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Similarly, you may see software online that claims it can bypass your lock screen to unlock your phone or recover the data. In all cases, if someone claims they can unlock a modern Android phone, that ...

(For older versions of Android, you may not be able to power down your phone when it's locked without inputting your password.) For Samsung phones with a separate Power button (Galaxy S8, Galaxy S9, ...