What if access to your phone is locked with a security code or pattern?
With the 5MP camera, anyone can take pictures and share on social networks in seconds, even when the phone is locked.
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And, as Facebook is an advertising business, the Facebook Home experience will have ads integrated into it - even when the phone is locked.
Additionally, a dynamic lock screen allows you to select the photos or updates most important to you and have them ready at a glance, even when the phone is locked.
Additionally, the new smartphone is equipped with dedicated camera button for easy access to the 5-megapixel camera with LED flash so you never miss a photo opportunity, even if the phone is locked.
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Just 24 hours after a new update to the operating system patched a flaw that allowed anyone to gain physical access to a locked phone, another lockscreen bypass has already been found.
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Yes says corporate IT, but what happens when the child of the employee tries to use the phone to play a game and punches in too many invalid PIN attempts and causes the phone to be locked?
Mobile phone providers, which thought they had customers locked in because they owned the phone number, suddenly found that was no longer true.
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Take care if you happen to travel through downtown San Francisco this week: The sidewalks are full of people walking with their heads down, eyes locked on their smart phone, Nintendo DS or Sony PlayStation Portable, deeply engrossed in a video game and not necessarily watching where they are going.
Given that, as demonstrated in the video by Terrence Eden, it's possible to use Google Play to download an app to disable the locked screen and fully access the phone.
Intelligence officials had locked on to him when he made a phone call to a number they were tracking.
That goes to the prosecution claim that Steenkamp didn't merely get up to relieve herself in the middle of the night, but in fact had locked herself in the bathroom with her cell phone to protect herself from Pistorius.
But if you're not already locked into another platform, it's reassuring to know Windows Phone has the essentials covered.
Missed calls and unread messages become little tabs on the side of your locked GSII, which you may swipe into view and thereby unlock the phone straight into the message or call that needs your attention.
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