Android offers various locking methods for our devices: the release ring (which itself has no code because we just slide the ring to a corner) a PIN , facial recognition and finally unlock pattern. I would say that the latter is but the one of the most used. Protect our devices with a lock code is basic to safeguard our information in case of theft or loss. But what happens if we forget the unlock pattern?
A few months ago, while traveling, a family friend had the following problem: her daughter had been playing with the tablet and had set an unlock pattern. Later did not remember the unlock pattern, and make a number of attempts … the tablet remained locked !
A few months ago, while traveling, a family friend had the following problem: her daughter had been playing with the tablet and had set an unlock pattern. Later did not remember the unlock pattern, and make a number of attempts … the tablet remained locked !
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Android Pattern Without Password
In this
post we will explain in the most enjoyable way possible methods at our disposal
to remedy this. A peculiarity of the case was that I explained before the user
does not know the password and Gmail user who was configured your terminal, so
we should use a more aggressive method to unlock. Here we go:
Unlock / Reset Your Android Pattern Lock
without knowing Password
1) Recovery 1- with gmail account:
When we did the “X” failed attempts, the first thing that
appears to us to fix the mess is to unlock the tablet by inserting our Gmail
account (which we configured on the device to access Google Play ).
Keep in mind that the tablet must be connected to internet, and if this is not
connected can not be set any connection, since this, as we know, is blocked. If
we are lucky with this step everything will be solved. But we went ahead:
2 – Eliminate the file gesture.key file system :
Before flashing a new ROM on your tablet or phone or make a hard reset (with these methods lose all our information) will try to delete the file gesture.key file system device. If we can eliminate it, the tablet will be unlocked instantly. This file is generated to set the unlock pattern our terminal, and is located inside the folder data / system / gesture.key . This method works on a lot of devices and although at first may seem complex, if we follow the steps properly there should be no problem. Now we will teach you how to access and delete this file and solving unlocking:
1 The tablet must be rooted with debug mode enabled
An indispensable condition to perform this process is that the tablet is rooted. If not we try another method . Please note that many tablets (mostly of Chinese origin as Woo Prolink or Comet ) come rooteadas factory, so if you have not rooted does not mean it is not.
The other requirement is that we have turned the USB debugging mode . This condition is essential to control the tablet via ADB as discussed below. The tablets we’ve said before also come with this option enabled factory.
If we fulfill these requirements, we must now connect the device to PC via USB. Access Root and USB debugging mode enabled will allow us to manage our device from your computer using ADB, access the file system and delete the gesture.key .
2 Install the drivers in the device on the PC.
The next step is to have the right drivers installed for your device on our PC. If you do not have installed properly, we can not control our Android through commands, because this will not be recognized.
If you have done ROOT device securely in your hand and you will have the drivers installed properly on your PC . Otherwise, you can use this simple utility . Once the drivers are properly installed and can proceed to the last point.
3 Delete the file gesture.key
We are able to delete the file gesture.key and unlock our device. We will need to have installed in our PC the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) . Once installed, and with the USB connected, we will go to the folder platform-tools within the ADB folder that will be generated on the desktop and within it .’ll open a command window Open a command window inside a folder is simple: we just press the right mouse button on the folder you wish Shift while clicking on the dropdown menu and choose “Open command window here”.
In the command window will stick this code and will press enter :
adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
adb shell reboot
Your device will restart and be no longer be blocked . The next step you have to perform is to go to settings, locking method, and remove the pattern. If this system will not result, we move on to the next step.
3- Hard Reset
If the above method does not serves you because your terminal is not rooted and I shall have resigned to losing your information and having to reconfigure your device from scratch, make a Hard Reset is an easy and effective way to let your device as coming from factory. To do this you must enter into recovery mode of the device. 
We can usually access the recovery mode is pressed while booting the terminal while turning button + volume down , but can vary depending on the brand of terminal. It is easy to find on the internet which is the combination of buttons on each terminal to access the recovery . Once inside, we only choose the option wipe data / factory reset that will return our Android to its original state:
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