firstly Don't Panic there are several
ways to unlock your device without
having to lose your apps and data we're
going to start with the easiest solution
first and if those don't work for you we
are also going to show you not one not
two but six more advanced and in-depth
solutions that will unlock your device
without any data loss but before we get
started we recommend you to watch the
entire video before getting started and
make sure to try the easiest solution
first so without any further Ado let's
get started now folks generally there
are two strategies that you can apply to
unlock an Android device number one a
semi data loss method number two a no
data loss method and additionally we are
also going to show you how to bypass and
remove third-party lock screen apps like
CM Locker as well now folks in case if
you are wondering which method to go
with first then check this out if
unlocking your device is more important
than the data in it then go with the
semi data loss method as it is the
easiest and the fastest way to unlock
any device out there which basically
includes taking a logged Android device
then holding the power button and
turning it off once it is completely
turned off boot into your device's
recovery menu by holding a special
combination of hardware buttons which
usually includes holding the power
button with either the volume keys or
the home button depending on your device
for my phone it's Power Plus volume down
for Samsung devices its volume up plus
home plus the power button to find out
how to boot into yours check the links
in the description box under the Thumbs
Up Button now folks my device right here
has an updated version of Android stock
recovery yours might look like this or
this either ways navigate and select the
option that says clear data factory
reset or something similar by using the
touch screen or the volume buttons after
that keep your phone in a cool and dry
place still Android resets your device
into a faster than before snappier and
most importantly an unlocked device
factory resetting your device through
the Android recovery is gonna save you
from a lot of headaches although it does
formats your phone deleting certain
files like apps and settings but however
if your data was synced via your Google
account which most devices are these
days all their important files will be
back within hours of logging in into
your Google account plus it's just one
straight method that works every time on
every Android device out there it's
probably the easiest and the fastest way
to unlock any Android device out there
period with that we come to the no data
loss methods under which you get to
remove the lock screen and also get to
keep your apps and data sounds great
under the no data loss strategy there
are a total of six methods that you can
apply all of these methods are tested
and would bypass reset or entirely
remove the lock screen without any data
loss as always we're going to start with
the easiest method first and then move
over to the harder ones number one
Google recovery option this is the
official way to unlock your logged
Android device without losing any data
this is exactly what Folks at Android
are gonna tell you if you call them up
regarding this issue so let's get on
with it for Android version 4.0 KitKat
and below this is what to do enter wrong
lock screen password or pattern five
times shouldn't be that difficult an
option is going to appear at the bottom
end of the lock screen which says forgot
pattern or password tap on that then
you'll be prompted to enter in your
Google username and password that you
use to set up your device I'm going to
pass it over to my friend who owns this
device to fill in his credentials now if
you can't remember your Google password
as well then head over to this link
right here to reset your Google password
once the credentials are filled in tap
on sign in then it's going to take a
couple of seconds to verify just make
sure that your device is connected to
the internet throughout the process now
some of you guys might be wondering what
if the Wi-Fi or the data connection was
turned off before me getting logged out
now there is a simple trick that you can
use to turn on your device's internet
while the device is still locked simply
ask a friend of yours to give your
locked phone a call and boom you'll have
instant access to the notification bar
and you could turn on the Wi-Fi or data
connections from here once the
verification part is done you will be
prompted to select a new lock screen
select one which suits you we're gonna
go with this new pattern and boom your
device is now back under control
nothing's changed as simple as that but
what about devices running on a later
version of Android that is version 5.0
Lollipop and above now folks with higher
security standards Google decided to
give away the old forgot password system
and went with a more robust recovery
system called as Android device manager
ADM in short it basically includes
keeping a locked phone aside and taking
another Internet connected device it
could be a computer it could be your
mom's phone anything that's connected to
the internet will do and open up the
browser and head over to this link right
here once there it's gonna prompt you to
enter in your Google credentials that
you used on your locked phone once
you're logged in it's gonna look
something like this with a map of the
world behind so we get a couple of
options here number one's ring number
two's lock and number three is wipe I
had already made a detailed video on
Android device manager so make sure to
watch that after watching this one the
lock option is primarily what we're
going to be using today here you get to
enter in a new password and some
additional info like your alternate
phone number or a message saying please
return the phone to this address if the
phone was lost or stolen and that should
unlock your device if the permissions
were set correctly but if nothing works
out then you can always remotely wipe
your device by executing the wipe
command from here it's quite similar to
the factory reset method but it's a bit
faster and cooler to perform moreover it
would get your device unlocked without
having to enter into the recovery mode
with that we come to the custom recovery
method and here's where things start
getting interesting under this method we
are gonna technically break into the
Android system and delete the files that
holds your password fingerprint and lock
screen data so when you turn on your
device Android literally forgets that
your device was ever logged and opens up
into an unlocked Android device with all
their apps and data intact however the
only requirement for this to work is
your locked device should have a custom
recovery installed and folks it all
sounds good on paper though so let's go
ahead and try it out as you can see my
phone over here is both fingerprint and
pin code protected so it's locked up
pretty good so first of all turn off
your device once your device is
completely turned off boot into your
device as custom recovery mode by
holding in a special combination of
hardware buttons which usually includes
the power button with either the volume
keys or the home button depending on
your device for my device which is a
Motorola G4 plus it's volume down plus
the power button in order to find out
yours check the description box under
the Thumbs Up Button now folks my device
over here is running on the TWRP custom
recovery which is the most widely used
custom recovery out there but your
device might be on a different custom
recovery which can be the clockwork mod
recovery all the fields custom recovery
which might look a bit different than
mine over here but more or less the
basic set of options here are same
across all the custom recoveries so
first of all head into the mount section
and enable everything that's on the list
once that is done head back and now
we're going to be needing a file manager
to delete the lock screen files that I
was talking about earlier and for that
we're going to be using the aroma file
manager the link to that is also in the
description box simply download that
file and move it into a device memory
either through an SD card and USB cable
well your computer will recognize your
device if it is in the recovery mode
while connected to your computer or you
can also transfer the file through the
usb OTG cable once the file is in your
device simply head over to the install
section right here then find and open
the aroma file manager dot zip file okay
mines over here so let's open it up now
it's going to take a couple of seconds
to load
once you're in the aroma file manager
navigate over to the data folder then
head over to the system folder then
scroll all the way down and delete any
files starting with these prefixes for
newer Android devices like mine it's
gatekeeper and lock screen for older
Android devices it's simply gesture.key
or password.key so in our case we have a
total of five files to delete it starts
with gatekeeper and lock screen prefixes
you might have two three or even six
files to delete depending on your device
but just make sure to delete only those
files which starts with these prefixes
either ways select the files by long
pressing on them so it's one two three
four and five then tap on the menu
button over here then tap on the delete
button and hit on yes
once that is done exit the file manager
and it's going to take you back to the
custom recovery menu then head back and
tap on the reboot button to restart your
device
so here's the device after the boot
let's check out if it worked or not so I
got my finger crossed here and boom as
you can see no more lock screen it's
completely unlocked but before we start
judging things let's go ahead and check
out if I got all my apps games and data
intact and as you can see all my apps
games and data are in fact intact
nothing has changed only the lock screen
was removed which is pretty cool now
from here you can head over to the
security settings and set up a new lock
screen just don't forget this one now
folks Android version 5.0 all the way up
to 5.1.1 lollipop has this really weird
exploit that could be used to bypass the
lock screen like those on iPhones but
the only limitation with that is it only
works for password locks not for pin or
patterns and might not work at all on
all devices running those versions of
Android it's basically a trial and error
method which includes overloading the
options that are accessible from the
lock screen like the camera app or the
emergency dialer with the prime
objective of crashing that lock screen
one way of doing that is by taking a
photo then entering into the gallery and
quickly pressing the home button another
way of doing it is by entering in
Asterix in the emergency dialer and
repeatedly copying and pasting the same
you can also use our notification bar
trick to gain access to additional
options
sooner or later under increasing loads
these apps would crash and the lock
screen would also crash for a second
once that happens Android will take you
back to the unlocked home screen and
gives you access to your device for just
long enough to either apply the methods
shown earlier or backup all your data so
that you can factory reset your device
and get your data back again not a
hundred percent guaranteed method but
it's worth mentioning but say what if
you had a third-party lock screen
installed or was first installed by a
malicious app now some of these
third-party lock screens do come with a
forgot password option but some don't
and others don't work that well however
there is a great way of bypassing and
disabling the lock screen app itself
without having to unlock the phone well
the phone is not going to unlock by
itself right nah wrong that's exactly
what we're going to be showing you now
now folks most modern Android devices
has this really cool hidden Mode called
as the safe mode similar to the one that
we find on all computers it's primarily
used to troubleshoot and debug
Electronics in order to enter into yours
single press on the physical power
button then long press on the power off
option for a couple of seconds an
additional menu is gonna pop up which
will reboot your device into the safe
mode for Samsung devices it's the volume
down button pressed while the device is
turning on if Done Right your device is
going to restart with a safe mode
Watermark at the bottom left corner of
the screen with all third party apps
turned off which means no third party
lock screen this time around so in order
to remove the lock screen from the
normal mode navigate over to the
settings section on the safe mode then
scoot over to the app section then find
the lock screen app and then simply
uninstall the trouble causing app that
is CM Locker in our case after that
restart your device it will reboot into
the normal mode and boom no more lock
screen again I had already made a
detailed video on safe mode and all the
awesome things about it so make sure to
watch that video after watch this one
now folks for 99 of Android users the
above methods are gonna do the job but
unfortunately if you fall under that one
percent then here's what you're gonna
need a computer an USB cable your logged
phone all mobile drivers installed a
software called as ADB and some
tinkering with your device's source file
now folks for most older Android devices
it's just one string of code entered
into the command prompt will do the job
of removing the lock screen for higher
versions of Android you will need to
enter in a couple of strings of code to
unlock your device it's quite similar to
the custom recovery method that we
showed you earlier both methods
literally includes deleting the file
that holds the lock screen info again
the link to everything with detailed
instruction is in the description box
under the Thumbs Up Button now folks if
that's a bit complicated for your taste
then you could also try out free or
professional lock screen recovery tools
available online like say if you own a
phone from one of these manufacturers or
careers and you give that extra effort
in setting up that find my phone account
while setting up your new phone then you
are in luck in that case head over to
these links over here on another
Internet connected device enter in your
find my phone account credentials and
you're gonna see something like this
it's your devices or career's own
version of Google's Android device
manager just a bit fancier with a couple
of extra options options like track
locate ring call logs wipe and most
importantly unlock my screen or
something similar based on your device
manufacturer and career select that here
and your phone will unlock instantly
over there again if your locked device
was not connected to the internet you
know what to do an almost similar
service or a version of the same is
provided by almost all major device
manufacturers from Apple to Windows adnt
to Verizon and also by most major
Android device manufacturers in fact a
simple Google search will help you find
out a similar service if made available
by your device manufacturer or career so
again folks if you are enjoying this
video on your unlocked phone then it's
always better to set up a recovery
strategy as soon as possible because you
never know when you might get logged out
of your lovely device it happened to me
twice it happens to the best of us so
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