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Hi Guys,
Well i hope this is not a dupe post, however ill give it a shot.
So i have my new Android phone that is setup with Exchange syncing from work. There is a PIN number that is forced onto my phone which is ok, however coming from an iphone they had a really neat feature where i could set the timeout on the PIN to say 15mins, then anytime i used my phone during that time i didn't have to enter in the PIN. This was ok with me. However since moving to Android, it seems that when i set the PIN and the screen lock feature to say 2 mins (so the screen will turn off quickly) when i wake it up the phone asks me for a PIN. It is starting to get quite annoying.
Now before you all jump on the security bandwagon, i want to first say i am happy with having to enter the PIN, however i was wondering if there is an app or solution out there that could make it similar to the way the iphone handles the PIN timeout.
I am using a carrier supplied phone, so no rooting or hacks have been done to the phone yet.
Does anyone currently know if there is any way to add in the PIN timeout feature (or whatever it may be called) so that when i wake my phone from sleep within a certain time, the PIN will not be asked until that timer has been met?
The apps i have seen do NOT work when exchange sync is enabled.
Any help would be really appreciated.
cheers
Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on my question?
Thanks.
There's a version of email with the security requirement disabled. This would allow you to set your own password requirements and screen time out.
Where could I find this replacement email app?
Hello everyone.
Today I left my phone (galaxy S2) in my cousin's hand, and he tried to unclock my screen lock pattern. After too many attempts, my phone got lcoked and it asked me to sign in using my google account. I did so, and the phone got unlocked.
But when I press the lock button, or the phone gets locked automatically and I press the lock button to unlock it, the "too many pattern attempts" screen comes back again. Also my sim card is not being detected even though its there.
I have tried rebooting the phone, disabling the screen lock patten in security settings, disabling google account. Nothing has helped so far!
When you disabled the screen lock setting, what happens? You could try booting into recovery and wiping cache. If that doesn't work, then you'll probably have to factory reset.
When I disable it, nothing happens, as in it shows that it is disabled on the security settings. But when I press the lock button, the too many attempts screens comes back again. I tried a fctory reset too. Its still there! This is so frustrating!
Flashing a new rom should do the trick.
No you don't have to Flash
Try this please:
It was all about this "Two-Step Verification" security of google!
I tried everything... and I mean EVERYTHING (except flashing my XooM), but at the edge of giving up, I signed into my google account and issued an "Application Specific Password" for Xoom from my Google account.
I used my [email protected] with that Application Specific Password and it worked. (do not enter spaces in the password)
There is one solution
Hello,
I had similar problem with my Motorola Xoom WiFi. My friends was playing with my tablet and they was trying to guess my login pattern. Unfortunately sign in via Google account did not worked and WiFi network was turned off. So I was looking for way how to unlock it without root access.
Finally I found it. I wrote an application which turns on WiFi. It is quite simple. There is one requirement, you have to have enabled debuge mode. After installing app via IDE (eg. Eclipse) WiFi is connected to known network and you can log in with your Google account. There is also possibility to set network parameters in app code before compilation.
I hope this helps someone with this problem. At the end I want apologize for my poor english
Regards...
mato.mago said:
Hello,
I had similar problem with my Motorola Xoom WiFi. My friends was playing with my tablet and they was trying to guess my login pattern. Unfortunately sign in via Google account did not worked and WiFi network was turned off. So I was looking for way how to unlock it without root access.
Finally I found it. I wrote an application which turns on WiFi. It is quite simple. There is one requirement, you have to have enabled debuge mode. After installing app via IDE (eg. Eclipse) WiFi is connected to known network and you can log in with your Google account. There is also possibility to set network parameters in app code before compilation.
I hope this helps someone with this problem. At the end I want apologize for my poor english
Regards...
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Hi dear
I have same problem too.
may you explain more. and could you put your application here?
thanks for your help in advance
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nileshrparge said:
Hello everyone.
Today I left my phone (galaxy S2) in my cousin's hand, and he tried to unclock my screen lock pattern. After too many attempts, my phone got lcoked and it asked me to sign in using my google account. I did so, and the phone got unlocked.
But when I press the lock button, or the phone gets locked automatically and I press the lock button to unlock it, the "too many pattern attempts" screen comes back again. Also my sim card is not being detected even though its there.
I have tried rebooting the phone, disabling the screen lock patten in security settings, disabling google account. Nothing has helped so far!
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Sometimes simple is best. If you saved the rom, go into recovery and restore the saved rom.
Hello, i think it's not becoming clear from the title, but i don't know how exactly to name it. I have a corporate email set on my Xperia S. Since the email is corporate, i had to set Pin Unlock, which is something i don't like at all - especially when i'm driving. Is there a way to trick the security settings or the android to think that i'm using pin code unlock, but instead to use the normal unlock screen? The only possible unlock solutions which i have now (having in mind that the device security is managed by the exchange service) are pin or password unlock.
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Hello, i think it's not becoming clear from the title, but i don't know how exactly to name it. I have a corporate email set on my Xperia S. Since the email is corporate, i had to set Pin Unlock, which is something i don't like at all - especially when i'm driving. Is there a way to trick the security settings or the android to think that i'm using pin code unlock, but instead to use the normal unlock screen? The only possible unlock solutions which i have now (having in mind that the device security is managed by the exchange service) are pin or password unlock.
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Did I get that right? You want Android to think you have a PIN, but don't want to enter the code?
You could make a delay until lock, so if your phone switched off, and you turned it on again after a minute, it's not locked yet.
Actually it's almost as you say - i want to be able to lock it and use the normal unlock slide instead of entering a pin, without having to remove the device security setting - basically trick the phone that a pin unlock is used. I still want to be able to lock the phone, since otherwise it's not sleeping properly and is reducing even more the already short battery life.
d_ave said:
Actually it's almost as you say - i want to be able to lock it and use the normal unlock slide instead of entering a pin, without having to remove the device security setting - basically trick the phone that a pin unlock is used. I still want to be able to lock the phone, since otherwise it's not sleeping properly and is reducing even more the already short battery life.
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I don't think it's possible.
I have Jelly Bean on the P769 and I am rooted.
I use face unlock, but I am tired of it and I want to turn it off. I use the PIN all the time when face unlock does not work due to low light etc. It all works.
But when I try to disable face unlock, it asks for a PIN and it does not accept the PIN I use to unlock my phone. It says wrong pin try again. I cannot imagine that when I set up face unlock there was another PIN, I always use the same one and unlock my phone with it hourly.
I also cannot learn my face any longer because it again asks for a PIN and the PIN I normally use is not accepted.
This just seems like a bug. What could I do to turn off face unlock? I am rooted. any ideas?
Thanks
chrismcnally said:
I have Jelly Bean on the P769 and I am rooted.
I use face unlock, but I am tired of it and I want to turn it off. I use the PIN all the time when face unlock does not work due to low light etc. It all works.
But when I try to disable face unlock, it asks for a PIN and it does not accept the PIN I use to unlock my phone. It says wrong pin try again. I cannot imagine that when I set up face unlock there was another PIN, I always use the same one and unlock my phone with it hourly.
I also cannot learn my face any longer because it again asks for a PIN and the PIN I normally use is not accepted.
This just seems like a bug. What could I do to turn off face unlock? I am rooted. any ideas?
Thanks
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The only thing I can think of is a Factory Reset. That will reset your lock and PIN, and you can set it again. If it was pattern, there was a way to disable it it via adb, but none that I know of Face Unlock or even PIN.
Thanks that's a good idea.
I lost root when I received the OTA jelly bean update from T-Mo, so I first soft bricked my phone, then revived it by following the instructions better, Leeds method, now I have A rooted Jelly Bean and face unlock disappeared. I don't know what killed it., either because of the new ROM or because my Llama Locale plugin to turn off Pin unlock worked due to having root again.
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This is kind of an obnoxious issue with one of the new Android flagships. Android 5.0 has a "smart lock" feature that unlocks the phone based on your GPS location or if a trusted device is paired. The point of course is that you shouldn't have to unlock the phone when you're paired to your car, or to your Android Wear device, or at home or work, for example. But on the Galaxy S6/edge, it doesn't bypass the fingerprint lock, so when both are enabled you have to unlock twice. Tbqh I'm not sure Samsung's actually going to fix it. Their live chat didn't have much to say on this. I thought I should mention it in case anyone was thinking about enjoying the smart lock features AND using the fingerprint scanner.
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Valyncia: Hi, thank you for contacting Samsung Technical Support. How may I help you today?
Visitor: Hello Valyncia
Valyncia: Hello.
Valyncia: Please go ahead with your question.
Visitor: When I have fingerprint lock screen security enabled, it works fine
Visitor: but when I also enable smart lock, smart lock does not bypass the fingerprint lock
Visitor: is there a bug # for this issue?
Valyncia: As of now, we have no reported complaints regarding this issue.
Visitor: Thanks, I'd like to report one
Visitor: It's easy to reproduce
Visitor: 1. Enable fingerprint lock
Visitor: 2. Enable smart lock with a trusted device or location
Visitor: 3. either pair the trusted bluetooth device, or be in the trusted location
Visitor: 4. lock screen still requires you to swipe your fingerprint
Visitor: expectation is smart lock would bypass fingerprint lock
Valyncia: Thank you for your valuable feedback, I will certainly make a note of it.
Valyncia: Is there anything else that I can assist you with?
Visitor: Thanks. Could I take a ticket # or report # so I can follow up on this issue?
Valyncia: Unfortunately, we do not have an option to create tickets for this issue.
Visitor: Is there another department that would be able to open a ticket to get this actually fixed?
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It works fine for me with the head unit in my car and the headset in my motorcycle helmet. I do wish it would bypass the lock screen completely. I still have to swipe up to get to the home screen.
cpshoemake said:
It works fine for me with the head unit in my car and the headset in my motorcycle helmet. I do wish it would bypass the lock screen completely. I still have to swipe up to get to the home screen.
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If you have to swipe, it's not working. What you are describing, is smart unlock not working. Try it on a Nexus 6 and see m8
ThugEsquire said:
If you have to swipe, it's not working. What you are describing, is smart unlock not working. Try it on a Nexus 6 and see m8
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Well it half works then, because it does bypass the fingerprint lock.
I had this same problem. When connected in my car it has a swipe up, then it asks for a fingerprint (which is super hard to do in the timeout time). Outside my car it is simply fingerprint. Same thing with my headphones. Just happened right now. Fingerprint unlocks. Connect headphones: asks for swipe up... stalls... then goes black before i can use finger. Wake back up fingerprint unlocks. Lame. This would be a completely awesome feature if it worked.
marclais said:
I had this same problem. When connected in my car it has a swipe up, then it asks for a fingerprint (which is super hard to do in the timeout time). Outside my car it is simply fingerprint. Same thing with my headphones. Just happened right now. Fingerprint unlocks. Connect headphones: asks for swipe up... stalls... then goes black before i can use finger. Wake back up fingerprint unlocks. Lame. This would be a completely awesome feature if it worked.
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Works for me; when connected to my Moto 360 it bypasses the fingerprint unlock. A normal screen swipe unlocks the device.
had the same problem. I had to disable smart lock
Is there a forum that Samsung watches for these issues? Talking on XDA won't do us any good. We need to post it on a samsung board in order for them to take notice.
Same thing is happening to me - when connected my car it has swipe to unlock THEN it asks for a fingerprint... really rather irritating...
This is not a problem on my edge I added my gear to trusted devices and it successfully bypasses the fingerprint security.
Is it carrier dependent? On my T-Mobile Edge with the 5.0.2 update that happened out of the box (end of March), I have both fingerprint unlock and smart unlock and when my Zenwatch is in range I don't have to use fingerprint - I do still have to swipe, though.
On my 2013 moto x, once i have unlocked the phone while connected to a trusted device, I am always brought to home screen or open app rather then having to swipe. I feel this is the way it should be for all phones. (I thought that it was TBH)
flarbear said:
Is it carrier dependent? On my T-Mobile Edge with the 5.0.2 update that happened out of the box (end of March), I have both fingerprint unlock and smart unlock and when my Zenwatch is in range I don't have to use fingerprint - I do still have to swipe, though.
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I also have the T-Mobile Edge and I have the problem. You're the second person to say that an Android Wear device bypasses the fingerprint lock. Try unpairing the Zenwatch and use your car or a trusted location and let me know what you find.
In any case, you shouldn't have to swipe when using smart lock. Just use a Nexus 6 and you'll see how it's really supposed to work. With smart lock enabled, simply waking the phone brings you to the launcher, no unlock required.
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In any case, you shouldn't have to swipe when using smart lock. Just use a Nexus 6 and you'll see how it's really supposed to work. With smart lock enabled, simply waking the phone brings you to the launcher, no unlock required.
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I had a Nexus 6 before I got my S6 Edge. Smart Lock (location) did not bring me directly to the home screen, I still had to slide to unlock. Bypassed the PIN code, though. I was on 5.1.0.
Smart Lock isn't working for me, either. I trued setting it up using Location. Haven't tried trusted devices. T-Mobile S6 Edge with the latest OTA.
For me, the smart unlock works when it's connected to my car's bluetooth but it doesn't work for the location.
It is annoying.
Smart lock is not working for me either. The feature itself is grayed out in the Settings. When I paired my 360, it asked if I wanted to add it as a trusted device. I did that but it still keeps asking for fingerprint as if there are no trusted devices.
Mine is T-Mobile S6.
smart lock not working for me either - the setting is configurable but neither location or bluetooth liberate me from having to use the fingerprint unlock even though they are setup properly and smart lock is a trusted agent... bummer
***EDIT: found solution at this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/help/fingerprint-lockscreen-t3078647 - added a new trusted place called Home1 and when the map came up to set location i moved the pin slight away from my house and then back again and when it used a GPS latitude/longitude location instead of an address, i was able to get it working for location...
I got it working with that method as well.
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Not working for me too. Have to swipe and use fingerprint to unlock with trusted JBL Headphones
With ANY phone, the first time you must fingerprint unlock it while connected to the trusted device. After that it should let you in without a problem. My problem is that it requires you to swipe up to actually get into the home screen or app. This is not the way it *should* work.