I just bought a used S5 active and I did a master reset on it to clear out the previous person's info and when i tried to get it to the main screen it has a samsung lock on it. Its on 4.4.2, I've looked up a few ways to bypass it, but most of them require me to be on the language selection screen, when i first boot the phone it goes to a wifi screen, does not give me a language option screen. Does anyone have any idea how to bypass this? I was not able to get ahold of the seller.
thanks
Hi, try to enter recovery mode doing this:
Power Off
Press at the same time: Volume up + Home Button + Power Button
Navigate with the Volume button to "wipe data/factory reset" and press Power Button and select Yes
If this doesn't work tell us.
Well, after some tryes,i have done, Resolved.
Many thanks.
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It took me ages to figure this one out! It doesn't tell you in the manual how to do when you've been locked out, and no one has put anything online that I can find yet, so I guess I'll be the first to report it:
1. Power on the device (has to be off first of course)
2. Press and hold the Home button
3. Wait until you see the exclamation mark and phone image
4. Press the Home + Power button together
5. Select factory reset from the menu that appears
that's it.
Thanks mate it will help when i get mines later on today.
can you please describe it detailed when i have to press home again
if i press home + back it flashes the screen...
is Home + Power button no the back.
hard reset
nothing happens
I'm not sure this is what you're looking for but there's a factory data reset in Menu -> Settings -> SD card & phone storage -> Factory data reset.
with the phone off, it's better to hold the home key and then press and hold the home button.
Also, already discussed here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503264
BigRD said:
I'm not sure this is what you're looking for but there's a factory data reset in Menu -> Settings -> SD card & phone storage -> Factory data reset.
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This worked for me.... thanks
Perfect. Thanks for the info.
Sorry if this is dumb question. I am still new to HTC Magic...
If you flashed a custom recovery image, wouldn't HOME + END/PWR give you a different screen, instead of the exclamation point?
Also, I think there are 3 modes?
- FastBoot
- Recovery
- HBOOT
What is HBOOT for?
sapp100
this worked for me for my sapp100 android:
press home and back button then pwr on for 2 sec will ask you if you want to clear and reset just follow writing and 100% ok
got a bit of a problem. i havent used the omnia 7 in quite a while and i turned it on today and i have forgotten the lockscreen 4 digit code. anyone know how i can remedy the situation please?
Hard-reset? VolumeDown + Camera + Power button.
thanks but cant get it to work
1. power-off your phone
2. press and hold Camera button and Volume Down button
3. press PowerOn button
4. you will see "Format your phone?" message
5. press Windows key
IT WILL DELETE ALL YOUR DATA, but also reset the pincode..
thats the method im trying but when i press the windows key nothing happens and the screen just goes blank
Hm, you might also try flashing some ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131891
thanks for your help sorted now after reflashing
Hey please can anybody help with this:
I got a Nexus 7 tablet as a present to my wife.
She is the first user and thus has the administrator user credentials.
The problem is she had to make a lock pin password for a few days to lend it to a friend and then she forgot it.
Now on the lockscreen, no matter how many times the pin is given wrong, the prompt "Forgot Password" never appears!!
I read in several forums that if pin code forgotten the user can alternatively may log in using linked gmail account credentials.
But the prompt does not appear to do this.
It just counts the times given wrong and makes a timer of 30'' for every set of 5 times wrong input.
With the second user I can use the tablet normally but we are stuck in this situation to have the admin locked out.
Is ther something we can do other than factory reset?
And if factory reset is the only solution, how it may be done?
Thanks in advance
Chris
Seems to be not too uncommon..
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/qINQpeyOp2o
To reset...
1. Press the power button and both volume keys for several seconds. Continue to hold until you see the Android recovery logo and the large Start selection at the top of the screen.
2. Move the volume keys up and down to see the menu selections. The power key will select the option.
3. To factory reset and wipe the device, select Recovery Mode.
4. When you see the Android with red triangle, hold the power button down and press the volume up key until the wipe data/factory reset option appears. Press the power button to select it. Remember that this will erase all the data on your device.
5. With the volume keys select Yes – erase all user data and again press the power button to select this option.
1. Sorry for noob English.
2. My S4 home broken.
3. Before i format System partition i use power menu to enter recovery mode
3. After i formar System partition i got Samsung and GT-i9500 at start up and got black screen ever
4. How i can enter to recovery mode to install new rom ?
Ignore the home button. Try pressing just Volume + and Power.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Ignore the home button. Try pressing just Volume + and Power.
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Thx bro for answer !!!
When i try pressing just Volume + and Power
My phone restart and black screen and restart and black screen TT
Flash a stock ROM through Odin. That should get you back to a running state. From there you can customize as needed. None of the key combinations need the home button to work, so you shouldn't have issues. But, you should repair that home button anyway.
if you still have a recovery then you need to let go of the buttons as soon as you see blue text at the top of the screen. if you continue holding the buttons it will try to boot the rom...
With broken home you can not enter recovery mode or download mode. Recommend replace a new home button or sell it to buy a new phone.
I dont think you need the home button. Press and hold volume up. Then press power button and release it after a few sec but keep holding volume up.
Same method applies for download mode only then with volume down.
@DSA: Next thing you know, he will have a way to reset the Knox flag.
First things first. This phone was never rooted, and USB Debug is not enabled. However, when I went into the phone's Recovery mode I noticed that both the Apply Update From ADB and Apply Update From External Storage are available. I'm wondering if, with either of these, I would be able to install something that will help me get my old phone back without having to do a full reset.
The only way you can remove the PIN is by erasing the entire device.
If the device has FRP enabled, i cannot help you with that. Search google for bypass methods.
First, power off the device.
After it has powered off, hold the home, volume up, anyd power button. You should boot to recovery.
Once you are in recovery, press the volume down button until you hover to "wipe data/factory reset" then select it using the power button.
Then hover to "yes" using the volume buttons and press the power button to select.
Once its erased, reboot your device, then set it up as usual.