Greetings.
Settings - Device - Lock screen - Screen lock: there should be "no lock" option among others like pattern, pin etc. But it's gone. I've got a second device which does have it. They are both updated to the latest 4.4.2 android. The main difference is - mine had been rooted, unrooted, untrriped Knox and installed manually (by odin) the previous firmware. The last one I've got by Wi-Fi. No resets whatsoever.
So my question is where this option now is hiding? It's some bug due to flashing my phone or something about Knox being activated and run? Maybe I should clear data in some app?
remove all your mail accounts (it might be your work email account - some ms exchange acc)
Clear all certificates under security.
"Clear credentials" is greyed out. There are a lot of them in "trusted credentials" but I presume you're not talking about them. I'll try removing emails one by one then.
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So, I decided when I first got the phone, to have a 4-digit PIN to unlock the phone, but only if done after a long time. I think it was like 24 hours. I can't remember exactly, but that is irrelevant. So anyway, my friend has a Touch Diamond, and we scored a Microsoft internship together. So, a whole bunch of emails started arriving via Exchange and we wanted to sync our phones to it as well.
Now, he DIDN'T set a password earlier, so he couldn't login when the phone asked him for it, resulting in a complete reset!! He was devastated, but luckily, Outlook had stored all his contacts/tasks etc for him on the server, so he was still fine.
My problem is, I am able to login using my original PIN, but now I have to do it, every 15 mins, which the maximum I am allowed to go. (In Settings > Personal > Lock, the 'Prompt if device unused for...' checkbox is disabled.) I realise this is probably some security feature, but is there a way around this? Or will I have to give up sync priveleges to go back to the old days?
Help!
this is a security feature of exchange, not your phone.
if you don't enter the password you'll find that your phone still receives calls etc. I had this and it was very annoying, until I told our infrastructure manager to relax security permission on our exchange server for my device
check out this website... toward the end of the page is a link to an app that will allow you change the behavior of the "exchange lock" feature. now i use Exchange for push and after i'm setup, i use the app to disable the lock/password feature. my exchange service provider doesn't force me to re-enable this feature; however, your provider may be different. read the info and then decide if this is something you want to try...
I recently noticed that when I switched back to stock updates from the Android N beta, my "Last used" when I was going through the phones set up process was VERY old. It said my 6P was "last used" 72 days ago, and none of my apps and WiFi passwords I have added since them appear to be showing up after the restore. I checked the Google Play Store settings on the desktop and found the list of "My Devices", and I noticed that my 6P's "Last Used" column is blank. Completely blank. It says "Registered On August 19, 2016", so that part makes sense, but it does not appear to be updating the "Last Used" data.
I have ensured that my account sync is enabled, as well as the "Automatic restore" and "Back up my data" found in the "Backup & Reset" options of the settings.
I also am on stock updates (the August security patch currently), locked bootloader, no root, completely stock.
I also created a new Google account to test this, installed just 2 apps, waited about an hour, then factory reset and logged back in with that new account, and it never prompted me to restore previously installed apps. The "Last Used" column for that account is also blank. It's not clear on what intervals the automatic backup happens, and under what conditions (not used for a long time, WiFi, etc.), so it's possible I didn't test it long enough.
Could this be a device issue? It really seems like software, but I have seen stranger things.
I've seen that too. I got my replacement 6P a couple days ago. Set it all up then decided to unlock my bootloader. I did that, then when I set up my phone again, the 6P that I literally just set up wasn't on the list of devices to restore my account. I don't get it.
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I can't seem to disable the finger print unlock and the pin unlock. It makes me use one or the other and all I want is the swipe unlock. I'v tried clearing credentials, I disabled every credential individually, I deactivated device administrators. Nothing works. Anyone>?
Only way Right now to disable Security lock is by doing Factory Reset,
ZTE knows about it and hope will be fix on the next update.....beside I guess there's more to play there.
HiImEric said:
I can't seem to disable the finger print unlock and the pin unlock. It makes me use one or the other and all I want is the swipe unlock. I'v tried clearing credentials, I disabled every credential individually, I deactivated device administrators. Nothing works. Anyone>?
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You might have an app that is enforcing the lock policy, like for instance an exchange email account that enforces secure screen or a banking app and such. Also deactivate smart-lock under security/trust agents. But clearing credential storage should kinda reset all of it unless you have to clear all fingerprints as well
I want to turn off the lock screen, not even swipe, but there is no "none" option in Security settings. Originally, my phone was an Amazon ads phone, but I paid the $50 to get rid of ads (spent hours trying to remove using debloater tool from this website but hit brick wall). I thought maybe that was what was preventing the "none" lock screen option, but I still don't see it. I have Android 6.0.1.
Any suggestions? Does anyone who has an Amazon phone (with or without ads) see the "none" option in Security settings for lock screen? (with Android 6.0.1+)
Thanks!
I believe the issue you are experiencing is related to the presence of a guest account. On older versions of the g if there was a guest account the none option for the screenlock disappeared. I just tried to disable the guest account on my prime g4, but don't see a way to actually remove the account.
I can't seem to figure out how to remove/disable the guest user account...
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I can't seem to figure out how to remove/disable the guest user account...
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Unless you're rooted I don't believe you can remove it.
EDIT: Solved. Flash 14B, hold emergency call and keep tapping next. Skip email setup and you'll get to the home screen with the message "setup proceeded by server policy" or some such. The phone reboots to setup and you can proceed through the setup wizard normally. Don't make up a bull**** email address this time.
tl;dr phone frp locked, don't know the associated email
My wife's old v20 was gathering dust and we both have the same model so I figured I'd try to root it as practice before I do mine. I made a new Gmail account during setup (my password is long and complicated and I was too lazy to look it up) but I ended up having to do another factory reset before rooting. Frp kicked in and I have no idea what the email address was. Is there any way to either find out what the email is or bypass frp altogether? I've tried various methods that involve getting into the settings menu but none work, my settings menu only has wifi settings. Maybe I need to be on a certain android version?