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posted 2016-12-12 15:07:49 +0200

Permanently Locked?

I just came back from lunch, and when I took the phone out of my pocket it said "Permanently Locked" - but I haven't done anything to lock the phone! What is going on here? How can I get my phone back? Help! :(

Permanently Locked?

I just came back from lunch, and when I took the phone out of my pocket it said "Permanently Locked" - but I haven't done anything to lock the phone! What is going on here? How can I get my phone back? Help! :(

Edit: I can still SSH in, if that's any help?

Permanently Locked?

I just came back from lunch, and when I took the phone out of my pocket it said "Permanently Locked" - but I haven't done anything to lock the phone! What is going on here? How can I get my phone back? Help! :(

Edit: I can still SSH in, if that's any help?

Edit: I was able to fix this by SSH-ing in and editing devicelock_settings.conf, changing maximum_attempts=9 to maximum_attempts=-1 and rebooting:

devel-su
vi /usr/share/lipstick/devicelock/devicelock_settings.conf
reboot

Permanently Locked?

I just came back from lunch, and when I took the phone out of my pocket it said "Permanently Locked" - but I haven't done anything to lock the phone! What is going on here? How can I get my phone back? Help! :(

Edit: I can still SSH in, if that's any help?

Edit: I was able to fix this by SSH-ing in and editing devicelock_settings.conf, changing maximum_attempts=9 to maximum_attempts=-1 and rebooting:

$ devel-su
# vi /usr/share/lipstick/devicelock/devicelock_settings.conf
# reboot

Permanently Locked?

I just came back from lunch, and when I took the phone out of my pocket it said "Permanently Locked" - but I haven't done anything to lock the phone! What is going on here? How can I get my phone back? Help! :(

Edit: I can still SSH in, if that's any help?

Edit: I was able to fix this by SSH-ing in and editing devicelock_settings.conf, changing maximum_attempts=9 to maximum_attempts=-1 and rebooting:

$ devel-su
# vi /usr/share/lipstick/devicelock/devicelock_settings.conf
# reboot

Permanently Locked?

I just came back from lunch, and when I took the phone out of my pocket it said "Permanently Locked" - but I haven't done anything to lock the phone! What is going on here? How can I get my phone back? Help! :(

Edit: I can still SSH in, if that's any help?

Edit: I was able to fix this by SSH-ing in and editing devicelock_settings.conf, changing maximum_attempts=9 to maximum_attempts=-1 and rebooting:

devel-su
vi /usr/share/lipstick/devicelock/devicelock_settings.conf
reboot