Hey guys, I've been trying for a while now, and have only found dead ends.
I purchased a Spigen Slim Armor View for my new S5, not realizing that their functionality had been changed since the S4.
Having easily realized that all the 3rd party apps I can find for "fake" S-views are god-awful. I started looking for a solution to bypass the check for an S-view chip, and force S-view mode on bootup. My phone is rooted, and I do have xposed frameworks, but every mod I try just doesn't work. Does anyone have any solutions? I'd rather not have to settle for the awful apps, or have to buy an authentic case/chip to physically mod my case.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated guys!
Tried a couple more scripts and kernels last night... Still no luck.
I'm hoping someone here has a solution!
Sort of in the same situation
I just bought the IC chip from aliexpress, 5$ for 2 and got a screen protector
After installing and inserting a small magnet from the headphones on the lower left of the spigen s-view case, the phone now recognizes this and forces the phone to show the s-view display
the only issue i have now is that the view in the spigen is smaller than the offical samsung s-view case, hence the camera and answering a call is cut off
is there anyway to mod the s-view window on the phone to make it smaller?
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Hey guys!
first of all I did a search in all sub-forums and honestly it didn't help. so I'm asking here
I tried to find an original quickwindow cover in my city, but no success. so I went for a replica
It's working fine, but has a really annoying problem. when I flip the cover and fold it to the back of the phone (which is kinda necessary to use it with one hand). this leads to quickwindow widgets enabled and screen become useless.
I'm using Cloudyflex rom. I need to know if this is normal? or it's because of higher than standard magnet in this fake cover that make the sensor activated even from back! or perhaps rom related (which I doubted, based on my search)
thanks in advance
pooyab said:
Hey guys!
first of all I did a search in all sub-forums and honestly it didn't help. so I'm asking here
I tried to find an original quickwindow cover in my city, but no success. so I went for a replica
It's working fine, but has a really annoying problem. when I flip the cover and fold it to the back of the phone (which is kinda necessary to use it with one hand). this leads to quickwindow widgets enabled and screen become useless.
I'm using Cloudyflex rom. I need to know if this is normal? or it's because of higher than standard magnet in this fake cover that make the sensor activated even from back! or perhaps rom related (which I doubted, based on my search)
thanks in advance
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Hey,
I think is your case,
it's work perfect with Cloudyflex or CloudyPro !
Hello all,
So, ever since I updated to 4.4.2 KitKat a few months ago my phone would randomly restart 1 out of 2 times when opening the S-View flip cover.... A few moments after locking the screen when PowerAmp was playing, or if a WhatsApp message was received when the screen was asleep... This could also be reproduced simply by being on a call for longer than a minute..
As you can imagine I grew desperate, full TitaniumBackup followed by a wipe of the phone and restoring apps one by one ended up with the same results (Unless I started in Safe mode that is....) I considered going back or trying third party firmware.. But alas, Knox bootloader scares me of bricking my device.
One day however, after being accustomed to this attitude from my phone I removed the S-View flip cover to clean it, and to my surprise.... The phone has been working flawlessly for 24 hours, I've tried all the things that could cause it to restart before (Except unlocking by opening the S-View, obviously as it's not on the device...) And it's rock solid stable...
My conclusion: The S-View flip cover (100% original I dare say, bought it with the phone...) is problematic from KitKat onwards, or at least it is on my phone....
I have searched and searched and found nothing relevant (most posts relating to the S-View issues talk about the Note 3); but alas maybe someone else has had this problem or heard of something similar...
Any feedback?
Thanks
more and more often my wife's S4 will turn into a black screen with the time at the top of screen...this will happen at random times she says, checking texts or looking at gallery pic's.
she has a generic phone case with a magnet to close the full cover (not a windowed cover.) BUT, like me, she leaves this full cover open (bent backwards and the magnet holds it that way) ALL of the time. i'm thinking the phone decides to go into Sview mode or something?? is there a way i can turn this feature off, or fix this problem another way??
BTW, she is running Android 4.4.4
thanks for any insight! --- art
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Seems like you should be able to turn it off somehow. However, it might be a software issue in the case a data factory reset should fix it. If it's a hardware issue then I would take it to my provider or Best Buy to look at it.
i removed the case yesterday and it hasn't happened ... yet! hopefully that fixed it. thanks for the reply Stoney!
Hey a quick question- I have an AT&T note 3 and the spigen slim armor view case. Whenever i wake the phone with the cover on, it shows the normal lock screen, not the s view. This happens only after the screen has been off for a minute or two. Any help? Running a Note 4 4.4.4 port btw if that helps any. Could it be rom related?
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Hey a quick question- I have an AT&T note 3 and the spigen slim armor view case. Whenever i wake the phone with the cover on, it shows the normal lock screen, not the s view. This happens only after the screen has been off for a minute or two. Any help? Running a Note 4 4.4.4 port btw if that helps any. Could it be rom related?
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This happened to me too with my Note 3 N9005. The problem is that new firmwares for Samsung devices don't allow cases that aren't original for that phones. You will have to change of case or buy one original if you want that your S-VIEW works again.
* Other people have the same problem. Take a look: HERE.
So, I got a new S-View case today (Spigen Slim Armor View) and found out that when I closed the window completely, the s-view functions didn't work. But, when I had it partially open, it did work. Was wondering if anybody has had this issue before, or if anybody knew a possible fix. Thanks!