{"id":77641,"date":"2014-12-04T00:03:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T22:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=77641"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:19:45","slug":"android-5-0-1-accidental-device-reset-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/android-5-0-1-accidental-device-reset-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 5.0.1 fixes accidental device reset bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first update to <a title=\"Android 5.0 Lollipop is rolling out now\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/android-5-0-lollipop-is-rolling-out-now\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android 5.0 Lollipop<\/a> is here and it fixes a bizarre bug. The 5.0.1 update doesn&#8217;t improve performance but does cut down on the chances of your device <strong>accidentally resetting itself<\/strong>, which wipes everything from your phone.<\/p>\n<p>The reset bug is triggered by <strong>accidental screen taps<\/strong>, which can occur in your bag or purse. If your phone&#8217;s lock screen is triggered and an incorrrect password entered too many times, the device will reset itself. While the bug only occurs under very specific circumstances, Google isn&#8217;t taking any chances.<\/p>\n<p>The patched operating system will now require a <strong>minimum lock screen pattern of four dots<\/strong>, up from three. This will cut down on the chances on accidental taps from resetting the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Many users are still waiting for Android Lollipop. Nexus and Google Play Edition phones got the update first and many manufacturers are <a title=\"Android 5.0 Lollipop teased running on Galaxy S4\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/android-5-0-lollipop-teased-running-on-galaxy-s4\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">already testing Lollipop<\/a> on their phones.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, check out <a title=\"How to use Android 5.0 Lollipop\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/how-to-use-android-5-0-lollipop-1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to use Android 5.0 Lollipop<\/a> to see all its features.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a title=\"CNET\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/google-produces-android-5-0-1-with-bug-fix-in-tow\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNET<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Skype co-founder backs Wire, a beautifully modern messaging platform\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/skype-co-founder-backs-wire-messaging-platform\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype co-founder backs Wire, a beautifully modern messaging platform<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Check out our top apps of 2014, starting today\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/check-out-our-top-apps-of-2014-starting-today\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check out our top apps of 2014, starting today<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The best health and fitness app of 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/the-best-health-and-fitness-app-of-2014\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The best health and fitness app of 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Is Firefox finally coming to iOS?\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/is-firefox-finally-coming-to-ios\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Is Firefox finally coming to iOS?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Follow me on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first update to Android 5.0 Lollipop is here and it fixes a bizarre bug. The 5.0.1 update doesn&#8217;t improve performance but does cut down on the chances of your device accidentally resetting itself, which wipes everything from your phone. The reset bug is triggered by accidental screen taps, which can occur in your bag &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/android-5-0-1-accidental-device-reset-bug\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Android 5.0.1 fixes accidental device reset bug&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":74824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-77641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329766,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77641\/revisions\/329766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77641"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=77641"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=77641"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=77641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}