|
2007-06-28
, 07:26
|
Posts: 64 |
Thanked: 9 times |
Joined on Jun 2007
@ abuja, nigeria (currently)
|
#2
|
Now I locked the device by mistake, but I don't remember my PIN. Is there a way to reset/recover/disarm the pin without reflashing the whole device?
Although it is locked, the device still connects via WLAN. But SSHing into N800 as root with "rootme" as password doesn't work.
P.S: the real problem is that the user isn't asked for his PIN when he _locks_ it. And there is not security question...
|
2007-06-28
, 08:43
|
Posts: 2 |
Thanked: 0 times |
Joined on Jun 2007
|
#3
|
I've been wondering if re-flashing works as the manual says "send to nokia if you lose the code". further on it says that you'll lose all data, implying that re-flashing is the method.
not that I have yet been able to guess. if you attempt to run passwd as 'user' it says "The password for user cannot be changed.", but it appears to allow if you run 'passwd user' as root -- but I'm not yet willing to try setting a user account password
I agree that there should be something more here, tho not sure what -- asking for the pin to lock it might be an annoying extra step, while asking for a new code when locking would allow someone else to lock your tablet - probably even more annoying . disabling root login over ssh seems very much not right as by default I would expect root can do anything.
assuming you did get in, any ideas where to reset the lock code? or are you just looking to copy files off the device?
|
2007-11-10
, 02:32
|
Posts: 7 |
Thanked: 1 time |
Joined on Nov 2007
@ Texas USA
|
#4
|
|
2007-11-10
, 02:48
|
Posts: 76 |
Thanked: 5 times |
Joined on Jul 2006
|
#5
|
|
2007-11-10
, 03:09
|
Posts: 7 |
Thanked: 1 time |
Joined on Nov 2007
@ Texas USA
|
#6
|
|
2007-12-05
, 17:38
|
|
Posts: 739 |
Thanked: 242 times |
Joined on Sep 2007
@ Montreal
|
#7
|
|
2007-12-05
, 18:09
|
|
Posts: 3,220 |
Thanked: 326 times |
Joined on Oct 2005
@ "Almost there!" (Monte Christo, Count of)
|
#8
|
|
2007-12-05
, 18:40
|
|
Posts: 739 |
Thanked: 242 times |
Joined on Sep 2007
@ Montreal
|
#9
|
|
2007-12-05
, 22:56
|
|
Posts: 574 |
Thanked: 166 times |
Joined on Oct 2007
@ BC, Canada
|
#10
|
when I got my N800 some months ago, I played around a little bit and tried the device lock, too. Everything went fine. Since I didn't need to lock my device, I unlocked it again.
Now I locked the device by mistake, but I don't remember my PIN. Is there a way to reset/recover/disarm the pin without reflashing the whole device?
I enabled red pill mode, and OpenSSH server is installed. The "sudo gainroot" worked, too (locally). Although it is locked, the device still connects via WLAN. But SSHing into N800 as root with "rootme" as password doesn't work.
Some questions:
- what is the user name of the default non-root user on the N800?
- is there a default-passwort for this non-root user?
- what is the minimum length for PIN, can anyone check this? (I have a standard 4-digit PIN for such tests, but I remember that the PIN dialog forced me to enter a PIN with more than 4 digits, which is the reason I cannot remember my PIN :/ I think I have entered the smallest possible PIN. Knowing the length maybe helps me finding the PIN)
Thanks in advance!
P.S: the real problem is that the user isn't asked for his PIN when he _locks_ it. And there is not security question... I should wait for the next firmware release (Textrat? ;-))