on my previous phone with cm7 i could draw patterns on the lock screen to launch apps/activities.
the only one i had was toggle flashlight.
is there anything similar that can be done with 4.4.3?
if not, any good rom to have that?
thanks
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gcbxda said:
on my previous phone with cm7 i could draw patterns on the lock screen to launch apps/activities.
the only one i had was toggle flashlight.
is there anything similar that can be done with 4.4.3?
if not, any good rom to have that?
thanks
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The Xposed module GravityBox allows you to have a quick flashlight shortcut. Once configured correctly, on your lockscreen you can hold down the slide to unlock ring to turn the flashlight on and off.
thanks. i still have to give xposed a try!
this will probably be the tipping point.
edit: after installing everything with flashlight on the name and without internet permission from the market, i finally found this:
https://github.com/theUltimateLabs/theUltimateFlashlight
it allows me to turn it on by pressing power button twice! xposed delayed some more
it's gpl. will recommend to fdroid.
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I use "xposed torch" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.torch
and have it set for volume up= volume down=off, I like it because I don't have to turn on the screen to use it or open the flip case I use.
As you guys are talking about flashlight have you guys noticed that the app "Adjustable Torch" doesn't work with Moto X? It was the only torch app I used to use, but it doesn't support Moto X It was the only app which used the flash LED's intensity at it's highest (all other apps use a dim state of LED) and you could even control it! Damn.
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As you guys are talking about flashlight have you guys noticed that the app "Adjustable Torch" doesn't work with Moto X? It was the only torch app I used to use, but it doesn't support Moto X It was the only app which used the flash LED's intensity at it's highest (all other apps use a dim state of LED) and you could even control it! Damn.
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i personally only use the dimmest option. some apps have bright mode, always ignored it. dim is already too much
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gcbxda said:
on my previous phone with cm7 i could draw patterns on the lock screen to launch apps/activities.
the only one i had was toggle flashlight.
is there anything similar that can be done with 4.4.3?
if not, any good rom to have that?
thanks
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I use touchless control. I say OK Google now, open torch. Torch is a free app that can be set to turn on the light when app is opened.
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droid light still works. has worked with every moto phone i've every owned.
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Hello,does anyone know a good flashlight app with vidgets? i use nexus torch ,but it sometimes forcrashes
snekler said:
Hello,does anyone know a good flashlight app with vidgets? i use nexus torch ,but it sometimes forcrashes
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I use one called "Linterna" it's free, it has widgets (2 shortcuts) never crashes, and it have distinct strobes mode
snekler said:
Hello,does anyone know a good flashlight app with vidgets? i use nexus torch ,but it sometimes forcrashes
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try.."Androflashlight".. light and easy to use wid widget
Galaxy torch is my favourite, nothing fancy, just off and on, you can srt it.to auto on at start too. Best thing is i has cyanogen torch icon
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I use TeslaLED. Simple, has widgets as well...
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Anyone know if a mod exists yet to give the same functionality thst the gs4 active has? Screen off long hold volume up enables flashlight. Thanks
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Look at nottachs xposed mod. It has it as an option. Working on my SGH-I337M
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Anyone know if a mod exists yet to give the same functionality thst the gs4 active has? Screen off long hold volume up enables flashlight. Thanks
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Yea ours does it too there are a couple different guides out there just look for them you will find them
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I don't know about the Active, but on the regular S4 the LED light from the "hold volume up button" is noticeably dimmer than when you activate it with apps. I'm using the Notification Toggle app from the Play Store to put the LED toggle in the notification panel. It's nearly as convenient as using the volume button and it's brighter without any risk of accidental activation in your pocket.
Psykologikal said:
Look at nottachs xposed mod. It has it as an option. Working on my SGH-I337M
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Yea it does have that option, just not the volume up with the screen off. You have to hold the brightness slider icon in the notification panel to activate it.
Not to be a bother, but I notice it works on some peoples phones and not others. Is there a special thing that needs to be done to get the vol-up for torch working? I know how to get to the secret settings, and they're set for me. It doesn't light up for me . Any advice?
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I'm running stock rooted with Xposed and Nottach Xposed
Use power toggles from playstore. The best
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Yea it does have that option, just not the volume up with the screen off. You have to hold the brightness slider icon in the notification panel to activate it.
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NottachXposed has both of those options. The volume up function is in the Lockscreen settings. You actually don't need Nottach to access it. It's just a convenient shortcut.
mtran2988 said:
Not to be a bother, but I notice it works on some peoples phones and not others. Is there a special thing that needs to be done to get the vol-up for torch working? I know how to get to the secret settings, and they're set for me. It doesn't light up for me . Any advice?
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I'm running stock rooted with Xposed and Nottach Xposed
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I think you need a deodexed ROM. Didn't work for me until I flashed the Mint Jelly ROM (which I recommend :good.
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NottachXposed has both of those options. The volume up function is in the Lockscreen settings. You actually don't need Nottach to access it. It's just a convenient shortcut.
I think you need a deodexed ROM. Didn't work for me until I flashed the Mint Jelly ROM (which I recommend :good.
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Alright, i'll give that a try. Not opposed to flashing roms, especially if they remove all this Samsung + ATT bloatware Thanks for your help.
Just an update.
I'm not sure if it was having a deodex rom, or just simply being on Android 4.2.2 (Might be the case). But my light is working now with screen off!
EDIT:
One more thing. Enabling this setting will create a wakelock that'll keep your phone at the lowest mhz you set it to instead of letting it go into deep sleep. It's a nice setting, but at the battery cost... it's something that isn't good enough for me yet. I have a profile setup in tasker for TelsaLED on with a shake on the locked homescreen to try my best and mimic this functionality (I was looking for something that starts up at boot, and flips the LED on from lockscreen). I know there's another flashlight that does this as well, but I ran into the problem of it not booting on startup, where as I use Tasker for other functionality so it starts up 100% of the time. It's not 100% since the LED takes a little to flip on... but it's better than having to unlock.
JUST an FYI to save people the feeling of underwhelming when it starts sapping your battery mercilessly!
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Just an update.
I'm not sure if it was having a deodex rom, or just simply being on Android 4.2.2 (Might be the case). But my light is working now with screen off!
EDIT:
One more thing. Enabling this setting will create a wakelock that'll keep your phone at the lowest mhz you set it to instead of letting it go into deep sleep. It's a nice setting, but at the battery cost... it's something that isn't good enough for me yet. I have a profile setup in tasker for TelsaLED on with a shake on the locked homescreen to try my best and mimic this functionality (I was looking for something that starts up at boot, and flips the LED on from lockscreen). I know there's another flashlight that does this as well, but I ran into the problem of it not booting on startup, where as I use Tasker for other functionality so it starts up 100% of the time. It's not 100% since the LED takes a little to flip on... but it's better than having to unlock.
JUST an FYI to save people the feeling of underwhelming when it starts sapping your battery mercilessly!
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thats absolutly not true, i use the feature on nottachs xposed app and my phone goes into DEEP SLEEP using ktz kernel,and there is another mod that u can use called 3 minit but you need framework but that has torch when the lock screen is on by pressing the home button,but i found i would have the light on by accident ,idk how but it would jsut be on with that mod.
3 minit work pretty well you can set it to long press home
Try flashlight led genius from playstore , no root need , you shake it when your on the lockscreen,awesome app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42422670
No need for framework changes or xposed
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thats absolutly not true, i use the feature on nottachs xposed app and my phone goes into DEEP SLEEP using ktz kernel,and there is another mod that u can use called 3 minit but you need framework but that has torch when the lock screen is on by pressing the home button,but i found i would have the light on by accident ,idk how but it would jsut be on with that mod.
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I'm going to stick with what I think then. After I flip on the light.. it never goes back into deep sleep. Try it yourself. I'll take a look at 3 minit
FYI the wakelock it made was PhoneWindowManager.mTorchlightWakeLock
This is a feature in CM10.1. You can add it under lock screen options for long press home button. Absolutely love it.
mbc663 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42422670
No need for framework changes or xposed
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It doesn't seem to work for everyone.
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It doesn't seem to work for everyone.
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I think your Android version needs to be 4.2.2 to do the torchlight thing through Nova. I could be wrong though.
Ok another update on this.
Since djmouse wasnt getting any sort of wakelock, I decided to try again getting it working. I enabled it through xposed instead of the nova shortcut.... and for some reason it's letting me go to deep sleep now! ... I also flashed crossbreeder... so that might be the savior. Not sure, but happy to report the wakelock seems to be lifted. I'll report back after a few days if it stays that way.
THanks djmouse for challenging me to try it again!
Using an app called Torchie, just press both 'volume buttons' together to turn on/off torch anytime. It runs as a background service and just works anytime, even when screen off (if enabled from Torchie Settings). It kinda make your phone feel like a conventional battery operated torch. No root required.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.blogspot.anselmbros.torchie
XDA Thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-torchie-torch-volume-buttons-anytime-t3270230
Has anyone had this happen. Before you say it ... yes I went to menu and check the box. It's gone ..please help before I take it back
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Is your battery charged ??
In galaxy s4 It happens when the battery is lower than 10%
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Battery below 5% and it disappears. Part of power save mode.
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It's at 78.
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It's at 78.
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Had it gone into power saving mode previously? On my old s4 when it went to power saving mode sometimes i had to restart to get everything back.
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It's at 78.
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Go to settings - notification panel and check if brightness adjustment is check.
Swiping from dark side of Galaxy S5.
screenshots of the settings etc would go a long way
I had to hard reset the phone
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I fixed this using Night Mode from Play apps
This happened to me. I read on another forum that someone fixed this by installing "Night Mode" from Google Play apps and toggling the app to be ON, then toggling it to be OFF. I did this, and immediately my auto brightness slider and toggle box were back in the notifications panel.
Hope this helps anyone else searching for a fix for this problem.
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This happened to me. I read on another forum that someone fixed this by installing "Night Mode" from Google Play apps and toggling the app to be ON, then toggling it to be OFF. I did this, and immediately my auto brightness slider and toggle box were back in the notifications panel.
Hope this helps anyone else searching for a fix for this problem.
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I can confirm that "Night Mode" app fixed the very same issue on my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini.
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kettir said:
This happened to me. I read on another forum that someone fixed this by installing "Night Mode" from Google Play apps and toggling the app to be ON, then toggling it to be OFF. I did this, and immediately my auto brightness slider and toggle box were back in the notifications panel.
Hope this helps anyone else searching for a fix for this problem.
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It really works. Thanks
I would like to edit the apks and stop this brightness dim. Any guides??
I was wondering if any one knew of an app that would blink the capacitive home screen button when you have a notification. I have looked around on the play store to no avail. I have never developed anything for android. I have got myself setup to begin designing an app that will basically turn the home button into a notification light while the screen is off. If anyone knows of an app that can do this or would like to help please let me know.
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I was wondering if any one knew of an app that would blink the capacitive home screen button when you have a notification. I have looked around on the play store to no avail. I have never developed anything for android. I have got myself setup to begin designing an app that will basically turn the home button into a notification light while the screen is off. If anyone knows of an app that can do this or would like to help please let me know.
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This is brilliant. Good luck!
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theexec777 said:
I was wondering if any one knew of an app that would blink the capacitive home screen button when you have a notification. I have looked around on the play store to no avail. I have never developed anything for android. I have got myself setup to begin designing an app that will basically turn the home button into a notification light while the screen is off. If anyone knows of an app that can do this or would like to help please let me know.
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An old app and needs root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1958939
I know this is nothing even close to what you are looking for, but I found it useful on another phone that didn't have a notification led.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.led.notify&hl=en
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I know this is nothing even close to what you are looking for, but I found it useful on another phone that didn't have a notification led.
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If you could update with what it was that you found usefull that would be great. Thanks. I am looking for anything close to posibly even take ideas from.
It shows a small icon on the screen for different notifications, which if I remember correctly are all customizable. So it's a persistent icon on the screen letting you know about missed calls, texts, unread emails, or whatever you set it up for. It only uses a tiny amount of screen, and therefore backlight. Back when the Android phones first came out a lot of them didn't have leds for notifications. I don't remember having a big hit on my battery at the time from the program.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.led.notify&hl=en
Ill have to check it out. I have used a few like that and they didn't act right, made the screen act weird. Thanks for the suggestion.
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I just got the Turbo today, and I will try it out too. I know it was a lifesaver when I had my Samsung Captivate.
A nudge or a wave shows moto display, I think it's the natural evolution of a notification led
I know but i wish it didn't. I have the wave turned off but i cant turn the nudge off. I only want it to display if there is a notification. If there is nothing it should just wait patiently. But that's just me.
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Now see I'm the opposite I want it to show more like battery %. I don't wear a watch anymore and love active display for checking time.
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NiLS
NiLS in the Play Store will but notifications on the lockscreen... however you will have to disable Active Display and go with the normal lock screen.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roymam.android.notificationswidget&hl=en
That could work, thanks.
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Hi,
I have created a small Tasker application for switch on/off High Brightness Mode for Nexus 6.
You can install it as standalone application without Tasker. But it needs Root privileges.
It should work with all kernels as this feature is comes with STOCK kernel.
Thanks,
ihancioglu said:
Hi,
I have created a small Tasker application for switch on/off High Brightness Mode for Nexus 6.
You can install it as standalone application without Tasker. But it needs Root privileges.
It should work with all kernels as this feature is comes with STOCK kernel.
Thanks,
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sweet! Thanks for this, ive always wanted to use tasker to program one of my volume buttons(double press) to enable max brightness before I turn the screen on. I always get aggravated when I go outside and have to find the brightness slider with lowbrightness. I only use about 20% brightness inside. Never did accomplish this, I believe it will be much easier now with your program! Thanks!:good:
Working on last chroma!
Genius thank you!
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Very Cool - Thanks for sharing this @ihancioglu - works Great
I am using as a stand alone
ihancioglu said:
Hi,
I have created a small Tasker application for switch on/off High Brightness Mode for Nexus 6.
You can install it as standalone application without Tasker. But it needs Root privileges.
It should work with all kernels as this feature is comes with STOCK kernel.
Thanks,
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Dude, this app rocks, thanks! I set it as one of my lockscreen shortcuts, perfect when opening the phone outdoors.
can you please add a widget?
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Awesome app
what's this high brightness mode?
Turns HBM on, but doesn't turn it back off when tap it again. Nexus 6 Pure Nexus current and Moto G Second Gen (stock Debloated) both exhibit this behaviour.
When screen turns off and back on, HBM is off again so I still find value in this app the way it is, thanks.
Very nice. Works great.
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Turns HBM on, but doesn't turn it back off when tap it again. Nexus 6 Pure Nexus current and Moto G Second Gen (stock Debloated) both exhibit this behaviour.
When screen turns off and back on, HBM is off again so I still find value in this app the way it is, thanks.
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It looks like you don't have permissions on hbm sysfs interface.
Can you please share output of
ls -l /sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fb0/hbm
buffal0b1ll said:
Turns HBM on, but doesn't turn it back off when tap it again. Nexus 6 Pure Nexus current and Moto G Second Gen (stock Debloated) both exhibit this behaviour.
When screen turns off and back on, HBM is off again so I still find value in this app the way it is, thanks.
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I am using "chmod" command to gain write access to the hbm file. So can you please install busybox then try again?
Thanks.
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I am using "chmod" command to gain write access to the hbm file. So can you please install busybox then try again?
Thanks.
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busy box is installed. Toggle turns HBM on but not off. Here's the output on Moto G of the command you sent
How can add this to take double volume up, thanks in advance
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How can add this to take double volume up, thanks in advance
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Did you try Quick Click application from play store? I didn't tried but looks useful for you case.
I love this app, use it as a shortcut on my lockscreen for outdoors reading. Could you make another that lowers the brightness, for night time? I know I could just use the slider but I would rather have a matching shortcut on my lockscreen. Thanks!
This works great! I set a shortcut on the lockscreen and also set a double tap gesture on Nova Launcher to turn it on or off.
Thank you Sir for sharing this lovely app.
Excellent and very useful app.
Worked fine with MM even on Nexus 6P.
With Nougat you can activate fine but needs to switch off screen to deactivate and even then, notification stays on, on status bar.
Any upgrades please?
thank you