Samsung S3 Full Lock Screen Bypass

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Samsung S3 Full Lock Screen Bypass

Authored by Sean McMillan

The Samsung S3 suffers from a full locked screen bypass vulnerability that leverages the emergency call functionality.

====Title====

Samsung S3 : Full Lock Screen Bypass

========Summary========

It is possible to bypass the lock screen on the S3 allowing an indivdual full access to the phones features

==============Steps to recreate==============

1) On the code entry screen press Emergency Call2) Then press Emergency Contacts3) Press the Home button once4) Just after pressing the Home button press the power button quickly5) If successful, pressing the power button again will bring you to the S3's home screen

=====Notes=====

1) It can take quite a few attempts to get this working, sometimes this method works straight away, other times it can take more than 20 attempts.

2) The method has been tested on 3 S3's

3) The method also seems to work better when the mobile has auto rotation on.

================Tested phone details================

Model number: GT-I9300Android Version: 4.1.2Kernal version: 3.031-742798

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