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Help phone is locked due to many pattern attempts

How many times do you have to mess up the unlock code for it to brick? and why would the gmail not work? I am worried now that if someone gets a hold of my phone, does that and I try to sign into my gmail it will not work, since yours didnt?? whats the deal with that?
1) I think 20 times. I lost count.
2) It seems like the phone doesn't ever send the data anywhere

My gmail account is still accessible on a computer.
 
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My son and I got ours last week and he did the same thing.....diddled to much and his diddler locked!!!!

We called 611 and asked for smart phone assistance. He had to do a factory reset and it wiped all of his apps and contacts! But since he only had it 24 hours it was not that big of an issue. Now he remembers his diddle!

I guess the morale of the story is when you diddle, remember it and don't make your diddle to hard!
 
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