Will moto skip or bluetooth safe zones unlock the Droid maxx?

[Germwise]

The most interesting feature of the motox fo me is the nfc and bluetooth bypass of phone pins.

In this way you can keep your phone secure but also avoid the hassle of typing in your password a million times.


I am assuming that both of these features work with the droid maxx. Can one of you lucky owners confirm this?

THanks!

 

[Thom]

The bypass option is there. I have no way to test it for you to validate that it does in fact work. (No Bluetooth device.)

... Thom

 

[speede541]

Yes, the Bluetooth "trusted device" keep phone unlocked feature IS present in the Maxx, I've been taking advantage of it extensively (with a BT USB dongle plugged in to a work PC for no other useful reason but this), and it's Fabulous!

 

[doogald]

I have a pebble watch that I rarely use (I really only use it while driving, to see if a call or text is worth stopping for, and which I forget to wear while driving most of the time now.) I may start using it for this purpose, though; to keep the phone locked if I lose it but unlocked if it is with me.

 

[Germwise]

great news! thanks for the info. Now to see whether we will have an unlocked bootloader....

If that is the case I see no reason for getting the X over the max.

 

[speede541]

I have a pebble watch that I rarely use...I may start using it for this purpose,

After not wearing watches since carrying my first cell phone, I'm thinking the same. May have to hold out a few months to see what watches are coming from Google, Samsung, and LG.

Heck, I'd even be open to a Bluetooth connected belt buckle!

 

[distortedloop]

I wish my Bluetooth FitBit could function as a safe zone. It's perfect for that. I wear 24/7 unless bathing/swimming and it's low power BT LE.

I've been playing around with Tasker's security plug in features to disable PIN when near my home's Wi-Fi, but it doesn't really turn off the pin, it sets the pin to blank, which means you still have to hit the enter key on the phone's unlock screen when trying to use the Okay, Google Now tool.

 

[andy88488]

I've been using an app called "Unlock with Wifi" for years, which provides the same functionality, btw. If anyone reading this thread wants to have a phone which is locked when you leave home, but unlocked when you are at home, at work, etc., this app works great.

 

[svzurich]

I use my Pebble watch and car stereo to great effect with my Droid Maxx. Sadly, since encrypting it, almost every dark screen demands my pin number.

 

[svzurich]

I use my Pebble watch and car stereo to great effect with my Droid Maxx. Sadly, since encrypting it, almost every dark screen demands my pin number.

I discovered how to fix this issue. Encrypting the device seems to have broken that pairings so that it showed it would still unlock, but didn't. Deleting the pairing and reestablishing it after encryption fixed them Trusted Device unlocking issue.

 

[speede541]

I've been using an app called "Unlock with Wifi" for years, which provides the same functionality, btw. If anyone reading this thread wants to have a phone which is locked when you leave home, but unlocked when you are at home, at work, etc., this app works great.

I downloaded and tried this app.

So, it works with the Maxx, but...

It forces the use of a PIN unlock. No pattern allowed. No face unlock.

And it also locked me out of my phone! Don't know what happened, but I got my PIN all set, verified, then... blam. Couldn't get in. Tried, tried again. 30 second time out, tried a few more times and the dang thing finally took. Went in to uninstall it (because I suddenly didn't trust it), and had the same problem a few times before accepting my PIN.

I don't know what happened -- the installation went fine and I'm certain there was no typo. The app takes over the PIN handling, so I presume there was some problem with communication between the app and the phone's OS. I'll be relieved if the developer finds there's a fixable bug that caused this, because there's absolutely no way I typed the wrong 4-digit numerical PIN that many times.

Oh yeah, but other than that it works.

 

[18t]

I wish my Bluetooth FitBit could function as a safe zone. It's perfect for that. I wear 24/7 unless bathing/swimming and it's low power BT LE.

I've been playing around with Tasker's security plug in features to disable PIN when near my home's Wi-Fi, but it doesn't really turn off the pin, it sets the pin to blank, which means you still have to hit the enter key on the phone's unlock screen when trying to use the Okay, Google Now tool.

If you download security settings app and use it as a plug in on tasker you shouldn't have this issue. Atleast I don't

 

[speede541]

General Will moto skip or bluetooth safe zones unlock the Droid maxx

One thing I meant to mention re: your question in the subject line (just for clarification -- I'm guessing you already know this) is that the trusted Bluetooth doesn't actually unlock the phone -- you'll have to unlock it the first time (or any time after you break contact), then after that, it remains unlocked.

In other words, I couldn't take your locked phone, then walk near your car when you turn your Bluetooth speakerphone on in order to gain access.

 

[distortedloop]

If you download security settings app and use it as a plug in on tasker you shouldn't have this issue. Atleast I don't

Yeah, I'd done that after posting. It was the difference between pin and keyguard

Still is very flakey. I understand keyguard works much better with root.

Oh well.

 

[andy88488]

I downloaded and tried this app.

So, it works with the Maxx, but...

It forces the use of a PIN unlock. No pattern allowed. No face unlock.

And it also locked me out of my phone! Don't know what happened, but I got my PIN all set, verified, then... blam. Couldn't get in. Tried, tried again. 30 second time out, tried a few more times and the dang thing finally took. Went in to uninstall it (because I suddenly didn't trust it), and had the same problem a few times before accepting my PIN.

I don't know what happened -- the installation went fine and I'm certain there was no typo. The app takes over the PIN handling, so I presume there was some problem with communication between the app and the phone's OS. I'll be relieved if the developer finds there's a fixable bug that caused this, because there's absolutely no way I typed the wrong 4-digit numerical PIN that many times.

Oh yeah, but other than that it works.

Sorry you had a bad experience. I don't think I had a PIN set prior to using this app. Maybe that's the difference? I discarded Pattern Unlock pretty quickly, because it struck me that you could just follow the finger smears and figure out the pattern. Never played with Facial Unlock.

 

[speede541]

I didn't have a PIN set yet, either. Really scared the crap out of me -- I had just finished setting up my phone and didn't relish having to wipe it and begin all over. But eventually it took and I got back in Totally weird.

Oh, and off topic, but facial unlock is crazy fast on this phone vs. the Gnex. I'm using it A LOT. I'm going to miss it when Fox Fi gets to working with this phone, because the VPN access only allows pattern or PIN.