Smartphones nowadays are one of the most commonly used gadgets by the masses for communication and also entertainment, photography, and gaming. Vivo is one of the largest players in the smartphone industry that has several lineups catering to affordable and premium users. The Chinese maker is consistently improving the user experience with its smartphones by integrating the best and newest technologies.
Vivo also provides a secure ecosystem for its smartphones and users. Most Vivo budget smartphones are packed with basic security features such as PIN and password protection. Face Unlock is another common security feature that you will find on Vivo handsets.
If you buy a mid-range or premium range Vivo smartphone, you’ll get an additional physical security feature including a side, rear, or under-display fingerprint scanner. While setting up a Vivo smartphone, you get the option to add any of the aforementioned security layers. You can set up File Safe or privacy app lock for specific apps to safeguard your data.
If you are using a Vivo phone, you can also add a screen lock that can be unlocked using the PIN and password protection. It’s difficult to breach the security layers on Vivo smartphones. This is why it could be a task for you to login into a locked Vivo smartphone. Only a correct password or fingerprint is required to unlock the Vivo phones. But what if you have forgotten the password if you have modified it recently? In that case, you can reset the password by following the steps below:
What To Do If Forgot Privacy Space Or App Lock, File Safe Password On Vivo Phones?
Step 1: Open the Settings menu on your respective Vivo smartphones. Note, that the steps mentioned here will work for Funtouch OS 3.0 and above versions.
Step 2: Scroll down to the Fingerprint, face, and password option.
Step 3: Click on Security.
Step 4: Tap on Privacy and app encryption.
Step 5: Select the Forget password option.
Step 6: You’ll get the security answer option where you can enter the answer that you must have added while setting up the app lock. Simply verify and reset the password set for apps or file safe. If in case, you don’t remember the security answer, you can follow the on-screen steps to retrieve and change the old password for app lock.
How Can You Unlock Vivo Phones’ Screen Password If Forgotten?
The steps to reset the password on any Vivo handset if you don’t remember it is quite easy.
Step 1: Lock your Vivo phone to launch the lock screen. If it’s already locked and you have forgotten the password, follow the remaining steps listed below.
Step 2: Enter the incorrect password five times. This will take you to the password reset screen.
Step 3: You will see the Forgot password option. Tap on it.
Step 5: The password recovery option will open up. Enter the security answer and reset your password.
How To Reset Vivo Phone Password If You Don’t Remember Security Answer?
Step 1: You can use perform these password reset steps if you don’t remember the security answer on FunTouch OS 3.0 and above versions.
Step 2: Open the Settings menu.
Step 3: Click on the Fingerprint, face password option.
Step 4: Tap Security.
Step 5: Click ‘turn off Lock Screen password and Privacy and app encryption.
Step 6: Reset the security question and use when the next time your device is locked and you don’t remember the password. Notably, these steps will only work if you are able to enter the phone.
