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.
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Hello,
This is regarding stock SGS2 i9100 ROMS: both GB & ICS
I'm have being searching for this since ICS went out to our magnificent SGS2 i9100, but haven't had any luck to find something about this problem, which I could call it a ICS bug.
This is what happens, when you set, under settings, the security lock screen to be unlocked with a password, in the previous GB 2.3.?, that we used to have in our beloved phone, it was amazing, you got something like a transparent keyboard which allowed the whole wallpaper to be seen beneath. But, in this ICS when you select the lock screen to be unlocked with a password, under security, when unlocking the phone you get an annoying wallpaper re-sizing and after the PW have been introduced the first screen you get of the home screen is also re-sized. I'll attach some pics to explain better the situation and myself.
Is there any way that we can have the old GB transparent unlock keyboard to insert the password in ICS?
I would really appreciate your advices.
Anyone have an idea about this...? Please
I've no idea how you did that. When I lock my phone I see a different background which is not my home screen background. What settings do I have to change?
Frozenthunder said:
I've no idea how you did that. When I lock my phone I see a different background which is not my home screen background. What settings do I have to change?
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Hello, In settings > Display > Lock Screen Wallpaper... there you can change the lock screen wallpaper and also the home wallpaper...
Hope it helps!
Nobody knows about this...!? Please Help...!
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Hi
Just bought the Galaxy SIII last week - have not tweaked it in any way (apart from rooting and using Go Launcher ex). Works great apart from a couple of things security related:
When I try to enrypt device or encrypt sd card there are no options to enter pin and the continue button is greyed out for both
I want to securely lock the screen with a pin but the first unlock screen to appear just requires you to slide the lock button to the right to unlock the screen enabling full access to the phone. I basically want the phone to immediately (and only) ask for a pin when it comes out of standby.
Thanks for your help!
GeorgeM
Menu | Settings | Security | Screen Lock
S3 encryption - Solved!
Thanks madbob - had already done that. The problem was I was using Go Locker but hadn't enabled it in the Go Locker settings. As for the encryption not being available....I had a 6 digit numeric pin set but it requires an alphanumeric password before encryptioon is allowed.
DDJ
I recently joined android with the s6 edge. I set up the fingerprint scanner password but it ONLY asks fo it when my device has been cut on, or has been locked for a while. when i lock my phone and and hit the home button it says swipe to unlock. how can I get it to where it immediately asked for my fingerprint every single time I want to unlock my phone? Everyones ive seen already does it.
Go to lock & Security in settings and then secure lock settings and make sure its set to lock immediately with power key
When I first received my phone, I set up fingerprint unlocking. Yesterday, I decided to change it to password, which I set as a 4-word string with spaces. Something akin to "bleep bloop ima robot". I can unlock the screen successfully with the password.
Now, I want to go back to fingerprint unlocking. When I go to Settings > Lock screen and security > Screen lock type, I press that option, and it prompts me to Enter the current password. I put the password in, and says Try again. I have tried many, many times now with the very same password that unlocks the screen, and it still won't let me change it.
This is on a Verizon Galaxy S6 Edge+, running Lollipop 5.1.1.
Hy.
Some time ago I enabled the autolock feature and since i didn't use it for a while i forgot the pattern
Anyways, i have access to both the watch and the phone and i would like to remove or change the lock pattern but it keeps asking for the old pattern (which i forgot).
So, is there any way to remove the pattern set in Samsung Gear app on the phone ? (under Settings->Auto lock).
Thanks in advance.
P.S. as long as the watch is near the phone i can access the phone without problems, hopefully i don't have to do a factory reset on the phone. Also, the phone is a Note 3 if it matters.
After many trials and errors i managed to remove the lock.
The trick was to get to the Android Device Manager page ( https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager ) and lock the device, this overrides the smart lock set by Samsung Gear. After unlocking the device with the new lock i was able to modify the locking pattern by going to Settings -> Device->Lock Screen->Screen Lock
Note, to use the AutoLock feature you have to set the screen lock to be "Auto lock" option.
So, as long as you can access your device through Android Device Manager you can reset the lock pattern.