Android operating system recently introduced a new security feature. If you factory reset your phone using the recovery menu, after the phone boots after the factory reset, it asks for a Google account that was being used on the phone before the factory reset. To proceed further and use the phone, you have to enter your Google account credentials; otherwise, you won’t be able to bypass the security check. In the guide below, I will explain how to bypass Nexus factory reset protection.
The sole purpose of this factory reset protection is to prevent the sale of stolen Nexus phones. Otherwise, if your phone gets stolen and someone gets his hands on it and doesn’t know the security password, he could just factory reset the phone from the recovery menu and start using the phone from a fresh beginning.
The following trick allows you to bypass Nexus factory reset protection. So, if you have forgotten your phone’s password and you don’t even remember the Google account credentials, you can use this guide to access your phone again.
How to Bypass Nexus Factory Reset Protection
So now lets move on to the guide, at the end of this post you can also watch demo on how to perform this trick on your nexus phone to regain access and bypass nexus factory reset protection. If you are locked out of your phone, follow the below steps:
I assume you have already performed the factory reset from recovery and don’t know your Google account details.
- First of all, power on your phone.
- Now tap on the enter email option. The keyboard will open. Open the language selection menu by tapping and holding your keyboard’s “@” key.
- Now click on Google keyboard settings.
- Select Languages.
- Tap on the three dots in the top right corner and select help and feedback.
- Tap and select some text on the help screen with the heading “Manage Google Keyboard.”
- After selecting the text, select the option share.
- It will ask you which app you want to share via. Select the Messenger app.
- Select any number. Messenger will open with texts from that contact.
- Click on the call icon present in the top right corner of the screen.
- Now dialer app will open. Remove the number using backspace.
- Dial *#*#4536#*#*.
- Tap on Usage Statistics.
- Now tap the back button. It will take you to the settings screen.
- Locate and tap Backup and Reset.
- Tap Factory Reset.
- The phone will be factory reset and booted again without any Google account.
That’s it. Now, you can use your Nexus phone without having to put in the Google credentials of your previous account. You can also create a new Google account for your phone. Your phone will behave like it just came out of the box.
Alternate case if the above solution didn’t work out for you:
If the above method didn’t help you to bypass nexus factory reset protection, then perform the above guide till step 14Â and then continue with the steps below:
- In the settings, go into the user menu.
- Tap on Guest.
- Now, in your guest account, go back to the settings menu.
- Locate and tap on Accounts and add a Gmail account there.
- Enter the email and password and skip the unnecessary steps like adding payment information.
- Now that you have entered another Google account. Go to the User menu and select Owner.
- Now go back to the settings menu, locate backup, and reset.
- Now, reset your phone for the final time.
- Your phone won’t ask you for the Google Account credentials this time.
That’s it. I hope this guide on bypassing Nexus factory reset protection worked out for you. Watch the video below for a demonstration of the process mentioned above.
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If you have any issues regarding the above guide, please ask us in the comments. The above guide worked fine until the February 2016 security patch. I don’t know if they fixed it in the latest updates, but it is still worth giving a shot. Let me know if you tried it on the newest update and it worked out for you.
