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

Jake jake at spaz.org
Mon Oct 29 22:40:13 UTC 2012


unfortunately this is a metroPCS phone and it doesn't have a SIM card.

it does however have a place for a microSD card.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2012, Snail wrote:

> 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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