How to unlock Android Device

How to Unlock Android Device

Without a Registered Gmail or Email

Account

If you've inherited or purchased a previously owned

Android device, or never set up a Google account, here's

how to get it working.

Maybe you purchased an Android device that was previously

owned, traded with a friend, or you were given one by a

family member or friend who upgraded. Perhaps you just

never got around to setting your own account up, and the

other steps in this guide haven't worked for you.

Whatever the reason, if you've already tried the other steps

listed here and they haven't worked for you, you're

unfortunately going to have to perform a Factory Reset.

Nothing else is going to put your phone back into a usable

state.

Note that this will erase all your data. But you may still be

able to save some of your music or media from the phone,

depending on your settings. Also, make sure to remove the

SD card as an added precaution. It should not be modified

when performing a Factory Reset, but that could change in a

future release of Android, so it's better to be safe than

sorry. Here's the short version of how to do this:

To recover media from your device, take these

steps:

1. Connect your device to a computer USB port.

2. Use the computer to navigate to your device.

3. It should show up under "My Computer".

4. Your pictures are under the "DCIM" folder.

5. Click and drag this folder to your desktop, or to any

other folder where you want to store this backup of

your pictures.

6. Also backup the "Music" folder in the same manner,

by dragging it where you want to save the backup to.

7. Repeat this process for any other folders you want to

backup, like "Pictures" and "Downloads" - they will be

deleted once the device is reset.

To remove your SD card, take these steps :

1. If you have installed a storage card, much of your

music and photo data may be stored on it. You will

not lose this data by factory resetting your Android

Device, but just to be sure, remove the SD card.

2. Open up the back cover.

3. Remove the battery.

4. Take out the storage card.

5. Put the battery back in, and the cover.This is to be

sure you don't accidentally knock the battery out

while trying to reset your device.

To perform a Factory Reset, take the following

steps:

1. Turn off your Android device.

2. Press and hold the "power", "volume down", and

"camera" buttons simultaneously. If your mobile

device does not have a camera function, just press

and hold the "power" and "volume down" buttons.

3. Release the buttons once your Android device is

powered on.

4. Scroll using your "Volume up and down" button until

you find the "Factory Data Reset" option.

5. Tap the "Factory Data Reset" option.

6. Tap "Reset phone".

7. This will erase all of your data, but it will allow you to

unlock your Android mobile device.

8. A confirmation message to clear data will appear.

9. Select "Erase everything", which will permanently

delete all of the data.

10. You should now be able to use your Android device

without previously having had a Google Account or

email address registered.

11. Make sure you review this guide to see the standard

recovery options, and set up an alternate method to

recover your phone in the future, so you don't have to

perform another "Factory Data Reset."

12. Don't forget to put your SD card back, and copy your

files back to your device, from the location you saved

them to on your computer.

How to Factory Reset an Android

Device

This is the last resort, when everything else has failed.

You will lose your data.

If your Android device is unable to connect to the Internet

while locked, then unfortunately you have lost access to the

device. This means that you'll need to perform a full Factory

Reset, which will unfortunately result in the loss of all data

on your device. However, any data saved to your SD card

will not be lost. Simply remove the SD card as a precaution,

before performing a Factory Reset.

We've provided simple instructions earlier in this guide for

doing this in the section titled How to Unlock Android Device

Without a Registered Gmail or Email Account, however, there

is much more to it than that, and you might want to view the

following section as well.

This is because of the complexity of a Factory Data Reset,

which we've discussed in detail in another guide. That guide

can be found on VisiHow at How to perform a full factory

reset on an Android device. We encourage you to try other

solutions presented here if you have not already tried them.

Otherwise, we're sorry that you have to take this step, and

we understand how frustrating it can be.

Please take note of the preferred recovery options discussed

in this guide, so that you're able to avoid taking this step in

the future. If you need additional help, please ask us, and a

contributor will answer your question.