I recently became interested in full Android smart watches and an considering a No.1 D5 or Finow X5. After watching lots of videos, it seems one of the problems with round face watches is apps that have important content off screen in one of the corners.
It would be cool if someone could make a simple app that would activate zoom mode by pressing and holding or double tapping the primary (or only) side button. Each subsequent press would zoom in on one of the corners of the screen then finally exit. Or maybe better, shifting the screen left out right by half the screen width. It seems the accessibility mode of Android would be able to approximate this.
Thoughts?
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I assume you know the standard gestures which can be used on the HD. Recently i stumbled over a gesture i never heard/read of. Try this:
Open a picture in album viewer, and choose any object of interest you would like to zoom to. Now draw a (almost complete) circle clockwise around the spot, and it will zoom in. Draw a circle counterclockwise and it will zoom out a bit. Double-tap will zoom out completely (ok no surprise here).
Are there any other secrets? Or is it just me not reading the manual?
Yeah, it was in the manual. But the thing I found out watching video on youtube is this:
open picture, zoom, tap on the screen and hold your finger while you wont see in the upper left corner the box which represent the whole picutre, and now you can move with your finger and with your current zoom you can slide through your picture
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Are there any other secrets? Or is it just me not reading the manual?
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It's in the manual. You don't even have to actually 'read' it, you could also just look at the pictures
OMG next time i'll try harder
open picture, zoom, tap on the screen and hold your finger while you wont see in the upper left corner the box which represent the whole picutre, and now you can move with your finger and with your current zoom you can slide through your picture
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That's a nice find! Thx bondoer
You really do need to read the manual ~ It's all on Page 212
To zoom in or out of an image
While viewing an image, make a full circle motion on the screen with your finger.
Slide your finger counter-clockwise to zoom out. Slide your finger clockwise on an area to zoom in on that area.
Tips
• When you zoom in on an image, double tap the screen to automatically zoom out and fit the image to the screen.
• When you zoom in on an image, tap and hold the screen so you can pan the image.
• When you zoom in on an image, tap the screen to open the on-screen menu.
On the on-screen menu, tap and then select Save Screen Image to save the image on-screen as a new file.
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The trigger (shoulder) buttons of the Xperia Play (R800) are placed excellently. They are not only useful when the phone is open and held as a gamepad (the trigger buttons are accessed using the index fingers), but also when the phone is held in one's left hand normally as a phone. When held this way, the trigger buttons are easily accessible using the index and little fingers of the left hand. The software should take advantage of this great design. The two side buttons could be incredibly useful in a number of situations.
Here are some possible uses:
Camera: The right trigger button shoots a photo (someone already modified the camera app for this)
Keyboard: The left and right trigger buttons move the text cursor (caret) left or right, respectively. This would be extremely useful as moving the cursor for only one position using the touchscreen is right next to impossible and very frustrating.
Music player/Lockscreen: Next/previous song. Holding the buttons could be used for seeking. Pressing both at the same time for play/pause.
Browser: Switching tabs or moving through history (many mice have buttons for going back and forward).
The triggers could be used in any instance where there are panes that can be scrolled (Home (widget panes/app drawer), Timescape (this one actually already supports it), Theme picker, Wallpaper picker, WidgetPicker of Xperia S... this sort of panes).
There's a lot of cases where the trigger buttons would be very convenient. Unfortunately, they are mostly ignored.
These are just some ideas I am posting in hopes of someone finding (some of) them useful and implementing them somehow.
Fußbodenheizung said:
The trigger (shoulder) buttons of the Xperia Play (R800) are placed excellently. They are not only useful when the phone is open and held as a gamepad (the trigger buttons are accessed using the index fingers), but also when the phone is held in one's left hand normally as a phone. When held this way, the trigger buttons are easily accessible using the index and little fingers of the left hand. The software should take advantage of this great design. The two side buttons could be incredibly useful in a number of situations.
Here are some possible uses:
Camera: The right trigger button shoots a photo (someone already modified the camera app for this)
Keyboard: The left and right trigger buttons move the text cursor (caret) left or right, respectively. This would be extremely useful as moving the cursor for only one position using the touchscreen is right next to impossible and very frustrating.
Music player/Lockscreen: Next/previous song. Holding the buttons could be used for seeking. Pressing both at the same time for play/pause.
Browser: Switching tabs or moving through history (many mice have buttons for going back and forward).
The triggers could be used in any instance where there are panes that can be scrolled (Home (widget panes/app drawer), Timescape (this one actually already supports it), Theme picker, Wallpaper picker, WidgetPicker of Xperia S... this sort of panes).
There's a lot of cases where the trigger buttons would be very convenient. Unfortunately, they are mostly ignored.
These are just some ideas I am posting in hopes of someone finding (some of) them useful and implementing them somehow.
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Good idea except for the music player one, only because they are easily pressed. I could see this thing in my pocket flicking through songs like crazy just from the movement of walking.
If you have root...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hatcyl.android.Change_Shoulder_Buttons
Those most of what OP mentioned.
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If you have root...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hatcyl.android.Change_Shoulder_Buttons
Those most of what OP mentioned.
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This is pretty good. Thanks.
I wish someone at Sony would put these functions in their own apps, Music Unlimited for example.
Also, camera shoulder button integration has already been done.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=seb.camera.mod
Nevermind, OP already mentioned this.
Where's my delete button gone?
Another idea
Incoming Calls - use R to answer and L to not to answer
I've been playing with this phone non - stop now and I've found some interesting features that I haven't seen documented in any manual or guide , so I thought I'd share my findings with you all.
Alternate Menu / Back control with S-Pen :
Instead of drawing a backwards arrow or an upwards arrow while holding the button to activate back or menu, you can hold the button and swipe down from about an inch above either capacitive key (near the edge of the screen) to get the same effect.
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I've found that in the e-mail client, you can expand and collapse the subsections of the main window by using two fingers to rotate clockwise (like spinning the compass direction in google maps) on the screen.
I don't know if these are shared functions with the original Note or if these have been documented somewhere but I've just missed it
Have you found any interesting undocumented features that you would I like to share?
When holding with one hand,press your Thumb in the middle of the screen and move it slowly all the way upwords in a loop,that will zoom out the home pages just like pinching.
When in a full screen mode (any app) swipe down quickly (from the outside of the screen) to toggle notification bar.
Only works if u swipe fast, slow won't activate it.
All credit to lucidmike for this very useful tip, check it out in his video here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri2tB9FuFsM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I need a screen capture app that is very simple in that it should capture screen when app is run. Whenever I am doing stuffs in my phone, I quickly capture screen, doodle, crop and share. When I was in Note 3, I was using Air Command Shortcut and I was triggering this from Pie Control (translucent pie with customized links) and then clicking Screen Capture (of Air command), doodle, crop and share. I did all this without using S-Pen. Yes I can use S-Pen, or palm swipe or click Home+Power to capture but these are all cumbersome. Removing S-Pen every single time is tedious. Have to be very precise with palm swipe as page may slightly scroll before screen is captured. Home+Power if not clicked instantaneously ends up activating Home or Power button.
Until Air Command Shortcut gets compatible with Note 4, I want some screen capture app that I can trigger from Pie Control.
If you're like me and you don't really like the soft-keys, you should also like this workaround. So I absolutely dislike having to press the physical home button especially since I'm coming from a history of Nexus devices and the fact that it throws off the balance of the device annoys me. (Yes, I know it's an extremely shallow problem haha)
My workaround was to use on-screen buttons. However, the screen is already 5 inches so I didn't want to use any screen real estate for buttons. Came across an app called All-In-One Gestures that lets you create gesture actions. If it's something that sounds interesting to you, you should give it a try as it makes navigating much more intuitive (opinion, of course).
My setup is currently a swipe up from the bottom of the screen in the middle for home, swipe diagonally from the left edge for back, and swipe diagonally from the right for multitasking. So if I'm using it left handed, a swipe will go back and a touch of the closest button will be multitasking, and if I'm using it right handed, a swipe will open the multitasking tray while a touch to the closest button will go back. It's proven really efficient for me!
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If you're like me and you don't really like the soft-keys, you should also like this workaround. So I absolutely dislike having to press the physical home button especially since I'm coming from a history of Nexus devices and the fact that it throws off the balance of the device annoys me. (Yes, I know it's an extremely shallow problem haha)
My workaround was to use on-screen buttons. However, the screen is already 5 inches so I didn't want to use any screen real estate for buttons. Came across an app called All-In-One Gestures that lets you create gesture actions. If it's something that sounds interesting to you, you should give it a try as it makes navigating much more intuitive (opinion, of course).
My setup is currently a swipe up from the bottom of the screen in the middle for home, swipe diagonally from the left edge for back, and swipe diagonally from the right for multitasking. So if I'm using it left handed, a swipe will go back and a touch of the closest button will be multitasking, and if I'm using it right handed, a swipe will open the multitasking tray while a touch to the closest button will go back. It's proven really efficient for me!
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There is also an option for an on screen button(s) under settings >accessibility >dexterity and interaction>assistant menu. It sits as an button over the top of everything on screen and you can edit it to set different options and order of buttons. It might not have the gesture option but still pretty useful.
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One more alternative, fingerprint sensor as touch home key.
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One more alternative, fingerprint sensor as touch home key.
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There's a reason why the S7 didn't come with Soft-Keys, it's because it uses an AMOLED Panel. Prolonged display of bright colors causes burn in, ( you can try checking the S7s at the retail store as those have burned in displays ). Hardware keys would be better to avoid this. Its also the reason why the objects on the Always On Display move around every now and then, its to preven't burnins
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There's a reason why the S7 didn't come with Soft-Keys, it's because it uses an AMOLED Panel. Prolonged display of bright colors causes burn in, ( you can try checking the S7s at the retail store as those have burned in displays ). Hardware keys would be better to avoid this. Its also the reason why the objects on the Always On Display move around every now and then, its to preven't burnins
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1. Easyhome doesnt causes amoled burn-in.
Fingerprint sensor short touch is registered as home key.
Once again, fingerprint sensor.
2. Method described in OP is also burn-in free, in settings is possible to adjust transparency of "home area" to zero, therefore no object is permanently displayed.