I know that there are ways to password protect apps but it'd be so much easier if I could lock the app drawer so that it required a password to gain access to it.
I could then put apps on the desktop/springboard that I don't think require security and then if I wanted to access a sensitive app I could then access them in the app drawer.
Any ideas?
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Hi,
It appears I can access my SMS messages without my passcode even though one is set. I am using the HTC launcher as I have a Desire HD. My phone is rooted and I am using a custom rom, with Sense 3.5. RCMix3D v4.0
My phone already is set up with a pattern to gain access to the messages. It appears that if I add the SMS widget (albeit this is the HTC one) I can see individual messages and access the threads without even inputting my pattern.
Have I completely missed something here, as there doesn't appear to be a way in which to protect my messages as someone who knew this flaw could just add a widget to gain access to my messages.
Thanks in advance.
Jason
Remove the widget from your lock screen...
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I do not have the widget on the lockscreen, it is just a widget on one of the screens.
If I have a pattern on my phone to gain access to my SMS message, and someone got hold of my phone, they could just add the HTC messages widget to a screen and then have access to all of the threads in my inbox without even needing to enter the pattern lock.
My point is here that the widget are able to get around the security feature... Its ok saying don't add the widget, my point is if someone else added the widget to gain access...
Jason
Hello,
I have an ATP with ASUS app locker preinstalled.
The locker app is very secure, but is missing a few functions like delayed lock or relock after display sleep.
I tried a few apps from the market, but non has such high security standards like the ASUS app lock. I could trick all apps by switching to the desktop by the desktop icon, and could switch back to a lockked app via the recent apps list.
The ASUS app locker prevents apps from displaying in the recent apps list, but non of the other locker apps did this.
Is there a very good locker app which uses root to ensure a very high security profile?
Get App Lock https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.domobile.applock
Smart app lock
Try using smart applock or hidden eye. You can customizebthe number of dots in smart app lock (for better protection) whilst in hidden eye your phone will capture a photo(using front camera) every wrong password if someone tried to play with it. That's all I know.
I have a Nexus 4, unrooted, stock, running Android 4.4.3. Is there any way to access the camera app from the lock-screen when using a PIN to lock the phone?
This is my personal phone, but my employer requires a PIN lock (with a very short timeout) in order to access my work exchange server. It is annoying to have to enter the pin each time I want to take a photo. Once the PIN lock has been enabled there is no way to access the camera or any widgets from the lock screen. All of the applicable settings are greyed out in the security settings menu.
I have done enough searches to know that this is not possible without rooting, but I am not clear on whether or not it is possible if I root the phone. If so, what is the easiest path to add a working camera icon to the lock screen?
When my phone updated to 4.4.3, for a few days there was a camera icon on the lock screen but it did not work. No amount of swiping, dragging, or tapping could get it to work. Then after a few days the camera icon just disappeared.
Thank for you help!
I wonder if it's possible to let the fingerprints be stored so apps like lastpass can use them, all of this without having to unlock the phone each time ?
I have smart lock activated but I have to add every location I'm in to the list if I want this behavior ...
ps : I use FingerSecurity to lock just the apps I want but it requires system fingerprints to be set too ...
Whenever I close the app in the app switcher, the widget loses the current location for weather updates. What's worse is that all locations which I've added in the app are lost upon restarting and I have to select my location again.
I don't suppose the app has to be constantly running in the app switcher for the widget to work correctly?
Yes, usually if a widget is part of a standalone app, the app needs to always run. At least that has been my experience. I don't know about your specific app there though.
I am sure there are apps that make the widget run independently of the main app, but most I have seen seem to need the app running, or the widget won't function.
Turns out this widget doesn't need the app to be running after all. It's just that I had disabled the storage permission as per Android 6 permission settings and that caused a problem even though the app did not complain. I thought it needed to access storage only when adding custom background pictures, which I didn't intend to use.
What's interesting is that without the storage permission even if I left the app running, but it got bumped out of memory and needed to reload, it would also lose location settings. This makes me think there was some sort of virtual storage created in the absence of storage permission, so that as long as the app was running it could save the location there. But it gets erased as soon as the app is closed. Maybe a fail-safe solution for the lack of permission? I could be wrong.