Hi there,
there are tools out there to lock your Windows when bluetooth connection to a device is lost and unlock when its established again.
That would be a nice feature for the Smartwatch (better than mobilephone) because its always with me.
I cant connect the watch via Bluetooth to the pc.
Any ideas how to do this.
Maybe we have a good app-developer here
Thanks alot!!
Daniel
I am quite lost with your approach.
Anyways, if you are looking for a tool that keeps your phone unlocked when it is connected to the watch. Try PhoneLocator
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I think he wants to lock a PC with windows...
you can't do this because it doesn't exist an app to conect both etc...
sowed said:
I think he wants to lock a PC with windows...
you can't do this because it doesn't exist an app to conect both etc...
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Yes thats what i mean. If the bluetooth connecton to the pc is lost (out of reach) it locks itself. Back to the pc it unlocks. There are tools for windows you can realize that with a mobile phone. But i often leave it at the desk. The watch is always with me.
The problem is i cant connect the watch to the pc.
Sorry if the first post was misleading.
Is there any possibility to get the watch connected to a pc. More is not needed to realize this.
Thx.
painkillerde said:
Yes thats what i mean. If the bluetooth connecton to the pc is lost (out of reach) it locks itself. Back to the pc it unlocks. There are tools for windows you can realize that with a mobile phone. But i often leave it at the desk. The watch is always with me.
The problem is i cant connect the watch to the pc.
Sorry if the first post was misleading.
Is there any possibility to get the watch connected to a pc. More is not needed to realize this.
Thx.
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If you can't connect the watch to the PC, how a tool (if there is one) will know that the watch is connected and perform an action. Logically and programmatically, is impossible.
Secondly, why such watch should be connectable to a PC? it wasn't made for this purpose.
iT iS Me said:
If you can't connect the watch to the PC, how a tool (if there is one) will know that the watch is connected and perform an action. Logically and programmatically, is impossible.
Secondly, why such watch should be connectable to a PC? it wasn't made for this purpose.
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I see what you mean. But isnt xda a developer Forum too? Maybe MAYBE its possible to make an app that could make the watch connectable to a PC via bluetooth or the watch os itself.
Its just an idea - im not a developer and i dont know about what is possible and what is not. But its an android running on the watch and we are in a developer forum so why not!!
I would like this feature...
Technically it should be possible but it may not be worth the effort. I think the Windows program would have to try to connect every minute or every 30 seconds and lock the screen if it cannot. Then keep scanning to unlock when it can connect.
That would be so cool! If only the watch worked with a computer.
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badplanet said:
Technically it should be possible but it may not be worth the effort. I think the Windows program would have to try to connect every minute or every 30 seconds and lock the screen if it cannot. Then keep scanning to unlock when it can connect.
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The software is ready to go - the problem is to connect the watch. Sadly...
http://www.howtogeek.com/67556/how-to-unlock-your-pc-by-being-nearby-with-a-bluetooth-phone/
badplanet said:
Technically it should be possible but it may not be worth the effort. I think the Windows program would have to try to connect every minute or every 30 seconds and lock the screen if it cannot. Then keep scanning to unlock when it can connect.
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There is a Windows tool 'BtProx', which can lock the PC when the bluetooth device is disconnected. I used this with hands free headset.
However, as mentioned earlier if Windows cannot see the watch, how the application will act??!
BtProx
http://btprox.sourceforge.net/
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painkillerde said:
The software is ready to go - the problem is to connect the watch. Sadly...
http://www.howtogeek.com/67556/how-to-unlock-your-pc-by-being-nearby-with-a-bluetooth-phone/
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I love this idea, totally useful. Isn't the problem really on the watch side though? It will only pair with one device at a time (the phone) and then is no longer visible. On the PC side just being able to see the watch would trigger the unlock, no need to actually pair. I am probably missing something as I am not a developer.
Fred
ffarber said:
I love this idea, totally useful. Isn't the problem really on the watch side though? It will only pair with one device at a time (the phone) and then is no longer visible. On the PC side just being able to see the watch would trigger the unlock, no need to actually pair. I am probably missing something as I am not a developer.
Fred
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Yes I also think something like a ping would be enough - but it seems the Lock/Unlock Software wants a paired device and the watch isn´t visible after pairing with the phone.
So it seems we have no option to get it work.
painkillerde said:
Yes I also think something like a ping would be enough - but it seems the Lock/Unlock Software wants a paired device and the watch isn´t visible after pairing with the phone.
So it seems we have no option to get it work.
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Don't give up so fast. I think there might be a way...
How about if the unlock software would unlock the PC when the phone was connected but only if the watch was connected to the phone? That would probably take a small amount of coding on the Android side to inform the PC whether the watch were connected or not. This way both the phone and watch would have to be connected to their respective pairings. I think it still solves your problem of walking away from your desk and the phone which would lock the PC and when you brought the watch back the PC would unlock.
Do you think the PC lock software folks would be interested in such a scheme? Have you been in contact with them? This would work for all types of smartwatches with only coding done on the phone and PC.
Cheers,
Fred
Yeeeeehaaaaa
ffarber said:
Don't give up so fast. I think there might be a way...
How about if the unlock software would unlock the PC when the phone was connected but only if the watch was connected to the phone? That would probably take a small amount of coding on the Android side to inform the PC whether the watch were connected or not. This way both the phone and watch would have to be connected to their respective pairings. I think it still solves your problem of walking away from your desk and the phone which would lock the PC and when you brought the watch back the PC would unlock.
Do you think the PC lock software folks would be interested in such a scheme? Have you been in contact with them? This would work for all types of smartwatches with only coding done on the phone and PC.
Cheers,
Fred
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GOT IT
I give me the needed idea.
You need
Tasker + Secure Settings + your Mobile.
Mobile is connected via bluetooth to PC. Software locks on connection lost to mobile.
Now i made a task which disconnects the bluetooth connection to PC when connection to the watch is lost. -> PC locked
You may also use the notification message of the Smartwatch - try it later.
An other task reconnects the mobile to PC when watch reconnects to mobile. -> PC unlocks but it takes a little time (but for me the lock was the important thing).
If you take away your mobile it also locks the PC. What more do you want!!!!
I would say - Mission accomplished...good:
Now its time to play arround with tasker a little bit more :fingers-crossed:
Damn it was tricking me. the Phone reconnects after a few seconds so the lock timer has to be extrem short ... working on it
Any ideas how to prevent autoconnect to the Computer but stay paired?
painkillerde said:
Damn it was tricking me. the Phone reconnects after a few seconds so the lock timer has to be extrem short ... working on it
Any ideas how to prevent autoconnect to the Computer but stay paired?
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I am not sure what you mean. When does the phone reconnect when you don;t want it to? Seems like your idea should work. I am not a tasker user but are there any timer tasks built into it that would stop the unintended activity for a period of time?
Fred
ffarber said:
I am not sure what you mean. When does the phone reconnect when you don;t want it to? Seems like your idea should work. I am not a tasker user but are there any timer tasks built into it that would stop the unintended activity for a period of time?
Fred
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When the watch disconnects it triggers the disconnect (via tasker) between mobile and computer but the mobile connects again after a few seconds. So btprox or btproximity (software im using to lock the pc when bluetooth disconnects) has not enough time to lock. I have to set the interval btprox looks for the connection to under 10 sec. Thats to short and i think it will give bigger battery drain on the mobile.
So i need a way preventing the mobile from reconnecting again to the pc unless the watch is reconnected. but this seems harder than i thought.
Played a lot arround with tasker - even tried t find a way to send a cmd to the pc and lock it over command line when watch is out of reach from mobile. so i could use this way if watch is away from pc and the "bluetooth out of reach" way when mobile is away. but i didnt found an app to use with tasker which is able to do so.
But after getting so far i wont give up
painkillerde said:
When the watch disconnects it triggers the disconnect (via tasker) between mobile and computer but the mobile connects again after a few seconds. So btprox or btproximity (software im using to lock the pc when bluetooth disconnects) has not enough time to lock. I have to set the interval btprox looks for the connection to under 10 sec. Thats to short and i think it will give bigger battery drain on the mobile.
So i need a way preventing the mobile from reconnecting again to the pc unless the watch is reconnected. but this seems harder than i thought.
Played a lot arround with tasker - even tried t find a way to send a cmd to the pc and lock it over command line when watch is out of reach from mobile. so i could use this way if watch is away from pc and the "bluetooth out of reach" way when mobile is away. but i didnt found an app to use with tasker which is able to do so.
But after getting so far i wont give up
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Well, I am not a tasker user but I do use an old app I started using years ago named Settings Profile (I have no idea if you can still download it). SP has variable time delays between actions so you could turn off bluetooth on the phone for a minute (or as long as you think you need to wait) after the watch disconnected and then turn bluetooth back on so that the phone would reconnect to the PC while you were gone and then when you got back the watch would reconnect to the phone and all would be good. Tasker seems like it has way more capability than my old app (that I am too lazy to change). I am sure buried somewhere in Tasker is a delay you could use like that.
Let me know if you get it to work and maybe I will make the leap, though I am sure I have better things to do with my time than get lost in Tasker
Fred
ffarber said:
Well, I am not a tasker user but I do use an old app I started using years ago named Settings Profile (I have no idea if you can still download it). SP has variable time delays between actions so you could turn off bluetooth on the phone for a minute (or as long as you think you need to wait) after the watch disconnected and then turn bluetooth back on so that the phone would reconnect to the PC while you were gone and then when you got back the watch would reconnect to the phone and all would be good. Tasker seems like it has way more capability than my old app (that I am too lazy to change). I am sure buried somewhere in Tasker is a delay you could use like that.
Let me know if you get it to work and maybe I will make the leap, though I am sure I have better things to do with my time than get lost in Tasker
Fred
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Disable bluetooth would work but i dont like this option - i did it an other way.
I got it Working now with "Remote Launcher"+"Tasker".
Made a task locking the PC via Remote Launcher if watch disconnects from Mobile after 30 seconds.
If Mobile disconnects bt from PC the btprox software locks the PC.
Not exactly what i want but works...
Unlocking seems to be not possible...
ffarber said:
I love this idea, totally useful. Isn't the problem really on the watch side though? It will only pair with one device at a time (the phone) and then is no longer visible. On the PC side just being able to see the watch would trigger the unlock, no need to actually pair. I am probably missing something as I am not a developer.
Fred
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While this is an old thread here a small hint:
There is a Win Software "BTProximity" that will lock / unlock the PC when discovering a BT device with a given BT address - without the need for actually ever pairing the bt device with the PC.
This approach should work just fine with every BT enabled smartwatch. Unfortunately I am not yet allowed to post links here. Google for "guidingtech auto lock win 8 bluetooth" ... the first result will link you to the tool.
Comments appreciated.
Hi all,
I apologise in advance if this has been answered somewhere here before, but I couldn't find anything on Google or using the forum search.
Background:
I usually have USB connection set to Media device (MTP) and this works for 99% of devices. The one thing that's causing me issues is the USB connection on a Hyundai i30. As soon as it is connected, it starts to scan for music to play. However after approx 5 seconds the connection drops, then it attempts to reconnect again. This causes the radio to toggle off in the car repeatedly each time it tries to reconnect and worse, ends up draining the battery on the N5 instead of charging it.
Current Workaround:
I've been able to avoid the issue by deselecting both MTP and PTP in the USB connection settings which allows the phone to charge properly.
TL/DR - Hoping for an easier way to change USB mode:
Does anyone know of any widget that exists that can toggle this from the homescreen? It's a pain to have to go all the way to USB connection each time I have to get in the car, then to remember to change it again next time I'm using anything else. Bootloader unlocked and rooted BTW.
Whenever I plug my phone into my car stereo to use Android Auto I get the tell-tail single buzz of the S3 going into stand-alone mode. Which is bad enough, because while Android Auto can handle text messages, I like to be able to just glance at my watch for other notifications, but then when the phone is disconnected from the car, the watch will never automatically re-connect to the phone.
If I think about it I can use the pulldown access to the gear software on the phone (while still connected to the car stereo) and re-connect it. At this point it will stay connected to the phone unless I disconnect and reconnect Android Auto to the phone which will cause the S3 to disconnect from the phone again.
Does anyone know anyway to stop the disconnect, or at least some way to get it to auto-re-connect after?
Thanks!
tobiasj42 said:
Whenever I plug my phone into my car stereo to use Android Auto I get the tell-tail single buzz of the S3 going into stand-alone mode. Which is bad enough, because while Android Auto can handle text messages, I like to be able to just glance at my watch for other notifications, but then when the phone is disconnected from the car, the watch will never automatically re-connect to the phone.
If I think about it I can use the pulldown access to the gear software on the phone (while still connected to the car stereo) and re-connect it. At this point it will stay connected to the phone unless I disconnect and reconnect Android Auto to the phone which will cause the S3 to disconnect from the phone again.
Does anyone know anyway to stop the disconnect, or at least some way to get it to auto-re-connect after?
Thanks!
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I just noticed this... 8 was wondering why I was always disconnected from my s3....
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Same **** happening here too with no solution in sight. This is pretty frustrating honestly.
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I never had the problem of disconnecting when plugging IN for Android Auto, but I did have the problem when shutting off the car, which always caused the S3 to disconnect. The solution for that I found in another thread; unplug the phone from the head unit BEFORE shutting off the car and the watch stays connected. Obviously this doesn't relate to your issue, but in case you get it working on the front end, but find the disconnect after shutting down, remember this fix. (same issue happened on both my Galaxy S8+ and now the S9+ on the Pioneer AVH-4200NEX)
The key is to plug in your phone only after it's connected to the car Bluetooth and then unplug it before you shut off the car. I do this every time and have never had to reconnect my watch.
I have the same issue. I've gotten around it using automate. There's a script specifically for it in the automate store. Just change the ID of the watch in the flow and it should work.
Hope this helps - this was annoying me for the longest time until I tried this.
So i've had this with two phones now (currently using an S10). At work I use Google Messages for Web to have my texts appear on my web browser. However, it randomly will sit there and say it can't connect or needs to reconnect. If I turn on the phone for like a little and check it, it usually reconnects fine, or If I leave the phone plugged into a charger it will also pretty much never have the issue.
Is there any simple solution for this or why for instance plugging into power would solve this? It's not like I have data disabled, it works probably most of the time with the screen off it's like it diverts power from the antenna though with the screen off and unplugged.
I've been keeping my battery alive by using Battery Pro app but you have to monitor it 24/7. So I bought a couple of CHARGIE devices - a hardware controller that goes between the cord and charge block to turns charging on and off via an app.
My phone connected to the device only once during many tests. I've been trying various settings and suggestions by the company. They insist it will work with Android v6 so maybe the phone is the problem. Device requires bluetooth "ble" so I turned on full location options (GPS, Wi-fi, bluetooth, cellular networks). I turned on setting to display all ble devices - shows a printer from a neighbour's house but not a Chargie 2 feet away! Ideas or information welcome...
Bluetooth is required for basic communication with the Chargie device, but if your particular phone's Bluetooth doesn't work, you can use another phone to configure Hardware Limiter and use it on the 1st phone without the app. Location Access is unfortunately required by Android's device scan library. Chargie doesn't use it (no purpose). iOS doesn't request that, for example.
If that particular Chargie doesn't work at all, on any phone, please contact [email protected] and it will be replaced for free.
Thank you so much for the info. The Chargies work (I have 3), just not reliably or quickly. I can plug in my phone right beside the Chargie and the app says it isn't in "range". Or it continually says the BLUE Chargie isn't in range even when plugged into the RED one! I had all radios including GPS on during the testing but GPS isn't needed. Still not sure how Airplane mode with Bluetooth turned on affects it. BTW my Oneplus One has Bluetooth 4.0.
Getting the phone connected takes so long, it's hardly worth the time to figure out the "hardware limiter" option with a Windows laptop. Not much documentation on it. I certainly don't want to leave my phone beside the device while charging. I was getting some answers via email until I asked how to return the devices. I may have to just accept that the device works 'sometimes'.