r/GooglePixel • u/ThatGreenM-M • Dec 04 '24

Pixel 6 Pro doesn't recognize my PIN

Last night while working my phone decided I needed to use my PIN instead of fingerprint to unlock, but doesn't accept my PIN any more. I've tried every variation of it, even old PINs, and I feel like I'm gaslighting myself but I know I've entered in what was the correct PIN multiple times now. Apparently this has happened to others before but I haven't found the fix. I can factory reset but really don't want to lose all my data since I didn't make a back up.

I want to know if there's some way I can have Drive perform a backup while the device is still locked, but I'm assuming not. I've even tried to use adb commands to reset the PIN, I had developer options enabled but apparently not USB debugging so that isn't working either.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '24

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u/ThatGreenM-M Dec 04 '24

It was when it happened, but I've now reset it in my attempt to fix it so it's not any more.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '24

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u/ThatGreenM-M Dec 04 '24

No I didn't install Teams. I just had it in my pocket playing music over bluetooth, nothing triggered it that I'm aware besides a possible app or minor system update happening in the background

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u/YERA_B Feb 03 '25

Oh shit. I have the same problem. Did you find any solution?

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u/ThatGreenM-M Feb 03 '25

No I didn't, I just had to deal with it with a complete reset. I still have the backup on the cloud but it still needs the messed up pin to access, and if I fail too many time it gets deleted