Tuesday 25 November 2014

#47.Delayed Lock For Android

It is necessary to put a password or pattern lock to your device for your privacy and security reasons. But when you are at your home or any place you have your privacy you certainly don't wish to enter password all the time. Android 5.0 Lolipop comes with a special feature to solve this problem. with this, you can set your home , office or any other place as your "trusted place"  and the android will automatically unlock the screen when you are at the trusted place.

Other Android versions (other than Lolipop) can also make use of this facility but they would have to install an app called " Delayed Lock"  in their phone. This app is available at the Google Playstore. Delayed Lock app allow you to disable lockscreen screen when you are connected to a specific Wi-Fi Network ( at you house or office ) or  when a bluetooth is connected. You can also disable your lockscreen when your phone is charging. you can also set a delay period (say 5 hours). During this period screen lock will be disabled and after the delay period the screen lock will be active so as to keep your device personalized.

The main features of  this app includes

  • Free Plugins are available which disable screen lock at certain places.
  • Android notification bar for quikly re-enabling the screen lock( even during delay period).
  • Time delay screen lock
  • delays the requirement to enter password/ pin

This app is suited for Android versions 4.0 and above. 

The major disadvantage of this app is that it supports only pin/ password . pattern/ face lock is not supported. Also This app does not work on all devices( incompatible with some HTC Devices). Requires root, if device is encrypted. This app is also incompatible with some apps like NoLED, NoLock and some other apps.

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