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aredna t1_iwb86ee wrote

Reply to comment by ListRepresentative32 in Android phone owner accidentally finds a way to bypass lock screen by redhatGizmo

According to his blog it also works after a reboot and that's how he found it. He later found the reboot wasn't necessary. This made it more dangerous because you need less time to get in.

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ListRepresentative32 t1_iwbw4cy wrote

Depends on what exactly works. The lock screen dismiss works everytime, that's true. But its of any use only if the device was previously unlocked with PIN/password after boot. Otherwise the phone is still encrypted and bypassing the screen is useless(you can't access any user data)

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