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by Alex Dobie
May 09, 2013
Lock screen widgets are easy to enable on the Galaxy S4, but there are a couple of extra settings to get to grips with
When you first pick up the Samsung Galaxy S4, it might appear that lock scr...
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by Alex Dobie
May 05, 2013
As with many features of the Galaxy S4, there's more than one way to get a camera shortcut on the lock screen
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is brimming with features, but right out of the box you co...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 21, 2013
The past few weeks have seen some prominent lock screen security issues come to light on certain Android 4.1-based Samsung phones, including the Galaxy Note 2. Most recently, blogger Terence Eden wa...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 20, 2013
Another Samsung lock screen security issue has come to light today, potentially allowing someone with physical access to a Jelly Bean-based Samsung phone to bypass a pattern or PIN lock. Brought to ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 16, 2013
If you've got an Android phone or tablet that's got Android 4.2.x and you're not using DashClock Widget, you are, quite frankly, doing it wrong. And the app that turns the Jelly Bea...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 13, 2013
Seems like it was only a couple days ago that we were tipped to home screen and Android 4.2 lock screen widgets for Google Now, and today that update has come, along with a few other trinkets.
Firs...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 12, 2013
I've made no secret about my outright displeasure for the new lock screen widgets in Android 4.2. Clunky, for one, often lacking style for another.
DashClock Widget is quickly changing my...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 31, 2012
If you're running CyanogenMod nightlies on your Android device, you'll notice a little something new in this evening's builds. Aptly named Chronus, it's a widget that's a conglom...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 26, 2012
It's impossible for me to show my phone without someone asking "What is that calendar widget?" It's called "Pure Calendar widget (agenda)," and it just got updated so tha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 13, 2012
Lock screen widgets work, and they work well – but there also are some troubling security concerns
Finally, we get our first real look at the new lockscreen widgets in Android 4.2. This is...
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by Gary Mazo
Jul 24, 2012
With NFC and all your personal information, its time to keep your Galaxy S3 safe from potential thieves and peeping neighbors.
It is much more convenient not to use security options on you...
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by Gary Mazo
Jul 12, 2012
The Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) has some pretty cool built in shortcuts to get you quickly to the apps you need most.
With most Smartphones on the market, getting to your apps quickl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 22, 2011
Phone dialer disappears from lock screen after updateIt's a phrase we've heard all too often: "Looking at it, something just ain't right." What you see here is the lockscreen on the Spr...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 02, 2010
Because the Android Lock Screen is just so fun and cool (and it is fun and cool), some iPhone developers have ported a similar lock screen system onto the iPhone. Yep, that ol' enter a number c...
