topic Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern in Galaxy S25

How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

Madhura5 — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:39:05 GMT

It’s been 5 days now. I can’t unlock my mobile and it’s keep saying try after 24 hours. It’s ridiculous. Any suggestions please

Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

GaryB82 — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:51:54 GMT

Sorry to say this but if you've forgotten your Pattern to unlock your phone the only option is to do a Factory reset and sign back in with the original Google and Samsung Accounts.

To factory reset a locked Samsung S25, you must use the physical buttons to enter Recovery Mode: force restart by holding Power + Volume Down, then immediately switch to holding Power + Volume Up until the Android Recovery screen appears, then select "Wipe data/factory reset" and confirm to erase everything, knowing you'll need the associated Google account after the reset.

Re: Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

Robin621k — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:52:20 GMT

I just don't understand how this happens to people. Makes me wonder if this is their phone.

Re: Re: Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

GaryB82 — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:55:37 GMT

I've forgotten my pattern before many times thats why I use Pin and Fingerprint now.

Re: Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

Chummy128 — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 19:04:23 GMT

You should've told him to back up his files 😔

Re: Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

GaryB82 — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 19:08:02 GMT

You can't back up your phone if it's locked, since you would need to open Smart Switch on the phone to perform a backup.

Re: Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

nullandvoid — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 21:40:51 GMT

Her phone should have been backing up to her Samsung account, so she will only lose her personal files, unless she has them backed up elsewhere.

Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

nullandvoid — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 21:56:50 GMT

It's not ridiculous, it's a security measure for your own protection. The phone does not know who's trying to access it - what if it was your boyfriend trying to read your text messages and trying to guess your pattern? This should drive home the importance of creating a PIN/password or pattern that you can remember (or writing it down/drawing it somewhere) and the importance of making sure important stuff is backed up in case of phone disaster.

Re: Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

Madhura5 — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:23:06 GMT

Thank you. Yes this is my phone and this is done by my daughter who’s 6yrs old and I have triplet.

Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

faith1ST — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 04:26:18 GMT

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Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

Madhura5 — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:20:13 GMT

By signing in Samsung and google account can I get my pictures n videos back again after factor reset?

Re: Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

GaryB82 — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:11:16 GMT

Most if the time you can get them back if you had backups turned on you can check by signing into Google photos to see.
Photo.google.com I believe is the address

Re: Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

nullandvoid — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:47:10 GMT

It's photos.google.com (plural). Can also just open the Google photos app when the phone is back up and running.

Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

nullandvoid — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:49:45 GMT

If you had Google backup on, the photos should repopulate your phone. This is not usually immediate, it can take a couple of hours or even overnight when the sync occurs. Samsung does not save the photos in the backup, they leave that to Google.

Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

Judy822 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:15:58 GMT

I locked my Samsung phone and I can't get back in

Re: How to unlock s25 ultra with forgotten pattern

nullandvoid — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:17:12 GMT

The only way to reset your pin/pattern/password if you forgot it is to factory reset your device and restore your backup. Since you forgot your password, you will not be able to shut down your phone normally, so you have two choices, force reboot (which makes it difficult to enter recovery mode to reset, but it can be done), or wait for the battery to die, charge it and then start your phone into recovery mode to reset it.

To force reboot, press and hold the volume DOWN and power button and take your fingers off the button as soon as you see the Samsung logo on the screen. If you are fast enough when you see the logo, press and hold the volume up key. This should bring you directly to recovery mode where you can reset your device.

Always have more than one method to get into your phone.