Forgotten Swipe Pattern lock for Nexus 6P (but fingerprint works!)

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I have a Google Nexus 6P with Copperhead OS installed on it. I forgot the pattern to unlock the screen. Is there any way I can recover (a part) of the data on my phone? I am pretty sure that the answer is going to be "no way", but I just want to ask to make sure, before I wipe the phone.
I DO have a fingerprint in the phone, which works. Unfortunately - for some security reason - it wants the pattern as well.
Maybe I can add, that I kind of remember the swipe pattern. I am sure about a middle part, but not about the beginning and the end. Unfortutely I have tried so many combinations by now (even keeping a book), that I have to wait 240 seconds now until I am allowed to enter the next try. (First I had to wait 20, then 30, 60, 120 seconds, now 240.) I had about 55 tries by now.

Tipz Team · Answer

What you can do since you have such an open phone is unlock the bootloader temporarily and flash a custom recovery to remove the password related files. Here's how:

Unlock your bootloader - 1
Install a custom recovery - 1
Use the custom recovery's "File Manager" feature to remove the following files - 2:

/data/system/password.key
/data/system/pattern.key
/data/system/locksettings.db
/data/system/locksettings.db-shm
/data/system/locksettings.db-wal

Reboot your device
It should now have no password/pattern, enjoy your device
Reinstall stock recovery (should be automatically reinstalled when you reboot) and relocking bootloader - 3 (Optional)

Forgotten Swipe Pattern lock for Nexus 6P (but fingerprint works!)

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