The only thing I find myself using bixby for is starting timers on the phone. Bixby recently forced me to update and now I can't start a timer with the phone locked.
Before on my S10 I could press and hold the bixby button and say "start a 10 minute timer" and it would do it no problem.
Now when I say the command while holding down the button I get the voice prompt that "I've started your 10 minutes timer" but the timer does not start and the phone presents the password screen.
If I enter the password the timer will be started.
Is there a setting somewhere that I've overlooked that will restore the functionality?
I have no interest in using voice unlock. I just wonder why one of the most useful features of the software (for me) has been eliminated.
Thanks!
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I hestitate to start a new thread to ask this, but I just spent 5 hours reading the Wizard forums and didn't find anything useful. So here goes . . .
I recently upgraded to Cingular_RUU_WIZARD_217_AKU22_Basic
(thanks, summiter). I'm happy with everything except the behavior of the password protection.
With the original ROM, I had it set (and don't remember what setting did it) so that I would only be prompted for a password when the device was coming out of standby mode (i.e. when I press the power button to turn the screen back on). Most of the time, I would put the device in "protected mode" by manually pressing the power button, but I also had "turn off after 5 minutes when running on battery" set, so if I left it sitting somewhere, it would go into "protected mode" in a few minutes.
With the new ROM, I've tried setting the "prompt if device unused for" setting to "0 minutes" (the setting I seem to recall I had used with the old ROM), which DOES cause the device to prompt for a password whenever I turn it on, but it also causes the password prompt to appear after 1 minute of idle time. If I use a longer setting, then I don't get the password prompt while the device is on, but when I turned off, and back on again, it doesn't prompt for a password.
I'm not dealing with a high security situation here. I just want a simple way to keep my kids and other prying eyes from accessing the PDA function, with a way for me to force it into locked mode, and some kind of time out for when I set the phone down and forget to lock it.
Is there a way to change my current ROM to get the old behavior? Is there some other program I should use instead of the one built-in to the OS?
Thanks.
Seconding this request. I've been looking for a solution to the same problem.
The password behaviour in the AKU2 ROMs are a real PITA - especially if you use SatNav without first switching off the password protection.
Unfortunately this is down to the implemenation by Microsoft so don't hold your breath for this to be "fixed".
Here's my solution so far:
I bought a copy of Pocket Secure 3.0 for $14
Website: http://www.TotalPocketPC.com
Support: http://www.4winmobile.com/-pocket-secure-support-vf25.html
I associated the progam with the Press and Hold voice button (I don't use voice recording), so when I want to force lock the phone, I just press and hold the button.
Using this program, I've left Media Player and/or TCPMP running in the background, "locked" the phone, and then carried it around in my case without any problems.
The "lock screen" displays battery level and a nice big clock. Since I don't wear a watch, 50% or more of the time, when I'm turning my phone "on" (i.e. switch out of standby mode), it's just to see what time it is.
Okay, I'm having an odd one and searching around here for about three hours yielded me nothing, so I'm going to lay it down here:
The keylock on my Diamond fails to function at all. I've got the New SwiftBL Diamond ROM 6.0 installed since yesterday, and I think that is also when this started. I will also post this in the ROM's topic.
I checked the following settings:
- Settings, Long Press End Key is set to Automatically Execute: Lock Devie
- Settings, Key Lock is set to Lock all buttons except Power button.
I get no error messages, the only thing I see when holding the End Key is a short flicker of the screen, after which the Home Screen comes up. Do note that the keys are not appropriately locked.
I do not wish to use S2U2, and I am wondering why locking my device does not work. Anyone having any ideas?
you get this is you put a pin or password to protect your diamond and use one of the cooked roms, most roms have this bug now and i'm yet to find a fix other then to remove the password/pin completly
yeah, i have had this issue, its the rom. just let swiftblade know and wait for the next release
Able to lock (with issue)
Hi, I agree this is a bug. I configured my exchange account and have the lock policy enforced by my server. With the stock ROM there was no problem at all. But after the upgrade to the RUU_Diamond_HTC_WWE_2.03.405.3_Radio_Signed_Diamond_52.51.25.26_1.09.25.23_Ship ROM, the Long Press End Key no longer works to lock the device (the screen flicks).
I found a **workaround** (but not solution ). Long press the end key (as you normally would) and wait for the screen flick, press the power button (it have to be the first key touched after the screen flick). That's all, the device should be locked now.
Has anyone figured out how to get the Voice dialing working with a Bluetooth headset?
Also can I just bypass the screen lock window after hitting the power button to wake up my phone?
I searched on both of these through Google and here and nothing...
Thanks for your help!
For the screen lock - instead of pressing "Power" than pressing "Menu" - if you just get in the habit of hitting menu twice that will do the trick as well. You'll quickly realize there is no reason to get rid of the lock.
evenin all, i've tried a lot of lock apps recently, basically i'm trying to achieve the following.
Auto Dim after pre set time if no key is pressed, could also auto lock.
Auto standby after pre set time if no key pressed.
In standby, a hardware key press will bring the phone back out of standby, but not unlock it.
but, it would also be useful if the phone does not lock when a call is in progress. I've found apps to do the first three (diamondhacks), but this doesnt appear to have a feature to prevent the phone from lock/standby if a call is active.
Anyone got an ideas?
I received my new Note 8, then I pressed the bixby button to activate bixby, it took my through the whole initial setup...after pressing done on the last screen I tried to use bixby by pressing the bixby button, but insted of starting it ,it took me back to the last page of the Bixby setup "Build up your experience with Bixby", press done again and wait until it finnish and tried again pressing the bixby butoon, but it took me again to the same page, I tried again but I got the same result, so I tried to restart the device and tried again but nothing change it took me back to the same screen of "Build up your experience with Bixby"...I delete cache and data of all bixby application, and go throught all the setup again and at the end press done ,but when I tried it again it took me back to that same screen....Plz help, I don't know what should I do...??
model number
SM-N950F/DS
android version
7.1.1
samsung experience version
8.5
build number
NMF26X.N950FXXU1AQI1
bixby global action
1.0.06.0
bixby home
2.0.03.3
bixby service
1.0.08.2
bixby voice
1.0.10.10
GLS_1985 said:
I received my new Note 8, then I pressed the bixby button to activate bixby, it took my through the whole initial setup...after pressing done on the last screen I tried to use bixby by pressing the bixby button, but insted of starting it ,it took me back to the last page of the Bixby setup "Build up your experience with Bixby", press done again and wait until it finnish and tried again pressing the bixby butoon, but it took me again to the same page, I tried again but I got the same result, so I tried to restart the device and tried again but nothing change it took me back to the same screen of "Build up your experience with Bixby"...I delete cache and data of all bixby application, and go throught all the setup again and at the end press done ,but when I tried it again it took me back to that same screen....Plz help, I don't know what should I do...??
bixby global action
1.0.06.0
bixby home
2.0.03.3
bixby service
1.0.08.2
bixby voice
1.0.10.10
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Did you get Bixby Voice to work in the end? I notice that you have a slightly newer version than my Bixby Voice version (1.0.09.10).
If you fixed it, what steps did you take?
Thanks