Hey, strange question, but my school's WiFi network installs a credential which requires a lock screen. I like going without the lock screen, but if I disable the lock screen, when I disconnect from the network, I can't reconnect. Is there any way to fake it out get around it somehow? I also have a nexus 7 2013 and note 10.1 2014 with the same issue with no workaround.
Nope, but what u can do if ur on 6.0 is use smart lock, it's under security in settings, it uses location to set a lock or unlocked lockscreen, for instance I use it and set it so that when I'm home or when the device is in my pocket there is no lockscreen, but the device still registers as locked
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Thanks. I already use smart lock when I'm paired with my gwatch/car radio/ headphones and just about anywhere on campus, but its still a pia when I go somewhere off campus
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Here I'll present you my first Android app that I wanna show the public
It's called WIFIunlocker and can disable your PIN/password lockscreen security for choosen Wi-Fi profiles. When Wi-Fi disconnects lockscreen security will be enabled again.
So for example you can add your home network and then you don't have to enter your PIN/password whenever you are connected to this network.
When Wi-Fi disconnects your PIN/password is enabled again.
But this app can do more, it can disable Bluetooth when your phone connects to one of your saved networks and it can enable Bluetooth and/or disable Wi-Fi when losing connectivity to a network.
You can also add a Wi-Fi profile that only disables Bluetooth, this is great if you have for example a Wi-Fi network at work.
I use it to automatically enable Bluetooth when I'm leaving home and disable it when I'm at work. I have one profile for my home place that disables BT and lockscreen security and a second profile for the coporate Wi-Fi that only disables BT while keeping the lockscreen security enabled.
This app works using the "Device administrator" mode, this means it works only on Android 2.2 and higher.
Also if you want to uninstall it you first have to disable the device admin mode, this can be done in the Android settings or in the app settings. If you don't disable device admin mode the uninstall will fail!
UPDATE 08-15-2011: I uploaded a fixed version that will disable the PIN/password if something went wrong while decrypting the PIN/password. So the worst thing that can happen is that it won't lock your phone at all. Before it was possible that the encrypted string was set as password. If you experience that your phone doesn't lock properly when disabling wifi or connectivity to a trusted network was lost send me a PM.
Since I don't like apps that use many permissions without telling me why, I'll explain you the permissions my app needs to work.
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
These 2 are for the broadcast receiver so my app knows when you enabled or disabled Wi-Fi, connected to a network or disconnected from a network.
android.permission.BLUETOOTH
android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
These 2 are used to turn BT on/off.
android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
This is to disable Wi-Fi if you enabled the option for it.
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
This one is to get the IMEI to secure the password.
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Needed if you enable the "Use wake lock" option. Wi-Fi state changes are recognized alot faster with the option enabled but it will drain your battery a bit.
android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
This one is used to set the Wi-Fi sleep policy to never sleep while connected to a trusted network.
Since XDA is a great community I'll post the full version for free here but I don't want anybody to make a mirror, add it to a ROM or anything else. This should be the only place to get it for free!
Please donate if you like the app
Thanks to Ben74 and his app Unlock With Wifi. He gave me the idea to make this app because he didn't want to add Bluetooth profile support
If you have downloaded the app before 08-15-2011: Update to the latest version! If you don't want to update but uninstall the app disable device admin in the Android settings (Settings -> Location & security -> Select device administrators) and NOT in the app settings!
Nice bro thanks
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So what this application does is just unlocking your phone in save places so you do not have to and when you leave it goes to protected state?
Very good. Any known issues?
Like the guy who can not uninstall it?
As i understand it is so good protested that he slashed the phone and it still asks for the password. It should also give some contact info where to return the phone or who to call if your phone was found.
mahatma said:
So what this application does is just unlocking your phone in save places so you do not have to and when you leave it goes to protected state?
Very good. Any known issues?
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Exactly, it uses the android lock screen security feature for that. The app just sets the password to nothing while connected to a trusted Wi-Fi network. When the connection is lost it sets the password back to the one you have entered.
Known issue: It seems the first version had a problem sometimes to decrypt the saved password and has set the encrypted string as password. THIS CAN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE WITH THE UPDATED VERSION. If something goes wrong while decrypting it will set an empty password (the phone is not locked).
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Like the guy who can not uninstall it?
As i understand it is so good protested that he slashed the phone and it still asks for the password.
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If you uninstall the app while not connected to a trusted network the app can't disable/change your password anymore. You can only disable/change the password in the Android Settings then(Settings-> Location & Security -> Change screen lock).
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It should also give some contact info where to return the phone or who to call if your phone was found.
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I don't think this is something this app should do, you won't have such information when using the normal screen lock security too. Since the app just disables the screen lock security in trusted profiles I don't think this feature is something that this app has to have.
OK i installed the app and now i am i my home secured network and when i am waking the phone it asks me about the password not the pattern i had but i suspest it shuld not ask me for it at all if i am in the trusted network?
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OK i installed the app and now i am i my home secured network and when i am waking the phone it asks me about the password not the pattern i had but i suspest it shuld not ask me for it at all if i am in the trusted network?
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This does not work for the unlock pattern only for PIN and password. You have to add your network to the trusted networks. Then you pick it from the list and choose what you want when the phone connects to this network.
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Cannot uninstall
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im not trying to be rude, but this app is exactly same as unlock with wifi....
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Cannot uninstall
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You have to disable device admin mode to uninstall it. You can do this in the app settings or in the Android settings.
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zeke1988 said:
im not trying to be rude, but this app is exactly same as unlock with wifi....
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No its not exactly the same, with my app you can add wifi profiles that only disable bluetooth. Unlock with wifi just provides the option to disable bt when you lose any wifi connection. I asked Ben74 to add such a feature but he didn't want to. His app has other options like enable/disable gps that I don't need so I didn't add them.
But maybe you should read the whole first post, I have explained it and have thanked Ben74 for the idea.
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Guess what
I attempted to uninstall the app
I switched off administrator mode
uninstalled the all successfully and when it went to lock screen it asks me now for the password?
I am trying to use password that i used during installation and what? Wrong Password
what can be done now?
I am dredding to attempt to uninstall it from my wifes phone.
Any help??
I have uploaded a new version which doesn't have the "unknown password" bug anymore for sure!
If you have downloaded the app before 08-15-2011: Update to the latest version! If you don't want to update but uninstall the app disable device admin in the Android settings (Settings -> Location & security -> Select device administrators) and NOT in the app settings!
I'm trying the app on my Tab right now, thanks for making it available.
If I disable the wifi on the Tab, should the lock/password screen appear the next time I take it out of standby? I just want to test that the app is working as it should.
i managed to switch off screen locking and properly unindtalled the wifilocker but now when i switch on screen lock with pin or password after it goes on it again does not recognise the password or PIN even the app is not installed
What have your app done to my phone??!!
I installed new version and it is the same problem sorry wrong password
i uninstalled it and before that i removed wifi unlocker from (Settings -> Location & security -> Select device administrators) and the same problem.
The question is WHAT this app done to our passwords? and why it can not be undone even by uninstalling the app and reflashing the phone?!!!
whenever you switch on any password or screen lock it does not recognise it when you trying to use it. It is something messed with password encryption algorithm.
I think that if we should to test the app for you and kill our devices there should be better support not once a day
the only difference between the old and new FIXED version that before once i managed to enter the phone i could change the screenlock and just switch it off. Now i can not as it asks about the password so it is even worst than it was.
Any update?
Any help
Any toughts?
Is that app just a prank to see how far will we go in bricking our handhealds?
Wow, I think this app needs to removed right away. It's in a state that it's able to brick devices. Flashing a different rom after wiping everything keeps the unknown password bug in there.
And **** **** piss, what a hassle to contact a mod. Did you notice my post by swearing? Devices became unusable because of this app. Nothing personal to the developer, but it needs more testing! And not to the public anymore.
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I'm trying the app on my Tab right now, thanks for making it available.
If I disable the wifi on the Tab, should the lock/password screen appear the next time I take it out of standby? I just want to test that the app is working as it should.
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When you have set up a password in the app it is applied immediately. You can add a WiFi network to the trusted profiles then. If you want to disable the password while connected to this WiFi network you have to pick it in the list and activate "Disable screen lock".
I created a VPN connection on my S3 but was forced to enter a PIN or a swipe pattern but now I am tired of having to unlock my phone everytime I wanna access it . I have put the auto lock to the max which is 30 mins but I still don't want my phone to be locked.
Is there a way to completely cancel any security / pin / pattern lock while keeping my VPN connection?
anybody home?
As far as I have read, no. There may be someone else to chime in with an app that bypasses it.
I wouldn't recommend it though, as part of the VPN your phone is "directly" connected to the computers and servers of the network you are connecting to. If it is a corporate network and someone who knows what they are doing should happen to find your phone, things could get ugly. The chances of that happening are slim, but enough to warrant the required lock.
Hey there,
I am searching for an option to disable my screen lock (the password) and still be able to connect to a secured network.
If I want to log in to the wlan in my university it always says I need to secure the phone with a screen lock.
But I hate locking my phone this way. Is there a way to solve this issue?
Or at least to set the time of the activation of the screen lock over 15 minutes?
Thanks in advance..
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No suggestions? I try at least one *bump*
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I am new to using Tasker and am using it on my Nexus 5. For those Nexus 5 users who are using Tasker, are you having any problems? Do you know if Tasker has been updated to fully work with 4.4? I have checked Tasker's wiki and the last update for 4.0+ is/was 6/17/2013.
Basically what I am getting at, as I am building profiles/tasks, I am trying to determine if/when my profile/task does not work, it is me or is it Tasker not being updated?
I have searched the Nexus 5 Themes and Apps forum here and did not see much mention regarding Tasker. I am posting here rather that Q&A as Tasker is an app.
I appreciate your help.
Mark
I use it. No problem for me
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Only issue I've run into so far is with the Secure Settings plug in not toggling gps on one of my profiles. Other than that all my other profiles work without issue.
AndrasLOHF said:
Only issue I've run into so far is with the Secure Settings plug in not toggling gps on one of my profiles. Other than that all my other profiles work without issue.
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I also have issues with Secure Settings, but that's because Secure Settings hasn't been properly updated I believe.
All my profiles work with Tasker. I had to change some of the complicated ones to reference different directory paths but otherwise fine. Secure Settings profile is working too, but thats to turn off pattern lock....
rootSU said:
All my profiles work with Tasker. I had to change some of the complicated ones to reference different directory paths but otherwise fine. Secure Settings profile is working too, but thats to turn off pattern lock....
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Turning off pattern lock (I assume is the same as lock screen) is the problem I am having trying to get it to work.
19android said:
Turning off pattern lock (I assume is the same as lock screen) is the problem I am having trying to get it to work.
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I use Widgetlocker as my main lock screen. When I am not at home, I want the Android stock pattern lock behind it. When I am at home (triggered by WiFi connection) I want it off.
Pattern lock and lock screen are not the same. Pattern lock has it's own specific setting within Secure Settings.
If you want to disable the basic lock screen go to Display/Keyguard and set it to off.
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If you want to disable the basic lock screen go to Display/Keyguard and set it to off.
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Yes...I want to disable the basic lock screen. I did go to Display/Keyguard and set it to off for the task. I also set the exit task to on. I will try it out again when I get home.
Still trying to find a way for tasker to toggle LTE... secure settings lte toggle plugin only works on cm based roms..
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Keylock off works fine for me.
Tasker works perfect for me so far. Also, no issues on Secure Settings. At least for the functions I use it for.
My last Tasker creation was using my old Nexus 4 as a motion camera/IP camera. Whenever I connect to my wifi it disables the camera, Once I leave it turns it on.
Gets pretty creepy when you get false positives and it takes pictures of nothing though
I am having significant problems with Tasker on the N5. I am not able to set profiles by using the cell near state. Whenever I scan for towers when I'm on LTE it returns no results. If I put my phone on 3G, then it finds towers.
This was never a problem on my EVO LTE. I think it has to do with Sprint upgrading towers to Network Vision and this being a triband phone.
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I have Tasker set to turn on my wifi when I get in range of my house. Since the N5 has LTE, tasker can't seem to get the cell location thing figured out. It must be different than 3g/edge. I had to set it up to remember cell towers instead.
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I have Tasker set to turn on my wifi when I get in range of my house. Since the N5 has LTE, tasker can't seem to get the cell location thing figured out. It must be different than 3g/edge. I had to set it up to remember cell towers instead.
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How did you get it to remember cell towers if it doesn't work on LTE?
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Cannot get tasker/secure settings to toggle the GPS.
Else, my profiles seem to be working as expected.
Use the secure settings alternative helper to toggle GPS/location settings.
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Use the secure settings alternative helper to toggle GPS/location settings.
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^^^^^THIS^^^^^ I made this mistake earlier. It is not enough to just have the Helper installed. You also must have the Alternative Helper checked. All is good now. No gps unless Maps is loaded =) =) =).
boomer8403 said:
How did you get it to remember cell towers if it doesn't work on LTE?
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I think tasker has a problem with the triangulation on the LTE network. Anyway...I created a new state, hit phone, then "cell near". Hit the "scan" button and walk around your house so it can pick up the 2 or 3 towers. I then just used the newly created "state" to determine when I was close to my house.
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/en/loctears.html#cell
kgeissler said:
I think tasker has a problem with the triangulation on the LTE network. Anyway...I created a new state, hit phone, then "cell near". Hit the "scan" button and walk around your house so it can pick up the 2 or 3 towers. I then just used the newly created "state" to determine when I was close to my house.
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/en/loctears.html#cell
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If you read my initial comment, you would have seen that this is exactly what I'm having trouble with. It works on 3G but DOESN'T work on LTE.
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boomer8403 said:
If you read my initial comment, you would have seen that this is exactly what I'm having trouble with. It works on 3G but DOESN'T work on LTE.
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That is what worked for me and it find several towers by my house on LTE. I am on T-Mobile, so that may make a difference.
I have a Note 4 with Smart Lock. I wanted to set it up so that my watch can keep my phone from locking. I added the device to SmartLock successfully. Even if my watch is sitting right next to the phone, it is not unlocking it. I use a PIN. Is there anything else that I need to do, or is this just not going to work.
Thanks
I was looking for an answer to that too. I tried and it did not work at all.
I use tasker for lots of things, but I could never get it working with this. I have a task set up to unlock the phone if the bluetooth is connected to the Gear S2. Even when my connection is just fine, tasker doesn't see the connection and never unlocks the phone.
I use Gear s2 from Tmobile with my Note 4 with no problems. When locked I use patern not pin if that makes any difference. Running lollipop 5.1.1 , no root, latest gear manager from play store.
It is added to my trusted devices
This might be a misunderstanding on my part about how this is supposed to work. I have a PIN set up, and when I have my watch connected, it doesn't require the PIN. It just puts up the screen that I have to swipe. I expected that it wouldn't put up the swipe screen at all. I don't want it to, but can't find a way around it. I tried setting up tasker to disable the lock, but it didn't work. Apparently tasker doesn't know when the watch is connected. It does work for my bt headset.
I don't think it can be done. It looks like smart lock removes requirement for any kind password but doesn't remove screen lock altogether.
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This might be a misunderstanding on my part about how this is supposed to work. I have a PIN set up, and when I have my watch connected, it doesn't require the PIN. It just puts up the screen that I have to swipe. I expected that it wouldn't put up the swipe screen at all. I don't want it to, but can't find a way around it. I tried setting up tasker to disable the lock, but it didn't work. Apparently tasker doesn't know when the watch is connected. It does work for my bt headset.
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If you have one of those flip cases, it does unlock automatically. Other than that, I don't know a way around it.
bendez1985 said:
If you have one of those flip cases, it does unlock automatically. Other than that, I don't know a way around it.
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Same issue here. Guessing a 2 part app (specific to s2 and android) might be able to solve the problem. The s2 app would communicate with the android app (not sure if background communication is possible for s2 apps though). Upon a cut in connection, the android app would trigger the lockscreen.
Thoughts?
darekz said:
I don't think it can be done. It looks like smart lock removes requirement for any kind password but doesn't remove screen lock altogether.
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I've never understood the need for that. When I don't have security on my phone, I have always just shut it off. An extra swipe accomplishes nothing.
Before the gear, I was using tasker to unlock my phone when connected to my wifi and when my bluetooth headset was on. I'd carry it with me, turned on, and my phone would not lock at all. It was flawless. Never saw the lock screen and never had to enter my PIN.
I might just go back to that, as the extra screen is really annoying and serves no purpose. I just have to remember to always have my BT headset turned on and on me. I always have my watch, but always seem to forget the headset.
I wish I knew why tasker doesn't recognize the the connection to the watch. My settings clearly show that the phone is connected to the watch, so it should recognize the connection, but doesn't. I don't know how much support tasker is getting any longer. I saw something about the developer having to take a break because of medical issues. There are now many other automation apps out there. Maybe I'll give some of them a try and see if one of them will accomplish what I am able to accomplish with tasker and my wifi/bluetooth headset.
When I add the watch to SmartLock, I get the following message:
Smart Lock can't detect the security features of this device. To help protect your phone, Gear S2 (393A) will only be able to keep your phone unlocked once it's already unlocked by you. Your Gear S2 (393A) can keep your phone unlocked when it's nearby, even if someone else is holding it.
Not sure what that means or what it does to the unlocking feature.
I don't know much about tasker but one time I played with tasker plugin called trigger. Maybe that can be help for you. It is possible that tasker looking for certain Bluetooth profiles being active and since gear s2 has no speaker there is not headset or headphone profile. On my gear s2 3g Bluetooth shows call audio profile.