Wednesday, 9 April 2014

How to Unlock your Android Smartphone if you Forgot its Password or Pattern

Posted by Mohammad Naveed
Smartphones are very common nowadays.Every Tom,Dick and Harry is using 
smartphones especially Android and ios devices.Users usually surf internet,play
games, download and capture images and videos etc.They also sometimes keep
their phone private to others,i.e they lock their smartphones by setting pattern
or password so that others cannot see the personal data on their smartphones
or smartdevices.Many users set a unlock pattern or password but in case or
sometimes they forget that pattern or password and are not able to unlock their 
smartphone so that they can use it for any purpose.They get in trouble then and
format their phone which wipes out their all data on that smartphones including
photos,applications,videos,numbers(which are saved in phone memory),audio
and other personal data.So, today here i will share with you the methods or 
tricks with which you can unlock your smartphone without formatting it if you
have forgotten its pattern or password.Below are its ways explained:



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By your Google Account: 

If you forgot the pattern of your android smartphone you can unlock it entering your
google account details, i.e by logging in with your google email ID and Password.First
you need to try 5 times with many patterns and then you will be redirected to a new 
screen where you have to enter your google account details (which you have earlier 
setup for play store in that android device) and your phone will be unlocked,then you can
 change the pattern or do as you wish.This method will only help when you have forgotten
your unlock pattern.
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By factory resetting:

If you don't remember your google account details or you have set text or numeric
password which you have forgotten then this method will help you.But this way you will
loose all your installed android applications and games on your android smartphone.So,
before factory resetting your phone take out your SIM and SD Card as a precaution.
For factory resetting your phone , you have to first set your phone in recovery mode.
Different android phones have different ways of setting them in recovery mode like
here I will show you how you can factory reset samsung galaxy series phones:

  • Switch off the locked android phone.
  • Simultaneously press menu key,power button and music up button.
  • A new screen will appear in blue or red color (called recovery mode).check snapshot below.
  • Use volume up down keys to navigate to wipe data/factory reset.
  • Press menu key to enter(apply factory reset).
  • You will be unlocked then and you are done.
                                   
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                                       For setting other android phones in recovery mode you 

can check out their user manual or handset forums,then rest of steps and screen are same
for all android phones.If you still can't unlock your android smartphone then there is no
way other than formatting your android device.

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