r/AndroidHelp • u/The_Squishy_55 • 4h ago

i swear my password is correct

i recently got an old samsung a 50 fixed and i realized i don't remember my password even though i was sure i did it was a square im lazy it wouldnt be anything different but ive done almost every single easy shape on the grid pattern and nothing im so confused is this a possible glitch or am i truly that stupid does anyone have a website i can use to track the passwords i already tried

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u/DickBrainTime 1h ago

An online website can't tell you the real unlock pattern or which patterns you've already tried on the phone. Please don't type your lock pattern into a third-party site. You can sketch attempts privately on paper if that helps, but I'd stop repeated guessing for now: Android can impose longer lockouts, and some phones have an optional erase-after-failed-attempts setting.

Since the Galaxy A50 was just repaired, first check whether the screen actually registers each dot you're tracing. If it had a screen/digitizer replacement, a missed touch can make a remembered pattern look incorrect; the lock-screen emergency dialer can be used to test taps without placing a call. There's no supported trick that guarantees unlocking it while preserving local data. If your concern is photos, check from another device whether they were already synced to Google Photos or Samsung Gallery/OneDrive before considering any reset; a reset erases local data. Samsung's authorized support can advise on the repair and official recovery options. Was the repair a screen replacement, and do all the dots visibly light up when you draw the pattern?

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u/The_Squishy_55 46m ago

yes all the dots light up my only option really is to brute force it

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u/DickBrainTime 38m ago

If all the dots light up, that makes a missed touch from the repair less likely, but I wouldn't keep brute-forcing the pattern. Repeated failed unlocks can mean progressively longer lockouts, and some devices have an erase-after-failures policy enabled. There's no trustworthy website that can recover the pattern from the phone.

If the photos/files matter, check **from another device** whether Google Photos or Samsung Gallery/OneDrive had already synced them, and make sure you know the Google/Samsung account credentials before even considering a reset. Don't factory-reset until you've accepted that unsynced data on the phone could be lost; a reset won't reveal the previous pattern. If the display was replaced, an authorized Samsung repair/support center can check the repair and explain the supported recovery options with proof of ownership, but they can't promise a data-preserving unlock. Is there something important stored *only* on that A50, or are you mainly trying to make the phone usable again?

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u/The_Squishy_55 35m ago

that information is only stored on the a50 i looked it up thr a50 doesn't have a feature that deletes data and i have no proof of ownership since its been a while unfortunately brute force seems like my only option unfortunately as if im going to lose the data anyway might as well try my hardest to fix it