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911!! Friend locked his TYTN and cant remember the passcode.HELP!!!
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Posted by: FLiPinoy9oNe6

Is there a way to reset the phone to not have it ask for the passcode everytime he turns it on. Not sure why he locked it up in the first place but now hes stuck with the passcode screen when he starts up. Any suggestions help. TIA

Posted by: telus_guy

Other then a hard reset, I don't know of any other way. Try google.

TG

Posted by: richy240

Hard reset. That's be your best bet without extensive research.

Posted by: FLiPinoy9oNe6

I was thinking the hard reste but it won't even let us get that far without getting past the screen where the passcode is reguired. as far as google goes, I know howardforums got to have the answer before google.

Posted by: MrWee

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Originally Posted by FLiPinoy9oNe6

I was thinking the hard reste but it won't even let us get that far

Hold down both the softkeys (with the - on them) and push the stylus in the reset hole on the bottom.

Posted by: trwrt

If you could do it without wiping the device, it would be a pretty worthless passcode system...

Posted by: telus_guy

True, but then not everyone knows how to hard reset a device, plus its meant as a deterrent, not an absolute method of stopping someone, its like a firewall that way.

TG

Posted by: trwrt

Right, what I meant was that a hard reset pretty much has to be the only way out of it. That keeps your data from being compromised if you lose the device. If there was a way to reset the passcode without wiping the data then it's no security at all.

Posted by: FLiPinoy9oNe6

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Hold down both the softkeys (with the - on them) and push the stylus in the reset hole on the bottom.

Thank you MrWee. It worked.