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https://market.android.com/details?id=visidon.AppLock
Facial recognition. Someone test if it will work with a picture
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Yea, this app is pretty nuts. I have it on my phone as we speak. My gf can't get in my stuff without my face recognition. Hahaha!!

What's it called? Link=requested item not found.
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What's it called? Link=requested item not found.
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"Visidon AppLock"
Author "Visidon"

Hmm can't find it. Even through search
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Awesome app I used it a few months ago, it kills the battery tho
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Won't let me install on my NS4G, it says its incompatible
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Won't let me install on my NS4G, it says its incompatible
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works fine on mine,im on miui

N00bsploder101 said:
Won't let me install on my NS4G, it says its incompatible
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Ditto
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Dam doesnt show up for me either. If it is free, would somebody mind PMing the apk?
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says my ns4g is incompatible...weird.

Has anyone tested this in low light situations? I'm curious how sensitive it is.

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Has anyone tested this in low light situations? I'm curious how sensitive it is.
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Works in low light but not when the light source is behind you its gotta be behind the phone
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I had this a while back on my phone. Only bad thing is that anyone can just search you on Facebook or Google+ and they have access through your profile picture.
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if you go to the portal on xda you should find they did an artical on the app and its ok not all perfect and if u just hold a printed picture of the person who is needed than u can still get in pointless at that point theory behind it is good

Lol yeah but who going to have a picture of your face? Especially if it at the spur of the moment lol
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if you go to the portal on xda you should find they did an artical on the app and its ok not all perfect and if u just hold a printed picture of the person who is needed than u can still get in pointless at that point theory behind it is good
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Lol yeah but who going to have a picture of your face? Especially if it at the spur of the moment lol
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My take is as long as your old lady isn't frequenting this thread she's not likely to get past it to your text messages its not a govnt retina scanner but it def keeps most people out. Even if you left your phone somewhere it would be more than enough security to someone who doesn't know what you look like
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My take is as long as your old lady isn't frequenting this thread she's not likely to get past it to your text messages its not a govnt retina scanner but it def keeps most people out. Even if you left your phone somewhere it would be more than enough security to someone who doesn't know what you look like
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Exactly. If the phone is lost they're sol. Unless they know how to reset.
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cool, but PIN/password/pattern lock is a lot more practical in my view...

Awesome app, my gf will never get in now!! with the pattern and pin, she is good at watching me open it when in the car or something like that and then i see her later playin with it. and i don't think she will be smart enough(lol) to figure out she needs to put a photo to open it.

Galaxy Note 2 S Pen / Screen issue

Hello everyone,
I was so excited to get my note 2 until i came upon the following issue.
I am having a dead zone on my note 2 screen. Whenever I try to write somthing on that zone, nothing is detected. I have to press harder on the pen to make it wite there. And when it does write the handwriting is weird and and inaccurate.
For example: when i try to draw a straight line over that dead zone, the line becomes curvy.
Also when I hover over the dead zone, the pointer moves further away
What is really weird, that issue only happens when i use the s pen. When i used my finger the screen responds perfectly with no issue what so ever.
I tried calibrating gyroscope, restarting, but that did not help.
Anyone knows whats going on?
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Although this is not the plc to ask not2 questions.
Try touchscreentune from the playstore

boJABER said:
Hello everyone,
I was so excited to get my note 2 until i came upon the following issue.
I am having a dead zone on my note 2 screen. Whenever I try to write somthing on that zone, nothing is detected. I have to press harder on the pen to make it wite there. And when it does write the handwriting is weird and and inaccurate.
For example: when i try to draw a straight line over that dead zone, the line becomes curvy.
Also when I hover over the dead zone, the pointer moves further away
What is really weird, that issue only happens when i use the s pen. When i used my finger the screen responds perfectly with no issue what so ever.
I tried calibrating gyroscope, restarting, but that did not help.
Anyone knows whats going on?
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So you have a case with a magnetic clasp, this will throw off the spen at the spot closest to the magnet.
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Wow thanx for the tip. I removed the case and everyting is back to normal.
Thanx dude
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boJABER said:
Wow thanx for the tip. I removed the case and everyting is back to normal.
Thanx dude
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No worries, remember the thanks button.
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Galaxy note 2 bug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA6eUl454Vc&feature=youtu.be

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I tried this on my note 1 and same result. The lines become curvy around edges.
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So you have a case with a magnetic clasp, this will throw off the spen at the spot closest to the magnet.
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A had this problem, thank you for the info :good:

First tweak/mod you want to do to your N4

Chip in what you would do.
*Rooting doesnt count
I want to get rid of the on screen buttons first and regain full 4.7" real estate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKNgoLbml-4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Later I would go paranoid with paranoidAndroid.
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Get rid of on screen buttons and use what?

Flash ParanoidAndroid, and restore my apps with Titanium Backup.
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I would obviously root. Then the first thing after that would be to unlock the bootloader.
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ferris2375 said:
Get rid of on screen buttons and use what?
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lol, I was about to say this.

ferris2375 said:
Get rid of on screen buttons and use what?
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Search for fullscreen Galaxy nexus.
The navigation is similar to how the camera is controlled in 4.2.
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Put zenyth keys then mod the H icon to show 4g. Those are the first 2 steps I'd do
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thephantom said:
Put zenyth keys then mod the H icon to show 4g. Those are the first 2 steps I'd do
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Since u have gnex. Are those the best soft keys around?
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Besides the obvious (Rooting), flash a ROM
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I'm probably going to try out stock Android for a while without any tweaks to be honest. I have never done stock android or a Nexus device before so I'll see how that sits with me. After that I expect the on-screen buttons will likely be tweaked somehow since I'm not used to them. Then I'll be waiting for my unicorn swagger with AOKP.

Unlock the bootloader since that erases everything on the device. Then, show my gf how my Android phone blows away her iP5. It's Ok, she's used to it.
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_guzzler_ said:
Chip in what you would do.
*Rooting doesnt count
I want to get rid of the on screen buttons first and regain full 4.7" real estate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKNgoLbml-4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Later I would go paranoid with paranoidAndroid.
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So you basically wanna use LMT launcher?
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Unlocking the bootloader and flashing the next CyanogenMod
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_guzzler_ said:
Since u have gnex. Are those the best soft keys around?
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I'd say one of the best. I keep changing from time to time. Right now my Gnex has stock look. My n7 uses them. I go back and forth with the zenyth keys and the reflective style blue soft keys
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bmg1001 said:
So you basically wanna use LMT launcher?
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Basically full screen. Then whichever button style best suits me.
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Pre-dawn raid said:
Unlock the bootloader since that erases everything on the device. Then, show my gf how my Android phone blows away her iP5. It's Ok, she's used to it.
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Why is unlocking bootloader is so imp? Is the primary purpose to flash cusrom rom?
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_guzzler_ said:
Why is unlocking bootloader is so imp? Is the primary purpose to flash cusrom rom?
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I was actually wondering the same thing. I just read a thing over on AndroidCentral on how to unlock the bootloader, and they said to do it before you set up your phone because it wipes all the data. What are the advantages of unlocking it? I've only had a phone where you need to run an app to root it, and another to install a recovery and flash a ROM. I still know how to use adb and such, but I've never needed to use a bootloader.
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Underclock the hell out of the device or disable 1 or 2 cores if possible.

What app allows the guy in the video to use those keys? I've seen a couple apps similar but they weren't as polished.
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Unlocking the bootloader allows for custom recoveries to be installed, otherwise it will be locked and that means that any programs you have that try to install a custom recovery will fail. I also think that you need the custom recovery to root the device and so you need to unlock for root too. To be completely honest there are no negative side effects (apart from your data being stolen if your phone is lost) and so I would always recommend unlocking the bootloader asap, I've had a few friends want to run CM10 on their Gnexus and I had to tell them that they'd be wiping everything including the internal storage.
I know I'll be unlocking before I turn the phone on for the first time.

Should home and back be illuminated ?

My home and my back arent illuminated I'm sure they were when I got the phone
Reviews show them lit .. before I ring 3 for a replacement I want to check
Thanks
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cover the 2 sensors on the top left with a piece of folded paper or something, do they light up?

Ah yes .. I'm sat under a bright light doooh thank you
Thought my home and back was faulty . It sometimes is less responsive than other times (double tap to get multi apps ) but I'm presuming that's a software glitch
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Others are reporting issues with the buttons sometimes not responding, not sure if it's a software glitch, or just a small footprint for the buttons, ie you have to press right on the button and not in the general area if you know what i mean.

Cool I'll relax then and stop worrying my phone is faulty. Big thanks
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I would monitor how you go with pressing the buttons, it may be a glitch, but i know when i'm using mine, i am often off the button when i press it, being used to the One X for the last year, the buttons are further to the edge, so automatically i have been pressing further out than the actual buttons are.

I always turn mine off. Just saying lol
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I have been careful to hit in middle and it's working on now thanks
Turned what off ?
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The back lights. Find them annoying
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craftycarper1 said:
Others are reporting issues with the buttons sometimes not responding, not sure if it's a software glitch, or just a small footprint for the buttons, ie you have to press right on the button and not in the general area if you know what i mean.
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The capacitive area is in fact VERY small. Just barely bigger than the Home and Back icons themselves. Precision touch is required and is why I suspect some think its not responsive

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The back lights. Find them annoying
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How do you turn them off ?
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I use an app called keyboard backlights from play. Works great but recently in occasions they come on anyway. They are off 80% of the time though. Can only do if your rooted btw
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arknailed7754 said:
I use an app called keyboard backlights from play. Works great but recently in occasions they come on anyway. They are off 80% of the time though. Can only do if your rooted btw
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Yes , "keyboard backlights" work perfect ! i used it to turn off my capasitive button.

There is no way in settings?? Only by apps?
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Same happened with me my back button many time failed to respond touch and even after touch the effect is no immediate, look like software problem
Sometime it respond sometime it's not
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onlinejobwork said:
Same happened with me my back button many time failed to respond touch and even after touch the effect is no immediate, look like software problem
Sometime it respond sometime it's not
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Try this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39498430&postcount=7
Seems that the One has very small area of touch for buttons, so probably not software problem.

Turn on vibrate and you will realise how small of an area we have .. seems the way it's been designed and not a bug . Vibrate assists because you know when your missing now don't have the issue
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Name some old school features you wish your S4 had.

I would love my phone use to power on when the alarm clock goes off. I was spoiled by my LG musiz having a FM transmitter.
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TSM Parts.

The durability of my old Nokia. I could drop that phone and the covers, battery, and key mat would fly in every direction but when I put it back together it would work perfectly.
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256 mb of ram like my OG Droid. I really miss how the launcher would take 10 seconds to redraw every time I hit the home button.
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256 mb of ram like my OG Droid. I really miss how the launcher would take 10 seconds to redraw every time I hit the home button.
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Lol
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Being able to flip. As in a flip phone.
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I wish it had proprietary plugs. I also wish it had a telescoping external antenna. Laugh if you want to. I have an old flip that would get noticeable better signal on the tower when you extended the antenna.

Sidekick like keyboard.
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Wish the S4 had a (stock) volume button that you can raise without having to be nagged. If I want to be nagged, I'll call Mom. I don't need my phone to act like another Mom. One is enough.

Only thing I can really think of is on my oldddd Blackberry Curve.... I could set an alarm for the next morning, turn my phone off right before bed and my phone would turn itself on in the morning and my alarm would still go off. When I first got my S3 last year, I thought it could do that too (I just assumed -__-) and I missed my first class hahaha.

I really miss the track pad from my old HTC hero. It made playing games a whole lot easier and accurate.
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Joe0113 said:
Only thing I can really think of is on my oldddd Blackberry Curve.... I could set an alarm for the next morning, turn my phone off right before bed and my phone would turn itself on in the morning and my alarm would still go off. When I first got my S3 last year, I thought it could do that too (I just assumed -__-) and I missed my first class hahaha.
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Yeah love that feature. I had a blackberry for 3 years.
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I miss the integral kick stand that my HTC Evo 4G had. I'm always trying to prop my S4 on something.
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shimn said:
I miss the integral kick stand that my HTC Evo 4G had. I'm always trying to prop my S4 on something.
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Oh wow I almost I owned that phone. That kickstand was bad ass
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E The Magnificent said:
Oh wow I almost I owned that phone. That kickstand was bad ass
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The kickstand was nice. I basically hated it otherwise. It was laggy as all hell no matter what rom I tried.
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The kickstand was nice. I basically hated it otherwise. It was laggy as all hell no matter what rom I tried.
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EDIT: I misread the post. I had an Evo LTE (not an Evo 4g), which was also laggy as all hell.
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dedicated camera button along with the track ball.

I miss camera button. Was easier to take pictures with one hand.
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Shoulon said:
I miss camera button. Was easier to take pictures with one hand.
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On previous phones, I bumped that button all the time and started the camera app. I didn't like camera buttons even though I understand their function. When I had those phones, I never used the camera button ever.
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Slider keyboard phones where definitely easier to play games that you could custom map buttons for emulators. Unfortunately the slide became loose and sloppy over time and the choice of cases was hideous. My evo shift was a nice phone but the screen was too small and the custom recovery, at the time, wouldn't allow to fully shut the phone down and charge. You could shut the phone down but as soon as you plugged it in to charge, the phone would fully power up. Great phone, but screen too small for viewing comfortably.

FM Transmitter, stock Flashlight app (HTC), number of rings before going to voicemail.

Darnell0216 said:
FM Transmitter, stock Flashlight app (HTC), number of rings before going to voicemail.
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Our GS4's do have a stock flashlight app, it's called "Assistive Light".