Why has nobody posted a thread about how turning the screen on is a pain in the ass?
Not only do I believe this power button is horribly designed, but I have to type this maze password in every time the screen shuts off after 15sec!
Why isn't there a timeout option when asking for the maze password (or whatever Android calls it)
It's a real buzz kill having to press this measly little power button every time I want to look at my phone. For those who have used newer Blackberries, this must also be a real hair puller for you also
This plus all the horrible battery life, GPS issues, 150kbps upload limit, is really making me plan a visit to my Sprint store on 9/30 unless half this crap gets fixed in the next week and a half, which we all know it won't
"Settings" is a powerful tool in android.
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"Settings" is a powerful tool in android.
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True, but there is no setting to delay pattern required.
I was looking for it too.
No idea if this is fixable in Tasker (paid app; totally worth the money imo) but I do have Tasker profiles set to turn off the pattern when charging (when I'm home or at work) or when connected to specific ssids on wifi (at home or at close friends' places). Tasker hasn't let me down yet...
I'll try and poke around when I have a chance.
Also as much as the bulk that hard cases add, one of the random benefits is finding the buttons easier.
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Check out main thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803902
# What it does #
Basically what it does is it makes it possible to launch androids taskswitcher (recent apps) or call another action such as home, back, menu or turn screen off by waving your finger past the proximity sensor. You can also set an action to run when your proximity sensor is covered. With a little practice this really makes multitasking much faster. There is now also actions for media like volume, play pause and such, aswell as a flashlight (only tested on galaxy note, probably wont work on all devices) The media-actions are not properly implemented yet, so all actions may not work on all devices. If media controls is what you really want, I think wave control is your app. They have media controls implemented properly.
There is now some other features aswell.
Smart keep screen on will keep your screen on as long as you hold the phone in your hand. When you put it down, it will let the screen go off. I have only tested it on a galaxy note. Feedback on this would be welcomed.
You can now also run an action to keep the screen on permanently, or atleast until you run the action again.
Feel free to try it out.
# Instructions #
Configure actions for each number of waves up to six. The action you choose will then be executed when you wave.
You can also configure an action to launch when you cover your proximity sensor and for when the device is shaken.
If you have trouble with the gestures and smartswitcher recognizes the wrong gesture, you can adjust the gesture sensitivity. If you put this on low, the response and gesture recognition will be fast, but you will have to wave fast also. On high, the opposite is true. If you are not Lucky Luke like me, medium or high should work.
# Planned features #
Suggestions, anyone?
# Known issues #
FIXED?
Sometimes Smartswitcher does not get superuser permissions at first try, if you are rooted and you are sure it should work on your device, this may be the problem. I am not sure why this is as it has never happened to me, but a few users have reported that installing it again or using supersu fixes the problem. Will try to get this fixed.
# Other #
The powerconsumption of the proximity sensor is extremely low so the impact on your battery should be fairly low. Did anyone using this notice a reduction of battery life, and I mean that in a more scientific way than just checking under battery in your system settings? Was it 5 minutes or 1 hour?
If you dont have root or smartswitcher wont work, please buy the excellent app wave control. (Or if you simply like it better)
Zenblom made a video of smartswitcher:
He also compiled a list on working devices:
# Confirmed working devices #
- Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000
- Samsung galaxy s3 i9300 international version
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 P6800
- Sony Ericsson xperia neo v
Thanks Zenblom!
# Changelog #
Version 1.1.3
- Added action keep device alive. If you run this, your device will not sleep until next time you run it, period. It wont activate if the device is already being kept awake by the smart keep screen on function, have not tested this very carefully. If you feel a burst of short vibrations, the device is being kept awake. If you use this, dont forget to turn it off, or it will drain your battery.
- Adjusted the shakedetection. It should now work much better and should notmake doubleactions. Try it and tell me if it is better or worse.
- Adjusted the smart keep screen on function to a little less sensitive. Sometimes it did not turn the screen of because i set the sensitivity too high so it detected movement event when it was fairly still. Try it and tell me if I made it better or worse.
- Added support for up to six waves by request. Tested it some, it seemed to work fine.
Version 1.1.2
- Added action flashlight. Will probably not work on all devices, but it works on my note atleast. Will add more variants for other devices.
- Added EXPERIMENTAL Smart keep screen on function. There is no adjustable settings yet, just on and off. You can try it by setting your screen timeout at a low value like 15 seconds. As long as you hold your phone in your hand, the screen should keep on. If you put it down the screen should go off in 30 seconds or so. I adjusted it to work on my device, but that does not mean it will work good on yours. There is no settings for it yet. Try it, if you dont like it, disable it. Will also spend some time on next version with the shake detection, Its really not what I wanted it to be. It works, but barely.
Version 1.1.1
- Added shakedetection. You can now set an action for shake. Note: Will cause the ui to crash, press backbutton to close smartswitcher settings before using it and it should work fine.
Version 1.1.0
- No visible changes, but lots of changes in the code. I hate spagetticode, so I spent some time removing and rewriting things. Sensorcovered will now really have zero delay if you set that.
- Made the number of proactions allowed to 20, as I said I had done. It seems it was only 10
Version 1.0.9
- Fixed sensor covered, now it wont trigger any action if you remove your finger within the delay time.
- Added a BUNCH of actions. Some will work on your device, some will not. (Depending on rom, installed apps etc) The new features are for the pro version (Yes I will make a pro version.) I am a nice guy so everything you had before still works, plus you can use the profeatures for a total of 20 times, after that they will reset to no action. You are free to select pro features again for another 20 times. Sorry about this, but I have spent quite a few hours on this app now, and I would not mind getting a few bucks for my work. Please tell me what price you find fair for this app, if any price at all
- Made it so that gestures will work on active phonecall. This means actions like for instance hangup will actually hangup the call. Sensor covered should not interfere with anything now.
Version 1.0.8
Note: Remaining bug, sensor covered works but the delaysetting does not do what it is supposed to do. That is, even if you remove your finger from the sensor within the delay time, the action will still trigger. Sorry about that, will fix. Too tired now
- Fixed the bug that caused settings to not save after a while. Should work fine now.
- Added configurable settings for sensor covered so you can now set any action for that event. If you have a device with slow sensor you should now be able to launch recent apps by setting sensor covered delay to 0 and action to recent apps. You can now also set screen off as action on any wave.
- Fixed vibration feedback for sensor covered event.
- Removed Screen off setting as it is no longer needed.
- fixed some other bits and pieces and cleaned up the code.
Version 1.0.7
- Completely rewrote all of the code for taking care of actions. If I am lucky this will take care of the strange superuser permissions error. Unfortunately this way will mean an ever so slightly slower response, but if it turns out this way works better, I will see if I can speed it up some.
- Lots of bugfixes. Wavesettings and gestures off in landscape SHOULD work properly now. So SHOULD the screen off feature.
- Added button to stop Smartswitcher from doing anything at all. Now, please tell me what I have broken this time
Version 1.0.6
- Added settings for all gestures. You can now disable/enable/configure individual gestures. I did test this, but not very carefully. I should stop doing this so late at night. Please tell me if you find problems.
Version 1.0.5
- Added option to disable gestures when phone is in landscapemode. Now you dont have to kill smartswitcher if you find it unusable in landscape and then start it again when back in portrait. Let me know if it does not work as intended.
- Changed the vibrationfeedback on recognized gesture to a more gentle level.
- Find my sensor-mode is gone. Kind of useless feature anyway, good riddance to bad feature.
Version 1.0.4
- Wave once for recent apps, twice for menu, three times for back, four for home. No customizable settings for this yet, I need to sleep now Oh, I broke find my sensor-mode.
Version 1.0.2
- Configurable delay for the screenoff when sensor covered-feature added
Version 1.0.1:
- Disableoption for screenoff "bug"
- Changed Get the feel-mode to Find my sensor-mode, hopefully this is not as confusing
More coming. If you have any ideas or suggestions, let me know.
Nice idea...but on my HOX screen goes off waving past proximity sensor...BUT really nice idea!!
Work with me fine , but I must wave to lunch it
Thank you
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HISOON said:
Work with me fine , but I must wave to lunch it
Thank you
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Cool, what phone do you use?
Samsung galaxy s 3 international version
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didn't work for me
the phone vibrate and all but no recent apps !!
i use a galaxy note
oaz63 said:
didn't work for me
the phone vibrate and all but no recent apps !!
i use a galaxy note
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If it is rooted, it really should work. There is a bit of a trick to it, you have to wave your finger past the sensor and back within a fairly short amount of time. I did this because if I launched recent apps when you just come close to the sensor once, it launched when I did not want it to and was more of a pain than it was useful. Try setting the sensitivity to high and try a few more times. If it does not work then, we will have to figure out why. Plenty of people has tested it successfully on the note, thats why I am fairly sure that it should work but I could be wrong.
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If it is rooted, it really should work. There is a bit of a trick to it, you have to wave your finger past the sensor and back within a fairly short amount of time. I did this because if I launched recent apps when you just come close to the sensor once, it launched when I did not want it to and was more of a pain than it was useful. Try setting the sensitivity to high and try a few more times. If it does not work then, we will have to figure out why. Plenty of people has tested it successfully on the note, thats why I am fairly sure that it should work but I could be wrong.
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Stock NEE 4.0.4 on galaxy note,
Doesn't work :/ (rooted)
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Stock NEE 4.0.4 on galaxy note,
Doesn't work :/ (rooted)
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Would you mind doing a logcat for me while you try to wave at the sensor? It has worked for the majority of testers, I need to figure out why it does not for a few. No hurry, I wont have the time to look at this for a few days anyway. Thanks for testing!
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Would you mind doing a logcat for me while you try to wave at the sensor? It has worked for the majority of testers, I need to figure out why it does not for a few. No hurry, I wont have the time to look at this for a few days anyway. Thanks for testing!
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Here's your logcat, (looks like spamming the same message, probably triggers the event (?) but doesn't execute that)
Tried on xperia ray. Doesn't work. Just vibrate that's all. Will attach logcat if possible.
Edit : not sure if I'm doing it right, but this is all I get.
l/Smartswitcherservice(27913): Räknare:1
I/Smartswitcherservice(27913): Räknare:2
I/Smartswitcherservice(27913): Timer done
Absolutely amazing idea. Sometimes it does shut the screen off, though. Other than that, it works perfectly on the S3.
Thanks for this.
Nice idea
But On HTC desire and Sony Live with Walkman
It just vibrates and turns the screen off
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Tried on xperia ray. Doesn't work. Just vibrate that's all. Will attach logcat if possible.
Edit : not sure if I'm doing it right, but this is all I get.
l/Smartswitcherservice(27913): Räknare:1
I/Smartswitcherservice(27913): Räknare:2
I/Smartswitcherservice(27913): Timer done
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You are probably doing it right, its not that hard, most likely the sensor on your xperia ray is not updating its values fast enough. Räknare is swedish for counter You will need to get it up to 4 counts to trigger recent apps.If there are enough people with slow sensors Ill see if I can fix some other way of triggering it, maybe just covering the sensor but I am not sure if thats going to be useful. I dont have access to my computer right now.
fire_kid2003 said:
Nice idea
But On HTC desire and Sony Live with Walkman
It just vibrates and turns the screen off
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The screen off thing is something that should not be there. I forgot to remove it after a failed experiment with a screen off feature, will be removing that. If you could check logcat while you try waving I would be happy. If you see something like the poster with a xperia ray, its probably the same problem.
This is working nicely for me. Sgs3 internationsl i 9300. Wanamlite rom.
I switched sensitivity to low and i think is better.
What i want ask. How is this for the battery and the sensor itself?
I think that this will fry it after some time.
Anyhow great thinking.
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didn't work for me
the phone vibrate and all but no recent apps !!
i use a galaxy note
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same here but with Motorola Defy
mariosraptor said:
This is working nicely for me. Sgs3 internationsl i 9300. Wanamlite rom.
I switched sensitivity to low and i think is better.
What i want ask. How is this for the battery and the sensor itself?
I think that this will fry it after some time.
Anyhow great thinking.
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I have not noticed any negative impact on battery life, maybe someone else has, nobody has had any complaints about it so far. As for burning out the sensor, I dont think thats much to worry about. I used the sensor on my n900 for this for a very long time and its still working, although other parts of my beloved n900 has broken but not the sensor. If it makes you worried it might be best to not use this.
Downloaded the apk from galaxy note forum and it's working
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Downloaded the apk from galaxy note forum and it's working
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Cool! Its the same apk, but whatever makes it work is good
I'm not rooted, just running everything the way it came out of the box.
Examples of what I mean:
1. Switching users on the lockscreen takes forever. I tap on my user icon...and I wait. like 20-30 seconds. finally my lockscreen pops up and I can unlock the tablet.
2. Auto-rotate can take a long time too.
3. It takes a while for the lockscreen to be responsive when waking the device up.
Things like that. I'm wondering if it's because I have set up two users on the device. Does anyone else see the tablet lag with multiple users set up?
What should I do? I'm not afraid to root it, but I can't lose multi-user functionality so I'd need a ROM that supports that.
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I'm not rooted, just running everything the way it came out of the box.
Examples of what I mean:
1. Switching users on the lockscreen takes forever. I tap on my user icon...and I wait. like 20-30 seconds. finally my lockscreen pops up and I can unlock the tablet.
2. Auto-rotate can take a long time too.
3. It takes a while for the lockscreen to be responsive when waking the device up.
Things like that. I'm wondering if it's because I have set up two users on the device. Does anyone else see the tablet lag with multiple users set up?
What should I do? I'm not afraid to root it, but I can't lose multi-user functionality so I'd need a ROM that supports that.
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Most people with the 8GB and maybe the 16GB had the multiuser lag problem.
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Same thing happens to my sisters and my nexus 7 I'm rooted unlocked and trying new roms and hers is completely stock, I don't know what gives
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When you switch users doesn't the entire Android layer restart? (I don't know, never tried multi user yet.)
If that is the case, then it is always going to take about 10-15 seconds less than a cold start boot. On my tablet that would be about 20-30 seconds.
Auto rotate has a delay built in to prevent accidental rotation. Google made this way too long. Whenever I show someone my tablet they tilt it and impatiently tap it until it rotates.
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Lately my s view case when opening has one heck of a lag turning on. Anyone else experiencing this problem?
I have been having the same problem. I have had the case on for about 3 weeks now and everything was fine until about 2 days ago where this started happening and it has been very randomly. Every time i have tried to show the problem to anyone it doesn't seem to happen. I also happened to notice the issue occurring more when the phones battery level is under 50% (not sure if that has anything to do with it though).
Mine even locks up occasionally. Assumed it was an app (the music download app was my guess), but the timing with these other instances is very odd. I deleted about 15 apps and seems more stable now. Could it be a memory issue? For those with this problem: please reply with a) last 5 apps installed and b) free space on internal memory.
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Mine even locks up occasionally. Assumed it was an app (the music download app was my guess), but the timing with these other instances is very odd. I deleted about 15 apps and seems more stable now. Could it be a memory issue? For those with this problem: please reply with a) last 5 apps installed and b) free space on internal memory.
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I have not installed any new apps since I started experiencing this issue but the last 5 the were updated were Facebook (multiple times) Spotify Galaxy Gear Manager Chrome and S Fitness. My available internal storage is 6.88 GB and my Ram used is 1.4 GB. I have also started to notice that it does happen more with my galaxy gear paired with my phone (but that could just be coincidence as i have my gear paired 90% of the time that my phone is in use). I also tried flashing my SD card thinking that might be the cause as i have had to do that to help with battery issues in the past with other galaxy devices but it also did not work.
When you open the case, do you open it like a book or flip the cover all the way open so it rests on the back of the phone? I feel like it happens more when I open all the way. Is there a magnet in the cover?
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When you open the case, do you open it like a book or flip the cover all the way open so it rests on the back of the phone? I feel like it happens more when I open all the way. Is there a magnet in the cover?
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I have just been opening it like a book and it is happening. I am not 100% sure if there is a magnet in the case. I would have to guess that there is a magnet which is what allows the s view to work properly. I do know that i have a smart cover for my Galaxy note 10.1 (2014) and that does have a magnet at the top that allows the tablet to turn on and off automatically and I think that they are using this same technology on these covers.
Are you using a third party launcher? I have Nova installed and am beginning to wonder if that is the cause of the issue. I was just noticing it happening regularly so for testing purposes I switched my phone to Touch Wiz and everything appeared to work fine. I am going to try and work with Touch Wiz over the next few days and see if that makes any difference.
Question: Is your brightness level all the way down and on auto?
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Question: Is your brightness level all the way down and on auto?
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I have my brightness set to auto. Anther thing i have tried and it has worked so far it to disable the smart remote from displaying on my lock screen. I will update later if i happen to see the issue come back again but i am hoping this fixes it.
That didn't work for me.
Even though on auto, is your brightness slider all the way left?
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That didn't work for me.
Even though on auto, is your brightness slider all the way left?
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No it is almost all the way to the right.
I thought that may be it could be Nova launcher but the same thing has been happening with the Google Now launcher. Has anyone figured this thing out? It makes me want to go back to my Note 3.
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shoresteve626 said:
I thought that may be it could be Nova launcher but the same thing has been happening with the Google Now launcher. Has anyone figured this thing out? It makes me want to go back to my Note 3.
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I have turned off my weather and pedometer on the s view lock screen and so far that has worked for me (it has only been about a day so far so i am not calling it a complete success as of yet). If you have either of these options turned on try shutting them down and see if it makes a difference for you.
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I have turned off my weather and pedometer on the s view lock screen and so far that has worked for me (it has only been about a day so far so i am not calling it a complete success as of yet). If you have either of these options turned on try shutting them down and see if it makes a difference for you.
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I switched from Nova to the Google Now launcher and haven't had any problems but I'll try this work Nova to see if it fixes the problem and will report back.
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I have gone all weekend without the phone freezing once with the cover on. Even pressing the power button two or three times quickly (which previously would freeze the phone immediately) worked just fine and it has been just as responsive as the day i took it out of the box. Just for fun i turned the weather and pedometer views back on the the S View Settings and almost immediately it started freezing again and stopped once i turn the features back off. I am going to go out on a limb and say that this was a success for me. As much as i love having those features turned on for quick glance purposes I will gladly give them up for a quick functioning phone.
Alright.... This ^^^^^ worked for me no matter what launcher I used! I literally spent hours throughout the day trying to get it to freeze after disabling the pedometer and weather but it never did. Thank you!
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I bit the bullet and did a factory reset. Pain in the a$$, but no problems for a week...
I contacted Samsung yesterday about this. A factory reset will work temporarily but the issue will come back again. The only suggestion they had was to clear the data from the weather app and the s health app (which means loosing all data in your health app and any weather locations you set which I have a fair amount set) which again. Is only a temporary solution. In my opinion this is not an acceptable solution but it's all they could provide to me so I am choosing to stick with keeping these features off for now.
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Yeah... I'm on the same page. I shouldn't have to keep clearing the data to get my $50 cover to work properly with my phone. I don't need the weather and pedometer in s view that bad....
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Just a heads up it appears that samsung has fixed the issue. They released an update to the s health app today and a fix to the s view issues was on top of the changes. So far (it's only been about 10 hours) I have not had an issue with the pedometer and weather apps on. I will update again if I run into any problems.
I and @RajGopi have found a way by which you could register about 30 fingerprints in your phone!
All you gotta do is when you try registering one you should place different fingers whenever the completion of the registration increases.
It's an amazing glitch.
Just tried for fun and it actually worked. Lol??
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I and @RajGopi have found a way by which you could register about 30 fingerprints in your phone!
All you gotta do is when you try registering one you should place different fingers whenever the completion of the registration increases.
It's an amazing glitch.
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Been using this trick since day 1. Right and left index fingers should be more than enough. 30 will slow down the authentication process.
I think, the main drawback of the 'technique' is collisions possibility resulting in decrease in security level.