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 ...

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.

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.

Tired of unlocking your Android phone the normal, boring way? There's an easy way to gain access without entering a PIN by using Smart Lock. Here's how.

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.

One new study has quantified just how easy an Android-style unlock pattern—as opposed to a six-digit PIN or biometric unlock—makes the job of any over-the-shoulder snoop.

You can unlock your Android phone even if you've forgotten the passcode, but you'll usually need to factory reset the phone.