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Patterns are useless. Just follow the grease to unlock any phone.

Search WikiPedia in different languages The official WikiPedia app for Android can switch the language of a page, but it only ever searches in the language specified in settings. On iOS I use Wikipanion, which has a language switch right in the search field. Which Android app does this?

Impractical for longer articles.

Again, my PIN is numeric, so I aim for the digits. It makes no sense to train myself to aim for the letters. Still I tried, and failed. So how do I replace the lock screen, and which has better keys?

There are letters on the keys in your example, too. They push the digit to the side, which makes it hard to hit.

The pin pad on the 4.4.4 (Motorola) lock screen has the digit next to the letters on each key. My PIN is numeric, and when I aim for the digits I often hit the wrong key. This is why Apple puts the digits at the center of the the keys, with the letters below but also horizontally centered. And...

I think it looks boring, and the back is way too slippery. Both might be mitigated once swappable shells become available. Getting the back off is unacceptable though; I broke a nail. The power button is too flat. Reception is pretty bad, especially GPS. Camera completely useless (fix focus)...

On iOS the official Instapaper app can copy the full text of an article to the clipboard. Which Android client does something similar?

So I get a piece of paper, write the URL down from the screen of my phone, scrolling in the process, then tap in the URL bar and type it in again? Sure.

I'm in Chrome 34 on Android 4.4.2 and a web page contains a URL as normal text, not marked up as a link. How do I open it? I selected it and tapped the share button: nothing useful. I copied it and tapped around in the address bar: no way to paste!?