When using a unlock pattern on phone, we add an extra layer of security to access. However, sometimes we need to remove the unlock pattern for someone else to use our device, or perhaps we forget the pattern and are unable to access the mobile.
Fortunately, mobile manufacturers are incorporating new modalities for safe and effective access to the mobile. From the use of fingerprint readers to access the mobile to facial recognition. In case you need to remove the unlock pattern to use the device, here you will find some alternatives and variants to be able to choose different access modes.
Steps to remove unlock pattern
There are tools to remove the unlock pattern to the device, being able to regain control over the mobile, the screen and the applications. Step by step, we analyze how to do it on mobiles with the Android operating system and also on iOS.
Use Android Device Manager
This first option can be applied from Google Find My Device. You have to do the procedure from a trusted mobile phone or from a computer. The steps are the following:
- We access the Google Find My Device web page.
- Confirm the personal data that Google asks to verify your identity.
- Press the Block button.
- Enter a new password for your phone.
Once this configuration is finished, you can access your mobile using the new password. Then you can configure a new pattern or select access options with fingerprint or even without any password.
Remove unlock pattern by forget function
Some mobile devices include the forgotten pattern feature. In these cases, it is enough to enter the pattern incorrectly a couple of times and the option will appear "I have forgotten the security pattern." The first option involves having a security question set up and remembering the answer. Choose the second option and you can fill out a form with your personal data and then receive a reactivation option on your mobile. Use your data Gmail account and Google, the same as Play Store.
Samsung's Find My Mobile application to remove pattern lock without resetting
Users of Android phones from the manufacturer Samsung can use the program Find My Mobile to unlock the mobile from the computer. The steps are the following:
- Sign in to Find My Mobile with your Samsung account.
- Click on the Unlock my device function.
- Enter your new code in the first box.
Remove the pattern on an iOS mobile with iTunes
In iPhones and tablets with iOS We can also forget our password or lock pattern. Fortunately, we can try to recover access to the mobile using the iTunes platform.
- Connect the locked device to a computer synced with your mobile.
- Create a backup.
- Press the Restore device button.
- Wait for the mobile to restart and restore your backup.
Unlock iPhone using iCloud
Alternatively use the iCloud cloud platform to regain access to your iPhone. The procedure consists of the following steps:
- Go to the icloud.com/find website.
- Enter your Apple ID.
- Select the devices in the browser window.
- Choose the iOS device to remove.
- Confirm the Erase device option to remove its passcode.
Remove Passcode Lock on iPhone Using Recovery Mode
The last option to remove pattern lock on iOS is through Recovery Mode. In this case, we will use the application Tenorshare ReiBoot to activate the recovery mode with a single click.
- Open the Tenorshare ReiBoot program, and then select iTunes.
- Choose Restore device.
- Set up your iPhone again when finished.
Remove pattern without restoring from iTunes
Another interesting application that can help to recover the access to the mobile without pattern without the need to restore from iTunes. By downloading the Tenorshare 4uKey application you can activate an access to the iPhone without having to restore the operating system.
- We open the computer and connect the device with a USB cable.
- We press the option Unlock the security code.
- We start the process.
- Download the iOS firmware.
The program is in charge of automating the process to repair the system, delete the access information and remove the lock pattern. At the end of the process, we can access the mobile again and enter a new code.
Conclusions
In the inconvenient case of forgetting our pattern lock for android or iPhone, there are alternatives to recover the full functioning of the mobile. The options proposed in this post allow you to follow simple and concrete steps, so that the device copies important files and generates a new access to the device again. It is important to have pre-configured security questions, an alternate number or email, and remote tracking and blocking features. In this way, alternative paths are obtained to try to recover access to all the functions of the phone without the original lock pattern.