it before I mailed it. The buyer called me the day he received it and said it was asking for the last pattern. I informed him it was factory reset and he said it was but still asked for the pattern. I gave it to him and haven't heard a word from him since. He added positive feedback several days later. so... just saying...
...My suggestion would be to endlessly continue to try different patterns before you try the reset. Your brain HAS to kick in at some point. lol
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If I'm not mistaken it will AGAIN ask you for the pattern AFTER the factory reset. I just sold my Fold 1 on eBay and I factory reset it before I mailed it. The buyer called me the day he received it and said it was asking for the last pattern. I informed him it was factory reset and he said it was but still asked for the pattern. I gave it to him and haven't heard a word from him since. He added positive feedback several days later. so... just saying...
...My suggestion would be to endlessly continue to try different patterns before you try the reset. Your brain HAS to kick in at some point. lol
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Are you sure that it wasn't Google activation? Since when you do factory reset but you don't remove the Google account before doing it. Then the device will ask for previous Google account to activate the device again.
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Are you sure that it wasn't Google activation? Since when you do factory reset but you don't remove the Google account before doing it. Then the device will ask for previous Google account to activate the device again.
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Well, this is possible. Im not really sure to be honest. I know I tried to completely reformat before I sent him the phone. I should have checked after I did that. I just turned it off and packed it up. Lesson learned, I guess. How would I have ALSO gotten rid of my google account before or after the reformat?
OJsakila said:
Well, this is possible. Im not really sure to be honest. I know I tried to completely reformat before I sent him the phone. I should have checked after I did that. I just turned it off and packed it up. Lesson learned, I guess. How would I have ALSO gotten rid of my google account before or after the reformat?
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Before you do factory reset. Go into phone settings and then under accounts remove the linked Google account and any other accounts including samsung one. Then when you have no accounts connected, then you can do factory reset. This shall then remove the activation step from previous Google account.
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Before you do factory reset. Go into phone settings and then under accounts remove the linked Google account and any other accounts including samsung one. Then when you have no accounts connected, then you can do factory reset. This shall then remove the activation step from previous Google account.
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lol. I DEFFINATLEY did NOT do that. Ok. Well, at least we got to the bottom of that. lol I'm sure that was my issue. I'll remember that. +1
OJsakila said:
lol. I DEFFINATLEY did NOT do that. Ok. Well, at least we got to the bottom of that. lol I'm sure that was my issue. I'll remember that. +1
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It's a easy to miss. Since alot of people don't know about it and then this happens. Buyer gets pisst off for receiving a locked device. So then device becomes worthles and only option for him to send it back and get money back. So the seller can then fix this mistake and then resell it again.
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It's a easy to miss. Since alot of people don't know about it and then this happens. Buyer gets pisst off for receiving a locked device. So then device becomes worthles and only option for him to send it back and get money back. So the seller can then fix this mistake and then resell it again.
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There must be a way around it. I traded in my Z Flip for this one, and I didn't remove the google account. The trade in company hasn't complained.
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There must be a way around it. I traded in my Z Flip for this one, and I didn't remove the google account. The trade in company hasn't complained.
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Not really. If there was then it would be used by ones who steals it. Alot of trade companies won't reuse the device if you have Google account left on it and such. Then device worth drops and the company will use it as spare parts instead.
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Not really. If there was then it would be used by ones who steals it. Alot of trade companies won't reuse the device if you have Google account left on it and such. Then device worth drops and the company will use it as spare parts instead.
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They are not going to use that for parts, I think. It was in pristine condition. Besides, they would say to do this if it was an issue or they'd lose a lot of value in trade ins. I'm dubious, and I'm pretty certain that I've factory reset a few phones without this happening. I'm going to test this on my spare right now, in fact.
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They are not going to use that for parts, I think. It was in pristine condition. Besides, they would say to do this if it was an issue or they'd lose a lot of value in trade ins. I'm dubious, and I'm pretty certain that I've factory reset a few phones without this happening. I'm going to test this on my spare right now, in fact.
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Well trust me it will request after factory reset. On Google activation and there it will ask previous Google account to re-activate the device. It's a anti theft protection thing to prevent theifs from being able to do factory reset. But I still think the company is going to use it for parts, since when you trade it to samsung then samsung tells you to remove the Google account and samsung account before doing factory reset. If you send the device in to them with the accounts on the device or that you did not do this. Then value on device drops and they will use the device as spare parts instead. Since they cannot bypass this anti theft protection and even Google claims there is no way around it.
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Well trust me it will request after factory reset. On Google activation and there it will ask previous Google account to re-activate the device. It's a anti theft protection thing to prevent theifs from being able to do factory reset. But I still think the company is going to use it for parts, since when you trade it to samsung then samsung tells you to remove the Google account and samsung account before doing factory reset. If you send the device in to them with the accounts on the device or that you did not do this. Then value on device drops and they will use the device as spare parts instead. Since they cannot bypass this anti theft protection and even Google claims there is no way around it.
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Great information here. Strange how a Google account is the ONLY thing that can wiggle its way so far into a device that Google themselves say there is no way around getting rid of it thru a "FACTORY RESET." hmm seems a little intrusive. But whatever..
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Jake.S said:
Well trust me it will request after factory reset. On Google activation and there it will ask previous Google account to re-activate the device. It's a anti theft protection thing to prevent theifs from being able to do factory reset. But I still think the company is going to use it for parts, since when you trade it to samsung then samsung tells you to remove the Google account and samsung account before doing factory reset. If you send the device in to them with the accounts on the device or that you did not do this. Then value on device drops and they will use the device as spare parts instead. Since they cannot bypass this anti theft protection and even Google claims there is no way around it.
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OK, just tried it. You're right, even after a hard factory reset it asks for the pattern. However, you can enter the google account details instead, which would solve OPs issue.
I'm also pretty certain that I wasn't told to remove the google account, and I did trade in with Samsung, although they use a 3rd party.
Edit: I'm wrong again! Just checked the email and it says to remove all security and passwords. Ooops!
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OK, just tried it. You're right, even after a hard factory reset it asks for the pattern. However, you can enter the google account details instead, which would solve OPs issue.
I'm also pretty certain that I wasn't told to remove the google account, and I did trade in with Samsung, although they use a 3rd party.
Edit: I'm wrong again! Just checked the email and it says to remove all security and passwords. Ooops!
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OK, this explains it. When I do a soft factory reset, it doesn't ask for credentials afterwards, because you have to enter them before. It's only for the hard factory reset, which makes sense.
Anyway, OP can hard factory reset then enter the google account details. If OP can do a backup first, nothing should be lost.
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OK, this explains it. When I do a soft factory reset, it doesn't ask for credentials afterwards, because you have to enter them before. It's only for the hard factory reset, which makes sense.
Anyway, OP can hard factory reset then enter the google account details. If OP can do a backup first, nothing should be lost.
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If you own the device you have no issues. But if you plan to sell it, then Google and Samsung accounts must be removed before doing any soft or factory reset. That way it won't ask for old Google account to activate the device again. But if your keeping the device then you have no problem to factory reset and then re login to your Google account since you shall know Google account password.
the entire password situation for these tech items are out of hand, I don't work for the FBI nor do I have security clearances, neither does 99.5% of the people in this world.
I don't need a password for my phone, sure my bank app or pay app will require one, but what will people do with my phone, see my pictures? OMG the horror!
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If you own the device you have no issues. But if you plan to sell it, then Google and Samsung accounts must be removed before doing any soft or factory reset. That way it won't ask for old Google account to activate the device again. But if your keeping the device then you have no problem to factory reset and then re login to your Google account since you shall know Google account password.
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My comment was to demonstrate that you don't need to remove any accounts. Doing a soft factory reset forces you to enter credentials, so obviating the need for a confirmation. A hard factory reset requires confirmation, because it can be performed outside of the OS and credentials cannot be confirmed.
This means that my traded in phone, where I didn't remove passwords nor accounts, is still usable without my credentials because all account information is deleted.
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My comment was to demonstrate that you don't need to remove any accounts. Doing a soft factory reset forces you to enter credentials, so obviating the need for a confirmation. A hard factory reset requires confirmation, because it can be performed outside of the OS and credentials cannot be confirmed.
This means that my traded in phone, where I didn't remove passwords nor accounts, is still usable without my credentials because all account information is deleted.
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I don't think you understood, soft reset does not wipe accounts. While factory reset does but then it's locked to old Google account and requires activation. While soft reset don't since account is still there on the device
fastfed said:
the entire password situation for these tech items are out of hand, I don't work for the FBI nor do I have security clearances, neither does 99.5% of the people in this world.
I don't need a password for my phone, sure my bank app or pay app will require one, but what will people do with my phone, see my pictures? OMG the horror!
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You don't need to have any security set up on your phone if you don't want it.
I like the ability to secure my phone. That means that apps like email don't need security, and all of my private documents dont need security.
I am not an FBI agent, nor do I play one on TV
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Unluckly my phone was stolen about a week ago. Ignorant thieves didn't change my google account so when I go to android market I can see they're using it and that they changed the sim (I can see which operator they have).
I also blocked the imei but it doesn't seem to have worked because I can see they are still using it. My question is: is there any way to know the phone number of the sim? I could try to track them if it could be possible or it's just the operator? I sooo want my phone back! (even if now I've got a galaxy sl).
gianpa said:
Unluckly my phone was stolen about a week ago. Ignorant thieves didn't change my google account so when I go to android market I can see they're using it and that they changed the sim (I can see which operator they have).
I also blocked the imei but it doesn't seem to have worked because I can see they are still using it. My question is: is there any way to know the phone number of the sim? I could try to track them if it could be possible or it's just the operator? I sooo want my phone back! (even if now I've got a galaxy sl).
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Did you install Wavesecure or lookout? If so, they let you track the phone etc...
If you use 2-factor gmail login, you can disable the one-time password that your google account uses.
But without Wavesecure or equivalent, you can't really track the number, unless your network can (and most won't do it, citing "data protection" even when you own the phone).
Stupid laws like this mean technical precautions are best. WaveSecure and other such apps can even GPS locate the phone
Sucks man, I feel for ya... Wishing you the best in your search for these idiots. Give them a firm beating.
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Sucks man, I feel for ya... Wishing you the best in your search for these idiots. Give them a firm beating.
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While I couldn't condone that, having a GPS position of your device does have many uses, including directing the relevant law enforcement personnel to them, or indeed anyone else who happened to be in possession of the GPL location
I strongly recommend everyone uses some form of tracking app on their phone. There's free and open source ones available...
Well, if they're still using the phone and it's still connected to your Google account, then you can go to the marketplace from your computer, install Lookout on it, and attempt to track it down, lock it, or wipe it. It's worth a shot.
After that, change your google password. It really sucks though that the Market doesn't have an easy way for you to remove a device from your account though. I had my EVO stolen last week, and I looked for hours trying to figure out a way to separate it from my account with no success.
oh oh?
sorry dude very bad for you. change your password from gmail and save the contacts
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Well, if they're still using the phone and it's still connected to your Google account, then you can go to the marketplace from your computer, install Lookout on it, and attempt to track it down, lock it, or wipe it. It's worth a shot.
After that, change your google password. It really sucks though that the Market doesn't have an easy way for you to remove a device from your account though. I had my EVO stolen last week, and I looked for hours trying to figure out a way to separate it from my account with no success.
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Ooh smart I forgot about that. Lookout won't do that unfortunately, as you need to set up an account of sorts...
/me wishes you could VNC into your droid phone via google's cloud to phone system, thus negating the issue of NAT.
I wonder... there MUST be an app that allows you to install an app to the phone, that somehow conveys location to you, without entering info on the device...
If not, perhaps we need to work out a way? The issue is how to tell it who to email... Or...
/me sees an idea emerging...
How about an app allowing you to locate phone AFTER it was stolen, without needing to set anything up?
There is!
It's called Plan B (I can't post the link because I'm too noob on this forum, just search the market)
but the market won't let me install it on any phone, I don't know why
my phone wasent stolen but i always thought if it was that they could just use my card info that is stored and buy any apps they wanted my mom uses my captivate now and for the love of god i cant fig out how to take my info out and replace it with hers when i go to add account it still want let hers add any suggestions
gianpa said:
Unluckly my phone was stolen about a week ago. Ignorant thieves didn't change my google account so when I go to android market I can see they're using it and that they changed the sim (I can see which operator they have).
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Where can I read on the market which operator is being used on my stolen phone?
Little help please, have just purchased a M9 second hand and have had some issues trying to log into my google account.
The phone has been hard reset and starts up as normal, once I connect to the wifi and get past that when it asks me to enter my gmail and password it always sends me back to the wifi step, not allowing me to get into the home screen or even to skip the google account registration. Even worse is that I received an email from google saying it registered my log in. Any help?
You have become a victim of google frp (factory reset protection).
Hit youtube. There is a recent post that shows you how to get around it. I think its by rootjunky?..
The problem is not you. It's google's silly, flawed system.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/help/stuck-google-verify-account-t3319383
Thanks to the both of you, got the issue resolved thanks. An odd thing that's been implemented.
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Thanks to the both of you, got the issue resolved thanks. An odd thing that's been implemented.
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It's a new security feature designed to prevent someone from stealing a phone and resetting it to use it. Even if you reset it, you have to authorize it at least once to prove it's yours.
Hi Everyone,
could somebody help me a bit? I did a factory data reset in the recovery on my OP3. After the restart at the verify of the account, it says that my Google account isn’t the one that was synced the last time, so it doesn't let me through....I have changed the password of the account before I tried to sign in, can this be the problem? What can I do now?
OnePlus3 Factory Reset Protection
I have been reading all over the internet and XDA about the FRP problem, and stupidly, I live in a place far from the world so to speak, and a tourist offered me his phone, we made a deal, he did a factory reset in front of me, it left at the setup screen, and on the plane he went to wherever he was from. So I got home, tried to complete the setup and frozen at the google account verification screen. I don't even know this guys last name or how could I even know that this was the case now with Android? While I fully understand and support the reasons that this is implemented, I certainly didn't expect (and I am certain the previous owner didn't) I am left with a phone that I cannot use. Very frustrated, and makes me want to NEVER buy a phone from a person OR from the internet. Any advice or tips on how to recover it? Sorry if there is already one on here, but I cannot find it. Cheers.
OnePlus3 Factory Reset Protection [SOLVED]
I followed the instructions in this youtube video and SOLVED the problem, thanks to ISSAM GSM for his trick and apk!
youtube.com/watch?v=_uSezjE6yUM
Any another suggestion?
I can´t change the keyboard. My level protection it could be higher and I can´t jump google account protection.
Thanks
Hello, as I am now aware after the fact, I did a lock boot loader 'factory' reset thinking that wiped he phone, I sold it, and now I guess it needs my login to proceed. Question 1 is, is there any bypass for this? 2. Is there a safe way to temporarily give him a temp password or something? Appreciate your help
I do have 2 step verify turned on
GHII said:
Hello, as I am now aware after the fact, I did a lock boot loader 'factory' reset thinking that wiped he phone, I sold it, and now I guess it needs my login to proceed. Question 1 is, is there any bypass for this? 2. Is there a safe way to temporarily give him a temp password or something? Appreciate your help
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If you change you password now, he will have to wait 72 hours. So you could do that and you could give it to him over the phone, give him about two seconds to enter it and then you change it on your end.
Or you could do it with your current password, but you probably used it elsewhere.
But that is risky. He could just log in via computer and change it and own your account.
Can you meet him in person?
Or he sends it back to you.
Those are the only options I know of.
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Hello, as I am now aware after the fact, I did a lock boot loader 'factory' reset thinking that wiped he phone, I sold it, and now I guess it needs my login to proceed. Question 1 is, is there any bypass for this? 2. Is there a safe way to temporarily give him a temp password or something? Appreciate your help
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TonikJDK said:
If you change you password now, he will have to wait 72 hours. So you could do that and you could give it to him over the phone, give him about two seconds to enter it and then you change it on your end.
Or you could do it with your current password, but you probably used it elsewhere.
But that is risky. He could just log in via computer and change it and own your account.
Can you meet him in person?
Or he sends it back to you.
Those are the only options I know of.
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It's 24 hours now, instead of 72.
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I've been in the same situation with previous my phone. My way around it was to enable 2-Step Authentication and give him my password and approve the login on my end immediately after that, I changed my password and didn't have to worry about him accessing anything from there.?
Sent from my Pixel XL
There is a workaround out there for marshmallow that may work on Nougat. I won't link it though, sorry. But if you search hard enough...
It's a security thing.
Rydah805 said:
I've been in the same situation with previous my phone. My way around it was to enable 2-Step Authentication and give him my password and approve the login on my end immediately after that, I changed my password and didn't have to worry about him accessing anything from there.?
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Pure genius.
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Pure genius.
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My daughter tapped my screen at the end adding the question mark lol but yeah, worked great. And once I changed the password, it logs the phone out. I of course had the password change ready at a click while reading him my old password.
Sent from my Pixel XL
Cant he just log in to his google account and go to his list of devices and remove that device from his google account ? If he removed it from his google account should not someone else be able to add their google account to it ? I"am curious on this to as I will be selling my one pixel xl as I got a 128 to replace it.
On Htc devices normally you can do a RUU and it will put it back to 100% stock removing your google account, but yeah this is no Htc unfortunately it is but its not lol.
M9guy said:
Cant he just log in to his google account and go to his list of devices and remove that device from his google account ? If he removed it from his google account should not someone else be able to add their google account to it ? I"am curious on this to as I will be selling my one pixel xl as I got a 128 to replace it.
On Htc devices normally you can do a RUU and it will put it back to 100% stock removing your google account, but yeah this is no Htc unfortunately it is but its not lol.
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None of that will work.
It's called FRP. Factory Reset Protection. It is to stop exactly what you describe if someone steals it. Can't reset it and use it. You have to manually remove the Google account before you reset it and sell it.
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None of that will work.
It's called FRP. Factory Reset Protection. It is to stop exactly what you describe if someone steals it. Can't reset it and use it. You have to manually remove the Google account before you reset it and sell it.
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Well yeah that is a given I figured besides removing your account from the device you had to log in to google.com and remove the device id from your google account on line.
TonikJDK said:
None of that will work.
It's called FRP. Factory Reset Protection. It is to stop exactly what you describe if someone steals it. Can't reset it and use it. You have to manually remove the Google account before you reset it and sell it.
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I believe it will work. If he logs in to his google account on his computer he can find the devices attached to his account and remove that device id from his google account then the guy that bought the phone can remove his google account from the phone and put his own google account on the phone. The guy just needs to remove the device id off of his google account on line then the purchaser can add his own google account.
There's not a single response from original poster. I would give this one a wide berth with respect to suggestions by community dogooders.
Thanks for all the suggestions! I guess no bypass exists for the latest version of Nougat, I offered to pay shipping both ways so that I can properly wipe the phone, but he doesn't trust I will send it back?..hmmm..
Under devices in my Google Account I can "Remove account access", what will this do, this almost sounds like it will solve the problem but Im not sure exactly what this means. Will it not allow that phone to access my account any more or will it un-attach my account from the phone so that He can use it? Thanks again for all your help, lots of good suggestions
Edit: Im going to try Rydah's method...2 step verify, give pword, authorize from my phone, then change password back
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Thanks for all the suggestions! I guess no bypass exists for the latest version of Nougat, I offered to pay shipping both ways so that I can properly wipe the phone, but he doesn't trust I will send it back?..hmmm..
Under devices in my Google Account I can "Remove account access", what will this do, this almost sounds like it will solve the problem but Im not sure exactly what this means. Will it not allow that phone to access my account any more or will it un-attach my account from the phone so that He can use it? Thanks again for all your help, lots of good suggestions
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I"am not sure what that is, but didnt you have a sec tion that listed attached devices ? I have had that option on my google account and I did physically remove a phone that I was selling. I believe it was like a year ago. If you cant find it maybe you can get support from google such as online support. Honestly I think the option to remove the device is in your account settings when logged in to your google account through a browser such as google chrome or firefox.
Next time, remove any screen lock security on the phone, reboot, then do your factory reset. This will allow anyone to setup the used phone under their credentials.
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Next time, remove any screen lock security on the phone, reboot, then do your factory reset. This will allow anyone to setup the used phone under their credentials.
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That alone will NOT bypass FRP. He has to remove his Google Account under Settings > Accounts before doing a factory reset. After that, I always go back and make sure I can set the phone up while skipping the Google Account login.
Mr. Orange 645 said:
That alone will NOT bypass FRP. He has to remove his Google Account under Settings > Accounts before doing a factory reset. After that, I always go back and make sure I can set the phone up while skipping the Google Account login.
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^^^^
You would think they would implement a feature that allows you to remove the lock remotely. For example with icloud's find my iPhone you can go to iCloud.com and remove a device if you want to.
Flash-all.bat before you sell the phone and all will be well. Hopefully you do this going forward for anew new sales, lol.
Can't you just remote wipe the phone from the android device manager webpage?
Been a long time since I've posted here!
My grandpa has a Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime. Its his first smart phone, and despite "easy mode" he managed to screw up a bunch of settings. He decided to do a factory reset, however now the phone requires that you "Verify your account" by entering the gmail password associated with his account.
He does not know this password, nor did he set up any secondary verification.
The phone is on my Tmobile account (that I activated). Is there any way to recover the phone or perhaps root it? The people at the Tmo store basically told me its bricked because of this "safety feature".
I see that there are a number of ROM's out there, but I cannot enter the developer option since the phone is stuck in google setup.
Any ideas would be really appreciated, thank you
hipower9 said:
Been a long time since I've posted here!
My grandpa has a Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime. Its his first smart phone, and despite "easy mode" he managed to screw up a bunch of settings. He decided to do a factory reset, however now the phone requires that you "Verify your account" by entering the gmail password associated with his account.
He does not know this password, nor did he set up any secondary verification.
The phone is on my Tmobile account (that I activated). Is there any way to recover the phone or perhaps root it? The people at the Tmo store basically told me its bricked because of this "safety feature".
I see that there are a number of ROM's out there, but I cannot enter the developer option since the phone is stuck in google setup.
Any ideas would be really appreciated, thank you
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Brings back memories.
Sorry to say that I've been in your situation trying to fix my boss' daughter's phone haha
I'm sure there is a way to remove that "feature" so that it will never ask you to "confirm" your previous google account, but I do not know the method.
I took it to a repair center, the guy obviously didn't tell me how he did it (all I know is that he hooked it up with a USB cable and did something with the computer)
So there is a way but I researched and got nothing, this is a well hidden secret, maybe.