I just found that I cannot carry out erase commands without the phone being unlocked.
Anyone have any ideas on the best practices to wipe it?
I just found that I cannot carry out erase commands without the phone being unlocked.
Anyone have any ideas on the best practices to wipe it?
dairymilkbatman Can you maybe unlock it by plugging in a USB keyboard? I have not tried this.
dairymilkbatman I think you can do it manually using the power and volume buttons.
Inside recovery mode it will be possible to factory reset.
Let me check the key combinations for factory reset in recovery mode...
Hopefully that'll get you on your way to a factory reset. Not sure how easy it'll be without the screen. It it is theoretically possible.
If not, get somebody to replace your screen. The official Google Repair service closest to me charges $130.
I tried the fastboot erase userdata with my old sony Xperia xa2 with broken screen. I put it into fastboot mode (usb connection), open a terminal on my Linux Desktop, type 'fastboot erase userdata' and I need no confirmation on the broken screen of my device. 'fastboot erase cache' does not work.
Unfortunatly it works only with usb debugging on and if the device is already authorized with/on your desktop OS. But since you asked for a fastboot command I thought this was checked.
How to enter the fastboot mode without screen interaction on pixel 7 you can read here: https://krispitech.com/how-to-boot-google-pixel-7-in-fastboot-mode/
Works with my Pixel 7. I just powered it off, wait some seconds and then press power button and volume down at the same time. It vibrates and should be detected with 'fastboot devices'
dairymilkbatman I just found that I cannot carry out erase commands without the phone being unlocked.
Anyone have any ideas on the best practices to wipe it?
When you're in bootloader mode, try running "fastboot flashing unlock". If you didn't specifically go back into developer options and disable bootloader unlocking from there, then that command should work, and bonus is that running the unlock will initiate a wipe.
Wow thanks so much for the help guys!
intelligence I wasn't allowed :(
treequell Question, does your phone vibrate when it reboots into recovery mode?
dairymilkbatman i don't receive any vibration or haptic feedback when booting into recovery mode.
Since you have two phones available both running GrapheneOS, one with smashed screen and one without, i suggest the following:
You do the steps I gave to factory reset on your device without the smashed screen. At each step replicate the exact same action in the device with the smashed screen. The first phone is just used for reference so you can see what you are doing on the second.
When you get to the final step of wiping the data perform only on the device with the smashed screen.
Et voilĂ !
Thank you Sir! hope you have a lucky day!