Quick question. I bought a phone and it’s locked. Factory reset but requires the previous owners google to unlock. It’s an insurance sale. I have asked the seller to update me on any info but haven’t had a reply.

Is the phone a very expensive brick ?.

    • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 months ago

      No response from them. I’ll keep trying.

      Literally all I’ve seen. I asked if it was stolen and they stayed it was an insurance situation. So Im waiting on a response. I was hoping it was unlocked. If not I’ll request refund. However I’ll have lost 30 to pay 30

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        10 months ago

        Depending on your brand/model, there are often holes in the FRP that you can leverage to bypass it. I wouldn’t buy software claiming to unlock, hopefully you have a no pc option available like using google assistant or a browser to trigger settings to pop up.

        Some phones have ADB methods.

        Presumably you could make the company that sold it to you take it back or do a chargeback if it was on a credit card.