Accessing phone with a screen lock

How do you access a phone that has a screen lock on it?

You'd need to know the PIN/pattern/passcode or else reset it via Android Device Manager (assuming the phone was set up with it).

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Please help ... have new samsung ativ se windows 8 phone ... screen lock is on to require password, but on incoming calls its not locked ... how do i lock it for incoming calls too ???? thanks

please help ... have new samsung ativ se windows 8 phone ... screen lock is on to require password, but on incoming calls its not locked ... how do i lock it for incoming calls too ???? thanks

Personal rant, why do people write the entire problem in topic line
It's not possible with Windows Phone 8. What's the point, a call is coming in and the phone allows you to answer.

Bluetooth Audio dropping out when Phone goes into screen lock

I have a 3G running 3.0 and a Sony Bluetooth audio capable car stereo. The audio streams perfectly via bluetooth until the phone goes into screen lock or "sleep ", at which time the audio starts drooping out. As soon as you slide to unlock the screen everything works fine again.
Anyone else with this issue ?

Yup, that's exactly what I've had.
I paired a Jabra BT3030 BlueTooth stereo headset module to my 3G and it worked perfectly until the screen went off and then the audio could only be heard intermittently. When the screen came back on, audio was perfect again. This was completely repeatable.
I posted about this the other day, but just prior to that tried again to confirm and I could NOT get it to occur. No matter how many times I put the iPhone to sleep and woke it up, the audio played consistently with NO dropout which is somewhat frustrating and a bit bizarre.
Looks like there is an issue with A2DP if several of us are experiencing the same problem so bug report/feedback to Apple is required I think.
Has anyone else had the problem go away next time you try?

Phone with busted screen turns on right after turn...

Hello everyone,
Thought i'd register to lay out a problem i have with my N95 phone. First of all, great phone, ive been using it for years and it still competes with everything out there for me. It did break down occasionally, but nothing i couldn't fix by cleaning the contacts or whatever, i always found a way to get it going again.
Last month somewhere i went for a run, but on my way there the derailleur of my bike (gear shifter thing) snapped off, my wheel locked up, i came tumbling off and i had to fish my beloved N95 out of my pocket in two bits, the screen and the main body. After carrying my bike home i ordered a new flex cable, a new screen and a new body for my N95, build it in with no problem at all (done it 3 times before) and popped in the battery to have a go. That's when it got interesting.
The phone turned on (giving the customary bleep), the keys lit up (although one keyboard led seemed to have broken) but the screen wouldn't turn on. Oh well i thought, let me just buy another screen since this one is obviously DOA. But with the second screen it still wouldn't work, and what are the odds of receiving two DOA parts from different stores? Not very likely.
I started looking for cases similar to mine and i came across tons of topics, they all pointed in the same general direction, format the phone using either the 3 * green button method or calling to #7370# and so on. Would be fine solutions if my screen worked, but since it didn't i was in for a blast. I tried the 3 button method and it seemed to be doing something, but since i couldn't see anything it was a little tricky to tell, but anyway i just assumed it did something. I left for a few days (i'm not one for half measures) hooked to the power and just let it format, or i thought so because i couldn't actually see anything happening because the screen wouldn't come on. After seeing nothing change i just turned it off. But it wouldn't turn off, because immediately after it gave a bleep and turned back on again. When i try to shut it down it happens again, comes back on. Only way to kill the power is to take out the battery, but when i pop the battery back in the same thing happens, the phone turning on after turning it off.
So to recap: phone busted, new flexcable, new screen and new body, after reassembling screen not working and after a seemingly botched attempt at formatting it won't turn off normally, instead it turns back on with the screen still not working.
The obvious question here is: what is going on and what can i do to get it going again? Either by formatting the thing and hopefully fixing corrupt video drivers and get the screen going again or some other solution i haven't thought of yet. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated, as i said i think its a fantastic phone. Now im using my old 1100 which is of course a poor substitute to an N95, even if its more functional in terms of being able to use it to hammer concrete nails into walls :-) And i know what your thinking: just drop it in the bin and buy a new one. But i'd rather fix it, i always try to fix broken appliances, phones and computers and it has probably saved me thousands of euros. So again: any help is greatly appreciated!
Moderator's Note: We have removed mention of unofficial parts which may void warranty of other users.

Hi miintz,
You phone will need repair. Please contact a Nokia Care point in your country so they can take a look at your phone and help. You can find Care point locations globally from www.nokia.com/repair or your local Nokia website -> Support.
Also note that as your warranty may be void, a charge may be in place to get it fixed. Let us know how you get on.
Regards,
haZey
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4.2 - No longer able to play TV Shows and Movies with the screen locked

I know this sounds like a weird thing to want, but some Movies and TV Shows are perfectly suitable for listening to without the picture (e.g. musicals, comedies, chat shows).
Prior to 4.2, even though locking the screen stops a Movie or TV Show from playing, you could resume it by double-clicking the home button and then pressing play. This would leave the screen locked, but play just the soundtrack of the Movie or TV Show you had been watching.
Now, with the 4.2 update, this is broken - and not just in a "feature removed" kind of way. If I try and resume a Move or TV Show as I did before, I get the play button, and clicking on it appears to start for a fraction of a second, before the screen abruptly switches back to the locked screen background.
This is extremely disappointing, but I just wanted to check here first to see if it's just my phone doing this, or whether it really is a bug.

Answered in http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12732692

Accessing phone with foreign SIM card & no data plan

I purchased an Australia SIM card from Lebara Mobile. I have an old unlocked BB Bold that I have been using with an O2 SIM card when I travel to the UK. When I boot my phone with the new SIM card it prompts me for a BB ID. Neither the Lebara nor the O2 plans provide data support to Blackberry. I do have WIFI access enabled but when I enter my BB ID & password it just sits & spins. I have been using my O2 SIM successfully for years (with no data plan) & it works fine.
Please advise if it's possible to use the phone with the Lebara SIM withoout a data plan.
Thanks!
Bob

Sim card has nothing to do with itunes.

HT4061 uploaded latest upgrade for I phone 5 and I am unable to access my phone ás upgrade hás changed password after trying to access phone with original password numerous time it hás disabled my phone

After upgrading my phone with the latest upgrade, i have entered my old pasword and my phone doesnt recognise it. I have tred numerous times and bêen denied access. My phone hás beên díabled. After re-booting it I get 1 shot then it disables it again. what can i do now???

AllanQuatermain wrote:
Just for the record, and I dont think its going off-topic on this thread, McAfee seems ok on my newish laptop on Windows 7 ATM.
The desktop, and older PC running XP seems to have a new lease of life after installing MSE. Faster boot up; much less resources in use etc, all the points that Potters and others have mentioned on the forum about MSE. Running Malware, Super Anti Spyware in conjunction with it.
Exactly my experience. I've said before that McAfee was tolerable on my reasonably powerful laptop, but it absolutely throttled the (upgraded) netbook rendering it unusable for up to 10 mins after boot and when it scanned. I was so impressed with the change that MSE brought to the netbook that I went for it on both computers and have not regretted it for a moment.
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Turn Off Alarm With Secure Screen Lock

Does anyone know if there is a way to dismiss / turn off the alarm without having to secure unlock the phone?
It's very annoying to have to not only unlock the phone (drag the yellow lock up) and then also type in the password to secure unlock the phone before you can dismiss / turn off teh alarm for the day.
In the morning I'm still half asleep and it's painful to stare into the brightly lit phone to be able to type in my password to dismiss the alarm.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Post relates to: Pre p100eww (Sprint)

Hulkster wrote:
Does anyone know if there is a way to dismiss / turn off the alarm without having to secure unlock the phone?
It's very annoying to have to not only unlock the phone (drag the yellow lock up) and then also type in the password to secure unlock the phone before you can dismiss / turn off teh alarm for the day.
In the morning I'm still half asleep and it's painful to stare into the brightly lit phone to be able to type in my password to dismiss the alarm.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Post relates to: Pre p100eww (Sprint)
I tried various combinations with no success (there is another thread on this same issue). The volume down feature works on my other Sprint phones but not the Pre. I'm assuming it's just not currently possible. I'll be looking for a solution and/or work-around and I'll post back here when/if I find one.

How do I turn off my phone with a broken lock button and screen doesn't work?

my lock button broke a few months ago and I've been getting along fine without it due to assistive touch. Now, my screen won't work at all.. I can't slide it to open it, can't slide to power off .. only thing I can do is slide down the today thing at the top and slide it back up .. I can get siri to bring me to my password screen but I can't type it in .. any ideas on how to turn off or restart my phone seeing as I can't slide to power off? This happened over night so my phone is at 94% as of right now and I don't want to wait for it to die because that will take forever ..

Honestly the hard really right now to say what you can do. How long have you had the device? If it's under a year you can take it to apple store and they can switch it out for free. If it's over a year then it would be at a paid cost cause they can't fix that issue.
Hope this helps.

Nokia C3-01 get hanged with Touch screen lock

I have been using Nokia c3-01 for the past few months and the firmware is uptodate.(V 7.51) Some time after a call has been disconnected the touchscreen lock will be activated and it will not get unlocked.(The Touch Screen will not respond). The phone has to be restarted by removing and reinserting the battery. Hope this complaint would be solved in the next software update.
Any user facing this problem, please report
Thank You

Hi Almach89,
Welcome to Nokia discussions board!
We are sorry for the inconvenience. I advise yout to try and back up your data with Nokia Suite. If you do not have it installed on your PC yet, you may do so with this link.
Then connect your device to it and go to Tools > Back up. Also go to Synchronise > Synchronise now > All. Once the sync is completed, check the different tabs to see if the data has been correctly synced. If this is successful, your data will now be safe (please use your own judgement).
You may update your device from the updates tab to see if that fixes the screen issue.
Alternatively, please take your device to your nearest Nokia Care Point or call your Local Careline, please find the details via this link.
Feel free to post any other questions you may have.
Regards,
astra2025
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Accessing USB with unresponsive screen?

My screen on my PRE has stopped working. I can still view the screen, but touch has completely stopped functioning. I have received a replacement from Sprint, but I need to get some pictures off of the PRE. I can plug phone into USB and I get the menu for Media Sync, USB drive, and Just Charge. I cant press the screen to select USB. I can press the round button on the screen and it shows the PRE charging. Anyone have a way to put the PRE in USB mode in order to access my files? Or if there is another way to get my pictures off?
Thanks
Post relates to: Pre p100eww (Sprint)

Jetpilot86 wrote:
Well pass along to Palm that this is rapidly becoming a major issue as the Pre is not a tough phone at all, i've been thru two of them because the touch screen half is FRAGILE and that is an understatement. Naturally I want the Data that isn't backed up, ie most of the stuff on there i've learned the first time i had to replace the phone, and this thing needs keystroke combos for EVERY DATA/PHOTO related function.
This was included with the 1.3.1 update. The command is SYM+Option+U. Be sure to connect the device to a PC before trying that or nothing will happen. Here is more information this: http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/common/article/50607_en.html#131
As for other key commands to do other functions you may want to give feedback to www.palm.com/feedback

Can't access phone with my password

I am locked out of my phone, but I didn't change password. How do I get back in?

Restore it from backup using the computer you normally sync with.

Droid x2: how to access contacts with broken screen

My droid X2 screen doesn't work and it doesn't answer phone calls, so it's partly broken, but it does produce the 'Droid' sound when I get an email, so it's not totally dead. Is there any way I can get access to my contacts info so I can input them to my new phone? I don't care if it's a text file or xml or anything...

Broken phones are no fun georgeryoung! Let's get your contacts transfered to your new phone! If you had your contacts synced/saved to your Gmail account just setup the same Gmail account on your new phone & your contacts will appear on your new phone. If you had contacts saved via Backup Assistant, just run Backup Assistant http://vz.to/ISRJSK on your new phone and your contact will appear. Keep us posted.
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Does anyone know how you can play video with the screen locked and not just recorded video. Like downloaded video?

So I want to be able to play video mp4 for my kids and lock the screen so that they don't disable or stop the video. Is there anyway you can lock the screen and play video? I've seen an app that tries to do this, but it only plays video recorded from the device. Also, it's not very good. I've also looked at IOS 5, but it only seems to support audio, not video, unless I am not doing something correctly? What happened to the simple old manual 'hold' switches that most devices have, like the PSP etc? It seems like all of the touch devices have neglected a simple touch disable button? Anyway, please provide any enlightenment here.

actually nevermind, it's working now. I closed iTunes, then waited a little, then double clicked one of my iTunes video files from my documents, which opened up iTunes again and the video started playing. I tried restarting iTunes before and that didn't work, so maybe for those who have similar problems, just try clicking on the video file in your documents/desktop of your computer, rather than directly from iTunes.

Nokia X6 - problems with vibration & screen lock

Hi,
I have noticed that my X6 doesn't vibrate very strongly, nor is the sound quality of the ring tones very good. When it is in my handbag, I can barely feel or hear it despite having the volume on full.
If I put it on silent, I can't feel it all - even in my pocket.
Does anyone else have this problem or should I consider taking it back?
One other thing - when I am on a call the proximity sensor doesn't seem to work - I have to lock the phone using the lock button to stop from accidentally putting ppl loudspeaker, or mute etc...
Its very frustrating as this is a great phone!
Anyone have any comments??
Thanks,

I would consider taking your phone back to the supplier for a replacement or to a Nokia Care Centre to have it looked at. The X6 should vibrate quite firmly, at least mine does and it has very clear and loud stereo speakers. Also, as you have already suspected, the proximity sensor does sound like it's faulty. Yep... take it back.
Having said all of the above, please bear in mind though that even a fully functioning X6 will struggle to make itself heard or felt in the confines of a handbag as the sounds and vibrations will be absorbed by the handbag itself plus all the other contents. I guess it also depends on how big your handbag is too and how much other stuff you keep in it.
*EDIT* One last point I just remembered, check to make sure that you have vibrations enabled in your silent profile. I just re-read your comment about no vibrations in silent mode. Goto:
Menu > Settings > Personal > Profiles > Silent > Personalise > Vibrating alert > On
remember just because you've selected a silent profile doesn't necessarily mean that vibration has been activated unless you check the above setting.
S.
History: Motorola MR30, Nokia: 7110, 7650, N70, N80, N82, X6 (32GB), Samsung Galaxy SII
Current: Samsung Galaxy Note3 Black

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