Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to get into your Android phone if you've forgotten your security pattern.

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 ...

Google has dramatically changed its tune on bypassing the Android lock screen. If you forget your lock screen password/PIN/pattern, a factory reset is your only recourse.

How to Unlock Android Phone Pattern Lock without Factory Reset: If you’re using an Android device running version 4.4 or earlier, you can use the “Forgot Pattern” option to unlock your phone ...

Trick #1. Unlock Pattern Lock via Factory Reset This is the simplest trick to unlock locked Android device. However, the risk here is this method deletes all the data which are saved in phone memory.

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 ...

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.

In general, every Android mobiles comes with built-in security features that allow users to lock their phone’s screen various ways -- PIN, password, pattern or fingerprint lock.

That's also the case with ALPs (Android Lock Patterns): people increase their exposure to intrusions by opting to set simple ALPs. ALPs are an alternative to pin codes and fingerprint scanners.

Pattern Lock is a popular protection method for Android devices, but it could be putting you at risk ...