Dear all, I have a htc wildfire s. yesterday my younger brother try to unlock my phone without knowing the unlocking pattern. He tried so many times that my phone was completely locked. now i have to enter my Google account username and password to access my phone. but no matter what format i entered, it just kept saying incorrent username or password. I have very important information stored in my phone and I don't want to lose it. Is there any way to unlock the phone?
many thanks
houjia said:
Dear all, I have a htc wildfire s. yesterday my younger brother try to unlock my phone without knowing the unlocking pattern. He tried so many times that my phone was completely locked. now i have to enter my Google account username and password to access my phone. but no matter what format i entered, it just kept saying incorrent username or password. I have very important information stored in my phone and I don't want to lose it. Is there any way to unlock the phone?
many thanks
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It happened with me once but the device unlocked when I entered my google username and password(and amazingly without any data connection)..
I think it matches the username and password stored in the device(used 2 connect 2 android market,2 sync data etc) to verify(may be thats why it didn't need any data connection..
try this :
-->If u use any different password along with your google account username to connect to 'htc hub' and/or 'htc likes' try those(i don't remember which i used)..
-->try entering null as password. (together with your google username)
-->try entering your username without @gmail.com
-->use both of above two steps together
-->try changing ur google account password via computer and try again..
-->go to htcsense.com and click forget password under sign in and reset ur password following the link sent to ur gmail and then try again
-->Call yourself from another phone, answer, without hanging up press the home button, then menu button, settings, try to disable pattern-lock or change pattern
-->Call yourself from another phone, answer, hang-up, directly after hanging up start pressing your buttons like a madman for <30-60 seconds ending with your home button (might take a while to get the timing right). Go into settings and disable pattern-lock.
-->try first 4 steps without the sim..
other than these saving ur data on devices internal memory will be difficult..factory reset phone or contact service centre(who will also probably factory reset ur phone)..well !! Best of Luck..:fingers-crossed:
If you created device specific password for your phone through "google 2-step verification", you have to enter that password instead of your actual google password...
just restart ur phone nd try ur pattern again.. thats it....
Akhil137 said:
just restart ur phone nd try ur pattern again.. thats it....
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Well he has already reached the point where his device is asking for google username and password to unlock..pattern lock screen is not showing..so he cannot enter his pattern and thats why he needs help..so restarting will not help..
oh.. then he just have to enter its google username nd Password thats it..
Akhil137 said:
oh.. then he just have to enter its google username nd Password thats it..
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and thats where the problem starts..device doesn't recognises username and/or password(as it is with htc devices)..
That happened to me once, I saw it as a opportunity to flash a new rom
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"You can overclock as much as you want, your phone will always seem too slow."
titochan said:
and thats where the problem starts..device doesn't recognises username and/or password(as it is with htc devices)..
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Restore your phone nd then try to enter username
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omnomnomkimiiee said:
That happened to me once, I saw it as a opportunity to flash a new rom
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!! NICE:highfive: !!
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i have this fone and as a security lock i selected 9999 now when it asks for my password it shows the first three 9's but will not take a fourth, i take it shows this due to emergency services! now when im putting in the password a timer is running down and it will not take the password i have given it
any help or ideads MUCH appreciated
offspringer26 said:
i have this fone and as a security lock i selected 9999 now when it asks for my password it shows the first three 9's but will not take a fourth, i take it shows this due to emergency services! now when im putting in the password a timer is running down and it will not take the password i have given it
any help or ideads MUCH appreciated
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short of either hard reset from boot loader , or reflash firmware, once security locks are placed in the software if they are corrupted or changed and forgotten you cannot bypass them.
if this is a sim card pin, then after 3 fails then will ask for PUK code of which you can get from your network provider
hope that helps
note: if hard reset or reflash all data will be lost, so hopefully you have sync'd with your pc at least 1 time and it backed up your contacts and basic data from my documents
I changed my password after upgrading to an alpha numeric.
the last digit in my password is 1
however, the keyboard wont let be type the number 1 in the password field.
It let me type it when I set the password, but now it won't, and I am completely locked out of my phone. can't sync, battery removal fails....
does anybody have any ideas? I really need my phone...
no numbers will work at all in the unlock field. now it says "several incorrect pw's have been used, enter a1b2c3 to continue... would a hard reset work?
ok I fixed it lol...
for those of you that run into the same issue... DO NOT reset your phone.
on the unlock screen, you have to press alt then the number, rather than holding the key down and waiting for the number to appear.
LMAO !!!
zeyeon said:
ok I fixed it lol...
for those of you that run into the same issue... DO NOT reset your phone.
on the unlock screen, you have to press alt then the number, rather than holding the key down and waiting for the number to appear.
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Dang. That would SUCK if your alt button didn't work! I hate to hard reset unless absitively posolutely necessary...
I ran into a similar problem. I entered a numeric password but unfortunately I forgot the password! I've tried several different number but cannot seem to figure it out! Is there any way I can reset my phone so that I could bypass the password?
Hey Friends !
My friend messed up with pattern lock of HTC DESIRE and tried many wrong pattern and now phone locked and asking gmail password to unlock, unfortunately he forgot his gmail password since no longer using gmail.
Please help any solution for this to unlock phone ?
Thanks in advance !
Sorry, if already there is related thread.
Probably the only way he can do this without losing his data is to go to gmail and use the can't access your account link to retrieve his password. Otherwise you'll have to factory reset the phone. There may be other ways which i am unsure though.
On the unlock screen, attempt to enter your unlock pattern five times. When prompted to wait for 30 seconds, tap OK. If the display goes off, press the POWER button to turn the display back on, and then press the bar on the lock screen and slide your finger down to unlock the screen. Tap the Forgot Pattern button in the lower right corner when it appears. Enter your Google Account name and password, and then tap Sign in. You are then prompted to create a new screen unlock pattern. If you no longer want to use a screen unlock pattern to secure your phone, tap Cancel.
I know u dont remember the account but maybe theres some other option there.
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go to recovery > wipe data (factory reset)
If you can't get your gmail password back (through the reset function), Your only option might be unfortunately to reset the phone...
Thanks guys for advises
Unfortunately, can not retrieve gmail password too... guys I don't want to loose may data, any alternative solution for this?
If not I have to do factory reset at last
omegfa said:
go to recovery > wipe data (factory reset)
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How to enter recovery ?
What is Key combination for factory rest ?
ShresthasR said:
Thanks guys for advises
Unfortunately, can not retrieve gmail password too... guys I don't want to loose may data, any alternative solution for this?
If not I have to do factory reset at last
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Try nandroid backup your phone and see if you can extract the data out. For recovery, turn the phone off, press Vol down while pressing the power button and press volume button to point recovery and confirm with power button.
Sent from my HTC Original Desire with Android 4.0.4 ICS using Tapatalk
You can also delete the gesture.key to remove the pattern lock via adb.
If USB debugging is enabled :
Code:
adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
If not, go on recovery, mount all and delete gesture.key with adb !
Or crack it http://forensics.spreitzenbarth.de/2012/02/28/cracking-the-pattern-lock-on-android/ a bit difficult.
dqb said:
You can also delete the gesture.key to remove the pattern lock via adb.
If USB debugging is enabled :
Code:
adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
If not, go on recovery, mount all and delete gesture.key with adb !
Or crack it http://forensics.spreitzenbarth.de/2012/02/28/cracking-the-pattern-lock-on-android/ a bit difficult.
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Good bit of info to know
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium
Thanks guys for your helps and suggestions
But guys I unlocked by very simple tricks
Just exposed the screen in light & see the trace mark of previously drawn lock series.
I got the finger marks ... here we done, unlocked cell
Somehow my password pattern is suddenly not detectable and it shows as wrong password. As there is no more option in lollipop for "forgot password" and using the gmail account to log in. How do I reset the password on a HTC M8 without doing a reset? I've tried logging into the google account, and I can use the "find" option in the device manager to locate the device, but if i press the "lock" button and try to enter a new password, for a split second it says "We have sent a lock request to the device", but then it says "Since Google has verified that a screen lock is already set, the password you entered won't be needed." Wtf is going on? I am stuck with a pattern locked phone of whose password i know but the phone doesnt detect it anymore. Is there another way to reset the password?
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Well.......
Let me start by saying that this is a delicate matter, what if the device is stolen and somebody wants to get the info or device to work without wiping it. I know that this is probably not your intention and that it is hard to prove otherwise. But the possibility could be there in the worst case scenario !
Now don't get the above personal, it's written from another point of view, as i am running HTC phones for the past 6 years and never encountered this all of a sudden at any point. So from my point of view i find it difficult to believe.
To get to your point ...... not sure if it can be done otherwise but to reset the device. Depends if it's rooted or not for instance ?
Cheers
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According to the story, looks like either : 3rd party apps are interfering (can also be malware/virus) OR someone physically got hold of the device and changed the password(perhaps he thinks its his own)
Try restarting the device while holding the volume up button only, android will go into safe mode and disable all 3rd party apps. If the password still doesn't work, then you have 2 options:
1) if S-ON : factory reset and lose all user data
2) if S-OFF or bootloader unlocked: remove password (this is the most details I can give without being an accomplice)
I try to remove FRP by hard resetting of HTC Desire 828 but after restart every time shows Google account login window.
I do hard reset by pressing VOLUME DOWN +power button . But wipe catching and data is not solving my issue. Still showing Google login window. Help me too unlock my HTC Desire 828.
I have try to solve this by using forgot email link . but choose forgot email link this shows 3 emails . I changed password of all email but not able to recover of my device. Login successfully with each email is not lead me unlocking device.
avinash rawat said:
I try to remove FRP by hard resetting of HTC Desire 828 but after restart every time shows Google account login window.
I do hard reset by pressing VOLUME DOWN +power button . But wipe catching and data is not solving my issue. Still showing Google login window. Help me too unlock my HTC Desire 828.
I have try to solve this by using forgot email link . but choose forgot email link this shows 3 emails . I changed password of all email but not able to recover of my device. Login successfully with each email is not lead me unlocking device.
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Try to clear cache of Google play services and then try again.