For this method, it is necessary that your phone has a custom recovery like Clockworkmod (CWM) installed in it.
1.
1. Download and copy the zip file on your phone external memory. You may use
memory card reader for that.
2. Switch off your device. You need to boot into CWM recovery mode now .Note
that every device requires different key combination to enter recovery mode.
(power button + Vol.+/Vol.-).
3. After landing into CWM recovery , select install zip from sd card option.
4.On the next screen choose zip from sd card option. This will show all the files loacated on the sdcard.
5. Just navigate to the zip file which you have just transferred on your
phone.
6. select the file and confirm the installation by selecting 'Yes-Install
LockScreen_Security_Bypass.zip'.
7.Wait for the flashing process to get completed. It will hardly take few
minutes to complete.
8. After it completes successfully, select 'reboot system now' option from
the recovery mode itself to restart your phone.
9. If you see the pattern/password lock after rebooting, don't worry, just
enter any random pattern or password and your phone will get unloacked.
This method does not require USB debugging as well as root access.
Downloads:
Procedure:
Step 1: Download and copy the Aroma File manager.zip file to your memory
card. Remember not to extract it.
Step 2: Now switch off your phone completely until it vibrates. Boot the
phone into recovery mode. Different phones have different ways to enter
recovery mode. If you don’t know how to boot into recovery, you can Google it
or you can also ask us in comments below.
In case of CWM recovery:
Step 3: Mount all partitions including sd-ext (if you have it).
Step 4: Navigate to the install zip from sdcard option and select it. On the
next screen selectchoose zip from sdcard option. Then navigate to the Aroma
File Manager zip file which you’ve just transferred on your phone. Confirm
the installation by selecting Yes option.
In case of Stock recovery (Samsung e3):
Step 3: In stock recovery, there is no option to mount partitions, so
navigate to the apply update from sdcard option and select it. Now navigate
to the Aroma File Manager zip file and flash it.
Step 4: In Aroma File Manager, click on menu option and then go to settings
and select Mount All Partitions. Now, exit from Aroma File Manager and re-
flash it. Now, you will see each partition is mounted in it.
Step 5: (For both Stock/ CWM recovery) In Aroma file manager, navigate to the
/data/system folder.
Note: If you have sd-ext mod to increase internal storage, go to /sd-
ext/system/
Step 6: In /data/system/ folder delete the following files if they exist:
gesture.key (for pattern lock)
password.key (for password lock)
locksettings.db
locksettings.db-shm
locksettings.db-wal
signature.key
sparepassword.key
Step 7: After deleting, exit the Aroma file manger and restart your phone.
If the pattern/password lock still exit then don’t panic just try any random
pattern/password and the phone will get unlocked
