Tired of that unlock button. Any solutions? - AT&T HTC One (M7)

Folks,
I am a proud owner of the One. Although sexy, the IR/Lock button is crazy to reach. If we wear a case, forget it! It's very out of the way. I've come up with a solution on my own, though it costed some money. But it is only a temporary fix / enhancement. I am currently using wave control to unlock the phone's screen. Unfortunately it relies on the sensor, so it does take time to register most movements. Very unhandy in the dark.
How are you guys going about with unlocking the phone?

Custom kernel with sweep to wake or volume buttons to wake

Physically open up the phone
Pry off the current physical lock button
Solder on a new button and place that button wherever you want! That's what I did but the button doesn't work so I can't unlock the phone.
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And he needs to pay bills. (Your never living that down dude)
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Lol how much is the ComEd bill this time ?

Making the youth of America proud

I wonder if the donations he got were enough to buy him the solder
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Link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183023
gunnyman said:
Custom kernel with sweep to wake or volume buttons to wake
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A really easy way to do this is to install android revolution from mike. Link is up top...paste button is stubborn...

Ha! Won't be welding any time soon.
I found out that CleanRom 2.0 actually has wake lock through volume buttons. Some one mentioned above about it being in a kernel. I did a dirty flash, maybe that's why it did not work properly in the first place. Cleared it up!
Folks without any custom roms will have the same issue, though. Please continue on the discussion about any alternative solutions!

Visit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2244620
Custom kernel that lets you program the HTC logo for wake/sleep. It's perfect.:good:

Cell Master said:
Physically open up the phone
Pry off the current physical lock button
Solder on a new button and place that button wherever you want! That's what I did but the button doesn't work so I can't unlock the phone.
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If I donate will you leave the forums?

Trickdroid rom has volume to wake option which IF you wnat something else works. I'm fine with the power button.

jimmyw71 said:
Visit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2244620
Custom kernel that lets you program the HTC logo for wake/sleep. It's perfect.:good:
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Awesome

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Remove Emergency Call button

I've looked around but haven't seen anything current on this.
Is there a way to remove th Emergency Call button from the Lockscreens?(pattern, pin)
From what I understand it is a widget and I tried to remove it rendering my phone not able to pass boot up. That was horrible.
So any info on this would be great.
p.s. for GingerTazz
no ideas on how to get this button out of there?
No, not unless there are replacement pattern/pin lockscreen apps, similar to WidgetLocker is a replacement lockscreen, but it doesn't appear to have pattern/pin capabilities.
There's got to be a way to just go into the apk and remove one or two lines of code to make it not appear. I know that's hacky leaving the unneeded code in there, but I don't care I really hate the button.
Anyone know what apk it is?
Probably so hard to remove because the FCC mandates that all phones even ones that aren't activated have to be able to make emergency calls.
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How much time do you spend looking at your lock screen anyway?
+1 for this:
Stonent said:
Probably so hard to remove because the FCC mandates that all phones even ones that aren't activated have to be able to make emergency calls.
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slane35 said:
How much time do you spend looking at your lock screen anyway?
+1 for this:
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Actually, quite a bit since I bought WidgetLocker replacement lock screen last July or August.
slane35 said:
How much time do you spend looking at your lock screen anyway?
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It's not the amount of time I spend looking at it, but rather the number of times I have to look at it. Every time I take my phone from my pocket and swipe my pattern or enter my pin I see it, which is . . . a lot.
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It's not the amount of time I spend looking at it, but rather the number of times I have to look at it. Every time I take my phone from my pocket and swipe my pattern or enter my pin I see it, which is . . . a lot.
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ROFL! Very well worded and to the point!
I'd even be a little more happy if the emergency button was incorporated into the pin pad like THIS
Rather than THIS
winchendonsprings said:
I'd even be a little more happy if the emergency button was incorporated into the pin pad like THIS
Rather than THIS
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FYI second screen shot is broke at the moment.
fixed.
I realize it's minor. I'll drop the issue
emergeny call button problems
did u ever find out how to remove the emergency call button. I am having great probs with this. it gets knocked in my pocket and phones people and runs down my battery life as screen is on.
any help would be fantastic
thanks for your time
Andy

[Q] Volume Rocker to change tracks?

I know this question has been asked a bunch of times, I'm just wondering if anyone found any way to do this on the E3D. I miss this feature on CM7 and is actually alot more convenient than using the buttons on my Motorola S10HD headphones, honestly.
Man I miss this also. I guess when full root comes?
A root craving Evo 3d
That would be annoying to me lol...
But to change buttons we probably need full root.
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JoshuaAlba said:
I know this question has been asked a bunch of times, I'm just wondering if anyone found any way to do this on the E3D. I miss this feature on CM7 and is actually alot more convenient than using the buttons on my Motorola S10HD headphones, honestly.
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Yea I really miss that feature of CM. I highly doubt that anything like that will be an option until we get full S-off (hopefully soon!). I searched for any apps in the market that can remap the hard buttons, but my searching wasn't successful.
luckyzac said:
That would be annoying to me lol...
But to change buttons we probably need full root.
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It's super convenient! I thought at first that it would be annoying too, by accidentally changing tracks. However, it needs to be a very deliberate long press of the volume rocker to change tracks. A quick press will still change the volume as normal. Comes in handy if you're out on a walk or something, and want to change tracks without taking the phone out of your pocket. Just reach down, find the volume rocker, and hold it down. So convenient and simple. I wish HTC had that feature built into Sense.
Come to think of it, an app could probably do this...If someone made it.
My RSS reader, Newsrob has it set to change the article with the volume rocker...
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Secret buttons!

probably been found before but i've found if i hold down the bottom left of the phone (under and to the left of the home key) i get a 'recent' menu pop up with all the apps i've used recently.
do the same on the other corner and you get the 'speak now' pop up
common knowledge??
Yeah, it's common knowledge.
Welcome to the world of Android .Yes this is extreme common knowledge across all android devices. Good effort though.
If you hold power and volume down you enter a secret menu when the phone powers up.
Just found this out by accident today
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jonbaker76 said:
probably been found before but i've found if i hold down the bottom left of the phone (under and to the left of the home key) i get a 'recent' menu pop up with all the apps i've used recently.
do the same on the other corner and you get the 'speak now' pop up
common knowledge??
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its actually just a long press of the home key and same for the search key. NOT under and to the left of the key. Just press and hold the home key for 1.5-2sec and release and youll get it to pop up.
but yeah thats common android like everyone else said.
jonbaker76 said:
probably been found before but i've found if i hold down the bottom left of the phone (under and to the left of the home key) i get a 'recent' menu pop up with all the apps i've used recently.
do the same on the other corner and you get the 'speak now' pop up
common knowledge??
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You are not hitting a secret button, you are long pressing the home button and the search button.
Common knowledge.
Long press the "Menu" button and the keyboard pops up... betcha didn't know THAT, now, didja? ~
Long press the back button and it goes back a page in most apps!
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Tilde88 said:
Welcome to the world of Android .Yes this is extreme common knowledge across all android devices. Good effort though.
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lol yeah, its extreme common knowledge to press down the hard plastic side of your phone to get the recent apps. also us super-powerusers like to slam our phones against wall for more battery
good effort though
lol, i thought as much, noob to android, 3 days in
guitardoc64 said:
Yeah, it's common knowledge.
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Someone mention me?
jasonb1108 said:
If you hold power and volume down you enter a secret menu when the phone powers up.
Just found this out by accident today
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That would be the hboot and fast boot menus, more useful if you're going to root.
i know it's annoying but i'll ask anyway,
in brief, what is rooting?
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i know it's annoying but i'll ask anyway,
in brief, what is rooting?
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In a short explanation, Rooting is taking the panties off your phone and exposing the goods, and what you can do with those goods.
knowledge561 said:
In a short explanation, Rooting is taking the panties off your phone and exposing the goods, and what you can do with those goods.
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Yep.. It allows you to permanently write to the "root" directories of your phone... Most importantly, the /boot & /system partitions...
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knowledge561 said:
In a short explanation, Rooting is taking the panties off your phone and exposing the goods, and what you can do with those goods.
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well put!
And to OP welcome to Android.
jasonb1108 said:
If you hold power and volume down you enter a secret menu when the phone powers up.
Just found this out by accident today
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You are too funny. Shhh, don't tell them about the self-destruct button.
liverstealerJobs said:
You are too funny. Shhh, don't tell them about the self-destruct button.
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Yea what ever you do don't push the big red button that says do not press (located under the LCD) I had to learn the hard way.
How about long-pressing the power button. Did you know it brings up a menu to turn your phone OFF!?! OMFGWTFBBQ!?!!
Here comes the trolls and **** boys. Obviously he's new to Android, no need to start jokes.
Uhhhh.....ummm.....**Fainted from Signature Fright**

[RANT]Press the top button while recording and lose footage!

Was recording Ron Paul at an event and accidentally pressed the top button. Lo and behold it quit the camera app and I instantly lost 20+ minutes of footage. Way to go HTC!
This should serve as a warning to those LTE users out there, if you're recording something, don't accidentally press any buttons!
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Why would you be pressing buttons when you're recording stuff? I think that having things turn off when you press the power button is a good thing...isn't that the idea behind it?
Pressing the wrong buttons is not a manufacturer's problem -- they didn't hide the button, it's not a secret. That's one of those PEBDAU (Problem Exists Between Device and User -- sue me, I can't think while at work). Sucks that you lost footage on Ron Paul though.
As I already stated in the OP, it was accidental. A friendly warning "are you sure you want to close this while recording?" would have been nice... or just save the footage and then close. Instead, it closed abruptly and without warning and happily discarded the last 20 minutes of footage. Not cool!
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stiv2k said:
Was recording Ron Paul at an event and accidentally pressed the top button. Lo and behold it quit the camera app and I instantly lost 20+ minutes of footage. Way to go HTC!
This should serve as a warning to those LTE users out there, if you're recording something, don't accidentally press any buttons!
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Highlighted in red. You made a user error, and you're blaming it on the phone manufacturer.
That's like driving a car, and you want to stop, but instead of the brake, you hit the gas, and then get upset at your car manufacturer.
That's like eating a sandwich, and you want to take a bite, but instead of putting it in your mouth, you shove it up your nose, and blaming your body for not chewing it.
That's like walking down the sidewalk, and you want to cross the street, but instead of turning left, you turn right, and blaming the people who laid the street.
I understand that it sucks, as I mentioned before -- unless the manufacturer does something completely opposite of how it's normally done (i.e. car maker switches gas and brake pedals / you eat through your nose / left becomes right) then don't get on them for it. Not their fault any way that you try to explain it. It should read something like this:
Was recording Ron Paul at an event and accidentally pressed the top button. Lo and behold it quit the camera app and I instantly lost 20+ minutes of footage. Way to go FINGERS! FML for pressing buttons!
This should serve as a warning to those LTE users out there, if you're recording something, don't accidentally press any buttons!
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They've pretty much always put their power button at the top. It's a popular place to put a power button. Not every phone does it, but the majority do.
Still sucks that you lost Ron Paul footage.
not htc it was the democrats lmao
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As I already stated in the OP, it was accidental. A friendly warning "are you sure you want to close this while recording?" would have been nice... or just save the footage and then close. Instead, it closed abruptly and without warning and happily discarded the last 20 minutes of footage. Not cool!
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Crazy thing happened to me too, I was watching tv today and accidentally pressed the power button and my tv turned off. Sorry, couldn't resist, but the reason you lost your footage is because the camera app does not save your video to the sdcard until you press the stop recording button. So when you accidentally hit the power button all of the footage that was in the video cache was lost. I don't know if it would behave differently if you set you camera up for internal memory instead.
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jkrlvgn said:
Highlighted in red. You made a user error, and you're blaming it on the phone manufacturer.
That's like driving a car, and you want to stop, but instead of the brake, you hit the gas, and then get upset at your car manufacturer.
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Your car analogy doesn't quite apply. It would be more like accidentally kicking it into reverse while driving on the freeway. The car should realize that's not an intended function while driving 80mph forward and not allow it. News flash, it does just that! Furthermore, the top button is not exclusively used to power off the phone. Even when you do want to power off the phone, it gives you a warning! It doesn't just instantly power itself off. So why should it be any different when doing other crucial tasks such as recording video (say in a more dire situation, evidence for use in court or something)?
cruise350 said:
the reason you lost your footage is because the camera app does not save your video to the sdcard until you press the stop recording button. So when you accidentally hit the power button all of the footage that was in the video cache was lost.
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Yes, precisely the reason of the rant. The software should at the very least save the video before closing, it's a pretty reasonable suggestion. Don't you think?
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stiv2k said:
Your car analogy doesn't quite apply. It would be more like accidentally kicking it into reverse while driving on the freeway. The car should realize that's not an intended function while driving 80mph forward and not allow it. News flash, it does just that! Furthermore, the top button is not exclusively used to power off the phone. Even when you do want to power off the phone, it gives you a warning! It doesn't just instantly power itself off. So why should it be any different when doing other crucial tasks such as recording video (say in a more dire situation, evidence for use in court or something)?
Yes, precisely the reason of the rant. The software should at the very least save the video before closing, it's a pretty reasonable suggestion. Don't you think?
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I agree with most of your argument I don't think it would be very hard to add in a prompt before closing while recording however I think that it probably wasn't thought of because its not something that typically happens
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stiv2k said:
Was recording Ron Paul at an event and accidentally pressed the top button. Lo and behold it quit the camera app and I instantly lost 20+ minutes of footage. Way to go HTC!
This should serve as a warning to those LTE users out there, if you're recording something, don't accidentally press any buttons!
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I think you are on to something that is a simple oversight by HTC. But more importantly why bother telling us your at a Ron Paul event. People not being sympathetic to your ineptitude is one thing, and trust me I can relate. However being a Ron Paul supporter may put a bigger target on your back than you just being silly with a smarty phone.
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Were you recording in portrait? If so there's your first problem. One should not simply record video on a cellphone in portrait.
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stiv2k said:
Your car analogy doesn't quite apply. It would be more like accidentally kicking it into reverse while driving on the freeway. The car should realize that's not an intended function while driving 80mph forward and not allow it. News flash, it does just that! Furthermore, the top button is not exclusively used to power off the phone. Even when you do want to power off the phone, it gives you a warning! It doesn't just instantly power itself off. So why should it be any different when doing other crucial tasks such as recording video (say in a more dire situation, evidence for use in court or something)?
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It applies fine -- the power button did it's function as it was designed to do. A quick tap closes the app or puts the phone to hibernate/sleep/whatever. A long hold gives the prompt to turn of the phone, reboot, etc. It's a power button -- that's what it does. if you pressed the power button and it started dialing someone, then I'd agree with you. If you pressed the power button and it turned the volume all the way up or down, then yeah, that'd be a problem. But it did what it's supposed to. You were the boob that pushed it, even if it was by accident. You threw the car into reverse (which you can do, but you shouldn't!) while you were driving 80mph down the road. The problem is not HTC, it's you. You were the one who used it inadvertently, and dun goofed up. I don't have that problem, and lots of people don't have that problem. There are plenty of times that I went to reboot the phone and then realized I didn't want to -- why can't I undo the reboot command? How about when they updated my phone at the store when I bought it, and it is now at hboot 1.15? why can't I undo that? Because it's not designed to allow for it. That's the way it works. Maybe the app should consider it's users before it allows you to use it, have you do some practice stuff first, so you can painstakingly learn how to keep your fingers away from the buttons. If your finger/thumb got in the way of the lense, would you be upset at HTC because the lense caught your finger? No. No, you wouldn't. Because you put your finger there, you did everything, it is and always will be your fault.
stiv2k said:
Yes, precisely the reason of the rant. The software should at the very least save the video before closing, it's a pretty reasonable suggestion. Don't you think?
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No, it shouldn't, because you turned it off.
DCWS6 said:
Were you recording in portrait? If so there's your first problem. One should not simply record video on a cellphone in portrait.
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...unless you're a hobbit!
skw5115 said:
I agree with most of your argument I don't think it would be very hard to add in a prompt before closing while recording however I think that it probably wasn't thought of because its not something that typically happens
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Make a camera app and figure in all the stupid things people do, then make the options to undo them. You won't win that battle, because they're always someone who will do something stupid.
Ryno_666 said:
I think you are on to something that is a simple oversight by HTC. But more importantly why bother telling us your at a Ron Paul event. People not being sympathetic to your ineptitude is one thing, and trust me I can relate. However being a Ron Paul supporter may put a bigger target on your back than you just being silly with a smarty phone.
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Hey now. I like Ron Paul.
That being said, it's not an oversight, unless you think someone can figure all of the ways that things can be messed up. I want my phone to float and gently land on the ground if I drop it, but they don't have that. I want to not misdial numbers that I've called before, and I don't want my Spotify to play a song that sucks in the Radio option.
You're going just *a little* to far I think. I agree with you in general, this isn't an issue, a button was mispressed at an inopportune moment, and the consequences sucked.
With that being said, I'm sure it's not too much for HTC or android to prompt when in video mode recording and the power button is hit to show a prompt. Especially if it's not going to be saved.
Going in the opposite direction of your examples: wouldn't a more accurate comparison be anytime, on every OS ever, if you try to delete a file you're prompted with "are you sure you want to delete this file?" That's there to catch mistakes. If we never made mistakes, they'd never have to build that prompt into virtually EVERY operating system. And in essence, when you hit the power button while recording, you're deleting that video. From a technical standpoint, it's not saved, I know, just cached, but close enough.
Again, I do, in general, agree. But no reason to get so extreme explaining why the OP is a "boob"
With that being said, OP, you ARE a boob. Jk. I look at this post as more an fyi, but wouldn't consider this any sort of defect.
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If you're writing something up in Microsoft Word, and you turn your computer off, unless it autosaved (which it only does when you don't need it!!!) you're the boob that pushed the power button on the computer. Plenty of times that I've saved a file that was in the temp folder originally, and then when I went to open what I thought was the right file, none of my changes were there. I was the boob that didn't pay attention. Boob is not a horrible term -- stuff happens. We all do stupid things. I don't, however, hold Asus responsible for my goofs.
If I save a file on my USB drive and then I pull the drive out before it's done, that's my fault. It'd be great if it said something like "looks like you dun goofed, friend! Please insert the drive to try again!", but it doesn't. The file either ends up being corrupt or not there at all.
Just a minute ago, I was changing some groups on my work messaging Jabber client, and I goofed something. I did something to it that it's not supposed to do, and now I suffer the consequences of my actions. I take responsibility for my actions.
If there were a way to circumvent screw-ups (which we all do!!) then the world would be a better place. Unfortunately, there isn't a real "easy" button, or a "rewind life" button. You can't give for every situation, and when you start compensating for one person's screwup and not another, you end up having massive, unneeded bloat.
Do you really need text on your coffee cup to tell you that the hot cup of coffee you ordered is hot?
Do you really need a bottle of poison to have a warning label in small print that no one but an older child/adult can read tell you that it's bad for you to drink it?
I'll tell you something -- I learn from my screwups. Grab a burner while it's flaming hot, you can guarantee that I won't touch it again. If it automatically turned off when human skin comes close to it, that would be freakin' awesome, and the technology is available (with a few modifications), but they don't make stoves that way. Sucks, but that's the world.
And yes, it is a bit far, but...I didn't start off that way. If you want something to work that specific way, then sure, make it work. But I don't want extra weight on my app. I don't hit the button, and if I do by accident, then it's on me.
mattemer said:
You're going just *a little* to far I think. I agree with you in general, this isn't an issue, a button was mispressed at an inopportune moment, and the consequences sucked.
With that being said, I'm sure it's not too much for HTC or android to prompt when in video mode recording and the power button is hit to show a prompt. Especially if it's not going to be saved.
Going in the opposite direction of your examples: wouldn't a more accurate comparison be anytime, on every OS ever, if you try to delete a file you're prompted with "are you sure you want to delete this file?" That's there to catch mistakes. If we never made mistakes, they'd never have to build that prompt into virtually EVERY operating system. And in essence, when you hit the power button while recording, you're deleting that video. From a technical standpoint, it's not saved, I know, just cached, but close enough.
Again, I do, in general, agree. But no reason to get so extreme explaining why the OP is a "boob"
With that being said, OP, you ARE a boob. Jk. I look at this post as more an fyi, but wouldn't consider this any sort of defect.
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If I have something not saved in Word open, and go to turn off the computer, as Windows is shutting everything down it will prompt if I want to close Word without saving my changes.
And just like you learn from your mistakes, we'll all learn from the OPs mistake, bc he gave us all a warning.
I don't see why asking for a prompt is that big of a deal.
And I don't find the term boob offensive at all, but it's definitely not a compliment.
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I can see the reason for wanting a warning message about closing when you power off in the middle of using the camera. That said, I have an actual camcorder; a dedicated device for taking video. It has an On/Off button. If I press that button the camcorder powers off. It appears to work as designed.
E: To clarify, it does this regardless of whether I'm recording at the time. There is an understood assumption that I knew that I was pressing the On/Off button. I have yet to lose footage due to this.
Go Ron Paul! The other choices aren't great, Obama has already proven it and Romney you can just tell
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Maybe something wrong with my phone but, I just tested video recording something then pressed my power button and it recorded up to the point of power off. I'm rooted Rejuvenated ROM so maybe that's the difference.
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I'd like ron paul as my grandpa, that's about it.
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puhiniho said:
Maybe something wrong with my phone but, I just tested video recording something then pressed my power button and it recorded up to the point of power off. I'm rooted Rejuvenated ROM so maybe that's the difference.
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Hahaha I just tried this too, and mine was saved as well. And I'm definitely saving to my storage card.
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I was walking in to the kitchen and smashed my pinky toe on one of the legs of the table chairs... DAMN YOU IKEA FOR NOT MAKING THE LEGS OF THE CHAIRS A TINY BIT SMALLER.
I also went to grab the my bottle of water off of the desk next to my computer but forgot my headphones were on. well they got ripped off my head because i ran out of cord...i ended up ripping the usb plug out of the usb port and now the headphones dont work any more... DAMN YOU TURTLE BEACH! YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE THE CABLE LONGER!

LG's Knock Code

LG is coming out with a feature that's an evolution to knock on/off. it's called knock code. i like the idea. here's a youtube video they made for it. what do you guys think of the idea and implementation?
Knock Code
What idea? They didn't give away anything in that video... XD
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se1988 said:
What idea? They didn't give away anything in that video... XD
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guess i have to help you. knock code is supposed to make it so instead of double taping on the center of the screen to turn it on which is how it works now, you can have multiple combinations of knocks to turn on the screen. which is what the hand was trying to show you in the video with all the different combinations. that's where they get "knock code" from. the combinations of knocks is the code.
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guess i have to help you. knock code is supposed to make it so instead of double taping on the center of the screen to turn it on which is how it works now, you can have multiple combinations of knocks to turn on the screen. which is what the hand was trying to show you in the video with all the different combinations. that's where they get "knock code" from. the combinations of knocks is the code.
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OHHHHH, i see, all is clear now.
If I can unlock my device faster with knock code than with pattern unlock, and if it's as secure as pattern lock, I say yes please. Give it to me!!
Sometimes, not much, but sometimes my phone doesnt even answer the double knock I give it.
Adding more knocks will not be for me unless they up the sensitivity.
Itchiee said:
Sometimes, not much, but sometimes my phone doesnt even answer the double knock I give it.
Adding more knocks will not be for me unless they up the sensitivity.
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I agree. But still, the idea is brilliant
Itchiee said:
Sometimes, not much, but sometimes my phone doesnt even answer the double knock I give it.
Adding more knocks will not be for me unless they up the sensitivity.
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I thought the exact same thing. The question is also how complex the taps can be. Feels like there is a bit of a dangerous balance between having some security and actually being able to unlock the phone.
looking forward to seeing someone port this over to g2. the g pro 2 firmware(F350S) has been released and will eventually trickle down to us.. then someone should be able to port the feature.
Itchiee said:
Sometimes, not much, but sometimes my phone doesnt even answer the double knock I give it.
Adding more knocks will not be for me unless they up the sensitivity.
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I don't have any problems with knocking on or off and would love to see this implemented for our phones. Or, as someone else has already said, love to see a dev create or port the new app/feature for us.
Here's a link to BGR's article on it: http://bgr.com/2014/02/18/lg-g-pro-2-how-knock-code-works/
Any changes?
Do you think: will be any port of this function?
We can port it, Someone hand over the system dump of the G Pro 2 please.
It's weird how they give the feature to the mini but not the main version
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Jishnu Sur™ said:
We can port it, Someone hand over the system dump of the G Pro 2 please.
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Can't wait if you can get it ported that's be awesome. I used your camera mod and launcher Port in,nexus 5. Hopefully this can get ported.
Now we just need someway to get that system dump...
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For those having problem with the knock on, try double tapping and holding the second tap. It works 99% of the time for me, even when the tap intervals are like 2 second apart!
Itchiee said:
Sometimes, not much, but sometimes my phone doesnt even answer the double knock I give it.
Adding more knocks will not be for me unless they up the sensitivity.
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tips: Keep your finger at screen after second knock until led light. 100% success with knock on.
tithitoy said:
tips: Keep your finger at screen after second knock until led light. 100% success with knock on.
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That's what he said:
d3FytH3m1Nd said:
For those having problem with the knock on, try double tapping and holding the second tap. It works 99% of the time for me, even when the tap intervals are like 2 second apart!
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Actually, i've since reset my device and find knock on/off more reliable.
Thank you!
Still not feeling a knock pattern though, but hope it comes out for those who do!
I'd say the best option would be to use the Knock Code combination as a straight unlock, bypassing the lock screen.
OR
Use the Power Button / DoubleTap to turn it on, dump to the lockscreen, where you'd have to swipe or enter a code like normal.
I like just double tapping anywhere though. Sometimes I pull my phone out and it's upside down or I'm using my other hand which would be awkward. I wonder if the taps would be relational to each other vs orientation of the phone. If you had to make sure it was right-side-up all the time, it would get annoying.
its so unique, i want it on my N4
people who sad about double tap; pls look for the cpu undervolting and min mhz values. sensitiviy of double tap (or tapping scrren) related about it
That's one beautiful phone. Hopefully there'll be a VZW variant before too long and I can get a new LG Flex.

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