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G-off Display

"Description:
With G-off display you can turn off the screen by rotating and holding the phone upside down and holding it like that for a second.
To save battery while listen to your favorite music, simply point your phone downward, light off. All background processes remain.
Require G-sensor found in the latest HTC devices like Diamond / Pro / HD, etc."
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Just what I need! but...
Hi
This is a nice app that i've wanted. I know I could use Changescreen as it has a similar feature, but a standalone like this is more preferable for me...
But I just can't download from Rapidshare...
Is it possible to load the .cab here since its only 345kb? or a mirror to somewhere else...
Anyways, Thanks for pointing this App out...

bulletproof_78 said:
Hi
But I just can't download from Rapidshare...
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I haven't got any problem downloading

thanks a million bro...
Works like a Charm!!!!

Installed on my TP doesnt seem to work and no progam icon to make any type of changes?

great idea. tried on my Omnia, works fine. but screen powers on only with Power button

installed on my touch pro, but doesnt seem to do anything any ideas, would really like to have it working am on WM6.5 if that makes any difference...
cheers!

Installed on my Diamond
it's ok

After a call is not working so
only works after soft reset.
Anyone same problem? solution?

Thejackal_71 said:
After a call is not working so
only works after soft reset.
Anyone same problem? solution?
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Same problem here. I have to kill it with task manager and run it again It's faster then softreset...

Hello
how about battery drain pls?

not working on HTC Rhodium (TP2) - also I can't see it in programs, etc. Do I need to do anything else after install?
I got a question are there any options? like on conference call (when using loud speakers - device is upside down), will it ignore the g-off? Because I am not sure what would happend if I would press POWER BUTTON in the middle of the call just to get the screen back ..

Not working in my Touch Pro, too
Using latest WinMobile 6.5.21935.
I also did a softreset after installation!

Mashe said:
not working on HTC Rhodium (TP2) - also I can't see it in programs, etc. Do I need to do anything else after install?
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You don't see it. But it is there. Go to the Program Files and the directory with the same name. Click once on it, and tune the device upside down. It will switch it off.Not ON again.
You can link to it.
I got a question are there any options? l..
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No options. no nothing! It does work on my TD 1
origin of g-off display
Beware! I am NOT the programmer. I don't know who is either. I just found it.
btw ChangeScreen has a "display off" option too.

worked on the tilt 2
it needs dot net compact framework 3.5 and then it loads on startup... closing the title bar that comes up doesn't seem to stop it from working. however, having said this, i can't say that perhaps the tilt 2 didn't have the behavior before i installed this... it took me a while to realize that upside down doesn't mean face down, which is what i had wanted. but having said that, turning it upside down works great because you can put it in your pocket upside down (which basically you might do anyway).
also, indeed, to get it back on, one has to push the power button. but that's good in case the device moves out of tolerance for downward position it won't be going on and off unintentionally--except that even after the screen is already off it will keep executing--i know this because it vibrates when the screen goes off as well, and if i take it out of upside down position and then put it back without turning screen on again, it will vibrate again. this said, walking with it in a pocket didn't seem to keep triggering it, so overall this is a really cool hack.
now for figuring out why my t2 doesn't turn its speakerphone on when placed face down during a call (i was thinking face down should always turn the screen off by way of proximity sensor--which does work on my device because during a call holding finger over ear speaker turns off the display--just doesn't turn speaker on). wait... just realized... if it did then it would have to assume that just putting it to the ear should turn on speaker. so, i'd say what we have here is a challenge... integrate the proximity sensing with the g-sensor to always turn off the display when face down on a flat, reasonably level surface-- and during a call turn on the speaker too.
if this can be done, then combined with the g-off existing functionality it'd be really sweet--i wouldn't have to turn it upside down _before_ placing it flat on a table while listening to music. and the proximity could help make it less worrysome to just automatically turn the screen back on when picked up.

worked on the tilt 2
it needs dot net compact framework 3.5 and then it loads on startup... closing the title bar that comes up doesn't seem to stop it from working. however, having said this, i can't say that perhaps the tilt 2 didn't have the behavior before i installed this... it took me a while to realize that upside down doesn't mean face down, which is what i had wanted. but having said that, turning it upside down works great because you can put it in your pocket upside down (which basically you might do anyway).
also, indeed, to get it back on, one has to push the power button. but that's good in case the device moves out of tolerance for downward position it won't be going on and off unintentionally--except that even after the screen is already off it will keep executing--i know this because it vibrates when the screen goes off as well, and if i take it out of upside down position and then put it back without turning screen on again, it will vibrate again. this said, walking with it in a pocket didn't seem to keep triggering it, so overall this is a really cool hack.
now for figuring out why my t2 doesn't turn its speakerphone on when placed face down during a call (i was thinking face down should always turn the screen off by way of proximity sensor--which does work on my device because during a call holding finger over ear speaker turns off the display--just doesn't turn speaker on). wait... just realized... if it did then it would have to assume that just putting it to the ear should turn on speaker. so, i'd say what we have here is a challenge... integrate the proximity sensing with the g-sensor to always turn off the display when face down on a flat, reasonably level surface-- and during a call turn on the speaker too.
if this can be done, then combined with the g-off existing functionality it'd be really sweet--i wouldn't have to turn it upside down _before_ placing it flat on a table while listening to music. and the proximity could help make it less worrysome to just automatically turn the screen back on when picked up.

sorry for the duplicate post above--tried to edit, then hit save by accident
edit... i just tried screenchange and it in theory seems to do exactly what i want, but in practice, with 2.78 and any sensitivity level and appropriate no light option checked, it turns off the display even if there is light (and lots of it to be sure). i hold the device upside down above my head and the display goes off. i'm not covering the proximity sensor. my proximity sensor does work when in a phone call. i tried rebooting. i think the proximity sensor may be off somehow on my device...maybe htc only wants it on in a phone call? i will have to see if screenchange will work right with the device in a phone call... further posts will go over with screenchange.
btw, regarding the forum... its annoying that my edit made a whole new post in the first place.

cool！！！thanks

[Q] Any way to disable wake-on-motion?

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...

scarshapedstar said:
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.

Screen Rotation Too Sensitive.... Anyone else?

I notice this while trying to put it on my desk or one hand typing texts, it seems the auto rotate sensitivity is too high. Does anyone else have this issue? Is there some way to "turn it down" so you can turn the phone more before it auto rotates? I know I can turn it off, but I use it in Chrome and YouTube and probably couple more apps.
Thanks!

InfiniteReality said:
I notice this while trying to put it on my desk or one hand typing texts, it seems the auto rotate sensitivity is too high. Does anyone else have this issue? Is there some way to "turn it down" so you can turn the phone more before it auto rotates? I know I can turn it off, but I use it in Chrome and YouTube and probably couple more apps.
Thanks!
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No issues here with it , guess you could set to landscape / portrait manually , few apps can do it in the play store

italia0101 said:
No issues here with it , guess you could set to landscape / portrait manually , few apps can do it in the play store
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I've considered manually doing it, guess just being lazy. It just wants to rotate way too soon for me, it may be my posture or something causing it. Not a bad idea, maybe I can find a widget to easy swap manually.

I've noticed it too. Although I'll take that over too much lag in it rotating when I want
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No doubt about that!! For me it's right on the cusp of no issues. May just need to hold the phone slightly different to correct it.

I saw Xposed was released for 6.0. Does anyone know of anything for it that would allow this sort of adjustment?

InfiniteReality said:
I notice this while trying to put it on my desk or one hand typing texts, it seems the auto rotate sensitivity is too high. Does anyone else have this issue? Is there some way to "turn it down" so you can turn the phone more before it auto rotates? I know I can turn it off, but I use it in Chrome and YouTube and probably couple more apps.
Thanks!
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I thought Android 6.0.1 will solve it... But it didn't
Is this a hardware issue? I think not. Sensors data look fine. So I do think it is a software issue. Hoping Google will sort this out

Reported the issue to google
Hi guys,
I reported the issue to google
Please help by voting it up:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=196975

Yeah, I think so, too. I turned off autorotation. I found I like the experience better.

I too find it too sensitive. I used Tasker to limit the rotating on all except a few apps on my last phone but I haven't done it on this phone. You just made me think of it. I can't say yet that it will work. Worth a try.

I do not want to manually set the rotation every time I want to watch a video or a picture I just taken. This is silly.
The auto rotation works great on iphones & on previous Nexus devices. The experience is important.
If only there was an app that can bias the tilt sensitivity like there are apps for brightness sensitivity

lior-k said:
Hi guys,
I reported the issue to google
Please help by voting it up:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=196975
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Thanks for this, I added a comment in it and voted as well. I turn the screen rotation off when needed (like for Chrome use). Always forget to turn it back on till it rotates without wanting it too.

here is a quick video I did to illustrate the issue:
https://youtu.be/fJdwmbuUoHY

InfiniteReality said:
I notice this while trying to put it on my desk or one hand typing texts, it seems the auto rotate sensitivity is too high. Does anyone else have this issue? Is there some way to "turn it down" so you can turn the phone more before it auto rotates? I know I can turn it off, but I use it in Chrome and YouTube and probably couple more apps.
Thanks!
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I'm gonna start a thread in Help/Q&A and post a reddit article I found that solved the issue for me. Using the device with one hand it would always rotate when I reached for the far corner and was bugging the hell out of me... The solution involves Tasker.

Tap to Wake issues

Hey, guys. I'm a huge fan of this phone.. I can't get over what a good value it is for the money. I have almost zero issues with it. The one issue I do have is the inconsistency with tap to wake. It seems like after it has been in my pocket for a while, it just fails to work. This happens periodically throughout the day, to the point where I just can't rely on it. It drives me mad because that's kind of a must have feature for me. To be fair, the only device I have never had tap to wake issues with is LG phones. They just seem to work all the time.
I did raise the sensitivity following the guide found on these forums. It's something else, like the pocket protection is stuck on or something. Anyone else experience something similar? I don't want to use the fingerprint reader. Is there something I don't know? Some setting I'm not seeing? Or is this just how it is?
Still a great phone otherwise. I wish I could fix this one little thing.

Is your screen clean or dirty? Have you tried wiping it down with 70% isopropyl alcohol and seeing if that improves the responsiveness. Is the phone hot when it's not responding? Are your fingers dirty?

It's not very sensitive, you definitely need to give it a couple of thumps unlike the taps on an LG phone.
There's a learning curve with this phone. I nearly dislocated my shoulder trying to shake the flashlight awake before I realized you had to wake the screen first

ludovicien said:
It's not very sensitive, you definitely need to give it a couple of thumps unlike the taps on an LG phone.
There's a learning curve with this phone. I nearly dislocated my shoulder trying to shake the flashlight awake before I realized you had to wake the screen first
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I mean, this only happens when I take it out of my pocket. Tap to wake works fine the rest of the time and my screen is definitely clean.
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk

greyhulk said:
I mean, this only happens when I take it out of my pocket. Tap to wake works fine the rest of the time and my screen is definitely clean.
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I'm coming from an lg phone as well, I have found the taps must be slower. The pause between taps needs to be just a little longer and it works for me almost every time.

Double tap to wake doesn't work when the phone has gone into doze mode. ZTE knows about this issue and is working on a fix.

xxBrun0xx said:
Double tap to wake doesn't work when the phone has gone into doze mode. ZTE knows about this issue and is working on a fix.
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That actually explains a lot. Thanks!
Doze seems to break a lot, including notifications on other phones.
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk

greyhulk said:
That actually explains a lot. Thanks!
Doze seems to break a lot, including notifications on other phones.
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk
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The doze should not kick in if the phone is moving. One of the conditions is that phone should be static for a while. More likely it's something based on proximity sensor to prevent accidental turn ons. I found that i would have to tap several times to wake it up most time i have to do it twice. The force touch is buggy
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peramikic said:
The doze should not kick in if the phone is moving. One of the conditions is that phone should be static for a while. More likely it's something based on proximity sensor to prevent accidental turn ons. I found that i would have to tap several times to wake it up most time i have to do it twice. The force touch is buggy
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Well, I haven't had any issues since I disabled doze and I doubt that's a coincidence.
I agree that doze shouldn't kick on in your pocket, which is why I originally suspected the proximity sensor, but it could be a bug in ZTE's ROM.
My Mate 8 had a malfunctioning doze mode that would cause all notifications to stop as soon as the screen went off, even if the phone was moving. I fixed that by disabling doze also.
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The same issue I'm having on both colors I'm having .
Most of the time when picking the device from my jeans pocket refuses to open with double tap even after several attempts.
I have to unlock by pressing with power button and then when holding my phone it stating to work fine.
It's really annoying and frustrating.
Only double tap to sleep with nova prime or 3D next launcher working 100% perfect in all situations from home screen.
Also I'm using glimpse notification and enable the option to double tap to sleep from lock screen and works perfect all time.
Another feature having is it wakes up the screen automatically every time having notification alert and after screen being off continuous the led to be on as a reminder.
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So, I was wrong. Disabling doze didn't fix it. I went back to my OnePlus 3 for a day to get perspective. That phone pretty much never misses a tap-to-wake. It just works. Conversely, the Axon regularly "goes to sleep" when it's in my pocket and I can tap on the screen as many times as I want and it will never come on until I hit the power button. It's definitely not working like it should, at least not for me.
I'm not sure how anyone can say that it's working fine. I like everything else about the phone. This is just annoying because I can't rely on using tap-to-wake. I spend more time tapping on the screen when it's not working than I would if it just didn't have the feature and I had to use other methods. If ZTE could fix this to work as reliably as an LG or the OnePlus 3, I'd be in heaven.

greyhulk said:
So, I was wrong. Disabling doze didn't fix it. I went back to my OnePlus 3 for a day to get perspective. That phone pretty much never misses a tap-to-wake. It just works. Conversely, the Axon regularly "goes to sleep" when it's in my pocket and I can tap on the screen as many times as I want and it will never come on until I hit the power button. It's definitely not working like it should, at least not for me.
I'm not sure how anyone can say that it's working fine. I like everything else about the phone. This is just annoying because I can't rely on using tap-to-wake. I spend more time tapping on the screen when it's not working than I would if it just didn't have the feature and I had to use other methods. If ZTE could fix this to work as reliably as an LG or the OnePlus 3, I'd be in heaven.
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Totally agree.
Hope ZTE makes improvements on that very useful feature to become just like LG.
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Question Change a few settings

Hello all!
My Razer Phone 2 stopped charging. This is how my Razer Phone 1 also died, basically the charging port went bad, then worse, then died completely.
Anyway I got the Nothing instead, since price and specs fit me pretty fine.
However I want to change a few things. I might be blind in the settings menu, but I'm hoping you'll still help me!
I got a few points I'd like changed, and no amount of googling helped me here:
1. The phone turns on the screen when I pick it up. But there are often mistakes, and the screen just turns on by itself when I'm walking with it in my hand, or in my pocket. It has happened already a few times, after having for phone for 48 hours, that I have dismissed some notifications because of this. Can I stop this function all together?
2. I can also press the screen once and the screen will turn on. This is also a problem when the phone is in my pocket. On my Razer I had to double tap and it still turned on sometimes in my pocket. I ran the Razer phone with Nova Launcher, maybe I have to change to this launcher from the Nothing one to get this double tap feature?
3. I can turn off the screen by double tapping on the home screen. That is a feature I always use and appreciate. I never put the phone screen down so the lights on the backside won't get used. I always double tap to turn on the screen, check for notifications, and double tap to turn the screen off should there be no notifications. Nothing phone won't turn off the screen with a double tap unless I actually unlock it, so I can't do a quick check for notifications by double tapping and double tapping again. It won't matter if the phone is on a table, but I frequently check notifications and put the phone back to my pocket, and having to go for the screen button is not exactly for me. Do I need Nova Launcher here?
4. I NEVER use sounds on my phone, except for the alarms. When someone calls me while the screen is turned off, the screen turns off and I get vibration. If the screen is on I won't get any vibration from it, only a visual notification which is easy to overlook if I let it sit with the screen on but locked if I just checked notifications. Also I like the feedback in my hands in case I am doing something on the phone. I already missed some calls because of this. Can it be changed?
5. Is it possible to manipulate the glyph on the backside? I found a "secret" setting which makes them light up to the music playing, but that became pretty annoying just after 5 seconds. Are there some basic things you can do with the light? Like making a custom event and then specify how the light should react? Could be something simple like when a call is active the lights come on very dim? Maybe a 3rd party app someone did?
6. The Razer Phone 2 (and 1) has HUGE speakers in the top and bottom, so I have been living with pretty big bezels. The Nothing has the same size but the phone is almost 100% screen. If I need to go to the bottom and press a back button or something, I cannot reach anymore like on the Razer. Is there a way to add some virtual bezels on Android?
7. I really hate this "notch" or "camera bump". It is a bit of the same as number 6, but can I remove it completely, so the top of the screen where the camera is won't be used at all? The whole line, effectively adding more bezel here too.
I am probably picky, but I have used my phone in a specific way for my whole life, and I am not really good with changes. Also I think a phone should adapt to my needs, and I shouldn't adapt to it.
Thanks for reading and hopefully helping

To be honest, sounds like the Nothing Phone isn't the right device for you.

I like to know the answer to question 1 too.

Jelle99 said:
Hello all!
My Razer Phone 2 stopped charging. This is how my Razer Phone 1 also died, basically the charging port went bad, then worse, then died completely.
Anyway I got the Nothing instead, since price and specs fit me pretty fine.
However I want to change a few things. I might be blind in the settings menu, but I'm hoping you'll still help me!
I got a few points I'd like changed, and no amount of googling helped me here:
1. The phone turns on the screen when I pick it up. But there are often mistakes, and the screen just turns on by itself when I'm walking with it in my hand, or in my pocket. It has happened already a few times, after having for phone for 48 hours, that I have dismissed some notifications because of this. Can I stop this function all together?
2. I can also press the screen once and the screen will turn on. This is also a problem when the phone is in my pocket. On my Razer I had to double tap and it still turned on sometimes in my pocket. I ran the Razer phone with Nova Launcher, maybe I have to change to this launcher from the Nothing one to get this double tap feature?
3. I can turn off the screen by double tapping on the home screen. That is a feature I always use and appreciate. I never put the phone screen down so the lights on the backside won't get used. I always double tap to turn on the screen, check for notifications, and double tap to turn the screen off should there be no notifications. Nothing phone won't turn off the screen with a double tap unless I actually unlock it, so I can't do a quick check for notifications by double tapping and double tapping again. It won't matter if the phone is on a table, but I frequently check notifications and put the phone back to my pocket, and having to go for the screen button is not exactly for me. Do I need Nova Launcher here?
4. I NEVER use sounds on my phone, except for the alarms. When someone calls me while the screen is turned off, the screen turns off and I get vibration. If the screen is on I won't get any vibration from it, only a visual notification which is easy to overlook if I let it sit with the screen on but locked if I just checked notifications. Also I like the feedback in my hands in case I am doing something on the phone. I already missed some calls because of this. Can it be changed?
5. Is it possible to manipulate the glyph on the backside? I found a "secret" setting which makes them light up to the music playing, but that became pretty annoying just after 5 seconds. Are there some basic things you can do with the light? Like making a custom event and then specify how the light should react? Could be something simple like when a call is active the lights come on very dim? Maybe a 3rd party app someone did?
6. The Razer Phone 2 (and 1) has HUGE speakers in the top and bottom, so I have been living with pretty big bezels. The Nothing has the same size but the phone is almost 100% screen. If I need to go to the bottom and press a back button or something, I cannot reach anymore like on the Razer. Is there a way to add some virtual bezels on Android?
7. I really hate this "notch" or "camera bump". It is a bit of the same as number 6, but can I remove it completely, so the top of the screen where the camera is won't be used at all? The whole line, effectively adding more bezel here too.
I am probably picky, but I have used my phone in a specific way for my whole life, and I am not really good with changes. Also I think a phone should adapt to my needs, and I shouldn't adapt to it.
Thanks for reading and hopefully helping
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1. There is an option to turn this feature off under Display->Lock Screen called Lift to show lock screen.
2. Don't know, but you should try using the Nova Launcher.
3. Don't know, but you should try using the Nova Launcher.
4. Very niche use case, you can try to search some root methods.
5. There is root app which can control the light you can try that.
6. and 7. There should be some root apps or magisk modules which allows to do that.

To 2: (I dont know if this works on NothingOS since im on Paranoid Android. But both are very near to stock, maybe it works for you or for others.) I disabled that tap to activate setting and am using fingerprint while screen is off. This can also act as a quick look for notifications, for that i tap where the fingerprint reader is really short so it fails to unlock. This way only the always on display shows up for 3-4 seconds.
Nova wont change anything lockscreen related.
To 5: If you have root, time and like playing around with commands and apps, you can try tasker. Since im on Paranoid Android and the glyphs arent really implemented yet, i made a task that fits my needs perfect.
To your other problems: i think too, the phone should adapt to the user. So i suggest you to wait, i guess there will come roms that are way more customizable.
And maybe a pixel would fit your needings better than this phone because there is a big custom rom scene around.