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 ...

Researchers have found a new way to break into smartphones which use the pattern unlock method and it can often be achieved within five attempts.

Android's pattern lock, which lets you unlock your phone by swiping a specific pattern across the screen, may seem more secure than a password, but that's not always the case. While Android's ...

For our purposes, choose the Lock option to unlock Android phone password without factory reset. A new prompt will appear where you’ll be asked to type in a new, temporary password.

Pattern: This lock screen allows you to set up a pattern that is required in order to unlock your device.

Android has had the privilege of serving up frequently-used apps right on the lock screen, that way you can go straight to the app in as little taps as possible. However, if you have a pattern ...

Pattern-screen locks on Android phones are secure, apparently so much so that they have stumped the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The bureau claims in federal court documents that forensics ...