I have been looking for a while and it is hard to search for on the forums, but what I want is a flashlight app that would lock the screen from input, just like the camera app does. I find that most will not respond when the screen is touched, but sometimes I manage to hit one of the shortcuts on the bottom and lose my light. Thanks to any help you can give and sorry in advance if there has been a topic about this already.
With "widget locker" you can actually set "tesla led" to be an on call flashlight.... I know it's not exactly what you're looking for but thought is mention it.
Anybody? I would think this is a feature others might like.
Flashlight Pro "View Torch"
Maybe not exactly what you want either, but the View Torch app works like this:
Turn on the flashlight
Lock the phone
Shake the phone to toggle the flashlight on and off - phone stays locked while you're using the flashlight
I was really frustrated with other flashlight apps; under my desk looking into a customer's computer and accidentally call someone because the phone is not locked while using the flashlight.
I can't get the View Torch to toggle back off while my phone is locked though, but I still like it better. Also has live view with your camera while the flashlight is on. - YMMV (Maybe the paid version works better?)
Sam
Android 2.2 on MyTouch 3G Slide
Hey guys,
I know next to nothing about modding/dev work, so this may be something completely impossible, and that's cool if it is. Can't know without asking.
I came from the Evo 3D (as I presume a bunch of you did as well), and one of the features I've found myself sorely missing is that blasted search button. I took for granted how convient it was to tap it and look up something really quick, or search through messages/emails/websites for whatever I was looking for.
On Char, using the pkmn tweaks, you can mod the capacitive buttons to open an app, so I had longpress recent apps opening google search, which worked fine for a hacked together solution. But is there anyway to have a mod that would mimic the old dedicated search button function? I.e., when in an application that has a search feature (like Play, Messages, Email, etc.), activation of the button would prompt opening of the search feature. If there's not a search feature, or you're on the home screens, it would prompt standard Google/phone search.
Was also wondering, randomly, if it was possible to have a search box in the pull down notifications? I feel like that'd be harder to implement with the functionality described above, but I think it'd be cool/convient for just quick searches of something if the capacitive buttons are a no go, or people aren't interested in them.
Either way, any of these things possible?
Well, disregard. I found that doing the keylayout remap so that half-pressing the camera button triggers search does the full functionality. Wonder why I couldn't get it to trigger with the capacitive buttons. Oh well!
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A mate of mine has one of these phones, and thanks to the "feature" where holding the camera button can still take pictures when locked, he has about 50 photos of his pocket every day. Is there any way of disabling it until the phone's unlocked?
Hi,
Go to Settings, then swipe to left or right to go to Application section, find Pictures+Camera and there you have a option to prevent accidental camera launch
Cheers, I'll let him know.
Yep, it worked.
i was wondering same thing thanks for the help.
My mate didn't even realise you could swipe across to find more settings.
NP
Surprised I haven't seen this commented on anywhere else!
From the lock screen, there is a camera icon in the bottom right hand corner - using this, gives quick access straight to the camera (apparently! ).
It's probably me but how on earth do you use it?!
I've tried tapping it, long pressing it, multi-touching it, swiping it in various directions - I'm sure I've tried everything!
Has anybody else found this?
How do you use this option?!
Kroy73 said:
Surprised I haven't seen this commented on anywhere else!
From the lock screen, there is a camera icon in the bottom right hand corner - using this, gives quick access straight to the camera (apparently! ).
It's probably me but how on earth do you use it?!
I've tried tapping it, long pressing it, multi-touching it, swiping it in various directions - I'm sure I've tried everything!
Has anybody else found this?
How do you use this option?!
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It must function normally. Coating, for example up and start the camera. If this does not work, you probably did not use a hard reset.
I posted this on the ZTE Community forums, and thought I'd add it here as well.
The notification bell on the lockscreen is a major annoyance for many of us. I was looking for some other way to manage this, but lockscreen widget apps don't work, and most lockscreen apps don't support the fingerprint reader, Smart Lock, or double tap to wake. After reading a lot of reviews, I'm cautiously optimistic about Next Lock Screen, an Android app by Microsoft, of all things! This app sort of runs "on top" of/with your built in lockscreen. It shows the notifications, right there, no bell, and it still works with the fingerprint reader and the double tap to wake feature on my ZTE Axon 7. It claims to still work with Smart Lock, but I haven't been able to try that yet.
Google Play Store Link: Next Lock Screen - Android Apps on Google Play
In the Next Lock Screen settings, set the "Screen Lock" option to "System" to keep your double tap to wake, fingerprint, PIN, etc. just as you already have them. If you do this, you will still get a glimpse of your old ZTE lockscreen now and then, when you try to go into the Next Lock Screen settings, and it shows you the ZTE screen and makes you fingerprint scan before changing settings.
The Next Lock Screen is not quite as fast as the ZTE Lockscreen, so you glimpse it briefly before your homescreen, when the device unlocks.
I like the app that you suggest, but is there a way to keep showing ZTE wallpapers? ZTEs setup keeps changing wallpapers everytime the screen wakes up. I kinda like the feature. I know the Next Lock Screen app has a similar feature with Bing wallpapers, but that is only once per day.
I've been using Next for the past week to get around the bell and it works quite well - especially with the fingerprint sensor. Very surprised that it took MS to make a very useful and intuitive lockscreen for Android. Of course, I'd rather have pure Android instead of an app work around.
That bell is truly a feature that i dont understand. So, si annoying and stupid.
Thanks for this but I'm gonna try the root way first
There's a way to remove it with root?
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toyanucci said:
There's a way to remove it with root?
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I was about to ask the same thing :highfive:
tele_jas said:
I was about to ask the same thing :highfive:
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Basically any 3rd party lockscreen, like Next, AcDisplay, Ambient display, etc, will disable the stock lockscreen when the 3rd party app takes control. It's a work-around. People probably want some kind of interaction from the lockscreen anyway, and this is a way to get rid of the stupid bell and get that interactive display at the same time.
Edit: I missed the post before yours. I do hope that someone creates an option in settings on a future ROM to disable it directly though. After root and bootloader unlock of course.
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Basically any 3rd party lockscreen, like Next, AcDisplay, Ambient display, etc, will disable the stock lockscreen when the 3rd party app takes control. It's a work-around. People probably want some kind of interaction from the lockscreen anyway, and this is a way to get rid of the stupid bell and get that interactive display at the same time.
Edit: I missed the post before yours. I do hope that someone creates an option in settings on a future ROM to disable it directly though. After root and bootloader unlock of course.
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or just shout about it loud enough at ZTEs, so that they will make it an optional feature in coming updates... there is a bunch of optimal features they should integrate:
- optional bell on lockscreen
- optional on-screen buttons (as chinese 6gb versions have already)
- optional black/dark theme (specially with that amoled display)
... will tell more when I got the phone :silly:
I kind of defeated the bell using Tasker to simulate a touch right where the bell is. Unfortunately it simulates a touch even when I use the finger print. Not really sure which is more annoying, the bell or having a touch in the upper left every time the screen comes on. That's how ****ing annoying this bell is.
xgerryx said:
Basically any 3rd party lockscreen, like Next, AcDisplay, Ambient display, etc, will disable the stock lockscreen when the 3rd party app takes control. It's a work-around. People probably want some kind of interaction from the lockscreen anyway, and this is a way to get rid of the stupid bell and get that interactive display at the same time.
Edit: I missed the post before yours. I do hope that someone creates an option in settings on a future ROM to disable it directly though. After root and bootloader unlock of course.
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How's that a root workaround? The method you described can be used without root as well and the problem with it is that it doesn't support the fingerprint scanner.
Does anyone have a stock android lockscreen app so I can install is as a system app and delete ZTE one? Thanks
JohnnyHempseed said:
I've been using Next for the past week to get around the bell and it works quite well - especially with the fingerprint sensor. Very surprised that it took MS to make a very useful and intuitive lockscreen for Android. Of course, I'd rather have pure Android instead of an app work around.
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Are you able to use fingerprint with NEXT and the stock lockscreen disabled? For some reason the only way I can use fingerprint is if I have both lockscreens enabled at the same time.
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Are you able to use fingerprint with NEXT and the stock lockscreen disabled? For some reason the only way I can use fingerprint is if I have both lockscreens enabled at the same time.
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No, only with both on. It's slightly annoying, but less annoying than the bell.
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JohnnyHempseed said:
No, only with both on. It's slightly annoying, but less annoying than the bell.
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Yes I agree!:good:
Can someone please make an xposed mode or something similar for those who have root and would like to keep the stock lock screen? I imagine it's not that difficult of a task, but I have little to no skills when it comes to coding so can't make anything like that ? Thank you
klev2687 said:
I like the app that you suggest, but is there a way to keep showing ZTE wallpapers? ZTEs setup keeps changing wallpapers everytime the screen wakes up. I kinda like the feature. I know the Next Lock Screen app has a similar feature with Bing wallpapers, but that is only once per day.
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Sadly, I think you're limited to setting one wallpaper or using the Bing wallpapers.
runderekrun said:
I kind of defeated the bell using Tasker to simulate a touch right where the bell is. Unfortunately it simulates a touch even when I use the finger print. Not really sure which is more annoying, the bell or having a touch in the upper left every time the screen comes on. That's how ****ing annoying this bell is.
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Still, that was rather clever of you. :good:
I figured out how to have the bell auto open with Tasker. I uploaded the two profiles that are needed to do this. Probably not the most elegant Tasker work but meh it works. This works by simulating a touch where the bell is when you are on the lock screen but not when you use finger print unlock.
Looks like you need root for this.
To import: Save xmls to /sdcard/tasker/profiles
Load up tasker and long press profiles and hit "import".
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I figured out how to have the bell auto open with Tasker. I uploaded the two profiles that are needed to do this. Probably not the most elegant Tasker work but meh it works. This works by simulating a touch where the bell is when you are on the lock screen but not when you use finger print unlock.
Looks like you need root for this.
To import: Save xmls to /sdcard/tasker/profiles
Load up tasker and long press profiles and hit "import".
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I can confirm that this works for me as well. Thank You.
This profile works without root to auto hit the bell and is much faster than my other one. You need tasker and autoinput.
runderekrun said:
This profile works without root to auto hit the bell and is much faster than my other one. You need tasker and autoinput.
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How does one set this up?