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Why encrypt the device?
over a simple password screen lock: nobody can take the internal memory of my phone out of the phone itself. So what is the advantage of 1. over a simple screen lock with password + SIM code lock?
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Why encrypt the device?
nobody can take the internal memory of my phone out of the phone itself
While taking out your phone's internal storage out is harder than the SD card, it's definitely not impossible. Rework stations ...
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Using ADB to change the screen lock
Since Android 8.0 Oreo, you can change the lock screen using below adb commands
adb shell
athene_f:/ $ locksettings
usage: locksettings set-pattern [--old OLD_CREDENTIAL] NEW_PATTERN
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Use fingerprint to unlock the lock screen after booting Pixel 6
Unfortunately there is no way to use fingerprint as authentication directly after rebooting the device.
The first unlock always have to be performed using the PIN/password, because the PIN/Password is ...
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Use fingerprint to unlock the lock screen after booting Pixel 6
Robert's answer describes why you unfortunately cannot unlock an android phone with a fingerprint after a reboot. However, depending on you password habits, there's a significant chance you can guess ...
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Disable auto-screen-on feature in Moto G Play
This feature is called Moto Display and is very similar to AOSP's ambient display.
Assuming it is in the same place as the Moto G 2015 and Moto X Pure devices, open the Moto app, go to Feature ...
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Lock screen without using physical button Android 10
There's a built-in option that comes with Android 10 which allows you to lock the screen without using the bottom.
In your phone settings, go to "Accessibility" and enable "accessibility menu".
This ...
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Why, and how to increase 16-character lockscreen password limit?
From the commit comment max password length symbols is limited only for UI reasons.
Maybe there is no other reason which requires the lockscreen password to be up to 17 symbols (16+1)
EDIT: I created ...
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How do I disable screen timeout of Android?
1. Use a script
You can use a script via the terminal to simulate a long action and prevent the screen from timing out. Create the script below and run via Terminal Emulator on your phone. It ...
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How do I disable screen timeout of Android?
If it's sufficient for you to only keep screen on when charging, you can turn on the Stay awake option in Developer options.
To do this:
Open Settings, navigate to About [device] (tablet, phone etc.)...
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Use fingerprint to unlock the lock screen after booting Pixel 6
Vaelus' answer is the most useful one here, and did well to cover the actual kinds of tools you want to be looking into, so I won't repeat those here - this answer is more concerning the methodology ...
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How to stop music apps from changing lockscreen
You can achieve this by blocking all notifications from the app. This will prevent Spotify from showing any notifications, including the album art on the lockscreen. The app will still work and play ...
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Why encrypt the device?
You are right that there is no advantage of encryption if your device screen lock password can be cracked or guessed by an intruder. The moment he / she does that , there is no security offered by ...
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How can I change the default camera app (on lockscreen)?
While uninstalling the pre-installed camera app can be difficult as others have mentioned, it should be relatively easy to change your default camera app to Open Camera (or whatever camera app you ...
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Disable always on lock screen on the pixel 2
I assume you are talking about Ambient display. If so, you can go to:
Settings -> Display -> Advanced -> Ambient display -> Toggle "Always on"
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Phone is locked with an impossible to enter password
In case there is a problem with the on-screen keyboard most devices support to use an USB keyboard connected via USB On-The-Go (OTG) adapter to the phone - if the phone supports USB OTG at all.
The ...
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How can I see (and change) what sensitive notifications are?
The notification's sensitivity (visibility) is set by the developer, but can be overridden (to some extent) by the user.
There are 3 types of notification's lock screen visibility:
Public: not ...
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What are the various ways an Android phone can be locked?
Rooting is the process to modify core OS components so that apps/processes can be run with high privileges (UID 0).
See details in How Magisk works? and How to manually root a phone?
Rooting is not ...
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Can I make Android require Fingerprint + PIN to unlock the screen?
One solution is to use Tasker. Set up your phone to use a fingerprint as the standard unlock mechanism, with a strong password as the backup unlock (required if the fingerprint fails, or every time ...
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"Wrong Pattern" After Flashing Image
Note that @dan-brown seems to be right about the root cause of the issue - it looks like a corrupt install after flashing a new TWRP.
However there is a non-destructive fix, as documented here.
Boot ...
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Lock screen notifications rearrange themselves for seemingly no reason
It does not appear to be possible to keep notifications from rotating positions on the lock screen in Android 7 Nougat. See explanation below, and the way to disable this action in Android Lollipop.
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How to put a big message on my home and lock screen?
One way is to just make an image of your wallpaper with the words printed on it and then select the new image as your wallpaper. Like this:
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How can I change the default camera app (on lockscreen)?
Default camera is a system app, which requires root to uninstall default camera app. You can use Titanium Backup like app to remove system app (N.B: Removing system app will be harmful to your device)....
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locked of screen lock - time password app
Being that this is a third party app, you can put your phone into safe mode, and uninstall the app.
Being that, when you boot your phone into Safe mode, it doesn’t run any third-party apps installed ...
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Adb command(s) to get screen state and locked state
I am a Windows fanboy, so the solution contains find instead of using grep, just replace find with grep.
adb shell dumpsys power | find "mWakefulness="
adb shell dumpsys power | find "...
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How to disable all notifications from the lock screen
In settings -> Notifications we see all apps list. On same screen there is a gear icon or advanced menu which will launch advanced notification settings. From options select 'On the lock screen' and ...
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How to know what is causing a weird lock screen with ads to show up?
Before downloading any third party app, do check if there is adds placed by devs.
Check if you installed any new app for lock your screen or for new wallpapers, these usually gives adds.
Most ...
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How to disable PIN lock in android device without touching it
So when you say broken screen, but then "everything is working except touch", does the display work?
Below I've written a solution that'll work with a broken display and touch, if your display does ...
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