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Trusted device unlock with pattern unlock?

I just switched to a Moto 360 and miss the trusted device feature of the Gear 2. I have found Wear Aware and SkipLock, but they only work with a PIN or password. Are there any apps that work on non-Motorola phones with pattern unlock?

JimSmith94 said:
I just switched to a Moto 360 and miss the trusted device feature of the Gear 2. I have found Wear Aware and SkipLock, but they only work with a PIN or password. Are there any apps that work on non-Motorola phones with pattern unlock?
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I use tasker + secure settings but if you want pattern unlock you need to be rooted and I don't think it works with every phone.

ChrisNee1988 said:
I use tasker + secure settings but if you want pattern unlock you need to be rooted and I don't think it works with every phone.
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Thanks for the quick reply! I am rooted and have tried Tasker, but couldn't get it to work. Could you please share your task so I can import it?

JimSmith94 said:
Thanks for the quick reply! I am rooted and have tried Tasker, but couldn't get it to work. Could you please share your task so I can import it?
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Its just a simple profile based on bluetooth connection to Configure pattern lock.
Here is the link to secure settings: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin&hl=en
These were the instructions i followed to get it set up but this is based on wifi instead of bluetooth.
http://hackerspace.lifehacker.com/how-to-password-protect-your-android-only-when-away-1486618852

ChrisNee1988 said:
Its just a simple profile based on bluetooth connection to Configure pattern lock.
Here is the link to secure settings: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin&hl=en
These were the instructions i followed to get it set up but this is based on wifi instead of bluetooth.
http://hackerspace.lifehacker.com/how-to-password-protect-your-android-only-when-away-1486618852
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Thanks again! I do have Secure Settings but I tried to follow a set of instructions for an older version before. It looks like others have had problems getting it to work too, but I'll try again with your link. BTW, this is on a Sprint Note 3 running 4.4.3. I have a T-Mobile Note 4 with 4.4.4 coming, so maybe I'll get it to work on one of them before Android L is released.

JimSmith94 said:
Thanks again! I do have Secure Settings but I tried to follow a set of instructions for an older version before. It looks like others have had problems getting it to work too, but I'll try again with your link. BTW, this is on a Sprint Note 3 running 4.4.3. I have a T-Mobile Note 4 with 4.4.4 coming, so maybe I'll get it to work on one of them before Android L is released.
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One thing i tried was to change the pattern unlock in the Secure Settings settings. Theres 3 modes, default,SQLite, Lock Settings. Mine worked with lock settings but you can test out the others.

ChrisNee1988 said:
One thing i tried was to change the pattern unlock in the Secure Settings settings. Theres 3 modes, default,SQLite, Lock Settings. Mine worked with lock settings but you can test out the others.
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Still no luck yet, but I'll keep playing with it. Should I disable my system pattern unlock or should Secure Settings automatically use it? Guess I'll try to figure out how capture logs to debug it.

JimSmith94 said:
Still no luck yet, but I'll keep playing with it. Should I disable my system pattern unlock or should Secure Settings automatically use it? Guess I'll try to figure out how capture logs to debug it.
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I tried both but i think I enabled the system pattern lock. I think this probably varies from phone to phone.

wifi smartwatch 3

Hi everybody,
i just bought a smartwatch 3 and i just don't get how to activate the wifi, i searched everywhere but no information.. even to activate or desactivate nfc to save battery but i cant find th options..
if anybody can help...
thank you

WiFi is not enabled until Google releases a version of Android Wear that supports it.
The same for NFC, it's active but only limited functionality available right now.

nCoder said:
WiFi is not enabled until Google releases a version of Android Wear that supports it.
The same for NFC, it's active but only limited functionality available right now.
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This is great news to hear! Can I ask for the source?

SOURCES
You see here WiFi Ready:
Play Store https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=sony_smartwatch_3_black
Sony Developers Product White Paper: http://dl-developer.sonymobile.com/documentation/whitepapers/SmartWatch3_SWR50_WP_1.pdf
Verizon, Technical Specs http://www.verizonwireless.com/accessories/sony-smartwatch-3/ also in "FEATURES" it states "Wi-Fi ready (these features to be activated after launch, timing to be announced per Google)"
...And I posted official test documents in this forum proving it has WiFi

and the wait is almost over!!!
Been a long time in the making but finally:
Wi-Fi support
With GPS and offline music support, you can already leave your phone at home, then go jogging and jamming like normal. Now Android Wear supports watches with built-in Wi-Fi. As long as your watch is connected to a Wi-Fi network, and your phone has a data connection (wherever it is), you’ll be able to get notifications, send messages, and use all your favorite apps. And if you really do forget your phone, you can always ask your watch where it is.
Source: http://officialandroid.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/android-wear-wear-what-you-want-get.html

Is the wifi feature properly working? How will I know if the wifi feature is working? does this mean i can turn off bluetooth on my phone and have the smart watch still work?

The latest update to the Wear app now includes the Wi-fi functionality however, I could not get it to work. Has anybody else had any better luck

You still need to receive the Smartwatch upgrade (watch itself)

It should be out in the next couple of days or weeks. Just keep checking the Sony companion app.

Is there a Sony companion app for the SW3? I normally just check under settings on the watch itself.

dingbatt said:
Is there a Sony companion app for the SW3? I normally just check under settings on the watch itself.
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yeah for windows though

when I first bought my SW3, I received a firmware upgrade notification. I was able to update it thru the watch itself connected to my phone,

nCoder said:
WiFi is not enabled until Google releases a version of Android Wear that supports it.
The same for NFC, it's active but only limited functionality available right now.
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I didn't know there was any NFC functionality yet. What is currently usable for NFC?

I think the only thing NFC on the watch can do is open the app on your phone. Apart from that it's useless.

You can use NFC to pair headphones with your watch, I pair my sbh-80 headphones this way

Has anyone received the wifi update yet?

lambstone said:
Has anyone received the wifi update yet?
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nope... it's theoretically due post Urbane release, but thats been and gone now... so we're waiting

rob_h said:
I think the only thing NFC on the watch can do is open the app on your phone. Apart from that it's useless.
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Thanks. I just found on another thread that it also starts up the watch when it's off. I tested it and that works and is pretty cool that NFC works when the watch is off, though I have doubts there will be many possibilities of using NFC with the watch off.

NFC can be somewhat powered by the reading device, so I thought I'd give this a try to see if it was enough to wake the watch up and power on. I turned my watch off, and tapped it to the NFC location on my phone. The phone launched the Android Wear companion app. The watch and phone both vibrated, and the "Sony" logo appeared on the watch then disappeared without ever finishing booting. I tried leaving it on the phone, and it buzzed a few times trying to start.

rob_h said:
I think the only thing NFC on the watch can do is open the app on your phone. Apart from that it's useless.
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ROB .. thats not true .. its not useless .. when implimented , it will be usable for bus fair, as credit card and lots of other features in the future.

Qualcomm Location Service?

I have a location service always running even with gps off, it seems to be qualcomm izat (com.qualcomm.location), but in settings I cannot disable it. It consumes 200mb of ram, and a lot of battery, is it any way to turn it off? stoping it just don´t affect it.

Do you have root?

Letrix said:
Do you have root?
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nop

RBNXI said:
nop
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Are you in MIUI? Unlocked bootloader?

Letrix said:
Are you in MIUI? Unlocked bootloader?
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yes, miui, not unlocked

I'm lazy to write, so read this, this, and this.
The service is running even with the location disabled because Miui starts the service again every time you kill it (You can check that with the logs) , you know, Xiaomi does weird things to get more info.

onliner said:
I'm lazy to write, so read this, this, and this.
The service is running even with the location disabled because Miui starts the service again every time you kill it (You can check that with the logs) , you know, Xiaomi does weird things to get more info.
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so, is there any way of turn it off? it´s supposed to be an option in the settings, but I don´t see it. And what happens if I remove it with adb? I don´t use any location service in my phone and I don´t wanta service that I don´t use always running in background.

Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G - Camera giving an error when opening any app that uses it.

Hi!
This is my first ever post on XDA but i have been a user for several years now and i am quite acquainted with flashing ROMs and modding my phones.
I am currently using a GS7 Edge and I am about to buy a new phone in a few days, I found a S20 Ultra 5G for a very good price in perfect condition and fullbox but the thing is that it's mic is not working (which isn't a problem for me since i am always using my Galaxy Buds for phone calls) and the cameras give an error that says that the camera is not working. I found out on the internet that this is a common error after an update and is fixable by downgrading the software.
Does anyone have a link to a website from where i can download the original Firmware for the phone or a OneUI based rom that is at most OneUI 2.5?
Thank you in advance for any future help.

That is a security software restriction, as far as I know, there's an advanced option of disabling device sensors, called "sensors off".
It does exactly what the name suggests, it started with Android 10 (corresponding to One UI 2.0), and at it's early stages, it used to disable literally every sensor even when doing a phone call.
But then, an exception was made to allow necessary sensors on necessary conditions.
You can disable it and reboot to check, in case it was already disabled, enable it, and enable it from status bar quick settings tiles, then disable it.
Found in developer settings >> quick settings developer tiles.
That's the only thing I know.

Mohamedkam000 said:
That is a security software restriction, as far as I know, there's an advanced option of disabling device sensors, called "sensors off".
It does exactly what the name suggests, it started with Android 10 (corresponding to One UI 2.0), and at it's early stages, it used to disable literally every sensor even when doing a phone call.
But then, an exception was made to allow necessary sensors on necessary conditions.
You can disable it and reboot to check, in case it was already disabled, enable it, and enable it from status bar quick settings tiles, then disable it.
Found in developer settings >> quick settings developer tiles.
That's the only thing I know.
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Thank you for your answer, I am going to try that when i get the phone and get back to you, but also, do you think it's a good deal for the equivalent of 375USD in my country's currency?

AverageRazvan798 said:
Thank you for your answer, I am going to try that when i get the phone and get back to you, but also, do you think it's a good deal for the equivalent of 375USD in my country's currency?
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To be honest, that is extremely great price, and it draws a lot of suspicious, did you check the phone and made sure that it is real S20 5G?
Perhaps the screen has been replaced? On XDA Swappa, prices are as low as 490$ and up to 670$
You'd be a very lucky guy if the phone is okay XD

SOS! Please HELP - XM10T5G Down[&up]grading..

Have the Xiaomi Mi 10T 5G, which comes with Android 10 / MIUI 12 [Sort of combination of them i think], and i wanna install an older version of android only, lower than 10 [Preferably 7.0], is it possible to do at all? If so, then how exactly can i do that? if possible with exact instruction or guide to it..
Thanks ahead..
PEACE AND LOVE!

Not possible. I am really curious why would you even want that.

_mysiak_ said:
Not possible. I am really curious why would you even want that.
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For many reasons.. They changed it in some very bad way for my opinion.. like the auto turning on WiFi by some apps, like some apps that don't have widgets, the call recording issue and many more very annoying unreasonable changes they did on A10 on.. saw also they only allow FBE encryption instead of FDE which is much better [That i can see for huge 128, 256 or maybe 512 Gigs Storages but still it should be up to the user decision not forcing]
So you say it's completely impossible? even if flash universal / rooted ROM? no way at all?! cause man those are really annoying stuff especially to the tech Pros and/or savvy's like us, and i know that since i saw many threads and posts in other forums about those issues too.. Maybe some giving up or thinking it's advancements, but really, maybe big money involved, espionage, and many more possible reasons they doing it.. It's bad, really bad..
* BTW sorry for the multiplication threads didn't knew it's SPAMing and not very involved it forums world..
Thank ahead.

Jeff1976A1 said:
For many reasons.. They changed it in some very bad way for my opinion.. like the auto turning on WiFi by some apps, like some apps that don't have widgets, the call recording issue and many more very annoying unreasonable changes they did on A10 on.. saw also they only allow FBE encryption instead of FDE which is much better [That i can see for huge 128, 256 or maybe 512 Gigs Storages but still it should be up to the user decision not forcing]
So you say it's completely impossible? even if flash universal / rooted ROM? no way at all?! cause man those are really annoying stuff especially to the tech Pros and/or savvy's like us, and i know that since i saw many threads and posts in other forums about those issues too.. Maybe some giving up or thinking it's advancements, but really, maybe big money involved, espionage, and many more possible reasons they doing it.. It's bad, really bad..
* BTW sorry for the multiplication threads didn't knew it's SPAMing and not very involved it forums world..
Thank ahead.
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To be honest I don't understand none of your points.
1. Wifi can be still turned on by apps, you just need to enable the permission (allow always vs. allow only when app is running in foreground).
2. Call recording is working in regions where it's not forbidden by privacy laws.
3. FBE is much better because it allows you to start the phone with basic service without using the password. Not sure why do you consider FDE to be superior.
4. Well, you can try to build your own Android 7 ROM from old sources, but you're going to have a fun time adapting to vendor partition/proprietary files created for Android 10 or 11. Also using several years old code which is not supported or patched anymore is quite interesting approach to security.

_mysiak_ said:
To be honest I don't understand none of your points.
1. Wifi can be still turned on by apps, you just need to enable the permission (allow always vs. allow only when app is running in foreground).
2. Call recording is working in regions where it's not forbidden by privacy laws.
3. FBE is much better because it allows you to start the phone with basic service without using the password. Not sure why do you consider FDE to be superior.
4. Well, you can try to build your own Android 7 ROM from old sources, but you're going to have a fun time adapting to vendor partition/proprietary files created for Android 10 or 11. Also using several years old code which is not supported or patched anymore is quite interesting approach to security.
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Maybe it's regional or SROMs based issue, but the vendor of the app said it's not allowed on Android 10 and on, and i did confirmed the permission to turn on WiFi automatically, but maybe there's some other settings that i missed and that guy was wrong, i'd love if you can show how to enable it globally and/or to just the auto file sync i use, cause i tried many times even with manual syncing [by clicking the Sync button when WiFi is off, it started and turn it off automatically on Android 7.0.. Of course also for time interval based sync]..

Jeff1976A1 said:
Maybe it's regional or SROMs based issue, but the vendor of the app said it's not allowed on Android 10 and on, and i did confirmed the permission to turn on WiFi automatically, but maybe there's some other settings that i missed and that guy was wrong, i'd love if you can show how to enable it globally and/or to just the auto file sync i use, cause i tried many times even with manual syncing [by clicking the Sync button when WiFi is off, it started and turn it off automatically on Android 7.0.. Of course also for time interval based sync]..
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App info, permissions.

_mysiak_ said:
App info, permissions.
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Hi.. Thanks for your reply.. i did that already before, but still it doesn't work.. i use FolderSync, that currently in my old Android 7.0 device, does syncing when i click Sync from within the app, while i was totally offline [Data and Wifi] so it turned on the Wifi connection [Specific home network], and also on Scheduled i inserted the Allowed Networks SSID [Which BTW when i turn on WiFi manually and it does sync it with GDrive, it say on top 'Unknown SSID' for case it matters {Had the feeling that it very much does}], I also switced it on in Data and WiFI limit it does on that Security app, which i guess is kind of firewall, and BTW i remember like 5-6 years ago i had the Lenovo A8 "Golden Worrier" has that same kind of Security app built in with firewall and all that, but still manually at least, as i checked, it doesn't turn on the Wifi via FolderSync app.. Got a strong feeling it's due to that Unknown SSID stuff or that Security app.. Could it be?..

Jeff1976A1 said:
Hi.. Thanks for your reply.. i did that already before, but still it doesn't work.. i use FolderSync, that currently in my old Android 7.0 device, does syncing when i click Sync from within the app, while i was totally offline [Data and Wifi] so it turned on the Wifi connection [Specific home network], and also on Scheduled i inserted the Allowed Networks SSID [Which BTW when i turn on WiFi manually and it does sync it with GDrive, it say on top 'Unknown SSID' for case it matters {Had the feeling that it very much does}], I also switced it on in Data and WiFI limit it does on that Security app, which i guess is kind of firewall, and BTW i remember like 5-6 years ago i had the Lenovo A8 "Golden Worrier" has that same kind of Security app built in with firewall and all that, but still manually at least, as i checked, it doesn't turn on the Wifi via FolderSync app.. Got a strong feeling it's due to that Unknown SSID stuff or that Security app.. Could it be?..
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FolderSync doesn't turn Wifi On automatically, this feature seems to be missing in the app. But I've just tested with Tasker and it is able to turn Wifi On and Off, so it's not a problem of Android version.
For Allowed SSID feature in FolderSync you must enable permanent location access.
Btw. I see no point in turning Wifi Off at any point, it uses so little power that there is next to none benefit in doing it. If you insist on some kind of automation, use Tasker in a fully controlled manner.

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FolderSync doesn't turn Wifi On automatically, this feature seems to be missing in the app. But I've just tested with Tasker and it is able to turn Wifi On and Off, so it's not a problem of Android version.
For Allowed SSID feature in FolderSync you must enable permanent location access.
Btw. I see no point in turning Wifi Off at any point, it uses so little power that there is next to none benefit in doing it. If you insist on some kind of automation, use Tasker in a fully controlled manner.
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Well your first argument is actually not tru, FolderSync does turns on Wifi automatically as i do for like 4 years with my older Galaxy s6 [Great dev BTW, Samsung's first 64 bit device i thinks] running now Android 7.0, and also the other day and im sure if ill try this right now it will actually turning on WiFi from off mode and also automatically closed it when done syncing, but no matter what i did it doesn't doing it on the XM10T5G, and it both updated to the latest FolderSync version the one with those tiles.. so it must be something with the operation system.. again it's some kind of Andro/MIUI OS so it has to do with one of them..
About the SSID, i did confirmed the location access all the time [not just when it's used] on the Security app, is there any other place that i should enable location or any other settings that may be relating to this?..
And really? you don't see the point in using Wifi? It's much more faster, secure, and reliable than data.. of course i don't care if it'll be 4G or 5G even better to sync, but obviously not any connection, but thanks for the Tasker Tip, i'll try that.. i've heared that somewhere i think from the gut of FolderSync..
And BTW, the call recording is legal in my country, so i did also many years but here only after trying several apps i found Cube ACR working good.. And also, some apps ask you if you confirm that Call recording is legal in your country but of course if you flash custom or different ROM, the system obviously can never tell..
Peace..

Jeff1976A1 said:
Well your first argument is actually not tru, FolderSync does turns on Wifi automatically as i do for like 4 years with my older Galaxy s6 [Great dev BTW, Samsung's first 64 bit device i thinks] running now Android 7.0, and also the other day and im sure if ill try this right now it will actually turning on WiFi from off mode and also automatically closed it when done syncing, but no matter what i did it doesn't doing it on the XM10T5G, and it both updated to the latest FolderSync version the one with those tiles.. so it must be something with the operation system.. again it's some kind of Andro/MIUI OS so it has to do with one of them..
About the SSID, i did confirmed the location access all the time [not just when it's used] on the Security app, is there any other place that i should enable location or any other settings that may be relating to this?..
And really? you don't see the point in using Wifi? It's much more faster, secure, and reliable than data.. of course i don't care if it'll be 4G or 5G even better to sync, but obviously not any connection, but thanks for the Tasker Tip, i'll try that.. i've heared that somewhere i think from the gut of FolderSync..
And BTW, the call recording is legal in my country, so i did also many years but here only after trying several apps i found Cube ACR working good.. And also, some apps ask you if you confirm that Call recording is legal in your country but of course if you flash custom or different ROM, the system obviously can never tell..
Peace..
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I see no point in turning wifi OFF.
Anyway, good luck finding/building your perfect Andoid 7 ROM.

_mysiak_ said:
I see no point in turning wifi OFF.
Anyway, good luck finding/building your perfect Andoid 7 ROM.
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Again security and energy reasons.. Think about it..
Anyway i barely know how to flash ROM, so i'm very far from building a custom one.. But at start you said it's impossible to install / flash an older Android ROM to it [XM10T5G], so you say it's possible with custom ROM?

Jeff1976A1 said:
Again security and energy reasons.. Think about it..
Anyway i barely know how to flash ROM, so i'm very far from building a custom one.. But at start you said it's impossible to install / flash an older Android ROM to it [XM10T5G], so you say it's possible with custom ROM?
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Again - not possible, such ROM doesn't exist.