Pretty much what the title says. I'm using resurrection remix rom right now. Is there somewhere an option to be able to wake the device with a press of the home button without using fingerprint lock? Or actually any lock at all.
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With no security feature? Why?
Fingerprint unlock is super fast and does what you want.
What's the usage case here?
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EP2008 said:
With no security feature? Why?
Fingerprint unlock is super fast and does what you want.
What's the usage case here?
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In some cases fingerprint just doesn't work. After doing heavy manual labor without cloves the fingerprints kind of lose they edge and one has to put his finger many times on the sensor. That's only one of the reasons that popped up to my mind from my personal experiences. I had a bug or something in OOS 3.2.6 that it unlocked the phone with any finger or skin contact. It was a foolproof and very simple way to open up the phone but I think it would be useless without a wallet case or something similar.
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In some cases fingerprint just doesn't work. After doing heavy manual labor without cloves the fingerprints kind of lose they edge and one has to put his finger many times on the sensor. That's only one of the reasons that popped up to my mind from my personal experiences. I had a bug or something in OOS 3.2.6 that it unlocked the phone with any finger or skin contact. It was a foolproof and very simple way to open up the phone but I think it would be useless without a wallet case or something similar.
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Try adding the same fingerprint multiple times. This should make it more accurate.
Does double tap the screen to wake work for you or does it have to be the home button?
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EP2008 said:
Try adding the same fingerprint multiple times. This should make it more accurate.
Does double tap the screen to wake work for you or does it have to be the home button?
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Double tap to wake would probably be enough. I've already added my finger multiple times but still having issues with it sometimes. At the moment I'm using Xposed Additions to unlock the screen. First I double tap to wake the phone to lock screen and then open it by long pressing the recent button if fingerprint is not recognized.
I realized after reading your post that I can wake up and unlock the device with double tap by removing security all together. Thanks for pointing me to right direction.
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With no security feature? Why?
Fingerprint unlock is super fast and does what you want.
What's the usage case here?
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Well, first of all, i dont really like locking my phone, as it's mostly a waste of time. No one gets my phone without me knowing it really, so there's no problem with "security" and having to unlock it is just one extra step especially when i hand my device to someone. Now fingerprints are fast indeed, but i'd have to add quite a few of my fingers as right thumb/pointer might sometimes just not be available for whatever reason and even then sometimes my hands may be dirty because im working, or something, and i'll use a knuckle or something like that.
Now to be honest double tap to wake has been growing on me, but still i'd like the single press home button unlock. It just seems easier and more elegant.
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So I've had my HTC One M8 for about a few weeks now and I absolutely love it. One thing I really love are the gestures to turn it on and what not. I have realized when double tapping the screen or swiping up to unlock, it doesn't work unless the phone is straight upwards. Sometimes while sleeping, I lay on my side and often times, I have to tap like 10-15 times just for it to recognize it or swipe but nothing happens. Then I have to go all the way to the top to turn it on by hand. Does this happen to anyone else? I use Nova Launcher Prime, if that may help.
Yes it the same for everyone
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You need to apply motion to the phone before it will activate the gestures, and allowing you to unlock the phone. It's a design choice.
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You need to apply motion to the phone before it will activate the gestures, and allowing you to unlock the phone. It's a design choice.
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Ahhh, I always wondered about that. Good info.
Is there a way to achieve this without applying motion?
All you need do is simply tap the phone on one edge to rock the phone and alert the motion sensor then 2 delibrate double taps not quick taps on the bottom half of the screen.
Works almost every time for me.
Is anyone else experiencing issues with the fingerprint scanner on the Verizon variant?? It works fine most of the time but occasionally, I'd say 1/3 of the time, it says "Pin required to us Fingerprint". Any ideas on what this is?
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Are you using something like Nova's gestures to lock the phone? I discovered that locking by any means other than the power button will cause a pin/pattern to be required the next time it's unlocked.
I am. So you think anything with admin rights to the lock screen is the issue?
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I am. So you think anything with admin rights to the lock screen is the issue?
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Basically. Just having apps in the Device Admin list shouldn't cause it, but it one of them performs an action like locking the screen, it triggers a PIN unlock.
Awesome thanks so much for the info[emoji106]
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Believe after the first time when the phone is rebooted, you have to put in the pin. Not sure if randomly after that a pin is required. If not mistaken, there will be a message on the screen if you read it really close.
Any solution to this yet?
i had an issue like this with my HTC10(unlocked on VZW) i just added another(i.e. the right thumb again) finger at the angle i normally tried to unlock it with and it now works flawlessly.
The issue was using Nova launcher gestures to lock the device.
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So are you looking screen with power button now? I've raised the issue in the Nova thread, hopefully this can be resolved.
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Yeah I just use power button now. It's not a big issue but just a little inconvenience
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Just gone back to sense but can't get double tap to unlock working! Tried clearing cache, removing Nova...
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So are you looking screen with power button now? I've raised the issue in the Nova thread, hopefully this can be resolved.
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From what I understand, I don't think this is something Nova can fix. I believe it's a security measure within Android that disables the fingerprint unlock when locked by anything other than the power button.
Does your fingerprint sensor had issue like litle "klik" when you press it down? You need to put your ear to hear, but i need to know is this normal or my sensor is broken?
OP3 finger print is really fast but sometimes I just can't it to get it work, once it doesn't work it'll not work at all and then I have to unlock using Pattern
Does anyone have this issue?
I found that if on lockscreen there is a lock symbol it won't open by fingerprint. If there is a fingerprint symbol then it works
Not to worry!! While you are registering a finger..... u have to completely register each corner of the finger print.....only then it works from however u put ur finger on it!! I experienced it many times too!!!
Just registry 1 finger 2 times...thats all
But it works always except when there's a lock icon on lock screen.
If there's a fingerprint scanner symbol it works 100%
it wont work with wet finger, wipe your hand
When you register a finger, you have to put all kinds of different parts of the fingertip on different parts of the fingerprint scanner, so that the scanner "knows" your finger in all possible positions. That is what the lenghty procedure is for.
Yeah I've done all kinds of way, rolled it, left, right, top, down.
Does anyone know why there's a lock symbol sometimes on lock screen instead of fingerprint symbol
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Hi,
Sometimes my fingerprint is not recognized by fingerprint scanner. I have registered two fingerprints for the same finger. Still sometimes it does not recognize.
Is it because still some area is left which is not recognized? When it is not recognized and i put my center of finger on scanner, it recognizes.
Is it fine? Also is it fine if it doesn't recognizes if only a part of sensor is touched by finger. I am using fingerprint sensor first time so little bit skeptical.
I think i am testing it too much just to confirm if it is fine and somehow able to make it fail at some area of my finger. :silly:
Please help.
Please help me guys.
Wash your hands
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Wash your hands
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Obviously, my hand are clean and i am testing with clean hands
It requires pin after a reboot, then you should be able to use the fingerprint reader until the next reboot.
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It requires pin after a reboot, then you should be able to use the fingerprint reader until the next reboot.
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Its because of security or you can use require pin on boot and it will take bit long for booting
But what about the lock symbol and finger print symbol on the lockscreen, has no one observed this yet?
I'm unable to attach pictures as in XDA website to attach images it is asking me url
chandidas said:
OP3 finger print is really fast but sometimes I just can't it to get it work, once it doesn't work it'll not work at all and then I have to unlock using Pattern
Does anyone have this issue?
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Been using OP3 FP scanner from last one week. I have 4 Fingers registered it works without any problem. Clean you FPS
I've been having an issue where I would take the phone out of my pocket and the fingerprint scanner wouldn't even vibrate when I touched it. After trying several settings I started putting my phone in my pocket with the screen facing out instead of towards my leg. I think the fingerprint scanner would get activated while rubbing up against my thigh. So far I can tell it's working fine. Everytime I take it out of my pocket it recognizes my finger right away. Also I noticed less battery drain.
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But what about the lock symbol and finger print symbol on the lockscreen, has no one observed this yet?
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I saw it. Often when i unlock using fingerprint the phone gets locked automatically 1 second after unlocking, than the symbol is a lock and i have to use the pattern. Then there is a text something like "For improvement of safety, a pattern is required" really annoying
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I saw it. Often when i unlock using fingerprint the phone gets locked automatically 1 second after unlocking, than the symbol is a lock and i have to use the pattern. Then there is a text something like "For improvement of safety, a pattern is required" really annoying
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Thank God, I was starting to wonder if it's only in my phone. I think doze maybe doing this. Is there any way to contact oneplus team on this.?
I started a chat yesterday but the girl with even worse english than mine told me to do a hard reset and wipe everything. Havnt done it cause i dont think it will help
Hi Guys,
I'm thinking about buying this phone for a friend and need to understand how the fingerprint scanner works.
On my One Plus 3, the scanner is ON all the time which makes it awesome, (but probably eats battery.) :victory:
On my Galaxy Tab S2, you have to press the scanner to turn it on first, which makes the whole process much worse.
Is the scanner on the P2 always ON, (like the One Plus 3,) or does it require a press to wake it up? (like on Samsung devices.)
Thanks in advance. :highfive:
The scanner is always on.. you don't need to wake the phone to use it.. the battery drain is minimal
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Uibon said:
The scanner is always on.. you don't need to wake the phone to use it.. the battery drain is minimal
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Thanks Uibon. :highfive:
Is it a physical button? i.e. presses in, or is it just purely capacitive?
My Samsung also has an issue where if you lock the screen using an app, (Power Toggles,) you can't unlock the phone with your fingerprint. Any idea if the P2 suffers the same issue?
It's both. The fingerprint sensor is capacitive and works by just placing one's finger on it. There are also many gestures that work on the capacitive sensor like tap to go back long press to view recent apps. The button is also physical pressing it brings you to home screen and long press brings up Google assistant
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It's both. The fingerprint sensor is capacitive and works by just placing one's finger on it. There are also many gestures that work on the capacitive sensor like tap to go back long press to view recent apps. The button is also physical pressing it brings you to home screen and long press brings up Google assistant
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Ok Uibon,
So to unlock the phone, do you just place your finger on the sensor (without pressing it down,) or do you have to press it down as well? I ask this as on my Tab S2, having to press down also results in many incorrect reads.
Its a pity Lenovo didn't put a lock screen gesture in the fingerprint scanner like One Plus. It by far the best system I've ever used. :angel:
It works like the fingerprint on the OnePlus.. just place the finger to make it work no pressing the button necessary.
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Uibon said:
It works like the fingerprint on the OnePlus.. just place the finger to make it work no pressing the button necessary.
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Excellent Uibon, :victory:
Just need to sort out now the issue of using an app to lock the screen and understand if this takes away the ability to unlock next time with the fingerprint.
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Excellent Uibon, :victory:
Just need to sort out now the issue of using an app to lock the screen and understand if this takes away the ability to unlock next time with the fingerprint.
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Just tried screen lock widget and it requires pin to unlock after using it. Finger does not work.
I am using nova prime and double tap to sleep and i can wake from finger print sensor iff you use timeout lockscreen method which means after you double tap the screen to lock the it screen goes black instantlly but the actual full screen lock engages after 30sec allowing the phone to screen to be locked through its own system hence the fingerprint wake works normal. I am not aware of other launchers that have this but nova prime has it.
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Excellent Uibon, :victory:
Just need to sort out now the issue of using an app to lock the screen and understand if this takes away the ability to unlock next time with the fingerprint.
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That's an Android security limitation and all phones do that I believe. I think some apps can "trick" the phone by turning the screen off and let the timeout do the locking but I'm not sure.
If you have root access then they'll work. Else they won't. It's a security feature and uses device admin rights to lock the phone. Which means the device admin should unlock it by the most secure way. That's pin password or pattern.
It's not device specific and hence it's nothing to blame Lenovo
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That's an Android security limitation and all phones do that I believe. I think some apps can "trick" the phone by turning the screen off and let the timeout do the locking but I'm not sure.
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You are correct dannejanne. Some OEM's have realised how stupid it is and have sorted it out.
On the One Plus 3, you can securely unlock the phone and relock all with one finger while your phone is on your desk. You can do this better and faster than any other phone. As it's something you do so many times a day, it's time for the other OEM's to blatantly copy this.
I've seen lots of people complaining that Mi A1 does not have "tap to wake" feature. I personally don't miss it since i'm using the fingerprint reader to wake and unlock in one go.
However, I've seen and tested that small free and open source app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jarsilio.android.waveup
With this, you can wake phone by "waving" your hand above the proximity sensor.
I've put it on my A1 for 1,5 day now, and have seen no battery drain Developer explains:
Unfortunately, some smartphones let the CPU on while listening to the proximity sensor. This is called a wake lock and causes considerable battery drain. This isn't my fault and I cannot do anything to change this. Other phones will "go to sleep" when the screen is turned off while still listening to the proximity sensor. In this case, the battery drain is practically zero.
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But it seems on A1 we are good to go.
I know it's not exact same feature than "tap to wake", but you might still want to give it a try if you're looking for a way to wake phone without using hardware button. As well it can wake the phone when taken out of pocket!
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I've seen lots of people complaining that Mi A1 does not have "tap to wake" feature. I personally don't miss it since i'm using the fingerprint reader to wake and unlock in one go.
However, I've seen and tested that small free and open source app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jarsilio.android.waveup
With this, you can wake phone by "waving" your hand above the proximity sensor.
I've put it on my A1 for 1,5 day now, and have seen no battery drain Developer explains:
But it seems on A1 we are good to go.
I know it's not exact same feature than "tap to wake", but you might still want to give it a try if you're looking for a way to wake phone without using hardware button. As well it can wake the phone when taken out of pocket!
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I've just installed it, thanks for the tip !! if you have more...
Thank you very nice. Working nice so far and no high battery usage
Thx for sharing nice app
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First of all, thank you for the recommendation. This app is working flawlessly for now but I'm just curious about a feature. I have enabled the feature that allows to cover the proximity sensor to lock the screen. It needed device admin permission for that. Now, when I wave to wake it up, it takes me to the enter pin screen instead of fully unlocking so I have to enter the pin to unlock the device because it says that the device is locked by admin. Is there a workaround to bypass this one extra step?
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First of all, thank you for the recommendation. This app is working flawlessly for now but I'm just curious about a feature. I have enabled the feature that allows to cover the proximity sensor to lock the screen. It needed device admin permission for that. Now, when I wave to wake it up, it takes me to the enter pin screen instead of fully unlocking so I have to enter the pin to unlock the device because it says that the device is locked by admin. Is there a workaround to bypass this one extra step?
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This looks like the Nova's "double tap to lock" feature. If you're not rooted you need to grant admin permission to lock the screen, which requires PIN everytime you log back in.
Exactly, if you're not root, the "lock" feature is no good if you use fingerprint, I have disabled it, anyway phone goes to sleep on its own.
You should also check out KinScreen (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teqtic.kinscreen), it does wave to wake and also has many options to control when the screen stays on. For example, you can set it to stay on when your phone is at more than a 45° angle (like most times you're on your phone, reading something).
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I've seen lots of people complaining that Mi A1 does not have "tap to wake" feature. I personally don't miss it since i'm using the fingerprint reader to wake and unlock in one go.
However, I've seen and tested that small free and open source app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jarsilio.android.waveup
With this, you can wake phone by "waving" your hand above the proximity sensor.
I've put it on my A1 for 1,5 day now, and have seen no battery drain Developer explains:
But it seems on A1 we are good to go.
I know it's not exact same feature than "tap to wake", but you might still want to give it a try if you're looking for a way to wake phone without using hardware button. As well it can wake the phone when taken out of pocket!
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Thanks bro
You can basically use double tap to wake with this, just enable it and tap your proximity sensor to wake.