Phone never asking for SIM PIN again until reboot

[Guest Surmoka]

Hi,

I've been searching around for a solution as if there's no tomorrow but to no avail.

I'm using SS RLS5 but had the same problem with Flb-Froyo and the stock Eclair.

Problem: once the phone is past the after-boot "enter PIN" screen, either by timeout or having gotten the PIN, it will never ask for it until next reboot. That means no GSM back after disabling airplane mode, and no GSM at all if I missed the few seconds after boot when I can enter the PIN and the screen timed out.

What is the application asking for the PIN at boot? Can this be forcefully restarted? Or is there any other solution to make the phone ask for PIN again when it should?

(No, I'm not interested in disabling SIM PIN at all - I need security.)

thanks,

s.

[Guest k0zmic]

I know you don't want to disable the SIM Pin, why not enable the Android lock which has a PIN lock feature?

It'll enable each time the screen is locked and then. I guess you could also enable the SIM PIN as well?

Sorry if I missed the point :D

[Guest ThrashMan]

The problem is really that either:

1. you need to enter the PIN when the phone asks for it

2. if you "forgot" the PIN try asking whoever owns the phone to enter the PIN?

Your question is pointless as you are the fault, not the phone.

[Guest Force.]

Hi,

I've been searching around for a solution as if there's no tomorrow but to no avail.

I'm using SS RLS5 but had the same problem with Flb-Froyo and the stock Eclair.

Problem: once the phone is past the after-boot "enter PIN" screen, either by timeout or having gotten the PIN, it will never ask for it until next reboot. That means no GSM back after disabling airplane mode, and no GSM at all if I missed the few seconds after boot when I can enter the PIN and the screen timed out.

What is the application asking for the PIN at boot? Can this be forcefully restarted? Or is there any other solution to make the phone ask for PIN again when it should?

(No, I'm not interested in disabling SIM PIN at all - I need security.)

thanks,

s.

Well I always get the sim unlock screen after switching out of airplane mode, maybe it is to do with your sim in particular, not the ROM (as I have used SS RLS5 in the past with no problems).

[Guest irishpancake]

The problem is really that either:

1. you need to enter the PIN when the phone asks for it

2. if you "forgot" the PIN try asking whoever owns the phone to enter the PIN?

Your question is pointless as you are the fault, not the phone.

What kind question is that.....you got some evidence OP is not the owner of the phone, apart from some smart alec inference you are drawing....not nice...

Just check the guys posts, he has had this prob, going right back to Flb and Stock, before you were on the board, so you should not say what you just said.

Edited August 19, 2011 by irishpancake

[Guest Surmoka]

kOzmic: thanks but constant phone lock is not my not my bread and butter. I only wish that my SIM reconnects properly, without having to disable SIM PIN.

ThrashMan: your post is offensive (though I refuse to take), besides you didn't even understand my problem. There's no need for your type of contribution.

Force.: now that's strange, may this be a hardware difference? I have an OLED San Fran from Orange, Gen1.

[Guest irishpancake]

Surmoka... I got SS5 GEN 2....went from SS4 Gen 1....

Blade was B10 TFT not OLED.

I have never had the problem you describe.

Always get PIN request coming from Airplane Mode.

Never have a problem losing PIN request on startup.

I have flashed orher ROMS and came back to SS 5 on numerous occasions.... restored from Nandroid..... never got the probs you describe.... sorry.

Perhaps you are right about OLED or some other hw prob.

but hard to see..... maybe reflash after full wipe/wipe/wipe

[Guest Surmoka]

Thanks for the info.

I timed it: my enter PIN screen times out in 15 seconds - if I can't enter the 4 digits + OK in that time, I must reboot.

:(

Update: I found it!!!

It's the "No Lock" background application, intended to prevent the screen lock from kicking in when phone enters sleep mode, that makes the SIM pin screen die upon boot start and prevents it from happening again!

Now that was a nasty thing to figure out. Now I'll have to look for a way to circumvent this.

Edited August 22, 2011 by Surmoka