i have a huge prob, i put a lock on my phole and then i switched it to landscape mode
then it turned off cos i went to the toilet, i came back, turned it on and it had the promt to enter the ping/ password (numerical in this case) and it wont let me put in/ it wont let me input numbers, however they are there, could this be cause due to landscape switching??
i dunno im freakin out, cos i re-upgraded and the pin/ pass is still there :S
HELP~!!!
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Guys
I have searched the forum but cant find anything like this. When ever i set the screen lock it doesnt work, it ONLY works when i put a PIN on the device. I dont really want a pin on the device, just the screen to lock when it in my pocket.... any advice??
Oh this was working, but just suddenly stopped, I have tried factory resets but still nothing.....
Do you mean your lock slider stopped appearing? That's what just happened to mine. PITA when it's in its pouch because it keeps launching. Am trying to find a fix.
yes thats it. It just doesnt show any lock screen, but if i put a pin on the device it works fine, well except for showing a pin entry request which i dont want
OK, hello everybody.
I bump this one, because it's my issue too.
The fact is: at beginning the phone was ok. After screen went off, and when I turned it on, it used to show only the slide button, that used to unlock the phone, and that was all.
That was OK.
AFTER I SET UP AN EXCHANGE ACCOUNT (I make it twice: second time after a ROM Upgrade) the phone has FORCED ME to store a pin, and now the "request pin/password to unlock phone" function CANNOT BE TURNED OFF.
So, when screen goes down I MUST:
1) Click the on/off button
2) slide the on screen button
3) type in the unlock PIN and press "unlock"
Any way, any idea to disable ONLY THE 3 ??
Thank you
EDIT: HTC support understands NOTHING I'll keep this thread updated if any solution will be found...
EDIT 2: THE SOLUTION
Ok, after a long search: here's the solution (it's not spam: it's the solution to a problem)
http : // www . etenblog.com/2008/01/21/disable-exchange-security-policy-for-windows-mobile-devices/
and this is the original author:
http : // dedjo . blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-disable-exchange-security-policy.html
(remove extra spaces)
DISABLE the exchange security policies (set key to 1 DWORD)
That was the thing that cause the FORCED REQUEST for pin/password.
EDIT3: BUT... everytime you sync with exchange, it FORCE YOU THAT POLICY again. So you have to ask your exchange admin to solve it.
What a start to the day! I teach fitness instructing and gym circuits at a nearby college and on my way to the class (from my car) i dropped my phone. I had my ipod blasting so didnt hear it fall out my pocket I did my circuits and had a little break and thought id check my phone well.... you know the sinking feeling you get? yup I had that! I retraced my steps through the car park and didnt see it... went to reception and luckily some good honest soul out there handed it So gratefull theres some genuine people out there.
One of the main thoughts at the time of panic was that I didnt have a pin lock on my phone. just the usual slide lock so anyone could have access to it and have access to my emails, pictures, facebook and make countless calls.
The reason I didnt put a pin lock on was a few months back I had to factory reset my phone and I never backed it up so Lost everything, due to the fact the phone wouldnt recognise my pin
What Apps would you guys recommend for me to install... coz lets face it I need to password protect the phone. I need a RELIABLE lock that wont drain my battery.
Sorry for the essay
i've moved on from WM to android on the HD2...what i like about android is that it offers the usual slide lock, PIN lock, alpha-numeric lock, as well as the "pattern lock". i think the pattern lock offers plenty of combinations (CLOSE to 9!+8!+7!+6!+5!+4!+3!+2! combinations) to make cracking tough and is much easier to input with fat fingers unlike the PIN or alpha-numeric locks.
WM 6.5(.x) natively offers the old-style lock, the new slide lock, PIN lock, and alpha-numeric lock.
cookie's home tab offers still more lock screen options, though i think they are all slide based.
S2U2 is another popular slide lock.
i believe a good pattern lock for WM exists in the form of "throttle lock", haven't tried it personally but it seems nice.
Hi,
Not sure if this has been asked before, but If a pin number or password is set up for the lock screen, this can be bypassed by pressing the home button 5 or 6 times and will then open up the phone without the need to enter the password or pin. A work colleague found this out by accident and was able to access the phone uninhibited. Is this a feature in case of forgotten passwords / pins or is it a bug. Or can it be disabled? as it doesn't seem all that secure
Mine doesnt do that, tried it several times
must be a bug on your phone
Yeah I though that but another work colleague has the same phone and his does it as well. You have to press it quite quickly it seems to go into the voice control when it comes on and then goes on to normal phone use. I have found other references to it googling, but seems to be relating to a fix if you have actually forgotten the password.
We've been having a fiddle , and now having powered off the phones cold and restarting after setting the pin numbers it has stopped doing it. Up untill now after setting the pin code we hadn't actually powered off completely just into standby. SO you presumably must have to reboot the phone after setting the pin number.
Anyway both phones are working and cant replicate the issue, so hopefully sorted.
Thanks
So, this is my problem.
I turned on TalkBack on my Samsung Galaxy S3 then locked the screen and now I can't unlock my phone to turn it back off. It just continues to read everything from locked screen. My SIM card is locked and it tells me there is no service. I pulled out battery several times but it boots and won't let me go any further than locked screen and TalkBack starts reading everything out loud again. Please help me fix it
Update: I successfully unlocked SIM card but it won't let me go any further than locked screen again.
P.S. Excuse me if I misspell anything, english is not my mother language.
Second Update: I've noticed "Safe Mode" sign in lower left corner. Does it mean anything?
Third Update: I figuered out I need to slide two fingers at the same time to unlock it and move around so I managed to ge to settings and turn off talkback
happened to me as well
I noticed the "Safe Mode" as well.
Happened to me in the airport after I let some old lady call someone in a language I couldn't understand, so I had couple of theories, including the NSA controlling my phone...
Every time I restarted, I had seconds to use the touch screen! that's it.
phone being protected by a pin, meant I couldn't really do anything, but keep restarting.
There was a logo on the top left tray (running apps) that I didn't recognize, which disappeared after a second.
It took at least an hour for it to go back, many restarts, battery out & in, and any trick/buttons combinations that I know in the GS3.
Not sure what really solved it in the end...if it happen again, I am going back to square one.
I really needed to use the internet, but at least, this passed the time until the delayed flight finally came...
happened again. Airport again
Anyone has any idea?
A few minutes ago, my Z5 compact finished updating Android. When I turned it on, it would accept the SIM-pin number no problem, but it will not take my phone PIN. The four dots show up when I enter it, but it will not unlock the phone. Since the PIN is required after a restart, that leaves me in a pickle because I can't open it with a fingerprint either.
Is this a common bug? Does anyone know how to fix it?
(Edit: The phone is working. I can see notifications coming in, and can delete them, but the phone still won't accept my PIN. Even after a restart.)