Thread: Reset Android PIN/Pattern Lock Using Flashable ZIP (Tested on Gingerbread)

Disclaimer : I'm not responsible for any damage done to your phone or you. Use it at your own risk. Make sure you've NANDroid backup, just incase anything goes wrong.

1. Extract the content of the demo update.zip into an folder, delete the files from /data folder, though don't delete any folder, just files.

2. Open the editor of your choice (On windows I'd suggest you Notepad++ or Programmer's Notepad, I used the latter).

3. Locate file [folder where you extracted update.zip]\META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script and open it in editor. Delete all the code.

4. Enter the following code, this removes both the protection, PIN and Pattern Lock.

Code:

ui_print("Password Resetting ZIP by RahulB");
ui_print("Mounting System");
ui_print("Mounting Data");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/data");
ui_print("Deleting Pattern/ PIN Lock Keys");
delete("/data/system/gesture.key");
delete("/data/system/password.key");
ui_print("Unmounting System");
ui_print("Unmounting Data");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/data");
ui_print("Done :D");

5. Select file - save as, and when the dialog box opens, in format select "Ensure Unix Format (LF)". Save and exit.
Note : this is for programmer's notepad. May vary on others.

6. Now archive all the file you extracted, along with newly edited file and name it as "update.zip". Transfer this zip to root of your card, and reboot your phone into recovery.

7. In recovery select "Install from Zip from sdcard" and then select "apply /sdcard/update.zip".

8. Reboot the phone. You're done.

Zip file attached.

Sources/ References :
[How To] Make A Flashable Update.zip - Android Area51
forensic blog » Blog Archive » Cracking the Pattern Lock on Android
update.zip error (status 6)

Hope you'll enjoy..
Cheers.

Hi,

Your post was like a saver to me, I tried the flashable ZIP to bypass the Pin/Pattern on an SII ISC< I'm not sure if its ISC.

However the script ran and said succesfful , but nothing happened the PIN still stood there..

mmmm? thoughts?

Cheers =)!

Hi,

I tested this script long ago on my Xperia phone. My phone had gingerbread, recovery installed and was rooted at that time. As I've mentioned, it worked fine for me. So, there're few questions you should look answers for:

1. Is your phone using upgraded version on Android, of which I'm pretty sure it is. If yes, then it may or may not work for you. Google around, there may be some other way.
2. If same OS version, is your phone having CWM recovery? This method is tested only with CWM recovery.
3. Is your phone rooted? As you can read, the script requires "busybox" binaries. You might need to look for other ways.

Other than that, digging into google and xda-developers.com will surely turn up working solution.

Cheers.