Resetting Pattern Lock on Android

Hello everyone.
I receive a lot of "I forgot my pattern lock. How to reset it?" requests. So I'll try to help you guys out. First  of all, please don't enter pattern locks if you cant remember them. Use PIN locks instead. And just so you get out of problems every time, keep "USB debugging" ticked ALWAYS on your android. Because by keeping USB debugging on, you allow yourself more power on your phone because you can then use your laptop or computer to do almost anything on your android by connecting it to the PC via your USB cable and using the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) to control it. Many people often think using adb is a complex process and that it involves rooting or stuff. No. ADB is universal and it's easy to use too.We will use the ADB to unlock our locked phone in this tutorial. Let the unlocking begin.

Steps to follow:

1. Connect your android device to the computer using the USB cable. Make sure you have the drivers installed on your computer. If it says "Device not connected", Download and install the drivers on your computer.
2. Download ADB. [unfortunately, ever since adb has been moved, getting it means downloading a complete 200mb archive which is the android SDK, but i'll upload an archive with only the ADB exe in it.] For now use this link:

https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html?hl=sk

***UPDATE: Download adb without downloading the sdk. Ckick here.***

Now you'll just have to extract this downloaded .zip file. extract to any drive. but i recommend you do it to your windows drive.

3. Run adb. You can do this in different ways.
4. Use this method:
Launch the command prompt, (click start > all programs > accesories > Command prompt OR just press the windows button on keyboard with R, Windows+R that is, and in the run box, type cmd, press enter.
5. In the command prompt window, type

adb devices

6. It will show this message:

* daemon not running. starting it on port xxxx*
*daemon started succesfully*

7. If your android device is connected properly, it will show it in the list. That means everything's fine.
8. Now type this command in the command prompt:

adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key

9.After this type

adb reboot

10. Your android will reboot, don't unplug it from the computer. When it'll be restarted, enter any pattern and the device will get unlocked.

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