Help! My Bold 9930 WIPED all after incorrent Password Attempts!
- Are there any easy ways in which one can save any stuff without device password? If you can actually use the phone, then all the contacts, videos etc are available and you could presumably email them somewhere. Tedious, but viable.01-31-12 05:38 PMLike 0
- I WAS putting the correct password in as its a password that i use often elsewhere and it just would not accept it! :O((( So now its wiped everything AND I didnt know anything about backing up to a desktop manager? What do I do now? as in -- how do I go in and reset the password ? ARRRRRGGGHHHH! its just come back on with absolutely NOTHING of mine on it - no email accounts - no BBcontacts - no NOTHING. Surely it should only be locked NOT deleted! If it was stolen you should just be able to phone up to get it stopped.. since I reckon it would be more frequent for password retrieval than for being nicked! NOT HAPPY. as I WAS putting the right one in -- every time --but it wasnt recognising it and I just thought that the 10th go meant it would restart and reset more password attempts!!!! (new to BBerry and would not have bought this if I had known.02-28-12 04:16 PMLike 0
- I WAS putting the correct password in as its a password that i use often elsewhere and it just would not accept it! :O((( So now its wiped everything AND I didnt know anything about backing up to a desktop manager? What do I do now? as in -- how do I go in and reset the password ? ARRRRRGGGHHHH! its just come back on with absolutely NOTHING of mine on it - no email accounts - no BBcontacts - no NOTHING. Surely it should only be locked NOT deleted! If it was stolen you should just be able to phone up to get it stopped.. since I reckon it would be more frequent for password retrieval than for being nicked! NOT HAPPY. as I WAS putting the right one in -- every time --but it wasnt recognising it and I just thought that the 10th go meant it would restart and reset more password attempts!!!! (new to BBerry and would not have bought this if I had known.02-28-12 04:26 PMLike 0
- ChrisySeeker of the WayYou were entering the incorrect password. That's why it wiped. Yes, the data is gone. The wipe will have reset your device to factory settings, including password. So your device is now not password protected and is freshly reset.
Start putting your data back onto your device and take it as a hard lesson learned. Backup your device data using either Desktop Manager, BlackBerry Protect, Google Sync or all of them.
BACK UP YOUR DATA REGULARLY.
You may have inadvertently set your device password incorrectly in the first place. Since you are only shown ******** when you set your password, it is possible you had the alt key depressed or not. When you do this you are using numbers instead of letters and vise versa.
The wiping of device data after incorrect password attempts is a great security feature of BlackBerry. Otherwise, it would not be as secure.02-28-12 04:30 PMLike 0 - You may have inadvertently set your device password incorrectly in the first place. Since you are only shown ******** when you set your password, it is possible you had the alt key depressed or not. When you do this you are using numbers instead of letters and vise versa.02-28-12 04:32 PMLike 0
- But making the same mistake twice? And for this scenario to be true, they have either never put their berry down for more than the pw lock timeout since setting the pw or it happened the first time it locked after setting the pw. We'll just agree to disagree - I just will never believe anyone that says they set the pw, have been using the pw successfully then all of a sudden they can't remember their pw or can't enter it correctly in 10 tries.02-28-12 04:40 PMLike 0
- ChrisySeeker of the WayYup. If you do a forum search you'll see it happens quite often. Don't ask me why. Just does. Here is a few of MANY:
http://forums.crackberry.com/blackbe...please-569595/
http://forums.crackberry.com/blackbe...ssword-538413/
http://forums.crackberry.com/blackbe...estion-416039/
http://forums.crackberry.com/blackbe...gnized-329103/
So either all those thread makers forgot their passwords or, more likely, they set up the password incorrectly to begin with. I suppose it could be either.
I think it is most likely the are entering "1234" when they mean to be entering "wert" for example.Last edited by chrisy520; 02-28-12 at 05:04 PM.
02-28-12 04:45 PMLike 0 - If it does happen, then wouldn't they have a problem unlocking the phone the very next time it locks? Unless that's the case, I'm not buying it. I've just seen too many of these "forgot my password and wiped my device by accident" stories. I mean, it gives you a big warning before the last attempt. If the user doesn't read that warning after entering the wrong pw 9 times, it's their own fault and deserve to have their bb wiped.02-28-12 04:50 PMLike 0
- There appears to be a bug in the password software. We've just had a 9790 wipe after failing password entry. First 2 were wrong as someone messing about trying to hack into phone, tried proper password 5 mins later, asked me to type in the word blackberry (3rd attempt)... Then 4th to 6th attempt all correct password (been used many many times) all rejected and phone then wiped.
So... There is definitely something amiss with the password feature..this is on latest software updated last night03-29-12 09:02 AMLike 0 - Nothing works better than the stock program. The whole secret is you GOT to remember the password. Not maybe.03-29-12 09:36 AMLike 0
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