Just want to get rid of Keyguard at home!

[SUroot]

Keygaurd is a secure setting. The very nature of this is to be secure and tamperproof. The fact it partially works is amazing to me. That's why root and secure settings helper are required. Not taskers fault

 

[Johnny LaRue]

OK, I'll try rooting my phone this weekend. I keep meaning to do it but just haven't found a need to do it until now. Damn that necessary keyguard!

 

[SUroot]

Let me know if you need any help.

 

[Johnny LaRue]

I rooted my phone, which was a PITA, and reinstalled Tasker, Secure Settings and its Helper. My keyguard turned off reliably for a while but now it's flaky again.

SUroot, if you would post a howto, I'd appreciate it.

 

[shauny13]

never got mine to work, always flaky, tried helper and secure settings without success.

 

[Johnny LaRue]

Yeah, I thought it could have been Lookout causing the flakiness because it can control the keyguard, too. I turned that off but still no luck.

Tried BKayrac's solution again, this time while rooted, but whenever I go and get a notification, the keyguard comes back on.

If I turn Tasker off and on, the keyguard comes off.

I've now also tried installing SQLite Installer for Root as per the Secure Settings site instructions.

 

[davoid]

Have people enabled Secure Settings and Tasker in Settings>Security>Device Administrators?

Don't know if it's necessary but it got my Lock Screen profile working

 

[davoid]

I rooted my phone, which was a PITA, and reinstalled Tasker, Secure Settings and its Helper. My keyguard turned off reliably for a while but now it's flaky again.

How do you normally unlock your phone? is it by pattern or PIN?

If it is by pattern, then select Pattern Lock in the Secure Settings plugin, instead of Keyguard. It works for me.

 

[shauny13]

Have people enabled Secure Settings and Tasker in Settings>Security>Device Administrators?

Don't know if it's necessary but it got my Lock Screen profile working

Yep, still no joy. It's ok until i go to a notification, then i lose it and have to reboot to get it back.....why is this so difficult

 

[davoid]

Yep, still no joy. It's ok until i go to a notification, then i lose it and have to reboot to get it back.....why is this so difficult

I used to have this problem until I used the Pattern Lock option instead of Keyguard. Which are you using?

 

[shauny13]

nothing currently, gonna try your suggestion

 

[Johnny LaRue]

I've been using a pattern lock. How do you use the pattern lock option in Secure Settings. It seems like turning it on by clicking the box is the default. Do you set up the context in reverse? For example, the first task would be leaving home, turn pattern on. Exit task would be coming home, turn pattern off?

 

[davoid]

I have mine where first task is connected to wifi - turn pattern lock off. Exit task, turn pattern lock on.

First setting:

Then for the exit task I just choose On and save it.

You need to have pattern lock setup in system settings as default, so that tasker can merely disable it.

 

[Pinmac1]

I don't see Pattern Lock as an option in Secure Settings?

 

[davoid]

I don't see Pattern Lock as an option in Secure Settings?

In that case you need to install Helper. To do that go into your app drawer and open Secure Settings. Go to the Helper tab, and choose the install Helper option. This should then give you an additional section of options in the Secure Settings plugin in Tasker.

 

[Johnny LaRue]

OK, I'll try this and let you know how it goes.

Just for everyone else's sake, I had Helper installed but Pattern Lock was not appearing in the options in Secure Settings. Open up SS directly and go under Options to enable it.

 

[Pinmac1]

Thanks, that explains it then as I am not rooted so can't install Helper. I understand that this works better under Jellybean so I guess I'll wait until that comes out, hopefully this month, before I try again.

 

[shauny13]

No joy here, tried everything. Just think it a one x thing

 

[davoid]

shauny, are you rooted?

EDIT: just saw your details under your avatar. Hmm.

So what exactly is your situation - i.e. what do you have set up/installed?

This is what you need:

1. Set up pattern lock in Settings>Security and Lock Screen
2. Install Secure Settings
3. Open Secure Settings. Under Helper tab, install Helper. (Will need/ask for Busybox, iirc)
4. Make sure in Secure Settings, under Options tab, Pattern Lock is ticked (as these ticked options are what become available in the Tasker plugin)
5. In Settings>Security and Lock Screen>Device Administrators, tick Tasker and Secure Settings

In Tasker, set up your first task (the one activated when connected to Wifi) as:

Action:
Plugin>Secure Settings
Configuration: Pattern Lock>Off

Exit Task:
Action:
Plugin>Secure Settings
Configuration: Pattern Lock>On

That should do it, really.

 

[shauny13]

yep it's set up exactly as you have stated, always the same, it's fine till i go to a notification. have tried pin, password,pattern and nothing.

Edit: wiped everything in tasker, started again and followed yours to the letter and seems to be working at the moment (with notifications) Fingers crossed. Will let you know how it goes, and many thanks for your help.

 

[davoid]

Edit: wiped everything in tasker, started again and followed yours to the letter and seems to be working at the moment (with notifications) Fingers crossed. Will let you know how it goes, and many thanks for your help.

(Fingers crossed) I'm glad you got it working

 

[Johnny LaRue]

OK, I tried davoid's step by step and it turns off my pattern lock...but somehow also turns on the slide lock! My Tasker only has this one profile in it at this time. I just don't get it.

 

[SUroot]

Dont know on your phone but on my phone if I turn pattern lock on, it replaces swipe lock (my equivalent to your slide lock) and if I turn pattern lock off, swipe lock returns so yeah, that makes sense.

 

[shauny13]

Dont know on your phone but on my phone if I turn pattern lock on, it replaces swipe lock (my equivalent to your slide lock) and if I turn pattern lock off, swipe lock returns so yeah, that makes sense.

so is it possible to disable both? pattern lock turns off for me but swipe lock comes back on

 

[shauny13]

ok, now it doesn't work at all. Totally random, sometimes locked other times not. Gadgetwise, i've never been defeated, but this is putting up a damn good fight with my patience.