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Maybe someone who knows a bit more or notices something I did not can help... I was looking in literally every folder for the file that controls the soft keys. This is a script I wrote up that *should* disable them but they turn off and come back on when you tap them.
#!/system/bin/sh
chown root /sys/devices/virtual/sec/t_key/brightness
chmod 0777 /sys/devices/virtual/sec/t_key/brightness
echo 0 > /sys/devices/virtual/sec/t_key/brightness
chmod 0555 /sys/devices/virtual/sec/t_key/brightness
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have you checked into the rom control toggle that disables the softkeys? even though it doesn't work on every theme/framework it seems, it might get you in the right direction?
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have you checked into the rom control toggle that disables the softkeys? even though it doesn't work on every theme/framework it seems, it might get you in the right direction?
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ROM control in AOKP? That adds the on screen buttons.
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Hahaha well your a recognized developer go ask an Elite Recognized Developer
You can't ask us scrubs here .
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Hahaha well your a recognized developer go ask an Elite Recognized Developer
You can't ask us scrubs here .
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I *could* just disable them in the kernel but still, it is not a good option if people want to toggle them on any rom.
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I set tasker to run this command for literally everything lol
Constantly run when keyboard is not out
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I like this thread
I think that short of disabling them in the kernel there isn't a way, I tried looking through other places in hopes to figure it out but to no avail either.
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I am ALL for the kernel disabling the soft keys and if need be, the keyboard backlight. After two years of fondling this phone, I know her every curve.
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Marcus, if you can just disable them completely, this would be the first and ONLY option for the 80% of us who want those battery draining LED's gone for good.
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Do they really have that significant of an impact on battery life?
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Do they really have that significant of an impact on battery life?
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no but they are really bright at night time.
Well, for battery life freaks like myself, I'm sure I would notice a gain if there were no lights activated.
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The moment always had kernels that came in LEDon and LEDoff versions, however the moment had a white background on its cap. buttons. I would love thhis for the epic as well
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BUMP
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I hate these bright soft keys with a passion. If there was a way to completely disable them by tweaking the kernel I would be all for it.
It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't stay on so long or pop on with the slider. Please marcus....slay these annoying lights.
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FYI, with CM9, the Screen Filter app disables the soft keys. They'll turn back on if you touch them, but you can start and use an e-reader indefinitely without doing that. The app also works as a widget, so if you touch the soft keys accidentally, a quick double tap of the widget will turn them back off.
Alexdi said:
FYI, with CM9, the Screen Filter app disables the soft keys. They'll turn back on if you touch them, but you can start and use an e-reader indefinitely without doing that. The app also works as a widget, so if you touch the soft keys accidentally, a quick double tap of the widget will turn them back off.
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You can also make tasker run the echo 0 part of the script I wrote every time you hold the search button or open the launcher/book app.
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From a linux based standpoint there is only one legitimate option. That is to run your script and then wear gloves which hamper the output of static electricity from your fingertips, so that you can surgically apply DUCT(or your preferred brand/type) TAPE over said lights without them turning on, in which case your script works, and peoples woes go away.
Trololol.
i agree
I agree on disabling them in the kernel for good i personally think this phone looks sexier with the lights off (no pun intended =P)
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I was messing around with the power saving mode just now. I realized that when I tick-on "Screen power saving" I can notice a huge slow down on the whole ui. Now remember everything else is ticked-on including the cpu limiter. But with "Screen power saving" turned off, I couldn't tell the difference between power saving mode and non-power saving mode. Which leads me to conclude the "Screen power saving" is doing some major cpu calculation which might actually not be so great as it defeats the purpose of power saving.
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I was messing around with the power saving mode just now. I realized that when I tick-on "Screen power saving" I can notice a huge slow down on the whole ui. Now remember everything else is ticked-on including the cpu limiter. But with "Screen power saving" turned off, I couldn't tell the difference between power saving mode and non-power saving mode. Which leads me to conclude the "Screen power saving" is doing some major cpu calculation which might actually not be so great as it defeats the purpose of power saving.
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Even I noticed lag while powersaving is on .......
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That power saving mode and blocking mode are the stupidest two things that they pushed on android.. I never used thise things. Also, that screen brightness adjustment in notification menu is so annoying,and I never touched it. And whyv they added those extra toggles in notification menu next to sound,wifi ,mobile data,etc so now everything slides from side to side and I always press something that I don't want. Or maybe there is a possibility to turn those off and I can't find how to..
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defenderko said:
That power saving mode and blocking mode are the stupidest two things that they pushed on android.. I never used thise things. Also, that screen brightness adjustment in notification menu is so annoying,and I never touched it. And whyv they added those extra toggles in notification menu next to sound,wifi ,mobile data,etc so now everything slides from side to side and I always press something that I don't want. Or maybe there is a possibility to turn those off and I can't find how to..
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Toggles can be customized even on stock.
And power saving mode really does save battery, and its customizable.
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adytum said:
Toggles can be customized even on stock.
And power saving mode really does save battery, and its customizable.
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It saves battery but it destroys performance. It is acting like galaxy ace when on power saving mode . Please show me how to customise the toggles, because I can't find out how after 10 days of looking into the settings. Can I move the brightness adjuster too? Thanks
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defenderko said:
It saves battery but it destroys performance. It is acting like galaxy ace when on power saving mode . Please show me how to customise the toggles, because I can't find out how after 10 days of looking into the settings. Can I move the brightness adjuster too? Thanks
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Dear ...go to settings ...display...notification panel...and yes u can remove the brightness adjuster too from thos setings itself
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manish21nov said:
Dear ...go to settings ...display...notification panel...and yes u can remove the brightness adjuster too from thos setings itself
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Maybe I am not seeing it...
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Maybe I am not seeing it...
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Gues ur on 4.1.1 .......the options are available in 4.1.2
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Gues ur on 4.1.1 .......the options are available in 4.1.2
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Yap, I am on 4.1.1 ! Thanks
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Yap, I am on 4.1.1 ! Thanks
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Sorry, didn't realize it is a 4.1.2 feature!
But I don't understand how you can say that power saving mode destroys performance, I hardly notice any difference in normal usage. It's basically just the cpu locked at 1 ghz.
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The screen power saving mode does something with the screen's refresh rate, if you have it on you will notice the screen flickering in a very fast rate, so the slow down in the UI is probably because of the screen is skipping every other frame making it seem like it slowed down when it is not
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The screen power saving mode does something with the screen's refresh rate, if you have it on you will notice the screen flickering in a very fast rate, so the slow down in the UI is probably because of the screen is skipping every other frame making it seem like it slowed down when it is not
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Does make sense, but would that really save a lot of Battery? I think the sweet spot now is to just tick on CPU Limiter while leaving everything off. [Obviously people who use CPU apps don't really need this feature as they can modify the CPU even more] Too bad I really don't use this feature much as of yet but will report back if I find anything new. I'll try to use the phone for a couple days with just the CPU Limiter ticked on this weekend.
If you want to save power on your Note 2, you might use SetCPU, Screen Filter & Juice Defender Plus, these apps help me a lot to save battery.
Because it limits your screens fps to like 40 or 30
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Because it limits your screens fps to like 40 or 30
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I strongly believe it is lower then 30FPS.. Perhaps below 25fps.
HOWEVER if you uncheck Screen Power Saving, the FPS returns back to normal. I usually use Power Saving mode with only Power savings on, this way performance is not affected.
What's interesting is that I've been testing power save mode on some pretty high end games like modern combat 4 and nfs most wanted and you only lose 4-8 fps on average, but it still remains over 30 fps.
This is with all the options ticked in power save mode. For gaming while off the charger, it would help extend the battery quite a bit.
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What's interesting is that I've been testing power save mode on some pretty high end games like modern combat 4 and nfs most wanted and you only lose 4-8 fps on average, but it still remains over 30 fps.
This is with all the options ticked in power save mode. For gaming while off the charger, it would help extend the battery quite a bit.
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If that is true, I hardly find a reason to NOT use power savings until more graphics demanding games come out. I'll also test it out on Deadzone.
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If that is true, I hardly find a reason to NOT use power savings until more graphics demanding games come out. I'll also test it out on Deadzone.
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Well those extra fps could come in handy, but if power save gives extra playing time then it might be worth the slight loss.
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EP2008 said:
What's interesting is that I've been testing power save mode on some pretty high end games like modern combat 4 and nfs most wanted and you only lose 4-8 fps on average, but it still remains over 30 fps.
This is with all the options ticked in power save mode. For gaming while off the charger, it would help extend the battery quite a bit.
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Exactly my experience too.
Also, it's not the fps getting capped, lower fps is just a result of capped cpu frequency, but the refresh rate is capped, which could lead to a certain amount of flickering even though I cannot see it. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I'm on the fence about leaving smart stay on? It only seems to work sometime, and I can't tell whether it is killing my battery or not. Just curious if anyone out there is using it?
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I never used it in my Note 2 and immediately disabled it in the Note 3.
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I'm on the fence about leaving smart stay on? It only seems to work sometime, and I can't tell whether it is killing my battery or not. Just curious if anyone out there is using it?
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I have been keeping it on, but it doesnt work very well for me thus far. If you look away for more than a sec or so and then look back it will still shut the screen off. I havent noticed battery drain though.
I turned off Smart Stay and all the other "Smart" features, they rarely ever work properly. For instance, Smart Stay requires that I stare at the sensor for the screen to stay on. In addition, now that I have a case with a lip on the front of the phone, I think the lip interferes with the sensor and none of the Smart features have worked since.
I use it. It doesn't work 100% of the time but enough to leave it on.
I've used S3, S4, and now Note 3, and I've always enabled it. I never realize how much I've depended on it until I got the Nexus 7, which didn't have this feature. The Nexus 7 would always dim the screen when I'm browsing/reading something. So good job to Samsung. They made a feature that is not only useful, but also transparent.
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I've used S3, S4, and now Note 3, and I've always enabled it. I never realize how much I've depended on it until I got the Nexus 7, which didn't have this feature. The Nexus 7 would always dim the screen when I'm browsing/reading something. So good job to Samsung. They made a feature that is not only useful, but also transparent.
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ronaldheld said:
I use it. It doesn't work 100% of the time but enough to leave it on.
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Same here. The notification "eye" annoys me a bit, but that's bc @beanstown106 roms spoiled me haha
I never used it with my Note 2, honestly never even knew it was there :laugh:
I didn't like the screen dimming all the time, I do read a lot on my phone so have it enabled for that purpose makes it worthwhile to me.
pitbulledEvo said:
Same here. The notification "eye" annoys me a bit, but that's bc @beanstown106 roms spoiled me haha
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If you're rooted you can disable that "eye"notification using Wanam Xposed.
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It does not seem to work for me, probably because I wear glasses. I disabled it after a week and did not notice any difference.
virx14 said:
It does not seem to work for me, probably because I wear glasses. I disabled it after a week and did not notice any difference.
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I thought about that too but I tried it without my glasses, didn't work.
GirLuvsDroid said:
If you're rooted you can disable that "eye"notification using Wanam Xposed.
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Thanks. Do you know if wanam xposed can change the clock position /color? I don't have much experience with Xposed.
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Thanks. Do you know if wanam xposed can change the clock position /color? I don't have much experience with Xposed.
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yes
Waste of battery IMHO.
Yeah it's lame. I thought it'd be cool but it pauses way too much
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Id it very difficult orbimpossible to turn on screen using double tap like lg g2 ?
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Why would you want this?? Stop being lazy and just press the damn home button!
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Id it very difficult orbimpossible to turn on screen using double tap like lg g2 ?
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up to now... I don't think it is visible AFAIK.
And if you try to google out there, there is/are app(s) which manipulate this function, by keep screen on, and make the color of the screen turn black (as if it is off). And it is working only with OLED display.
I never use/try it, because I don't really like the idea with my N3, whereby I have the s-view attached already.
So if you jailbreak iPhone 5s/6/6plus you can unlock the phone by just putting your finger on the home button without unlocking the screen. Is it possible with some tool in Samsung Galaxy s5 by just swiping the pad without turning the screen on making the phone unlock?
Thanks for answers
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No one knows?
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I would totally like that if it is possible, and think it won/t use too much battery as if it is only the print sensor on, I hope somebody can help us with this.
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No one knows?
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I would totally like that if it is possible, and think it won/t use too much battery as if it is only the print sensor on, I hope somebody can help us with this.
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Yes its a very awesome feature and I think its possible if some dev looks into it. I dont have S5 atm but I am considering buying the phone if this is possible
As of right now, there is no mod that allows this. but i'm sure sooner or later some dev will get it to work, as the posters above me have already said.
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I would totally like that if it is possible, and think it won/t use too much battery as if it is only the print sensor on, I hope somebody can help us with this.
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It will take a hit on the battery since this feature will be emulated through software since the hardware restricts it. For that to happen we have to modify the kernel to make the cpu stay awake at all times at low power. It's just like the Double tap to wake feature that is also sort of "emulated".
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It will take a hit on the battery since this feature will be emulated through software since the hardware restricts it. For that to happen we have to modify the kernel to make the cpu stay awake at all times at low power. It's just like the Double tap to wake feature that is also sort of "emulated".
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I see, you may be right
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