So my dad works for a company that issues him a phone. When he is issued a new one I usually get his hand me downs. I just got a Samsung S8 from him that apparently was programmed to be locked down with a MDzm of Samsung. It automatically leads up with every boot and tries to register the phone. It locks the home button but I have circumvented this by installing a home button app. The phone is totally useable now but the security policy won't let me use the camera. Is there ahyway to either remove the MDM all together or a work around to at least be able to take pictures? I have tried disabling Samsung Knox as an administrator but it is greyed out and so is the ability to install unknown apps so a modded apk seems to be out of the question as well. Thank you all for any help!!
Most likely he will need his company to unenroll him. I work for att field services and have the same thing, our mdm is mobile iron. In order to unregister the device i would need to go to a website (att proprietary) login with my credentials and retire my device. Then you launch the mdm manager apk and it phones home, sees your no longer a user and unlocks the device. From there you uninstall the apk as normal.
You can try a factory reset, but if they log imeis your dad will need to have IT retire his old device.
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Hello,
I have my new phone.
But it is locked now.
I can find phone via google android device manager
But that one cant open the screen lock.
(Note: i do not have global phone lock on).
It the password that phone asks when you do not have finger print set,
(Not the sim password).
How this all started was: i tried to change my finger print on the device as i went to settings and in the finger print settings it asked password.
And the one i remember i used did not work.
Then after many attempts phone locked.
Then i went to google i found my device but it has no option to unlock the phone only option to lock it.
And same thing is with the My services using your Samsung account page.
Samsung account page however it cant find the phone.
So google can find my phone but samsung account page cant.
Phone is nex to me and is connected to the network (i see wifi bars) and phone is on.
How to unlock the phone?
You can reset phone via recovery menu but your data will be lost
Cocliosttro said:
Hello,
I have my new phone.
But it is locked now.
I can find phone via google android device manager
But that one cant open the screen lock.
(Note: i do not have global phone lock on).
It the password that phone asks when you do not have finger print set,
(Not the sim password).
How this all started was: i tried to change my finger print on the device as i went to settings and in the finger print settings it asked password.
And the one i remember i used did not work.
Then after many attempts phone locked.
Then i went to google i found my device but it has no option to unlock the phone only option to lock it.
And same thing is with the My services using your Samsung account page.
Samsung account page however it cant find the phone.
So google can find my phone but samsung account page cant.
Phone is nex to me and is connected to the network (i see wifi bars) and phone is on.
How to unlock the phone?
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Why don't you use your finger print to unlock? If you can't, reset the phone or go to samsung repair center, they can do it for you if you can prove the phone is yours
i think u can change the code via google manger
Wipe data in Stock recovery..or use odin
Even if FRP lock gets activated you can always use your google password to open the phone
You should only worry about FRP if the device doesnt belong to you..
If not no worries, flash it with latest firmware.
And even if you do Frp lock it and can't Remember the password. There's sites like Unlocking. Com that would fix it for you.
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Hello XDA, I appreciate all you have done for me and my tech endeavors SO I found it necessary to post my results with the community.
Recently I was gifted a Note 8, told it was paid-off, not wanting to wait 3 days for Sprint to MAYBE unlock the bootloader, I set off to work around that by searching through these forums to find that the solution was not as simple as I'm used to.
Here's what I've done to gain access to WiFi again.
Note 8 had Oreo installed (and SIM card removed) I used Odin to flash VZW's Pie (using SamFirm to download, as SamMobile is painfully long). Everything finished installing, but before rebooting the final loading screen sorta stalled, then proceeded to boot. As you may know, it showed the Sprint logo (I panicked and held the down button to put device into safe mode, for control). Next, I decided to go through the Pie setup without allowing the device to access Wi-Fi or Data. Turn on airplane mode ASAP. After I got to the home screen, I stopped ALL automatic updates in settinga, opened developer options, running services, and cancelled everything that would let me, specifically: Chameleon, Sprint Hub, Sprint Voicemail, Sprint ID, RootPA, DRParser Mode, MTP Application, bootagent, Sprint OMADM, com.sec.phone (THIS ONE made the difference in ADB, I was actually able to communicate with my device, see the serial code and everything!, THIS is why I wanted to share with this genius community..and this next one, maybe?), com.samsung.android.smartswitchassistant, tethering automation, and security policy updates. Stop all of those processes, and force stop/disable/remove permissions from all of those (when switching device or WiFi on/off, monitor the running services for those & keep them shut off or they WILL help Sprint "seal the deal"). Make sure to disable/force stop "configuration update". After that I entered PhoneUtil by going to the dialer and pressing ##3424#, then switching the UART from PDA to CDMA MODEM.
Now, I turned on my WiFi (with airplane mode still on), and signed into my router, seen Sprint Hub trying to process a request, went to running services, shut it down & force stopped it, seems to stay off until the phone was restarted, at which point I shut it down.
Again, by doing all of this I was able to get ADB & Kingo Root (desktop) to fully recognize the device, I was able to access Wi-Fi & run "harmful" apps that could help use bruteforce our way past the bootloader lock. SO if there's anything I can do to help, please let me know.
Thanks again!
My Wife accidentally forgot her lockscreen password, I’ve tried to reset it with samsung’s find my mobile service and Google’s lost phone service.
The first (Samsung find my mobile) appears to be turned off in device, I can locate the phone but either can’t start backup / remove lock screen. The Google’s service unable to locate the phone while it’s turned on, connected to the network and location services work.
The last thing I could do is reset the phone, as in phone we have lot's of memories.
If anyone here had issue like me, please share the solution.
Thank you.
I have a client who's wife died recently. As with any situation where the spouse dies at home, the police did a full investigation and went through all the computers and phones and the like and returned them to him. He desperately wants to get to the data on the phones, but cannot, as he does not know the PIN code to either. He has tried birthdays for the kids and every other things he can think of. He now only has 9 attempts left to get the PIN right, and fears the data will be lost if he gets it wrong. Is there any way to get to the data on these phones? Obviously we don't want to factory reset and risk losing everything. Any suggestions/ideas for help?
Only 2 ways. One is to use Samsung find my Mobile and the other is to use Google find my Device. Of course you might need to know the email and password. There's no way to bypass the PIN on Android 9 or 10 from the phone itself.
StoneyJSG said:
Only 2 ways. One is to use Samsung find my Mobile and the other is to use Google find my Device. Of course you might need to know the email and password. There's no way to bypass the PIN on Android 9 or 10 from the phone itself.
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So, she never registered the phone with Samsung, so the Samsung Find My Mobile isnt an option.
However, I have logged into the email and used the Google Find My Device. It lists the phone, the service is active, but the Gooogle FMP service says it cannot locate thee phone. Phone is powered on, SIM is inserted, and the service is active, as I can call and text the phone with no issues
If 'smart lock' was enabled, you could go to her favorite places (possibly their home) and the device would automatically unlock itself. The last option is to go to a Samsung service center with all documentation.
Hey Everyone,
I have been bashing my head against a wall trying to get this phone unlocked, a friend has passed away and no one knows his PSW. The phone houses information that will help the family.
What I have been able to get access to over the course of time i have spent with all devices.
Emails, laptops, Samsung account.
He was good with securing his passwords but I was able to get through with some persistence.
The phone is linked to his Samsung account and when i go onto: https://findmymobile.samsung.com/
i see it however when i try to see any options I get the following:
"Your service provider doesn't support the Find My Mobile service on your phone.
If you've lost a device, you can find it with SmartThings Find in the SmartThings app.
SmartThings Find is only supported on devices with Android O or higher."
smart things gives me absolutely nothing. I tried to bypass the service provider by spoofing the wifi from his home and got him connected but that has given me no further progress.
I also checked if he had developer options on so i could ADB into the phone but again no luck with that. I am down to "3 attempts left" with no option to reset password.
Any help would be super appreciated.
Also have an iPad that i cant figure out the password to but I am guessing that thing is done, and the data cannot be removed from it.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help.
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one of the forum members was able to attempt to assist but we did not get far I have not seen a message like this in the samsung account ever and yet it always pops up . we reflashed the phone to a ATT variant and attempted to see if it can be found on that network and we got the same results.
I feel like I am between a rock and a hard place I would love to help the family but I know within 3 attempts the phone will be wiped.
If anyone has any other ideas I am all ears.
bump plz help
Data recovery specialist. They're out there.
Didn't they backup the data?