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How To Reset A Locked Android Phone

by Antony Killinger (2020-11-20)



Part 1: How to Hard Reset Locked Android Phone

The most common way of resetting an Android phone screen lock is by hard reset. You can hard reset your Android phone to unlock it. Remember hard reset will erase all the data stored on your phone. So hard reset will unlock your phone, but you will not get your stored data back on it. So if you have no recent backup for your phone data, beware of that before going for a hard reset.


Here you can learn how to reset a locked phone from different brands as different models or brands have unique methods of resetting.


1. How to reset a locked phone HTC?


Now we will show you how to unlock mobile phone (http://Knsz.prz.edu.pl/) HTC phone by hard reset.


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You will have to press and hold the volume down button along with the power button. Keep holding until you see Android images. Then release the buttons and then follow the volume down button to go for factory reset, afterward select the power button.


2. How to reset a Samsung that is locked?


Press and hold volume up key along with the power button and home key. You will see the Samsung logo onscreen. Go down to wipe data/factory reset by holding the volume down key. Now choose Yes. You could delete all the data on your phone by tapping on the volume down key. Your phone will start rebooting.


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3. How to reset a phone that is locked LG?


To unlock your LG Android phone, you will have to press and hold the volume key and the power or lock key. You have to release the Lock or power key when you see the LG logo on the screen of your phone. Just after that, press and hold the power or lock key again. You can release all the buttons once you see a factory hard reset on the screen.


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4. How to reset locked android phone Sony?


You have to confirm that your phone is switched off. Press and hold three keys altogether. The keys are Volume Up, Power, and Home keys. You have to release the buttons once you see the logo on the screen. Now follow volume down to scroll down. Power or Home key is used for selection. Choose factory reset or wipe data.


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5. How to reset locked android phone Motorola?


First of all, switch off your phone. Then press and hold the power key, home key, and volume up key. After a while, you will see the logo on the screen, just then release all the buttons. For scrolling, you can use volume down key, and for selecting, you can use either home or power key. Now select factory reset or wipe data.


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Whatever your model or brand is, keep in mind that hard reset will delete all your valuable data from your phone! So if you want to unlock your locked phone without losing data from it, then follow the next part.