How to easily screw up your phone

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Hmmm... I think I just found a way to really screw up your phone... let's see what you think of my theory:

1. Put your phone into Airplane mode. This will completly turn off all the radios in the phone.
2. Go into settings and set an unlock pattern.
3. Put your phone into standby mode and turn it back on.
4. If you use up all of your tries at the unlocḱ screen you will have to enter your login details to unlock it. BUT THE PHONE IS STILL IN AIRPLANE MODE. Hence, the phone will not be able to connect to Googles servers for verification. And the worst thing is that not even a shut down of the phone will remove the airplane mode. Not even a removal of the battery.

THe only way to get out of this is to do a hardware reset of the phone.

What do you this of this?

I am not gonna test my theory since I don't want to risk having to do a hardware reset.

I think before the phone tries to connect to the Google service it will prompt you with a 'turn off airplane mode/turn on mobile data/WiFi' option, like it does when you open an app that requires WiFi or GPS when those radios are switched off.

Try it

Originally Posted by Switchbitch

I think before the phone tries to connect to the Google service it will prompt you with a 'turn off airplane mode/turn on mobile data/WiFi' option, like it does when you open an app that requires WiFi or GPS when those radios are switched off.

Try it

Nah... I am not going to get close and personal with my theory on this one... :) Just let's hope you're right... someone else might need to do a hardware reset?

A quote from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2&postcount=13 this post says it all...

Hereby can any available moderator close this thread since I have gotten my answers... :)