I forgot the drawing from private mode. How to enable hidden mode on Samsung Galaxy S5

This article will help you unlock your smartphone or tablet if you forgot PIN code, password or pattern.

If remember PIN code, password or pattern, but you can’t remove the lock, read the article

If the device is locked after a data reset and asks Google account, read the article

There are three ways:

Will delete graphic key, pin code, password, fingerprint. Works via the Internet.

Will only remove the pattern key. Suitable only for Android 5.0 and below.

Removes pattern, pin code, password, fingerprint and clears device memory.

Find My Mobile

This method is suitable if:

Internet is connected to your smartphone or tablet.

To unlock your smartphone or tablet:

Additional PIN code or Google account - only for smartphones and tablets with Android 5.0 and lower

After 5 incorrect attempts, the “Additional PIN code” item will appear. Click on it and enter the 4-digit code that you specified when you came up with the pattern.

If you don’t remember your PIN code, click on “Unblock on Google” (“Forgot your pattern?”) and enter the address Email and Google password. The same mail must be added on the device you unlock.

If there is no “Unlock in Google” button (“Forgot your pattern?”), it means that a Google account is not added to the device, use other methods.

If you don't remember your password, recover it via special form and enter on your device. If you cannot recover your password, use other methods.

Reset data

If the previous methods did not help, do a data reset - you will delete all files and settings from the device, and along with them the pattern, PIN code, password or fingerprint.

Today, most of your emails are on your smartphone. These include SMS messages and correspondence in in social networks, and dialogues in Viber, Whats App, and much more. In addition, we store personal photos, videos and other information on our smartphones. Personal information. Therefore, getting into someone else’s phone means getting into someone else’s life.

1. Enable Protected Mode on Samsung Galaxy S5

There are two ways to activate the Protected Mode feature: through the icon in the Quick Settings bar and through the Settings menu. If you choose the second method, then in the “Settings” window scroll the list to the very bottom. There you will find the “Personal Mode” subsection. It should be activated.

2. Confirm your intention

After you have activated personal mode, the system will prompt you to enter a security password and confirm your identity. You can also set up a fingerprint scanner. But it also happens that the system crashes and fingerprints are not scanned, so it’s better to use a password. In addition, on Samsung Galaxy S5 you can add a password as a picture or use your own PIN.

3. Selecting files to hide

Let's say you want to hide some photos from your gallery. To do this, enter the gallery, press the “Menu” button, after which you should select the very photos that you want to hide from prying eyes. Then press the “Menu” button again and select “move to private”.

You will notice that a new folder has appeared in the gallery. It is no different from the others, except for the fact that a castle is drawn on it. This means that you need to use a password to enter this folder.

If you mistakenly transferred a photo to a “personal” photo, you can return it to the general album using the reverse method, using the “Menu” button.

You should know that after turning on the “private” mode, no one, and not even you yourself, will see hidden folders. The ones with the padlock on the icon. Therefore, in order to see hidden folders and files again, you need to disable the “private” mode.

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If you forgot your Samsung password, Don't worry; you can recover your access code using your account gmail, or as the last ditch attempt, using a factory reset. Perhaps this article will help you: What if I forgot my password?

Use a hard reset as the last method, which will only be performed if you are 100% sure that you do not have a Gmail account associated with your phone.

There are several variations of the factory password; each smartphone has its own. If you know any more, write it in the comments.

The default factory password is 00000000 (8 zeros). Also 1234, 12345, 0000, 00000. If not one is suitable, you can reset it. Attention, all data will be lost!(Except for those on the SD card, if you remove it). To do this, you need to remove the SIM card and then enter: *2767*8451# (on some models *2767*3855#) the password will most likely be reset to 8 zeros.

How to recover a forgotten password via Gmail?

This method will only work if you have connected your Gmail account to your Samsung phone.

1) Read the pop-up warning. Entering the wrong password five times on the unlock screen will trigger a pop-up warning. The system will be prompted for 30 seconds. Click OK.

2) State what you forgot. Direct your gaze to the options displayed at the bottom of the screen. Click “Forgot Pattern”, “Forgot PIN” or “Forgot Password”. Depending on which unlocking method you used to secure your Samsung phone.

3) Log in to your Gmail account. You need to send your Gmail ID information associated with your Samsung phone. Enter your Gmail username and password in the text field that appears and click the Login button.

4) Reset your password. After submitting the correct Gmail username and password, you will be prompted to reset your Samsung password. Create New Password and click OK or Continue. Re-enter your new Samsung password and click OK. This should allow you to access your Samsung phone or tablet again.

How to Hard Reset Samsung Password?

To remove Samsung password, first turn off your phone. Just press and hold the Power button for a few seconds. Before performing a Factory Reset, remember that this will cause you to lose all data on your Samsung phone. You see, Factory Reset is basically a restore software, and will return your gadget back to its original system state, deleting all files saved on it.

Some good news: Factory Reset will not delete data stored on your SIM card or Micro SD card. This method does not actually recover your password, but it does delete all user data, including all set passwords or security patterns on your device memory so you can access your Samsung password again.

The volume buttons are on the left side of the phone, the power button is on the right, and the home button is at the very center of the bottom of the screen.

1) Turn off your phone. The normal way of pressing the power button will not work. Instead, hold and press these buttons at the same time: Volume Up or Down + Power + Home.

2) Whether you press Volume Up or Volume Down depends on the Samsung tab you are using. Try trial and error with both buttons.

3) Select to perform a factory reset. In the previous step, a welcome screen will appear in which you can select the option “Wipe data/Factory reset” using Volume keys. Confirm your choice using the Power button.

4) The option can also be presented as "Yes, delete all user data". Simply use the Volume keys to select an option and the Power button to confirm it.

Give the system a minute or two to complete the process.

Select "Reboot system now". It will appear on your screen. Confirm system reboot using the Power button. Wait a couple of minutes for the process to complete, after which you can use the password again. If none of the methods listed above helped you, see: How to restore to factory settings?

How to Unlock Samsung Password Using Find My Mobile?

If you are unable to unlock your Samsung password, first of all, don't panic. Tons of people have been in the same position before, and many more will follow in the future. That's why Samsung (and Android itself) have made it extremely easy to reset your password and regain access to your phone.

1) To unlock your phone using the platform Samsung Find My Mobile, go to the official website by clicking.

2) Login using the Samsung account you created when you first purchased your smartphone. Of course, this requires you to sign in to your Samsung account and not skip it.

3) On the toolbar, click the button Unlock device."

4) Make sure your phone is turned on and connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi or an active data connection.

5) Click " OK" for a popup that is displayed on a website.

Your phone will now communicate with Find My Mobile and should unlock remotely within a few minutes. Now you'll want to log in settings device and create a new password.

If you encounter any problems during the process, be sure to let us know in the comment section below and we will do our best to help you.

Locking the screen using a pattern, password or PIN significantly increases the security of your phone. This protection will not allow an attacker to gain access to your files, photos, crack passwords and find out phone numbers bank cards. But sometimes the blocking turns against the owner of the gadget. Below are several ways to unlock samsung phone Galaxy. The methods also work with the company’s tablets.

Unlocking a Samsung smartphone with an incorrectly entered PIN code

After 6 incorrect PIN codes, the gadget blocks the entry of new data for 30 seconds. After this time, the user has a chance to enter the cherished numbers again.

Therefore the first method Samsung unlock consists simply of waiting for the timeout to expire after an incorrectly entered PIN code and trying another combination.

How to unlock a Samsung phone remotely

This method is useful in two cases:

• The user has forgotten the graphic password or PIN code on the phone and cannot unlock the gadget’s screen.
• The user wants to provide access to the smartphone to another person without sharing the secret combination of numbers or graphic password on the Samsung phone. For example, so that your child can play games on the tablet you left at home.

The proprietary remote unlocker, the Find My Mobile service, will need access to the gadget. Before using this method for the first time, you should prepare your phone for remote control.

How to prepare a Samsung phone for remote control

Select a device from the list of gadgets you own and click Prepare.

The user is informed of the steps by following which he can prepare the gadget for remote control. The main point is that in the Settings menu, in the Lock screen and protection section, the Search for phone item should be open.

In the options menu, you must set the Remote control flag.

The points regarding transmitting the location of the gadget are secondary and have no direct relation to the ability to lock/unlock the device.

How to unlock the screen on Samsung

Select desired phone number from the list. A menu of available actions will appear on the right. They can be done without direct access to the phone.

Do not forget that the gadget must be registered with a cellular or Wi-Fi networks. If you turn on Airplane mode, the method will not work.

Select Unlock and wait for the result. At this moment, the Internet service will remove the screen lock. The success of the operation is confirmed by changing the color of the item in the menu on the website.

This method allows you to remove the lock using a PIN code, pattern or password. All modern Samsung smartphones are controlled in this way, including duos, Samsung Galaxy J1, J3, mini, A5 and others running operating system Android.

You can access the Find My Mobile service website from a friend or relative’s phone. The gadget does not have to be made by Samsung. Suitable device on any mobile OS: Android, iOS, Windows Mobile. Internet access is critical.

How to unlock Samsung using Safe Mode

If the blocking is not removed in the usual way, the phone may be blocked by some malicious applications. This does not necessarily mean viral activity, but it is a fact that deserves close attention.

1. To start with safe mode. To do this, completely turn off your smartphone. When turning on, hold down the volume down button.
2. The Safe Mode inscription in the lower left corner will indicate the successful completion of the procedure. Unlock your device in the usual way: by entering the unlock PIN code or pattern password.
3. In Safe Mode third party programs are blocked. Only system applications that come with Android work. The work of the malicious program that caused the non-standard blocking may also be blocked.

If the attempt is successful, analyze the latest installed applications and remove them from the gadget. Once the operation is complete, restart your smartphone as usual.

How to remove a pattern or PIN code via data reset

If the user has forgotten the pattern key, but remote access is not available through the Find My Mobile service, it still has one more unlock option on Samsung. or Hard reset will solve the problem.

Resetting data via Find My Mobile

Go to the website of a branded web service for finding lost mobile phones and find your device in the list. Select Remove my device.

All data will be deleted and the phone will return to its factory state.

Important note for owners of modern phones running Android 5.1 and later versions. To provide increased security Google developers have provided protection against gadget theft for users.

After resetting your mobile phone, the user must enter the password of the last account installed on it. Otherwise, only company specialists will help service center and only upon presentation of documents for the device and receipts for payment in the store.

Hard reset using keys

What to do if you forgot the password for a gadget that is locked without access to the network? Performing a hard reset using the buttons will help.

• Turn off the phone completely.
• We press three buttons: power, volume up and home.
• When the Samsung logo appears, release the power.