You can unlock your Android phone even if you've forgotten the passcode, but you'll usually need to factory reset the phone.

Forgot your Android password? Use Google’s Find My Device to reset it remotely, or try a factory reset via the volume and power buttons. Samsung users can unlock their phones using Find My Mobile if ...

How do you get the data off your phone if you have accidentally dropped it and smashed the screen? Find out what's possible and what isn't.

One of Apple's best recent features is iPhone mirroring, which lets you control an iPhone from a Mac. Scrcpy is a free application for Linux, Windows, and macOS that does the same thing: It allows you ...

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We all have passwords for our phones. Those passwords protect the phone and its data from others. For convenience, we all use face or fingerprint unlocks, which makes ...

The toggle to enable the Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature is missing from Android 16 Beta 4, but it’s still possible to enable it via a hidden command. Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock allows Pixel ...