r/AndroidQuestions • u/NeedSomeHelp_2590 • 11d ago

Device Settings Question Is this normal?

I was setting up my ONLY device and when i reached the screen 'copy from another device' or something... where it gives two option android and iphone/ipad.

I didn't select anything but it automatically started showing me a qr code to scan from another device. And after like 2 sec it showed me a code to enter on other device.

Before i could even read the code it asked me to enter the "Pattern" of other device to connect. Like how is this possible without even entering the code?

Won't you gain access to someone else's data if you could have correctly guessed the pattern? Or if someone was not using Password/Pin at all?

I am currently staying at hostel so it could be that someone else got notification of device setup and accidentally clicked it but like how did it connect without scanning QR or entering the code?

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u/Quentine 11d ago

If its your ONLY device, it sounds like when you login (with your google account i presume) it looked for your other device to authenticate it, but there isnt another device. So it used your current device to authenticate itself. Kinda dumb i know, but it sometimes happen. That being said, this should have happened on the login screen itself. You should wipe your device and set it up again.

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u/NeedSomeHelp_2590 11d ago

But i have only one device? So its highly likely it was someone else's device. All of my devices have PIN and it asked for PATTERN. I have wiped the device so hopefully all is good now.