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!
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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.
I was wondering if anybody had noticed this.
When I change lock screen security from swipe to say "lock pattern", it does nothing.
It'll disable other lock widgets, because I guess in 4.3 or touchwiz you can't have widgets and lock patterns (but I digress).
The lock screen unlock will still be a swipe, no pattern.
Anybody else experience this?
Any work arounds?
Thanks.
yellowfddriver said:
I was wondering if anybody had noticed this.
When I change lock screen security from swipe to say "lock pattern", it does nothing.
It'll disable other lock widgets, because I guess in 4.3 or touchwiz you can't have widgets and lock patterns (but I digress).
The lock screen unlock will still be a swipe, no pattern.
Anybody else experience this?
Any work arounds?
Thanks.
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I assume you changed the timeout for the lock engage?
FourPointedFreak said:
I assume you changed the timeout for the lock engage?
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That baffles me until I noticed I did not change the timeout for the Secured lock time to instant. Then I said to myself, this can be useful. Set Secured lock time out to 1 hour and use the password lock option. If I lost or displaced my phone, it will be password locked in 1 hour but if I use my phone constantly every 5-10 minutes, I still have the benefit of the easy to use slide to lock knowing that it is backed up with a password lock after 1 hours of no activity.
Then I try to repeat this on my old Sprint Note 2, Sprint Note 3, Samsung Note 10.1 2014 and I can't do it. Instead of a slide to unlock within the specified Secured lock time, I am greeted with a totally unlock screen. Which is really bad for butt dialing and accidental touch screen use since the screen is not protected by slide to unlock while it is in your pocket.
It seems this is a unique feature to AT&T note 3.
Try turning off the lock screen effect. I had this problem and I changed the effect from watercolor to none and that fixed it.
This issue is troubling me, it's not too much of a hinderance but I don't understand why it's doing it. I've set a PIN on lock screen to unlock, but I've got smart lock trusted to my watch (Sony smartwatch 2). It's ok for the most part, but I'm finding that after half an hour or so of being left alone, the phone asks for the pin code. Cannot understand why? The watch isn't disconnecting or anything as far as i know.
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This issue is troubling me, it's not too much of a hinderance but I don't understand why it's doing it. I've set a PIN on lock screen to unlock, but I've got smart lock trusted to my watch (Sony smartwatch 2). It's ok for the most part, but I'm finding that after half an hour or so of being left alone, the phone asks for the pin code. Cannot understand why? The watch isn't disconnecting or anything as far as i know.
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It happens to me, not within 30 minutes, but if i leave it overnight while i sleep. I'm not sure if its a bug or a feature to deep-lock the phone after x-amount of time of not being unlocked.
Happens to me.
spark001uk said:
This issue is troubling me, it's not too much of a hinderance but I don't understand why it's doing it. I've set a PIN on lock screen to unlock, but I've got smart lock trusted to my watch (Sony smartwatch 2). It's ok for the most part, but I'm finding that after half an hour or so of being left alone, the phone asks for the pin code. Cannot understand why? The watch isn't disconnecting or anything as far as i know.
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I've got home wifi set and car set to smartlock but even after logging on to them, the first time I use phone after log in I have to enter code, after that everything works. Also after sleeping during night, in morning have to enter code first time upon waking up. So I think it is a bug.
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I've got home wifi set and car set to smartlock but even after logging on to them, the first time I use phone after log in I have to enter code, after that everything works. Also after sleeping during night, in morning have to enter code first time upon waking up. So I think it is a bug.
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Same here with a Nexus 5. Smart watch and home location set as smartlock but each morning a manual unlock is required. Maybe it is designed to work that way.
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bug or not
did this get resolved ?
I've noticed that smart lock automatically locks after 4 hours of non-use.
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I've noticed that smart lock automatically locks after 4 hours of non-use.
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Now it even puts a pull down notification saying that too.
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 !!
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Just picked up the note 5 a couple days ago. the fingerprint scanner works great, but I have the fingerprint option to unlock the phone selected and still most of the time all it wants me to do is swipe to unlock, occasionally asking to use the fingerprint. Is this normal? I'm under the assumption that it should require a fingerprint everytime you unlock.
It always asks for fingerprint for me, unless I'm doing the quick camera. It will say swipe home key, its asking you to clean off the button with your finger
I believe the combination of "screen timeout" and "lock timeout" settings will take care of this. However, I used to be able to just use fingerprint to unlock, and now (after last update maybe) I have to sometimes use swipe AND fingerprint which is annoying, and I can't figure out the combination of settings to adjust this.
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I believe the combination of "screen timeout" and "lock timeout" settings will take care of this. However, I used to be able to just use fingerprint to unlock, and now (after last update maybe) I have to sometimes use swipe AND fingerprint which is annoying, and I can't figure out the combination of settings to adjust this.
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Are you using any form of smart unlock, via location or bluetooth connections?
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Are you using any form of smart unlock, via location or bluetooth connections?
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I am using SmartLock (both locations and bluetooth), and from running into another forum thread, I believe I'm also treating the Padlock icon wrong, where I was dragging it thinking it was there to be dragged, when really it was there to let me lock the phone (which half makes sense I guess), hence then requiring the Fingerprint unlock. Confusing, but makes more sense now.
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I am using SmartLock (both locations and bluetooth), and from running into another forum thread, I believe I'm also treating the Padlock icon wrong, where I was dragging it thinking it was there to be dragged, when really it was there to let me lock the phone (which half makes sense I guess), hence then requiring the Fingerprint unlock. Confusing, but makes more sense now.
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I was doing the same thing, which is why I asked about smart lock because I think that is the only time you will come across this issue. The more you know!