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[Q] How to set a delay for the keyguard on non-rooted Note3?

Lets see if anyone can help me find a solution to this... (I posted this in the AT&T Note3 Q&A forum also, since it didn't look like they cross over to each other any, and I want to get as much help with this as I can.)
I have a non-rooted AT&T Note3 and have the corporate exchange email setup, which sets the requirement to use a PIN to secure the phone.
Using the lock screen PIN doesn't bother me, because I am able to set it to not ask for the PIN again for 30 minutes, which has worked well for my needs. I must keep the PIN activated on my phone though due to company requirements.
BUT...I hate the keyguard (swipe to unlock) feature! It activates way too quickly after the screen turns off. Before, with my original Note1, I had a custom rom that let me set a delay for the keyguard, so that if the screen turned off, I had 15 seconds to turn the screen back on without it activating the keyguard.
So, does anyone know how to either set a delay for the keyguard, or to disable it completely on a non-rooted Note3? I would prefer for it to be a delay, but this keyguard activating so easily makes me wish it was just completely gone!
I have tried a few of the available apps in the appstore, but none have worked so far. They usually have trouble with the Exchange email PIN requirement being in effect, even though I'm not trying to disable the PIN. I'm only wanting to do something about the keyguard feature.
I've used Touchdown for my email with my Note1, but am trying to keep from going back to using it. The new email package on 4.3 (and 4.4) work pretty good for my corporate email needs without needing all of the bells & whistles that Touchdown offer. Please don't offer Touchdown as a solution at this point. I'm currently only interested in solutions using the stock email apps.
Thanks!

MonkeyThumper said:
Lets see if anyone can help me find a solution to this... (I posted this in the AT&T Note3 Q&A forum also, since it didn't look like they cross over to each other any, and I want to get as much help with this as I can.)
I have a non-rooted AT&T Note3 and have the corporate exchange email setup, which sets the requirement to use a PIN to secure the phone.
Using the lock screen PIN doesn't bother me, because I am able to set it to not ask for the PIN again for 30 minutes, which has worked well for my needs. I must keep the PIN activated on my phone though due to company requirements.
BUT...I hate the keyguard (swipe to unlock) feature! It activates way too quickly after the screen turns off. Before, with my original Note1, I had a custom rom that let me set a delay for the keyguard, so that if the screen turned off, I had 15 seconds to turn the screen back on without it activating the keyguard.
So, does anyone know how to either set a delay for the keyguard, or to disable it completely on a non-rooted Note3? I would prefer for it to be a delay, but this keyguard activating so easily makes me wish it was just completely gone!
I have tried a few of the available apps in the appstore, but none have worked so far. They usually have trouble with the Exchange email PIN requirement being in effect, even though I'm not trying to disable the PIN. I'm only wanting to do something about the keyguard feature.
I've used Touchdown for my email with my Note1, but am trying to keep from going back to using it. The new email package on 4.3 (and 4.4) work pretty good for my corporate email needs without needing all of the bells & whistles that Touchdown offer. Please don't offer Touchdown as a solution at this point. I'm currently only interested in solutions using the stock email apps.
Thanks!
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Settings > Device > Lock Screen > Lock automatically, choose time limit (it says screen will be locked X minutes after screen automatically turns off) so you have X minutes to go back to the screen before keyguard kicks in -

radicalisto said:
Settings > Device > Lock Screen > Lock automatically, choose time limit (it says screen will be locked X minutes after screen automatically turns off) so you have X minutes to go back to the screen before keyguard kicks in -
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I don't have a "Lock automatically" under the Lock Screen setting.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I do have the Secured lock time set to 30 minutes though, which is what keeps the PIN request from popping up constantly, but it does not stop the "swipe to unlock" from appearing.

MonkeyThumper said:
I don't have a "Lock automatically" under the Lock Screen setting.
I do have the Secured lock time set to 30 minutes though, which is what keeps the PIN request from popping up constantly, but it does not stop the "swipe to unlock" from appearing.
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What version of the Note do you have? and which firmware?
I'm using the International Unbranded on BTU XXUDMJ7 -
Edit: sorry for some reason I cannot see your attached image
2Nd EDIT: OK i see it now, hmm seems your settings are vastly different to mine.
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Maybe it has something to do with the actual lock feature used.
I use Pattern, when I switch to Swipe and PIN the options change. Try with Pattern maybe?

radicalisto said:
What version of the Note do you have? and which firmware?
I'm using the International Unbranded on BTU XXUDMJ7 -
Edit: sorry for some reason I cannot see your attached image
2Nd EDIT: OK i see it now, hmm seems your settings are vastly different to mine.
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Maybe it has something to do with the actual lock feature used.
I use Pattern, when I switch to Swipe and PIN the options change. Try with Pattern maybe?
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Yeah...I'm having some trouble getting images to show up in my posts....It is just being a pain in the butt tonight.
I am only allowed to use PIN or Password. Our office has the other options locked out.
Mine is the N900A (AT&T). I'm on the BMJ5 version which was just pushed out recently.
Thanks for trying though...

MonkeyThumper said:
Yeah...I'm having some trouble getting images to show up in my posts....It is just being a pain in the butt tonight.
I am only allowed to use PIN or Password. Our office has the other options locked out.
Mine is the N900A (AT&T). I'm on the BMJ5 version which was just pushed out recently.
Thanks for trying though...
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I would go with the lock features used then by the sounds of it, seems like on PIN or Password you cannot change certain features.
Sorry I couldn't help more.

radicalisto said:
I would go with the lock features used then by the sounds of it, seems like on PIN or Password you cannot change certain features.
Sorry I couldn't help more.
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I've GOT to find a way to disable or delay that dang Swipe to Unlock screen! It was just driving me nuts a few minutes ago. I would look away from the screen and it would cut off, and within 1-2 seconds, I would reach over and press the home button to wake it back up and then have to do the Swipe to Unlock thing again. That is going to drive me CRAZY!

Settings, device, screen timeout
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Constant TouchWiz Popup when Home button is pressed

sorry, if this has been brought up, I searched, but didn't find any threads.
Anyways, I would say about 40-50% of the time when I press the Home button, I get this popup
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
and after I press "TouchWiz Home" I'd hit "Always" and then I get this:
this constantly popups up... well.. again, maybe every other time I hit the Home button... it's quite annoying... can any advice me what do to?
thanks in advance for any tips/advice
Ken

Try task manager and clear the default, then try and set it again and see if it works

radicalisto said:
Try task manager and clear the default, then try and set it again and see if it works
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Okay, so here's a dumb question, where's the task manager? Is it call something else?

trainerKEN said:
Okay, so here's a dumb question, where's the task manager? Is it call something else?
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Not a dumb question at all, Push and hold the home button, select the little globe in the bottom left, once you go thru to the next screen, scroll accross to CLEAR DEFAULTS and choose Touch Wiz and hit clear, exit out then try setting TW again and pressing Always.

radicalisto said:
Not a dumb question at all, Push and hold the home button, select the little globe in the bottom left, once you go thru to the next screen, scroll accross to CLEAR DEFAULTS and choose Touch Wiz and hit clear, exit out then try setting TW again and pressing Always.
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okay, so I'm there, but I don't see TW to clear

When you press the home button the TW asks you to set Just once/ Always yes? -- if you choose always it should store it in there as a default. -
OK, try settings > general > application manager > choose ALL then scroll down to TW - choose TouchWiz Home - It should show 850KB or so in size, If not clear cache then clear data, hit force stop, reboot your phone and see if it stores the data this time.

radicalisto said:
When you press the home button the TW asks you to set Just once/ Always yes? -- if you choose always it should store it in there as a default. -
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yes, I always press "Always"
radicalisto said:
OK, try settings > general > application manager > choose ALL then scroll down to TW - choose TouchWiz Home - It should show 850KB or so in size, If not clear cache then clear data, hit force stop, reboot your phone and see if it stores the data this time.
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okay, so I just did it... let's see if it works... I will follow up, thanks!

Hit the home button again and if it doesn't pop up, it's sorted

radicalisto said:
Hit the home button again and if it doesn't pop up, it's sorted
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ugh, it just did it again

trainerKEN said:
ugh, it just did it again
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Ok for some bizarre reason it isn't storing local data, I'm at a bit of a loss.
What Model number do you have? and what firmware are you running? - rooted also? any mods installed recently or other launchers?
when you went to cache, did it show 850kb or so in the app itself? as if it was storing the data at all?
You could try a factory reset. I know it isn't ideal and it bugs me when I have had to do one previously. It may fix it. 9 out of 10 times it does.
EDIT: I'm at work so my replies may be a little sporadic or so, but I'll be around to help.

radicalisto said:
Ok for some bizarre reason it isn't storing local data, I'm at a bit of a loss.
What Model number do you have? and what firmware are you running? - rooted also? any mods installed recently or other launchers?
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the number says SM-N900W8, it's running 4.3, NOT rooted, bone stock, no mods... I just got the phone 2 days ago
radicalisto said:
when you went to cache, did it show 850kb or so in the app itself? as if it was storing the data at all?
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I don't remember what the number was, but I'm pretty sure it was in the 700kb....
radicalisto said:
could try a factory reset. I know it isn't ideal and it bugs me when I have had to do one previously. It may fix it. 9 out of 10 times it does.
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I'm going to try the previous instruction again and see if it helps, if not I'll do a factory reset. Not much trouble since I just got the phone 2 days ago...
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: I'm at work so my replies may be a little sporadic or so, but I'll be around to help.
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thanks man, I really appreciate your help

What mine shows, let me know what happens when you reset it. Usually does the job especially on the Note 3 lol.
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radicalisto said:
What mine shows, let me know what happens when you reset it. Usually does the job especially on the Note 3 lol.
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okay, so I ended up just doing a factory reset... and in the process... there was a system update. I have a feeling when I got the phone at the store, I was flying through the setup process and skipped it. As of right now, it looks like it's working fine :fingers-crossed:
thanks again for all your help... I'm going to pass this along because apparently I wasn't the only one with this issue

Ahh cool, least you got sorted, No problem man. Enjoy the phone

Did you enable Google Now? Disable it, and it will not ask you again.
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Did you enable Google Now? I have mine disable and it stop prompting me to choose TW again. Go ahead and try disable your Google Now.
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okay... so I wanted to post an update. Truthfully, the issue started up AGAIN! I was sooooo annoyed, I didn't want to post because I figured it was frustrating others reading my issue. Apparently, I wasn't the only person having this issue. I did some search and came across a thread over at Android Central...
here's the thread: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...lete-action-using-touchwiz-easy-home-huh.html
anyways, the trick is to uninstall the latest version of Google Search update. JUST TO CLARIFY, this does NOT mean you're actually uninstalling Google Search (because, I mean... there's no way I'd ever use Bing or Yahoo search :laugh: )
You go to your Google Play Store, search "Google Search" and the app will come up... it's already installed so you'll get the options of "Open" or "Uninstall".... You click on "Uninstall" and ONLY the latest version of Google Search will be uninstalled... Google Now, Google Search WILL still be there... But this issue will be gone
So, needless to say, the latest version of Google Search has some kind of bug with TouchWiz or whatever.
Hope this help others in the future

Yes im having this issue too and reverting back to the older version is the solution. This phone has given me many bugs. Totally aint worth the money.
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Has Google Search bug been resolved?
andresalonika said:
Yes im having this issue too and reverting back to the older version is the solution. This phone has given me many bugs. Totally aint worth the money.
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I had this problem and then removed the updates. However, I now see a new update for Google Search dated January 9, 2014. Has anyone tried this update to see if the problem persists?
Maybe tonight I will give it a go.
Thanks

No more touchwiz problem
:good: After upgrading Google Search to the January 9, 2014 yesterday, I have had no more problems with Touchwiz Home stopping notice. It has been about 24 hours since I updated it.
I guess Google resolved the bug.

I'm facing this issue after update to kitkat. I can't uninstall google search update as the version installed in the rom is the last one. Pop up is very boring What can I do ?
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Note 3 LMT/PIE Discussuon

Any questions, tips, etc? Let's talk here.
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Thanks for the help on the pie controls! I really appreciate it, it's just something I never really used on the Nexus, nor used the LMT itself. But without a pure AOSP build, I feel it needs tweaked a bit to get back to a little more familiar grounds. (No Nexus 5 on Verizon .. grrr)
I think I was getting myself confused a bit thinking those tweaks could give me our 3 normal softkeys to replace my physical and capacitive ones. I know it was possible on the Note 2 from reading but it didn't seem to happen without a bit of troubles. Either way, I am rooted now and have removed some of the bloat apps. I am now considering going back into the custom realm on ROMS.
Thanks for the tips!

Im trying to map a shortcut for screenshots but so far none of them have worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37823525&postcount=3328
maybe i can just find an app and map that.
Nevermind updated to the newest build and screenshot is an option.

Is the default input device #4 the best for N3?
I replaced 1 pie button and the other defaults went missing, any way around that, I would like to replace them one at a time?
When blacklisting apps I have to scroll through ~400 app list to remove non ui sys services then select one at a time, is the list a file somewhere that can be edited by other means?
SM-N900V DE

LillieBennett said:
Is the default input device #4 the best for N3?
I replaced 1 pie button and the other defaults went missing, any way around that, I would like to replace them one at a time? ...
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'default input device'. As you set up PIE you can customize the number of tiles (up to 5) and have up to 2 levels of tiles, for a total of 10 possible shortcuts. The first level is set by default to be Android navigation buttons (soft buttons), 'back', 'home', 'menu', 'search', 'multitasking'.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If these defaults have gone missing, or there are less than 5, PIE will reduce the number of 'buttons' that show up when activated, i.e. graphic UI will be adjusted
I could reduce each level of PIE down to 1 'button' if I choose.
Now that I'm thinking in this context, I'm guessing that is what you mean by "default input devices". If I am reading you right, you can set up to 5 and there will be no issue for the Note 3, likewise say that you only wanted three 'buttons' or 'input devices" (Home, Back, Menu) that wouldn't be a problem either. PIE will adjust the Graphic UI to match your settings, there won't be 5 'buttons' on screen if you only set 3 of them. I hope I'm being clear?
LillieBennett said:
...When blacklisting apps I have to scroll through ~400 app list to remove non ui sys services then select one at a time, is the list a file somewhere that can be edited by other means?
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Honestly I don't blacklist any apps from from PIE
Can I ask why you want to Blacklist an application? Once I set the apps I want in my PIE I don't worry about the other apps I have installed on my device. I set those to be my most used apps, for the particular device om setting up. For instance, my Note 3 2nd level PIE app shortcuts are these
I have them set, and if I need to change them I just sift through the apps and replace them (I agree it does take some time to load, but once you have it set as you launch PIE it is seamless). I guess I don't understand why you want to Blacklist an application, when you only need to set the ones you want to have appear on the PIE launcher. Not that you need to validate your reasons to me, unfortunately I don't use this feature myself so I don't think I can be very helpful about this. Hopefully someone else might be able to lend some advice.
Let me know if I was on target about your question on setting the 'buttons' up.
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harajyuks said:
I'm not sure what you mean by 'default input device'. As you set up PIE you can customize the number of tiles (up to 5) and have up to 2 levels of tiles, for a total of 10 possible shortcuts. The first level is set by default to be Android navigation buttons (soft buttons), 'back', 'home', 'menu', 'search', 'multitasking'.
If these defaults have gone missing, or there are less than 5, PIE will reduce the number of 'buttons' that show up when activated, i.e. graphic UI will be adjusted
I could reduce each level of PIE down to 1 'button' if I choose.
Now that I'm thinking in this context, I'm guessing that is what you mean by "default input devices". If I am reading you right, you can set up to 5 and there will be no issue for the Note 3, likewise say that you only wanted three 'buttons' or 'input devices" (Home, Back, Menu) that wouldn't be a problem either. PIE will adjust the Graphic UI to match your settings, there won't be 5 'buttons' on screen if you only set 3 of them. I hope I'm being clear?
Honestly I don't blacklist any apps from from PIE
Can I ask why you want to Blacklist an application? Once I set the apps I want in my PIE I don't worry about the other apps I have installed on my device. I set those to be my most used apps, for the particular device om setting up. For instance, my Note 3 2nd level PIE app shortcuts are these
I have them set, and if I need to change them I just sift through the apps and replace them (I agree it does take some time to load, but once you have it set as you launch PIE it is seamless). I guess I don't understand why you want to Blacklist an application, when you only need to set the ones you want to have appear on the PIE launcher. Not that you need to validate your reasons to me, unfortunately I don't use this feature myself so I don't think I can be very helpful about this. Hopefully someone else might be able to lend some advice.
Let me know if I was on target about your question on setting the 'buttons' up.
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Input device below, default is #4:
The reason I asked is the only pie position that works is bottom center, at first the default right worked but once I changed it, I can't put it back and have it work.
I guess the button setup as you described isn't so bad.
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LillieBennett said:
Input device below, default is #4:
The reason I asked is the only pie position that works is bottom center, at first the default right worked but once I changed it, I can't put it back and have it work.
I guess the button setup as you described isn't so bad.
SM-N900V DE
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Oh, gotcha. Gesture input is a different set of features in LMT and not invloved with the the operation of PIE. This allows you to set actions that will launch when you complete a gesture.
Much like PIE once you select one of these options it will take you to the list where you can select the action to be completed.
You don't need to set any of this up in order to use PIE, The default for all gestures is 'None'.
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harajyuks said:
Any questions, tips, etc? Let's talk here.
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You were right, I am using pie all the time now. It really shines for multi task where you can switch from one app to another directly, without going through recent first. Thanks for the turn on!
SM-N900V DE

LillieBennett said:
You were right, I am using pie all the time now. It really shines for multi task where you can switch from one app to another directly, without going through recent first. Thanks for the turn on!
SM-N900V DE
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LMT/PIE is really cool and I just wanted to drop in to let you guys know about an app that's very similar called Switchr
He recently implemented an "Arc" style that's just like PIE, and which one you choose to use is just preference IMO
Big difference is the "Live switching" just imagine using PIE but as you swipe over your overlay icons, the foreground app changes instantly vs PIE where you have to release your finger to trigger the switching

To clarify, By blacklisting an app in LMT/Pie you aren't saying don't show up in the choices of apps. You are telling pie controls to not work or appear when using certain apps. So if i didn't want it to appear in Internet so I can still use its pie controls, I could black list Internet.
I don't use the feature but some people do. I never use ISA or gestures. But have been using pie since beans in the s3. Had it in my note 3 a day after the first root exploit came out after launch. So Worth it
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Legato Bluesummers said:
To clarify, By blacklisting an app in LMT/Pie you aren't saying don't show up in the choices of apps. You are telling pie controls to not work or appear when using certain apps. So if i didn't want it to appear in Internet so I can still use its pie controls, I could black list Internet.
I don't use the feature but some people do. I never use ISA or gestures. But have been using pie since beans in the s3. Had it in my note 3 a day after the first root exploit came out after launch. So Worth it
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I never used blacklisting. Thank you for the clarification.
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Anyone have a working .some Google Phone Dialer ?

I prefer the stock Google Phone dialer over all others. I tried to install several different .APK from the website with all the Google Phone downloads. But none of them would install or work.

I've been running Google Dialer with LG G6 for a couple of weeks... here's what I did...
1. Install the APK from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-google-dialer-t3557412
2. After installation, go into Settings, General, Phone Management, Apps.
3. Click the three dots menu and select Configure Apps.
4. Select Phone App, and change that over to the Phone with the blue background (the alternative is LG's Contacts) and click OK.
5. Click on the Special Access at the bottom of that screen. Select Modify System Settings and find the Phone app. Grant it rights to modify system settings.
6. I like to explicitly grant the phone app permissions now, rather than waiting for it later. So I granted all permissions up-front. Back out to the Apps screen and find the Phone app. Click permissions and flip the slider to the right to enable all permissions.
7. Launch the phone app and sign-in to your google account.
You may want to swap out the phone on the lock-screen and launcher as well...

gewecht said:
I've been running Google Dialer with LG G6 for a couple of weeks... here's what I did...
1. Install the APK from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-google-dialer-t3557412
2. After installation, go into Settings, General, Phone Management, Apps.
3. Click the three dots menu and select Configure Apps.
4. Select Phone App, and change that over to the Phone with the blue background (the alternative is LG's Contacts) and click OK.
5. Click on the Special Access at the bottom of that screen. Select Modify System Settings and find the Phone app. Grant it rights to modify system settings.
6. I like to explicitly grant the phone app permissions now, rather than waiting for it later. So I granted all permissions up-front. Back out to the Apps screen and find the Phone app. Click permissions and flip the slider to the right to enable all permissions.
7. Launch the phone app and sign-in to your google account.
You may want to swap out the phone on the lock-screen and launcher as well...
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I have not been able to swap out the phone shortcut on the lockscreen unfortunately. It seems the stock phone app is a default that can't be changed.
Thanks for the guide by the way. The stock phone app was aweful. Any way to get the Google contacts app too?
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I installed google contact from APKMirror and it works like a charm…
I tried the same with google dialier, but it disappeared after being called once ! Will try again.

matclab said:
I installed google contact from APKMirror and it works like a charm…
I tried the same with google dialier, but it disappeared after being called once ! Will try again.
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I have the APKMirror install of Google Dialer working just fine. Didn't run into the issue with dialer disappearing. However, I installed the Dialer from the XDA Forum that I referred to in a previous post.
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stumpy352 said:
I have not been able to swap out the phone shortcut on the lockscreen unfortunately. It seems the stock phone app is a default that can't be changed.
Thanks for the guide by the way. The stock phone app was aweful. Any way to get the Google contacts app too?
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I was able to swap out the phone by going to Settings, Display, Lock Screen, Shortcuts. From there tap on the phone icon (defaults to the far left) and an app list pops up. You need to select the "Phone" app with the blue icon - the green one is the LG-native phone app.

Thanks for the quick guide , it worked great. Finding it slightly sluggish for some reason though
The lock screen shortcut option only appears if you disable screen pin/fingerprint

Thanks, works great!

I am unable to change that default phone shortcut on the lockscreen no matter what I do.

I've always used Google Dialer v3.xxxx rc4 (forget the exact version but it's 3.something rc4), which is the latest version that is able to properly look up phone numbers of places by name on all my non-Nexus/Pixel devices

stumpy352 said:
I am unable to change that default phone shortcut on the lockscreen no matter what I do.
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Settings/Display/Lockscreen/Shortcuts
Note that it only saves once you exit the Shortcuts screen (press back)

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Settings/Display/Lockscreen/Shortcuts
Note that it only saves once you exit the Shortcuts screen (press back)
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Sorry, but the left phone shortcut cannot be changed on my phone at all.
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stumpy352 said:
Sorry, but the left phone shortcut cannot be changed on my phone at all. [/URL]
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I just deleted them from the lock screen. Never use them anyway. Double press volume down opens the camera.

stumpy352 said:
Sorry, but the left phone shortcut cannot be changed on my phone at all. View attachment 4238136
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Huh, strange. Mine looks a bit different (see attachments). Maybe you're running an older version? My software version is V10e-TWN-XX

stumpy352 said:
I am unable to change that default phone shortcut on the lockscreen no matter what I do.
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Same problem here software ver: V10k-AUS-XX Google Dialer & Contacts installed and working perfectly THX for the how to, Just cant get rid of that stinking green piece of turd on the lock screen no matter what I try. Hate little anoying probs like this LG @ times u suck!!!

gewecht said:
I've been running Google Dialer with LG G6 for a couple of weeks... here's what I did...
1. Install the APK from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-google-dialer-t3557412
2. After installation, go into Settings, General, Phone Management, Apps.
3. Click the three dots menu and select Configure Apps.
4. Select Phone App, and change that over to the Phone with the blue background (the alternative is LG's Contacts) and click OK.
5. Click on the Special Access at the bottom of that screen. Select Modify System Settings and find the Phone app. Grant it rights to modify system settings.
6. I like to explicitly grant the phone app permissions now, rather than waiting for it later. So I granted all permissions up-front. Back out to the Apps screen and find the Phone app. Click permissions and flip the slider to the right to enable all permissions.
7. Launch the phone app and sign-in to your google account.
You may want to swap out the phone on the lock-screen and launcher as well...
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Hey Gewecht what colour is your in call back ground? I have a LG G6 I get a quick flash of the nice Google blue then it turns a not so nice Turquoise green.
I tried the work around in the Google Dialer main post but no luck as the G6 has no option to change the sim back ground colour. I'm guessing the only way is to disable the stock phone app which the option is greyed out!!
Cheers.

Zorachus said:
I prefer the stock Google Phone dialer over all others. I tried to install several different .APK from the website with all the Google Phone downloads. But none of them would install or work.
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Attached.

How do I make it so when I receive a call on my lock screen the blue color fills the top notification area and the navigation area at the bottom? See screenshot.

tiger100 said:
How do I make it so when I receive a call on my lock screen the blue color fills the top notification area and the navigation area at the bottom? See screenshot.
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You go to the Settings app, go to Display settings, tap on App Scaling, find the app (it would be in 16:7.9 aspect ration) and tap it, and thusly make it a forced 18:9 aspect ratio. After this, your application should be formatted to support the LG G6's 18:9 display. Trust me, I had to do this with Lawnchair Launcher and a Pixel 2 Launcher (mod) in order to get it to all fit. I hope this helps you ??.

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You go to the Settings app, go to Display settings, tap on App Scaling, find the app (it would be in 16:7.9 aspect ration) and tap it, and thusly make it a forced 18:9 aspect ratio. After this, your application should be formatted to support the LG G6's 18:9 display. Trust me, I had to do this with Lawnchair Launcher and a Pixel 2 Launcher (mod) in order to get it to all fit. I hope this helps you ??.
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Thanks. That did the trick. That was really bothering me.

tiger100 said:
Thanks. That did the trick. That was really bothering me.
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No problem. ??

Stock messaging app wake screen?

This is weird one, I'm familiar that the screen doesnt wake when a notification is received. But just now I received a text via the stock messaging app which woke up the screen. Fortunately I had Nice Catch enabled to show this .
I never recalled that the screen would wake from any app based notifications. Is this feature unique for Samsung massaging app?
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Limeybastard said:
This is weird one, I'm familiar that the screen doesnt wake when a notification is received. But just now I received a text via the stock messaging app which woke up the screen. Fortunately I had Nice Catch enabled to show this .
I never recalled that the screen would wake from any app based notifications. Is this feature unique for Samsung massaging app?
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I believe so. My screen only wakes for the Samsung messages. Kinda annoying. I wish it would just flash the AOD instead

sruel3216 said:
I believe so. My screen only wakes for the Samsung messages. Kinda annoying. I wish it would just flash the AOD instead
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It is annoying that the screen turns on , I agree.
I tried googling this symptom and most results I found were for folks that wanted the screen to wake , which I don't. Its just this app doing it.
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Limeybastard said:
It is annoying that the screen turns on , I agree.
I tried googling this symptom and most results I found were for folks that wanted the screen to wake , which I don't. Its just this app doing it.
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I agree, it is very Annoying. Especially when you have chatty friends, family and wife who text you ALL DAY LONG lol. The phone never sleeps during the day because of texts alone. And I wear a Galaxy watch so I get notified of the texts anyway, i definitely don't need the screen waking up too.

mistermidas said:
I agree, it is very Annoying. Especially when you have chatty friends, family and wife who text you ALL DAY LONG lol. The phone never sleeps during the day because of texts alone. And I wear a Galaxy watch so I get notified of the texts anyway, i definitely don't need the screen waking up too.
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I'd be using another messaging app by now. However tmobile RCS messaging only works on the stock Samsung messaging app on my tmobile branded device.
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Just turn off the stock messaging notifications to 'Sound Only' for the specific sim and additionally go to Settings - Notifications-"In-app notifications" and turn off 'preview messages'. This should stop from waking the screen.

linom said:
Just turn off the stock messaging notifications to 'Sound Only' for the specific sim and additionally go to Settings - Notifications-"In-app notifications" and turn off 'preview messages'. This should stop from waking the screen.
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That didn't work either. I had to set it for the attached notification.
So now I don't get the screen wakes when receiving a text message which is a good thing, however the device no longer vibrates or shows icon on lock screen either.
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Limeybastard said:
That didn't work either. I had to set it for the attached notification.
So now I don't get the screen wakes when receiving a text message which is a good thing, however the device no longer vibrates or shows icon on lock screen either.View attachment 4759363View attachment 4759364
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You should have a 'Vibrate' option in your message app settings. (See attached). Not sure if its carrier dependent.
ASFIK the lock screen settings takes precedence over "preview messages" settings. So even if I turn off preview messages in the 'in-app notifications' but keep 'show content' or 'hide content' in the lock screen settings, the lock screen will show icon/actual message. What you could try is have on-tap AOD enabled and disable preview & lock screen content, that way you can see the icon on AOD screen. Alternatively, have the 'blink light' option turned on in message settings so the led at least notifies you.

linom said:
You should have a 'Vibrate' option in your message app settings. (See attached). Not sure if its carrier dependent.
ASFIK the lock screen settings takes precedence over "preview messages" settings. So even if I turn off preview messages in the 'in-app notifications' but keep 'show content' or 'hide content' in the lock screen settings, the lock screen will show icon/actual message. What you could try is have on-tap AOD enabled and disable preview & lock screen content, that way you can see the icon on AOD screen. Alternatively, have the 'blink light' option turned on in message settings so the led at least notifies you.
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These are the options I have for new messages. Which ones shall I change. Bearing in mind I've tried a few variables.
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Limeybastard said:
These are the options I have for new messages. Which ones shall I change. Bearing in mind I've tried a few variables. View attachment 4759571
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Notification Style - 'Sound' only
Lock Screen - "Dont Show Notifications"
In-App Notifications -> Preview Messages - Turn off.
Am not sure if the icon would appear on lock screen. Try out with AOD On-tap enabled. There is no 'blink light' option for you, but you at least get a sound alert & vibrate without waking up the screen.

linom said:
Notification Style - 'Sound' only
Lock Screen - "Dont Show Notifications"
In-App Notifications -> Preview Messages - Turn off.
Am not sure if the icon would appear on lock screen. Try out with AOD On-tap enabled. There is no 'blink light' option for you, but you at least get a sound alert & vibrate without waking up the screen.
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Thanks I'll try that. Won't be able to test until tomorrow. Wife locks her s10+. [emoji106] I use her phone to send myself test messages.
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Limeybastard said:
Thanks I'll try that. Won't be able to test until tomorrow. Wife locks her s10+. [emoji106] I use her phone to send myself test messages.
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Wow, what a coincidence! I tested the whole thing out using my wife's phone before replying to you!

linom said:
Wow, what a coincidence! I tested the whole thing out using my wife's phone before replying to you!
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I tried it just now, it doesn't wake up screen like it didn't in silent and minimized mode. However it does give me a audible notification which is good.
But still doesn't show icon on AOD. I use tap screen to show AOD.
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Limeybastard said:
I tried it just now, it doesn't wake up screen like it didn't in silent and minimized mode. However it does give me a audible notification which is good.
But still doesn't show icon on AOD. I use tap screen to show AOD.
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Not sure how to get the icon appear on AOD. Will test it out over the weekend.

linom said:
Not sure how to get the icon appear on AOD. Will test it out over the weekend.
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Almost forgot about this. Tried multiple settings, so it seems sometimes it works and the icon appears on AOD, but mostly it does not. Seems to be a bug or I'm not able to figure this out??