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Android Settings Locked? Very Limited

Kabalie

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Feb 10, 2017
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Hi Everyone,

For Christmas we gave my wife's aunt a new android box, and she returned it to us saying she'd put some sort of lock on it that prevented accessing many of the apps and settings.

To give an idea, it only shows the following in the settings on the box:
- Device - Network and About
- Preferences - Accessibility
- Remote & accessories - Remote

I can access the internet, but can't download anything from the google play store as that's restricted.

Also, she told me she entered a numerical code for security before this all happened.

Does anyone have any ideas or recommendations for me? I appreciate any help! Thanks so much.

EDIT: I reset it with a pin and when it started up it looked normal for five seconds and then returned to its limited mode.
 
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All, if you find yourself in this position in the future, find the external reset button on your device.

Unplug the power from the device. Hold down this button with a pin. While holding it down, plug on the power to the box. This should eventually get you to recovery mode.

Then, I wiped all user data and restarted to box.

Problem solved.
 
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