My phone says that the password is wrong how can i get it back without the phone getting wiped?

[Android Central Question]

I put my birthday on it but it wont work so i restarted my phone and now i am stuck on the pin thing.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Sorry, but you need to remember the PIN you created. If you can't, you'd have to do a hardware key factory reset (which of course will wipe the phone), and you'll still have to enter the Google account and password associated with the phone (hopefully you remember that).

 

[Rukbat]

And next time, write the password or PIN, and the Google login and password, on a piece of paper and keep it in a sock drawer or something.