Yes, I installed Google apps as offered when using the phone for the first time, then deleted it when the phone was set up. I regularly use Gmail and Google search.
I am very likely not in the beta test group.
Yes, using Google Apps. Also using Xposed / Xprivacy, but the issue was there before I installed those.
No, it started months ago. Can’t remember if it was always the case or only after upgrading to 1.8 though.
I also have to say the countdown can vary from 3 seconds to 25 seconds. Sometimes (rarely) the issue doesn’t occur.
Ok so then my guess is it’s a Google thing. Maybe Google installed some “software update” without letting you know (I don’t know but I assume they do that) and it caused this behavior.
Well, maybe not necessarily a Google thing…
My guess is, that some service starts at boot and lets the touches from entering the SIM PIN go through to the lock pattern. Though please note: Only wrong patterns longer than 3 dots get counted. It seems hard to imagine that you enter a wrong pattern for 5 times, when attempting to insert the SIM PIN.
Anyways, to disable the auto-run at boot for apps, you could use one of these:
- Autostarts (F-Droid) (Thank you, @paulakreuzer, for pointing it out!)
- BootManager (Xposed module)
- Startup Manager (Google Play)
Disclaimer: I have not tried any of them, so I have no experience with them!
Edit: I am using Autostarts from F-Droid and everything works fine.
or Autostarts (F-Droid)
I use this one to disable some Apps from running at start up and it works great.
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Wouldn’t there be a lot of other users with the same issue if it was a google apps thing?
Probably yeah, but you had the problem for months before posting about it. The topic is only 3hrs old, so there might still be lots of others out there with this problem.
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To everybody affected: Does this only happen when powering on the phone? Or also simply when trying to unlock/and or leaving flight mode?
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Only when booting. Unlock / flight mode are fine (just tested the latter).
One more hint maybe. For me, the issue didn’t start when I installed 1.8 in December. It only started recently when I did a “factory reset” (wipe cache & data partitions).
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Nah, not specifically on that day. Didn’t know when I noticed it the first time. Also, it doesn’t always happen.
Only when powering on.
Update: after installing the 1.8.5 OS update yesterday, this issue is gone. So whatever was causing this, it seems to have disappeared / been fixed in the most recent Fairphone OS update.
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I’ve been having the same issue for about half a year now:
Having a PIN lock when powering up and a pattern check (after screen lock), the combination of both makes me always wait for 30 seconds after powering up and entering the PIN. I’m also having Google Apps installed. I’m running the latest Fairphone Update 1.8.5 + storage update. I think the issue first came up with my first update to 1.8.x and never disappeared since then. Just to confirm that there are more people out there having this issue!
I’m afraid I spoke too soon. The issue didn’t occur on the first reboot after installing 1.8.5. However, it’s back now. Though in a slightly different form: the phone won’t even allow me to enter my pin until the “Try again in…” message disappears.
@srosiers, @linex83, @Scarlett: Could you post a list with your apps (e.g. created with My App List), so we can find out parallels?