[Q] Change appearance of lock screen number pad? - Moto X Q&A

I'm wondering whether it is possible to change the lock screen for the Moto X when the number lock is enabled. I prefer using the number lock to the pattern lock, but I feel that the particular implementation on the Moto X is ugly and inconvenient design-wise.
Specifically, the dial pad that is shown to enter the numbers is too small, so that I keep hitting the wrong numbers, and having to press the enter button as well is annoying.
Hence, I was wondering whether it is somehow possible to
(a) Change the appearance of the dial pad to make it look like the pattern lock (i.e. with large circles around each number that take up the entire screen rather than just a small part as the current dial pad) and
(b) Make the phone unlock after the right code has been entered withough pressing enter (I understand that this is required as the PIN can be of different length, so this might be impossible to change).
I've tried a bunch of the available iOS7 lockscreen apps but they seem to be generally slow, require root acces, have to constantly run as a seperate app in the background and/or include ads. Is there any way to get around this by changing a few lines of codes in the system APK that displays the lock screen? (Full disclosure: I have never in my life seen a line of Android code, let alone written some, so I might be completely naive about how this works!)

Yeah, those apps are probably your only hope.

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Password Vault with Pattern Lock?

Anyone heard of a password/data vault type app that uses a pattern lock similar to the main Android lockscreen? Most require typed passwords which are inconvenient. OI lets you use a number pad, but it's still pretty clunky...
I'm looking for one of these too. What's OI?
"OI Safe" is the name of the password app. Password Master - Trial also has a number pad unlock.
Pattern lock isn't secure enough for a password database. There is too limited a number of possible patterns, so anyone with the slightest bit of craftiness can brute force their way through it in under a second.
Thanks. the numeric keypad of OI Safe was just what I was looking for.
I don't see much difference between a random pattern of dots on a 3x3 matrix and a random pattern of numbers on a 3x3 matrix except the pattern is quicker and easier to enter. Even if this was less secure, I'm only intending to use it for storage of less secure data, using Keeper or another app for my most sensitive info.
There is a big difference actually.
On the pattern pad, each position can only be touched once, can only be reached from an adjacent pad, and has a maximum length of 9.
On a number pad, each position can be touched as many times as you want, they can be touched in any order, and there is no limit to the length of the pattern.
You will note that *every* possibly input, whether it be numbers, letters, weird symbols, patterns, or some combination of those, can ultimately be translated into numbers. Binary numbers, in fact. Which means that a numerical pattern, as long as it is of sufficient length and randomness, provides all the password security you could possibly want.

Password promt after waking phone

Does anyone knows if the password prompt after waking the devise can be changed? I had my corporate email set on my Nexus and the password prompt is annoying me every time i would like to change it like to prompt after 5 or 10mins is possible.
Are you on CM6? There are new settings to control the lock out time.
JCopernicus said:
Are you on CM6? There are new settings to control the lock out time.
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Yes I am on CM6 where are these settings? I been all over but can't find them.
Edit: Found the lock out time, what I like is to avoid the time it takes once locked to ask for password.
I am looking for this as well.
CM Settings > User Interface > Screen Timout Delay
"How long to delay before enabling screen lock when screen times out"
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Alternatively you can use the Power Controls widget and choose the "Screen lock" to do it manually.
JCopernicus said:
CM Settings > User Interface > Screen Timout Delay
"How long to delay before enabling screen lock when screen times out"
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Alternatively you can use the Power Controls widget and choose the "Screen lock" to do it manually.
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I think we may be talking about two different things.
I have a pin lock set up. After the screen turns off its quite a pain to type in a 7 digit number each time. I'm looking for a way to continue to keep the slide to unlock screen when the screen turns off, but to delay the actual pin/pattern lock for x amount of minutes
fender2k1 said:
I think we may be talking about two different things.
I have a pin lock set up. After the screen turns off its quite a pain to type in a 7 digit number each time. I'm looking for a way to continue to keep the slide to unlock screen when the screen turns off, but to delay the actual pin/pattern lock for x amount of minutes
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The slide to unlock and pin are joined at the hip. You can't have one without the other. (this was stated by android team member and it will not be changing anytime soon as it's a security issue).
If you use the settings I pointed to you can delay the lock combo altogether for X amount of time. Use the top for when the screen turns off by itself, and the bottom one for when you manually press the power button to turn the screen off.
(I know this because I use a pin code as well, and I just tested it)
I supposed you could pester someone over at CM and they'll look into decoupling it.
You can download an app from the market to disable/enter your password for you if you dont like having to enter it everytime you wake the phone. I personally use an app called Lockpicker so i dont have to type in my exchange email password everytime I wake my phone. Just a suggestion.
wrunk said:
You can download an app from the market to disable/enter your password for you if you dont like having to enter it everytime you wake the phone. I personally use an app called Lockpicker so i dont have to type in my exchange email password everytime I wake my phone. Just a suggestion.
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I like your suggestion, because our Draconian IT policies force us to use a password after wake always. I will look for the app now.
Thanks a lot.
Edit: this doesn't work with Froyo. Bummer.
See link: http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/lockpicker_fwag.html
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The slide to unlock and pin are joined at the hip. You can't have one without the other. (this was stated by android team member and it will not be changing anytime soon as it's a security issue).
If you use the settings I pointed to you can delay the lock combo altogether for X amount of time. Use the top for when the screen turns off by itself, and the bottom one for when you manually press the power button to turn the screen off.
(I know this because I use a pin code as well, and I just tested it)
I supposed you could pester someone over at CM and they'll look into decoupling it.
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I see. I tried what you suggested and it is what i was looking for. I just have a habit of turning off the screen with the power button and never configured the second setting. Thanks for pointing that out!

[APP] [4.0+] Screen Locker v1.0 Keep Nosey People Out

Screen Locker is an app that allows you to lock the screen. It locks the screen in a way that prevents someone from trying to press buttons and touch the screen to change what you want to show them. They can still use the power buttons and some devices the home button is not consumed, but they still shouldn't be able to exit the app you locked them to.
Once you activate the lock, which is done by swiping in from the activation window, you can then pass your phone around to all your friends to show them that funny picture, hilarious Facebook post, or incriminating text without them trying to delete it, look at other content, exit the app, and pretty much anything you don't want them doing.
Its very simple to use as well:
1. Configure your options and settings as well as unlock pattern
2. Adjust where you want the activation window to be
3. Leave the app
4. Tap the activation window till you feel a vibration then swipe into the center of your screen
5. Share your phone
6. Enter unlock pattern and profit!
I have a couple ideas for the future of this app. I will let you guys play with this one then I'll get your feedback and go from there.
One thing I was thinking is long pressing the activation window to "hide" it allowing you to touch whatever might be under it. There will be a notification allowing you to re-show the activation area again.
Please email me with any recommendations or issues.
If you leave a one star rating, explain why. I cannot improve anything without any constructive criticism! Thanks!

Change Lock Screen Direction?

I am finding it quite annoying that you swipe up, but the lock screen moves left (and the whole tinted screen moves with it). I'm guessing there is no way to change it, so it moves up instead.
My last phone was the Z3 Compact and there you swipe up, and the pattern moves up with the lock screen. It made sense.
I'm annoyed by the visual discrepancy as well, but thankfully I rarely have to interact with it since fingerprint unlock is so quick, accurate and convenient.
Ideally, they should have designed the animation to adapt to different swipe gestures. At least they still allow you to swipe up to unlock instead of forcing you to swipe left.
So.. Am I the only one unlocking by swiping from the right (so for the me animation for me is actually perfect)...?
But why is the padlock at the bottom of the screen if you swipe right to left? I also wouldn't mind if the pattern lock entered from the right. It's the inconsistency that gets me
Most likely the UI people at Sony decided that for this generation, the core UI gesture theme is swiping from right to left.
For example, default home screen is anchored at the very left and additional pages are to the right, so you swipe left to access those pages.
So, by extension, the lock screen should also be unlocked the same way for consistency and smooth transition to the home screen UI flow.
The padlock icon location is probably tied to the Android OS and not something Sony can or wants to change.
Just a guess. I'm still grateful that they didn't remove the ability to swipe up to unlock.
Maybe you're right. I would like to have the option.
I've looked into a few replacement lock screen apps but they don't feel as secure as the stock one.
Sucks for me too. Wish we could swipe any direction.

Nest x Yale Lock Unlock

Has anyone found a way to unlock and lock the Nest x Yale door lock
I would just like a button widget i can press that will unlock my door
or even better a way to connect it to Google home to unlock
I found your thread looking for the same solution - couldn't find one so I made one myself.
For those of you with even beginner level tweaking experience you can accomplish the unlock using tasker and autoinput apps. I have it setup something like this:
Activated by a profile (shaking the phone, long volume button press, etc)
Launch Nest app
Wait 5 seconds
Select Lock button - note that I had to disable "Spaces" on my app, but I think it looks better that way anyway
Wait 3 seconds
Gesture swipe from x,y to x,y+200 over 3 seconds - you can get the x,y number by enabling developer options on your phone and turning on cursor tracking. This is the physical location on the screen so it will vary from phone to phone
Wait 1 second
Go home
It's not the cleanest option but now I can get out of my car, unlock my phone and long press my volume button to launch this little command and my door will be unlocked.
There is also another app, Autovoice, that I am messing with made by the same developer. This allows integration into your google home devices, and you can create a Routine that will act like a shortcut. So I can say "Hey Google, Front Door" and have it set up to be read by google as "Hey Google, ask Autovoice to Front Door" - more info on AutoVoice here https://joaoapps.com/autovoice/
The biggest hurdle with using voice is like I said above, the nest app doesnt have a "button" for the unlock area - I suspect they did this to avoid apps like Tasker from finding something to "click" since it uses the same triggers that technology like Voiceover/Talkback use to find objects to select. So if you wanted to have a full on demand voice unlock you will need a spare android phone plugged in somewhere in your house to be a dedicated nest operator. Autovoice can specify which device you want the command to run on, so you would point to that device. Using that, it might even be easier since you could have the nest app always open, never sleeping or locking, on the lock/unlock screen. Tasker would just have to run task #6 above, which would decrease the processing time to make it almost instant similar to the lock command via OK Google.

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