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[Q] T-Mobile T959 unlock screen with other than side key

Hi,
I have T-Mobile Vibrant T959 phone.
This phone has 4 SW keys, and a side key to unlock screen.
How can I unlock screen with SW key (E.g. Home key)?
Thanks,
Roee

Are you saying use the home key to unlock the lock screen?
I suppose it would be possible to remap it, would probably take some serious modding though.

Don't think it's possible since the software keys turn off all functionality when the phone is asleep. Keeping them on (with or without the back light) will kill your battery even if the mod is possible.

it IS possible, idk how but on i believe axura, but i'm not sure if thats the rom... but i'll just say axura for now because thats what i think it is..
On Axura you can press the MENU button to unlock. So i'm sure if you PM Master regarding how to do that he may answer, but he may not because he quit developing for the Vibrant a week or two ago.

xriderx66 said:
it IS possible, idk how but on i believe axura, but i'm not sure if thats the rom... but i'll just say axura for now because thats what i think it is..
On Axura you can press the MENU button to unlock. So i'm sure if you PM Master regarding how to do that he may answer, but he may not because he quit developing for the Vibrant a week or two ago.
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That was a bug and it was AFTER you wake the screen. If he's saying replace the side key that means he wants to wake the phone with the home key.
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OH, sorry for not understanding, yeah you can't do that because the phone itself is not waking up at all... so yeah. Is your power button not working or something?
Also, joe, if it WAS on axura, then master did tell everyone that he liked to unlock with menu key so he put it there for all, but i never knew it got removed, sorry for the wrong info i guess.

[Q] FingerPrint Unlock from Sleep

Hi,
Is there anyway to make the phone unlock using the fingerprint reader WITHOUT having to press the power button first to wake it up?
I just think it would be easier and quicker to skip a step and go from blank screen (swipe) to home screen.
Thanks

hey , could you do me a favour and possibly rip the fingerprint reader apk and post it here? would be much appreciated .
Hero with Sense 2.3

I'm no genius when it comes to this, but I think that would use an awful lot of battery keeping the fingerprint reader on all the time... Would be cool though
Sent from my MB860

Power off after unlocking the screen ONLY?

Hi guys!!
I recently installed Cerberus anti theft to protect my Nexus 4.I noticed that you can easily power off the phone altough the screen is locked.
Is there a way to prevent this?I mean that you have to unlock the screen first and then you have the right to power off the phone.

tegos said:
Hi guys!!
I recently installed Cerberus anti theft to protect my Nexus 4.I noticed that you can easily power off the phone altough the screen is locked.
Is there a way to prevent this?I mean that you have to unlock the screen first and then you have the right to power off the phone.
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Are you worried about someone getting access to your phone? I have Cerberus and if my phone goes missing, I just use PIN lock from the Cerberus website.
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The point he is trying to make is that if anyone got the phone they could just shut it off and none of your commands from Cerberus would be received.

tegos said:
Hi guys!!
I recently installed Cerberus anti theft to protect my Nexus 4.I noticed that you can easily power off the phone altough the screen is locked.
Is there a way to prevent this?I mean that you have to unlock the screen first and then you have the right to power off the phone.
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You mean the hold power for 10 seconds? That's a hardware feature you cannot disable.
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DarkhShadow said:
You mean the hold power for 10 seconds? That's a hardware feature you cannot disable.
Sent from my Jelly Nexus 4
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Not only the continuous hold of power button but also when you press it for 1 second it gives you the option to power off the phone.I don't want to stop this but I want to happen only when the screen is unlocked first.Isn't there an application for this?

tegos said:
Not only the continuous hold of power button but also when you press it for 1 second it gives you the option to power off the phone.I don't want to stop this but I want to happen only when the screen is unlocked first.Isn't there an application for this?
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Im also looking for the same. Let me know if u find one.

kgeissler said:
Are you worried about someone getting access to your phone? I have Cerberus and if my phone goes missing, I just use PIN lock from the Cerberus website.
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That does you no good if the phone is powered off. He is looking for a way to disable the power off feature at the screen lock swipe/pin/pass (whatever it is you happen to use). When you correctly input your secret swipepin/pass you can then power off the phone.
I too am in need of this. would have helped recover a lost phone that I am looking for that would be easy to locate if the thing was actually powered up, but since it can be powered off without first unlocking the main screen I think I may be **** out of luck.

Security flaw

I have the fingerprint scan enabled in the lockscreen. I realized that to bypass that, all you have to do is press the home button twice to the camera mode, from there just hit the home button again and it takes you to your homescreen. That is a huge flaw that I cannot understand why it has not been addressed.

Nope, mine stays locked after leaving camera app. I have t mobile version.

Not on my sprint variant.

louie68 said:
I have the fingerprint scan enabled in the lockscreen. I realized that to bypass that, all you have to do is press the home button twice to the camera mode, from there just hit the home button again and it takes you to your homescreen. That is a huge flaw that I cannot understand why it has not been addressed.
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I can confirm this is true with tmobile version..although it doesnt seem to work all the time.
This should really be addressed
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Doesnt work on my AT&T note5, open up the camera and I can take pictures, once it's closed it locks again.

Op. Did you check your timer on your fingerprint lock? It is possible you are doing this inside the unlocked window before it locks itself.

OK I figured it out. It may still be a flawless but it's not a security issue. If you test it out with a finger that is not registered to the phone it won't work. In other words the only person who could access the phone doing this is the owner of the phone using one of the fingers that is registered on the phone.

calvin35 said:
OK I figured it out. It may still be a flawless but it's not a security issue. If you test it out with a finger that is not registered to the phone it won't work. In other words the only person who could access the phone doing this is the owner of the phone using one of the fingers that is registered on the phone.
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Yea your right i did it with my wife and it didnt work for her. When your pressung the home button i beleive your finger print is being read at that time and if its ok takes you home if not bye bye...

You right.. Thanks
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sshafranko said:
Yea your right i did it with my wife and it didnt work for her. When your pressung the home button i beleive your finger print is being read at that time and if its ok takes you home if not bye bye...
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You're right , thanks!!

It's actually a bit amusing the fingerprint scanner is fast and accurate enough to create this impression.

Had me scared for a second cause mine "did" this too! Thankfully the finger print scanner on this phone is decent finally. The Note 4 was garbage, and even the S6 Edge when I had it was too slow to want to use it. Now this is just great.

You're right, I believe I activated the camera via home button at least three times before going to home screen.
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Hi
I agreed with the lock screen issue.
It can be reproduce easily
1) Log into your homescreen as normal (dont matter if u r using pin, password or fingerprint)
2) Now, Pressed the "Power botton", your screen should shutoff/blackout as normal
3) Next, Pressed the "Power botton" ... your screen will come back ON ..at this moment just swipe the middle of your screen...
Wah-la...u login without giving any password/fingerprint autheticantion.
Note:
I have set it to "Lock Instantly with Power Key" and Lock Automatically to "Imeadiately"
Hopefully Samsung will fixed it sooner
Regards
Radiowc
SNG5 black TMO -64GB

radiowc said:
Hi
I agreed with the lock screen issue.
It can be reproduce easily
1) Log into your homescreen as normal (dont matter if u r using pin, password or fingerprint)
2) Now, Pressed the "Power botton", your screen should shutoff/blackout as normal
3) Next, Pressed the "Power botton" ... your screen will come back ON ..at this moment just swipe the middle of your screen...
Wah-la...u login without giving any password/fingerprint autheticantion.
Note:
I have set it to "Lock Instantly with Power Key" and Lock Automatically to "Imeadiately"
Hopefully Samsung will fixed it sooner
Regards
Radiowc
SNG5 black TMO -64GB
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Just tested and doesn't work, re-check that your settings were saved because I tried 5 times and I can only get it to "work" when I turn off "lock instantly with power key".
AT&T 64GB

Kaboose666 said:
Just tested and doesn't work, re-check that your settings were saved because I tried 5 times and I can only get it to "work" when I turn off "lock instantly with power key".
AT&T 64GB
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Thank you.. i will try that again... anyway i also open a case with Samsung. Maybe of affect small amount of users.
Cheers!

Kaboose666 said:
Just tested and doesn't work, re-check that your settings were saved because I tried 5 times and I can only get it to "work" when I turn off "lock instantly with power key".
AT&T 64GB
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I went back to see if I had lock immediately selected and I didnt. So I changed it to immediately then proceeded to do the same test before and wasn't able to by pass the lock screen. Good catch and you're right.
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Just to update... mine fixed after doing soft reset or reset back to factory settings. Now it works as design.
Just have to spend some extra time to restore after the reset.

Unlock 6P when laying on Desk?

Definitely enjoying the Nexus 6P after getting it yesterday. After bringing it to work that, I have to say that it's a little frustrating having to pick it up to unlock it with the fingerprint reader on the back. Coming from a Galaxy S6 this wasn't an issue since it was on the front. Besides that I'm definitely enjoying this phone more.
I was thinking about getting a dock for it, but realizing it would be the and issue. This is where double tap to wake would really come in handy if a dev ends up figuring out a way to get that to work (if it's even possible).
I was going to try to look into making my fitbit a trusted device if possible which could help the issue. Anyone else struggling a bit with the same thing? I really like having the fingerprint reader on the back otherwise. Or anything else people are using for this? I definitely don't want to set a trusted location at work...
Thanks in advance!
-J
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are you to lazy to press the power button on the side and punching in a code?

While the phone is face up on the desk you can still unlock the phone by swiping up from the bottom of the screen and using your normal unlock method. The other option is to lay it face down and touch the sensor before picking it up.

I was thinking about not using Smart Lock because of the finger print sensor. I found it convenient to have it unlock paired to my smart watch because of this reason. I don't have to pick it up to unlock.

I Smart Lock with my Pebble Time, and a 5 second lock delay when not paired. I wear my watch when I'm out of the house but it usually stays within range and unlocked when I'm at home as well. I do find myself still using the fingerprint scanner to wake the device as I take it out of my pocket even when a PIN isn't required.

nbaj2k said:
Definitely enjoying the Nexus 6P after getting it yesterday. After bringing it to work that, I have to say that it's a little frustrating having to pick it up to unlock it with the fingerprint reader on the back. Coming from a Galaxy S6 this wasn't an issue since it was on the front. Besides that I'm definitely enjoying this phone more.
I was thinking about getting a dock for it, but realizing it would be the and issue. This is where double tap to wake would really come in handy if a dev ends up figuring out a way to get that to work (if it's even possible).
I was going to try to look into making my fitbit a trusted device if possible which could help the issue. Anyone else struggling a bit with the same thing? I really like having the fingerprint reader on the back otherwise. Or anything else people are using for this? I definitely don't want to set a trusted location at work...
Thanks in advance!
-J
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Unfortunately I've never found smartlock with a fitbit reliable. It only senses the fitbit when the fitbit syncs....it's not always connected. But for real....press the side button and punch in your pin. 1st world problems.

I turned off the finger print scanner for this reason alone. Now I'm just waiting for NRT (I'm too lazy to manual root these days) to be updated so i can root it and fix the rotation on the lockscreen and hopefully add double tap to wake as well. I normally have my phone on a cell phone stand when I'm at my desk, so its always in landscape. Not having the lockscreen able to rotate is dumb, especially in the car. I'm also thinking of just putting one of those NFC stickers on that cell phone stand at work. Just need to find the ones i have.

Dt2w is available with flar2's kernel now

Double tap to wake is available with stock kernel, as well. Just need to enable it using the code in flar2's kernel thread. Of course, this requires root.
On topic, I find myself lifting the phone up to use my fingerprint to unlock the device. Sure, I could double tap it and input my pattern, but it seems easier to just pick it up.

Wasn't trying to come across as lazy (although I'm sure I did!) Just adjusting to the fingerprint reader on the back and was trying to get different thoughts. I'm possibly going to give double tap to wake a try, thanks for mentioning that.
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Dont worry about it, I don't like it either. A sensor in front is just as easy to use and unlike the rear sensor can be used without picking up the phone. Nor do I want to enter in my very long and complex password every time I want to check my notifications, use the calculator, etc. as the phone sits next to me on the desk. Calling this lazy is baffling to me, I work hard to lay out my phone out and configure it so it can perform with absolute maximum efficiency allowing me to get get to and use any application or the phone itself with the minimum time invested. Of course everyone knows they can enter their password as an alternative, suggesting it is pointless and why anyone would want to I cant guess.
For me in the most part it's a non issue because the majority of times when I have the phone sitting next to me in that scenario it's at work or at home and the phone is already unlocked. Double tap and I'm rolling. Course I knew all this going in but I had hoped I'd make friends with the rear location and that hasn't happened and probably wont. I like this phone, pretty darn solid device but its not perfect.

If the sensor was on the front, people would complain it wasn't on the back. Can't please everyone with that.
In my opinion, it's in the perfect spot. Coming form a Nexus 6 and before that a Moto X 2013, I loved the dimple and always put my finger there naturally. The Nexus Imprint is the same way. Today I forgot my Pebble Time on the charger so Smart Lock isn't active. Using the sensor is working great instead of entering my PIN. I think the placement on the back makes the most sense because there is already a way to unlock from the front (touch screen). Putting both on the front would likely mean a bigger device/smaller screen or very odd placement (off the the side of the speaker or something). The only happy medium would be putting it on the side with the power button, but that could still mean you'd wear out the physical power button using it all the time. The Nexus Imprint has no moving parts and saves your power button for the good stuff like getting into the bootloader.

I use smart lock with locations for my home and office so i don't need to unlock the phone when it's on a desk at work or at home. I also set my phone lock to 20 min after sleep and to not lock instantly when power button is pressed. I don't see the need for your phone to be constantly locked. If I leave it somewhere it will lock in 20 mins but if I'm actively using it then I don't want to to keep locking.

nonnasmyladie said:
I use smart lock with locations for my home and office so i don't need to unlock the phone when it's on a desk at work or at home. I also set my phone lock to 20 min after sleep and to not lock instantly when power button is pressed. I don't see the need for your phone to be constantly locked. If I leave it somewhere it will lock in 20 mins but if I'm actively using it then I don't want to to keep locking.
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I do the same thing. I made home and work trusted places and use the phone at my desk without having to worry about unlocking it.

I personally use Smart Lock with my Moto 360. Works well for me.

lizardrod said:
I do the same thing. I made home and work trusted places and use the phone at my desk without having to worry about unlocking it.
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I could never get smart location to work for me. it's really odd that yours stays unlocked at home.

valapsp said:
I could never get smart location to work for me. it's really odd that yours stays unlocked at home.
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I don't use it, but I've seen people say that it works better if you setup four locations directly around your home instead of just one centered on it. This way they overlap and if you're in any of them, you'll be unlocked. The very center being the most saturated area with all four circles overlapping.