For months now Ive used No Lock effectively to disable the keyguard or lock.
However, last week I pulled the battery, and when i rebooted, EVERY TIME i turn off the screen i need to slide the lock thing to unlock it.
Ive uninstalled msecure, and seekdroid to avoid conflicts, and gone through almost every apps permissions looking for the culplit. No new apps since this started...
I did have a device administrator, which was removed about a month ago. even then it didnt have a screen lock in place.
Ive since renamed adminfeednotifier so i dont see any reason that would be the issue. Also ive tried other 'unlock' programs like Anti-Lock, but to no avail.
Strange thing seems to be that if i power off, it works again, power button / home button pop right to the home scree, but only until i pull the battery...
Then after 2-3 minutes the screen lock pops up again! >:<
its driving me nuts not knowing whats causing the issue.
Please help me figure this out.
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Hello, I was using my phone (Setup WatchOn and was playing with it, did not add or remove anything before my problems began) which I was able to use WatchOn without any problems, then after about a hour of not receiving any texts I suddenly received 6 in a row that didn't show up when they were sent. I restarted my phone since that was weird obviously and when it boot back up I can no longer do anything with it. I can turn on the phone (I have already restarted several times, removed the battery and put it back in) but when the phone is on I can't swipe up to unlock the phone. The time is displaying and the battery is changing like the phone is completely normal but I can't get into it anymore. If I hold the power button and spam press the restart button it actually react to it eventually but it takes some time.
If anyone has any idea what's wrong or how to fix it I would appreciate it greatly.
Try using the Samsung Kies restore method.... I have posted a couple of times on multiple threads on how to do this....
bmroczka said:
Hello, I was using my phone (Setup WatchOn and was playing with it, did not add or remove anything before my problems began) which I was able to use WatchOn without any problems, then after about a hour of not receiving any texts I suddenly received 6 in a row that didn't show up when they were sent. I restarted my phone since that was weird obviously and when it boot back up I can no longer do anything with it. I can turn on the phone (I have already restarted several times, removed the battery and put it back in) but when the phone is on I can't swipe up to unlock the phone. The time is displaying and the battery is changing like the phone is completely normal but I can't get into it anymore. If I hold the power button and spam press the restart button it actually react to it eventually but it takes some time.
If anyone has any idea what's wrong or how to fix it I would appreciate it greatly.
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I have my Nexus 4 for about 2 months now, and lately I have noticed a very annoying thing.
Whenever I lock my screen and then trying to quickly unlock it (using the power button), the screen lights up a little bit in a dark blue, stays like that for about 15-20 seconds, and only after that the lock screen shows up, allowing me to unlock the phone. This happens every time I try to unlock it after, let's say, less than 10 seconds after I locked it. If I unlock it after a longer period of sleep, no problem at all.
I have stock Android 4.2.2 and the phone is not rooted.
I have had installed GO Locker, and thought that it might cause the problem, but I uninstalled it. Unfortunately the problem persists.
I also had apps like Screen on / off, GO Switch, that were device administrators to allow them to lock the screen. I have unistalled them all, the same situation.
Can anybody tell me what is the cause and how could I fix this? It's really annoying when I need some quick information and I have to wait 20 second for the screen to unlock.
Long story short... did a full wipe and reinstall of 4.4.2 because after a couple updates on Next Launcher 3D, my phone was giving me nothing but grief with a variety of errors. Now with this fresh install and only the following apps installed:
Mi Xplorer
Titanium Backup
Puffin
MX Player
Groove IP
RingTo
CamScanner
Google Keep
App Hider
Sygic Maps
Poweramp
WeatherBug
aCalendar
Zello
My phone is freezing on me multiple times a day and I'm ready to throw it against the wall.
What I noticed is, that it seems to freeze after it sits idle for an hour or two... but runs fine as long as I am messing with it. I can literally tinker with the phone for hours and all is good, but as soon as I put it down and not touch it... FREEZE! When I am sleeping I always wake up like every 1 1/2 - 2 hrs and I check the time and over an 8 hour period, it will be frozen at least 3 out of 4 times.
Also noted is this when it freezes: I hit power/lock button to turn on screen and attempt to scroll and nothing... if I hit power/lock again to turn off screen... rehitting power/lock will not turn phone back on and will eventually reboot on it's own.
Noticed this when I have Lock Screen Turned off: If I turn on screen and hold down Home button it will still open and close Recent Apps but frozen on that screen and if I hold Home button to turn on and off the Recent Apps, after a couple times the WiFi icon will vanish and then eventually come back up and alakazam the phone is no longer frozen.
Anyone have a clue? Just guessing, but it almost seems to be a WiFi issue because why would the WiFi unfreeze the phone once it turns back on?
Appreciate all the suggestions and help... figured out what was causing the freezes and 2 days straight now freeze free.
I'm having the same problem. What worked for you? Thanks.
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I started using screen lock apps, with slide and pincode options. I was using slidelock. After sometime, after an upgrade or two to the app, the screen lock started to freeze. It would not let me unlock the phone, but stayed at the locked screen only. I had to restart the phone itself, and that also by removing the battery and reinserting. I could not access anything on the phone. So I uninstalled slidelock.
I started using cleanmaster screen lock, and for many days, this worked great. But this morning, again the freeze screen lock started. I had to remove the battery and restart the phone.
Has something similar happened to anyone else? What is the solution to this?
I am using Samsung Note 3 with android 4.4.2
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Has anyone ran into this issue where the pattern changed itself or no longer worked? I definitely did not update or change it. All of sudden today, it just stopped taking it. Initially, I was able to unlock with my fingerprint. However, when I went into lock screen settings to try and figure out what's the issue, it prompts of course for the pattern. It then of course said it was incorrect and then told me to try again. Now I'm currently locked out 60 minutes and my fingerprint doesn't work anymore either! This is such an annoying bug and have no idea how this came about since I haven't updated or downloaded any new apps. I've also rebooted several times as others have stated, and the problem persists..
This worked for me!
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Hi,
Has anyone ran into this issue where the pattern changed itself or no longer worked? I definitely did not update or change it. All of sudden today, it just stopped taking it. Initially, I was able to unlock with my fingerprint. However, when I went into lock screen settings to try and figure out what's the issue, it prompts of course for the pattern. It then of course said it was incorrect and then told me to try again. Now I'm currently locked out 60 minutes and my fingerprint doesn't work anymore either! This is such an annoying bug and have no idea how this came about since I haven't updated or downloaded any new apps. I've also rebooted several times as others have stated, and the problem persists..
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Hey- I had the same issue happen to me yesterday. I was able to accidentally find a solution by following these steps
1. Turn off your Android device.
2. Press and hold the "power", "volume down", and "bottom" buttons simultaneously. ...
3. Release the buttons once your Android device is powered on.
4. A Warning screen will appear, press the volume down option to cancel and (restart phone)
5. Phone will restart and ask for your pin, the original pin should now be working again.
6. Add your other fingers to the scanner! - at least that's what I did