Screen lock in Android set up
In Android 4.0, you have a total of five different ways a lock screen set up. To do this, first select "settings", then "Screen lock" and then "screen lock select".
Android with swipe gesture lock
With the setting "Drag" to unlock your Smartphone with a simple swipe or pull gesture. This is a handy tool and prevents, for example, that you perform unwanted functions, if you carry your Smartphone in your pocket. Access protection for Unauthorized this setting, however, offers.
Screen Lock To "Pull"
Android with face recognition lock
"Face Unlock" is the latest screen lock from Android. It works by using the front camera of your smartphone takes a picture of them.
- To be able to Face Unlock, you need to have your Smartphone, of course, on the front of a camera.
- Furthermore, it is necessary that you see when you Unlock your Smartphone, and that the environment is sufficiently illuminated. Otherwise, you may not be recognized.
- Google explicitly points out that Face Unlock is less secure than other lock screen. Unauthorized could unlock your Smartphone when they see you in a similar situation or if you have a photo of them.
- Overall, Face Unlock is not recommended, therefore, as a secure protection.
"Face Unlock" setting
Android with a pattern lock
"Pattern" is quite a popular lock screen for Android. Here you draw with your Finger the pattern on the screen to unlock the Smartphone.
- On a field with 3 times 3 points, you need to connect at least four dots in any order.
- Five Times will be entered in a row a wrong pattern, you can unlock your Smartphone with your Google user name and password or with a Backup PIN.
- Also, keep in mind that all of the current versions of Android have a security gap, due to the pattern lock screen can bypass. Just a few lines of Code can override the lock. Further information you will find here.
- A light pattern could, under certain circumstances, with a few Trying to guess, especially if you prints any finger or a grease trail on the screen left.
Screen Lock "Pattern"
Android with PIN lock
"PIN" is another popular way to protect your Smartphone from unauthorized access. To Unlock you must enter a sequence of digits.
- Enter a numeric code to Unlock, which must consist of at least four digits. Letters and special characters are not allowed.
- Make sure that your PIN is not to be guessed easily. Your date of birth, for example, is only a little safe.
Screen lock "PIN"
Android with password lock
The best protection the "password returns". Here you can set a password to Unlock the screen.
- The password can have Numbers, letters and even special characters. This variant offers the greatest protection, but also at the same time the largest expenses when you Unlock.
- Similar to the PIN-lock method, you should make sure that your password is not guessed to easily.
- Screen Lock "Password"
