Bypassing the HTC One lockscreen during restart • Hacker News Board

Re: Bypassing the HTC One lockscreen during restart

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Post by cstrat » Mon, Oct 14, 2013, 9:32 PM UTC

wlk wrote: post #5

There are many errors in Android security, this is one that I have found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkdbMv0lNMc (TLDR: just remove your SIM card when screen is off to unlock, works on Anrdoid 4.0.3 with Acer Iconia Tab A511) Edit: I wonder if someone with tablet could try to reproduce that?

Odd bug, must be a SIM related PIN on the device...

Re: Bypassing the HTC One lockscreen during restart

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Post by devx » Mon, Oct 14, 2013, 9:42 PM UTC

HTC may have fixed it with the latest update:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1og2h8/critical_and...

Re: Bypassing the HTC One lockscreen during restart

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Post by philtar » Mon, Oct 14, 2013, 11:10 PM UTC

Doesn't work on HTC One running Android 4.2.2

Re: Bypassing the HTC One lockscreen during restart

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Post by dredwerker » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 12:15 AM UTC

Can't recreate it on my Australian HTC One with 4.2.2

Re: Bypassing the HTC One lockscreen during restart

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Post by captainmuon » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 9:10 AM UTC

I never saw the lock screen as a serious protection mechanism, but more like a screensaver, mainly to protect me from pocket-dialing. For me, its more like the key lock on old dumbphones than like the pin code lock.

And since even the pin lock was trivial to bypass by law enforcement or professional criminals (you could buy special devices to unlock the phones), I don't expect that my phone has any really serious protection. I know iOS devices are harder, but I'd expect the police or serious criminals to be able to crack my Android phone in seconds. Which is ok, as long as I'm aware of it. Of course, if my phones lock does turn out to be safe, thats great.