How do I disable screen lock on my P8?

[AC Question]

how do i disable screen lock on my p8

When you have the pattern lock on how do you disable that ?

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: how do i disable screen lock on my p8

Welcome to Android Central! Go to Settings>Security>Screen Lock, enter your current pattern lock, then choose None or Slide. If you're unable to choose those, then go to Settings>Security and tap Clear Credentials.

If you encrypted your phone, you must have some kind of screen lock.

 

[christian Otte]

to remove all your screen lock settings go to settings > screen lock & passwords > password > pattern : set the pattern, set the ekstra pin when requested. push the power button twice to active the screen lock, provide the wrong pattern 5 times, choose the ekstra pin and enter the right pin.
This disables all screen lock settings.
Worked for me

 

[Vero D]

It worked finally, thank you so much.

 

[littlebigman]

I have the same problem. Clearing all credentials doesn't solve the issue, although the "5 times" tip does work, but that is not a practical solution when the user wants to enable/disable screenlock fast.

Is there really no better way? Why does Huawei/Android disable the None option?


Thank you.

 

[B. Diddy]

Did you encrypt your phone?

 

[littlebigman]

No.

 

[B. Diddy]

Go to Settings>Security>Device Administrators​. Is anything there checked on besides Android Device Manager?

 

[littlebigman]

There's only one item, "Android Device Manager", and it's set to "Inactive".

 

[B. Diddy]

Is the phone connected to any work accounts? That may also force this kind of security.

 

[littlebigman]

I don't know what that is.

The issue popped out only after I enabled screen locking (through PIN), which I had never used until then :-/

 

[B. Diddy]

By work accounts, I mean email accounts associated with your workplace. Oftentimes, these accounts require increased security on the phone.

What happens if you switch from one form of lock to another, then go back to that menu? Does the None option become available again?

 

[littlebigman]

There are a few items in Settings > Accounts, but none are work-specific. Is there something there I should look for that might explain the problem?

When switching from the Pattern screen-lock to PIN, the None option is still disabled.

 

[B. Diddy]

If you have email accounts set up in your stock Email app, are they all personal accounts?

 

[littlebigman]

Yes. There's only one Gmail account in the stock Email app. I don't actually use the stock Email or the Gmail app: When I need to check my emails, I connect to my ISP's web-based email server.

AFAICT, the issue occured shortly after I enabled then disabled PIN protection.

 

[B. Diddy]

That's strange. Try wiping the cache partition: HUAWEI P8 - Recovery Mode - HardReset.info This won't erase any personal data.

 

[littlebigman]

As my P8 Lite isn't rooted, I only see those options:

• Reboot
• Download new version and recovery
• Shutdown

 

[B. Diddy]

Sorry, I didn't realize you had the lite version. But the screenshots here still show a wipe cache partition option: HUAWEI P8 Lite ALE-L04 - Recovery Mode - HardReset.info. I wonder if they're showing a screenshot from a different device, or if that's from an outdated firmware.

 

[littlebigman]

I have the latest stock firmware (ALE-L21C432B584).

My mistake: I forgot that, for some reason, Android works differently when the phone is plugged into a USB port or not.

After uplugging the USB cable, I have this menu:

• Reboot system now
• Wipe data/factory reset
• Wipe cache partition.

After choosing the last option and rebooting, I went back to Settings > Screen lock and passwords > General > Password… and "None" is still disabled.

Next, I went into Settings > Advanced settings > Security, and hit "Clear credentials", before going back to the Screen lock and passwords section: "None" is still disabled.

 

[B. Diddy]

Hmm, I'm stumped. My guess is that it's some glitch in the firmware. Try contacting Huawei support: 【Contact Us】 - Huawei Support - Huawei Official Site