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Brightness tip

Couldn't finds this on a search, so just in case people didn't know, here it is.
Place your thumb on the notification bar, and instead of pulling it down, slide left to make the brightness go down and right to go up.
I found this accidentally. This may be old news to some of you, but I thought it was pretty cool little feature.
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Aight. Cool. This is something new for me. And i like the brightness trick . The screenshot maker is terrible. Volume up and power and home button at the same time. Making screenshots with volume widget in screen. Aarrrg better take a app to do this
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Mc S.H.O. said:
Aight. Cool. This is something new for me. And i like the brightness trick . The screenshot maker is terrible. Volume up and power and home button at the same time. Making screenshots with volume widget in screen. Aarrrg better take a app to do this
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you don't have to press vol up, power and home button is enough.

MrBadgerMilk said:
Couldn't finds this on a search, so just in case people didn't know, here it is.
Place your thumb on the notification bar, and instead of pulling it down, slide left to make the brightness go down and right to go up.
I found this accidentally. This may be old news to some of you, but I thought it was pretty cool little feature.
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Oh well, that's a cool find. You have to disable the Auto brightness though

MrBadgerMilk said:
Couldn't finds this on a search, so just in case people didn't know, here it is.
Place your thumb on the notification bar, and instead of pulling it down, slide left to make the brightness go down and right to go up.
I found this accidentally. This may be old news to some of you, but I thought it was pretty cool little feature.
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I also found it accidentally. Pretty cool feature for those who change brightness more frequently.

That's been there ever since the galaxy s 1

helikido said:
That's been there ever since the galaxy s 1
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And already posted in a few threads...
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"poor" home button

i dont know if it's just my mobile but i dont like so much my home buton.
When i holding him it can be move left-right-1-2mm.
I's not compact like iphone,altough i dont like apple crap.
This mobile i so perfect,but this home button annoys me.
Also the sound when i click it...
It looks so cheap...what do u folks thing?

I don't like the button and doubt how long it will work properly ! The button should have been made with more solid hardware as it's the only button you have on GSII.
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ithehappy said:
I don't like the button and doubt how long it will work properly ! The button should have been made with more solid hardware as it's the only button you have on GSII.
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sure i agree with you.IT LOOK'S SO SO CHEAP.
let's hear other opinions?

It's damn cheap. I hate the sound. Sometimes I click it once and it sounds as if I clicked twice. Hate it.
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Maybe there are some quality control issues with the button. Mine is rock solid. It barely wiggles, and makes a satisfying click sound. WAY better than the home button I had on my iPhone 4.

Now I've got rid of Touchwiz, that home button is the only fly in the ointment. The capacitive one on my DHD was so much nicer. Hopefully Samsung won't feel the need to continue copying this pointless feature of the iphone on any future phones.

I miss track ball with colors notification from nexus one... it was awesome!
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SugarySnack said:
Maybe there are some quality control issues with the button. Mine is rock solid. It barely wiggles, and makes a satisfying click sound. WAY better than the home button I had on my iPhone 4.
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Satisfying? I hate this sound. Like its some old mobile. I asked on another forum and they suggest takin to repair center.
Can you do a test?
Put your finger on the button and try it move left right,mine goes 2mm.
Also when you press button is there a click sound?
Why they didnt make like iphone...
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lockieio said:
Satisfying? I hate this sound. Like its some old mobile. I asked on another forum and they suggest takin to repair center.
Can you do a test?
Put your finger on the button and try it move left right,mine goes 2mm.
Also when you press button is there a click sound?
Why they didnt make like iphone...
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I tried mine and it moves but nowhere close to 1 or 2 mm.. I checked with my ruler and it only moves .5mm .. For me the clicking sound is not that loud and annoying..
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Mine doesn't move at all. When presses in its makes a faint click and a duller faint click when released.

Mine wiggles too but I don't think it will break easily. Sammy qc is not so bad compared to other companies. should be ok. I hope^^
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Mine wiggles a bit but not like yours. Or maybe you're forcing it to wiggle? If I just press like normal it doesn't move or wiggle.
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Originally Posted by lockieio
Satisfying? I hate this sound. Like its some old mobile. I asked on another forum and they suggest takin to repair center.
Can you do a test?
Put your finger on the button and try it move left right,mine goes 2mm.
Also when you press button is there a click sound?
Why they didnt make like iphone...
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I tried mine and it moves but nowhere close to 1 or 2 mm.. I checked with my ruler and it only moves .5mm .. For me the clicking sound is not that loud and annoying..
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Lol what do you mean 5mm??? I will give mine to service center today...its realy moving and clicking sound enoys me so much...
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lockieio said:
Lol what do you mean 5mm??? I will give mine to service center today...its realy moving and clicking sound enoys me so much...
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I clearly typed .5 not 5
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My button's sideways shift is immeasurably small.. I'd guess 0.2 at the very most, only just enough to allow room for not pressing the centre... the click is a nice muted reassurance of interaction.
I didn't know it before... but I love my home button. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

iekansh said:
It's damn cheap. I hate the sound. Sometimes I click it once and it sounds as if I clicked twice. Hate it.
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Mine worked properly for about a month, then started to wiggle and sound as if I press it twice. It almost sounds like pressing a camera shutter, half press to focus and full press to take the shot.

mjeshurun said:
Mine worked properly for about a month, then started to wiggle and sound as if I press it twice. It almost sounds like pressing a camera shutter, half press to focus and full press to take the shot.
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Ditto! It worked fine but now after 2 months I feel as if I am clicking it twice just like camera button. Man, you're so right.!
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I kind of like the feel and look of it actually. Now I've only had my phone for a week, but it doesn't move or anything like that for me!
I've always preferred hardware buttons too, especially for the home button. Playing around with my friend's Nexus S was horrid because of those buttons, same goes for another friend's Incredible S.
I'm hoping it lasts past this 2 month mark though, you guys are scaring me now.

i rarely used the home button of my gs2 (sometimes not at all)...i installed button savior in replace...Ü

kenkie said:
i rarely used the home button of my gs2 (sometimes not at all)...i installed button savior in replace...Ü
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you install what? can you explain?

You dont need to pull the battery!

I see so many threads where people say "I had to pull the battery".
This is not necessary just hold down the power button for over 10 seconds and your phone will reboot.
Hope this helps some of you.
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I Tried it earlier also but I think I didn't pressed the button for 10 secs. Now when I read your post I re tried and waited long and phone rebooted. Thankxx man.

Power + Home always works for me, seems to take less than 10 seconds too.
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Sometime, u really need to pull the battery out , let say, for example, when ur phone boot in a loop and just showing the samsung bootscreen....
But I agree with u, most problem that people share here doesnt require to pull the battery out
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Actually you can usually enter download or recovery mode while the phone is looping without even touching power button. The power button part of the sequence is just to turn on the phone. Just hold home and vol up/down and the phone will enter recovery/download the next time it reboots. I have only had to pull the battery once it was when something goofed in download mode.
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Didn't know this trick actually. Will come in handy. Thanks
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You made my day, I was pulling the battery once in a while when my phone froze and I'm happy to know I don't have to.
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Surprisingly, not many people know this. It certainly saves some wear and tear on your battery cover. I didn't know it for a good few months of owning my device. I hope a ton of people read this!

upichie said:
Surprisingly, not many people know this. It certainly saves some wear and tear on your battery cover. I didn't know it for a good few months of owning my device. I hope a ton of people read this!
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Apparently when I applied a bit of Brain then I discovered that u don't need to switch your phone off compeltely for going into recovery mode.
Just try this- press and hold power button for 5 secs or so and then press volume up and home button. Keep all of them pressed and you will enter into recovery . It isn't such a gr8 find, its the same as what u do when u turn your phone off and go to recovery but its more easy.

BHuvan goyal said:
Apparently when I applied a bit of Brain then I discovered that u don't need to switch your phone off compeltely for going into recovery mode.
Just try this- press and hold power button for 5 secs or so and then press volume up and home button. Keep all of them pressed and you will enter into recovery . It isn't such a gr8 find, its the same as what u do when u turn your phone off and go to recovery but its more easy.
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Yep, I've been doing that for awhile now. Both are extremely helpful. Everyone should know about this!

Holding down the power button for a long time doesn't always work.
Useless thread.
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phzi said:
Holding down the power button for a long time doesn't always work.
Useless thread.
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Really? Or are your little fingers are too weak to press the power button for even 10 secs.

phzi said:
Holding down the power button for a long time doesn't always work.
Useless thread.
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I beg to differ. Rebooting to fix issues doesn't work all the time either, is it useless to suggest that too?
I've had my galaxy s since launch, and it has never failed to reboot by holding the power button. So for whatever special cases where it may not work, there are literally hundreds that will. This fact alone makes this thread anything but useless. Besides, the battery cover is not very durable, anything that helps to avoid removing it is good, even if just occasionally.
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it is a life saver

Power + Home works great

escalebur said:
Power + Home works great
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Does the home button actually make a difference or is it equal to holding the power button while quoting Shakespeare?
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mickeko said:
Does the home button actually make a difference or is it equal to holding the power button while quoting Shakespeare?
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turn off the Tapatalk and then try it using your GT-i9000 - will be faster than quoting LOL
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Really? Or are your little fingers are too weak to press the power button for even 10 secs.
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as far as I may look, no one suggested that you have too small hands to pull out the cover and remove battery... yet

spamtrash said:
turn off the Tapatalk and then try it using your GT-i9000 - will be faster than quoting LOL
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as far as I may look, no one suggested that you have too small hands to pull out the cover and remove battery... yet
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Well for those who have a hard cover on the back of their phone, power button option is better, Battery pull option is always their.
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CORRECTION. Proper post should look like: as far as I may look, no one suggested that you have too small hands to pull out the hard cover, then back cover and remove battery... yet

spamtrash said:
CORRECTION. Proper post should look like: as far as I may look, no one suggested that you have too small hands to pull out the hard cover, then back cover and remove battery... yet
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You are impossible, just keep living in your own virtual world where you are the king of the world and every stupid thought from your stinking brain is awesome.
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How to take a screenshot?

Need to know thanks.
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Hold power and volume down.

gtg465x said:
Hold power and volume down.
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Fast reply thanks!
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Also, you must press both of them at the same time. (not like Windows where you can press one first and one later)

KyraOfFire said:
Also, you must press both of them at the same time. (not like Windows where you can press one first and one later)
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Yes I've done it on my other phones just wasn't sure of the combo.
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Screenshot...
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Hold power and volume down.
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Not working for me? I tried all combos of buttons, but nothing?

why my nexus 4 doesn't take a screen shot when pressing power and volume down button

I'm running stock, haven't changed a thing since getting it from Google play.
Need HELP!!
Thank you!
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Are you doing it simultaneously? Give it like a second or two before releasing
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press the power button first and the the volume down button...and then wait for your INSTANT WIN!!

need to press them the same time. its a little tricky at the start but you'll get used to it.

or you can just get an app that will do it for you
like THESE

Sparta507 said:
or you can just get an app that will do it for you
like THESE
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no point in installing useless apps that consume memory when its in the OS natively. its not that difficult to press two buttons at the same time and getting it right. once you do it once or twice, you'd get the hang of it and all is good.
either that or flash a custom rom and u can add the screenshot button on your long press power button menu.

zephiK said:
no point in installing useless apps that consume memory when its in the OS natively. its not that difficult to press two buttons at the same time and getting it right. once you do it once or twice, you'd get the hang of it and all is good.
either that or flash a custom rom and u can add the screenshot button on your long press power button menu.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure its not working for me either
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It works for everyone. All you have to do is push them at the same time. Power + volume down. Hold for like three seconds. If it doesn't work hold for five seconds.
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thanks guys, it is indeed tricky. especially doing it with my diztronic case.
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strobex said:
Yeah I'm pretty sure its not working for me either
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It's very tricky. I said the same thing when I was doing it on my galaxy Nexus but got the hang of it.
Place your hand on the volume down and power button before pressing them and then hold them both at the same time until your phone makes a screen shot animation.
I will give Samsung this though the slide to screen shot is very intuitive on the touch wiz platform.
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eminemead said:
thanks guys, it is indeed tricky. especially doing it with my diztronic case.
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Oh so that's why. Since the new diztronics cover the buttons, it's probably not being pressed correctly.
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joshnichols189 said:
It works for everyone. All you have to do is push them at the same time. Power + volume down. Hold for like three seconds. If it doesn't work hold for five seconds.
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I was about to start *****in hard ..but got it to work
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zephiK said:
It's very tricky. Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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It's actually not lol.

cloud1111 said:
It's actually not lol.
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Tell that to the people who had difficulties
It is tricky at the beginning but like I said over again and again, once you know how to do it. It's not tricky and is very easy to do. I understand depending what case they have on it may be trickier because the case covers the buttons that all of us overlooked

Screen shot working on Nexus 4 after trying this!!!!
Press Volume down button and power button until phone get restarted. then you able to take screen shots.
It worked for me.
~~Nexus 4.

PTS_Nexus_4 said:
Press Volume down button and power button until phone get restarted. then you able to take screen shots.
It worked for me.
~~Nexus 4.
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Try first powering off your phone. I had a little issue and i could not get the shutting down menu after several attempts, the phone restarted it self and after it was up, I was able to take screenshots without any difficulties.

ceag235 said:
Try first powering off your phone. I had a little issue and i could not get the shutting down menu after several attempts, the phone restarted it self and after it was up, I was able to take screenshots without any difficulties.
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My nexus had the same problem... and yes, I know how to take screenshots...
But by doing this the problem was solved... thanx man!