I recently come across Smart Lock feature in Lollipop.
I own YU-YUPhoria phone and setup smart lock feature with face recognition enable.
After the screen is locked. When I try to unlock my phone it comes up with pattern to unlock and there is no option for face recognition.
I want to open my phone with face recognition but only pattern is coming.
Facing same issue..
Have enabled pattern lock + smart lock with face detection
Face detection never works.. Have tried on other yuphoria devices too.. Same issue..
Face Unlock WILL ONLY WORK WHEN THERE IS ENOUGH LIGHT TO SEE THE REFLECTION OF YOUR FACE IN THE SCREEN WHEN IT IS IN LOCKSCREEN POSITION...
On the lockscreen if your screen can see the reflection of your face then it will unlock...
By the way,, i have tried it too and it has been a hit and miss situation
Cheers
Greg
I want to start google voice recognition if I press a hardware button when the phone is connected to bluetooth and the phone is in my pocket. The button on my car directly calls the contact and I don't want that. I wanted it to start google voice recognition which then listens from the car bluetooth mic, but I couldn't find a way to change this default behaviour of the bluetooth key.
Anyway, then I tried to start google voice recognition after pressing the power button of the phone and after the display is on with tasker, but it also doesn't work if I don't completely pass the lock screen even if the device is unlocked (lock is disabled because of secure bluetooth connection). I tried everything I found including disabling the keyguard, different google now intents but I couldn't find any solution. Ok Google command works even if the screen is off, but I couldn't find a way to start the voice recognition manually even when the display is on and not locked (but on lock screen). How can I do that from the lock screen with the device unlocked, or if I can't, how can I pass the lock screen and go to the home screen? By unlocked I mean that the phone does not require any password/pin to unlock it, just sliding on the lock screen is enough.
So, no way to start google now voice recognition when on the lock screen?
You have acces to root ?
Lasacv said:
You have acces to root ?
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Yes.
So I bought a few cheap nfc tags from China and used one for the Smart Unlock. Since mxp doesn't have fingerprint sensor, I guess having a Skip alike thing would be the next best thing. Very easy to setup, just go to Security menu, Smart Unlock (you must have pin or pattern lock), add Trusted Devices, pick NFC then put the tag behind the phone. Give it a name and thats it. The only hassle with this unlocking method is you have to wake up the phone then only it will read the tag. Skip has a magnet built in that wakes up the phone automatically. Oh and another not so good thing is you have to lock the phone using the power button in order for the unlock to work. Whenever I lock using Nova's Screen Lock or Greenify's Hibernate and Lock, it just didn't work.
Update on diy skip. Now I no longer needs to press the power button to lock/unlock the phone. With root access, use Tasker and Secure Settings plugin to emulate power button press when display is off (run command - input keyevent 26). Then use Nova launcher's screen lock shortcut gesture (double tap, swipe up/down etc) to complete the process. I have a small magnet taped to the nfc tag, so when I slowly swipe from the side, the magnet wakes up the screen and then nfc takes over to unlock.
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Skip has a magnet built in that wakes up the phone automatically.
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Hi Pijes, I didn't understand what do you mean by Skip or magnet. Could you explain? Thanks!
You broght it from taobao?
quera said:
Hi Pijes, I didn't understand what do you mean by Skip or magnet. Could you explain? Thanks!
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Motorola has a product called Skip which utilize the NFC chip to bypass the lockscreen. If you have been using some Moto phones, you should know that most of them has a magnetic sensor that is used for the docking (older Moto phones have dock accessories). The dock has a tiny magnet that when the phone detects it, it automatically turns the phone into a desk clock or navigation mode when attached to a car dock if I'm not mistaken. It seems that Moto maintains this sensor in newer phones, it is located at the back and in MXP case, somewhere in the center. If you have Skip, you attach it to your belt so when you pull the phone out from your pocket, all you need is a swipe on Skip and the phone is unlocked. I believe what happens is the phone detects the magnet, wakes up the phone (still locked) and then it detects the NFC tag inside Skip to unlock.
So I bought some NFC tags, got small magnet from my busted laptop hard disk, taped them together and attach it to my belt. If you don't have the magnet it is still possible to tap on the NFC tag to unlock but you have to enable Moto Display. When you pull your phone out, you'll see the clock, swipe down to get to the lockscreen (pin/pattern/password lock) and then tap on the tag to unlock.
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You broght it from taobao?
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Not directly from TaoBao but surely from China
Anyone else with experiences ? I was able to register the nfc tag but unlocking on the pattern lock screen didnt work. There was a sound when putting the nfc tag behind the device (so i guess somehow the nfc reader worked) but the unlock failed.
Maybe its only working if i have some special services switched on?
aVe2000 said:
Anyone else with experiences ? I was able to register the nfc tag but unlocking on the pattern lock screen didnt work. There was a sound when putting the nfc tag behind the device (so i guess somehow the nfc reader worked) but the unlock failed.
Maybe its only working if i have some special services switched on?
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How did you lock the phone? By pressing the power button or a shortcut app?
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How did you lock the phone? By pressing the power button or a shortcut app?
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Usually the power button. Sometimes maybe because of the auto lock after some seconds (i set it to 30). I am not sure what you mean with shortcut app.
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Usually the power button. Sometimes maybe because of the auto lock after some seconds (i set it to 30). I am not sure what you mean with shortcut app.
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Our phone has a default app that detects the nfc chip, it's called Tags. I believe this app made the sound, if you're at the home screen (unlocked) and place the tag at the back of the phone you'll hear a sound and a popup message asking what to do even if you already registered the tag for smart unlock. I disabled this app to get rid of the sound and notification.
What I mean with the shortcut app is something like double tap to sleep or lock the phone. Greenify and Nova launcher app also has a shortcut to lock the screen. If you use this method to lock the phone, smart unlock won't work.
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Our phone has a default app that detects the nfc chip, it's called Tags. I believe this app made the sound, if you're at the home screen (unlocked) and place the tag at the back of the phone you'll hear a sound and a popup message asking what to do even if you already registered the tag for smart unlock. I disabled this app to get rid of the sound and notification.
What I mean with the shortcut app is something like double tap to sleep or lock the phone. Greenify and Nova launcher app also has a shortcut to lock the screen. If you use this method to lock the phone, smart unlock won't work.
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if my phone detects a nearby nfc, even if it is registered with smart lock, there is a black screen only saying:
new tag detected
empty tag
(or similiar, i have a german version). There is no menu, no arrows nothing. Only those two text fields. I cannot find an app called Tags (via autostarts tool or settings|apps list).
aVe2000 said:
if my phone detects a nearby nfc, even if it is registered with smart lock, there is a black screen only saying:
new tag detected
empty tag
(or similiar, i have a german version). There is no menu, no arrows nothing. Only those two text fields. I cannot find an app called Tags (via autostarts tool or settings|apps list).
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In settings-Apps screen, press the 3 dot menu and choose show system
Can someone enlighten me why this is useful? I mean, if you have Tasker and root you can use Secure Settings to unlock by WLAN or location (in LP that is), and if you are going to literally stick the key on the back of the device, why even set a lock at all? I would understand if the tag was in your wallet or your jacket or on your desk, but literally on the device?
Who said about sticking the key on the back of the device?
Oh, the magnet is just to wake up the screen. I must have read over that too quickly.
I want to apologize. I was wrong about not working my nfc tags. I simply missed that pretty little detail: nearing the nfc tag while in lock screen. I always tried to unlock while beeing in the screen before the unlock screen.
So, everything is fine now. I am using a stylish nfc ring beeing very happy with it.
Update, 2.2.2016: No, not everything is fine. I came across a bug or intended feature. The lock functionality is disabled after some time not using the phone, according to this:
this is a lollipop behavior.
According to this, nephiel made a workaround for at least MM.
Here is the bug report for this issue.
Does anyone else use the nfc ring or another nfc tag for unlocking?
Regards.
So, I have just upgraded to EMUI 10 today and became extremely frustrated when I accidentally turned Smart Lock on (I have a GT2 smartwatch). I have face unlock set to "direct unlock" without having to swipe up, but with Smart Lock turned on it forces you to swipe up regardless. So, I turned off Smart Lock in settings > Biometrics & Password; however, the phone was still requiring me to swipe up with face recognition. The phone would also say "Smart Lock successful. Swipe up to unlock". Very frustrating because the joy of face unlock is that it's fast and you don't have to touch the screen to unlock. It just unlocks.
I tried reseting all my phone settings and starting from scratch, but that didn't work. What did seem to work, though, was going into settings > search > "trusted agents" > Smart Unlock > toggle switch off. That worked right away. For some reason turning off Smart Lock under Biometrics & Password didn't do it for me.
I just wanted to put this out there for anyone, and for myself for future reference in case this happens again and I forget. Marijuana is legal in Canada, so my memory isn't quite what it used to be. lol
I have configured my Tab7 FE for face recognition and Smart Lock at the location of my home.
They work fine in the setup, and the tablet will unlock with a swipe for a while - maybe an hour or two - at my home location based on Smart Lock. The face recognition also works in this time period.
However after sitting for more than a few hours, both Smart Lock and Face Recognition seem to become disabled. After touching the power button to wake, I see the notifications and a lock icon at the top. Any swipe brings up the pattern lock.
The only way to access the tablet is with the pattern unlock.
I cannot find any setting for "Disable Smart Lock and Face Recognition after n hours".
The current behavior eliminates most of the benefit of Smart Lock and Face Recognition.
Can anyone with a Tab7 FE using Smart Lock confirm that Smart Lock works for more than a few hours for you?