How to unlock phone when you have forgotten your pattern lock and had too many attempts

SOURCE: locked my new sony Ericsson XP10 with pattern

Locked my new sony Ericsson XP10 with pattern

SOURCE: hi, how do i factory reset my samsung galaxy

Well it is a bit techie situation. First try to enter Recovery Mode. There are a few ways to enter in Recovery Mode -> video link.Once in a recovery you can easily choose Factory Reset. On upper link you can find three ways to do it, and one way of doing it goes like this, it usually works:
1. Power Off your phone2. Press and hold Volume Up button + Power button + Home Menu button (just hold all three buttons at same time until logo appears)3. Select Wipe all data / Factory Reset (you select it with Volume Up and Volume Down buttons and execute it with Power button or in some cases with Home Menu button).
If you watch videos you will find same thing.

SOURCE: pettern lock

To unlock the pattern screen lock without signing in with your Google account You need to repair the software of the phone.


The steps to repair the phone are the following:

1. On the computer: Start PC Companion™.
2. On thecomputer: In the Support Zone™ descriptor, in the Software Updatesection click Start > (Repair) and follow the instructions on the PCmonitor screen.
3. Turn off the phone.
4. Connect the USB cable to your computer.
5. On the phone: Press and hold down Back key and connect the USB cable to the phone.
6. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Note : The software in your phone will be replaced. All personal data stored in your phone will be lost.

There is also a way to unlock the pattern screen lock by signing in with your Google account.

1. After 30 seconds, tap Forgot pattern?
2. You need to log in with the primary gmail.com e-mail address and not the alternative email address connected to the Google account.
3. Tap the username field and enter the primary Google account user name.
4. Tap the password field and enter the primary Google account password.
5. Draw a new unlock pattern and tap Continue .
6. Draw the new unlock pattern again and tap Continue .

If these options are not available to you, please describe preciselywhat you see when attempting to connect to your PC and use PCCompanion.

SOURCE: My wife was fiddling with the the unlock patter

Don't worry, use your google account to unlock lg gt540 screen pattern password. If you didn't have and never setup that account in your phone, you only can unlock lg phone screen password by reflasing that phone into mobile repair shop.