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[rob444]

Hi guys,

I have a big issue with my Samsung Galaxy A21s. I set up a password for the lock screen a couple of days ago. Everything was working fine, but yesterday my phone randomly decided to lock itself for 1440 minutes (24 hours) after typing in my correct password once. I waited those 24 hours and tried again and it got locked for another day again. The password is 100% correct.

Or course I tried restarting the phone and booting it in safe mode, without success. I tried unlocking it on my computer via Google find my phone (I don't have a samsung account set up), but it appeared as offline, even though it is connected to wifi. I have to mention that it has airplane mode on which I can't turn off and NordVPN is installed. The phone has very few apps installed, such as Telegram, NordVPN and Instagram, no malicious third party applications...

I don't want to hardware reset the phone because it has very important things on it. Sending it to Samsung isn't possible as well, I don't have a bill for the product.

Please help

 

[Dannydet]

Regardless of what you do, you're going to need that correct password to fix things.
There are no work arounds.

 

[rob444]

Regardless of what you do, you're going to need that correct password to fix things.
There are no work arounds.

once again... the password is 100% correct. It worked till yesterday and I got an immediate lock for 24 hours, not 30 seconds.

 

[Deleted member 2157292]

Was it new when you got it, or did it have a previous account.
With no data/wifi connection and no sim connection in Airplane mode, setting up a new password with Google (which also takes 24 hours plus to use) won't work either.

Only a factory reset in Recovery Mode will recover the device itself.

 

[rob444]

It had a previous account, the phone is older

 

[Brian706]

Can you maybe use find my phone to change the password and get back in?

 

[rob444]

Can you maybe use find my phone to change the password and get back in?

I mentioned this in the text. I tried google find my phone but the phone appears as offline

 

[Brian706]

I mentioned this in the text. I tried google find my phone but the phone appears as offline

Ah, I see now. I missed it the first time. I know you don't want to factory reset but I can't think of any other options. It seems like you've explored all avenues.

 

[Milo Williamson]

That is really strange.. A funny work around password and it is 100 percent correct.