Hey guys,
just found this tip on Google+:
Double tap your Gear Fit (while screen is on) with two fingers and an instant brightness adjustment appears (also the battery percentage and bluetooth symbol). This feature is really great!
Thanks, that's very useful. Just FYI it seems to work more reliably for me if I do a single finger tap followed by a two finger one.
There's a user manual where this and more is described:
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/wearable-tech/SM-R3500ZKAXAR
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With Active Display, your notifications are available to you right on your screen without any other clutter or distractions. You can easily open up any important notifications or simply dismiss them with a swipe of the screen. Easily view full notifications at the touch of a button or browse through all current notifications with a swipe of your finger. Active Display will turn your screen on and display notifications as they arrive if your device is out in view. If your device has a proximity sensor Active Display will poll it to see if the device is tucked away somewhere and if it is then the display will not be turned on. Want your display to come on the moment you take it out of your pocket? With Active Display that is just one of the many possibilities and easily enabled via Active Display's settings.
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Home Key
Turning screen on or off
Press the home key to turn the screen on or off.
Powering on or off
Press and hold the home key to power your Gear on or off, change the sound mode, or enable Outdoor mode.
Pressing the home key
Press the home key to view the clock while the screen is on.
Double pressing the home key
Double press the home key to open your favorite application. You can change your favorite application in Settings.
Triple pressing the home key
Press the home key 3 times to enable Send help messages when you are in need. For details, go to Settings > Send help messages.
Navigation
Navigating Gear
Swipe left or right to navigate between screens.
[*]Tap the screen to select an item or to open an application.
Going back
Swipe downwards from top edge of the Gear screen.
Home Screen
Adding app shortcuts
To add app shortcuts to the Gear's home screen, go to Apps on the Gear, tap and hold an app icon, then drag and drop it on the home icon at the top of the screen.
Rearranging shortcuts
Tap and hold an app icon and then drag and drop it to rearrange the app shortcuts on the Gear's home screen or in the app list.
Removing app shortcuts
Tap and hold an app icon, then drag and drop it on the remove icon at the top of the screen.
Two-Finger Interaction
Changing icon size
Tap the screen with two fingers and then swipe them in opposite directions to change the size of the icons on the home screen from small to large.
Controlling volume and brightness
Double tap any screen with two fingers to open the brightness and volume controls, and to view info, such as bluetooth status and battery status.
Viewing recently used apps
Tap and hold any screen with two fingers to view your recently used apps.
Pedometer
Counting steps
Tap Start to start using Pedometer. Your steps will be counted each day and recorded in History.
[*]Tap the screen to pause the step count. To resume, tap the screen again, then tap Resume.
[*]To view a graph of recently recorded data, tap the more button and select History.
Exercise
Exercising with coach
You can set various goals to fit your exercise plan. To set a goal, tap the more button and select Set goal.
[*]The accessory will offer coaching advice based on your measured heart rate during the exercise.
[*]Training effect helps you discover how effective your workout is. It analyses your workout and estimates its effect on your aerobic fitness. Follow the guidance on the screen and stop when you are satisfied with the result. The effects of your workouts are calculated based on your user profile, heart rate data, and difficulty of the workout. Your training effect goal changes in relation to your fitness levels, which are calculated automatically when you exercise on more than 3 different days.
[*]Swipe the screen to the left or right while exercising to change the information displayed.
[*]To view the graph of recently recorded data, tap the more button and select History.
Heart Rate
Measuring heart rate
Tap the screen to see the correct way of wearing the Gear in order to measure your heart rate.
[*]To start measuring your heart rate, tap the start button.
[*]To view a log of your heart rate measurements, tap the more button and select History. Swipe the screen to scroll through previous measurements.
Sleep
Measuring sleep duration
When you are ready to sleep, put the Gear on your wrist and tap Start. If you do not want to be disturbed while sleeping, tap the more options button and enable Blocking mode before you tap Start.
[*]Tap Stop when you wake up. You can check details of your sleep, such as sleeping time, restless sleeping time and motionless sleeping time.
[*]Tap the more options button to select History. To view your sleep duration records, tap the graph.
S Voice
Using mic button
Tap the mic button to turn on the mic.
[*]After you tap the mic button, it will turn red. Then you can say what you want.
[*]The Gear will then process and respond to what you have said.
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Before updating my phone from 4.4.4 to 5.1.1, I relied on the Screen Filter Xposed Module to dim my screen so my eyes wouldn't be blinded at night. After the update and after looking through ever new little menu and option, I found that the Colour Calibration sliders under the LiveDisplay settings essentially would do what I was using the Screen Filter module for.
Now, it isn't too much of an inconvenience, but it is a bit of an annoyance to have to navigate to that menu whenever I need to dim the screen. The closest I've gotten to making a "shortcut" is by placing the LiveDisplay tile in the app drawer there so I can launch the settings after long-pressing the tile.
My question is this: is there a way to make a widget or shortcut like the one used in the Screen Filter module? In the module, one could add a slider at the top of the notification drawer to quickly and easily dim the screen. Can this be replicated without having to install that module?
Thanks in advance for all your input.
I need the greatest minds on the forum to figure this out.
With cover closed, clock shows but no notifications.
Additionally, clock randomly moves from normal position to the middle of screen and then sometimes nearer the bottom.
Any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks.
v42stil said:
I need the greatest minds on the forum to figure this out.
With cover closed, clock shows but no notifications.
Additionally, clock randomly moves from normal position to the middle of screen and then sometimes nearer the bottom.
Any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks.
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Have you checked the settings under Lock Screen and Always On Display / Notifications. It's not really obvious that there are additional settings available under that if you tap on it. Moving clock presumably is intended to prevent burn in.
Thanks for the reply.
Had the phone for a few days and only noticed the clock moving position since yesterday.
Yeah, checked the 'always on display' and then 'content to show' is home button, clock & information.
Clear view cover is on.
As I said, the clock is showing, just won't display any notifications - which is pretty much the whole point of the thing.
(nevermind, I was wrong about my idea)
Hi guys,
I cooked up some tasker mods to address some of the graciously few problems I have with the software of the mate 20x. I thought they might be useful to some of you guys so I figured I'd share. The plugins used are AutoInput, AutoLaunch, AutoNotifications, and AutoTools.
Mod List:
1. Fixed Auto-rotate Lock: uses the quick tile to auto-rotate or lock to any orientation
2. Swipe Recent Apps Switcher: cycle through previous apps by swiping on the bottom of the screen ala iPhone
3. Auto-disable Eye comfort: pop-up prompt when activating chosen apps that automatically disables eye comfort mode
4. Automatic Screen Filter: activates the free app Night Screen when brightness is set to minimum and disables it when brightness is raised
1. Fix Auto-rotate Lock
There are two versions of this mod, one which uses the system quick tile and one which uses an AutoNotifications quick tile. The AutoNotifications quick tile is more reliable and allows you to seamlessly lock orientation in landscape or inverted. The system quick tile is more clunky and you cannot lock in inverted, but it's a bit faster. If anyone knows where to find the system quick tile icons please tell!
Simply import the profiles to Tasker and turn them on. Choose "Rotate On" for the system qt or "AltRotate On" for the AutoNotifications qt.
2. Swipe Recent Apps Switcher
This mod will track all activated apps in an array so they can be systematically called back. It also offers swipe gestures at the bottom of the screen which can be used to cycle through them. Swipe left or right to go back and forth through your recent apps. After settling on an app, the app list will be updated to bring your active app to the front.
To install, import and turn on all profiles and run the swipe task. The Swipe task must be ran to provide gestures. The overlay providing gestures is at the very bottom of the screen, so just swipe your finger along the screen edge. Modify your settings and profiles to make sure that Swipe, AutoTools, and Tasker stay on with full permissions. This mod requires that tasker monitoring use accessibility. In the no root version some apps will refresh their state when activated (es explorer). This is because apps are 'launched' and not 'brought to foreground'. In the root version this is not an issue.
3. Auto-disable Eye comfort
This will provide a discrete pop-up in the corner of your screen when you activate the selected apps. I set up the profile with the apps I use for photo and video editing. When you click the pop up it will automatically open the drawer and disable the eye comfort quick tile. The pop up will go away in 5 seconds if not clicked, or can be swiped away.
To install, place the "bubble" folder in your AutoTools webscreen folder. The file paths should match up, but you may need to modify them. Import and turn on. The no root plugin uses AutoInput to press the fourth quick tile. If you have eye comfort on another quick tile you will need to change the touch coordinates. The root option will, if prompted, automatically switch eye comfort on and off as you switch between monitored apps. If you dismiss the prompt it will not ask again until eye comfort is toggled.
4. Automatic Screen Filter
When brightness is lowered to the minimum level, this mod will launch the app Night Screen to lower the brightness with a screen filter. When the brightness is raised above minimum it will turn night screen off.
You can change the app used, but it must have a toggle or on/off activity to be launched by secure settings. I found Night Screen to be the best for me. Import and turn on profiles.
There may be some bugs due to inconsistent Tasker monitoring and the system messing with things. Unfortunately there is little I can do about this.
ps. the zip is NOT installable
Sorry I'm stumped about how to embed youtube videos. Here's links.
https://youtu.be/KZBQJX3Fges
https://youtu.be/AnVLVCdWC8U
https://youtu.be/SsVjmW-9KwI
I vastly improved the app switcher to function much more intuitively and more like a native function. It's works pretty much exactly like on the iPhone, accept the animations are going the wrong way. I'll test it out a bit then update the post.
You sir are incredible
Post has been updated with a new app switcher, a root app switcher which fixes the launching problem, and a root eye comfort prompt which modifies the setting directly and has enhanced functionality. Also now none of the mods are dependent on the Secure Settings plugin
cobram3 said:
You sir are incredible
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glad somebody likes it :good:
Allan can I pay you to help/tutor me on creating Tasker apps for my own use?
Please message me
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AllanRSS said:
glad somebody likes it :good:
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Such as:
Auto speakerphone when call connects by default
When I get in the car, show a list of media players as a popup (bc bt connected)
$60 via PayPal thx
I really appreciate the offer, but thats not how xda works. This is where people help people, and I've benefited far too much through the days on the generosity of others to be greedy now.
I took a quick look and it and there is a State profile called "BT Connected". You should be able to check your bluetooth settings for the exact name of your car and insert that into the Name field. Then you would make a Scene containing buttons corrosponding to your desired media player. This should be reletively straightforward. When the BT is connected, show the scene with the buttons then launch your choice. This can be done with the AutoLaunch plugin or by android intent by running code 'am start --activity-reorder-to-front PACKAGE_NAME/MAIN_ACTIVITY'. The main activity intent is easily found through terminal if you're rooted but I dont remember how to find it if you're not rooted.
For the call I would use the State profile "Call". I am not sure if this will activate after the call is connected or while the phone is ringing for incoming calls. If its when the phone is ringing I would then set up a loop with "AutoInput Query" to check whether the call was connected. Run a couple tests with the query to see what the variable values are when the call is connected and check for those values to escape the loop. When the call is connected, use auto input to click on the speakerphone button automaticly. You can use the auto option to configure this or you can go into developer mode on your phone and enable show pointer location to get the coordinates. Coordinates are faster that text matching, but you might have to add a wait for 500ms to avoid it touching too early.
That should be it, pretty straightforward. You've inspired me to update this list with my new rotate toolbar and fixes. Happy tinkering!
That being said, I would be willing to do it for you if you would rather pay for a finished solution. However, I greatly encourage you to give it a go yourself, the possibilities are endless once you get comfortable with Tasker.