Flashlight with volume up on regular S4? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

So I switched from the active back to the original s4 and the option I miss the most is the flashlight option by pressing the volume up button on lock. Does anyone know of a way to do this with an app or other hack?
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mattpayne92 said:
So I switched from the active back to the original s4 and the option I miss the most is the flashlight option by pressing the volume up button on lock. Does anyone know of a way to do this with an app or other hack?
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There is a thread about this in the Apps section already.

I am also interested in this. The one thread I found was the one we're you have to download nova or apex launchers but that's not working. Any other way to do this without rooting?
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mattpayne92 said:
So I switched from the active back to the original s4 and the option I miss the most is the flashlight option by pressing the volume up button on lock. Does anyone know of a way to do this with an app or other hack?
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You switched back too? I thought you were happy with your active? I switched back to the s4 today too, I missed the better camera and amount of accessories, plus my active had horrible.call quality (not sure of I had a bad one or what)
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Solange82200 said:
You switched back too? I thought you were happy with your active? I switched back to the s4 today too, I missed the better camera and amount of accessories, plus my active had horrible.call quality (not sure of I had a bad one or what)
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I loved the active but I'm with you on accessories. I bought a fairly nice case and there's so many more options for the future. Plus, if I ever want to replace the housing of the device, or even just change the color of the battery door, it'll be much simpler with the original S4. Also I don't think the Active will ever have the ROM and modifications support the S4 has even when/if they eventually get a custom recovery.

mattpayne92 said:
So I switched from the active back to the original s4 and the option I miss the most is the flashlight option by pressing the volume up button on lock. Does anyone know of a way to do this with an app or other hack?
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i've used the nottach xposed mod on three different roms. works great!

mixlex said:
i've used the nottach xposed mod on three different roms. works great!
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I'm on stock TW with Nottach and it doesn't seem to work for me (and a lot of other people). I've tried the shortcut option and the Nottach way (which basically is the same) and neither seem to work.

on any rom except mint jelly all mods have to be done through the xposed installer or nothing will work.you have to place the nottach Xposed apk on your sd card (or on phone storage i suppose) then you have to install with an app called xposed installer which you can get from the xposed thread. install the framework thru the xposed installer. After installing hit the module button top right and check the xposed module apk..All mods are done from there or nothing works. also when changing colors make sure the switch top right on the color choosing screen is turned on or again nothing works. give it one more try..
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mattpayne92 said:
I'm on stock TW with Nottach and it doesn't seem to work for me (and a lot of other people). I've tried the shortcut option and the Nottach way (which basically is the same) and neither seem to work.
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https://github.com/rovo89/XposedInstaller.This is the link to the installer you need to get it to work. All mods done thru this app if not on mint jelly rom.

drsiddiqui1 said:
I am also interested in this. The one thread I found was the one we're you have to download nova or apex launchers but that's not working. Any other way to do this without rooting?
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Don't get me wrong, I would love to do this as a flashable MOD for my DeOdexed stock (1st Gen P-Rom) without having to install anything else and I encourage anyone that can do it. I just pointed out the other thread in the APPs section so people interested can see if there is any further information in that thread that they might want to check out.
I think the "X-Posed" Mod and Nottach's contribution is awesome and potentially one of the best things that can happen for this phone, but just a simple MOD for the torch to work via volume keys sure would be nice.

mixlex said:
on any rom except mint jelly all mods have to be done through the xposed installer or nothing will work.you have to place the nottach Xposed apk on your sd card (or on phone storage i suppose) then you have to install with an app called xposed installer which you can get from the xposed thread. install the framework thru the xposed installer. After installing hit the module button top right and check the xposed module apk..All mods are done from there or nothing works. also when changing colors make sure the switch top right on the color choosing screen is turned on or again nothing works. give it one more try..
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https://github.com/rovo89/XposedInstaller.This is the link to the installer you need to get it to work. All mods done thru this app if not on mint jelly rom.
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I have xposedinstaller and use nottach for more than trying to get the torch to work and nottach works fine. For some reason it just doesnt work for torch
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seems a little buggy on the torch..This is what works for me. With screen off, power button on,power button off, then volume up. Then it works, pretty much have to do it every time but at least it works that way for me. Also the setting for long press of brightness icon seems to work all of the time. Hope this works for you.

mixlex said:
With screen off, power button on,power button off, then volume up.
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Doesn't work for me. Neither does switching music tracks with the volume keys. Anything involving volume keys just won't work using Xposed for me. :'( But the brightness shortcut works fine, I just wish the actual button hotspot was a little larger; I generally have to be sure to touch the very center of the icon for it to work.
Right now I'm just using Flashlight LED Genius, which turns on the torch on the lock screen when you shake it. Seems to work pretty well. And gives me some exercise!

johnus said:
Doesn't work for me. Neither does switching music tracks with the volume keys. Anything involving volume keys just won't work using Xposed for me. :'( But the brightness shortcut works fine, I just wish the actual button hotspot was a little larger; I generally have to be sure to touch the very center of the icon for it to work.
Right now I'm just using Flashlight LED Genius, which turns on the torch on the lock screen when you shake it. Seems to work pretty well. And gives me some exercise!
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i have the same problem...

mattpayne92 said:
So I switched from the active back to the original s4 and the option I miss the most is the flashlight option by pressing the volume up button on lock. Does anyone know of a way to do this with an app or other hack?
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HEY! this rom has an add on for EXACTLY what you want. idk if you can use it on ur stock one but go to add on section
it works PERFECTLY (well, on that rom at least)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2313469

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[Q] Is it possible to get rid of the slide to unlock screen?

So is there anyone that has developed something that will allow you to get rid of the unlock screen completely? I think it would be nice to just be able to hit the button and not have to slide the screen every time.
i havent used this app so i dont know if it works or not but it does what you want.
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&feature=search_result
I use Battery Indicator Pro. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.darshancomputing.BatteryIndicatorPro
The free version can't disable the lockscreen.
Just search for "disable lockscreen on the market.
Awesome! Thanks you guys!
On CM7 there is a feature for disabling the lockscreen.
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dastin1015 said:
On CM7 there is a feature for disabling the lockscreen.
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Except that it re-enables all the time. (Issue 2121 on the Bug Tracker).
Been waiting a long time for this to be fixed.
I know there is a app that uses your proximity sensor to detect if the phone is in your pocket, and if not it will unlock your phone when you press the power button.
Going trough my app list now.
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Found it, it's called Intelligent Keylock Unlocker
DirkGently1 said:
Except that it re-enables all the time. (Issue 2121 on the Bug Tracker).
Been waiting a long time for this to be fixed.
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I found the same, BUT!
Disabling instead from the recently added 'Tablet Tweaks' menu means it stays disabled. No idea what's wrong with the other disable methods, but this one works. Yay!
richardkemp said:
I found the same, BUT!
Disabling instead from the recently added 'Tablet Tweaks' menu means it stays disabled. No idea what's wrong with the other disable methods, but this one works. Yay!
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I love you.
Now i can reconfigure my Power Widget as i don't need that particular toggle switch any more!
Theres an app on the market called no lock. all it does is gets rid of the lock screen. I was using battery indicator pro for it but hated the notification that was always there.
dragonithe said:
I know there is a app that uses your proximity sensor to detect if the phone is in your pocket, and if not it will unlock your phone when you press the power button.
Going trough my app list now.
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Found it, it's called Intelligent Keylock Unlocker
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Thanks for this. It sounds really nice, I'll be sure to try it out.
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[mod][how to][ics & jb]disable capacitive buttons

I've seen some interest on the forums in how to do this. So here is a guide.
NOTE: This mod will render the capacitive buttons(hardware buttons) on your Nexus s completely inoperable. Use this mod only if you are using a custom ICS OR JB ROM with navigation bar(on screen buttons) enabled, or some other way to navigate your phone.
First, make sure that you are completely satisfied with the operation of the navigation bar & are certain that you have no need for the capacitive buttons.
DISCLAIMER: This mod involves editing system files. Use at your own risk. This mod will not magically make the navigation bar appear on roms that do not already have it enabled. This mod only disables the capacitive buttons. Instructions on how to disable the backlights for these buttons will be at the bottom of this post.
UPDATE : Just flash these zips.
To disable capacitive keys
http://db.tt/AyJLDkg1
To restore capacitive keys
http://db.tt/PhxFyBb3
And an init.d script for BLD to turn the backlights off (to the best of your BLD supported kernels ability anyway)
http://db.tt/BRpy78Cz
NOTE : Success will vary with BLD according to the capabilities of your chosen kernel. Some kernels are really good with bld responsiveness, others aren't. This has nothing to do with my script. And remember that you can't just choose a kernel based on how well it handles backlight settings. It's gotta run your whole phone too.
For those who want to do it manually.
1; Using Root Explorer (from market) go to system/usr/keylayout.
2; Mount system as r/w.
3; Long press on the file called mtx224_ts_input.kl.
4; Select 'open in text editor'. Scroll down and you will see these 4 lines:
key 158 BACK WAKE
key 139 MENU WAKE
key 217 SEARCH WAKE
key 102 HOME WAKE
5; Delete these 4 lines. Or alternately, just delete the lines for the buttons you want disabled.)
6; Press menu, save & exit. (Root Explorer will automatically create a backup of this file. It will be called mtx224_ts_input.kl.bk)
7; Now, make the same edits to the 4 lines in the file called cypress-touchkey.kl and save & exit.
8; Reboot.
Now you have no capacitive buttons(or only the ones you left intact in step 5 & 7).
Now, the backlights are still working. To disable these, flash a kernel that has backlight dimmer support(BLD) (I use GladOs) and use NStools(from market). Set BLD to on. And delay to 0. Done. No buttons & no backlight.
NOTE: BLN will still work even with BLD on.
To undo this mod you can either restore the original .kl file using the backup that Root Explorer automatically created. Just delete the modified .kl file and rename the .kl.bk file by just removing the .bk from the end of the file name. And reboot.
Alternately, you can just flash your ROM straight over the top. (of course, that means you'll have to flash your kernel & any other mods again too)
Followed this to the letter and my buttons still work... Any thoughts?
dchoward1977 said:
Followed this to the letter and my buttons still work... Any thoughts?
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Hmm... are you sure you rebooted after making the edits? Which rom are you using. I've tested with AOKP build 27. And cm9 with evilisto's mod and both work fine. Are the button functions still working or just the backlights? If it's just backlights, make sure you set nstools to run on boot. If it's function that's still working, check the edited .kl file and make sure the edit stuck. If you are sure you've folowed to the letter and button 'functions' are still working it may be necessary to make the same edits in cypress-touchkey.kl as well. This wasn't necessary for me but it may be with your rom.
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Awesome mod! I needed to also delete in cypress-touchkey.kl. Great job!
stu5797 said:
Awesome mod! I needed to also delete in cypress-touchkey.kl. Great job!
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Glad it worked for you, although the cypress touchkey edit really shouldn't have been necessary, since that file only sets the function of those keys, not the status. Which rom are you using, so I can test some more? And thanks for the feedback.
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I m using aokp milestone 4. I have to set my bld at 500ms with matrix v17 because if i set it to 0 it does not work correctly. Wish i could set it to 0. Any ideas to completely get rid of those lights?
I also had success deleting the lines from cypress touch key.kl. Thanks a bunch.
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stu5797 said:
I m using aokp milestone 4. I have to set my bld at 500ms with matrix v17 because if i set it to 0 it does not work correctly. Wish i could set it to 0. Any ideas to completely get rid of those lights?
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Milestone 4 is basically the same as build 27. Which is what I'm using. I have no problems with bld set to zero. As for disabling the lights, someone would have to write a boot script I think. I have no idea how. So if anyone wants to give this a go.....
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Heres a flashable zip for disabling the capacitive keys.. It just includes the mxt224_ts_input.kl and cypress-touchkey.kl, modded for no capacitive funciton.
View attachment 957555
Please make restore zip , tnx
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Thanks Swamp Goblin. Wish I knew how to do that. Got any tricks for the backlights?
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If i install this mod i cant set bld off/on :S
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dinos3 said:
If i install this mod i cant set bld off/on :S
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I just tried it. Works fine. Reflash your kernel.
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I try this but For me not work ;S
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dinos3 said:
Please make restore zip , tnx
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Here you go
Restore_capacitive_keys_NS
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stumpy352 said:
Thanks Swamp Goblin. Wish I knew how to do that. Got any tricks for the backlights?
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I might be able to figure out where to disable it.. I'll try tonight
This button mod and completely disabled lights would be perfect, thanks for the mod
That would extremely helpful!
Guys the backlight of the buttons on my i9023 are really really weak.. is there any way to make them brighter?
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swamp goblin said:
Here you go
Restore_capacitive_keys_NS
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I might be able to figure out where to disable it.. I'll try tonight
This button mod and completely disabled lights would be perfect, thanks for the mod
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No probs. Thanks for making it a zip, although i've added it into
my rom now so only one flash reqd.
thegtfusion said:
Guys the backlight of the buttons on my i9023 are really really weak.. is there any way to make them brighter?
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We're trying to disable them, but I suppose the method used, when we work it out might give you a starting point.
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thegtfusion said:
Guys the backlight of the buttons on my i9023 are really really weak.. is there any way to make them brighter?
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This may be related to hardware.. My dad's ns4g has super dim backlights, and mine are insanely bright.. But if we figure out how to disable them there may be a way to maybe bump up the brightness a bit without breaking them haha
I was just reading an article for LEDs hack.apk. Supposedly gives you control on/off for button bl. The dev says nexus s will never be supported because the button bl & screen bl are powered together. If that was the case, bld wouldn't work without affecting the screen. Evilisto made a reference to arrays.xml in framework res. Maybe the answer is here. I don't have a pc so I can't decompile it and have a look. Any takers?
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Enabling On-Screen Buttons

Is there any way I can enable the on-screen buttons on the stock GS4 ROM. I'm trying to reduce the usage of the home button because I'm scared it might break/stop working anytime :/ The tutorial in the dev section doesnt seem to apply for me.
CrazyXperiaA said:
Is there any way I can enable the on-screen buttons on the stock GS4 ROM. I'm trying to reduce the usage of the home button because I'm scared it might break/stop working anytime :/ The tutorial in the dev section doesnt seem to apply for me.
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I think this is non sense. You will loose a part of screen for the on screen buttons. The home button will not break/stop working. You don't need to worry about this. And in the worst case if this will ever happen you can bring it back for free repair or replace it yourself (very cheap).
Personally i highly doubt that something like this will happen.
CrazyXperiaA said:
Is there any way I can enable the on-screen buttons on the stock GS4 ROM. I'm trying to reduce the usage of the home button because I'm scared it might break/stop working anytime :/ The tutorial in the dev section doesnt seem to apply for me.
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You can try downloading an app called EasyTouch, that wont take screen space. Its similar to the accesibility mode on the iphone.
Zoddex said:
You can try downloading an app called EasyTouch, that wont take screen space. Its similar to the accesibility mode on the iphone.
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You don't even need that, as this is built in, just look in the accessibility settings.
But... You can always do that IF the button fails. For now, don't worry about the hypothetical failure you may experience one day, just use the hard button
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fstorm said:
You don't even need that, as this is built in, just look in the accessibility settings.
But... You can always do that IF the button fails. For now, don't worry about the hypothetical failure you may experience one day, just use the hard button
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Wow did know it was there! I'll stick to the app as is more customizable. But thanks for letting us know

[Q] Overriding Buttons without 3Minit

3Minit was pretty great. But development stopped and it was pulled from the app store. And I have neither the framework nor the corresponding settings app backed up anywhere to re-install. Honestly, cosmetics aren't a big deal to me, so I can perfectly well get by without most of those functions. But the one thing I care about is also the one thing I haven't found a fitting alternative for: changing button behavior.
To be clear, here is what I used to have my device doing:
Menu Long Press - Launch Colornote
Home Long Press - Screenshot
Home Double Tap - Recent Apps
Back Long Press - Kill app
Now, I know that there are xposed modules like wanamp that will let me restore my old settings to the back and home button. But I haven't found a solution that lets me alter what the menu button does too. I want to be able to launch Color Note from anywhere with a long press once again.
Solutions?
I also just formatted my hdd and have no backup of the framework..
I hope gary is coming back soon.
could anyone deliver a downloadlink in the meantime?
I would like to use the goldeneye 4.3 rom wit my I9505
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427629
beerindex said:
3Minit was pretty great. But development stopped and it was pulled from the app store. And I have neither the framework nor the corresponding settings app backed up anywhere to re-install. Honestly, cosmetics aren't a big deal to me, so I can perfectly well get by without most of those functions. But the one thing I care about is also the one thing I haven't found a fitting alternative for: changing button behavior.
To be clear, here is what I used to have my device doing:
Menu Long Press - Launch Colornote
Home Long Press - Screenshot
Home Double Tap - Recent Apps
Back Long Press - Kill app
Now, I know that there are xposed modules like wanamp that will let me restore my old settings to the back and home button. But I haven't found a solution that lets me alter what the menu button does too. I want to be able to launch Color Note from anywhere with a long press once again.
Solutions?
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Gravitybox is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G especially for what you wanna do. Plus it offers TONS of more options. Pleas try it out and lemme know how it goes!
Joe0113 said:
Gravitybox is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G especially for what you wanna do. Plus it offers TONS of more options. Pleas try it out and lemme know how it goes!
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It is only for those with a stock rom, is it not? Because I am using Stock(ish) v06.
beerindex said:
It is only for those with a stock rom, is it not? Because I am using Stock(ish) v06.
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No you can also use it on custom Roms.
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daniel4653 said:
No you can also use it on custom Roms.
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Great, thanks. I'll have to give it a try once my phone is charged.
beerindex said:
Great, thanks. I'll have to give it a try once my phone is charged.
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Lemme know how it goes. BTW it's an Xposed Module, so you need to have Xposed framework installed first.
True what Joe said. But I have used it on sacs back on 4.3 and blu Kuban ROM.
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Wanam has been updated for the Note 4!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.xposed&hl=en
What's New
- Some GNote4 incompatibilities fixes
- Mute some useless logs
It was already working before this update???
Some things work some don't, I still can't get skip tracks on lockscreen or the lockscreen flashlight or a couple more features to work. I guess it's just a maintenance release.
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Headsup doesnt work for me either.
Wifi tether is not working for me now. Neither is T-Mo hotspot.
All APN settings are now "Not Set". Ouch.
kchino said:
Some things work some don't, I still can't get skip tracks on lockscreen or the lockscreen flashlight or a couple more features to work. I guess it's just a maintenance release.
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Lock screen skip works out the box. Yours broke?
I had lock screen music controls with Google play and Spotify out if the box. Did you try to enable something that broke the default controls?
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Yeah I've never been able to get lock screen vol to work. I'm talking about when the screen is off using the physical vol keys, not on screen controls those work fine and are not wanam related.
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I have this xpose too. It seems like this is a tool for any Samsung phone. I wish the make one just for the Note 4. My up vol on Flash doesnt work. It just will not let me toggle anything. Bugs.
Wanam was updated again on 11/12/14 great to see him still maintaining this. Doesn't look like anything N4 specific though.
What's New
- Fixed some status bar elements theming incompatibilities with newer TW Roms
- Add CM battery + Text size
- Fixed overlapping 2 lines date on some devices
- Many other improvements
When i press the power botton no menu shows up ohone just restarts after a min
Still no torch solution? =(
vinnyj85 said:
When i press the power botton no menu shows up ohone just restarts after a min
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What rom are you on?
This issue is usually something to do with advanced reboot settings. I had this problem with my note 3 on Tweaked, the built-in power button settings were conflicting with my wanam power button settings. Even if you're on stock, check your advanced reboot settings in wanam.
It don't work for me, anything I can do to make it work?
Anyone know how i can change the color of nav bar?., wanam not working.. any other xposed module?.
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egren58 said:
Anyone know how i can change the color of nav bar?., wanam not working.. any other xposed module?.
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Should be called handle bar in wanam
sandman7793 said:
Should be called handle bar in wanam
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Yes but it does not change it.
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egren58 said:
Yes but it does not change it.
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Dang!! Sorry haven't tried it since note 3. I don't use wanam anymore.
sandman7793 said:
Dang!! Sorry haven't tried it since note 3. I don't use wanam anymore.
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Yeah i only use it for a few things only for system ui theming nothing else.
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Use gravity box, it works

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