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PA Lockscreen Keybaord Bug

I have the latest build flashed. The Jan 21st one.
Im using Expanded Desktop mode with Pie.
When I unlock my phone, randomly the keyboard will be there. Funny thing is, my lock screen isnt even a key pincode, its a pattern unlock.
Its been happening 3/5 times I unlock my phone. Kind of annoying cause Pie doesnt help from making it go away. I have to switch to the camera widget, let it fill the screen, use pie to back out and then boom its gone.
If I had enough of a post count I would post in the dev thread but I dont, so I was hopping someone else has any ideas?
Thanks

ProudSikh said:
I have the latest build flashed. The Jan 21st one.
Im using Expanded Desktop mode with Pie.
When I unlock my phone, randomly the keyboard will be there. Funny thing is, my lock screen isnt even a key pincode, its a pattern unlock.
Its been happening 3/5 times I unlock my phone. Kind of annoying cause Pie doesnt help from making it go away. I have to switch to the camera widget, let it fill the screen, use pie to back out and then boom its gone.
If I had enough of a post count I would post in the dev thread but I dont, so I was hopping someone else has any ideas?
Thanks
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Known bug. Don't lock your phone with the keyboard up and it won't happen.

Lock Security Not Working

Is there anyone experiencing that no matter what lock I use, my phone always allows me to just swipe up once to unlock? I tried facial unlock & that works flawlessly, but I also added the secondary pattern and I still swipe up once and my phone just unlocks completely. I also disabled facial recognition with just primary pattern or number lock as the security and the phone still opens right up like no security is on it at all.
Anyone have a solution for this or does this seem like another bug for a future update?

Settings>Display>Navigation Bar>"Unlock with home button" - is this enabled or in any way related to what you're experiencing? Just a guess

james.chiocchio said:
Settings>Display>Navigation Bar>"Unlock with home button" - is this enabled or in any way related to what you're experiencing? Just a guess
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I just took a look and that option is off. the kick screen doesn't skip. I have to swipe up Everytime...let's me right in

Do you allow Smart Lock on a network or attached device? What you're describing is the phone's behavior when connected to a Smart Lock approved device.

BarryH_GEG said:
Do you allow Smart Lock on a network or attached device? What you're describing is the phone's behavior when connected to a Smart Lock approved device.
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I do, my Huawei watch

Swiissjokr said:
I do, my Huawei watch
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That's what is doing it. I had my Asus Zenwatch 2 listed as a trusted device in Smart Lock and my phone was doing the same thing. I removed all trusted devices and now I have to use my pin, finger print or irises to unlock my phone.
Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy S8 using my fingers. Duh!!!

It is set to not turn on the lock when the screen goes off for 10 minutes by default. You have to go I to lock screen, secure lock settings
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truckerdewd said:
That's what is doing it. I had my Asus Zenwatch 2 listed as a trusted device in Smart Lock and my phone was doing the same thing. I removed all trusted devices and now I have to use my pin, finger print or irises to unlock my phone.
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I removed it from trusted devices and now I'm back to normal thank you

Swiissjokr said:
I removed it from trusted devices and now I'm back to normal thank you
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Welcome
Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy S8 using my fingers. Duh!!!

So it's this a bug? Trusted devices should unlock only when phone is connected or in vicinity to them.

Also seeing this same behaviour. My home wifi is a trusted device and obviously it unlocks when I'm connected to it, but now for the second time I've been away from home for over 2 hours and it happily unlocks with just swipe. It only asks for biometrics if I reboot the phone. So it seems that there's a bug in trusted sources whereby it believes its still connected to wifi for some time after you disconnect!

I had to disable my trusted place (home) even though I was 100km away to fix the issue.

Lock Security not Working
It may also be the On-Body Detection is set to ON under the Smart Lock feature

The way I fixed mine after reading all of these posts was Settings>Lock Screen and Security>Secure Lock Settings>(Enter Pin or whatever security option you have enabled)>Secured Lock Time>, then add the diode to the first selection, "Instantly with the power key or when the screen times out." Then it prompted my security feature everytime the phone locked. When adding a timeout period if you lock with the lock button for some reason it thinks you did it by choice (owner) and figures you will open it without the need to input security feature. I have everything mentioned above off so, I was baffled as to why it didn't prompt my pin option. Now timeout or self lock (by owner) it prompts pin all the time. Hope this helps.

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Mine has the same issue. but i dont have any trusted devices. i think its a bug in the software. It only asks for pin or iris scan after a couple of minutes being locked otherwise i can just swipe and it unlocks which is ****.

Don't do hard resets, login to the samsung account, go to find my mobile, then unlock your phone from there, it will delete the password. It will tell you to use a pin for access to samsung and the phone etc. Add the pin into the phone, then unlock the phone when you're on the phone screen. This will wipe off the passcode, this is so your settings don't keep restarting (happened to my note 8). Next part is to clear credentials in the settings and reset settings. None your data, apps will be affected, just the theme and basic security stuff. Now you can finally reset your pattern to however to you want it to be. As good as gold! Hope this helps.

Thanks a lot. I finally figured out what the issue was. My On-Body-Detection in the Smart Lock settings was On.

Just go to Setting -->Lock Screen and Security --> Smart Lock. Deactivate all the options there.

I have a Moto E4 and I have a secondary pattern up and everytime I swipe up it unlocks it instead of making me put in the pattern

Screen Lock Problem - Randomly Stops Requiring Passcode/Iris/Fingerprint

After a couple days of using my phone without a reboot I notice that it stops requiring unlock credentials such as my pin, iris or fingerprint. I will be able to swipe to unlock the phone and the security is completely removed.
Has anyone else noticed this? If I reboot the phone the security goes back to normal.
The only app I have that I think could cause this is BxAction to remap my bixby button to google now.

Under settings > security > smart lock there are options for keeping your phone unlocked in certain situations, e.g. in trusted places or when connected to a particular bluetooth, check to see if nothing is enabled there, and usually it locks after a reboot like you listed

Stupid question: have you enabled face recognition?

Did you set your screen lock to happen immediately or is it delayed?

kash20 said:
Under settings > security > smart lock there are options for keeping your phone unlocked in certain situations, e.g. in trusted places or when connected to a particular bluetooth, check to see if nothing is enabled there, and usually it locks after a reboot like you listed
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pete4k said:
Stupid question: have you enabled face recognition?
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Did you set your screen lock to happen immediately or is it delayed?
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Ok so I uninstalled bxactions to see if it was causing the problem. It appears it was not the culprit.
I currently have my phone setup to use iris, fingerprint and pin. It will work normally for approx one day.
Then all of a sudden it doesn't require my credentials to unlock. I have smart lock setup to not require credentials when connected to BT in my truck and when at the GPS location of my house. I'm currently sitting at work and it's swiping to unlock without reading my iris or fingerprint.
My lock delay is 5 seconds and auto when I press the lock button.
If I reset the phone it starts working normally again.

Now that I think about it I have a feeling its something to do with smart lock thinking I'm either still at home or that I'm still in my truck.

I'm having the same exact problem and I have the same exact setup as you! It started doing this a couple days ago. I have Smart Lock set to keep the phone unlocked when I'm at home (GPS coordinates) and when connected to bluetooth in my car. I got to school yesterday and noticed the phone wasn't requiring my irises or fingerprint anymore. I let it be for a little while to see if it would correct by itself and it didn't. I restarted the phone and that fixed it but it did it again this morning! It seems as though Smart Lock isn't registering I'm not at home or in my car. This is huge security flaw.

volfan22 said:
I'm having the same exact problem and I have the same exact setup as you! It started doing this a couple days ago. I have Smart Lock set to keep the phone unlocked when I'm at home (GPS coordinates) and when connected to bluetooth in my car. I got to school yesterday and noticed the phone wasn't requiring my irises or fingerprint anymore. I let it be for a little while to see if it would correct by itself and it didn't. I restarted the phone and that fixed it but it did it again this morning! It seems as though Smart Lock isn't registering I'm not at home or in my car. This is huge security flaw.
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If others are having this issue then I agree as well this is a huge issue.
I just went home on my lunch break and the screen lock is still working normally. I connected to my truck when I was on my way home. I didnt pay attention if it was requiring any type of unlock when I was home.

nadrojcote said:
If others are having this issue then I agree as well this is a huge issue.
I just went home on my lunch break and the screen lock is still working normally. I connected to my truck when I was on my way home. I didnt pay attention if it was requiring any type of unlock when I was home.
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Do you have On body detection turned on by chance? That may be your issue. Located in smart lock settings.

Outbreak444 said:
Do you have On body detection turned on by chance? That may be your issue. Located in smart lock settings.
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No the only smart lock options I have enabled are bt in my truck and GPS at home.

Outbreak444 said:
Do you have On body detection turned on by chance? That may be your issue. Located in smart lock settings.
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I don't have that setting checked either. Just bt for car and gps for house. Not a huge deal for me personally because I'm pretty much always around people I trust but this really is a huge security flaw if it is happening to a lot of people.

Are you looking at the screen when swiping the lock screen? The iris recognition is actually very fast and you only see the alignment screen if it cannot immediately read your iris.

Outbreak444 said:
Do you have On body detection turned on by chance? That may be your issue. Located in smart lock settings.
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OCedHrt said:
Are you looking at the screen when swiping the lock screen? The iris recognition is actually very fast and you only see the alignment screen if it cannot immediately read your iris.
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No I purposely pointed it away from my face to test this.
I haven't had it happen since the day after creating this post. I wonder if some Samsung apps were updating over night and causing the issue.

I added a post about this two days ago in this forum area. Try turning off finger gestures from advanced settings
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Bedeadu said:
I added a post about this two days ago in this forum area. Try turning off finger gestures from advanced settings
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Weird how they would be linked. I did notice that my fingure print gestures stopped working the other day too. I turned the setting off and back on and it started working.

After several days of the phone working properly when I traveled out of town, it is doing this again. I am at school, which is not a location I am using for trust locations, and the phone is staying unlocked. This is honestly pretty ridiculous and needs to be addressed. The only thing I can think is that I am connected to the same wifi network at my apartment (campus housing that is off campus) and while on campus. Maybe the phone is thinking I'm still in the same location since the wifi networks are the same?

Bedeadu said:
I added a post about this two days ago in this forum area. Try turning off finger gestures from advanced settings
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I just tried this as my screen lock isn't currently not working.it didn't make a difference having gestures turned on or off. I tried turning wifi and GPS on and off as well. Only way to get it to work again is reboot.

Google Pay Always Requires Fingerprint

Since day one with my 6T, I have had an issue with Google Pay. When making a purchase using Google Pay, my first attempt requires me to enter a pin or scan my fingerprint (even if I unlock my phone prior to tapping to pay). When I scan my fingerprint or enter my pin, Google Pay tells me there was an error and I need to get again. When I tap to pay again, it goes through without a problem.
I have read that smart unlock may cause this issue so I disabled that but it didn't work.
I tried rebooting in safe mode but that didn't help.
Not rooted. Bootloader still locked. I did convert from T-Mobile to international and the issue persists.
I would appreciate any help. It is very annoying.

mokash34 said:
Since day one with my 6T, I have had an issue with Google Pay. When making a purchase using Google Pay, my first attempt requires me to enter a pin or scan my fingerprint (even if I unlock my phone prior to tapping to pay). When I scan my fingerprint or enter my pin, Google Pay tells me there was an error and I need to get again. When I tap to pay again, it goes through without a problem.
I have read that smart unlock may cause this issue so I disabled that but it didn't work.
I tried rebooting in safe mode but that didn't help.
Not rooted. Bootloader still locked. I did convert from T-Mobile to international and the issue persists.
I would appreciate any help. It is very annoying.
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Idk since I don't use pay.. but have your tried clearing data and cache for the app and then rebooting and setting up again

mokash34 said:
Since day one with my 6T, I have had an issue with Google Pay. When making a purchase using Google Pay, my first attempt requires me to enter a pin or scan my fingerprint (even if I unlock my phone prior to tapping to pay). When I scan my fingerprint or enter my pin, Google Pay tells me there was an error and I need to get again. When I tap to pay again, it goes through without a problem.
I have read that smart unlock may cause this issue so I disabled that but it didn't work.
I tried rebooting in safe mode but that didn't help.
Not rooted. Bootloader still locked. I did convert from T-Mobile to international and the issue persists.
I would appreciate any help. It is very annoying.
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I am having the same issue. Annoying.
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toolhas4degrees said:
Idk since I don't use pay.. but have your tried clearing data and cache for the app and then rebooting and setting up again
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Yes, I have tried that. It doesn't work. Thanks for the suggestion.

Do you have face unlock set up?
Google Pay doesn't work for me if my phone unlocked with my face. PIN or Print to unlock and it goes through first time.
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creator2456 said:
Do you have face unlock set up?
Google Pay doesn't work for me if my phone unlocked with my face. PIN or Print to unlock and it goes through first time.
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I believe this is desires functionality. The face unlock is way more insecure than fingerprint. If you unlock with fingerprint, it won't ask you in Google Pay.
I have face unlock enabled for swiping up (uncheck automatically unlock I think is the name) and then have fingerprint on as well. When going to a cashier, I unlock with FP everywhere else I unlock with face unlock.

kazea182 said:
I believe this is desires functionality. The face unlock is way more insecure than fingerprint. If you unlock with fingerprint, it won't ask you in Google Pay.
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Yup. I think that's a good thing and glad it works that way.
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Just to follow up... I finally did a factory reset and now Google pay works as intended. Unlocking with my fingerprint allows me to use Pay but unlocking with my face requires a second authentication. Thanks to anyone who contributed to helping.

help! my phone is locked and i can't open it

I added pin lock because the gmail ask for more security or something like that.
i don't know why but i can't get access to the phone - my number doesn't fit and i have no idea what to do.
i don't want to loss all my data, this is non-root device.
anyone can help me please?

odedc said:
I added pin lock because the gmail ask for more security or something like that.
i don't know why but i can't get access to the phone - my number doesn't fit and i have no idea what to do.
i don't want to loss all my data, this is non-root device.
anyone can help me please?
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Unless you setup smart lock where it unlocks when you're at your home wifi for example. There isn't much you can do with a lost code and a device with a locked bootloader. I would try to do your pin but try the possible buttons you could have accidently pressed. Other than that you would need to boot into recovery and just factory reset. This will get your phone back but your data will be wiped. Maybe someone else has suggestions. Did you enable USB debugging?
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Yeah unless you have smart lock, usb debugging, and/or you are rooted you are going to have to loose your data

I always enable smart lock for my car, for just this very scenario.
I once was using "ultimate rotation control" and due to a bug, it would blank the lock screen (the phone didn't have FP reader, at the time) so that it was impossible to unlock. But then I remembered I had it set up to automatically unlock in the car. Lo and behold, the solution worked.

Frankenscript said:
I always enable smart lock for my car, for just this very scenario.
I once was using "ultimate rotation control" and due to a bug, it would blank the lock screen (the phone didn't have FP reader, at the time) so that it was impossible to unlock. But then I remembered I had it set up to automatically unlock in the car. Lo and behold, the solution worked.
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Awesome I'm definitely going to do this! Idk why I haven't before lol
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odedc said:
I added pin lock because the gmail ask for more security or something like that.
i don't know why but i can't get access to the phone - my number doesn't fit and i have no idea what to do.
i don't want to loss all my data, this is non-root device.
anyone can help me please?
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Can't you use the Find My Android thing that Google has to change the passcode on your phone? I'm pretty sure you can use it to remotely lock your phone. Then to unlock it you use your Google Password.

unlock with "OK Google" if you have Voice match activated?