Why won't my S4 accept my PIN all of a sudden?

[jsheppar]

suddenly my s4 wont accept my PIN

i am at 9 tries now and it says it will return me to factory settings. What can I do?

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: suddenly my s4 wont accept my PIN

Welcome to Android Central! Did you forget your PIN, or is it just not recognizing the correct PIN?

Try going to Android Device Manager on the web and remotely resetting the PIN: https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3388218?hl=en