Keep Phone Unlocked at Home

[toenail_flicker]

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

Cheers,
BR

Thanks for letting me know.

 

[toenail_flicker]

I think it's working now. Haven't had to do anything except swipe this morning.

 

[Rukbat]

My GPS is as accurate as any civilian GPS - it even shows me at the rear of the house, which is where the computer is. But sometimes it shows me in the back yard when I'm in the computer room (inside). Use GPS Status & Toolbox to look at the DOP (dilution of precision - and that's a good name for it) when your location is wrong - even by what looks like a few feet. Any DOP over 1.0 means that the GPS isn't dead on.

The other problem - constant spinning with no lock - is another little GPS glitch. Try this (from the Note 3):

Open the Phone, as if you were going to make a phone call and dial -
*#9090# -- Diagnostic Configuration (*#197328640# if that doesn't work)
Menu, select Key Input, enter Q
Menu, select Key Input, enter 0000
wait for the next menu. (It takes a while.)
UMTS->COMMON->NV REBUILD->NV REBUILD->SYSTEM->PROTOCOL->GPS->IMS
or, if you don't have UMTS:
UE SETTINGS & INFO->SETTING->SYSTEM->NV REBUILD->ALL

Restart the phone.

Turning the phone off, waiting about 30 seconds, then turning it back on may do the same fix. It was one of the big problems when the 3 came out and Samsung never even acknowledged it. A GPS receiver is so simple to interface that I wonder why Samsung didn't spend 5 minutes fixing it ... but they never have.

(The compass is another problem. Since it's magnetic, you have to calibrate it every time you need it. That means 3 turns around each of the 3 axes. Sounds stupid, but it works on phones and on the little 10 cent compasses you get in cereal boxes. We don't have massive brass rings around the compass in a phone.)

 

[toenail_flicker]

My GPS is as accurate as any civilian GPS - it even shows me at the rear of the house, which is where the computer is. But sometimes it shows me in the back yard when I'm in the computer room (inside). Use GPS Status & Toolbox to look at the DOP (dilution of precision - and that's a good name for it) when your location is wrong - even by what looks like a few feet. Any DOP over 1.0 means that the GPS isn't dead on.

The other problem - constant spinning with no lock - is another little GPS glitch. Try this (from the Note 3):

Open the Phone, as if you were going to make a phone call and dial -
*#9090# -- Diagnostic Configuration (*#197328640# if that doesn't work)
Menu, select Key Input, enter Q
Menu, select Key Input, enter 0000
wait for the next menu. (It takes a while.)
UMTS->COMMON->NV REBUILD->NV REBUILD->SYSTEM->PROTOCOL->GPS->IMS
or, if you don't have UMTS:
UE SETTINGS & INFO->SETTING->SYSTEM->NV REBUILD->ALL

Restart the phone.

Turning the phone off, waiting about 30 seconds, then turning it back on may do the same fix. It was one of the big problems when the 3 came out and Samsung never even acknowledged it. A GPS receiver is so simple to interface that I wonder why Samsung didn't spend 5 minutes fixing it ... but they never have.

(The compass is another problem. Since it's magnetic, you have to calibrate it every time you need it. That means 3 turns around each of the 3 axes. Sounds stupid, but it works on phones and on the little 10 cent compasses you get in cereal boxes. We don't have massive brass rings around the compass in a phone.)

Thanks! I'll give it a try. I use that app from my first Lenovo Android tab that was a pos.

 

[toenail_flicker]

Open the Phone, as if you were going to make a phone call and dial -
*#9090# -- Diagnostic Configuration (*#197328640# if that doesn't work)

Neither work for me. Trying a 30-sec shutdown and reboot, but doubt that will help.

 

[toenail_flicker]

Neither work for me. Trying a 30-sec shutdown and reboot, but doubt that will help.

Still spinning, but letting it ride for right now. May need to go outside too. I did the compass calibration, at least I think I did.

 

[MikeS1971]

Probably a dumb question, but where is smart lock in the settings menu? I was able to find it be doing a search while in the settings menu, just curious how to go directly to it.

Edit. Nevermind. Found it.

 

[Ca_lvn]

Thanks to this post im now using this feature.
However the map had me off by 2 short blocks had to respotion the gps map dot to the correct address.
Gps has always Ben accurate on the phone

 

[toenail_flicker]

Even after the Sprint update (I was hopeful) it still just spins and locks me all the time. Maybe on the recall replacement.

 

[Ca_lvn]

Even after the Sprint update (I was hopeful) it still just spins and locks me all the time. Maybe on the recall replacement.

Do you have lacation survices turned on ,you know the one that gives google more access then they should have.
Don't remember were in settings but you might try that.

 

[juergen99]

This may not be the perfect solution but..... Do you have a bluetooth device that's always at home? You could use it as a trusted device. I have a moto360 watch. Even when I am not wearing it, it is in its charger and my phone connects. Unfortunately the range is not good enough to cover all areas of my house.

 

[toenail_flicker]

Do you have lacation survices turned on ,you know the one that gives google more access then they should have.
Don't remember were in settings but you might try that.

Yeah. I've checked everything 3 or 4 times.

 

[toenail_flicker]

This may not be the perfect solution but..... Do you have a bluetooth device that's always at home? You could use it as a trusted device. I have a moto360 watch. Even when I am not wearing it, it is in its charger and my phone connects. Unfortunately the range is not good enough to cover all areas of my house.

Interesting idea. Thanks! I didn't think of doing that.

ETA - that will help in the yard and that's a big help. But it locks itself when I'm two ft away. I've quit worrying about it. N7's going back anyway.

 

[MikeS1971]

I've been trying to use this feature with it detecting my FitBit. Even though the phone is with me and the FitBit on my wrist all day, I have to reconfigure the phone to detect my FitBit several times a day. It's like it completely forgets it. Same goes if I have set to remember my location.