Getting a smartphone unlocked has traditionally been a frustrating and tedious process that usually begins with a call to your carrier and ends with either a lengthy support call that involves delving ...

The Find My Device app on Android may soon be getting a big upgrade, as it prepares support for biometric unlock. For a long time, the point of the Find My Device app on Android was solely to locate ...

Learn how to unlock an iPhone without a passcode before you're stuck. You never know when these methods will come in handy.

It’s a disconcerting experience, to say the least, to be locked out of your own phone. Whether you forgot the password or bought a second-hand phone that arrived still locked from the last user, it ...

ULTRALOQ, the smart lock brand under Xthings, has rolled out a major update to its Bolt NFC lock that extends tap-to-unlock functionality to most Android smartphones. The feature, previously limited ...

For starters, unlocking a smartphone simply means freeing it from any restrictions put in place by the manufacturer or service provider. This allows you to use your device with any carrier that it is ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Cricket’s new device lock makes 2025 or newer Motorola and Cricket-branded phones unusable without an active Cricket SIM or eSIM. The only way around this is to wait six months, after which the phone ...