Forgot lock pattern on android? Here’s a way to reset it.

• Enter wrong pattern 5 times and wait for 30 seconds.
• Select “Forgot pattern” and enter your gmail account username and password.
• Make sure you use the same account that was used to activate the phone and double check the password by logging in to that Google account in a browser.
• If you don’t have access to the original Gmail account, you will need to do a hard reset and loose your settings and apps on the phone. The data on the memory card will not be wiped though.

Android Reset Directions:

The easy way:

Settings > SDCard > Format

Settings > Privacy > Factory Reset

The hard way: ( if forgot pattern)

Do a hard reset and format your phones. You will have to re-download your apps and settings.

1. HOLD power button and shut down the phone.

2. Hold HOME and RED POWER down for 25 seconds until you see a triangle with an exclamation mark in it. Keep holding it down even though the G1 logo shows up.

3. Now you can do 4 things.

Home+Back reboot system now – (Soft Reboot)

Alt+L – Toggle log text display – (Toggles between the exclamation and menu options)

Alt+S – apply sdcard:update.zip

Alt+W – Wipe data/factory reset – (Out of Box reset need to re-register.)