Face Unlock - WORKING

stevetrooper · Nov 1, 2013

Has face unlock been disabled on the Note 3? It is not under the Lock Screen options.

Pedro2NR · Oct 5, 2013 at 1:20 AM

I didn't see it either.

deeznutz1977 · Oct 5, 2013 at 1:37 AM

Yup it's gone

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clninja · Oct 5, 2013 at 2:54 AM

It was terrible. I'm glad

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Vandam500 · Oct 5, 2013 at 3:22 AM

Weird they took it out. Worked really well on my Note 2

stevetrooper · Nov 1, 2013 at 2:36 PM

We might soon be able to install Face Unlock, OP in the International Note 3 forum posted he has it installed and will be posting files soon.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496343

stevetrooper · Nov 1, 2013 at 4:27 PM

I was able to get face unlock working, I downloaded gapps-jb-20130813 and extracted the face unlock files. I then used Root Explorer to move the files to the correct directories. I rebooted and I was able to successfully configure Face Unlock.

I am getting an error uploading the zip file.

stevetrooper · Nov 1, 2013

Here are the files I used to get Face Unlock working. Put FaceLock.apk under /system/app, make sure it has the correction permissions. The other files need to be put under /system in their respective sub-directories.

View attachment FaceLock.apk

View attachment addon.d.rar

View attachment lib.rar

View attachment vendor.zip

Ker~Man · Nov 1, 2013 at 8:03 PM

stevetrooper said:
Here are the files I used to get Face Unlock working. Put FaceLock.apk under /system/app, make sure it has the correction permissions. The other files need to be put under /system in their respective sub-directories.

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And... What might the "respective sub-directories" be?

stevetrooper · Nov 1, 2013

Ker~Man said:
And... What might the "respective sub-directories" be?

Put FaceLock.apk under /system/app

Put directory and file from addon.d.rar under /system.

Put the file in lib.rar under /system/lib

Put the files/directories from vendor.zip under /system/vendor

Reboot and you should then be able to setup Face Unlock under Device -> Lock Screen.

If anyone knows how to make all these files into an installable apk or flashable in recovery, please let me know.

jhobert · Nov 2, 2013 at 4:32 AM

stevetrooper said:
View attachment 2364953

Put FaceLock.apk under /system/app

Put directory and file from addon.d.rar under /system.

Put the file in lib.rar under /system/lib

Put the files/directories from vendor.zip under /system/vendor

Reboot and you should then be able to setup Face Unlock under Device -> Lock Screen.

If anyone knows how to make all these files into an installable apk or flashable in recovery, please let me know.

I assume this is only for rooted phones?

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itsmikeramsay · Nov 2, 2013 at 5:25 AM

stevetrooper said:
View attachment 2364953

Put FaceLock.apk under /system/app

Put directory and file from addon.d.rar under /system.

Put the file in lib.rar under /system/lib

Put the files/directories from vendor.zip under /system/vendor

Reboot and you should then be able to setup Face Unlock under Device -> Lock Screen.

If anyone knows how to make all these files into an installable apk or flashable in recovery, please let me know.

I'll make a flashable zip real quick...
That way u can create a quick thread under themes and apps for it...

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jhobert said:
I assume this is only for rooted phones?

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Yes it is... only rooted phones can change what's in the system partition.... OR, at least have TWRP as your recovery instead of Samsung's recovery. It doesn't take root to use FaceLock, so technically it's not required, but a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP is required...

EDIT: If you want to add the files manually, root is required...

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Here's a flashable FaceLock zip package....

A custom recovery is needed to flash this!

FaceLock.zip

hctimin · Nov 5, 2013

itsmikeramsay said:
I'll make a flashable zip real quick...
That way u can create a quick thread under themes and apps for it...

---------- Post added at 01:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:14 AM ----------

Yes it is... only rooted phones can change what's in the system partition.... OR, at least have TWRP as your recovery instead of Samsung's recovery. It doesn't take root to use FaceLock, so technically it's not required, but a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP is required...

EDIT: If you want to add the files manually, root is required...

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Here's a flashable FaceLock zip package....

A custom recovery is needed to flash this!

FaceLock.zip

Tried to flash the .zip file in Recovery Mode on a Verizon version, rebooted, and didn't have any luck. Was there any reason this should be TMo specific? Seems like it's an OS modification more than a carrier specific one,...

Update: FYI, I ended up manually moving the files to the previously cited folders on a Verizon version and got it to work. Not sure why I wasn't able to get the .zip file method working, but excited to have this option to access my phone!

gramsey1911 · Nov 6, 2013 at 3:53 AM

nimitch said:
Tried to flash the .zip file in Recovery Mode on a Verizon version, rebooted, and didn't have any luck. Was there any reason this should be TMo specific? Seems like it's an OS modification more than a carrier specific one,...

Update: FYI, I ended up manually moving the files to the previously cited folders on a Verizon version and got it to work. Not sure why I wasn't able to get the .zip file method working, but excited to have this option to access my phone!

I flashed the zip using safestrap... And it worked for me on my Vzw note 3. I cleared cache before rebooting and it works perfectly.

hctimin · Nov 6, 2013 at 4:26 AM

gramsey1911 said:
I flashed the zip using safestrap... And it worked for me on my Vzw note 3. I cleared cache before rebooting and it works perfectly.

Weird. Well I'm glad that it worked for you. I'm just happy to have gotten it to work on my phone regardless of the manual or. Zip method.

atlprettygirl2145 · Nov 6, 2013 at 6:03 AM

Working on my end

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Crsdr37 · Nov 6, 2013 at 7:19 AM

Works great on my end and for those who don't have safe strap yet. Flash Gordon works fine!

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Ker~Man · Nov 6, 2013 at 7:22 AM

Crsdr37 said:
Works great on my end and for those who don't have safe strap yet. Flash Gordon works fine!

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Flash Gordon? Sounds like a super hero from some comic book!

jayhammy · Nov 8, 2013

Manual moving files doesn't work

Doesn't work for me. I used Root Explorer to move the files. The option is there but it force closes just as I'm about to capture my face shot. Any suggestions? Thanks!

EDIT: Works now! I'd put dir/files into a subfolder instead of the main folder. All is good. THANKS!!!!!

maheshmmmeena · Nov 11, 2013 4 0 0

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stevetrooper said:
Has face unlock been disabled on the Note 3? It is not under the Lock Screen options.

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