I need a way to be able to voice dial at any time even with the phone locked or with some other app the Voice Talk open via Bluetooth, I know this is possible on Android since my old Motorola Milestone could do it and would be legal under the new laws.
My province is now getting distracted driving laws which will make using my phone illegal with how many steps it takes currently.
I refuse to give up locking my phone since I have private info on it but I need to be able to make calls by pressing the button on my Bluetooth even with the phone locked since it could even be in my jeans pocket with no way to get at it when sitting.
Currently on my GS2 I have to unlock the phone then double click the home button to bring up voice dialing or even open the voice talk app if I am in a different app.
Compared to my Milestone where I never touched it and at any time even pattern locked or in a different app I could just press the button on my Bluetooth and say "call jane" or something and it always worked.
How can I get this back? Considering the laws are coming into effect next month for me.
I would like to keep the stock Samsung voice for most time but would be willing to have a second one that works even if the phone is locked.
I also have people that want this phone but willn't buy it until I get this fixed.
Use Tasker to disable the lock pattern when connected to a bluetooth device - therefore when you disconnect from your car bluetooth, your lock pattern will re-activate.
Problem solved!
OK I have that and think I am close to setting it up but can't totally figure it out how to disable the lock screen.
All I have figured out is a profile that runs if a mic headset is connected but when I try to figure out the task it does I get stuck.
I have never used Tasker before.
This is suddenly going to be to expensive since I found out the SGS2 requires extra work to disable the pattern lock which is a extra $10 plugin and I am not even sure if I want to pay for Tasker itself after the 7 day trial.
I might try and find out how it was done on my old phone when locked.
For others that may want to kn ow here is the thread for this on a GS2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110307
Nope, you don't need the plugin - there's a keyguard action that you would disable, which also disables the lockscreen.
I'm trying to set this up myself, but for some stupid reason, it's not responding when I press my bluetooth button at all...
Fricken Vlingo - you suck!
k1sr said:
Nope, you don't need the plugin - there's a keyguard action that you would disable, which also disables the lockscreen.
I'm trying to set this up myself, but for some stupid reason, it's not responding when I press my bluetooth button at all...
Fricken Vlingo - you suck!
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Are you sure that would work on our Samsung phones since they modified the locking system to use the /efs partition?
If you do get it working make sure to tell me how.
I love the convenience of not having a lock screen, and I don't want to give that up. I have a setup on my phone (T-Mobile Galaxy SII - SGH-T989) with Android Lost, TrustGo, and Prey, each offering remote lock/pin setup functions. This is obviously not 256-bit+ encryption, but it should prevent the phone from being accessed by most.
Then I saw a CNet article entitled "How Apple and Google help police bypass iPhone, Android lock screens," (can't link, <10 posts) detailing the fact that the Google and Apple may disclose your PIN info if requested by law enforcement. Is my method of remote securing a lost, stolen, or seized device inherently flawed? Would Android have access to both my Lock Screen PIN and my chosen encryption password, or just the Lock Screen PIN?
Ideally, I would be able to fully encrypt the device, but have it prompt for the encryption password upon boot. That way, I can remotely shutdown the device through Android Lost or Automateit (SMS "prompt"-->shutdown rule setup), and the device would be fully secured.
What I will probably do is this: encrypt with PIN/Password different than Lock Screen, set Lock Screen time to max (only 30 minutes, which sucks), and disable the power button auto-lock. Can I extend the lock screen time to 2 hours+?
Suggestions?
This is kind of an obnoxious issue with one of the new Android flagships. Android 5.0 has a "smart lock" feature that unlocks the phone based on your GPS location or if a trusted device is paired. The point of course is that you shouldn't have to unlock the phone when you're paired to your car, or to your Android Wear device, or at home or work, for example. But on the Galaxy S6/edge, it doesn't bypass the fingerprint lock, so when both are enabled you have to unlock twice. Tbqh I'm not sure Samsung's actually going to fix it. Their live chat didn't have much to say on this. I thought I should mention it in case anyone was thinking about enjoying the smart lock features AND using the fingerprint scanner.
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Valyncia: Hi, thank you for contacting Samsung Technical Support. How may I help you today?
Visitor: Hello Valyncia
Valyncia: Hello.
Valyncia: Please go ahead with your question.
Visitor: When I have fingerprint lock screen security enabled, it works fine
Visitor: but when I also enable smart lock, smart lock does not bypass the fingerprint lock
Visitor: is there a bug # for this issue?
Valyncia: As of now, we have no reported complaints regarding this issue.
Visitor: Thanks, I'd like to report one
Visitor: It's easy to reproduce
Visitor: 1. Enable fingerprint lock
Visitor: 2. Enable smart lock with a trusted device or location
Visitor: 3. either pair the trusted bluetooth device, or be in the trusted location
Visitor: 4. lock screen still requires you to swipe your fingerprint
Visitor: expectation is smart lock would bypass fingerprint lock
Valyncia: Thank you for your valuable feedback, I will certainly make a note of it.
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Visitor: Thanks. Could I take a ticket # or report # so I can follow up on this issue?
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It works fine for me with the head unit in my car and the headset in my motorcycle helmet. I do wish it would bypass the lock screen completely. I still have to swipe up to get to the home screen.
cpshoemake said:
It works fine for me with the head unit in my car and the headset in my motorcycle helmet. I do wish it would bypass the lock screen completely. I still have to swipe up to get to the home screen.
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If you have to swipe, it's not working. What you are describing, is smart unlock not working. Try it on a Nexus 6 and see m8
ThugEsquire said:
If you have to swipe, it's not working. What you are describing, is smart unlock not working. Try it on a Nexus 6 and see m8
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Well it half works then, because it does bypass the fingerprint lock.
I had this same problem. When connected in my car it has a swipe up, then it asks for a fingerprint (which is super hard to do in the timeout time). Outside my car it is simply fingerprint. Same thing with my headphones. Just happened right now. Fingerprint unlocks. Connect headphones: asks for swipe up... stalls... then goes black before i can use finger. Wake back up fingerprint unlocks. Lame. This would be a completely awesome feature if it worked.
marclais said:
I had this same problem. When connected in my car it has a swipe up, then it asks for a fingerprint (which is super hard to do in the timeout time). Outside my car it is simply fingerprint. Same thing with my headphones. Just happened right now. Fingerprint unlocks. Connect headphones: asks for swipe up... stalls... then goes black before i can use finger. Wake back up fingerprint unlocks. Lame. This would be a completely awesome feature if it worked.
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Works for me; when connected to my Moto 360 it bypasses the fingerprint unlock. A normal screen swipe unlocks the device.
had the same problem. I had to disable smart lock
Is there a forum that Samsung watches for these issues? Talking on XDA won't do us any good. We need to post it on a samsung board in order for them to take notice.
Same thing is happening to me - when connected my car it has swipe to unlock THEN it asks for a fingerprint... really rather irritating...
This is not a problem on my edge I added my gear to trusted devices and it successfully bypasses the fingerprint security.
Is it carrier dependent? On my T-Mobile Edge with the 5.0.2 update that happened out of the box (end of March), I have both fingerprint unlock and smart unlock and when my Zenwatch is in range I don't have to use fingerprint - I do still have to swipe, though.
On my 2013 moto x, once i have unlocked the phone while connected to a trusted device, I am always brought to home screen or open app rather then having to swipe. I feel this is the way it should be for all phones. (I thought that it was TBH)
flarbear said:
Is it carrier dependent? On my T-Mobile Edge with the 5.0.2 update that happened out of the box (end of March), I have both fingerprint unlock and smart unlock and when my Zenwatch is in range I don't have to use fingerprint - I do still have to swipe, though.
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I also have the T-Mobile Edge and I have the problem. You're the second person to say that an Android Wear device bypasses the fingerprint lock. Try unpairing the Zenwatch and use your car or a trusted location and let me know what you find.
In any case, you shouldn't have to swipe when using smart lock. Just use a Nexus 6 and you'll see how it's really supposed to work. With smart lock enabled, simply waking the phone brings you to the launcher, no unlock required.
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In any case, you shouldn't have to swipe when using smart lock. Just use a Nexus 6 and you'll see how it's really supposed to work. With smart lock enabled, simply waking the phone brings you to the launcher, no unlock required.
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I had a Nexus 6 before I got my S6 Edge. Smart Lock (location) did not bring me directly to the home screen, I still had to slide to unlock. Bypassed the PIN code, though. I was on 5.1.0.
Smart Lock isn't working for me, either. I trued setting it up using Location. Haven't tried trusted devices. T-Mobile S6 Edge with the latest OTA.
For me, the smart unlock works when it's connected to my car's bluetooth but it doesn't work for the location.
It is annoying.
Smart lock is not working for me either. The feature itself is grayed out in the Settings. When I paired my 360, it asked if I wanted to add it as a trusted device. I did that but it still keeps asking for fingerprint as if there are no trusted devices.
Mine is T-Mobile S6.
smart lock not working for me either - the setting is configurable but neither location or bluetooth liberate me from having to use the fingerprint unlock even though they are setup properly and smart lock is a trusted agent... bummer
***EDIT: found solution at this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/help/fingerprint-lockscreen-t3078647 - added a new trusted place called Home1 and when the map came up to set location i moved the pin slight away from my house and then back again and when it used a GPS latitude/longitude location instead of an address, i was able to get it working for location...
I got it working with that method as well.
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Not working for me too. Have to swipe and use fingerprint to unlock with trusted JBL Headphones
With ANY phone, the first time you must fingerprint unlock it while connected to the trusted device. After that it should let you in without a problem. My problem is that it requires you to swipe up to actually get into the home screen or app. This is not the way it *should* work.
I am the systems administrator responsible for those phones, and I have determined that there is a system package that, when disabled, makes the phone waking up on lockscreen around 10 seconds longer.
it's 100% reproducible : disable system apps, phone takes ~10s to wake up. re-enable them, phone wakes up instantly when the power button is pressed or the fingerprint reader used.
My company asks me to disable system packages through G Suite administration tools (to make the phones as simple as possible). How can I find out which package to re-enable to fix this ?
obviously unrooted, stock phones - just the G Suite administration tools and USB debugging access.
thanks for any help.
Hey guys,
any solutions ?
http://en.miui.com/thread-3921003-1-1.html
tried automate (tasker alt), autoinput, no luck!
this is especially important while driving! (keep everything nice & safe & hands free)
Really disappointing, they fixed 'OK Google' (though had to clear google app's data before is worked), but broke this, give me some creative solutions
Set face unlock as it's now available for all regions. Tap on the screen when the screen is off and it will unlock while you're driving without a need do do anything else. Not sure if that's what you meant but hope it helps.
Apparently not for Israel, anyway when I switched the region to India and the option appeared, it still didn't work and said it could not recognize me.
At least saying OK Google not only works now but actually unlocks swipe lockscreen, and then the secure one gets unlocked by my amazfit stratos watch... so I guess I will just say OK Google every time I want to turn on the screen instead and well ... use it.
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Ok so an update / clarification...
up untill now... on miui 9.5...
I had 'automate' (like tasker), when connected to car's Bluetooth, and I would press volume down and up on my bluetooth media button on my steering wheel, turn on the screen, straight to the PIN entry screen, which would be auto unlocked via bluetooth by my amazfit watch, and then 'ok google' would be launched via shortcut (since saying the words didn't work anyway I figured it's way more convenient to have buttons... also because sometimes it doesn't hear / understand you through the noise, and you look like an idiot turning off music and ac and saying Ok Google multiple times ?)
also when I would connect to car's audio when I started the car... screen would be unlocked and spotify would open up and start playing without me touching anything.... now it's stuck at lockscreen untill I dismiss it
Anyay I figured out why Autoinput does not work... because I always use some 'device admin' app to lock the phone (fingerprint quick action \ dts widget \ all in one gestures)
when using the power button, autoinput works
I want my convenience back so what I ask from you:
can anyone report if this issue exists in the beta versions?!
thank you!