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My phone has just been repaired and returned to me...before it went off I backed up to SD card.

However, now I'm trying to restore from the SD Card, it wants a password.

I'm on attempt 4 or 5, having tried my Google account password, my Sony account password, and a PIN I use for some stuff.

I've used Android Device manager to remotely change the phone screenlock back to a PIN (it is normally set to a pattern).

I can access all the stuff on the SD card via filemanager or on the laptop.

Is anyone able to tell me what account the password would refer to, as if I re-attempt my Sony and Google passwords I'll soon be on +10 attempts and not sure how many goes I get before it blocks something (and probably erasing my NI number and bank accounts in the process 😉 )

Edit - nothing critical on the backup, but there might be next time I want to restore the phone!


 
Posted : 06/07/2016 5:42 am
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restore?
Last time my nexus went off I think I either just ran through the my app list in play or it did it for me. Everything else comes down from the cloud. I think I was up and running on my new phone in about 30 mins.

So no idea what the password would be sorry.


 
Posted : 06/07/2016 5:46 am
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Yeh sorry, the menu option is backup and reset, but its the restore option that is requesting a password.

A lot of the restore stuff is call/text logs, wifi passwords etc.


 
Posted : 06/07/2016 5:51 am
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Bump for the evening crowd 🙁

Definitely not my google account password, attempt 5 now and it's started a timer between attempts.

Anyone know if the password is specific to backup and restore, or shared with another login?


 
Posted : 06/07/2016 6:55 pm

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