For me its the ‘Knock Code’ that LG had on their phones (I really wish LG still made at least the V series phones)

Basically there was a four-square area and you set up a sequence of where you would tap to unlock the phone. That set of squares was only shown when you set up the code

Then, to unlock your phone, you would tap those areas in the sequence you set up (even with the screen off).

Fingerprint readers are nice, but I really do miss the knock code

Edit: did find this article with a way to do the knock code, but if done wrong, could brick your phone I guess.

Plus, article is from 2014. When I looked at XDA’s info on it (they also being the developers) it looks like development on it is over, but individual modules may or may not still be supported by their devs

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      I have a somewhat similar issue, but not because of rooting.

      I want to use F-Droid for some of their apps, and be able to just download apk’s.

      The problem is that my work uses ‘Microsoft Intune’ for email access and such. Turns out, if I try to install anything from F-Droid, I get a message like ‘Your Admin has blocked access’.

      As you can imagine, this made my blood boil, but I actually use my work email and Teams (even though its not mandated to have it on your phone). The work around is to delete my work profile, install the apps, and then recreate, but that doesn’t account for updates.

      Frustrating

        • @[email protected]OPEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          That I don’t know. I know pausing the profile doesn’t let me, and turning on USB debugging puts me out of compliance but doesn’t let me.

            • @[email protected]OPEnglish
              1•1 year ago

              Think you are right.

              All I see is the disable option.

              I might just delete. If someone messages me when I’m at lunch, it can probably wait

              • smallaubergine
                5•1 year ago

                If your work wants you to have mobile messaging/email then they should issue you a work device. I never put work stuff on my personal phone or computer. And I don’t put personal stuff on a work device. If I pay for a device I have full control of it.

          • fooEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            If it’s possible, you could try talking to your IT department about this. Intune policies are configurable by the team using them so your IT department could allow your device as you want it if so. Hopefully they would understand the freedom to use your hardware as you see fit is worth the tradeoff of loosening their policies.

    • ImaginaryFox
      1•1 year ago

      I’ve been thinking about getting an apple watch just for Apple pay and a cheap iPhone to set it up, since you can use the Apple watch to pay without internet or the iPhone after set up. Then I could root and stuff on my phone without having to rely on safety net anymore for wallets.

    • monkEnglish
      -2•1 year ago

      Easy, don’t rely on banking apps and other stuffs that require safetynets. I’ve been a client of, like, 6 banks in 2 different countries and never ever encountered one that cared. If one day I will, I’ll just leave that bank.

        • monkEnglish
          -1•1 year ago

          I (evidently) didn’t say “stop banking”, I said “stop banking with asshole banks that require safetynet”.

            • monkEnglish
              1•1 year ago

              6 bank apps I’ve used with zero problems disproves that.

                • monkEnglish
                  1•1 year ago

                  Four Russian banks, two Czech banks. Yes, it’s a narrow sampling, but 0/6 of them requiring safetynet is significant.

            • monkEnglish
              0•1 year ago

              You, sir, are just plain wrong.