camera not bypassing lock screen - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

I have the Bell S3 and android 4.0+ is suppose to be able to bypass the lock screen (pin, pattern etc) and go into the camera app so people can capture photos quickly without fiddling with passwords. I know my ICS hTC Raider did this so its funny that the S3 cannot.
Is this not the case with the S3? I tried the hold screen + rotate and it still asks me for my password which is useless because i could just drag the icon and enter my password.

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Add Widgets to standard lock screen? WL "double swipe to unolock".

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Let me first say I sync my phone to my works Exchange and they force some security settings on my phone, like the pincode to unlock the phone. On my Desire HD and GalaxyII I had WidgetLocker installed so I could control Spotify without unlocking the phone and typing the pin.
On the Razr it kinda looks like the standard lock screen would let me add widgets to it, but I cant figure out how so i started using WidgetLocker on this as well.
However, when I am in the widget locker screen and "slide to unlock" it just takes me to the standard "lock screen" and i must slide again and enter a pin code.
I assume WL have disabled the lock screen on the Desire and Galaxy, but cant on this?
Any ideas?
All i want is to be able to control Spotify without typing the pin and unlocking the phone, so if you have any other suggestion on how to get this done I would love you long time for it
Download the free app "no lock". It should take care of your issue. I use WL on my RAZR and have the No Lock app set to disable the stock lock screen. Works great.

[Q] little app or widget/button to just LOCK the screen? (not turn off)

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 .

Galaxy S2 ICS 4.0.3 does not lock screen

Hi, I am having a problem with my galaxy s2 which I was hoping you could help me with. I just updated the firmware to ICS 4.0.3 via Kies but now whenever I lock the screen and then press the home or lock button again the lock screen does not show, I see the home screen or whatever screen I was viewing before pressing the lock button (in settings I configured pattern, PIN and password, but the same happens in all scenarios). I already tried factory reset but nothing changes, could anyone please help? Thanks
You should set "lock immediately after sleep" in security settings.
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hello,
Quitte old message but I've the same issue on Galaxy S2 with OS 4.1.2: no screen lock anymore despite security setting. And I've the same issue on SIM PIN lock: despite activation of PIN request, no question after reboot. Just the SIM remain unactive till I give the PIN code in security setting parameters. It look like the software piece for locking is not anymore active ?
Any help would be nice (I tryed to reuse the Galaxy S2 for my son).
Thanks.

Hide Home screen according to password

Hi everyone! I was wondering if there is any way to hide your original Home screen according to the password (PIN or Pattern).
For example: your main PIN-password to unlock your phone is "1234". When you put the "1234" password it unlocks your phone and shows you the main Home Screen of your phone.
But if in the Lock Screen you put another PIN (let's say it would be "5678"), your phone will also be unlocked but it shows you a completely different Home Screen.
That would VEEERY useful for people who have kids or wife also using their phone. These people could simply tell their Phone Password to their wives and kids without being afraid of having them seeing any "improper" content.
Does anybody knows if this existis?
Peace!

[Q] Please help me with removing lockscreen on S4

Hello,
I used foxfi and it said I needed to set up a lock screen. I did however I don't want my lock screen anymore as I rarely use foxfi(didn't used to require the lock screen).
I went to settings, security, encryption level - my only 3 choices are pattern, pin and password - none is greyed out.
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Hello,
I used foxfi and it said I needed to set up a lock screen. I did however I don't want my lock screen anymore as I rarely use foxfi(didn't used to require the lock screen).
I went to settings, security, encryption level - my only 3 choices are pattern, pin and password - none is greyed out.
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Turns out I had to force stop foxfi and clear credentials.

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