So, I have just upgraded to EMUI 10 today and became extremely frustrated when I accidentally turned Smart Lock on (I have a GT2 smartwatch). I have face unlock set to "direct unlock" without having to swipe up, but with Smart Lock turned on it forces you to swipe up regardless. So, I turned off Smart Lock in settings > Biometrics & Password; however, the phone was still requiring me to swipe up with face recognition. The phone would also say "Smart Lock successful. Swipe up to unlock". Very frustrating because the joy of face unlock is that it's fast and you don't have to touch the screen to unlock. It just unlocks.
I tried reseting all my phone settings and starting from scratch, but that didn't work. What did seem to work, though, was going into settings > search > "trusted agents" > Smart Unlock > toggle switch off. That worked right away. For some reason turning off Smart Lock under Biometrics & Password didn't do it for me.
I just wanted to put this out there for anyone, and for myself for future reference in case this happens again and I forget. Marijuana is legal in Canada, so my memory isn't quite what it used to be. lol
Related
Hello,
The exchange password policy was pushed to my phone after setting up my work e-mail. This is fine and does not bother me. I am having trouble figuring out how to enable the lock feature before the timeout period so that I can lock my phone whenever I want vs. waiting for the timeout period.
I have gone to settings and lock and it does lock the keys but does not require my password to unlock the phone. Is this how it is supposed to behave? Any idea on how I can lock the phone on demand to password protect my device?
Thank you all.
not sure what version you have but the Verizon Wireless TP2 when lock is enabled under Settings Tab/All Settings/Personal Tab/Lock, it has Lock as the right softkey on the main screen.
I have the sprint version and when i go to Settings Tab/All Settings/Personal Tab/Lock the phone goes into lock mode and has the keypad displayed for me to enter the password. The issue is though that I don't need to enter my password to unlock the phone. As long as I hit the unlock soft key on the bottom left hand side the phone unlocks itself. I believe it should require me to input my password and then hit unlock.
Just an fyi I do have a password setup on my phone and it does work as I expect it to when the phone times out after 15 minutes and locks itself automatically. I just want to be able to do this without waiting.
if u go to all setting, personal, buttons, then end key, you can choose to display a quick list by holding the end key where you can select to lock the phone or just lock the phone by holding the end key.
Thank you! That worked and it is prompting me for the password to unlock the phone just as I needed.
glad 2 help
I am running a stock un-rooted note 5 . my issue is that I have to Swipe up on the lock Screen and use the fingerprint to unlock but I only want to use the fingerprint . Any idea HOW to do this?
Please search next time. You have smart lock activated. If you have a lock icon on you lock screen, your phone is not secure. Just swipe anywhere but from that icon and your phone unlocks. If you swipe from the lock icon, then you are securing it for the next time you turn the screen on. To change the smart lock setting, go to settings > lock screen and security>secure lock settings> smart lock.
The thing is I already searched and could not find anything on this. Also smart lock is not turned on. If I wipe it's either use finger print or pin if it can't read my print after a few tries. My phone will not unlock from just a swipe it has to be a pin or password. I don't want to swipe at all but just use a finger print.
I figured it out the thread can be closed.
driodman98 said:
I figured it out the thread can be closed.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm having this same issue. What was the solution?
So I set up my S7 with Fingerprint, but sometimes it doesn't even ask for my fingerprint and i can just unlock the phone by swiping it.
And when I press on a notification it will unlock the phone by it self without asking for fingerprint
Solutions ?
Using third party lockscreen?
Check Settings, Lock screen and security, Secure lock settings, Smart Lock.
So for years I have used nova launcher and had a simple swipe up on the home screen to lock my device. I got my S10 the other week and continued to use it. I didn't set up face recognition because I am fairly happy with fingerprint unlock.
With face recognition turned off, a swipe up on the home screen locks the screen (turns it off entirely) as it always did. However I tried turning face unlock on today and it's pretty cool. BUT now when I swipe up to lock, I am left with a lock screen rather than a black screen. worth noting that pressing the lock button does turn the screen off entirely. But I have my lock gesture for a reason! I now have to disable face unlock because I insist on locking with a gesture, and it effectively isn't locking the phone.
This is probably a fairly unique problem but if anyone else has experienced this and/or knows a workaround I'd love to hear from you.
Cheers
I have configured my Tab7 FE for face recognition and Smart Lock at the location of my home.
They work fine in the setup, and the tablet will unlock with a swipe for a while - maybe an hour or two - at my home location based on Smart Lock. The face recognition also works in this time period.
However after sitting for more than a few hours, both Smart Lock and Face Recognition seem to become disabled. After touching the power button to wake, I see the notifications and a lock icon at the top. Any swipe brings up the pattern lock.
The only way to access the tablet is with the pattern unlock.
I cannot find any setting for "Disable Smart Lock and Face Recognition after n hours".
The current behavior eliminates most of the benefit of Smart Lock and Face Recognition.
Can anyone with a Tab7 FE using Smart Lock confirm that Smart Lock works for more than a few hours for you?