Software update on 11/28/17 locked my phone. Asking for password. Tried everything. Nothing worked. 8 tries left to device wipe, so the screen says. HOW DO I UNLOCK THIS PHONE??????

try googling for firmware of zte max put it in memory card and install from there.

Turn off . Press and hold POWER + ENTER button for reset menu.

Select
Factory reset with Volume Down button and press Power to reset. All data will be lost! there is an alternate method too friend
Use this method to hard reset your Samsung GT-S Galaxy mini phone: Enter *2767*3855#. Warning! All your data including contacts, messages etc. will be lost! Copy all your necessary data/Contacts/Messages etc. to SIM or make backup to your PC before full reset! Take out SIM card before full reset.

Samsung GT-S5570 Galaxy mini download mode if you want to install eg. Gingerbread

Press and hold Volume DOWN + HOME + POWER ON S5570

Restart your device to clear any temporary software bugs

If you know the hard reset with buttons / keys, pls leave a comment. All comments are welcome!

Your device freezes or has fatal errors
If your device freezes or hangs, you may need to close programs or reset the device to regain functionality. If your device is frozen and unresponsive, press and hold [Power] for 8-10 seconds. The device will reboot automatically.

If this does not solve the problem, perform a factory data reset. In Idle mode, open the application list and select Settings :Privacy
:Factory data reset :Reset phone : Erase everything.

Clear storage• : Erase the credential contents from the device and reset the password

Set an unlock pattern

Once you set a screen lock, your device will require an unlock code each time you turn it on or unlock the touch screen

Settings Location and security Set screen lock : Pattern

If you forget your PIN or password, bring your device to a Samsung Service Centre to reset it.

Set an unlock PIN code

Settings Location and security :: Set screen lock : PIN

Set an unlock password

Settings Location and security :Set screen lock : Password.

You can hard reset software firmware update your Samsung GT-s Galaxy mini phone
Hope it helps u

Try resetting your device by going on security wipe, might help.

If a password is forgotten, perform a master reset to restore the device to original factory specifications.
http://www.wireless.att.com/answer-center/solutionDisplay.jsp?solutionId=KB114093
Hard Reset
You undertake using this procedure at your own risk.
You are responsible for any data loss or any expenses incurred by using this procedure.
You may suffer the loss of the use of your phone and the ability to use it for emergencies.
Perform these steps at your own risk.

1. Power off phone.
2. Hold camera button and power on phone at the same time.
3. Release the camera button when prompted to.
4. You will see a message screen telling you to press the up or down volume button
5. Press the down volume key (ignore message 'Volume Up Key Pressed') - This is fixed after updating to 2.1 and the proper message shows
6. When triangle and phone screen appears
7. Press on the screen just above the back key
8. You will now see the "Motorola system recovery" menu

At this point you will have three choices:
1. reboot system now [Menu+Back] 2. apply ssdcard:update.zip [Alt+S] 3. wipedata/factory reset [Alt+W]

You can simply tap an item to select it.

At the bottom of the screen you can select OK to apply your choice from the menu.

There is also an opportunity to select Hide on the bottom left, I don't know what that does (I tried it and nothing happened).

Selecting Wipe data/factory reset and tapping Ok and the screen changes to a box and a phone (Get it - out of the box) and you see what is happening on the phone.

pick 2 -- Wiping data...
Formatting DATA:...
Formatting CACHE:...
Data Wipe Complete.

Press Menu+Back to reboot

pressing Menu+Back did nothing for me so I tapped 'reboot system now' on the menu and Ok.

The phone restarted and took me through the setup prompts.

HI michaelgraci you need to put in your gmail and password. to get the phone wotking again.

I’m happy to help further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/ronald_e152e07e272e4f27

if you have not set any password, type 12345 as the default password and see if it will be accepted.

give me your imei and i will send you unlock code

why yes they did take my phone and i got it back from them and it said reload sofware 513

i would recommend reloading the device software using the desktop software available on blackberry.com
normally a blackberry will not tell you to enter 'blackberry' unless it is trying to wipe the device.

I think all you can do it reset the device to disable the password completely. If you enter the password ten times incorrectly it will ask if you want to do a complete reset.

THIS WILL DELETE ALL YOUR PERSONAL DATA.

If you can, back up your device using the Blackberry Desktop Manager application before doing a reset. Then you can re-load all your personal data after the reset, instead of having to type it all in again.