Has anyone found an app that can turn on the lock screen? Plenty can disable the lock screen but I guess KitKat restrictions make it harder to enable it.
I would like to have a quick or automatic way of disabling it when I'm at home then turn it back on when I'm elsewhere, but so far all the apps I've tried fail with the enabling part despite giving them admin access. I guess rooting is the only way round this?
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Has anyone found an app that can turn on the lock screen? Plenty can disable the lock screen but I guess KitKat restrictions make it harder to enable it.
I would like to have a quick or automatic way of disabling it when I'm at home then turn it back on when I'm elsewhere, but so far all the apps I've tried fail with the enabling part despite giving them admin access. I guess rooting is the only way round this?
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Yup, rooting is just about the only way to get it done. However, if you fiddle around, you just might be able to do it unrooted using this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autoinput
I think using pin/number password is the only way it could work since, at least when I tried it out, the app only supports tap input, not swipes.
I've successfully used it to enable/disable flight mode, which is otherwise also impossible nowadays without root.
Those new restrictions are completely senseless IMHO.
Root way: combination of Secure Settings and Tasker
Pin unlock doesn't require root. I had to switch to this method.
Thanks all... will try that app and also using just pin unlock
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I have a cousin that frequently messes with my phone and i was wondering if there is an option or a software that when it comes from sleep mode it requests a code so you can access it, kind of what that iphone has.
thanks in advance
try throttle lock 0.6
i find it great...
no code but you'll see as efficient
see you
try this bro, its what ^ is talking bout
yes its kind this i was looking for, thanks jeanclaude76 & phillyboi6829 and if there are anymore please post them
thanks in advance
I'm using advanced configuration. In the 'screen' menu you can enable auto device lock. When you turn off the screen, the phone gets locked automatically! Works fine, to prevent unwanted things to happen with your phone.
edje16mtg said:
I'm using advanced configuration. In the 'screen' menu you can enable auto device lock. When you turn off the screen, the phone gets locked automatically! Works fine, to prevent unwanted things to happen with your phone.
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this does not show up in my advanced config i have 3.3 and the htc touch pro for alltel. here is another lock option though
Start>Settings>Lock> then you can set the device to auto lock every xx mins
oh yeah this one too but also wont work on alltel phone
To auto-lock the device whenever the backlight turns off:
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\?ControlPanel\?BackLight\?AutoDevic eLockEnable, change from 0 to 1, and everytime your backlight goes off the device is locked.
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edje16mtg said:
I'm using advanced configuration. In the 'screen' menu you can enable auto device lock. When you turn off the screen, the phone gets locked automatically! Works fine, to prevent unwanted things to happen with your phone.
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noob here. How does one use "advanced configuration"? I've hunted through all the menu items under setting / etc and cant find any way to get to "advanced configuration". Are you guys talking registry editing? I'd like to use the automatic lock feature also.
I have a TP with the stock Alltel ROM.
Thanks for the help!
jj
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=advanced+config
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So it would help me if i had a little more detail... Like what rom do you have and wm 6.1 or 6.5 Also if you have a rom with 6.5 there is a feature like that built in. It has a slide to unlock at the top and you can have it ask for a four digit password. Just pm me if you want to know more.
If you really want what the iPhone has, look into S2U2 in the Development and Hacking section. As of v1.60 or so, there has been a password lock in place. It's not perfect, but it will stop those who don't know all the loopholes around it.
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=advanced+config
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Rebuke noted.
edje16mtg said:
I'm using advanced configuration. In the 'screen' menu you can enable auto device lock. When you turn off the screen, the phone gets locked automatically! Works fine, to prevent unwanted things to happen with your phone.
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Which version of Advanced Config are you using? I've installed 3.3 and auto device lock is not an option. Psycho_M has the same.
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I'm looking to use the Nexus one hardware to create a single purpose device that will run an app at boot up and not allow the user to exit the app. This device will be given to users to take home for days so needs to be tamper-proof. i.e. cannot make calls, cannot SMS, cannot access rest of the OS, etc.
At the Android API level, I believe I can auto-start the app and "disable" the home button but cannot get around the long-press home button recent app list.
One possible solution would be to open it up and physically unplug the buttons' ribbon connector from the PCB.
What I would prefer is to somehow disable the home button using a cooked ROM that will ignore it in this particular app and the app can have some kind of secret way to exit. I do not know how difficult this would be using a rooted Nexus one.
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
You would need to build it from source. (non winzip deving)
If any knowledgeable person get's it it would be pretty easy to boot into recovery and edit system files or wipe it.
The nexus would not be suitable for this because of the nature of the bootloader.
To be honest, I personally think you would be better off building your own device for this. I'm sure that the buttons could be disabled easily enough, but the tamper proof part is a little different.
Main reason:
If you make the device so that you can't boot into recovery, fastboot, or tamper with it in anyway. How would you yourself make any additional modifications to the device?
You guy have some good points.
Maybe it's better off just using rooted stock ROM and set it as home screen then physically disable the hardware buttons. The battery cover will be glued shut to prevent access to SIM and battery anyway
As for making changes to the app, I believe ADK will allow me to update the app through USB. I wonder if its feasible to do auto-update it over network...?
wow your trying to lock the device down sounds like steve jobs lol
would not the best approach to this is to write your app as a home replacement and not show any apps? you could disable access to app drawer and settings, then you would only need to hook/disable home long press.
You wont be able stop a savvy user from flashing something on it easily.
What about setting up a pattern lock and using FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED
to display on top of the lock? If the user tries to exit your program they'll be greeted with the pattern lock. Have some timer so your app automatically comes back to the top.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the last app list show NO apps if no apps were launched yet?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the last app list show NO apps if no apps were launched yet?
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Yes you're right. I've set my app as home screen replacement and after reboot there wasn't any 'recent app' list
Looks like I don't need a custom ROM after all.
Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you doing with the phone that requires it to be tamper proof?
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What about setting up a pattern lock and using FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED
to display on top of the lock? If the user tries to exit your program they'll be greeted with the pattern lock. Have some timer so your app automatically comes back to the top.
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That's an interesting approach, I will have to explore that more.
How can users actually exit the app when it's over the lock screen? Does that mean all buttons including home will not do anything since lock screen is keyguarded? Does touch still register? Is this the workaround that the custom lock screen app uses?
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Yes you're right. I've set my app as home screen replacement and after reboot there wasn't any 'recent app' list
Looks like I don't need a custom ROM after all.
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How do you set an app to be the home screen replacement?
Hello, I'm having issues with my N6 after the Marshmallow But I am facing a problem that for each application, I am getting screen overlay detected. If I follow on screen instructions, in settings, I can't change permission. i cannot upload any images from my phone to facebook,instagram basically any app trying to access the drive on my phone. can you guys help solve this issue.
thanks,
A quick Google search for "screen overlay detected" found a lot of results indicating this is due to screen filtering apps that modify the screen brightness, such as Lux, Bluelight Filter, Twilight, etc.
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A quick Google search for "screen overlay detected" found a lot of results indicating this is due to screen filtering apps that modify the screen brightness, such as Lux, Bluelight Filter, Twilight, etc.
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Yes, they also prevent you granting root access to apps too. Lux is the most common. These apps put an overlay over the UI. Android protection prevents you pressing "serious" buttons in case it is the overlay working to malicious intents.
xbatis said:
Hello, I'm having issues with my N6 after the Marshmallow But I am facing a problem that for each application, I am getting screen overlay detected. If I follow on screen instructions, in settings, I can't change permission. i cannot upload any images from my phone to facebook,instagram basically any app trying to access the drive on my phone. can you guys help solve this issue.
thanks,
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I'm curious if you were able to resolve this issue and if it was resolved with what I found about the issue.
xbatis said:
hello, i'm having issues with my n6 after the marshmallow but i am facing a problem that for each application, i am getting screen overlay detected. If i follow on screen instructions, in settings, i can't change permission. I cannot upload any images from my phone to facebook,instagram basically any app trying to access the drive on my phone. Can you guys help solve this issue.
Thanks,
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okay. I have called google support for five nights and not one tech support person was able to help me. After countless hours of fiddling i figured out how to fix this problem. Put your phone in safe mode (press the power off button and press on the on screen power off icon until it asks if you want to go in safe mode. Press okay) then once it reboots, go to settings, then apps, click on the facebook app or whatever app you have the problem with, press permissions and then turn on all the permissions (toggle to the right and it should turn green). Repeat for whichever other apps have this problem then turn reboot the phone and voila! It's fixed. :d
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okay. I have called google support for five nights and not one tech support person was able to help me. After countless hours of fiddling i figured out how to fix this problem. Put your phone in safe mode (press the power off button and press on the on screen power off icon until it asks if you want to go in safe mode. Press okay) then once it reboots, go to settings, then apps, click on the facebook app or whatever app you have the problem with, press permissions and then turn on all the permissions (toggle to the right and it should turn green). Repeat for whichever other apps have this problem then turn reboot the phone and voila! It's fixed. :d
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I was thinking going back to Lollipop, then you saved my days. This "Screen overlay detected" was driving me nuts as I have tons of apps that requires "Draw over other apps" such as Sidebar Launcher, SuperSU, Widgetsoid, Rotation Manager... almost 30 apps. So every time I install new app I virtually have to turn off the "Draw over other apps" for all these 30 then set the permissions then turn them on again. It's so frustrating. And if I stupidly reset permissions for all apps then virtually most are unusable. Now with Safemode I can grant an app all the permissions it requires without turn the "Draw over other apps" off.
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okay. I have called google support for five nights and not one tech support person was able to help me. After countless hours of fiddling i figured out how to fix this problem. Put your phone in safe mode (press the power off button and press on the on screen power off icon until it asks if you want to go in safe mode. Press okay) then once it reboots, go to settings, then apps, click on the facebook app or whatever app you have the problem with, press permissions and then turn on all the permissions (toggle to the right and it should turn green). Repeat for whichever other apps have this problem then turn reboot the phone and voila! It's fixed. :d
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Best solution out there. Tnx.
@jokeinc I don't have twilight, lux, or any CM apps. Your solution is the only solution to have worked for me. Thank you so much!
I have a Samsung galaxy s6 and it didn't work for me, i have tried everythings but the only way is go into ultra power safe mode and from here i was able to activate permissions for whatsapp. For activate the other apps i don't know what to do.
Sorry for my bad english but i'm desperate??
@Zack909: Desperate and in the wrong forum. This is the Nexus 6 forums. You'll need to ask your questions in the Galaxy S6 forums, as your device has Touchwiz, which our devices don't run.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
@Zack909: Desperate and in the wrong forum. This is the Nexus 6 forums. You'll need to ask your questions in the Galaxy S6 forums, as your device has Touchwiz, which our devices don't run.
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Thanks but i solved the problemi. I just unistalled CM Locker
It's good you solved your problem. You shouldn't be running anything from Cheetah Mobile, as every single app they produce is pretty much junk.
Grrr
Omni swipe program can also cause this disable it or uninstall
For me it's just SwipePad that I use which has an always on overlay. If you know what apps are overlaying I've found a workaround you can setup. Ideally an app shouldn't have an invisible overlay permanently hogging resources so you should find and disable them permanently if they're unwanted anyway. An app like Elixir with it's "running" processes/services filtered to User can help finding the culprit.
So I use a workaround to quickly disable an overlay for permission toggling. A "Task Shortcut" that uses the Tasker Greenify plugin (don't know if pro is required) to Hibernate the overlay app/s, Wait for a configured time and then Wake. Note that the wake process takes five seconds to finish.
I open my shortcut from SwipePad itself for it to disable for ten seconds while I click away at permissions to my hearts content. When the time is up it resumes working normally and all is well :highfive:
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For me it's just SwipePad that I use which has an always on overlay. If you know what apps are overlaying I've found a workaround you can setup. Ideally an app shouldn't have an invisible overlay permanently hogging resources so you should find and disable them permanently if they're unwanted anyway. An app like Elixir with it's "running" processes/services filtered to User can help finding the culprit.
So I use a workaround to quickly disable an overlay for permission toggling. A "Task Shortcut" that uses the Tasker Greenify plugin (don't know if pro is required) to Hibernate the overlay app/s, Wait for a configured time and then Wake. Note that the wake process takes five seconds to finish.
I open my shortcut from SwipePad itself for it to disable for ten seconds while I click away at permissions to my hearts content. When the time is up it resumes working normally and all is well :highfive:
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I don't understand what you're doing. Your link is to a Task Manager Shortcut for Galaxy S3. I can see how Tasker could be used, but I don't understand how this app would be involved.
JimSmith94 said:
I don't understand what you're doing. Your link is to a Task Manager Shortcut for Galaxy S3. I can see how Tasker could be used, but I don't understand how this app would be involved.
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Oops, my bad. I'll fix my post. The app is AutoShortcut.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autoshortcut
Task Shortcut is what the system shortcut it enables is called.
xbatis said:
Hello, I'm having issues with my N6 after the Marshmallow But I am facing a problem that for each application, I am getting screen overlay detected. If I follow on screen instructions, in settings, I can't change permission. i cannot upload any images from my phone to facebook,instagram basically any app trying to access the drive on my phone. can you guys help solve this issue.
thanks,
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Boot into safe mode using hardware button combo. Enable all permissions, reboot normally
How to fix Screen Overlay Detected Error easily
xbatis said:
Hello, I'm having issues with my N6 after the Marshmallow But I am facing a problem that for each application, I am getting screen overlay detected. If I follow on screen instructions, in settings, I can't change permission. i cannot upload any images from my phone to facebook,instagram basically any app trying to access the drive on my phone. can you guys help solve this issue.
thanks,
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This is because of the apps that are using "draw over other apps" feature. You can just turn them off from settings. If you want a head up on how to do this, you can go to this link here. Fix screen overlay detected
jokeinc said:
okay. I have called google support for five nights and not one tech support person was able to help me. After countless hours of fiddling i figured out how to fix this problem. Put your phone in safe mode (press the power off button and press on the on screen power off icon until it asks if you want to go in safe mode. Press okay) then once it reboots, go to settings, then apps, click on the facebook app or whatever app you have the problem with, press permissions and then turn on all the permissions (toggle to the right and it should turn green). Repeat for whichever other apps have this problem then turn reboot the phone and voila! It's fixed. :d
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i'm ready to put my phone in the garbage disposal over this error. i can't get rid of it and can't even download a simple APK file from chrome without getting it. I've done everything suggested in every youtube video and what you said above.
i turn off screen overlay for every app shown, which is about 30 and i have none of the so called problem apps installed.
i go into safe mode and try to turn on a permission and I STILL GET THE SCREEN OVERLAY ERROR. i have no idea what to do or what is wrong.
So with the recent system less root and Android pay being functional, for the first time I'm actually using a pin on my phone. I thought the default behavior when opening the camera on the lock screen was to be able to quickly open and use it but not access any other part of the phone. But apparently it goes straight to the lock screen. I thought I would function like Google maps. You can use the app, but when you try to leave it, it asks for the pin. Am I missing something in the settings? Running cataclysm 6.0.1
That's how mine works on 6.0.1, swipe up from corner and camera comes on, photo preview has a lock on it and when you go to view pics it asks for pin
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So with the recent system less root and Android pay being functional, for the first time I'm actually using a pin on my phone. I thought the default behavior when opening the camera on the lock screen was to be able to quickly open and use it but not access any other part of the phone. But apparently it goes straight to the lock screen. I thought I would function like Google maps. You can use the app, but when you try to leave it, it asks for the pin. Am I missing something in the settings? Running cataclysm 6.0.1
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Nope. It is working as it is supposed to. Soon all apps will work that way. As working like maps is now is a security hole.
Well that's disappointing. Thanks for the answer
Hi guys, so I've just updated to Oreo, and I found out that I can't use any biometrics anywhere unless I choose a "secure" screen lock! Is there a workaround for this? I've never used neither iris, nor face recognition nor fingerprint on my phone but always on apps. I can't do this anymore, the thing that bothers me the most is that I switched from Chrome to samsung internet to use samsung pass which of course now doesn't work unless I change my lock settings
Yes I'd like to know this. But I'm afraid the answer is no. Oreo is not a good step for Android in my opinion. There are lots of things no longer implimented or have been made clumsy and complicated.
JohnPyn said:
Hi guys, so I've just updated to Oreo, and I found out that I can't use any biometrics anywhere unless I choose a "secure" screen lock! Is there a workaround for this? I've never used neither iris, nor face recognition nor fingerprint on my phone but always on apps. I can't do this anymore, the thing that bothers me the most is that I switched from Chrome to samsung internet to use samsung pass which of course now doesn't work unless I change my lock settings
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Yes there is a workaround lol. Root + custom rom and your ready to go
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As sammobile.com mentioned in this article, it won't be possible.