Android patttern lock reset

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Awesome people! I need help!

My wife's old Xperia z1 has a broken digitizer, the phone is pattern locked without showing the path. Of course, no one can remember the pattern, USB debugging is not enabled, no root and no google account shows that it is paired with this device. I care about photos so is there any way to take a memory dump to an SD card or to clone the phone content without debugging mode? If I wipe the data in the boot menu, will I be able to recover the photos using e.g. Recuve? Can I run some script from SD card without permissions in the system? Or any other way to bypass pattern lock without debugging and root?

So not only the touchscreen is dead, but also you've forgotten the pattern, and the phone is also not rooted? — peterh, Jan 13 '21 at 14:08
The Xperia z1 is a very old phone shipped with Android 4.2. This phone should not be encrypted (unless you activated it manually) hence file recovery should be possible. — Robert, Jan 13 '21 at 14:18
Welcome to Android Enthusiasts! May I recommend taking a look at the data recovery section in our broken-screen tag wiki? Also consider the linked and related questions from relevant Q&As. Another good starting point is our locked-out tag wiki. It's core Q&A, Can not unlock my Android device as have no internet connection?, has a large collection of ways to reset the pattern. — Izzy, Jan 13 '21 at 17:44
hold vol down + power to enter fastboot mode, connect phone to pc, install platform-tools, post the output of fastboot getvar all (edit your question) then let's see whats next — alecxs, Jan 13 '21 at 19:40

Android patttern lock reset

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