How can I factory reset my Android Mini 7100 Phone? I'm unable to go to recovery mode to factory reset (wipe my cache/data) my Android Mini 7100 Phone (Android GingerBread 2.3.x) because I forgot my phone lock combination.

I tried resetting it using:


Vol Down + Power,
Vol Up + Power,
Vol Up + Vol Down + Power,
Vol Up + Vol Down + Home + Power,


and the phone starts normally


When I press Home + Power, it goes to 'Test' mode.


I checked out this YouTube video but it did not work for me.

How do I go to recovery mode?
I think the easiest (and non-sketchiest) solution for this will be to help your sister recover her Gmail password. Once you have that, you can use the Android Device Manager to reset the phone password, or erase the phone memory from the computer.


This is the only solution I will post here because resetting an android without access to a gmail account is often done with less-than-ideal intentions.