Here’s How to Unlock Your Android from SMS

PSafe Newsroom — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:43:36 +0000

You might want to create a password, PIN, or pattern lock (a lock code in which you have to swipe through several buttons for your phone to unlock) to keep your phone protected. But, like anything, it can sometimes be difficult to remember the password you’ve created. If you’re worried about your phone staying locked if you forget your password, don’t be. You can use a text message-based unlocking method to retrieve your phone. Here, we’ll talk about how to use SMS Bypass — an app that lets you unlock your phone with a text message from a friend’s phone.

Rooting Your Android
Before you can use the SMS Bypass app, you need to root your phone. Rooting means you can run certain commands and give enhanced privileges to run certain apps on your phone. To root your phone, you can install the Superuser app or flash a custom ROM (a technique that is beyond the depth of many Android users).

Unlocking with the SMS Bypass app
To use this retrieval method, you need to have the Android 4.0 system or above.
1. To start, download the SMS Bypass app onto your Android. The app costs a little more than $2 US dollars.
2. Once the app has downloaded, open it. You need to give the app permission to be a permanent Superuser — or root access to your phone.
3. Set your secret code on the app. The set code in SMS Bypass is 1234, but you can change the code to something that you can remember more easily.
4. Enable the remote password on the setting tab in the SMS Bypass app.
6. Now you’ll be able to bypass login to your phone by using the code. To access your locked phone, you need to find another phone to use. From that phone, send the secret code in the following format: “1234 reset.” (Or, if you’ve changed the code on the SMS Bypass app, whichever numbers you’ve chosen followed by the word “reset”).

Want to stop another kind of phone emergency? Make sure your phone doesn’t get infected with viruses by downloading PSafe Total. PSafe’s Anti-virus feature protects you from intruders 24/7 by scanning your phone’s SD card and files regularly so that no one will be able to hack into your system without detection.

Your Guide to Unlocking Your Android With a Cracked Screen

PSafe Newsroom — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:19:17 +0000

We’ve all been there. You’re juggling your phone, your coffee, and your dry cleaning when BAM! You walk into a stop sign, spilling your coffee all over your dry cleaning and dropping your phone on the concrete. You frantically dive for your phone as if it were your baby and nearly break into tears when you see your phone’s screen crushed into a thousand pieces.

If this sounds like a common occurrence for you, you’ll need to know what to do if your phone’s screen becomes shattered beyond recognition and you’re unable to enter your passcode to gain access.
In this event, there are a couple possible courses of action.

1. Use a USB Mouse.

If your Android’s touch screen is too cracked to function, you can try accessing your phone with a USB mouse and an OTG adapter. Connect the mouse to the adapter and the adapter to your phone. Once connected, the mouse can be used to unlock the phone with either the pattern lock code or your passcode.

The USB mouse eats up battery life quickly, so make sure to have the PowerPro by PSafe downloaded onto your Android. The PowerPro can identify programs that consume too much of your phone’s battery. The app will suggests solutions to make your battery last longer.

2. Use an Android Debug Bridge

This method of accessing a cracked phone is a little bit more complicated. It requires you to have already turned on your phone’s USB debugging option. Of course, if your phone’s screen is too cracked to access your settings, this method won’t be very helpful for you. To be safe, turn on this option before your screen is cracked, and you can save yourself a headache in the future.

To use an Android debug Bridge, you’ll need to download the Android Software Development Kit for your platform. Next extract the file and open the folder into which you extracted the Software Development Kit and run the SDK manager. Install the SDK Platform tools package and connect your phone to your PC with a USB cable.

Now go to the Device Manager, right-click your device on the list and choose Properties. Click “Update Driver” and browse your computer for your driver software option. After installing your device’s driver, you should be able to use the Android Bridge Debug and access your phone.

To further protect your phone, be sure to download PSafe Total. This anti-virus software defends your phone from malicious online threats and lets you share files and browse the internet safely. PSafe’s anti-virus software has the highest score in AV-testing and the extra edge of advanced protection.

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Here’s How to Unlock Your Android from SMS

Your Guide to Unlocking Your Android With a Cracked Screen