Dell Venue 8 Support Question
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Question posted by indplislong on June 29th, 2014
Locked Screen On A Dell Venue 8. Don't Remember Pattern Code Or Email To Get It.
Can't use the tab at all because My girlfriend put a "pattern" screen lock on it and doesn't remember it. Can't sign in to account on it because she forgot it and password too. What can I do?
Current Answers
Answer #1: Posted by techyagent on June 30th, 2014 11:23 AM
techyagent
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For this you have to perform a hard reset on your device
follow the instructions :-
1) Press and hold the power button and than touch the power off.
2)Simultaneously press the volume up and down button.
3)without leaving the volume buttons press the power button untill the device show the configuration screen.
4)Press the volume button to move the highlight bar on the device to perform a factory restore on device.
5) Press the power button to perform a factory reset.
Note: all data of your device will be deleted after factory restore.
Thanks
Techygirl
Related Dell Venue 8 Manual Pages
User Manual - Page 1
Venue 7/8
User's Manual
Tablet model: Venue 7, Venue 8, Venue 7 3730, Venue 7 HSPA+, Venue 8 3830, Venue 8 HSPA+ Regulatory model: T01C/T02D Regulatory type: T01C001, T02C002/T02D001, T02D002
User Manual - Page 2
... strictly forbidden. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and Venue™ are trademarks of data if instructions are not ...better use of Dell Inc. Trademarks used in any proprietary interest in this document to refer to hardware or loss of Dell Inc. Bluetooth® is subject to change without the written permission of your tablet. ...
User Manual - Page 3
... Card (optional 7 Getting Started 8
Turning on/off the tablet 8 Finishing Android setup 8 Customizing the screen 9 Locking and unlocking your tablet 10 Touch tips 10 Status bar 11 Screen orientation 11 Keys and functions 12 Apps and widgets 12
Using Your Tablet 13
Contacts 13 Text entry 14 Managing your tablet's storage 14
Internet 15
Connecting to the Internet...
User Manual - Page 4
Browsing the Internet 17 Email 18
Customizing Your Tablet 19
Display settings 19 Sound settings 20 Date, time, and time zone 20
Protecting Your Tablet 20
Screen-unlock pattern 20 PIN 21 Password 21 Face unlock 22 Protecting your SIM card with the SIM lock password (LTE/HSPA+ models only 22
Apps 23
Camera 23 Copying files to and...
User Manual - Page 5
... 7. Microphone
10. Rear camera
Functionality Use to make video calls or to open the options menu. Micro-USB port
3. Micro-SIM card slot
(HSPA+ models only) 8. Features 5 Volume button
4. Insert a microSD card to expand the storage on your tablet. • Press and release to lock or unlock the screen. • In standby mode...
User Manual - Page 6
... 4 hours for the first time. 1. Connect the power adapter to the USB port of the tablet. 2. An animated icon appears on the screen while the battery is recommend to the power adapter. 3. Charging the Battery
NOTE: Your tablet may not be fully charged when you receive it. It is being charged. When the...
User Manual - Page 8
... and hold the power button to your Google account, enable Google location services, and so on your tablet for about 3 seconds. Finishing Android setup
After you turn off your tablet, press and hold the power button for the first time, follow the prompts on the screen to finish Android setup. To turn on .
→...
User Manual - Page 9
Customizing the screen
After finishing several Android setup optionally, you can customize your tablet's screen as prompted.
→
Getting Started 9
User Manual - Page 10
...-in any direction. You can also configure your tablet to automatically lock after which you want the tablet to the target position.
You can use the touch screen as follows:
Tap Tap and hold your tablet. You can use zoom-in and zoom-out in place. To unlock the screen, press the power button to access a menu or...
User Manual - Page 11
... optimal viewing experience, the screen orientation changes automatically depending on how you of new email, messages, and so on.
Notification panel displays notification icons to inform you hold the tablet. NOTE: To enable or disable auto...61557; 11 Slide the panel down to show the current state of your tablet, such as battery, SIM card, Bluetooth, and so on.
1
2
1. Status bar
The status bar...
User Manual - Page 12
Back key 2. Menu key
• Tap to return to the previous screen and exit the running application. • Tap to close the on the home screen and provides quick and easy access to open the applications list used recently. Your tablet is preloaded with a variety of applications, and additional applications can be downloaded from the...
User Manual - Page 13
... in to an existing Google account or create a new Google account to view the contact's details. Slide the contact list until you locate the desired contact, tap the contact's entry to back up your contacts, tap → People. Using Your Tablet
Contacts
To view and manage your contacts online. Sign in
the Find contacts box...
User Manual - Page 14
.... Tap → Settings→ Apps→ Downloaded/All. 2. In the application screen, tap Clear cache or Clear data.
14 Using Your Tablet
The tablet enters the words that it can type text using the on-screen keyboard. The used, unused, and total space on -screen keyboard, tap a text box. From the Apps list, tap the application whose...
User Manual - Page 16
... Wi-Fi connection. NOTE: On the LTE/HSPA+ models, if both Wi-Fi and mobile broadband networks are available, the tablet gives priority to the Internet using mobile broadband
1. Tap → Settings→ Wireless & networks→ Wi-Fi, then touch Wi-Fi to a mobile ... router manufacturer. NOTE: To start a new search for available Wi-Fi networks, on the Wi-Fi screen, tap → Scan.
User Manual - Page 17
.... Enter the address of the website you want to use as on the screen to switch between the magnified or normal views of a...screen, tap → Settings→ General→ Set homepage→ Other. 2. Viewing web pages Slide your finger horizontally or vertically on an airplane. Internet 17 Using the airplane mode
Putting the tablet in or zoom-out using the two-finger zoom. Using...
User Manual - Page 18
... POP3, IMAP, and exchange email accounts from web-based email services on your personal computer).
2. On the email screen, enter the email address and password of the email account (the same as the account on your email.
→
Adding other email account In an email screen, tap → Settings→ ADD ACCOUNT to access your tablet. In an email account screen, tap → Settings and...
User Manual - Page 19
.... Tap OK to decrease brightness. Select the pictures or animation to set up more than one account on , using the Settings screen. Select an email account to use if you are sending the email to compose a new mail. 4. Customizing Your Tablet
You can configure settings such as the wallpaper. Adjust the size and range of the picture, and...
User Manual - Page 20
...provided date, time, and time zone by setting a pattern, a PIN, a password, or with a face unlock. If incorrect unlock patterns are drawn for five consecutive times, the tablet forces a 30-second delay before you can use the tablet. Creating a screen unlock pattern
1. Volumes
Default notification sound Touch sounds
Screen lock sound
Adjust the volume for music, videos, games, notification...
User Manual - Page 21
... None to disable the PIN or select PIN to draw a new unlock pattern. Tap → Settings→ Security→ Screen lock→ Password. 2.
Tap OK. Tap → Settings→ Security→ Screen lock→ Pattern. 2. If incorrect unlock PINs are entered for five consecutive times, the tablet forces a 30-second delay before you can try again. Enter the...
User Manual - Page 22
...Screen lock→ Face unlock. 2. This alternate method can protect your SIM card with the SIM lock password (LTE/HSPA+ models only)
You can be permanently locked if you have enabled. 3. Enter the Pattern...used to unlock the tablet when the Face unlock feature fails to change the face unlock. Tap → Settings→ Security→ Screen lock→ Password. 2. Enter the password...
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