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Hey guys! We are about to release an application for tablets and phones that will allow you to put the device into standby just by closing the case.
A closed beta is available to select XDA members, and we would like to test more on people's XOOMs.
You can find the app thread HERE.
i'll beta test it.
What kind of Case must you use for the Xoom, the portfolio one Moto puts out?
Count me in for this one.
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I'm in as well. Sounds fantastic
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sure I'll test it
Count me in. I have a xoom and a galaxy tab.
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count me too.
I noticed a little bug. As I move back and forth at my desk. The program tries to close my screen. Is there a way to uninstall this?
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Guys, developer already wrote that they took 10 (!) testers and others just missed the train, so we shall wait for an open beta test if there will be any (doubt it will)
I got in on the test. I have noticed one problem. If someone stands over you or there is a shadow killswitch will start to engage. It maybe a setting just need to play w/ it more.
Hey everyone, and thanks to all the beta testers! Just an FIY, the app is now out, you can find its thread in the Paid Software Announcement and Discussion forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988126
It has now been tested thorougly on my own Xoom and is working fine! To avoid accidental activations, read the Help and Tips section carefully and set a higher activation delay time.
I have it at 8 seconds and rarely have any issues...
Great, works fine on all my devices
Eer, this expired a month ago!
Hi ... I just purchased this and figured I would be able to spoof a cover by simply covering the sensor (at the opposite location to the camera) with my finger briefly but this doesn't seem to do the trick, but if I cover the front with a pad then it does go off. Is there another sensor I am not seeing?
I also expected it to auto wake when uncovered? If I enable unlock on screen then the volume keys at least seem to wake it up which is a bonus I guess
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The light sensor is quite hard to spot. Its 2.5 cm to the left of the front facing camera.
The autounlock feature is supposed to work like that. Please, read the help file!
Great ... that makes it easier to test ... but I can't get it to wake. It seems the volume key is not even waking it now either.
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This functionality is broken by tegra drivers on honeycomb - but works on all other devices...
OK... so are you working to get around this? Or will 3.1 fix it? Or is the function just broken forever? Without it the app is nowhere near as useful :-(
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you live and learn ... at any rate you live
Weve been busy prepping for the release of RCB and i havent had time to tinker with killswitch for a few weeks!
I have thought about it though, and there is a workaround. Trouble is, it would mean the tablet wouldnt really sleep.
However... there is a hack i have been using myself, but it would mean root and some nasty errors on many devices.
Atm you can already do something similar yourself using a key remapper. Search the forums for a compatible one.
I promise though i will add some root functions to killswitch.
As you may notice im Nokia fan,
and im hoping for more and more
good stuff to come. And this one is awesome,
its really calm and super
cool beta application called Sleeping screen.
Recently, Nokia showed off its Sleeping Screen, its like an usual application, but with style and eye candy. While showing it off, its possible to question, will it be featured in Windows phone 7 devices, or just and WP7 app. We can say it looks really good, and Nokia just keep’s doing nice things to their phones, Symbian and future Windows phone 7 phones.
Here is the VIDEO
So what do you guys think?
Should this be featured at WP7 devices?
Looks like a really cool thing to have
Nokia Symbian^3 hmmm... progressing ..
Just another reason to look forward to my new WP7 nokia that I'll be getting as soon as it comes out...
z33dev33l said:
Just another reason to look forward to my new WP7 nokia that I'll be getting as soon as it comes out...
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Damn right
It looks awesome, but how much battery life will this take on modern LCDs?
even with no black lighting (or very minimal) it will still consume already limited amount of battery life.
ccdoggy said:
It looks awesome, but how much battery life will this take on modern LCDs?
even with no black lighting (or very minimal) it will still consume already limited amount of battery life.
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WP7 isn't as power hungry as android to begin with and Nokia tends to have pretty great battery life so as a whole I don't think it will be a big deal.
I prefer my phone sleeping with the screen off, tbh.
Style and eye candy? I guess, if you're into that whole dot matrix resolution from the 90s.
I like the look of it etc. but I don't really think its that useful. Like I just wouldn't want to know that my phones screen is still on when its in my pocket or something. Don't know why, it would just feel weird.
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Skellyyy said:
I like the look of it etc. but I don't really think its that useful. Like I just wouldn't want to know that my phones screen is still on when its in my pocket or something. Don't know why, it would just feel weird.
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i agree ...
Only the active pixels consume power on oled screens , so yes it should be low power
That said cooked roms already have the same app for galaxy s on android
I dont understand why modern phones don't have this feature. I remember when I still had the old Sony Ericssons (t290i, w580i, w880i) they all had a clock when the phone was in sleep mode and showed you if you have a message etc. I know all the phones had that and it's one of the features I miss the most on my current phones. Not saying that I want all that animation Nokia has, but sometimes I just want to look down at my phone to check the time, without touching it.
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I dont understand why modern phones don't have this feature. I remember when I still had the old Sony Ericssons (t290i, w580i, w880i) they all had a clock when the phone was in sleep mode and showed you if you have a message etc. I know all the phones had that and it's one of the features I miss the most on my current phones. Not saying that I want all that animation Nokia has, but sometimes I just want to look down at my phone to check the time, without touching it.
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+1 on that. If it wasn't for my watch and the LED notification lights on my Desire... I would have gone nuts.
jaszek said:
I dont understand why modern phones don't have this feature. I remember when I still had the old Sony Ericssons (t290i, w580i, w880i) they all had a clock when the phone was in sleep mode and showed you if you have a message etc. I know all the phones had that and it's one of the features I miss the most on my current phones. Not saying that I want all that animation Nokia has, but sometimes I just want to look down at my phone to check the time, without touching it.
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Didn't know that
I would like to know to owner who have DHD and O2X..which one is your most favourite smartphone? and why you choose it?
I had both phone, and i get confusing which one is better. My O2X is better in term of speed, but i dislike its interface software, i prefer more on htc sense.
so what do you think?
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of curse the 2X
i rooted the device and deleted the lg software - using Lauchner Pro and its more than smooth...
i prefer the 2X display, 'cause it is not so big and much better/more beautiful !
only the battery drain makes the angry i got a bug - app '0' causes the drain... hope lg will fix it in the next update
all in all the 2X is the best device for me, currently
Compared the 2 today, the screen on the O2X is way better, and although the dhd has a very nice unibody, both phones feel very sturdy. I don't really like sense but it's definitely better than the lg UI. Personally i always install adw/ launcherpro. Where the O2X really shines though is gaming, it just destroys the dhd. One thing i really like about the dhd is the music player, not sure if you can install it on the O2X..
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Pros of the O2X vs DHD
*The screen is so much more colorful.
*Battery life is just as good or better.
*Touch screen is better(Try slowly drawing a straight line fron the upper right corner to the lower left corner on DHD. You cant, it will be wavy).
*No HTCsense.com that still doesnt work after 6 month!!(This would be a minus if it had worked).
*Gestures! Instead of those silly arrows in the bottom of the HTC stock keyboard, the tapping on the side of the O2X works great, without taking up keyboard space. Great for curser moving if you want it to be accurate.
*The curved edges of the glass screen.
*Speed in the every day use neither phones lag. Games run more smooth though. Never experienced frame drops on O2X as I sometimes did on DHD.
*Front Camera: For when ever skype comes out with video chat for android..
Better on DHD:
*Weather widget and better widgets(didnt know the setup widgets was from HTC, but LG doesnt have it)
*Disable mobile view funtion in browser settings
*Previous/next page function in browser
*Notification/Charging LED
*Native flashlight/torch app!
*15 minutes delay on the password screen(Have to do it EVERY time on the LG, or none at all).
*Very good "Auto" brightness setting on the screen!(O2X is just like the Desire, too bright when its dark).
*OTA Updated via Mobile Data also(not just wifi like O2X)
I went back and read my initial reactions from when I just got it, and they are listed here too. A funny thing that I just noticed after reading through my post is that most of the stuff I like about my O2X is hardware, and most of the stuff I miss from my DHD is software related(and most of them can be solved by downloading free apps/widgets from the market).
Im not going to count software bugs and stuff, while in the daily day life the DHD was more "stable", htcsence.com never worked and sometimes I lost ALL my text messages, so it wasnt that perfect. Between HTC and LG´s software I would reccomend HTC to newbies and people that dont like messing around with settings, trying out new apps and such.
Oh and any user interface(Sense or whatever) is inferior to Go Launcher EX imo(and other launchers). That is why I only count widgets and menu points as something that adds value. Before I tried anything else than Sense, I thought the UI was good, but in reality is not all that.
Maybe i already get use to DHD after 6 month use it and not familier to ui of lg. Anyway, thank you guys for all your review. Keep it coming.
Thanks.
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Forgot one more thing.. the gallery browser on O2X is Great! The one in DHD is slow and it takes a long time to find a particular image if you have many..
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ravn1 said:
Forgot one more thing.. the gallery browser on O2X is Great! The one in DHD is slow and it takes a long time to find a particular image if you have many..
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Yeah you were right on this one, im started to love my 2X all over again lol
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most things you find better on the dhd can also be changed or made working on the o2x
allthough the software widgets made by htc are native on the phone when you buy it there are lots of good alternatives for people that dont have a htc like there is a free backlight led app in the market, and beatiful widgets has the same clock/weather widget htc has if you find a propper skin for it.
the browser issue can be fixed with a 3rd party browser(dolphin w/e) allthough native non mobile page viewing would be really nice to have in the stock browser...
there isa custom made notification light for the o2x now which can be downloaded from somehwere here aswell.
the lockscreen can be changed with 3rd party software and there is a feature to change the pw refresh rate with this aswell.
so most of the things that were better on the dhd can be good on the o2x aswell but you just need to digg around a bit and it doesnt come native once you open the freshly bought phone but it can be tuned and tweaked to have the best of 2 worlds
just like to add that my previous phone was a dhd and i made the move to the o2x the second it came out and i never missed my htc since i got my o2x.
dazzle999 said:
most things you find better on the dhd can also be changed or made working on the o2x
allthough the software widgets made by htc are native on the phone when you buy it there are lots of good alternatives for people that dont have a htc like there is a free backlight led app in the market, and beatiful widgets has the same clock/weather widget htc has if you find a propper skin for it.
the browser issue can be fixed with a 3rd party browser(dolphin w/e) allthough native non mobile page viewing would be really nice to have in the stock browser...
there isa custom made notification light for the o2x now which can be downloaded from somehwere here aswell.
the lockscreen can be changed with 3rd party software and there is a feature to change the pw refresh rate with this aswell.
so most of the things that were better on the dhd can be good on the o2x aswell but you just need to digg around a bit and it doesnt come native once you open the freshly bought phone but it can be tuned and tweaked to have the best of 2 worlds
just like to add that my previous phone was a dhd and i made the move to the o2x the second it came out and i never missed my htc since i got my o2x.
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Roger on that!! guys you made my day..lol
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Well, we can safely say that the IPS screen beats the Super Lcd, and hardware wise the O2x wins as well, in design too, but not in software though.
IMO: Desire HD's screen was ghosting, and it was too heavy and big.
Also i didn't like holding the O2x, badly designed by LG.
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i like the way the phone is in my hands ...
untill i get sweaty hands
the dhd metal feel feels like a tank but it's big ... like a tank
the lg feels like it's made for humans untill it gets hot and sweaty .. unlike a tank
arielext said:
i like the way the phone is in my hands ...
untill i get sweaty hands
the dhd metal feel feels like a tank but it's big ... like a tank
the lg feels like it's made for humans untill it gets hot and sweaty .. unlike a tank
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Different to me. I liked more on the tank feeling..its like an expensive smartphone to me. But some time i do feel the burden when put it inside me pocker..lol
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Well, we can safely say that the IPS screen beats the Super Lcd, and hardware wise the O2x wins as well, in design too, but not in software though.
IMO: Desire HD's screen was ghosting, and it was too heavy and big.
Also i didn't like holding the O2x, badly designed by LG.
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Yes, you were right my friend, interm of display O2X way better than DHD. I like DHD size 4.3“. Oh why oh why lg did not apply using 4.3“ screen. IPS screen 4.3“. WOW!!
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Here a few point why i dislike my LGO2X..
1) its sms font is too big, difficult for me to see one long sms in single page. Its sms ui also too fancy to me..not suitable for corporate person like me.
2) its weather can not set update freq and location. I have to go to setting to update manually get current location.
3) its does not have restart option. Although many software in market, but all required to root. I dont want to root my phone since i dont want to lost my warranty, especially with reboot problem i face on O2X.
4) its camera sound during taking picture is ugly same like my old N95 phone (cheap phone).
5) its dont have data connection short cut. I have to go to
setting to activate it manually. There is software from market, but i already try all and it sometime function and not. I check setting, but data connection nothing change either i activate or deactivate the shortcut software download from market. Its look like its over write or something.
6) OTA update only available through wifi. Not mobile connection. How about if i dont have wifi in my house? But i have mobile connection data plan with my provider. Meaning this data plan is useless!! No meaning i pay my bil monthly to my provider if i can not use it to the limit!!
Thats all until now..i will edit more when i found others thing that i though. ;P
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naimmkassim said:
Here a few point why i dislike my LGO2X..
1) its sms font is too big, difficult for me to see one long sms in single page. Its sms ui also too fancy to me..not suitable for corporate person like me.
2) its weather can not set update freq and location. I have to go to setting to update manually get current location.
3) its does not have restart option. Although many software in market, but all required to root. I dont want to root my phone since i dont want to lost my warranty, especially with reboot problem i face on O2X.
4) its camera sound during taking picture is ugly same like my old N95 phone (cheap phone).
5) its dont have data connection short cut. I have to go to
setting to activate it manually. There is software from market, but i already try all and it sometime function and not. I check setting, but data connection nothing change either i activate or deactivate the shortcut software download from market. Its look like its over write or something.
6) OTA update only available through wifi. Not mobile connection. How about if i dont have wifi in my house? But i have mobile connection data plan with my provider. Meaning this data plan is useless!! No meaning i pay my bil monthly to my provider if i can not use it to the limit!!
Thats all until now..i will edit more when i found others thing that i though. ;P
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1) Just use another SMS program then, I use handcent on all my android devices anyway.
2) I agree
3) I use LG 2X recovery boot from the market to reboot my phone.
4) just goto settings/shutter sound and CHANGE it for one you like then.
5)I use apn droid to turn on/off my data.
6)OTA update is working over the air for some networks, this is just network dependent not device dependent.
My mate has the DHD and is a bit of a noob, so when I have to use his phone to find things on the web for hime I actually cringe at the speed or should I say the slowwwwwnessss of the web surfing on it. We tried miren that I use on my O2X on his DHD but it was still as slow as hell, and thats even before flash sites kick in.
Hi,
Has anyone found an actual fix for the disappearing keyboard fault on the HD7?
I don't know if there're any more models being affected, but I've had to buy an Android phone to replace my HD7 whilst my O2 contract keeps getting paid for an unusable phone.
I know it improves if I switch off background apps, but what is the point of turning live tiles into dead tiles?
I've also tried custom Rom's but they also have the same problem. And I've also tried limiting the fault by tracing each application one at a time, but no luck.
I am thoroughly appalled by the latest MS phone OS after being a long time Windows Mobile user, and, as in the past, I hope someone on XDA can provide a real repair.
Thx...
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Yorkshiretaff said:
Hi,
Has anyone found an actual fix for the disappearing keyboard fault on the HD7?
I don't know if there're any more models being affected, but I've had to buy an Android phone to replace my HD7 whilst my O2 contract keeps getting paid for an unusable phone.
I know it improves if I switch off background apps, but what is the point of turning live tiles into dead tiles?
I've also tried custom Rom's but they also have the same problem. And I've also tried limiting the fault by tracing each application one at a time, but no luck.
I am thoroughly appalled by the latest MS phone OS after being a long time Windows Mobile user, and, as in the past, I hope someone on XDA can provide a real repair.
Thx...
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you had too little patience
fixing for it started to roll out yesterday and already some cooked rom has it
Look for roms with OS 8107, that is new update to fix the issue.
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I already received the new update that fixed this problem!
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When HTC Sound Enhancer failed under Mango we lost a great tool but I hear its replacement has been released - HTC Sound Optimization. Apparently its in the US Marketplace (but not NZ).
Has anyone got their hands on it?
Can anyone tell me where to get it?
Anyone tried it? On pdaimatejam's wonderful ROM?
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Did the soundenhancer ever work for you? Have I missed something?
For me, everytime I started him, the biggest use I could get from him was the pushing of the max. volume, but that effect ended after every track.
The app never really "enhanced" the sound for me.
Sound Enhanced pulled out marketplace since Mango released.... not support Mango
Sound Enhancer WAS pulled but Sound Optimization is the Mango REPLACEMENT. Many articles online about it, and that is why I want I want to try it if anyone can direct me to or supply it!
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I looking for this too. Actually in Polish Marketplace it doesn't appear. Anyone have an xap of it?
I've only found articles and whatnot. but i never have actually found it. i spent one whole day just searching for that. but if you figure out how to work the old enhancer, its good enough. to really tell the difference you gotta use headphones
Still no luck myself but will post if I find it!
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What if some one flashes a mango rom. and then brand it like a surround or hd7 and try to get it.
My HD2 identifies as an HD7 but doesn't recognise the update is available
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Hey, I don't want to open up a new thread.
So, I'm asking here - is there anyone with the new XAP of HTC Sound Optimization as is the old Sound Enhancer is now called?
I'm using Intrinsinc, I'm seeing the Attentive phone app, but not the Sound Enhancer/Sound Optimization app.
Regards,
Alex.
If there was we'd have posted it. I haven't found it or been prompted to update to it (Ansar ROM)
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