Lost my Phone - OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers

Hi all,
Today Morning, I have lost my Oneplus 5. Is there any single way to track my phone ?
And also tell me the ways to erase all my personal data in the phone. I have tried to track using Google's Find My Phone. But its not useful since phone has been switched off.
Details:
Device was decrypted
Synced with gmail account
Bootloader unlocked

If phone is switched off there is no way to track it.

HatRiGt said:
Hi all,
Today Morning, I have lost my Oneplus 5. Is there any single way to track my phone ?
And also tell me the ways to erase all my personal data in the phone. I have tried to track using Google's Find My Phone. But its not useful since phone has been switched off.
Details:
Device was decrypted
Synced with gmail account
Bootloader unlocked
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Sorry to hear that! Unfortunately, Android Device Manager is not as feature rich as compared to the other third party alternatives, and hence what you want might not be possible with Google's Find My Phone. That's precisely the reason I use Cerberus anti theft in case anything like this happens. Although in my opinion, anyone who knows how to Google can get into your phone since it is bootloader unlocked and the device is decrypted. So no matter what app you use, those two things will defeat any and every possible safeguard.

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[Q] lost my galaxy s2 - utrack not active :((((

Hi all
I lost my galaxy s2 two days ago. I called my phone a few times until the person who has found it, shut it down.
Unfortunately I did not activate utrack. All I have my IMEI. Here in Switzerland only my provider does blacklist IMEI-Numbers, so that sucks too.
Anybody got any idea, or should I leave it??
There is not much you can do if you didn't activate tracking in phone(samsungdive) or use some aplication for that purpose.
Tracking is i think.by.default active if u logged in to samsung account
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This app could have helped you, had you not called the number and warned the person that you are looking for the phone.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
if the phone is still on you can still try to install that app via the link above.
Sign into the market on your PC using your google account.
Choose to install "Lookout Plan B" to your phone.
If it is on and with network connection, with your data remaining, it should be installed.
if who found your phone know a little bit about android i think the first thing he does is to delete your gmail account to prevent you from install apps from the web...so if you can't lock by imei there's nothing else you can do i guess
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hey guys
Many Many thanks for that great input. I am talking about Plan B. The chance that somebody knowing about android found it, isnt that big. I did install it over the market and it said, that its going to be installed, so i am praying for my luck know.
Will keep you guys up-to-date.
Thanks once again.
for all these things (Plan B and Dive) to even work the phone must be on, must be on 3G data plan service, or be on Wifi. If you had the data off when you lost it, and the finder does not enable it by some rare miracle, you will never find it.
Most probably you are screwed OP. I lost my SGS1 the same way.
You can however try sending to your number a text message that says "Get $$ reward for this phone, call XXXXX" or something similar, and hope the crook will decide to return your phone. For this to work the phone must only be on and must be on a cell network (no data required).
Last option is to print reward ads and stick them to light poles in the area where you lost the phone.
kreoXDA said:
for all these things (Plan B and Dive) to even work the phone must be on, must be on 3G data plan service, or be on Wifi. If you had the data off when you lost it, and the finder does not enable it by some rare miracle, you will never find it.
Most probably you are screwed OP. I lost my SGS1 the same way.
You can however try sending to your number a text message that says "Get $$ reward for this phone, call XXXXX" or something similar, and hope the crook will decide to return your phone. For this to work the phone must only be on and must be on a cell network (no data required).
Last option is to print reward ads and stick them to light poles in the area where you lost the phone.
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hmmm... And I thought my lost-phone-karma was positive, since I found and SGS1 a few months ago and returned it to the owner immediatly.
well, my only chance is, the phone will be connected to a wireless connection, since ive got my sim blocked through the provider. The hope is gone but who knows, miracles can happen
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
No they don't work after factory reset
angelomaldito said:
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
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angelomaldito said:
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
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All those tools are good IF you lost the phone, realized it right away, ran to the nearest computer and activated the tools, provided the phone is still reachable and on data network.
For the crooks who STEAL the expensive phones, the business is a fine tuned machine. 10 people run around stealing, and the immediately turn them off or remove battery. then they bulk-sell them to phone hackers who produce brand new freshly installed phones that can be sold at local flea market
Deactivating the IMEI I think will do anything only if the new owner tries to activate the phone on the same network.
First I was calling my phone again and again, cause I thought perhaps it was laying around somewhere and so I could hear it. But then that asshole had found out how to shut it down.
If you find something and theres no name and nothing on it, ok, if you keep that perhaps thats not exactly stealing. But if you shutdown a phone, because the owner is calling again and again, that is STEALING!
alcurtis93 said:
No they don't work after factory reset
There is two you can push to /system/app. One is sim checker. The other it locservice. I will check with vendor if the data can fire email notifications and passwords be made to survive
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I was just wondering: one of the features of those tracking apps is the possibility of wiping your data if you lose your phone. Therefore, if wiping your data in this way (which I don't know if it corresponds to a factory reset or is just a 'soft wipe') means that it will be no longer possible to locate your phone?
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[Q] I lost my Nexus - what now?

HI all, I lost my Nexus 7 today.
I was gutted - searched high & low in the local supermarket and couldn't find it.
Luckily a decent chap had found that his nephew was sat in the car playing with it (having found it) and I got it back. (cheers chappy!) :good:
I am still in shock about this, its my 3rd arm, my memory, my precious!
However - what in case this happens again?
I have Prey on it, but I have found that there is some delay when the alarm goes off and it being locked - long enough for me to find and stop prey.
I have lookout security on it.
So I can get a location and a photo, lock it (assuming the person with it is not techy and turns both off first.)
Can you recommend any other apps etc?
I think a big sticker inside my cover with my details might also be in order.
What would you suggest?
Google's own Android Device Manager https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
DON'T SET IT DOWN ANY WHERE AND FORGET ABOUT IT!!!
Hahaha. Sorry, I really don't have any suggestions (other than what I just said). I've never lost a device before an just don't see how anyone does! Especially in your situation, since you said how much it means to you!
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SepticSid said:
HI all, I lost my Nexus 7 today.
I was gutted - searched high & low in the local supermarket and couldn't find it.
Luckily a decent chap had found that his nephew was sat in the car playing with it (having found it) and I got it back. (cheers chappy!) :good:
I am still in shock about this, its my 3rd arm, my memory, my precious!
However - what in case this happens again?
I have Prey on it, but I have found that there is some delay when the alarm goes off and it being locked - long enough for me to find and stop prey.
I have lookout security on it.
So I can get a location and a photo, lock it (assuming the person with it is not techy and turns both off first.)
Can you recommend any other apps etc?
I think a big sticker inside my cover with my details might also be in order.
What would you suggest?
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Order an iron cage and then hook that cage to yourself and make sure when you are not using it, it must be kept inside.
You will never lose it!
Great words from Alfred lord Tennyson: Tis better to have lived and lost than to never have lived at all.
On s serious not, I think cerebus is good. If you're rooted it can be a system app and even survive a factory reset. Not a factory flash though. Most people won't know how to though.
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I'd like to +1 Cerberus too.
I use it too, but you'd need to have / hope your tablet will hook onto a wifi network if you want recovery options. Otherwise, you'll have to hope Android's security options will protect your data if you consider it sensitive.
P.S. Worth every penny I paid for my life-time account. I have no affiliation to them other than being a customer.
Link to Cerberus: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus
Nburnes said:
Google's own Android Device Manager https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
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I never knew about this... But thanks...
Sent 4rm my Paranoid Nexus 4.3 LTE...
My wife is now insisting I get myself a man bag.
Something to put my Nexus, wallet, glasses, key, lippy in.
Hmm, one of those things is wrong - lol.
Yes I have installed Cerberus to have a look at only it tells me I'm not rooted.
Funny - I was a while ago - I must have put something on to tell it that its not to try and run the sky app then removed it with the sky ap (because I cant find it now).
SepticSid said:
My wife is now insisting I get myself a man bag.
Something to put my Nexus, wallet, glasses, key, lippy in.
Hmm, one of those things is wrong - lol.
Yes I have installed Cerberus to have a look at only it tells me I'm not rooted.
Funny - I was a while ago - I must have put something on to tell it that its not to try and run the sky app then removed it with the sky ap (because I cant find it now).
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EDIT:AH! maybe the update to 4.3 unrooted it?
What would worry me most is
My home was ripped off and all they took were iPads. I at the time did not use any code to create security so I knew my iPad was gone forever. The thing that bothers me the most about your story is how some kid found your device and didn't tell anyone, just taking it out to his car and playing with it, intending to keep it of course,.
Two things about these 7" tablets. They are easy to carry along and easy to misplace so it behooves one to always have a place for it and always use security so it can't just be used without at least making an effort.
Yes that is a worry - I might have to start using a pattern lock or something.
Cerberus looks cool - but not all the features work - I think 'll neet to root it again for that.
Its cheap too - might go for it.
Oh and the android device manager is OK too.
Not sure if I should start another thread on this - but now that I have upgraded to 4.3 and its no longer rooted, will running wugfresh and re rooting it remove any apps or data on it?
SepticSid said:
Not sure if I should start another thread on this - but now that I have upgraded to 4.3 and its no longer rooted, will running wugfresh and re rooting it remove any apps or data on it?
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If the tablet is still unlocked (i.e., unlocked padlock symbol under "Google" logo while it boots up) then all you should need to do is flash the SuperSu zip file that can be found in many places on this forum to root, and a factory reset shouldn't be necessary, but always make a Nandroid backup just in case.
If you need to unlock the bootloader (necessary to root), last I checked a factory wipe is required.
Cheers, its backing up right now.
BBC1 has just featured Cerberus and shown how good it is.
SepticSid said:
HI all, I lost my Nexus 7 today.
I was gutted - searched high & low in the local supermarket and couldn't find it.
Luckily a decent chap had found that his nephew was sat in the car playing with it (having found it) and I got it back. (cheers chappy!) :good:
I am still in shock about this, its my 3rd arm, my memory, my precious!
However - what in case this happens again?
I have Prey on it, but I have found that there is some delay when the alarm goes off and it being locked - long enough for me to find and stop prey.
I have lookout security on it.
So I can get a location and a photo, lock it (assuming the person with it is not techy and turns both off first.)
Can you recommend any other apps etc?
I think a big sticker inside my cover with my details might also be in order.
What would you suggest?
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Nice to know there are still since honest people left..
Lookout is good to but I
Installed avg pro and if you lose it not only can you track it down but you can even wipe it remotely if you can't get it back. Also.. Had the picture thing but the best thing is one payment.
No yearly or monthly.. That was why I got it and not lookout.
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I have purchased cerberus, it was cheap enough and does the job.
After several backups using the nexus toolkit etc I have used cerberus to see if it can wipe it.
It did.
Not sure whether to smile or frown lol.
Now I'm restoring, however I notice that my folders are not restored, just the apps so I have to sort everything again.
But it did the job, I wont use a pattern lock so if its lost the finder can either try to contact me or use it online - and thats needed to be able to take pics and locate it etc.
I think I'll look into the adding of cerberus to the rom also, also going to add the wifes phone & tablet to my account.
Oh hang on - restore has just finished.
Hmm - not happy - fast notepad does not have its notes
good job I did my own backup lol put em back now.
I use Cerberus, more powerful than Google device manager.
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+1 on Cerberus, and you don't need root for most of it's features.
Are Cerberus photos working for you guys? For me they come out as vertical streaks, regardless of the photo format selected. This seems to be a common problem, as far as I can tell.
Photos are working fine for me however I would note a few issues.
It does not always communicate well, wiping required root.
If the wifi is off then I need to wait until someone turns it on, so I cannot use a pattern lock on it.
If I send a siren message then they can instantly cancel it.
Mine is in a Lente Designs case with a magnetic cover so it auto locks it when closed.
However, the siren just goes "Brpp" with the cover closed, open the cover and it goes off, close the cover and it stops.
And the lock - if II enter the correct code the next time it sleeps I then need to enter the lock again.
So you need to send an unlock command to it to stop this.
All the same I bought it and installed it on my tablet, wifes tablet & phone.
I suppose at the very least I can find her when out shopping lol
+1 for Cerbus. I have it on 3 devices.
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[Q] My wifes G2 was remotely Hacked

Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
I truly dont believe though that when you switched off network that someone can still connect. Anyways:
firstly, recap if the phone was ever left unattended, letting someone install something on it.
Dont do that, even if if it has a password on it, anyone not looking away when entering it on the street can see what the pincode/password is.
Apps not from play store, dont install. Ever.
Change all passwords on a safe medium (multiple antiviris vendors scanned) of wifi router, to anything, including recovery questions, make them different and non logical or affiliated to you.
Run virus scans on computer and or any medium that ever connected phone.
Then check apps/websites of mail and such for activity, likely activity at times you didnt use any of the services. Anyway facebook and such lets you close open sessions anywhere.
That should do the trick. And big tip dont get paranoid Just ponder how somehow got acces.
I find it hard to believe that someone could still control the device after a factory reset. Highly unlikely I would say.
larryvw2011 said:
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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1. I really doubt this happened.
2. After disconnecting wifi and mobile data, it would be impossible
3. Factory reset would definitely make it impossible
4. It's more likely that the touch screen is having phantom touches
I had issues with phantom touches on my Optimus G. Drove me batty. Some days it was impossible to use the phone, as the touches were all registering in the bottom half of the screen where the keyboard appears. So random letters would be inserted into words.
Turned out to be a driver issue with the custom kernels in some of the ROMs is using.
Factory reset and being more selective in the kernels I ran fixed the issue.
If it's still happening after a factory reset, then you have a defective touchscreen. Replace the phone under warranty.
Typos courtesy of my LG G2 (D803) running Mahdi-ROM.
I really have no reason to lie to you guys. The messages stopped after I disconnted the internet but the screen was still jumping around. That is why i figured he still had access.
I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
Pat123 said:
I find it hard to believe that someone could still control the device after a factory reset. Highly unlikely I would say.
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its possible, if he were root and had something installed as system app.
also you can set stuff like tasker to autimaticaly turn network back on.
what did the messages say, cause if they were gybrisch then it seems like phantom touches.
larryvw2011 said:
I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
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get a new one, completely clean
larryvw2011 said:
I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
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I would, you could have the old encryption method on the sim card which would make it easier to root the card. But I am guessing what happened to your wife was something more like an AndroRAT exploit.
It could be possible seeing as all you need is a phone number to find your location by txt msg, and that can be done silently without you ever knowing.
Seems it's a built in part of the RADIO AT that providers can use, if you're on the inside and know how it works it'd be a doddle, but if the txt msgs were gibberish I'd go with the majority with faulty touchscreen/drivers and nothing to worry about
Bashing away at my HTC Desire C
Tell to the hacker to try to hack my phone instead, I don't care. I will shoot exclusively for him a pic of my arse as award if he manages to hack it and he can print it, or try to sell to the newspapers.
BTW, I'm not so anxious about apps not installed directly from Play Store. You can easily check or restrict the permissions of any app as root user. I never yet faced the problems.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
larryvw2011 said:
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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are you sure its not an email or Google account hack?
Damasterjj said:
are you sure its not an email or Google account hack?
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This is very likely version. Anything could be installed via remote then easily.
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tetakpatak said:
This is very likely version. Anything could be installed via remote then easily.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
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yeah, all you have to do is google reset password
This could be an issue with faulty digitizer.
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Thank you everyone for your responses. He was asking me what I would like him to do for me. I had her open a new gmail account.
larryvw2011 said:
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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Verizon may have some security offerings for this.
bachera said:
its possible, if he were root and had something installed as system app.
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The phone was not rooted as per OP hence I find it unlikely.
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Pat123 said:
The phone was not rooted as per OP hence I find it unlikely.
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ahhh the mistery what can it be, what can it be. Not sure if the typing was incoherent or not. That rules out possible digitizer issues or not.
larryvw2011 said:
I really have no reason to lie to you guys. The messages stopped after I disconnted the internet but the screen was still jumping around. That is why i figured he still had access.
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The TOP bid would be == prank application.
Everything else would mean you're the targeted one (but how would the attacker have your new data?)
Maybe your gmail acc has some connections to another app -> look for permissions in your dashboard.
Please wake up from a dream <3

lockscreen removal for a J3 Luna Pro [Tracfone]

My brother passed away and was using this phone until a couple of weeks ago. I don't have the lockscreen pattern but I'm trying to do a little detective work regarding my brothers last activity. I reached out to law enforcement, but they don't have an active investigation and they suggested that I reach out to his cell provider [Tracfone] which I might try. Of specific interest to me is his text message activity on the day of his death.
Anyhow I scoured the net and tried to beat the lockscreen via emergency dialer, and also tried to connect via adb shell and MTP. I also don't think the device was registered via the samsung tools. I'm at the point where the device told me I have 9 unlock attempts left and it will erase the device after. The lockscreen seems to appear at device power and I think that it might not have booted android completely at this point.
Is anybody aware of a method to bypass the lockscreen which would work on this device so I can look into the details surrounding his death?
Sort of desperate here. There seems to be some software called Dr Fone that claims to have a lockscreen removal. However not sure that it works and on this device.
I may have a solution for this if you are wanting to preserve data if not check around on youtube for a video on FRP resetting this. I might have wrote a tutorial on this somewhere but I cant remember atm. Basically if you don't want to preserve the devices data (your brothers as you say) then you will simply factory reset it and then follow an FRP Removal tutorial you can find on here and or youtube.
btw nice leet username =]
phonecapone said:
I may have a solution for this if you are wanting to preserve data if not check around on youtube for a video on FRP resetting this. I might have wrote a tutorial on this somewhere but I cant remember atm. Basically if you don't want to preserve the devices data (your brothers as you say) then you will simply factory reset it and then follow an FRP Removal tutorial you can find on here and or youtube.
btw nice leet username =
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Speaking of nice usernames
If you're still around, I have an old J327t1 that I had dropped and broke the screen on a few years ago. I recently fixed it, but can't remember PIN. I would like to preserve the data and am interested in what you have
veryspecialagent said:
Speaking of nice usernames
If you're still around, I have an old J327t1 that I had dropped and broke the screen on a few years ago. I recently fixed it, but can't remember PIN. I would like to preserve the data and am interested in what you have
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All you need to do is find a recovery for that and flash it then go into the lock files and remove those. You can find some guides here on XDA or on youtube.
This was before I got into development, so adb isn't enabled, bootloader is still locked, and the phone is not rooted, so I'm skeptical I'd be able to flash. It's also running (I believe) Marshmallow, and most of those "find and delete lock settings" methods were for 4.x Kit-Kat and below. I could be wrong though.
If you have a particular thread in your watch list, I'd be grateful for the link.
I've been all over looking for a solution, hence me posting in here as opposed to creating a thread. Didn't want to reinvent the wheel if I didn't have to.
Despite the above limitations, the device has not received any updates since June 2017, it DOES go into MTP mode when I hook it to my laptop, and I have verified that it is vulnerable to the Mtpwn exploit.
noidodroid said:
All you need to do is find a recovery for that and flash it then go into the lock files and remove those. You can find some guides here on XDA or on youtube.
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Also, I turned a moto g7 Play into a Nethunter device and had tried Android PIN Bruteforce, but after entering in so many PINs it would make me wait 30 seconds to try again and I couldn't figure out how to get my g7 to keep the screen of the J3 on. Or wake it back up, since it requires you to hit power then swipe the screen.
I ended up wiping it because it had Pie and no workaround for the wifi throttling, and installed Q. It's rooted, but I haven't set up nethunter back up on it yet. I do have an S5 that I has Nethunter, but haven't set it up with HID support yet. Plus, the battery on that would drain too quickly to use for this process.

SM-N910A, Android 6.0.1, Just need to work via WiFi

Daughter had her Note 4 replaced a few months ago, and it had just been sitting there. Earlier this week got a DJI Spark, and the flight controller requires an Android or iOS phone. Got tired of pulling the case off and on MY phone (S8+), so figured I could use hers as a WiFi-only, dedicated device.
My main concern is that I don't think we ever got the phone formally unlocked by AT&T. I've gotten around that so far just by pulling out the sim. It doesn't seem "happy" about it, but hasn't stopped me configuring the phone to do what I need so far - though it would be nice to be able to uninstall all the AT&T apps that are on there even after a full reset/wipe.
So wondering if there is:
A) Some way to unlock this old thing so I can rest easy it won't have an issue waking up one day
B) A more recent ROM and/or security updates (while it mainly will access the Drone/Receiver WiFi I presume I need to still connect to the home LAN occasionally for app updates)
C) Anything I could flash to make it less of a phone and more of a small tablet (since that's how I'll be using it)
Thanks in advance!
If you are saying the phone is locked to AT&T and you want it unlocked then see here:
https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/#/
Apparently no one has been able to root your device before because they cannot unlock the bootloader:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...ty-att-note-4-root-knox-list-pledges-t2946770
My recommendation is to do a factory reset and use something like Package Disabler Pro app to freeze unneeded applications.
terminator911 said:
Apparently no one has been able to root your device before because they cannot unlock the bootloader:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...ty-att-note-4-root-knox-list-pledges-t2946770
My recommendation is to do a factory reset and use something like Package Disabler Pro app to freeze unneeded applications.
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Ah... well that's too bad. I like that the phone has a replaceable battery, which makes it almost worth keeping as long as possible for that. Will try your suggestion on the other. Thanks anyway!

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