Most mobile phones have a security system that involves setting a PIN, password, or unlock pattern called a "Pattern Lock." But what if you forget your PIN or unlock pattern? How can you unlock your smartphone?
How do you unlock an Android phone if you forgot your PIN?
Using your Google Account If your mobile phone is running Android 4.4 or later, you can unlock your smartphone with your Google Account.
To do this, you must enter the unlock PIN (not the SIM card) or unlock pattern five times incorrectly. Then type in the forgotten password / pattern, and the "Unlock by Google" option will appear on the screen.
We will direct you to your Google Account where you will need to enter your login details and then choose 'Sign In'. If the data entered is correct, the display page of the configuration of a new method of securing the phone will be displayed.
If you no longer know your Google Account password, go to the Google Account Recovery page. Here, you will need to answer a few questions about your personal data so that Google can verify your identity. If everything is fine, you will be allowed access to your account and you will recover your password.
If you no longer know your username, or the email address used to sign in to your Google Account, you will need to go to the user recovery page.
To do this, you will need to know a phone number or email address set to recover your account. You will then need to follow the identity confirmation instructions, and at the end you will see a list of usernames that correspond to your account.
With Dr. Fone - Android Lock Screen Removal If you have an Android phone, this app will help you "break" your phone lock pattern and then reset your password and recover all your data. That you have stored in your smartphone: contacts, calls, messages, videos, photos, etc.
First, you need to download the app, which you can do here. Then install it on your laptop / PC and then follow the steps below in order:
1. Select the unlock option, then connect your phone to your laptop / PC and press the start button in the program window.
2. Set the phone to "download" mode. Then turn off the phone with the power off button, press the volume button "-", the "Home" button and the "On / Off" button, then press the "+" volume button until the phone enters download mode.
3. Download the "Recovery" package (when the computer detects the phone set to "download" mode, it will download the data recovery package in a few minutes.
4. Once I download the data recovery package, the application will remove the screen lock password, after which you will only need to confirm that your phone has a screen lock system. This will keep all the data stored on your phone secure.
How do you unlock an iPhone if you forgot your PIN?
If you have an iPhone and you enter the wrong password six times, your device will display the message "iPhone is disabled", so the phone is disabled, so there is no way to bypass the password and you simply need to restart the device.
Instead, you need to reset your iPhone to factory defaults and then restore your apps and data from a backup. This is the reason you should always have a recent backup.
So, what to do if you forgot your password, and it turned your iPhone off:
1. On your computer, dispatch iTunes and interface your iPhone by employing a USB cable.
2. Start the recovery mode of your iPhone. Depending on the model you have, you will need to perform the following tasks.
3. If you have an iPhone 8 or later, press the "+" volume button, followed by the "-" volume button, then press and hold the power button until you see the Interface to iTunes alternative on the screen .
4. If you have an iPhone 7, press and hold the power button for three seconds, then slide the "Stop" slide to the right. Finally, press and hold the volume "-" button until you see the Connect to iTunes option on the screen.
5. If you have an iPhone 6s or higher, press and hold the Power button for three seconds, then slide the Stop slide to the right.At that point press and hold the Domestic button until you see the Interface to iTunes alternative on the screen.
6. On a computer, click the "Restore" button.
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