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Another iOS 6.1 Bug: Anyone Can Bypass Your iPhone Lock Screen With An iOS 6.1 Trick

Adding to the woes of Apple's already-troubled software update, a security flaw in iOS 6.1 allows anyone to bypass an iPhone's lock screen and access anyone's iDevice. With this iOS 6.1 trick, anyone can bypass your iPhone's lock screen, access your data, check your voicemail, view or modify contacts and look through your photos and more,  The Verge  reports. The method was explained in a You Tube video posted by a user by the name videosdebarraquito. The method involves "making (and immediately cancelling) an emergency call and holding down the power button twice. We followed the steps and managed to access the phone app on two UK iPhone 5s running iOS 6.1," the repA similar bug was noted with iOS 4.1 and was fixed by the iOS 4.2 update. This is the latest in the series of bugs that came along with the iOS 6.1 software update. iPhone users have been battling bad 3G connectivity and fast battery drain ever since the software upgrade. As iOS users, esp...