HTC One M9 pattern lock is very easy to bypass

Peter, 09 November, 2015

UPDATE: As many of our readers reported, this trick does not actually work. Also, HTC contacted us to say that its engineering team could not replicate the issue and determined that the ROM used in the video is not stock.

HTC One M9 owners beware – the pattern lock on your phone is very, very easy to bypass, even on the latest version. The trick is dead simple:

1) Use the Quick toggles on the lock screen to toggle Wi-Fi (on or off, doesn’t matter)
2) Done

Did you expect more steps? Well, there aren’t any. For whatever reason the HTC One M9 just skips over the pattern lock when the state of the Wi-Fi changes. When it disconnects, it unlocks the screen. When it connects to a network, it unlocks the screen.

If you have an M9, please try this method and report in the comments whether it works (including the ROM version).

Source

HTC Android

Reader comments

BBAnon
29 Jul 2017
dQg

Well whether it used to work, it sure doesn't now. and I've noticed on google that when you use the LOCK option, it does not give you an option to change the password. the factory reset should always be a last resort. So back in 2015 and 2016, you ma...

AnonD-674828
05 Jun 2017
vI9

I am unable to sign into my HTC M9 plus phone. After restarting it is asking for a pattern, I am using the same pattern but it keeps saying "wrong pattern" I don't see any option to reset the pattern as well. This seems to be HTC Sense issue. There's...