Stolen Phone

[NeedSomeHelpPlz]

so check it out i have been trying to get back into my old account for a good lil minute now and thought the email that was sent to my dad would let him set a new password because that was the point of it but nope device does not match, well no kidding why did they think it would. So I've got nowhere except back to the basic send a code to the recovery email/phone number, which was stolen definitely no access to either. a friend told me to try Linux maybe get lucky there but he knows as little about computers and coding as i do which is basically next to nothing. can someone please help me out with getting back into this account/email somehow......

 

[wizardfromoz]

@NeedSomeHelpPlz - there is not a lot of point in posting the same material on both your Profile, and here in someone else's thread.

If this is about a previous account held here, then go to Forum Assistance and start a thread there.

TIA

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

 

[NeedSomeHelpPlz]

@NeedSomeHelpPlz - there is not a lot of point in posting the same material on both your Profile, and here in someone else's thread.

If this is about a previous account held here, then go to Forum Assistance and start a thread there.

TIA

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

Nope i have never had an account here or anything to do with this page before at all. I thought that might have shown from the general lack of knowledge from how much it stuck out and the fact that i also stated so to begin with but thanks for replying i wasn't even expecting anyone to even do that honestly. The phone was stolen a couple years ago when i was arrested so not like i could do anything about it from jail over those several months and been trying to get into it for another year since getting out so basically two years. Just trying to recover it because of all the pictures of my daughter from baby until about 10yrs old and friends and family who ain't here anymore. Like i said just looking for help.

 

[wizardfromoz]

I will carve off this post and the above and give you a thread in General Computing.

Goof luck in recovering your photos.

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

 

[wizardfromoz]

Done.

 

[NeedSomeHelpPlz]

I will carve off this post and the above and give you a thread in General Computing.

Goof luck in recovering your photos.

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

Thank you. Luck is definitely what I'll need because i have basically next to nothing knowledge of coding from 20yrs i didn't pay attention to at all for a few hours because i never planned on using it and never needed it except to get the credit to move on. But I'm not completely stupid i can figure things out after stressing myself a good bit cussing and maybe throwing one or two things.... it's a process. lol.

 

[APTI]

linux is not a magic bullet. It is just a superior operating system with much potential.
Now let me try to make sure I understand what you are looking for.

1.. do you have this phone in your possession?
2.. was it android or apple(Iphone)? android will be anything that is not I-Phone
3.. who was the service provider?

 

[KGIII]

I have read this and am pretty lost. I'm not sure what you're asking but it looks like you do not have the phone (it was stolen) and you have not had the phone for quite a while.

If you had the backup settings enabled (usually enabled by default) then you may be able to retrieve the photos.

If it was an Android phone, you might find the photos in 'Google Drive' if you remember the Google account associated with the phone in question.

The same is true for Apple and, again, you'll need to use the account you used when setting up the phone. If you did, and if you left the settings as the defaults, you may find those pictures in iCloud.

In both instances, you will need the account name ([email protected] or [email protected]) and password. Both offer password recovery tools where they'll let you reset the password with your backup email account (assuming you set one).

There's nothing in this that requires Linux. Linux is just an operating system (really, it's just the kernel, but that's not important for this discussion and I'm keeping it simple). You could do this with any computer so long as you have the ability to log in to the correct provider's site.

If you do manage to log in and the pictures are not there, you're out of luck. You're not going to be able to recover them unless you somehow recover your phone.

 

[APTI]

I have read this and am pretty lost. I'm not sure what you're asking but it looks like you do not have the phone (it was stolen) and you have not had the phone for quite a while.

If you had the backup settings enabled (usually enabled by default) then you may be able to retrieve the photos.

If it was an Android phone, you might find the photos in 'Google Drive' if you remember the Google account associated with the phone in question.

The same is true for Apple and, again, you'll need to use the account you used when setting up the phone. If you did, and if you left the settings as the defaults, you may find those pictures in iCloud.

In both instances, you will need the account name ([email protected] or [email protected]) and password. Both offer password recovery tools where they'll let you reset the password with your backup email account (assuming you set one).

There's nothing in this that requires Linux. Linux is just an operating system (really, it's just the kernel, but that's not important for this discussion and I'm keeping it simple). You could do this with any computer so long as you have the ability to log in to the correct provider's site.

If you do manage to log in and the pictures are not there, you're out of luck. You're not going to be able to recover them unless you somehow recover your phone.

unless he set the photos to go to the cloud the pics would only exist on the phone. unless he did backups to a pc somewhere. But I do believe in android the default is save to phone.
Either way we need more info to help.

 

[KGIII]

believe in android the default is save to phone.

Not from what I can see. The default is to back up their data (which includes pictures) on at least a current Android device.

That was true on an iPhone the last time I used one, but I haven't used one in a number of years now - so that may be different. But, on Android it backs up your pictures (in the default configuration) to the account's associated Google Drive as the default configuration.

They'd have had to turn that off for it to not be backed up.

The iPhone might have changed but it used to be the default. I can log in right now and still see the backed up photos from 2012 to 2014 (which was when I last owned an iPhone). I have years worth of pictures on Google Drive from it backing them up.

(None of them are important images. I have a real camera for pictures I care about.)

 

[NeedSomeHelpPlz]

linux is not a magic bullet. It is just a superior operating system with much potential.
Now let me try to make sure I understand what you are looking for.

1.. do you have this phone in your possession?
2.. was it android or apple(Iphone)? android will be anything that is not I-Phone
3.. who was the service provider?

But is it not somehow possible to do some kind of code that will get in through the backend and have the verification code rerouted to my current email or something anything else of an idea that can either get the verification code sent to my current email or my current phone number? Which i don't suppose removing the google frp from a device, no not that device because I'm sure that's in a landfill somewhere and has been, would work at all somehow would it? I mean it's not just about trying to get to the photos or hoping them to be there still it's trying to recover the account regardless the method even if it's by brute methods with someone's expertise assistance, as long as it doesn't trip up their security parameters in place to where it locks it down completely or worse. I'm just wondering and trying to find out what could happen because i know it's not magical but i know it can do some pretty cool stuff if it's known how to be done and a person knows what can/can't be done.

 

[NeedSomeHelpPlz]

and i might sound completely stupid and probably do asking all this but whatever it's not the first time and I'm sure it might not be the last time either. how else will i find out if i don't ask people who do know what i don't, as I've said i know basically nothing about Linux and never had a problem like this happen that I've wanted to try and figure out but would like to because it's been the only google account I've ever had since about '06/'07-ish until this bs and i had to make another one because of a series of unfortunate and unforeseeable events because i used to have such great so called friends and it got me locked up for several months and every single thing literally to my name stolen while i was.

 

[KGIII]

Two things...

Just to make sure you're aware, we will not help you brute force anything. Yes, it's your account but we're not going to help with that. We're not going to accept that kind of liability.

The second thing is that Google is well-prepared to deal with brute force attacks. They'll let you make a few attempts and then they're going to block your access, so you'd need an unending set of IP addresses. They may also lock the account even further if the account keeps getting attacked.

Make that three things...

It's really disappointing to have your 'friends' steal your stuff while you're in jail for a short stint. I hope you've found better friends. We could talk about how the system is broken but we don't really talk about politics here and that would be considered political. Having to start again with nothing makes it hard to stay out of jail.

 

[APTI]

and i might sound completely stupid and probably do asking all this but whatever it's not the first time and I'm sure it might not be the last time either. how else will i find out if i don't ask people who do know what i don't, as I've said i know basically nothing about Linux and never had a problem like this happen that I've wanted to try and figure out but would like to because it's been the only google account I've ever had since about '06/'07-ish until this bs and i had to make another one because of a series of unfortunate and unforeseeable events because i used to have such great so called friends and it got me locked up for several months and every single thing literally to my name stolen while i was.

unfortunately, tv and hollywood make it look like a few keystrokes and you can access anything. That simply is not true. There is no back door into everything.

 

[NeedSomeHelpPlz]

Two things...

Just to make sure you're aware, we will not help you brute force anything. Yes, it's your account but we're not going to help with that. We're not going to accept that kind of liability.

The second thing is that Google is well-prepared to deal with brute force attacks. They'll let you make a few attempts and then they're going to block your access, so you'd need an unending set of IP addresses. They may also lock the account even further if the account keeps getting attacked.

Make that three things...

It's really disappointing to have your 'friends' steal your stuff while you're in jail for a short stint. I hope you've found better friends. We could talk about how the system is broken but we don't really talk about politics here and that would be considered political. Having to start again with nothing makes it hard to stay out of jail

 

[NeedSomeHelpPlz]

I went with screw having some friends at all pretty much. Never really liked people much anyways as a whole anyways. But yeah I'm aware of the thing about the brute force and problems it would cause, another stupid thing i said from a stupid thought. I must have held in a fart and it traveled up my spine and turned into a bad idea, i try to avoid those. I wasn't asking for that kind of help done had somebody on Twitter / X say for like $50 he'd get in it no problem easy no problems or backfires. guess my last step will be trying to talk to VZW again and if i have to get something going on with them if they will let me get that exact phone number back if it's still not in service to someone. Last time i tried calling it hoping it would ring and someone would answer it wasn't a connected number at the time.

 

[NeedSomeHelpPlz]

unfortunately, tv and hollywood make it look like a few keystrokes and you can access anything. That simply is not true. There is no back door into everything.

I didn't figure so but I've read or seen videos and thing's talking about stuff people like kevin mitnick, hadnagy, mikko and ryan montgomery and a couple other's have done so it was just wishful thinking i guess that i could at least be able to get into my own old account/email since google completely dropped the ball on having any kind of assistance to people in situations like this other than the oh well try these very few limited choices that you have more than likely tried and they don't work oh well. i would love to get rid of google everything it's about time to i think but they've corporately monopolized it in such a way they have something to do with everything now. i don't understand how it's legal for them to do so.

 

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