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.
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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.
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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.
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I have my Nexus One set to turn off the display and go into lock mode after 10 minutes. I would prefer 5 minutes, but that is not an option. I have owned the phone for about a month, and absolutely love it, but I have noticed that the top button (which I press to turn the display on) is no longer working as well as it use to. I have to press down on the top button fairly hard to get the display turned back on. I am guessing the wear and tear of pressing the top button dozens of times each day is slowly causing the top button to fail. Is there a way to set the Nexus One display to turn on by pressing something other than the top button on the phone? Perhaps press the volume button, or press the screen to get the display to turn on, instead of the top button?
-Greymarch
I write about technology, especially the Nexus One at my website.
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There's a fix for this.
hopefully there is nothing physically wrong with your phone.
If you have a custom rom and if it is slow it may make it seem like you have a physical problem with the button.
I've just started having this power button issue... Hard reset made no difference so I'm thinking it might be hardware related which is a shame.
HTC says return the phone for repair (had it for 3 weeks) and within the same breath without any prompting said, "And in case you're wondering you won't get a courtesy phone".
Bofslime, are you suggesting there's a specific fix or merely to ring HTC?
The top button still works, it just takes a little bit more effort to get it working. I gotta press down a little harder than I use to.
I am quite dependent on this phone, and have ABSOLUTELY no interest in shipping it back to HTC or google so they can spend weeks fixing a minor issue.
I am really looking for a way to turn on the display without having to press the top button.
-Greymarch
I write about technology, especially the Nexus One at my website.
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bofslime said:
There's a fix for this.
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I followed your link. I couldnt find the specific fix you are referring to. Could you be more specific?
Thanks,
- Greymarch
I write about technology, especially the Nexus One at my website.
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Sorry, in case it wasn't clear, I've had my Nexus One for three weeks (so over the 14 day replace period I'm guessing). HTC actually said it would take about 6 days to get it back to me. Which isn't bad really.
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Bofslime, are you suggesting there's a specific fix or merely to ring HTC?
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Yes, the phone needs to be repaired/replaced.
I had my phone advanced replaced without question or hassle because of dust other the screen. Sold my G1 2 day's before receiving my N1, its not the end of the world to fall back to a backup phone. My sidekick was happy to serve me again for the interim.
Ah ha!
I have found a couple of applications which will allow you to wake-up your Nexus One display using a button other than the power-on button:
http://lock20.wordpress.com/
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-blau-android-keyguard-qFj.aspx
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I have tried over 4 different ROM's trying to get this...bug to stop. A lot of the time when I try to unlock my device, each time I slide to unlock, my screen goes black...and I have to keep unlocking my screen to get it to go to my home screen. This is so frustrating, it can take 20+ unlock attempts to get it to actually unlock. Is anyone else having this issue or does anybody know how I can fix this?
Never seen this... I use a pattern lock, but never seen anything like this on any Android device except once when my Nexus One was swamped with logging from a crappy app on the market, and it just simply wasn't receiving input.
khaytsus said:
Never seen this... I use a pattern lock, but never seen anything like this on any Android device except once when my Nexus One was swamped with logging from a crappy app on the market, and it just simply wasn't receiving input.
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I'm going to try wiping my device out completely and going back to stock to see if that solves it... sigh.
Wiped all data, flashed to stock....nothing. I also tried other lock screen styles like PIN and Password... same thing. Is this something I would be able to RMA for? Do I go through Gamestop or Asus for it?
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Vugari said:
I have tried over 4 different ROM's trying to get this...bug to stop. A lot of the time when I try to unlock my device, each time I slide to unlock, my screen goes black...and I have to keep unlocking my screen to get it to go to my home screen. This is so frustrating, it can take 20+ unlock attempts to get it to actually unlock. Is anyone else having this issue or does anybody know how I can fix this?
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I've been having this issue as well. I did a little digging, and it looks like it's usually due to the case. For some people, it's static buildup from the case. For me, it's because I have a case with a magnetic closure that turns off the screen when I close it. The magnet is pretty strong, so when I fold the front cover around the back of my Nexus 7, it can still turn off the screen immediately after I unlock it.
Try fiddling with your case when you have this issue. It might resolve the problem.
I have a security issue, unless its me being silly.
I am fully stock unrooted.
I have never had any problem until today and I realised my phone unlocked without a pass code or finger print, I know this because I always wear rubber gloves and have to type the pin in to get into my phone, I do this day in day out and today after several unlocks it stopped asking for the pin.
I have uploaded a video showing what happens
It funny though because when I click the lock on the bottom of the unlock screen it prompts me for a pin or finger print, but if I don't touch the lock, just a simple swipe unlocks it.
Is there something I have pressed by accident which causes this?
https://youtu.be/67jmZpLGTMc
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I have a security issue, unless its me being silly.
I am fully stock unrooted.
I have never had any problem until today and I realised my phone unlocked without a pass code or finger print, I know this because I always wear rubber gloves and have to type the pin in to get into my phone, I do this day in day out and today after several unlocks it stopped asking for the pin.
I have uploaded a video showing what happens
It funny though because when I click the lock on the bottom of the unlock screen it prompts me for a pin or finger print, but if I don't touch the lock, just a simple swipe unlocks it.
Is there something I have pressed by accident which causes this?
https://youtu.be/67jmZpLGTMc
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Check your smart lock settings. Is anything enabled?
adotkdotjh said:
Check your smart lock settings. Is anything enabled?
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its not in use
Kickasskev said:
I have a security issue, unless its me being silly.
I am fully stock unrooted.
I have never had any problem until today and I realised my phone unlocked without a pass code or finger print, I know this because I always wear rubber gloves and have to type the pin in to get into my phone, I do this day in day out and today after several unlocks it stopped asking for the pin.
I have uploaded a video showing what happens
It funny though because when I click the lock on the bottom of the unlock screen it prompts me for a pin or finger print, but if I don't touch the lock, just a simple swipe unlocks it.
Is there something I have pressed by accident which causes this?
https://youtu.be/67jmZpLGTMc
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I can't replicate the issue here - not sure what would cause this other than the smart bluetooth lock as suggested by the above poster.
Azarin said:
I can't replicate the issue here - not sure what would cause this other than the smart bluetooth lock as suggested by the above poster.
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I haven't changed anything, I have cleaned the finger print sensor, no new apps installed.
Weird
Put it on charge and it's fixed it's self!
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i came from Lg G3 so it may have been removed from previous models but if not, does anyone know where the smart screen setting would be (keep screen on while looking at it) and if its no longer available on the G6 anyone knows of an app that would do the job?
laythy said:
i came from Lg G3 so it may have been removed from previous models but if not, does anyone know where the smart screen setting would be (keep screen on while looking at it) and if its no longer available on the G6 anyone knows of an app that would do the job?
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No longer an option and not sure why it was removed. I don't remember it being there on the G5 either. Could me an Android limitation now. You can enable "on body" detection which essentially does the same thing.
As far as for an app, I don't think there's one out there.
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on body detection is not the same as stay on while looking at the screen. the on body detection is only good to keep phone unlocked which is useless for me since i dont even set up a lock on my phone anyways. i like the double tap to go to the main screen rather than unlocking it, although i have tried the finger print scanner which 90% of the times takes me direct to the main screen and 10% fails and takes me to the lock screen.
laythy said:
on body detection is not the same as stay on while looking at the screen. the on body detection is only good to keep phone unlocked which is useless for me since i dont even set up a lock on my phone anyways. i like the double tap to go to the main screen rather than unlocking it, although i have tried the finger print scanner which 90% of the times takes me direct to the main screen and 10% fails and takes me to the lock screen.
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Ah, right. Guess most apps stay alive now that I need to. Although reading would be nice, except probably wouldn't recognize my eye at night in the dark.
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change screen
how we change our mobile screen?]:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
It's a small thing, but it bugs me in my daily use of my phone. I recently got my A40 and upgraded Android from 9 to 11, and now I can't lock the phone by touching the fingerprint sensor anymore . But unlocking works fine though. I have been googling around but noone seems to have this problem.
Do anyone in here have aclue to what might be the problem here ?
Since when could you even lock the phone using the fingerprint sensor?
Nonetheless, this is the XDA community of developers, and im sure a random person just needed this functionality on their phone, so they made and app for it..
Anyways, here's a link to a tutorial. It covers exactly what you want, and apparently the app is developed by a couple of XDA developers, so it should be safe too
How to Turn Off Android Screen with your Fingerprint Scanner
Those days are gone when we relied on passwords and PINs to unlock our Android smartphones. These days we have fingerprint and facial scanners. Most of
techviral.net
EDIT: Just realised that the downlaod link is broken lol, heres a link to the apk:
Download Fingerprint to Sleep (com.ztc1997.fingerprint2sleep) 0.2.0 APK | AAPKS
Download Fingerprint to Sleep 0.2.0:
aapks.com
PhotonIce said:
Since when could you even lock the phone using the fingerprint sensor?
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From the get-go, when I bought my phone. Thought it was normal. My old Moto G5 did same thing. Really handy when you just need to view whatever is on the screen for a short moment.
Locking the screen means turning it off.. (and locking your device so that you have to scan your finger or use a pattern to unlock it again)
Opalappa_Sailing_Goose said:
From the get-go, when I bought my phone. Thought it was normal. My old Moto G5 did same thing. Really handy when you just need to view whatever is on the screen for a short moment.
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Otherwise yes, the phone's screen will turn on on the lock screen if you touch the sensor and the fingerprint isnt recognised. That's not the same as locking your phone. Locking your phone is the equivalent of pressing the power button once, which puts your phone into sleep and forces you to unlock it again (via fingerprint/pattern etc)
Can you clarify what you're asking for here?
Do you want the screen t oturn on when you tap the sensor or do you want the screen to turn off when you tap the sensor?
And do you want it to unlock when you tap the sensor, or do you want it to turn the screen on onto the lockscreen so that you can see the time/notifications etc?
(The links I posted are for LOCKING your phone using the sensor (turning the screen off and locking it, causing you to have to unlock it again when you turn it back on), because that's what you asked for..
PhotonIce said:
Nonetheless, this is the XDA community of developers, and im sure a random person just needed this functionality on their phone, so they made and app for it..
Anyways, here's a link to a tutorial. It covers exactly what you want, and apparently the app is developed by a couple of XDA developers, so it should be safe too
How to Turn Off Android Screen with your Fingerprint Scanner
Those days are gone when we relied on passwords and PINs to unlock our Android smartphones. These days we have fingerprint and facial scanners. Most of
techviral.net
EDIT: Just realised that the downlaod link is broken lol, heres a link to the apk:
Download Fingerprint to Sleep (com.ztc1997.fingerprint2sleep) 0.2.0 APK | AAPKS
Download Fingerprint to Sleep 0.2.0:
aapks.com
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I found the app. But somehow it didnt work on my phone. Only worked while app was open. And it made me unable to unlock with fingerprint
Thx anyway for the fast reply. Looks like I have to live with it for a while. Im pretty happy with my phone otherwise!