So, coming from Nexus 6p and LG G6 both phones would unlock and wake phone even if smart lock was enabled and active. Is there a way to make the Note recognize my fingerprint to unlock and wake the phone even with smart lock enabled? Example: I have smart lock location set up for my house. If I pick up my phone at home all I have to do is swipe to unlock which works as attended, but with previous phones I could also use the fingerprint to unlock and wake the device. Is this possible with the N8?
Yes, you can also set up to 'hard press' the 'home button' bypassing the 'lockscreen.
To be more clear, you just need to hard press the area where the home button is, regardless of if the home icon/nav bar is there or not
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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 !!
Thanks and Best Regards
I cannot find this anywhere, but I am looking for a way to make my fingerprint scanner to stay always active while the screen is off so that there is no need to actually press the button to wake up the phone before unlocking.
Please don't suggest unlock alternatives such as wave to wake or anything that isn't what I described above, all that I am looking for is a way to just touch - not press - the home button while the screen is off and locked and it will wake up and unlock.
Hi so I have been using s10 for 2 days now and need to ask few things because I couldn't get any info anywhere. I have been using nova luncher and I have double tap on the home screen gesture to lock the phone however if I lock the phone by double tapping the home screen and unlock the phone it doesn't prompt for any biometric unlock such as face unlock or fingerprint. It only offers pattern/pin unlock. The last question is when my WiFi is on the voltte still present near the network bars is it possible to have it turned off when WiFi is on? Thanks in advance
i suffer from security issue
while in lock screen and try to scroll down the above bar that contains Wifi and data and so on icons it work normally while screen is locked
i use secure lock screen by fingerprint and password this issue not found in Huawei and samsung
the problem in this issue if any body take the phone he could easy turn it off and or using Airplane mode so i couldn't find the phone
Ghost_in_love said:
i suffer from security issue
while in lock screen and try to scroll down the above bar that contains Wifi and data and so on icons it work normally while screen is locked
i use secure lock screen by fingerprint and password this issue not found in Huawei and samsung
the problem in this issue if any body take the phone he could easy turn it off and or using Airplane mode so i couldn't find the phone
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Accessing that area can be done on Samsung devices aswell. This is not a security flaw, that area is meant to be accessible from lock screen so if you need to turn flashlight on or similar things without needing to unlock your device.
But if you pick some of the buttons it will request you to unlock the device to do the action. Only some of the buttons can be used while on lock screen.
On Samsung if you touch WiFi, Bluetooth, mobile data and position tracking on lock screen it will then request you to unlock the device to be able to turn them off or on.
After checking my Asus Rog phone 2 I see what you mean now. It seems Asus didn't add such security, which they should.
Jake.S said:
Accessing that area can be done on Samsung devices aswell. This is not a security flaw, that area is meant to be accessible from lock screen so if you need to turn flashlight on or similar things without needing to unlock your device.
But if you pick some of the buttons it will request you to unlock the device to do the action. Only some of the buttons can be used while on lock screen.
On Samsung if you touch WiFi, Bluetooth, mobile data and position tracking on lock screen it will then request you to unlock the device to be able to turn them off or on.
After checking my Asus Rog phone 2 I see what you mean now. It seems Asus didn't add such security, which they should.
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yes asus keep every things accessible so if someone stole ur phone in 3 sec the phone will be in offline mode and lost for ever
in my Huawei they totally block using the above scroll bar and add some useful shortcuts on lock screen for flash and so on
You need to enter password to disable the data connection from the lock screen ...
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You need to enter password to disable the data connection from the lock screen ...
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but its easily to activate Airplane mode
I am trying to use Hey Google to trigger some Google Home actions while my screen is locked.
No matter what I do on the settings of Google Assistant, the phone always requires me to unlock the phone before carrying on the requested command ("Sure, but first you will have to unlock your device").
I believe that there should be several Hey Google results / actions that are available with a locked screen if personal results are enabled. So, is there a way to execute Home actions while the screen is locked?
As my plan B I tried to use Smart Lock so that the screen gets automatically unlocked when the smartphone is connected to a trusted bluetooth device. Nonetheless, I am still required to unlock my phone one first time after it connects to the bluetooth device, and after that the screen is no longer locked.
In this case is there a way to set Smart Lock in such a way that the screen does not require a first unlock using the pattern or fingerprint?