Keep Phone Unlocked at Home

toenail_flicker

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I can get to it and attempt to apply, but when I select my home address in the right spot it never takes. Any ideas? Really would like to use this feature since I work from home. All help appreciated.
 

Jewels81

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I can get to it and attempt to apply, but when I select my home address in the right spot it never takes. Any ideas? Really would like to use this feature since I work from home. All help appreciated.

Wish I could could help lol. But I gave up on that feature when I was using the note 5 because I be at my home address and most of the time it didn't recognize it or whatever lol. Haven't even bothered to try it on the note 7. Sorry. I know you are looking for help instead of my blah blah blah lol.
 

Jewels81

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I get it. No harm, no foul. Now I can even get back to it to try again. Too tired I guess. Long day.

Tell me about it. I'm surprised I ain't passed out since I had to pull a double at work. Lol. Hope you get it working.
 

msm0511

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Are you doing it in the settings for Smart Lock? If you are is your home address not showing up?
 

toenail_flicker

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Are you doing it in the settings for Smart Lock? If you are is your home address not showing up?
Yes. Doing it in Smart Lock and Home and address is showing but won't attach. I see a spinning circle that never stops and finishes the selection. When I choose Trusted places it takes the location but doesn't lock as it should when I leave.
 

toenail_flicker

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Having a similar issue with Smart Stay. Icon doesn't show (eye) on top bar and it will turn itself off while I'm looking at it.
 

msm0511

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Yes. Doing it in Smart Lock and Home and address is showing but won't attach. I see a spinning circle that never stops and finishes the selection. When I choose Trusted places it takes the location but doesn't lock as it should when I leave.

I remember mine didn't work at first either, but one day it just did. I don't remember doing anything to it. I set it up the first day I got it. Wouldn't work. a week later I opened Smart Lock back up, and clicked on the address listed. It worked after that for some reason.
 

toenail_flicker

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I remember mine didn't work at first either, but one day it just did. I don't remember doing anything to it. I set it up the first day I got it. Wouldn't work. a week later I opened Smart Lock back up, and clicked on the address listed. It worked after that for some reason.
Hopefully that will work for me. I mainly just want it to lock automatically when I leave. Went out today and thought it would do its thing and it didn't. I was gone an hour and it didn't lock. I'll keep trying.

ETA - from previous post "Having a similar issue with Smart Stay. Icon doesn't show (eye) on top bar and it will turn itself off while I'm looking at it."
 

msm0511

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Hopefully that will work for me. I mainly just want it to lock automatically when I leave. Went out today and thought it would do its thing and it didn't. I was gone an hour and it didn't lock. I'll keep trying.

ETA - from previous post "Having a similar issue with Smart Stay. Icon doesn't show (eye) on top bar and it will turn itself off while I'm looking at it."

With the recall, you might as well not worry about it for the moment.
 

toenail_flicker

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With the recall, you might as well not worry about it for the moment.
Agreed. I'm not worried at all either way. Something I'd like to implement, but if it doesn't work, meh. Smart Stay otoh I use so that's a little frustrating. That said, I just adjusted the time before the screen goes off. Works well enough atm.
 

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Agreed. I'm not worried at all either way. Something I'd like to implement, but if it doesn't work, meh. Smart Stay otoh I use so that's a little frustrating. That said, I just adjusted the time before the screen goes off. Works well enough atm.
Maybe the replacement you get will have working Smart Lock.
 

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I have been able to get smart lock to work at my home and at my brothers.
It's either my phone or my location or something. Not sure what, but I can deal. Not sure if I'll go grab a new phone from Sprint to use while waiting, or just reactivate my N4.
 

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It's either my phone or my location or something. Not sure what, but I can deal. Not sure if I'll go grab a new phone from Sprint to use while waiting, or just reactivate my N4.

Try it someplace else to see if it works at a different location.
 

toenail_flicker

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Try it someplace else to see if it works at a different location.
I intend to. I live about 20 minutes from someplace else that I can try it effectively. I also have an airave that I might turn off and see if that helps anything. It sees my home address and knows it's my home address, but it just spins and spin and never stops saying it's ready.
 

brau0303

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I have not been able to get this to work on my Note 7, it did work on my S7E..

Cheers,
BR
 

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