I know that this is a long shot, but is there any way to assign the active key to toggle sound modes, like toggle between Normal/Vibrate? I am using Dynamic Kat, but I assume that it would apply to any Active ROM.
argolfermd said:
I know that this is a long shot, but is there any way to assign the active key to toggle sound modes, like toggle between Normal/Vibrate? I am using Dynamic Kat, but I assume that it would apply to any Active ROM.
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I too would love to be able to have the ability to toggle vibrate/sound via the active key!
I took care of it myself, with a little help from Tasker. Programmed a task to handle the toggle, exported the task as an app, and then assigned the app to the active key. I have attached the apk for anyone interested. I don't THINK you need to have tasker installed for it to work, but I haven't ever exported a task to an app before, so I can't be sure.
All the app does is toggle between regular mode and vibrate mode. It also sets the media volume on and off as well, so your phone is in complete silent mode.
If this helps you give me a thanks, or if you feel so inclined, feel free to buy me a Coke with the donate button.
Any chance you could share the tasker script/code for this?
I want to do something similar, but I want to use the active key to increase the display brightness. When I'm sleeping, I set it very low so if I look at the phone is doesn't blind me. Sometimes I forget to turn it back up when I head out, and if I then try to use the phone in normal daylight, its so dim I can't even see the screen well enough to enter my unlock code, let alone turn the brightness back up, so I want to be able to increase the brightness with a hardware button press.
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Hi everybody,
I already tried this with no answer in Smartphone genereal discussion. I will try it here, because it is thing which really pisses me off. I want to have clock (with date, unread sms or answered calls) on my screen all the time. Ideally without backlight.
An example can be seen on attached image on some bloody Nokia. Is there any way how to achieve this or similar? Thank you!
No sir. Windows Moble doesn't handle the display like that. If it's on, and displays the click piece, the display is on. If you lock the phone (hold the red/end button for 3 seconds), if you tap a button the display will turn on half-lit and will display the time.
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No sir. Windows Moble doesn't handle the display like that. If it's on, and displays the click piece, the display is on. If you lock the phone (hold the red/end button for 3 seconds), if you tap a button the display will turn on half-lit and will display the time.
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OK, I can't say I'm surprised. But wouldn't it be possible to let the display on just without backlight? Or with backlight on minimal power?
That type of display (image) is a little different from whats used now, so they work differently. My first phone the screen was always on displaying the clock and such.
I am sure theres a way to write or find a program (havent looked) that just uses the backlight at its minimal power setting like when things time out before the screen goes off again. It will eat battery though.
yes you can! ...but u need adding extra software, e.g. "automatic keylock" that you download from http://maniac.fschreiner.de.
from their web:
With Automatic Keylock, you can add an automatic keypad lock and an idle screen saver like on most other mobiles phones to your Windows Mobile powered smartphone.
Features include:
The timeout for keypad lock and screen saver can be configured seperately for applications and homescreen.
You can exclude applications of your choice from the automatic keylock.
Either use keypad lock or device lock.
On profile changes to several profiles (Headset/Car/Handsfree/Charging), several actions can by taken.
Additionally, the screen saver has some nice features:
The screen saver lines can be configured in respect to content and font size.
It can show the current time, date, the amount of missed calls and messages, information from CellProfileSwitcher and a phone status line which contains information about the battery charge level, the signal strength level and the current profile.
A line with status icons for the most important information can be displayed.
Upon a missed call or a missed message, the screen saver can be configured to do some action (backlight blink).
vrolok71 said:
yes you can! ...but u need adding extra software, e.g. "automatic keylock" that you download from http://maniac.fschreiner.de.
from their web:
With Automatic Keylock, you can add an automatic keypad lock and an idle screen saver like on most other mobiles phones to your Windows Mobile powered smartphone.
Features include:
The timeout for keypad lock and screen saver can be configured seperately for applications and homescreen.
You can exclude applications of your choice from the automatic keylock.
Either use keypad lock or device lock.
On profile changes to several profiles (Headset/Car/Handsfree/Charging), several actions can by taken.
Additionally, the screen saver has some nice features:
The screen saver lines can be configured in respect to content and font size.
It can show the current time, date, the amount of missed calls and messages, information from CellProfileSwitcher and a phone status line which contains information about the battery charge level, the signal strength level and the current profile.
A line with status icons for the most important information can be displayed.
Upon a missed call or a missed message, the screen saver can be configured to do some action (backlight blink).
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Thank you, looks great! Now I just have to explore what'll that do with battery
phailo said:
Thank you, looks great! Now I just have to explore what'll that do with battery
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Just the results of my experiments with this always-on screen saver:
- Using Auto KeyLock - works fine, is free
- Battery life didn't change much. Altough I don't switch-off the phone in the night, it takes approx. 2 days to discharge the battery (what is not important to me, because I charge it every day). Before this it was about 2.5 days
- The only disadvantage I realised is that I can't use keylock. Now keys are "unlocked" by pressing home button (every other just switch the backlight to "full-on")
So I would recommend this time & missed screensaver to everyone who doesn't like to wear watches
phailo said:
- The only disadvantage I realised is that I can't use keylock. Now keys are "unlocked" by pressing home button (every other just switch the backlight to "full-on")
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well.. actually i dont use the clock-screensaver option. i simply use it for auto-key-locking and to say it works just flawless. i then unlock by the standard two-button combination. anyhow... nice application!
vrolok71 said:
well.. actually i dont use the clock-screensaver option. i simply use it for auto-key-locking and to say it works just flawless. i then unlock by the standard two-button combination. anyhow... nice application!
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Yup, but if you use classic keylock, backlight (and also the display) goes off
Does anyone else notice that even on the lowest setting the screen is still really bright? Does a program exist or can someone program one to dim the screen further for use in the dark? Thanks
Wear your sunglasses like this guy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXw4qqQqTrY
drewX2 said:
Does anyone else notice that even on the lowest setting the screen is still really bright? Does a program exist or can someone program one to dim the screen further for use in the dark? Thanks
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There are a number of programs in the market that will allow fine tuning. Power Manager, Toggle Switch, etc.
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demontefixo said:
There are a number of programs in the market that will allow fine tuning. Power Manager, Toggle Switch, etc.
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Your answer was even less relevant than mine and I thought I was going on a tangent. At least my idea would in theory work.
Power Mgr won't make it any less bright than the phone currently allows and how would toggle switches do anything for the brightness? lol
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Your answer was even less relevant than mine and I thought I was going on a tangent. At least my idea would in theory work.
Power Mgr won't make it any less bright than the phone currently allows and how would toggle switches do anything for the brightness? lol
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Well... Toggle Settings (sorry I called it switch before...) shows %'s, and allows you to set it the brightness from the app. it doesn't let you set it below 0% though (might be a nice feature...)
Power Manager allows you to set the brightness and to save 'profiles' eg. "night time' with the settings you want.
At least my answer had two apps that allow you to change the display brightness... goof
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I found a program called aSettings that will allow you to set maybe 5% lower than the stock Settings program. However, this screen is still way too bright when using in the dark.
drewX2 said:
I found a program called aSettings that will allow you to set maybe 5% lower than the stock Settings program. However, this screen is still way too bright when using in the dark.
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I set the aSettings to "0" and checked in Toggle Settings (for reference). TS reports display brightness at -4%. Seems there may be hope if we get one of the programmers to tweak things a little more.
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A nice quick camera app is "quickest camera". Unfortunately with no camera button on the i9000 and a lock screen it takes about 10 seconds to respond and then usually the moment has gone.
The best I can do do far is to:
use Tasker to
sense when the phone is on it's left side (a gesture is another way)
disable the lock screen
...and then run quickest camera.
(the screen is automatically relocked)
However:
- this happens everytime you put the phone on it's side so no landscape mode
- setting a button combination like vol down + power only while in the lockscreen would be quicker and probably save battery but I only see buttons as a task not a context...
- quickest camera isn't that quick. An app thatdoes use any UI might be quicker
Related threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110775
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745787
Notes:
Don't seem to need the secure settings plugin anymore for this particular thing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217767&page=2
A little intro to tasker: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14923270&postcount=55
A big thread on tasker:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110775&page=81
Ok... no responses.
Thinking laterally, any of the Gingerbread alternative unlock screens can do it but none afaik can maintain a pattern or code unlock as well as the quick camera.
Edit to avoid bump:
Its possible to set shake to camera but it costs a bit of battery. Personally I'd like it to only do this when lock screen is on but I can't get tasker to detect the lock screen... please throw me a bone
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Ok... no responses.
Thinking laterally, any of the Gingerbread alternative unlock screens can do it but none afaik can maintain a pattern or code unlock as well as the quick camera.
Edit to avoid bump:
Its possible to set shake to camera but it costs a bit of battery. Personally I'd like it to only do this when lock screen is on but I can't get tasker to detect the lock screen... please throw me a bone
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I know this is really old... but having just started getting really into tasker I was kind of excited to respond. LOL.
So here's what I'd do, you CAN in the curent version of tasker detect if the screen is OFF and therefore it's presumed the lock would be activated... The way I currently run my tasker set up is off of variables. Basically the logic works like this "if the screen turns off... set the "@LockScreen" variable to "1". So your profile logic would be be... if "LockScreen" variable is 1 AND the phone is shaken, run this particular task (turn on the camera).
If you haven't figured this out yet, I hope this is helpful. Now I'm off to create a variant of this!
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I know this is really old... but having just started getting really into tasker I was kind of excited to respond. LOL.
So here's what I'd do, you CAN in the curent version of tasker detect if the screen is OFF and therefore it's presumed the lock would be activated... The way I currently run my tasker set up is off of variables. Basically the logic works like this "if the screen turns off... set the "@LockScreen" variable to "1". So your profile logic would be be... if "LockScreen" variable is 1 AND the phone is shaken, run this particular task (turn on the camera).
If you haven't figured this out yet, I hope this is helpful. Now I'm off to create a variant of this!
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Cheers!
I never did get it working so the feedback is much appreciated. I'll give it a go later
Hello I have lots of questions
1) is there a way to make active display or tap to wake up phone?
2) on my previous phone if I clicked on the volume key button the phone would turn on?- can I do it on here?
3) there are many more apps like contextual services and lots of other Motorola apps. Which are safe to disable?
4) is there a way to block OTA updates?
5) when you swipe down using two fingers you get the notification pull menus. But when I click the wifi button it opens the settings app and goes to wifi. Can't I edit it so it goes DIRECTLYY to. Toggle wifi?
6) pin on lock screen - on my old phones when I input my pin it unlockes. This is so stupid and takes more longer after inputtingmy pin. I then have to click enter? How do I automate that
1) You can use AcDisplay. You can't tap to wake the phone, a custom kernel would be required for that.
2) Not by default.
3) I leave Assist, Alert, Audio effects, Help and Migrate disabled. I don't know about the rest, but those are safe.
4) Just don't install them. I don't know if you can disable the alerts though.
5) Hold the wifi button . Works with other settings as well, try it out.
6) Well, you could try using an app that replaces your lockscreen which has this feature, such as the Home Screen Lock of Smart App Lock. By default you can't though.
Hope I helped.
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5) when you swipe down using two fingers you get the notification pull menus. But when I click the wifi button it opens the settings app and goes to wifi. Can't I edit it so it goes DIRECTLYY to. Toggle wifi?
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I assume you are using Lollipop. The wifi-icon and the SSID are two seperate buttons. Tapping the icon switches wifi on/off. Tap on the SSID and it will take you to settings
I've found that long-pressing the wifi button will toggle it on and off.
hippy dave said:
I've found that long-pressing the wifi button will toggle it on and off.
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Ah. That must be how kitkat behaves
Yep
mpeL said:
1) You can use AcDisplay. You can't tap to wake the phone, a custom kernel would be required for that.
2) Not by default.
3) I leave Assist, Alert, Audio effects, Help and Migrate disabled. I don't know about the rest, but those are safe.
4) Just don't install them. I don't know if you can disable the alerts though.
5) Hold the wifi button . Works with other settings as well, try it out.
6) Well, you could try using an app that replaces your lockscreen which has this feature, such as the Home Screen Lock of Smart App Lock. By default you can't though.
Hope I helped.
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Thanks for that, didn't know holding the button toggles it!!! Wish it was more simpler!!!
Bit disapointed thaty I cant use the volume keys! thanks for the help
...and to set the brightness to a specific value? I can do this easily in Windows, but not in Android.
Perhaps you figured it out by now, but just in case, the answer is definitely yes, I use that very functionality for brightness on my phone:
1. Create a new task
2. Add a "Display Brightness" action to this task (the value in this action doesn't represent percentage, so you might need to experiment with the number to get the desired brightness)
3. Add a "Tasker Shortcut" widget to your home screen. It will lead you to select the name of the task you created.
-It will also require you to select an icon for the widget, which you will do with the 9 squares at the bottom of the task edit screen (I already selected an Android robot icon in the picture).
-When adding the widget, you may also encounter an error message requiring you to open Tasker and exit with the back button to close it out properly in order for the widget to work.
There would be a similar process for volume, but you'd have to choose the appropriate action for which volume you want to adjust: ringer/system/media, etc.
Yes, I did figure it out, but thanks for posting that clear explanation, which is rare. It will probably help someone.
My most interesting program so far is a reliable way to turn the display off and on automatically to save battery power and, more importantly, to extend the lifetime of the power button.
Even with a reliable program, though, Tasker sometimes delays responding when it is closed and the display is off, so I've found that Tasker must be left running all the time. This is easy to arrange: in Android task viewing mode, click the lock icon at the top right of the screen view pane so that it becomes solid.
Such locks persist forever, I think, and are therefore quite confusing to newcomers to Adenoid, I mean Android.
You're welcome. Hopefully it might. I sympathize with the new user, since often it's difficult to get a solid, helpful answer from an advanced user regarding a beginner's topic.
As for Tasker being killed on occasion, unfortunately the circumstances surrounding that vary dramatically between devices. For example, whatever lock icon you're talking about to fix the issue on your device is not on my phone at all, so it would not work as a solution for me.
Do you have the option to "Use reliable alarms" in Tasker? I'm not sure if its presence varies between Android versions. I have that option set to "always"*, and I've never had a single time where Tasker fired late or was killed. It uses a persistent system alarm to keep tasker "in mind" all the time.
*And battery optimization for Tasker turned off, of course
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Yes, I did figure it out, but thanks for posting that clear explanation, which is rare. It will probably help someone.
My most interesting program so far is a reliable way to turn the display off and on automatically to save battery power and, more importantly, to extend the lifetime of the power button.
Even with a reliable program, though, Tasker sometimes delays responding when it is closed and the display is off, so I've found that Tasker must be left running all the time. This is easy to arrange: in Android task viewing mode, click the lock icon at the top right of the screen view pane so that it becomes solid.
Such locks persist forever, I think, and are therefore quite confusing to newcomers to Adenoid, I mean Android.
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Enabling Use Reliable Alarms doesn't help. I think at this point I would say that getting Tasker to work when the display is locked is not obvious. Perhaps it is documented somewhere.
Basically, the bad symptom is as follows: after the display has been locked for a few minutes, moving the device fails to turn the display on again. Something kicks or locks Tasker out, but only after more than just a few seconds.
Sorry about not realizing that locking an app in memory is not part of Android. I'm using an inexpensive TCL A3 device sold by Tracfone. Locking is nice when you want to avoid startup delays for a task.