The graphic key for the tablet is protection, which blocks other users from entering your device, particularly if it is stolen or lost. In simple words graphic key is password, which does not consist of numbers, but represents combination of nine circles, connecting which in the sequence specified by the owner of the gadget opens access to the device.
It is important to know: In some cases, trying to enter the security key may take an infinite amount of time. But, often, after several attempts the program automatically blocks gadget, believing that it is protecting it from an attacker who has attempted to steal the data stored in the device’s memory. In this case, trouble begins, especially if you need to use the tablet urgently. How take off Graphic keys will be discussed a little lower.
How to unlock your tablet
As a rule, there are two ways to protect your data on a tablet: graphic key And password(fingerprint scanners familiar on smartphones have not yet been deeply integrated into the world of tablets). So, how can you unlock a protected tablet using a password?
Password represents a four-digit digital or alphanumeric combination that was previously specified by the user (for example, pin code 1111 or password ab11).
It is important to know: as you can see, the methods for activating the key and password are the same and carry identical functionality, A differ They interact with each other exclusively by input method and each user chooses for himself which method is more convenient for him to unlock.
Well, now we should move on to a detailed description of how to unlock the device if the password information was lost or simply forgotten.
We use Google accounts
Confirmation via Google account– this is the most optimal a method for unlocking a tablet, allowing you to access the device by sending an email. To carry out this procedure necessary:
Reset the device to factory settings
If the password information was lost, and restoring via the account does not help, then in this case resetting the settings via Recovery.
Recovery allows you to log into developer menu and it will be useful for those users whose device is not only blocked, but also malfunctions from time to time (reboots, freezes, etc.). So for this necessary:
- Disconnect the device and go to Recovery menu .
U different manufacturers You can get to this menu in different ways.
Navigation through the developer menu using keys volume, and selection must be made using the button nutrition.
Reflash the device
If the user was unable to enter the Recovery menu, then all that remains is reflash device, since this is the only way to start operating it from scratch. For flashing required:
- Find required version firmware for the device (firmware is selected depending on the manufacturer).
- Now, on the official website you need to download software required to control the tablet system.
- Next, you need to plug device to a personal computer and run the previously downloaded software. It will automatically detect the user's device and offer to start OS updates.
- After which, the firmware starts load and installed on the tablet.
Removing gesture.key and password.key
gesture.key is a file on the tablet system that stores data about the graphic key, and password.key- this is a similar file, but it contains data about the password. In order to restore access to the tablet, you must delete one of these files.
Deleting files:
- The first thing you need to do is get rights superuser ( root rights). To do this you need to go settings— About the device— Firmware version(you need to tap several times until the corresponding inscription appears. On new models, special software is required).
- Next, you need to go to Recovery menu.
- Then you need to select file manager and select the files you need to delete.
- All that remains is confirm your actions and restart the tablet.
Hello to all new visitors and regular readers of my blog! I want to tell you several ways to unlock the screen of your favorite tablet. Why this particular topic? Because I myself forget passwords quite often, but this has long ceased to be a problem for me. Coping with this task is not so difficult. The main thing is not to use this knowledge on other people's devices. I don’t want to teach you anything bad! So, how to unlock your tablet if you forgot your PIN code? There are several ways, and I will talk about each of them in great detail. All of them will concern devices based on Android.
Google is the father of the Android platform. Everyone who owns devices running this operating system knows what a Google account is. Those who were not lazy and registered on this service are great fellows. Why, you ask? Because it makes it possible to restore forgotten passwords via your email. It's that simple! How to do it?
I give step by step instructions:
- Don't panic after inserting the wrong one five times graphic password. Smile! We'll fix everything!
- Wait for it to appear touch button“Forgot your pattern key?” and click on it
- Enter your e-mail and password in the field. Remember, Wi-Fi must be turned on
- Successful authorization will give you the right to change your password or remove the screen lock altogether.
ADB unlocking
Are you as forgetful as I am and can’t remember your Google account details? Let's try the following method to unlock the tablet through a computer or laptop by connecting a USB cable.
Remember! The ability to restore access to a locked device via ADB is only relevant when the “USB Debugging” option is active on the device. How to achieve this? You need to check the box opposite the line of the same name at the same time as setting a password for the device.
The algorithm of actions is as follows:
- Install Android SDK from the official developer website
- Connect the device to the PC using a special cable
- IN command line computer write down the cmd line
- Carefully enter cd\ into the new window and press Enter. and then cd android-sdk\platform-tools\
- Wait for it to appear serial number tablet after recording adb commands devices
- Enter sequentially following lines. At the end of each of them insert Enter
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
sqlite3 settings.db
Be careful! You can copy the commands from this text and try to paste them via the clipboard.
update system set value=0 where name=’lock_pattern_autolock’;
update system set value=0 where name=’lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently’;
Reboot your device and enter a new graphic password.
Drastic measures
When you forgot your password, don’t remember your email, and your account cannot be restored, you need to reset the tablet to factory settings.
Attention! This is the most radical way. This way you can access the tablet. In this case, all data from it will be lost irretrievably. If you store a lot of information on your hard drive important information, it is better not to resort to such measures. Contact service center or the nearest IT workshop. They will help you remove the wrong password and remove all files intact onto a hard drive.
The Hard Reset procedure provided by the manufacturer is approximately the same for all brands. It is equally suitable for Lenovo and Samsung.
How to proceed:
- Activate the device and simultaneously hold down the volume rocker and power button
- Wait for the “Recovery” menu to appear
- Navigation occurs by pressing the same buttons
- Follow the path Settings-Format Settings-Reset Android
- Such actions will lead to complete removal all settings and return to the basic firmware.
It is worth noting that on other devices, from Prestigio, for example, entry and reset manipulations are performed using a different key combination. Three of them can be used at once - Power, Volume Down and Home.
SIM card for bypassing paths
If the tablet has a SIM card slot and is actively used, you can try to bypass the system protection. A prerequisite is an installed phone application. This method is good for any tablet, including Samsung. This is a big “hole” in the security of the operating system, which is why Android programmers removed a similar option from the latest versions of the platform.
Try the following route:
- Make sure you have or install an active SIM card
- Make a call to the device from any other number
- Accept the call and minimize the phone application with the home button
- In the “conversation” state, any device application is available to the user
- Take the opportunity to unlock your tablet
For better or worse, this method is not available on latest versions and removing the PIN code will not work this way.
Third-party software and its capabilities
You can once again make sure that you need to register a Google account using unblocking utilities from the Internet.
Login to the network in any way possible for you and visit Google page Play. Download the necessary applications, such as Screen Lock Bypass Pro. It will be especially relevant on versions from Android 2.2 to Android 4.0.
Attention! The screen unlocking program is paid. Check its compatibility with your version of the operating system to avoid unnecessary unnecessary expenses.
Indicate your device in the program and reboot. After clicking on the Activate button, enter a new password.
Mechanical capabilities
If the question of how to remove the password is still relevant, you can try to “deceive” the tablet. Not all firmware can be outwitted, but it’s worth a try.
Keep your device with you and monitor the battery level at all times. As soon as a warning appears that the battery is low, go to the “battery status” menu. In the drop-down menu, sequentially click on the commands “settings” - “privacy” - “reset settings”.
Unlocking a tablet on Windows
What to do if you forgot your device password on operating system Windows? First of all, it’s worth figuring out what type of record is blocked - local or account. You can recover your password using the online password recovery form on the official Microsoft website.
You need to be prepared for the system to request the contact information that was provided during initial registration. Most likely this was the address Email or phone number. You will receive a password recovery code here, which you will need to indicate on the site.
Bottom line
The password recovery procedure is not very pleasant and quite troublesome. You can avoid such situations by writing down and storing your password on paper at home.
You should create a backup copy of all data from the device. For example, store photos and videos in cloud storage. This way you can save photos that are dear to your heart even in the event of a hard forced reboot of the device.
I really hope that I helped you and provided information useful in such situations. Come visit my blog again, and I promise to tell you a lot of interesting things.
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Thank you for your attention! See you soon on the pages of my blog! Sincerely, Rostislav Kuzmin.
Although search engines remove malicious sites from search results; despite all antiviruses and other protection methods, you cannot be completely safe when surfing the Internet. With one very common problem in Lately users encounter mobile devices when a similar message appears on the screen of a phone or tablet running Android: “Your phone or tablet has been blocked by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for viewing prohibited sites,” in which a fine is required to be paid. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and even the FSB also often appear.
What to do in such a situation, do you need to pay a fine?
Phone, tablet blocked by Ministry of Internal Affairs: how to unlock
In the last article, I wrote about a ransomware virus that blocks a computer and demands money. You can find it here:
The situation here is similar to that described in the second part of the article. Namely, when you visit a certain site, a window pops up in your browser “Your phone or tablet has been blocked by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for viewing prohibited sites”, with a requirement to pay a fine, otherwise access to the Internet will be blocked and all data on the phone will be deleted, and the case will be referred to the appropriate authorities.
I would like to reassure you right away that the authorized bodies are in no way involved in the appearance of the inscription on your mobile device (iPhone, iPad) “Your phone (tablet) has been blocked by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs”. Therefore, under no circumstances should you pay a fine. Behind all this there are simply criminals hiding, trying to make easy money.
How to close a site with a pop-up window on your phone?
It’s very simple to quickly press the arrow (cancel) on your mobile device and immediately click on the cross on the open site tab in the browser.
The problem can be solved simply.
Things are much worse if you have installed a ransomware application on your Android phone.
Ransomware app for Android
If you installed an application from any website and you received the message “Your phone has been blocked for viewing...”, then congratulations - it’s a virus. The most real one.
Decide this problem can be done in several ways:
Method No. 1
If you have a Google account, and almost everyone who uses Android has one, then you can do this:
- Log into your Google account in a browser on your computer.
- Go to Play Market and install Avast antivirus. You can immediately follow the link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avast.android.mobilesecurity. - Please note that if you have several mobile devices, then during installation you must select the one on which the blocking virus is installed.
- Reboot the phone, then Avast background will start scanning. Naturally, you won’t see anything because of the banner. You need to wait 10 minutes.
- Reboot your phone again. The problem will be solved.
Method number 2
- If account There is no Google, then you can restart your phone in safe mode. Find out how to do this on your phone model on the Internet. Because it's different for everyone.
- Go to the application manager and delete the one, after installing which the message “Your phone is blocked by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (Ukraine)” appeared.
- If it was not possible to remove the application and the delete and stop application keys were inactive, then the application has administrator rights.
Then you need to go to the Play Market and install Avast. - Reboot the device, wait 10 minutes until the scan is completed.
- Reboot your phone again.
Method number 3
This method is less preferable, since it involves resetting to factory settings (Hard Reset), in which all data from the phone will be deleted.
Again, Hard Reset on different phones launches differently. You need to look at the instructions for your model on the Internet.
Articles and Lifehacks
Statistics show that many tablet owners regularly encounter a variety of problems. In case your tablet is blocked, you just need to know what to do.
Unfortunately, even if our equipment is still in warranty service, no service center will do the unlocking for free.
So, when contacting specialists, we will definitely have to spend a certain amount. But is there any way to solve this problem on your own?
If your Android tablet freezes
- If our device was connected to the Internet at the time of blocking, we can try the following steps.
- After repeatedly entering the password incorrectly for the sixth time, we will be asked to wait some time to try again (usually 30 seconds).
- A window will appear asking you to restore access, where you should enter the data from email box Gmail. Enter your username and password without @gmail.com.
- If this method does not help, you can try looking for a proprietary utility from the manufacturer. For example, Samsung offers special program"Kies". This method can be useful if we do not remember the details of our Gmail account.
- A more rare method of unlocking is via “ADB Run”. It is only possible if USB debugging is previously activated through the settings.
- When searching for an ADB driver on the Internet, indicate the tablet model. Download and install the program itself, open it and follow the instructions.
In the window that opens, find the option to restore factory settings (“Factory Reset/Wipe Data”). By the way, we navigate through the menu using the volume keys, and select one or another item using the power button.
Click “Yes – Delete all user data” and start resetting (“Reboot System now”). We confirm our actions.
The method of entering this menu directly depends on the tablet model.
Please note that all data (except information on the memory card) will be deleted after a Hard Reset. However, this option will definitely help.
- Press and hold the volume button and the power key at the same time (about 4-5 seconds), then release the power key and press the volume buttons one by one, increasing or decreasing it, and so on several times.
- We repeat the operation again.
- If we did everything correctly, the system recovery menu will appear, which was mentioned above.
- Sometimes it’s not possible to enter the recovery menu the first time. In any case, you need to try these steps with at different speeds and in different order alternately.
Other ways to solve the problem
If we took care of it in advance backup firmware, that is, about backup, you can simply reset it to backup copy. To do this, the tablet must support data recovery mode, that is, Recovery mode.
The following method does not always work, but you can also try it.
If our device works with a SIM card, you need to call (for example, from a phone) to this number, accept incoming call from the tablet and right during the call, without resetting it, go to the settings and remove the lock.
Unfortunately, this method Works primarily on smartphones.
Finally, let’s say: if there is no more hope, you should still fork out the cash and take the tablet to a service center.
The Internet is full of scammers. You never know where you will encounter another scam. And this applies not only personal computers. Recently, virus software has moved to mobile platforms.
The most common example of such malware is the so-called banner ransomware. He is small program, which adds itself to autorun and blocks the device under dubious pretext, demanding that a paid SMS be sent to a short number. Of course, you shouldn't do this because you'll just waste your money. The blocking is here to stay, and the scammers behind it will get what they want.
Why you should NOT send SMS
Few people have the sad experience of encountering money extortion programs, and therefore do not know how to properly deal with them. Every second and every third person believes the pretext given by the program and decides to send an SMS in the hope of getting rid of the ransomware banner.
At this moment, a person signs a death warrant for his SIM card - almost everything short numbers work on the principle of pseudo-subscriptions. This means that the matter will not end with a one-time write-off of funds. The money will be withdrawn over and over again depending on the frequency of rebills - perhaps every month, perhaps every week or day. Of course, the opportunity to unsubscribe and stop losing money exists, but only a small percentage of victims cope with this.
Therefore, if you pick up a ransomware banner on your device, do not under any circumstances send messages to the number offered - this will only harm yourself. But how then is the problem solved?
How to remove banner ransomware on Android
The problem is solved by banal deletion malware from the system. To do this, you need to activate safe mode on your device and go to “Settings”. In the proposed menu, select “Applications” and go to “Downloaded/Running/All”, and then remove the suspicious programs that were most recently installed.
Simple, isn't it? Now let’s look at how to activate “Safe Mode” on a locked device.
Entering “Safe Mode”
For Android, the version of which is lower than 4.0 and starting from version 4.1, the algorithm for enabling “Safe Mode” is different.
Before version 4.0, when you turn on the device, as soon as the logo appears, you must press both volume buttons at the same time. Hold them down while your device starts up.
If your Android version above 4.1, then the safe mode is activated using the device power button. Click it. You will be presented with a window with the option to turn off the sound/power or switch to airplane mode. Select Power Off and hold. A window should appear asking you to enable Safe Mode.
Disabling "Safe Mode"
If you did everything correctly, then it will not be difficult for you to get rid of the ransomware banner. Now it's time to return the device to normal mode. To do this, use one of the options.
Option one
- Reboot your tablet using the Power button;
- Click "Power Off";
- Confirm the operation by clicking “Ok”;
- Turn on your tablet.
If after these steps the device still works in safe mode, try the second method.
Option two
- Open "Applications" and go to settings;
- Remove latest program, which was installed on the device;
- Reboot.
After completing all these steps, your tablet will be back to normal. But do not forget this sad experience and continue to download applications only from reputable resources.
