The Problem
I recently had an issue where one of our mobile phones was returned to me with a phone lock on it. I tried a couple of simple passwords and had no luck.
So after working with Samsung & ATT they gave me the following process to reset the phones to factory default, therefore letting you get around the password.
The Solution
NOTE : This will wipe everything on your phone, that is not on your SD card. Thanks J Gardner. I should had this here earlier.
I recently had an issue where one of our mobile phones was returned to me with a phone lock on it. I tried a couple of simple passwords and had no luck.
So after working with Samsung & ATT they gave me the following process to reset the phones to factory default, therefore letting you get around the password.
The Solution
NOTE : This will wipe everything on your phone, that is not on your SD card. Thanks J Gardner. I should had this here earlier.
- Turn off the phone.
- Take off the back cover and remove the battery & SIM Card
- Put the battery back in and turn on the phone
- When you get the message "SIM card is missing" (or something like that) dial the following number:
- *2767*3855#
- It will reset the phone but wait till it is done and turns back on.
- Turn off the phone by using the power button(Don't kill by using the battery)
- Put the sum card back in and put the phone back together
- Turn it back on
It should now work and start up without a password.
NOTE: It was explained to me this would only work on the GSM version of this phone the A847. Not sure if that is the case or not.
NOTE: It was explained to me this would only work on the GSM version of this phone the A847. Not sure if that is the case or not.
I have spent the last two days on the phone with Telus people trying to figure this out. I gave up on them and googled the problem myself. I immediately found your blog, tried it and had the phone back up and working in less than 2 minutes. Thank you so much!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that. Sadly it took me awhile to get this and samsung wouldn't give it till me until ATT authorized it was my phone. What if I had legally bought it off of ebay or was no longer on contract with them, or upgraded past it? Made no sense but at least now it can help others.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I had let someone use my Samsung phone and when they return it they had put a pass-code in it and could not remember what it was! Now I can actually use my phone again thanks to you! :)
ReplyDeleteI also had a problem with a pass code being set without my knowledge, and I went through the steps above, and the proces reset the phone, and I was able to use the phone again. One caveat that anyone should know when using this method is that this process resets the phone back to it's factory defaults, so you will lose all your personal data stored on the phone, and not on the SD card or using a backup service from your provider. This includes the address book, photos, messages, and anything else you haven't specifically stored on an SD card. But if you can't get into your phone to pull that info off, you have no choice. Word to the wise, if you're not using an SD card now, get one and start using it to store anything you don't want to lose that you use on your phone.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I had a user in our corporate environment hand me a Rugby II because they could not get any calls. it went right to VM. I discovered the previous use had put a PIN on it that nobody knew and had set the phone to only accept calls from the contact list. Yikes. This reset worked like a charm. Thanks for saving the day!!!!
ReplyDeleteIs this process is usefull to unlock the phone?I want to use this phone with any carrier?
ReplyDeleteI believe not. It is just trying to get passed a password protected device.
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ReplyDeletei tried it and it said "emergency calls only"
ReplyDeleteSame here ... did you figure it out ?
DeleteAwesome - worked like a charm!
ReplyDeleteA dial pad doesn't show up on mine and can only get a dial pad under the emergency call button , any suggestions ? Help please !!!!
ReplyDeleteWorked like a charm... a former employee had locked this when I fired him, was sitting in my drawer for a year until I found this. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteThis. was. awesome. Thank you for sharing your wisdom :)
ReplyDeleteIt works for the A847. Thanks for the information.
ReplyDeleteMy supervisor put a password on my work phone so I would not be able to call anyone not in my contact list, including the General Manager. This code worked great, reset the phone to factory defaults. Thanks
ReplyDeleteAMAZING!!!! I am tech support and this info wasn't available to us! Have bookmarked it and shared it!!!!
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ReplyDeleteThis works great. Also works on the Samsung Rugby III. Thank you for this valuable information. I handle my corporate cell phones and have a number of Samsung Rugby flips, and some of them come back to me with a security PIN code. I've saved your instructions for the future.
ReplyDeleteworks on the rugby 4 also!
ReplyDeleteI have the same issue. No SIM card installed, but after the re-boot, the phone lock dialog is on screen and the recommended code is being entered as if it were the phone lock code, which is of course denied. any thoughts ?
ReplyDeleteIt did not work for my rugby 4. :( can I try a different way??
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