Android used to have a process where you could type the wrong PIN or password multiple times and it would then send a recovery email to the associated account. However, Google removed that procedure.

Android's pattern lockscreen is an alternative to having a password or PIN; instead of typing something in, you just draw some lines between nodes. It's easier to remember—and easier to enter ...

After you set your pattern, PIN or password there will be an extra setting on the Security screen. It may say Timeout or Lock Phone After, depending on your phone and Android version.

If yours doesn't support fingerprint authentication, however, go for a password or pin. Just be sure to make it a strong password, because "123456" is easier to guess than your Z-shaped pattern lock.

Google stopped supporting Android 4.4 long ago, but if you’re still one of the few people that have a phone on that version, Google makes it pretty easy to unlock Android phone without a pattern ...

Android’s Settings > Security > Screen lock menu offers a multitude of unlocking methods: Swipe, pattern, PIN, password, trusted agents like NFC and Bluetooth, trusted sites, face, or voice.

It’s popular unlocking method — it’s estimated that 40 percent of Android owners use it as opposed to a PIN or a password — but it’s also one of the less secure.

64.2% of them were successful after seeing the phone being unlocked with a pattern once. This number went up to 79.9% if the “attacker” got to see the phone being unlocked multiple times ...

Now, Android lock patterns—the password alternative Google introduced in 2008 with the launch of its Android mobile OS—are getting the same sort of treatment.

Know how a lot of people tend to use passwords such as "123456" or, well, "password?" Well, turns out Android lock patterns (ALPs) are just as predictable. Norwegian University of Science and ...

Reset Password or Pin with Android 4.4 and Below The easiest way to fix things if you forget your Android password, pin, or pattern is for those using Android 4.4 KitKat or older.