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Hi all,
About two weeks ago I updated my XS to the official ICS update and am half happy/half annoyed with the result.
Firstly, I'm having trouble with the Home Screen Auto-Rotate. I can't see any settings/toggles for it, and it only seems to activate when plugged into a charger, and turning on/off screen rotation doesn't seem to affect it.
This is a problem for me, because I tend to be lying in bed when charging the phone, and having the home screen auto-rotate while all other applications are fixed in portrait is really annoying!
Have any of you found some setting for this? Or have a solution?
Secondly, there's the issue with the Lock Screen. With the ICS update, the ONLY way to view notifications in the lockscreen is by using "Slide" as a lock screen option, unlike Gingerbread. This is a problem because most people tend to want the "slide to unlock" and then some sort of security function (pattern, PIN, password, face recognition).
From what what I've gathered from reading some posts, ICS removed that functionality or something rather.
Do any of you have any solutions that keep the "Xperia" theme/look?
Thanks,
Aruim
Your first problem is non issues and standard features of any phone for Android(exactly the same as GB), you need to take a quick trip to the dev section to find a solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769082
Your second problem, if I understand you is also a non issue, you can pull down the status notifications menu in the lock screen(new to ICS), you can slide to open any notification(exactly the same as GB) and you can slide to unlock(exactly the same as GB)... you will find everything (exactly the same as GB) in the security\screen lock section of the settings.
-smc
somemadcaaant said:
Your first problem is non issues and standard features of any phone for Android(exactly the same as GB), you need to take a quick trip to the dev section to find a solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769082
Your second problem, if I understand you is also a non issue, you can pull down the status notifications menu in the lock screen(new to ICS), you can slide to open any notification(exactly the same as GB) and you can slide to unlock(exactly the same as GB)... you will find everything (exactly the same as GB) in the security\screen lock section of the settings.
-smc
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The second prob the OP has is possibly the one I've seen most people comment on.
Some of us want notifications on our locks screens, but also want security, such as a PIN. You could do this on GB, now you can't. You have to have one or the other now with ICS. It's not *exactly* the same as GB.
Not a deal breaker, admittedly, but something *I* think Sony should have left, or at least included it as a choice.
hi
For this problem,
I went to disable the Live Ware.
Or, if you use this program, you can only uninstall the new update.
(the behavior you do not want to depend on this)
this worked for me
aruim said:
Hi all,
About two weeks ago I updated my XS to the official ICS update and am half happy/half annoyed with the result.
Firstly, I'm having trouble with the Home Screen Auto-Rotate. I can't see any settings/toggles for it, and it only seems to activate when plugged into a charger, and turning on/off screen rotation doesn't seem to affect it.
This is a problem for me, because I tend to be lying in bed when charging the phone, and having the home screen auto-rotate while all other applications are fixed in portrait is really annoying!
Have any of you found some setting for this? Or have a solution?
Secondly, there's the issue with the Lock Screen. With the ICS update, the ONLY way to view notifications in the lockscreen is by using "Slide" as a lock screen option, unlike Gingerbread. This is a problem because most people tend to want the "slide to unlock" and then some sort of security function (pattern, PIN, password, face recognition).
From what what I've gathered from reading some posts, ICS removed that functionality or something rather.
Do any of you have any solutions that keep the "Xperia" theme/look?
Thanks,
Aruim
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warface said:
The second prob the OP has is possibly the one I've seen most people comment on.
Some of us want notifications on our locks screens, but also want security, such as a PIN. You could do this on GB, now you can't. You have to have one or the other now with ICS. It's not *exactly* the same as GB.
Not a deal breaker, admittedly, but something *I* think Sony should have left, or at least included it as a choice.
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I stand corrected; i misunderstood.
I prefer it the ICS way tho, I'd prefer not having to slide to unlock then to again go thru security, to then have access to the phone. One poor mans solution is to pick your security method then set sim lock, at least yull have two part security option when u first turn on your device.
-smc
I've had my Z2 for a day, and before I bought it I read a review that measured phone reaction time between when the screen was clicked and when the phone started to react and it was DOG SLOW. Now I'm definitely experiencing the same. I mean there is noticeable lag when clicking something (like the Home button for example) and when the phone actually starts to take action. Is this normal? Is this just due to Sony's Android Customization?
Really?!! My experience is exactly opposite. I think the phone's touchscreen is too sensitive.
So I usually type wrong... ( Maybe it's my personal problem)
carbonmeteor said:
Really?!! My experience is exactly opposite. I think the phone's touchscreen is too sensitive.
So I usually type wrong... ( Maybe it's my personal problem)
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Yeah the problem isn't sensitivity, it's responsiveness. The screen sensitivity is fine, it's just that the time it take between when I click the Home button and the point at which the Z2 actually STARTS to close my current app and bring me to the home screen seems WAY too long to me. Not sure if the review I read and my experience is normal or is the reviewer and I both have phones with issues.
I see... I misunderstood your words~~
Did u upgrade the firmware ? OR the problem had existed from the beginning?
Coz it's seldom that a new phone has such...lag
My phone did update when I started it for the first time, but I don't know how it was before the update since it was brand new.
SwarlosEstavez said:
My phone did update when I started it for the first time, but I don't know how it was before the update since it was brand new.
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For myself, I usually do a factory reset after a OS version update~ otherwise waiting for the next update released by official .
I always do a factory reset on system updates. Prevents a lot of weird things...
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SwarlosEstavez said:
Yeah the problem isn't sensitivity, it's responsiveness. The screen sensitivity is fine, it's just that the time it take between when I click the Home button and the point at which the Z2 actually STARTS to close my current app and bring me to the home screen seems WAY too long to me. Not sure if the review I read and my experience is normal or is the reviewer and I both have phones with issues.
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Maybe its the default animation of the default launcher. Personally I don't seem to have this problem, when I press the home button it goes straight to the homescreen, there is no delay but I don't use the default launcher.
Go into developer options and turn animations off, maybe this might help you
Settings>About phone>Build number, keep clicking it until you unlock developer mode
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I've had my Z2 for a day, and before I bought it I read a review that measured phone reaction time between when the screen was clicked and when the phone started to react and it was DOG SLOW. Now I'm definitely experiencing the same. I mean there is noticeable lag when clicking something (like the Home button for example) and when the phone actually starts to take action. Is this normal? Is this just due to Sony's Android Customization?
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Nope. My Z2 responds very quickly. It may be a problem with your device.
Same goes, although i curently have a very defective unit, everything is very rapid
I agree with @nreuge this could be a fault with your device
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My z2 sometimes lags too, not much, but I can feel it,
How about a backup and a hard reset then? It helps to that most at-times.
Definitely more sluggish than the HTC One M8 and iPhone 5s. It isn't as bad as the Galaxy S5 though.
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Its far from sluggish, and the speed at which home button reacts to your press isnt really a deciding factor in phones performance..
Thanks for the responses everyone. I did a factory reset and it did help a bit. I guess the phone just isn't as fast and responsive as others on the market. It's a far cry from the Nexus 5 and the HTC M8, but I'm sure that over time I'll either get used to it or flash a custom rom on it.
The Z2 isnt as slugish as people have mentioned
I can play almost all games around -40-60fps
If you cant acheieve this and have no lag at all lag through home or navigating apps, your unit is probably defective
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Its far from sluggish, and the speed at which home button reacts to your press isnt really a deciding factor in phones performance..
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You're right it's not, but a Snapdragon 801 shouldn't hesitate to go to the home screen when you press home.
Envious_Data said:
The Z2 isnt as slugish as people have mentioned
I can play almost all games around -40-60fps
If you cant acheieve this and have lag through home or navigating apps, your unit is defective
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This has nothing to do with gaming performance. I can play all games without any stutter, but as soon as the home button is hit or the recent apps button is hit, it will hesitate before opening or going to the homescreen. It's not "defective", something is just making the phone sluggish.
OP, I removed the small apps launcher from the recent apps panel and it seems to be a bit faster, though still not instant.
Ya, it is not about playing games, it is these little things, like home key, camera app, setting manual, recent app key.....
the z2 is a bit slow and lags compares to other flagships. It is not too bad, but the lags are there. It doesn't happen all the time.
If you are coming from dual core phones you will not notice it, however if you are coming from M8 or S5, you will notice it.
Hopefully the next update will fix this.
No phone is perfect, overall I am very happy with the z2, except the audio......:crying: I will get used to it.
If you need to speed up the phones response try altering the 'Drawing modes' for Window animation, transition animation and animator duration scales.
To do this you first need to activate Developer mode.
Go to Settings/About phone and at the very bottom of the list tap on Build number eight times.
This will bring up a small warning informing you Developer mode is now active.
Next, go back to Settings and you will notice in between Printing and About phone you now have 'Developer options' available.
Tap on Developer options and scroll down to the 'Drawing' section.
Where it says:-
Window animation scale
Transition animation scale
Animator duration scale
Change these three settings from 1x to .5x
You should now notice your phone is much snappier and responsive.
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If you need to speed up the phones response try altering the 'Drawing modes' for Window animation, transition animation and animator duration scales.
To do this you first need to activate Developer mode.
Go to Settings/About phone and at the very bottom of the list tap on Build number eight times.
This will bring up a small warning informing you Developer mode is now active.
Next, go back to Settings and you will notice in between Printing and About phone you now have 'Developer options' available.
Tap on Developer options and scroll down to the 'Drawing' section.
Where it says:-
Window animation scale
Transition animation scale
Animator duration scale
Change these three settings from 1x to .5x
You should now notice your phone is much snappier and responsive.
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That does make a difference, thanks!
I have a minor niggle but wonder if it's due to something I'm doing wrong. I have full backup's of my TA partition and flash custom and stock rom's as and when I choose. I just have an annoying issue when i turn my screen back on it shows garbage pixels on the screen and slowly draws the screen til the bottom and then flashes to a properly drawn screen. Can I remove it or learn to live with it?
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I have a minor niggle but wonder if it's due to something I'm doing wrong. I have full backup's of my TA partition and flash custom and stock rom's as and when I choose. I just have an annoying issue when i turn my screen back on it shows garbage pixels on the screen and slowly draws the screen til the bottom and then flashes to a properly drawn screen. Can I remove it or learn to live with it?
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My test device - that I picked up very cheep as it had been dropped and the SIM reader no longer works - displays the same issue, I had always assumed it was because of the fall it had.
Sorry if that doesn't help you
like this?
http://youtu.be/oyv5QmD5uQA
Exactly the same issue thanks
Same here but my phone is allways in case and i never dropped it. Oh and factory reset or flashing another ROM is not solution.
Any ideas?
I can only guess that either the RAM fills up with the screen off and once it starts to clear when the power button is pressed it suddenly can draw faster, or it's because the CPU and GPU clock down and slowly ramp up on wake. I'll change my performance settings see if that changes things?!
I've changed the settings in performance. So goto settings, performance, profile and select performance instead of balanced or power save. This seems to have sorted the re-draw issue on the lockscreen, any change I'll let you know. Now I just need to get a basic knowledge coding/cooking rom's and start delving further into android!!
srdempster said:
I've changed the settings in performance. So goto settings, performance, profile and select performance instead of balanced or power save. This seems to have sorted the re-draw issue on the lockscreen, any change I'll let you know. Now I just need to get a basic knowledge coding/cooking rom's and start delving further into android!!
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So it's actually software problem right? Not damaged screen or something inside the phone.
Jecmenn said:
So it's actually software problem right? Not damaged screen or something inside the phone.
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seems that way i now get it one in ten times I press the power button otherwise it just instantly appears with no redraw, just seems like lag
srdempster said:
seems that way i now get it one in ten times I press the power button otherwise it just instantly appears with no redraw, just seems like lag
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mine is a hardware issue. you will see that it is currently on cm12 but it has done that on Stock, 4.4.x custom and 5.0 CM/AOSP as well. It will only do this if it hasn't be used for a few hours.
Introducing Pixel Pulse - a simple app to make your Ambient Display pulse when you have notifications!
Choose the interval and select the apps you want you to cause your screen to wake.
Optional paid features let you select different icons and colors for specific apps but the interval and app filter core functionality is all free.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.pixelpulse
If you had previously purchased Ambi-Turner, it has been updated for the new permissions, but because it was written for 8.0 and when Google's ambient display worked differently I decided to leave it as it is. You may however transfer your purchase status of Ambient Display to Pixel Pulse using both apps.
FIRST!
So, I've installed and tested and here are my initial findings:
It works great and looks gorgeous!
If you have your notifications set to display the notification contents, those contents will also flash on the screen.
The default display interval of 60 seconds works perfectly, but when I set it to 30 seconds, it flashed approximately every 10 seconds for some reason.
The notification it chooses to flash doesn't appear to be based on the most recent received or highest priority. Can you explain how the app knows which notification to flash on the display?
So far, there is no way to interact with the notification. Swiping away or double tapping do nothing.
The only way to wake the phone is to press the power button or fingerprint scanner.
This is a great start and I hope you please keep up the great work! I will be donating to the cause!
PuffDaddy_d said:
FIRST!
So, I've installed and tested and here are my initial findings:
It works great and looks gorgeous!
If you have your notifications set to display the notification contents, those contents will also flash on the screen.
The default display interval of 60 seconds works perfectly, but when I set it to 30 seconds, it flashed approximately every 10 seconds for some reason.
The notification it chooses to flash doesn't appear to be based on the most recent received or highest priority. Can you explain how the app knows which notification to flash on the display?
So far, there is no way to interact with the notification. Swiping away or double tapping do nothing.
The only way to wake the phone is to press the power button or fingerprint scanner.
This is a great start and I hope you please keep up the great work! I will be donating to the cause!
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The times were accurate on my pixel 2, but my pixel 3 which only just arrived, was being stopped. Probably due the aggressive process killing I've read about. So this morning I quickly added a secondary wake to keep it from being killed. I'll sync the times when I get home from work.
It uses the natural order of notifications. A priority option would be a good idea.
No interaction yet, but that's planned. So is a blackout period (don't pulse when you're sleeping for example).
Ignore my comment about the notification priority - that was user error.
Feature request: Can you add an option to have the ambient display stay on (no pulsing) until the user bypasses the ambient display screen? The flashing of the ambient display is a little distracting when the phone is on a desk. This way, we could still tell at a glance when we have a notification waiting, but the screen will go back to all black once we act on it or simply unlock the phone.
I can try but it may not be possible without root.
grokus said:
I can try but it may not be possible without root.
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No worries - this is xda, root is all we do!
grokus said:
Introducing Pixel Pulse - a simple app to make your Ambient Display pulse when you have notifications!
Choose the interval and select the apps you want you to cause your screen to wake.
Optional paid features let you select different icons and colors for specific apps but the interval and app filter core functionality is all free.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.pixelpulse
If you had previously purchased Ambi-Turner, it has been updated for the new permissions, but because it was written for 8.0 and when Google's ambient display worked differently I decided to leave it as it is. You may however transfer your purchase status of Ambient Display to Pixel Pulse using both apps.
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I have been working on a similar app, and could not find a way to get this to work while still allowing the device to doze, so the battery life is heavily impacted. Did you solve the battery drain issue?
BLuFeNiX said:
I have been working on a similar app, and could not find a way to get this to work while still allowing the device to doze, so the battery life is heavily impacted. Did you solve the battery drain issue?
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I haven't noticed a battery drain issue, but I'm hoping xda can help find one if it exists. I'm not actually turning on the screen so doze should remain active.
grokus said:
I haven't noticed a battery drain issue, but I'm hoping xda can help find one if it exists. I'm not actually turning on the screen so doze should remain active.
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Ah, I see. I have not actually run your app. I did not realize that your were pulsing the notifications themselves -- that's clever! For my own implementation, I am animating a fake LED that fades in and out, which obviously requires the screen to be on. The AOD has a way to doze with the screen on, but I have not found a way to expose that functionality to an app without root.
Anyhow, I see you are using setExactAndAllowWhileIdle to schedule your pulses. I wonder what the battery (and timing) impact is compared to setAndAllowWhileIdle?
Nice work on this!
I originally went down the road of doing a custom screen to mimic the LED until I came up with this idea.
From other threads I've seen some people will prefer that even if it uses slightly more battery.
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Ah, I see. I have not actually run your app. I did not realize that your were pulsing the notifications themselves -- that's clever! For my own implementation, I am animating a fake LED that fades in and out, which obviously requires the screen to be on. The AOD has a way to doze with the screen on, but I have not found a way to expose that functionality to an app without root.
Anyhow, I see you are using setExactAndAllowWhileIdle to schedule your pulses. I wonder what the battery (and timing) impact is compared to setAndAllowWhileIdle?
Nice work on this!
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I'm willing to be a tester for you if you need one. Pixel 3, rooted with magisk.
There's now an option to be able to swipe to dismiss and double tap to open the app. I'm working on notification actions next.
grokus said:
There's now an option to be able to swipe to dismiss and double tap to open the app. I'm working on notification actions next.
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Dude, you're a beast! Keep it up!
I may be able to use the real icons and colors. If so should I just remove the icon customization or would people still find that useful?
Hi mate, i bought your app right away. If you can integreat the original Icons for the famused apps, that would be great.
And can you look at the puls time? I set my time to 20 seconds but it puls every 40 - 50 seconds? Strange.
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I may be able to use the real icons and colors. If so should I just remove the icon customization or would people still find that useful?
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just as it is perfect now, only the repetition time does not work reliably
There is a possibility that the AOD stays on until the message has been read
Been looking for a way to customize the notifications since there's no LED light on this phone. I installed and bought you a coffee, I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for your efforts.
Hi is this app only usable to Google Pixel phones???
Man this sounds like an awesome app however I'm on an LG V30 (which also doesn't have an LED but this doesn't seem to work. The notification interaction feature alone would be worth the donation.
I'll mess around some more and see if I can get anything
Sony seems to have added a double tap shortcut for the Google Assistant on the power button. This causes a short delay when opening the display. Did anyone find a way to disable this?
Go to settings -> system -> power key behavior -> none
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Go to settings -> system -> power key behavior -> none
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I don't know if it's a placebo effect I'm having, but changing it to none only disables the Google Assistant. The delay is still there. Hope someone confirms this to me, it kinda irritates me.
I was also having this exact issue.
Immediately after going from Oreo to Pie, I was shocked at the delay (even with the power key behavior set to disabled).
Not sure if I am just getting used to it, but it doesn't seem as slow as when I first disabled the setting.
Do you still feel a delay after using it for some time? Shortening Android animation speeds also helps to make it faster.
Rumzie said:
I was also having this exact issue.
Immediately after going from Oreo to Pie, I was shocked at the delay (even with the power key behavior set to disabled).
Not sure if I am just getting used to it, but it doesn't seem as slow as when I first disabled the setting.
Do you still feel a delay after using it for some time? Shortening Android animation speeds also helps to make it faster.
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Definitely still noticable if I look for it, but I got used to it. I like the animation speed so rather not speed it up. I still hope that they fix this next patch.
There is some specific timing to it. If I wake the phone after it's been sleeping for a couple seconds, then there's almost no delay waking and unlocking.
But if I press the power button twice consecutively (or within a couple seconds), then there easily at least a .5 second delay.
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Definitely still noticable if I look for it, but I got used to it. I like the animation speed so rather not speed it up. I still hope that they fix this next patch.
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