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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] GrimEcho:
tl;dr

To keep my phone secure I am looking for a way to trigger the stronger protection of the password unlock, but while still keeping the convenience of a quicker bio-unlock for day-to-day use. I would preferably like to trigger the stronger lock with an app or a physical key press. I want to be able to quickly lock the phone in such a way that the full password is required to unlock it, while still keeping biometric unlock turned on for normal locks. Right now the best option is to restart the phone, but this requires holding down the power button, tapping restart, then tapping confirm. On the Galaxy S8, powering off the phone is even worse. It requires holding down the power button selecting "power off" then entering the password or fingerprint to power the phone down! Is there any quicker method?

Details:

I have a Galaxy S8+, but this question applies to any newer Android phone that has some form of biometric security (fingerprint, facial recognition, iris scanning, etc). The S8+ has all three, and the iris scanning appears to be the most useful.

Over the past few years, there have been a number of US court cases that have established that law enforcement and other government agencies such as US Customs can compel you to provide biometric data, such as a fingerprint, to unlock your phone. In most, but not all, cases this requires a warrant. The idea is that since you have no common expectation of privacy for your fingerprint or facial features, you can be legally compelled to give up this information, and it isn't something that is protected under the 5th Amendments guard against self-incrimination. However, passwords or pin numbers are inherently private and absent some very strong requirements, you can assert your Fifth Amendment rights and *cannot* be compelled to reveal them.

Our phones contain a tremendous amount of sensitive and personal data, and regardless of whether or not you have anything to hide, I don't want to allow the government access to my data. Thus, I would like to have my phone secured with a pin number or password. To be secure, I use a fairly strong password and have my phone encrypted. However, I dislike having to enter this password every time I unlock my phone, so I have biometric security enabled. This allows me to unlock my phone with either a fingerprint or iris scan. When my phone is restarted or powered on, the full password is required. When it is simply unlocked, I can use either the password or biometrics.

I would like for a way to quickly trigger the stronger protection of the full password. For example, if I were ever to be pulled over, required to give my phone to security or law enforcement, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] joooe:
The government? Oh dear lord. lololol

Paranoid bananas.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] CASz:
I have action launcher installed and with a triple tap it locks my device and requires as password to unlock rather than my fingerprint. I found out when I wanted to lock the desktop.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] User422:
Hey guys,

is there no way to customize the sound profiles?

I can't let the phone just vibrate instead of muting it or turning sound on with any of the three profiles.

One profiles totally mutes the phone and doesn't allow to turn sounds on. The other two don't allow to mute the phone or set it on vibration.

One of the three profiles even only let's me toggle if the phone should vibrate for incoming calls. Nothing else!
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] Garrsett:
Hello from Indonesia. I'm user of Xperia X single SIM which use the newest version of Poison ROM based Nougat 7.1.1. I have a little problem like this thread https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...sor-when-3g-4g-data-transmission/td-p/1146470 but the difference is the red light in my phone always ON both when data transmission/WiFI ON and OFF. The red light OFF when I locked this phone, and when I unlock this phone using fingerprint or press power button, suddenly the red light ON. I have the adaptive brightness screen turned off before. Anyone can fix this problem? Thank you so much for your help. Sorry for my bad English.
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] prasad12ka4:
Turn off the auto brightness option
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] PPGOVEKAR:
Turning off adaptive brightness is not working and it looks more like a feature than bug. (Proximity sensor gets active on lock screen or after data/wifi use to detect if flip cover is covering the screen or not?)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prime_X:
hi all,

I've got a big Problem:

the Display of my Note 4 is broken (always black and I can't type in my security code) and I've not activated USB Debugging.

So I can't tansfer the Screen on my mobile phone to my Computer ot .

I just want to save my Pictures and all of the datas on the phone.

Do you have any idea how I can a backup?

I don't know if it's helping but I've got a Connection between my Google account and my Phone.

Is there maybe a possibility to save my data?

If this thread already exists - I'm sorry

Greets

prime_X
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) Questions & Answers] krapstow:
Hello,

I wanted to ask whether somebody knows whether one the J3 (J320F) (duets) rooten is able and whether there for it already another room is dadrauf well functioned??
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Evitov:
I'm in Hong Kong over the summer and I can get a V20 for about 250 pounds and g6 for about 300. Do you think it's worth the extra 50 pounds for the g6. And are there bootlooping issues as it was added to the lawsuit.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] prmbasheer:
I suggest you go for LG G6. V20 is good but I have seen instances where it is mentioned in boot-loop discussions. Plus, LG G6 has a slightly better processor, better build, better form factor and water proof as well.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] rbird2:
Just because the V20 is listed in a lawsuit proves nothing...

Before I bought my phone I did some quick research and I have not found anyone with a V20 having a real bootloop concern.

There are threads like this one (https://xdaforums.com/v20/help/lg-v20-boot-loop-fix-t3629308) that are incorrectly titled (as in this thread) which lead people to that conclusion but by reading the posts they would see that this concern does not exist.

The V20 and G6 are totally different phones. It really boils down to what your wants/needs are.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Ducter:
I picked up both phones a few days ago, the v20 and the g6. My other phone is an OnePlus 3. I decided to buy them based off a couple reasons honestly, T-Mobile offered me $100 off each phone for being with them 10+ years then with the lg promotion currently going on for free mini projector and headset I figured why not. I had wanted the v20 since release and tho it's not the fastest phone out, I knew from using my OnePlus that it will do what I want.

To compare the two, keeping in mind these are T-Mobile variants, the v20 has root where the g6 does not. I knew I wanted root where my wife could care less. Bigger screen overall is another plus for me where she prefers smaller phones. Cameras, to my untrained eye are not much different. The benefit of the g6 would be water resistant and wireless charging, I wish the v20 had ip certification but wireless charging does little for me. As for the boot looping, T-Mobile stands by the manufacturer warranty for a year, any problems like that and they replace it so it's not really a concern to me.

I like both phones, but I also liked my g5 that I previously had given to the wife so obviously it's all a matter of personal preference.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Erick Cho:
How you got the $100 off offered from T-Mobile? I've been with them for 10+ years too.

Also I brought couple used T-Mobile V20 which is H918 but both seems start having the boot looping issues that would restart itself 5-6 times a day with normal use, some times even just listening songs with bluetooth at work would restart 2 times in 4 hours... I can't get replacement from T-Mobile since I didn't buy from their store and don't have receipt for LG to warranty although it still made within a year :(
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Ducter:
I just called them, asked if that was their best price, rep put me in touch with customer loyalty and they offered me that deal.

I would still call T-Mobile and ask about exchanging the phone, if it's paid off and not tied to someone else's account they will probably do it for you, they have in the past for me when I had purchased a phone from swappa. It's still a T-Mobile variant under the year threshold.. All you can do is explain your situation and ask. If first rep says no, don't be afraid to try again. I've found that often, reps handle things differently from one to another.
[Alcatel Idol 4S Questions & Answers] Celludroid:
I'm very much interested in the camera capabilities (esp. manual video controls) of Android phones. Manual controls are (at least when using 3rd party apps) related to the support level of Camera2 API implementation by the manufacturer of the phone. Can anyone with a 4S tell me what Camera2 API support level the device has? ('Legacy', 'Limited', 'Full' or 'Level 3') There are two free apps on the PlayStore which you can use to test: "Camera2 probe" and "Camera2 Probe" (sorry can't link yet as I'm a newbie here).

Thanks in advance
[Alcatel Idol 4S Questions & Answers] dbgr:
legacy (6055u)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilhopper:
Hi,

I am thinking about buying a GP90 LCD projector, which comes in two flavors: The default version with Android 4.4 preinstalled, and a cheaper version with no Android preinstalled.

Can someone help me understand what my options are with the cheaper version? Am I right that it would be either risky or impossible to install some "general" Android version on the projector, so that most likely I'd have to get the stock version (which I probably won't be able to obtain anywhere) or install a custom ROM that has been tailored to suit this exact device (which probably doesn't exist)?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] fylim:
Hi Does anyone know how to? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] michel5891:
Why would you want to? Just curious.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] From0toHero:
Yeah wonder why? And my guess is you cannot disable one band or the other. Maybe with root and some special commands.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] kxdaorbit:
The only solution that I can think of would be settings on your Wi-Fi router. Most routers have an option whereby you can split the bands and give each one a unique SSID. Once you do that, you can then log on separately to the band you want.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] User422:
Hey folks,

I wanted to ask if you'd recommend me to root my OP5?

I wasn't to afraid of rooting and flashing ROMs until messing my last phone up. It had no warranty on it anymore and was going to upgrade anyway so I didn't really have anything to lose so I just did it to learn about rooting and custom ROMs.

Is it safe (enough) to root and mess around with that stuff with that bit of experience? My phone was rooted and running CM/lineage for a few weeks and about four months on resurrection remix.

I really miss having the opportunities I had with root but I'm afraid of messing up my brand new device.

Thanks in advance
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] manor7777:
Do what you want with it :) With OnePlus devices you DON'T void the warranty by rooting and installing a custom rom, unless you cause hardware damage because of it - e.g overclocking too much, or undervolting too much. Even if you hardbrick your phone, oneplus should cover it, and in most cases help you recover it remotely if that's possible. Go ahead, you literally have nothing to loose... if you make a good backup lol
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rfragz104:
I've had this problem for quite some time where I have gone though the entirety of the forums testing roms and only the Resurrection Remix rom will boot. I can't even get the stock image to boot and have done this multiple times. I am able to flash recovery and get onto TWRP with no problem at all.

Is there some kind of fix at all for this?

Kind Regards.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rfragz104:
Solved:

I did this by re flashing a full stock rom and not just the AP, this includes, BL,CP and CSC though odins software.
[Touch Cruise General] xrrkrrkx:
can anyone help me out with streaming???

i went to youtube mobile to try to watch a video and it says it can not connect all the time...

anyhelp would be appreciated.
[Touch Cruise General] Jules Winnfield:
It works for me

I do not have specials settings

I use Opera. When I click on a video, it runs HTC streaming application that plays video.

In Opera setting, I have the value "be identified as mobile"

I hope it will help.

@+
[Touch Cruise General] Sky740:
I use CorePlayer+a specific cab file to get youtube on my TC from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=339269&highlight=tcmp

Don't know if that helps?
[Touch Cruise General] xrrkrrkx:
no go, even in opera...

it just says failed to connect everytime i try... same in ie.

dont really want to go and install new .cab files with whatever in them to get streaming to work, there must be a way to adjust settings to have it work like everyone else.

can anyone tell me what the port settings should be?
[Touch Cruise General] tigerpower:
I have exacty the same problem as you!

My rom is in French....

I don't know if it helps but you are not alone....
[Touch Cruise General] MikeCruise:
Hello

I am also experiencing the same problem. I open a website in the Explorer which in turn opens the Streaming Video applicaton which after a short time indicates that it could not connect to the network.

If any one could help with this I would be very happy.

I have the English ROM and have Vodafone (business) as provider.

Cheers

Michael
[Touch Cruise General] Starwalker:
I have the same problem, but only if I choose a WLAN connection. With 3G it works fine. Maybe anyone can tell me his settings for WLAN streaming with PocketIE.

Thanks in advance.

Lars
[Touch Cruise General] dysoong:
I've been having similar problems since last Wednesday, when my Orbit2 artrived from O2.

I've been tinkering and getting very frustrated but have found out some useful info (for orbit 2 users anyway...):

Streaming works with built-in apps in Wifi just fine with these settings:

in start>settings>wifi(configure network adapters)>network adapters tab: on the pulldown menu, "set my network card connects to" = Work

In Streaming media app menu>options> "connect via" = Work

the links from both opera 8.65 and IE work fine and open the streaming media app, which connects, then buffers, then plays just fine.

I still can't get streaming over GPRS, 3G, or HSDPA. I upgraded my O2 contract, so they didn't send me a new sim. It took me and O2 customer support 3 days to work out I needed a 3G sim card. I got one for free from my local O2 store.

I still had problems so called O2 CS again. Now comes the real joke. Apparently O2 does not support video streaming on 3G or HSDPA. When you try and stream video, O2 CS reckons that the network reverts to GPRS speeds, but maintains the 3G or H-connected symbol. Since GPRS speed is insufficient for streaming, it returns the dreaded "failed to connect" error in the streaming video app.

I've tested the speed of the 3G and HSDPA connections and get 121-124 Kbps on normal browsing/downloading but I can't work out how to test the speed as it tries to stream so can't confirm that it has reverted to GPRS...

I used this to test speed: www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1 (selecting the 5K test then the 1 Mb test)

I get a speed of 386kbps using USB-PC, but haven't tested WiFi.

386kbps and even 121kbps should be fine for streaming 3gp video, shouldn't it?

Has anyone else heard this about O2 and video streaming reverting to GPRS, or was the O2 CS guy just talking crap?

I've tried installing an old TCPMP and the flash video bundle, but it crashes my phone when TCPMP loads. I can't find a trial copy of CorePlayer 1.1.3 and don't want to pay for it without knowing that its going to work...

SO... if anyone can confirm or deny video streaming using any software on O2 Orbit, I'd be very grateful.

Finally, I also "fail to connect" when I use the USB-PC cable to try streaming using my PC's internet connection I've tinkered with as many settings as I could think of and still can't get it to stream video on anything except WiFi. This makes me suspect some sort of port settings because the speed of USB-PC is fine, but I'm not sure about setting ports.

I'm going to call O2 CS today and shout at them again. I've been with O2 for years now and remember having to alter and delete various parts of O2's "mobile web" settings and "O2 active" settings to get things to work smoothly on my HTC wizard/XDA mini S so maybe this is the solution... I'll post an update on the situation here.
[Touch Cruise General] buckels:
wlan streaming problem

hi..

i have the problem that the phone tries to go to 3g every time i try to stream media..

i just updated to the new german rom. the old one worked fine using windows explorer .. but opera won't let me stream using w-lan.. (and i don't have a data plan)

is there any way found yet to stream youtube etc with opera..

i have 'work' as my setting in both the wlan and streaming media setup.

if it is a new plan to make me get a data plan are there any good apps to help me get round it and reactivate my wlan??

thanks
[Touch Cruise General] Bobby.pike:
I had this problem, but fixed it. Not very helpfull atm, as phone is in for fixing atm, will have it back by tomorrow, and post my setttings, if help has not arrived yet..
[Touch Cruise General] fallenmonk:
I have an Orbit2 with O2 and as far a im aware they do not support streaming .It is annoying having a great device but can not go on u-tube.Has anybody found a way around it? I have read the Streaming bible here but did not work.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Androbots:
http://www.gizchina.com/2017/07/03/xiaomi-announces-list-devices-upcoming-nougat-update/
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Superblazer:
Terrible. They released the phone on lollipop last year only to update it to 6.0 and now no Nougat update. Knew it back then when they released it with lollipop on 2016.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] filipino guy:
be positive guys maybe they release late of a month or maybe coming on line of September october or maybe end of Year
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueJeans:
Read the first comment in that link. It says the article is about something else.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scrubjay55:
Never mind xiaomi. No one wants to use their ****ty miui anyway. There are devs with a great knowledge for kenzo in custom rom development :D
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueJeans:
MIUI is bloated but I think it's optimised. Stock apps run faster in MIUI as compared to custom ROMs. I am using a custom ROM though.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scrubjay55:
Well, everyone has their own idea. According to me, custom roms performs the best.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] naturist:
What stock apps? Example? I have two devices with me, RN4 on MIUI and RN3 on LOS, can create a video to compare. I'm waiting for stable roms to flash on RN4 (current custom roms are still buggy) and I will completely forget about the crappy MIUI.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] lee480:
nope. i experience signal fluctuations when connected to WIFI.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Osga21:
It's a chinese company so it was to be expected, don't act all surprised. The only reason I bought this phone is because it has a large custom ROM community so I don't have to rely on the manufacturer to update my phone. In fact, Lineage OS is better than MIUI could ever hope to be, I've been running Nougat since January and I'm sure we'll get Android O LOS so who cares about Xiaomi and MIUI.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] pocce90:
Custom ROM are ok but I need MIUI because of auto power on/off function that custom ROM doesn't have.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] pksingh.sagar:
yes installation of apps,loading times of games like asphalt 8 and others are wayyy faster in custom nougat roms :D
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] sajaadh:
If no Nougat. I gonna move for others brands. Good bye Xiaomi and redmi note 3
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] iwanova:
And better 3d and animation performance.

Thanks for vulkan.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrhnet:
Looks like fake news. Seems it's only about stats on already updated ones. Also check http://en.miui.com/thread-679299-1-1.html

It says "The image above was shared on MIUI's Weibo to update users about which Mi devices have updated based on Android N. Some tech sites reported that it's the list of eligible devices for MIUI 9. It's fake news as well. Most of them are click baits and you should be aware of it."
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] desmoshadow:
all we need is updated kernel source not creepy ****ty miui
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] LukeyWolf:
We may still get Nougat and this isn't about devices getting Nougat anyway, it's about devices with Nougat already.

I so gave a go at translating with Google translate and it shows in the 7.1 section that the Mi6 is there, that already has Android 7.1 so it is definitely a list of devices with Android N already
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] tamalsarkar005:
dont give a damn to miui :silly:

There are viper,nitrogen, aex,rr,purenexus,aosip,bliss,cirtus and plenty of beast rom s out there.And right now using viper os.Miui will never catch the speed of this rom.pretty happy with this super stable rom :D
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] AgentBuBu:
Definitely won't receive as much support from the community as nougat had.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zehlek:
Has Google release the source code for Oreo yet?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] flamedrops:
Epic rom and RR are the best rom. Hopefully they will create RR android O very soon for kenzo.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] sarveshrulz:
Is epic ROM based on nougat?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] flamedrops:
No sir, epic rom is debloated MIUI 8 based on android 6.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] sarveshrulz:
OK, thanks for the reply
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] flamedrops:
Your welcome sir.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Maximaro:
you can sign in (apply) to test Miui 9

So it is coming = )

I did it and need to wait if i can get and test the Miui 9 Version.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hardeep Kang:
yeah,but we have to be on miui china

may they release soon ,coz china updates suspended for kenzo.hope in august we will.recieve
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] _ossie_:
MIUI 9 is not Nougat.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] tamalsarkar005:
why people are so mad about miui nougat ??? there are plenty of nougat rom available for our device. :rolleyes:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] filipino guy:
Lol read this anmouncement im sure this coming september all redmi phones gets N and miui 9
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] vinay001:
Where it says that we get Nougat?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] AtomR:
Lol you buddy

They're saying MIUI 9, not based on Nougat though. We'll get MIUI 9 based on MM. No way Nougat is coming to all devices.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] julksky:
The MM update came after the MIUI 8 update so even though MIUI 9 comes on top of MM for our device we should get the Nougat update later this year.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] AtomR:
Lol buddy

Is it your first phone?

Phones this cheap don't get more than 1 OS update. Marshmallow was last update for RN3.