Dumb question or bug? The screen lock has been set. How is this disabled or turned off if "none" is grayed out under security?
*Edit*
Took a chance and erased the credential storage and got "none" and "face unlock" to show up. This looks like a bug.
As soon as you use custom certificates for coperate Wifis or some other security features it requires you to have a more secure lockscreen than just "None" or "Face unlock".
That's not a bug, but still very annyoing....
Does anyone know of an app, or widget that easy lets me toggle screen lock security on and off with one click, like a toggle?
The reason I ask, is that at certain times, I like having the lock screen pattern enabled, but most of the day I like to have it turned off and just the normal swype lock screen without security.
I know I can do this in the settings, but it gets annoying having to go in the settings, enable the lock pattern, and go through all that each time I want to have it enabled for a while.
Any suggestions, or apps that can enable some type of lock screen pattern, or security, but have it easily toggled on and off without having to re set it up each time I want to enable or disable it?
Is there any way to disable the lock screen?
Settings > Lock Screen > Select screen lock set to 'None'.
I don't have that option, seriously
Send screenshot of ur settings menu.
i think they removed the "none" option in lollipop
Since update to Marshmallow (V20B installed from .kdz with LGUP) I'm missing the option to set sensitive information on/off for apps?
I have the general Lock screen setting under Settings>Sound. There I have set Hide sensitive only.
I also have enabled a secure lock screen which you have to do, I am using pattern but have also tried PIN.
Then under Set notification for apps, I only have these three
Block
Priority
Allow peeking
I can filter my apps based on
All apps
Enabled
Disabled
Block
Priority
No peeking
Hide sensitive content
Wtf? Bug? Or has something happened with my settings?
Hah! Found what the problem is. The option to hide sensitive information on the lock screen or not is actually reversed. If I choose "Show all notifications" it hides the apps I have set as sensitive. And under the app settings, the option is now there.
Hi, I previously had my lock screen set to none, and I loved it.
But since doing a Factory Reset, I no longer have the option to set my lock screen to None.
The only options are Swipe, Pattern, PIN, Password, Intelligent Scan, Face & Iris.
Does anyone have any idea how I can entirely disable the lock screen?
Thanks
In Settings -> Lock Screen the right hand side are the following options:
Swipe
Pattern
PIN
Password
None
then biometrics options. You do not have the None option in the list? However, I see I have a software update to install. I will install and see what happens to the options but looks like it is only the Dec 1 2018 security patch.
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Looks like they may have added a menu. Now I have to go to Settings -> Lock Screen -> Lock Screen Type
but I see the same menu items
Swipe
Pattern
PIN
Pattern
Password
None
I don't have the 'none' option
I had already installed the software update, but continued to have a 'none' lock screen, until I did a Factory Reset
puppettestpilot said:
Hi, I previously had my lock screen set to none, and I loved it.
But since doing a Factory Reset, I no longer have the option to set my lock screen to None.
The only options are Swipe, Pattern, PIN, Password, Intelligent Scan, Face & Iris.
Does anyone have any idea how I can entirely disable the lock screen?
Thanks
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install Goodlock from Samsung App Store, then you can set the lock screen to set to none! if Goodlock is not on the Samsung app store, as it's not available in all regions just download the GoodLock APK!
puppettestpilot said:
I don't have the 'none' option
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Right, but your "Swipe" setting shows No security. Perhaps they moved the setting into there? What do you see when you click on Swipe?
Edit to add: Can you hit the About Tablet on the bottom left and what is there?
aspexil said:
Right, but your "Swipe" setting shows No security. Perhaps they moved the setting into there? What do you see when you click on Swipe? Edit to add: Can you hit the About Tablet on the bottom left and what is there?
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When I select 'Swipe' it just takes me back to the previous screen --> Clock Style, Roaming Clock, FaceWidgets, Contact Information, Notifications & App shortcuts.
About Tablet just has my Model number, Serial number, IMEI, Status, Legal info, Software info & Battery info.
N1NJATH3ORY said:
install Goodlock from Samsung App Store, then you can set the lock screen to set to none! if LockScreen is not on the Samsung app store, as it's not available in all regions just download the GoodLock APK!
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Hi, thanks for your reply. I already have Good Lock 2018 (& LockStar). It too has no option for 'none' Lock Screen. When I select Unlock Type, I just get Swipe, Swipe up, Swipe down, Swipe left & Swipe Right.
Thanks for your help guys but I'm pretty sure Samsung have disabled this in the latest software update, I think I'll just roll-back to the previous version, since I really hate the Lock Screen!
I was just really hoping someone might know which system app to disable to get rid of the Lock Screen.
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Hi! After digging around a bit I have found reports that point to 3 possible reasons for your plight:
1. Admin apps
2. Credentials
3. Encryption
For the first 2, got to "Settings" -> "Biometrics and security" -> "Other security settings". There you will find "Device admin apps" and "Clear credentials".
The first will basically list apps/software that enforce certain security settings (eg Outook), the second will allow you to remove all certificates, where some of those might also enforce cetain security settings.
The third option is "Encrypt SD Card", found under "Biometrics and security". Some users reportet that it would also enforce lockscree security.
While these may be worth a try, I honestly I couldn't imagine why one of these reasons might trigger after a factory reset. Rather the reset should have removed any of those. This being said, I am on ARK4, have reset for rooting etc and still have the "None" option.
Perhaps enabling the developer settings ("Settings"-> "About tablet" -> "Software information" -> tap "Build number" 9 times or so) would help?
Sokraates said:
Hi! After digging around a bit I have found reports that point to 3 possible reasons for your plight
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Hi Sokraates,
Thanks so much for looking into this for me.
The only Device admin app that I had enabled was Nova Launcher (for double tap to turn screen off). Never the less, I tried disabling it and rebooting, but I still didn't have 'none' lock screen.
I also tried Clear credentials then rebooting, unfortunately, no sucess with that either.
And I don't have an SD card, so no change there.
I did already have Developer options enabled, with the only settings changed being Window animation scale, Transition animation scale & Animator duration scale, each set to .5x - so I tried disabling Developer options and rebooting, though, alas, still no joy.
My ROM version is ARJ2 which, curiously, is not listed on sammobile[dot]com, though there is an ARJ3 there. I just manually checked for new OTA update and found that I have ARK4 available to download...I just installed it but still don't have 'none' lock screen
I did another Factory Reset with the hope that somehow Samsung Smart Switch had disabled the 'none' lock screen option, when I used it to restore Apps and Settings after the previous reset, but still no luck
I've now concluded that Samsung really must have disabled 'none' lock screen in these updates, at least in Australia. So I'm going to try to roll back to previous versions of the ROM with ODIN...
I wasn't able to install ARGH, with error message "SW REV FAIL : [abl]Fused 2 > Binary 1"
But I could install ARJ3....but still no 'none' lock acreen, arrgh!!!
So now I'm thinking of trying the ARJ3 ROM for other [English speaking] regions, but I'm hesitant as I'm not sure if that will cause any problems???
Kind regards
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It's the stupid Security Policy Updates
Update...
I ended up trying several different regions with no luck
I just happened to get a new phone today 'Samsung Galaxy Note9' and one of the first things I did was to set lock screen to none...
But as soon as I connected to the internet, a Security Policy Update was downloaded and applied
My lock screen is still set to none, but the 'none' option has been removed from the list of lock screen types.
So if I were to change to swipe, I wouldn't be able to change back to none.
I've since discovered I can stop Security Policies from updating, but I can't find a way to clear ones already applied
And clearly, neither factory reset, nor clean flash, wipes the security policy updates.
Does wiping Dalvik Cache clear Security Policy Updates??