I was trying to set up a VPN on my phone and I was forced to set up a screen lock pattern. Otherwise you are not able to use a VPN. This is driving me crazy. Do custom roms cure this issue?
Does anyone even use a VPN? Anyone have a solution?
Yeah waiting for cm9. I could disable the pattern after enable VPN in cm9.
I was hoping one of the custom Sense roms would have solved this issue (or is this controlled from the kernel?) I'm not a big fan of AOSP roms. Maybe a third party app might help. I'm not fussed over which vpn protocol to use (IPSEC, PPTP, OPENVPN, etc...). Any ideas?
I'm wondering the same thing. I already had a screen lock set but wasn't able to remove it after a few days till I saw this post and realized it was because of me setting up a VPN. I hope there's a way on sense to setup a VPN without a forced screen lock.
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I setup VPN first
I setup VPN first, so it asked me to set a password/pattern. I didn't want this security, but i guess it defeats the purpose of VPN
Set the lock time to 15min
Can we change/modify even the 15 min lock time to a possibly 1 day limit? It would be ok for me this way.
try to unlock your phone with wrong password or pattern. Then you have to wait for 30seconds but go to forgot password or pattern then provide your email ID and password then it will take you to the pattern Page or screen. Then do not set any password press the home button the you it won't ask you any password until you restart your phone.
It works on sgs 3
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As some of you might have experienced, there are situations when the phone gets into the "locked" state on power up. By "locked" I mean that it request some password you have probably never established by yourself.
I've already seen some posts on several sites from people asking about that password and personally called Samsung support to ask about it.
It seems that happens in several situations. One of tjen is a phone with a SIM lock enabled, but I've also noticed that it generally is a problem on phones that have Exchange synchronization enabled and are using phone password. You might have entered the password or SIM unlock code incorrectly several times, but it seems that might not necessarily be required. It JUST happens.
The password prompt is pretty brief and does not constitute for anything you might have entered by yourself. Samsung support says the default password is 00000000. Well, if your phone ends up in the locked state. It is probably not the password you will be looking for.
The solution is flashing your phone, but it results in data loss.
The other way is entering the password (called Freeze Password) generated by the tool in this thred. The password is unique to your particular phone and consists of 8 digits.
After entering them you may be asked for your current Phone Password. Although you might have established that while using your phone, you need to enter 00000000 then. That being done, you can choose new Phone Password that has to be different from previous one. Your data should stay intact.
It happened to me twice already while using Wave and I managed to address the problem having the FLOCK installed. You may try it for yourself.
I am not an Apple Fanboy. I do not own an iPhone, ever.
But seeing Apple Pay in video, I think Apple really understand what it takes to use NFC. Having to unlock your phone and/or enter a pin before tapping the phone to the NFC reader is more hassle then swiping a credit card and sign.
Yes thanks for the troll!
Oh and you really want anyone that gets their hands on your phone to also be able to spend your cash?
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curioct said:
Yes thanks for the troll!
Oh and you really want anyone that gets their hands on your phone to also be able to spend your cash?
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No trolling. I don't own and not planning to buy any iPhone, iPod, iPad, AppleTV nor Apple Watch.
There has to be a better way to authorize an NFC transaction then entering a PIN. Face unlock, voice signature comes to mind.
I like the security of entering a pin before authorizing the transaction. If someone steals my phone, they can go tapping all over town spending my money.
pcdebb said:
I like the security of entering a pin before authorizing the transaction. If someone steals my phone, they can go tapping all over town spending my money.
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How about having the security yet not have to enter a PIN on a bright 5-inch screen in front of strangers?
IMO,
1. NFC on Android should work without having to unlock, like checking-in.
2. Wallet service should allow easier yet secure authentication. Like face unlock, voice recognition, even tap code!
nookin said:
How about having the security yet not have to enter a PIN on a bright 5-inch screen in front of strangers?
IMO,
1. NFC on Android should work without having to unlock, like checking-in.
2. Wallet service should allow easier yet secure authentication. Like face unlock, voice recognition, even tap code!
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Strangers should not be that close to me in line to see me enter my code, whether it's the PIN pad at the register or my phone. Period. Shouldn't be that close anyway if I'm doing something on my phone, it's none of anybody's business to be snooping. That's considered my personal space, and you will get some F-bombs for being too close.
The idea of not having to authenticate without having to enter something is just not secure to me. And I sure as heck don't want to use voice recognition to tell everyone within earshot what my authentication code or whatever is.
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Strangers should not be that close to me in line to see me enter my code, whether it's the PIN pad at the register or my phone. Period. Shouldn't be that close anyway if I'm doing something on my phone, it's none of anybody's business to be snooping. That's considered my personal space, and you will get some F-bombs for being too close.
The idea of not having to authenticate without having to enter something is just not secure to me. And I sure as heck don't want to use voice recognition to tell everyone within earshot what my authentication code or whatever is.
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Then we get a newer version of google glass with sensors on the earpieces that press against your head and takes brainwaves. You "Think" of the code or passphrase, it gets then taken in by the sensor, encrypted, sent wirelessly to your device, decrypted, authenticated and you pay. As fast as a "thought", well some might have problems but that's another story.
Who will know your code then?... Well atleast until you find some or other method to read peoples minds.
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Strangers should not be that close to me in line to see me enter my code, whether it's the PIN pad at the register or my phone. Period. Shouldn't be that close anyway if I'm doing something on my phone, it's none of anybody's business to be snooping. That's considered my personal space, and you will get some F-bombs for being too close.
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There is a reason the pin pad on check out line has a small barrier. People can see what you type from the side. I can easily see the pattern or the PIN other people use to unlock their phone from a distance because their screen is so large and bright. Well outside of their "personal space". This is because PIN entry has a dilemma, it must display the pin pad that the user can see and large enough for the user's fat finger to touch.
The idea of not having to authenticate without having to enter something is just not secure to me. And I sure as heck don't want to use voice recognition to tell everyone within earshot what my authentication code or whatever is.
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No one suggested authentication is not needed. Voice recognition is not the same as voice signature. Say, the phone can display a random word and you read it to the phone. The phone knows your voice. This is better than entering the same PIN over and over again.
We should be able to configure our own restrictions.
I'd make $20 and below work without unlocking or entering a PIN. and only twice in an hour. Anything over $20 would need my PIN.
PIN Settings
You can set your pin to have a timeout of 15 minutes, 1 day, or never in Google Wallet. This seems like a good compromise. If you have it at one day, you can enter it before you leave your house, or your car, etc...
Biometrics
Biometrics really need hardware integration to be both convenient and secure. The reason Apple added the fingerprint reader in the iPhone 5s is that Apple makes you authenticate for EVERYTHING. In order to store keychain passwords on the iPhone requires that you use a pin on the unlock screen, and from there it's a combo of pin and password for every single thing. Download an app? Password. Change security settings? pin. Download a song? password. Without both a pin and a password for a secured iPhone you never have access to the whole thing but it's a huge pain in the ass.
Enter touch ID- you can register up to 5 finger prints to unlock it and purchase apps and songs- the most common tasks- and now to use NFC pay. It turns the previously annoying security into a simple tap-to-unlock affair. It's silent, it's instantaneous and it is completely private, and it still doesn't give you access to the whole phone. You still have to put in the PIN every time it restarts, and password for certain things. And even if someone gets a hold of the phone, the PIN, the password and the fingerprints, the owner can brick the device remotely with find my iPhone and have it beam its location to Apple until the battery runs out and blacklist its ESN. - I think that's what the OP is talking about when he says that only Apple "gets" NFC Payment- a ****pot worth of security made totally effortless.
I hate to say it but NFC- especially payments- on Android makes me nervous as hell. I like Android for its openness and the ability to customize it and get root access if I want to and make full use of my phone- but I and a lot of other people don't have time to take the security precautions that are necessary for NFC. Apple kind of bubble wraps its users and when it comes to paying for stuff with my phone and that huge unknown, as of now, I'd prefer to be bubble wrapped and pay for stuff with a couple of highly secure taps. Even with voice or face recognition locks- things that can be accomplished in software, without standardizing hardware, it requires a certain locking down of the OS and negates a lot of the appeal of Android.
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nookin said:
How about having the security yet not have to enter a PIN on a bright 5-inch screen in front of strangers?
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You don't have to. Wallet allows setting the Wallet relock timeout to be as long as 24 hours.
IMHO Apple's implementation of Biometrics is the best so far. That, coupled with the ease of Apple pay makes it the most safe and elegant implementation so far. If nfc payments have to take off, this is the way to do it!
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nookin said:
There is a reason the pin pad on check out line has a small barrier. People can see what you type from the side. I can easily see the pattern or the PIN other people use to unlock their phone from a distance because their screen is so large and bright. Well outside of their "personal space". This is because PIN entry has a dilemma, it must display the pin pad that the user can see and large enough for the user's fat finger to touch.
No one suggested authentication is not needed. Voice recognition is not the same as voice signature. Say, the phone can display a random word and you read it to the phone. The phone knows your voice. This is better than entering the same PIN over and over again.
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What if the place you're using it in is very noisy or has a lot of background chatter? How will it be able to recognize your voice under those conditions? Also voice signature sounds a lot like something that would have an annoyingly high failure rate.
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What if the place you're using it in is very noisy or has a lot of background chatter? How will it be able to recognize your voice under those conditions? Also voice signature sounds a lot like something that would have an annoyingly high failure rate.
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It is similar to what you do when voice dialing does not work. You can always fall back to PIN entry.
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You don't have to. Wallet allows setting the Wallet relock timeout to be as long as 24 hours.
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That is a very bad workaround. You are essentially giving up security. It is like you are tired of using key to unlock a door that you decided to leave the door unlocked, for 24 hours.
I think you're all taking this security thing a little too seriously. I've been using paypass contactless credit card for years now, and I love that it doesn't need any authentication up to $20. Above that it needs the PIN. I think this is the way to go, fingerprint is not bad either.
Well that may be the case but you have to remember that nfc is still new technology. Android has been using if for years (android phones). In all of that time it took apple like 5 years to make a iphone that has specs even worth mentioning. Also android has google wallet a nfc payment system like apple pay. So really it comes down to who can have more features in the long run. On samsung phones theres samsung wallet and im pretty sure on the s5 it uses fingerprint as well.
My son has a Note 4 from Sprint on FreedomPop. (Only the best for my boy!)
A few days ago he enabled "Secured with Password" for the Screen Lock. He typed twice a well known password for us. But now the phone unlocks with a swipe and it won't accept his password for the screen lock.
I rebooted, wiped the cache, etc. No matter what we type (even his last few passwords) it won't accept and let us in to modify the Screen Lock. So now he can get in but it is less secure than before. Rooting probably won't help unless maybe I figure out what file or command might take care of this.
Any ideas?
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