Root Need help

ocnbrze said:

"try to do a hard reset" ???????were you able to get to recovery and select factory reset? and are you talking about the password on the unlock screen? or are you talking about the email and password that you used to setup the phone?

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ocnbrze said:

the only way is to reset your phone unfortunately.....unless you have your fingerprint set-up
https://www.hardreset.info/devices/google/google-pixel-3/

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ocnbrze said:

the only way is to reset your phone unfortunately.....unless you have your fingerprint set-up
https://www.hardreset.info/devices/google/google-pixel-3/

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Madd61 said:

Don't try to log in to your Google account on that device. Log in to Google with what you are using now or another pc etc. Get a prompt for a new password.
Look in Device Manager on your Google account, if you had used this device before, and see if it is listed.

However, I don't think changing your Google password will help unlock your Pixel 3 at this stage. That is something I'm not knowledgeable on.

Normally it takes 24 to 48 hours for a password change to become active, although I may be confusing this with something else and talking through my hat.

Here's the crux (sorry if English is not your first language) :

Can you tell how you have this phone now?

That is, have you used it in the past and forgot about it - but now want to activate it for yourself again or for someone else.

Did you recently buy it online or elsewhere and now doubt the seller?

Did you find this device?

It will help to know - although as mentioned at this stage you are probably out of luck.

I am curious if you can log in to the Google account you had on the Pixel on a different device.

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ocnbrze said:

Well if it is a password on the lockscreen, a hard reset should have erased it. If you are talking about the Google account, the only thing you can do is a forget password. If that does not work then you are screwed.

Here is the issue....... by doing a hard reset instead of a factory reset, you tripped Google's FRP(factory reset protection) which is designed as a theft deterrent. If you did a factory reset from within the phone's settings, you would not have tripped FRP.

As you are discovering FRP is designed pretty well. If a thief stole your phone and did a hard reset like in the past, FRP would have still protected the phone from being used.

Soooooooo.......... there really is not much you can do other than a forget password if it is FRP that is in the way.

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