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[Q] Mapping Screen Orientation to Hardware button?

Hey guys,
I know that having auto orientation activated causes temporary freezes on android. Sometimes I don't want to miss the landscape orientation - so instead of having the orientation being checked by the proximity sensor (causing lags) - is there a chance to simply map a small programm to one of the hardware buttons (let's say longpress-back key flips orientation bei 90°)?
I wonder if one of you managed to do that with programs available at the marketplace. Or if one of you could give me a hint how to do that on my own.
Greetings

+1 on longpress
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i really like this idea too.

Just like the answer button long press on energy roms would be fine
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The new HTC g2 lancher posted here has landscape support but not through g sensor ,so it would be nice to have this option
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+1 on this idea

[Q] Need help with Air Gesture feature ( QUICK GLANCE)

Hi guys,
I have a problem with my Samsung galaxy S4. I cant use the quick glance feature although i move my hand above the sensor like so many times but it still not working, i'm sure that i were on the air gesture and quick glance feature, other air gesture feature such as air jump, air browse, air move and aircall accept are working good only quick glance are not working. Can anybody tell me what can i do to make this Quick Glance feature work i really need that feature so much during work and meeting. Thank you so much, your help will be appreciated.

hinoob said:
Hi guys,
I have a problem with my Samsung galaxy S4. I cant use the quick glance feature although i move my hand above the sensor like so many times but it still not working, i'm sure that i were on the air gesture and quick glance feature, other air gesture feature such as air jump, air browse, air move and aircall accept are working good only quick glance are not working. Can anybody tell me what can i do to make this Quick Glance feature work i really need that feature so much during work and meeting. Thank you so much, your help will be appreciated.
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The phone should be in a parallel position with respect to the ground. Lying flat. Or else it doesn't work

SGTABHI said:
The phone should be in a parallel position with respect to the ground. Lying flat. Or else it doesn't work
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true, gotta be put on the flat surface. :cyclops:

And I think it doesn't work with lock screen security on.
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I put on the flat surface and its still not working
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hinoob said:
I put on the flat surface and its still not working
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Put it on the flat surface and wait for a while, don't move the phone at all...
Once there's no movement for a while, the phone thinks its no more in your hands, the quick glance will work...
You can try going to Settings -> My Devices -> Motion and gestures -> Air Gestures -> Quick glance -> "Try It" to see if it works...

Not working also. I were try all the way like change to swipe lock screen, put on flat surface and not touching for a minute but still not working. I think i should take a video and show it to you tomorrow. Any more way to recomment?
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hinoob said:
Not working also. I were try all the way like change to swipe lock screen, put on flat surface and not touching for a minute but still not working. I think i should take a video and show it to you tomorrow. Any more way to recomment?
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Try going to Settings -> My Devices -> Motion and gestures -> Air Gestures -> Quick glance -> "Try It" to see if it works...
If that is not working, you've a faulty unit?
The infra-red sensors are on top of the phone, near the front-facing camera...

It works when i use the (try it) and i make sure the quick glance option is ✔, after that i turn my phone's screen off and try it, it doesnt work I saw many people facing the same problem in Note2 before that.
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hinoob said:
It works when i use the (try it) and i make sure the quick glance option is ✔, after that i turn my phone's screen off and try it, it doesnt work I saw many people facing the same problem in Note2 before that.
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I have the same problem here with my GT-I9500.
But it worked before and now works only once in a while.
Any help?

I noticed that it doesn't work sometimes ... but most of the time it's fine ...i believe it has to do with the sensors giving wrong measurements about the positioning of the phone ... or maybe some bug ...

My GS4 Quick glance stopped working few days ago unless I restarted my phone and it would only work once so I don't know what's wrong with it..
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same here, quick glance not working. I put my phone on flat surface, I tried "Try It" and it works fine and sometimes my phone turns on quick glance even though Im not moving anything in front of it. My lockscreen is set for swipe, no serious mods, just rooted i9505
EDIT: uninstalling performance booster really helped!

You need calibrate the sensor with commands in terminal. I did it and now its working fine. Its an easy process, but need root.
Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208440

Quick Glance Switching to Lock Screen
I have the same issue, when I do the Quick glance on the Try screen it works. When I use it, for some reason it starts like it should then it switches to the Lock screen like I hit the main or power button. I am also having an issue with it smart pausing, I believe they are inter related.

[Request] Shortcut to one handed operation

Anyone knows how to create a shortcut to the one handed operation mode?
I don't like much the gesture and I prefer to have a shortcut.
Is it possible to create an app to do this?

i searched all the activities, there is no entry for One Handed Operation :/

Why don't you just use the swipe left/right function? It works on practically every screen... well maybe except Angry Birds.

WildmanJoe said:
Why don't you just use the swipe left/right function? It works on practically every screen... well maybe except Angry Birds.
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With a case i Find it more difficult because the border, I need to do it 2 or 3 times to finally use it, so I was looking for an icon to make a simple tap or create a new gesture with gmd
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i searched all the activities, there is no entry for One Handed Operation :/
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oh
thanks for your time anyway.

Bump. Yeah I would very much appreciate an icon button shortcut if anyone could develop one.

I would be interested in this also
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Fingerprint sensor as touchpad

The N6P has got the same fingerprint sensor than the mate s. Is it possible to get the scrolling feature with the fingerprint sensor as a touchpad for photos and browser ... working? This would be very usefull especially when reading long text.

There is a lot of potential features that could be realized with the fingerprint sensor ... such as switch to last app when longpressed or double tapped while unlocked.
I don't got any programming skills so i don't know how to do this at all. Just some ideas

I do self talk here ... just want to bring this up again.
Scrolling with the sensor would be so usefull as i always got pain in my little finger holding my device while reading long text ... anyone even know if this is possible?

Hi, you do have a good idea! Try the Kinetic Scroll app for now, and ask the developer here about the fingerprint scanner.

If you can, I'd suggest make an xposed module! A lot of people (myself included) would definitely be interested!

I think it's possible to do it because the Huawei made scroll screenshot in their system so why not implement this feature in the fingerprint sensor it will be very useful to all users

Imagine if we could have the functionality of the Nexus 1s track ball from the fingerprint scanner. ?
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Use Finger Print Gestures from play store.

Leave this here...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superthomaslab.fingerprintgestures&hl=es

yes this app is perfect for me i am using on android-O .

No multitasking without gesture hints

Hey guys,
as it says.
I've found that multitasking doesn't work with gesture navigation...unless I have gesture hints enabled.
Anyone else come across this? Or am I doing something wrong?
Edit: slide multitasking using the home button/swipe

frostfree55 said:
Hey guys,
as it says.
I've found that multitasking doesn't work with gesture navigation...unless I have gesture hints enabled.
Anyone else come across this? Or am I doing something wrong?
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Works fine without hints. You can try reset settings by searching for it in settings, then wipe cache in recovery.

Ah sorry bud, I should have said "slide multitasking" using the home button.
Thank you for replying though.

What are you talking about ?

Download Good Lock from the Galaxy Store then open it and download task changer. Might be a good substitute.
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You are correct that this does not work. Without gesture hints or buttons there is no way to slide your finger across the bottom to advance the app cards. I reported it to Samsung but they classified it as an enhancement, as though they intended to design it in this broken and inconsistent way. Anyway, entire implementation of gestures on this phone is way behind iPhone X and OnePlus.