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Just wondering how easy it is to bypass the PIN and or Pattern lock on this phone. I am just worried about how easy someone can bypass this on my phone if found etc.

What is the con census on what is more secure, PIN or Pattern?
 
Same thing just matter of choice. My work email settings only gives me the option for a pin so that's what I use. Anybody can look over your shoulder and catch the pattern or pin but otherwise it's fairly difficult to bypass it of course you make your pin ridiculously easy or obvious.
 
i also read somewhere that decrypt software has the most difficult time breaking the code for pattern lock. on the other hand, someone pointed out that our greasy fingers might provide a big fat clue to what the pattern is. i go with pattern lock anyway, because i figure i swipe, pinch, zoom, etc., enough in general to smear the whole screen!

for greater security, i bought cerberus off the play store. you can set it up so that assuming the phone is not completely dead, you can text it to sound an alarm, take a photo of the person who tries to silence it and even wipe your whole phone. i can verify that the alarm and photo part work; i did not try to wipe my phone, though. the one thing i noticed is that you have to be careful not to enable a pop up that permits your text messages to appear on the screen even when the phone is locked - if you do, your cerberus secure code will appear as part of the text message! so caveat emptor.
 
Thanks all maybe i will try out the pattern lock for a while. What is the password that pops up if you have tried too many attempts?
 
A factory reset by holding power button along with volume will bypass the lock and get to the home screen. All pictures, videos and music files can be accessed. I've done it on the inspire.
 
JayC said:
A factory reset by holding power button along with volume will bypass the lock and get to the home screen. All pictures, videos and music files can be accessed. I've done it on the inspire.
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can you confirm that it works the same way on the one x? and can anything else be accessed? as in the phone app itself and text messages? i don't care much if photos, videos and music files are accessed, but i wouldn't like my contacts to be possible targets for mischief.
 
earful said:
can you confirm that it works the same way on the one x? and can anything else be accessed? as in the phone app itself and text messages? i don't care much if photos, videos and music files are accessed, but i wouldn't like my contacts to be possible targets for mischief.
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A factory reset will wipe any user installed apps and the data associated with them, it will also take settings and contacts with it too.
 
just to add to this: i did a soft reset while in locked mode. when the phone rebooted, it still required the user to unlock (in my case via pattern).
 
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