[Yeah I know I've been playing around with it too much but...] I just discovered from [a non-password/gesture/facelock protected] slide lock screen you can open your notification panel and launch any app on it. From there you can hit the home button and get to your homescreen, unlocked. Real secure huh? No ADB, no SQlite3, just my finger. Example, Android Terminal Emulator.
[Edit] I guess I could have just as easily slid unlocked it with my finger. I just tried a password protected lock screen and it doesn't allow access to the notification panel so I guess since the slide lock isn't really a lock then its OK. I was freaking out for a second, forgive me.
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is there a program out there that can slide to lock a phone? scenario:
i want to change my screen settings to almost the max so while im surfing the net and get pulled away from my phone for a few seconds the screen doesnt darken and fall asleep on me. BUT if i do that, then when i get off a call and put the phone in the case i run the risk of buttons accidentally getting pressed. so i want the option to slide to lock when i want. i dont think slide to unlock gives you that option.
What's wrong with just pressing the power button?
I use S2U2, set to lock when I press it - works perfectly.
closet410 said:
is there a program out there that can slide to lock a phone? scenario:
i want to change my screen settings to almost the max so while im surfing the net and get pulled away from my phone for a few seconds the screen doesnt darken and fall asleep on me. BUT if i do that, then when i get off a call and put the phone in the case i run the risk of buttons accidentally getting pressed. so i want the option to slide to lock when i want. i dont think slide to unlock gives you that option.
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Try ultimate launch. I have it set to use the gesture of a downward swipe to lock my phone. You can use it on all the sides of the cube or just one. I have it set to just the home side
Hello,
I'm using a stock HTC Desire with Android 2.2 and would like to lock the screen with password, but only when I say so.
I don't want the screen to be locked with password after timeout. I want to be able to lock the screen with password, but only when I want it to be password protected.
Is this possible?
In devices lower than 2.2, you can use a toggle to turn password protection on/off. I'm pretty sure you can't with 2.2 (for security reasons). The toggles will take you to the settings page, where you could do it manually. I don't know of an actual way to do it, although it may be possible with Tasker. Probably not though, due to the limitation in the OS.
hmm..that would have been a cool feature, hopefully might be able to figure this out sometime, if it is even possible :/
Or just to be able to set the timeout for like 1 hour and then to be able to lock it when I want to (when I know I won't be near it and don't wont for somebody else to read my messages).
BlackBerry, for instance, has the lock icon which locks both the screen and password protects it. Nokia has the lock option when you hit the power switch. Android, which has an enormous amount of cool features, doesn't have this?! :/
I will take a look at this later, it might be possible to just call the lock screen from a widget, without permanently enabling it.
interesting idea, toggling the password every time im surrounded with people, and untoggle it when im alone )
The only other alternative to this is to have it set to be locked immediately & then use No Lock to entirely disable the lockscreen when you don't need it to be password protected. The only problem with this is you won't have a lockscreen at all & your phone will wake up with the volume buttons.
What I do, which isn't nearly as protected as password protection, but does the job for most situations, is use Widgetlocker. You can use a transparent slider so you know where to drag & unlock but no one else does. Or you can go with no sliders & just use the back button to unlock and set the back press duration to a couple seconds. No one will know unless they know Android & Widgetlocker well. Just don't put any shortcuts on the screen as once you're in an app you can press the home button. Or you could use a transparent slider to toggle interactions. When you want to be able to launch your shortcuts, toggle interactions on & then toggle them off when you want it locked.
If you need more help with this, feel free to pm me.
Also note that Widgetlocker is a paid app... $2-$3, I can't remember how much exactly. But it's totally worth the money.
I just updated from Gingerbread to Jelly Bean. In GB I had the pattern set on the lock screen. After I input the pattern, it would require me to swipe to unlock. At the time I thought this was annoying that I had to do both.
With Jelly Bean, the lock screen shows the weather and calendar as well as allowing me to swipe in different directions to access different apps. I love this new feature. However, I also want my phone to be secured so I would like to have the pattern security on. Ideally when pressing the power button I would be presented with the "slide" lock screen with the calendar/weather and choice of sliding a direction for apps. Then when I slide to unlock or go to an app, it would ask for the pattern security before letting me in. This would allow me to secure the phone and entire directly where I want to go. It would also allow me to quickly see the weather info or calendar without entering a pattern first.
Does anyone know if this is possible to do? I love the slide lock screen options, but I feel the need to secure the phone with a pattern/pin/password as well.
It pretty much works just like you described. The only exception being that after you enter the pattern lock you don't have to swipe.
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It pretty much works just like you described. The only exception being that after you enter the pattern lock you don't have to swipe.
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I know, but I'd like to have the swipe screen there first. That way I can swipe directly into an app and/or see the calendar/weather before I have to draw the pattern. So when I press the power button, I'd like to be presented with the swipe screen first, then after swiping to an app or to unlock, it would ask me to supply the pattern/password/pin. That way, I would get the advantages of the swipe screen and the security of the pattern/password/pin.
I'm just wondering if there is a way to force it to work like this, but I'm guessing there isn't.
docmattman said:
I just updated from Gingerbread to Jelly Bean. In GB I had the pattern set on the lock screen. After I input the pattern, it would require me to swipe to unlock. At the time I thought this was annoying that I had to do both.
With Jelly Bean, the lock screen shows the weather and calendar as well as allowing me to swipe in different directions to access different apps. I love this new feature. However, I also want my phone to be secured so I would like to have the pattern security on. Ideally when pressing the power button I would be presented with the "slide" lock screen with the calendar/weather and choice of sliding a direction for apps. Then when I slide to unlock or go to an app, it would ask for the pattern security before letting me in. This would allow me to secure the phone and entire directly where I want to go. It would also allow me to quickly see the weather info or calendar without entering a pattern first.
Does anyone know if this is possible to do? I love the slide lock screen options, but I feel the need to secure the phone with a pattern/pin/password as well.
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hey jelly bean also has a pattern lockscreen option along with 3 more types of lock screen,check settings and choose best one
So I would like to have a lockscreen similar to the standard swipe to unlock (without pin). My problem is that I have mandatory encryption on my device, so it requires a pin lockdown within at least 14 minutes. But when using this option, powering on before 14 minutes goes straight to the home screen instead of a simple swipe with no pin. I would like a swipe requirement so that my phone wont go ape in my pocket while I am playing golf. Since disabling the home power-on is not an option, I was hoping there might be a secondary swipe to unlock app out there. Anyone know of such an animal?
Nevermind! Found an awesome app called widget locker that does exactly what I needed!
First I system 4.8.22 Development Board
After installing the MXPLAYER. The latest version is 1.7.31 version... free version
Discovery lock function changed. The original is how the screen will not change after the slide lock. After locking the screen can now change the sound and brightness. And unlocked, he let me quickly tap the screen clockwise four corners, how I can not point to unlock ah. Only to return. Exit player interface.
Set in the touch controls on the three options inside (lock) (Child Lock) (Child Lock + touch effect) I have tried. After locking the screen, do not know how to unlock the can only slide operation sound and brightness ...
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First of all, if you want us to look at your thread, please make a useful thread topic instead of "PLEASE discuss this question". I've updated it for you.
Anyways, I know nothing about the Kids Lock feature, so I'll let someone else answer.
siterkiso said:
First I system 4.8.22 Development Board
After installing the MXPLAYER. The latest version is 1.7.31 version... free version
Discovery lock function changed. The original is how the screen will not change after the slide lock. After locking the screen can now change the sound and brightness. And unlocked, he let me quickly tap the screen clockwise four corners, how I can not point to unlock ah. Only to return. Exit player interface.
Set in the touch controls on the three options inside (lock) (Child Lock) (Child Lock + touch effect) I have tried. After locking the screen, do not know how to unlock the can only slide operation sound and brightness ...
Help heroes ..
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If you set to lock, then there will be a lock button on the top left corner. Simply touching on it will unlock the screen. If you want to enable kids lock, kindly install kids log plugin first & enable it. You have touch the each corner of the screen to unlock. If you enable touch effects it will show some animation when you touch the screen. But, the unlock method remsins same.
In some devices like xiaomi, it may not work. In that case there is an option available in Settings 》Player to change the lock screen method. It may help you