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Face Unlock

Anyone using this
I wanted to try it and found out you have to set a bu pin if face isn't recognized. Is there a safety issue with this as when flashing roms etc, the face unlock may get lost and the pin don't work. Or, is it pretty failsafe.
Also, thought I read somewhere about some issues with Chrome to Phone--had it working fine on N1. Is it running good on One S?
BTW video streaming to my Sony LED Bigscreen was flawless

I thought you lose these settings when flashing roms...
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arknailed7754 said:
I thought you lose these settings when flashing roms...
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You are correct sir.

The 2ndary line of protection (pattern unlock, pin, etc.) is just for conditions where the face detection won't work. Try it in light situations that are not broad daylight and you will see that this is an obvious shortcoming of face unlock. There is no front flash, and if there was I would not like to be blinded by it so if it fails to detect your face / any face at all it will just ask for pin/pattern.

Appreciate the replies
I was going to play with it, but may pass it up. Don't need to lose unlock pin thru flashing and be stuck
Would like to get back to Chrome To Phone, but will research a little more on any issues--

rugmankc said:
Appreciate the replies
I was going to play with it, but may pass it up. Don't need to lose unlock pin thru flashing and be stuck
Would like to get back to Chrome To Phone, but will research a little more on any issues--
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I don't think you understand, if you flash a new ROM, face unlock and pin won't be activated, you will need to set it up again.
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I understand that, thanks
Just concerned on odds of the pin being messed even if not by flashing rom, recovery or by anything else--OCD
Maybe that never happens--

rugmankc said:
I understand that, thanks
Just concerned on odds of the pin being messed even if not by flashing rom, recovery or by anything else--OCD
Maybe that never happens--
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Ufck a pin....the pattern lock has stumped even the FBI.
Read more here

KillaHurtz said:
Ufck a pin....the pattern lock has stumped even the FBI.
Read more here
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lmao-----------

Try Chrome Beta. It has Tab Syncing which is arguably better than Chrome 2 Phone because you don't even have to hit send.

I was using both successfully on my N1. Just had read some issues with the beta on the One S. Maybe just a few folks and no big issue. I will give it a shot and see. I have both on phone now, just haven't set them up yet.
Ken

I think your concern over the face lock is a bit misplaced.
1. Anytime you are installing a brand new ROM you should have done a full wipe of the device anyway which means you would have to re-setup your security features as these are not backed up in any way.
2. If the it cant get a face recognition it defaults to the basic android pattern or pin screen just like any other phone, it is not a special screen or lock. And, just like any other android phone if you forget your pattern or pin it is just going to prompt you to enter your gmail address and password to gain access after which it would have you redo your security options.
3. Worst case scenario: you are totally locked out and gmail address and password don't get you in....hard button reset and then restore from Titanium Backup. If you are flashing new roms I assume you are using this anyway.

did read about gmail password getting you in
haven't played with feature yet
appreciate info

Note 5 won't respond to touches unless restarted

Hopefully someone can help me with this.
I am having an issue with my phone where the top left corner does not want to respond unless I restart the phone. This happens a completely random times and I am unable to pinpoint it. It all started the other day when the update came out. I have format my phone I have used Samsung smart switch to reinstall the OS and issue keeps coming back. I'm also having the same issue towards the bottom where are Google now application launcher is located. If you are using TouchWiz it is in the middle of the message app when I press the area it doesn't do anything unless I press to the right of it. I have turned on developer tools and selected show touches. I can see the touches and everything looks like it should work but the OS doesn't do anything. Once I reboot everything goes back to normal. When this happens I am unable to hit back on applications such as Gmail and I have to use a physical button to go back.
Phone is completely stock and had not been rooted.
Has anyone else had this issue?
Thanks for your help

Admin can you please move to Q&A thread please. I realized I posted in the wrong spot.

This has also happened to me and I'm on a custom rom. Mind you, my screen was replaced not long ago because of stuck pixels, and I thought this could be problem with the new screen. Not sure what is happening, though.

I found on another forum that it had to do with Samsung pay and when that corner stops working for me I force stop the pay and pay framework and it stays working again
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dcasey627 said:
I found on another forum that it had to do with Samsung pay and when that corner stops working for me I force stop the pay and pay framework and it stays working again
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Awesome, going to disable it all together for now. Hopefully they fix it. Only reason I haven't rooted yet is Samsung pay.
Thank you @dcasey627

laristech said:
Awesome, going to disable it all together for now. Hopefully they fix it. Only reason I haven't rooted yet is Samsung pay.
Thank you @dcasey627
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I wasn't able to figure out how to disable it so I have to go in a couple times a day to stop it
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I wasn't able to figure out how to disable it so I have to go in a couple times a day to stop it
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I use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
It's less than 2 bucks and doesn't require root. (can't use with root anyways) It can disable any app including the Tmobile my account app.
Best 2 bucks I've spent.

Perfect! Thank you very much
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I'm actually currently having this same exact problem. The thing that confused me was that it's the top left corner, no matter your screen orientation. Meaning it MUST be something OS related. But now I'm hearing Samsung Pay is the culprit? It's never caused this before until today...

dcasey627 said:
I found on another forum that it had to do with Samsung pay and when that corner stops working for me I force stop the pay and pay framework and it stays working again
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Briankbl said:
I'm actually currently having this same exact problem. The thing that confused me was that it's the top left corner, no matter your screen orientation. Meaning it MUST be something OS related. But now I'm hearing Samsung Pay is the culprit? It's never caused this before until today...
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Well, wasn't Samsung Pay. I had both disabled and the issue came up today. I tried to figure out which app it was but I couldn't figure it out. I went to my recent apps and forced closed each one but the left corner was still messed up. I couldn't get it back until I restarted.

Others are having the same issues on reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/3yd0k9/issues_with_note_5_do_i_go_to_the_store/
https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxynote5/comments/3y4fhm/after_update_on_tmobile_screen_partially_not/
https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxynote5/comments/3ydl9h/upper_left_hand_corner_of_screen_becomes/

laristech said:
Well, wasn't Samsung Pay. I had both disabled and the issue came up today. I tried to figure out which app it was but I couldn't figure it out. I went to my recent apps and forced closed each one but the left corner was still messed up. I couldn't get it back until I restarted.
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When I force close them I also Uninstall the updates and clear the cache. That always seems to fix it for me.
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When I force close them I also Uninstall the updates and clear the cache. That always seems to fix it for me.
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I just uninstalled, clear cached, and and restarted. I'll see if it comes back. Thanks for your update.

Glad to know the problem is possibly a widespread one so Samsung has a better chance at fixing this.

Briankbl said:
Glad to know the problem is possibly a widespread one so Samsung has a better chance at fixing this.
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Yeah hopefully. T-mobile said all updates come from Samsung so they can't do anything but exchange the phone. Someone on reddit said he exchanged his phone and the issue came back. Plus, they send you a refurbish sometimes.

laristech said:
Yeah hopefully. T-mobile said all updates come from Samsung so they can't do anything but exchange the phone. Someone on reddit said he exchanged his phone and the issue came back. Plus, they send you a refurbish sometimes.
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It's an irritating problem, for sure, but not enough to go through all that. I'm just gonna wait it out for that Marshmallow update in January.

I'm having the same issue. I thought it was my phone and was about to contact tmobile about sending a replacement. Glad to know it's not just me. Looks like I'll just wait until the next update.
And I don't think it's Samsung Pay since I'm rooted and don't even have it installed

laristech said:
Hopefully someone can help me with this.
I am having an issue with my phone where the top left corner does not want to respond unless I restart the phone. This happens a completely random times and I am unable to pinpoint it. It all started the other day when the update came out. I have format my phone I have used Samsung smart switch to reinstall the OS and issue keeps coming back. I'm also having the same issue towards the bottom where are Google now application launcher is located. If you are using TouchWiz it is in the middle of the message app when I press the area it doesn't do anything unless I press to the right of it. I have turned on developer tools and selected show touches. I can see the touches and everything looks like it should work but the OS doesn't do anything. Once I reboot everything goes back to normal. When this happens I am unable to hit back on applications such as Gmail and I have to use a physical button to go back.
Phone is completely stock and had not been rooted.
Has anyone else had this issue?
Thanks for your help
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I had the same issue. I called tmobile and they were useless. Phone is stock and not rooted. Mine would happen and id reset the phone, it would be good for a few hours and then happened again. At first I thought it may be my case touching a part of the screen since the phone has such thin bezels. It wasn't the problem. I decided to do a factory reset and I've been good for 5 days now. I used Samsung pay before the reset and still use it now.
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Kirollos11 said:
I had the same issue. I called tmobile and they were useless. Phone is stock and not rooted. Mine would happen and id reset the phone, it would be good for a few hours and then happened again. At first I thought it may be my case touching a part of the screen since the phone has such thin bezels. It wasn't the problem. I decided to do a factory reset and I've been good for 5 days now. I used Samsung pay before the reset and still use it now.
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Prior to the factory reset, I also tried clearing catch and didn't work.

Kirollos11 said:
I had the same issue. I called tmobile and they were useless. Phone is stock and not rooted. Mine would happen and id reset the phone, it would be good for a few hours and then happened again. At first I thought it may be my case touching a part of the screen since the phone has such thin bezels. It wasn't the problem. I decided to do a factory reset and I've been good for 5 days now. I used Samsung pay before the reset and still use it now.
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Prior to the factory reset, I also tried clearing catch and didn't work.
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Yeah, they were useless for me too. I'm chatting with Samsung support via FB but they don't have any idea either. I've tried everything as well. I'm really out of options at this point. Sometimes when I clear everything from recent apps it starts working again but when I clear the same apps via force quit it doesn't work. I cant' figure out which app is causing it.

Samsung support is having me run my phone in safe mode for a few hours to see if the issues comes back. They're trying to see if it's a built in app or third party one.

Fingerprint sensor completely stopped working on a stock ROM.

Hello everyone,
So I was an happy user of A9 for like 2 weeks until today. I was using fingerprint since the beginning with stock 6.0.1. Today, my sensor started to go mad, asking me to put PIN every time I wanted to unlock the phone. I already read that's some kind of trouble that came with 6.0.1 but the worst thing is that now I can't even get access to Fingerprint sensor settings :S All my saved prints have been deleted and whenever I go to Settings and try to go further (into Fingerprint Settings) - simply nothing happens... I can tap endlessly
I tried to use the "1st start configuration app" without success.. Already restored all settings but it also didn't help. I'll propably return the phone on waranty but I wanted to ask you guys first, in case there is any solution to bring Fingerprint back to work.
Thanks for any suggestions.

mgnfcnt said:
Hello everyone,
So I was an happy user of A9 for like 2 weeks until today. I was using fingerprint since the beginning with stock 6.0.1. Today, my sensor started to go mad, asking me to put PIN every time I wanted to unlock the phone. I already read that's some kind of trouble that came with 6.0.1 but the worst thing is that now I can't even get access to Fingerprint sensor settings :S All my saved prints have been deleted and whenever I go to Settings and try to go further (into Fingerprint Settings) - simply nothing happens... I can tap endlessly
I tried to use the "1st start configuration app" without success.. Already restored all settings but it also didn't help. I'll propably return the phone on waranty but I wanted to ask you guys first, in case there is any solution to bring Fingerprint back to work.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Claim for warranty as its a new piece..

Phelin said:
Claim for warranty as its a new piece..
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I already did that. Now, I have to wait around one week and I'll see if they only re-installed OS. I'll post an update soon.

mgnfcnt said:
I already did that. Now, I have to wait around one week and I'll see if they only re-installed OS. I'll post an update soon.
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Good thing you claimed for warranty.
I had a problem with my battery after upgrading to 6.0.1, finally got a replacement piece as it wasn't even 10 days at that point of time.

I've received my phone back from the warranty. As I read from the warranty card, they replaced whole fingerprint and reinstalled OS. For now it works perfectly :good:

My HTC One a9 bought from ksa didn't support Indian language.
double letters can't show smoothly
I tried in Malayalam
How to fix it
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Android Pay

Anyone having any luck setting up Android Pay? If I go to add a card I just get a black screen and it seems to freeze. I've tried clearing the cache and data and it doesn't help.

@mattcoz, it worked fine for me. I just received my Pixel yesterday (decided to go for the smaller device after using a Nexus 6 and a Nexus 6P) and added a debit card without any issue. However, I did NOT set this up as a new device. I set it up based on my Nexus 6P. Very painless and pretty quick. BTW, I think I'm really going to like this phone.

It's exactly the same for me @mattcoz I have escalated it using the chat help.

I set up a card the day I got it with no problems.

There was a new Android Pay app update today but it didn't fix it. (V1.8 135831409)

mattcoz said:
Anyone having any luck setting up Android Pay? If I go to add a card I just get a black screen and it seems to freeze. I've tried clearing the cache and data and it doesn't help.
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No problems here. Set up just fine. Haven't used it yet at a terminal.
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Set up fine for me and have used it several places

Android Pay no longer works if your bootloader is unlocked. SOURCE
So if you've unlocked the bootloader, that's your problem.

Install ElementalX kernel and your good to go. They have found a work around for it.

I've used it at a terminal today and it works flawlessly
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Android Pay no longer works if your bootloader is unlocked. SOURCE
So if you've unlocked the bootloader, that's your problem.
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I have not unlocked the bootloader and it simply does not work. Google have taken three weeks to sort this already and no response yet to my ticket.

I had the same issue. It took a couple of hours and a lot of patience to get 4 cards loaded. Had to let it sit on each loading screen for a while and sometimes had to retry. Not sure if it was just a coincidence, but it seemed to help speed things up slightly by switching to another app and then going back to Android Pay again.
I just hope they fix this issue before I need to add a card again.

Stephen said:
Install ElementalX kernel and your good to go. They have found a work around for it.
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For REAL?

Where is the NFC sensor located on the back of the phone?

Fingerprint not responding ?

Hi everyone , I dont know if someone else has experienced this but sometimes..at least once in a day something happens to my s8+.
Fingerprint doesnt respond for notification gestures ..even for unlocking the phone ..I should put my pin or use the Iris.
It doesnt vibrate or says clean the fingerprint area or anything else..it just doesnt do nothing , until my reboot.Everytime I reboot it works.But I dont want that on such an expensive phone. If anyone else has experienced it , what do you think?
Thanks.

I've also experienced this on mine. Caused me to go pick up an lg g6 when they went in sale lol. I still have and use my s8+ but it's annoying. After rebooting my phone it's fine and has only happened twice. But I do switch between s8+ and my g6 from day to day. I was hoping it's a T-Mobile update issue and will be fixed next update.
Hoping anyway,
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