I have found a weird security leak on the Mate 9.
On the lock screen I can access the camera without using fingerprint or pin code. Even when I lock out the camera app with Applock.
Is there a way to remove the camera shortcut on the lock screen ?
That's not a security issue, that's a convenience! ><
Swan Princess said:
That's not a security issue, that's a convenience! ><
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I also think so.
mermaidkiller said:
I have found a weird security leak on the Mate 9.
On the lock screen I can access the camera without using fingerprint or pin code. Even when I lock out the camera app with Applock.
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Unless you've found something specifically insecure with that method, I don't believe the camera shortcut on the lock screen, in its current design, has any apparent security flaws.
If your concern is access to gallery photos,then I can tell you that only the shots taken at the time the phone is locked can be seen in the gallery/history, not the photos previously taken while the phone was unlocked.
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Unless you've found something specifically insecure with that method, I don't believe the camera shortcut on the lock screen, in its current design, has any apparent security flaws.
If your concern is access to gallery photos,then I can tell you that only the shots taken at the time the phone is locked can be seen in the gallery/history, not the photos previously taken while the phone was unlocked.
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Yes. Only the shots taken at the time the phone is locked can be seen in the gallery/history, not the photos previously taken while the phone was unlocked. :good:
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I and a coworker who also has a transformer have experienced an issue with the camera. When changing from normal camera mode to panorama mode the camera fails to initiate and doesn't turn on. It's just a black screen.
Anyone else run into this same issue ? It happens vice versa also, from panorama to camera or to video.
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Tried this after reading this post and yes, I have the same problem
dOubleO said:
Tried this after reading this post and yes, I have the same problem
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Hmm. Well glad me and my buddy aren't the only ones.
So how do we report this bug officially to Asus is the next question.....
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Did you update using CWM? I don't have this bug and I updated from OTA.
Same here
Completely stock, B90, SBK2, OTA update. Panorama closes camera app.
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Did you update using CWM? I don't have this bug and I updated from OTA.
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Completely stock and non rooted and updated by OTA
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Clearing the camera app's cache allowed me to actually use the camera again.
hope Asus (or devs) fix this, would really like to be able to use panorama mode
For the record, I flashed the rooted zip posted here.
It's fine for me. I used the Full CWM file along with a Format...not a wipe
Same issue here, stock unrooted, OTA update B50.
jw12321 said:
Clearing the camera app's cache allowed me to actually use the camera again.
hope Asus (or devs) fix this, would really like to be able to use panorama mode
For the record, I flashed the rooted zip posted here.
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If the rest of the stuff works it's absolutely not worth it trying to fix it. The picture quality it makes is just crappy. Maybe it's the lighting or I am turning it too fast. This is how it looks like.
Same bug here.
B6O
CWM rooted ics.. wiped all
I never use the camera so happy to wait for fix from Asus..
think we need more detailed info to pin this down because i'm not having this issue with my tf. weird that several of you are.
Workaround Fix for Panorama Bug
The panorama camera bug is related to security>screen lock feature in ICS.
I did a full wipe to get the camera working and then I realized it only stopped working after I had set a pin on it.
Apparently if you set it as a pattern, pin, or password it will cause the panorama feature to lock up.
The only way to get it working is by setting your security>screen lock to "none" or "slide".
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The panorama camera bug is related to security>screen lock feature in ICS.
I did a full wipe to get the camera working and then I realized it only stopped working after I had set a pin on it.
Apparently if you set it as a pattern, pin, or password it will cause the panorama feature to lock up.
The only way to get it working is by setting your security>screen lock to "none" or "slide".
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Wow, good diagnosis. I'll have to try that see if I can also replicate this fix. Unfortunately I need to use a pattern or some sort of lock code. Prying eyes lol. Oh well. I don't really use my tablet as a camera anyways. I just wanted to show off panorama to someone
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ewu212 said:
The panorama camera bug is related to security>screen lock feature in ICS.
I did a full wipe to get the camera working and then I realized it only stopped working after I had set a pin on it.
Apparently if you set it as a pattern, pin, or password it will cause the panorama feature to lock up.
The only way to get it working is by setting your security>screen lock to "none" or "slide".
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confirmed.
I put a pattern and when switching to panorama the camera went black then crashed as I switched to normal.
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confirmed.
I put a pattern and when switching to panorama the camera went black then crashed as I switched to normal.
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I can confirm panorama worked after removing the PIN feature. I chose the security locksreeen option of None without issue. When I turned PIN back on, it was the same black screen. According to logcat, I didn't see much other than the camera activity being destroyed an activity pause timeout for the PanoramaActivity.
Such an odd thing to cause camera activity to cease. Why in the world is a lockscreen causing issues with switching camera modes? Oh well. Like I said. I can live with it, hopefully a fix is found and pushed to our devices
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hi all. quick question for you guys: is there anyway to get unlock to camera with the pin lock engaged on the Nexus S like the iOS implementation?
I have to say that iOS implementation of unlock to camera with pin lock is the best in business for the time being.
for those who haven't seen it: on the iOS implementation, when facing a pin locked screen, anyone can still unlock directly to camera and take photos. AND they can even browse the gallery but the gallery only allows access to the photos that are just taken (phone still locked).
it's even session based. the next time the phone locks again, the user can still unlock directly to camera and gallery like the last time, but the photos taken from the last session while the phone was still locked are now hidden and not shown. so each time the gallery only shows the photos the are just taken.
all photos, of course, are added to the gallery.
it's brilliant! is there any way to get something close to this on a custom ROM on a Nexus S?
Thanks, all! :good:
Yes, it's called android 4.2. Watch it in youtube its quite interesting
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neosynthesis said:
hi all. quick question for you guys: is there anyway to get unlock to camera with the pin lock engaged on the Nexus S like the iOS implementation?
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I've been wanting this for a while, glad to hear it's coming out with 4.2.
http://youtu.be/V9hYuiYFzCI around 4:00 minute mark.
fred65 said:
I've been wanting this for a while, glad to hear it's coming out with 4.2.
http://youtu.be/V9hYuiYFzCI around 4:00 minute mark.
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This did not show it working with Pin Lock Screen though (as requested by op)...
I did have the video on mute due to being at work and might have missed him saying that it also works with pin lock screen...
It does work with pin lock. Saw a review from a guy at Google. Looks awesome. You can add the camera to one of the widgets. You can take pictures and view the pictures you just took. Upon switching to sleep mode and on again you can't see the pictures you just took.
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Hello guys,
As I said in the title, face unlock doesn't work for me in android 5.0 LRX21O. It didn't work in preview versions also.
I have read several reviews on this feature, watched several videos, but i have never managed not once to unlock the device this way. I think i have registered almost 20 conditions for face matching, in different light condition, but the result is the same, it doesn't unlock the phone this way.
How is your experience with this feature?
Workinbg fine her ei don't see any proble mat all
probably your face is not compatible with this feature.
I had no problems here
ricardollreis said:
probably your face is not compatible with this feature.
I had no problems here
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Lol.
Probably, that's the only face I have unfortunately.. But seriously, it worked in KitKat.
Well, gonna ask a friend to set up this with his face and see how this will turn out.
it doesn't work for me either! I've tried to improve the matching also. It worked better when it first came out on the Galaxy Nexus.
I flashed the image via Mac and each partiton one at a time. I'm wondering if you did a full wipe including the user data? I didn't so I'm going to try that next maybe, or maybe wipe a particular folder in the system data to try again. I haven't bothered to root the phone yet I was going to do that at some point in the next few days.
It works for me if the room has good light conditions
neinfricatu said:
Hello guys,
As I said in the title, face unlock doesn't work for me in android 5.0 LRX21O. It didn't work in preview versions also.
I have read several reviews on this feature, watched several videos, but i have never managed not once to unlock the device this way. I think i have registered almost 20 conditions for face matching, in different light condition, but the result is the same, it doesn't unlock the phone this way.
How is your experience with this feature?
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you might be expecting it to open to your homescreen like it used to. it doesn't do that. it simply (and very subtley) just unlocks the lock icon at the bottom which then allows you to swipe up without having to enter your pin or pattern.
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you might be expecting it to open to your homescreen like it used to. it doesn't do that. it simply (and very subtley) just unlocks the lock icon at the bottom which then allows you to swipe up without having to enter your pin or pattern.
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nop, i know how it works.
i have discovered what the problem was. i was locking the screen with an app and not by power button, so for a reason i do not know, the face unlock doesn't work if you lock the device this way.
Can some tell me if there is an option on mate9 to lock each apps apart from general fingerprint lock on the phone.
If not , which app would be the best?
smithinsundar said:
Can some tell me if there is an option on mate9 to lock each apps apart from general fingerprint lock on the phone.
If not , which app would be the best?
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Yes, very easy to do. Same as the video below but instead of entering a lock code, it will use your finger print on Mate 9.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXGvv5iEXFw
For me, it'll have to be the notification LED I really miss that. Had different colours for different apps and even people, so I knew who or what it was without even picking up my phone to check.
I also miss the fingerprint sensor on all the banking apps etc but that'll be resolved in due course once the developers switch to the biometric API for Face Unlock.
What is it for you?
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For me, it'll have to be the notification LED I really miss that. Had different colours for different apps and even people, so I knew who or what it was without even picking up my phone to check.
I also miss the fingerprint sensor on all the banking apps etc but that'll be resolved in due course once the developers switch to the biometric API for Face Unlock.
What is it for you?
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+ 1 on everything you have statted.
I have not yet purchased the Pixel 4 xl
And dont know if I will
Definitely rather have a LED light than AOD for sure.
Only the original quality photos and videos backup but not really. I'm actually using my 100GB Google One storage which I hardly touched. At my current rate of 1GB per 12 days, I'll be needing more space in just under 3 years. [emoji23]
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Hands down the finger print sensor. ? Unlimited Full Photo Backup as well. Wide angle selfie camera. I didn't think it was a huge deal on the 3 but I ended up using it quite a bit.
For sure LED notification and fingerprint sensor. I like the face unlock but also want to have the choice to not use it and use a fingerprint instead. There's many times I will pull my phone out just to see the time then POOF...unlocked. Ugh! lol
(yes, I know PIN/Pattern can be used in lieu of face unlock)
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For sure LED notification and fingerprint sensor. I like the face unlock but also want to have the choice to not use it and use a fingerprint instead. There's many times I will pull my phone out just to see the time then POOF...unlocked. Ugh! lol
(yes, I know PIN/Pattern can be used in lieu of face unlock)
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There is also a setting to face unlock then go to the "lock screen" rather than all the way in. That's what I do. So tap the screen to see notifications or face unlock then swipe up.
Settings -> Display -> Lock Screen Display -> Skip Lock Screen toggle : On skips directly to last screen used (like your home screen). Turn it off and Face Unlock goes to your lock screen and you just swipe up to then go to the home screen.
nothing. I thought I'd miss the fingerprint sensor, but I don't Face unlock is so fast it would be unlocked before I could place my finger. I would like an ultra wide lens and top bezel to shrink but that was not on the older models either...just hoping those 2 are done on P5
I have a TB on Google one, so not a huge issue for me with photos. I save original quality. I had my subscription last year as well.
Autofocus for the front-cam, no doubt...
Biometric API is really bugging me and I bet we could wait a very, very long time before Devs start actually updating for it.
Nothing really. I thought I'd miss the LED, but I haven't really noticed it being gone much. The fingerprint sensor some, but mainly because a lot of my apps use it. Definitely miss the convenience of it. I'll be very happy once they start using the new API. I sort of miss the metal back of the 2xl. But, wireless charging is awesome, so it's kind of a toss up.
I DEFINITELY don't miss the notch on the 3. I didn't think it bothered me, until I got this phone. Now I can't understand how I went a full year with it...
At least for as long as only a few apps support biometric unlocking, it definitely is the fingerprint scanner. But I'm sure it's only a medium-term loss, and we'll see more apps being able to use biometric unlock very soon.