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AnyUnlock: An app to treat N1's power button problem (no root required)

Before developoing this app, I am using
1. Nolock
2. Flyscreen
3. lock widget
in order to
1. use any key to turn the phone on
2. use widget to turn off the phone
3. Use flyscreen to prevent the accident tap
However this combination is huge and invenient. So I deciced to develop a very small app (40k in size) it can
1. Use any key to turn on the phone
2. A widget turn phone off
3. A very simple lock screen to prevent accident tap.
Search AnyUnlock in Android Market and enjoy it. If there are any porblems, please report.

i like it!
perhaps you should include an option to enable or disable the 'lock screen to prevent the accidental tap.'

deenn said:
i like it!
perhaps you should include an option to enable or disable the 'lock screen to prevent the accidental tap.'
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Yes, I will do that in next version.

It didn't work for my N1. I enabled the app, brought me to the 2nd window where I also enabled it and let the phone shut down and nothing, I had to use the power button to turn the screen back on. Back to nolock.
It was the way I installed it, working now but after installing gingerbread the trackball wake no longer wakes the screen, have to use the volume key. Still very effective but like the trackball wake.

vinnyjr said:
It didn't work for my N1. I enabled the app, brought me to the 2nd window where I also enabled it and let the phone shut down and nothing, I had to use the power button to turn the screen back on. Back to nolock.
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Yes, there is a bug. If you don't allow the admin permission in the first time. The program will fail. You can disable it, uninstall it and reinstall to take effect.

I also couldn't pick up on an incoming call... it just went to the screen which shows the enable/disable anylock buttons. I couldn't press home or back. Uninstalled it for now.
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deenn said:
I also couldn't pick up on an incoming call... it just went to the screen which shows the enable/disable anylock buttons. I couldn't press home or back. Uninstalled it for now.
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I have updated to 1.2 with the option to disable simple lock screen. Also I tried to fix your phone call issue. Hopefully it is working.

OK 1.3 released with fixes to some non-n1 devices.

Works fantastic. After enabling the app I went back into settings and unchecked the lock screen. Now it works just the way I wanted. Thanks for the great app.
Vinny

Interesting app since my power button is acting up, Thanks.

cesar67 said:
Interesting app since my power button is acting up, Thanks.
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You can have a try. The power button is quite vunerable for HTC devices. I hope Android would make an official option to power on the device using any keys.

works brilliantly now! thanks.
maybe you should put in the description in the market that no root is required.
and an option to still use the slider when unlocking? that would be my favorite option.
just pressing the track ball brings you to the unlocking screen with the slider.

This is super awesome, thanks for making this!
Curious, what specific activity does the widget call? I would like to be able to shut the screen off using other things (dock swipe up, tasker, custom widget) etc. is it an android acitivity or one that is specific to AnyUnlock?
I tried each of the 4 or 5 activities in AnyUnlock but they didn't work.
Thanks for making this!
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Just updated to Gingerbread on N1 and the trackball doesn't wake anymore, but volume button still works.

I can also confirm the trackball doesn't work to wake the screen up, but the volume buttons still do.

Hopefully the trackball wake issue will be resolved for gingerbread.
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colins said:
Just updated to Gingerbread on N1 and the trackball doesn't wake anymore, but volume button still works.
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Yup, I noticed this also with other apps that disable the lockscreen (like Switchpro)
That's too bad.

No Lock too from what another user has stated. There's no way i'm changing from CM7 if there's no possibility of trackball wake!

Does this app just Wake the N1 or does it power ON a device which is powered off ?
I can already wake via the trackball using CM6 , but I need something which will Power it ON as my power button is broken.

OJ in Compton said:
I can also confirm the trackball doesn't work to wake the screen up, but the volume buttons still do.
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I can also confirm trackball doesn't wake screen but the volume key will. Hopefully the dev. can fix this issue.
Thanks for a great app.
PS Will donate when trackball is fixed.

Slightly wet the button area, now the home button keeps triggering non stop.

Slightly wet the button area, now the home button keeps triggering non stop. Everything else works fine.
Ive tried the following solutionsb
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/general/guide-oneplus-2-home-button-dead-t3324321
Phone is currently sitting in a bag of rice so let's see how that goes.
Meanwhile, can anybody think of a way to disable the home button (perhaps through terminal or something)? Because the phone would basically be usable.. I know there are button settings, so if only I could somehow put home button as "no action".

sl___ said:
Slightly wet the button area, now the home button keeps triggering non stop. Everything else works fine.
Ive tried the following solutionsb
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/general/guide-oneplus-2-home-button-dead-t3324321
Phone is currently sitting in a bag of rice so let's see how that goes.
Meanwhile, can anybody think of a way to disable the home button (perhaps through terminal or something)? Because the phone would basically be usable.. I know there are button settings, so if only I could somehow put home button as "no action".
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Just ON " Enable on-screen nav bar " in settings>butons
and OFF " Always enable menu button " in settings>butons.

tbiwalkar said:
Just ON " Enable on-screen nav bar " in settings>butons
and OFF " Always enable menu button " in settings>butons.
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The thing is the constant pressing of home button makes me not able to navigate anywhere.
The only place I can actually do something is in recovery, because the home button doesn't actually do anything.
If there's a way I can enable it in terminal in recovery mode that would be great.

sl___ said:
The thing is the constant pressing of home button makes me not able to navigate anywhere.
The only place I can actually do something is in recovery, because the home button doesn't actually do anything.
If there's a way I can enable it in terminal in recovery mode that would be great.
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what rom are you on? maybe someone on same rom can pull his build.prop and use qemu string to enable nav bar and u can push it in using twrp

tbiwalkar said:
what rom are you on? maybe someone on same rom can pull his build.prop and use qemu string to enable nav bar and u can push it in using twrp
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Thanks for the idea. I'm using resurrection remix - will ask somebody on the thread. What does qemu string mean?

tbiwalkar said:
what rom are you on? maybe someone on same rom can pull his build.prop and use qemu string to enable nav bar and u can push it in using twrp
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Nevermind, I figured out how to enable on screen nav, but I need a way to disable the hardware buttons..
Edit: figured it all out!

sl___ said:
Nevermind, I figured out how to enable on screen nav, but I need a way to disable the hardware buttons..
Edit: figured it all out!
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Hope the moisture dries out and your fingerprint reader starts working normally

Tip of advice for everyone who has problems with the fingerprint reader after it got wet or started to get crazy for any weird reasons at all.
Drain the phone battery until it dies. Then try to boot it up to drain even the last power in it.
Then recharge the phone.
By draining the battery and recharghing it you reset the phone's sensors.
Be lucky some of you aren't living in a country like me where the weather is moist all the time. I had to do this method thrice this week ??
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Disable Bixby Vision Pop-up In Camera?

Has anyone figured out how to disable the obnoxious notification to enable Bixby Vision every time you open the camera app??
It doesn't seem to matter how many times I close it, it continues to pop up every time I open the camera.

The popup doesn't show anymore after you actually try it. Worked for me.

The G Dept. said:
The popup doesn't show anymore after you actually try it. Worked for me.
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Thanks, I'll give it a shot.

I'm kinda screwed I guess because I completely disabled Bixby and I see that stupid popup every time. Guess I'll need to re-enable Bixby, tap that shortcut, and disable it again.

Lucky Armpit said:
I'm kinda screwed I guess because I completely disabled Bixby and I see that stupid popup every time. Guess I'll need to re-enable Bixby, tap that shortcut, and disable it again.
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What did you use to disable Bixby, and what happens now when you accidentally hit that button? TIA.

Dr. Fed said:
What did you use to disable Bixby, and what happens now when you accidentally hit that button? TIA.
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I used BK Package Disabler on the Google Play Store. It was $1.49. Completely disabled Bixby and used All In One Actions to remap the Bixby button to launch Google Now. Works perfectly!

Lucky Armpit said:
I used BK Package Disabler on the Google Play Store. It was $1.49. Completely disabled Bixby and used All In One Actions to remap the Bixby button to launch Google Now. Works perfectly!
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Did you take any software updates yet since getting the phone? I'm just curious if BK Disabler will still work properly after taking the update that killed the Bixby button remap.
I was using BxActions to remap the button, but I knowingly took the update (TMobile) anyhow. It would be nice to disable Bixby completely, maybe this Disabler you used is the way to go.

I think the phone downloaded an update during setup but so far I'm good to go. Maybe those updates are Carrier-specific? I'm on Verizon. If my Bixby button remap gets killed I'll let everyone know.

The BK Package Disabler still works on my Verizon S8+, even after today's update. I don't know about the key mapper.

I bought PD Pro this AM and tried disabling Bixby Vision. It made the camera crash every time I opened it. I restored it ok. Now I am going to try the "use it once" method that I missed the first time.

What about disabling the popup when you go to view photos in the gallery? That still seems to have the popup, even after using it once.

Still can't rid my phone of this annoyance ..Ridiculous !!!

delete this file VisionIntelligence by rootexplorer
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Disable Bixby Vision Pop-up In Camera
Delete this foler by rootexplorer /system -app - VisionIntelligence

I'm not sure how, but I'm no longer getting the popup. Been at least 4 days since I last had it when opening the camera app. Never actually tried out the feature either. Maybe it just stops after so long? I'm not sure.

If you go through the prompt to start the bixby vision you're then agreeing to all their sharing terms which I don't want to do.
Additionally it's bringing up this little dot on every picture in my gallery and if you click the dot it wants to launch the bixby thing again. This is soooo annoying

Lucky Armpit said:
I used BK Package Disabler on the Google Play Store. It was $1.49. Completely disabled Bixby and used All In One Actions to remap the Bixby button to launch Google Now. Works perfectly!
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Hey All in on actions is not in play store..you thing all in one gesture?thanx

Dangit, is there a way to remove it without agreeing to share data( launching Bixby requiring sharing with inrix 4square and uber?!)

Thx for the camera tip. Bixby is really invasive. I hate it.

NoTolerance said:
Has anyone figured out how to disable the obnoxious notification to enable Bixby Vision every time you open the camera app??
It doesn't seem to matter how many times I close it, it continues to pop up every time I open the camera.
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It's VERY easy to disable the popup.
Long press anywhere on the homescreen, then swipe left and you will see a little slider to turn bixby on/off.
Just select OFF and voila.....no more annoying bixby popup in the camera app!!
press thanks If I helped
Matt

matthew33 said:
It's VERY easy to disable the popup.
Long press anywhere on the homescreen, then swipe left and you will see a little slider to turn bixby on/off.
Just select OFF and voila.....no more annoying bixby popup in the camera app!!
press thanks If I helped
Matt
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use titanium backup to freeze bixby home and bixby vision, that git rid ofbit for me!
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Do you accidentally press on the Bixby button?

Or maybe you got used to the higher placement of the volume rocker?

PieTries said:
Or maybe you got used to the higher placement of the volume rocker?
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Yea I guess it will take some time to get used to new volume buttons placement

Yes, most annoying thing on this phone.

zdeev said:
Yes, most annoying thing on this phone.
Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G950F met Tapatalk
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But you're ok with it right? It's not something which would make your return the phone.

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But you're ok with it right? It's not something which would make your return the phone.
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I'm ok with it, mainly because eventually we will get to remap it to whatever we want. There are bixby apps out right now, but they don't work 100% for me and bixby sometimes comes through.
I do think the phone needs some getting used to after switching to it coming from the Nexus 6p. Mostly cause the Nexus is huuuge
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I just disabled the bixby apk's. Actually I left one that wasn't disabled as I read somewhere you needed to leave one running, but I used package disabler pro to disable the rest. That way the bixby button does nothing when pressed. Until Bixby is mature enough to be usable, I would rather not have the button do anything. I use google now for my voice assistant if I need a voice assistant (mainly for looking up an address while driving, although I can send a text via voice or other things like that). If Bixby gets updated to where it would be worth it to use then I may re-enable the bixby button and apk's.

all the time, especially when im trying to use the volume buttons as a shutter for the camera.

all the time...

Never
Maybe because I'm left-handed ?

I have my Bixby button remapped to the flashlight but would rather it not be there. Everyone seems to want it remapped to okay google but all you have to do is say okay google.

I've disabled it to do nothing.

zathus said:
I've disabled it to do nothing.
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How did you do this? It's getting on my nerves i won't be using it until we get a remap option
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seanie2322 said:
How did you do this? It's getting on my nerves i won't be using it until we get a remap option
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Package disabler pro, disable everything bixby

Yes. I tend to mistake the bixby button for the volume down key.
And I still hate the fingerprint scanner placement!

It was posted earlier in this thread that all you have to do is use package disabler pro and disable the Bixby apk's. It is really easy. Yes, you have to pay for package disabler pro in the play store.

At this point Bixby has straight up given up trying if I accidentally press the button.

I have it remapped to Google Now for now.

New to Android. Is there a way to disable bixby while the phone is locked. I enjoy the features it offers but I do not like how it opens with an accidental press in my pocket.

brianwh92 said:
New to Android. Is there a way to disable bixby while the phone is locked. I enjoy the features it offers but I do not like how it opens with an accidental press in my pocket.
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Download package disabler pro and disable everything bixby

I removed Bixby completely!!

I was searching around on how to remove the stock junks and found this thread that shows how to uninstall apps by using adb commends. (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/how-to-remove-oem-bloatware-s8-s8-t3654687 ) And I just got rid of anything that has bixby in it....
Bixaction was not working properly at the moment, so I thought I'd give a try and yes, it did seem to work. Now bixby is gone. Swiping to the left and pressing the button does nothing. One drawback is it completely killed the button, too which I'd love to
keep and remap it to something useful. Removed some stock app as well. Restarting the phone has no issues. Now I wonder if there's anyway to make that dead button work again

Thx w2830 It's a great idea, I removed bixby and other stuff
Here another turorial : https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/

Don't hate the Bixby. It doesnt support my language at the moment but i believe it has some future.
By the way, does remapping app work?

After removing what I did, no. BixAction stopped working which makes sense. I have some ideas in my head and will be testing them out

Ohhhh. You are better off disabling them thru the working app than removing completely. If u decide you need them later, you end up having to reset your device vs 1 click re enable. Bxactions beta is case in point. He now has it working better. Now you need the voice piece to use it.
Your phone, your choice.
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w2830 said:
I was searching around on how to remove the stock junks and found this thread that shows how to uninstall apps by using adb commends. (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/how-to-remove-oem-bloatware-s8-s8-t3654687 ) And I just got rid of anything that has bixby in it....
Bixaction was not working properly at the moment, so I thought I'd give a try and yes, it did seem to work. Now bixby is gone. Swiping to the left and pressing the button does nothing. One drawback is it completely killed the button, too which I'd love to
keep and remap it to something useful. Removed some stock app as well. Restarting the phone has no issues. Now I wonder if there's anyway to make that dead button work again
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lol... anyways.
just reinstall bixby voice. its the only module needed for bx actions to communicate with the bixby service/button
or flash back stock. learn your lesson in disabling a package instead of removing it and then just leave Bixby voice untouched.
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... I have some ideas in my head and will be testing them out
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i hope that you do!

So, I disabled bixby from package disabler (from the play store). All packages except the Bixby Voice which is tied to the button. Then remapped with BX action to launch assistant. Hope this helps.

matteosaeed said:
So, I disabled bixby from package disabler (from the play store). All packages except the Bixby Voice which is tied to the button. Then remapped with BX action to launch assistant. Hope this helps.
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How did u remap the button to Google Assistant?

No need to remove. I use it to turn on Bluetooth while on the go.

Gandicela said:
How did u remap the button to Google Assistant?
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BXactions to remap to bixby, this is before disabling anything, then go to app info on bixby and delete storage and cache >> disable all bixby packages except for bixby voice.

matteosaeed said:
BXactions to remap to bixby, this is before disabling anything, then go to app info on bixby and delete storage and cache >> disable all bixby packages except for bixby voice.
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Do one need to use ADB commands for BXactions ?

matteosaeed said:
BXactions to remap to bixby, this is before disabling anything, then go to app info on bixby and delete storage and cache >> disable all bixby packages except for bixby voice.
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I wish not to install another app. Thanks btw.

I never clicked ok to enable Bixby when I got my phone. Nothing happens if I push the Bixby button by accident.

I mapped the Side key to turn on the torch, will it be cancelled if I uninstall Bixby Packages except Bixby Voice?