can we hard reset the windows phone without deleting photos

[Windows Central Question]

My problem is i for got my screen lock passward,so i am unable to unlock it,
if i do hard reset i will loose my data sois there any othere way to do it without losing data .

are else
if i hard reset it is there any option to recover data...?
i dont even know my microsoft accout,i think i have logdin with gmail so please help me....

 

[Chintan Gohel]

My problem is i for got my screen lock passward,so i am unable to unlock it,
if i do hard reset i will loose my data sois there any othere way to do it without losing data .

are else
if i hard reset it is there any option to recover data...?
i dont even know my microsoft accout,i think i have logdin with gmail so please help me....

Had you ever activated find my phone feature?

And doing a hard reset will definitely erase everything on your phone, including photos - unless photos were on a microsd card

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[Scienceguy Labs]

If you don't even know your Microsoft account, it's going to be pretty difficult to get into your phone and save any data. I was going to suggest logging into OneDrive on a PC to see if your pictures were there, but that would require knowing your account info.

 

[nate0]

My problem is i for got my screen lock passward,so i am unable to unlock it,
if i do hard reset i will loose my data sois there any othere way to do it without losing data .

are else
if i hard reset it is there any option to recover data...?
i dont even know my microsoft accout,i think i have logdin with gmail so please help me....

Is it a Lumia or some other oem brand?

 

[1q2w3e4r5t6y7]

If you don't even know your Microsoft account, it's going to be pretty difficult to get into your phone and save any data. I was going to suggest logging into OneDrive on a PC to see if your pictures were there, but that would require knowing your account info.

 

[nate0]

I think they moved on. No replies after the first question. There is a way to reset Lumias from the dialer and that is why I was asking my question. Not sure if it would work from an emergency dial but it would be worth a shot....but yes if you do not know any of the credential at all on that phone then it is a paper weight waiting to happen...