There is private lock on fdroid, of you shake your phone biometrics get disabled and three phone locks. It's meant as protection from someone grabbing your phone and running away with it but works fine for other emergencies as well.
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There is private lock on fdroid
Interesting, but it seems like even on the lowest sensitivity, it still gets accidentally triggered a lot.
There is also an alternate app called paranoids pal on fdroid, that's new and maintained, it did not work reliable on my phone, maybe it works better for you.
And I've used private lock for years and still sometimes lock the phone accidentally, but for me the inconvenience is acceptable because of the security gained.
I tried using it. Putting my phone down on any surface would trigger it. Made my biometrics completely useless. Too sensitive on my device, even on the lowest settings :(
afaik "lockdown mode" shortcut is a basic feature in android. it quickly disables fingerprint/face/etc unlock, temporarily.
it should still be present in some form in most versions of android since several years ago.
if you can't find it in your power button long press menu, check the Lineage documentation.
btw powering off the device should also force password/pin unlock on the next boot.
temporarily
Not temporarily, it stays that way until next unlock.
You didn't even mention what phone lol
On my non-modified Samsung phone, I press and hold the power button and tap the "Lockdown" option.
I had a Motorola (Android) Phone before and that was also the same.
On Samsung, the "Lockdown" button is disabled by default, you have to go into settings to enable the button. Idk how LineageOS works, maybe dig around in setting and see if there's a "Lockdown" option you haven't enabled?
You can also just reset your phone real quick. The first login requires pin / password.