Has anyone else encountered this problem?
It seems you can turn on lock screen password protection, but you can't turn it off.
I tried going into Settings>lock & wallpaper and the only option I have is to change the password. I just don't wanna type in an 8-digit password they require everytime I wanna unlock it.
Does anyone have a workaround?
Thanks
I managed to turn it on and turn it off again when I was testing it out a few days ago.
nvm i figured it out.
I figured it out. My college email was requiring my phone to have a password. So I deleted the email account and voila I could turn it off.
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Hi all,
The recent ruling of the California Supreme Court got me thinking about having the ability to quickly password protect my phone and/or block access. Currently, I just have the stock homescreen and I don't want to have to enter a PIN everytime I unlock my phone.. I could go with the pattern though. That may be an option.
Although I'm not in California (I'm in Canada) I've heard instances here where the police have demanded people hand over their phones to check if they were texting while driving.
Is there an app/icon which could be put on the homescreen that when run would password protect the phone?
Riley
I'm using No Lock. I have a lock pattern set but with no lock widget I have that turned off. I can quickly hit the no lock widget then the power button to turn off the screen. When the screen is turned on again, the pattern unlock has to be used.
Hi, i currently use a password lock for my phone which you need to type. Recently , i got bored of it and decided to change to pattern lock , however when i lock my screen and turned it on , it changes to password lock. Any ideas
I have my lock screen set for fingerprint. If the device is shutdown or restarted, the lockscreen asks for a fingerprint. After that if the power button is pressed to shut off and lock the screen, the next time it is turned on the lockscreen asks for just a swipe. It wont ask for a fingerpring again until the system is restarted again. Anyone else have this problem? Solutions?
You have to go into settings and set the power button to lock device. Or you can change the settings to lock device after a certain period of time.
It's under Lockscreen/Secure Lock Settings
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You can also set it to not lock if it's connected to a certain device, like a Bluetooth.
This is a god sent because it's always been a pain to unlock the phone in a car after it's gone to sleep and you are streaming music from it.
Thanks! That was driving me crazy. I knew it was there, but couldn't find it.
I know what you mean! It was confusing the heck out of me in the beginning but then caught on.
How do one wish to switch back to just a simple swipe after choosing fingerprint unlock
The SWIPE option is now greyed out ??
unlock fingerprint Note 5
Hello, by mistakenly i am facing issue of unlocking my Note 5 from fingerprint lock also i don't remember backup password..
dont want to loose my pictures / data, cannot able to unlock it from google sign in, because its Mobile Data and Wifi was on Off Mode...
Now dont know what to do... please help me in step wise !!
Thanks and Best Regards
Apologies if this is common knowledge, I've been searching and testing all day. I'm trying to figure out Galaxy Note 5 phone encryption, as it relates to the Lock Screen.
When encrypting my Note 5, I'm forced to set either a password (7+ characters) or a fingerprint.
Once set and encrypted, I'm prevented from changing the Lock Screen lock method to anything else.
Many posts on the 'net point out the usability issues here - nobody will "want" to use encryption because nobody wants to enter long passwords just to unlock one's phone all day long.
Several posts talk about workarounds - clearing credential storage (greyed out for me) or accessing the lock screen via a different setting (Settings->Display->Lock Screen instead of Settings->Security Lock Screen - the former doesn't even exist for me.) No posts seem to have an actual working solution.
Decrypting the phone restores all of the Lock Screen lock options.
My desired outcome: Encryption enabled, with a password, lock screen enabled, but with a numeric PIN, on stock ROM without root. Galaxy Note 5 SM-N9208, 5.1.1, N9208ZTU2AOJ3.
Is such even possible?
Thanks in advance.
I forget fingerprint password. Now my phone did not open wifi & mobile data. I want to get important photo. I don't want factory restart. I have google account setting. I open GPS Location. How can I do?
Also called "lock timer" under secure lock settings. I can't find it anywhere in the settings! This has been a feature for years. I refuse to use face unlock or fingerprint unlock. This feature temporarily disabled the pattern or PIN unlock for a certain amount of time you set it. For example, you would only have to unlock your device every 2 minutes if you set it this way but during those 2 minutes you could turn your phone on and off without it asking for a password.
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Also called "lock timer" under secure lock settings. I can't find it anywhere in the settings! This has been a feature for years. I refuse to use face unlock or fingerprint unlock. This feature temporarily disabled the pattern or PIN unlock for a certain amount of time you set it. For example, you would only have to unlock your device every 2 minutes if you set it this way but during those 2 minutes you could turn your phone on and off without it asking for a password.
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Yes! We need that feature again! What if your phone gets stolen in that period of time? People can unlock it no problem! I too searched everywhere without any luck!
Same d*mn thing on my OnePlus Nord. I need the screen to time out to save battery, but I want to manage security separately from battery - under most of my operational conditions, it's fine for the device to be able to be awakened withOUT having to re(-re(-re(-re...))))enter the PIN every few minutes just because the screen turned off to save energy.
It's completely wrong to take away the OPTION for us to choose this combination. Everyone has different security needs; we mustn't be shoved into one too-simplistic bucket!