BTWifiUnlocker or similar to unlock phone at home

[Pinmac1]

I've been using BTWifiunlocker for the last couple of years to keep my phone unlocked when connected to trusted Wifi networks or BT devices - home, work, car etc. This week I wiped my Galaxy Note 3 and rebuilt it. When I went to download the app again it said that it was not compatible with my phone. I had backed up the app and went to reinstall it but it wouldn't work (it's an apz file and not an apk?) I have emailed the developer but haven't heard anything.

I have tried using Tasker but haven't been able to get anything to work successfully. I am currently using Smart Lock which is built in to the phone but it still makes me swipe now and then. Does anyone know of an app which reliably keeps the phone unlocked when connected to known Wifi networks and/or BT devices?

Thanks for any help.

 

[codesplice]

Aside from Tasker, the only other app that I've used to accomplish that is Skiplock - but that's not compatible with Android 5.x.

What application/tool did you use to back up the app before the wipe? Is the .apz file just a compressed .apk? You could try renaming it first to see if that works.

 

[Pinmac1]

I used App Backup and Restore and then copied the file to my Dropbox. It won't let me change the file extension unfortunately.

 

[Thom]

Doesn't the Tasker solution require a plug-in and a root-ed device?

(I'm not root-ed and have never tried it.)

... Thom

 

[codesplice]

I used App Backup and Restore and then copied the file to my Dropbox. It won't let me change the file extension unfortunately.

Have you tried using AB&R to reinstall the backed-up app? You could also try using a file manager (I like Solid Explorer but just about any will do) to change the file's extension and then execute the .apk.

Doesn't the Tasker solution require a plug-in and a root-ed device?

(I'm not root-ed and have never tried it.)

... Thom

I haven't tried it on 5.x. I had a really sweet profile that I used on 4.4 to do the Smart Lock stuff before Smart Lock was a thing, but haven't had a need for it since updating to Lollipop. I do know that I used root + the Secure Settings plugin (with the System+ module installed) to pull it off.

Again, I don't know if/how that has changed since Lollipop.

 

[Thom]

I know of no way to do it on an un-root-ed phone without a plug-in.

(Yes I am un-root-ed on a Droid Turbo, Droid Maxx, and Droid Bionic.)

... Thom

 

[Pinmac1]

Yes, I am using a profile which includes the Secure Settings plugin but I'm not rooted. I've seen the profile in various places and no-one has mentioned needing to be rooted. I did get the profile working OK this afternoon which was great. I added 2 other routers to the profile as I want to be unlocked at work etc and it stopped working so I took them back out and put the profile back to how it was. Annoyingly, it's not working again.

I did try renaming the apz file to apk but when I download it there's a parsing error.

 

[codesplice]

What happens if you download the file to your phone as an apz and then rename it locally?

PS: I just installed App Backup & Restore to test and figure out what format it was using for the backups. It created a .apk, which I can reinstall as expected. Trying to figure out where that APZ came from...

 

[Pinmac1]

I just tried that, using Solid Explorer you mentioned earlier which did let me rename the file extension. Unfortunately when I tried to install it I got the parsing error again. I can't figure out the .apz file either as all my other apps are .apk files.

 

[codesplice]

Can you extract it, as if it were a .zip file?

 

[Pinmac1]

Can I do that with Solid Explorer?

 

[fdbryant3]

Before I upgraded to 5.x I was using Safe Areas which worked well for me. Since then I am just using the builtin Smart Locks.