Whether you use a Samsung tablet or multitask with the OnePlus Open's innovative software, we show how your Android phone opens apps in a split screen without your permission and how to stop it.

That said, there’s so much you have to do with a working screen before this method can help you out, that I think the keyboard/mouse technique—the “Easy Way”—is probably best.

The screen on my smartphone is not cracked, but in the video below I show I was able to unlock my phone without touching the screen by using a Logitech K400r keyboard.

Setting a password or fingerprint lock on an Android phone is a common method of protecting our essential data or private information from our eyes.

Method two: Reset your Android phone with its buttons For newer versions of Android, it’s possible not to see the Forgot pattern button option when trying to reset your pattern from a locked screen.

Sharing a video works in a similar way. For instance, if you've got a YouTube clip open on your Android phone, simply tap the share icon and choose a device to stream the clip to.

Others that do support split-screen on Android smartphones don’t necessarily support it well. Those that don’t support the feature will simply not be openable in a split-screen view.