I recently got MIUI 12.5 on my device. Since that time, in many cases face unlock on my Mi Note 10 Lite does not work, i.e. there is no face unlock symbol on the lockscrean, but instead a message saying "Device locked manually". What exactly does that mean, why is face unlock not available all the time? This is really annoying :-(
Any hints would be really appreciated, thank you.
Can you click that?
It's not clickable, just a message, and then I need to unlock drawing my pattern.
Jackie78 said:
It's not clickable, just a message, and then I need to unlock drawing my pattern.
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Does it occur only when you press the power button to make the phone sleep?
No, it also appears when the phone neters sleep mode after long time of inactivity. And I have the feeling it happens more often if I haven't operated the phone for some hours, like after night or so. But sometimes also after a short time, which is really annoying.
Hmm, recovery hard reset?
Try; power off to, volume up> to power
Recovery Mode, reset..
Try; download mode, stock rom install..
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I installed the NFC Ring Unlock application from McLear on the EZ2 tablet, which seemed to function well with my NFC ring.
I did one thing differently, because I don't like to give my Google master password to a 3-party app , I used an app password specifically for the NFC ring, which I considered to be one-time and didn't write it down
Then I had to fly and put the device in flight mode and powered it off some time later.
Now I get the NFC Ring Unlock screen in flight mode when I power up the device, but I can't get the unlock screen to work (NFC is also switched off in flight mode, didn't realise that and the Google authentication is also not working) and I can't get out of flight mode!
What I tried already:
Resetting the device by voulume-up/power, red button in SD-card and PC-companion connection.
Trying to hit the "normal" unlock screen which appears for a sub-second period.
Contact McLear, but they are flooded at the moment, because of the roll-out of their new products.
But neither of this works because they all depend on unlocking the device first.
Any advice?
If your device is unlocked and you have USB debugging enabled, you should be able to deinstall the App with ADB (Adcvanced Debug Bridge).
I guess that with the locked original Sony Bootloader, this doesn't work, though.
You could do a remote wipe with play device management:
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager?hl=da&u=0
If Sony's software detect it when you connect it to computer, you might also have some options there. I am using Mac and only see repair device ,under the Xperia menu, as a potential solution.
Hey Svan, damn it sucks you are getting stuck by this! Sorry!
1. Did you try posting on the NFC Ring forum?
RE "3-party app" our app never stores your details, we use the Google provided Google Auth libraries to handle the authentication process. I can personally guarantee and promise at no point do we store or use your username/pass, we just get a success/failure callback from them and act accordingly.
2. Is it possible you can use your Google Auth or is your work-around preventing you from doing this?
We're actually just beta testing an updated version of the app that forces users to enter a pin code to handle circumstances such as this. Flight mode and two-form factor auth have been an issue for us so we're taking pro-active steps to address it ASAP This doesn't help you though ;(
3. As BabelHuber asked, do you have debug mode available? If so a simple adb uninstall of the app will get you moving again.
Sorry about the delay through support, I just took another team member on today to help with the backlog, he starts tomorrow so hopefully things will move faster!
Source: I'm the inventor of the NFC Ring
Found a solution
I had a the exact same problem, and luckily I found a solution just in the moment I had already decided to factory reset.
I have the stock rom/bootloader/etc installed, no root.
Well anyway, factory resetting the phone is not an easy task either, so this is what I did to get to the factory reset option in the boot loader:
I pressed power for a loooong time, then the phone shutdown, I pressed power and vol-down for a looong time.
Some kind of boot menu appeared, I chose recovery.
At first I was stuck with a red triangle with an "!" over a lieing android. I found that pressing and holding power for 1 second then, while still pressing power, pressing "vol up" for 1 second and releasing both at once, presented me a special menu, wich contains the factory reset and option ... and also a mysterious "wipe cache" option, which sparked an idea of how I might circumvent the factory reset...
I remebered, that after the last OTA update the phone was so busy after reboot, that the NFC Unlock app was loaded after a long delay, while I was already able to interact with the phone.
So I though what the heck, before factory resetting the device I might as will try wiping that damn cache and see wether that caused the delay.
After wiping the cache, I booted and Android went through all those apps, and then showed the launcher/home screen without the widgets loaded etc, for just long enough to switch off the airplane mode, before the unlock app was loaded and immediately locked the screen again.
It might have helped that I disabled the SIM Card PIN check, i don't know.
Only this time I could unlock it normally :silly:
I hope this helps
I bought a used Zenwatch 2 and after a week it stopped working. When I turn it on it sticks on the Asus splash screen. After talking to customer support and looking online it appears that the "firmware has been corrupted.
I made the mistake of not turning on ADB Debugging while it worked, and unfortunately the screen appears to be unresponsive so I can't even put it into Fastboot mode to turn ADB Debugging on. Of course to make it even better the watch is not recognized when I plug it in because it doesn't appear to boot enough. Since I can't get into anything it makes it impossible to reinstall the firmware.
You all are my last hope, does anyone have any insights into a way to get the phone recognized, or anything that may help? Please help me keep this from becoming a fancy bracelet.
When you first turn it on, swipe diagonally down from either direction to get into recovery or fastboot. I know you said the screen is unresponsive, but if you haven't done it before it can be tricky. Even on a perfectly working watch, I still have trouble getting it to work. Try continuously swiping as you hold the power button, even before the splash screen shows up. If you can get it into fastboot, unlock the bootloader and try flashing my ROM.
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When you first turn it on, swipe diagonally down from either direction to get into recovery or fastboot. I know you said the screen is unresponsive, but if you haven't done it before it can be tricky. Even on a perfectly working watch, I still have trouble getting it to work. Try continuously swiping as you hold the power button, even before the splash screen shows up. If you can get it into fastboot, unlock the bootloader and try flashing my ROM.
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That seems to be what I am reading, but so far I have had no luck getting it to trigger into fastboot mode. I will keep trying.
Hey!
I have fingerprint and Iris along with pattern on my phone. Suddently while using the phone, it stopped accepting my pattern (which I use daily, and no, I don't have a case of amnesia). I was dumb enough to restart my phone as some suggested that made the phone accept their pattern again, but now, of course, I'm completely locked out.
-I've tried findmyphone.samsung.com but it only say I haven't activated the unlock feature.
-I've tried entering "adb shell" and then "cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases" but get "Permission denied" (while on the lock screen)
-I usually get 3 tried on the pattern, but now I only get 1 try then a 30 second timer.
I really don't want to factory reset via recovery (would that even help?) as I have so much data on my phone I don't want to lose.
Is there ANY way to get into the phone again? This is REALLY frustrating as I'm now locked out because the phone got bugged and suddently, seemingly forgot my pattern. SAMSUNG support claims that it's not their fault that "I" forgot my pattern (I remember it like night and day), and also that I don't have the "setting" for 3 attempts activated (when I clearly do, which I know as I get the prompt daily due to missing a point now and again). Their suggestion is that I turn the phone in for service, but the problem is that I'm catching a flight and moving out of the country in less than 2 weeks, and there is no shop even remotely close to me, so that isn't an option..
I have bills to pay too, and the bank security app is also on my phone.. /:
PS! My phone is not rooted.
Nevermind. I just factory reset as I figured I had a backup. Later (too late) I realized the backup was from November, and that I COULD have made a backup via findmyphone.samsung.com FIRST. So if anyone has my issue, just go to findmymobile.samsung.com and backup, then boot into recovery (reboot, hold bixby button, volume up and power button down, and release power button when the samsung/knox screen shows up), then wipe data. Later you'll be able to use your backup to recover your data and apps.
Please help, my Huawei requies after succesfull face recognition unlock still slide to unlock with finger, even if I checked in system settings Direct unlock feature under security option. Week ago everything was OK, now direct unlock not working. Any ideas? Thank You!!!
It does that when the face unlock and fingerprint unlock conflict with each other. It happens to me sometimes.
Just try not to use both at the same time by accident. I set my face unlock to only unlock when I'm looking irectly at it.
Thank You, bazanime, disabling fingerprint unlock solved my problem. But it is still strange to me, untill now (few days ago) both unlocking methods worked together...
Thanx again for help
This happen to me when i have finger print snd face unlock activate, and try to unlock with finger print and fail. In that case always recognise mi face but I have to swipe up to unlock 100%, dont know why either
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lukecz said:
Thank You, bazanime, disabling fingerprint unlock solved my problem. But it is still strange to me, untill now (few days ago) both unlocking methods worked together...
Thanx again for help
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You're welcome, Happy to help. Though I wouldn't turn off fingerprint unlock because it still good, just in case your face is not recognised. Just use the face mostly.
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But it is still strange to me, untill now (few days ago) both unlocking methods worked together...
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Try the following solutions to resolve the issue:
go to your Settings > Reset > Reset all settings . This will reset all settings, no data or documents will be deleted. Reboot your phone into recovery mode (press and hold the Power and Volume Up buttons simultaneously ) and use it to delete cache partitions (select Wipe cache partition) . Finally select Reboot system now.
Good Luck
Try turning off do not distrurb
It only does that to me when I lift my phone and it doesn't initially unlock with my face, so I mash my thumb onto the screen only to get blinded by the icon showing around the edges of my thumb putting out more lumens than Tsar Bomba, which triggers an epilectic fit of apoplectic rage during which I smash the phone repeatedly into my face and attempt to put either of my thumbs *through* my phone over and over again. That's the only time I see that.
This was hapening to me too !
My mate 20 pro always worked with facial recognition every time but recently worked intermittently, I tried all the usual reset and wipe cache partition, then I thought that the only thing I had changed recently was that smart lock and trusted place was on as I noticed that away from home facial recognition would work but at home it would say 'smart lock recognition successful slide to unlock' even though the phone was set to direct unlock - changed it, now problem it solved so maybe check this.
Update 9.1 solve this issue .. now it is much faster
I already updated to 9.1 but problem still existed, smart lock and turn off trusted place was definitely my problem.
The earlier mentioned "smart lock at trusted place" will ruin the face unlock.
NOTE: Even if the smart lock is OFF, it will interfere if you have some location saved and you are trying to use the face unlock in there. So you need to delete the "trusted place" from the smart location.
Simply turning off Bluetooth worked for me
Disclaimer: I own the phone, I still have the bill and order proof, plus if it need to reconnect to my google account after reset, I will reconnect it gladly.
Goal: Factory reset (loosing all data I know)
How: Going to recovery mode and select factory reset / wipe all data.
Problem: Can't shutdown because it ask for the pattern.
Long story short, I forgot the pattern on this phone, it has been few months that I switched to another phone entirely (using fingerprint unlock).
Now when I try to shut it down in order to go to recovery (power + volume up), I can't because it ask for the pattern to shut down.
Also the tip found on internet (power + volume down) always restart the phone (instead of shutting it down) without me being able to hijack it to recovery or whatever other boot menu (I tried to rapidly do power + volume up but it ignores it, power + both volume key down as well).
Any suggestion please?
Thank you,
Device : Samsung Galaxy A10 'Secured by Knox'
Can you delete the associated Google account in settings? If not it going to be a pain...
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Can you delete the associated Google account in settings? If not it going to be a pain...
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Well no, I basically can't unlock the phone anymore (I don't remember the pattern, and I don't want the pain to keep trying). I just want to achieve the factory reset/wipe data from recovery mode.
Xoib said:
Well no, I basically can't unlock the phone anymore (I don't remember the pattern, and I don't want the pain to keep trying). I just want to achieve the factory reset/wipe data from recovery mode.
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The easiest way be to see if a Samsung Experience center at a best buy do it for you. Or ask Samsung repair how much they want. There's a few solutions on Google, no clue if they work... probably.
I never set passwords for bios and phones; once bitten, twice shy. Androids are so secure they're a pain now. Sometimes the device corrupts the password themselves, isn't that special? Lost access to a mobo bios like that
Thanks for trying to help @blackhawk !
But I have been in the mod scene for awhile, OEM unlocking, custom recoveries, custom kernel, custom OS and so on.
This problem that I have with the A10 is ridiculous, no being able to "shutdown" the phone because it needs the pattern, my current device and my old devices doesn't require that to be shutdown.
You're welcome. I was curious how it would respond... thought that was too easy
I loathe FRP as it serves me absolutely no purpose only potential complications. It already has cost me time but nothing as severe as what you're experiencing. It almost did as I was on my 3rd login attempt, worse it was a new phone I was returning. I have a very long Google password It's bad enough that I haven't even tested the fingerprint option on either of my N10+'s; double tap on/off.
This sub section of the forum isn't popular anymore, it's understandable.
Do you know if this specific problem concern all the Samsung Galaxy devices?
Xoib said:
This sub section of the forum isn't popular anymore, it's understandable.
Do you know if this specific problem concern all the Samsung Galaxy devices?
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I never set a lock on any of my Samsung's. I wasn't aware of this behavior so can't say for sure.
Do some Google searches, it doesn't have to be the same model to be useful. Samsung member forums may have something on it.
Hard reboot can be done by long clicking volume down + power for 10 seconds