[ale] Android secondary security

[Chuck Payne]

If you ever need a phone unlock there a Guy at Sugar Load that will unlock
them, he charged me and my brother-in-law $40 per phone. These were brand
new phones.

On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Alas, even with a custom ROM you're somewhat vulnerable.  Some apps
> automagically sync your Google Contacts to your phone. Any contacts not in
> your Google Contacts are wiped by this process. I assiduously back up my
> phone Contacts tables. I've had to restore them twice, once courtesy of
> Yahoo's email client and once courtesy of Signal Private Messenger (!).
> Ain't nothing like seeing your Contacts go from 600 entries to 30 to get
> your attention.
>
> -- CHS
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 10:52 AM, James Taylor <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.
> com> wrote:
>
>> Wipe it and install a custom rom that you control and none of that crap
>> will be foisted on you.
>> What model lg?
>> I had a g4, and there are some good roms available for it that actually
>> get regular updates.
>> -jt
>>
>>
>>
>> James Taylor
>> 678-697-9420
>> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
>>
>>
>>
>> >>> Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com> 3/9/2017 9:22 AM >>>
>> Out of the clear blue sky my cell phone has asked for a secondary
>> security password -- apparently linked to my email account.  But that
>> password doesn't unlock the phone and I have no memory (and no record)
>> of ever setting a secondary password for this phone.  Manufacturer's
>> help desk (LG) and carrier (T-Mobile) unable to help.  Manufacturer's
>> rep told me to send the phone in to the service center -- in Fort
>> Worth, TX -- but that requires a proof of sale, which I no longer have
>> (or if I do I can not find).
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way around this mess -- or an entity in the
>> Atlanta area that can unlock this thing?
>>
>> Sean
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