searched but couldn't find it so hopefully someone can help.....
i always have my phone right next to me but have my phone set up with a pattern unlock security for those moments that i leave it somewhere in a hurry and not worry about someone being able to get into my stuff but since 95% its right next to me i hate having to do the pattern unlock even though i can do the pattern fast i prefer not have too... so is there an app or shortcut so i can have my phone without a lock but for those quick moments that i need it locked i can activate it with just pressing that app instead of having to go into settings and manually setting it up again then remove it?
Not sure if there is an app specifically for that. Best I can think of is you might be able to set a condition using a app like tasker or impel. Basically, "if I press this button then enable this" I'm not sure how well or if this would even work but its worth a look I suppose.
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I have been using no lock from the market.. It works great to flip your lock screen on or off. Works great on GB.. Flaky on ICS
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock
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Ma$etas said:
searched but couldn't find it so hopefully someone can help.....
i always have my phone right next to me but have my phone set up with a pattern unlock security for those moments that i leave it somewhere in a hurry and not worry about someone being able to get into my stuff but since 95% its right next to me i hate having to do the pattern unlock even though i can do the pattern fast i prefer not have too... so is there an app or shortcut so i can have my phone without a lock but for those quick moments that i need it locked i can activate it with just pressing that app instead of having to go into settings and manually setting it up again then remove it?
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I don't know of any particular app that does that but I just set my security settings to automatically lock with a delay. I generally leave it at about one or two minutes.
pcmanager said:
I have been using no lock from the market.. It works great to flip your lock screen on or off. Works great on GB.. Flaky on ICS
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock
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I am using NO LOCK right now on ICS and yea it's not perfect but I can keep the PIN CODE lockscreen and then use the app to disable it when I want.
MrDowntown12 said:
Not sure if there is an app specifically for that. Best I can think of is you might be able to set a condition using a app like tasker or impel. Basically, "if I press this button then enable this" I'm not sure how well or if this would even work but its worth a look I suppose.
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Tried figuring that out but couldnt find a solution. thanks either way.
pcmanager said:
I have been using no lock from the market.. It works great to flip your lock screen on or off. Works great on GB.. Flaky on ICS
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock
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Tried this and so far working great just what i was looking for. Hopefully someone can figure out a way for the phone to do it without having to install a third party app, but for now NO LOCK is working great. Thanks.
rwilco12 said:
I don't know of any particular app that does that but I just set my security settings to automatically lock with a delay. I generally leave it at about one or two minutes.
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I did this but ill use it for a quick minute or less then it will shut off then at the time i turn the screen back on its locked and i have to unlock it and what i wanted was when suddenly i have to put my phone down and i want it to be locked with a push of a button without having to go into settings and setting it up . thanks either way as well.
Tasker will do anything you can possibly think of. Including this.
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I use delayed lock and it's perfect for me.
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No Lock No Work But...
No Lock didn't work but a different app from the store call No Lock Screen works like a charm (for the exact problem you described).
hey @Ma$etas , do you found another app or way to solve your problem ?
Same as you, I need on demand lock screen, I lock when I want. I didn't want to unlock using pattern or pin every time I use my phone.
But, I need to lock it sometimes. If I left my phone on desk, when I'm sleeping and any other condition
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hey @Ma$etas , do you found another app or way to solve your problem ?
Same as you, I need on demand lock screen, I lock when I want. I didn't want to unlock using pattern or pin every time I use my phone.
But, I need to lock it sometimes. If I left my phone on desk, when I'm sleeping and any other condition
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No, i never did . I remember i tried a few apps but they all had one or other issue.
I gave up on looking for one and just manually set it up .
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No, i never did . I remember i tried a few apps but they all had one or other issue.
I gave up on looking for one and just manually set it up .
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Ooohh so sad
like I do, until now i'm still do manual screen lock as needed
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what one do you use i use face unlock because of the speed hby
it varies on the level of security I need. lol
face unlock is sweet but doesnt work in low lighting
pattern is cool but easy for peeking eyes to guess your code (found this out hard way lol)
plus ive got into peoples phones just by looking at the pattern left in the oil on the screen LMAO!
so for me, i use pin more than anything
I went old school with this one. I do not let other people have access to my phone.
Ha yea pattern is easily recognized by a wandering eye and old fashion way works the best
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I use a combination of the old fashioned way, a pattern, and delayed lock with a widget locker lockscreen so I don't get bothered to unlock with the pattern every few minutes when I'm using it intermittently.
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Pattern
Face unlock showed up in the battery stats pretty high when I tried it so I ditched it
jamal777 said:
what one do you use i use face unlock because of the speed hby
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You forgot to add the option of no security.
Adding the option of no security would contridict me since I said what security do you use
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Adding the option of no security would contridict me since I said what security do you use
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I use no lock but I have Cerberus installed, so that if my phone is stolen, I can lock it remotely.
How's that for security?
No lock here also, and I don't leave my phone setting out so anyone can grab it.
Face unlock takes too long to show up. Slide is easiest
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I only have one form of security.
if you touch my phone I will EAT YOU. Literally. I get hungry.
if I don't catch you I will use the tracking program I have installed.
HUNT YOU DOWN and then eat you.
either way your lunch I get my phone back and a full tummy
Grrrrr
I don't like it that patterns and passwords show buttons changing color or trails in the direction you're tracing. Someone nearby could easily watch what you're doing and figure out your pattern or password/code. Also, I wasn't pleased that when I tried using a very long string of numbers, you were limited to something like seventeen or less. I put something like my drivers license number and social strung together but the phone wouldn't take 21 numbers. The reason I picked such a long number sequence is in case someone was watching me enter my code, I kinda doubt they could follow and memorize such a long string easily; especially if entered quickly.
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I don't like it that patterns and passwords show buttons changing color or trails in the direction you're tracing. Someone nearby could easily watch what you're doing and figure out your pattern or password/code. Also, I wasn't pleased that when I tried using a very long string of numbers, you were limited to something like seventeen or less. I put something like my drivers license number and social strung together but the phone wouldn't take 21 numbers. The reason I picked such a long number sequence is in case someone was watching me enter my code, I kinda doubt they could follow and memorize such a long string easily; especially if entered quickly.
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There's an option to not show the trail for pattern unlock...
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Sunsparc said:
I use no lock but I have Cerberus installed, so that if my phone is stolen, I can lock it remotely.
How's that for security?
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Exactly. How is people witnessing me beating someone with my cell phone for security? Reminds me of a certain commercial as well lol. Security is way too inconvenient to protect my works number or all the XDA browsing I do. About the only thing that matters is the gmail and the ability to buy things.
Take a photo of yourself with another device. hold it up in front of the phone with face unlock enabled. unlock your device
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I've tried all of them just try to change it up on a daily basis lol. Nephews n nieces always wanna play games on it. Has anyone noticed that in a lot of a roms that just bringing down the notification bar will give you access to the phone even if it has some sort of security.
Somairotevoli said:
Take a photo of yourself with another device. hold it up in front of the phone with face unlock enabled. unlock your device
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Good luck. Yes it does work at times. But I have had other people try it on me and NONE of them have succeeded.
But thats also why Samsung is changing it to require blinking.
When I do lock, I prefer app protector pro, and have it set to lock all the incriminating essentials lol (with a pattern lock)
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I recently trained the hell out of the face unlock feature and now it's working blazing fast and very reliable in almost every environment.
But since I don't feel like doing 40+ improvements to face unlock after every ROM I flash, want to back up the face unlock improvement pics.
Does Titanium Backup include this when backing up App+Data? Did someone already try this?
Didn't think people used face unlock. Ya, as long as you backup app data it should be in there. Titanium Backup has that feature.
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Smokeey said:
Didn't think people used face unlock. Ya, as long as you backup app data it should be in there. Titanium Backup has that feature.
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Thx for the info! I also didn't use it, but recently thought I'd give it a try and when you improve recognition in different lighting it works surprisingly well, it unlocks a lot faster than i can swipe or type in a PIN. And it still offers at least some security compared to the simple unlock swipe (not the pattern).
There is an entry called Face Unlock in Titanium Backup, backing it up should do the trick.
I'm interested to know what improvements you have made to make it faster? Mind sharing?
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momomok said:
There is an entry called Face Unlock in Titanium Backup, backing it up should do the trick.
I'm interested to know what improvements you have made to make it faster? Mind sharing?
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Ok I'll give it a try, thank you!
I did nothing special, there's a built-in improvement feature since 4.0.2 or 4.0.3 i think. You find it under settings-> security AFTER you set unlock method to face unlock. It appears directly below unlock method and above owner information. It should say something like "improve face recognition" (dunno the settings names for sure, my phone language is german. But I think you get what I'm talking about).
If you tap it you can train the phone to recognize your face under different lighting, with and without glasses, shaved/unshaved and so on. Just keep improving until you feel face unlock works good for you. Mine is 100% accurate right now if there is enough light to see anything at all
there was a previous thread about this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25605137
still no definitive answer though, hopefully the Face Unlock in TB catches everything
You're not supposed to back up system apps/data in titanium though
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jericho7 said:
there was a previous thread about this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25605137
still no definitive answer though, hopefully the Face Unlock in TB catches everything
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Thanks, didn't find this thread with my search terms! So it seems I have to manually backup /files/lockscreen.gal -- really good to know! Thx again!
joshnichols189 said:
You're not supposed to back up system apps/data in titanium though
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Why not?
StuMcBill said:
Why not?
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It can cause problems its a known fact
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qwer23 said:
...Mine is 100% accurate right now if there is enough light to see anything at all
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That's the only problem for me, I use my phone too often when it's too dark to see anything. I tried face unlock for a bit but got annoyed with having to wait for it to timeout. The phone has a light sensor, they need to be using it to go straight to the alternate authentication method in low light.
pfmiller said:
That's the only problem for me, I use my phone too often when it's too dark to see anything. I tried face unlock for a bit but got annoyed with having to wait for it to timeout. The phone has a light sensor, they need to be using it to go straight to the alternate authentication method in low light.
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Instead of waiting, just press the little lock button underneath your image while it is trying to recognize. It will immediately go to pin unlock.
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silberj said:
Instead of waiting, just press the little lock button underneath your image while it is trying to recognize. It will immediately go to pin unlock.
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I didn't know about that, I'll try it. It should still be automatic though, hopefully they'll fix that at some point.
Just wanted to confirm that restoring the Face Unlock data through Titanium Backup (restore Data Only) worked fine in restoring my trained face sessions after they were reset when I disabled the Face Unlock feature. As mentioned in that other thread, the file where the data is stored appears to be lockscreen.gal in the /data/data/com.android.facelock directory.
Anyone else having this same issue where your unlock screen shifts so that not all the number pad is visible to unlock the phone? I keep having this happen to me.
I'm completely stock
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/827/screenshot2012080409201.png/
konga056 said:
Anyone else having this same issue where your unlock screen shifts so that not all the number pad is visible to unlock the phone? I keep having this happen to me.
I'm completely stock
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/827/screenshot2012080409201.png/
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Time to root!
Whoa. I never even knew you could get the number pad to show up on the lock screen. I have had my lock screen sift before. It happened once about 2 weeks ago. I just reset the phone and it hasn't happened since. Is this something that keeps happening to you?
Unfortunately this happens quite often and requires me to reboot the phone to unlock it.
I had this issue once with the pattern lock as well. Shifted up and right leaving only the lower left exposed and had to reboot.
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+1 it's happened to me a few times. Had to restart phone to get it properly aligned again.
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Yup.happens here to..... once in a while
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konga056 said:
Anyone else having this same issue where your unlock screen shifts so that not all the number pad is visible to unlock the phone? I keep having this happen to me.
I'm completely stock
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/827/screenshot2012080409201.png/
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This has never happened to me on the lock screen personally, but my girl had this happen to her phone randomly one day at work and afterwards she found out her IMEI code on the phone had been blocked, had to send it back in for a replacement.
It's possible if you lose your data connection under certain conditions this may happen. I'm assuming this might also occur if the screen turns on while trying to change it's orientation as this has happened to me in certain programs which required a reboot to fix (this occurred while reading during the 5 second period between the screen shutting off automatically and the screen locking therefore the screen had not yet locked before it was turned back on).
Yes, have had it happen to be as well. Am rooted. Reboot seems to be the only solution.
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Happened to me once too, and I'm stock, just a glitch
hi all
first time poster long time reader
I am so tired of trying **** apps.
Could somebody please tell me what app works with the nexus four to allow me to touch the screen somehow to see a text message etc when it arrives??
for the first time ever I am missing the button in my iPhone that let's me hit it to see what is going on at a glance.
I just want a way to toggle the screen on without hitting the power button on the Nexus 4
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The only way to do this is to leave the screen on, which would drain the battery. There's probably an app that would turn the screen off (or dim it), but this would keep your phone awake and drain the battery.
Someone feel free to chime in and correct me if there is such an app.
Vukh said:
hi all
first time poster long time reader
I am so tired of trying **** apps.
Could somebody please tell me what app works with the nexus four to allow me to touch the screen somehow to see a text message etc when it arrives??
for the first time ever I am missing the button in my iPhone that let's me hit it to see what is going on at a glance.
I just want a way to toggle the screen on without hitting the power button on the Nexus 4
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For the Gnex there's an app called “PGM", I emailed the developer if he had intention to update the app so it works with the Nexus⁴, but sadly he doesn't have the phone yet.
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There is an app for that called tap tap app uses proximity sensor to lock and unlock screen.
Not positive is works on 4.2 but worth a shot.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.maicas.android.wsleep
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SIGUEL said:
For the Gnex there's an app called “PGM", I emailed the developer if he had intention to update the app so it works with the Nexus⁴, but sadly he doesn't have the phone yet.
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Just wait for PGM to be updated for Nexus 4 support, OP; I can vouch for its greatness. You can enable double tap or slide to unlock gesture to turn the screen on. Once you get used to this, you seriously forget you have a power button.
robg2008 said:
There is an app for that called tap tap app uses proximity sensor to lock and unlock screen.
Not positive is works on 4.2 but worth a shot.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.maicas.android.wsleep
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It appears to work, but needs some calibration. I'm only able to get it working 30% of the time (if even).
you may try Smart Screen On : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenonlite
works on my Galaxy Nexus running 4.2.1
I'm waiting on a kernel that has Sweep2Wake...that would be awesome with this phone.
Wow I cannot believe the responses I got...
Thanks everyone!
I settled on the Smart Screen On.
Works about 75% of the time...I can live with that till something better comes along.
I don't really understand why you cannot make text msgs received light the screen up like it does on an iphone. It was so convenient to just glance at the phone and see it was work texting yet again and mutter under my breath for them to piss off and then go back to playing Xbox without ever having to touch the phone.
Vukh said:
Wow I cannot believe the responses I got...
Thanks everyone!
I settled on the Smart Screen On.
Works about 75% of the time...I can live with that till something better comes along.
I don't really understand why you cannot make text msgs received light the screen up like it does on an iphone. It was so convenient to just glance at the phone and see it was work texting yet again and mutter under my breath for them to piss off and then go back to playing Xbox without ever having to touch the phone.
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What settings did you use with Smart Screen On? I couldn't get it working.
EDIT: Nevermind, I think I was waving too fast lol.
Stryder5 said:
What settings did you use with Smart Screen On? I couldn't get it working.
EDIT: Nevermind, I think I was waving too fast lol.
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hahah ok man..
I did 2 waves 525ms
Vukh said:
Wow I cannot believe the responses I got...
Thanks everyone!
I settled on the Smart Screen On.
Works about 75% of the time...I can live with that till something better comes along.
I don't really understand why you cannot make text msgs received light the screen up like it does on an iphone. It was so convenient to just glance at the phone and see it was work texting yet again and mutter under my breath for them to piss off and then go back to playing Xbox without ever having to touch the phone.
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with GoSMS i always choose the option for the pop up box and the options to unlock the phone, so when it's sitting on my desk next to me it lights up
Vukh said:
I don't really understand why you cannot make text msgs received light the screen up like it does on an iphone. It was so convenient to just glance at the phone and see it was work texting yet again and mutter under my breath for them to piss off and then go back to playing Xbox without ever having to touch the phone.
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Try Light flow for that... I think you can set a custom LED color and the screen to come on with certain notifications.
Yeah I've got Light Flow. You can set the LED colour and the screen to come on with some notifications. There is a 'lite' version which should cover the basics. But if you dont use the stock messenger or use things like Whatapp, you need the paid for version.
I use it and it has great customisation BUT at the moment I can't get it to work 100% of the time. So be warned!
It will be great though once they update it for 4.2.
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For now I'm settling for half of the equation; screen off with a double tap. I'm using screen off and lock from Play.
I had PGM on my GN and it works very well, the developer is planning on getting an N4 the last I heard.
I'm currently looking into getting the phone to wake using the volume rocker -- I'm reading that it's inside android.policy.jar and removing two lines that ignore the volume rocker button presses.
Anyone want to give it a go? I'm going to look into it this weekend.
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For the Gnex there's an app called “PGM", I emailed the developer if he had intention to update the app so it works with the Nexus⁴, but sadly he doesn't have the phone yet.
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I emailed him too! That is one of the best app out there, in terms of the idea behind it. No real battery drain, but still be able to wake your device from sleep. I died a little after getting that email.
Kinda hope someone would do something like that for N4.
You can use Tasker+Secure Settings (pro version) to use the Google Now shortcut to unlock/lock the device, but there is no waking the device.
I too am waiting for pgm! That would be amazing
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krhainos said:
I'm currently looking into getting the phone to wake using the volume rocker -- I'm reading that it's inside android.policy.jar and removing two lines that ignore the volume rocker button presses.
Anyone want to give it a go? I'm going to look into it this weekend.
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That feature works fine in the Paranoid Android ROM
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I was wondering if anyone could please port this mod to GNII w/o breaking Google wallet
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709586
Having to turn the screen on everytime one uses NFC is quite the pain.
wouldn't that be some form of risk to your phone?
Sure it would be a risk but one I might be willing to take due to convenience factor. Yes, it's simple enough to just turn on the power and unlock the phone but sometimes when driving, I don't have the ability to safely power on the screen and then go through the motions of unlocking. It's not for everyone for sure but I am sure that there is a niche market that would love to have it.
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dropofdreams2 said:
Sure it would be a risk but one I might be willing to take due to convenience factor. Yes, it's simple enough to just turn on the power and unlock the phone but sometimes when driving, I don't have the ability to safely power on the screen and then go through the motions of unlocking. It's not for everyone for sure but I am sure that there is a niche market that would love to have it.
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That's not the safest idea.. Ether way when your driving drive lol. Don't play with phones
And that's coming from a 20 year old
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Anyone get this working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35988129&postcount=42
I tried but it didn't work for me on Jedi 6.1
I would be even be happy with just the lockscreen mod.
dropofdreams2 said:
Sure it would be a risk but one I might be willing to take due to convenience factor. Yes, it's simple enough to just turn on the power and unlock the phone but sometimes when driving, I don't have the ability to safely power on the screen and then go through the motions of unlocking. It's not for everyone for sure but I am sure that there is a niche market that would love to have it.
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Yeah that is true, although you don't have go through any motions if you don't want to, there's always the option to select "None" in the Lock Screen settings so you just press the power button and no Lock Screen shows up at all.
As far as allowing nfc goes I think what would be a better option is unlocking with voice, but so far I personally have yet to see that, that would be better and a nifty feature imo.
luciddreamin92 said:
Yeah that is true, although you don't have go through any motions if you don't want to, there's always the option to select "None" in the Lock Screen settings so you just press the power button and no Lock Screen shows up at all.
As far as allowing nfc goes I think what would be a better option is unlocking with voice, but so far I personally have yet to see that, that would be better and a nifty feature imo.
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Right now I use tasker to do this while at home, though I would still like the option to use nfc when screen off.
kirkla79 said:
Right now I use tasker to do this while at home, though I would still like the option to use nfc when screen off.
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Just curious. Anyone considered useing the actual task to unlock from the NFC chip? Would issue unlock then whatever else you wanted it to do. Could be something simple if NFC could activate with power button even though its locked.
Cab121 said:
Just curious. Anyone considered useing the actual task to unlock from the NFC chip? Would issue unlock then whatever else you wanted it to do. Could be something simple if NFC could activate with power button even though its locked.
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You can't trigger off nfc while locked because the process isn't on.
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You can't trigger off nfc while locked because the process isn't on.
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Correct
But since going threw the trouble to have the service on all the time. Isnt also just as feasible to activate the process under the same rules as the screen? As an option to not activate it permanently. Im aware of the conditions and rules that govern it stock but I was merely speculating another alternative while the hood was open .