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[Q] Unlocking without power button?

Would it ever be possible to unlock or wake the phone up without pressing the power button? I think it may be impossible because the touch sensitivity turns off when the screen is off. Unless there is an app for the volume button to act as a "wake up".

what i did was: disableed auto-lock with "no lock" app and installed "lockbot" for a custom lockscreen...
so, i can 'wake' the phone with volume controls, because in the end, it was not locked at all...
regards!

That's a good idea. I'll give it a try tomorrow. Thanks!
Would still like to hear any other suggestions too.

davidle24 said:
Would it ever be possible to unlock or wake the phone up without pressing the power button? I think it may be impossible because the touch sensitivity turns off when the screen is off. Unless there is an app for the volume button to act as a "wake up".
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You can use widgetlocker or tap tap app
widget locker has options to wake the screen using volume buttons and add custom widgets to the lockscreen.
tap tap app uses the proximity senser if you tap or swipe your finger twice across the sensor the screen will awake but sometimes this app can be a battery drainer due to the sensore being awake all the time.

Aamir.Badat said:
You can use widgetlocker
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My only concern is "- Optional Easy Wake Mode, allows all hardware buttons to wake, rather than just the power button (Does not work on all phones"

davidle24 said:
My only concern is "- Optional Easy Wake Mode, allows all hardware buttons to wake, rather than just the power button (Does not work on all phones"
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the volume does work with this phone i tested this with 2.2 but using the old version
dont know about the gingerbread youll just have to try,

Aamir.Badat said:
You can use widgetlocker or tap tap app
widget locker has options to wake the screen using volume buttons and add custom widgets to the lockscreen.
tap tap app uses the proximity senser if you tap or swipe your finger twice across the sensor the screen will awake but sometimes this app can be a battery drainer due to the sensore being awake all the time.
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i'll try widget locker, but i need to say, in my test i noticed that was not so good; really battery drainer, and work when it wants, should be called as: tap tap tap tap tap! =o)
the main benefit of staying with no lock screen is kill that weird screen "slide to answer/deny" from sense... that thing makes my life miserable, i ALWAYS deny when i'm trying get my phone out of the pocket... really annoying

thiagodark said:
i'll try widget locker, but i need to say, in my test i noticed that was not so good; really battery drainer, and work when it wants, should be called as: tap tap tap tap tap! =o)
the main benefit of staying with no lock screen is kill that weird screen "slide to answer/deny" from sense... that thing makes my life miserable, i ALWAYS deny when i'm trying get my phone out of the pocket... really annoying
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i havnt tested the new widget locker or tap tap because ive been using cm7 now im back the leedroid with the new gingerbread leak so once i get widget locker i will test.

thiagodark said:
i'll try widget locker, but i need to say, in my test i noticed that was not so good; really battery drainer, and work when it wants
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Yeah, getting mixed reviews in the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732986&page=84

oh man, it came out wrong: widget locker i need to test, and i don't know if it's bad or good... tap tap tap is the battery drainer and works badly...
and by the way, i'm usin cm7, and just configure "long-press search key" to open an app that locks the phone... so i don't use power button to lock or unlock! =oP
quite strange this power button, seems like gonna broke in two months...

thiagodark said:
quite strange this power button, seems like gonna broke in two months...
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Yeah that's why I asked this question. Maybe because it's a new phone and I like to play around with it. And I check the time a lot too. Can't wait til my watch comes!

i tested widget locker, it's what i was looking for... really worth to buy! just mark "easy wake" and the problem is solved, the app is really great, developer made a great job with a tutorial, battery drain cautions, customizations. I'm still testing, but what i see until now i liked. And btw, it has a great function: "hide incoming calls" that cover the original sense 'incoming call' screen with prevents accidental answers/deny that i talked about!
forget what i said before, you should test it! =o)

thiagodark said:
i tested widget locker, it's what i was looking for... really worth to buy!
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+1 to that. I bought it too thiago, loving it atm. Definitely worth the $2. Saves me worrying about my power button.
I have the app icon on my home screen, when I press it, the screen locks. I want the screen to turn off straight away. How do I do that?
Teslacoil did say battery was something that he takes in to consideration, hope it doesn't drain much.

in my tests i couldn't see any problem with battery draining. But a i need to look a little further.
about lock and turn off immediately the screen, i use "screen off and lock", it is free (but has a donate version). I put it in my 'long-press' search button, so i can lock easily!

I think I'll refrain from getting another app. I set the screen off option to 10s.

well, i don't think it is possible to turn off the screen by the app! i guess it is the only lack. gonna mail the developer, maybe it can be changed!

You can use widgetsoid it is a free app which you can make many toggle widgets with I use this to lock my screen you can make the widget invisible so if you got a colourful homescreen it won't mess it up
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thiagodark said:
oh man, it came out wrong: widget locker i need to test, and i don't know if it's bad or good... tap tap tap is the battery drainer and works badly...
and by the way, i'm usin cm7, and just configure "long-press search key" to open an app that locks the phone... so i don't use power button to lock or unlock! =oP
quite strange this power button, seems like gonna broke in two months...
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hi im using cm7 too.. i get how you can lock your screen with the long press search key.. but how do you wake up your dhd without the power button?

oh also.. i tried this: http://www.appbrain.com/app/proximity-screen-off/com.itsme4ucz.screenoff
works 90% of the time! p.s. make sure you read up on how to uninstall it!

intelintelintel said:
hi im using cm7 too.. i get how you can lock your screen with the long press search key.. but how do you wake up your dhd without the power button?
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i just mark the "easy wake mode" and wake by pressing volume button. I'm not a huge fan of those apps that use the proximity sensor to wake up or get the screen off, imo, seems like the sensor stays always on, what may cause batteryd rain... i confirmed it on "tap tap tap", witch is a nice idea, but in my testes, it helps to drain battery faster than usual...
i will try the app you suggested!! =oP

Lock Screen every time I switch apps from notification menu

I did a quick search but didn't find anything on this. For whatever reason, whenever I switch apps from the drop down notification menu, it forces me to input my lock screen pattern, even when I have the lock screen toggled off. I have my settings set to auto lock after 1 min, but this happens whenever I switch apps, even before a minute has passed.
Is this a known issue? Is this happening to anybody else? Is there a fix?
Thanks.
Edit: I'm still on 4.02. It hasn't updated to .04 yet.

No one?
:T

Has this always been happening or did you install/flash something before it started happening?
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I just got my GN yesterday, and it updated by itself to 4.02.
It's been happening ever since I turned on the lock screen. It goes away when the lock screen is turned off. But it's bizarre that it would ask for the lock pattern every time I switch apps from the notification drop down. It doesn't ask for the pattern if I were to switch apps with the App Switcher button.
Really perplexing...

Hate to keep bumping this, but this is just incredibly bizarre.
Can someone test on their GN if the same happens? Turn on a lock screen input, anyone will do. I happen to have the pattern lock. And try to switch between apps or alerts from the pull down notification menu (you can send yourself an email or something, or turn on the music player) and see if you are forced to put in your pattern/passcode/etc before you can switch over.
I have to put in my pattern to unlock the phone every single time I switch apps ONLY from the pull down menu. It's bizarre. If I switch apps from the App Menu, it doesn't do this.
I don't know what's going on. Is this a "feature" of ICS? Seems a bit overkill on security. Or do I actually have a faulty phone (but it seems software related?).
Any help would be great. If need be, I'll make a video to demonstrate what I'm talking about.

I had this problem on CyanogenMod. Change the lock screen to what you want, and then reboot. It should be fixed. If you don't do a reboot for some reason it gets confused.

Yes happens to me sometimes too on both 4.02 and 4.04 stock. I don't use a pattern lock but it just fades out and when I turn screen back on it's lockscreen.

Never had this problem. That is weird. I suggest flashing a stock image and see if it still happens. Make a nandroid first of course but throw it away and make a new nandroid if problem goes away.
bow chicka wow wow.

gravis86 said:
I had this problem on CyanogenMod. Change the lock screen to what you want, and then reboot. It should be fixed. If you don't do a reboot for some reason it gets confused.
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I will try this. Thanks for the suggestion. Hopefully it will work. Will update.

gravis86 said:
I had this problem on CyanogenMod. Change the lock screen to what you want, and then reboot. It should be fixed. If you don't do a reboot for some reason it gets confused.
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Yes, this solved it. Thank you! Oh, Ice Cream Sandwich.

I spoke too soon. It's back. I noticed when I toggle the lock screen off, the problem exists. But if I toggle the lock screen on, the problem goes away.
So it may be an issue with the widget itself. I'm using "No Lock" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&hl=en)
I'm gonna test other toggle widgets to see if it's app related.

onthecouchagain said:
I spoke too soon. It's back. I noticed when I toggle the lock screen off, the problem exists. But if I toggle the lock screen on, the problem goes away.
So it may be an issue with the widget itself. I'm using "No Lock" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&hl=en)
I'm gonna test other toggle widgets to see if it's app related.
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So.. it's a third party app you're using and not the stock ics lockscreen..
It would've been wise if you told us that on the first post

qtx said:
So.. it's a third party app you're using and not the stock ics lockscreen..
It would've been wise if you told us that on the first post
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Yes that would have been good info to have, but I am not running anything custom on my lock screen (though I am on CM) and had this same problem.
I had to reboot the phone after every time I changed the lock screen from anything to anything or I'd run into problems. When changing from no lock screen to a lock screen, I would lose notifications when waking the screen up if the notification was for the last app open.
For example, I was in the Messaging app and locked the screen, without going to the home screen first (so if I were to unlock the app would be right there). Then I received a text and notification worked. I pressed the button to wake the phone and the lock screen showed up (pattern unlock) and the notification for my new text message in the notification bar disappeared. But I hadn't even unlocked so I could get to the app yet...

No lock screen.

Is there a way to bypass the lockscreen. I would just like to push the power button and be on home screen. ???
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wilderckw said:
Is there a way to bypass the lockscreen. I would just like to push the power button and be on home screen. ???
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Missing Windows Mobile wilder?
I don't think so in Android. There are apps that will allow you to delay the lock but I don't know about disabling or redirecting it. Let's see if you get any other suggestions.

I've used no lock on my photon with no issues-https://play.google.com/store/search?q=no+lock

if you are on ICS, just go to security and set lock screen to "none" if your still on GB im not sure

tdunham said:
Missing Windows Mobile wilder?
I don't think so in Android. There are apps that will allow you to delay the lock but I don't know about disabling or redirecting it. Let's see if you get any other suggestions.
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lol no I never used windows. And the no lock worked like a champ. Thanks again.
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true no lock
If you really want to get rid of the lock screen on the epic touch then go into the dialer and enter *#7594#
It will prompt you to uncheck a box. That box is so that when you long press the power button it powers off. It will also disable the lock screen. I always wished my og epic had this so I seemed it out when I got the epic touch.
I hope this helps someone.

This app does it for me most of the time. It occasionally still gives the lock screen, but rarely. The lock screen shows up on boot, and I've seen it after a phone call once.

All you need to do is go to location and securty, lockscreen, none this works on Gingerbreadand ICS no need for any apps.

rbtrucking said:
All you need to do is go to location and securty, lockscreen, none this works on Gingerbreadand ICS no need for any apps.
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This is correct lol
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I think you misunderstand. Marking none in the settings just gets rid of pin or whatever type of lock screen you have chosen. We want there to be no lock screen. No version of Android does that in the settings as far as i know. That is ehy the app no lock exists.
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Wake up lag, or is it just me?

My phone takes like 1 second to wake up. I know it doesn't sound like much, but I got used to the instantaneous wake ups with my old SGS3 and I thought this phone would be snapier.
Anyone else?
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jlaval said:
My phone takes like 1 second to wake up. I know it doesn't sound like much, but I got used to the instantaneous wake ups with my old SGS3 and I thought this phone would be snapier.
Anyone else?
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I have the same wake up lag.

Everyone has this problem, i dont think anyone has found a fix yet, all i know is that its not the processors fault

haldi15 said:
Everyone has this problem, i dont think anyone has found a fix yet, all i know is that its not the processors fault
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I have both phones and the Note 2 wins 90% of the time and my S3 has a custom rom and kernel so it's pretty beefed up so I think some of us got decent one's..? As you said though... Definitely NOT the processor!

Go to S Voice settings, then disable Open Via Home Key.
That should disable the wake up lag

azhurvadal said:
Go to S Voice settings, then disable Open Via Home Key.
That should disable the wake up lag
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Think that tip is for the "home button lag" fix...?

yeah when you first get your phone and you press home it doesnt go directly to home, it waits a second or two for the second click to activate s-voice but if you disable it (s voice < google search) it will go directly to home

haldi15 said:
yeah when you first get your phone and you press home it doesnt go directly to home, it waits a second or two for the second click to activate s-voice but if you disable it (s voice < google search) it will go directly to home
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Yup! :good:

I've noticed my phone doing the same thing. If it's a couple minutes in between turning the screen on it takes a second. My phone also seems to struggle with some simple transition animations, now.
Where are the S voice settings. I can't seem to find them.

azhurvadal said:
Go to S Voice settings, then disable Open Via Home Key.
That should disable the wake up lag
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No this fixes a separate issue. This fixes the home button lag when using it to go from an app to the home screen.
What the OP is talking about is the delay that you get when trying to wake up the phone, whether it be with the home button or the side button. This seems like a software issue that hopefully Tmobile/Samsung address.

Yaboosh said:
No this fixes a separate issue. This fixes the home button lag when using it to go from an app to the home screen.
What the OP is talking about is the delay that you get when trying to wake up the phone, whether it be with the home button or the side button. This seems like a software issue that hopefully Tmobile/Samsung address.
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That's weird because I don't experience this issue. There is no lag when I wake up my phone.
However, my phone is the international version so most likely the issue is related to Tmobile bloatware.
Try to disable Svoice home button first. If you still experience this issue, then you should wait for update

azhurvadal said:
That's weird because I don't experience this issue. There is no lag when I wake up my phone.
However, my phone is the international version so most likely the issue is related to Tmobile bloatware.
Try to disable Svoice home button first. If you still experience this issue, then you should wait for update
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It is not the "SVoice solution related problem". It is a "power/home button to turn on" issue which is totally different.
Every T-Mobile Note 2 has it (I tested it on several of them at the T-Mobile store).
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+1 for T-Mobile version lag
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mastajest said:
+1 for T-Mobile version lag
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+1

I was getting lag too. I went ahead and changed the animation scale to .5x and its now instant on.
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try turning off ripple effect on home screen

kdog808 said:
try turning off ripple effect on home screen
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Ya, uncheck the ripple effect and uncheck "Popup Note on lock screen".... Night and day difference for me!! And I unchecked Help text too.... Try it out guys... :good: Def better anyways! I don't have it with my International but I do with my T-mobile and I watched a vid by QBKing and he explained how this helped the Sprint version...
( They are in the "Lock Screen option" in the menu....)

shojus said:
Ya, uncheck the ripple effect and uncheck "Popup Note on lock screen".... Night and day difference for me!! And I unchecked Help text too.... Try it out guys... :good: Def better anyways! I don't have it with my International but I do with my T-mobile and I watched a vid by QBKing and he explained how this helped the Sprint version...
( They are in the "Lock Screen option" in the menu....)
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Nice, although i turned back on ripple effect. And the thing I noticed is that if you just turn off and on the screen it takes a while longer. However, if you just turn off the screen, wait a few seconds, then turn it back on, it's much faster.

achusaysblessyou said:
Nice, although i turned back on ripple effect. And the thing I noticed is that if you just turn off and on the screen it takes a while longer. However, if you just turn off the screen, wait a few seconds, then turn it back on, it's much faster.
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Hell if you really want it fast then uncheck all that crap in the settings and it will FLY!

I did flash the gt-7100 rom and there is no lag at all now im back to T-Mobile and its laging so we have to wait for the developer to port the gt-7100 rom

[Q] Note 2 Automatically bypass lock screen

Hey guys, recently (today 1/28) i noticed my galaxy note 2 automatically bypasses the lock screen whenever the screen wakes up (so no ripple effects, and i have no lock or pin or pattern set, so just a swipe would work). So I tried setting up a pattern lock, and similar thing happens. The phone would wake up, go to home screen for a split second, then returns back to the lock screen with the pattern lock.
I was wondering, does anyone know whats wrong with this?
Extra information: I used to have GO launcher on it with their custom lock screen. However, I uninstalled everything already, so that shouldn't be a problem.

haha438 said:
Hey guys, recently (today 1/28) i noticed my galaxy note 2 automatically bypasses the lock screen whenever the screen wakes up (so no ripple effects, and i have no lock or pin or pattern set, so just a swipe would work). So I tried setting up a pattern lock, and similar thing happens. The phone would wake up, go to home screen for a split second, then returns back to the lock screen with the pattern lock.
I was wondering, does anyone know whats wrong with this?
Extra information: I used to have GO launcher on it with their custom lock screen. However, I uninstalled everything already, so that shouldn't be a problem.
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it's Go Locker... it's not the best lock screen replacement... you should turn off the go locker lock screen and turn on the stock one. Clear defaults on Go Locker and set it to just Go Launcher and enable the original lockscreen after disabling Go Locker

eurohomie said:
it's Go Locker... it's not the best lock screen replacement... you should turn off the go locker lock screen and turn on the stock one. Clear defaults on Go Locker and set it to just Go Launcher and enable the original lockscreen after disabling Go Locker
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but I have already cleared w/e data that Go Locker has and then uninstalled it. So i doubt that Go locker is causing my lock screen bypassing problem, unless it was some sort of glitch from when i had it (i used it for 2 days)

haha438 said:
but I have already cleared w/e data that Go Locker has and then uninstalled it. So i doubt that Go locker is causing my lock screen bypassing problem, unless it was some sort of glitch from when i had it (i used it for 2 days)
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did you reboot?

eurohomie said:
did you reboot?
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I tried rebooting, removing battery, rebooting without SD card. So far nothing works. Odd thing is that, during the early part of reboot when the widgets are not fully loaded yet, this problem don't exist. But when the widgets are fully loaded, this problem returns

I am using stock and for like less than a half of a second that happens. Nothing u can really do with it.
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haha438 said:
I tried rebooting, removing battery, rebooting without SD card. So far nothing works. Odd thing is that, during the early part of reboot when the widgets are not fully loaded yet, this problem don't exist. But when the widgets are fully loaded, this problem returns
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Wow thats really strange... ive only had it happen with go locker and not the stock lockscreen

I have had random apps do that had music controls for lock screen turned on from an app the other day do it to lol
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Problem is completely solved now. Apparently, it is the result of a bug/glitch in a chinese music streaming app that I got from Google play. Also, thanks to everyone that replied to this.

haha438 said:
Problem is completely solved now. Apparently, it is the result of a bug/glitch in a chinese music streaming app that I got from Google play. Also, thanks to everyone that replied to this.
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I had the same problem, I had the "Lock instantly with power key" unchecked, however the phone still locks it right after I push the power key no matter how long I set the lock time. Then I found out that whenever I have the Kugou Music running, it does that. So as long as you quit the program when not listening music, you are fine.
And there's actually one setting on Kugou Music that override the lock screen.