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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Kashban:
Anybody tried to unlock with a paper photo of the person authorized?

EDIT: I tried to unlock with a picture of me shown on the LCD screen of my computer... unlocked!

The picture has been taken with the front camera on my Galaxy S2, so same origin as the training photos for the app.

On mid security I was able to use a picture of the 1,3MPixel camera of my stone age Nokia mobile to unlock. It didn't work on High security, though.

I tried a low res picture from Xing, which didn't unlock (setting high security) and will try some more within the next few hours.

Using biometric features to secure gear and other stuff has it's drawbacks: Finger prints are prone to fakes, a picture of your face may be used... there is no way of telling if it's actually yourself looking into the camera or a picture being held up against it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lobr1:
What if you set it to protect something like widget locker..... ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] goa200:
works like a charm this

if you set it to protect widgetlocker you will need to firstly unlock it via this app then the normal unlocking method set in widgetlocker.

so it'll be like this

1. facial recognition---->

2. Widgetlocker

3. Homescreen
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mustafahusain:
Superb App and very well implemented. I will test it out and if it passes all my tests I will use it permanently.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lobr1:
I used it a bit but it is too slow to start for me. Especially for unlock of screen.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
Hi,

Can you tell me what causes this and how can we fix it?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] almaqdad:
To all, I am not the developer of this software. I saw this application and I was so amazed with it. It is the only available face recognition for andriod and it works well.

It is so strange that this application is hidden from Market thats why a lot people dont know about.

@Visidonsupport, I really dont know what couse this problem, but I figured out that only if you fake your provider to any Finland mobile provider, then this software will appear in the market. You only can fake your provider by using MarketAccess application (Google it) from this software you can set any value for your sim card. Each mobile provider company has unique value, for example O2 (German) has a value 26207. You can find all all these values for all provider from application called Market Enabler (Google it).

By the way, are you the developer of Visidon Applock software? If so I would to thank you for ur software. We have some comment about ur software if you could implement the software will be prefect.

Regards
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
This is very strange. I've now changed it to be available in the whole world from the publishing console. Let's see if that helps.

Yes and we are always happy to hear feedback. But before you ask anything; we are already working on a lockscreen feature :D

Btw. shouldn't this thread be in somewhere more general section :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] almaqdad:
@Visidonsupport, I confirm that Visidon Applock now appears in the Market without faking provider. :)

Yeah maybe ur right this topic suppose to be in andriod app and games section.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
Great.

I tried to make a new thread, but it seems that I have to have more posts before I have privileges to do that. So for the time being let's use this thread.

If you have any comments or suggestions, we are happy to hear them.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lobr1:
Could a Moderator please move the thread.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vinaymieux:
Excellent app.

Works perfect on my SGS2. fast recognition.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Piccles:
This app is very cool!!

Can't wait to see what else is implemented :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] BillSplate:
I can now download the app. Will try the app later on, but I like the idea of this app.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tnlramakrishna:
Awesome... bro...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] azazin:
It's great but when I go the notifications, I can click on Visidon Applock and deselect any apps that I do not want to protect, this makes it kind of useless as anyone can change the protected apps settings and theres no option to place a password on the Visidon Applock app
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mach0boi:
LOL! You can put a check on the app itself so opening it will prompt you to place a password :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bodybluff:
Very nice app. But the battery drain is to much....
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] JF-GINO:
Agreed, great app. Would love lockscreen integration.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] barryflanagan:
Nice App. I am on O2 Ireland, and although I can see the App, Market tell me it is incompatible with my " O2 Samsung GT-I9100" - see screenshot

-Barry
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Piccles:
Barry, just download the apk file posted on page 1 :)

Seng from my Samsung Galaxy SII via Tapatalk ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rudolf895:
+1 why cant i find it on market?

Downloading from first page,but market notification is essential for updates
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] yetep:
Amazing. This has replaced my password - simply set it to protect your home launcher (Zeam in my case) and keep unlocked status till screen is off. Swipe to unlock and up pops facial recognition. Sweeeeeet
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Ston:
it really needs to expose the default home launcher in that case
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
Do you use custom ROM? This must be a OS/market-side bug. If you have official 2.3.3 installed, it should work.

I just changed it to be available in the whole world, so it could take a little bit time before changes take effect on every server.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] cicku:
a nice job!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
This should not actually work very well. Like many of you must know, all apps must obey Android's "5 second rule". So when you press home button, no app can pop up before 5 seconds have passed. This is a feature implemented in the OS and cannot be bypassed on application level. This is one thing that makes lockscreen implementation hard. But sit tight, we are trying to make it work. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] cosmicbb:
Awesome app, works perfectly on SG II

thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Shafty:
If you clear memory using the stock task manager i.e. long pressing the home key, does that exit the application?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
No. But you should still protect your task manager, since the application can be stopped if it is active.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bodybluff:
Hi all,

My Problem is, if i do a reboot, the app doesn't work.

I get a message, that the app has some problems and has to be closed.

Has anyone this experience too?

And what can i do to solve the problem...

Thanks....
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
Can you tell me what device you have and what OS does it run? Are you using the newest version of AppLock? There was some problems with rebooting before, but they should be fixed now...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bodybluff:
Thank you for fast answering.

I have the sgs2 with 2.3.4.....Sky Rom

Or does it only work perfectly with stock rom.

I installed the apk from the first post...

Is there a new one?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
There have been some reports that it does not work correctly in some releases of 2.3.4. Since 2.3.4 isn't even released officially yet, we don't know what causes this. It could be that the leaked version still contains some bugs. If the problem persists on the official version too, we'll fix it.

The apk on the first page should be the newest. But you should still always use the marketplace. That way you can get the updates as soon as they come and developers can get more accurate statistics on the user base ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bodybluff:
Ok...

Thanks for your efforts...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] prim3geek:
id be more than willing to buy or donate for the development of this application, im jsut waiting for the lockscreen integration anyway its workin with widget locker though i have to lock it twice just to get the face recognition app to open and unlock my phone.

Keep up the good work and hope to have a stable and fun app in the future
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] prim3geek:
by the way it would be much cooler to add some face scanning animation just to fake the waiting time, because sometimes it takes 5 seconds before your face recognized and unlocks..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pandamaja:
Does it work yet? I had this a while back and almost 'bricked' my phone using it. I set up the locking on the application itself, setting, and a few other apps. At the time it wasn't successfully taking pictures for the database NOR was the password input working. When i locked my phone I was unable to unlock it through facial recognition or using the password I set up. The ONLY saving grace was that I didn't check the 'load on reboot' option. Pulled the battery and turned this app off.

This was a month or so ago, so maybe its been updated since.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] knightnz:
I am in awe of this. Works amazingly well. Now the gf can't muck up my games :)

Running on a SGS2 with 2.3.4, no issues so far.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] myshu:
works on SGS like a charm
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] BiGMERF:
Installed on my xoom. But will not install in my sensation...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] LuffyPSP:
not compatible with SGS2 when looking in browser android market? wtf?? and no apps found in phone's market~~~
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] :
Awesome..... works flawless in Nexus S
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] agdroubi:
i hope you can add to the next version a complete lock(it comes directly after we turn on the phone) that way all the phone can be protected not only seperate apps.

THANKS
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] punshkin:
Love it!

i have added 30 pictures with different light sources and angles to the database and security on high.

I am recognized almost instantly and it doesnt`t accept my friends nor family members. It`s perfect to keep people that want to try your new phone from personal Mail, SMS, Facebook, whatsapp, notes and calendar!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Lembo:
Great App, thank you.

Running on ADWLauncher to unlock my phone.

Hoing to have to give it awhile to check the battery drain. :-)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] chrisukhd2:
vinaymieux

It works great for me when opening Apps, but it's not working upon boot for me?

Did you get this to work ?

Best Regards
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] seejoshplay:
Would LOVE support for incredible 2, congrats on the great app. Happy to donate for support.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] evohack99:
Would like this app as general unlocking method any updates. Works great so far keep it up
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] deejaylobo:
Amazing app! Thanks! Works really well on my Nexus S.

Few suggestions :

When opening the app, default to "settings" and not app list. The wait for app list to load is annoying. Especially when all I want tto do is add more training.

Use a large dial pad for the password entry and make it a PIN type password. Having to click the entry box, and bring up the keyboard is annoying.

One of the limitations of the app is low light conditions. Password is good for this but, it would be cooler if you could automatically bring up the entry pad if certain minimum light conditions are not met.

Maybe consider Tasker options/plugins?

Very pleased with this. Great work!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vboyz103:
Good find, but although these apps are cool but it doesn't really add any protection level because if you think about it. I can google for your picture on facebook or the like, and point the device to that picture with your face and bam I'm unlocked!! (just a theory, but don't see why it shouldn't work).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lennshow66:
works well :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DECIM8:
Cool app. I suppose a picture would work for the facial recognition? I know it defeats the "facial recognition" feature on my laptop. Could the rear camera of the EVO 3D be used to reject 2D images? Just a though to increase security further.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] deejaylobo:
I was trying this earlier, and it's not as easy as one might think. Did not work when I tried it by pointing the camera towards my face on the screen. Perhaps if I used a print out, although I doubt it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] PBL1:
I am amazed that nobody thought of using other thing than their faces as the unlock key

For example if you use as unlock key a seal ring a piece of jewellery that you carry always with you, a logo.......some body trying to unlock the apps on your phone wont know what you image to use to unlock it

Ineed to check how well the above scenario works

BTW +1 for phone screen lock please
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] EdwardLThompson:
These are some great suggestions. I am really thrilled with this app and it is working flawlessly on my Glacier running CM Nightly builds.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rudyp9:
does not loke 3d

it force closes on evo 3d:confused:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] beepsilver:
Is it compatible with the EVO 4G? Market on the web says no...

EDIT: must have GB 2.3 or higher...I'm still on 2.2 (look forward to trying your app when a stable GB release becomes available).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DRBEAN:
Lock Screen

Works good, but can it be used for lock screen?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] cosmin_f:
not for desire hd... :( why???? c'mon guys, we want also this app! trillions of thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
Train more images and it will be faster ;)

What device and Android OS did you use? It has worked fully with SGS 2.3.3 and many other phones right from the start.

Do you use custom rom?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MRFERRARI23:
I've been using the app all day and I really like it a lot!! Looking forward to new features!! Great job visidon.!!!!

sent from the 3D Gods
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
Thanks. We'll take those suggestions into consideration, but what do you mean by tasker options/plugins?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jwonga:
In the darkness it's obviously not possible to use this to get in, so at night you are boned unless you put in the password. I think a move to an easier input method for the password would be great.

Otherwise, it's quite a good app and I like it!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VisidonSupport:
I've now made an official thread about this app, so let's continue this discussion there.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15815387
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] LuffyPSP:
last night? nope. pure stock one. today my first time on custom rom. VillainROM v2.1.0
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ha698j:
fav app

Fun app for privacy..works surprisingly well on Htc Evo3d.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Take05:
I Would just Recommend what others have already said and that is to have it as the lock screen.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] LuffyPSP:
finally appeared on my sgs2 market. awesome! took only 7 pictures, and it recognize me in many situations.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] reddead66:
posted on my blog : http://myandroidlove.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-unlock-android-device-via-facial.html
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rebel242:
great app :cool: but my battery don't like :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Piccles:
Or snoop around ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Kevin_seymer:
Is it jsut me or does this app (wich are great) drain the battery when running in the background?!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Burko:
Can someone confirm that they can actually use a password to unlock?

I've tried a few different formats and none work.......
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jamezco:
This app is off the hook~!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jetv1r:
can you make a widget that can be use for on/off this app...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mazook98:
I figured out a workaround...

Install "Agile Lock" (free on Market, and a Sense 3.0 lockscreen that's meant for AOSP ROMS normally) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nanoha.SenseScreen

and set the app to activate when used...

Profit.

R WE NOT PHONES?!?

Sent from my 3DeeVo

Edit: I just realized this is the Galaxy thread.. oops.. Oh well, if you like the Sense 3.0 lockscreen, you can do the same thing. I'm guessing it's possible to use this with any custom lockscreen.

lol.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Piccles:
whenever i enter the password - the screen just "wobbles" for a second...and then...nothing....

kinda annoying when in bed...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Piccles:
Works great with widgetlocker :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mazook98:
Mine works fine if I have to use the password function. (Though, I'm not on a SGS2, EVO3D here). Are you sure that you're not capslocking the 1st letter, or sure that your keyboard might not be adding a space at the end? I know that some keyboards do (SwiftKey does unannounced at first.).

R WE NOT PHONES?!?

Sent from my 3DeeVo
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] HiRo_4_ever:
I try this app for the first time now and I'm stunned how efficiently it works :)

It also works with my Lockscreen. The clue is, how it was mentioned here already, you have to use a lockscreen app, which can be face protected.

My system:

Device: SGS2

ROM: LeoMar75 Rom 2.6

Kernel: Ninphetamine 2.1.3

App Launcher: Go Launcher EX

Lockscreen: AOSP which is built in ROM already

A good way to protect is setting the protection at the root. That means if the phone screen is off, then on the lockscreen appears and is face protected. No more access without face protection :D

BUT:

What happens if you reboot the phone when turning complete off (remove battery)?

OK, PIN request is the first wall to overcome. But imagine this would be no problem, you have access to all apps.

In my opinion it would be more secure to protect all apps which have access to system, private data or internet :cool:

Just my thoughts...

Really good app! Many thanks to Visidon! :D

edit:

no experience yet with tricking with photos but i will test it.

Question: What is the difference between the several scurity levels?

I set Maximum and have only one photo trained.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] HiRo_4_ever:
I figured out that the best security is given if the the option "Keep unlock status" is unchecked.

Because even with autostart at boot, if you reboot the phone you have access to the app and can disable it when the option is unabled.

On the other way it can be annoying to unlock everytime when you start an protected app if you have many apps selected.

An improvement would be that the face protection is always requested when the app iteself started by user indepedendent of the other app settings ;-)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] daman215:
fc on htc sensation
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Gorjess:
it actually works! brilliant app! no problem here :)

but it might need some improvements.. as it could be accessed easily once its unlocked.. because i could deselect the apps without any face or password prompt..

and i was hoping that it could be use to unlock the default launcher.. not many people like to use 3rd party launchers (like me :D)

so my suggestions to improve the app:

- better security

- could be use to replace stock lockscreen (on default launcher)

- make a face-like white dash line just like ICS :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zoro25:
Love the app , works great , however I had to add it to the device admin list to get it to work.

One improvement I'd like to see is a log of the faces who have failed log in attempts.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] 3Shirts:
Is anyone having problems getting this to train face images on ICS?

I know ICS has face unlock but on the Nexus S roms going round at the moment, that is pretty ropey. This worked well on GB but now I've upgraded to ICS it's not training at all, just never adds any faces.

Not sure if this is an issue with ICS, the rom I'm using (CM9 Alpha 12) or the app itself.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dark4light:
very great app
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] denenatse:
*start slow clap*

great work man!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DHARQAXIAN:
Tried 5 images in different light - could not get it to work. Tried 12 images, could not get it to work. Uninstalled..., must be my device .., nice idea though.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] raulnori:
thanks for the input
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] naplam:
You might want to try other app called FaceLock for apps Pro, it works.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] miazza:
Very nice app. perfectly working on my ZOPO ZP200 3D Dual SIM on ICS 4.

Thanks

miazza
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shaikhmujeeeb:
any idea to make Face Recognition funtion call to foder/images instead of camera
[HTC Incredible S] ngom52:
My home screen (sense) used to rotate when I changed the phone's orientation, but it suddenly stopped doing that. Does anyone know how to fix this?

The problem only affects the the home screen, rotation works fine in all other apps
[HTC Incredible S] chiefmcbeef:
To be frank (not saying it's not possible), I've never seen an in store demo Incredible S homescreen rotate since it was released or on my personal hadnset (on a standard ROM). It was one of the first things I tried just to see the illuminated buttons at the bottom rotate too. Found I could only get it to rotate when in an app.
[HTC Incredible S] Nabeeltanz:
Yup it only rotates in app. As far as my knowledge surpasses, its only desire z that that has feature of rotating home screen.

Lol even i tried a lot to rotate the home screen when I got my silver desire last summer.
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
ADW Launcher, and other Launchers, support rotaded homescreen.
[HTC Incredible S] Nabeeltanz:
Owh thanks for that mate, will check it in a while... :)
[Desire General] simaka:
Hello guys,

I thought i might share with u my pain. The camera on my desire is not working, it shows only black screen whenever i launch it. Downgrading to 2.1 stock didnt help. Didnt work either in the ota 2.2 rooted rom. By matter of exlusion the only thing left is hw issue. Therefore, as i have no warranty, in a desperate attempt to fix it i bought a camera module on ebay. I am not sure that the problem is in the module exactly, but anyway there is no way to isolate it perfectly. So i saw an official htc video for disassembling (looks quite scary :D ). My question is - does anyone have experience with replacing parts? Any suggestions are highly appreciated.
[Desire General] tonnytech:
just done it today with mine had same problem black screen on camera , only advice is to take your time and be gentle as its pretty straight forward.

gluck :)
[Desire General] simaka:
I have to regretfully annoumce that after replacing the camera i still have the same black screen in both android froyo and gb custom roms. However when i was replacing it, i saw quite a lot of oxidized metal on the pins inside the camera slot. Tried to clean them but definitely did not do a good job. I am the second owner of the phone so i have no idea if it was water damaged.... But its definitely very strange to find it there.. so probably there is lack of good contact. Any idea about a safe way to clean the pins?
[Desire General] simaka:
ok, just a short update and conclusion:

after some googling I decided I will try to clean the pins up with rubber and a needle. First scratch with the rubber, after that with the needle (to remove the oxidized surface). However as the pins are very very very fragile :-D (and the fact that they were heavily oxidized definitely helped), 6 of them just fall even by the softest touch by rubber/needle (believe me, after the first one fell I became even more careful). So, after that I spent approximately 5 hours replacing the broken pins with wire from an old audiocable that I had around.

To my "surprise", when I turned the phone on the camera still showed the same old black screen. At this point I gave up and declared that I will not have camera on my desire :-)

So, anyone interested in buying a brand new camera module for desire? :-D