A screen pattern lock is an alternative to PIN codes or text passwords on Android devices and estimates suggest it's used on around 40 percent of smartphones and tablets running the OS. Because ...

Lock screen patterns like these are easier to predict and compromise, and really common. The Android lock pattern has become an iconic feature since Google introduced it back in 2008, and has become a ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to get into your Android phone if you've forgotten your security pattern. Image: prima91/Adobe Stock The Android platform offers many ways to secure your data.

In this post, you will learn how to easily set up the pattern screen lock on your Galaxy Note20. When set, you’re gonna need to draw the pattern to unlock your phone. You will also be asked to enter ...

Passwords have all kinds of letters, symbols, and capitalization can make a difference. This format makes them very secure. Meanwhile, a lock pattern is pretty much the making of a shape, and the ...

What's safer? Using a numeric PIN code to unlock your Android smartphone or relying on a finger squiggle? Newly-released research suggests that, at least when someone close by could be looking over ...

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 your ...

Android users may want to reconsider their lock screen patterns. A new study shows that most of us are using very similar patterns to unlock our handsets. Norwegian University of Science and ...

A lot of Android users are using overly predictably lock screen patterns, according to a new study by Marte Løge, a graduate student from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. In a ...

How to reset your Android lock screen password/PIN/pattern Your email has been sent Google has dramatically changed its tune on bypassing the Android lock screen. If ...