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Im locked out of my Raspberry

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     I just got my raspberry in the mail and now I am locked out I didnt save a password. Is their a way to reboot so the beginning>?

  • Hi Delano,

     

    If you've got nothing important saved on your memory card then you can just download the freshest software and follow the installation procedure.

    Click on NOOBS here and download it. Follow the instructions there precisely to the letter, and it will work. Don't assume to just drag-and-drop into the

    memory card without following all the instructions because that's not the way it works. All is described at that link.

  • Did you change the default password?

     

    If you didn't, the credentials are most likely the following:

    * username: pi

    * password: raspberry

  • There is a nondestructive method:

     

    Step one:

    When you boot your Pi, hold down the Shift key.

    At the Noobs screen, press E

    Click on the tab "cmdline.txt"

    There will be one or (more likely) two lines of text shown.

    At the end of that text (on the same line) add

    init=/bin/sh

    Click OK

     

    press Esc to boot the Pi.

     

    Step two:

    The Pi will appear to freeze after a while and the text will stop scrolling.

    Press the Enter key and you should get a prompt

    #

     

    Step three:

    type in

    passwd pi

    and enter your new password twice when prompted (the default password is raspberry).

     

    Step 4:

    type in

    sync

     

    Disconnect the power to the Pi and reboot.

     

    Do step one again but this time remove init=/bin/sh from the end of the line

    When you're done press Esc to boot the Pi with your new password.