So after doing the first trick of putting the Lenovo S880 into safe mode (or meta mode?), I tried pressing the Volume Up button. But it’s not working. This time I tried pressing the Power button and the Volume Up button and to my surprise a menu suddenly appears. It’s the Factory Mode screen menu of the Lenovo S880!
To cut it short, you should choose ‘Clear eMMC’ to reset your Lenovo S880. You can do this by pressing the Volume Up button to navigate the menu. After choosing the ‘Clear eMMC’ option, press the Volume Down button to perform software reset on the Lenovo S880. It will be quick and short erasing the internal memory of your smartphone and will reboot automatically. After the reboot, the annoying ‘locked’ unlock screen will disappear.