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[Q] Phone locked with user/pass need HELP

Hey guys could use a hand here. My brother in laws phones keeps asking him for username / password when he starts up his device. He said he entered lock screen whilst drunk too many wrong times . He cant remember his info . And wants it working asap again. I did however root his device for him if that helps matters .. Im unsure if i could do a factory reset for him or even how to do that?
Appreciate if anyone can help .. Thanks !

Hi ****,
If it is SIM locked I would imagine after entering his code wrong a few times it should be asking for his PUK code. If you ring his provider they will be able to issue you with the PUK. This will unlock the phone. When he set up the phone he would have been asked for a security pin which they will have on file this is needed or his phone is locked until that code is entered.
Wiping the phone will not remove the SIM lock if that is what it is you are refering too.
If you can be a bit more specific on the lock. ie: How he set it up in the first place I will see what I can find to help out.
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Hey thanks for the quick reply .. i thought about the PUK .. but he says its just asking for his user/pass and he can see how many missed calls and txts he has but cant read them or do anything until he entershis login info .... very confused

Yeah no worries. Get him to give you the details of the phone make model, exact lock he is using and we can go further. Until then there is an endless list and we will no be any closer.

its the Galaxy S i9000 he has .. and he just setup the normal DOT pattern lock code .

Try the link below. Should help him out. Seems that he may have to use lowercase only for his email as it is case sensitive for some reason. If not he needs to put his password as "null". This will ask him to create a new pattern from which he will be back to normal. A hard reset will work as well but if he wants to keep his data then I dont recommend that way.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/39761478/Android---Locked-Out
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i think were going to try the hard reset .. lose all data we know but at least he will have his phone back ... just to confirm i follow these instructions right ?
1.Turn the power off. If your Samsung Galaxy S is frozen, pull the battery out and reinsert it
2.Hold the Volume Down button
3.Press and release the Power button
4.You are now presented with a menu that allows for Fastbook, Recovery, Clear Storage, and Simlock
5.Select Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button
6.Press and release the Power button
7.Now simply confirm your decision: Volume Up for YES and Volume Down for NO
If you selected YES, all data including third-party applications will be deleted from the Samsung Galaxy S. Once the wipe is complete, the phone will reboot to its factory fresh state.

Why not just follow the link and unlock that way without the hard reset??? Unless of course he has forgotten his email as well?? Which seems a bit weird if that is the case. Who forgets their email right?
Also the above mentioned wipe is not quite correct. Go to this link here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series#Recovery_Mode

dick8843 said:
i think were going to try the hard reset .. lose all data we know but at least he will have his phone back ...
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So how did you go any luck??? I'm interested to know if the information in that link works!!
If this works for people can someone let me know
Who knows could come in handy

Locked out with pattern unlock

Hey, my nine year-old nephew came to me today with a question.
He has managed to lock himself out of his xperia x8, forgot both the unlock pattern and his google details.
I tried to force a factory reset with pushing the two buttons left/right under the lcd and the power but cant get it to work.
Any suggestions to what i can do?
This is so much easier with phones with straight-forward recovery mode
Thanks in advance!
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pzayx said:
Hey, my nine year-old nephew came to me today with a question.
He has managed to lock himself out of his xperia x8, forgot both the unlock pattern and his google details.
I tried to force a factory reset with pushing the two buttons left/right under the lcd and the power but cant get it to work.
Any suggestions to what i can do?
This is so much easier with phones with straight-forward recovery mode
Thanks in advance!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
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TRY THIS:
- Have someone call the locked phone.
- Answer it.
- Leave the call connected!!!
- While leaving the call connected, push the "back" key over and over. NOT the home key!!!
It should eventually take you to the home screen.
- Go to the home screen,
- Go to settings,
- Go to google accounts,
- Add another google account,
- Sign in to that one--- (must have wifi connected, as you're trying to communicate with the google servers while you're on a phone call-- it will prompt you to turn on wifi, if you forget)--
- After it accepts the new account credentials, and logs you in, hang up the phone, and go back to the lock screen.
- This time, use the new google account you just added, to bypass the slide lock pattern
Let me know how it goes!

Thanks for the great answer, but unfortunately it refused to take me to the homescreen.
Im gratefull for every tips i can get,
Worst case scenario i would have to grant him root access and cm7
what a thing to play with
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pzayx said:
Thanks for the great answer, but unfortunately it refused to take me to the homescreen.
Im gratefull for every tips i can get,
Worst case scenario i would have to grant him root access and cm7
what a thing to play with
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If he doesn't have anything important on the phone, then download and install Sony PC Companion 2.1, and do the following:
- Turn off the phone, and unplug it from the PC
- Turn on Sony PC Companion on your PC
- In PC Companion, enter the Support Zone tab
- Go to Update Phone Software
A window will pop out, saying that it cannot find your phone
- Click on Fix Phone
- Click on Continue
A window will pop out, saying that you will lose all your data
- TICK the BOX
- Click on continue
An update process will began.
Wait for it to show a window with all the SONY mobile phones
- Find your phone (X8)
- Click on the phone.
Now all you have to do is follow the on-screen instructions. It will tell you to hold the back button and plug your turned-off X8 to the PC, then it will erase everything, and download the original 2.1 ROM to your X8.
The exact wording for the above instructions inside Sony PC Companion might be slightly different, as I'm using a Polish language installation.
If you don't want to erase your data on the X8, then try this LINK.
or this one
or this one

Thank you, shall try it when i get home tonight and report back!
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thanks!
thank you for the excellent tips WhatWhatInTheButt,
i tried the latter three links first, but i could not get it to work the way i wanted,
so after a few swear words and some struggle in with the pc companion i decided to read your post line by line and found out that i had overlooked the crucial points in the instructions!
Thanks a lot, guess i will have a happy fellow over here tomorrow

Cool! Glad could help!

WhatWhatInTheButt said:
Cool! Glad could help!
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THANK U VERY MUCH WhatWhatInTheButt :good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:

mrx264 said:
THANK U VERY MUCH WhatWhatInTheButt :good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
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did it myself one time(forgetting the pattern because i made it hard) i was on PrimeHD
full wipe solved it

WhatWhatInTheButt said:
TRY THIS:
- Have someone call the locked phone.
- Answer it.
- Leave the call connected!!!
- While leaving the call connected, push the "back" key over and over. NOT the home key!!!
It should eventually take you to the home screen.
- Go to the home screen,
- Go to settings,
- Go to google accounts,
- Add another google account,
- Sign in to that one--- (must have wifi connected, as you're trying to communicate with the google servers while you're on a phone call-- it will prompt you to turn on wifi, if you forget)--
- After it accepts the new account credentials, and logs you in, hang up the phone, and go back to the lock screen.
- This time, use the new google account you just added, to bypass the slide lock pattern
Let me know how it goes!
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Same here but with Xperia Go.
A friend of mine comitted sucide and his parents asked me to unlock his phone , i know stuff or two about android but never had this issue.
Phone is xperia Go i even dont know its running ics or or jb .
I am thinking of to root this phone and then install cwm recovery and i will backup every thing data system and every thing.
then format the system partition i think it will rester the phone and there wil be no password again and then i can advance resotre his data partition with cwm will it work ?????? Any tips are welcome guys i dont want to start with out knowing it that it would work or not.

Need help unlocking phone (not bootloader)

I know my screen unlock pattern, but my brother got it wrong twenty times and now i need to put in my google account details to unlock it. But, the thing is, neither mobile data nor wifi is on, so the phone can't access the internet and as i am locked out, i can't turn them on, Is there any solution apart from factory resetting the phone? Need a solution

AlchiManche said:
I know my screen unlock pattern, but my brother got it wrong twenty times and now i need to put in my google account details to unlock it. But, the thing is, neither mobile data nor wifi is on, so the phone can't access the internet and as i am locked out, i can't turn them on, Is there any solution apart from factory resetting the phone? Need a solution
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Take out battery and and reboot to recovery. Then reinstall the rom.

Xmaster8 said:
Take out battery and and reboot to recovery. Then reinstall the rom.
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Nope, didn't work

AlchiManche said:
I know my screen unlock pattern, but my brother got it wrong twenty times and now i need to put in my google account details to unlock it. But, the thing is, neither mobile data nor wifi is on, so the phone can't access the internet and as i am locked out, i can't turn them on, Is there any solution apart from factory resetting the phone? Need a solution
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Don't worry, just enter your Google account details anyway. Your phone has them saved somewhere in /data, so you don't need any internet in this case .
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SpyderX said:
Don't worry, just enter your Google account details anyway. Your phone has them saved somewhere in /data, so you don't need any internet in this case .
Sent from my X8 using Tapatalk 2
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I tried, but it just says 'checking' before the screen blacks out, and when i turn it on, the username and password fields are clear. the screen blacks out even if i am constantly touching it

AlchiManche said:
I tried, but it just says 'checking' before the screen blacks out, and when i turn it on, the username and password fields are clear. the screen blacks out even if i am constantly touching it
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I just tried and it took only a second to check and unlock my phone. Could you try again but now make sure the phone stays awake by pressing the volume/menu button(s)?
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Flash Stock rom via Flashtool.....It's the best way for your present condition...........

u can restore to another rom if u have a nandroid backup

read this!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564184

Locked out of Xperia Z

So I'm locked out of my XZ because my baby cousin changed the pattern, how do I get back in? I don't really care if I have to reset the entire phone, I just need to be able to use my phone. Can anyone help me?

vi3tl4 said:
So I'm locked out of my XZ because my baby cousin changed the pattern, how do I get back in? I don't really care if I have to reset the entire phone, I just need to be able to use my phone. Can anyone help me?
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Just factory reset your phone with SUS, PC Companion or Flashtool.

DrKrFfXx said:
Just factory reset your phone with SUS, PC Companion or Flashtool.
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how do I do that? I'm locked out.

Just install Sony Update Service and follow the on screen instructions.

Call me daft but I was under the impression there was a back up security screen, in the sense you enter your password wrong so many times and it pops up, or is that just on face recognition?
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There is a backup, asking for a password if you enter the pattern wrong. You can't even change the pattern without this pin? Something's wrong here.
Gesendet von meinem Xperia ZL

Give me ten minutes. I'll mess around with mine and see if you can get around the pattern in any way.
Ps I've just cracked my screen, so the phones getting binned anyway.
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vi3tl4 said:
So I'm locked out of my XZ because my baby cousin changed the pattern, how do I get back in? I don't really care if I have to reset the entire phone, I just need to be able to use my phone. Can anyone help me?
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Sorted mate. Just keep blasting the wrong code at the screen. Enter it wrong a few times and it will lock you out for 30 seconds after a warning message saying you've entered your password wrong. Now you will notice a button at the bottom of the screen saying 'forgotten password?' click it. It will let you enter your email address and password used for your Google play account. Provided you know it you will unlock the phone and it will jump to the lock screen settings to disable the lock screen.
Good luck.
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ok heres the trick i have a z2 also, im loked out by password if u have aces to many users as u can use it to spam the acces on the main user soft reset as manay times, 1st is the main user pops up, click to change 2nd user go to settings of users click owner user again and again back to 2nd user then to owner user, until u have the chance to access ur user owner, i tried this and it worked, after you acess the user phone u have to do as much as possible you can, got to google play account if you remember or dont make another thats ur passage way to phone administrators, once u created the acount in google play, go to device administrator check ANDROID DEVICE MANAGER, PROTECTION BY XPERIA & CONFIGURATION AGENT i would prefer to first use the android device manager more useful for this kind of situation, okay you have now the account on new or old google play account, go to the computer or laptop type android device manager on google it shows sign in sign up, sign in the account type aagin android device manager now the map is shown and ur phone location and other it says ring / lock / ERASE ALL DATA first ur phone must be connected to a wifi then click ERASE ALL DATA then its processing factory reset
02/05/17

Question i just changed my pattern lock on my s21 ultra and forgot it. help please!

omg.
my friend just seen my pattern when i unlocked my phone so i decided to change my pattern (it had been a real long time since i changed it anyway) so i did it.
i cant remember what i changed it to.
i actually changed it 2x but the first pattern i thought was too easy so i changed it again.
i didnt make it any harder as in more dots to complete the pattern but hard enough i dont remember it.
im on a s21 ultra of course.
is there a limit on how many failed attempts i can do?
so far i think im under 10 but it does make me wait 30secs alot.
if there is an unlimited amount i think i will guess it but if there is a finite i dont want to mess it up and do a factory reset or erase.
i have alot of my grandbabies pics and videos on there.
if there is a way to bypass it please tell me.
i know my google acct on computer etc... thats not a problem and that is the same acct on my phone.

en11gma said:
omg.
my friend just seen my pattern when i unlocked my phone so i decided to change my pattern (it had been a real long time since i changed it anyway) so i did it.
i cant remember what i changed it to.
i actually changed it 2x but the first pattern i thought was too easy so i changed it again.
i didnt make it any harder as in more dots to complete the pattern but hard enough i dont remember it.
im on a s21 ultra of course.
is there a limit on how many failed attempts i can do?
so far i think im under 10 but it does make me wait 30secs alot.
if there is an unlimited amount i think i will guess it but if there is a finite i dont want to mess it up and do a factory reset or erase.
i have alot of my grandbabies pics and videos on there.
if there is a way to bypass it please tell me.
i know my google acct on computer etc... thats not a problem and that is the same acct on my phone.
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Do you have a Samsung account on it?

Kenora_I said:
Do you have a Samsung account on it?
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i not sure. i think i might have but i think i deleted it but it keeps asking me to same my passwords to samsung and i keep hitting never.

unless you have an unlocked bootloader I don't know that there's anything that can be done. I would just get them all wrong at this point and see if it let's you reset it with a good account. If you BL is unlocked you could boot into a custom recovery and wipe the security file.

en11gma said:
i not sure. i think i might have but i think i deleted it but it keeps asking me to same my passwords to samsung and i keep hitting never.
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Can only be done if you have find my device enabled and have an active internet connection in the phone tho
Step 1. Open the internet browser on your notebook and input the following website
address: https://findmymobile.samsung.com, click on the Sign in button and input your login credentials of your Samsung account, then click on Sign in button once more.
image to login to find my mobile web page
Step 2. The mobile device registered under your Samsung account will appear on the right-side of the screen. If you have multiple devices registered under the same Samsung account, make sure you select the device that needs to be remotely unlocked. Refer to the image below and click on the Unlock icon to unlock your device.
image after login to find my mobile web page
Step 3. Once you click on Unlock, a pop-up window will appear asking to verify the password of your Samsung account. After you input your password, click on the NEXT button, the pop-up window will automatically close and another pop-up window will appear with the result of remotely unlocking your device

orangekid said:
unless you have an unlocked bootloader I don't know that there's anything that can be done. I would just get them all wrong at this point and see if it let's you reset it with a good account. If you BL is unlocked you could boot into a custom recovery and wipe the security file.
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i just logged into my samsung account and it says i have no linked devices.
grrrr
is there a limit before it factory reset my phone

Kenora_I said:
Can only be done if you have find my device enabled and have an active internet connection in the phone tho
Step 1. Open the internet browser on your notebook and input the following website
address: https://findmymobile.samsung.com, click on the Sign in button and input your login credentials of your Samsung account, then click on Sign in button once more.
image to login to find my mobile web page
Step 2. The mobile device registered under your Samsung account will appear on the right-side of the screen. If you have multiple devices registered under the same Samsung account, make sure you select the device that needs to be remotely unlocked. Refer to the image below and click on the Unlock icon to unlock your device.
image after login to find my mobile web page
Step 3. Once you click on Unlock, a pop-up window will appear asking to verify the password of your Samsung account. After you input your password, click on the NEXT button, the pop-up window will automatically close and another pop-up window will appear with the result of remotely unlocking your device
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i have 4 devices in there but not the one im using. crap!
do i have unlimited failed attempts on the pattern unlock?

en11gma said:
i just logged into my samsung account and it says i have no linked devices.
grrrr
is there a limit before it factory reset my phone
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Well, at this point you probably need to reset the phone, as you didn't link your Samsung account.
There actually isn't any way to recover the data Unless you can guess the pattern again.
I don't know if Samsung themselves would unlock the phone if you took it to the support center providing proof that you own the phone, but that could get your data back idk
In my opinion it is worth a try in this case

Kenora_I said:
Well, at this point you probably need to reset the phone, as you didn't link your Samsung account.
There actually isn't any way to recover the data Unless you can guess the pattern again.
I don't know if Samsung themselves would unlock the phone if you took it to the support center providing proof that you own the phone, but that could get your data back idk
In my opinion it is worth a try in this case
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do i have unlimited tries on the pattern unlock or will it erase my data after so many failed attempts?

en11gma said:
do i have unlimited tries on the pattern unlock or will it erase my data after so many failed attempts?
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Depends if you had that option enabled in settings, by default it is disabled

en11gma said:
omg.
my friend just seen my pattern when i unlocked my phone so i decided to change my pattern (it had been a real long time since i changed it anyway) so i did it.
i cant remember what i changed it to.
i actually changed it 2x but the first pattern i thought was too easy so i changed it again.
i didnt make it any harder as in more dots to complete the pattern but hard enough i dont remember it.
im on a s21 ultra of course.
is there a limit on how many failed attempts i can do?
so far i think im under 10 but it does make me wait 30secs alot.
if there is an unlimited amount i think i will guess it but if there is a finite i dont want to mess it up and do a factory reset or erase.
i have alot of my grandbabies pics and videos on there.
if there is a way to bypass it please tell me.
i know my google acct on computer etc... thats not a problem and that is the same acct on my phone.
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Your only solution is too wipe your phone. So take better care next time and chalk this one up to experience

jrkruse said:
Your only solution is too wipe your phone. So take better care next time and chalk this one up to experience
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Samsung might unlock it at their support centers yknow if they have proof of ownership

Kenora_I said:
Depends if you had that option enabled in settings, by default it is disabled
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so how many failed attempts do i get?

en11gma said:
so how many failed attempts do i get?
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Probably 3 then a waiting time, but it's probably more easier to take it to Samsung and get them to unlock it for you, since you own the phone they can do it.

Kenora_I said:
Samsung might unlock it at their support centers…..
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Yea I wouldn’t hold my breath on that happening but good luck

Kenora_I said:
Probably 3 then a waiting time, but it's probably more easier to take it to Samsung and get them to unlock it for you, since you own the phone they can do it.
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i live in the country. i dont think there is a samsung store even in my state. im in iowa in usa

Samsung can't unlock it... pretty sure.
Once you set a lock screen the security is very good, too good. Sleep on it to see if the pattern comes to you... you still remember it.
That failing, suck it up. It may have not been your fault at all, see below.
I never set a screen lock, 2x tap on/off.
Never set a a bios password.
And most importantly never encrypt data backup hdds, etc.
You are the one most likely to get locked out... lesson learned the hard way.
A firmware failure, or external forces beyond your control (high energy particles of cosmic origin can do it*) can put you in a no win situation once you set an eccess password. While if you hadn't you likely wouldn't be locked out. I had a laptop bios lock me out, the password was simple a simple "S" even years latter I remember it... but the bios doesn't!
*this isn't a joke. Flying or being at higher elevations increases the risk. While it is slight when under the protection of the ionosphere it's still a random failure factor. One high energy particle can change the value of a flash memory cell without damaging it. The data however is corrupted unless redundantly backup which is one reason why spacecraft use at least 3 redundant computers.

blackhawk said:
Samsung can't unlock it... pretty sure.
Once you set a lock screen the security is very good, too good. Sleep on it to see if the pattern comes to you... you still remember it.
That failing, suck it up. It may have not been your fault at all, see below.
I never set a screen lock, 2x tap on/off.
Never set a a bios password.
And most importantly never encrypt data backup hdds, etc.
You are the one most likely to get locked out... lesson learned the hard way.
A firmware failure, or external forces beyond your control (high energy particles of cosmic origin can do it*) can put you in a no win situation once you set an eccess password. While if you hadn't you likely wouldn't be locked out. I had a laptop bios lock me out, the password was simple a simple "S" even years latter I remember it... but the bios doesn't!
*this isn't a joke. Flying or being at higher elevations increases the risk. While it is slight when under the protection of the ionosphere it's still a random failure factor. One high energy particle can change the value of a flash memory cell without damaging it. The data however is corrupted unless redundantly backup which is one reason why spacecraft use at least 3 redundant computers.
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omg wut ._.

Even if u hard reset, u will be asked to input your Samsung account and password, anf even with out knowing the pattern you have the option of putting in your PIN.
If you don't know your own PIN code then, something Is wrong!

death365 said:
Even if u hard reset, u will be asked to input your Samsung account and password, anf even with out knowing the pattern you have the option of putting in your PIN.
If you don't know your own PIN code then, something Is wrong!
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It would be Google account and they said they changed their pattern and lost the combination, i also have had the same problem b4. I just used find my phone to unlock the device