We all know it can be a bit of pain while on the Tube and you quickly want to unlock your phone and the Iris or face scanner don't work first time so you painfully need to look behind the phone to find the finger print scanner, but this is all about muscle memory.
I'm in the UK and just a few hours a go i got an update, i found myself having to register my Face again as it was not properly working. Also I'm either going crazy or completely missed it, i now find that under the Face unlock settings there is a "Faster recognition" setting that can be turned on. Not sure if this is new or it was there already. If in case you missed this i must say, make sure you turn this on, it changed the Face unlock feature completely for me, at least 90% of the time it works compared to 50/50 before the update. So make sure you look for updates if you just got your new S8 and turn the "Faster Recognition" setting on, as this might make a difference.
Another tip and this is my personal opinion, i found it better to actually register your face as close as possible. When registering your face, ignore the "20cm" it tells you to do, make sure you get close enough so that your face covers mostly the screen but not 100% of it, i found this to be better in normal day use (pulling your phone out of your pocket and looking down on it) instead of having to bring the phone up and close to your face. Another tip would be give your face a little wiggle, simply nod a tiny bit left and right while staring at the front camera, i found that this can help most of the times when the phone is taking more time than necessary to recognize your face.
If you have any other tips make sure to leave it below as this can help new users not having the best experience with this feature.
*I can tell some people do not have "Faster Recognition" option available. Just hold on , you should be getting an update soon.
it's possible to add mod to support multiple face recognition or iris
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Hello, my first post here although I've been an on/off lurker since my O2 XDA way back when.
Got the HD2, love it, only problem is I keep hanging up on people by accidentally turning the phone upside down when it rings. Maybe it's just me, but I just can't take the phone out of my pocket, out of its protective case, whilst keeping it up right half the time
Any suggestions how to disable it? Or preferably to change it to Silence instead of Reject?
Also, apologies if this has already been documented, I couldn't find "Face Plant" in the forum - that's what I read on a review - I'm not sure the real name of the feature.
Many thanks!
I'm aware of apps like NoLock which disable the Vibrants lock screens. I was thinking about it and is there really any reason to have a lock screen? Seems like it's just an added step and a potential waste of battery. Thoughts?
To make sure you don't mess **** up if you accidentally hit your power button in your pocket
Right, I was rocking them way back in the day when you could pocket dial your whole phonebook with hardware # buttons, but with the Vibrant I've never noticed messing with the hardware buttons just from it being in my pocket.
Well, actually there are a lot of benefits to having the lock screen.
- You could turn up your ringer in a situation where you need to have it on silent.
- Quickly control music without draining battery by going to the actual music app.
- Seeing what type of notifications you get without pulling out the entire UI.
There are added benefits to disabling the lock screen, but you will probably encounter enough problems to make it not worth it.
true, I hadn't considered the music aspect
How about the fact that it's a secuirty mechanism?
No need for it. It was one of the first things I disabled.
Here's why:
-Accidentally messing it in your pocket somehow? Even if you manage to hit the power button and make it come on, it won't do anything as the screen is activated through electricity of your fingers. That's how it works. Nothing in your pocket can make it do ANYTHING, even if its on. If you REACH in your pocket and its on, then yes, you can hit something.
-Music app. SUPER easy to switch music when you have no lock screen. Simply Hit power button and swipe away anywhere on teh screen to change a song. VERY VERY useful while driving and u can't afford to look at the screen.
-Easier to respond to texts. You don't need to unlock it to do stuff now. MUCH simplifies everything but notifications are especially convinient to deal with.
-ACTUALLY saves battery. Try it. No lock screen will net you NO loss in battery life and is likely to increase it as you won't go through a locking screen every time. You quickly develop a habit of turning it off by the power key when ur done with something and turning it back on when you need it. It's instant, quick, and saves on juice.
I don't know of a SINGLE reason to keep a lock screen except for aesthetics or if you want to prevent people using your phone (in which case its a passworded lockscreen). Those are the only 2 reasons really. . .
how about to check out the time, see missed calls or texts easily because sometime the notification bar is full of notifications, and it is a great way to check the time without people seeing what you have been using in your phone and also it turns off fast so you dont have to press the power button twice.
I wouldn't take it off only because I see more advantages than disadvantages.
Just my two cents.
Better not lose your phones. No lock makes it that much easier to grab your data, regardless if you report it and the phone becomes a brick. Think of all that stuff the person who found it would be able to do. Get a list of your contacts, find the last few places you visited, make calls, etc... An exposed phone would be an identity theives dream.
And just think... you could slow them down with a simple pattern lock. Ignorant not to use that layer.
The security feature is pretty meaningless to me. I'm not ultra scared of someone finding my phone and having my friends and my weed dealers phone numbers.
Lol @ TC
This thread is so pointless
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SeanFloyd said:
The security feature is pretty meaningless to me. I'm not ultra scared of someone finding my phone and having my friends and my weed dealers phone numbers.
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Okay. Would you mind posting a copy of your contacts in this thread? Most likely not, unless of course you have zero respect for your contacts information, in which case you should let your friends know how wreckless you are being with their data.
The point is, you may not lose this phone or your next or the one after that. It is a fact that unless you take ownership of your information, you put yourself at risk of making details you consider private, public.
One word:
Children.
Without a lock screen, my kids would have done things to my phone that I can not even imagine. lol
thenotoriouspie said:
Lol @ TC
This thread is so pointless
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Not entirely pointless. It provided a chance for you to be a prick
SeanFloyd said:
Not entirely pointless. It provided a chance for you to be a prick
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And for you a chance to come off as a complete moron. I guess not all is lost, eh?
Well, different strokes for different folks. I'm rarely ever more than 5 feet away from phone, so I don't worry too much about the security aspect. I do turn it on if I'm going out to a bar or club or something, but otherwise the lock screen just slows me down.
ipugh said:
One word:
Children.
Without a lock screen, my kids would have done things to my phone that I can not even imagine. lol
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..... or just don't let your kids use your phone as a toy. The lock screen doesn't keep it from going in the toilet if the kid is very young.
The lock screen strikes me as feature-creep.
NoLock was the first non-rooting-related thing I installed.
Today I finally had enough and went back to pattern. The scanner seems to get worse over time. Been using since day one and I typically get it after 2nd try, but now I'm having to wait 30 secs to get in. I've scanned my thumb every direction possible.
that is exactly the problem mate,
stop scanning your finger in every possible direction....
use only one direction and use it in that direction.....
ppl using it the 'normal' way get 100% succes.
friedje said:
that is exactly the problem mate,
stop scanning your finger in every possible direction....
use only one direction and use it in that direction.....
ppl using it the 'normal' way get 100% succes.
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Let me try it that way before I thank you....lol
EVOme said:
Today I finally had enough and went back to pattern. The scanner seems to get worse over time. Been using since day one and I typically get it after 2nd try, but now I'm having to wait 30 secs to get in. I've scanned my thumb every direction possible.
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If you're trying to unlock while holding the device with one hand it'll never work. The phone is huge and it's almost impossible to swipe correctly with the correct direction with one hand. Either hold the phone and unlock with your index finger of the other hand (this is the best setup for 100% success) or just go back to pattern (what I ended up doing). To be honest the iPhone set up is a million times better.
Multiple threads on this. For some people it works, for others like me its a nightmare. You will find many people trying to convince you that you are doing it wrong, but you're most probably doing it right. I hate the fingerprint scanner for unlocking my device, because it just takes too long. I have my device unprotected and use private mode to hide naked pictures of the wife
EVOme said:
Today I finally had enough and went back to pattern. The scanner seems to get worse over time. Been using since day one and I typically get it after 2nd try, but now I'm having to wait 30 secs to get in. I've scanned my thumb every direction possible.
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Have you set up the fingerprint scanner in the exact same way as shown in the video in my topic here?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/to-fingerprint-scanner-bad-inaccurate-t2919453
My fingerprint scanner is very accurate and i have success about 95% of all times i'm using it.
And guess what?
You can even swipe upwards with your registered fingers after you have registered them downwards. Here is my own video that shows that.
KarimSalloum said:
If you're trying to unlock while holding the device with one hand it'll never work. The phone is huge and it's almost impossible to swipe correctly with the correct direction with one hand. Either hold the phone and unlock with your index finger of the other hand (this is the best setup for 100% success) or just go back to pattern (what I ended up doing). To be honest the iPhone set up is a million times better.
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I am and always hold it in right hand and unlock with right thumb.
ozaghloul said:
Multiple threads on this. For some people it works, for others like me its a nightmare. You will find many people trying to convince you that you are doing it wrong, but you're most probably doing it right. I hate the fingerprint scanner for unlocking my device, because it just takes too long. I have my device unprotected and use private mode to hide naked pictures of the wife
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Yeah i have an iPhone 6 as well and the scanner is 100%. Cannot not leave unlocked...too many naked pics of GF in there....no really! Trade?
j/k
Tom-Helge said:
Have you set up the fingerprint scanner in the exact same way as shown in the video in my topic here?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/to-fingerprint-scanner-bad-inaccurate-t2919453
My fingerprint scanner is very accurate and i have success about 95% of all times i'm using it.
And guess what?
You can even swipe upwards with your registered fingers after you have registered them downwards. Here is my own video that shows that.
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You may be onto something here....didn't know you could go up. I just changed my right thumb to that. Seems to be working. What I have discovered after reading these posts...You have to scan finger SLOW....otherwise...fail fail fail. For the last 4 days I've had a pattern on which i am OK with, but I feel like I am selling myself short.
I've found a pretty good success rate by using my right thumb and swiping as if I have something like gum stuck to it and I'm using the home key to get it off my finger. It sounds weird, but it works better than a simple swipe. Doesn't take longer, just a lot more reliable.
That makes sense. Do you guys think the way apple has done it is patented to them? Samsung had to play around with the iPhone and see how nice touch ID is before they released this. My GFs S5 is equally as bad.
With direction lock, you can unlock your phone by drawing a pattern on it...pretty cool I think
https://youtu.be/iIQUWxuLhOI
Considering I'll be coming from a G2, it's a far cry from knock on. I will miss knock on more than anything on my G2 I'm sure. It might break the boredom of just swipe to unlock, but leaves more room for error and will take longer.
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Considering I'll be coming from a G2, it's a far cry from knock on. I will miss knock on more than anything on my G2 I'm sure. It might break the boredom of just swipe to unlock, but leaves more room for error and will take longer.
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Knock on was very cool, pressing the home button once with the fingerprint reader is cooler.
Well, I'm getting an S6, so I'm certainly willing to give it a shot.
After activating the direction lock feature I have run into a very serious issue. An OTA software update came in from AT&T after which the phone did a reboot. I cannot unlock the phone as it no longer recognizes the direction lock pattern and sadly, it is requiring that specific unlock method for the first unlock after reboot. Samsung tells me there is no way around this except a full master reset which the data loss would be devastating! I cannot locate any software that will pull the data via USB either as the model is an S6 Edge SM-G925A which is not offered via FonePaw, Phone Doctor or Mini Tool. Since the direction lock is located in the Accessibility menu the "unlocking" methods don't work either as the values are apparently in a different location. I seriously need some help with this issue. Losing all the critical data from my last backup to now is beyond stressing me out as it is vital as well as having some very sentimental items. If I could just find a way to either pull the data or explore the phone via third party software I would be one very happy man!! Please, if there is anyone that has an idea, I am willing to try just about anything to prevent a factory reset! Thank you very much in advance!! And yes, I have searched and read and searched and read..... over 5 hours worth of time spent online trying to get this solved... BTW, the phone does not have USB debugging enabled and is not rooted. Just stock Android 7.x
Hi there.
The fingerprint open time is sucks with G6. Is there anyway to improve it. ? Make it quicker.
Maybe disabling the animation will increase it.. or something like that.
yeah, disable system animations under developer settings its a better idea, other idea that i already did on mine and in other phone that i hae with fingerprint is: register only 2 fingers, the more used one make 3 times registering that and the other for emergency times (wen you damage the finger number one or something like that) register 2 times, since the device can save up to 5.
i can guarantee you make this little things will improve best your experience with the phone overall.
before registering the fingers make sure your fingers are clean, supa dupa clean i mean, and the fingerprint scanner too.