Hey guys,
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Today I was at an event where taking pictures was very much needed. Not at all times however, so it meant a lot off "Phone on, lock pattern, camera, phone off, in pocket" etc. Unlocking the phone is slightly tiresome, however albeit essential for my workplace.
So! I've had a thought. Is there any current or possible modification(s) that can be made to the lock screen, when their is a PIN or pattern enabled, which could give access to certain apps straight from the lockscreen without the need to input the pattern or pin?
This would simply cut out the need to unlock the phone if all I need to so is shoot a video or picture. I also understand the need for their to be some form of extra security as a user could theoretically open the camera and then press the home screen and they are past the security however hypothetically speaking.. could this ever work?
I hope i managed to explain myself well enough there lol!!
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There are plenty of lockscreens out there like milocker/magiclocker/widgetlocker that allow you to unlock straight to a camera/sms/phone, just don't think they work with a pin or pattern.
I use widgetlock from the market it can be customised to suit your every whim lol
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milocker'm using now and it works pretty well that mentioned above are good options
Another vote for WidgetLocker here; it's really easy to add a widget to the lockscreen that launches your preferred camera app.
Brilliant lads thanks! Does widget locker allow lock phone generally with pattern/pin but access to camera without?
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Yep +1 for wigetlocker from me.
Latest version is awesome compared to earlier ones.
I bought it ages ago and shelved it for jkay and go locker but I installed it again last week and it's really come a long way.
This was what made me take another look at it.
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yetep said:
Does widget locker allow lock phone generally with pattern/pin but access to camera without?
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Just tested this - if you have PIN security set up then you still need to enter the PIN even if you're starting the camera app from the widgetlocker screen.
Hmmm.. might be time for me to look into some coding!
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GO locker work well.... n lots of pattern to choose thr...
Does Go Locker work without Go Launcher?
No, Go Locker requires Go Launcher to be installed.
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When I set the pattern in the settings menu, the dots are much smaller and cooler looking:
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But when I actually unlock my phone using the pattern it looks like the stock ROM's unlock which is fat and ugly:
Is this because of the ROM or my theme?
Is there anyway I can get the dots from the 1st picture in my lockscreen?
Is there a way to remove the "emergency call" button removed? I know you can hide the clock/date through cm7 settings
I have CM7.1 by Grif with some ICS theme I found on the forum.
Sir, it's because of CM7.
All ROM's for ace which are based on CM7 usually have this problem.
As a workaround, you can try using apps such as "Go locker" from market.
PS - It is an app which will replace your current lockscreen with its own. Its customizable
First - you can modify you framework-res.apk, you can find that pictures in it and change it. The second solutions is to use unlock gestures:
You can find this option in the Cyangenmod Settings. Your lookscreen while look like this:
To unlock just draw you gesture, works perfectly for me .
dragonnn said:
First - you can modify you framework-res.apk, you can find that pictures in it and change it. The second solutions is to use unlock gestures:
You can find this option in the Cyangenmod Settings. Your lookscreen while look like this:
To unlock just draw you gesture, works perfectly for me .
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Thanks. That's what I've been using as a replacement anyways.
Regarding lockscreen gestures, I noticed a sensitivity scale from 1-12. Does 1 or 12 mean I have to input more accurate patterns? Because I found that sometimes I can just randomly swipe the wrong gesture and yet the phone still gets unlocked.
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Thanks. That's what I've been using as a replacement anyways.
Regarding lockscreen gestures, I noticed a sensitivity scale from 1-12. Does 1 or 12 mean I have to input more accurate patterns? Because I found that sometimes I can just randomly swipe the wrong gesture and yet the phone still gets unlocked.
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I have set my sensitivity to 2, then higher you set then accurate you must draw you gesture, I am using only 2 because my unlock gesture is an X and It's really impossible to draw this symbol by swiping randomly.
Sick of mashing my power button all day. Is there a non-root method of a shake or at least volume wake/unlock? The one thing I really miss about my iPhone 4 is that one button in front that I didn't have to hunt around for.
Install a different lock screen like go lock or something similar with the volume wake option
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Thanks, but that only works with Go Launcher EX... Hoping for a solution that's standalone.
Widget locker has that option
Lockbot also.
This function holds a wakelock btw. You coukd see a huge difference in battery life
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Thanks! I tried these... Lockbot just doesn't work at all on my Note. No lock functions, regardless of method. There are some complaints on the play store about this, so it might be a bugged rev.
Tried Widget Locker before and it was such a clunky mess that I deleted it. Couldn't find any shake to wake feature, but if it really does need to be a wake lock that drains the battery then it's not worth it anyway.
Maybe someday I'll switch to the an International model with home button.
Have you tried SHAKE 'N ON WIDGET, it works on mine, just gotta put the widget on HOME screen
Cm9 has volume wake built in
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I used widget locker when I was on stock. Pretty sure you can disable stock lock screen under security settings.
You say it was clunky, but I never had problems with it. It did take a bit of tinkering to get it set up first time perfectly. But volume wake worked on stock Rom if I recall. It's also one of the only ones not just trying to sell ridiculous themes which is sometimes refreshing. There are huge theme that's on xda. Tesla is a good dev. Also devs one of the best launchers, nova.
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Cm9 has volume wake built in
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What font is that?
Dunno, it's in a theme a buddy of mine, and moderator, zelendel is working on
I'm currently using AOKP : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574718
My phone is stuck on the landscape view, and as a result I'm not able to unlock my phone since the full pattern grid is not shown.
Rebooting does nothing
I really appreciate any help or advice!! Thank you!
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I'm currently using AOKP : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574718
My phone is stuck on the landscape view, and as a result I'm not able to unlock my phone since the full pattern grid is not shown.
Rebooting does nothing
I really appreciate any help or advice!! Thank you!
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Hate to say it but you might need to boot into recovery and wipe data if a reboot didn't fix it.
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Hate to say it but you might need to boot into recovery and wipe data if a reboot didn't fix it.
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This is so frustrating....but thanks for the note.
I don't even know how this should be possible.
How'd it get stuck in landscape mode in the lock screen?
Edit: editing this post because I found the option he must have checked to get this problem to occur. Its here. Horizontal lock screen option.
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I thought I would add to this in case someone actually searches for this problem. I was just scrolling through the forums. Anyway, have someone call your phone. In-call, hit home key and you can get to whatever you need to to change settings (and they can hang up). If no one is available for this... kill yourself.. you have no friends... Just kidding.
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I thought I would add to this in case someone actually searches for this problem. I was just scrolling through the forums. Anyway, have someone call your phone. In-call, hit home key and you can get to whatever you need to to change settings (and they can hang up). If no one is available for this... kill yourself.. you have no friends... Just kidding.
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Is this a real thing? Seems like a massive security hole if that is actually capable of being done on AOKP. What's the point of having security on the lock screen if it can be bypassed when in-call?
One more reason to stick with Samsung TW roms. On Semiv17, with lock screen security enabled, the home/back/search buttons are locked out if you answered a call from a locked state.
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Is this a real thing? Seems like a massive security hole if that is actually capable of being done on AOKP. What's the point of having security on the lock screen if it can be bypassed when in-call?
One more reason to stick with Samsung TW roms. On Semiv17, with lock screen security enabled, the home/back/search buttons are locked out if you answered a call from a locked state.
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I'm sure it's the same. That wouldn't make sense
Bleh
Hi everyone..
I'm looking for an app, widget or anything you can think of, style appsi, sidecontrol or any other quick launch app, that can be activated through a shortcut or any other way beside gesture... From my experience both of these apps are the most usefull and efficient apps of there kind. You can add favorite app, contacts, toggels or practikly anything you would like. The thing is that for me personally, being able to activate them only via gesture is quite annoying. I find myself accidently triggering it, or facing bugs. Appsi hasn't released anything for a while, so I guess that the project is over. And sidecontrol has bugs and doesn't work well on my lg g3. Does anybody know something else like theme?
Thank you for taking the time to read this long post, and of course for your help....
You can try SwipePad app.
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Sounds simplistic, but why not just put your apps, shortcuts, etc in a folder?
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Everything I use daily, categorized and one click away.
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You can try SwipePad app.
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Swipe pad is launched by a gesture, and is rather limited than appsi or sidecontrol...
ph37rd said:
Sounds simplistic, but why not just put your apps, shortcuts, etc in a folder?
Everything I use daily, categorized and one click away.
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Because that to access everything you need to go the home screen. I'm looking for something you can access these features from anywhere..
The home screen is just one big menu that has hot key access via the center of the navbar.
I can access it from anywhere by hitting the home key. I can return to any app I've started via the recents key.
Your view of how your menu should work is the same as this. In your app you hotkey access from anywhere. So do I. You would have categories to establish multiple menu levels. So do I. You need to return to the app you were in. So do I.
Mine is just reinventing what we already have. Yours requires additional code and system resources. I'm using mine and you're still looking.
Point taken...
Hi,
I got this watch used, arrived two days ago. I like it so far. Only tweaks done so far is unlock BL.
I want to preserve the battery life as much as possible though, while keeping it usable. So I think there is efficiency to be made by having the watch face stay as a silhouette instead of "waking up" whenever I look at it. To activate the watch, I have no problem with tapping it once or twice.
Does such a tweak exist? I could not find it in settings (only to turn screen off completely when inactive). Any prerequisites for such a tweak (e.g. root)?
Many thanks.
Are you on 5.1.1 (LCA43)? If yes, you can try disabling wrist gestures in watch settings. Of course, you won't be able to move trough cards as well if you disable it, but it will prevent the screen to leave dim mode when you move your wrist.
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lfom said:
Are you on 5.1.1 (LCA43)? If yes, you can try disabling wrist gestures in watch settings. Of course, you won't be able to move trough cards as well if you disable it, but it will prevent the screen to leave dim mode when you move your wrist.
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I tried that before (am on LCA43), but it seems to just disable the scroll. Just tried again, may have made a difference this time. Though it looks like the screen still activates 1 out of the 5 times I put the watch to my face. We shall see. Thanks!
You're correct, my bad! The setting you want is in the Android Wear app: Tilt to wake screen. You may want to keep wrist gestures on.
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lfom said:
You're correct, my bad! The setting you want is in the Android Wear app: Tilt to wake screen. You may want to keep wrist gestures on.
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Found it! The guide I found had the setting on the main page. I had to tap on the actual device listing to get to the sub page with all the goodies (Google probably did it that way so you can program different actions for different watches).
Thanks again!
By the way, one day later with no charge in between. I am proud of this:
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Set for two solid days of use. [emoji3]