Locked out of hero

marr17 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-13-2010, 01:36 AM

After too many attempts trying to log into my hero, i hit the forgot pattern button, and now it is asking me for my google market sign in information. I tried several attempts and google does not recognize my sign in id.

Does anyone know how to bypass the lock screen on this phone and to reset it so that I don't lose all of my contact info?

**bradart** · #2 (**permalink**) 01-13-2010, 04:35 AM

reboot? I've seen people need to hard reset because of this but, obviously, try to exhaust all other options before doing that.

marr17 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-13-2010, 04:45 AM

That will wipe out all of your information.

marr17 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-13-2010, 04:45 AM

I have found the answer and I wish to post it on here, but this site does not let me post links since I have not contributed to 10 postings. lol

marr17 · #5 (**permalink**) 01-13-2010, 04:46 AM

This rule should be uplifted

marr17 · #6 (**permalink**) 01-13-2010, 04:46 AM

Who is their right mind would ever impose such a rule similar to this?

marr17 · #7 (**permalink**) 01-13-2010, 04:47 AM

What do you think about this 10 posting rule?

marr17 · #8 (**permalink**) 01-13-2010, 04:47 AM

Well i got two more to go. lol

marr17 · #9 (**permalink**) 01-13-2010, 04:48 AM

One more posting to go. heheheheh!

marr17 · #10 (**permalink**) 01-13-2010, 04:49 AM

http://cfossguy.blogspot.com/2009/11...r-android.html

Plug phone into computer via USB
adb shell
su to get #
chmod 777 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

Now, you have root access to your android phone and you have changed the permissions to the "settings.db" so that you can pull/push it from your computer back to the phone. Many thanks to "briankwest" and this post for that valuable tidbit. Next, comes the hard part that I had to figure out on my own:

Pull the sqlite database file from your phone settings using this command: adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db ./settings.db
Make a copy of this file to make sure you can push the original settings back, if needed: cp settings.db settings.db.bak
Download SQLite database browser from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/
Open the "settings.db" file that you pulled in #1 in SQLite Database Browser
Browse data in the "system" table. You are looking for 2 rows: "lock_pattern_autolock" and "lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently"
Make sure both rows have a value of "0" instead of "1". You can use SQLite to modify this data once you've browsed to it
Save the database file and close the SQLite browser
Push the sqlite database file back to your phone using this command: adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
Turn your phone off/on and your phone will no longer be locked! And, you don't have to worry about fixing the permissions on settings.db. When your phone started, it reset the permissions on that file back to the default, which means you will have to root back in and re-chmod if you didn't update the settings.db file properly.

This information kept me from calling Sprint PCS customer service, something I only do if absolutely necessary. Also, this is a nifty way to change pretty much any SQLite data on your phone.