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How to remove a Google Account Lock

What is a Google lock ?

Factory Reset Protection (FRP), is a security feature on Android devices with Android OS Version 5.1 (Lollipop) and higher. The FRP provides a built-in security feature you are able to use that protects your device and information, including screen locks and data encryptions. The FRP is enabled automatically when a Google account has been registered on the device

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Android devices have a security feature that is enabled when you log into your Google account to access their services. It is to safeguard your data and has a wealth of features from data backup to providing security for you.

Sometimes people forget their Google account password and factory reset the phone thinking this will allow them to start again, or pass it onto another user. However the Google lock remains. Normally you would go through the phone setup process – get to the Google Account sign in where it will say this phone has been reset and the password/previous pin for the phone needs to be entered to unlock and that’s where people come unstuck.

It is also common for people to not only have forgotten their pin number but the password too. In this case the only way to help customers is to find ways of bypassing the security, something we are not really intended to do. But we can. We have learnt to do this to help our customers regain use of their device.

The good news is that most customers can then reset their Google account  and recover their data from their Google backup. This includes Whatsapp messages backed up in Google.

 

How can I remove my Android / Google Activation Lock ?

Removing your Google activation lock from device settings on your phone

Removing your Google activation lock online

Depending on the specific model of the Android phone, the following steps to remove your Google account may differ slightly. The general steps listed below should allow you to remove your Google account from your phone, but some phones may skip some of the steps.

  1. Switch the device ON
  2. Go to Settings.
  3. Tap Accounts or Users & Accounts.
  4. Select the account type, which in this case would be Google.
  5. You will now see a list of Google emails that are linked to your device. Select the first account.
  6. You will now see Sync Settings for the selected account. Tap the menu icon (three vertical dots) on the top right-hand corner.
  7. Tap Remove account.
  8. Confirm by tapping Remove account again.
  9. Repeat steps 5 to 8 until all Google Accounts have been removed from your device. Please note: removing an account does not delete any data from your Google Account, your device will simply stop syncing data.
  1. Log into your Google account.
  2. Once logged in, go to Device activity & notifications (located under Sign-in & security).
  3. Next click on Review devices (under recently used devices).
  4. Select the device you wish to remove from your Google account and click the red Remove button beside account access.
  5. There will be a confirmation window, select Remove.
  6. A confirmation window will show that the access has been removed from your device.
  7. To confirm, you can check the list of recent phones. The selected phone will show Access removed.
 

Please Note: After removing the Google account access online you will need to perform the reset from the settings of the phone. On some model phones, a hardware reset will request the Google account information during setup.

72 Hour Google Lock: If a Google password is changed and the device is immediately factory reset, a message will appear after a restart which says: “please sign in using one of the owners accounts for this device” This indicates the google account on the phone is now locked for 72 hours and you must wait for it to reset. This mostly commonly affects Samsung devices.

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Older Samsung FRP

Upto December 2022 the Security Patch costs £35

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Latest Samsung FRP

After December 2022 the Security Patch removal cost £45

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Huawei FRP

Huawei Security Patch removal costs £45

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Xiaomi FRP

The security Patch removal for these devices costs £50

Why use us to remove the lock ?

High Success Rate

We can remove locks off almost anything. Phones and Tablets.
Computers too.

No fix/ no fee

If we can't remove the lock we won't charge you anything. We are that confident. We have done 1000's.

you can use your device again

With a lock on unless you can remeber the pin it's unusable.

You'll be able to re-sell it

A Phone with a Google lock is pretty worthless to anyone else so will be very hard to sell.

If you are having trouble bypassing the Google Lock on your phone get in touch

We have a very high success rate of Google lock bypassing. It’s not a sit and wait appointment, you’ll have to leave it with us for 24/48 hours and sometimes a little longer. We need time and patience to work our magic. If we can’t remove it we won’t charge you. 

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We can remove iCloud locks off WIFI only iPads too

If you have an iPad with an iCloud lock we can remove iCloud accounts off a lot of them. See this page here for details

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