How to Bypass Android Factory Reset Protection

A new feature introduced by Google in Android 5.0 is that if a factory reset is performed using the recovery menu, and after the reset when you power on the device. You will have to log in using the same Google Account used to log in. Otherwise, you can’t bypass Android Factory reset protection which shows up at startup.

These security measures were introduced to prevent the resale of stolen smartphones. But a trick taught by a developer named Rootjunky allows one to bypass Android Factory Reset protection.

The following trick is exclusively for Samsung devices. As in Samsung, when you plug in the OTG cable or OTG flash drive, the phone opens up the file manager itself.

Following is the guide and demonstration of bypassing android factory reset protection.

Bypass Android Factory Reset Protection:

Following is the step-to-step guide on how to Bypass Android Factory Reset Protection. There is also a demo tutorial where you can watch the whole process step by step. Just follow the steps below, and that’s it. You will be able to access your phone once again after you bypass android factory reset protection.

Prerequisites:

• You need an OTG cable or OTG flash drive, as in the tutorial below.
• You need to download this APK file used in the process below to get into Settings.

Now follow the step-to-step guide below:

1. Turn off your Phone.
2. Press Volume up + Home button and Power button to get into the recovery menu of your Samsung device.
3. Now you have to Scroll down to the option that says  Wipe data, Factory Reset ->Yes, delete all user data.
4. After that, the recovery menu will check if the phone was factory reset.
5. Now it will ask you to log in from the Google account you previously used on this device.
6. Now connect the OTG cable.
7. The phone will automatically open the file manager, although you were in the middle of setup.
8. Download the APK file from above and move this APK file into your device.
9. Open the APK file and It will prompt you to go to Settings.
10. Goto Settings -> Security and Enable Download from Unknown sources.
11. Hit install. All this APK does, is that it lets you get into the settings.
12. Now hit open, and it will launch the settings.
13. Unplug the OTG cable.
14. Now scroll down to Backup and Reset.
15. Click on Factory Data Reset> Reset> Delete All.
16. Your device will reboot and won’t have a password the next time it starts up.
17. Now you can log in with any Google Account.

The reason it works is that the second time you perform the reset, there is no Google account logged in and no password on your phone.

So next time your phone starts up, it won’t have a password.

Tip: Any device that brings up File manager when you plug in the OTG cable. You can get around a factory reset with a double factory reset.

Suppose you have any issues regarding how to bypass Android Factory Reset Protection. Let us know in the comments. This trick is great if you have forgotten your phone’s password and can’t remember your Google account password or your phone’s password. If this trick helped you out, let us know in the comments.