I am sure this has been dealt with, but I have tried so many searches and found nothing that could help me.
I cannot find any setting anywhere to keep the screen locked even when the keyboard slides out, and sometime sin my pocket the keyboard slides slightly but enough to turn the screen on and unlock the device.
What can I do? do I have to replace the basic lock app?
please point me in the direction of existing threads if you know of any or solutions.
cheers
grymcent
Yes I would like to know that
I solve it by also using pattern type screen lock (in security settings with immediate lock on after) thus even after sliding, the HTC default lock will be unlocked, but the pattern will be required to completely unlock the phone...
If I'm not mistaken, HTC designed the Desire Z and the G2 to unlock when the keyboard is opened. Naturally, on paper, this would make sense given that you could just slide the keyboard to go right to typing. However, as stated before, if you put the pattern lock, then it shouldn't be able to unlock even when you slide.
if you have a pattern or PIN lock it won't unlock when opened.
Now. There is a nice elegant solution that I didn't think of.
And there I was trying to be simple and all I needed waas added security, thanks guys.
Setting it up now
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i find this more convenient this way as i can just slightly tilt the keyboard-screen flip to unlock the phone right away.
Replace your springs in the hinge so it will close tightly and not open in your pocket
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Also, using pattern prevent accidental unlocks when the screen slides along some material that it respond to. I don't use the pattern for security but as additional screen lock because the default lock is just poor
So I set up a Pattern Lock. I really like it.
only issue is having to still do the slide down lock AND then the pattern lock.
I cannot find the setting to turn off the slide lock.
what have I missed?
If you rooted your phone and installed a ROM like Cyanogenmod ... you'd have the option to unlock by using the trackpad instead hitting the power button and then slide down to unlock.
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Hey Guys,
Does anyone have any experience writing a phone un-lock application, because I have a kinf of a neat idea for a replacement lock screen (i.e. pincode).
The problem I am having with the pincode lock screen on HTC Touc Cruise (not sure if the app is common to all WM6 phones) is
1. Under sunlight its difficult to see the UI when the phone is locked
2. Its difficult to enter the pin on a touch screen while your phone is not stable (e.g you are walking etc)
The alternative I am thinking is to have an app that instead of typing the pin code would recognise swipe guestures, i.e. like mouse guestures in some desktop applications (for instance a swipe code like left, left, up, down)
Any thouhgts,
-CUser
SOunds somewhat similar to organic lock.
Maybe you should try this.
Organic Lock looks interesting, but my concern is, wont it suffer from the same drawbacks as the default pin-code unlocker. That is under bright sunlight you might not be able to see the shapes.
what i was originally thinking was that if your unlock swipe pattern was left up left, you would enter it as a left swipe, then up swipe, then left swipe.
Anyways I will give Organic Lock a try and see.
cheers
Was wondering if it was possible to not use the HTC lock screen (slide down to unlock) and just use the stock android 2.2.1 pattern lock? I'm tired of having to slide down that choppy overlay, then put in my pattern unlock... adds an unnecessary step.
(Rooted)
I use screen unlock from the market. It has a small widget you can use to turn the scrolling lock on or off. Not sure if you can use the pattern lock with it.
Well I've read from other forums (Desire) that people have tried deleting or renaming the HTClockscreen.apk in the system\app folder but I don't know if it works for the MT4G and I'd rather not screw up the phone but I suppose I could be the guinea pig... I'm surprised there isn't more demand for this?
This is not a nexus 10 specific question, so sorry if there was a better place for this.
I just bought and installed HD widgets' and its great. The issue is that it has now disabled the smart cover capability of my case. Now opening the case just takes you to the lock screen, a touch annoying as you might imagine.
Due to the nature of the search terms, Google is being quite useless, focuses on adding widgets to the lock screen, not on how to sort it with a smart cover.
A anyone know how to sort this out? Many thanks.
Based on your post, I'm assuming that you want no lock screen of any kind? You want to just open the cover, and have it on the homepage? If that's correct, I may be able to help. I have HD widgets as well, but never noticed a problem because I had a pattern lock set up already.when I went to change it, the options under security for None, Slite, and Face unlock were grayed out. What I had to do to fix it was to go under Settings, Security, and clear all credentials. After this I was able to disable the lock screen. I haven't noticed any adverse effects. Everything seems to be working fine.
Hope this helps.
Hi guys,
I got CM10.1 VJ 6.1 (Android 4.2.2) on my Desire.
Recently I started to look for a screen lock, that would be the same style as the default one in this ROM (pretty much an ICS/JB default style), and would unlock the device after sliding in two ways - for example, I press the power button, the lockscreen appears, I slide on it upwards, and then back downwards, and the device unlocks. Same for sliding right, and then back left (and so on). An animation is optional, but not essential. Is there anything that could suit my needs?
The reason I want this is that with the default slide unlock I'm getting some weird pocket unlocks, and the pattern unlock sometimes gets frustrating. I don't want my device to unlock in my pocket, but I still want to have a quick way to fire it up when needed.
Cheers.
PS Sorry if I missed a thread about the same thing, I searched a few times and found no good results.
Love the fingerprint unlock locked-screen feature. However, it has it's drawbacks. Can only be activated via - PIN lock. How you set up a pin,and after that it gives you the option to use fingerprint as well.
My question is : how do i use fingerprint only!? No more pin just the finger.
Best part about fingerprint is that you don't have to use the physical button. if the screen is off / locked just hold finger and it opens.
Also. I am now using Action Launcher 3. Super launcher. But it does not allow the function to unlock via fingerprint. Does anybody know if this works ? Where is the setting ?
The pin is used to unlock your sim card, the fingerprint is used to unlock your phone's system. If you don't want any pin code, you can either remove the sim card (well, it will probably be a little bit annoying when you want to call someone ^^), or set the pin code to blank. I don't even know if this is possible, actually.
As phones usually ask pin code before system unlock (fingerprint or other), you probably cannot have a third app that would allow to use fingerprint as pin, as it would have to start before the system. Unless I miss an idea, I think you can't do what you ask.
Figured that it has an automated backup just in case the finger is not recognized . You either get the pin or the pattern. Never just the fingerprint. There is no way around this.
Another question: how do i get the list of apps to go in one single page. Right now With ZenUI launcher there are a few pages. Action launcher 3 has one page (option). ..Is there any way to do this with ZenUI ? I got back to the default launcher from Asus cuz of the fingerprint. it's kinda cool to have it. Even tho Action Launcher 3 is amazing.
What's the problem with Action Launcher? I'm using it with fingerprint unlock and it works just fine.
catalinrcd said:
Figured that it has an automated backup just in case the finger is not recognized . You either get the pin or the pattern. Never just the fingerprint. There is no way around this.
Another question: how do i get the list of apps to go in one single page. Right now With ZenUI launcher there are a few pages. Action launcher 3 has one page (option). ..Is there any way to do this with ZenUI ? I got back to the default launcher from Asus cuz of the fingerprint. it's kinda cool to have it. Even tho Action Launcher 3 is amazing.
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Just press the 3 dots at the top-right of your screen when opening the app drawer. then choose smart folder. hope it helps
catalinrcd said:
Love the fingerprint unlock locked-screen feature. However, it has it's drawbacks. Can only be activated via - PIN lock. How you set up a pin,and after that it gives you the option to use fingerprint as well.
My question is : how do i use fingerprint only!? No more pin just the finger.
Best part about fingerprint is that you don't have to use the physical button. if the screen is off / locked just hold finger and it opens.
Also. I am now using Action Launcher 3. Super launcher. But it does not allow the function to unlock via fingerprint. Does anybody know if this works ? Where is the setting ?
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Clearly you only assumed things only from the setup screen.
OF COURSE in this phone we only use our fingerprint to unlock the screen. No buttons, No pins, No pattern.
If, that is IF, the phone can't recognize your fingerprint for 5 times in a row (because of wet finger, wrong position, dirty etc) it will then requires a pin or pattern unlock. This is why the setup ask you for your pin/pattern first.