Need help with Nothing 3a pro

[u/SleepingUmibozu]

Just this morning my pin suddenly no longer works, it wont accept the 4 digit pin I've always had.

I tried a forced restart multiple times, powering it off for minutes to hours, tried the pin in multiple different ways 1025, 10252525, 10251025, tried all the same number like 11111111 till 0 but nothing worked.

Has anyone experienced the same thing before and were you able to fix it? or a factory reset is my old option?