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[Android][Guide]Hacking And Bypassing Android Password/Pattern/Face/PI

󰀓 piraterex · 󰅐 Jan 22, 2014 · 󱋷 bypassing password bypassing pattern unlocking pattern

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Code:
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This Is For Educational Purposes Only
You Shall Not Use This On Other People Phones Without Permission Under Any Circumstances
I'm Not Responsible For Any Eventual Errors And Misbehaving Of Your Devices
Files And Tutorials Are Used And Partially Created According My Expirience And Also Collected From Internet & XDA Forums
All Regards Are Going To Their Authors

If Just Google Ask you For Password (Credentials) - You Can Turn On WIFI Via ADB In Order To Google Accept Your Device Via this Command:

Code:

adb shell svc wifi enable

Requirements:
The Device Needs To Have Usb Debugging Enabled
In Case Usb Debugging Isn't Enabled And You Have Recovery,you Can Run The Same Instructions From Recovery
For Some Methods Root Is Not Required (Though It Will Be Better If Device Is Rooted)

If None Of This Methods Works For You - Unfortunally You

Probably Must Full Wipe Your Device

METHOD I

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Solution For Everyone With Recovery (Cwm, Twrp, Xrec,Etc...) Installed:

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Download this zip Pattern Password Disable (Download from attachments) on to your sdcard (using your PC, as you cant get into your phone, right )
2. Insert the sdcard into your phone
3. Reboot into recovery mode
4. Flash the zip
5. Reboot
6. Done!

Note : If You See The Gesture Pattern Grid Or Password After Restarting, Don't Worry. Just Try Any Random Pattern Or Password And it Should Unlock.

METHOD 2
Solution For Everyone Without Recovery Installed - ADB :

What You Need:

=>A computer running a Linux distro or Windows+Cygwin
=>USB cable to connect your phone to the PC
=>Adb installed

How to install adb:

1. Open Terminal
2. Type:

Code:

sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb

Hit [Enter]
3. Follow the instructions until everything is installed.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Connect you (turned on) Phone to the Computer via USB.
2. Open a terminal window.
3. Type:

Code:

adb devices
adb shell
cd data/system
su
rm *.key

4. Done...Now You Just Have To Reboot.

Note : If You See The Gesture Pattern Grid Or Password After Restarting, Don't Worry. Just Try Any Random Pattern Or Password And it Should Unlock.

METHOD 3
Solution For Everyone Before Lock Accident :

SMS Bypass - Download Link - Install It On Your Device (Download from attachments)
This App Allows You To Remotely Bypass Your Phone's Screen Lock By Sending A SMS.
It Removes Your Gesture Pattern Or Password After Receiving A Preset Keyword Along With A Secret Code Via SMS.
SMS Bypass App Requires Root.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1.First, make sure you give permanent root access to the app.
2.Change the secret code to your preferred choice. The default password is : 1234
3.To reset your screen lock, send the following message from another phone:

Code:

secret_code reset

Example:

Code:

1234 reset

Note 1 : There is a space between your secret code and reset. Also the secret code is case sensitive.
Note 2 : There is an option available to change the preset keyword. Default is : reset - Your phone will restart and your lock screen will be reset.
Note 3 : If You See The Gesture Pattern Grid Or Password After Restarting, Don't Worry. Just Try Any Random Pattern Or Password And it Should Unlock.

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METHOD 4
Solution For Everyone Via Adb - SQL Command :

INSTRUCTIONS:
=>Type This Commands Separated In Your Terminal (CMD Prompt) :

Code:

adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
sqlite3 settings.db
update system set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock';
update system set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently';
.quit

=>Now You Just Have To Reboot.

Note : If You See The Gesture Pattern Grid Or Password After Restarting, Don't Worry. Just Try Any Random Pattern Or Password And it Should Unlock.

METHOD 5
Solution For Everyone Via Adb - File Removal :

INSTRUCTIONS:
=>Type This Command In Your Terminal (CMD Prompt) :

Code:

adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key

Note : If You See The Gesture Pattern Grid Or Password After Restarting, Don't Worry. Just Try Any Random Pattern Or Password And it Should Unlock.

METHOD 6
Solution For Everyone With USB Debugging Enabled :

INSTRUCTIONS:

Primary Step for all method:

1. Download & Extract to anywhere - Bypass Security Hack (Download from attachments)
2. Open SQLite Database Browser 2.0.exe in SQLite Database Browser.
3. Run pull settings.db.cmd inside By-pass security Hacks folder to pull out the setting file out of your phone.
4. Drag settings.db and drop to SQLite Database Browser 2.0.exe program.
5. Navigate to Browse data tab, At table there, click to list down the selection & selete secure

Instruction To Remove Pattern Lock:

1. Now, find lock_pattern_autolock, Delete Record

2. Close & save database
3. Run push settings.db.cmd and reboot your phone

Instruction To Remove PIN Lock:

1. Now, Find Or Create lockscreen.password_type, double-click & change it's value to 65536, Apply changes!
2. Now, find lock_pattern_autolock, Delete Record, If doesn't exist, Ignore
3. Close & save database
4. Run push settings.db.cmd and reboot your phone

Instruction To Remove Password Lock:

1. Now, find lockscreen.password_salt, Delete Record

2. Now, find lockscreen.password_type, Delete Record
3. Close & save database
4. Run push settings.db.cmd and reboot your phone

Note : If You See The Gesture Pattern Grid Or Password After Restarting, Don't Worry. Just Try Any Random Pattern Or Password And it Should Unlock.

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METHOD 7
Solution For Everyone With Recovery Installed :
New posts Manufacturers What's new󰍝 Members 󰍝
INSTRUCTIONS:

1.Download and Copy Aroma File manager.zip (Download from attachments or http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646108) to your memory card.

2. Open your recovery (press volume Down + Power button or it can be different according to the phones. Generally the phones who have press able button on the middle they
have to press all three buttons. Google for you pattern there are lots)

3. There’ll b an option in recovery called “mount”. Go in that option and then mount all the cache and everything it is there.

4. Then select “update” and select “apply update from SD/external” and select aroma file manger.zip file that you downloaded using above QR code above.

5. After Flashing or updating, the aroma file manger will open. Use volume keys for up/down and power button 2 select like you use to get into recovery.

6. In aroma File manager , Go to menu , which is located in bottom strip and then select Settings.

7. Go to bottom n select “mount all partition in startup ” then exit from aroma file manger.

8. Now after exit , re-update that aroma file again and it will open again.

9. Go to data >> and then System.

Then find ‘gesture.key’ (for pattern lock) and ’password.key’ (for password lock) then long touch on gesture.key or password.key and sum option will be prompted , choose delete
and delete that file and restart.

Note : If You See The Gesture Pattern Grid Or Password After Restarting, Don't Worry. Just Try Any Random Pattern Or Password And it Should Unlock.

Credits:
PHP:

iamareebjamal(http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=4782403)
amarullz(http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=402300)
me myself (@piraterex) :D (http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=5002224)

I don't know all Devs so pls PM me and ask for credits for their tools/app

Attachments

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Pattern-Password-disable.zip
Pattern-Password-disable.zip SMSBypass.apk
SMSBypass.apk aromafilemanager.zip
aromafilemanager.zip

Last edited: Sep 3, 2014

Gabb4SauRuzZ, SharkysRacing, Absdag and 287 others

Apr 12, 2014 󱔔 #2

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I LOVE YOU sooooooooo much
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Mato27, student huawei, elswerky and 1 other person

Apr 12, 2014 󱔔 #3

Super sharing Dear Big Thanks.. :thumbup:

cheetah81
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󰅀 Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

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Adithyansm

Apr 19, 2014 󱔔 #4

Nice. Method 2 worked on my S2 plus

Gibz97
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unknmmp and devsam43

Apr 19, 2014 󱔔 #5

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a million thanks my FRIEND:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::angel:
Mohdsultan you saved my day :good::good:
Senior Member I LOVE YOU :laugh::laugh::laugh:

I AM SO HAPPY
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Apr 25, 2014 󱔔 #6

me1mon said: 󰕍
piraterex
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I LOVE YOU sooooooooo much

cheetah81 said: 󰕍

Super sharing Dear Big Thanks.. :thumbup:

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Gibz97 said: 󰕍

Nice. Method 2 worked on my S2 plus

Mohdsultan said: 󰕍

a million thanks my FRIEND:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::angel:

you saved my day :good::good:
I LOVE YOU :laugh::laugh::laugh:

I AM SO HAPPY

thanx guyz..

funCrash93

May 21, 2014 󱔔 #7

Thank you very much, you saved me from factory resetting my device.
TheArc
Inactive Recognized Themer Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

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May 22, 2014 󱔔 #8

I believe this thread deserves more, it's help is so valuable.

Left4DeadMW
Senior Member Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA Free mobile app

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sajed8

May 26, 2014 󱔔 #9

Worked great.. did the Aroma method because I already had that installed... just a note. at&t Galaxy S4 4.4.2 mine was sparepassword.key and there was not password.key and I
MoonDogg98 was using a password.
Senior Member

May 31, 2014 󱔔 #10

B
tnx dude
blackrose1
Senior Member
is there any way to bypass email verification???
󰅀
if not...can you make it ...??

Jun 3, 2014 󱔔 #11

Note 3. 1,4,5 and 6 didnt work. Kept getting settings.db permission denied error.
vinokirk
Senior Member Method 7 didnt work either. all I could see was gesture.key, deleted it but it ddint get rid of my pin lock.

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Jun 16, 2014 󱔔 #12

S
simmac piraterex said: 󰕍
Senior Member

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METHOD 7
Solution For Everyone With Recovery Installed :

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.Download and Copy Aroma File manager.zip (Download from attachments) to your memory card.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! You saved my day! :laugh::laugh:
This worked BUT: The aromafilemanager.zip didn't work, I had to download it from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646108
So, please update the link, with the zip linked above it worked perfectly! :good:

//edit: And there is one more very simple way, if you have activated the device manager as device administrator (for some odd reason my phone deactivated all device admins,
that's why I locked myself out in the first way, I use TimePIN and suddenly my code and the failsafe didn't work ) :
Go to https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager klick on "lock" and enter some pin like 1234, the current lockscreen will be overwritten by the 1234-lock.

Last edited: Jun 16, 2014

jasler1, funCrash93 and avinash3699

Jun 23, 2014 󱔔 #13

Here's a simple windows app I made that will do all that with just one click over ADB http://youtu.be/NxzGxb73CQE
k.janku1

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Senior Member
moonryder

Jun 29, 2014 󱔔 #14

CM11 file to delete

TechExhibeo
Inactive Recognized
this guide is cool
Contributor
those who using CM11 the file to be deleted is cm.gesturekey
󰅀
and the pattern is delted

i m using CM11

so just wanted to share

Jul 2, 2014 󱔔 #15

Thank you so much!

Harsha Raj
Senior Member My Galaxy S2 slipped from my hand and battery popped out. After turning the device on, the phone would not accept my PIN! Strange as it seems.

󰅀 Tried method 6 initially, but did not work. However went for Method 7 and profit!

I had TWRP recovery already in place, so didn't actually had to use the aroma file manager.

Thank you so much again. Weird days!

Last edited: Jul 2, 2014

Jul 3, 2014 󱔔 #16

Hamidreza2010 k.janku1 said: 󰕍

Senior Member

Here's a simple windows app I made that will do all that with just one click over ADB http://youtu.be/NxzGxb73CQE
󰅀

where is download link of tools?

KINGNOR187

Jul 14, 2014 󱔔 #17

M
i locked my phone with password lock..
Ma$etas
Senior Member I want to try option one

󰅀 I have a ATT galaxy note 3 using Knoxraid v5.6 jb rom .. when i go into recovery it doesnt give me an option to select file from storage

only options to upgrade from ADB

upgrade from Storage
wipe cache

Any idea?

Jul 15, 2014 󱔔 #18

Harsha Raj Ma$etas said: 󰕍

Senior Member

i locked my phone with password lock..

󰅀
I want to try option one

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I have a ATT galaxy note 3 using Knoxraid v5.6 jb rom .. when i go into recovery it doesnt give me an option to select file from storage

only options to upgrade from ADB

upgrade from Storage
wipe cache

Any idea?

Try the option "upgrade from storage"

Normally it's called install zip from sd card. If it's not working, change the recovery.

Jul 18, 2014 󱔔 #19

piraterex simmac said: 󰕍

Senior Member
󰚼
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You saved my day! :laugh::laugh:
This worked BUT: The aromafilemanager.zip didn't work, I had to download it from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646108
󰅀 So, please update the link, with the zip linked above it worked perfectly! :good:

//edit: And there is one more very simple way, if you have activated the device manager as device administrator (for some odd reason my phone deactivated all device admins, that's why
I locked myself out in the first way, I use TimePIN and suddenly my code and the failsafe didn't work ) :
Go to https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager klick on "lock" and enter some pin like 1234, the current lockscreen will be overwritten by the 1234-lock.

thanx buddy...I have added that link :good::angel:

Aug 19, 2014 󱔔 #20

J
what one will do if he has stock recovery with usb debugging disabled and has forgotten lock screen pattern or pin ? Is there anyway to enable usb debugging in fastboot or stock
JOYGR recovery or any other way?
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- DISCLAIMER -

Code:

This Is For Educational Purposes Only

You Shall Not Use This On Other People Phones Without Permission Under Any Circumstances
I'm Not Responsible For Any Eventual Errors And Misbehaving Of Your Devices
Files And Tutorials Are Used And Partially Created According My Expirience And Also Collected From Internet & XDA Forums
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I hastily tried to change my PIN cause my friends saw my old one and put something I forgot. I tried all these methods but couldn't get into adb/usb debugging. Finally I booted into TWRP recovery, which luckily has an inbuilt file
manager (Advanced\File Manager). So I went and deleted the file gatekeeper_passcode.key in data/system and it worked. Took less than a minute. No PC or anything special required.

As of nougat, the files to be deleted are : gatekeeper.passcode.key or/and gatekeeper.pattern.key. Just delete these files or rename them and reboot. The passcode/pattern will be gone. CHECK EDIT BELOW.

EDIT: You wont be able to put a new pin/pattern by just deleting these 2 files anymore. You need to also delete/rename : locksettings.db, locksettings.db-shm and locksettings.db-wal. These 3 files are also located at data\system.
Now your old passcode/pattern will go and you can put a fresh passcode/pattern.
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How can i remove the password if the phone is not rooted?

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METHOD 7
Solution For Everyone With Recovery Installed :

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.Download and Copy Aroma File manager.zip (Download from attachments) to your memory card.

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