I purchased multiple Samsung Galaxy A7 Lite tablets from a business closing auction. I got the tablets home and charged a few and most are pattern locked with no way in to reset them. I tried factory resetting one with the power + volume up/down but it is still locked due to the newer security built into them. Is there anyway to get into these so they are usable or are they all just trash now as there is no one in the company to contact to let me into them.
I would flash it using factory reset protection (frp) reset firmware using odin. And then flash it back with the stock firmware. WARNING! this could brick the phone if not used correctly.
Just curious, were you able to inspect the laptops before you bid on them to verify if they were locked or not? If so, why did you buy them if they were locked? Caveat emptor.
Just a note, even if you are successful in getting into recovery mode on these devices, the fact that they are still pattern locked likely means the are still sigened onto a users Google and Samsung accounts, and you would be unable to sign them into yours; making tnem totally unusable. I hope you got a really good price on the lot, because you just lost your money.
