phone help, lock code

[Ryan_V]

So, for whatever reason, my daughter put an unlock code in her sprint galaxy s2, and now can't remember what she used for a code. PLEASE tell me there is a way to get into it without resetting the phone. She has had it a year and a half, so she obviously doesn't want to loose everything that is in there.

Let me know any suggestions you have. Thanks inadvance

[leechlake]

I did that a long time ago and I called my provider Verizon and in a few minutes had it unlocked. Maybe that still works with the smarter phones than my blackberry was then.

[upnorth]

this might work

[CAMAN]

If nothing helps to unlock it she may be able to retrieve almost everything with the removable SD card if it was set up to save to SD.

[Ryan_V]

Thanks for the link upnorth, didn't work on the s2. Keep any ideas coming!

[delcecchi]

Isn't the point of a lock code so that no one can get the stuff on the phone without the code? Was the phone backed up?

[Ryan_V]

Isn't the point of a lock code so that no one can get the stuff on the phone without the code? Was the phone backed up?

That's exactly the point del! Had a conversation with my daughter about that! Still hoping she has that "a-ha" moment and we don't have to reset the phone ..... or someone has a hack to get us in!

[PierBridge]

So what happened when you called your service provider regarding the information givinn above in the 1st reply?.

Other then that have her start writing down every possible number sequence she can remember or think of.

1234, birth date, gramas birth date, forward backwards, yada yada yada.

[delcecchi]

do you get an unlimited number of tries?

[Ryan_V]

PB... They said it's a setting on the phone, nothing they can do. Called a Sprint store as well, they said only option is a reset.

Del... seems like there are unlimited attempts. After every 5, it makes you wait 30 seconds to try again, but has not stopped letting us try.

Still no "a-ha moment"

[delcecchi]

4 digit number? Maybe she could narrow it down?

[Ryan_V]

I've found a hack for every other phone lock screen out there, but not the s2. There has to be a way!

[Whoaru99]

Yeah, there is a way. The reset and the hard lesson learned.

I will say that is one nice thing about the BlackBerry I have. After 9 attempts you get a warning that on the next failed attempt the phone automatically wipes. And it does. Fortunately, once you get the phone reconnected to the BES, it automatically restores you contacts and stuff from Outlook/MS Exchange.

[Ryan_V]

Yeah, there is a way. The reset and the hard lesson learned.

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I hear ya, but there still had to be a hack! Just have to find it! Otherwise, yeah, I'll be resetting it!

[CaptainMusky]

Even when you reset the phone the vast majority of the stuff on there should be restored. Any apps installed would be available from the app store, hopefully pics and music would have been stored to SD card so no issue there. Bummer that it happened but she had to confirm the password in the first place so she had to enter it twice.

[aanderud]

So, for whatever reason, my daughter put an unlock code in her sprint galaxy s2,

Too bad that she lost the code, but please don't enforce the idea of NOT having a code. Unlock codes are important on smartphones, as the phone basically offers passwordless access to your email. Once someone has access to your email, they have the ability to do such things as reset passwords on websites, etc. (have you ever used a 'forgot password' button on a site, which usually sends you an email for confirmation), etc. Using a code isn't a bad idea -- forgetting the code is the problem.