Hello,

I've unfortunately started having an issue with my Galaxy S21 today: I use Face, Fingerprint and Pattern to unlock my screen, however, the latter has stopped working all of a sudden. I just get the usual error message of "Pattern not recognized", but I am certain that it is the correct one, since I've been using the same pattern for over 8 years across different phones. Thankfully, I'm able to get in via the other unlock options so far, but of course I cannot change from the pattern to a different type of unlock-method without the current pattern working and I'm afraid of getting locked out completely at some point.

Is this a bug/known issue? If so, is there any known workaround? Can I somehow change the unlock method to a PIN-Code? Or do I just have to back up my data and perform a factory reset?

I would be more than glad for any help with this, since I'm pretty much at my wit's end here. Thanks in advance!