[header] How to unlock your android without a google account [title] Switch off your device and remove the sd card, if any. [step] Press the power button to turn the android off, and then remove the sd card from the device if you have one inserted. This is to avoid it being overwritten during the hard reset process. 
[title] Put your android device into recovery mode. [step] Different android devices have different methods to boot into recovery mode, but they all employ hardware keys.