Fingerprint tweaks? - Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello guys i want to know if i can actually unlock my phone without pressing the home button with fingerprint sensor?
I have samsung s6 edge(SM-G925I)

If u mean like double tap 2 wake then u need custom kernel support this features for TW fw etc ok
Tweaking fingerprint Ummmm , i don't guess this happened & no one till Tweaking fp sorry , for disable the pressing home button , this need framework edited so i suggest u check S6 forum , exactly development section so in this forum u will see roo much custom roms so maybe some or 1 of them this have features ,,
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Akshay09 said:
hello guys i want to know if i can actually unlock my phone without pressing the home button with fingerprint sensor?
I have samsung s6 edge(SM-G925I)
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Samsung phones have physical home button, unlike those phones with no button. Haven't see such mod.
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Rosli59564 said:
Samsung phones have physical home button, unlike those phones with no button. Haven't see such mod.
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No actully what i mean is fingerprint should scan without even pressing home button

Akshay09 said:
No actully what i mean is fingerprint should scan without even pressing home button
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Yes that's what i mean. Purposely because samsung phones have physical button, hence it has to be pressed to use finger unlock.
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Screenshot Trick ( no root no app )

hi there, i found a method on the web about taking screenshots.it was saying only works for galaxy s with android 2.2 but i tried it and succeeded on my galaxy ace with villain rom.
as i said, no app or root is needed.
like i said i tried it with villain rom.and it worked as a charm.who have kpe or 2.2 please post if it works or not!
Method :
in the screen you want to take screenshot ( homescreens, menu's, or game screens, etc ) press and hold the back button in the riht corner.while holding it, press menu key once.and a notification will say the screenshot is taken.that is all.
your screenshots will be saved automatically in a folder screenshots.
the most awesome is no need for any app or root!
i cant post the proofs because i havent 8 posts yet
holding right button (touch) and clicking the middle button works for me on both ace and g3...
Screenshots from Ace (2.2.1 not rooted)
i wonder if it is a default android feature or not
if so, why everybody is trying difficult methods or apps?
hmmm.. may be for pic quality... who knows whats cooking in minds of gadget freaks.. ;p
qeqeqwqw said:
i wonder if it is a default android feature or not
if so, why everybody is trying difficult methods or apps?
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It is Samsung speciality... you can find ScreenCaptureService.apk in the system/app from Samsung...
Works nice on stock KPE
S5830 Galaxy Ace - Tapatalk
qeqeqwqw said:
i wonder if it is a default android feature or not
if so, why everybody is trying difficult methods or apps?
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Because not always does the method work, when the app you are taking screenshot of might return back to previous screen while pressing the Back button. Also other screenshot methods let you capture just by shaking the phone, so no key presses required and helps in better timing.
nish7x said:
Because not always does the method work, when the app you are taking screenshot of might return back to previous screen while pressing the Back button. Also other screenshot methods let you capture just by shaking the phone, so no key presses required and helps in better timing.
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fair enough
did not work on 2.3.4
lipanz said:
did not work on 2.3.4
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Try Home+Power for 2.3.4
works on stock 2.3.3, great... but one problem though, when we want to capture a certain screen and press the back button to capture, it goes back to the previous screen... I guess its only for capturing homescreens then
Back plus home key, works for me.
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EmoBoiix3 said:
Try Home+Power for 2.3.4
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OMG!! Thanks a whole bunch dude!!
Thats cool. Knew you could do it but never realised how. Gods know how many times I've done screenshots by accident. And now I know
Does work on 2.3.4. but gotta be careful it doesn't jump to Homescreen!
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[Q] Change Power Button behaviour on call in CM7?

Hey guys!
In CM7, when I hit the Ace's power button, it ends the call. I don't want this, I want the good old turn-off screen, like on stock roms. I searched everywhere and I didn't found any option to change this.
Can someone point me what can I do?
Thanks!
Setting/call setting and tick on always use proximity
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Renan Lazarotto said:
Hey guys!
In CM7, when I hit the Ace's power button, it ends the call. I don't want this, I want the good old turn-off screen, like on stock roms. I searched everywhere and I didn't found any option to change this.
Can someone point me what can I do?
Thanks!
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settings--accessibility---untick the "power button ends call"
cheers
Dragonoid said:
settings--accessibility---untick the "power button ends call"
cheers
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There is nothing under accessibility, its empty oO
shailpancholi said:
Setting/call setting and tick on always use proximity
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This is useless to me, since I almost never use my phone holding it. I use the earphones that come with it.
Renan Lazarotto said:
There is nothing under accessibility, its empty oO
This is useless to me, since I almost never use my phone holding it. I use the earphones that come with it.
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no damn it there is an option !!! check my screenshot!!!
which cm7 are u using btw????
I don't think the setting for the power button is in Accessibility on CM, try looking around the CM menu, I think that's where it is.
LolNade said:
I don't think the setting for the power button is in Accessibility on CM, try looking around the CM menu, I think that's where it is.
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Do u have eyes???? can u see my screenshot????
Edit: after reading your post below it appears that you do have eyes
btw i had cm7 by vo-1 and i think that option was present in accessibility even in his rom( currently i have cm7 by F.A.T )
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Do u have eyes???? can u see my screenshot????
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No, I don't have eyes.
There are a few different variations of CM, and the one I used to have (I think it's the one by vo-1) had that setting in the CM menu.
Even LeWa has it
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cm7 power button ends call in galaxy ace
I switched over to cm7 on my galaxy ace a week ago. Its very frustrating that the power button ends the call, i always disabled the proximity sensor in stock firmware and kinda used to that.
everytime i try to turn the screen off in a call, it actually ends the call. There is no option in accessibility settings to prevent power button from ending the call (screenshots attached)
I also downloaded an app phone settings manager and that too has no effect.
please help!
Same as here. Using CM7 from vo-1. I think that I'll switch to the one provided by FAT. Can someone confirm if it has that option in Accessibility?
This is what I have. Apart being in portugese, of course.
you can download "Screen Off and Lock" from the Play Store.
this is what I did.
so when someone calls. press the home button to go to your home screen then click the shortcut you have or if not go to your app drawer and press it to turn off your screen.
I'm using go launcher so I set the application to be activated when I glide down my finger in my home screen.
ijustzeke said:
you can download "Screen Off and Lock" from the Play Store.
this is what I did.
so when someone calls. press the home button to go to your home screen then click the shortcut you have or if not go to your app drawer and press it to turn off your screen.
I'm using go launcher so I set the application to be activated when I glide down my finger in my home screen.
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Nah, too much trouble. I want it more simple, like it was on stock. And it has to be somewhere on the settings, maybe I'm just not finding it.
good luck in finding it.
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I've used Grif's CM7 and in that ROM, POWER BUTTON ENDS CALL option was in Accessibility only
I don't think that I'll need this anymore. Yesterday I was using the phone when I needed to hang-up the call, and it was right in front of me, so I didn't needed to power-on screen, unlock it and then hang-up. I just hit the power-button and done!
Also, I think that I can live with the screen-delay to power-off.
Renan Lazarotto said:
I don't think that I'll need this anymore. Yesterday I was using the phone when I needed to hang-up the call, and it was right in front of me, so I didn't needed to power-on screen, unlock it and then hang-up. I just hit the power-button and done!
Also, I think that I can live with the screen-delay to power-off.
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Whoahhh!!!! first you say u want it off and then u say i like it!!!phewwwww
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Whatsapp vibration pattern
Can anyone tell me if theres an app to increase the intensity of vibration if we get a message on whatsapp? I have to keep my phone on vibration in class and always miss out on the messages as the vibration intensity is too low.
I figured how to change it for gmail and sms through an app but how can i change it for other apps like whatsapp?
Dragonoid said:
Whoahhh!!!! first you say u want it off and then u say i like it!!!phewwwww
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Hahahaha, yeah, 5 mins after I posted this I noticed that this "feature" might be useful

Fingerprint scanner to work with the screen off ???

Is there any way to make the fingerprint scanner with the screen off ?? I know in iphones they have a mod in cydia to do it.... Is it possible to get the same thing here ?
gdmlaz said:
Is there any way to make the fingerprint scanner with the screen off ?? I know in iphones they have a mod in cydia to do it.... Is it possible to get the same thing here ?
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Why on earth would you want that ?
And if it's possible, I guess it will drain your battery faster...
speedme said:
Why on earth would you want that ?
And if it's possible, I guess it will drain your battery faster...
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when you swipe it unlocks, No need to turn the screen on, Works fine on iphones my gf has hers rooted and works perfectly
gdmlaz said:
when you swipe it unlocks, No need to turn the screen on, Works fine on iphones my gf has hers rooted and works perfectly
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As said, if it would be possible...the battery will drain a lot faster as the screen will always be active/the system will perform wakelocks all the time.
But it's a good idea
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speedme said:
As said, if it would be possible...the battery will drain a lot faster as the screen will always be active/the system will perform wakelocks all the time.
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That's what was generally said about double tap to wake, yet the phones that have this implemented, don't have drastically increased battery consumption because of it.
On the other hand, Samsungs half second delay after pressing home button, to wake after deep sleep (formerly just a "feature" of exynos devices, now with snapdragons as well) , is extremely annoying.
Don't see how would the screen always be active? Rather, the fingerprint sensor would be.
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Idan73 said:
That's what was generally said about double tap to wake, yet the phones that have this implemented, don't have drastically increased battery consumption because of it.
On the other hand, Samsungs half second delay after pressing home button, to wake after deep sleep (formerly just a "feature" of exynos devices, now with snapdragons as well) , is extremely annoying.
Don't see how would the screen always be active? Rather, the fingerprint sensor would be.
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That's what I was thinking if iphones are doing it without any problem and lg is using their knock why can't samsung
I don't believe battery drain would be an issue, but how would you keep the phone in a state to be read?
With double tap to wake and swipe to wake surely the waiting for action state is already developed.
Other possibility could be pressing the home button and sweeping the fi gerprint scanner at the same time to unlock in one motion.
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Up up up
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Prof Peach said:
Other possibility could be pressing the home button and sweeping the fi gerprint scanner at the same time to unlock in one motion.
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This is already working.. I scanned 3 times the same finger, and now working like this..
sosimple said:
This is already working.. I scanned 3 times the same finger, and now working like this..
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if the screen is off the fingerprint won't unlock and turn the screen off at the moment...... you have to press the home key wait for screen to turn on then swipe
Prof Peach said:
With double tap to wake and swipe to wake surely the waiting for action state is already developed.
Other possibility could be pressing the home button and sweeping the fi gerprint scanner at the same time to unlock in one motion.
sent from SGS5 running NeatRom 0X1
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gdmlaz said:
if the screen is off the fingerprint won't unlock and turn the screen off at the moment...... you have to press the home key wait for screen to turn on then swipe
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I know. I talk about press (so the screen turns on) AND sweeping the finger at the same time.. This is working for me. I have to do a longer sweepe though.. And i have used all 3 finger setting to the same finger, probably a bit different portion of the finger every time..
Try it.. It works for me. Always unlock with one sweeping and pressing at the same time..
The disadvantage, i can unlock only with one finger.
The problem for me is that i have the home button to wake switched off using wanam exposed module. The phone was active in pocket way too many times.
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Fingerprint scanner gestures

On Huawei's other phones with fingerprint scanners they feature gestures on the scanner, a lot like a touchpad on a laptop. You can swipe down for the notification tray and swipe it up, double tap to clear the tray, swipe up for the recent apps, and long press to go to the home screen.
Since none of this was mentioned to be included in M and I know that's custom Huawei software. I was still wondering if any devs out there might be wanting to work on an app to add these functions, or if something similar already exists. This really makes the scanner a lot more functional.
They also have a safe and app lock in their software 2 other great additions. I know I've seen an app lock for the Samsung phones, and not sure if it'll work on just any phone with a scanner. While these are great additions on the Huawei phones, their skin is not. I'd love to see stuff like this incorporated on stock version of Android. I know nothing about programming, but just hope some eager devs are out there and looking to enhance what the scanner can do and take better advantage of it.
I hope it does have this feature but I haven't heard anything about it either...
No, it doesn't have it.
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What about turning the screen on? Do you have to press power button, and then put your finger on the fp reader, or you can directly put your finger on the reader and screen goes on and phone is unlocked?
nfo981 said:
What about turning the screen on? Do you have to press power button, and then put your finger on the fp reader, or you can directly put your finger on the reader and screen goes on and phone is unlocked?
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You tap the scanner, and it turns the screen on and unlocks it, it looks like a very slick process
nfo981 said:
What about turning the screen on? Do you have to press power button, and then put your finger on the fp reader, or you can directly put your finger on the reader and screen goes on and phone is unlocked?
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Unlike the Xperia Z5, and Samsung phones (not 100% about Samsung phones), you do NOT need to turn on the device first. Simply putting your finger on the scanner is enough to wake it up and unlock it. The Huawei Ascend Mate 7 does that very well and is very accurate. This bodes well for the 6P for obvious reasons.
Yep. On Huawei Mate S, we can slide down on the scanner and it brings down the notifications list. I would really love to have that kind of gestures implemented so hopefully some devs would implement it on roms. *fingerscrossed*
AhsanU said:
Unlike the Xperia Z5, and Samsung phones (not 100% about Samsung phones), you do NOT need to turn on the device first. Simply putting your finger on the scanner is enough to wake it up and unlock it. The Huawei Ascend Mate 7 does that very well and is very accurate. This bodes well for the 6P for obvious reasons.
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Samsung requires you to wake the device first. Basically you have to tap the home or power button then let it read your fingerprint. Kinda lame. I wish it were like the new nexi
Xposed will add this if someone makes it. I use gesture control but using the finger print scanner would be so much better
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Having never has a phone with FP scanner,can apps be set to only allow access if using FP scanner ?
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combat goofwing said:
Having never has a phone with FP scanner,can apps be set to only allow access if using FP scanner ?
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I've seen no mention of that being built into M, but on Huawei phones with their EMUI skin they have an app locker which does this. It's a really great feature for a phone with a scanner. It's great to lock down banking apps or whatever else you want to keep people out of.
I know someone has created an app like this for Samsung phones, however I'm not sure if it'll work with other phones using a scanner. Hopefully someone creates something like this soon if it doesn't.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...fingersecurity-fingerprint-lock-apps-t2818896
As far as Xposed mods, that would require root and would also make it so you can't use Android Pay right?
boynamedstacy said:
Samsung requires you to wake the device first. Basically you have to tap the home or power button then let it read your fingerprint. Kinda lame. I wish it were like the new nexi
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That's not true...my mom got a galaxy note 5 and if you touch the home button it unlocks the phone and if you press the home button....meaning physically depress the button it will wake and unlock simultaneously.
bsg411 said:
That's not true...my mom got a galaxy note 5 and if you touch the home button it unlocks the phone and if you press the home button....meaning physically depress the button it will wake and unlock simultaneously.
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I have the note 5 as well, on it right now. Like you said, you have to physically press the button before it will read the fingerprint. The point was that with the new nexi, you only need to place your fingerprint on the reader for it to simultaneously wake up and unlock the screen. Not something the note 5 does
boynamedstacy said:
I have the note 5 as well, on it right now. Like you said, you have to physically press the button before it will read the fingerprint. The point was that with the new nexi, you only need to place your fingerprint on the reader for it to simultaneously wake up and unlock the screen. Not something the note 5 does
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No...i said touch the button to unlock...and press the button to wake and unlock simultaneously. I tried t and it works on note 5
combat goofwing said:
Having never has a phone with FP scanner,can apps be set to only allow access if using FP scanner ?
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Marshmallow has API's for app developers to implement this. I ordered this phone because I want to incorporate it with an app idea I have. I'm not sure if Marshmallow has this built in where you can limit access... I guess you could set up different accounts on the device which would limit access to the device based on fingerprint.
Not sure it can keep your wife/gf out of your snapchat account
bsg411 said:
No...i said touch the button to unlock...and press the button to wake and unlock simultaneously. I tried t and it works on note 5
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If the screen is off and you simply touch the home button (not pressing it) what happens?
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Maybe they changed things with Note 5 but Note 4 does not do anything by just touching the home button you have to press. It's a crappy scanner too. I cannot wait for my 6P to arrive and forget about the Note 4 (well, I'll use it for VR)
Mave025 said:
I've seen no mention of that being built into M, but on Huawei phones with their EMUI skin they have an app locker which does this. It's a really great feature for a phone with a scanner. It's great to lock down banking apps or whatever else you want to keep people out of.
I know someone has created an app like this for Samsung phones, however I'm not sure if it'll work with other phones using a scanner. Hopefully someone creates something like this soon if it doesn't.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...fingersecurity-fingerprint-lock-apps-t2818896
As far as Xposed mods, that would require root and would also make it so you can't use Android Pay right?
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Yeah - AFAIK, root = no Android Pay...
da_ferreira said:
Yeah - AFAIK, root = no Android Pay...
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That's what I had read, so I'm hoping maybe this can be done with an app instead of Xposed.
My N5 is rooted and Android Pay works fine.

Touch home button

I have found ans used easyhome for samsung app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ung&pcampaignid=APPU_1_o9ovVsWCIoXK0AS_5pS4Bw)
Turns your home button to touch and doesnt need to be pressed.:laugh::good:
I get device not supported is it because I'm on PAC ROM?
rookie12 said:
I get device not supported is it because I'm on PAC ROM?
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Probably. It isn't working on CM12.1 (Unofficial) ether.
alexeyp said:
Probably. It isn't working on CM12.1 (Unofficial) ether.
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It works on latest ironrom
Probably only works on ROMs that support the fingerprint reader.
I think that app only works on Touchwiz roms. I use it on my Tab S and S6, both on Touchwiz.
2 features of this app (may require pro version?):
Long touch can do one of the following: camera, screen-off, Google Now, or home screen
When lock screen shown (before you input password/pattern/swipe to unlock), touch home button to turn off screen. Useful when you turn on screen to look at time only and want to turn off screen without pressing power button (reduce button use?) or letting screen timeout (save battery?)
The developer also has an app to double-knock/tap to turn screen on-or-off. I use it to turn-off the screen with a double-tap. Using it to turn-on screen consumes battery.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.knockz
noskill01 said:
I have found ans used easyhome for samsung app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ung&pcampaignid=APPU_1_o9ovVsWCIoXK0AS_5pS4Bw)
Turns your home button to touch and doesnt need to be pressed.:laugh::good:
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How's the battery drain with easyhome?
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