My 15month old daughter absoluelty loves watching videos on my droid but always fast forwards, stops or exits the program entirely. It would be nice to beable to long press the camera button and have it disable the touchscreen input. Any such thing exist? After googling I've seen many others with same problem/request.
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I just got the sprint version of the HTC DIAMOND Sunday, and this is my first WM device. Warranty is still good as well.
My problems:
1)
When trying to take photos or videos, the zoom constantly moves in and out regardless of me not pressing a thing (For example, when i open the camera, the zoom constantly moves from 1.0-2.0x all on its on). I don't know if it suppose to do this or not, but i don't think so. The same thing goes for viewing pics and Opera as well, it zooms back and forth without me touching a thing.
2)
Sometimes it seems as if the "end" button or buttons on the right of the center button,doesn't respond well. I try to hold it down to lock my phone, but it takes several tries in order to this. Maybe its just me
3)
Iv'e read that the center button susppose to act like a scrolling mechanism, but i dont think mine does. Has this feature been disabled or something?
Its a nice phone, but i think mine has a couple of bugs. The zoom problem really annoys me, because i cant take pictures with the camera zooming in and out constantly. Please help..
When using opera Or the camera rotate your finger around the center button(stay on the outside of where it raises)
With the end button try to press it on the far bottom right(as far from the center as possible.
I think the center as a scrolling thing has to be enabled
Calico_NC said:
I just got the sprint version of the HTC DIAMOND Sunday, and this is my first WM device. Warranty is still good as well.
My problems:
1)
When trying to take photos or videos, the zoom constantly moves in and out regardless of me not pressing a thing (For example, when i open the camera, the zoom constantly moves from 1.0-2.0x all on its on). I don't know if it suppose to do this or not, but i don't think so. The same thing goes for viewing pics and Opera as well, it zooms back and forth without me touching a thing.
2)
Sometimes it seems as if the "end" button or buttons on the right of the center button,doesn't respond well. I try to hold it down to lock my phone, but it takes several tries in order to this. Maybe its just me
3)
Iv'e read that the center button susppose to act like a scrolling mechanism, but i dont think mine does. Has this feature been disabled or something?
Its a nice phone, but i think mine has a couple of bugs. The zoom problem really annoys me, because i cant take pictures with the camera zooming in and out constantly. Please help..
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Make sure when you are in the album or camera, your palm isn't covering the scrolling "ring" around the centre button, as this could be causing the zooming problem. If all else fails, hard reset.
Also, for the buttons to the right, make sure you are almost at or close to the edge of the diamond. if you are close to the center button, it may be acting as a "right click" (as the area to the right of the center "scrolling ring" is a "right" button).
- Hind1
thanks for the info, but when i say it zooms without me touching it, i meant that literally. For example, right now im looking at a pic in my phone. The phone is literally just laying on its back while I'm typing this message. Its constantly zooming in and out of the pic in real rapid movements. Could it be the screen protector that came with the phone? (But then again, it only happens when I load the camera/camcorder,search the web, or view pics) I have it on, but i didn't think that would be the cause. Anyone else encounter this problem? Maybe I should just do a hard reset, or maybe return it. IDK
Sorry to hear...
I have the screen protector on that came with the device, and mine is working fine. Try a hard reset, let me know if it works
- Hind1
Hello,
Is it possible to run the camera in the background and record video and turn off the screen while the video is recording?
Or does somebody know an application which can do it?
Thanks
The problem is that when you press the power button it suspends device and doesn't just turn off the screen. There are utilities that can just turn off the screen (which also "locks" the device). I use WKtasks function>Backlight off from ok-button long press and AEBPlus actions screen to do that
Thanks for the tip. I've tried these 2 applications, but they both don't turn off the display when recording. I have also tried to use CoolCamera, but it does'nt work.
I would love to know a solution for this also i use the Qik app and would love if it would run with the screen toggled off or even better in the background.
Hello Everyone,
Does anybody know of any camcorder type app that will allow a user to record holding the phone vertically instead of horizontally?
Thanks!!
hmm
thats not a real good idea since when the vid is played back on anything, such as a computer or tv, the expected video format is supposed to be in widescreen/landscape. so i dont think there would be anything for what ure looking for
Ummm, why not just hold the phone vertically instead of horizontally?
And if you need to, you can use software on your PC to flip it so it plays that way.
Just wondering if rooting fixes the touch screen issues? I know the update was supposed to help (it did a little) but I still get missed touches and lag.
I still seem to be getting about the same level of missed touches I was getting when the phone was brand new.
Antutu benchmarks are slightly better, from 47,900 to 48,900. Overall phone response speed appears to be slightly improved. Battery life appears to have improved a little.
I haven't seen any bugs introduced with the root flash, but I don't thrash my phone as thoroughly as some other people might.
ive been rooted all day on 991 vz5, and been messing with the phone ALL day. i have 0 issues with touch response. no idea if this matters but i calibrated my rotation sensor, and locked my rotation to portrait.
phone charges slow as heck even with my 2.1 amp charger. lg is really lame with these underpowered chargers and 1 inch long usb cables.
still just fine.. really need a torch quicklaunch method, and kill app long press back, and overall be able to edit buttons...then ill be 100% happy for now
For launching the torch/flashlight quickly - have you looked into the app "Key Plus"?
Key Plus app allows you to assign the flashlight/torch (or other app) to a double-press the volume up key. So when your screen is off you just "tap tap" the physical key and have the flashlight turn on, works great in the dark. I've assigned my phone to launch google voice instead of the flashlight too, something else to consider. You can't re-assign the volume down button, because that's hard coded to launch the camera app and take a photo (assuming you've toggled the phone's options to also take a quick photo).
i feel like mine has more lag and definitely still has the missed touches, thats super annoying, moreso than lag. but the extra lag might be xposed related.
When I am using Android Auto I noticed it intercepts the home launcher, and prevents me from navigating away (unless I try and go through notifications, but that adds a separate step). Anyone got a fix for that? Xposed module or the like?
It does that because you're not supposed to use your phone while driving. So, basically done by design.
It doesn't take into account the possibility that a passenger might want to use the phone.
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Press the task button, the left one on samsungs for instance, and then the home button.
I am wondering if this same trick will be possible on soft button phones like the s8 or Nexus line?
For me, I was going to use Tasker and various plugins to bypass this. I downloaded AutoInput and Secure Settings, and ran them. Didn't actually make any modifications. Then the next time I was in Android Auto and I hit the home button on my s7e, I was asked to pick an app to complete the action. I was given Tasker and Android Auto to choose from. Clicked Tasker and bam! Now it works just like normal. I can have Spotify on my phone and navigation on the dash. It's also handy for illegal-while-driving tasks. However I still say that a little sense goes a long way. Knock on wood but I've never even come close to a fender bender from tech in the car. I've had full blown windows PCs installed with touch screen dash boards... I've had laptop mounts like the cops have. I've got a Nexus u mounted in one car. Hundreds of thousands of miles of 'distracted' driving, and not even a close call.
There's a slider between Attention vs Distraction. You should obviously lean towards giving attention to the driving task when conditions call for it. Same goes for eating a burger, chatting on the phone, smacking your kids around, or checking out the hottie wearing a belt as a skirt walking down the road.
Tech while driving shouldn't be illegal...Being a **** driver should be.
So the s8 soft buttons remove the recents key. Neato. You have to use a Bixby app to remap and do the aforementioned trick.
Hi;
since i have moved from android 4.12 to android 5.1.1 i have the "frozen Home Button" problem, too.
Is there meanwhile a solution for this isse? Is there a patch available to solve this problem?
In my case i don't use AnroidAuto, and i don't want to install it !!!
But when i want to use my own choice of driving apps ... i can't because when i plug my Samsung S2 into the car dock, the home Button freezes, and most times when i push it, the phone system freezes on a black site.
This is very annoying and surely not a save system behaviour while driving.
It seems like Google wants to force me to use AndroidAuto. BUT I DON'T WANT !!!
What can i do to bring back the normal HomeButton functionallity when my phone is plugged into the car dock??
Thanx for infos ...
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