Before pressing the big red reset button, try one of these fixes first.
Thieves and toddlers can't crack your phone through brute force.
To factory reset Android without losing messages and call logs, enable Google backup first by turning on “Back up other device data” in Settings > Google > Backup. After reset, restore data during ...
A Samsung document confirms that entering the PIN wrong more than a dozen times in One UI 9 will lock users out of their device.
If you forget your PIN 13 times on Samsung's newest Galaxy phones, you'll have no choice but to factory reset it.