Update: The brute attack has taken a long time, I am currently running the Ducky on the 9000s and no pin hit yet! I am only trying for a 4 digit pin, so if it does not crack it in the next 999 attempts it means the pin code is most likely longer than 4 digits so this attack won't work and I will have to move on to plan b. I will have to move onto plan b most likely anyway even if I crack the pin because the bitcoin blockchain on the device (from years ago) will surely be out of sync, and too small to download the whole thing (unless it uses some light client on an old Android App which I don't know about-highly unlikely). I will find out soon rooting around in the device with plan b which involves finding the private key and importing the bitcoins. I have been able to connect the device to my Mac with Android Platform Tools, and with ADB shell I can see the file structure, however when I tried to remove the gesture.key and the password.key files to remove the key pin altogether I would get permission denied, something about not being able to edit a (production). I do now realize I was not running on root, hopefully that will help when I try next. If that does not work I may need to root the device. I may need to do a whole new post when I figure this out.
That is a good idea, I will call that plan C. Hopefully It won't come to that, but I will deffinately give them a call if I exhaust all options! Thanks!
Finally got in today, the brute force did not do it. In order to remove the pin screen I rooted the device, installed Clockwork Mod Recovery-CWM Recovery v6.0.3.7, and then installed Aroma file manager -aromafm-1.00-120512-002.zip. All these programs were bootable off the Micro SD. Finally I just deleted the gesture.key & password.key through the gui, way easier than attempting the Brute Force!
Final Note /Edit In the end I was able to send my share of the BTC from the old dormant Bitcoin 3.61-v3 Wallet App, and currently have 3 confirmations!
Update: The brute attack has taken a long time, I am currently running the Ducky on the 9000s and no pin hit yet! I am only trying for a 4 digit pin, so if it does not crack it in the next 999 attempts it means the pin code is most likely longer than 4 digits so this attack won't work and I will have to move on to plan b. I will have to move onto plan b most likely anyway even if I crack the pin because the bitcoin blockchain on the device (from years ago) will surely be out of sync, and too small to download the whole thing (unless it uses some light client on an old Android App which I don't know about-highly unlikely). I will find out soon rooting around in the device with plan b which involves finding the private key and importing the bitcoins. I have been able to connect the device to my Mac with Android Platform Tools, and with ADB shell I can see the file structure, however when I tried to remove the gesture.key and the password.key files to remove the key pin altogether I would get permission denied, something about not being able to edit a (production). I do now realize I was not running on root, hopefully that will help when I try next. If that does not work I may need to root the device. I may need to do a whole new post when I figure this out.
Well, it's been ages since I fooled around with cell phones but back in the day....
Have you tried consulting someone at Samsung ?
They have ways of opening their phones, perhaps a hard flash but worth a shot if you can't root it...
That is a good idea, I will call that plan C. Hopefully It won't come to that, but I will deffinately give them a call if I exhaust all options! Thanks!
Finally got in today, the brute force did not do it. In order to remove the pin screen I rooted the device, installed Clockwork Mod Recovery-CWM Recovery v6.0.3.7, and then installed Aroma file manager -aromafm-1.00-120512-002.zip. All these programs were bootable off the Micro SD. Finally I just deleted the gesture.key & password.key through the gui, way easier than attempting the Brute Force!
Final Note /Edit In the end I was able to send my share of the BTC from the old dormant Bitcoin 3.61-v3 Wallet App, and currently have 3 confirmations!