hey guys just wondering if there is a way of removing my pin lock as ive forgotten it long story short trying stop my little boy from keep downloading apps on my phone and as i was entering a pin he decided to snatch it off me by then id already entered 1 pin and once i got it back off him i entered another pin which was slightly different to the first but my phone accepted that both pins were correct which arnt now after trying different pins to get back in my phone i have got to wait an hour before i can try again, i dont want to factory reset as my pictures and everything are on the internal (no memory card) i have tried a few options like google but my location services arnt turned on and also tried android device manager with no luck (samsung did seriously go hard on security)
hope somebody can help me out on this!!
if this is in the wrong section i do apoligise and please move to the correct section...
thanks
CHIPPAUK1 said:
hey guys just wondering if there is a way of removing my pin lock as ive forgotten it long story short trying stop my little boy from keep downloading apps on my phone and as i was entering a pin he decided to snatch it off me by then id already entered 1 pin and once i got it back off him i entered another pin which was slightly different to the first but my phone accepted that both pins were correct which arnt now after trying different pins to get back in my phone i have got to wait an hour before i can try again, i dont want to factory reset as my pictures and everything are on the internal (no memory card) i have tried a few options like google but my location services arnt turned on and also tried android device manager with no luck (samsung did seriously go hard on security)
hope somebody can help me out on this!!
if this is in the wrong section i do apoligise and please move to the correct section...
thanks
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You Have to do A factory Reset to get Ur phone Back No Other Way to recover ur phone
Best of Luck Hope for Best
osman34 said:
You Have to do A factory Reset to get Ur phone Back No Other Way to recover ur phone
Best of Luck Hope for Best
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thanks for the reply is there anyway to back it up at all before hand as its got family photos on the i cant replace
CHIPPAUK1 said:
thanks for the reply is there anyway to back it up at all before hand as its got family photos on the i cant replace
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Since S6 Models Got tight Security U can't back up Until u unlock ur device
But There is a hope When ur device is idle and connected to power n wifi it automatically backups ur photo/calllogs/msgs/contacts There is no other Option
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Since S6 Models Got tight Security U can't back up Until u unlock ur device
But There is a hope When ur device is idle and connected to power n wifi it automatically backups ur photo/calllogs/msgs/contacts There is no other Option
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thanks for your help mate i just managed to save myself after 2hours of entering different pins the pin i enterned was 0514 and it was actually 05147 (^^^ what a **** i am lmfao) much appriciated anyway mate
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thanks for your help mate i just managed to save myself after 2hours of entering different pins the pin i enterned was 0514 and it was actually 05147 (^^^ what a **** i am lmfao) much appriciated anyway mate
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Hey guys,
In an attempt to root my 10.1 Verizon 4g LTE, I ended up deleting stuff and resetting everything. Now it asks for SIM activation.
I have been Tabless for a few days now and need to fix this asap
Do you guys have any other idea how to bypass the SIM activation?
Thanks for the help.
PS. I do not have a SIM card.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Help an Android brother out!
pleaaaz.
It would help if you actually posted this with an explination of what you did step by step. We cant help if we dont know what you did....
In all the LTE flashing I've done thus far I haven't had an issue like this on my tab. Then again I've never tried flashing any other ROMs than those identified as specific for this tab either (which basically amounts to just the liquidspeed one and the leaked 3.2).
At this point it's not clear if you're on a restored stock ROM or you're using something else since as Tdiliplane pointed out you haven't provided enough information.
More info
Thanks for looking into it. Here is more info:
I have Galaxy Tab 10.1, Verizon 4g LTE version. A couple of weeks ago it updated itself to Android 3.2. I tried rooting it so I could install TouchScreenTune.
Not sure what went wrong, but I was not able to connect to wifi. I decided to do a factory reset.
When the tab restarted, it asked for the sim card. The problem is that I don't have a sim card and I would like to just bypass this message and use the tab as a wifi device.
I read in this forum and others that pushing volume up and down combination or touching the four corners + volume up bypasses the sim card prompt, but this did not work for me.
I hope this helps.
Thanks
Ok now that makes sense and I'm not sure how to help you.
You're basically on stock Verizon ROM right now and it sounds like it's going through the default setup scripts when it's booting up since you did a factory reset.
Maybe one of the other guys out there that has this tab without SIM can chime in, personally I have a data plan so I'm of no help. I'm wondering if flashing one of the stock ROMs for the verizon tab from this site via odin would be helpful or if those too are going to ask for a SIM card.
Read about this one a while ago. Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218686&highlight=bypass+sim+activation
Good Luck
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Read about this one a while ago. Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218686&highlight=bypass+sim+activation
Good Luck
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I actually followed instruction on that thread, but Unfortunately, it did not work.
Any other ideas, folks?
Thanks
Well, this may sound obvious, but any chance you have a Verizon 4G phone with a micro sim or know someone that does? I've swapped my RAZR micro with my tablet from time to time without issue. As far as I can tell the tablet only goes through the SIM Activation on first setup/new ROM. Once the activation check is done you can run the tablet without the SIM even inserted... I've done that too... just using WiFi instead... just to see what would happen if I decide to cancel VZW services.
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Well, this may sound obvious, but any chance you have a Verizon 4G phone with a micro sim or know someone that does? I've swapped my RAZR micro with my tablet from time to time without issue. As far as I can tell the tablet only goes through the SIM Activation on first setup/new ROM. Once the activation check is done you can run the tablet without the SIM even inserted... I've done that too... just using WiFi instead... just to see what would happen if I decide to cancel VZW services.
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... nope, I have ATT on my phone, I tried usiing but it didn't work... and I don't know anyone who used verision 4G... I will probably go to a verizon store to see what they say.
This is just weird.
I went to a Verison store. They were really nice. The gave me a new card! they wanted to help by I had to leave. So I came back home inserted the card, about 10 minutes later it says: "There is a problem activaiting your tablet. Please restart and try again, or contact customer service."
I restarted a million time in vain.
The Sim card they gave you may not have been activated or linked to an active account...
"people are bloody ignorant apes" ESTRAGON, Waiting for Godot.
I got it to work. I WAS able to bypass the activation message by tapping the four corners of the SCREEN + volume up. The first time I read about this the guy said touch the top left corner, right corner.... of the tab. Ignorant me, I was touching the external corners of the tab. Till I re-read detials of this method on another forum that explicitly says touch the )(*&^^%%$$#@@@ screen.
Anyway, thank you guys for you help.
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"people are bloody ignorant apes" ESTRAGON, Waiting for Godot.
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LMAO!! Well I'm glad you kept trying and got that all sorted.
i have one - and have original sim but device stuck on please wait while your tablet is prepared and dont go to next screen , combination bottom left e.t.с dont working on any official firmware
It worked for me on stock ROM. Are you tapping the corners of the screen or the edges outside of the screen. My mistakes is that I was tapping outside the frame, the metal parts.
Please, I really desperatelly need an advice on this , I bought a used Gtab 10.1 LTE from ebay and since I got it I cant bypass the activation screen , don have sim either to activate it. I tried the four corners plus volume up but nothing happens ... Paid $400 for a useless tablet I belive it comes with stock android but not sure as I cant get to the info screen. Can somebody upload a video showing the activation bypass process ? I think I am doing it well tapping on the four corners of the SCREEN (not the frame) , top left, top right , bottom left (as if i tap back android control), bottom right (as if I tap on the battery status) and then press volume up once, but it only ends increasing the volume ....
Any help is so much appreciated. Thanks!
verizon tab help me please
Ken_Boolean said:
Hey guys,
In an attempt to root my 10.1 Verizon 4g LTE, I ended up deleting stuff and resetting everything. Now it asks for SIM activation.
I have been Tabless for a few days now and need to fix this asap
Do you guys have any other idea how to bypass the SIM activation?
Thanks for the help.
PS. I do not have a SIM card.
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i have the same problem
Well , never found an easy way (aka secret code or buttons combination) to bypass activation screen on this thing. What I had to to is to root the device, then oppening settings tab with help of the phisycal OEM keyboard then going to about tablet/legal information/open code licences and selecting any text from there then from the upper menu select web search so you get to the web browser so you can google for Home Manager apk , install it and run it, now just select launcher from the app (make sure to set ti as default) and it will get you straight to the home screen where you can now access all device's features and menus but there is still a last step, go to the play store, search for and install titanium backup and freeze or remove UICCActivation process so it wont ever asks for activation again (unless you restore your tab again) and you will be able to fully use your unactivated tablet now. If someone finds an easier method for bypassing activation on this model on android 3.2+ would be great to have it posted here.
my girlfriend has the GSII and for about a week now it keep randomly saying its connected to the usb when we are clearly nowhere near any cables at all today it has been saying in the top left corner that it is 100% charged whilst on the right hand battery symbol clearly says around 75% we have tried charging with a different charger, usb and usb adapter as it randomly turns off and looking online it says that it could be related to a "cooked" battery . when turning on it flashed a big battery symbol followed by a yellow triangle and a thermometer, so we bought a new battery charged it up (using a separate phone that we know works fine) but with no luck we still have the same problem ..... its on the o2 network in the uk running 2.3.6 i think but is definatly GB STOCK any help or advice would be greatly apperciated as we are at the end of our knowledge and the phone is only 2 months old and last time she sent a phone to be repaired it came back in a worse state than it went in
sorry if this is in wrong section or if it is a duplicated post
Sounds like a dirty USB port. Try cleaning it.
have used almost a whole can of air cleaning everywhere i can possibly get to i think its cleaner now than when it was new haha
Canned air may not help. There could be something stuck on the little board inside the port that is shorting some of the pins.
Try a dry toothbrush first.
If that doesn't work try (with battery out, then let dry when done before putting battery back in) rubbing alcohol on a q-tip or something similar.
oddeceed said:
have used almost a whole can of air cleaning everywhere i can possibly get to i think its cleaner now than when it was new haha
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try Data factory reset...if she is not concrern about apps & data
i will try it tomorrow and let you know how it goes any other things that it could be? apart from the usb board which im really hoping and praying that it is not as i don't feel confident enough to change that
zaheedahmed said:
try Data factory reset...if she is not concrern about apps & data
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i have bricked my ACE before doing that so is it safe to do it on the SII as her phone is really important to her
oddeceed said:
i have bricked my ACE before doing that so is it safe to do it on the SII as her phone is really important to her
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it is strange that doing data facrory reset bricked a phone.... I have done it countlessly.... it will bring your phone to the same status of the phone when you purchased...no harm. just to try only but chance is less..I dont think it will help you as ctomgee told if it sound like a hardware issue, software reset wont make any difference
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i have bricked my ACE before doing that so is it safe to do it on the SII as her phone is really important to her
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That's strange. A factory reset should NEVER brick any device.
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That's strange. A factory reset should NEVER brick any device.
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yeah not really sure what happened but i couldn't even get into download mode ..... luckily three were kind enough to replace my ACE with out so much as question about what the problem was, which i was surprised about haven't had a problem with my ACE even with it's bad battery life lol my partners SII on the other hand has been nothing but problems since she took it out the box .... i often wonder if i should have been the one to take it out the box haha
zaheedahmed said:
it is strange that doing data facrory reset bricked a phone.... I have done it countlessly.... it will bring your phone to the same status of the phone when you purchased...no harm. just to try only but chance is less..I dont think it will help you as ctomgee told if it sound like a hardware issue, software reset wont make any difference
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i have just spoken to her on the phone and she said that the media scanner keeps looping now and has been for around 5 - 10 minutes so i am clueless yet again at what is going on with the phone
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i have just spoken to her on the phone and she said that the media scanner keeps looping now and has been for around 5 - 10 minutes so i am clueless yet again at what is going on with the phone
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remove the external SD card and reboot and try..the media scanning exist or not...may be external sd broken and keep trying to mount....
zaheedahmed said:
remove the external SD card and reboot and try..the media scanning exist or not...may be external sd broken and keep trying to mount....
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would that affect the charge and usb etc ?
im just wondering if its the usb shorting and making the usb mount option function incorrectly i.e when there is no cable plugged in
sorry im not 100% on what things are called although i do try to learn as much as possible about these things
ok have tried with no luck guessing the only thing left is sending it for repairs and just hoping that it comes back fixed and un-damaged unlike the last phone that had to be sent away
it's usb board is propably busted, but you should get new one thanks to warranty
Sent from my sgs2 running cm9 using xda app
looks like it is the usb board so i think its going to have to go off for repairs id do it myself but it looks far to fiddly and i don't want to void any warranty just in-case i do something wrong
cheers for your help trouble shooting this guys
hope this may help others out too
i took my fone apart to fix the speaker as it was distorting,only to put it back together to find the touchscreen doesnt work no more,any1 know if i can enter my pin number via the keypad or reset it so i dont av to install the pin number?? all answers will be muchly appreciated and if ive post this in wrong place i appologise
freestyler3872 said:
i took my fone apart to fix the speaker as it was distorting,only to put it back together to find the touchscreen doesnt work no more,any1 know if i can enter my pin number via the keypad or reset it so i dont av to install the pin number?? all answers will be muchly appreciated and if ive post this in wrong place i appologise
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open it up again and check if all connections are still in their proper place, might just be a loose wire somewhere.
YEA ITS ALL CONNECTED BUT I THINK I MIGHT AV BURNT SOMETHING OUT if possiible I(damn caps lock) and when i insert the ribbonn into its place it just does nothing at all,i was wondering if its possible to insert the pin number thru the keypad and not thru the touchscreen as ive lost all touchscreen capabilities ( SECOND fone iv taken apart n bustyed why do i do it !!!!!<SHRUGS>
freestyler3872 said:
YEA ITS ALL CONNECTED BUT I THINK I MIGHT AV BURNT SOMETHING OUT if possiible I(damn caps lock) and when i insert the ribbonn into its place it just does nothing at all,i was wondering if its possible to insert the pin number thru the keypad and not thru the touchscreen as ive lost all touchscreen capabilities ( SECOND fone iv taken apart n bustyed why do i do it !!!!!<SHRUGS>
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lol honestly, i don't know if that's possible, wouldn't know how to do that sorry.
k,cheers anyways,HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME OUT HERE
hey people im new to this im sure one of u lads or ladys can help me out, i found a sony xperia s the ones in full working order turns on etc problem is theres passwords on it so cant realy boot up the phone to get into it, is there anyway to remove these passwords and do a factory reset, i was told you had to hold thevolume button and power button untill it vibrates 3 times iv done this but dont seem to do anything besides vibrate 3 times could anyone explain this vibrating 3 times thing aswell please cheers people lol noobein it all the way!!
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hey people im new to this im sure one of u lads or ladys can help me out, i found a sony xperia s the ones in full working order turns on etc problem is theres passwords on it so cant realy boot up the phone to get into it, is there anyway to remove these passwords and do a factory reset, i was told you had to hold thevolume button and power button untill it vibrates 3 times iv done this but dont seem to do anything besides vibrate 3 times could anyone explain this vibrating 3 times thing aswell please cheers people lol noobein it all the way!!
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Sim pin code or screen unlock password?
If it's sim code you should remove the sim card, otherwise you should flash a firmware with flashtools (use the search button or read the stickies to find out how)
ye mate just a screen lock its a pattern lock theres also the security ? lock mothers maiden name got no guessing that one,
rickmysta2012 said:
ye mate just a screen lock its a pattern lock theres also the security ? lock mothers maiden name got no guessing that one,
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Are your phone stolen?
Flash a firmware with flashtools and everything Will be resets.
Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk 2
gm007 said:
Are your phone stolen?
Flash a firmware with flashtools and everything Will be resets.
Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk 2
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well i found it at the park when i took my lad there was just lay on the grass left it on for someone to ring it but nobody has they must not want it so i will give it a good home lol where can i get this flashtools and how would i use it etc seriously i would need a step by step never done anything like this to be honest
Go to development section and read the stickies
Or use sony update service to repair the phone.
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I recently had my phone disappear and reappear 3 days later while in hospital and when I found it back in my bag, it was NOT the same. It now has a double screen sometimes. It also does not follow the normal routes when try to use settings or download from playstore. There are alot of strange things I'm seeing in settings that were never there before and I don't know how to get the hackers out of phone once and for all and get my life back. Can anyone PLEASE help me, I am at my wits end. I'm disabled and rely on my phone for alot. I don't have a computer so if there is a way to figure this out with the hacked phone or I also have tablet but I think they have synced my stuff to some other phone or computer they have. They reroute my calls and stop texts and emails from being sent. It's ruining my life on a daily. It's been 2 wks and each day, they r deeper and deeper into my stuff n life. Help please??? I don't know if I'll b able to even get back to this site or page so if you have a way to help me, please put here and if don't mind, send to my email at [email protected] so that I will definitely get it. Btw, that is my new email...I'm afraid to even sign into anything else on this phone. No matter what I try to do, they seem beat me to it. Hope someone can help me. I have Metro and Alcatel. I'm posting this July 2021 in case gets buried in posts. Really would appreciate help. Can't get around, stuck where I am and only have these 2 devices on same carrier. Hope someone has some good advice/help for me. Thanks so much. Hackedchick2021
Eh
HackedChick2021 said:
I recently had my phone disappear and reappear 3 days later while in hospital and when I found it back in my bag, it was NOT the same. It now has a double screen sometimes. It also does not follow the normal routes when try to use settings or download from playstore. There are alot of strange things I'm seeing in settings that were never there before and I don't know how to get the hackers out of phone once and for all and get my life back. Can anyone PLEASE help me, I am at my wits end. I'm disabled and rely on my phone for alot. I don't have a computer so if there is a way to figure this out with the hacked phone or I also have tablet but I think they have synced my stuff to some other phone or computer they have. They reroute my calls and stop texts and emails from being sent. It's ruining my life on a daily. It's been 2 wks and each day, they r deeper and deeper into my stuff n life. Help please??? I don't know if I'll b able to even get back to this site or page so if you have a way to help me, please put here and if don't mind, send to my email at [email protected] so that I will definitely get it. Btw, that is my new email...I'm afraid to even sign into anything else on this phone. No matter what I try to do, they seem beat me to it. Hope someone can help me. I have Metro and Alcatel. I'm posting this July 2021 in case gets buried in posts. Really would appreciate help. Can't get around, stuck where I am and only have these 2 devices on same carrier. Hope someone has some good advice/help for me. Thanks so much. Hackedchick2021
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ehhhhhhhhh,
kinda scary if i thought
wouldnt want that to happen to me
hmm
can you check the recovery and bootloader of your phone?
Check your Google account to see if any unauthorized devices accessed it.
Have the firmware reflashed at a repair center. Then change your Google password and any other passwords that were on it.
Be wary of any data saved from that phone before the firmware flash which will completely wipe it. Best to not use any data or especially files saved from that phone once newly flashed.
You should always redundantly backup critical data from the phone for this and other misfortunes that can happen.
blackhawk said:
Have the firmware reflashed at a repair center.
Change your Google password and any other passwords that were on it.
Be wary of any data saved from that phone before the firmware flash which will completely wipe it. Best to not use any data or especially files saved from that phone once newly flashed.
You should always redundantly backup critical data from the phone for this and other misfortunes that can happen.
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XD lol people are ignorant nowadays lol,
I backup with pitchblack frequently for a reason.
All the better for keeping ur bootloader locked after installing what u want
But let him check his own bootloader and recovery, if they installed a custom one he could just do it himself if he wanted
i wonder why a hacker would risk that when there is the zero day exploit and stuff and plus mediatek and the mail gpu have root exploits lol
(why i like using qualcomm)
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Eh
ehhhhhhhhh,
kinda scary if i thought
wouldnt want that to happen to me
hmm
can you check the recovery and bootloader of your phone?
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Hi Kenora, thks for reaching out. I'm not sure what that means that you've asked me about bootloader etc. Can u explain it a little so I can try to do on my end please?
HackedChick2021 said:
Hi Kenora, thks for reaching out. I'm not sure what that means that you've asked me about bootloader etc. Can u explain it a little so I can try to do on my end please?
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Is that something I have to go to kernel and unlock developer for?
Turn off your phone and hold the power button and vol up keys
Kenora_I said:
i wonder why a hacker would risk that when there is the zero day exploit and stuff and plus mediatek and the mail gpu have root exploits lol
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I have seen this "mediately" I think when looking around in the settings to see what was different in the phone. What is that exactly? Should I delete it?? Pls let me know thk u.
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Turn off your phone and hold the power button and vol up keys
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Ok then what do I do? Is that going to delete my phone info? If so, I need write some things down first. Let me know and what I do after so I can write down. In case phone shuts down. Thanks
HackedChick2021 said:
I have seen this "mediately" I think when looking around in the settings to see what was different in the phone. What is that exactly? Should I delete it?? Pls let me know thk u.
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That was " MediaTek" but changed it. There are alot of things that say MediaTek and overlay or copy in the name in settings. Do I delete them?
HackedChick2021 said:
I have seen this "mediately" I think when looking around in the settings to see what was different in the phone. What is that exactly? Should I delete it?? Pls let me know thk u.
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I have 0 clue as to what that is
HackedChick2021 said:
Ok then what do I do? Is that going to delete my phone info? If so, I need write some things down first. Let me know and what I do after so I can write down. In case phone shuts down. Thanks
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No just tell me what it shows when you do that, no it dosent delete your data
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That was " MediaTek" but changed it. There are alot of things that say MediaTek and overlay or copy in the name in settings. Do I delete them?
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No that is just your cpu name it is nothing but screenshot it and send here so we can see what it is.
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Check your Google account to see if any unauthorized devices accessed it.
Have the firmware reflashed at a repair center. Then change your Google password and any other passwords that were on it.
Be wary of any data saved from that phone before the firmware flash which will completely wipe it. Best to not use any data or especially files saved from that phone once newly flashed.
You should always redundantly backup critical data from the phone for this and other misfortunes that can happen.
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Thank you BH, appreciate your help. Is there a way to see in my phone WHERE or WHO my info is going to?? Also what phone number is to this IP they're masking as mine?? That would also help alot as they're local clearly and have stolen alot of my money etc. Thks
We will find that out just say what doing that key does
And tell me what it says
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No that is just your cpu name it is nothing but screenshot it and send here so we can see what it is.
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I will try but wouldn't let me screenshot. I'll try again.
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We will find that out just say what doing that key does
And tell me what it says
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K I'm gonna do the power bootloader again to see what says. Last time it asked if wanted to delete phone and reboot. I'll try again now. Hang tight. Hope I get back here.