A new bug in the latest stable version of iOS, 7.1.1, makes it possible, under certain conditions, the lockscreen to work, even if a user has a code set. The implications are limited: only the app that was open is to use.
The bug in iOS 7.1.1 and is discovered by Apple-videoblogger EverythingApplePro. The lockscreen bypass only works if the iPhone has recently a missed call. Also need to the Control Center and the notifications from the lockscreen to approach. The default is that way, but users can that functionality if desired, turn off.
The bug can be used by the flight mode to convert and then, from the notification system on the missed call to the tapping. Then, the user enters the go into the app that was open at the time that the phone was locked. All the functionality of the app is to use, but it is not possible for other applications to access. If at the time of locking the springboard, the home screen of iOS, open, the user can only through the list of apps browse.
According to 9to5Mac, the bug poem in iOS 8, but the latest iOS 7 release is still vulnerable, so Tweakers can verify. At this time is iOS 8 only as a beta; the stable release only a few months. Users can safeguard themselves against the bug by the option that the notificatiecentrum or the Control Center from the lockscreen can be accessed, disable, or by going to the homescreen to navigate before they lock your phone.
Apple has often suffered from lockscreen bugs in iOS. As contained iOS 7 there are two, which allows users without the passcode to enter could call and photos able to access.
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