how to unlock/ reset pattern lock in android phone

The built-in pattern lock tool is useful for
adding an extra layer of security to your
Android smartphone. What happen if you
forgot your pattern and want to know how to
unlock android phone or tablet? Pattern lock
is very important for those who have sensitive
data or have personal files in their android
devices. This will help you to prevent your
device from unauthorized use but the trouble
starts when you forget it. This tutorial will
show you how to unlock and reset your
android device lock pattern if you have
forgotten your lock pattern and can remember
your Google/Gmail account.
Today many android phone user use the
inbuilt unlock pattern to give security to their
phones. This is very easy to use but some
times after many wrong attempts it locked
permanently after that you need to enter the
user id you enter in the google play store to
unlock phone but there is some problem to
unlock again if u stop data usage in your
device so it can’t be connected with internet
and then you cannot unlock phone without
this trick.
Unlock pattern without Google account:
In this tutorial will show you how to unlock
and reset your android device lock pattern if
you have forgotten your lock patter. Just
follow these simple steps to unlock your
phone and use again free of cost.
Just switch off you android phone and then
wait for second to switched of it.
Now hold this buttons all together at the same
time “Volume up + Home Key + Power Button”
until the phone boots (if you device doesn’t
have a home button just hold together volume
up key and power key
Now a screen like DOS will come up with
different options
Use the volume key to move up and down
then scroll down to “Restore Factory Defaults”
or “Delete all User Data” depending on which
is on your device.
After clicking on the settings above, now
scroll down to “Reboot System Now ” and wait
for your phone to reboot.
Important:
This method deletes all your data and apps.
In step 2 of this method we use three keys
Volume up, power and home. But in some
phones home is not available so you can press
Volume up and down with power button.
Here we are not going to tell you all
combination of buttons for factory reset. So
you can search for your specified android
smartphone or tablet.
Use your Google account for unlocking
When you try different patterns and unable to
unlock your phone in five attempts. Then a
message pop-up and shows two buttons “next”
and “try again”.
Now click on “next” button and you see two
options for unlocking phone. One is answer
the security question and the second option is
to provide Google account details.
Mostly people don’t set a security question.
But if you set it then simply answer the
question and unlock your device quickly.
Otherwise check the Google account option
and click “next”.
Now provide your Google account username
and password attached with your device and
click on “sign in”.
After that you are directed to choose new
pattern and now you can unlock with this
pattern.
After following this guide tutorial now you
can access your android device as the pattern
lock has been completely disabled. This is all
about how to unlock android phone or tablet
if you forgot the pattern. Hope this helps you
in unlocking your device.
Other Screen Lock Options:
Most Android devices running at least
Android OS 4.0 offer five different security
options to lock your display. In addition to
drawing a pattern, you can slide a finger
across the screen, use facial recognition
technology, or enter a PIN or password to
unlock it. Device manufacturers may label
options with slightly different names, but
functionality should be fairly uniform across
brands.