New software can analyze video of you unlocking your phone — without a view of your screen — and guess your pattern lock within 5 tries.

While Google had touted the security of Android’s pattern unlock mechanism for securing data and information on an Android smartphone–law enforcement officials were unable to crack their way ...

How to unlock Android phone when you’ve lost and/or forgotten its password… Out of curiosity, have you ever wondered if there was a way to unlock your Android phone if you or anyone you know forgets ...

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.

The study examined unlock patterns in the Nexus 5 and the OnePlus One. It also found that smaller phones and--surprise!--longer unlock patterns are less susceptible to over-the-shoulder surveillance.

Once you’re in your phone, you can reset your Android phone password without erasing the important files to something that is a little more memorable.

New research from researchers in Sweden and the UK reveals that hackers would be able to steal the unlock pattern of your Android phone by turning the device into an improvised sonar system. Using ...

Though unlock patterns used by Android phones may seem more random — and therefore more secure — than passcodes, they can be surprisingly easy to crack. While there are hundreds of thousands ...

Android phones secured with the popular Pattern Lock system can be easily compromised within just five attempts, according to security experts.

After Apple acquired the patent for the Slide to Unlock feature for all iPhone phones, Google has also been officially awarded last week the patent for the Android pattern unlock feature. Pattern ...