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gola
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my friend has a nokia 6280 and all of a sudden,today,it wants a password to access it.he has no clue what to do,neither do i.i would appreciate it if anyone can tell me what steps he must carry out.
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Sir-SonyEricsson-man
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Has his phone been to service?? If the phone got updated and he had downloaded stuff to the card and given the card a password in the past now the phone will not remember the password since it has been updated.
Than the card will not be for any use anymore. He could try to type inn his pin code..
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gola
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thanks for the reply.nope,it has never been serviced or asked for a password before...will it help if he formatted it?
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Sir-SonyEricsson-man
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You can't formate the card without the password i'm afraid. Not even on the pc..
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thomas93
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im sure i saw an app for this (freeware) but i cant find it again
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govigov
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try putting it in a camera and then format it
i read some where; some times; that works
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BobaFett
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a pw ahs to be set, suddenly cant happen, when it was no pw set... maybe sy played with it and messed it up...
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gola
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thanks guys,i'll pass on the advise to him and try to insert it in a camera...so far it's not looking good.
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lemmor08
Joined: Feb 09, 2007
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here's the trick. install third party apps like FEXPLORER or SELEQ. search
file MMCSTORE and open it by HEX viewer. it will show you the password of
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gola
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On 2007-10-14 23:04:54, lemmor08 wrote:
here's the trick. install third party apps like FEXPLORER or SELEQ. search
file MMCSTORE and open it by HEX viewer. it will show you the password of
your memory card.
sounds very promising,thanks alot.we'll surely try that out...
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max_wedge
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On 2007-10-14 22:03:54, Sir-SonyEricsson-man wrote:
You can't formate the card without the password i'm afraid. Not even on the pc..
Actually that's not true. The memory card is only formatted in fat32. FAT32 doesn't have file locking like NTFS. Mind you even if it did it would still be possible to format the card.
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gola
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@max_wedge-so what you are saying is that we can format it and everything will be normal again?
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max_wedge
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Well, I don't know for sure since I'm not familiar with the locking mechanism nokia use to prevent access to the memory card.
But I do know a bit about file systems and file system locking, and I can tell you there is no way you could "lock" a memory card in such a way it can't be reformatted or if necessary repartioned first then reformated.
Infact I'd be surprised if you couldn't see the info on the card and copy it to the computer by using a card reader. Of course if the Nokia locking mechanism encrypts files then the file probably can't be recovered, but you can still format the memory card.
Now, the Nokia phone itself may still lock access to the card, which would indicate it's not the card that is locked but the phone's access to the card. If this is a case and you can't remember the password, then you will need to master reset the phone.
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gola
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thanks alot max_wedge,i'll only be able to see him on friday.i'll update you all after trying all your solutions...
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aliciatit
Joined: Oct 01, 2007
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i used to hav a nokia n70
once u set the password on the memory card
u cant format it via pc
i remember u can use an old nokia communicator to format
but i forgot wat model
as to usin a camera
im not sure |
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Posted: 2007-10-14 20:02
