• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Help I forgot my pattern and email! Does anyone know how to unlock the phone without them

i forgot my lock pattern, and i guessed to many times and it sent me to the email, saying to put the email and pass word in to unlock the phone, and i forgot the password to the email... does anyone know how to unlock the phone?

Get on a computer, go to google.com, sign in, then I believe if you say you can't remember your password it will generate one and send it to the secondary email address you registered with.
 
Upvote 0
I initially thought he stole it too but after reading all of his post it's believable to me that he just forgot it. Everything these days logs in for you so you almost never have to remember a password except for when you log in the first time. Seeing as how many people didn't use a gmail account before getting their phone and made one especially for it, they only have to log in once.

I'm not saying he did or didn't steal it, I'm just saying I'm open to the possibility that he's on the level. Besides, if he was stealing it to use he could just flash it.
 
Upvote 0
i personally only use my google mail for this phone.. was created for this phone. I do not go there for any other needs.

example.. Pandora ... I always have a hard time remembing that one... every time I do a resetup of my phone.. that one always gives me trouble to remember!
 
Upvote 0
i forgot my lock pattern, and i guessed to many times and it sent me to the email, saying to put the email and pass word in to unlock the phone, and i forgot the password to the email... does anyone know how to unlock the phone?

I think a few people here are jumping to conclusions. The OP only ever said he forgot his password, not his email address.

Even if he had forgotten, so what? Not everybody uses gmail. Lots of people create their gmail account when they first get the phone, and they don't always realise it's importance. A few months down the line it's not unrealistic that they have forgotten it. Hell, I once even heard of the sales reps setting up gmail accounts for people without telling them.



sarahkogut, try entering your email address and the enter the password as the word null . Sounds strange, but it works pretty often.

If that doesn't work, go to the gmail website and click on 'Can't access your account?'. You might be able to recover your password there.
 
Upvote 0
I think a few people here are jumping to conclusions. The OP only ever said he forgot his password, not his email address.

Even if he had forgotten, so what? Not everybody uses gmail. Lots of people create their gmail account when they first get the phone, and they don't always realise it's importance. A few months down the line it's not unrealistic that they have forgotten it. Hell, I once even heard of the sales reps setting up gmail accounts for people without telling them.



sarahkogut, try entering your email address and the enter the password as the word null . Sounds strange, but it works pretty often.

If that doesn't work, go to the gmail website and click on 'Can't access your account?'. You might be able to recover your password there.


I am watching for the moment that we discover "he" is a SHE
 
Upvote 0
I think a few people here are jumping to conclusions. The OP only ever said he forgot his password, not his email address.

Even if he had forgotten, so what? Not everybody uses gmail. Lots of people create their gmail account when they first get the phone, and they don't always realise it's importance. A few months down the line it's not unrealistic that they have forgotten it. Hell, I once even heard of the sales reps setting up gmail accounts for people without telling them.



sarahkogut, try entering your email address and the enter the password as the word null . Sounds strange, but it works pretty often.

If that doesn't work, go to the gmail website and click on 'Can't access your account?'. You might be able to recover your password there.

when i first got my phone i set up the google and unlock pattern too. i guess while in my pocket it tryed the pattern to many times and i didnt remember the password for my gmail. i had to factory reset
 
Upvote 0
I locked my phone with pattern and forgot it , also I forgot my gmail account so I follow the steps to "factory reset " my HTC EVO 3D phone ...
after I choose "factory reset " option my phone restart and some options shown like (install zip , Nandroid menu , wipe menu , reboot system now , mount menu ... ) , I don't know what I should do to use my phone normally again , I need help please :( .
 
Upvote 0

BEST TECH IN 2023

We've been tracking upcoming products and ranking the best tech since 2007. Thanks for trusting our opinion: we get rewarded through affiliate links that earn us a commission and we invite you to learn more about us.

Smartphones