Forgotten pattern unlock htc phone (no sim card)

[Android Central Question]

Any ideas how to pattern unlock my very old HTC phone ,from 2010ish? (no sim card spot) and my attached google account is long forgotten. I'm trying retrieve the data and pictures. I'm no longer with Verizon either.

 

[B. Diddy]

If you remember the actual Google account email address, try to recover it this way: Google Account Recovery. Otherwise, you're out of luck if want to recover the data on the phone. If you just want to try doing a factory reset, see what happens if you fail the unlock enough times. Or tell us which model it is, and we can look up how to do a hardware key factory reset.