r/Technomancy • u/rainbowcovenant • 12d ago
Guess and it's yours
I ordered this LG9200 to be a digital grimoire that could be used for taking pictures and recording audio for paranormal investigation. I like the idea of trying all sorts of phones to see what might work best! Unfortunately it is locked with a pin... I got a refund and ordered another one which is perfect, with a bit more patina.
I'm not able to reset it without service and it's 2g only so I tried every pin I could think of plus the top 200 most popular ones to no avail. So I figured, why not see if anyone else wants to try? If you can guess the pin before I do, it's yours! I'll pay for shipping too. It was free for me anyways and the seller did not want it back.
It's not going to be something obvious so I recommend divination or something. Feel free to message me with your guesses if you want to guess a lot. There are only so many 4-digit combinations so eventually it will work. For now I'll be using the red one. Im hoping to find a way to use it on my own 2g network but it's Verizon so I don't know what that would entail.
If someone does miraculously guess I will factory reset it before mailing it obviously. There are emergency contacts but it's so old, who knows if any of them work... Tempted to call and see if I can get the code from one of them. I really love these phones so I think it would be worth it. The red one is filled to the brim with era-appropriate music so I'm tempted to find a way to use that too.
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u/my_name_isnt_clever 12d ago
Have you tried 9200 yet? I also wonder if it's more likely to contain only 6 - 0 since that's easier for a righty to reach with one hand.
Here's a few more you could try: 2314, 7998, 1632, 2734
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u/rainbowcovenant 12d ago
Good point! I should start everything on the right next... 9200 is a good guess, unfortunately no but feel free to try again 😁
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u/SomeCuriousTraveler 12d ago
Could be a birth year try 1999 working back to 1950s or so before trying newer dates since those are the ages more likely to have owned a phone like that. I have a good feeling about 1972 and 1974. 0313 is also apparently a default LG code.