#Pattern lock

They need to be protected at all times, which is why we have a lot of options to secure our smartphones —from the good old PIN and pattern, to the more advanced in-display fingerprint scanner. You definitely can not mess this up, because once you screw up and forget your password, you will probably be spending hours and hours trying to unlock your device. Pattern Pattern unlock is a security method only found in Android phones. There are only a certain number of times that you can try it until it locks you out for a few seconds. One dilemma this method might cause is the chance that your finger or thumb could leave pattern smudges or a trail on your displays that make this method quite exploitable. Password This is seen as the most secure by many users as you can use a combination of numbers and letters to unlock your device. Facial Recognition Before Apple's FaceID, there was already a facial unlock feature found on Android phones. This means that a simple photo of you is enough to unlock your device. Read more in our articles including "Fingerprint, Face Unlock, PIN, Password: Which is the best?" and ""How to Overclock": Pinoys Most Searched".