Still Using Pattern Locks with Tecno? Tips, Tricks and Helpful Advice
Still Using Pattern Locks with Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G? Tips, Tricks and Helpful Advice
They have been along for a long, long time now – pattern locks – the easiest of all smartphone locks. You just swipe your finger across to create an easy pattern lock of your choosing and that’s it, it becomes your new screen lock. No more remembering tedious digits! So, why have these easy pattern locks become outdated, and why do people still continue to use them? Let’s take a dive and find out all about pattern locks.
Part I: Things To Know About Pattern Locks
The first cellphone locks were 4-digit number locks. Then came 6-digit codes, and even alphanumeric ones. Pattern locks were all the rage a while ago. Though pattern locks continue to be used, they are not considered safe to use any longer. What is all that about? Here’s what you need to know about pattern locks, whether you are a seasoned pattern lock user or not.
I.I: What Are Pattern Locks?
Believe it or not, technology has advanced at such a rapid pace in the last two decades that you’d be forgiven if you don’t know what a pattern lock is, especially if you have only ever used iPhones, or Android phones in just the last few years.
Pattern locks are patterns you create on your smartphone and designate as a smartphone lock/ screen lock. There is a 9-point keypad of sorts, and you start swiping your finger from any point to any point for any which way you feel like. Android 13 allows a minimum of 4 points registered. They are easy to create, and easy to use, hence called easy pattern locks.
Pattern locks have only ever been offered on Android devices and were commonplace a few years ago until they were deemed not secure enough for use by modern standards because they were easy to figure out by malicious actors.
I.II: Popularity and Usage
Pattern lock is a feature unique to Android and has been so since the start. Naturally, it is one of the preferred ways users have come to unlock their Android devices over the years. Even though modern Android smartphones come with fingerprint recognition and face recognition technologies, there exists a large subset of users still addicted to and acclimatized with the pattern lock feature, opting over fingerprint and face recognition.
There has been, however, research conducted into the safety and security offered by pattern lock in Android.
I.III: Advantages and Drawbacks
Modern smartphones very nearly contain the entirety of our lives; photo memories, video memories, important documents both financial and personal in nature, banking apps, ID and ATM/ credit cards in the “wallet” apps, and whatnot. A smartphone falling into the wrong hands could very nearly be used to devastate the rightful owner, both financially and otherwise. And this is not a claim out of thin air; spyware/ malware/ phishing attacks are on the rise around the world. Locking the smartphone, once considered optional and an unnecessary hassle, is now an absolute must.
Advantages of Pattern Locks
There is no denying that using an easy pattern lock to lock their smartphone seems enough for most users. Swiping your finger across your smartphone to unlock it feels not only cool and futuristic but safer and more secure than remembering and punching in digits. And, for the most part, it is true, given that 4-digit PINs can only have 10,000 unique combinations!
Disadvantages of Pattern Locks
While very easy to use, security researchers and experts have come to agree that the feature is not in the least safe to use, and that is because of how people use the pattern lock feature (discussed in detail below in part II). Some go so far as to say that most pattern locks can be breached in just 5 attempts or less. Imagine that!
What is more, research has found that humans have an uncanny ability to correctly guess a pattern lock simply by viewing the unlocking! The test comprised showing the test subjects videos of users unlocking their phones from different angles and varying distances, and it was found that around 64% of test subjects were able to correctly guess a 6-point pattern lock in one viewing only, and 80% could correctly guess the pattern after just two viewings. By contrast, only 11% were able to correctly deduce a 6-digit PIN after one viewing, and only 27% after viewing twice. This goes to show just how insecure pattern locks are!
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Part II: How People Use Pattern Locks
We might wonder how anyone would be able to guess the correct pattern of our device, but believe it or not, it is possible, eerily easily at that! We are all the same humans, after all! You know how people usually set PINs that could be significant dates in their lives? How they get car registration numbers that mean something to them? The same ‘logic’ applies to their setting pattern locks.
At DEFCON 23, Marte Loge, an M.Sc. Computer Science student, presented something that stunned people around the world. She said, “Tell me who you are, and I will tell you your lock pattern.” What followed was an expert presentation outlining and detailing user behaviors around pattern locks.
These are some commonly created pattern locks by people:
- - shapes of alphabets,
- - shapes of numerals,
- - any other easy-to-make, simple shape.
Marte Loge presented the image below, showing how people naturally gravitate towards creating simple shape patterns, in her research.
To further help you see how easy it might be for anyone to guess your pattern, Marte Loge also presented some statistics.
- - 77% of people started their patterns in one of the 4 corners.
- - 44% of Loge’s subjects started their pattern with the first dot, the top-left one. The next number was 15% for the top-right and 14% for the bottom-left.
- - These percentages did not vary much depending on left-handedness or right-handedness.
- - On average, irrespective of gender, people set 5-point patterns, with 4-point patterns being the most common. This means that the number of combinations on average was 7152 for 5-point patterns and a bogglingly low 1624 for 4-point patterns.
The above data makes it amply clear how using an easy pattern lock is actually worse than using a 4-digit PIN, simply because how people are usually using the pattern lock feature.
Part III: Tips For Using More Secure Pattern Locks
Now, we know how hard it is to break habits cemented over years of use, so in case you must at all costs use a pattern lock only, the least you can do is try and change your easy pattern lock to a better, more secure hard pattern lock.
III.I: How to Create More Secure Patterns
Here are some tips to help you create a better, more secure pattern lock for your smartphone.
- - Avoid using any of the corners to start the pattern.
- - Never use your first initial as a pattern.
- - Never use a digit shape as a pattern.
- - You can pass through the same pattern lines multiple times over. This makes it more difficult for someone to guess your pattern correctly.
- - Use all 9 points on the grid while setting the pattern lock! That simple act takes the possible pattern combinations to over 140,000, significantly more than 10,000 for 4-digit PINs, and vastly superior to paltry 1624 for a 4-point easy pattern lock!
III.II: Forgot Your Pattern? Unlock Your Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G Without Pattern Lock With Dr.Fone
Supercharged with the information above, you went ahead and changed your easy pattern lock to a hard-to-guess pattern lock. Only problem is, your brain is habituated to that old pattern, and you’ve suddenly forgotten what the new pattern was! Well, worry not; Wondershare Dr.Fone - Screen Unlock (Android) will help you unlock your phone without pattern lock !
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Step 1: Go to Toolbox > Screen Unlock and click Android.
Step 2: Click Unlock Android Screen.
Step 3: You will see a list of supported manufacturers on the next screen. Select yours.
Step 4: Now, follow the onscreen guide to prepare your device for screen unlocking.
After completing the process, when the Next button becomes available, click it.
Your device will be successfully unlocked.
Note that this method wipes all data on the Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G device. There is no way around it. You may be able to unlock select older Samsung devices without data loss. Check this list for those devices.
Closing Words
Pattern locks are outdated and not safe to use an easy pattern lock – there are no two ways about it. As such, our recommendation is to start using a 6-digit PIN along with biometric or face recognition. However, we do understand that sometimes, you simply cannot use biometrics or face recognition. For those instances, we recommend that you use this guide and create a more secure pattern lock for your device. In case you forgot your pattern, there is always Wondershare Dr.Fone – Screen Unlock (Android) to save the day.
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The main reason why we keep our smartphone locked is to prevent children (or stalkers) checking out our private photos or messages. You don’t want anyone to access your pictures, emails, or other important data. What if you forget your pattern or PIN and cannot access your phone? Or someone changes lock screen pattern to leave you annoyed?
To avoid such types of conditions, we have tried and tested the following methods to bypass the Tecno lock screen pattern, PIN, password, and fingerprint.
Method 1. Use ‘Find My Mobile’ feature on Tecno Phone
All Tecno devices come with the “Find My Mobile” feature. To bypass the Tecno lock screen pattern, PIN, password, and fingerprint, you can just follow the below steps to get it done.
- Step 1. First, set up your Tecno account and log in.
- Step 2. Click the “Lock My Screen” button.
- Step 3. Enter a new PIN in the first field
- Step 4. Click the “Lock” button at the bottom
- Step 5. Within a few minutes, it will change the lock screen password to the PIN so that you can unlock your device.
Method 2. Use Android Device Manager to Bypass Tecno Password
To know how to unlock a Tecno phone lock password with Android device manager, make sure the Android Device Manager is enabled on your device.
- Step 1. Visit google.com/android/devicemanager on other smartphones or PC.
- Step 2. Log into your Google account that you used on your locked device.
- Step 3. Choose the Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G device you want to unlock in ADM interface
- Step 4. Click on the “Lock” option.
- Step 5. Enter a password. There is no need to enter any recovery message. Select “Lock” again.
- Step 6. You would see a confirmation below if it is successful, with “Ring, Lock and Erase” buttons.
- Step 7. Now you must get the password field on your phone where you can enter your new password, and your phone will be unlocked.
- Step 8. Go to lock screen settings on your device and disable the temporary password.
Method 3. Google Login (Supports Only Android 4.4 or Lower)
If your device is still running on Android 4.4 or lower, here’s how to bypass the Tecno lock screen fast.
- Step 1. Enter the wrong pattern for five times
- Step 2. Choose “Forgot Pattern”
- Step 3. Enter your Google account login or backup PIN
- Step 4. Now your phone would be unlocked.
Method 4. ‘Pattern Password Disable’ and Custom Recovery (SD Card needed)
To bypass the Tecno lock screen in this method, you ought to be an advanced user who knows what are “custom recovery” and “rooting”. You have to install any kind of customer recovery, and you should have an SD card on your phone. SD card is required to move a ZIP file to the phone, and it is the only way to transfer the file when the Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G device is locked.
- Step 1. Download a zip file named “Pattern Password Disable” on your computer and move it to the SD card of your Tecno device.
- Step 2. Insert the card on your device
- Step 3. Restart your device into recovery mode.
- Step 4. Flash the file on your card and restart the phone.
- Step 5. Now your phone would boot up without lock screen. Don’t worry if you had a gesture lock or password. All you need to do is to input a random gesture or password, and it will be unlocked.
Method 5. Delete the Password File Using ADB
It is yet another option that will work only when you have enabled USB Debugging previously on your device, and your PC is allowed to connect via ADB. If you meet such requirements, it is ideal to use this method to unlock the Tecno lock screen.
- Step 1. Connect your device to the PC using USB cable and open command prompt in the adb directory. Type the command “adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key” and then press “Enter”.
- Step 2. Restart your phone, and a secure lock screen must be gone, and you can access your device. Be sure to set a new PIN, pattern, or password before rebooting again.
Method 6. Factory Reset to Bypass Tecno Lock Screen
A factory reset is the best option in almost any case if one of these solutions couldn’t work. According to your device type, the process may vary. In most devices, you have to turn off the Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G device completely to start the process. But this method will delete all the precious data on the Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G device after the factory reset.
- Step 1. Hold the power button and volume down at the same time. It will open the Bootloader menu.
- Step 2. Press the volume down button two times to choose “Recovery Mode” and select it by pressing the “Power” button.
- Step 3. Hold down the power button and tap “Volume Up” once, and you would enter “recovery” mode.
- Step 4. Choose “Wipe Data/Factory Reset” option by using volume buttons.
- Step 5. Select it by pressing the Power button.
- Step 6. Select “Reboot System Now” once the process is done.
Backup your Tecno phone regularly in case of any data loss in the future.
Method 7. Boot into Safe Mode
Chances may be that you are using a third-party lock screen app. Then lucky for you, this way works best to bypass the Tecno lock screen. Specifically, you can boot your Tecno device into Android Safe Mode .
- Step 1. Open up the Power menu from the lock screen and press and hold the “Power Off” option.
- Step 2. It will ask if you want to boot in safe mode. Tap “OK”
- Step 3. Once the process finishes, it will temporarily disable the lock screen activated by the third-party app.
- Step 4. Uninstall the third-party lock screen or just reset the data.
- Step 5. Reboot your device and get out of safe mode.
- Step 6. Now the irritating lock screen app is removed completely.
Method 8. Other Methods
- Step 1. Take your friend’s phone to call on your locked phone.
- Step 2. Accept the call and press the back button without disconnecting.
- Step 3. Now you can access the Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G device completely
- Step 4. Go to the security settings of the Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G device and remove the pattern or pin.
- Step 5. It will ask you the correct pin that you don’t know, guess, and try various combinations you can recall.
To avoid forgetting your password or PIN next time, be sure to write the pattern or numbers on a text file or paper to keep them safe. If you have to bypass the Tecno lock screen pattern, PIN, password, and fingerprint, you may consider using Dr.Fone - Screen Unlock (Android). It is a professional tool that can remove all the fingerprints, pattern, and password lock screens without losing any data on your phone.
How To Remove Screen Lock PIN On Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G Like A Pro: 5 Easy Ways
When protecting personal information on your phone, setting up a lock screen is essential. If you’ve ever forgotten your screen lock PIN on Android, you know how frustrating it can be to get back into your device. If you’ve ever tried to remove the screen lock PIN on an Android device, you know it’s not that easy.
It depends on your phone and the type of lock code you have set up. Note that this will erase all your data from the phone, so be sure to back it up first. This post will teach you how to remove the screen lock PIN on Android devices using several methods. So if you cannot use your device, keep reading for the steps!
Part 1: How To Remove Screen Lock PIN On Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G? 5 Simple Ways
If you’ve forgotten your screen lock pin, there’s no need to worry. Here are quick and easy ways to remove the screen lock PIN on your Android device.
1. Change or Remove in Settings
When you go to Settings > Lock Screen > Screen lock type, several lock screen options are available. These options are given below:
Swipe:
You can unlock your phone by swiping in any direction on its screen.
Pattern:
You will draw a pattern on a 3-by-3 grid of dots to unlock your phone this way. To do this, you’ll need to use your finger to connect the dots in the pattern.
Phone Pin:
When you choose a PIN, make sure it’s something easy to remember. But choose wisely- a PIN that’s too easy to guess can put your account at risk.
Password:
It is the highest level of security available for your phone. Passwords should contain seven characters, of which at least one must be a letter. They should also be both unique and memorable.
Face recognition:
By holding your face directly in front of the phone screen, you can unlock your phone and verify yourself in apps.
Fingerprints:
Touch your phone to open it quickly and easily.
Iris:
Verify that only the contents of your phone are visible to your eyes.
Intelligent Scan:
Unlock your device with both facial and iris recognition.
If you’ve forgotten your lock PIN on your Android device, don’t worry - there are a few ways to reset it. Here’s how:
Step 1: Select Lock Screen > Screen lock type from the Settings menu.
Step 2: When prompted, enter your current lock screen code.
Step 3: Select None from the list.
2. Disable Android Device Manager
It is not possible to remove the PIN from some Android devices. The Android device administrator can be disabled in this situation. Here’s how to universal unlock a PIN for Android:
Step 1: From the “Settings” option, select the “Security” option and click on it to begin.
Step 2: Select “Device Administrators” from the menu, and you will see a list of apps that may restrict your ability to change the settings.
Step 3: Choose the Android device manager from the list.
Step 4: Click on “Disable.”
3. Remove PIN from Google Find My Device
Even if you don’t remember your Android lock PIN, you can use Find My Device to eliminate your Android lock PIN. Sign in to Google Play, turn on Find My Device and Location, and connect your locked phone to the internet.
Here’s the guide to universal unlock PIN for Android:
Step 1: Log into your Google account on your computer and visit Google Find My Device.
Step 2: Tap the “ERASE DEVICE” icon on your device and enter your account information again.
Step 3: To remove Android phone settings and data, click the “Erase” icon. Once that is done, you will erase the phone PIN.
4. Factory Reset Your Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G (Data Loss)
A factory reset in Recovery mode can also be used to remove the forgotten phone PIN lock on an Android device. It is important to note that you will lose everything on your device if you universal unlock your PIN for android.
Steps to get rid of forgotten phone PIN via factory reset:
Step 1: Turn off your Android phone by pressing and holding the Power button.
Step 2: To enter Recovery mode, press and hold the Volume Down + Power buttons simultaneously. Hold the buttons until the Start menu appears.
Step 3: After selecting Recovery mode with the Volume Down button, press the Power button to confirm.
Step 4: Select Wipe data/factory reset using the Volume buttons. Press Yes to confirm the operation.
Step 5: Once your device has been factory reset, you need to restart it by selecting the Reboot system now option.
Part 2: Is There Any Universal Unlock PIN For Android?
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While there is no “universal unlock pin” for Android devices, Dr.Fone - Screen Unlock can bypass the lock screen on many popular phone models, including Samsung, LG, Motorola, Sony, HTC, Huawei, and more. Its simple interface makes it easy to use, even for those who are not tech-savvy.
Step 1: Select “Screen Unlock” from all the tools in Dr.Fone.
Step 2. Select Unlock Android Screen
We provide 2 options for you, and to unlock screen, you should select “Unlock Android Screen”.
Step 3. Select device model
There are still 2 buttons to choose, “100% Remove Screen Lock” is for most Android brands, but please back your device up before you pick it.
Check the brands’ list and make sure your unlock process keeps.
Step 4. Enter into Recovery Mode
With examples of Samsung phones, it’ll be clearer to understand how to unlock your Android phone via Recovery Mode.
Note: The specific processes are various according to different brands.
Recovery Mode in Samsung phone with Bixby
Recovery Mode in Samsung phone without Bixby
Recovery Mode in Samsung phone with Home Button
Step 5. Instructions to Wipe Cache Partition
Steps in Recovery Mode are really important. Find the correct options and your locked screen will be removed.
Now it’s a phone everyone can access without a password or pattern.
Part 3: In What Cases Should We Remove PIN On Our Android Phone?
There are a few reasons why you might want to remove the phone PIN from your Android:
1. Failed Attempts
If you’ve tried to unlock your phone with a pin too many times and failed, your phone will become locked. In this case, you’ll need to remove the PIN to unlock it.
2. Buy a Used Android phone
When you buy a second-hand Android phone, it’s best to remove the previous owner’s pin for security reasons. You can enter the phone’s settings and remove the PIN under the security section.
The Bottom Line
It can be frustrating when you forget your screen lock pin. You’re stuck staring at your phone, unable to use it or access any of your important data. But don’t worry; there are a few ways you can try to remove the screen lock pin on your Android device.
Luckily, Wondershare Dr.Fone - Screen Unlock is a powerful and easy-to-use lock screen removal tool that can help you bypass your lock screen in just a few minutes. Plus, it’s compatible with a wide range of Android devices, so you can use it regardless of what type of phone you have.
- Title: Still Using Pattern Locks with Tecno? Tips, Tricks and Helpful Advice
- Author: Marry
- Created at : 2024-08-10 00:10:25
- Updated at : 2024-08-11 00:10:25
- Link: https://unlock-android.techidaily.com/still-using-pattern-locks-with-tecno-tips-tricks-and-helpful-advice-by-drfone-android/
- License: This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.