so i used to have my own knock code set, but my bro was messing with my phone and e changed it to a pattern lock,
Ive tried to it back to knock code by - going to settings>lock screen>select lock screen - by doing this i have to draw the pattern lock which i do> gives me a ist of which locks i can select which are only pattern/pin/password..... it wont allow me to select swipe/knock code at all - its greyed out.
How do i set up My own knock - i wanna set how many times i knock, how do i do this
Had a similar issue. Go to Settings > Security > Certificate management > Clear credentials. Just don't ask me why it works.
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Had the same problem.
It was the reason I registered XDA today!
And it's solved!
Thanks
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I just got a Note 2 for AT&T, I rooted, flashed Team Asylums slim and fast ROM, and everything was been awesome until... I decided to set up a pattern unlock, and did. But I lost my lock screen shortcuts so I decided to remove the pattern. When I go into setting and enter my patter again I only have the option to enter a new pattern, a pin or a password -- the none, slider and face option are grayed out **see picture below** Any ideas?
Is your device encrypted?
No I do not have it encrypted and it is not an administrator issue, I think it is related (aside from my stupidity) to a VPN app (open VPN for android) that I started setting up but deleted before I finished. I'm guessing it left a security certificate in the system that is preventing me from going without a secure lock screen. I think it is time to swallow my pride/factory wipe and stop goofing around with settings I don't understand.
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I updated my AT&T Note II to KitKat 4.4.2 last night, via AT&T OTA update.
According to the new features list, I should now be able to access the camera app from the lock screen, right?
But now joy.
All my Googling thus far indicates that I should first enable lock screen widgets by going to "Settings -> Security", and turn on a check-box for "Enable Widgets". I have no such option, or check-box, on the "Settings -> Security" page. And I no such similar options on the "Settings -> Lock screen" page either.
I've also seen instructions (albeit for other Samsung devices) that seem to indicate that I should first disable (or turn off) the lock screen altogether. In other words, set the lock screen to "None". And then re-enable it. It seems that I can not set the lock screen option to "None", after the KitKat upgrade. In other words, it seems that after the KitKat update, I am now forced to choose either Pin or Password lock screen. I have only two options available on the "Settings -> Lock screen -> Screen lock" page now - Pin, or Password. All other options are gray'd out, saying "Turned off by administrator, encryption policy or credential storage".
Anybody else seeing this after the KitKat upgrade?
Anybody have any hints on how to get the camera, or any other, lock screen widgets to show up on the lock screen?
EDIT: Solution found. See post #11 below
pdfruth said:
I updated my AT&T Note II to KitKat 4.4.2 last night, via AT&T OTA update.
According to the new features list, I should now be able to access the camera app from the lock screen, right?
But now joy.
All my Googling thus far indicates that I should first enable lock screen widgets by going to "Settings -> Security", and turn on a check-box for "Enable Widgets". I have no such option, or check-box, on the "Settings -> Security" page. And I no such similar options on the "Settings -> Lock screen" page either.
I've also seen instructions (albeit for other Samsung devices) that seem to indicate that I should first disable (or turn off) the lock screen altogether. In other words, set the lock screen to "None". And then re-enable it. It seems that I can not set the lock screen option to "None", after the KitKat upgrade. In other words, it seems that after the KitKat update, I am now forced to choose either Pin or Password lock screen. I have only two options available on the "Settings -> Lock screen -> Screen lock" page now - Pin, or Password. All other options are gray'd out, saying "Turned off by administrator, encryption policy or credential storage".
Anybody else seeing this after the KitKat upgrade?
Anybody have any hints on how to get the camera, or any other, lock screen widgets to show up on the lock screen?
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Go to settings my device lockscreen shortcuts turn on camera
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06SilveradoZ71 said:
Go to settings my device lockscreen shortcuts turn on camera
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Thanks for the suggestion 06Silverado... but no joy.
There is no such option on the Settings -> Lock screen -> Lock screen widgets page.
Here is what I see (see attached screen-shots)
1 - The Settings [My device] page
Followed by tapping on Lock screen
2 - The Settings [My device] -> Lock screen page
Followed by tapping on lock screen widgets
3 - The Settings [Mydevice] -> Lock screen -> Lock screen widgets page
pdfruth said:
Thanks for the suggestion 06Silverado... but no joy.
There is no such option on the Settings -> Lock screen -> Lock screen widgets page.
Here is what I see (see attached screen-shots)
1 - The Settings [My device] page
Followed by tapping on Lock screen
2 - The Settings [My device] -> Lock screen page
Followed by tapping on lock screen widgets
3 - The Settings [Mydevice] -> Lock screen -> Lock screen widgets page
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Are you on ota 4.4.2? I am & this is what it looks like
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06SilveradoZ71 said:
Are you on ota 4.4.2? I am & this is what it looks like
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Very interesting... your Settings -> Lock screen page looks very different from mine.
In answer to your question... Yes, I took the ota 4.4.2 update last night.
Here is a screen-shot of my Settings -> About device page
And... if I go to the bottom of the Settings -> About device -> Status page, it says "Official"
I wonder what could be causing the difference????
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Are you on ota 4.4.2? I am & this is what it looks like
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It also looks like you have a Lock screen = Swipe.
That's not even an option on my device (it's gray'd out, and says Turned off by administrator, encryption policy or credential storage).
As shown in the attached screen-shot
I wonder if a security policy of some sort got installed on my device. It's a personal phone (as in not managed by my employer's MDM solution), so I'm not sure how any such policy would have gotten installed. I certainly didn't knowingly do so.
pdfruth said:
Very interesting... your Settings -> Lock screen page looks very different from mine.
In answer to your question... Yes, I took the ota 4.4.2 update last night.
Here is a screen-shot of my Settings -> About device page
And... if I go to the bottom of the Settings -> About device -> Status page, it says "Official"
I wonder what could be causing the difference????
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Take the pin code lock off & see if it changes maybe thats why
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06SilveradoZ71 said:
Take the pin code lock off & see if it changes maybe thats why
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I would, if I could... I can't select a screen lock type of "None" it's disabled (if you look at the screen-shot in me previous post, notice that "None" is gray'd out).
pdfruth said:
I would, if I could... I can't select a screen lock type of "None" it's disabled (if you look at the screen-shot in me previous post, notice that "None" is gray'd out).
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Damn idk then is it a company phone or something? Idk why it would be greyed out like that its wierd mine isnt
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pdfruth said:
I would, if I could... I can't select a screen lock type of "None" it's disabled (if you look at the screen-shot in me previous post, notice that "None" is gray'd out).
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I put a pin code on then removed it & still not greyed out so who knows
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I think I figured out how to re-enable all the screen lock types.
Following the suggestion in this stackexchange thread... I cleared credential storage by going to Settings -> Security -> Clear credentials
Now I'm able to set a screen lock = Swipe
As in, all those screen lock types that were gray'd out are no longer gray'd out.
And I'm finally able to add the Camera widget to the lock screen
Holy crap... what an ordeal that was.
I wonder how the heck my credential storage got dorked.
Oh well... moving on.
Thanks for all your help/suggestions 06Silverado
Having another set of screen-shots to compare/contrast, helped alot.
pdfruth said:
I think I figured out how to re-enable all the screen lock types.
Following the suggestion in this stackexchange thread... I cleared credential storage by going to Settings -> Security -> Clear credentials
Now I'm able to set a screen lock = Swipe
As in, all those screen lock types that were gray'd out are no longer gray'd out.
And I'm finally able to add the Camera widget to the lock screen
Holy crap... what an ordeal that was.
I wonder how the heck my credential storage got dorked.
Oh well... moving on.
Thanks for all your help/suggestions 06Silverado
Having another set of screen-shots to compare/contrast, helped alot.
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No problem always willing to help
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Camera widget doesn't show
Hi all,
I am having the similar problem here where my camera shortcut on lockscreen doesn't show up
However I am able to choose other lockscreen option such as pattern, pin, password, etc...
I have read the solution given from pdfruth in post #11, but the "clear credential" option is disabled
I just update my note 2 into kitkat 4.4.2 and manage to root successfully
my problem is "shortcut" option is missing so that I cannot have the camera shortcut or other shortcut on my lockscreen
Please assist...
I want to be able to disable lock screen security based on certain conditions. Right now, I'm using Llama and the "change screen lock password" function. That can disable whatever lock screen security I have, but only re-enable PIN security. Any way to turn knock code off, then set it it to turn back on automatically?
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any solution yet? :/
By root, by app, by manual edit of files that could brick the phone, how can this be done?
I want to double tap the screen and see whatever page I left when the phone went dark. Not the swipe screen.
I also would like this to work with having a pin that only must be entered every so often. So the app "no lock" won't work, because it won't show the pin screen after the phone has slept for XX minutes.
Thanks for any help.
To remove the swipe to unlock, go to settings > display > lock screen > select screen lock > none
I am not sure about a reoccurring pin though.
Vseprz said:
To remove the swipe to unlock, go to settings > display > lock screen > select screen lock > none
I am not sure about a reoccurring pin though.
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Well I can't put none, because I need to lock it after I haven't used it for a while.
So you want lock or not? There is no option like "only sometimes"
there is literally a setting that does exactly what you want to do - settings > lock screen > lock timer > 5 min, 10 min, 30 min. it'll lock after the phone sits for that long
No you guys, the pin entering or pattern unlock is not the same as the 'swipe to unlock' screen. Before kitkat, I owned not one, but two phones that did not force a 'swipe to unlock' screen. You could still have a pin that you had to enter after X minutes of inactivity. But any time in between, there was no 'swipe to unlock'.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, just don't post. This is really frustrating. Heard this same crap with Fire phone. Some people get it, some people apparently don't know the difference and have no problems doing a completely arbitrary extra step to use their phones after they power it off for 3 seconds.
I want an option where when I tap on a notification on the lock screen, it opens the app instead of bringing up the "swipe" before it opens the app.
Miss this from my Nexus.
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Vseprz said:
To remove the swipe to unlock, go to settings > display > lock screen > select screen lock > none
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Mine is Settings > Lock Screen > Select Screen Lock. However the options I have are:
Swipe
Knock Code
Pattern
PIN
Password
I don't have "none".
Juzman said:
Mine is Settings > Lock Screen > Select Screen Lock. However the options I have are:
Swipe
Knock Code
Pattern
PIN
Password
I don't have "none".
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What model do you have? I have a H811
Vseprz said:
What model do you have? I have a H811
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I have H85K.
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adam.nox said:
No you guys, the pin entering or pattern unlock is not the same as the 'swipe to unlock' screen. Before kitkat, I owned not one, but two phones that did not force a 'swipe to unlock' screen. You could still have a pin that you had to enter after X minutes of inactivity. But any time in between, there was no 'swipe to unlock'.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, just don't post. This is really frustrating. Heard this same crap with Fire phone. Some people get it, some people apparently don't know the difference and have no problems doing a completely arbitrary extra step to use their phones after they power it off for 3 seconds.
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Weird, my H811 does this..
Mine is verizon, perhaps it differs somehow.
adamx said:
Mine is verizon, perhaps it differs somehow.
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Yeah - that makes total sense. Verizon lost out on a lot of things in comparison to the TMO and AT&T variant.
adam.nox said:
No you guys, the pin entering or pattern unlock is not the same as the 'swipe to unlock' screen. Before kitkat, I owned not one, but two phones that did not force a 'swipe to unlock' screen. You could still have a pin that you had to enter after X minutes of inactivity. But any time in between, there was no 'swipe to unlock'.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, just don't post. This is really frustrating. Heard this same crap with Fire phone. Some people get it, some people apparently don't know the difference and have no problems doing a completely arbitrary extra step to use their phones after they power it off for 3 seconds.
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I totally get what you are saying... I have a Verizon G4 that just got Marshmallow this weekend
I use Widget Locker Lockscreen as my replacement lock screen. Previously, I used that to unlock my phone, and if it requires my Knock Code I would have to knock it in. If it didnt require my code (due to trusted devices and trusted places), it would open up the phone. Now, I have to swipe to unlock in Widget Locker, then swipe to unlock AGAIN on the stock lock screen! this is super annoying!!!!!!
I have recently installed Marshmallow to my G3 and have noticed that on the lockscreen when using the PIN lock, there is an ugly grey box around the numbers. Is this the same for other people?
The other thing is I have noticed the "NONE" and "SWIPE" for the lockscreen are greyed out. I have cleared the Credentials within Security > Certificate Management screen and my phone is not encrypted at all. Has anyone got any ideas of how to resolve this?
Disable Pin Lock and the other options should then be available.
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Hmm, I tried that and fail to see what I have missed.
Close to doing a factory reset now which is not ideal.