lockscreen hack exposes android smartphones to full control by hackers. a critical bug allows hackers to gain access to gain acccess to android smartphones/tablet. this android smartphone hack affects all devices running versions of 5x which means that millions of android smartphones in circulation worldwide are suscpetible. the process of attack:
1) from the locked screen, open the emergency call window.
2) type a few characters e.g. 10 asterisks. double tap the characters to highlight them and tap the copy button. Then tap once in the field and tap paste, doubling the characters in the field. repeat the process of highlight all, copy and paste until the field is so long that double tapping is no longer highlights the field. this usually ocuurs after 11 or so repetitions.
3) go back to the lockscreen swipe left to open the camera. Swipe to left open the camera. swipe to pull the notification drawer from the top of the screen, then top the settings (gear) icon in the top right. this will cause a password prompt to appear.
4) long tap in the password field and paste the characters into it. continue to long tap the cursor and paste the characters as many times as possible, until you notice the UI crash & the soft buttons at the bottom of the screen disappear, expanding the camera to full screen. getting the paste button can be tricky as the string grows, as a tip, always, make sure the sure the cursor is at the very end of the string (you can double tap to highlight all then tap towards the end to quickly move the cursor there ) and long tap as close to the center of the cursor as possible. it may take longer than usual for the paste button to appear as you long tap.
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