Alexander Grishin

Using a password, you can protect your data from outside interference. On the other hand, if the phone asks for a PIN code, but you forgot it, you can get pretty stressed out and never remember it.

If you do not want to use a PIN code, or have completely forgotten it, then we offer you several options for removing it for Samsung Galaxy smartphones.

If you want to remove your PIN code

To do this, you need to open the menu “ Settings”, go to section “ Device” -> “Lock screen” and switch “ Screen lock” to position “ Off.”. To confirm, you will need to enter the existing PIN code again (and even then, not a fact), after which it will be removed, and you will be able to use the phone immediately after removing the screen lock.

If you forgot your PIN code

You can remove a pin from a Samsung phone, and thereby unlock it, only by doing so, in which all data will be deleted from the device (otherwise the point of protecting files with a pin code is simply lost).

To reset, you need to turn off the phone, and then simultaneously hold down the “Home”, “Power” buttons and the volume lever for 10 seconds until the screen turns on.

Next, using the volume control, find “wipe data/factory”, confirm the action using the “Power” button, go to the “Yes” item, press confirmation, find “wipe cache partition”, confirm again and wait for the device to reboot.

After these steps, your phone will return to its out-of-the-box state.

On some models with non-standard controls, the locking process may vary. As an example, we will look at the locking process on Samsung smartphones.

1. Open the “Settings” menu and go to the “My Device” tab, where you need to select the “Lock Screen” item;

1. Go to the “Screen Lock” section, where you need to select the desired locking method. If any of the passwords are already in use, before entering this section, the system will prompt you to enter an existing password or graphic key;

1. When the menu of available blocking methods is available, you must select the “No” option;

At this stage, the Samsung smartphone lock will be disabled. Now the device will not prompt you to enter a password, which will greatly facilitate the unlocking process.

How to disable the screen lock in the standard Android interface?

In general, on most Android models, the lock is disabled as follows:

1. Go to the device settings menu and select the “Security” section, which is located in the “Personal Data” block;

1. Now you need to visit the “Screen lock” section, note that if the password unlock function is enabled on your smartphone, you will need to enter the existing password, because Without this procedure you will not be able to go further;

1. A list of available locks will open, where you can change or select a new type of lock; we need the “No” option;

In general, the locking process for all models is approximately similar, therefore, using these two methods, you will be able to disable the lock and gain access to the device many times faster.

Types of screen lock

Today, Android has the following types of protection:

1. There may be no blocking at all if the owner of the equipment is confident in security and does not need an additional level of protection;
2. Regular swipe – protects against accidental activation, but is not able to protect against intruders;
3. A graphic key is one of the most common solutions. The owner of the equipment draws a figure at certain points and draws this drawing each time it is unlocked;
4. PIN – a sequence of certain numbers that must be entered to unlock;
5. Password is one of the most secure locking methods. The user needs to enter a sequence of lowercase and uppercase letters and numbers that he has come up with;
6. Fingerprint is one of the new and secure locking methods;
7. Facial recognition is also a new type of locking, which, unlike a fingerprint, is still a “raw” solution and is under development;
8. Iris scanner – found on expensive device models, is by far the most reliable smartphone lock.

How to disable blocking on different versions of Android?

Before unblocking your phone, we recommend that you reconsider the justification of this step, because In this way, you make the information contained in the phone more vulnerable to fraudsters.

How to unlock a device based on Android 2.x?

1. Go to the application menu by clicking on the icon shown in the screenshot below;

1. Go to the settings menu and select “Location and protection”;

1. Click on the item “Change blocking method”;

1. Since the password was already active, the system will prompt you to enter it. If you have forgotten your password, please refer to the instructions below;

1. After successfully entering the password, click on “Unprotect”.

How to disable screen lock on Android 4.x?

Android 4 is one of the most popular operating systems, installed to this day on millions of gadgets around the world. To disable blocking on this system, follow these steps:

1. On the main screen, open the menu, then open “Settings”;

1. Going to the security section, open the “Security” tab and select “Screen lock”;

1. The main password in the 4.x system is a graphic key, which you will need to enter, after which you can cancel the lock.

How to disable screen lock on Android 5.x?

On the “five” the blocking is disabled as follows:

1. “Main menu” -> “Settings”;

1. “Security” -> “Screen lock”;

1. As in other versions of Android, before canceling the lock you will need to enter the existing password, possibly a pattern, after which the system will allow you to disable the lock.

Disabling blocking on Android 6.x

On this smartphone OS, the process is similar to those listed above, at the end only a window will appear confirming that the device’s protection has been disabled:

After which the blocking will be disabled.

Disabling blocking on Android 7.x

1. First of all, go to the settings; you can do this using the main menu or through the notification line, as shown in the screenshot:

1. Select “Security” and then “Screen lock”;

1. As in other cases, you will need to enter an existing password or pattern, after which the system will allow you to disable the lock. To disable it, click “No” in the screen lock section.

Thus, we examined the most common versions of the Android operating system, installed, for example, on Samsung or Asus.

Disabling lock on Xiaomi and MIUI phones

It wouldn’t hurt to take a look at the unlocking process from Chinese manufacturers Xiaomi, version 9.

1. Using a swipe down, open the notification line, where we click on the settings icon;

1. Because The smartphone from this manufacturer supports the fingerprint function, select this section;

1. Click on the "Lock Screen" tab;

1. The system requests the password or pattern that was previously set. If you have forgotten your password, please refer to the instructions below;

1. When the password is entered, select “Disable blocking”;

1. If you are confident in your decision to permanently disable the blocking, confirm your decision by clicking “Ok” in the drop-down window.

How to disable the lock if the smartphone owner has forgotten the password

If the password is forgotten and there is no way to remember it, you need to roll back the device to factory settings. Different brands and models perform this procedure differently.

In general, returning to factory settings is carried out from the off state with a timely combination of keys and the Recovery menu. If everything is done correctly, the device will turn on in Recovery mode, where you need to select the rollback function.

Please note that this method is a last resort, because... A system rollback will result in the loss of data on the device.

How to disable blocking if the operation is prohibited by the administrator?

Sometimes an incident occurs when the owner knows all the necessary data, but the system still does not allow the lock to be reset. In this case, you should proceed as described below:

1. Go to the main menu, select the settings shortcut;

1. In the “Security” section, select “Device Administrators”;

1. Click on the checkbox shown in the screenshot below;

1. The list shown in the screenshot below lists the administrator's powers. Here you need to tap on the “Disable” item.

In its development, the smartphone has reached the point where, without actually having active keys (well, of course, except for the power button and two volume control keys), it accepts commands only from the touch screen. True, not so long ago another option for controlling the phone appeared - through a voice assistant, to whom orders and commands are given by voice. But, nevertheless, all basic commands, even to turn off the phone, still need to be confirmed via the touch screen.

It turns out that if the screen is locked or simply stops responding to your presses, then it will no longer be possible to “enter” your phone, much less “take” anything from it.

Therefore, the main principle of protecting a smartphone from unlawful attacks on it is now carried out by locking the screen. Once you lock the screen, your phone is in the “house”, i.e. under protection.

At the same time, once you have enabled this screen lock service, nothing prevents you, being its owner, from disabling it. And then, even if the display goes dark, all you have to do is slide your finger across the touchscreen or press the power button, and your smartphone will come to life again and will be glad to meet you again.

How to disable automatic screen lock on a Samsung phone?

Instructions for disabling the screen lock on your smartphoneSamsung.

Let's look at the procedure for disabling the lock mode on the editorial smartphone Samsung Galaxy A50 with the operating system Android 9 Pie. For many Samsung models and for phones from other manufacturers with earlier versions of Android, the procedure for disabling the screen lock service will be very similar.

1. Launch the application Settings phone on the applications screen.

Screen No. 1 - launch the Phone Settings application.

2. Enter the section “ Lock screen".

Screen No. 2 – go to the “Lock Screen” section.

3. In the “Lock screen” section, select “ Screen lock type".

It should be noted that under this inscription there is the following line: “Drawing, Face, Fingerprints.” This means that this smartphone lock is configured so that it can be unlocked using the following services:
— Graphic drawing,
— Face recognition,
- Fingerprints.

Screen No. 3 – select the “Screen lock type” item.

4. In order to enter the screen lock settings section, and this service is designed to protect the smartphone from attacks by unauthorized persons, the smartphone will prompt you to enter the previously configured password. In our case, this is a graphic unlock key. Therefore, next you need to draw a broken line, which is your personal unlock pattern.

Screen No. 4 – draw a broken line – your graphic key. Screen No. 5 – select “No”.

6. After this, the smartphone will ask you to confirm disabling the screen lock service with two questions. To do this, you need to sequentially select “ Delete data", and in the second - " Delete».

Screen No. 6 – in the first window, select “Delete data”. Screen No. 7 – in the second window, select “Delete”.

7. After this, the screen lock service will be disabled on your smartphone. And in order to activate the display, it will be enough to press the power button. All previously set passwords (Pattern Pattern, Fingerprint and Face Recognition) are disabled and deleted from the smartphone’s memory.
Therefore, in the “Screen lock type” item there is the word “ No».

Screen lock is a reliable way to protect Android devices from third parties. All Samsung smartphones come with this tool pre-installed, so everyone can use it. If the digital or graphic display key is no longer needed, its . However, under certain circumstances, this deactivation method will not work. Let's look at why you can't disable the screen lock and how to remove the password from a Samsung phone in such cases.

Why can't the key be removed from the input screen on Samsung?

In normal Samsung operation mode, disabling the digital or graphic code is done as follows:

There are several factors that may prevent you from canceling the screen lock on Android:

• using a secure VPN virtual network on the gadget;
• encryption of internal memory or built-in MicroSD;
• installation of third-party certificates;
• opening administrative rights on a mobile phone;
• software malfunction.

Let's figure out how to remove the screen lock on a Samsung phone in each of the above cases.

Removing the security code when the VPN is enabled

Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a virtual network that is designed to provide secure access to the Internet. When activated, all information transmitted over the network will be securely hidden from third-party attacks.

Operating system malfunctions

If all the proposed methods for disabling the lock screen did not bring a positive result, most likely there was a system failure on the mobile phone. To fix it you will need.

This procedure is performed through the “Backup and reset” section in a few clicks. However, it deletes all data and settings from the phone. Therefore, before launching it

Surely, you already know what touch input blocking is on Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Today we will figure out how to enable or disable this important feature.
But those who don’t know should spend 30 seconds to realize that touch input blocking is just protection against accidental clicks, which is mostly needed when your device is, for example, in your pocket. The hardware operation of this feature is ensured by a proximity sensor. Accordingly, there may be a wide variety of problems, which we will also mention now.

Problems

If you are using a case, and as a result the proximity sensor is blocked, then it is better to disable the function. The fact is that the data will be transmitted inadequately and, accordingly, the behavior of the smartphone or tablet will become unpredictable in this regard.
Also, if the sensor is physically damaged, then the function should also be disabled for the same reason,

How to enable or disable

This is how easy it is to remove the blocking of accidental clicks on Samsung (applies only to Android devices from this company).