I got the S4 Active last week, and plan on taking it with me whitewater rafting tomorrow (with an old Wii wrist strap tied to the case for extra safety if I do get adventurous and try taking photos on the raft). It occurs to me though that if the screen is wet, I might not be able to unlock the phone and get to the camera. I notice that even in Aqua mode with the volume keys mapped to the shutter, if the screen goes off, you have to swipe the screen to get back to the camera -- or unlock the phone if its timed out and the facial recognition option fails.
On my old android phone, if you left the camera open it would stay open if the phone locked (aka screen went off), only reverting you to the lock screen if you tried exiting the camera. Is there any way to get that functionality on the S4 active? Or perhaps to launch the camera by pressing the volume key from the normal lock screen?
This seems like an odd omission on a phone touted in commercials as being able to take underwater photos...
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I got the S4 Active last week, and plan on taking it with me whitewater rafting tomorrow (with an old Wii wrist strap tied to the case for extra safety if I do get adventurous and try taking photos on the raft). It occurs to me though that if the screen is wet, I might not be able to unlock the phone and get to the camera. I notice that even in Aqua mode with the volume keys mapped to the shutter, if the screen goes off, you have to swipe the screen to get back to the camera -- or unlock the phone if its timed out and the facial recognition option fails.
On my old android phone, if you left the camera open it would stay open if the phone locked (aka screen went off), only reverting you to the lock screen if you tried exiting the camera. Is there any way to get that functionality on the S4 active? Or perhaps to launch the camera by pressing the volume key from the normal lock screen?
This seems like an odd omission on a phone touted in commercials as being able to take underwater photos...
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nope you cannot activate camera with wet screen as far as I know.
I found a partial workaround. I used DelayedLock (a great app, though I'll have to root the phone before I can take full advantage of it again) to temporarily increase the delay until the phone locks and then activated S-Voice commands from the lock-swipe screen. So, assuming it's not super noisy and the microphone isn't distorted by water, I should be able to use a voice command to launch the camera.
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i recently took a nap with my phone in my pocket and woke up with a cracked screen. i have only had the phone less than a month but htc says they only cover software related claims. i actually am able to use alot of the functions of the phone without any touchscreen at all thanks to the OK button which will close out any window... My problem is when i go to camera mode the only way to turn on the lighting is to touch the button on the screen which i am not able to do anymore so is there a shortcut to do this or any other camera software that works with this phone because i pretty much can't take anymore pictues in the dark without it.....htc said they could replace the screen for like 167.00 but i can't dish that out at the current time.
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I recently replaced the screen in my 6800 - (I'm out of insurance replacements, and I don't like the Touch Pro Verizon offered me very much.)
The dissasembly and re-assembly went swimmingly - except for the fact that my phone now reverts to Landscape every time it wakes up, as if the switch that detects the sliding motion is broken or disconnected.
Does anyone have any details of where this switch is and how it works? I have heard mention of it being a magnetic reed switch, but I also see a little tab of metal in the slide mechanism that looks like a contact closure point for this.
Any ideas or information?
I know this isn't probably the best answer, but have you looked into software that will rotate the screen? You could then assign that software to a button and rotate that way.
Yeah, I have "Screen Rotate" mapped to the messaging button, but it still reverts to landscape every time the phone goes to sleep, even if I set the screen mode to "portrait" in the settings.
I took it apart all the way again last night, I still can't find any sign of the mechanism it uses to detect open/close.
There are some metal ground clips on the lcd side that I think it uses to sense its location. If you slide the phone out you will see a gold colored clip in one of the slide groves.
One of the most frustrating things about my hero is that the turnaround from out of pocket to being able to snap a photo is roughly 10 days.
With the epic's dedicated button, and faster everything, how quick can you go from pocket to photo? Do you have to unlock the phone first, or is there some sort of push twice (like menu) to unlock/to to camera?
For the most part if we're posing pictures we use our actual camera. Other than for quick "upload to facebook" kind of pictures I use my cam mostly to catch the dog/neice doing something cute. Dogs and 2 year olds don't hold still very long, and if I lose one more can't-miss picture while I'm waiting for my hero to wake up, return to home, accept my banging on the camera icon, load the app, and get ready, it's going for a ride through a window.
Well u will have to unlock the phone first, however if u just have a plain old touchwiz lockscreen or the other one and not the combo lock, you can get apps or a widget called "Lock Screen Switch Widget".. Then your lockscreen is disabled, or you can use widget locker on the aosp lock screen and make a shortcut slide on the lockscreen to the camera.
If u do turn off the lockscreen, just hold down the camera button when you turn your screen on and bam camera.
Hope this helped a little.
A little, I'm ok with unlocking the phone, that was more or less just a curiosity.
My main question was how long does it take to go from a phone in your pocket to having the picture on your card.
Assuming you turned it on
unlocked
pushed the camera button to get to the app *
pushed it again to snap the picture *
How long does that take? I know it's subjective, and none of you have held a stop watch, I guess I'm looking for responses along the lines of "there's almost no delay between the camera app being requested and a picture being taken" or "it goes from locked to loading the camera app quickly, but it takes a couple seconds to get to a picture ready state" and that type of thing.
*This is how I'm assuming it works, let me know if that's not the case, but no matter how you do it, my main question is the time.
It takes a fraction of the time than it did with both the Moment and the Hero.
That being said, it's still not fast enough to catch a pet or a child doing something cute unless they sit still or hold a pose for about 5 to 10 seconds.
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It takes a fraction of the time than it did with both the Moment and the Hero.
That being said, it's still not fast enough to catch a pet or a child doing something cute unless they sit still or hold a pose for about 5 to 10 seconds.
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5 seconds is usually the amount of time I'm silently screaming at my phone because it's not responding to the home button, and sometimes the screen isn't on yet, so I'll take 5-10
CM6 and custom kernels has made the phone much better than it ever should be, but I swear my phone has a detector in it that detects how badly it's needed at a given moment and works inversely proportional to the moment.
It's lag free when I'm just turning it on to check email and crap, but when I need a picture, or to know if I should take the exit coming up, I can't even get the screen on.
I put an icon shortcut to the camera on my home screen for quick access (I have 2 kids). From pocket to picture in under 5 seconds.
I just tested
It took about 5 seconds to take it out, unlock,press camera button to open app and shoot lol
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Yeah, same here. Roughly 5 seconds from pocket to taking the photo. The biggest part of that time is pushing the power button and actually unlocking the phone. If it's already on and you have a shortcut on your homescreen, you're looking at 1-2 seconds, tops.
I feel your pain, though. I came to the Epic from a Hero and it was a huge relief just to be able to take a photo without having to clear an afternoon to do so. Plus, the quality of the shots are so much better on the Epic.
Not to bash the Hero, of course. It's still a great phone. My wife still has hers and loves it and my cousin is quite happy with my old one. CM6 makes it feel 100x faster than stock, as long as you didn't want to play 3D games. In fact, I'd still have it if they hadn't started releasing so many great games that I wanted to play, lol.
Thanks for testing fellas.
Why do both of you have the icon on the home screen though? Does the camera button not open the camera app if you're not in it? (only snap the pic once in?)
The camera button will open the app, but there is a delay of a second or two (to prevent accidental camera activation). I also have a shortcut on my screen to the video camera, accessing it "normally" requires starting the regular camera and switching modes.
I don't have a shortcut
The camera button opens the app immediately. It takes a second to vibrate and viola! Camera time! Lol
Also the camera button is 2 stage. Push it a lil to get the pic to focus in the middle and finish pushing it down to snap. Its a lot more convenient than my hero used to be hahah not to bash it cuz it was a great phone, but that processor hindered it so bad lol
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With cm6 or some other lockcreen replacemnt aps. You can make a gesture built into the lockscfeen. So you can open the camera app dikectly without unlocking the phone even.
I just press power draw a big c and voila camerfa open in time t catch my 2 yr old son freestyle with his unce playing guitar... less than 4 seconds just tried it
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I've been using the Sharp Aquos Crystal for a few days now and loving it mostly, however occasionally when I have a particular grip on the phone the touch screen stops working and I get a popup that says something like "The touch panel has been locked due to a lack of response .... Move your hand or thing away from ..." The popup disappears very quickly so I haven't been able to get the full text written down or a picture snapped, but I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this and had figured out what it meant.
when u turn on the brightkeep function,the message will pop up while u try to opreating your phone when it on a flat surface. either turn the function off or hold your phone by your hand when opreating will fix it. I am new here. and i got a softbank 305sh. hope this will be helpful.
I think it is caused by the tiny censor at the right bottom side .
Maybe you turn on "Sweep ON" function? if you turn it off, it won't show up but since this device got a power button on some place, hard to push, so I can't turn it off..
the best way, operate your phone with the left hand
When this happens to me, I point the little sensor up or at a light source for a second and that seems to work every time.
The message:" Touch Panel is locked due to the response of sensor on lower right of screen. Move your hand or thing away". This happens a lot and no matter what I turn on or off doesn't stop it. I send an email to Sharp and their response was that my phone needs to be serviced. I called Boost Mobile and the guy was giving me a hard time so I can either ship it away and hope they don't damage my phone too much or live with it but it happens more times than not and usually when I'm sending a text or email.
Happens a lot on mine as well especially if I wear long sleeve or using it on a blanket.that message just show up whenever the lower right of the phone touch the cloth. hand is not at much as a problem.
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I searched, and didn't find any other posts about this, but the search engine here seemed a bit flaky.
I installed SlimKat 4.4.4.build.8.0 on my Samsung Galaxy S3, um, last year I think it was. I had previously been using SlimBean, having dumped the original Samsung ROM fairly shortly after I bought it. Since then there has been weirdness that relates to the proximity sensor.
I used E-Robot to disable the screen when anything is close to the proximity sensor. So put it face down, screen off; put it in my shirt pocket face inwards, screen off; leave it on the desk face up so I can see the screen, screen on. Naturally - hold it to your ear on a phone call, screen off, though that's a basic function of the proximity sensor, it did that anyway. On the flip side, if it was blanked and you uncover the sensor, the screen would come back on, but it would be the Lightning Launcher lock screen that I prefer. I got used to Lightning Launcher from SlimBean.
After installing SlimKat, when covering the sensor, first the volume controls show for a few seconds, THEN the screen goes off. Coming out again, the Lightning Launcher lock screen would not show. This got a bit awkward before I figured it out. I usually put my phone in my shirt pocket screen inward, so that the sensor triggers the screen disable. But now, since the volume control is showing for a few seconds first, I discovered that my chest would brush against the screen, randomly adjusting one of the volumes as it went in my pocket. Since I usually have the volume turned all the way up, the only way was down. I missed a few phone calls that way before figuring out why my phone wasn't ringing.
So I have disabled that E-Robot thing now. BTW, there's no way to turn the SlimKat screen blanker off? I would have tried that first, but could only find how to set the timeout, not how to turn it off.
More recently, though this may be a new hardware problem, but it's a big coincidence ... now the proximity sensor refuses to work at all. It always thinks it's covered. This is a really big pain, since as mentioned above, the proximity sensor is designed to disable the screen when you hold it to your ear, only now it disables it the moment the phone call starts, AND refuses to enable it after the phone call is over. The sensor still thinks it's being held to your ear, the screen stubbornly refuses to switch on, no matter what buttons I press. Only way I can get out of that state is to pull the battery. This is not good. (On the other hand, this sort of thing is why I always get phones with swappable batteries, as a very experienced computer dude, I know that sometimes you just have to kill the power.) So anyone I call gets to hear my swearing as I rip the case open and pull the battery out, before I can end the phone call. Though pulling the battery naturally ends the call. lol
About the same time I noticed the proximity sensor no longer working, I noticed the up volume button also isn't working. That could have been broken for awhile, I rarely use either volume control. Part of the reason for doing this entire proximity sensor disabling the screen thing is so I could avoid wearing out the physical buttons. The S3 is old, but I like to keep my computer hardware running for a long time.
Sooooo, proximity sensor and volume controls interact in odd ways, then both fail. That's a pretty big coincidence. Though having just written that, I have come up with a new theory. Maybe some common part of the physical circuitry for the sensor and the button was going flaky, such that the sensor triggering sent noise through the up volume control, triggering the on screen volume controls before blanking. Still, a coincidence that it only happened after installing SlimKat. Also, wouldn't this trigger both volume controls and screen disable at the same time, rather than within a few seconds? No idea how Lightning Launcher fits into this new theory.
So I'm still not sure what's causing this, or how to fix it. Other than going back to SlimBean to see if that fixes anything. It doesn't look like I can go forward, 4.4.4 looks like the last SlimRom made for the S3. At least according to OTA.
Anyone got any ideas? "Buy a new phone" isn't a good answer for me right now, can't afford it.
onefang,
I have a S3 that I ran the Slimkat 4.4.4 build 9 on for a while (9 months). There is a known issue with the CM package (used in SlimKat) that causes the volume button not to work correctly. When you are on a call, the call volume can not be raised or lowered. There may be other issues. I am currently running the CyanogenModCM12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K6-d2att rom and the performance is much better than Slimkat.