Hi all,
i just got my Mi Mix 2S, great phone so far. What I miss is the possibillity to keep it unlocked when I am wearing my Garmin smart watch. With my previous phones, I could use the Smart Unlock feature, the phone would not be locked if my watch was in the vicinity. Now the Mi Mix Settings 'Unlock with bluetooth device' finds the Garmin watch (somtimes), but I cannot pair the devices. The phone prompts me to push a button on the device. With my previous phones, I did not have to push a button to set the watch as a smart unlock device.
My understanding it is a Miui restrictrion. Is this really true? Would installing a different rom support smart unlock?
Or are there workarounds (Apps, etc.) to enable Smart unlock, maybe even for trusted wifi networks?
Thanks in advance
Steffen
Global stable offered me the option to add my watch as a smartlock device but I have to disable google from the trust agents so my watch doesnt lose internet connection after a while(sounds strange, I know but it is like it is..). Actually keeping it unlocked became pretty useless with fingerprint and faceunlock(in my opinion). Maybe you get used to it too I'm pretty sure you can disable the lockscreen while connected to a specific wifi with tasker... I mean you can do anything with tasker
My Xiaomi smart watch unlocked my phone. Actually annoying, as i started dialing people from my pocket more easily.
Given fingerprint and face recognition, it's kind of pointless.
I'm on miui 10 - 8.9.20
Hi, thanks for your replies.? Face unlock works pretty well, even for my face. Will use that from now on. As described elsewhere, I had to change the region to India to make it work. Changing the region back to Germany disabled face unlock. Hope this will be fixed in future versions.
Cheers
Certain features need India as a regional setting. Its because Xiaomi want to avoid patent trolls and law suits but also want to sell their devices worldwide
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Hi all, just an update how to fix the issue. I do get the notification on my smartwatch. I changed the Battery saving settings to "No restrictions" for the Garmin Connect App. It seems that this prevents the loss of connection between the smartwatch and the phone. The default setting was Energy Saving Mode. I found this tip in a German Android forum.
If your smart watch also uses an app to syncronize the data, you might want to try this tip. The menu path is Settings -> Battery and Performance -> Select app -> then choose the respective app.
The smart unlock feature only works with Xiaomi devices. Very annoying
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On my Nexus 5 I really enjoyed the updates Google did to the Play Services that enabled on-body detection for the Smart Lock feature. With my new S6 however, I do not have that option under Smart Lock, just Trusted Devices and Trusted Places. And yes, I do have the latest GPS 7.0.99. Anyone know how to get this option back?
I can't seem to get it either. However, it took a really long time on my moto x so Im not worried.
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.
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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.
usmaak said:
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?
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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.
I have a Sprint GS8+ (just bought today!! ).... On my S6, I had Xposed and a module called No Lock Home, which would allow me to have no password if I was on a trusted WiFi. Is this possible to achieve since there is no root+Xposed for the S8+? Thanks!
Go to the Play Store and download Tasker. It has a free trial but comes at a small price, like $3.99 I think, for use after the trial. Then use this tutorial.
http://tasker.wikidot.com/disable-keyguard-when-at-home
You can do it based on the location using Smart Lock. Just search for it in settings. It's part of Android OS.
Smart lock, and then 'trusted places' or 'trusted devices'.
@Blis @kxdaorbit that's not what I'm talking about though, I already know about smart lock, I don't wanna always have to have my location either.
@kh4osX That doesn't work anymore. Notice how it's from 2012 lol.
Smart lock on location doesn't work.
I have found it to work one or twice but usually it doesn't.
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Smart lock on location doesn't work.
I have found it to work one or twice but usually it doesn't.
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Yeah, I'm not talking about smart lock.
On most android phones you can disable locking when specified devices are attached via Bluetooth.
I have multiple bt devices connected and functioning ok. However, when I go into the settings and select the smart lock category / button / option the entire settings app crashes back to launcher.
Had anyone wise succeeded with this feature?
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On most android phones you can disable locking when specified devices are attached via Bluetooth.
I have multiple bt devices connected and functioning ok. However, when I go into the settings and seemed the smart lock category / button / option the entire settings app crashes back to launcher.
Had anyone wise succeeded with this feature?
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It's working for me. I have smart lock enabled when connected to my car...
Did you de-bloat anything through adb as shown in other posts? Maybe it kills something off that is required?
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Did you de-bloat anything through adb as shown in other posts? Maybe it kills something off that is required?
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No, I have done nothing to my phone. Its how it came from Hong Kong.
I just went to settings/security and privacy/screen lock & passwords/smart unlock.
Once I put my PIN in I just selected the Bluetooth device (my car) to use with smart unlock.
Be aware that you have to be connected to said Bluetooth device before you can select it for smart unlock....
I don't even get the list, just goes back to desktop. Time for another reset I guess
This is probably a bit of a naive question for the advanced crowd here, but I could use some help in determining if I am just missing something obvious.
My company uses MobileIron MDM to manage work profiles on devices. On my S21 Ultra, there is a setting in work profile security called "Auto lock work profile" where you can choose a timeout before your work profile will lock and require a re-auth of some kind (fingerprint, password, whatever).
On my Pixel 7 Pro I noticed this setting is conspicuously missing. The effect is that every time my screen locks, and I then open a work app after unlocking my device, I also need to unlock the work profile again. This is pretty annoying and greatly impacts the usability of the work profile on the Pixel.
Both devices are running Android 13 (OneUI 5 on the S21), so my gut feeling is that this is one of those custom Samsung/Knox enterprise features that isn't part of Google's vanilla implementation of work profiles. I am hoping the community here can confirm my suspicion, in which case I'll probably have to return the Pixel and be bound to Samsung.
Also, yes I am aware that "One Lock" would probably solve this, but it's unfortunately disabled by my MDM, so not an option for me.
Appreciate any feedback.
I recently purchased Pixel 7 and observed the same thing. Your company server is probably is set to require re-entering Work profile passcode every few days but only Samsung devices recognizes that setting. Other device types will be forced to enter passcode after 5 minutes of inactivity.