how to reset phone if i forgot my lockscreen password

Anonymous
2014-01-04T02:10:00+00:00

i forgot my phone's lock screen pin and unable to unlock it

after reading a lot of questions regarding it i found that we should reset the phone and there is no other option than that .

so how to do it, mine is lumia 520

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Anonymous
2014-01-04T04:35:19+00:00

Log into windowsphone.com and use the Find My Phone feature to set a new lock code

  1. Go to http://www.windowsphone.com and sign to the Microsoft account associated with your phone.
  2. Select "Find My Phone" from  the drop down menu that appears when you click on your name.  Or just go to https://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/my/find
  3. Click the "Lock" link
  4. Enter a new 4 digit PIN code and press the Lock button.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-09-24T20:07:53+00:00

    where is the lock link?????!!!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-08-27T12:10:40+00:00

    MY PHONE  lumia 520 GETS LOCKED FOR 87000 MINUTES WHEN I CHANGED MY SIM CARD. i did the 8.1 update for developers and got 2 further updates. and now my date and time is 2 months back from the present

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-27T05:46:35+00:00

    YOU CAN EASILY RESET YOUR PHONE THROUGH THIS METHOD. 

    Thank you so much. It has been a brick for the last year.

    Your method worked brilliantly and now I have a working handset.

    Much appreciated. MrNoir.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-03-14T13:18:30+00:00

    Hi hustlinXR,

    There should be a link labelled as "Lock" as shown here:

    I placed a blue arrow to the right of the Lock link.  After clicking that link, the lock form will appear and look something like this:

    If you are not seeing that, I would first try another browser.  Which browser were you using?

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