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First, instructions will be given on how to remove the password with standard Android tools - by verifying the Google account. If you also forgot the password from Google, then let's talk about how to remove the graphic key even if you do not remember any data at all.
Unlocking a graphic password for android in the standard way
In order to unlock the graphic key on Android, follow these steps:
- Enter the password incorrect five times. The device will be blocked and reported that there were many attempts to enter a graphical key. Try input again can be in 30 seconds.
- A button "Forgot the graphic key?" Will appear on the smartphone lock or tablet screen? (May not appear, turn out the wrong graphics keys again, try clicking the "Home" button).
- If you click this button, you will be prompted to enter an email address and password from Google account. At the same time, the device on android must be connected to the Internet. Click OK and, if everything was entered correctly, then after authentication, you will be prompted to enter a new graphic key.
Unlock graphic key using Google Account
That's all. However, if the phone is not connected to the Internet or you do not remember the access data to Google Account (or if it is not configured at all, because you just bought a phone and have already disassembled, put and forgot the graphic key), then this The method does not help. But it will help a discharge of a phone or tablet to the factory settings - what will be discussed later.
In order to reset the phone or tablet, in the general case you need to press certainly specific buttons - it is possible to remove the graphic key from Android, but it will delete all the data and programs. The only thing you can extract the memory card if there are any important data on it.
Note: When resetting the device, make sure that it is charged at least 60%, otherwise there is a risk that it will no longer turn on.
Please, before asking a question in the comments, see the video below to the end and, most likely, everything will be understood immediately. You can also read how to unlock the graphic key for the most popular models immediately after the video instruction.
It can also be useful: recovering Android data and tablet (opens in a new tab) from the internal memory and Micro SD cards (including after the Hard Reset reset).
I hope after the video, the process of unlocking the Android key has become more understandable.
How to unlock the graphic key on samsung
First step - Turn off your phone. In the future, by pressing the buttons listed below, you will fall in the menu where it will be necessary to select item WIPE. DATA /Factory. Reset. (Erase data, reset to factory settings). Movement over the menu is performed using the volume buttons on the phone. All data on the phone, and not just the graphic key, will be deleted, i.e. He will come to the state in which you purchased it in the store.
If your phone is missing in the list - write a model in the comments, I will try to quickly complement this instruction.
If your phone model is not specified, you can still try - who knows, perhaps it will work.
- Samsung Galaxy S3. - Click the audio add button and the home button. Press the power button and hold while the phone does not depend. Wait until the Android logo appears and release all the buttons. In the menu that appears, reset the phone to the factory settings, which will unlock the phone.
- Samsung Galaxy S2. - Press and hold the "Sound less", at this time, press and release the power button. From the menu that appears, you can select "CLEAR STORAGE" (Clear memory). Selecting this item, press and release the power button, confirm the reset by clicking the "Add Sound" button.
- Samsung Galaxy Mini. - Press and hold the power button and the central button simultaneously until the menu appears.
- Samsung Galaxy S. Plus. - At the same time, click "add sound" and the power button. Also in emergency call mode, you can dial * 2767 * 3855 #.
- Samsung Nexus. - Press simultaneously "add sound" and the power button.
- Samsung Galaxy Fit. - At the same time, click "Menu" and the power button. Or the "Home" button and the power button.
- Samsung Galaxy Ace. Plus. S7500. - Press the center button simultaneously, the power button, and both sound adjustment buttons.
I hope on this list you found your Samsung phone and the instruction allowed you to successfully remove the graphic key from it. If not - try all these options, perhaps the menu and will appear. You can also find a way to reset your phone to the factory settings in the instructions and on the forums.
How to remove the graphic key on htc
Also, as in the previous case, you should charge the battery, then click the following buttons, and select Reset to Factory Settings to the factory settings that appears - Factory Reset. At the same time, the graphic key will be deleted, as well as all the data from the phone, i.e. It will come to the state of the new (in terms of software). The phone must be turned off.
- HTC Wildfire. S. - Press the sound and the power button simultaneously until the menu appears, select Reset to the factory settings, this will remove the graphic key and will reset the phone.
- HTC One. V., HTC One. X., HTC One. S. - Press the audio output button simultaneously and the power button. After the logo appears, release the buttons and using the volume buttons, select the phone reset item to the factory settings - Factory Reset, confirmation - using the power button. After reset, you will receive an unlocked phone.
Reset graphic password on Sony phones and tablets
Remove the graphic password from Sony phones and tablets. When you manage the Android OS, you can drop the device to factory settings - To do this, press and hold the on / off buttons and the "Home" button at the same time for 5 seconds. In addition, reset device Sony Xperia. With Android version 2.3 and above, you can use the PC Companion program.How to unlock graphic key on LG (Android OS)
Similar to previous phones, when unlocking a graphical key on LG by resetting to factory settings, the phone must be turned off and charged. Discharge phone will send all data from it.
- LG Nexus 4. - Press and hold both volume buttons and power button at the same time for 3-4 seconds. You will see the image of the android lying on the back. Using the volume control buttons, locate the Recovery Mode and press the on-shut-off button to confirm the selection. The device will restart and displays android with a red triangle. Press and hold the power button for a few seconds and increase the volume until the menu appears. Go to Settings - Factory Data Reset menu, select "Yes" using the volume buttons and confirm the choice of the power button.
- LG. L3. - Click simultaneously "Home" + "Sound Down" + "Power".
- LG. Optimus. Hub. - Simultaneously press the volume buttons, home and power.
I hope with this instruction you managed to unlock the graphic key on your Android phone. I also hope that this instruction required you precisely because they have forgotten the password, and not for any other reason. If this manual does not come to your model, write in the comments, and I will try to answer in the shortest possible time.
Unlocking the graphics key on Android 5 and 6 for some phones and tablets
In this section, I will collect some methods that work for individual devices (for example, some Chinese telephone and tablet models). While one way from the reader Leon. If you have forgotten the graphic key, then you need to do the following:
Reload the tablet. When you turn on, it will need to enter a graphic key. It is necessary to enter the graphical key of at random until the warning appears, where it will be said that there are 9 input attempts, after the memory of the tablet will be cleared. When all 9 attempts are used, the tablet will automatically clean the memory and restore the factory settings. One minus. All downloaded applications from the playmarket or other sources will be erased. If there is an SD card, remove it. Then save all the data that was on it. This was done exactly with a graphic key. Perhaps this procedure is applicable to the other methods of blocking the tablet (PIN code, etc.).
P.S. Large request: Before asked the question about your model, look at first comments. Plus one more point: in different Chinese Samsung Galaxy S4 and I do not answer like, since there are almost no different and information anywhere else.
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