How to Unlock Android Phone Pattern or Password Lock via Command Prompt or ADB

Android lock screen is a very strong protection of data on any android device. There may be times if you forget your pattern and want to reset it, this article shows how you can unlock your android pattern lock screen with very simple steps. This is an educational article. Try this at your own risk. This website is not responsible for any issue which may occur.

Steps to Unlock Android pattern lock:

Step 1:

For this process to be a success, the device which you wish to unlock should be enabled with USB Debugging. For this go to Settings->Development->USB debugging and enable it.

Step 2:

Now after making sure that the device is USB Debugging enabled, Connect it to the computer. Open CMD, and type the following:

adb shell

Press Enter and then,

rm /data/system/gesture.key

Step 3:

Reboot your Phone.