Hello,
I AM new to xda developers, i have allready searched what i was looking for without any luck.
I was looking for a customized locking system, and i don't mean changing the theme or wallpaper on your locking screen, but an alternative way to unlock your phone every time you turn your screen back on.
it used to be with a 4 digit code, then they changed it to a pattern, then to a lock that u drag to an outer circle which then unlocks the phone.
the thing is, i find the 2 last ones rediculous, anyone can open the last one, and the pattern...well, u look at it once and u know it aswel.
but then again, if u have to input a 4 digits code every time you start your phone, well that is also irritating.
I have never programmed for android, though i have programmed in my days as a programmer, my question is... if i get into it... will i be able to create my own locking system? or are they all predefined?
for example, something rly random: on the lock-screen, the front-side camera turns on and unlock the phone when it detects a smiling face.
+ giving u the ability to input a 4 digit code if you're not in the mood to smile at your phone.
any insight would be helpful!
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Maybe a dumb question, but my standard lock screen keeps switching from left/up and right/up to unlock, is their a way to specify which you prefer until some can make one of the better programs truly disable the standard lock?
Security settings - Change Lock Pattern
when the phone is locked you can do 2 things to the touchscreen
1. Unlock the phone
2. change the direction of the unlock motion by dragging the top corner of the arc towards the side of the phone you'd prefer.
Mine changed in my pocket a couple of times and I thought I was losing my mind, then I thought it must use the moton sensor to figure out which hand your holding the phone in. Eventually worked out how to change it.
betatech said:
Security settings - Change Lock Pattern
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I think you might have misunderstood, I do not mean the lock pattern, just the actual unlock (i.e. flick up with thumb) to unlock the device then you get to the pattern if one is set.
bazzatron said:
when the phone is locked you can do 2 things to the touchscreen
1. Unlock the phone
2. change the direction of the unlock motion by dragging the top corner of the arc towards the side of the phone you'd prefer.
Mine changed in my pocket a couple of times and I thought I was losing my mind, then I thought it must use the moton sensor to figure out which hand your holding the phone in. Eventually worked out how to change it.
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Dang, thanks bazzatron, this was really getting on my nerves....and such a simple thing I could not find in the manual.
I was drunk when I stumbled across how to change it.
bazzatron said:
I was drunk when I stumbled across how to change it.
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Lol, I'll have to think about that next time I have to solve an issue.
Hi all, I've tried so many app's over the last couple of days that claim to stop the screen from locking but they have all just bypassed the lock screen... Well, they've tried to anyway. These kind of work arounds don't actually stop my phone from locking in the first place though.
My phone is a W008+ iPhone clone with Android 2.3.3. When it's charging, the screen will time out and switch off; But it doesn't lock. So I can hit any key to bring the screen back on and as it wasn't locked in the first place, I'm taken straight back to where I was.
When not charging, I get the same behaviour for ~2 or 3 seconds... Any longer and it locks forcing me to use the power key and swipe the lock screen along with any other security measures I may have in place.
What I'd like is to be able to set the 'lock' timeout in the way that I can set the 'screen' timeout. This is obviously possible but the question is: How far will I have to go to get this functionality?
Is there a setting I've missed? I'm very new to Android so there's lots I don't know yet.
Are there any app's that can really do this? Maybe this would need a root app?
Or would I need a custom rom?
Any ideas?
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock
try this
or you could flash cyanogenmod, in cm there is an option to disable the lockscreen in cyanogemnod settings -> tablet tweaks -> disable lockscreen
'No Lock' is one of the many I've tried. This type of approach isn't what I'm after.
Someone mentioned on the AndroidForums that some systems have a 'Set Lock Timeout' setting in the location & security settings. This sounds like the kind of thing I'm after but I don't have it on my 2.3.3 system. Maybe there's some kind of tweaking app that adds this?
I will most likely get round to using a custom rom but being so new to Android at the moment, I haven't quite got the confidence for it yet. I keep finding so many stories from people bricking their similar Chinese clone-phones.
Evening all
One of the things I really liked on my iPhone was that you could set it to just have a swipe lock on the screen unless it was left for, say, 5 minutes, at which point you had to enter a pin code. Its a real pain having to keep pattern/pin/face unlock the phone every time I put it down and pick it up. It would be much better of rme to have it lock automatically on a simple swipe after 60 seconds, then security lock after, say, 5 mins.
Is there any software which can do this?
cheers,
Robsa
Look for Delayed Lock in the play store, it's a rather handy little app (which can, amongst other things, keep your phone unlocked when connected to specific wifi networks) . The support thread for it is on XDA.
Edit: see thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955092
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You can make it so there's no lock screen at all for five minutes, will that do?
The very handy (but paid) app JuiceDefender (beta) which helps a lot with battery drain of 3G data networks also has this feature amongst other things.
Umm in the security settings there is a setting for how long before it enables the lock after screen off.. People don't look for anything anymore. It's always "I need this now and I don't care if you do it for free, NOW"
It's already there as said above. Now say five hail Androids on the way out the door for not RTFM.
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Hi,
I have been looking this for long time. So it is possible to access the camera without typing pin to unlock phone?
Because WP7.5 and iOS can handle this but why not Android?
My HTC One X has this. Can use volume keys (i think it's volume keys anyway) to get camera and choice on my xoom to have various apps icons on lock screen. I had the camera taking photos via lock screen on my phone last night until I changed it. I think it was volume keys, I was pretty worn out from insomnia and fumbling the phone when picking it up to use it to pass time while not being able to sleep from pain induced insomnia.
waz675 said:
My HTC One X has this. Can use volume keys (i think it's volume keys anyway) to get camera and choice on my xoom to have various apps icons on lock screen. I had the camera taking photos via lock screen on my phone last night until I changed it. I think it was volume keys, I was pretty worn out from insomnia and fumbling the phone when picking it up to use it to pass time while not being able to sleep from pain induced insomnia.
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Hmm... I am not sure are we talking same issue... I mean if I want to take picture with camera. I have put that Camera-icon on Lock Screen but if i chose that I need first but pin-code and after that i can take pictures.
u can use smart moves look in settings in motion menu
bobekk said:
u can use smart moves look in settings in motion menu
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That is not the answer because if I make that nice smart move to activate Camera. It still ask first my pin-code and after that opens Camera.
So Android can't handle Camera in sandbox mode?
Has anyone found a solution?
i would like to know the answer to this also was a handy feature on the Iphone for sure
Don't think there's a way to do this. The point of the pin is so no one can access any function of the phone without the pin. AFAIK there isn't a mod that bypasses this
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Instead of making a new thread i would like to ask is there any update to this?
I know the htc phones are able to do this by dragging the camera to unlock it.
But if someone can develop this for the S3.
I know some people have played around with Sense 4.0 with s3 its still glitchy.
The main reason i want this is so i can take pictures and video immediately instead of having to put my 8 character password in and if there something interesting to record such as a dispute or police brutality or anything really we can pull out and record for future use.
Thanks for reading hopefully someone out there atleast attempts this to see if there is a solution.
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Instead of making a new thread i would like to ask is there any update to this?
I know the htc phones are able to do this by dragging the camera to unlock it.
But if someone can develop this for the S3.
I know some people have played around with Sense 4.0 with s3 its still glitchy.
The main reason i want this is so i can take pictures and video immediately instead of having to put my 8 character password in and if there something interesting to record such as a dispute or police brutality or anything really we can pull out and record for future use.
Thanks for reading hopefully someone out there atleast attempts this to see if there is a solution.
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Yes, there is a solution even on a password locked phone... try camera unlock : https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Aeropic
Bye
Alain
You can bypass the pin and open the camera with Xposed framework and a module.
Good evening everyone. I have a question i hope someone can help me with. As sad as it is at my age that i play a game on my phone it passes the time. Within the game (Sniper 3d assassin) you give yourself a name anything you like BUT you only get 20 charactors. Somehow when the keypad pops up to type your chosen name in its somehow overides the keypad to stop more than 20 characters. Alot of people use html codes to colour there name but this takes up 8 characters per colour so doesnt leave much room for a name. Some people though have managed to add in some cases 4 different colours to there name. You cant copy and past a coloured letter in it just turns to normal text colour. Ive exhausted all the ways of trying to add shorter codes without success so ive come to the conclusion they have somehow managed to override what ever it is that stopes you adding more than 20 charactors. My question finally. IS there a way to overide the game from altering the keypad imput limit so i can add as many codes as i want. I have a samsung s9. I hope this makes sense. Thank you in advance for your time with my little problem. Jack