Bicycling is a major mode of transport for me, and the shake-to-wake feature of my HP Slate 7 Extreme causes it to turn itself on all the time when I ride. I have to turn the Slate completely OFF to to avoid using up the battery while biking!
Does anyone know of a way to disable the shake-to-wake feature? I cannot find a setting for it!
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OK I figured this out. This tablet does NOT have "shake to wake". But it does wake up if you pull out the stylus, and if the stylus is not firmly inserted in it's little cubby, it will wiggle around enough while bike riding to wake up the tablet.
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Very strange: when I put my MyTouch 4G in my car cradle (it's a generic one: http://www.officedepot.ca/a/products/494874/Gilsson-Universal-Windshield-Mount-Black/) the screen generally will not respond to touch making it essentially impossible to use.
I did notice that if I cover the back camera with my finger, the screen does respond to touch, even after I remove my finger. But then other strangeness occurs like it never times out to sleep mode and if I force it to sleep by pressing the top button, when I press the button again there is no lock screen and I need to cover the camera again to make it recognize touches.
I actually had a similar issue with my last phone (an Acer Liquid E) although using a hack to increase the touch sensitivity seemed to fix it on that phone.
I don't understand what is it about being put on a cradle that makes the phone behave this way. I have checked that the arms of the cradle aren't pressing any of the buttons and, in fact, just resting the phone in the cradle with the arms extended beyond the width of the phone does the same thing.
Anyone know what's going on?
Thanks!
probably time to return the cradle haha. but seriously speaking that just sounds super weird. especially the part where you say if you cover the camera the touch screen works. haha.
Does your cradle provide power ti the phone through use port? Generally this happens when there is voltage going to the phone that is interfering with the touch screeb, like using a generic charger.
I've seen this. It was caused by the cradle pressing in on the volume control. Adjust your phone on the cradle so the volume isn't touched and see if that solves it for you.
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No the cradle doesn't supply power it's just a generic holder. I did check that the arms aren't pressing any buttons as that's the first thing I suspected. Even with the arms open so that there is a space between them and the sides of the phone, so long as the phone is resting on the cradle (just by gravity) this happens.
The fact that covering the camera temporarily seems to fix it is also really strange. I almost started believing the phone can detect the dash of the car through the camera and shuts itself off so you don't play with it while driving. But that seems a little far fetched.
I've had the same behavior with my generic car dock as well. It's very sporadic (maybe once a week), and I can't figure out the cause. But for my $10 it's good enough until there's an official dock that's custom fit.
tmagritte said:
Very strange: when I put my MyTouch 4G in my car cradle (it's a generic one) the screen generally will not respond to touch making it essentially impossible to use.
I did notice that if I cover the back camera with my finger, the screen does respond to touch, even after I remove my finger. But then other strangeness occurs like it never times out to sleep mode and if I force it to sleep by pressing the top button, when I press the button again there is no lock screen and I need to cover the camera again to make it recognize touches.
I actually had a similar issue with my last phone (an Acer Liquid E) although using a hack to increase the touch sensitivity seemed to fix it on that phone.
I don't understand what is it about being put on a cradle that makes the phone behave this way. I have checked that the arms of the cradle aren't pressing any of the buttons and, in fact, just resting the phone in the cradle with the arms extended beyond the width of the phone does the same thing.
Anyone know what's going on?
Thanks!
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So it's even weirder than I thought. Turns out this doesn't only happen with the car cradle, but also sometimes when the phone is lying on its back. Tends to be more likely on a soft surface like my couch or a carpet, but it's also happened on my work desk. In these cases slightly repositioning the phone seems to fix it. Also, it doesn't seem to happen if a charging cable is plugged in, so at least that should be a workaround for car use. It happens when waking from sleep. Once the touch input is responsive, it remains so regardless of what position the phone is put in until the phone goes to sleep.
I put up a video to demonstrate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NX_3uds_Ek
The other thing I noticed is a purple light that comes on underneath the touchpad when its pressed. It's not really visible by eye but for some reason the camera really picks it up... Is that the pad's touch sensor?
Hey everyone. I've been reading a lot on here and I just want to say that I appreciate all the help,advice, and tips everyone has put out ! I have a small question of my own here today.
Is there a way to turn the screen on of the Nexus 4 without using the power button ? Maybe a gesture that you can do on the screen ? flip the screen over ? I'm open to any idea ! If possible, I would like to hear of something that has been actually tested on a nexus 4 as I don't want to screw up my phone in any way. I'm sure I'm not the only one that is worried about wearing out their phone's power button !
Thanks all !
Sweep 2 wake.
There are at least a couple of kernels that support it. I believe Faux123's kernel does. Check original development.
touch control... an app by bponury... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101488
Use either sweep2wake or volume wake.
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AW: [Q] Is there a Power Button alternative ?
Try Auto Screen On. Works really well!
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I use intellicover and it works awesome. Uses your proximity sensor and you can just move your hand over it to wake the phone up. Only problem is it is on all the time, so if I'm playing a game and move my hand over the proximity sensor, it shuts the screen off. Really easy to disable though.
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TOUCH CONTROL is awesome, all gesture controls. Pick the start and end area of your gesture to turn your screen on or set it to double tap to wake.
To turn display off swipe left to right or right to left across dock area. Nice thing about using gestures over using proximity sensor is in and out of pocket wont wake your display and if your holding your phone with say one hand its pretty tough an awkward to extend your thumb across your screen in order to wave past your sensor, where as gesture can all be done using just one hand and one finger.
touch control is awesome, but consume lot of battery. one day I test the power consumption, turn on 3G data only, non wifi or GPS signal, pull off the plug at 00:00, when I wake up at 7:00, the power remain 81%. I only install two apps, facebook and whatsapp. :crying:
Touch control app on my phone doesn't use hardly any power at all. It isn't in the list of apps under battery and isn't even causing any wakelocks that I can see, and i'm still getting my usual 3-5 hours screen on (depending what i'm doing) and over 20 hours standby.
I seriously recommend this app.
The sweep2wake thing in faux's kernel take two swipes every time to turn my phone on so I use the app.
Hi,
I have the MOKO slim case, just wondering if im able to increase the speed in which the screen wakes when I open the case?
Been looking and there are some mods to edit the proximity sensor but I believe its another sensor id need to modify.
Any ideas chaps?
I want to have less of a wait turning the screen on when I pull back the cover
Thanks
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I don't know about you but my tab is awake the second I lift up the cover an inch away... By the time it is fully open it is well awake
mine kinda takes a little while too, but i dont really mind it. I have the moko too and by the time i get the flap behind the tablet its on
Sometimes it will lag if you closed it on a different orientation then your opening it. (Portrait/landscape)
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Seems to me that far and away the #1 battery killer in Wear is the fact that the watch turns itself on constantly due to incidental movements. Hopefully this will be addressed in the next OS update (however that works) but in the meantime... I'm using a Moto 360 and I've read that "silencing" the phone would turn this feature off, didn't work though. I'm thinking of making an app that would just force the screen off until I hit the hardware button and disregard accelerometer events, but I don't know if this is possible. Anyone know if there's a working fix to the overzealous motion wake yet? If not I'll give it the ol' college try...
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Seems to me that far and away the #1 battery killer in Wear is the fact that the watch turns itself on constantly due to incidental movements. Hopefully this will be addressed in the next OS update (however that works) but in the meantime... I'm using a Moto 360 and I've read that "silencing" the phone would turn this feature off, didn't work though. I'm thinking of making an app that would just force the screen off until I hit the hardware button and disregard accelerometer events, but I don't know if this is possible. Anyone know if there's a working fix to the overzealous motion wake yet? If not I'll give it the ol' college try...
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Can someone please help with this?? I have the same problem!
I would really like this as a feature too. In class it can be a bit distracting. There should really be a ton more options in the Android Wear app. Options like:
Disable Motion to Wake
Disable Tap to Wake
Swipe up/down (on the bottom) to hide/show notifications
Option to re-show dismissed weather cards without saying "Show me the weather".
Option to turn off vibrator (I can just glance at my watch when I feel my phone vibrate)
To answer the OP, no you can not disable wake-on-motion.
Many want this, I want this but who knows what Google will offer.
Rumor is there will be a Android Wear update soon, but I read the main thing is you will be able to play music from your watch, great I get 16-17 hours battery life and I really want to use it as a MP3 player.
I find the lift to wake feature to be quite sensitive. For instance I can have my phone laying on my desk, set a cup of coffee down next to it, and the screen will light up as if it sensed being picked up. Currently on 7.1.1 through Cortex v3.11 (NMF26F) and ElementalX. Although it seems any ROM/Kernel I use has the same issue.
Is there a way I could go about either lowering the sensitivity or disabling it?
There should be a "Moves" category in Settings. Disable "Lift to check phone" to turn it off.