How to unlock Android pattern lock

It involves a few steps to unlock device:

Step 1: Switch off your phone.

Step 2: Now while turning your phone on , you need to press some specific combination of keys. Generally it is volume up + power button in many of the android devices so try them first and if they don’t work for you so here are list of some popular device combination keys or else better way is to google it.

• Nexus 7 - Volume Up + Volume Down + Power
• Samsung Galaxy S3 - Volume Up + Home + Power
• Motorola Droid X - Home + Power 

Step 3: Now when your phone starts up and you see the logo of your phone, leave the power but but continue holding the volume up button until you see android recovery screen.

You will see some screen like shown above. Just navigate to wipe data/factory reset using volume keys and then press Power button to select it.

Step 4: You will see a screen as shown below:

Step 5 : After you reach to Yes option , select it by using power switch and then it will erase all data on your phone and will unlock it and so ready to be used once again . 

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