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Wednesday 13 August 2014

4 Ways To Recover Your Pattern Or Password Forgotten Android Phone

Pattern locking new way of system security introduced in android phones has become one of the best mode of protecting in the android phones,denying acess to others.One of the reason for it to become so popular is all the people being fed up by the traditional way of password locking coming from the age of our fathers.
Much often we are likely to forget the pattern if we used a long one combination of many points.Then in such case i am showing you "4 ways to recover your pattern forgotten android phone".

1]Recovery Using Gmail account

In this method we are using the traditional way of unlocking it by entering google play account and password follow this-
  1. Enter pattern five times as you like.It'll  prompt you to wait for 30 seconds to enter again
  2. Now press forgot password below,Then enter your google play ID and password conneted to your phones google play account.
  3. Once you have entered the correct gmail id and password connected with your phone.Your pattern gets unlocked.
Pros:-Easy one step recovery.
Cons:-This would work only if you have a working mobile data switched on in you phone or connected to a wi-fi,if you don't then use the third meathod to recover. 

2]Recovering using system recovery Mode

I bet most of you android users might not be knowing of this method in you android phone to use this,But before doing this let me warn you by doing this you will loose all the install apps and others,it's recommended to remove your sd card before doing this,to do this just follow these steps-
  1. For this you want to start your phone in "system recovery mode".It differs from phone to phone but this which i am gona say works for many phones,you can google it for your phone.
  2. First power off you phone by pressing the power off button.
  3. Now press these three button combination Power button+Volumeup+Home button remove the power button after the phone starts and keep on pressing the other two 
  4. You will be prompted with the screen as shown below.Now use the volume up and down to select the fourth option"wipe data/factory reset"
  5. It will take some time then your phone boots up with out any password.
Pros:-Best meathod when you don't have anything installed in your phone and works in any case.
Cons:-Delete's all the data and apps(not default) installed in your phone.
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3]Pattern Recovery using ANDROID SDK

Android sdk was developed by android for developer use.We can use this to unlock your android phone for this you need ANDROID SDK or ANDROID SDK  download it.
  1. Now extract it open ADT>SDK>Platform-tools
  2. Connect your android phone to your pc.
  3. Now hold shift and right click any where on the screen and press "open command window here"
  4. Now type "adb devices"
  5. It will list out all the devices connected to your pc.
Now To Enable Mobile Data Type
  • abd shell
  • su
  • svc data enable
Now To Enable Wi-fi Type
  • adb shell
  • su
  • svc wifi enable
After enabling this you can recover it using your google account by loging in.
Pros:-No data loss,Easy recovery through gmail.
Cons:-Donot work if Usb Debugging is not enabled on your phone.

4]Pattern Recovery using ANDROID SDK-2

Just follow the previous tutorial till the fifth point.Make sure that your device is visible by typing "adb devices"

.Now type the followng commands one by one hitting enter after each.
  • adb shell
  • cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
  • sqlite3 settings.db
  • update system set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock';
  • update system set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently';
  • .quit
Pros:-No data loss,Recovery gaurenteed if followed correctly.
Cons:-Donot work if USB debugging not enabled in your device.
Ok guys these are the ways you can use to recover your android phone.
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