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Screen Lock Question

last weekend somehow, form my pocket, turned on an alternative screen lock other than the one through settings. It required a lot less effort to unlock than typing in a 4dig password.
anyone know how to turn on another screen lock than the one through start>settings>lock

On your phone’s home page just press and hold the usual cancel call button… bottom right of the phone… after a few seconds the screen will dim and you'll see 'Unlock' in the bottom left of the screen

thanks! im new to the htc world, im lovin it so far! ill probably be asking lots of noobie questions

[Q] Thoughts about Captivate Lock Key

Hello,
I just got a Captivate from AT&T, quickly I found that i need to press the lock key tens of times a day as I set display off at 30 sec.
Unblocking the phone does not bother me but I am concern if this sooner than later will break the lock button, so I would like to hear your comments with the 15 days I have to return the phone.
Also, is there any app that let me turn off the screen and re-activate the phone just touching the screen.
Thanks

Maybe try an application called Screebl?
It won't activate the screen when you touch it, but it will keep it alive while you're holding you're phone. So you can set your screen timeout to 15 seconds, but while your phone is tilted a certain way, it'll keep the screen on. It'll at least save you the need to push the power button to turn the screen back on while you're using it.
You might also be able to use Tasker to wake up the screen when the phone detects motion or held a certain way (but i'm not too sure about this)

aletsm said:
Hello,
I just got a Captivate from AT&T, quickly I found that i need to press the lock key tens of times a day as I set display off at 30 sec.
Unblocking the phone does not bother me but I am concern if this sooner than later will break the lock button, so I would like to hear your comments with the 15 days I have to return the phone.
Also, is there any app that let me turn off the screen and re-activate the phone just touching the screen.
Thanks
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I had an iphone for 2 years and pressed the home key for everything... on and home - so I am not to worried about the captivate.

Thanks for the comments

"no lock" on the market can disable the lock screen so that you can unlock with just the button. There is also a setting for the time before the screen turns off, I find one minute much better than thirty seconds.
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I may be missing it but was hoping for a way that you could set the phone's screen to go off after X amount of time (say 1 minute) but still be able to just press the lock button to turn it back on), but for it to turn off and also passcode lock after Y amount of time (maybe 5 minutes) so that you don't have to either have the passcode lock off completely or on completely, but set on a certain amount of time...
I probably just made no sense, lol

Brynn85 said:
I may be missing it but was hoping for a way that you could set the phone's screen to go off after X amount of time (say 1 minute) but still be able to just press the lock button to turn it back on), but for it to turn off and also passcode lock after Y amount of time (maybe 5 minutes) so that you don't have to either have the passcode lock off completely or on completely, but set on a certain amount of time...
I probably just made no sense, lol
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you mean just like the iphone where passcode doesn't kick in till after the phone's screen has been off for a certain period of time (that you pick in settings).

n19htmare said:
you mean just like the iphone where passcode doesn't kick in till after the phone's screen has been off for a certain period of time (that you pick in settings).
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Ummm yep, that's pretty much what I mean

If possible this would be great!

There is an app called lock delay in the market that will do what you are looking for.
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Ooh, any idea how it interacts with no lock? I think I'll try it and see.
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There is an even better app, that does EXACTLY what you are talking about. It's called Pattern Control, it's free from the Market as well. I use it now after trying about 6 different apps. Only problem is, it will NOT work on FroYo.

miztaken1312 said:
There is an even better app, that does EXACTLY what you are talking about. It's called Pattern Control, it's free from the Market as well. I use it now after trying about 6 different apps. Only problem is, it will NOT work on FroYo.
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Well, I tried Pattern Control, and it does NOT do what I think is being said. On mine it said that since no pattern is set up, it can't do anything.
First we are not talking about the time before the screen dims and goes black. We are talking about the time before the screen goes into lock and requires a swipe (assuming there is no lock code on the phone) to get back to usable screen. Screen indeed may be black, and touch on power button brings up the "Phone locked" screen.
We want to be able to set the time before THAT lock happens to be longer. Ok if screen goes to black as set in Settings>Sound and Display>Screen Timeout, but we want it to still be unlocked (until the lock time we set is reached) so that when brought back to life before the lock time expires, no swipe is needed.

Issue with fingerprint unlock

I set up the fingerprint scanner to unlock my screen exactly how it's supposed to be done, within the menus. I set up and registered my fingerprint without a problem. But, when I lock the screen, then go to unlock it, it has defaulted to me swiping the screen. If I restart the phone, the first time I have to unlock it, it asks for my fingerprint. I do that, then if I lock the screen again, it once again defaults to swipe. I dont understand why it doesn't stay on for every unlock. Someone help me, this is annoying.
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System Settings > Lock Screen > Secured Lock time. What does it say here? change this to what ever you desire. Instant to 1 hour. mine was 10 min default I think. I use 3.

It said 10, you were dead on, that fixed the problem. Thanks so much for your help.
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OP3 fail finger print scaner

I have only added right hand thumb finger print for unlock my OP3.
But if you try multiple times with left hand thumb it unlocked my mobile.
Worst case is after n number of tries... Just lock with power button and again press power button swipe above its automatically unlock your phone.. It doesn't prompt for pin.... [emoji32] [emoji32] [emoji32]
[emoji35] [emoji35] [emoji35] on OP3 inventors... I think this mobile is not worth of INR 10000/-...based on this behavior of the phone.
For your information my phone on Oxygen 3.2.2.
I will create video and post if possible.
Issue found and OP3 HAD NO ISSUES
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A video would be good.
I did not encounter this issue once.
When I constantly scan the wrong finger, the device asks for a pin,
even after multiple power-presses.

This only happens for me if i have smart unlock enables (e.g i have my watch on me, or i'm at home) - even if i lock it so it asks for a pin, it will unlock after a few failed attempts of another finger. doesn't happen if i turn smart lock off (but i use it, why would i do that!)

manor7777 said:
This only happens for me if i have smart unlock enables (e.g i have my watch on me, or i'm at home) - even if i lock it so it asks for a pin, it will unlock after a few failed attempts of another finger. doesn't happen if i turn smart lock off (but i use it, why would i do that!)
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Yeah your correct.. But i never enabled on OP3 this feature.. When i had my s4 it was sync with my google account.. Now that is automatically sync to OP3.
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android.reddy143 said:
Yeah your correct.. But i never enabled on OP3 this feature.. When i had my s4 it was sync with my google account.. Now that is automatically sync to OP3.
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If it helps, turn ON smartlock (e.g set it to your home location or whatever) and turn it back off, see if it sorts it.

Looks like smart lock is on, by location or by bt device. Never happend on mine op3.

The fingerprint scanner on the OP3 is the best you can get on a phone nowadays.

Phone is frequently unlocking in my pocket

I often find my phone unlocked in my pocket on the dial screen (typically hearing the tones as the keys are pressed in my pocket). It's always this screen, nothing else. Anybody have the same problem or know why it's happening? Super irritating.

Also, I have a Galaxy Active 2 if that makes any difference. I always wonder if I'm somehow triggering a "start call" function from the watch that I don't realize I'm doing.

I have had this issue as well and it some how gets into the unlocked version of it doesn't look like the emergency dial pad.
But when I get out of it, it goes to the lock screen
With pixel 2xl and 4xl
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gjkrisa said:
I have had this issue as well and it some how gets into the unlocked version of it doesn't look like the emergency dial pad.
But when I get out of it, it goes to the lock screen
With pixel 2xl and 4xl
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Now that I think about it, I think it may be the emergency dial pad. I'm pretty sure the word "emergency" appears at the top.

This was happening to me. I had to set Lock phone immediately when screen turns off and it lock screen when pressing power button. Otherwise soli seems to turn the screen on unlocked.
With the facial unlock, there is no need to give it 30 seconds or not to lock when pressing power button. I always set my other phones like that. Not needed with this one