It is important to know how to unlock your device should you forget your patter password, screen pattern or pin.

One new study has quantified just how easy an Android-style unlock pattern—as opposed to a six-digit PIN or biometric unlock—makes the job of any over-the-shoulder snoop.

Tired of unlocking your Android phone the normal, boring way? There's an easy way to gain access without entering a PIN by using Smart Lock. Here's how.

You can unlock your Android phone even if you've forgotten the passcode, but you'll usually need to factory reset the phone.

Locking your Android smartphone with a password, PIN or unlock pattern is your first defense against those who would use it for malicious purposes like stealing your info or sending joke texts to ...

But Android evangelist Tim Bray raised a concern about "reverse smudge engineering" to figure out the unlock pattern.

Cybercrooks can crack your Android phone's unlock pattern in seconds Set a simpler unlock pattern if you want to keep your Android phone secure, say security experts.