Hello,
I have a member of my family who loves to take my phone and ask me the password, and if I don't want to give him he says I don't trust him and makes me feel bad saying that he trusts me...
So what I did is that I created a different profile for him and when he asks my phone I discreetly change profile by a simple gesture and give him the phone. But that requires me to change the profile and I need to be fast doing it, and this obviously isn't the best solution.
What I'd like is to have some feature or app that would allow me to have a lockscreen and if I type "1234" it goes on the guest profile, and if I type "5678" it goes on my profile, like the hidden volume in Veracrypt actually.
Do you know an app that could do that, or even know where I could propose it as a feature integrated in the system?
Thanks!
Note: I am root so I also accept methods like Magisk module or zips to flash...
Tasker
Thanks for your answer! How would I do that in Tasker? What kind of action would it be? Would it act as a lockscreen?
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Hey guys,
I just preordered the Asus Eee Pad, main use is not just for me, but for the family.
I was wondering if it's possible to have a selectable account when using the the Tablet, sorta like how Windows/OS X allows you to login and have your own specific "desktop" or in this case "Home" page?
Is this possible?
No seperate user accounts in the way windows has it, but you can tie seperate syncing/app accounts to 1 transformer.
i too think this would be a great feature, even if you dont have a "user selection" but rather different lockscreen patterns or pins. enter your personal pin or lockscreen pattern and it opens to your custom homescreens, caching, app data etc...
I would really like a multiple profile feature, but I think it'd have to be done at an Android OS level. I haven't seen anything like this for any tablet, though
Locri said:
I would really like a multiple profile feature, but I think it'd have to be done at an Android OS level. I haven't seen anything like this for any tablet, though
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i think a launcher could do it.
A Launcher could do it marginally well. You would have to manually switch profiles, and it would only affect what showed up in your app drawer and on you home screens.
It would have to be done on an OS level or individually for each app if you wanted different email account notifications based on user, or different settings based on user.
Theres no multi user support but your not the first to request it http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15030
It just seems like a feature that should be supported, no?
Hope to see this feature added in soon.
My transformer arrives today and I've been wandering about this.
Has anyone tried this/this
Slightly OT
Isn't this the initial process for the creation of bloatware?
More and more features requested.
Hi amigos,
I do have HTC explorer, My office have a policy on employees to use only non-camera moblie phones. So I need a solution to this,is there any app available in market to disable the camera with out rooting. I browsed in play store,and I do got an app,but it works only on ICS platform. Pls suggest me any remedy pls..
Thanks,
Viki
Without rooting, I don't think so, sorry. You can block access to the app, requiring a passcode, but if you know the passcode, then it's not really much different to having the app there normally, plus it wastes battery.
Any app available?
Thanks for the reply SifJar. Is there any app which popups an error message kinda like that, if I tap to open camera. Since the one who gonna checking all this will be the security incharge in the gates, he lacks knowledge on android and stuffs.
SifJar said:
Without rooting, I don't think so, sorry. You can block access to the app, requiring a passcode, but if you know the passcode, then it's not really much different to having the app there normally, plus it wastes battery.
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SifJar said:
Without rooting, I don't think so, sorry. You can block access to the app, requiring a passcode, but if you know the passcode, then it's not really much different to having the app there normally, plus it wastes battery.
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hi
try this root ur phone and use root explorer and see if u can delete the camera .apk.But make sure to take a backup of the same so u can use the same if needed in the future and at bangalore i have seem that some companies allow u to put a sticker on the camera lens to close it and thus not use the same in the company premises chek with ur co if this is OK it would be a better solution if this is acceptable:laugh:
Any other remedy without rooting
I was using ma phone by sticking a sticker over the camera till now, but the admin security over ma office found many were using kinda like that.so now
haree said:
hi
try this root ur phone and use root explorer and see if u can delete the camera .apk.But make sure to take a backup of the same so u can use the same if needed in the future and at bangalore i have seem that some companies allow u to put a sticker on the camera lens to close it and thus not use the same in the company premises chek with ur co if this is OK it would be a better solution if this is acceptable:laugh:
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[email protected] said:
Thanks for the reply SifJar. Is there any app which popups an error message kinda like that, if I tap to open camera. Since the one who gonna checking all this will be the security incharge in the gates, he lacks knowledge on android and stuffs.
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Actually, now that I think about it, it should be possible, yes.
There is an app called "Tasker" which allows you to run certain actions whenever certain things happen. One of the "contexts" you can set is an app being launched (e.g. the camera app). This context will then trigger a set of actions, which can include a whole variety of things from returning to the home screen to displaying a custom made popup. You could combine these two, so that whenever the camera is launched, it will return to the home screen and then display a popup saying some error.
There is a free one week trial of Tasker available here: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/download.html (any tasks you create during that first week will continue to work after this time, you just won't be able to add any more without paying for the full version, which is available in the Play Store or via the same link as the trial)
Once you install the trial, download the attached file, remove the .txt extension (put it there as XDA doesn't allow upload of XML files) and put it on your SD card in the folder "profiles" inside "Tasker" on your SD card, then import it into Tasker by long pressing on the button "profiles" at the top and then selecting "import" and then choose "Camera Disable". It is a task I made which I think should do the trick for you. If you want to edit the error message, tap on "No Access" in Tasker (should have a green arrow at it), then tap on "2. Popup" and edit the text accordingly.
EDIT: Also note that disabling the task is as simple as tapping the green tick beside it's name in Tasker, which will turn it into a red circle with a line through it to represent the task is disabled and camera can now be accessed again.
The error will also appear when launching "Camcorder".
Couldnt you get away with just hiding the camera app, that way you can easily say that you deleted it.
i'm looking for a specific type of app that i cant find anywhere in the playstore and i did my fair share of testing. This app would enable the lock screen to recognize two pins. One would be the normal pin you enter when you want to unlock the phone and the secondary pin when entered would trigger a series of security protocols like wipe all data on the phone ,erase all contacts and sms apps etc. Is there such an app? If not,then this would make a great idea for an app. I know i'd pay for it. Thanks in advance.
There are no such apps right now .
But you may try something like android device manager or mcAffee which provides online accessibility to your device for wiping data,fact. reset etcetera .
Or , instead of writing/requesting here , you may contact your favorite lock screen app developer and simply request to then to implement your idea on it . They will add it without any doubt
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bg1129 said:
i'm looking for a specific type of app that i cant find anywhere in the playstore and i did my fair share of testing. This app would enable the lock screen to recognize two pins. One would be the normal pin you enter when you want to unlock the phone and the secondary pin when entered would trigger a series of security protocols like wipe all data on the phone ,erase all contacts and sms apps etc. Is there such an app? If not,then this would make a great idea for an app. I know i'd pay for it. Thanks in advance.
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There's not an exact match to your requirements always but still on the half way down there are some apps which you may try & deal accordingly.
I would recommend you to use
1. Smart Applock
2. Theftie
3. Cm Applock.
Out of these you may select the one you feel comfortable with.
Hope you find this useful...
ayushbpl10
ayushbpl10 said:
There's not an exact match to your requirements always but still on the half way down there are some apps which you may try & deal accordingly.
I would recommend you to use
1. Smart Applock
2. Theftie
3. Cm Applock.
Out of these you may select the one you feel comfortable with.
Hope you find this useful...
ayushbpl10
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OP posted a SINGLE requirement, and none of the apps you listed can fulfil that requirement.
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OP posted a SINGLE requirement, and none of the apps you listed can fulfil that requirement.
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Have you tried Smart Applock...
Then look for a feature of lock screen setting which allow you to have 2 passwords for the lockscreen & also has the feature of siren when password feeded wrong & mailing an image as well as video of the person trying to gain unauthorized access to your device. Also it provide wipe & lock feature.
Talking about other apps they also function the same but don't have a feature of multiple password.
I hope next time you try the apps first & then post such a reply....
Moreover I strictly mentioned that the exact requirements are not be found with these apps & user must look accordingly as per the available features.
ayushbpl10
ayushbpl10 said:
Have you tried Smart Applock...
Then look for a feature of lock screen setting which allow you to have 2 passwords for the lockscreen & also has the feature of siren when password feeded wrong & mailing an image as well as video of the person trying to gain unauthorized access to your device. Also it provide wipe & lock feature.
Talking about other apps they also function the same but don't have a feature of multiple password.
I hope next time you try the apps first & then post such a reply....
Moreover I strictly mentioned that the exact requirements are not be found with these apps & user must look accordingly as per the available features.
ayushbpl10
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Ok. By now i understand there is no such app so let me tell you why all of the above do not work for me.
We all store more and more sensitive info on our phones,we make payments with the phone we have banking apps installed ,private emails and so on.All the above apps are great apps if your phone is stolen,but full of flaws.you can take out the sim card and that's it.What do you do if someone forces you to enter the pin and then disappear with the phone wallet etc?in the time it takes you to go home and remote wipe the phone they already have everything that was on the phone. All those apps are useless and full of flaws in cases like this.
I just ran into an old thread here https://android.stackexchange.com/q...-profile-based-on-password-lockscreen-pattern and thought it would be a cool way to handle multiple users without having to select which user you want to use. Since that was posted years ago, do you think that would be possible to accomplish now?
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I just ran into an old thread here https://android.stackexchange.com/q...-profile-based-on-password-lockscreen-pattern and thought it would be a cool way to handle multiple users without having to select which user you want to use. Since that was posted years ago, do you think that would be possible to accomplish now?
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I'm sure you can set up multiple user profiles/accounts and restrict what each profile has access to, but the part about automatically switching profiles based on the pass/pin that is entered, isn't going to happen, that couldn't even be done when the thread that you linked was originally posted. I think you missed the part saying that it still requires manually selecting/switching profiles.
Your idea would be convenient but it introduces security/vulnerability risks that android is designed to be protected from.
The pass/pin on the lockscreen does not lock/unlock user accounts or profiles, it locks/unlocks the device itself, the only pass/pin that has anything to do with user accounts on the device is the password that is entered when the account is first set up on the device and isn't re-entered unless the account is signed-out then signed back in.
But, there is a slight chance that you can get something like this set up if your device is rooted, with a rooted device, you can try the Tasker app or a similar app that us designed to set-up automated features/actions. Maybe you can use it to setup an automated process that switches accounts/profiles when a certain pass/pin is entered at lockscreen.
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Hello all,
I'm looking for an advanced security feature for my S21 Ultra without success; I'm reaching out to you, and hopefully, you'll have a working solution or thoughts on how to achieve my goal.
The problem:
My phone, like most, has a password manager holding all my accounts credentials, secured notes, crypto wallets, bank applications, and so on; although the phone protected by pin code and fingerprint, it doesn't solve the case of being forced by a law officer or worse, by gunpoint to unlock the phone.
The desired solution:
If any of you are familiar with the Nano Ledger (cold storage crypto wallet), they have implemented a "secret wallet", especially for the case of being forced to enter your pin code by bad actors; it works in such a way you set two different pin code; when using the first one the wallet has one amount, but when using the second pin code the wallet has a different amount, obviously, the bad actor has no idea you used a pin code that gives you access to $100 worth of crypto. In contrast, the other pin code would have given access to a million dollars worth of crypto.
I'm looking for the same behavior with my phone, meaning, if I use one pin code or fingerprint, I'll be logged in to my regular user settings and applications; however, if I'll enter a different pin code or fingerprint, I'll be logged into different user settings and applications.
Many thanks to you all,
Best,
Ram
I don't know an app with this feature. But you can use another (hidden) profile for this.
The "Shelter" app for example uses the built-in Andoid workprofile to run apps in an isolated environment, separated from the apps in the main profile. You can also use (a copy of) the password manager here.
You can easily disable the workprofile and enable it again.
It will not be visible for thiefs or police. Only forensics or persons with some IT-skills that are aware that you are using the workprofile would easily find it and try to force you to unlock it.
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I don't know an app with this feature. But you can use another (hidden) profile for this.
The "Shelter" app for example uses the built-in Andoid workprofile to run apps in an isolated environment, separated from the apps in the main profile. You can also use (a copy of) the password manager here.
You can easily disable the workprofile and enable it again.
It will not be visible for thiefs or police. Only forensics or persons with some IT-skills that are aware that you are using the workprofile would easily find it and try to force you to unlock it.
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thank you for your input! i'll defiantly look into that.
I appreciate your time in responding, once again, many thanks!
Best,
RS