- I love the Swype builtin to the keyboard. A nice surprise, but I still prefer the long-press options of Better Keyboard Pro.
- The screen is gorgeous. And I love the neutral whitebalance compared to the Samsung AMOLED screens with their odd turqoise tint.
- Battery life is good once I uninstalled FourSquare (which I don't use anyway)
- Reception is excellent, call quality is excellent. Better than the Arc.
- games fly.
- The SE overlay is simple, clean but prrreeeettty.
Main cons:
- Sony, why oh why can you not place the speaker at the bottom of the phone like the iPhone? Is there some patent thing going on?? Or maybe on the sides like the old SE walkman phone?? I know that having the speakers at the bottom is lousy if you are holding the phone widescreen, but at least it never gets blocked when you have the phone in your pants pocket!!!
Can you shed any light so to speak on the auto-brightness feature? There seems to be conflicting reports as to whether the screen becomes brighter outside while dimming in a darkened room. The specs indicate that there is a light sensor, but some reported that it doesn't work or that it is barely noticeable. What are you thoughts?
floepie said:
Can you shed any light so to speak on the auto-brightness feature? There seems to be conflicting reports as to whether the screen becomes brighter outside while dimming in a darkened room. The specs indicate that there is a light sensor, but some reported that it doesn't work or that it is barely noticeable. What are you thoughts?
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Yes, it does work, and noticeably so. However, the transition is slow so as not to cause the fast bright/dim/bright shifting. It takes about 5 seconds to slowly shift from bright to dark, etc.
By default, the brightness is a fixed 50% in the settings. However, this can be switched to the auto brightness using the backlight toggle widget.
Wow. That's a relief to hear. What happens to the slider when the auto-brightness in the widget is enabled? Does the slider then gray out? If you attempt to move the slider, does the auto-brightness on the widget disable itself then?
Somewhere I read that the slider works like iOS devices do in that when you move the slider, you are raising or lowering the *average* brightness and not setting a specific, static brightness as you do on other Android devices. Thanks...
floepie said:
Wow. That's a relief to hear. What happens to the slider when the auto-brightness in the widget is enabled? Does the slider then gray out? If you attempt to move the slider, does the auto-brightness on the widget disable itself then?
Somewhere I read that the slider works like iOS devices do in that when you move the slider, you are raising or lowering the *average* brightness and not setting a specific, static brightness as you do on other Android devices. Thanks...
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You can move the slider, and it does indeed seem to specify the "average" brightness.
Rashkae said:
- I love the Swype builtin to the keyboard. A nice surprise, but I still prefer the long-press options of Better Keyboard Pro.
- The screen is gorgeous. And I love the neutral whitebalance compared to the Samsung AMOLED screens with their odd turqoise tint.
- Battery life is good once I uninstalled FourSquare (which I don't use anyway)
- Reception is excellent, call quality is excellent. Better than the Arc.
- games fly.
- The SE overlay is simple, clean but prrreeeettty.
Main cons:
- Sony, why oh why can you not place the speaker at the bottom of the phone like the iPhone? Is there some patent thing going on?? Or maybe on the sides like the old SE walkman phone?? I know that having the speakers at the bottom is lousy if you are holding the phone widescreen, but at least it never gets blocked when you have the phone in your pants pocket!!!
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Thank you appreciated should receive mine tomorrow
Rashkae said:
- I love the Swype builtin to the keyboard. A nice surprise, but I still prefer the long-press options of Better Keyboard Pro.
- The screen is gorgeous. And I love the neutral whitebalance compared to the Samsung AMOLED screens with their odd turqoise tint.
- Battery life is good once I uninstalled FourSquare (which I don't use anyway)
- Reception is excellent, call quality is excellent. Better than the Arc.
- games fly.
- The SE overlay is simple, clean but prrreeeettty.
Main cons:
- Sony, why oh why can you not place the speaker at the bottom of the phone like the iPhone? Is there some patent thing going on?? Or maybe on the sides like the old SE walkman phone?? I know that having the speakers at the bottom is lousy if you are holding the phone widescreen, but at least it never gets blocked when you have the phone in your pants pocket!!!
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Thanks for your review. I agree about the speaker, it's stupid on the back and I usually hate that many manufacturers place it there, but the only other devices I've seen with speaker not on the back is Blackberrys and LG Optimus 2X (not sure if others LGs too).
The soon to be released Xperia P has the speaker on the right side and that's one of the features (along with Aluminum unibody) that makes me doubt if getting the Xperia S or the Xperia P (or simply wait for other options...)
Its auto brightness on all the time? I dont see a on off here
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Its auto brightness on all the time? I dont see a on off here
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See the 3rd post here.
what about video playback when video size>1GB..
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what about lags which we have in ARC....phoneapp, messaging app
Abhishek Maity said:
what about video playback when video size>1GB..
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what about lags which we have in ARC....phoneapp, messaging app
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Video size will depend on compression and also video length. Which are you referring to? A long video which pushes past 1GB or a well encoded one?
Personally, I've just watched a Bluray rip of Watchmen on the S and it worked great. I connected it to my home LCD TV as well and it was smooth.
Not quite sure which lags you are talking about, but it's fast. For SMS I use ChompSMS anyway.
Related
I love my SGSII, but some things just plain suck though. Does anyone know of solutions to the following:
Bluetooth
Poor A2DP quality (low bitpool)
Gets hot and battery drain after turning the car stereo off.
Often doesn't respond to forward/back controls.
Lockscreen
I'd much rather just have the stock Google lockscreen. Anyone know how to restore this?
Call answer slider
These are ugly and not very smoothly animated. Anyone know a way to replace these with stock or otherwise?
Apps missing from Market on KE7
I've noticed a few of these. It finds Samsung-specific apps instead.
Swipe to dismiss notifications
I guess this is just a useful cyanogen feature that I miss.
No silent state
I want 'ring and vibrate', 'vibrate only' and 'totally silent' ring modes on volume button like Cyanogen, or in the notification drop down. As it is, I only have everything or vibrate only. It's very annoying having to go into the menus or use an ugly widget.
Change what double-tapping the home button does
Currently goes to Vlingo, which is awful. It could do something useful
The UI still has loads of poor design elements left over from the SGS
Most notably, words that don't fit in boxes and fall onto 2 lines as below (regardless of font used)
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Also, loading bars often overlap other text and elements. It looks sloppy. Why do Samsung think this is an improvement over stock?
The Gallery app has two menus to send things
Ways to share pictures is now split between 'send via' and 'share via'. This is completely unnecessary. Why would Samsung do this? Can I install the stock gallery app?
mike freegan said:
Lockscreen
I'd much rather just have the stock Google lockscreen. Anyone know how to restore this?
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I use widgetlocker to bypass the stock lockscreen. There is a setting in widgetlocker which allows you to bypass your stock lockscreen so when you "slide to unlock" it goes straight to your homescreen. Plus you can add widgets, etc. which is a very nice feature.
coming from the iPhone (though liking the GS2 very much) I find it annoying how incosistent the UI is.
To share a picture from the browser is a completely different action than sharing something from the gallery...
I've got a higher bitpool lib uploaded... Wanna try it?
www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/VRTweaks/VillainROM 1.0/liba2dp.so
Back up the old one, and put in /system/lib/ and see if it helps
that the mediascanner runs everytime you hook that thing up copy smthing to the sdcard
pulser_g2 said:
I've got a higher bitpool lib uploaded... Wanna try it?
www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/VRTweaks/VillainROM 1.0/liba2dp.so
Back up the old one, and put in /system/lib/ and see if it helps
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Is this the original One from the villain thread? Because that got my sgs2 stuck at the boot screen!
Add to this list the video camera which constantly goes in and out of focus.
mike freegan said:
The UI still has loads of poor design elements left over from the SGS
Most notably, words that don't fit in boxes and fall onto 2 lines as below (regardless of font used)
Also, loading bars often overlap other text and elements. It looks sloppy. Why do Samsung think this is an improvement over stock?
The Gallery app has two menus to send things
Ways to share pictures is now split between 'send via' and 'share via'. This is completely unnecessary. Why would Samsung do this? Can I install the stock gallery app?
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wow is that bad, i never knew these types of things existed. i just thought it was identical to AOSP code based ROMs. samsung should really feel silly for UI issues like that. particularly because they are stock elements gone awry allegedly due to samsung's custom skin of the device. they broke stock!
Yes it's very sloppy. All of these were present on the first Galaxy S. Either fix thhem, or put it back to stock!
More issues:
Setting to 'power saver mode' disables sync. Returning to normal mode doesn't re-enable it.
How the feel do I snooze the alarm?
Network data stops working, with the upload arrow stuck on but no download.
You can set the snooze settings under advanced settings when you create or edit an alarm. Tab on snooze and set the snooze timeout and the number of times you are allowed to snooze.
mike freegan said:
Is this the original One from the villain thread? Because that got my sgs2 stuck at the boot screen!
Add to this list the video camera which constantly goes in and out of focus.
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And what if that happens? How to restore the old one?
These things "Suck"? Sure, they can be inconvenient, they're minor software bugs I imagine. SGS2 is new. Give it some time
zkyevolved said:
These things "Suck"? Sure, they can be inconvenient, they're minor software bugs I imagine. SGS2 is new. Give it some time
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Well, the battery draining in less then half a day is not properly a minor inconvenience, given that it's a mobile device. IMHO.
Even the sound quality over bluetooth is a major letdown for me, to be true. I am coming from an Iphone4 whose BT sound quality was great and I'm pretty disappointed.
Hi,
I've had my xperia S for a couple of days now and I did not notice a change in brightness depending on the ambient light. I've checked in the screen section under setting and there is no option for auto-brightness unlike my previous android phone (Nexus 1). Does the Xperia S have an auto-brightness option?
Moreover, I'm used to using the pattern lock on my previous phone. With the Xperia S, when I enable the pattern security feature, I am also presented with the normal screen lock (lock/mute). Is there a way to disable that screen?
Thank you in advance
volgis said:
Hi,
I've had my xperia S for a couple of days now and I did not notice a change in brightness depending on the ambient light. I've checked in the screen section under setting and there is no option for auto-brightness unlike my previous android phone (Nexus 1). Does the Xperia S have an auto-brightness option?
Moreover, I'm used to using the pattern lock on my previous phone. With the Xperia S, when I enable the pattern security feature, I am also presented with the normal screen lock (lock/mute). Is there a way to disable that screen?
Thank you in advance
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If I am not mistaken no SE phone has auto-brightness, reason is nowhere to be found....
The same for the lock screen, most probably the ingenuity of the SE/S engineers stopped after creating Timescape...
gbil said:
If I am not mistaken no SE phone has auto-brightness, reason is nowhere to be found...
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That is too bad, I really like the auto-brightness feature on phone. It helps improve the battery life.
volgis said:
That is too bad, I really like the auto-brightness feature on phone. It helps improve the battery life.
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What about widgets? Check them (there was something like Power Widget, or Power Control, can't remember), or you could use external aplication. I think Extended Controls or Free Power Widget got something like that. It is not in Display Settings anymore.
UPDATE:
Power Control (It has Wi-Fi, BT, GPS, Sync and Brightness buttons) Brightness should have 3 settings: Max, auto and minimum.
Cholek3 said:
What about widgets? Check them (there was something like Power Widget, or Power Control, can't remember), or you could use external aplication. I think Extended Controls or Free Power Widget got something like that. It is not in Display Settings anymore.
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I do use widgets to control the brightness manually (power widgets & beautiful widgets). Both control brightness and power widget even has an auto-brightness check box that has no effect what so ever.
volgis said:
I do use widgets to control the brightness manually (power widgets & beautiful widgets). Both control brightness and power widget even has an auto-brightness check box that has no effect what so ever.
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if you want to control brightness easy way try this app:
Display Brightness
Woah, wait a minute. No auto-brightness? That can't be. The specs sure indicate there is ambient light sensor. There is indeed no "auto-brightness" box to check off, unlike with other Android devices, but I thought that this new Xperia series is supposed to work like iOS devices do. In other words, you move the slider to determine the *average* brightness of the screen, just the way an iphone or ipad does. The screen gets brighter in with more ambient light and dimmer in darkness, but the average brightness is controlled by the slider.
Most other Android devices use the slider to determine a "fixed" brightness, not an average dynamic brightness.
Are you sure the brightness doesn't change?? I find that hard to believe with an ambient light sensor on board.
The white paper says there is an ambient light sensor.
I just checked the user guide installed on my XPS. It mentioned about light sensor and brightness adjustment.
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Open Phonebook and dial *#*#7378423#*#*.
Service Tests → Ambient Light Sensor
It works.
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floepie said:
Are you sure the brightness doesn't change?? I find that hard to believe with an ambient light sensor on board.
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I know it has a sensor, but I could not see a difference. Even when I cover the sensor with my thumb, I could not see the same change in brightness as I am accustomed too on my nexus one.
motionUS said:
The white paper says there is an ambient light sensor.
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I did not imply that there is no light sensor, just that I couldn't find the auto brighness check box and couldn't notice the change in brightness.
Kneko183 said:
Open Phonebook and dial *#*#7378423#*#*.
Service Tests → Ambient Light Sensor
It works.
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Thanks a lot! I've checked it and my light sensor works. The change in value seems minimal though. I will play around with the brightness slider to see if I notice it now.
Thanks again!
Are you comfortable in your own skin? Is your phone comfortable in its skin? Rate this thread to express how you deem the skin on the LG G6. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it adds just the right amount of features, it's visually pleasing, and overall it's additive to the experience. If this is a Nexus phone (you didn't think we hand-wrote all of these prompts, did you?) then use this rating to indicate how the latest version of Android looks to you.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
At first glance, I wasn't a fan of the LG aesthetic. Actually I prefer the non-app draw setup. I like that everything is accessible through screens. I may actually take advantage of folders this time...
The Settings area looks closer to stock. There's not a whole ton of bloat. It's much better than Samsung bloat, that's for sure. There are definitely LG features shipped with it and for the most part they are useful. For the most part, the OS doesn't fill like it is being overwhelmed by branding. The LG stuff is out of the way for most major functions.
Some of my favorite LG features...
The double tap to unlock the screen is my favorite feature by far.
"Comfort View" will be good to use for when I'm not able to sleep and am reading articles. It basically is like the f.lux app for PC. It removes blue light (makes color temperature much warmer) and this is highly customizable. So if you are already staring at screens all the time and just need something more pleasant on the eyes, you can turn this on and off easily in the notification menu.
I've never used the LG skin before and I'm happy to say it's alright. I wish it used the new Nougat style compact settings menu but unfortunately it's as cluttered as previous generation phones.
The biggest issue I have is the theme support. ALL of the downloadable skins are horrible. There are absolutely no modern or stylish skins. They all are the kind of skins you would install on a kid's phone.
The only usable skins are the default ones (default, platinum, black, white). Even they are annoying because all but the default one put your app icons inside ugly black boxes that make it harder to differentiate the icons.
Other issue is the "app scaling button" that appears in the notification drawer and stands on top of your keyboard if you try to use quick reply.
Other than that the skin and software are great and I've been very happy with the experience!
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Never been a fan of ANY custom (OEM) skin.
True, there are not a lot of themes, but I think that's an issue with the 18:9 aspect ratio too.
So, hating the LG interface, I just bought Pixel UX theme on play store : so far so good.
I used only cyanogenmod / lineageos on my LG G2/G3/G4, so could't keep the stock LG theme on my new LG G6.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lge.theme.pixel.ui&hl=it
Some Gripes
I just received my new LG G6 today, and I've been testing things all day.
So far I found 2 issues:
1. No flashlight widget or application. You can only access the flashlight through the notifications bar but it's a 2 step process. You have to slide down the notifications bar then open the drop down to get to the flashlight. Ideally, a flashlight should be easily accessible. Most times people use a flashlight is when they really need it or in an emergency - spur of the moment circumstances. It would be convenient to have this on the home screen or at least have the option.
I read some articles saying that there is a "torch" or flashlight widget but there is none to be found. I have no idea what these people are talking about. They right 2 pages about the LG G6 torch widget... I'm guessing they don't even own a G6? And, they assumed it was just like its predecessor?
2. Shortcut icons on the lock screen. I have no idea why there are even settings for this or why this is even a feature. First of all, you cannot access the lock screen shortcuts because of fingerprint security or password lock security. Once you unlock your screen, you will enter the home screen rendering the lock screen shortcuts useless. I wanted to remove all of the shortcuts but 2 of them are stuck there and cannot be removed.
These 2 very simple things annoy the hell out of me.
neokrizzo said:
I just received my new LG G6 today, and I've been testing things all day.
So far I found 2 issues:
1. No flashlight widget or application. You can only access the flashlight through the notifications bar but it's a 2 step process. You have to slide down the notifications bar then open the drop down to get to the flashlight. Ideally, a flashlight should be easily accessible. Most times people use a flashlight is when they really need it or in an emergency - spur of the moment circumstances. It would be convenient to have this on the home screen or at least have the option.
I read some articles saying that there is a "torch" or flashlight widget but there is none to be found. I have no idea what these people are talking about. They right 2 pages about the LG G6 torch widget... I'm guessing they don't even own a G6? And, they assumed it was just like its predecessor?
2. Shortcut icons on the lock screen. I have no idea why there are even settings for this or why this is even a feature. First of all, you cannot access the lock screen shortcuts because of fingerprint security or password lock security. Once you unlock your screen, you will enter the home screen rendering the lock screen shortcuts useless. I wanted to remove all of the shortcuts but 2 of them are stuck there and cannot be removed.
These 2 very simple things annoy the hell out of me.
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For the Torch light, drag down the notifications tray and you can add "Flashlight".
Also from the Play Store, download "Key Plus for LG" you can modify key down or key up buttons, normally double press key down would access to the camera, so you can modify key up to "Toggle Flashlight" It works when the screen is off.
Welcome to android!
Great other than the ugly stretch effect when swiping on last or first screen. Also, on my G6 if I choose app drawer, I can only have UI4.0.
look is shiny. feels sturdy.
glass isn't the right material for the back of a phone.
If only they made plastic/carbon back..
Software is... ok, but I can't help feeling that more people would be pleased if it looked a lot more like stock android, similar to HTC. Could be a hell of a lot smoother considering it has the same processor as the pixel, just higher clocked.
Download now from Google Play Store! And if you like, please leave a rating.
Energy Ring S20 Edition is exclusive for Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 5G, S20+, S20+ 5G, S20 Ultra 5G only.
Similar Apps for other Devices:
Energy Ring - Galaxy S10/e/5G/+
Energy Ring for Galaxy Note 10/5G/+
Energy Bar
Energy Bar Curved Edition for S8/S9/S10/+
Energy Bar Curved Edition for Note 8/9
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Adds a configurable Energy Ring around the camera lens indicating current Battery level. Dive into the various configuration options, not only you can quickly glance and get the battery info but, Energy Ring adds an accent to your phone's camera lens.
Got a full charge? The Ring will be a 360 degree wrap around the front camera lens.
Battery depleting? So will the arc of Energy Ring.
Out of the box features:-
✓ Energy Ring can be configured from a width of 1 pixel to a donut thick ring
✓ Energy Ring puts almost 0% load on CPU, as it wakes up only to reflect any change in battery level
✓ Energy Ring's direction can be configured as clockwise/bidirectional/anti-clockwise
✓ Energy Ring can hide on fullscreen content (apps, videos, images, games etc)
✓ Energy Ring can be configured to change colors automatically depending on the live battery level
✓ Energy Ring could have a mono color/multiple color segments/gradient (pro)
✓ You can literally assign any color in the world for your favorite configuration
✓ Energy Ring has a number of cool animations whenever a power source is plugged into your device
All that is cool! But what about Energy Ring consuming Battery?!
This is one of the most exciting question for me to answer. Energy Ring more than anything understands that you need to utilize your battery efficiently (after all, that's why you installed the App, right? .) Energy Ring sits on the screen silently putting almost 0% load on CPU, if battery level changes, Android wakes up Energy Ring. Once awake, Energy Ring quickly updates itself and goes back to sleep. And to be that extra efficient, the Ring goes on deep sleep when you turn off the screen, meaning it doesn't even read changes in battery level when the screen is off.
Notification Access requirement:
Energy Ring does not read any Notification whatsoever, it merely relies on it to be alive. Be assured that the App does NOT access anything.
Download now from Google Play Store! And if you like, please leave a rating.
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How does it work in sinc with aodNotify - Notification Light?
Well to add, have been using both, except AODNotify only on screen off and they do work together.
thank you so much!
vid200 said:
How does it work in sinc with aodNotify - Notification Light?
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vid200 said:
Well to add, have been using both, except AODNotify only on screen off and they do work together.
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Yes, technically it should work well side-by-side.
tshawaii said:
thank you so much!
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You're welcome!
avid_droid said:
Nice... Thank you for this
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Great! Glad you like it!
Tried it, but wierd behavior when going to landscape - ring gets stuck showing in the wrong place on the screen - no longer around the camera, but where it thinks the whole should be even though it's a different orientation.
Went back to Energy Bar for now.
rEVOLVE said:
Tried it, but wierd behavior when going to landscape - ring gets stuck showing in the wrong place on the screen - no longer around the camera, but where it thinks the whole should be even though it's a different orientation.
Went back to Energy Bar for now.
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Are you on the latest version as on Play Store? That issue was fixed in the latest version. If you can reproduce the issue with specific steps, let me know I can look into it.
Just installed, works perfectly. Thank you!!
rEVOLVE said:
Tried it, but wierd behavior when going to landscape - ring gets stuck showing in the wrong place on the screen - no longer around the camera, but where it thinks the whole should be even though it's a different orientation.
Went back to Energy Bar for now.
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I have just installed it and I did not encounter that issue. I had Google Play Store open, moved the phone to landscape and back and the ring moved with the whole app but bounced back to the camera punchhole.
My question is, what about the display burning in? I know that it only works when the screen is on but this question might fall from other and this is why I have asked.
Warrior1975 said:
Just installed, works perfectly. Thank you!!
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Great to know it! Enjoy the App!
Have you ever consider the option of making way for it turn off when your screen is on & turn back on when your screen is back off?
Lock-N-Load said:
Have you ever consider the option of making way for it turn off when your screen is on & turn back on when your screen is back off?
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Since, the phone's screen is likely to be off the majority of time, would like to avoid any potential unforeseeable issue with screen burn-ins. So yes, wouldn't like to add such a feature for now.
buddy66 said:
I have just installed it and I did not encounter that issue. I had Google Play Store open, moved the phone to landscape and back and the ring moved with the whole app but bounced back to the camera punchhole.
My question is, what about the display burning in? I know that it only works when the screen is on but this question might fall from other and this is why I have asked.
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Hi! Please refer to the notes added to the bottom of App's listing on Play Store in specific.
Another suggestion - can you make little 12 6 3 9 ticks on the Ring Origin so its easier to get the 12 position. It's minor but might be a nice touch to have these ticks for reference.
Is it possible it only make it show up when charging and not all the time?? Thank you.
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Another suggestion - can you make little 12 6 3 9 ticks on the Ring Origin so its easier to get the 12 position. It's minor but might be a nice touch to have these ticks for reference.
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So much this...I really like the app, but it always feels like its not quite centered/even when using bidirectional discharge
Can I buy the pro version？
I can't buy pro version,because this app don't support google play payment.
How can i make white and pulsing ive seen on others.
Great app by the way.
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This is the original battery indicator around punch hole cameras, Energy Ring. All variants of the App is now merged into this one 'Universal Edition', future device supports shall only be available through this App.
If you have a device with punch hole camera, reach out via email to get support added!
Similar Apps for other Devices:
Energy Bar
Energy Bar Curved Edition for S8/S9/S10/+
Energy Bar Curved Edition for Note 8/9
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Adds a configurable Energy Ring around the camera lens indicating current Battery level. Dive into the various configuration options, not only you can quickly glance and get the battery info but, Energy Ring adds an accent to your phone's camera lens.
Got a full charge? The Ring will be a 360 degree wrap around the front camera lens.
Battery depleting? So will the arc of Energy Ring.
Out of the box features:-
✓ Energy Ring can be configured from a width of 1 pixel to a donut thick ring
✓ Energy Ring puts almost 0% load on CPU, as it wakes up only to reflect any change in battery level
✓ Energy Ring's direction can be configured as clockwise/bidirectional/anti-clockwise
✓ Energy Ring can hide on fullscreen content (apps, videos, images, games etc)
✓ Energy Ring can be configured to change colors automatically depending on the live battery level
✓ Energy Ring could have a mono color/multiple color segments/gradient (pro)
✓ You can literally assign any color in the world for your favorite configuration
✓ Energy Ring has a number of cool animations whenever a power source is plugged into your device
The App in action on a Galaxy Z Flip, Fold 3, Pixel 5a: (Looking for photos of your device, please attach them!)
All that is cool! But what about Energy Ring consuming Battery?!
This is one of the most exciting question for me to answer. Energy Ring more than anything understands that you need to utilize your battery efficiently (after all, that's why you installed the App, right? .) Energy Ring sits on the screen silently putting almost 0% load on CPU, if battery level changes, Android wakes up Energy Ring. Once awake, Energy Ring quickly updates itself and goes back to sleep. And to be that extra efficient, the Ring goes on deep sleep when you turn off the screen, meaning it doesn't even read changes in battery level when the screen is off.
Accessibility Service Requirement:
Android requires Energy Ring to run as an Accessibility Service, to be able to display on Lock Screen. It does not read/monitor any data, whatsoever. This is especially useful for people who have disability to read numbers and work better with visual data.
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Can't seem to download this on Google play store, it's taking forever, I want to try out this app.
for some reason the ring is not aligned around the punchhole cam of my 9s. its thicker in the top of the circle and thin on the bottom
It's not quite alligned correctly. Is there anyway to manually reallign it??
Thanks.
Great idea for an app and great execution! :good:
However, I too have the same issue as the guys above. It's misaligned on my Note 9s/curtana.
Made THIS video to show it better, it's very evident at 1 pixel thickness.
Only installed it a few minutes ago but it's a nice idea and looks to be working as described.
I also had another issue. Let the app stay overnight but just now I noticed it wasn't working. It was enabled in accessibility options but for some reason the ring wasn't on and the app was telling me I did not enable it.
After I forced closed it and opened it again it started working. Phone is brand new and I haven't done any meddling with it.
Great app. No battery drain but the position is bad. It is slightly above the punch hole. Hope to get fix soon. Thanks
Working perfect, love this
RingRing
kupo5131 said:
It's not quite alligned correctly. Is there anyway to manually reallign it??
Thanks.
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Try RingRing on Playstore
:good::good::good:
beeeeeest app ever )))
ZeA_Quin said:
for some reason the ring is not aligned around the punchhole cam of my 9s. its thicker in the top of the circle and thin on the bottom
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kupo5131 said:
It's not quite alligned correctly. Is there anyway to manually reallign it??
Thanks.
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PrimeGen said:
Great app. No battery drain but the position is bad. It is slightly above the punch hole. Hope to get fix soon. Thanks
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Been trying this app, very nice.
But Same here, The ring somehow not aligned correctly, it is slightly above the punchole.
(Ring below camera hole become thinner)
Screenshot on attachment.
Installed on Redmi Note 9 PRO global (Joyeuse)
Hope to see fix soon.
Thanks to developer
Updated :
After a while the apps stop working, need to reinstall to work
sampit76 said:
Been trying this app, very nice.
But Same here, The ring somehow not aligned correctly, it is slightly above the punchole.
(Ring below camera hole become thinner)
Screenshot on attachment.
Installed on Redmi Note 9 PRO global (Joyeuse)
Hope to see fix soon.
Thanks to developer
Updated :
After a while the apps stop working, need to reinstall to work
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Hi!
Thank you for your interest, I am looking for testers to calibrate Energy Ring for this device.
What would consider an ideal tester:
#1 Have sufficient free time, say at least 30 minutes.
#2 Have a hell lot of patience, the calibration takes some time, might be frustrated in adjusting the sliders by pixels.
#3 Have another phone/camera to take a physical photo (not screenshot) of your phone.
If you meet the above requirements, please share me your Telegram/Skype ID.
Cheers!
jagan2 said:
Hi!
Thank you for your interest, I am looking for testers to calibrate Energy Ring for this device.
What would consider an ideal tester:
#1 Have sufficient free time, say at least 30 minutes.
#2 Have a hell lot of patience, the calibration takes some time, might be frustrated in adjusting the sliders by pixels.
#3 Have another phone/camera to take a physical photo (not screenshot) of your phone.
If you meet the above requirements, please share me your Telegram/Skype ID.
Cheers!
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Greeting,
Do I need to root my device?
If Not, will gladly help to contribute.
Best regard
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If you meet the above requirements, please share me your Telegram/Skype ID.
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Yes, but no telegram/Skype here, are you ok with email/zoom/hangouts?
New version from today is much better, thanks!
(But it seems to me that the center should be one pixel lower? Maybe it's just parallax)
raenye said:
New version from today is much better, thanks!
(But it seems to me that the center should be one pixel lower? Maybe it's just parallax)
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Does it still stop working after long hours usage? (Need to reisntall to work again)
Thanks
For me, it's showing not compatible on Playstore.
Which device do you have?
blowy666 said:
Which device do you have?
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If this question is for me, my device is the same for which this thread is created. Redmi Note 9 pro Curtana. I am on Evox rom.