Reset Android Tab Without any Physical Buttons

[weelzSA]

https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

Then erase the particular tablet...

AFAIK on Kitkat if you get the password a few times wrong you'll be able to reset it via your gmail.

Will give this a try too.

 

[weelzSA]

well then, take it in and tell them the product is defective.

Doubt that will work as they will ask for the password to unlock.

Not sure why they made it so complicated.

 

[Neoprod]

Doubt that will work as they will ask for the password to unlock.

Not sure why they made it so complicated.

If it's not giving you an option that should be there, there's definitely something wrong. Users forgetting passwords happens...shouldn't be an unrecoverable situation. Else service centres would be overrun with people wanting help.

 

[weelzSA]

If it's not giving you an option that should be there, there's definitely something wrong. Users forgetting passwords happens...shouldn't be an unrecoverable situation. Else service centres would be overrun with people wanting help.

That was my thought all along. Could have been an oversight from them.

 

[oldhat]

With the device turned off, press and hold down power button until it goes to recovery mode. Select factory reset option.

 

[weelzSA]

https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

Then erase the particular tablet...

AFAIK on Kitkat if you get the password a few times wrong you'll be able to reset it via your gmail.

Thanks for this!!!

Finally got it to work. I tried this a while back and didn't work and this morning it did. So tablet is reset and busy downloading all the apps again.