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  Chromebooks and factory resets? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2023-10-16 16:34 +0100
    Re: Chromebooks and factory resets? maus <maus@deb2.org> - 2023-10-16 17:34 +0000
      Re: Chromebooks and factory resets? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2023-10-17 00:38 +0100
    Re: Chromebooks and factory resets? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2023-10-16 20:39 +0100
      Re: Chromebooks and factory resets? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2023-10-17 00:35 +0100

#50 — Chromebooks and factory resets?

Hi,

A mate buys pallets of s/h tech, often compact PC's, laptops, netbooks 
and Chromebooks and even mixed electrical goods, often customer returns 
and company / education upgrades.

One such was a (data blank) Dell Chromebook 3100 that appears to have 
some sort of 'Admin developers block' that seems to stop it from being 
fully factory restored and re-used?

He seems to think it's not worthy of any further effort and he will 
probably sell it for parts, suggesting it can't be easily unlocked, 
something about such locks being stored in Googles servers?

Can anyone confirm this is the case please, interested minds etc?

Cheers, T i m

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#51

On 2023-10-16, T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A mate buys pallets of s/h tech, often compact PC's, laptops, netbooks 
> and Chromebooks and even mixed electrical goods, often customer returns 
> and company / education upgrades.
>
> One such was a (data blank) Dell Chromebook 3100 that appears to have 
> some sort of 'Admin developers block' that seems to stop it from being 
> fully factory restored and re-used?
>
> He seems to think it's not worthy of any further effort and he will 
> probably sell it for parts, suggesting it can't be easily unlocked, 
> something about such locks being stored in Googles servers?
>
> Can anyone confirm this is the case please, interested minds etc?
>
> Cheers, T i m
>
If there is someone you really dislike, give them a chromebook. I had
one witha really bad keyboard, so got rid of it by giving it to a
relative on her birthday, later I was in hospital and when I escaped, my
daughter drove me home and stopped at a box-shifter for a quick message,
came out.##

"Here is something to amuse your self with,dad", and had bought me the
worst chromebook ever, an Acer Chromebook.

-- 
greymausg@mail.com
Death to the Influencers, hung, drawn and  Quartered is more than they deserve.
Meantime, back at the Estancia, etc.

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#54

On 16/10/2023 18:34, maus wrote:
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> If there is someone you really dislike, give them a chromebook.

I have a brand new and boxed Chromebook upstairs somewhere that I think 
suggested was on it's last update the last time I ran it up. ;-(

> I had
> one witha really bad keyboard, so got rid of it by giving it to a
> relative on her birthday, later I was in hospital and when I escaped, my
> daughter drove me home and stopped at a box-shifter for a quick message,
> came out.##
> 
> "Here is something to amuse your self with,dad", and had bought me the
> worst chromebook ever, an Acer Chromebook.
> 
Aww, bless. Hey, it's the thought that counts. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

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#52

T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A mate buys pallets of s/h tech, often compact PC's, laptops, netbooks 
> and Chromebooks and even mixed electrical goods, often customer returns 
> and company / education upgrades.
> 
> One such was a (data blank) Dell Chromebook 3100 that appears to have 
> some sort of 'Admin developers block' that seems to stop it from being 
> fully factory restored and re-used?
> 
> He seems to think it's not worthy of any further effort and he will 
> probably sell it for parts, suggesting it can't be easily unlocked, 
> something about such locks being stored in Googles servers?
> 
> Can anyone confirm this is the case please, interested minds etc?

'Powerwash a managed Chromebook'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LaKO8tKqaY

'How to unenroll a managed Chromebook'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGytWRruYtM

There is also a developer mode - search for details for how to turn that on
and off.  Although I don't think that will stop you doing anything.

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#53

On 16/10/2023 20:39, Theo wrote:
> T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> A mate buys pallets of s/h tech, often compact PC's, laptops, netbooks
>> and Chromebooks and even mixed electrical goods, often customer returns
>> and company / education upgrades.
>>
>> One such was a (data blank) Dell Chromebook 3100 that appears to have
>> some sort of 'Admin developers block' that seems to stop it from being
>> fully factory restored and re-used?
>>
>> He seems to think it's not worthy of any further effort and he will
>> probably sell it for parts, suggesting it can't be easily unlocked,
>> something about such locks being stored in Googles servers?
>>
>> Can anyone confirm this is the case please, interested minds etc?
> 
> 'Powerwash a managed Chromebook'
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LaKO8tKqaY

Yeah, I did that whilst playing and whilst it 'worked', it still seemed 
to be linked to someone (a school).
> 
> 'How to unenroll a managed Chromebook'
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGytWRruYtM

That looks more promising and will give it a go (I brought the 
Chromebook away to play on the grounds I couldn't make it worse and he 
could still sell it for parts). ;-)
> 
> There is also a developer mode - search for details for how to turn that on
> and off.

That was the bit I was up against and did find something with a load of 
CLI incantations but it also involved getting inside.

> Although I don't think that will stop you doing anything.

Other than being able to un-enroll it easily it seems?


Cheers, T i m

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