Hi every one:
Since my last problems, every stock rom i flash display a layer on home screen: semi transparent background, with yellow fonts displaying some kinf of "about device" screen (modules versions, hardware capability, batterie status, etc). It disappears when i launch any apps, but comes back as soon as i enter home screen again. This layer is transparent to touch: touches are forwarded to elements under.
My phone never asks for sim unlock neither.
However, i'm fine with cm10.1: no layer, simcard unlocks.
I've just restocked, flashed my device up to boot.img with stock CLL2/CLJ3 , but this changes nothing.
Any idea what is this ?
Edit: Found solution here.
Hi forum,
My Knock Code seems to not be working at all. Here's what happened, retold to the best of my ability.
1. Knock Code was working about two days ago, even after I got my AT&T G2 and rooted it.
2. I installed BusyBox and installed it into my system, then made a complete backup using TWRP.
3. I rebooted and Knock Code no longer worked while the screen was off.
What IS strange though is that my Knock On function is still working, but problem seems to be that my screen only senses two taps maximum to wake up the screen. For example, with a 4-tap Knock Code set up and the screen off, the screen will turn on after two taps and take me to the Screen ON knock code prompt, and not unlock even though I tapped the full Code.
I've already tried accessing the hidden menu with 3845#*800# and then doing the hardware test and updating the touch firmware after the test, AND I've also done the touch update through the "settings" option in the hidden menu AS WELL AS done a sensor recalibration and a toggle of the knock on feature in the gestures subcategory of the phone settings.
Can anyone please help?
Gnahziurnah said:
Hi forum,
My Knock Code seems to not be working at all. Here's what happened, retold to the best of my ability.
1. Knock Code was working about two days ago, even after I got my AT&T G2 and rooted it.
2. I installed BusyBox and installed it into my system, then made a complete backup using TWRP.
3. I rebooted and Knock Code no longer worked while the screen was off.
What IS strange though is that my Knock On function is still working, but problem seems to be that my screen only senses two taps maximum to wake up the screen. For example, with a 4-tap Knock Code set up and the screen off, the screen will turn on after two taps and take me to the Screen ON knock code prompt, and not unlock even though I tapped the full Code.
I've already tried accessing the hidden menu with 3845#*800# and then doing the hardware test and updating the touch firmware after the test, AND I've also done the touch update through the "settings" option in the hidden menu AS WELL AS done a sensor recalibration and a toggle of the knock on feature in the gestures subcategory of the phone settings.
Can anyone please help?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Autorec downgrades the kernel to install TWRP, losing knock code. As far as I know, you can use it again by installing the dorimanx kernel.
Sent from my LG-D800
Thank you very much!
Gnahziurnah said:
Hi forum,
My Knock Code seems to not be working at all. Here's what happened, retold to the best of my ability.
1. Knock Code was working about two days ago, even after I got my AT&T G2 and rooted it.
2. I installed BusyBox and installed it into my system, then made a complete backup using TWRP.
3. I rebooted and Knock Code no longer worked while the screen was off.
What IS strange though is that my Knock On function is still working, but problem seems to be that my screen only senses two taps maximum to wake up the screen. For example, with a 4-tap Knock Code set up and the screen off, the screen will turn on after two taps and take me to the Screen ON knock code prompt, and not unlock even though I tapped the full Code.
I've already tried accessing the hidden menu with 3845#*800# and then doing the hardware test and updating the touch firmware after the test, AND I've also done the touch update through the "settings" option in the hidden menu AS WELL AS done a sensor recalibration and a toggle of the knock on feature in the gestures subcategory of the phone settings.
Can anyone please help?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
just like zamgwd autorec downgrades kernel and because of this you lose knock on/code ability; and installing a custom kernel with knock code support will get you knock on/code working again; there are many of them that will give you this option out of them a good option for someone who wants to keep the stock experience is to use cloudy kernel which is completely stock based; other than that check out the many kernels available which have great features/battery life/performance/etc
I unlocked my phone normally several times today using my pattern. Five minutes after I had unlocked it, I picked it back up and drew my pattern and it said it was incorrect. I tried several more times with no change. I was able to unlock the phone using my fingerprint, but I have no idea how my pattern changed without my permission. If my phone dies or restarts for any reason, I will need the pattern to unlock it, as you can't use fingerprint on start up. (I've had the same unlock pattern since my last phone, so I'm sure I am putting it in correctly.)
Has anyone else encountered this bug? Is there any way to create a new pattern using my fingerprint? Finally, how should I go about reporting this to Samsung?
Thanks.
Yes!
Same thing happened to me... S7 working great for first few days when suddenly it didn't accept my unlock pattern. I've been using the same pattern for awhile and unlocked the phone a few times that morning. After a few reboots it finally accepted my pattern again. Immediately disabled it and now using pin instead.
stevecr25 said:
Yes!
Same thing happened to me... S7 working great for first few days when suddenly it didn't accept my unlock pattern. I've been using the same pattern for awhile and unlocked the phone a few times that morning. After a few reboots it finally accepted my pattern again. Immediately disabled it and now using pin instead.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you just restart again and again until it worked? If it worked for you I might try it instead of the factory reset.
I've had lock screen issues with my LG V10, but not quite like yours. I use a pattern, not a password or fingerprint. Sometimes the screen is locked and I fail the pattern and the phone gets unlocked anyway. Usually, this is associated with having first touched a notification with the screen locked. What happens after the pattern fails (trace shows in red), is that the screen appears as it does when it's not locked and I just swipe and I'm in the application whose notification I touched. The LG V10 has a fingerprint reader on the power button, but I haven't programmed it since I heard it's not that great. This is a major security issue in my opinion, and I haven't read any other posts anywhere about it. So I don't know if it's specific to LG, the V10 or Marshmallow (it started with Marshmallow).
I can start a new thread if you believe our lock screen problems are unrelated (enough). Just let me know.
Bruce
Same thing happened to me. I'm THE ONLY one to ever use my phone and I went to open it and it was saying my pattern was invalid. I was able to use the thumb print pattern still though. However when I went to change the pattern in my settings I entered what used to be my pattern and it locked me out of my phone for an hour. I don't know how to change it.
bluefire2128 said:
Same thing happened to me. I'm THE ONLY one to ever use my phone and I went to open it and it was saying my pattern was invalid. I was able to use the thumb print pattern still though. However when I went to change the pattern in my settings I entered what used to be my pattern and it locked me out of my phone for an hour. I don't know how to change it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Saw you had the same issue, so wanted to let you know. I restarted the phone and the old pattern started working again. Another person with this issue said that they had to restart several times, but it did work. So I'd give that a try, worked for me. Good luck!
It just happed to me. I restarted it and it accepted my pattern. I now have it set with pin instead.
Had the same issue as well! Samsung Galaxy S7, suddenly stopped recognizing my screen unlock pattern. Same solution as well; Restarted my phone and the problem went away.
Is there a way to disable the pattern feature if you are able to navigate the phone? Got locked out of Marshmallow on my MOTO G 3rd gen. phone after a pattern change; I was surprisingly able to just reboot into an unlocked phone. I've turned on adb debug access while I still have the opportunity.
I just had that issue. I was able to unlock with the pin, and reset the pattern and it now works again but it was freaky.
Same happened here. This morning the lock pattern on my S7 edge is forgotten by the phone.. Reboot doesn't help.
have the same problem today. i didn't change my pattern and it happened again. before i was using a PIN and I ended up factory reset and by this time I wouldn't want to do the reset factory settings as the last option.
The pin was also randomly stop working, I have mine set to pin and it did the same thing.
Me too!!!! Wtf!!
Mine has locked as well and I swipe the wrong pattern until it gives me the option to put in the back up pin but when I go to correct the swipe it wont let me in. I have tried everything all of you have suggested except the factory reset, I just can't believe that Samsung hasn't put out a fix for this yet.
Here is how you fix it
Method 1. Use 'Find My Mobile' feature on Samsung Phone
All Samsung devices come with "Find My Mobile" feature. In order to bypass Samsung lock screen pattern, PIN, password and fingerprint, you can just follow the below steps to get it done.
• First of all, set up your Samsung account and log in.
• Click "Lock My Screen" button.
• Enter new PIN in the first field
• Click "Lock" button at the bottom
• Within few minutes, it will change lock screen password to the PIN so that you can unlock your device.
tell me it work ??
Just an update to help out someone who might be going through this. This recently happened to me on my s6 edge.
Like the above comment suggests, go to "Find My Mobile". Once signed in, select the "UNLOCK MY DEVICE" option , (selecting the "Lock My Screen" option does not allow you to change the lock screen type afterwards).
Selecting Unlock my device will immediately unlock the phone and erase any lock screen patterns, fingerprints or pins that you might not remember, thus allowing you to set them up again!
Hope this helps!!
---------- Post added at 08:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 PM ----------
Also, one more thing. Doing the above ^ seemed to have solved a problem I was having with "Smart Lock" not working. So just as an FYI, going through that process might help you with that.
This just happend to my gf's s4 also she sent a text and then went to reply again a few moments later and her pin was invalid and it locked her out of her phone for 30 seconds, she just had to restart it once and it worked with the old pin again.
brobbeh said:
I just had that issue. I was able to unlock with the pin, and reset the pattern and it now works again but it was freaky.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
same issues here, pattern just stopped working. im positive im using the correct pattern.
i can login with my pin, but i cant reset the pattern as it keeps asking for the current pattern.
how can i reset the pattern or change to pin / fingerprint?
ive restartted 2x and trying a 3rd now....
> Use 'Find My Mobile' feature on Samsung Phone
No this didn't work. It still requires my pattern, and tells me I'm doing it wrong...
It DID let me into the phone, which was nice. But the pattern problem persists...
...Update: I restarted the phone, and it came up and accepted my pattern.
This just happened to me on my phone and my tablet. I wound up having to do a factory reset on both! Way to go Samsung. These are the last Samsung devices I'll ever buy.
I am facing difficulty on my PK1 deodexed rom while trying to unlock the screen. After swiping my finger, ut won't unlock and won't give any reason, just stuck. When i try using the backup password, keyboard won't come up for me to type my password until i lock/unlock with power button and change my keyboard back and forth multiple times before working.
I have checked for possible solution online, cleared cache and wiped data on both app manager and Titanium backup app.
Please any information will be gladly appreciated.
Thanks
Solved!!!
I was able to solve it after troubleshootibg by myself.
Found out its peel remote notification causing it. On the lock screen, the remote icon is always visible and accessible. I turned off its notification and viola, fingerprint and password now working as they should.
So for the past few days, whenever I try to unlock my Z5 I get a message telling me that "Fingerprint hardware not available". I've tried rebooting as well as turning off the phone for a few hours with no improvement.
The only way the phone allows me to unlock using my fingerprint is if I press the power button and keep my phone on the sensor. If it reads successfully then it unlocks, but if it doesn't, it gives me the unavailable message.
Even if I get the error and it doesn't unlock, I can still log into apps (like my banking app) with my fingerprint.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
4
Bump?
Hello,
I think any data that might have something to do with the fingerprint software got corrupted.
I had this problem as well and I tried to mess with the files in the system. But no joy, it was only waste of time.
The only way out for me was, was to do a clean install.
I mean reflashing the ftf file with clear data.
Issue solved - Fingerprint hardware not available
Guys,
I use Xperia XZ, has the same problem of getting a message "Fingerprint hardware not available" whenever I press the power button.
I went to the fingerprint manager under settings, removed all the existing registered finger prints (my index and thumb prints) and added new. And it worked!