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xman95

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Does anyone know how to turn on the Face Unlock feature?

I can't seem to find it in the settings. But I'm certain JB (4.1) and higher has this built in. In fact, I found it running in the background (cached processes). Yet I can't figure out how to turn it on to test it out.
Thanks!!
 
You can find it under Settings | Security | Screen Unlock. I'm not positive if the Warp has one, so I'll toss in that a front facing camera in required.:)
 
Unforgiven said:
You can find it under Settings | Security | Screen Unlock. I'm not positive if the Warp has one, so I'll toss in that a front facing camera in required.:)
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Yes! This is where I looked. But it's not there for some strange reason. Also, the Warp 4G LTE does have front facing camera. I think they all have one except for the original WARP N860.
 
No luck with the Face Unlock. I flashed it and nothing happened. It doesn't appear in my settings. My phone runs Android 4.1.2

As I've noted previously, I did see a file under ALL apps settings that says Face Unlock. So I'm thinking it's on the phone just not showing up in the settings. When I click on it I have the option to Force stop or Disable. It says that it is version 4.1.2610838
 
I got a little further but still can't activate Facelock on the phone so that it shows in Security, Screen Lock. I'm running Nova Launcher and I can access Facelock settings thru shortcuts on the homescreen. It's under the Activities shortcut. Scroll thru alphabet to F and there are 4 settings within the Facelock dropdown. Looks like all the guts of Facelock are there. I did the face recognition successfully and the "you're all done...look at your screen to unlock" setting is there also.

UPDATE: Reinstalled Facelock apk via file manager, rebooted, still won't activate in settings. Something is blocking it.
 
ZingBot said:
I got a little further but still can't activate Facelock on the phone so that it shows in Security, Screen Lock. I'm running Nova Launcher and I can access Facelock settings thru shortcuts on the homescreen. It's under the Activities shortcut. Scroll thru alphabet to F and there are 4 settings within the Facelock dropdown. Looks like all the guts of Facelock are there. I did the face recognition successfully and the "you're all done...look at your screen to unlock" setting is there also.

UPDATE: Reinstalled Facelock apk via file manager, rebooted, still won't activate in settings. Something is blocking it.
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Thanks!!

I'm on NOVA launcher too.. and I followed your suggestion. It claims to have accepted my face, but my phone isn't locking.
 
I will post this here: It IS possible, but it's going to take a hack into the settings.apk

The ZTE Awe has this same issue too. The FaceUnlock.apk is on the device, but no menu entry. I am currently using the settings.apk from the ZTE Source, which got more love than us apparently. The setting is enabled there natively, so I can use it just fine. I do not recommend using the Source's settings.apk however, because it's kinda jumbled and doesn't work correctly 100%. Wait for someone to add it to the settings.apk is my suggestion.
 
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