Hey guys, first post on the nexus 6 forums, just got mine a week ago. I'm sure many of you miss the notification light that most of us are use to. I know we can use the app lightflow to get the hidden led to light up but that is not what this is about. I for one miss double tap to wake on my G3 and Oneplus but there is another way and most of you already have the option activated. This magical setting, Ambient Display.
Instead of picking up the phone like a good boy or girl from your desk to check if there are notifications waiting, simply tap either the extreme right or left of the phone and this act will shake it causing the sensors to think you moved the phone and the ambient display will knock on. For those who don't follow, since the nexus 6 back is shaped like a U or curved tapping either side would cause the phone to rock.
That's it, just something I noticed and I did not see it mentioned anywhere, give it a try, no more picking up phones to check the time. Enjoy.
or, get root and use the real double tap to wake. you can get it working by app, or by kernel of choice. its actually included in the code for the n6, but not enabled. you can easily enable it, if you have root. besides, ambient display uses battery, and wakes often in the pocket(and gets really annoying).
simms22 said:
or, get root and use the real double tap to wake. you can get it working by app, or by kernel of choice. its actually included in the code for the n6, but not enabled. you can easily enable it, if you have root. besides, ambient display uses battery, and wakes often in the pocket(and gets really annoying).
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Ambient display doesn't wake up in my pocket. Chroma pocket mode. ? Still has to poll the prox sensor though, but I'm sure this would use less battery than the display waking up.
simms22 said:
or, get root and use the real double tap to wake. you can get it working by app, or by kernel of choice. its actually included in the code for the n6, but not enabled. you can easily enable it, if you have root. besides, ambient display uses battery, and wakes often in the pocket(and gets really annoying).
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Does double-tap-to-wake work reliably in 5.1.1? I tried it ages ago with 5.0.1 and found it often would require several extra taps to wake it up. I might root and try again if it works better now...
Oh! I didn't know this. I was missing that feature and I had it all the time.
Thanks for the tip.
On Chroma, Doubletap to wake using the wakegestures.apk is about 85-90% reliable in waking on the first doubletap, its not too big a deal.
Double tap to sleep is 100% reliable first time for me just like a g2-g3.
Nova launcher + screen lock and off app works amazing.
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Hey guys, first post on the nexus 6 forums, just got mine a week ago. I'm sure many of you miss the notification light that most of us are use to. I know we can use the app lightflow to get the hidden led to light up but that is not what this is about. I for one miss double tap to wake on my G3 and Oneplus but there is another way and most of you already have the option activated. This magical setting, Ambient Display.
Instead of picking up the phone like a good boy or girl from your desk to check if there are notifications waiting, simply tap either the extreme right or left of the phone and this act will shake it causing the sensors to think you moved the phone and the ambient display will knock on. For those who don't follow, since the nexus 6 back is shaped like a U or curved tapping either side would cause the phone to rock.
That's it, just something I noticed and I did not see it mentioned anywhere, give it a try, no more picking up phones to check the time. Enjoy.
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Um... duh?
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Um... duh?
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Ok well, sorry that my post seemed stupid to you.
Thanks for the tip @amd-dude. Its nice to see these type of helpful posts.
xdatastic said:
Does double-tap-to-wake work reliably in 5.1.1? I tried it ages ago with 5.0.1 and found it often would require several extra taps to wake it up. I might root and try again if it works better now...
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Nope. Now you know why Google never left it enabled.
The "rocking " feature to wake the screen was first implemented on the Moto X's Active Display.
Haptic DT2W works every time for me on 5.1.
nhizzat said:
The "rocking " feature to wake the screen was first implemented on the Moto X's Active Display.
Haptic DT2W works every time for me on 5.1.
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No it wasn't. Moto X's along with their Droid variants use IR sensors in the corners to detect movement. Thats not how Ambient Display works (which is quite a bit inferior).
adrynalyne said:
No it wasn't. Moto X's along with their Droid variants use IR sensors in the corners to detect movement. Thats not how Ambient Display works (which is quite a bit inferior).
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IR sensors were not used on the Moto X 2013. The nexus 6 "rocking" works the same as that phone, though Moto X seemed more sensitive from what I remember.
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IR sensors were not used on the Moto X 2013. The nexus 6 "rocking" works the same as that phone, though Moto X seemed more sensitive from what I remember.
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Huh. I had a Droid Ultra back then and I could have sworn it used ir sensors.
I stand corrected.
Does this kill the natural ambient notification? I would actually prefer both. Sometimes I just want to see if there are notifications without opening the display. Then would want to use the knock when I'm actually planning on using the phone
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hahaha nice trick
sand1303 said:
Does this kill the natural ambient notification? I would actually prefer both. Sometimes I just want to see if there are notifications without opening the display. Then would want to use the knock when I'm actually planning on using the phone
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It does not kill the native ambient display. Both can work together.
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Nope. Now you know why Google never left it enabled.
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Works well in my experience (on 5.1.1). I do notice that it works most of the time if I'm holding the phone at an angle, but it works every time if I hold the phone vertically. That was also the case with motion launch on my m8 so maybe it's by design to avoid accidental waking? I suspect people who don't find it working could be having the same issue.
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Does anyone has any idea regarding how the double tap to lock and wake works?
Need a port to other devices
I highly doubt it works on rom or device other than the g2 stock rom at this point.
Maybe scrosler knows.
I believe it is part of the launcher.... I thought I read some where that if you installed 3rd party launcher you lost that function...
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mouf32 said:
I believe it is part of the launcher.... I thought I read some where that if you installed 3rd party launcher you lost that function...
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nope its in the kernel, the launcher just allows you to do it anywhere on the homescreen if you are on a 3rd party launcher you just have to tap the status bar
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nope its in the kernel, the launcher just allows you to do it anywhere on the homescreen if you are on a 3rd party launcher you just have to tap the status bar
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Or download "Lock Screen" from the play store and make a double tap gesture with nova launcher that opens the activity of that app. That's what I did and I have the double tap to lock working. The unlock works regardless of launcher.
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Or download "Lock Screen" from the play store and make a double tap gesture with nova launcher that opens the activity of that app. That's what I did and I have the double tap to lock working. The unlock works regardless of launcher.
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I'm Def gong to have to do that now thanks for the tip
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I think its the kernel. Pgm in the market does this. This feature has been out on the galaxy nexus.
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leyvatron said:
I think its the kernel. Pgm in the market does this. This feature has been out on the galaxy nexus.
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Same with the HTC one
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Yup, I'm using the nova launcher, double tap status bar still working
Anyone has any idea how does it work? Is it the digitizer just stay awake and listen for unlock? Won't it consume a lot of battery?
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Yup, I'm using the nova launcher, double tap status bar still working
Anyone has any idea how does it work? Is it the digitizer just stay awake and listen for unlock? Won't it consume a lot of battery?
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I attempted to write an app to do this a long time ago. If its app-based like that, it needs to keep at least a partial wakelock on the phone to "listen" for the knock knock.
My guess is, on a multi-core CPU like the G2 has, they are turning off all but one core and putting that one core in the lowest MHz it will run, just to "listen" for the knock knock. Not app-based, but kernel based (like PGM). Clearly this doesnt use very much battery at all, as judged by the stellar battery life people have been reporting and that Ive seen on my own G2.
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I attempted to write an app to do this a long time ago. If its app-based like that, it needs to keep at least a partial wakelock on the phone to "listen" for the knock knock.
My guess is, on a multi-core CPU like the G2 has, they are turning off all but one core and putting that one core in the lowest MHz it will run, just to "listen" for the knock knock. Not app-based, but kernel based (like PGM). Clearly this doesnt use very much battery at all, as judged by the stellar battery life people have been reporting and that Ive seen on my own G2.
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hi
I thought it worked off a motion sensor.. unlike the HTC One kernels and franciscofranco's mako kernel, which use the touchscreen. I can't remember where I read it but I think it uses motion sensors for this, gyro or something
I don';t think it uses the main CPU cores, it uses another ultra low power one to work. This is why these features drain so much on the One, because it doesn't have the extra things that the G2 and MotoX have
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The software platform is Android 4.2.2, and atop that is LG’s skin. LG has added a bunch of new features to its skinned Android experience, although its visual themeing remains essentially unchanged. Double tap to turn on and off uses the built in accelerometer to wake the phone up or turn it off – you just double tap quickly on the device when it’s in an off state to turn it on, and double tap quickly on a blank part of the display or status bar to turn it off. I don’t have a problem getting my index finger to the raised power button, but this is obviously an accommodation just in case that’s difficult.
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-http://www.anandtech.com/show/7205/hands-on-with-the-lg-g2-lgs-latest-flagship
Haven't looked into any code but Brian is knowlegable when it comes to these things
Could be the reason why, *according to reviews* it doesn't work 100% of the time
woshiitcy said:
Yup, I'm using the nova launcher, double tap status bar still working
Anyone has any idea how does it work? Is it the digitizer just stay awake and listen for unlock? Won't it consume a lot of battery?
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I lose about 1% battery every 3-4 hours when idle the whole time so while it may consume more battery the amount lost doesn't matter to me since idle drain is still hardly anything.
With the screen off and in the right light I can see hundreds of small grid like squares. I always assumed that they had something to do with the knock on feature.
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With the screen off and in the right light I can see hundreds of small grid like squares. I always assumed that they had something to do with the knock on feature.
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You know pretty much every super LCD screen has them, it's just to what degree they show
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I'm pretty sure it's NOT the accelerometer.
I tried it, and it even works with the slightest touch I can do. I hardly touched it at all. Can't believe, that there was any motion.
Furthermore it doesn't work when knocking with my fingernail or any other thing.
So I think, it really works by touch-recognition by the display.
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I'm pretty sure it's NOT the accelerometer.
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you are right. it's definitely the touch screen waiting for the touches.
just try it on the edges on the screen - still works. next to the edges - doesn't work.
There's this post that I read somewhere from HardwareZone:
Not too sure if this is a solution, my imagination or simply I have gotten perfect overnight on using the KnockON feature but the insensitivity issue, that many and myself, have been facing is now gone - since last night, after I performed the following tests on my G2. (Yes, thses are merely TESTS, so wasn't expecting much..)
I got my set on the 26/9/13 and until last night this function got rather spot-on accurate and is not behaving in that erratic manner any more - at least for me. Here are the steps :
First Test
- Key in 3845#*802# on your phone dial.
- HW Device Test > Touch Test > Multi Touch Test
At this point, drag your finger across the screen from corner-to-corner and when your done. Press Volume-Up key once to exit.
Second Test
- From the same menu select "Touch Sensing Test 7*12"
- Tap in every box as many times as you want and on the red text as well at the bottom of the screen.
- Press Volume-Up Once to see result
- Press Volume-up again to Exit
- Finally, to exit the whole menu just use "return" soft key.
Once again, I like to highlight as strange as it may sound the above method has worked for me. And if not, then something definitely has. Do take note, Rockwell screen protector is still on and lastly, please do share your findings.
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I tried it and strangely this seems to work. I can't tell if it's placebo but now I'm a hell lot more confident that my phone will wake up at the first pair of knocks.
Also, this is definitely true for me:
The knock on is 100% effective the first try when my phone is lying flat on my desk OR vertical on a car mount. In fact, these are the only 2 instances where I actually use KnockON. When I hold my phone, I naturally use the power button. Yes, I still do have probs with knockON when I use my thumb to wake it up while holding the phone.
3845#*802# did nothing for me. No menu.
There are apk for the knock on feature. But I'm sure there are libs and services involved
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hi
I thought it worked off a motion sensor.. unlike the HTC One kernels and franciscofranco's mako kernel, which use the touchscreen. I can't remember where I read it but I think it uses motion sensors for this, gyro or something
I don';t think it uses the main CPU cores, it uses another ultra low power one to work. This is why these features drain so much on the One, because it doesn't have the extra things that the G2 and MotoX have
no idea what I am doing in this forum but I thought I'd answer it
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-http://www.anandtech.com/show/7205/hands-on-with-the-lg-g2-lgs-latest-flagship
Haven't looked into any code but Brian is knowlegable when it comes to these things
Could be the reason why, *according to reviews* it doesn't work 100% of the time
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Could be the motion sensor. Try doing the double tap while holding the phone in your hand... It become completely unreliable. BUT, it's 100% reliable for me while the phone is laying on a flat surface.
Nexus 6 imports the double tap to wake up a function so valued by users of the LG G2 + ome confirmed by +Mathew Honan of +WIRED that has got to pick it up and test it.
midan said:
Nexus 6 imports the double tap to wake up a function so valued by users of the LG G2 + ome confirmed by +Mathew Honan of +WIRED that has got to pick it up and test it.
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Nice! Love this feature. Always envious of lg for that. How much does it effect battery life
noticed the nexus 9 has it too on a video i saw.
Maybe that's a typo or he got confused with the 9? Strange that nobody else mentioned what would be a pretty big feature...
I hopefully does it, because after getting use to it on my g3, i catch me some times trying to wake my other devices with double tap
I loved that feature on my G2, M8, and now G3...but with my G3 always turning on in my pocket I was ready to be over that feature.
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Maybe that's a typo or he got confused with the 9? Strange that nobody else mentioned what would be a pretty big feature...
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"In his hands on, Honan specifically calls out the feature, although some were still left wondering if it could have been a misprint (the Nexus 9 also has tap-to-wake). We reached out to the author where he was able to confirm that yes, this is, in fact, a feature found in the Nexus 6 and was most certainly not posted in error. Boom" -Phandroid
Glad google included this feature. I guess other people just didnt try to tap it?
This is great news!
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Maybe that's a typo or he got confused with the 9? Strange that nobody else mentioned what would be a pretty big feature...
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As you can see it is not a mistake to have given the news in preview
Also double-tap to sleep (turn-off)?
Here is the article from Wired. The confirmation is in the comment section.
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/hands-on-with-lollipop-and-nexus/
It's a 5.0 feature from what I saw.
Bataga said:
It's a 5.0 feature from what I saw.
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Only in today's day all the major blogs have given prominence to the news
gogol said:
Also double-tap to sleep (turn-off)?
Here is the article from Wired. The confirmation is in the comment section.
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/hands-on-with-lollipop-and-nexus/
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Yes! That's even better. I won't even miss my g2 then with the heads up notifications and the double tap to sleep and wake it'll be the features. that I used most. Only thing I'll miss are the nice camera features like burst shot and some of the other effects. And the floating apps and dual app use but I didn't use those as much
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Here's a direct link to the comments where it is specificlly confirmed. Ironically. It's my comment he's replying to.
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/hands-on-with-lollipop-and-nexus/#comment-1649047442
I'm not a fan of bringing back dead posts but double tap to wake does not work on the nexus 6, or at least not on mine.
I'm still hoping they included it, just not yet enabled. Or maybe a dev can activate it, especially since it is on the Nexus 9. Key will be if the digitizer and screen are on different power planes so as not to drain battery.
Pilz said:
I'm not a fan of bringing back dead posts but double tap to wake does not work on the nexus 6, or at least not on mine.
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It's been confirmed a while ago that it doesn't have it. There's a commit that removes it specifically.
Good thing its a nexus. We will have the option down the road I'm sure
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It's been confirmed a while ago that it doesn't have it. There's a commit that removes it specifically.
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I hope a Dev can enable it with a new kernel I miss that from my G3
Its only worth enabling if it doesn't completely drain the battery IMO ... and that depends on hardware .. thats the reason why Nexus 5 couldnt really use it ( even after activated by the devs ) because the hardware wasn't right :
It had to keep power to the entire screen rather than just the digitiser, thats why the G3 etc don't drain the battery .. lets hope the Nexus 6 screen is built to supply different power to the digitiser and actual screen
There are some features missing in this moto g as compared to it's predecessor.
Please add on the list
Driving mode in moto Assist
Gyroscope
Notification light
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Notification light
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With Moto Display, you aren't going to see the notification light on Motorola phones anymore. It just doesn't make sense.
The led is discrete. The moto display is not.
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The led is discrete. The moto display is not.
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The led also flashes every few seconds. The Moto display does not do any such thing and though people say you can wave your hand over the phone to turn it on, that's still more interaction to see if there's anything and I tried that feature on my Moto g and it never worked.
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The led also flashes every few seconds. The Moto display does not do any such thing and though people say you can wave your hand over the phone to turn it on, that's still more interaction to see if there's anything and I tried that feature on my Moto g and it never worked.
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It certainly is not the same. But the days of led notifications are coming to an end. And you don't have to wave your hand. You can also just pick up your phone and it automatically shows your notifications in dark mode.
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It certainly is not the same. But the days of led notifications are coming to an end. And you don't have to wave your hand. You can also just pick up your phone and it automatically shows your notifications in dark mode.
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So what if I'm typing and working and want to know if I have a message. How do I check visually without picking up the phone? With the notification light it blinks constantly. The active display can't do that and as a result is a drop in functionality for me. It's nice that the phone turns the active display on when I pick up the phone, but that doesn't replace a notification light, if anything it would work best in unison with a notification light.
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I'll miss the light. Had active display on motox and hated it. It was the best part of my motog.
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With Moto Display, you aren't going to see the notification light on Motorola phones anymore. It just doesn't make sense.
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So what if I'm typing and working and want to know if I have a message. How do I check visually without picking up the phone? With the notification light it blinks constantly. The active display can't do that and as a result is a drop in functionality for me. It's nice that the phone turns the active display on when I pick up the phone, but that doesn't replace a notification light, if anything it would work best in unison with a notification light.
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So what if I'm typing and working and want to know if I have a message. How do I check visually without picking up the phone? With the notification light it blinks constantly. The active display can't do that and as a result is a drop in functionality for me. It's nice that the phone turns the active display on when I pick up the phone, but that doesn't replace a notification light, if anything it would work best in unison with a notification light.
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Very true. But most people didn't use led notifications because it didn't tell you much (unless you download an app to configure them with different colors). This is what Moto Display and the ambient display were created for. People used to led notifications don't like it but I venture to say more people are making use of the new method.
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Very true. But most people didn't use led notifications because it didn't tell you much (unless you download an app to configure them with different colors). This is what Moto Display and the ambient display were created for. People used to led notifications don't like it but I venture to say more people are making use of the new method.
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Isn't the new method only on Moto phones though? What percent of the market does Moto even have? As for notification colors, every app I know has its own colors for notifications so it's always easy to tell what I have a notification for, unless I have multiple notifications.
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Isn't the new method only on Moto phones though? What percent of the market does Moto even have? As for notification colors, every app I know has its own colors for notifications so it's always easy to tell what I have a notification for, unless I have multiple notifications.
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No. Lollipop has ambient display which is very similar. That is why turning on ambient display disables Moto Display.
Piyoosh_Singh said:
There are some features missing in this moto g as compared to it's predecessor.
Please add on the list
Driving mode in moto Assist
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Make sure Motorola Contextual Services is installed from Play. That's what I had to do with my 2nd Gen to get driving mode.
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I am not a big fan of the notification screen i dont think Moto G has a AMOLED display hence if it is not the case the notification will drain the battery faster how i am not an expert on how the notification works so i may be wrong
LED was cool but no many used it anyways it was not a feature but an accessory without which you can live with
How did this turn into a philosophical debate over the merits of a notification led?
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No gyroscope - so no driving mode or photosphere or google cardboard or spotlight stories. No LED notifications. No stereo speakers.
There is a hidden LED;
http://www.techdroider.com/2015/08/moto-g-3rd-generation-also-have-hidden-led.html
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No gyroscope - so no driving mode or photosphere or google cardboard or spotlight stories. No LED notifications. No stereo speakers.
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Driving mode is no gyroscope dependent. It was there on the first gen Moto G (which too, leaks a gyroscope.)
Whoa...I was considering moving from Samsung to Moto...but if no LED, it's a no go for me. I use Lightflow, and the different colors, and flash/no flash, is too handy to lose. Don't have to pick up the phone; don't have to be close to it even, to know what type of message may be waiting.
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Whoa...I was considering moving from Samsung to Moto...but if no LED, it's a no go for me. I use Lightflow, and the different colors, and flash/no flash, is too handy to lose. Don't have to pick up the phone; don't have to be close to it even, to know what type of message may be waiting.
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Enjoy it while you can. Ambient notifications are going to kill the need for led notifications. While it is not was powerful as led notifications, I would imagine we will see a huge drop in LEDs in Android phones in the next year or so.
Hello, just a quick question, I'm pretty sure I already know the answer just need verification to help curb disappointment if it happens.
Custom ROMs support waving hand over proximity sensor on the 6P to wake up the display ala Moto X ActiveDisplay?
I think stock does not support it, but custom ROMs do I think/hope.
Thanks.
Nobody knows? really?
You could try the app Gravity Screen. I know it's not baked in to the system, but it works well and doesn't even need root. I know it must use some extra battery life, but I haven't noticed much of a hit.
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You could try the app Gravity Screen. I know it's not baked in to the system, but it works well and doesn't even need root. I know it must use some extra battery life, but I haven't noticed much of a hit.
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Also try
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tf.wakeongesture
Always been my fav
Does the finger print unlock from an off screen seen slow to anyone?
GCbard said:
Does the finger print unlock from an off screen seen slow to anyone?
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Yes, Google introduced that 'feature' with June update to alleviate screen flashing issues
ram4ufriends said:
Yes, Google introduced that 'feature' with June update to alleviate screen flashing issues
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Is this something you can change with your ambient display being on or off?
Created it in issue tracker still star it
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/109710373
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Is this something you can change with your ambient display being on or off?
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Yes, Ambient Display on will reduce the delay
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Created it in issue tracker still star it
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/109710373
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The delay was deliberately increased to alleviate screen flickering issues... I don't think they will do anything about it
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Yes, Ambient Display on will reduce the delay
Not true. Have always had Ambient Display on, and I am experiencing the fingerprint unlock lag.
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Ok so if the fingerprint is slow with ambient display on then this is new. So if you update you might as well turn ambient display off as I have always done to save battery. Now that the fingerprint is slow with ambient display on or off it really doesn't matter now. You have a slow fingerprint
the fingerprint sensor is 1 sec slower with both ambient display on&off.
Very very annoying
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the fingerprint sensor is 1 sec slower with both ambient display on&off.
Very very annoying
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You can thank google & lg for that one!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...aimen-flash-kernel-1-00-t3702057/post76720456
They first introduced this in P, so I have had it for awhile. One work around is to tap the power button first, that turns on the display and then the fingerprint works faster. It feels smoother and faster. I got used to doing that pretty quickly and it seems natural now.
TonikJDK said:
They first introduced this in P, so I have had it for awhile. One work around is to tap the power button first, that turns on the display and then the fingerprint works faster. It feels smoother and faster. I got used to doing that pretty quickly and it seems natural now.
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Agreed. However, I hate it when google takes one of the best features of our devices, makes it not as good as when we first got it, then calls it new and improved because they used a new lg panel. Oh well, that's progress.......I guess! ??
For me, even unlocking screen with power button takes longer now. Wtf...
pokosik said:
For me, even unlocking screen with power button takes longer now. Wtf...
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Yep
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...low-finger-print-unlock-t3799880/post76724433
The same delay is there for me when using the fingerprint sensor or when pressing the power button. While I've read about others having a similar issue before, I never had the delay prior to the June security update. Turning on ambient display does decrease the delay, but I'm not an ambient display user.
TonikJDK said:
They first introduced this in P, so I have had it for awhile. One work around is to tap the power button first, that turns on the display and then the fingerprint works faster. It feels smoother and faster. I got used to doing that pretty quickly and it seems natural now.
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This does work, but it's not something I'm going to do. Positioning my hand to hit them both in succession is a little awkward, and takes more time than just waiting for the delay. I'm sure I'd get faster at it over time.
Thanks for the heads up on one other workaround though.
I'm starting to miss my oneplus 5t...
bsweetness said:
This does work, but it's not something I'm going to do. Positioning my hand to hit them both in succession is a little awkward, and takes more time than just waiting for the delay. I'm sure I'd get faster at it over time.
Thanks for the heads up on one other workaround though.
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For once being left handed is helping me. Grabbing it with my left hand my thumb is already by the power button.
it feels same to me, maybe being old helps.........
Read through the Flash Kernel thread. There has been some good discussion about it including some technical info. Yes it's intentional, and Google prolly won't do anything about changing it. Maybe down the road a dev will bake in the removal of the delay into a custom Rom and or kernel.
Turning AOD on definetly unlocks and wake the screen instantly, although previously i had it disabled.
Cheers ?
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I have never had screen flickering issues before. Is there a video on what it looks like?