http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708012
i tested this on my ATT Note running ICS objection..so far works perfectly!!!!:laugh::laugh::laugh:
hope this hasnt been posted yet!!!!
Whoa whoa whoa!!! This is not my work.. all thanks go to original postcard.. I just thought I would share with the note community.. but yes awesome job to the dev!!!! I've been waiting for this!!
elnoxvie said:
Hi Guys,
I would like to present you smart stay with functionality similar to S3 Smart Stay. Currently this will be in beta and i am looking for beta tester for this app.
Requirements:
- Own a S2 or other phones with front camera.
- Preferably owning other phones with front camera.
- Willing to report back the status and offer improvements.
Disclaimer:
- I am not responsible for any damage done to your phone, yourself or anyone else. ^^
Usage:
- always keep your camera facing you and stay at least a Distance away for the camera to see you.
FAQ.
what is Smart Stay / Active Stay ?
Smart Stay keeps the screen turned on till the user is viewing it. The front camera uses the eye tracking technology to save the power.
Why is the screen off when i am in front of the phone?
Camera requires a distance to capture your pretty face. Maintain ada distance for it to work properly.
When will you release the beta?
15th june.
Beta Starts: 15th June
Beta END: 29th June
What can i expect at the end of beta?
Both the lite and Pro version will be available.
Will it consume lots of Resources?
Any app runs in background will but so little you wont notice.
BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD THE APP, PLEASE READ:
* The beta app will come with a limited functionality and should be regarded as limited time beta trial.
* This app is by no means related to SAMSUNG, it's a private project
* At the end of the beta testing, Lite version will be provided and discount will be given for those who have provided a feedback on this page. (Good or bad)
DEVICES THAT WORKS:
SGS2: CM9 4.0.4 latest nightly, MIUI, AOKP.
MOTOROLA XOOM: HONEY COMB
Xperia: XPERIA S.
HTC: HTC EVO, ONE X, Sensation
SAMSUNG: galaxy tab 7.7, SGS2, N7000, SGS 3(AOKP), Samsung Galaxy W
MOTOROLA: Motorola Atrix
DEVICES THAT DONT WORK:
HTC ONE X: Seems to be working but having a mixed result.
GALAXY NEXUS: Not working but need more testers
GALAXY S I900: not working, unknown requires logs.
MOTOROLA RAZR: seems to not working for now.
V1.0.3 SOUND FIX: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?u1n3umbtk7sei81
V1.0.3: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?64vr472qu1phuzq
* Improve detection (using s3 flows)
* Remove Delay-Off
* Debug mode will save pictures (only those failed to detect) in SmartStay folder under sdcard
* Please dont turn them on unless necessary *
V1.0.2: http://www.mediafire.com/?9lvrmd9tm7laz1v
* Fixes for Video lag during camera shutter. This requires you to set the video app in the exception list
* Low light detection improvement.
* Adding delay off
* improved detection quality.
* Simple UI.
Please remember to turn off and on the screen again for the changes to take place.
V1.0.1: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?abmk4tt9cf7evn2
* Change logs:
- Possible fix for Galaxy Nexus, HTC One x and I9100
- Remove polling. Now, camera only works when screen about to turn off. Keep your camera utilization low. Hence saving battery. This requires you to turn it on manually via Accessibility setting. on and off your screen to refresh changes and you are ready to go.
- Instead of removing notification, i will put it as optional.
- Some interface cleaning.
V.1.0.0: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?abmk4tt9cf7evn2
- Limited Time Beta released
NOTES: The app will auto lock down on 29th june 2012 and
there may be plenty of bugs still. Please check for the lite version at the end of beta.
To report issues: please name the device and ROM also set the debug on.
You can also follow the latest news of the app on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/SmartActiveStay
How do you know it works? A member, Naor Alchsh made a video on this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9q6-GfxKgE
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only heard briefly about this
but "Smart Stay keeps the screen turned on till the user is viewing it." is that correct? means will turn off when i am viewing it?
if not, will it turn on if i get close to it? or still gotta use power button?
AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note Stock Gingerbread
It works perfectly on my galaxy note using stock rom. Only Problem is the SHUTTER SOUND. I tried to turn on the option for shutter sound. It works, but my only concern is it works by changing profile from regular to silent every 8-9 seconds. I wish there was some other kind of fix to it rather than changing profiles.
Anyhow, it is a great app and I love it so far. Great work.
SayWhat10 said:
only heard briefly about this
but "Smart Stay keeps the screen turned on till the user is viewing it." is that correct? means will turn off when i am viewing it?
if not, will it turn on if i get close to it? or still gotta use power button?
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Exactly opposite it keeps the screen on while you are viewing
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
Now that I think about it - there are a couple issues with the app.
1.) Called the same as Samsung's. I can see them having an issue with that.
2.) He's going to charge for the premium app - but I'm sure someone can/will port the S3 Smart Stay apk over. So it'll all depend on how much you get with that premium app..
Still a good effort though.
i have a xperia s and it says no frontface camera detected
Wanted to share with you some experience with the very nice phone from Xiaomi, and my first impressions are:
- Very nice look, excellent finish.
- Nice value and really high performance.
- Speedy unlock - either fingerprint or face - do not need to touch anything to get the phone unlocked via face recognition, however to enable face unlock I had to change the region of the phone to get it in options.
- very decent battery
But...
- Google assistant does not support "OK Goggle unlock" and voice control (seems not to work with all MIUI phones?)
- Widevine L3 - so NO HD Netflix or Amazon video
- Wide notch - is this the problem - anyway no notifications on top of display - so I have to pull down on top to see what is going on..?
- AMOLED display vastly inferior to Galaxy display - very washed out videos in direct compare
- Till now it seems for me impossible to implement the ported stock dialers (phone) to get the look and feel of stock Android.
- Camera disappointed me - cannot understand the DxoMark rating of 99 ??? In direct comparison with my Galaxy S8, very poor in low light, and despite OIS very shaky videos - Xiaomi desperately need EIS implementation.
- It was very tricky to implement multilingual setup, some bugs in MIUI perhaps.
- I have Xiaomi BT headset, but the sound paired with MI8 on this unit is too low. Also the call volume is a little to soft, wished the earpiece would be louder.
So, as I've stated much more negative comments, seems as not satisfied with the phone, what is not true, but these observations are really there and making some problems in real life.
And after a lot of playing I still do not know how to change the default icon look on the phone (needed for ported pixel launcher), since when applying different themes only the MIUI launcher displays new icons.
Any comments from other users?
tomsag said:
Wanted to share with you some experience with the very nice phone from Xiaomi, and my first impressions are:
- Very nice look, excellent finish.
- Nice value and really high performance.
- Speedy unlock - either fingerprint or face - do not need to touch anything to get the phone unlocked via face recognition, however to enable face unlock I had to change the region of the phone to get it in options.
- very decent battery
But...
- Google assistant does not support "OK Goggle unlock" and voice control (seems not to work with all MIUI phones?)
- Widevine L3 - so NO HD Netflix or Amazon video
- Wide notch - is this the problem - anyway no notifications on top of display - so I have to pull down on top to see what is going on..?
- AMOLED display vastly inferior to Galaxy display - very washed out videos in direct compare
- Till now it seems for me impossible to implement the ported stock dialers (phone) to get the look and feel of stock Android.
- Camera disappointed me - cannot understand the DxoMark rating of 99 ??? In direct comparison with my Galaxy S8, very poor in low light, and despite OIS very shaky videos - Xiaomi desperately need EIS implementation.
- It was very tricky to implement multilingual setup, some bugs in MIUI perhaps.
- I have Xiaomi BT headset, but the sound paired with MI8 on this unit is too low. Also the call volume is a little to soft, wished the earpiece would be louder.
So, as I've stated much more negative comments, seems as not satisfied with the phone, what is not true, but these observations are really there and making some problems in real life.
And after a lot of playing I still do not know how to change the default icon look on the phone (needed for ported pixel launcher), since when applying different themes only the MIUI launcher displays new icons.
Any comments from other users?
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Just a summary from another Mi8 owner:
- Google assistant does not support "OK Goggle unlock" and voice control (seems not to work with all MIUI phones?)
you complain about "ok google" doesn't work on a Chinese smartphone? Really?
- Widevine L3 - so NO HD Netflix or Amazon video
Widevine L3 was never supported on a xiaomi smartphone, nor a Mi6 nor a Mi5s. Why should a chinese phone support DRM from Netflix or amazon?
- Wide notch - is this the problem - anyway no notifications on top of display - so I have to pull down on top to see what is going on..?
did you buy the device without having seen it? Notch was known ....
- AMOLED display vastly inferior to Galaxy display - very washed out videos in direct compare
In my opinion, I love the display, it hasn't an exaggerated saturation as Samsung and its lot better than a Oneplus5T Display.
- Till now it seems for me impossible to implement the ported stock dialers (phone) to get the look and feel of stock Android.
There is no Guarantee to install google phone on every smartphone. Just for me, i've installed xiaomi.eu rom and can install the google phone dialer offically from google play store without limitations.
- Camera disappointed me - cannot understand the DxoMark rating of 99 ??? In direct comparison with my Galaxy S8, very poor in low light, and despite OIS very shaky videos - Xiaomi desperately need EIS implementation.
Can't really understand this point, i've compared this cam round about two weeks with a Huawei P20 Pro and JUST FOR ME: the Mi8 cam is better, the AI on the Huawei device is horrible and in low light situations i can't see no advantages too. Maybe the P20 pro is better in some conditions BUT compared with the price the MI8 is more better !
Here is my comparison of P20 Pro and Mi8, everything on AUTO and just Point and shoot:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zmvYbnuxSZvsnhVAA
Thank you for your thoughts, but..
>you complain about "ok google" doesn't work on a Chinese smartphone? Really?
Mi other Xiaomi (A2) does support "Ok Google".
>BUT compared with the price the MI8 is more better !
This is Definitely true - amazing value.
tomsag said:
Thank you for your thoughts, but..
>you complain about "ok google" doesn't work on a Chinese smartphone? Really?
Mi other Xiaomi (A2) does support "Ok Google".
>BUT compared with the price the MI8 is more better !
This is Definitely true - amazing value.
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Xiaomi MI A2 is a really good example why "Ok Google" works, it doesn't run Xiaomis Miui. It runs Android One, its a stock android fork and it would be a misstake when "Okay Google" wont work here....
Try the camera with xiaomi.eu MIUI 10 Stable. MIUI Global for Mi 8 is a big joke with a lot of problems and missing features. The DXO review was made with the Chaina ROM, that is why it shoots good/great.
I'm a happy Mi 8 user with the latest stable xiaomi.eu. After 1 month of using it: Mi 8 is not the best phone, but for this price, it's unbeatable right now and probably in the near future among the flagships.
Best regards!
After 3 months with Mi8
Summarized - A great phone!
- Screen is very good balanced - normal colors, nice.
- Battery durability is much better then expected, keeping it charged for 45 minutes a day.
- very snappy. Quick to browse.
- WiFi has very good reception.
- camera is excellent, but telephoto not very usable in lower light conditions (due to lack of OIS)
Never had any problem with this phone, which is - from my experience - very rare in praxis.
Hope to get Pie and camera update soon.
I hab similar experience with miui 10 global. Can't wait to unlock :|
Camera ist not good. Many bugs like Bluetooth disconnecting and big standby battery drain. App crashes. Always on display not working.
I also don't get why they don't display notification icons, it's so easy to do.
What I really like are the full screen gestures but that's about it lol
tomsag said:
Wanted to share with you some experience with the very nice phone from Xiaomi, and my first impressions are:
- Very nice look, excellent finish.
- Nice value and really high performance.
- Speedy unlock - either fingerprint or face - do not need to touch anything to get the phone unlocked via face recognition, however to enable face unlock I had to change the region of the phone to get it in options.
- very decent battery
But...
- Google assistant does not support "OK Goggle unlock" and voice control (seems not to work with all MIUI phones?)
- Widevine L3 - so NO HD Netflix or Amazon video
- Wide notch - is this the problem - anyway no notifications on top of display - so I have to pull down on top to see what is going on..?
- AMOLED display vastly inferior to Galaxy display - very washed out videos in direct compare
- Till now it seems for me impossible to implement the ported stock dialers (phone) to get the look and feel of stock Android.
- Camera disappointed me - cannot understand the DxoMark rating of 99 ??? In direct comparison with my Galaxy S8, very poor in low light, and despite OIS very shaky videos - Xiaomi desperately need EIS implementation.
- It was very tricky to implement multilingual setup, some bugs in MIUI perhaps.
- I have Xiaomi BT headset, but the sound paired with MI8 on this unit is too low. Also the call volume is a little to soft, wished the earpiece would be louder.
So, as I've stated much more negative comments, seems as not satisfied with the phone, what is not true, but these observations are really there and making some problems in real life.
And after a lot of playing I still do not know how to change the default icon look on the phone (needed for ported pixel launcher), since when applying different themes only the MIUI launcher displays new icons.
Any comments from other users?
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1. Google Assistant isn't working for a ton of phones, Samsung ones included. It's a GA bug.
2. No idea why they didn't certify L1...which is FREE!
3. The display is great, the only problem is with the older ROM, HDR isn't enabled yet so HDR videos look absolutely crap. Android Pie update has fixed this somewhat.
4. The Mi 8 has both OIS and EIS, and videos are very stable from my tests.
The other points aren't relevant to me so I hope they fix it for you.
ArmedandDangerous said:
1. Google Assistant isn't working for a ton of phones, Samsung ones included. It's a GA bug.
2. No idea why they didn't certify L1...which is FREE!
3. The display is great, the only problem is with the older ROM, HDR isn't enabled yet so HDR videos look absolutely crap. Android Pie update has fixed this somewhat.
4. The Mi 8 has both OIS and EIS, and videos are very stable from my tests.
The other points aren't relevant to me so I hope they fix it for you.
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Here I am with good news!
1. Google Assistant is now working (always on listening)
2. - yeah no change possible
3. Huge difference after last update, HDR videos look gorgeous!
4. As I said before, without telephoto, it's very stable. And now camera is working much better, even the night mode is very nice and if needed 960fps slow-mo is available.
This is a much better phone now!
tomsag said:
Here I am with good news!
1. Google Assistant is now working (always on listening)
2. - yeah no change possible
3. Huge difference after last update, HDR videos look gorgeous!
4. As I said before, without telephoto, it's very stable. And now camera is working much better, even the night mode is very nice and if needed 960fps slow-mo is available.
This is a much better phone now!
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There's an issue with HDR if you have not noticed with the update. If you watch HDR videos during night time, the whole system turns a yellow tinge (Night/Reading mode OFF). When you quit the video, the system UI turns back to white. I've tested this, and the system returns itself to normal at 7.14am (I don't know why lol). It's as if HDR somehow forces Reading Mode on during night time, even if you have it turned off.
Global miui 10 8.12.20 beta,
No issues with ok Google (no unlock though)
Camera is excellent
Notch is too wide
Ported stock apps work (Google dialer, Google camera with night sight)
Got 300,737 in antutu, basically rivalling a Kirin 980 (ok I was outside in 4C temperature running it)
As for MIUI, previously owning an honor 9, I got rid of EMUI as soon as possible , I actually don't mind MIUI 10, it's not very intrusive, and is fairly minimalist, paired with ruthless launcher and a pixel icon pack, I might actually keep MIUI after I unlock the bootloader
ambitiousButRubbish said:
Global miui 10 8.12.20 beta,
No issues with ok Google (no unlock though)
Camera is excellent
Notch is too wide
Ported stock apps work (Google dialer, Google camera with night sight)
Got 300,737 in antutu, basically rivalling a Kirin 980 (ok I was outside in 4C temperature running it)
As for MIUI, previously owning an honor 9, I got rid of EMUI as soon as possible , I actually don't mind MIUI 10, it's not very intrusive, and is fairly minimalist, paired with ruthless launcher and a pixel icon pack, I might actually keep MIUI after I unlock the bootloader
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Hi, I am a few hours away from unlocking the boatloader on my Mi8. Can you please direct me to some sure steps on installing Magisk after the Miui 10 stable update. Thank you in advance
ArmedandDangerous said:
1. Google Assistant isn't working for a ton of phones, Samsung ones included. It's a GA bug.
2. No idea why they didn't certify L1...which is FREE!
3. The display is great, the only problem is with the older ROM, HDR isn't enabled yet so HDR videos look absolutely crap. Android Pie update has fixed this somewhat.
4. The Mi 8 has both OIS and EIS, and videos are very stable from my tests.
The other points aren't relevant to me so I hope they fix it for you.
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ambitiousButRubbish said:
Global miui 10 8.12.20 beta,
No issues with ok Google (no unlock though)
Camera is excellent
Notch is too wide
Ported stock apps work (Google dialer, Google camera with night sight)
Got 300,737 in antutu, basically rivalling a Kirin 980 (ok I was outside in 4C temperature running it)
As for MIUI, previously owning an honor 9, I got rid of EMUI as soon as possible , I actually don't mind MIUI 10, it's not very intrusive, and is fairly minimalist, paired with ruthless launcher and a pixel icon pack, I might actually keep MIUI after I unlock the bootloader
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>No unlock with assistant is problematic a little
>Which Google Camera is Working for you? Is it better the na new stock?
no need to check benchmarks, MI8 runs very fast.
A feature which would i welcome is a ported pixel 3 launcher which works (with assistant button)
Otherwise might be the best phone for the money. A big difference to slightly lower cost Pocophone (display and camera are really much better)
tomsag said:
>No unlock with assistant is problematic a little
>Which Google Camera is Working for you? Is it better the na new stock?
no need to check benchmarks, MI8 runs very fast.
A feature which would i welcome is a ported pixel 3 launcher which works (with assistant button)
Otherwise might be the best phone for the money. A big difference to slightly lower cost Pocophone (display and camera are really much better)
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Indeed, no unlock is a bit meh, but at least Assistant/Google Voice works now.
tomsag said:
>No unlock with assistant is problematic a little
>Which Google Camera is Working for you? Is it better the na new stock?
no need to check benchmarks, MI8 runs very fast.
A feature which would i welcome is a ported pixel 3 launcher which works (with assistant button)
Otherwise might be the best phone for the money. A big difference to slightly lower cost Pocophone (display and camera are really much better)
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for the pixel launcher, just download the modded APK from ApkMirror, this is the latest version, should work fine https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/papho...tless-pixel-2-launcher-mod-9-4889482-release/ Although, to be fair, i much prefer ruthless launcher, as it offers a few more features over the stock pixel launcher, unfortunately, you do need to install the pixel bridge fro assistant to work though.
I'd check the cameras, but my screen decided that working was not in its job description, so (luckily) i am getting a replacement device from amazon (still within returns window), should be with me tomorrow, so i'll test, but as far as i can tell, from taking a few pictures before it died, the stock camera seems very good, especially in the dark, i took a few pictures in an almost completely black room, upped the exposure, and got some rather nice (abeit a bit blurry, because i cant hold a phone still for 4 seconds it seems) images. This was on global beta 8.12.20, so may not be the same as stable 10.1.2.
I will say though, that the secondary lens, switched to using it independently (there's a setting for telephoto somewhere in the camera app), isn't very good in low light, and doesn't have brilliant saturation, but i think its a software thing, need to wait until there are a few 3rd part camera apps that can use both cameras, given pie offers an API to do that now.
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Xavind said:
Hi, I am a few hours away from unlocking the boatloader on my Mi8. Can you please direct me to some sure steps on installing Magisk after the Miui 10 stable update. Thank you in advance
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unlock bootloader
Flash TWRP (there's a build somewhere on these forums)
flash the latest magisk build from TWRP
reboot
(same as any other device)
ambitiousButRubbish said:
for the pixel launcher, just download the modded APK from ApkMirror, this is the latest version, should work fine
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Cannot find a ported Pixel 3 Launcher which would work on my MI8.
Using the rootless launcher, but missing the assistant button on search bar...
Do you have a link to a working port?
tomsag said:
Cannot find a ported Pixel 3 Launcher which would work on my MI8.
Using the rootless launcher, but missing the assistant button on search bar...
Do you have a link to a working port?
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try ruthless launcher https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.ruthless.nexuslauncher
you need to download rootless pixel bridge from github too
if you want a stock pixel launcher, just try an earlier version of the one on APKmirror, just scroll down until you get to the list of versions
Seems you have not understood me...
I am using thee rootless launcher from the first date and it works very good, but I'm missing the Assistand button on the search bar...
tomsag said:
Seems you have not understood me...
I am using thee rootless launcher from the first date and it works very good, but I'm missing the Assistand button on the search bar...
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ah, ok, have you actually got google assistant enabled, you actually need to open the assistant app at least once and set it up for it to work properly, or do you mean that the button isn't there in the search bar, because if so, that's a bit odd since it worked fine for me, to be fair, i'd just say switch over to ruthless launcher, i personally think its a bit better (although i do miss the 'right click' menu on long press of background), since the assistant button is built into the launcher, i cant see any reason why it shouldn't be there, possibly its an OS issue, i was on global beta 10.12.20, if you are on the chinese ROM it might not work, not without google services installed properly at least.
ambitiousButRubbish said:
ah, ok, have you actually got google assistant enabled, you actually need to open the assistant app at least once and set it up for it to work properly, or do you mean that the button isn't there in the search bar, because if so, that's a bit odd since it worked fine for me, to be fair, i'd just say switch over to ruthless launcher, i personally think its a bit better (although i do miss the 'right click' menu on long press of background), since the assistant button is built into the launcher, i cant see any reason why it shouldn't be there, possibly its an OS issue, i was on global beta 10.12.20, if you are on the chinese ROM it might not work, not without google services installed properly at least.
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everything works about assistant (voice or button activated), I'm on global ROM. Just there is no specific assitant button on the right side of the search bar. I'm on MIUI 10.1.2.0 stable.
If there would be an specific assistant button I'd be able to switch to gesture control.