This will save your power button. This app uses motion detected by your proximity sensor to turn your phone on.
Just installed it and it works awesome. Works so good you can just hold your phone and wiggle your thumb in front of the sensor and it turns on. All with the same hand
Here is the link to it in the market. Enjoy
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.maicas.android.wsleep
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Hmm... I'm giving this a try now. I'm worried how it will function in my pocket. Also, I'm more comfortable using my phone in my right hand.and reaching the sensor with the right hand isn't totally comfortable. But, I'll play with it and see how I like it. Cool app anyways. So thanks!
How much extra battery does it use ?
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How much extra battery does it use ?
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Don't know. Only had it installed for a couple of hours.
Been testing this for a while now. Doesn't use any battery so that's awesome.
I had to use this on my O.G. Evo because i had worn out the power button from flashing too much. Seems like it worked ok but at times it would lock up where I couldnt get it to turn the phone on to save my life. Ofcurse I'm sure they've gone thru plenty of updates since then.
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I prefer screen off and lock
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I prefer screen off and lock
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That's what I use but it doesn't have the option to turn the screen on by tapping the sensor. I might have to check this other one out.
Why do I need to "save" my power button? That doesn't make sense, lol. As long as you're not bashing the power button to turn it on you're fine..
Tried out all ways to reliably trigger the prox sensor with one hand.
Finally fingered it out Holding the phone in my left hand, I can use my forefinger to double tap the edge of the phone just over the prox switch.
I don't have any real use for this....but it is pretty cool!
A pretty slick maneuver I found was to quick draw from my holster,then hold the phone towards the bottom, then do a quick double swipe over your sleeve then your unlocking thumb is in the right place!
zadias said:
Why do I need to "save" my power button? That doesn't make sense, lol. As long as you're not bashing the power button to turn it on you're fine..
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This is for people who'd rather rub the paint off the area around their prox sensor than wear out the power button. Nice to have choices, I must admit!
Mike
This would be helpful for the seidio extended battery since the power button doesn't really work
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This is for people who'd rather rub the paint off the area around their prox sensor than wear out the power button. Nice to have choices, I must admit!
Mike
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Wouldn't the difference be that you have to just lightly tap the proximity sensor while you have to actually press down on the power button? I don't foresee any paint rubbing off around the sensor.
clankfu said:
Wouldn't the difference be that you have to just lightly tap the proximity sensor while you have to actually press down on the power button? I don't foresee any paint rubbing off around the sensor.
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It works about half an inch from the phone also so no need to touch
Cool.
But shouldn't this be in the EVO 3D Themes and Apps forum?
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This will save your power button.
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Save the Power button but totally drain your power. Battery power.
No way I'm running an app that will force my sensors to be on at all times.
I've been using this for a few hours now and it doesn't seem to be draining the battery.
Cool app, testing now.
Edit: Im on a G2, and it works sweeeeet. Still testing.
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Save the Power button but totally drain your power. Battery power.
No way I'm running an app that will force my sensors to be on at all times.
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Suit yourself, doesn't drain whatsoever.
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Well, for me, the only thing that made my droidx2 not perfect, was the home row of buttons. I always figured, why ruin the touchscreen experience with a clicking button thats basically a small slit. Now dont get me wrong, i dont mind buttons like on the charge, which were huge and pretty nice to press. But the ones on the dx2 and X1 were kind of a let down. So, i searched around and got hold of an app called SoftKeys, and i feel like even though it might be an extra click to bring up the buttons, i dont have to shift my hands to firmly press the buttons anymore, giving me much more fluid use of my phone. Hope this comes of use to anyone else sick of their buttons!
I attached some pics of them running on my phone, so you can see that it persists as a little button to press on, that you call in the home row.
This is pretty sweet. I will have to download and try it out. The softkeys are the worst on these phone. I much prefer to have them as a touch screen extension. Plus, when you are laying in bed at night surfing XDA on your DX2 and your spouse in sleeping so soundly next to you, the CLICK sound that the back button makes after you are done reading a post could easily disrupt the ZZZ's. Just me? lol
I'll come back and let you know how I like it.
PS: What is that battery widget on your homescreen. I NEED IT!
The battery meter im using is called battery monitor widget ver 2.0.6. and my gf is a light sleeper so i am in that boat lol.
Thanks! I've been using one but I'd rather have a widget than have it hanging out in my notification bar.
I use Button Savior. The developer has kept up development on it and it is really pretty nice. It now does all the main hardware buttons, volume control, phone button, etc. It's pretty nice. Just my $0.02, adjusted for inflation, of course.
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I use Button Savior. The developer has kept up development on it and it is really pretty nice. It now does all the main hardware buttons, volume control, phone button, etc. It's pretty nice. Just my $0.02, adjusted for inflation, of course.<br />
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I have Button Savior installed just in case any if my buttons stop working. The free version is quite simple and nice.
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Is there an app that possibly replicates the ICS softkeys?
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Is there an app that possibly replicates the ICS softkeys?
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Do those keys look like the ones on the Razr?
Ill definitely have to check that out, i wish we could get the nexus buttons somehow through an app too.
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I use Button Savior. The developer has kept up development on it and it is really pretty nice. It now does all the main hardware buttons, volume control, phone button, etc. It's pretty nice. Just my $0.02, adjusted for inflation, of course.
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Button Savior is where its at!!!!!
I have to agree this button savior seems very nice. My back button is starting to sink in. So this is nice to have I did not care for soft keys that much.
Man the more I use this the better I like it. Wish I knew about this app before. I tried the soft keys but missed moon shadows post about this app.
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u must be rooted to use it, but an app called keyboard backlight controller does just that. i use it myself.
fitchy720 said:
u must be rooted to use it, but an app called keyboard backlight controller does just that. i use it myself.
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It's not working for me. It can force them on, but not off.
If you can't fix it with duct tape......
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Hmm, that's weird... it should have the option to keep them on, or off... works prrfectly for me
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Hmm, that's weird... it should have the option to keep them on, or off... works prrfectly for me
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While it work I have never gotten keys to sync w/ the screen after a reboot. I have to reset it again. Has anyone got it to sync all the time?
mine does.. maybe i'm lucky. sorry i can't be of any more help.
So you run keyboard backlight controller and the 2 top boxes checked and the bottom unchecked. So the keys dim w/ the screen. And on a reboot the keys are still in sync w/ the screen?
Maybe u have to make sure the app is on ur internal card. Most of the time if I have a program that resets on restart that is what to blame ;-D
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No, the top two are unchecked, and the bottom is checked. And yes, it automatically syncs every time
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In your case the lights are set to be off with or without the screen! There is no sync'ing.
I was asking if anyone got the keys to be on WITH the screen & remain so after a reboot. The 2nd option stops its action unless you toggle it again.
If all else fails, get an Otterbox case. You'll never see those lights again lol. That is the only thing I hate about this case. I actually WANT to see my buttons glowing.
Lol. I am talking bout keeping the key lights on/off as the screen is on/off. Our phone light sensor does not do it's job very well & you pick up the phone in the dark & you cannot tell you have the wrong end of it cuz the damn lights are off. "Keyboard backlight CONTROLLER" LOL people read the op but not each post.
BTW I use the impact (rubber only) otterbox & I cut out the key overlays so the keys are exposed.
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BTW I use the impact (rubber only) otterbox & I cut out the key overlays so the keys are exposed.
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Same case I have. Does cutting out the keys compromise the structural integrity of the case much? If not, I'm about to go grab my xacto knife and start slicing
It's maybe a bit looser but ok. I went very near the edge molding line. I went "thumb room". So go slow. But w/o the battery door even, it works great.
Okay, I finally got it to work! I haven't seen those lights since March!
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Hi,
I'm looking to try out a Note. But want to know if there is a feature in some kernel or flashable zip of some kind to achieve this. I searched around but got mixed results so I'm not certain. thank you in advance.
I remember having that option on my Vivid. However, I do believe that is an HTC/Sense option. Someone correct me?
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I remember having that option on my Vivid. However, I do believe that is an HTC/Sense option. Someone correct me?
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hehe, yeah Vivid is what I have right now but looking to get something bigger screen-wise
I am happy I switched to be honest. Development just died for the vivid.
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I would love this too. I looked around awhile back and couldn't find anything.
Josh
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Its an option on the s2 with a kernel supporting extweaks
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That probably means we need a Siyah kernel
Whoa, funny to see 2 other people switching from a Vivid to a Note!
This is something I'd been looking for a while as well, never found anything. It was such a nice way to turn on/off my screen, made the button seem ancient and obsolete.
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Whoa, funny to see 2 other people switching from a Vivid to a Note!
This is something I'd been looking for a while as well, never found anything. It was such a nice way to turn on/off my screen, made the button seem ancient and obsolete.
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well, not just a note but just something a bit bigger than the vivid, i'm even considering the GS3 as well. but the thing is, I dock my phone onto my car's instrumentation panel and it seems to work well but there's no way i can get to the vivid's power button, and even the samsung lines would be difficult to get to as the power button is on the side; i hope someone can make something like this for the samsung lines.
thanks.
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Its an option on the s2 with a kernel supporting extweaks
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It doesn't really need to be 'swept' to wake. all I want is something that I can touch (or hold) on the front screen or bottoms to wake this thing up. anything? if not, I think what I'll do is go for the international version which, its middle button wakes the note up.
thanks!
you can flash a cm based rom and set device to stay awake while charging. you can also set to wake with volume keys. unless you mount phone with both sides blocked. i personaly set to stay awake and have modified my sunglass holder to hold phone. sits just above rear view mirror and works great even though power button is down and cant be pressed. if you want to stay with touchwiz screen times out at 10 minutes and no option to stay awake. however if you have sqlite editor you can change the database to stay awake but i have had issues with this not wanting to stick after reboot.
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It doesn't really need to be 'swept' to wake. all I want is something that I can touch (or hold) on the front screen or bottoms to wake this thing up. anything? if not, I think what I'll do is go for the international version which, its middle button wakes the note up.
thanks!
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so you want to wake/unlock the device without using any hardware buttons?
i use lightlock or proximity screen off/on from the play store. it uses the front sensors to wake/unlock or sleep.
i set lightlock to just 1 sec so all i have to do is put my hand/finger over the front sensor then my note wakes up
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so you want to wake/unlock the device without using any hardware buttons?
i use lightlock or proximity screen off/on from the play store. it uses the front sensors to wake/unlock or sleep.
i set lightlock to just 1 sec so all i have to do is put my hand/finger over the front sensor then my note wakes up
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Does this mean it wakes up in your pocket?
no. it will only wake if it senses a proximity change
so if you use lightlock and just cover the sensor, nothing will happen. if you cover the sensor for a set period that you choose and then remove your hand, then your device will wake.
you should try it out. it makes using your phone feel futuristic. impresses a lot of people especially when you show somebody with an iphone lol
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so you want to wake/unlock the device without using any hardware buttons?
i use lightlock or proximity screen off/on from the play store. it uses the front sensors to wake/unlock or sleep.
i set lightlock to just 1 sec so all i have to do is put my hand/finger over the front sensor then my note wakes up
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thank you so much! I will check this out. this will work great. yeah i can now go look for a Note!!
and don't need to look for the international one, which seems to be more expensive.
Love it !! :good:
I think they are brilliant, never in the way when using phone, perfect position when needed. I would like a shutter button though, or at least they move the buttons closer to top of screen in camera app. When doing video, the stop button is hard to reach.
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Love it !! :good:
I think they are brilliant, never in the way when using phone, perfect position when needed. I would like a shutter button though, or at least they move the buttons closer to top of screen in camera app. When doing video, the stop button is hard to reach.
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Yea I like them also, I never realized how much I hit the side buttons on accident while holding our picking my phone up and changing the volume or power button.
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The power or volume keys can be used to take pics
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The power or volume keys can be used to take pics
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I know, and it works perfect for duckface, but I prefer landscape photos.
Oh I use the voice capture for landscape pics
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I really notice them (or don't) when I'm holding the phone landscape watching a video. I LOVE not accidentally hitting the power or volume buttons! Rear buttons FTW!
Yes best thing since sliced bread ?
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I really notice them (or don't) when I'm holding the phone landscape watching a video. I LOVE not accidentally hitting the power or volume buttons! Rear buttons FTW!
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its bliss, also like it my wife doesnt accidentally hit another button when showing stuff.
I like silencing a call when without removing the phone from my pocket; with the phone face down. So easy to do with the buttons on the back.
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its bliss, also like it my wife doesnt accidentally hit another button when showing stuff.
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Surprizingly useful. My wife, or others not familiar with whatever android I had always turned the phone off when I passed it around to show something with buttons on the side.
Love the keys on the back as well! Took me a few days, but it's second nature now.
Hey guys, something that iv'e been noticing lately that has been an annoyance. I notice sometimes when I pull my phone out of my pocket and press the power button nothing happens unless I press it twice, it seems the power button doesn't respond until the second screen turns on. Is this some sort of software setting that has to do with the gyro sensor and being in my pocket?
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Hey guys, something that iv'e been noticing lately that has been an annoyance. I notice sometimes when I pull my phone out of my pocket and press the power button nothing happens unless I press it twice, it seems the power button doesn't respond until the second screen turns on. Is this some sort of software setting that has to do with the gyro sensor and being in my pocket?
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I can't reproduce this. In fact my phone will turn on in my pocket of it press the power button. Fingerprint reader unlocks it there.
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I can't reproduce this. In fact my phone will turn on in my pocket of it press the power button. Fingerprint reader unlocks it there.
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This is my first LG phone, I honestly could be pressing a volume button by mistake, but I can't figure it out! I also do not use the fingerprint reader, not sure if that would really make a difference with this situation however.
I've had back buttons using the G2 and G3. It took me a while to not press a volume key instead of the power button. I always used knock on with those phones though, never the power button. Fingerprint reader has been awesome to me. If it's taking 2 taps you might have a defective unit.
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kyledb said:
Hey guys, something that iv'e been noticing lately that has been an annoyance. I notice sometimes when I pull my phone out of my pocket and press the power button nothing happens unless I press it twice, it seems the power button doesn't respond until the second screen turns on. Is this some sort of software setting that has to do with the gyro sensor and being in my pocket?
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No, you got it right. The phone is basically sleeping while the second screen is off. It doesn't turn on until the proximity sensor trips it to come back on. Put the phone in your pocket and wait a minute. Take it out really quick and try and turn it on. Or even use the knock on..... It won't work.... It's kind of annoying.... Lol.
Android Central mentioned that annoyance in their review.... :banghead:
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No, you got it right. The phone is basically sleeping while the second screen is off. It doesn't turn on until the proximity sensor trips it to come back on. Put the phone in your pocket and wait a minute. Take it out really quick and try and turn it on. Or even use the knock on..... It won't work.... It's kind of annoying.... Lol.
Android Central mentioned that annoyance in their review.... :banghead:
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Yup, I just put it on a flat surface for a few seconds, quickly picked it up and hit the power button. Nothing. Annoying!