Xperia Z3 :: Swipe To Unlock Does Not Always Work
May 15, 2015
When my new z3 is locked, I frequently have trouble swiping to unlock the phone. When I try to swipe, I get the nice psychedelic particle trail showing the swipe, but often the phone does not unlock. It can take 3 or 4 attempts to get the darn thing to unlock. It is bad enough that I worry that the phone will simply not unlock no matter how many attempts. Very very irritating. I write firmware for a living. This is a serious bug.
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Apr 30, 2015
I have my phone set to fingerprint unlock but it says to swipe to unlock. Only after I restart it it asks for my fingerprint. I want it to stay fingerprint to unlock.
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Oct 2, 2012
Is it me or is "Swipe to unlock" rather slow as missing tap to unlock already?Prefer not to use spring loaded "lock-key" as probably first component to fail!f I've helped in any way, a click upon the white star at bottom right of screen would
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Mar 18, 2015
Lg g3 screen is acting up the screen will not unlock it like doesnt recognize i am swipimg my finger across it. This means i can not acess into my phone.
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Feb 18, 2014
Just upgraded to KitKat and now I need to swipe to unlock my phone, then enter my numerical password.
Would like to just have the numerical password screen pop-up without the swipe to unlock screen, as I had before with Jelly Bean.
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Dec 10, 2014
Was using the phone. Put phone down as I did not need to use it. Returned to use the phone and 5S will not swipe to unlock. Tried to shut it off and and first it would not do that as well. Tried again and kept my finger on the power button and the phone reset.  Why will the 5S not swipe to unlock?
Info:
iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.1
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Aug 3, 2011
how to remove the awful offensive-looking 'nokia green' swipe to unlock facility following my firmware upgrade?
I have only just purchased the phone this week, and chose it mainly on looks - I just use a mobile for texting and calls, so I go for a basic phone with good looks.
Because of some initial problems with the software I was advised to update the firmware, but on no account did I ask for this horrible green swipe thing! I just want my inoffensive little grey unlock button back!
Is there an option in my phone somewhere to change back, or do I have to reverse the upgrade or something?I just want it back looking how it looked when I tried it before buying, as that's why I bought it
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Aug 3, 2011
My new C3-01 has a problem when it refuses to unlock with a swipe, to fix I have to remove the battery & re-start.
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Dec 27, 2015
I have been using fingerprint unlock on my s6 with no problems since I got it. Starting today it forces me to swipe up first then I can unlock with my fingerprint.
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Jun 30, 2014
My iPhone 5 is frozen - I cannot swipe to unlock it. My sleep/wake button is also broken, so I can't turn off my phone or restart it.Â
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Dec 9, 2014
the screen won't swipe to unlock. How to fix? Can I hard reset? I bought this 5C used from Swappa about 2 months ago. was advertised as "New Screen" - and the screen did look new. Worked great, everything was fine till a few days ago. Now the screen will not rregister the swipe to unlock. I have rebooted the phone by holding the top power button and home button. Phone boots ok, shows messages on lock screen, alarms go off, seems normal, except, the swipe will not swipe. it acts like you are not touching it. Also, about the same time the swipe stopped working , the screen started showing vertical banding..My thought are maybe one of two issues -
1 my son downloaded a bad app, and it locked the phone up. factory wipe should fix this. But itunes won't let me restore the phone unless I turn off "Find my Iphone", which requires I unlock the phone... dead end.Â
2 - I am also think, because of the banding, the "new" screen may be bad. Sound plausible? Â
he does not have a lot of stuff loaded on the phone, so I would like to try a reset before paying $175 for a new screen - that would not fix it if the issue is software.How can I reset the phone?
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iPhone 5c, iOS 8.1, 32gb white
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Dec 10, 2015
I have the Galaxy s6. I have the fingerprint screen unlock enabled. But the majority of the time I have to swipe and THEN fingerprint unlock or just swipe to completely unlock it. Which isn't very secure. How can I get rid of the swipe to open feature competely, I want only my fingerprint to be able to unlock it.
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Sep 3, 2014
I use the iPhone 5s with iOS 7.1.2. When I unlock the phone with my finger print, there is an animation where the icons move from the edges towards the center of the screen. After this animation is done, I have to wait approximately an entire second before I can swipe left/right on the touch screen in order to get to the apps on the other screens. Simple 'quick' tasks such as checking on emails will take far longer.
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iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.2
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Nov 3, 2010
i have an issue with my new 5233 that is when some calls me and my phone is locked two strips are shown on phone that i can use to unlock or accept call. but none of these are working . is any one else facing this problem. please guide me how to resolve this issue. do i need any software update for my phone etc
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Jun 17, 2015
I was "playing" with my phone and first tried the fingerprint, which i had trouble getting in after that. Then i tried the 4 digit code. I went back in to change it back to swipe but it is no longer an option. It says it is turned off by administrator, encryption policy or credential storage. Not sure what I did, but I need getting swipe back. Should have been working instead of playing anyhow...
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Mar 19, 2015
Each time I swipe to unlock my nexus 6 it always opens to the phone app. Is there a way to change this to just the main screen instead?
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Mar 25, 2010
Is there a way of that being my default method for unlocking my phone, as I currently have a Device lock kick in after 5 minutes idle, then I have to flick the switch and type in the 5 digit key. I'd much rather just do the swipe. How can I set this as the default option to greet me when I flick the switch to wake up?I have the device lock on as quite often the screen becomes active on it's own, and messes up my widgets etc.
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Jan 23, 2015
I have to tap twice the icons as soon as phone is unlocked in order for apps to launch..? A bit annoying for a new phone when I'm in a rush
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Jan 25, 2012
After doing recent updates, the normal swipe-to-unlock feature of my Bionic stopped working. When I press the power button, I'm taken right to the home screen; I don't have to unlock. Even if I use Settings -> Location & Security and add a PIN or pattern lock, these do not work; each time I turn the phone back on, I go right back to the home. Sometimes the swipe screen flashes up but then disappears. The "Security lock timer" setting does not matter (i.e. it is set to 1 minute, but even after that, the phone is never locked. Occurs even after a hard reboot (shutdown, remove battery, power back up), although sometimes the swipe to unlock works for a short time. I've never rooted this phone or done much else beside install some apps from the Android Market. I do have Lookout running.
Android 2.3.4; Webtop WT-1.3.0-108_DBN-12; Kernel 2.6.35-7.g68606e6
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Aug 27, 2014
iPhone 5s running iOS 7.1.2 with touch ID implemented has a peculiar alarm clock problem. When the alarm goes off, often I cannot make is "snooze" by tapping the snooze point on the screen. I tap and tap, nothing happens. I also cannot swipe and turn the alarm off. I swipe and swipe, nothing happens.Â
Then randomly the phone will open, the alarm quits, but then app after app starts opening and the phone seems to go crazy opening apps, switching screens, opening the search window and keyboard, when I tap "cancel" more craziness ensues.Â
It's almost like all the taps and swipes that didn't work were buffered, and when the phone opened it's like they all started being implemented.
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Oct 22, 2011
Screen unlock pattern failed 20 times, phone is now locked pending google username and password, which I have enter hundreds of times with no success, I know the username and password is correct as I can log in via PC and view latest downloads on my phone etc.
Have tried to repair the phone via PC companion, everytime the download begins an error message comes up "unable to start update"
Have been to the optus shop and contacted sony over the phone, being told by optus that my phone is 7 days over its warranty and it will cost me to unlock, Sony helpdesk advised that it was "Easy" to fix and i just needed to repair the phone via PC companion, which clearly is not as easy as stated. I am left without a phone which is badly affecting my work, I have been told it will take at least 2 weeks for the phone to be unlocked if it is done by the provider, google password is not working.
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Sep 12, 2014
I'm trying to clean up that free U2 album, and I've nearly gotten it. However, there are two tracks of the album remaining on my iPhone 5. I'm trying to swipe to delete, and it just plays the song. Annoying. I've managed to hide the album in iTunes, but I'd sure like to get these tracks out as I often listen to all my songs on shuffle and U2 is a band that just doesn't do anything for me. I do not have iTunes Match.Â
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iPhone 5, iOS 7.1.2
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Apr 6, 2011
How can I install swype on the X10...tehre is no longer an op[tion for me to install applications outside of droid marketplace. I have the installer on my phone? Anyway, to do this?
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Jan 16, 2010
First off when I take my phone out of lock or wake up it from sleeping the icons are missing till i wipe my finger across the screen.. its weird to explain but its kinda like i have to swipe the whole screen for the icons to be visable the same thing happens when my phone goes to sleep and the keyboard is open.. any ideas?
and another thing is sometimes ill be writting a msg and my phone will make 3 beeping prompting type of noise any idea what this is?
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Jul 3, 2010
Unfortunately I cracked the screen on my Z3 (gutted) and although I can see everything, the swipe facility no longer works at all. I backed up all my information to my laptop and transferred all my photos off through PC companion, and I just about managed to power down the phone. The thing is I have an offer on the table for spares or repair, but due to the swipe facilty not working I cant do a normal factory reset.
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Sep 6, 2012
I love lollipop and the Xperia Z5. But, I want to answer calls using a swipe, just as it was in Android 5-.
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So, is it possible to disable incoming call notification and enable "swipe-to-answer"?
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Nov 4, 2014
My xperia z2 an my friends z1 have same Issue, we cannot swipe right or left while looking photos to look the others
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Jan 15, 2015
I got issue from past week, suddenly phones lost my security lock reverted back to swipe. I tried putting face unlock and PIN but after few minutes the phone goes back to swipe to unlock. I don't recall installing any new apps in past few weeks nor installing any phone updates except for app updates for already installed apps
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Oct 24, 2011
When ever I try to unlock (dragging lock button from left to right) , I am unable to unlock in one go. It is taking multiple attemts to unlock my phone.I also observed that when I get to call, to cancel dragging the icon from right to left this is required multiple attempts.i.e many time dragging icon from right to left.
I don't know whether it is software problem or hardware. I have tried the repair operation also. my xperia neo is uptodate and running 2.3.4 os.I also tried to un install apps but I couldn't find any difference.Also once I unlock, those 5 screens, I can scroll inbetween and can touch home button. But when I long press on the screen to add widget/folder I am unable to do it as soon as I unlock phone. It is taking some time to respond.
As I purchased this phone in UK and using it in India, I am not sure how much service I can get in india from SE.I have bill for the mobile too.in other posts somebody told me to remove yahoo and i did the same but didn't find any difference.in short the touch scence is not responsive during unlock and for a while once get the home screen. I also installed andvance task killer app and killing apps frequently that also not making any help.
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Jun 30, 2015
I've had my Xperia Z3 from T-Mobile for the last 8-9 months, no issues till, well, today when I decided to test if the phone was really waterproof (1.5m for 30min as per the specs). Â Verified all slots were tightly closed and used for about 15 minutes taking some pictures and video underwater (approx 50cm deep), no problem at all. Â After those 15 minutes however the screen stopped responding to inputs. Â It was still displaying content though (camera), just not responding to inputs. Â
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I was able to reboot the phone by pressing power + volume up for a few seconds. The phone seems to be rebooting fine but the screen is not displaying anything now. Â I can see the screen is backlit, and if I press the volume up or down buttons I hear the usual beeps, but the screen is not displaying anything at all. Â
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My biggest issue now, besides what seems to be water damage on my display, is that I need to recover my phone data (images and some docs) as soon as possible. Â I tried connecting it to my PC via USB to access the internal storage and get what I needed, but my phone has a swipe code and since the screen is not displaying anything I can't unlock it for my PC to see it.
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May 19, 2014
I remember my z2 was able to set the bluetooth unlock range between my phone and my smartband at android 4.4, but this function seen gone in android 5.1,i can unlock my phone in android 5.1 with any range just need the bluetooth connected.
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