[Noisebridge-discuss] how to get into an android phone

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If you just want to return it to the owner, you don't need the phone
data most likely. You could examine the SIM card and either by pop it
into another phone (I've read that you might get the SIM's recent
contact history and be able to call people who know the phone's recent
user) or return it to the provider's company.

Though, the thug (who you've established as a person who likes
stealing things) and the original phone's owner may not be the same
person.

SIM cards sound like a big security hole if you lose them & other
people are able to pop them into their own phones and extract your
contacts & SMS history...


On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
> my friend heard someone trying to break into his truck and went out there
> and found the guys' phone on the ground.  It's an android phone and it's
> locked with a pattern.  Ironically my friend swiped it properly the first
> time he looked at it, but now he can't repeat the act and the phone
> threatens permanent lockout if he tries incorrectly again.
>
> does anyone know anything about this?  I would like to see if it's possible
> to get in there and download the data.  So i can return the phone to its
> rightful owner.
>
> actually it's been more than six months since he found the phone so i doubt
> anyone cares about it anymore, but i would like to see how hard this can be.
>
> it's an LG MS690
>
> probably not rooted because based on the texts that scroll across the top of
> the screen (which the owner never read) the owner is clearly a thug.
>
>
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