Galaxy 3 ( I5801) Too Many Pattern Attempts in

kannanmdu · December 10th, 2010, 10:17 PM

Hi All

As happened to many of others, I also forget the unlock pattern and under panick I have exceeded the number of attempts and now I have landed up with my phone displaying the user name and password fields asking for the gmail account credentials

I have tried entering my gmail account credentials but it is not solving the problem. I have searched in this forum and other forums also bot could not find a fix specific for GT-i5801 ( Galaxy 3)

I tried event to hard reset by the three key ( VolDown + Home + Power ) method also

Can any body help me in solving this problem? I am not even worried about the data as i have the backup of contacts which are the only data i have ( Afterall the phone is just 1 week old)

Thanks in advance for any help

Regards

Kannan

Chennai, India

kannanmdu · December 11th, 2010, 12:23 AM

Dear All

After all pondering i finally solved the issue ( Though i lost all the data, my phone is back alive )

I did the following to hard reset

1. Switched off the Phone
2. Press ( VolumeUp + VolumeDown + Home ) and then pressed the power button while holding the three buttons and i got into boot menu
3. Slected the wipe data / factory reset option
4. An exclamation mark with android man logo will be displayed
5. After some 10 - 15 minutes i pressed the Home button and i got the boot menu again
6. Selected reboot and it gave another logo ( Open box with android man logo ) and i pressed the home button to reboot the phone in the fresh factory condition

Lessons learnt

1. Never ever use Unlock pattern if you are not able to remember
2. Backup your phone regularly ( Luckily i got my contacts back up atleast)

Hope this helps somebody with the same problem

But please note that all the data will be lost so think before you do anything

Regards

Kannan

7checkmate · December 14th, 2010, 08:48 PM

omg, that means i lock my phone is useless!!!

ppl can steal my phone and reset my phone to sell!!!!

akash.gpta · December 15th, 2010, 08:29 AM

Well, I had the same problem and i was in a panic... Luckily I solvd it the next day using the same method...

@ 7checkmate: unfortunately, this can be done by anyone if only he/she knows about it.. At first I myself had a hard time finding out the way 2 get in2 recovery mode..!

strike402me · January 1st, 2011, 09:49 PM

@kannanmdu i registered just to thank you.I'm not going to let anyone type any password on my phone EVER again -.-.

strike402me · January 2nd, 2011, 12:02 AM

after that,i tried to go into the recovery menu again,and now the phone is stuck inside the recovery menu,HELP!!!I CANT GET OUT OF THE RECOVERY MENU

TastyTeo · January 3rd, 2011, 09:47 AM

Thanks this worked for me, damn!

akash.gpta · January 3rd, 2011, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strike402me

after that,i tried to go into the recovery menu again,and now the phone is stuck inside the recovery menu,HELP!!!I CANT GET OUT OF THE RECOVERY MENU

keep the power button pressed in recovry mode and it will reboot..
or try removing the battery if above doesnt work

siq2k · January 7th, 2011, 11:22 AM

Thanks for your clear instructions mate, searched far and wide for this solution.

Cheers, your work is much appreciated.

soni.jd · January 9th, 2011, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strike402me

after that,i tried to go into the recovery menu again,and now the phone is stuck inside the recovery menu,HELP!!!I CANT GET OUT OF THE RECOVERY MENU

@strike402me:- My phone got stuck in the recovery mode (twice)...both the times i took it to the service center to get is repaired...guess they'll flash the os again...

rammeshmistry · January 30th, 2011, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kannanmdu

Hi All

As happened to many of others, I also forget the unlock pattern and under panick I have exceeded the number of attempts and now I have landed up with my phone displaying the user name and password fields asking for the gmail account credentials

I have tried entering my gmail account credentials but it is not solving the problem. I have searched in this forum and other forums also bot could not find a fix specific for GT-i5801 ( Galaxy 3)

I tried event to hard reset by the three key ( VolDown + Home + Power ) method also

Can any body help me in solving this problem? I am not even worried about the data as i have the backup of contacts which are the only data i have ( Afterall the phone is just 1 week old)

Thanks in advance for any help

Regards

Kannan

Chennai, India

Many thanks for your full proof solution...., It worked fine on my i5801....

sooraj · February 2nd, 2011, 06:09 AM

Thanks a lot for ur valuable post!!!!!
it saved my life......
my 1 month new 15801 after installing an adw theme started force closing today....
cudnt do anything....der wasnt even a home page.....
was really shocked and scared dat i messed up my phone....
i have done wat u have said and kept it for the 15 mins time u said....meanwhile thought of thanking u.....hoping it will b fine!!coz this is d only way to bring it bak!!!!
THANKS A LOTTTTTT!!!!!!!

advise to all 15801 users:be careful while installing adw themes....d one troubled me was a tortuga theme...

sooraj · February 2nd, 2011, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kannanmdu

dear all

after all pondering i finally solved the issue ( though i lost all the data, my phone is back alive )

i did the following to hard reset

1. Switched off the phone
2. Press ( volumeup + volumedown + home ) and then pressed the power button while holding the three buttons and i got into boot menu
3. Slected the wipe data / factory reset option
4. An exclamation mark with android man logo will be displayed
5. After some 10 - 15 minutes i pressed the home button and i got the boot menu again
6. Selected reboot and it gave another logo ( open box with android man logo ) and i pressed the home button to reboot the phone in the fresh factory condition

lessons learnt

1. Never ever use unlock pattern if you are not able to remember
2. Backup your phone regularly ( luckily i got my contacts back up atleast)

hope this helps somebody with the same problem

but please note that all the data will be lost so think before you do anything

regards

kannan

it worked.......thanks a lott!!!!!
No more themes from now!!!!!

ashwant · March 1st, 2011, 07:31 AM

i reset the phone with the above mentioned method but now i cant connect to airtel.. nothing shows up in the networks but cellone and that isnt authorized...

arunkumarboddu · March 12th, 2011, 12:58 AM

@kannanmdu : Thanks a lot man. This tip really saved my i5801 from becoming a dead paper weight.....

ardchoille · March 12th, 2011, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7checkmate

omg, that means i lock my phone is useless!!!

ppl can steal my phone and reset my phone to sell!!!!

Physical access = game over. That's just the way it is with computers.

drbrainsol · March 12th, 2011, 01:56 PM

iphones can be deactivated remotely by apple and it's buh bye then

They can't be used again

rarahaman · April 30th, 2011, 10:10 AM

Hi Kannan,

Thanks a lot for the great useful post.
It saved the day for me and brought back to life my I5800

Excellent tip.

Thanks
Rahaman
Chennai

aljo!! · June 15th, 2011, 05:43 AM

hey thank u sooo much..the first time this problem happened to me my dad did it n gave..now i made the same mistake of puttin a passwrd n forgetting it..so thank u soo much my phone is back..!!

machoguy · December 12th, 2011, 12:11 AM

Thanks A lot bro....aja

nolram00 · December 29th, 2011, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kannanmdu

Dear All

After all pondering i finally solved the issue ( Though i lost all the data, my phone is back alive )

I did the following to hard reset

1. Switched off the Phone
2. Press ( VolumeUp + VolumeDown + Home ) and then pressed the power button while holding the three buttons and i got into boot menu
3. Slected the wipe data / factory reset option
4. An exclamation mark with android man logo will be displayed
5. After some 10 - 15 minutes i pressed the Home button and i got the boot menu again
6. Selected reboot and it gave another logo ( Open box with android man logo ) and i pressed the home button to reboot the phone in the fresh factory condition

Kannan

thanks, my younger sister try and try to unlock my phone and the condition is i cant remember my google account password, so i try to follow your suggestion and bwala, thank you so much

riodad · June 21st, 2012, 02:55 AM

Thanks - it fixed mine too!!

sleedeane · June 21st, 2012, 03:07 AM

It would have been a lot easier to try a pattern 5 times in 30 seconds and then sign into Google account (with password) from the forgot password box that pops up to bypass the lock (only) to reset password.
No hard reset, no loss of data.

anjali11 · June 29th, 2012, 05:05 AM

i m unable to unlock security pattern on my samsung i5801...plzz help me out