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When a device is locked, it needs to be "reactivated" in order to use it. This unlock is normally obtained by pressing a button and/or swiping a finger across the screen.

When a device is locked, it needs to be "reactivated" in order to use it. This unlock is normally obtained by pressing a button and/or swiping a finger across the screen.

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Android Activity lifecycle and locking/unlocking device

I just found that when the device has lock screen enabled, the followings happen. For this activity, android:screenOrientation="landscape" is set in the manifest. Then I perform the followings with my phone in a portrait mode. The user opens an…
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How to force delete a file?

This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here. How can i force Windows XP to…
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run command/script when lock/unlock windows station?

I have Windows 7 pro at work. My problem is I keep on forgetting to clock in/clock out (using the intranet timesheet system). Is there a way to run a script or command to automatically open the timesheet page each time I lock/unlock my station?
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Android -- What happens when device is unlocked?

I am trying to understand the intents that get launched when the device is unlocked. For eg: Say my activity is running, and I press the power button (screen off, to lock the phone). INTENT.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF is launched. The activity is paused and…
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How can I detect screen lock/unlock events on the iPhone?

How can I detect screen lock/unlock events on the iPhone? When the user unlocks it, I want to show a notification alert from my iPhone app. (For Just like Broadcast Receiver for screen unlock in Android.)
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How to detect if PIN/password/pattern is required to unlock phone?

How can I detect if the phone is locked by a password, pin or pattern? thank you!
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How to unlock a tomcat user?

I am using Tomcat 7.0 and a user i defined at tomcat-users.xml is locked. I saw warnings at catalina.out that the user is locked. How can i unlock it without restarting tomcat? I searched a lot but could not find any solution. Thanks a lot,
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Unlock the Screen Programmatically

I have a share button in the GCM notification. On click of the share button, I need to launch share intent. Everything works perfectly. Only problem that I'm facing is Lollipop lock screen feature. When I click share button from lock screen, my…
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iPhone 4 Unlocking. NCK-Bruteforce Research

Every iPhone has a NORID (8 bytes) & CHIPID (12 bytes) unique to each phone. Where is this stored? NOR? seczone? Can it be dumped? An iPhone requires a NCK to unlock. From what I understand the NCK is 15 characters. Is it numeric, alpha or…
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Is there a way to unlock android phone via adb, if I KNOW the pattern

Basically, idea is to add a pattern unlock in script, running on a computer, connected to phone via adb. So, something like adb shell input events. Pattern is KNOWN, no hacking.
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tfs: how to unlock changes

I originally edited a file, which did a checkout. I received a new computer, and now I want to edit the file. I don't care about the original edit. TFS reports that another user has an exclusive lock on the file. It's not actually another user,…
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Android check if lockscreen is set

i need to check if the lockscreen does have a Pin or something more secure (Password, Fingerprint etc.). Im able to check if there is a Pin, Password or a Pattern. KeyguardManager keyguardManager = (KeyguardManager)…
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Unlock Android phone programmatically?

I want to write the code on how to unlock the Android Phone programmatically. I want lock or unlock the phone when the user taps the proximity sensor. public class MyActivity extends Activity{ private static final String ACTION =…
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How to customize Android's LockScreen?

I know that there is already some apps can do this, such as: WidgetLocker Lockscreen Flyscreen I want to know how to do this in my app? What classes I can use? Or what articles I should read? I don't want to change the Android's source code. …
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Activity handle when screen unlocked

So I have my onResume command restarting a stopped thread which runs my game loop. This works perfectly for resuming the app when closed by home button or by focusing on another app. However, when you turn the screen off then on again, the…
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