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How can I bypass a pattern passcode?

I have a galaxy S10 that I picked up in a trade that was insanely cheap.

The phone has a pattern and I have no way to contacting the previous owner.

I need to bypass the pattern and have tried taking the phone into recovery mode and resetting but it's still asking for a pattern or email account to be logged into.


How can I reformat this phone back to factory settings?

Galaxy S8 Flashing Firmware Issues

Hello All,

So, I will start at the beginning, so on Friday morning my wife's S8 did some sort of update during the night an she woke up to it vibrating like crazy. Well it came to a screen called maintenance boot mode that had 4 options, start normally, factory reset, safemode, or turn off phone. Well I did the first thing and tried to see if it would just boot, and to no avail. It was in a loop of the Samsung galaxy s8 powered by android screen. Finally figured out how to get into this menu again and turned it off. Next I went into recovery mode and wiped the cache partition and tried restarting it and same issue. I was able to get into download mode and use Odin to flash her current firmware with its newest October update keeping her data, and all it does is go to the installing update screen and freeze. But, one of three different things happen here. It will freeze on the installing message, or make it to 25% and say error, or 32% and just freeze and eventually restart. I have flashed her phone quite a few times now and can't seem to get it to remotely even act like it wants to start the OS, or even perform the "update". What am I missing? I have ended up using a non home csc just to wipe her data and start fresh, and no luck there either. I have included a few pics to show you some of the issues. Thanks.

P.S. I can't get any other menu now besides the maintenance one or just download mode. Recovery no longer will come up.

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Root Cant load with Odin

im trying to root my S7. in new to this. ive followed the instructions to the T. when i try and load in TWRP with Odin this is what happens:

<ID:0/005> Added!!
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1301)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> Total Binary size: 43 M
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> recovery.img
<ID:0/005> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)


why isnt this working? my bootloader is indeed unlocked. i have the correct samsung drivers.

im using a SM-G930V (Verizon) running Android 8.0.0 Build R16NW.G930VVRUACSH1

please help

[APP][5.0+] Notification Timer ⏱️: View and use stopwatch timers right from the notification drawer!



To get user feedback, I will be giving out a limited number of Google Play Store promo codes for the pro-version of the app!
Please comment or message me directly and I will be happy to send you one!
First come, first served- thanks!


Introduction
Notification Timer lets you use stopwatch timers right from your notification drawer.

No need to open an app- view and use your timers from anywhere! ⏱️⏱️⏱️

If you track billable work hours, time spent on personal projects, hobbies, chores, exercise, sports, or anything else, then you need this app!

There are some great alternatives out there, but they all have the same major flaw: you shouldn't have to search for an app and wait for it to open to manage your time tracking. With Notification Time, now you don't have to!

With Notification Timer, you can access your timers from anywhere- your home screen, another app, or even the lock screen!


Screenshots



Features
Main Features:
Notification timers: Timers you activate will show up in the notification drawer. You can view and use them from anywhere!
Create and manage multiple timers: You can show and hide individual timers as you need them.
Focus on individual timers: If you have a lot of active timers, the notification can get quite large. You can hide all but one timer by tapping the stopwatch icon, and show them all again by tapping it again.
Customize your timers: You can give each timer a unique display name to make it stand out. Personalize your timers with more than 40 color options. Choose to hide buttons you don't need to avoid accidental resets and dismissals.
Deactivate/reactivate timers: Don't need access to your timers right now? With one button press you can hide them all from the notification drawer. Press it again when you're ready to start tracking time again. All the timers you had active before will be remembered and activated automatically!
Reset all timers: Done recording for the day? With one button press you can easily reset all timers back to time zero.
Timer history: All timer events (start/stop/reset/etc.) are automatically recorded, up to 1000 events
Set time manually: Forgot to start your timer? No worries- you can update your timer's current time manually.
Reorder timers: Put your timers in any order you like. The order will be reflected both in the app and the notification drawer.
Daily tracking log: Check daily breakdowns for each timer (elapsed, added, and total time).
App themes: Dark theme is enabled by default, but a light theme is there if you prefer it.
Timer styles: Three different timer styles are available: dark, light, and black.
Timer sizes: Large and small layouts to suit your preference.
Functionality settings: Lots of options are available in the Settings menu for adjusting how the app and timers work.

Pro Version Features:

• Create unlimited timers (free version is limited to 3 at a time)
• Display up to 12 timers in the notification drawer at a time
• No more notification upgrade message
• Completely ad-free
• Help support future development of Notification Timer and other great apps!


Notes
Please note: due to Android technical limitations, all timers in the notification need to refresh at the same time. Because of this, you may see some hiccups or glitches while timers are running, and their displayed times might be slightly off. Paused timers will always be accurate, however.

For the same technical reasons, it is not possible to display milliseconds in the notification timers and also have responsive timer buttons. If you have a solution to this problem or know of an app that seems to have solved it, please contact me about it!

If displaying milliseconds within the app itself becomes a highly-requested feature, it shouldn't be too hard to implement.

Please feel free to reach out with other bug reports or feature requests and thank you for your support!


Release Notes
Version 1.2.0:
  • Added small timer layout. With the small layout, up to twelve timers can be displayed at the same time and up to six can be displayed without having to recreate the notification after focusing on a timer. By default, the small layout will be used if five or more timers are active, but this can be changed in Settings.
  • Added setting to specify which layout focused timers should use.
Version 1.1.0:
  • Created a Daily Tracking Log screen to view daily breakdowns for each timer (elapsed, added, and total time). Please note: the app still won't keep track of time beyond timer history (1000 events), so if you need to keep long term records please consider using a separate dedicated time tracking tool.
  • Fixed notification upgrade message not directing to in-app upgrade prompt dialog.
  • Fixed some memory leaks (might see some benefits in memory usage).
Version 1.0.2:
  • Implemented manually setting of time by typing in the time (instead of scrolling).
  • Tapping a timer's time within the app now opens the dialog to manually set the time.
  • Fixed crashing bug (probably) seen on Moto G5s Plus (and likely other devices).
  • Fixed crashing bug related to activate all timers button.
  • Adjusted contact form (removed auto-fill suggestions).
Version 1.0.1:
  • Tapping a timer's focus button in the app now activates the timer in the notification.
  • Tapping a timer's name in the app now opens the timer settings dialog.
  • Made slight adjustments to timer dropdown menu.
  • Simplified and shortened tutorial.
  • Ads are now hidden while the tutorial is running.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent the tutorial from progressing.
  • Fixed bug where the activate/deactivate all timers button would crash the app if a timer had recently been deleted while active.
Version 1.0.0:
  • Initial release- Notification Timer lives!
Google Play Store:
Notification Timer (Stopwatch) ⏱️⏱️⏱️

Help Samsung s9 note keeps going back to home page

When I'm watching something on YouTube or facebook or any other app my phone suddenly goes to the main screen. I don't press anything but even when I'm on Google maps it does this.
I don't understand why. My google maps ends up minimizing on its own. Or the Spen options will appear when my Spen is still inside the phone.
I don't understand why this happens.
If anyone could help me understand why this happens or what I can do to fix it, that would be great.Thank you!

Why driver is not installed?

i have ((https://www.android-x86.org/)) . WIFI no work.

https://pastebin.com/MnJrUWVH

[ 7.974149] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43430a0-sdio for chip BCM43430/0
[ 7.974311] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[ 8.006224] brcmfmac mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.ilife-S806.txt failed with error -2
[ 8.006256] brcmfmac mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.txt failed with error -2

What to do?

Forgot Gmail Account Id!

Hi everyone, So I had two email accounts, one Yahoo and the other Gmail. And one day I mistakenly removed my G-mail account from the sign page. And now I don't remember my email so I can't login. And I also had a YouTube channel with that email. I checked my YouTube But couldn't find my email. Any idea how to fix this? Is it possible? I tried forgot email but didn't fix anything.....

Help Phone stuck in a boot loop

So I have this phone that won't turn on, when I try to turn it on it just shows the Motorola logo screen, and just stays like that. I tried going into the boot menu and tried the following options;
Normal Powerup obviously does nothing and the phone just gets stuck on the logo screen
Recovery just takes me back to the boot menu and says "boot up failed"
(I haven't tried factory because there's data on this phone that I don't want to lose and I'm not even sure it would fix my problem so I'm not trying that until I've exhausted all the other options; Barcodes does work but it's irrelevant to my problem and BP Tools, not sure what it's meant to do but it just turns the phone off).

I cannot connect the phone to my PC because the PC doesn't read it, so trying to copy data to my PC isn't an option. (The PC didn't read it even when it worked fine and I had to authorize the PC from the phone for it to connect.)

I've also tried opening the phone and disconnecting and reconnecting the battery but that still didn't work.

The phone was having battery problems before this happened, so I'm not sure if that's related.

Also the fastboot menu mentions that the "device is LOCKED", not sure what that means.

Anyway so basically my question is, how can I get my phone out of this loop without losing my data?


UPDATE: I tried the factory reset option from the boot menu but it didn't seem to work, it just got stuck on the logo screen as well...

Completed 2nd game feedback requested

I recently finished my 2nd Video game written in Kotlin. Its fast smooth and small. I'm not going to spam a link right now but if somebody would like to try the game out and tell me what they think I'll post a link here. I have a promotion going on and the $4.99 game is free for 1 day Nov. 3! Would you like to review my game? It's in the google play store but nobody has installed it yet. I could really use other developers feedback.

Thank You.
--calmchess

Challenge for Android experts

My Android charging accurately when it is powered off but when it is powered on it does not hold charge. Some time it show charging when i plugged in but after few seconds it unplugged the charger by itself even charging cable is connected to the charging port.
Note: The device is non-removable battery mobile

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