How To Recover Forgotten/Lost Privacy Protection (Anti-Theft) Password On Infinix Android Phones

Securing your mobile devices in any way possible that you can is a highly recommended practice all over the world and therefore security related activities with your gadgets should not be taken lightly.

There are different levels and types of security features that often accompany your mobile devices and you can easily activate them depending on the one you consider most suitable for you at any point in time.

These security features can range from setting up a screen lock for your device to encrypting your phones or setting up SIM card lock to setting up mobile anti-theft protection etc.

And in fact more and more security features are even incorporated by OEM on new devices and this is simply to let you know that security is often paramount and is not being treated with kids glove. 

For example, many newer phones now come with fingerprint scanner, which on its own also provide some level of security.

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And one common goal about all mobile security features is that they offer one level of privacy protection or the other.

In our topic today, we are going to be dealing specifically on how to recover forgotten or lost privacy protection (anti-theft) password on Infinix devices in order to allow you access your phone again.

As the name “anti-theft” suggests, it is a security feature that one can set up on their device to help them remotely lock their phones or erase user data in an event that their device is stolen or falls into the hands of unauthorised users.

Setting up mobile anti-theft on your Infinix android device is easy and all you need to do is to head over to the setting>>All>>security section of your device, scroll down to Mobile anti-theft and follow prompt to set it up.

Now on the cause of setting up your mobile anti-theft, you were required to set up a password/PIN and also recovery number.

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It is this recovery number that you will use to get back your password in case you ever forget the password that you used in setting up your privacy protection anti-theft.

And now it happens that you once set up mobile anti-theft on your Infinix device in the past and you have boot or reboot your Infinix device at any time and you were prompted to enter a privacy protection password to unlock, but it also happens that you have forgotten your password.

Without further ado, if you are presently facing that situation with your Infinix device, follow the steps below to recover password and unlock your device without losing any data;

•  Make sure your SIM card is intact on the locked Infinix device and also make sure that some airtime is available on it

•  Get another phone (any phone at all) and insert the SIM card (number) that you used as recovery option when setting up the anti-theft password.

•  With the recovery number phone, send the keyword #mima# in an SMS to the SIM number in the locked Infinix device

•  Wait for some seconds and a new password would be sent to the recovery number

•  Now use the new password to access your locked Infinix device 

Hurray! You have just succeeded in recovering your lost privacy protection (anti-theft) password and you are back again into your Infinix device.