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Security flaw discovered in AT&T's Galaxy S II lock screen Comments

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  • Alex
  • mfC
  • 13 Nov 2011

The security flaw is the grease on our fingers. You can easily tell what the pattern looks like by the traces and finger prints on the screen surface.

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    • the_hbk
    • HK8
    • 04 Oct 2011

    Win, 02 Oct 2011I'm not saying that there is no lock screen. I said there is no password lock screen like the ... moreThere is!!!
    There has been a password lock screen on symbian since S60 or probably even earlier. You are mentioning about lock keypad. There was a feature to lock handset as well, still is. Press power button as in when you change profile, it should be the last option. Default lock code 12345 AFAIK

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      • salmander
      • QJ7
      • 04 Oct 2011

      [deleted post]gsmarena not supporting russian it looks like... meant to say 'not possible ! '

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        • salmander
        • QJ7
        • 04 Oct 2011

        ahad, 02 Oct 2011This is fake in my gs2 it doesnt happen like thisdoesn't mean its 'fake'.

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          • salmander
          • QJ7
          • 04 Oct 2011

          Mihai, 02 Oct 2011Hi, I have the international version of the Galaxy S2, and it also has a lock screen fault.... morei'll check tat out soon.

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            • salmander
            • QJ7
            • 04 Oct 2011

            Rajkumar, 02 Oct 2011Thank god INDIAN VERSION Galaxy S2 is perfect and no chance of getting in without drawing tje ... moredoes that mean your phone is a fort knox? funny.

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              • salmander
              • QJ7
              • 04 Oct 2011

              Sun Down, 02 Oct 2011Drop down notification was available since Maemo, which is the OS for the Nokia N900. Yes, tha... moreso sad. nokia didn't want anything to do with it. or meego. ha.

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                • salmander
                • QJ7
                • 04 Oct 2011

                fadz, 02 Oct 2011well, i guess i just have to wait for the at&t iphone 5. i am convinced that this sgs2 fla... moreyou're in at&t? lol. change network. buy that network's version. funny people.

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                  • salmander
                  • QJ7
                  • 04 Oct 2011

                  Anonymous, 02 Oct 2011Agree. Symbian can be the most secure OS available today.because no hacker wants to spend valu... morewhy?

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                    • salmander
                    • QJ7
                    • 04 Oct 2011

                    BigDave, 02 Oct 2011This is an option in the PowerAMP music player available in the market (The player used in the... morecorrect

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                      • salmander
                      • QJ7
                      • 04 Oct 2011

                      AnonD-1082, 02 Oct 2011And Android is the King of smartphone viruses, security holes, trojans, and malwares. There's ... moreboring too

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                        • salmander
                        • QJ7
                        • 04 Oct 2011

                        mygothicheart, 02 Oct 2011i don't think its just at&t's fault, or else it would be all of at&t's phones that wou... more.wrong.

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                          • Stondec
                          • qKN
                          • 03 Oct 2011

                          mygothicheart, 02 Oct 2011i don't think its just at&t's fault, or else it would be all of at&t's phones that wou... moreDrop the cool aid buddy. If it's an Android issue, how come no other Android phone has the same problem?

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                            • AnonD-24553
                            • PS6
                            • 03 Oct 2011

                            mygothicheart, 02 Oct 2011i don't think its just at&t's fault, or else it would be all of at&t's phones that wou... moreThen you're wrong, because the international Galaxy S 2 doesn't have this problem, it's always the telco specific versions that have problems.

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                              • Macedonian
                              • smm
                              • 03 Oct 2011

                              I have an international version of the S2 and it has not have any of this issues!

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                                • mygothicheart
                                • vpa
                                • 02 Oct 2011

                                i don't think its just at&t's fault, or else it would be all of at&t's phones that would be having this security issue, it's an android issue, based on their prior record, andoir really is a buggy os, and very susceptible to bugs and security issues, android really doeas suck :(

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                                  • You Are So Troll
                                  • jIv
                                  • 02 Oct 2011

                                  [deleted post]What's really shame is the fact that Symbian is losing user base everyday. Something is definitely missing on Symbian that makes it unworthy getting it over Android or iOS for most people. Why do you think that is? If Symbian was any good wouldn't more people get it? How do you explain Symbian having fastest decline rate?

                                  It's kind of hard to find viruses, malware, spyware etc on Android. Unless you're the kind of idiot that goes out to look for trouble, chances of coming across malware is extremely slim.

                                  Trolls like you should really be banned from forums. Where are the moderators?

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                                    • AnonD-21655
                                    • tuh
                                    • 02 Oct 2011

                                    AnonD-24281, 02 Oct 2011You see you and your fellow nokia fan boy come to or forum and bash android. But when we come ... moreCan't u read? Go back to school learn alphabets. I'm protecting Samsung LOL. I said it is AT&T fault, not Samsung or Android fault. And it shouldn't be a big news bcoz it could bring bad reputation. Is that clear enough to you? Or i need to pronounce it for u too? Jeez...

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • qQg
                                      • 02 Oct 2011

                                      just picked up my AT&T Galaxy S II and I'm able to bypassing the pattern drawing screen too. I don't see an "Immediately" option for scree timeout. The short timeout option is 15 seconds...

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 4cS
                                        • 02 Oct 2011

                                        Easy fix is to turn Screen Timeout to Immediately

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