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Help Factory reset phone

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serlex

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Hi,

Another 'i forgot my pattern lock' threat, sorry.

I've tried to reset the phone with the following combination:

Code: 
Shut your Android Galaxy S down (Power off) or remove Battery.
Now press Volume up, Home and Power together.
If the Samsung Symbol is comming up leave the Home Button.

But the phone keeps rebooting. If I let go off power button, just boots up to the pattern lock :((

SOMEONE HELP PLEASE
 
Try holding the home, volume up and power buttons, then release the power button when the Samsung splash screen appears. I found that the recovery mode on my phone would work when I did it this way.

I got these off another forum, give them a try, you never know, one might work.

1. try entering null as password.2. try entering your username without @gmail.com
3. Combine 1 and 2
4. Call yourself from another phone, answer, without hanging up press the home button, then menu button, settings, try to disable pattern-lock
5. Call yourself from another phone, answer, hang-up, directly after hanging up start pressing your buttons like a madman for <30-60 seconds ending with your home button (might take a while to get the timing right). Go into settings and disable pattern-lock.
6. Try the normal recover password routine from GMail.com

Here is another possible fix...

1) Have someone call your phone.
2) Answer the phone call.
3) PUSH THE END CALL BUTTON!
4) RIGHT WHEN YOU PUSH IT, PRESS THE HOME BUTTON AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE.
5) That will trigger it to glitch really fast, and make it possible to access everything.
6) Listen closely. If you push the button on the side of the phone to lock it, it will automatically go back into lock mode.
7) My suggestion is to get a SD CARD, save contacts on it, and then do an system erase. This will make it start over fresh


Ian
 
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