Lollipop Forgot Pattern Lock

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Dee96

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Hi Guys

I need your help. I have a Moto E2 running Lollipop.

I have somehow forgotten my screen pattern lock and now I cannot unlock my phone.

In older versions of android, you can unlock the phone using your Gmail password but it seems that lollipop does not have that option (I have entered the incorrect pattern 70 times and no option has appeared for Forgot Password).

I have tried to go the Android device manager to unlock my phone on the net and my phone does not appear there
As you might know, Lollipop has a smart lock function which does not require a pattern lock when certain bluetooth devices are connected but this requires you to enter the pattern once on connection then it disables the pattern as long as that device is connected so that does not help.

The good news is that lollipop has a multiuser system so I am able to use the phone as “Guest”(Huge security flaw in my opinion) but I would like to use my normal account.

I would like to avoid resetting my phone if possible as I do not want to lose my data.

Any advice/suggestions?
 
My s4 running lolipop offers me both the backup pin and email option.

It said after 5 attempts, but was more like 30, seems you might need to wait a second after each try, so it doesnt get picked up as pocket pressing(dialing).
 
ItherNiT said:
My s4 running lolipop offers me both the backup pin and email option.

It said after 5 attempts, but was more like 30, seems you might need to wait a second after each try, so it doesnt get picked up as pocket pressing(dialing).
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Hi

I have tried up to 70 attempts.... no luck

This is such bad luck
 
It happened to me. I put the phone down for a few hours and then tried again. First time.
 
Have you authorized ABD on your phone?

If so you can connect your phone to the same PC and issue an unlock command.

Also for you guys who haven't, authorize ADB on your phone from at least PC for emergencies (unlocking your phone, retrieving data from your phone if the phone's screen dies, getting into recovery, etc)
 
YingYang said:
Have you authorized ABD on your phone?

If so you can connect your phone to the same PC and issue an unlock command.

Also for you guys who haven't, authorize ADB on your phone from at least PC for emergencies (unlocking your phone, retrieving data from your phone if the phone's screen dies, getting into recovery, etc)
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Hi

Please clarify as to what ABD is?

I have not authorised it but as explained in my first post, I can access my phone via "Guest user"

Thank you so much for some hope
 
Its actually ADB, not ABD. it stands for Android Device Bridge. In short it allows you to issue commands on your PC to interact with your phone.

You'll need to download the Android SDK and do some research on how to use ADB, however I'm not sure you will be able to do it now that the screen is locked.

its one of those things that you do in case schit happens, not after it happened, sorry.

If you're not too fussed about your data you can reboot into recovery (hold vol+, menu and then press power) and reset your phone to factory settings.
 
On your computer, go to google play. Under settings, go to android device manager. Click 'lock' and it will let you set a PIN .
 
Dee96 said:
Hi Guys

I need your help. I have a Moto E2 running Lollipop.

I have somehow forgotten my screen pattern lock and now I cannot unlock my phone.

In older versions of android, you can unlock the phone using your Gmail password but it seems that lollipop does not have that option (I have entered the incorrect pattern 70 times and no option has appeared for Forgot Password).

I have tried to go the Android device manager to unlock my phone on the net and my phone does not appear there
As you might know, Lollipop has a smart lock function which does not require a pattern lock when certain bluetooth devices are connected but this requires you to enter the pattern once on connection then it disables the pattern as long as that device is connected so that does not help.

The good news is that lollipop has a multiuser system so I am able to use the phone as “Guest”(Huge security flaw in my opinion) but I would like to use my normal account.

I would like to avoid resetting my phone if possible as I do not want to lose my data.

Any advice/suggestions?
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I think you only option is to do a factory reset. Out of interest, what is the data that you do not want to lose.
 
Maverick Jester said:
ADB won't work if the device is locked. OP, your best best is to perform a factory reset.
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Nope, ADB has a masterkey:

Unlock Android Device using adb commands


android
adb

My Android-Phone is locked because I put too many wrong patterns. When a wrong pattern is entered too often, your device is locked and asking to unlock it via google. You are a lucky guy, if it is locked with Wifi or data network on and of course you remember your google username and password. But if not, you have two possible solutions:

hard reset your device.
use adb commands. If you use number 1 all your data are gone. Maybe you can restore it with a backup.

To use 2 you have to have enabled USB Debugging on the device before it is locked. If you have, and I have it always enabled on all my android devices, you can use the following solution to unlock your device.
Requirements

PC or Laptop with a working OS on it (I use OSX, but it is working also on Unix and Windows)
Android SDK. You can get it at the developer site.
Connected android device via usb to your PC

adb commands

To run the adb-commands you have to change to the platform-tools directory in your android-sdk (/path/to/your/android-sdk/platform-tools).

Now you can use the following commands

adb devices # to verify that your device is identified
adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
sqlite3 settings.db
update system set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock';
update secure set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock';
update system set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently';
update secure set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently';
.quit
exit
adb reboot

Now your device is unlocked. If not use adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key.

I cleared lock patterns and removed the permanent lock from database. I have broken the security to unlock my device, but I saved my device and all data and I can use it again
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ngwe23 said:
I think you only option is to do a factory reset. Out of interest, what is the data that you do not want to lose.
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Its not so much losing my data....
As I can re download most of it.

It the fact that I will have to re-customize my phone to the way I like it.... it might sound silly but it annoys me.....
 
YingYang said:
Its actually ADB, not ABD. it stands for Android Device Bridge. In short it allows you to issue commands on your PC to interact with your phone.

You'll need to download the Android SDK and do some research on how to use ADB, however I'm not sure you will be able to do it now that the screen is locked.

its one of those things that you do in case schit happens, not after it happened, sorry.

If you're not too fussed about your data you can reboot into recovery (hold vol+, menu and then press power) and reset your phone to factory settings.
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I thought it was Android Debug Bridge.. Strange. I might well be wrong though
 
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