To repro:
1. Run some app like Terminal that runs in the 'background'.
2. Power off screen.
3. Power on screen.
4. Press the taskbar.
5. Press the app notification.
Tablet is now unlocked...
On the plus side, this is does not happen when using other than 'slide' for lock.
Some might call this a 'feature', but it seems more like a bug... (or a very untested feature).
leppie said:
To repro:
1. Run some app like Terminal that runs in the 'background'.
2. Power off screen.
3. Power on screen.
4. Press the taskbar.
5. Press the app notification.
Tablet is now unlocked...
On the plus side, this is does not happen when using other than 'slide' for lock.
Some might call this a 'feature', but it seems more like a bug... (or a very untested feature).
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A little reminder to you, the only thing Slide protects your tablet from is your unborn kids.
It is not a 'some might call this a feature' thing, tablet simply considers user navigating notification menu just as valid 'unlock' act as Slide itself is. As it should.
The odds of getting unlocked is much greater via an accidental press of a notification then using the slider.
Like I said, it might try to be a feature, but it fails...
I don't know how big your notification-bar is... but the chance that you press one of those buttons in the corner is minimal...
Well I dont see much use of a slide to unlock screen on a tablet anyway since I have no clue how you can accidentally turn the TFP on... It's not like you have that thingy in your pocket...
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The odds of getting unlocked is much greater via an accidental press of a notification then using the slider.
Like I said, it might try to be a feature, but it fails...
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You have to do a lot more than just accidentally press a notification. First of all, your Prime screen needs to be turned ON first, which means you need to accidentally press the really-difficult-to-accidentally-press power button. Then you need to touch corner of the screen not once, but twice in very specific locations (first to open the notification menu and then click on one of the buttons.
Slide unlock is entirely meant for phones, where the chance of accidentally turning on the phone in pocket is more likely. On a tablet it is just a beautiful startup screen that - until Android starts supporting user accounts - is nothing more than that.
Go to security and change from slide to pattern or password if you want a more secure lock. I think that the notification panel only gets past the slide unlock.
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First, the important stuff:
Download Link:
http://www.mr2-power.com/downloads/DeviceLock.CAB
Here is the old thread discussing the app from the time I first released it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=261277
I have released a new version of my Device Lock application. There is one primary enhancement in this version, but it is one many people have asked for.
Upon installing the new version you will notice a two new options in the Device Lock control panel applet. First is "Easy Unlock". What this option does is allow you to unlock the device with a single click of the left menu button (the button directly under the Unlock menu that appears when the device is locked) and not need to touch the button on the screen or type "*" on your keyboard. The second option enables a vibrate alert when the device is unlocked using this method. This is to avoid having the phone unlock in your pocket (fairly unlikely) and not notice it.
If you want the least number of button presses to unlock you can always select the "Do not lock buttons" option in the Lock tab of the Buttons control panel applet (same place you assign programs to different buttons). This means that even if your device is suspended you can simply press the left menu button to unlock the device. One click, easy, but also prone to accidental unlocking (so you should probably use the vibrate option).
The safest (and my preferred) method) is to select the "Lock all buttons except Power button" or "Lock buttons if device is locked" option. Then, if your device is suspended (mine usually is when in my pocket) you have to first press the power button, then the left menu button to unlock. Still only two button presses and easily done without looking at the device. If the device is not suspended.
Everything else is the same as it always was.
Enjoy!
-Matt Armstrong
Terrific, almost perfect. It miss an important feature for me: turning off display after lock, which is important for listening music.
Good job.
Updated: Found the option "blank screen" is what I want. Shouldn't it be "black screen"? My understanding of "blank screen" is unlock to today screen.
Perfect now.
Hey Matt! First, thank you very much for this great software and for the improvements. Also a special thank you for sending me an email that my request has been heard
Still, I have problems on my Hermes using your new "Easy unlock feature". I assigned DeviceLock to the left SoftButton in my TodayScreen. When I press it it locks the device and for unlocking, I have to repress the left soft button. When repressing, I still have to touch the screen and it also doesn't vibrate.
Could it be that it's because of me using WM6? Do you have WM6 installed on your device? Can anyone confirm it with a Hermes running WM6?
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Hey Matt! First, thank you very much for this great software and for the improvements. Also a special thank you for sending me an email that my request has been heard
Still, I have problems on my Hermes using your new "Easy unlock feature". I assigned DeviceLock to the left SoftButton in my TodayScreen. When I press it it locks the device and for unlocking, I have to repress the left soft button. When repressing, I still have to touch the screen and it also doesn't vibrate.
Could it be that it's because of me using WM6? Do you have WM6 installed on your device? Can anyone confirm it with a Hermes running WM6?
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No, I do not have WM6 on my Wizard and the software has never been tested (by me) on WM6. The issue could be that you are mapping the lock software to the same button required to unlock it.
Here's a simple test, when you press the left SoftButton to unlock the device, does a dialog pop up with a title of Unlock? If so, does the dialog say that you can press the button on the screen or type "*"?
-Matt
nice release! thank you a lot!
Thank you very much.
Very nice program... simple, and it works.
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Here's a simple test, when you press the left SoftButton to unlock the device, does a dialog pop up with a title of Unlock? If so, does the dialog say that you can press the button on the screen or type "*"?
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Yes, that's what it does - as it was always doing before . I hope this issue can easily be resolved. Maybe you're using some functions that are different for WM6.
Dandie said:
Yes, that's what it does - as it was always doing before . I hope this issue can easily be resolved. Maybe you're using some functions that are different for WM6.
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Crossbow can't be the reason for the problem.
App works w/o any problem on both my HTC devices.
Cheers
hrb
hrb said:
Crossbow can't be the reason for the problem.
App works w/o any problem on both my HTC devices.
Cheers
hrb
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Also with the EasyUnlock feature? No additional touchscreen press necessary?
Someone else who has it assigned to the left Soft Button for activation and working EasyUnlock?
There are still a small issue left. When the devicelock is activated and display is off (with blank screen option), only pressing the left or right soft keys can turn on the display. Even worse, pressing the softkeys will trigger the commands of softkeys before the unlock windows shows up. For example, in today, pressing the left softkeys will run email.exe in my treo 750v before " unlock " shows up, which is very annoying.
When can't it just lock/unlock without any extra effect?
This is probably a problem with the microsoft lock mechanism. I'm using the method described in the MSDN to turn off the screen, so I'm not sure how I can do it differently. I can search for an alternative method to blank the screen, but I don't have much hope of finding one. I did not write the locking mechanism itself so I have no control over the way it locks/unlocks. All I'm doing is automating the process that is built into the OS. So I cannot fix bugs in the lock itself. Even the Easy Unlock solution is simply an automation. The solution turned out to be very simple, I simply keep the device lock application resident in memory after locking the device. It continually searches for a window with the title "Unlock" and then simulates pressing the * key... That's it. After sending the keypress it vibrates (if enabled) then terminates. So the application is only resident in memory while the phone is locked.
And I'm not sure what you mean by lock/unlock without any extra effect. The only "effect" I add is the vibrate on unlock, which is optional.
-Matt
armstrom said:
This is probably a problem with the microsoft lock mechanism. I'm using the method described in the MSDN to turn off the screen, so I'm not sure how I can do it differently. I can search for an alternative method to blank the screen, but I don't have much hope of finding one. I did not write the locking mechanism itself so I have no control over the way it locks/unlocks. All I'm doing is automating the process that is built into the OS. So I cannot fix bugs in the lock itself. Even the Easy Unlock solution is simply an automation. The solution turned out to be very simple, I simply keep the device lock application resident in memory after locking the device. It continually searches for a window with the title "Unlock" and then simulates pressing the * key... That's it. After sending the keypress it vibrates (if enabled) then terminates. So the application is only resident in memory while the phone is locked.
And I'm not sure what you mean by lock/unlock without any extra effect. The only "effect" I add is the vibrate on unlock, which is optional.
-Matt
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Sorry, Matt, I didn't make me clear. As to the extra effect, I mean the side effect of triggering commands before unlocking. Since it also happens to other lock program, I guess i have to settle with it.
Well, this may be a problem specific to the Treo. I tried the scenario you describe on my Wizard and had no problem. I changed myoption to "blank screen" and the device unlocks just fine for me when I press the left app button. However, the difference with my phone is that the only way to turn the screen back on is to press the power button (just like waking it up from being suspended). Unfortuantely, I doubt there is anything I can do to solve your problem, I'm sorry.
Edit: Just to clarify something, are you pressing the left app button (the one with the mail icon on it) or are you pressing the left menu button? I may have made a mistake in my initial post Basically, you need to press the button that is directly below the menu item that says Unlock.
-Matt
Hi, this device lock works fine on my orbit.
One small issue as previously stated with the left soft key.
I use wm5 new menu.
With first press new menu pops up
Second press, bye bye new menu
Third press unlock and vibrate
Thanks for the app, I was already using the previous release and this is now more convenient for me.
Great update!
On the easy unlock, could you make the vibrate much shorter?
I have SPB shell and get the "now screen" on wake up
It would be nice to have the unlock app the way it is right now but separate so that I could map it out on the "now screen"
Thanks
I mean left softkey ( the key corresponding to the two big buttons on bottom). In treo 750, once devicelock is activated, only the softkeys (left or right) can turn on the screen (same in vjdevicelock), all hardware buttons and keyboard keys are locked.
Maybe it is not related to treo. You see, both uniqueboy and Kikouyou has the same problem as me.
oh my, please port this to smartphone!
GREAT !
An absolutely superduper great and VERY useful little app !
Specially using the "Lock all buttons except Power button" approach
Cheers hrb
hi
was checking out Slide2Unlock just now and I actually set it to be launched by DeviceLock (launch program when device is lock feature) and the result is not desirable. there's some 'violation' error.. = ( anyway of overcoming this?
think it will be cool to have the phone auto lock when it's off and launch 'Slide2Unlock' when it's awake!! = )
Please tell me you can! Give me a dream! Show me some hopes.
(i am about to break my x10 in half for 1-2 more lock screen freeze on calls)
Have you tried MyLock from the app market?
There's an app called "No lock" That disables the initial swipe lock, but if enabled it unfortunately also disables the security swipe codes too.
how do you use MyLock
I found it useless
+1 for nolock
no lock is ****e. it doesnt properly lock and unlock the screen. more like a black screensaver.
what is needed is a way to unlock using KEYS, something like in the keyboard mapping trick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683902
or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=703539 (desire's kernel mod...)
I've had "goto" for a few days and it's great.
Lots of options from lock screens; shortcut to email, call logs, messages, etc.
Sometimes it goes to x10 default swipe screen but goto screen will kick in almost immediately. You'll see what I mean.
You'll be glad you tried it out
I hate the lockscreen slider
When I press "on" I want my phone "on"
And answering calls with the finger slide is a pain in the ass
I thought I would get used to it, but NO
NoLock didn't solve the problem because you still have to slide to answer, and yes your phone goes to homescreen when pressing the ON button, but also when pressing ANY button (including the volume keys which get pressed easily inside my pocket), finally NoLock screws up the notification bar slider
There MUST be a way to answer calls by just pressing an icon or button, without having to slide the finger
There MUST be a way to just press the f*ck!ng ON key and start using the phone
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If only we can remove that bloody lockscreen...
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gtrab said:
There MUST be a way to just press the f*ck!ng ON key and start using the phone
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My experience with touchscreen phones is this is a completely silly idea.
Think of all the time the button would get accidentally pressed in your pocket, and the battery life loss while on in your pocket.
I don't know how it works on Windows Mobile, but one would think this would be an even worse problem due to how prolific resistive touchscreens are on WM.
dpk0875 said:
I've had "goto" for a few days and it's great.
Lots of options from lock screens; shortcut to email, call logs, messages, etc.
Sometimes it goes to x10 default swipe screen but goto screen will kick in almost immediately. You'll see what I mean.
You'll be glad you tried it out
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The problem i found with goto is that to answer calls you still have to swype, and when trying to turn off an alarm clock at 7 in the morning its really uncomfortable to use. Other than that its pretty awesome.
there should be a way to do this, perhaps tinkering with framework-res.apk could do the trick (either enable double click to unlock like in hero, or just simplify the swype movement)
(ive asked about this before)
im just discovering android and x10.
if get desperate enough i'll try to simply replace the relevant files from stock 1.6 firmware ... im gonna reflash anyway for 026 or 2.1
worst thing is this lockscreen during call - many times i dont even se WHO is calling.
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My experience with touchscreen phones is this is a completely silly idea.
Think of all the time the button would get accidentally pressed in your pocket, and the battery life loss while on in your pocket.
I don't know how it works on Windows Mobile, but one would think this would be an even worse problem due to how prolific resistive touchscreens are on WM.
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I disabled the menu button switching on the phone by editing the file in system/user/keylayout, now only the power button switches it on.
To get rid of the lockscreen would be really useful to me now I've done that...
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i wonder if messing with the framework can do it,
what i really noticed is how GOTO Lockscreen are able to replace the original one 99% of the time while other app like lockbot - which i adorably like - can't do this and instead show two lockscreens over each other
mylock and nolock are of NO USE they are both useless
No app i found can replace the swipe call , and only GOTO can fully replace the standby lockscreen,
i triend most of the lock screens out there but with no use..
btw, Widgetlocker is for 2.1+ right ??
Ive tried to use tasker to do this, so far it can react headphone plugged in and unlock the screen automatically (sometimes: /)
I ve tried to test if camera button can be detected during call and then unlock the phone - didnt work - event which supposed to fire on call is not activating.
Also camera button is ignored on locked screen.
By editing the keymap with the FOCUS key the phone wakes up but tasker doesnt handle this key. Perhaps it is possible to write the plugin....
Ah if only we could compile custom kernel.. every problem can be solved when you can cook on your own...
twentybenson said:
I disabled the menu button switching on the phone by editing the file in system/user/keylayout, now only the power button switches it on.
To get rid of the lockscreen would be really useful to me now I've done that...
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Ah, I see.
Still, to me, it seems useful to have that extra layer of security protecting my battery life. Never know how many times that power button will get accidentally pressed in your pocket!
twentybenson said:
I disabled the menu button switching on the phone by editing the file in system/user/keylayout, now only the power button switches it on.
To get rid of the lockscreen would be really useful to me now I've done that...
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Hi twentybenson, so could you explain how you edited the file, which file (i have three) and changes you made?
There seems to be plenty of adequate little homescreen button apps to lock the screen. but they turn it off at the same time. I want the option for both. I already have one that turns the screen off, now I want a different one that just brings up the ICS default lock screen (the one that shows up just after turning the screen back on or at OS startup - if you set it to have lock security).
I'll put em in the icon group on the home screen.
It's cos sometimes I just need to lock the screen while carrying the phone for a short while [and don't want to touch something while grabbing it by the screen], then easily [without having to press the power button] unlock phone again to resume using it once I'm done carrying.
IS there one that does this? Without having to be its own lock screen app - I really just want to keep things simple.....
Thanks for your help.
I found a solution even better than I had imagined myself! Hidden Lock Pro! even easier and better for my needs than I myself thought of: I press its widget icon to lock screen, it's a simple blank ICS background which is locked to prevent accidental pressing on something, then even better than the default lock security needs (cos it's only while I'm carrying it, in secure environments, that i ever need to use this temp lock function), and I have it set to 'shake to unlock' mode to simply go back to my work when ready! PERFECT for my needs above .
I constantly open my phone to check the time, hit the home key one handed and look at time on lock screen. But now I'm holding my phone by the bottom right corner and have dropped the phone before while trying to reach up and press the side button to close... it's a pain.
Sure I can sit there and wait for timeout, or I can put it back in my pocket, in which case it might "swipe open" and be doing all kinds of things while in there.
Wouldn't it be cool to look at the time and just click something, like the home button again, or the 'back button' and have the phone close again??
Anyone know how?
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I constantly open my phone to check the time, hit the home key one handed and look at time on lock screen. But now I'm holding my phone by the bottom right corner and have dropped the phone before while trying to reach up and press the side button to close... it's a pain.
Sure I can sit there and wait for timeout, or I can put it back in my pocket, in which case it might "swipe open" and be doing all kinds of things while in there.
Wouldn't it be cool to look at the time and just click something, like the home button again, or the 'back button' and have the phone close again??
Anyone know how?
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Are you rooted? If so using the home or back button could be possible via smali edit. If your not rooted, I can write an app that will show a square (size determined by you) that will show on your lock screen. When you tap this square, it will shut off the screen, tapping and moving your finger on the square will move the square. Square is removed once unlocked.
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fffft said:
You can reassign one of the capacitive keys (e.g. "back button") to turn the display off with an Xposed framework module. And there are legions of apps that do similar actions if you do a search.
Even better IMO is to use a lock screen app like Dynamic Notifications which can automatically show you the time when you pull it out of your pocket and automatically turn off the screen as you put it back in a pocket. Without pressing any keys at all. It does this by using the proximity sensor and it works very well indeed.
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They may not be running xposed. Therefore an xposed module may not work. Secondly, all lock screen apps suck. Also, if it's using the proximity sensor to turn on the display from your pocket, it's draining additional battery.
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fffft said:
All lock screens suck? Your objectivity is astounding. No subjective bias there whatever. The idea is to provide options to the OP, not cater to your idiosyncrasies.
The battery draw for the suggested app is tiny, much less than most apps that do not poll the proximity sensor and you have no idea if the OP may or may not wish to use an Xposed module.
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No lockscreen app can provide the same amount of security as the default lockscreen. Therefore, it sucks. I can and have gotten around all popular lockscreen apps on the play store. Yes, the idea is to provide options to the OP, but make them good options and practical options.
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fffft said:
Ah, it makes more sense after looking at your post history. You have been trolling all along, not intending to be taken seriously. Since your intent is parody.. well done, carry on.
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Funniest thing I heard all day. This is a winner.
Anyhow, hope the OP has figured something out.
I like the Screen off memo feature where I can pull out the S-pen and start writing notes without turning my phone on! But none of the icons at the top of the Screen off memo work. They are all grayed out, kinda. When I press them, nothing happens so I can't change the width of the pen or anything. I checked my settings and don't see anything different from my wife's Note8 and hers works perfectly fine.
Anyone know how to fix this? Below is a screenshot of my phone and here is a tutorial video from Samsung...
Nickerz said:
I like the Screen off memo feature where I can pull out the S-pen and start writing notes without turning my phone on! But none of the icons at the top of the Screen off memo work. They are all grayed out, kinda. When I press them, nothing happens so I can't change the width of the pen or anything. I checked my settings and don't see anything different from my wife's Note8 and hers works perfectly fine.
Anyone know how to fix this? Below is a screenshot of my phone and here is a tutorial video from Samsung...
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My note 5 had this feature. Love it to death
Try toggle the Screen Off memo option on/off...also maybe try it in Safe Mode to see if it works there.
I don't see that 3rd pin icon one mine.?
By the way...read what I wrote in red below, weird but interesting....
babbar559 said:
I don't see that 3rd pin icon one mine.?
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True, a lot of people say they don't see the PIN icon. I don't see it if I'm on a call and my screen off memo works fine. But if I'm off a call the PIN icon is there but the screen off memo icons at the top don't work. BUT in SAFE mode all works fine and the PIN icon shows up. So I think we all have 3rd party apps that is screwing with the Screen off memo feature one way or another.
SiNJiN76 said:
Try toggle the Screen Off memo option on/off...also maybe try it in Safe Mode to see if it works there.
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Thanks for the reply! I called Samsung tech support and they asked me to do the same same thing but still no luck. Here are the steps they gave me...
Open Settings>Advanced features>S Pen
Toggle the buttons on/of for (Air view, Direct pen input, Pointer, Screen off memo).
This didn't work. Then they had me power off my phone. Wait 10 seconds, power it back on and while it's powering on, press and hold the volume down key until you see the home screen. This puts the phone in SAFE mode. It says SAFE MODE in the bottom left of the screen.
Sure enough, while in SAFE mode the icons at the top worked. So they said an app seems to be interfering with this feature...
BUT I found something out while doing this...
IF I'M ON A PHONE CALL, THE ICONS AT THE TOP OF SCREEN OFF MEMO WORK FINE BUT THERE IS NO PIN ICON. If I'm off the phone, the icons at the top don't work and there IS A PIN ICON. ????? So what's that about? If an app is causing screen off memo not to work correctly, why does it work when I'm on the phone?
Then I pointed out that whenever I restart my phone I get a window that pops up saying Touchwiz crashed do I want to restart it. Definitely have some bugs....
Last, the tech said I can go into my local Best Buy where they can reflash my phone to see if this gets it working again.
Nickerz said:
Thanks for the reply! I called Samsung tech support and they asked me to do the same same thing but still no luck. Here are the steps they gave me...
Open Settings>Advanced features>S Pen
Toggle the buttons on/of for (Air view, Direct pen input, Pointer, Screen off memo).
This didn't work. Then they had me power off my phone. Wait 10 seconds, power it back on and while it's powering on, press and hold the volume down key until you see the home screen. This puts the phone in SAFE mode. It says SAFE MODE in the bottom left of the screen.
Sure enough, while in SAFE mode the icons at the top worked. So they said an app seems to be interfering with this feature...
BUT I found something out while doing this...
IF I'M ON THE PHONE THE ICONS AT THE TOP OF SCREEN OFF MEMO WORK FINE BUT THERE IS NO PIN ICON. If I'm off the phone, the icons at the top don't work and there IS NO PIN ICON. ????? So what's that about? If an app is causing screen off memo not to work correctly, why does it work when I'm on the phone?
Then I pointed out that whenever I restart my phone I get a window that pops up saying Touchwiz crashed do I want to restart it. Definitely have some bugs....
Last, the tech said I can go into my local Best Buy where they can reflash my phone to see if this gets it working again.
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Pin icon only shows up when Aod is on.
Nickerz said:
Thanks for the reply! I called Samsung tech support and they asked me to do the same same thing but still no luck. Here are the steps they gave me...
Open Settings>Advanced features>S Pen
Toggle the buttons on/of for (Air view, Direct pen input, Pointer, Screen off memo).
This didn't work. Then they had me power off my phone. Wait 10 seconds, power it back on and while it's powering on, press and hold the volume down key until you see the home screen. This puts the phone in SAFE mode. It says SAFE MODE in the bottom left of the screen.
Sure enough, while in SAFE mode the icons at the top worked. So they said an app seems to be interfering with this feature...
BUT I found something out while doing this...
IF I'M ON THE PHONE THE ICONS AT THE TOP OF SCREEN OFF MEMO WORK FINE BUT THERE IS NO PIN ICON. If I'm off the phone, the icons at the top don't work and there IS NO PIN ICON. ????? So what's that about? If an app is causing screen off memo not to work correctly, why does it work when I'm on the phone?
Then I pointed out that whenever I restart my phone I get a window that pops up saying Touchwiz crashed do I want to restart it. Definitely have some bugs....
Last, the tech said I can go into my local Best Buy where they can reflash my phone to see if this gets it working again.
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Hmm. Do you use AOD? Cause the PiN icon only appears if you use AOD right? Maybe toggle AOD off and see if it's the same issue.
Will, taking the phone to get flashed @ BB reset your phone? If so, I would just try a Factory Reset beforehand...and see if that resolves anything.
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Hmm. Do you use AOD? Cause the PiN icon only appears if you use AOD right? Maybe toggle AOD off and see if it's the same issue.
Will, taking the phone to get flashed @ BB reset your phone? If so, I would just try a Factory Reset beforehand...and see if that resolves anything.
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Good point, I turned off AOD and sure enough no PIN icon. But the other icons still don't work on my phone. I then turned on AOD and the PIN icon is there. Other icons still don't work.
So you just figured out why some people don't see the PIN icon. They must have AOD turned off. BUT why would the PIN icon disappear while I'm on a phone call and I have AOD turned on? Maybe that's just my phone?
Last, Samsung tech said reflashing won't delete any info on my phone so I'll confirm this with them before I do.
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Good point, I turned off AOD and sure enough no PIN icon. But the other icons still don't work on my phone. I then turned on AOD and the PIN icon is there. Other icons still don't work.
So you just figured out why some people don't see the PIN icon. They must have AOD turned off. BUT why would the PIN icon disappear while I'm on a phone call and I have AOD turned on? Maybe that's just my phone?
Last, Samsung tech said reflashing won't delete any info on my phone so I'll confirm this with them before I do.
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That's cool. Guess you can check it out @bb after the flash...If it doesn't work, then Factory Reset there in the store...so maybe they can exchange it for you on the spot.
Cerberus App Interferes With Screen Off Memo!
The problem that was causing my screen off memo not to work correctly is the Cerberus app. Samsung in BestBuy fixed it!
After uninstalling a couple other apps that I thought it was I still had the issue but once I uninstalled this app which is an app that I like but I'll email the developer to let them know to see if they can fix why it's interfering with the screen off memo.
So I took my phone in to BestBuy and went to the Samsung kiosk and the guy fixed it in about 2 minutes. First he said he's concerned it's an app that is causing my issue with the screen off memo and then he told me which three of the apps he was concerned about and sure enough he was right. So he also optimized my battery and RAM by clearing the cache in the ram. At first we thought that is what did it but then the problem came back and I ended up uninstalling the three apps he thought it was and sure enough it was the Cerberus app.
Here's the reply email I just received from the Cerberus app dev...
"Hi Nick,
Sorry but the only way to implement the block status bar feature is to block touches on the top part of the screen when the device is locked. Unfortunately there is no way for Cerberus to realize that other apps are opened over the lock screen, such as the camera or Screen Off Memo."
One more thing, you can not pin memos if you use the edge clock
Hey guys, i found that there is a way to use the of screen memo with Cerberus status bar block. Basically the overlay that blocks that area does block most of the icons so they are unresponsive, BUT if you tap the very bottom of the icons you will find a small area that isn't blocked by the overlay. Just tap repeatedly in the lower area of the icons, it will definitely work. Once you know where to tap you won't have to tap repeatedly and you can keep that vital part of Cerberus security.?
Screen off memo pin option will on my written when to out have your Always in display turned on. If always on display is off, the option will not be available