Demo Series 3 Restored through on watch menu - GSM-Forum

tradegon · 01-23-2018, 01:11

So I managed to finally discover the special demo menu on the watch itself to do a factory data reset. This is a 38mm Series 3 Cellular.

https://goo.gl/3rsQg9

honesthank · 01-23-2018, 02:12

wow, this is great. thank you for sharing. i can't wait to try this at home.

MartinBishop · 01-23-2018, 02:28

So what do you do to get to that point? Not sure I believe this.

tradegon · 01-23-2018, 03:18

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Originally Posted by MartinBishop

So what do you do to get to that point? Not sure I believe this.

I didn't believe it either. That is why I started recording.

To be fully honest, I am still trying to figure out how I got to the menu. I was eating lunch and just fiddling with it not really paying attention.

I work at a retail store so my boss let me check this out to remove the demo unit(I remove the demo mode from all the store devices) and I managed to get to this menu and just did it.

I don't have another series 3 to try it out again but my boss is ordering another one.

MartinBishop · 01-23-2018, 03:20

I’d bet it’s not just in the series 3 if this is true. What types of things did you do?

tradegon · 01-23-2018, 03:25

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Originally Posted by MartinBishop

I’d bet it’s not just in the series 3 if this is true. What types of things did you do?

Well I wouldn't know. I've tried to do such things with my series 2 watches but the ones my store got were demos that just replayed an image. They were restored with an iBus.

I did the usually press hard to activate 3D touch and whatnot with trying to swipe and stuff. The first thing that happened was a menu came up asking to switch between demo modes. It said wrist demo or fixture demo and then i think i pressed hard and swiped right and the full menu shown in the video appeared.

Dammit it should have recorded every time i played with it...

hackedbyj4 · 01-23-2018, 03:39

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Originally Posted by tradegon

Well I wouldn't know. I've tried to do such things with my series 2 watches but the ones my store got were demos that just replayed an image. They were restored with an iBus.

I did the usually press hard to activate 3D touch and whatnot with trying to swipe and stuff. The first thing that happened was a menu came up asking to switch between demo modes. It said wrist demo or fixture demo and then i think i pressed hard and swiped right and the full menu shown in the video appeared.

Dammit it should have recorded every time i played with it...

What app / menu were you on when it happened? Settings?

tradegon · 01-23-2018, 03:51

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Originally Posted by hackedbyj4

What app / menu were you on when it happened? Settings?

Honestly, couldn't have been something too specific because I can't recall.

hackedbyj4 · 01-23-2018, 03:52

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Originally Posted by tradegon

Honestly, couldn't have been something too specific because I can't recall.

Maybe any physical buttons?

MartinBishop · 01-23-2018, 04:26

Good story and vid, but I don’t buy it.

tradegon · 01-23-2018, 04:32

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Originally Posted by MartinBishop

Good story and vid, but I don’t buy it.

Ok. I knew people wouldn't believe. Although there is another user on here that claims that this is possible. Like I said, I can hardly believe either, just sharing what I stumbled upon from just fiddling around. Once my store gets another watch I'll attempt to get it up again and record another video.

Just curious how you think I got a video of the hidden menu that clearly reset the watch. I would have showed that it was a demo unit running restricted apps etc but I didn't know how to get back. Clearly it says things like demo content will be removed.

hackedbyj4 · 01-23-2018, 05:09

I’ve got a ton of customers demo series 3 watches. I’ll try some more tomorrow. Tried tonight but I couldn’t get it up and I tried every single button on the thing. Maybe some sort of gestures. I definitely believe you @tradegon.

enferrari · 01-23-2018, 06:39

Thanks for the upload. I did the exact same thing on a watch last week (completely unintentionally as well). I also pressed down on the force touch. I think I pressed down and swiped a certain direction but I figured it was a fluke. I will also mess with some watches I have and see if maybe we can find a way to fix them.

DzoOLe · 01-24-2018, 23:51

I have some S3s so if someone has any point, idea, i can try. Both 38, 42, Lte and non.

francesco886 · 02-05-2018, 13:29

how do we arrive to this special menu?

01-23-2018, 01:11	#1 (permalink)
tradegon Insane Poster Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 93 Member: 2777439 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 16	Demo Series 3 Restored through on watch menu So I managed to finally discover the special demo menu on the watch itself to do a factory data reset. This is a 38mm Series 3 Cellular. https://goo.gl/3rsQg9

01-23-2018, 02:12	#2 (permalink)
honesthank Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 9 Member: 2789950 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 2	wow, this is great. thank you for sharing. i can't wait to try this at home.

01-23-2018, 02:28	#3 (permalink)
MartinBishop Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 15 Member: 2801397 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 0	So what do you do to get to that point? Not sure I believe this.

01-23-2018, 03:20	#5 (permalink)
MartinBishop Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 15 Member: 2801397 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 0	I’d bet it’s not just in the series 3 if this is true. What types of things did you do?

01-23-2018, 04:26	#10 (permalink)
MartinBishop Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 15 Member: 2801397 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 0	Good story and vid, but I don’t buy it.

01-23-2018, 05:09	#12 (permalink)
hackedbyj4 Freak Poster Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: () Posts: 115 Member: 2794635 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 43	I’ve got a ton of customers demo series 3 watches. I’ll try some more tomorrow. Tried tonight but I couldn’t get it up and I tried every single button on the thing. Maybe some sort of gestures. I definitely believe you @tradegon.

01-23-2018, 06:39	#13 (permalink)
enferrari Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 28 Member: 2678754 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 0	Thanks for the upload. I did the exact same thing on a watch last week (completely unintentionally as well). I also pressed down on the force touch. I think I pressed down and swiped a certain direction but I figured it was a fluke. I will also mess with some watches I have and see if maybe we can find a way to fix them.

01-24-2018, 23:51	#14 (permalink)
DzoOLe Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 10 Member: 1750520 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 2	I have some S3s so if someone has any point, idea, i can try. Both 38, 42, Lte and non.

02-05-2018, 13:29	#15 (permalink)
francesco886 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 1 Member: 2767273 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 0	how do we arrive to this special menu?