

Once turned on, look for the app which you had used to set the lock screen and uninstall or wipe the data. Then you will be asked if you want to reboot the device into Safe Mode. To boot into Safe Mode, press the power button then long press power off option. If you don’t already know, the Safe Mode option will disable all apps that you have installed on your phone. If you have installed an 3rd party app to set up a lock screen for your Samsung S7 device, then this option should work for you. Method 4: Bypass Password on Galaxy S7 via Safe Mode Now you can set a new password for your own privacy. Now just restart your phone and you will see that the screen lock has been disabled. once here, type this command and you’re Samsung device will disable the lock screen: adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key.open the command prompt by pressing Win + R and then enter CMD.use a USB cable to connect your device to computer or laptop.

Once you have downloaded ADB (check this article on how to download and install ADB) on your computer, let’s proceed through a few steps. This method require to have some technical knowledge or to be familiar with the ADB tools (Android Debug Bridge) and command line, but also your locked phone needs to have USB debugging enabled. Method 3: Unlock Samsung Galaxy S7 Password Lock with ADB You can also set up secure and erase the device from the menu.

There you need to set a new password which will be used to unlock Samsung password in future. This feature is all we need to set a new lock screen such a password.Ĭlicking on the LOCK feature from left sidebar, a window will show up. Beside erase and secure device, there you can find a LOCK option. If you linked your Google account with your Samsung device, this means you can find the device on your Find My Device page, but make sure you have this option turned on. Method 2: Remove Lock Screen on Galaxy S7 via Android Device Manager
