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Anyone notice that when you touch a capacitive button that the actual light turns off behind that single one? I'm running CM7 B25 Nightly- haven't tested it from stock. I just thought that this was awesome and also hard to notice. Or, eve, maybe my phone is junk and broken.
wesbalmer said:
Anyone notice that when you touch a capacitive button that the actual light turns off behind that single one? I'm running CM7 B25 Nightly- haven't tested it from stock. I just thought that this was awesome and also hard to notice. Or, eve, maybe my phone is junk and broken.
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Does not happen on Stock, Bionix(curent ROM), CM7alpha2, or Modaco r3 as far as I remember. I can restore backups of each of those ROMs to confirm. Lights stay solid as can be.
However, if you like the "feature," I wouldn't consider the phone defective.
EDIT: I am wrong. They do, but it's exceptionally subtle and I had to jab the phone next to my eye to see it. Very cool, in retrospect.
they all do that... Nice touch to the phone I think. Little barely noticable things like that are neat....
I'm running the same build and mine do this as well; I think they probably did on stock firmware too. Kind of cool, but mostly goes unnoticed for obvious reasons.
If they can be controlled independently, than I think we have a prospect of notification LED's. These would work great.
unremarked said:
Does not happen on Stock, Bionix(curent ROM), CM7alpha2, or Modaco r3 as far as I remember. I can restore backups of each of those ROMs to confirm. Lights stay solid as can be.
However, if you like the "feature," I wouldn't consider the phone defective.
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I've run stock since the day I bought it, and on my phone the capacitative buttons have always responded to a press by shutting off the light behind the button activated.
zorak950 said:
I've run stock since the day I bought it, and on my phone the capacitative buttons have always responded to a press by shutting off the light behind the button activated.
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OH SHI--it's very subtle. I just grabbed my phone and stuck it next to my eyeball to see the lights. You're right, they do go off for the splittest of second and you'd really have to be looking in order to see it.
Sorry @OP for misinforming.
Yes, they do this. This is also why they go black for upwards 10 seconds at a time on their own with the common phantom home/back button issue many are experiencing.
Mine are doing that. I'm stock.
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Wow cool, just noticed it. Stock and root online.
Capacity buttons turning off per press is cool.
I also think one of the coolest things about the Nex S (and of Gingerbread) is the two finger slide show you can perform in the Gallery albums. Just place two fingers on any album and slide them apart. Neat effect.
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I also think one of the coolest things about the Nex S (and of Gingerbread) is the two finger slide show you can perform in the Gallery albums. Just place two fingers on any album and slide them apart. Neat effect.
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That's a feature of stock Android 2.2 Gallery app. That was there on the Nexus One.
This is a cool feature. Like wesbalmer says, it could lead to replacing the NOLED app for notifications! If I hold any of these buttons the light also stays off until I let go.
Not many people will notice this feature coz when you press a capacitive button your finger covers it
MistaJae said:
Not many people will notice this feature coz when you press a capacitive button your finger covers it
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Human 2.0; now with transparent fingers!
This feature was already available on sgs froyo 2.2... Just noticed it now though!
yup, i can confirm that
but usually our fingers are way to big and wide to really notice the special effects
i had to use my tippy tip of my finger to be able to appreciate the effect, else i'd have missed it as every single hour i spend with the phone
unremarked said:
OH SHI--it's very subtle. I just grabbed my phone and stuck it next to my eyeball to see the lights. You're right, they do go off for the splittest of second and you'd really have to be looking in order to see it.
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now, lets wait for the BLN..
maybe home for missed call, back for email, etc etc flashing.
this will be way more cooler than the track ball (if only if it has colors as well).
then we might be able to even do like knight rider style.
nxt said:
That's a feature of stock Android 2.2 Gallery app. That was there on the Nexus One.
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2.1 actually.
I was reading another thread and noticed another user flicks the kickstand in and out when they're bored I do the same thing how about you guys? Just trying to make small talk before I ask you all out. My name is Yevo.(fututlrama reference btw not actually looking for a date)
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If I'm not doing anything, I'll mess around with the kickstand. I don't stay still very well you see...
Haha I do, everyone looks because it makes that clicking sound when it goes out then in.
I do the same... When Im on the phone at work I flick it... Or I hold the phone by it and spin it... I Probably shouldn't do that but oh well...
I'll admit, I fidget and mess with the kickstand whenever I'm in a boring meeting or whatever. Wore out the kickstand a bit on my first EVO doing that...
Yea, I flick it open and close all the time
I actually use it to prop my phone up. lol I use my Slingbox A LOT. I'll miss the kickstand, but it won't stop me from upgrading.
I know it is early in the thread, but not one penis joke?
I mess with mine all the time, I foubg that all it takes it a little pressure on the hinge side and it pops right open.
Haha yeah I do the same. I'll be standing somewhere reading on it while flicking the kickstand. It's become a habit of mine
yes i play with mine occasionally.
lol i do too when i am bored...
Only when my wife's out of town.
sultan.of.swing said:
I mess with mine all the time, I foubg that all it takes it a little pressure on the hinge side and it pops right open.
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Exactly! I am constantly popping it up like that and slapping it back down
...giggity
-Just warming up!
yeah it doesnt take much to get my kickstand standing haha i dropped it when i was playing with it once and it fell on the kickstand, now it closes easier, opens quick, but stays locked in whatever position i leave it in
Haha, yeah, I flick it in and out all the time!
I'm actually surprized at how well it's held-up. When I first saw it, I was like well....that's going to break in a month!
Off topic:
When on the forum home, this thread is displayed as "Who else plays with their..."
Let the imagination run wild!
I flick it out, touch the underside, then flip it back in place.
Sometimes I'll stick mine out and chase the girlfriend around the house with it
mekaneck said:
Sometimes I'll stick mine out and chase the girlfriend around the house with it
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Man, that would have been a great marketing ploy: Built-in Kickstand, that also works for warding off needy girlfriends and other unwanted people - flicks in and out with ease!
Interesting story, thought I'd relate.
So I was at home yesterday, playing with the s-pen keeper.
I took out the s-pen, turned the screen off and walked around.
I could walk roughly 18-20 feet before the alert fired off. Fair enough.
So today, I was driving home, and halfway there my phone made some noise I didn't recognize and vibrated.
Got home, pulled my phone out - s-pen alert! Huh? I didn't remember pulling it out.
Drove back to work, looked around in the parking lot.
Just on a whim, went back inside and looked in my cube - and there it was, on my desk.
So I managed to get a good 40 feet away from it before the alert fired off.
Still though - that's wonderful! Any alert at all is fantastic.
- Frank
This phone has so many bells and whistles I can't wait to get my hands on one.....
That is SOO cool! So does that mean that the S-Pen has/is electronic? Because I remember someone else on another thread saying it wasn't, but the fact that the note II knows how far away the pen is and features activate when you press a button must mean it has some gizmos inside there, right?
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vincentallen2 said:
That is SOO cool! So does that mean that the S-Pen has/is electronic? Because I remember someone else on another thread saying it wasn't, but the fact that the note II knows how far away the pen is and features activate when you press a button must mean it has some gizmos inside there, right?
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It doesn't know how far away you are.
It knows if you pulled out the stylus.
It can also kind of guess whether you are walking using the accelerometers. (similar to how pace counters work).
I managed to drive really far away before setting the alarm off, because it looks for an up/down forwards movement, I guess.
- Frank
it goes off after about 10-30 shakes, depending on how the phone moves.
I did a dumb thing when I first got my Note II, I pulled the S-Pen out and walked away with it, wondering why I wasn't get an alarm!! Why did I think the pen would make a noise?! Doh!
apprentice said:
I did a dumb thing when I first got my Note II, I pulled the S-Pen out and walked away with it, wondering why I wasn't get an alarm!! Why did I think the pen would make a noise?! Doh!
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Actually, there is a bluetooth spen available with mic and speaker. And it would be quite nice if the pen could make a sound or something to help you find it.
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I just noticed something with the s pen when you hover over a keyboard, it deactivates touch responsiveness and only allows the S pen to be used. Its kinda cool
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ChodTheWacko said:
It doesn't know how far away you are.
It knows if you pulled out the stylus.
It can also kind of guess whether you are walking using the accelerometers. (similar to how pace counters work).
I managed to drive really far away before setting the alarm off, because it looks for an up/down forwards movement, I guess.
- Frank
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But how does the hover feature work if the n2 can't tell it's distance? =o
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vincentallen2 said:
But how does the hover feature work if the n2 can't tell it's distance? =o
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Wacom technology uses magnetic resonance.
So if you have the stylus close enough (1 cm?) It creates a feedback loop and the Note knows the stylus is there.
I don't think there is enough intelligence to determine how far away it is even if you are that close.
And more than an inch away or so and you're out of range totally and it's all over.
- Frank
I really love this feature on the phone. So much that i have found myself doing it on my Nexus 7 and other devices thinking they'll wake too. Nope! Have any of you been knocking other things around? he
With so many other people that do not have a G2, they seemed to be concerned over the buttons on the back. with knock-on I really do not use the buttons on the back unless I need to reboot.
pilot85 said:
I really love this feature on the phone. So much that i have found myself doing it on my Nexus 7 and other devices thinking they'll wake too. Nope! Have any of you been knocking other things around? he
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I actually caught myself doing it on my Nexus 7 today.
pilot85 said:
I really love this feature on the phone. So much that i have found myself doing it on my Nexus 7 and other devices thinking they'll wake too. Nope! Have any of you been knocking other things around? he
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If you hack the N7 and if there are any PGM kernels available for it, you can have essentially the same thing (I think PGM uses a swiping action rather than knock knock, but its the same principle)
I rarely use the power button on the back, I love the knock on feature!
Theres been kernels since when I had an Htc Evo that had the slide to awake feature, couple of kernels for the One have it along with a knock on and off feature but it has a very small sweet spot, still it was the only thing that kept me sane since I had to strain and fumble my One to get to the power button. The most reliable method was the logo to sleep and awake, you had to actually press down just above the Htc logo and half the time you would end up hitting the application drawer icon. I didn't care for the swipe over the capacitative keys function.
G2 you can knock on and off anywhere which is what sets this function apart, yes you can tap up top on the status bar to have it work every time otherwise you just need to get your timing down on the double knock elsewhere. I love this feature from LG, it just makes sense regardless of where the power key is located but honestly I find myself using the power key sometimes just because I like the way it feels, its one of the best buttons I've ever pushed lol for lack of a better word.
geoff5093 said:
I rarely use the power button on the back, I love the knock on feature!
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The knock on has worked for my about 99% of the time and I haven complaints. At most I tap a third time and never use the power button other then to reboot.
pilot85 said:
I really love this feature on the phone. So much that i have found myself doing it on my Nexus 7 and other devices thinking they'll wake too. Nope! Have any of you been knocking other things around? he
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I love it!!!
pilot85 said:
I really love this feature on the phone. So much that i have found myself doing it on my Nexus 7 and other devices thinking they'll wake too. Nope! Have any of you been knocking other things around? he
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i was actually at barnes and nobles earlier getting my niece a cheap nook tablet to use and tried to knock on the display model as im so used to it now. the clerk was looking at me funny so i had to pull out the phone and show her lol
Knock-on and it's counterpart Knock-off are a very convenient feature that I'm confident to say is the MOST convenient method of turning on a phone as of September 2013. If other companies don't follow suit in either a very similar fashion or something better, I would be surpr..... No, I'm sure other companies will do something very similar. It's really that good. Only thing I can imagine would be superior is having the phone read my thoughts. Err, wait!
xyltha said:
Knock-on and it's counterpart Knock-off are a very convenient feature that I'm confident to say is the MOST convenient method of turning on a phone as of September 2013. If other companies don't follow suit in either a very similar fashion or something better, I would be surpr..... No, I'm sure other companies will do something very similar. It's really that good. Only thing I can imagine would be superior is having the phone read my thoughts. Err, wait!
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I can only think of one con of the knock on feature. I find that if I put my hand in my pocket or handle the phone without the intention of turning it on, sometimes part of my hand hits the screen twice and it will randomly turn on in my pocket or while in my hand. Not a big deal, I'm sure some software tweaks could fix the sensitivity.
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I can only think of one con of the knock on feature. I find that if I put my hand in my pocket or handle the phone without the intention of turning it on, sometimes part of my hand hits the screen twice and it will randomly turn on in my pocket or while in my hand. Not a big deal, I'm sure some software tweaks could fix the sensitivity.
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If the phone is in the pocket the proximity sensor should still notice it's covered and knock on wouldn't work. At least that's the premise.
geoff5093 said:
I can only think of one con of the knock on feature. I find that if I put my hand in my pocket or handle the phone without the intention of turning it on, sometimes part of my hand hits the screen twice and it will randomly turn on in my pocket or while in my hand. Not a big deal, I'm sure some software tweaks could fix the sensitivity.
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I have the exact same problem..
Not really when it's in the pocket but sometimes when I unmount my device from the car mount and put it in my pocket, I hold it with my thumb on the screen, leave the car and then dump it into my pocket. With my thumb on the screen, the screen turns on. The screen is especially sensitive since it's just been unplugged from the car charger.
This sucks, coz then it uses the capacitive screen sensor instead of the gyro sensor. It's not knockON. It's more like touchON.
Really hope someone or LG will come up with the tweaking of this.
Anyone know how to get that on this phone? Didn't realize it wasnt part of the OS... Been on a pixel and didn't realize it was specific to that phone...
You would need to put it in a ROM (if/when available from the XDA community) or use an app. I miss the feature too but was expecting it as the Pixel was as close as you could get to stock Android minus a few of Google's "extra" touches. lol There is always a possibility that Essential will add it themselves... fingers crossed. lol
Personally I've had no luck with apps in the past so I'll leave that one up to you.
If it helps at all there is a lift to view notifications that is a halfway that is baked into stock android. It's located in the Settings > Display > Gestures > Lift to check phone
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You would need to put it in a ROM (if/when available from the XDA community) or use an app. I miss the feature too but was expecting it as the Pixel was as close as you could get to stock Android minus a few of Google's "extra" touches. lol There is always a possibility that Essential will add it themselves... fingers crossed. lol
Personally I've had no luck with apps in the past so I'll leave that one up to you.
If it helps at all there is a lift to view notifications that is a halfway that is baked into stock android. It's located in the Settings > Display > Gestures > Lift to check phone
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Thanks, I don't care for lift to view tho, and yes I knew roms could have it, we need a few more things to be released I believe for that to happen tho...
Was hoping there was an app... Didn't realize that that was one of the "extras" that Google put in there...
You can also press the power button once to wake to see notifications without having to lift the phone.
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Thanks, I don't care for lift to view tho, and yes I knew roms could have it, we need a few more things to be released I believe for that to happen tho...
Was hoping there was an app... Didn't realize that that was one of the "extras" that Google put in there...
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Just got done reading the Reddit posting with the essential team and Andy Rubin a few minutes ago. While I can't link the exact post one of the Essential team members pointed out they are looking into things like the double tap to wake gesture. They didn't say they were going to do it but it seemed like they were insinuating that we should "keep our eyes out"... Hopefully they do and we can get our missed features back!
They seemed pretty responsive on that AMA, I do hope we get this and other subtle features.
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It would make my day to have some touch gesture to wake implemented
I think swipe up would be even better
808phoneaddict said:
Anyone know how to get that on this phone? Didn't realize it wasnt part of the OS... Been on a pixel and didn't realize it was specific to that phone...
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Double tap to wake needs to be baked into a rom; no app is going to be able to provide that -- especially if the phone isn't root.
And this feature certainly isn't a Pixel exclusive. I've had double tap to wake on my 1+1. And it's bake into my LG X Charge. Frankly, I do admit that I was shocked to fine out the PH1 didn't support double take to wake. That's fracking completely idiotic. Essential bombed in so many areas where it missed 'essential' features of any modern flagship smart phone.
Really hope this feature is baked into future updates from Essential.
I think all LG's have this now. Really missing it!
Yeah, I had double tap to wake on my HTC One M8 years ago. And ended up disabling it because of pocket wakes in my pants (I put the screen side facing my leg in my right front pocket). Skin is skin, and a thin cotton pocket liner still allows conductivity to the screen from your leg.
The problem was even worse because I don't like lock screens, when I wake my device I want it to be ready, not yet another swipe. So when it woke in my pocket, as it went on bumping against my leg, all kinds of crap happened, from pocket dialing to taking pictures of my junk (with flash!) to ordering a purse on Amazon.