Remove LockScreen Pattern without loosing Data.

Android Hacking

Method 1 : Flashing zip file from CWM recovery

For this method, it is necessary that your phone has a custom recovery like Clockworkmod (CWM) installed in it.

Downloads : 

1. Lock Screen Security Bypass for Android.

Procedure :

1. Download and copy the zip file on your phone external memory. You may use 

memory card reader for that.

2. Switch off your device. You need to boot into CWM recovery mode now .Note 

that every device requires different key combination to enter recovery mode.

(power button + Vol.+/Vol.-).

3. After landing into CWM recovery , select install zip from sd card option.

4.On the next screen choose zip from sd card option. This will show all the files loacated on the sdcard.

5. Just navigate to the zip file which you have just transferred on your phone.

6. select the file and confirm the installation by selecting 'Yes-Install 

LockScreen_Security_Bypass.zip'.

7.Wait for the flashing process to get completed. It will hardly take few minutes to complete.

8. After it completes successfully, select 'reboot system now' option from the recovery mode itself to restart your phone.

9. If you see the pattern/password lock after rebooting, don't worry, just enter any random pattern or password and your phone will get unloacked.

Method 2: Using Aroma File Manager

This method does not require USB debugging as well as root access.

Downloads:

1. Aroma File Manager for Android.

Procedure:

Step 1: Download and copy the Aroma File manager.zip file to your memory card. Remember not to extract it.

Step 2: Now switch off your phone completely until it vibrates. Boot the phone into recovery mode. Different phones have different ways to enter recovery mode. If you don’t know how to boot into recovery, you can Google it or you can also ask us in comments below.

In case of CWM recovery:

Step 3: Mount all partitions including sd-ext (if you have it).

Step 4: Navigate to the install zip from sdcard option and select it. On the next screen selectchoose zip from sdcard option. Then navigate to the Aroma File Manager zip file which you’ve just transferred on your phone. Confirm the installation by selecting Yes option.

In case of Stock recovery (Samsung e3):

Step 3: In stock recovery, there is no option to mount partitions, so 

navigate to the apply update from sdcard option and select it. Now navigate to the Aroma File Manager zip file and flash it.

Step 4: In Aroma File Manager, click on menu option and then go to settings and select Mount All Partitions. Now, exit from Aroma File Manager and re-flash it. Now, you will see each partition is mounted in it.

Step 5: (For both Stock/ CWM recovery) In Aroma file manager, navigate to the /data/system folder.

Note: If you have sd-ext mod to increase internal storage, go to /sd-

ext/system/

Step 6: In /data/system/ folder delete the following files if they exist:

gesture.key (for pattern lock)

 password.key (for password lock)

 locksettings.db

 locksettings.db-shm

 locksettings.db-wal

 signature.key

 sparepassword.key

Step 7: After deleting, exit the Aroma file manger and restart your phone.

If the pattern/password lock still exit then don’t panic just try any random 

pattern/password and the phone will get unlocked

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