Galaxy S5 advise needed.

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FestYboy
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So, Caety got a new phone twice over and mine's getting long in the tooth, and I came across one of her old ones with a cracked glass (easy fix). So I thought why not swap to that one for a while till I get a new one for myself...

Long story short, after charging and firing it up, come to find that the screen is locked with a pass code that she didn't install... Her screen lock was a shape code (or so she remembers) and she can't think of what the numbers might be. Another weird thing is that TracFone pops up on the start up screen and it's an ATT phone!?!

Anyone have advise on getting around this without doing a hard reset? I'm in no rush and if it's an expensive brick, so be it, but...
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,066
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    Its probably a brick I gave a S6 to someone to use and after a month he got a J3 it outperformed the old S6 in every way. The S6 is now being used as a back up for streaming Tidal to a streamer.
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  • honestaquarian
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    Do you want someone to "advise" you on what to do?
    Or do you want "advice" about which direction to go? ;):p
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  • Willow
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    You should advise him of which advice he should take
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,189
    edited December 2019
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    Hard Reset. It is easy to do that and start fresh. Most Android phones will run better afterward anyway. Unless there are precious photos or something you can't recover, I don't know why you would even hesitate.

    However, an S5 is by phone standards, ancient. I don't think I would spend the money/time to repair a broken screen or digitizer. The battery is probably shot as well.

    You can get a pretty decent phone for $150-$200 these days (no contract, no monthly payments). One example is a factory unlocked Moto G7. Price is well under $200 (130-180 depending if you activate it, at BestBuy).
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  • daboyz
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    I may have an Otterbox and some screen protectors from my previous one if you keep it and need them. Free!!
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  • Muchieman
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    AT&T has the Iphone 6s for 99 buck new with a 65 monthly pre-paid plan. Good cell on the cheap. I use to use post-paid, only use pre-paid now, pay less for the same service plus i am not locked into a 2 year contract.
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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
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    Yeah you are gonna have to reset it to get access. You can do so from the boot menu most likely since you can't actually access the User GUI.
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  • FestYboy
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    honestaquarian wrote: »
    Do you want someone to "advise" you on what to do?
    Or do you want "advice" about which direction to go? ;):p

    Ok ok, I didn't catch that and neither did spell check, sue me :p
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  • FestYboy
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    Well that's the thing... I don't know what all media is still on the phone. Nor do I know what was (if any) backed up or transferred to another device. So hard boot is out for the time being.

    I'm on ATT and do the pre pay thing as well. Been eyeballing the Moto, but the S5 is free.... :/

    Also just impatiently waiting to see what my hook up comes up with as far as a replacement (he's thinking iPhone XR but I have no experience with Apple and not sure I want to start now).

    Talk to me about iPhones. Any Android converts?
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,189
    edited December 2019
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    Avoid Apple unless you have Apple ecosystem, macbook, iPad, iMac, appleTV, etc.
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  • codycatalist
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    FestYboy wrote: »
    Well that's the thing... I don't know what all media is still on the phone. Nor do I know what was (if any) backed up or transferred to another device. So hard boot is out for the time being.

    I'm on ATT and do the pre pay thing as well. Been eyeballing the Moto, but the S5 is free.... :/

    Also just impatiently waiting to see what my hook up comes up with as far as a replacement (he's thinking iPhone XR but I have no experience with Apple and not sure I want to start now).

    Talk to me about iPhones. Any Android converts?

    Depending on the last time it was plugged into a computer it may be set to media transfer mode via the USB port. Connect it to a computer and check if you can take the files off.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,876
    edited December 2019
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    Honestly most of it is probably backed up via google. Are you able to boot in safe mode?

    Turn on and use safe mode
    Safe mode allows you to turn on the device with third-party apps disabled. Then you can easily uninstall apps that may be causing a conflict or software problem.

    Turn the device off.
    Press and hold the Power key.
    When 'Samsung Galaxy S5' appears on the screen, release the Power key.
    Immediately after releasing the Power key, press and hold the Volume down key.
    Continue to hold the Volume down key until the device finishes restarting.
    Safe mode will display in the bottom left corner of the screen.
    Release the Volume down key when you see Safe Mode.


    Turn off safe mode
    Press and hold the Power key.
    Tap Restart.
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