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replace swipe unlock with unlock pattern?

hey guys,
any of you found an app to replace the swipe unlock for the unlock pattern, rather than having both?
not urgent as this is the best phone I've ever had, but would be a nice touch.
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not possible buddy sorry

yetep said:
not possible buddy sorry
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You're right... but it's such a shame don't you think... really no need for the swipe, if you have the pattern....

I thought that was the case...
May look into how hard it will be to create an app to do it

The swipe unlock can be replaced with iphone/hero/donut/eclair style unlocking using the lockbot app. So I think an app should be able to solve this (However I'm not capable of making suck apps).

there is a free app called "No Lock" which simply disables the lock screen apparently. If you have the pattern lock underneath this then i guess you would just get that.
i haven't tried this, but just came across it by accident and it reminded me of this thread

Thanks for that, but no luck
It disables both the lock and the unlock screens (if that makes sense)
It is quite handy if you are at home and have the phone on a table and having a text conversation where you keep turning the screen on and off, but not quite what I wanted
I wonder if this is something that could be built on top of to give us what we want, I will email the Dev of this app and see what they say about it.
I will update when I know more

Right then guys, I have had a response from BoD
I sent them this:
Good afternoon,
I have downloaded the no lock app for android. It is great app, however, there are quite a few users of android who would like to see an app that would remove the lock screen but keep the pattern unlock screen or pin screen etc. Im hoping you are open to suggestions, and as you have created the app to remove the lock screens completely (which is pretty much halfway there), I was wondering if you were thinking of creating an app capable of this?
If you are and would like beta testers, I'm sure i could get a few volenteers together to do so.
Thanks,
To which they responded (very quickly too):
Hi!
Unfortunately there is no way (that I know of) to do that currently.
I hope you'll enjoy the app anyway.
Have a nice day,
So.... It looks like they are not aware of how this can be done, IF it can be done, which is a shame.
Thanks sungrad for pointing the app out though

no probs sorry it wasn't much use

it exists in the security settings in the phone (pattern lock ) just enable it

hoss_n2 said:
it exists in the security settings in the phone (pattern lock ) just enable it
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I have the pattern unlock enabled.
The problem is that to unlock my phone now I have the swipe (with the triangle and the curve) and the pattern unlock. I want the pattern unlock to replace the swipe unlock, rather than be requested as well as the swipe unlock.
It's only a minor issue I have, but it does get annoying when you are using it a lot (text conversation etc)

thefunkaygibbon said:
I have the pattern unlock enabled.
The problem is that to unlock my phone now I have the swipe (with the triangle and the curve) and the pattern unlock. I want the pattern unlock to replace the swipe unlock, rather than be requested as well as the swipe unlock.
It's only a minor issue I have, but it does get annoying when you are using it a lot (text conversation etc)
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it is really annoying but i have an idea the application mananger if we could know its name we could deactivate it like what they do with htc devices they deactivated htc sense

nobody has a solution for that?

Not exactly what you're after but there are widgets that toggle the unlock pattern off/on. You could toggle the unlock pattern off when texting so you only have to do the swipe. SwitchPro Widget has this feature but I haven't tested it with X10.
EDIT: Found this. It may be what you're after http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.brandongoodman.smartlock

Bump? I just wonder if anyone found a solution to this? I would really want what the OP states

just wanted to add... be careful with the "pattern lock" ... it literally disables your phone after 5 wrong pattern tries. I nearly did a system wipe just to unlock it.. Luckily for me it accepted my email account with "null" for password to re-enable it

I had that no lock app and it looked nice and handy but it messed with the pattern and slide default unlock when I went to uninstall, all I wanted was the pattern but no matter what way I set it,the swipe unlock would always be there, after loads of reboots and setting/unsetting a lock pattern it still did`nt work, this is after I uninstalled, after I dont know how many reboots even when I had the pattern enabled the swipe would come up first then the pattern, sometime only the swipe, it worked itself out, so be cautious of it....

problems with fingerprint scanner

Okay so this happened a few days ago and has still not been fixed. The problem is that when I go to unlock my phone with the fingerprint scanner witch is what I've been using since I got the phone. Scan my finger and it just keeps saying no match I do know the backup password and it unlocks the phone. But I have tryed to scan my fingerprint again through the scanner option in settings. It want me to scan my finger for verification as this does not work iv tried. I then go to enter the backup password to access the setting to change my lockscreen code swipe exc. When I enter the backup password it tells my the the wrong password has been entered. Now this same password opens my phone unlocks it just fine. But will not let my scan my fingerprint again or change my lock screen. Any ideas on how to fix this woth out a backup and restore? It's rooted so it's not big deal but I'd rather not have to.

Did a bit of research myself as i had the same problem, always remember to deactivate fingerprint scanner before making a backup (This didn't sound like your issue but just something to keep in mind). I found this post from another forum which fixes your issue.
You will be able to input new fingerprints into your phone from the settings menu once you have completed this guide:
Hahaha it's not a fix so much as a workaround. It removes your registered fingerprints without having to factory reset.
Ready? In recovery, navigate to /data/validity/ and delete "template.db"
This won't remove the lock screen setting so upon reboot the lock screen will still think you're using fingerprint... But your backup password will work.

I actually had to do a reset the only thing I can think of that happened was I had the finger print scanner as the lock on my phone before I rooted the phone. I'm not sure exactly but I believe that it deleted the "details" I guess that's the best way to put it. You know the way it makes you scan your finger in multiple times in different ways. I always used the same way every time thinking about it now I always had problems with unlocking my phone with the scanner I just thought it he scanner was total crap. But yeah I guess when I rooted the phone it did something or maybe I just didn't do it right the first time.
But the problem has been solved and the phone works fine the scanner is a lot better than I thought.

TM_Ethos said:
I actually had to do a reset the only thing I can think of that happened was I had the finger print scanner as the lock on my phone before I rooted the phone. I'm not sure exactly but I believe that it deleted the "details" I guess that's the best way to put it. You know the way it makes you scan your finger in multiple times in different ways. I always used the same way every time thinking about it now I always had problems with unlocking my phone with the scanner I just thought it he scanner was total crap. But yeah I guess when I rooted the phone it did something or maybe I just didn't do it right the first time.
But the problem has been solved and the phone works fine the scanner is a lot better than I thought.
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Give this guide a try for the fingerprint scanner if you wish to use the scanner. Always had issues with it till i found this and it has helped out drastically.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/to-fingerprint-scanner-bad-inaccurate-t2919453

My issue is......while using the phone it jumps frpm what am doing then prompt me with the option to enter my backup password

Fingerprint setup

How do i setup only fingerprint reader to unlock my phone? I can only seem to have it ask for pin,swipe or password after reading fingerprint
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You can't, you must have a backup method. If you just want a fingerprint unlock set it to be a bunch of random numbers for a pin and forget them.

You need a backup in case the phone ever has trouble reading your fingerprint. Also, the phone will ask for your backup whenever it restarts.

Bad idea to use just fingerprint. I was working with food and water bare handed and afterwards the fingerprint scanner couldn't recognize my fingers until they un-shriveled

Also when the phone reboots in needs a back up to re enter ...Or if you fill the fingerprint more then five times

As others have mentioned, but I'll say again. You can't/shouldn't for many reasons, such as:
You need to enter your PIN/Pattern when your phone reboots.
You need to unlock your phone with gloves on, wet hands, dirty hands, or otherwise the reader is unusable.
You need to unlock your phone with the phone flat on a surface.
You need to ever reset your phone.
You need to change private information like Android Pay, Play Store Purchases, etc. that need at least an initial PIN/password to use.

So just to clear this up, you don't have two lock screens right? You don't have to use fingerprint then use pin to unlock?
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[APP][6.0+] Disable fingerprint -- Does exactly what the app titles suggest

Fingerprint is great, you can easily unlock your device authenticate a purchase and do other great things. Fingerprint offers great convince but it may be less secure than a strong PIN, pattern, or password. A copy of your fingerprint could be used to unlock your phone. So what this app allows you to disable fingerprint at lock screen preventing someone from accessing your phone.
You might be thinking .... Wait a minute why would i need to disable fingerprint, Its secure, unique and only i have access to my fingerprints. Well you are right. But in some scenarios you can be forced or someone can use your fingerprint without your knowledge and can do harm to your device.
Scenario 1 :
Assume you are living in a joint family or in hostel or in some similar situation and while you are sleeping, someone can easily access your phone by using your fingerprint.
Or simply you have smaller brother/sister who just plays game all night with your phone by unlocking you device with your fingerprint.
Scenario 2:
Assume you are in a situation where you can be forced to unlock your device using fingerprint. In such situation you can prevent someone from accessing your device(assuming you already disabled fingerprint using the app ). Now some of you might argue , in such situation we can be forced to give up pin/pattern/password. You are right but revealing pin/pattern/password is up to you where as someone can be easily forced to unlock there device with fingerprint.
I can't mention every possible scenario where this app can be useful, but i this app is useful to you i would love to hear your story.
How to use
- Lock you device using this app
Your device is now locked and fingerprint will no longer work. Now you are required to enter your pin/pattern/password to unlock your device.
- Unlock your device with pin/pattern/password
Fingerprint is enabled again after unlocking with pin/pattern/password for normal use again.
Its that simple!!!
Get Disable Fingerprint
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Question Fingerprint to unlock apps without using a locked homescreen?

Anyone know how to keep fingerpint to unlock apps without using a lock on the homescreen?
Im not a fan of locking my homescreen but i like being able to use my fingerpeint to unlock banking apps instead of logging in with password.
It seems like you need a fingerprint lockscreen to keep the feature to unlock apps with fingerprint. They seem to be connected. Any way around it?

You could put the apps you want locked into the secure folder.

+1. It'd be great to be able to log into apps with fingerprint and keep using swipe or a pin code to unlock our phones. Anyone know of a way?

pcriz said:
You could put the apps you want locked into the secure folder.
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Thanks but thats just more steps to get into the banking apps.

dj24 said:
+1. It'd be great to be able to log into apps with fingerprint and keep using swipe or a pin code to unlock our phones. Anyone know of a way?
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For me… i dont like a lock screen. But i do like fingerprint for my banking apps so i dont need to type in my password.

skillzo1 said:
For me… i dont like a lock screen. But i do like fingerprint for my banking apps so i dont need to type in my password.
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Gotcha. I'm the opposite... still would like a lock screen but using the other alternatives..

Probably no way around it sense the biometrics on your device are a shared asset. It references what the phone identifies as you to identify you in the app. Its why you can have four finger prints that can verify you in the bank app but you only need one for the initial setup. And switching to none for lockscreen removes all biometrics.