If you haven’t updated your firmware to Android Lollipop (5.0), then there’s a faster way to unlock a lock screen pattern.Įnter a wrong lock screen pattern five times (shouldn’t be hard if you don’t remember the correct one) Unlock your Android lock screen pattern with your Google Login (only Android 4.4 and below) Now, before you go on with your life, go to your phone’s lock screen settings and disable the temporary password. On your phone you should now see a password field in which you should enter the temporary password. If it was successful, you should see a confirmation below the box with the buttons Ring, Lock and Erase. You don’t have to enter a recovery message. In the appearing window, enter a temporary password. In the ADM interface, select the device you need to unlock (if it isn’t already selected).
Sign in using your Google login details that you also used on your locked phone. On a computer or other mobile phone, visit: /android/devicemanager Unlock your Android device using Android Device Manager (ADM)Īs already mentioned, the following method only applies to devices that have Android Device Manager enabled.
I tested the following methods using a lock screen pattern, PIN and password and was able to unlock my phone with Android 4.4.2 successfully.
If you have a Samsung phone, you can also unlock your phone using your Samsung account.įorgot your Android lock screen pattern, PIN or password? Here’s what to do The only thing you need is to have Android Device Manager enabled on your device (before you locked yourself out of your phone). In any case, there’s quite an easy solution to this without smashing your phone against a wall (or your friend’s face). But what if you’re the one who cannot access your phone? You could forget your PIN or pattern, right? Or someone pranks you by setting up a lock screen pattern and just leaves you struggling with it. Beyond that, you don’t want anyone who dares to steal your phone to get full access to your mails, pictures or other sensitive data. The main reason to set up some sort of lock screen security on your smartphone is to keep strangers (or friends) from checking out your messages or private pictures. (this may not work, if ya dont like reading then go here: Link) This requires a cable so you can plug your PC into the phone.
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