Recent content by gogbog

I ended up doing a factory reset, and it all works now. But that is not really news, factory reset just doing it's job. The data is lost, I should have had a backup, lessons learned, all that. What frustrates me is that Samsung is able to remotely unlock the phone with the Samsung account and...

I have not done a factory reset, sorry if I used the wrong terminology.

My google account has nothing backed up, and I don't think I backed up via Samsung either. Is there a way for med to check? I can't find anywhere in my Find My Phone account that tells me whether I have something backed up. Is there no way to use Find My Phone with cable and not through the...

I assume it can not log in until I turn it on. I have logged in previously if that is what you are asking, but I don't think I have backup turned on. I could at least not confirm it anywhere. I will probably end up doing the factory reset, but I really didn't want to lose some of my files. I...

Thank you for moving it : ) Yes, that is what I tried to say with the Samsung online tool, I just misremembered its name. Presumably it does not work since the phone is not connected on any network before decrypting.

During summer my Samsung galaxy s8's battery ran out, and when I rebooted it would not accept my PIN. Now I have 3 tries left until it wipes my data. It is running android Pie. I have talked to Samsung, and they could not help, since it is the OS. Searching around the net some people suggested...