{"id":1066,"date":"2017-12-29T08:39:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T08:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:50:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:50:20","slug":"unlock-htc-lock-screen-if-i-forgot-password-pattern-or-pin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/unlock-htc-lock-screen-if-i-forgot-password-pattern-or-pin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Unlock HTC Lock Screen if I Forgot Password, Pattern or PIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Screen Lock on HTC phone \u00a0is a amazing feature that helps users prevent your unauthorized access . However,\u00a0forgetting passwords can bring about serious mess for a moment.\u00a0The article encircles the scenario where if you forget the password for your HTC , then how come you unlock HTC screen lock password.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">But you don&#8217;t need to panic as the help is at your desk. The article would demonstrate you two potent methods which would definitely resolve your issue of forgetting Password, Pattern or PIN\u00a0of your HTC\u00a0One 10\/9\/8\/7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Don&#8217;t miss:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/bypass-android-lock-screen-password.html\">How to bypass Android&#8217;s lock screen Pattern, PIN or Password<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Method #1: Unlock Your HTC Phone Via Google Account<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Google has every means to support you in time of your dire need and predicament. As in this section also, we would make use of Google account to unlock Password, Pattern or PIN on HTC phone. But in order to carry out this procedure, you firstly need to have a Google Account; otherwise this method wouldn&#8217;t be of any use to you at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Now, before making the procedure functional, you need to do a mistake on purpose of entering a wrong password, PIN, fingerprint, whichever you set as for security, several times, (20+ times) on the lock screen. You will be prompted to enter your <em><i>Google Account<\/i><\/em>\u00a0credentials or details along with other option for choice as <em><i>Emergency Call, Backup PIN.<\/i><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em><i><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1067 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/unlock-htc-phone.jpg\" alt=\"unlock HTC password\" width=\"264\" height=\"470\" \/><\/i><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. In case you are using two-step authentication, you certainly need to visit Google security site from your computer to generate a one-time password (OTP) to enter into your phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/reset-htc-password.jpg\" alt=\"bypass HTC password\" width=\"335\" height=\"468\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. After you have gained access to enter your phone via Google Account, you can now change the lock screen password which you had forgotten or alter the pattern, PIN, face ID so that the next time you enter your password it would allow you to enter your phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1069 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/change-htc-loginpassword.jpg\" alt=\"unlock HTC PIN\" width=\"264\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">If you are willing to go an extra mile to try out something new, you better skip to the next method to unlock your HTC \u00a0phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/unlock-android-with-broken-screen.html\">How to unlock Android phone with broken screen<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Method #2: Bypass HTC Lock Screen by Factory Reset<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">This is the last method that you should try out if none of what you know has worked so far including the method mentioned earlier. As per the device type, the procedure may vary, but yes, the precious data of your device will be lost altogether once you perform factory reset on it. So be cautious about it or try to keep a backup of data the next time it happens in order to avoid such loss again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Switch off your device before commencing with the techniques. Then hold the <em><i>Power button<\/i><\/em>\u00a0+ <em><i>Volume down <\/i><\/em>button at the same time as it will open up the <em><i>Bootloader <\/i><\/em>menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. Now, press the \u201cVolume down\u201d button two times to select the \u201cRecovery Mode\u201d option from the Bootloader menu and then press \u201cPower\u201d button to activate it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. Keep holding the \u201cPower\u201d button again and then press \u201cVolume up\u201d button once to enter the \u201cRecovery Mode\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 4. Select the \u201cWipe Data\/ Factory Reset\u201d option by using Volume buttons which give you the means to move up and down in the screen. Finally select it using the \u201cPower\u201d button.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bypas-lock-password-htc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 5. Eventually, select \u201cReboot System Now\u201d after the process is completely done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Lo! So the device restarts and the next time you will not be shown with the lock screen password pattern and you will be able to enter your phone without security for the time being. But you should set a password after you enter for future security purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Conclusion:<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Apart from the methods mentioned above, there are other methods as well which you can put to use to unlock your HTC&#8217;s screen lock , such as deleting the password file altogether using ADB, custom recovery, using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/bypass-android-lock-screen-password.html#method1\">Android Device manager<\/a>, and various third party tools available online. But of all the methods, the ones which are described in the article above are the safest and the easiest to apply if you are not fully adept with the know-how of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/how-to-make-android-phone-faster\/\">Android Phone<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Related Article:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/reset-lock-screen-password-android.html\">3 Ways to Reset Lock Screen Password on Android Smartphones<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/unlock-samsung-lock-screen-password.html\">How to Unlock Samsung Galaxy Lock Screen Passcode If Forgot<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/how-to-unlock-sony-screen-password.html\">How to Unlock Sony&#8217;s Lock Screen Pattern, PIN or Password If Forgot<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screen Lock on HTC phone \u00a0is a amazing feature that helps users prevent your unauthorized access . However,\u00a0forgetting passwords can bring about serious mess for a moment.\u00a0The article encircles the scenario where if you forget the password for your HTC , then how come you unlock HTC screen lock password.\u00a0\u00a0But you don&#8217;t need to panic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507,"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions\/2507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}