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What does it do?
Keep The Lights On is a simple app that performs one function. It keeps the LEDs behind the buttons on a Captivate or similar phone on while the screen is on.
That seems stupid, why would anyone do that?
Well, try finding those buttons in the dark. While the stock ROM turns on the LEDs when you touch the screen, the i9000 based ROMs do not. In addition, most i9000 ROMs have a timeout of 3 seconds.
Doesn't that waste battery?
Depends on what you mean by waste. So first you have to understand the scale of battery consumption I'm talking about. LEDs, especially surface mount ones, draw very little power. How little? Assuming typical LEDs, we're talking 5 milliamps at 3.3 volts. Given that there are 4 LEDs, that means the total power consumption is 0.005 * 3.3 * 4 or 0.066 watts. The CPU consumes between 100 and 1000 milliamps, again at 3.3 volts meaning it uses between 0.33 and 3.3 watts. That's 5-50 times as much power, and that's before adding in the backlight, radio, etc. While yes, technically this uses a little more power, the scale is so small that for all intents and purposes it isn't going to make a difference in your life. Seeing the buttons clearly though, that takes frustration out of your life. Seems like a reasonable trade off.
Does it work with other BLN things like Blinky or BLN Pro?
Yes. This uses a different way to handle the BLN than both those apps. In fact it only requires a rooted ROM with these lights to work. So that means it should work for i9000, Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, etc. This should even work with the stock ROM given it is rooted.
If it works for all those phones, why is this just in the Captivate Section?
Well, I only have one phone right now to test with. That is my personal Captivate.
Why are you giving this away for free? Are you drunk? Does it use ads?
To answer the second question first, sometimes but not right now. This is free because I like making people's lives easier. I do not believe in advertisement based products, so you'll never see that from me. If you want to give something back, consider the donate button or buy the Pro version.
I installed it but didn't the app in my list of apps. Is it broken?
Short answer, no. This is a widget based app. Simply add the widget and click it to change the light behavior. You can even remove the widget and it'll remember your preference when you start up. That said if you uninstall the app you'll loose the behavior.
I just got an invalid signature error. What do I do?
This is my fault, there was an early version that I didn't sign correctly. Simply uninstall it manually before installing this version from the market.
What other issues exist?
Well there's a few:
I've had one report of the lights flashing instead of staying solid when turning the screen on. If this user hits one of the buttons the lights will stay on. I'm working on a way to fix this, I haven't found the cause as of yet.
There's a superuser notice every once in a while. This is easy to turn off in the superuser app, and will be fixed in the pro version.
There's been one report of clicking a link in andchat causes the lights to go out. I haven't been able to reproduce it yet.
If you find a problem not on this list, feel free to let me know.
What other features are in this app?
None; however, I'm always open to new ideas. Be warned though, they may go into the pro version.
How do I get this app?
From the market, or here:
Keep The Lights On
by Guardian Bob
Great widget....downloaded it this morning.
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using the paid version, much thanks!
Suggestion
I have not tried your app yet, but I have a suggestion.
If you could turn on or off each individual LED, rather than all on or all off, then you could consider using each button to indicate something different.
Home - new email
Menu - new text
Back - missed call
Maybe you can even make them blink?
wvmstr said:
I have not tried your app yet, but I have a suggestion.
If you could turn on or off each individual LED, rather than all on or all off, then you could consider using each button to indicate something different.
Home - new email
Menu - new text
Back - missed call
Maybe you can even make them blink?
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What would be the point of that with this app.....it turns the lights on when the screen is on, if the screen is on then you have those same notifications at the top of the screen already.
Though I guess it might be useful for some if those additions were made to Guardian Bob's BLINKY APP.
Support for Galaxy Tablet
First off, thanks for your efforts!! This is exactly what I'm looking for.
Any chance you will be able to support this on the galaxy tablet? I am happy to help in any way I can - I am a developer (though I haven't done much android development). I have a rooted device with busy box... if there's anything I can do to help you figure out this device, please let me know!
Crazy me, I would honestly like to be able to DISABLE these lights. I watch movies and do other things a lot in the dark, and these bright white lights randomly popping up on my phone are very distracting. Since they can be turned ON manually, does that mean perhaps they can be turned OFF as well?
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Crazy me, I would honestly like to be able to DISABLE these lights. I watch movies and do other things a lot in the dark, and these bright white lights randomly popping up on my phone are very distracting. Since they can be turned ON manually, does that mean perhaps they can be turned OFF as well?
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In a su'd terminal enter this:
Code:
echo "0" > /sys/devices/platform/button-backlight/leds/button-backlight/brightness
Change the 0 to 1 to re-enable.
Lovin it. One of the pet peeves of this device was the short duration on the home keys.
How about this as as Pro suggestion (if possible):
Control brightness level when LEDs are on.
My cuz has a DINC and i absolutely LOVE the brightness of his home keys. Super easy to see. Possible?
works on Korean Galaxy S shw-m110s, maybe the least compatible of the SGS versions, cheers.
Working fine so far on my Vibrant running Nero v5.
Good job, but i was wondering if there's an opposite app, one that turns off the led buttons even when the screen is touched? What for? For reading ebooks in the dark, the led buttons hurt the eyes even when the screen has been adjusted to the lowest light level. Thank
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Good job, but i was wondering if yhere's an opposite app, one that turns off the led buttons even the screen is touched? What for? For reading ebooks in the dark, the led buttons hurt the eyes even when the screen has been adjusted to the lowest light level. Thank
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+1 on this idea.
fivefour said:
In a su'd terminal enter this:
Code:
echo "0" > /sys/devices/platform/button-backlight/leds/button-backlight/brightness
Change the 0 to 1 to re-enable.
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doesn't work on vibrant nero5
Great app, just what I'm looking for, but I can't seem to get/or find the widget. I installed the free version, but the "open" is greyed out. What am I doing wrong?
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Great app, just what I'm looking for, but I can't seem to get/or find the widget. I installed the free version, but the "open" is greyed out. What am I doing wrong?
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It's a widget, long press your screen, select widget, select KeepTheLightsOn.
FYI -
I'm working on tasker support for the pro version right now (well not right now, I'm taking a moment from that work to update people) but when I finish this I'll continue working on my beer, watching the Packers vs the Bears and keep working on adding tasker/locale support.
Mine stopped working, Not sure why. I have the widget and it will light up or un-light. But it will no longer keep the lights on. Any suggestions on figuring out why ?
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Mine stopped working, Not sure why. I have the widget and it will light up or un-light. But it will no longer keep the lights on. Any suggestions on figuring out why ?
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Same here. using the most recent speedmod kernel and doc's kitchen rom. (i have the pro version)
Well you can rule out the latest speedmod kernel (Q) and Phoenix 4.1 because that's what im running and my KTLO still works fine.
Sent from my phone from the future running on Phoenix!
Is there a way to turn off the flicky wrist screen on thing on my G watch R? I use the "always-on screen" feature and dont need the display to light up fully every time i look at the watch....!
Best regards/ Henke
If you mute it, it turns that off. But then it is muted so I do not know if that is any good to you.
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If you mute it, it turns that off. But then it is muted so I do not know if that is any good to you.
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Well i would still like to get the notification vibration, but its a start...!!
Thanks!
Best regards/ Henke
944s2power said:
Well i would still like to get the notification vibration, but its a start...!!
Thanks!
Best regards/ Henke
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Most people seem to be using always on. Why? if you list your hand to look it comes on. It will make the battery last for a shorter time and what about screen burn? I may just be overthinking this.
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Most people seem to be using always on. Why? if you list your hand to look it comes on. It will make the battery last for a shorter time and what about screen burn? I may just be overthinking this.
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ive done some playing around with screen always on / off and it really doesnt seem to make that much difference to battery 6:30am - 10:30pm and i have 50% battery left with screen always on. u might be able to get a few more % having it off but i didnt notice much difference in testing.
not sure about screen burn tho...
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Most people seem to be using always on. Why? if you list your hand to look it comes on. It will make the battery last for a shorter time and what about screen burn? I may just be overthinking this.
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I am worried about the screen burn-in issue. The phone based on the same P-OLED display technology G Flex suffers from this problem. I can see that the quality of GWaR's panel is improved but the burn in problem should exist as long as it's oled.
Another small thing I noticed is when you use stock watch faces, their always on screen content will randomly shift a little every minute, to avoid screen burn(so LG is aware of this problem). Thus worrying about the screen burn is not over-thinking. I turned off the always-on function when I use 3rd party watch faces. (EDIT: 3rd-party watch faces can shift itself too, seems like it's a system-wide screen saving mechanism)
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(EDIT: 3rd-party watch faces can shift itself too, seems like it's a system-wide screen saving mechanism)
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yes, it is - the Samsung Gear Live has the same feature - lets hope it helps in the long run...
Yeees
This is doing my head in, whats the point in an always on ambient mode, if the bloody thing turns on every time i move my arm. Pointless.
And mute it to stop it, then makes wearing it pointless?
This needs to be addressed asap!
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Is there a way to turn off the flicky wrist screen on thing on my G watch R? I use the "always-on screen" feature and dont need the display to light up fully every time i look at the watch....!
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This is doing my head in, whats the point in an always on ambient mode, if the bloody thing turns on every time i move my arm. Pointless.
And mute it to stop it, then makes wearing it pointless?
This needs to be addressed asap!
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Well, the darn thing dosn't always turn on when i look at my watch, and i like the way it looks when always on, and don't want an all black display when others look at my Beutiful watch...!!! ??
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Well, the darn thing dosn't always turn on when i look at my watch, and i like the way it looks when always on, and don't want an all black display when others look at my Beutiful watch...!!! ??
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LOL I think you misunderstood my post. I am in 100% agreement with both of you in that we need to be able to disable the "auto on" behavior without muting notifications.
Merely expressing my agreement...
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LOL I think you misunderstood my post. I am in 100% agreement with both of you in that we need to be able to disable the "auto on" behavior without muting notifications.
Merely expressing my agreement...
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+1 ??? Sorry for that.. Always read too quickly for my own good..!! ?
Just got my watch yesterday and this is also making me crazy... That's why I came to the forum in the first place. We need a setting to turn off the wake up movement gesture
Same thing here, it should be a fundamental control to turn this feature off. I'm a little worried about battery life on mine too, for some reason I'm just barely squeaking 24 hours on a full charge with no more than 12 notifications per day???
Patience my friends. Apparently there is a new update on the way, some lollipop for wear which has this much needed feature implemented.
More details here: http://phandroid.com/2014/11/11/android-wear-5-0-lollipop-features-revealed-smartwatch/
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Patience my friends. Apparently there is a new update on the way, some lollipop for wear which has this much needed feature implemented.
More details here: http://phandroid.com/2014/11/11/android-wear-5-0-lollipop-features-revealed-smartwatch/
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Are you referring to "Theater Mode"? That turns the screen off. We want the screen to be on but in the dim state.
I'm referring to this:
I found that ambient display is useless.
I was thinking that whenever I got notification, the ambient display will lit the screen and then OFF ... then lit ... then OFF.
You know, kind of asking attention.
It is NOT.
It lit ONCE, then OFF forever, until I pick up the phone (of course).
The problem with this, if I leave the phone on my desk for quite long, I won't know if there was notification arrived, unless I pick up the phone.
So, what's the use of this ambient display?
Damn, LED notification would be much useful!
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I found that ambient display is useless.
I was thinking that whenever I got notification, the ambient display will lit the screen and then OFF ... then lit ... then OFF.
You know, kind of asking attention.
It is NOT.
It lit ONCE, then OFF forever, until I pick up the phone (of course).
The problem with this, if I leave the phone on my desk for quite long, I won't know if there was notification arrived, unless I pick up the phone.
So, what's the use of this ambient display?
Damn, LED notification would be much useful!
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So you can either see the notification come in first time when it lights up. Or you can quickly pick the phone up to see if there are any notifications without it fully waking up.
LED is easier though!
I prefer they don't lit it on and off constantly because it is distracting when you are in a meeting and it drains your battery. Though having an option would be nice
Yeah, I agree it is a useless battery wasting feature (though the impact to battery is minimal). Thankfully the LED can be enabled with Light Flow even though that is flawed as well since the app will randomly get killed and the light won't work.
Ambient Display would be perfect if it flashed continuously until you check it and if it worked in priority mode, which it doesn't if you have priority mode set up like the old silent mode. If you don't want your phone making noise or vibrating but still need to see notifications it is pretty worthless.
you are dead on sir.
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I found that ambient display is useless.
I was thinking that whenever I got notification, the ambient display will lit the screen and then OFF ... then lit ... then OFF.
You know, kind of asking attention.
It is NOT.
It lit ONCE, then OFF forever, until I pick up the phone (of course).
The problem with this, if I leave the phone on my desk for quite long, I won't know if there was notification arrived, unless I pick up the phone.
So, what's the use of this ambient display?
Damn, LED notification would be much useful!
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I was told Google is moving away from using led notification, but yet they designed a phone? with one built in but totally useless at this point. Hopefully the next update will address this.
Mine flashes continually until I check things... Every ten seconds or so. It is wonderful... Not sure what is up with your guys' one time notifications...
ambient display is alrite.... It doesn't work that well though. It does not consistently work when you pick up the phone. I would much rather have them activate the LED since it's already there.
you. me. and many more
tsy87 said:
ambient display is alrite.... It doesn't work that well though. It does not consistently work when you pick up the phone. I would much rather have them activate the LED since it's already there.
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I'm setting this gripe in many circles outside of xda hopefully they will address it in the next update. Lots of corporate people want that portion which was always a part of android and even non android phones of the past.
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Mine flashes continually until I check things... Every ten seconds or so. It is wonderful... Not sure what is up with your guys' one time notifications...
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So does mine
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I was told Google is moving away from using led notification, but yet they designed a phone? with one built in but totally useless at this point. Hopefully the next update will address this.
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in all fairness, Moto made the phone, whether for Android Silver or whatever other reason, it wasnt designed ground up with Google or originally planned as a Nexus.
I like ambient. Works great for me. and being an Amoled display, only the pixels being used light up, so battery is minimal
users report otherwise.
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in all fairness, Moto made the phone, whether for Android Silver or whatever other reason, it wasnt designed ground up with Google or originally planned as a Nexus.
I like ambient. Works great for me. and being an Amoled display, only the pixels being used light up, so battery is minimal
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Acording to the battery threads I've read, ambient display sucks battery.
mzimand said:
So does mine
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What are you guys using? Lightflow?
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Acording to the battery threads I've read, ambient display sucks battery.
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Does the device wake up from deep sleep for it? If yes it sure does suck a lot of battery. Especially if it is supposed to flash up in intervals to remind you of the notification.
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What are you guys using? Lightflow?
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I just tested it... it flashes up every 30 seconds or so. As soon as as you click on it the screen is on without any delay. So I guess it screws your battery hard by making it wake up each time? It would mean that as soon as you have a notification your device would wake up every 30 seconds.
I can't get Lightflow to work at all. Do you need a kernel that has LED support?
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What are you guys using? Lightflow?
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I am just using the regular ambient feature built into the stock rom. I am encrypted, rooted with stock kernel on stock 5.0.1. I have not messed with any AOSP roms .
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I can't get Lightflow to work at all. Do you need a kernel that has LED support?
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Rooted and use root access for the LED activated in Lightflow.
Lightflow screws up ambient tough. It constantly flashes as if it has an notification, even if it only shows the clock. This WILL kill your battery in my opinion...
Led notification will drain batttery fast?
Via my NeXus™ 7FHD on XDA Premium app
I actually like it more than Active Display. Active was much more sensitive to movements which for really annoying.
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Rooted and use root access for the LED activated in Lightflow.
Lightflow screws up ambient tough. It constantly flashes as if it has an notification, even if it only shows the clock. This WILL kill your battery in my opinion...
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I don't know what settings you set to make it do that.
Light Flow doesn't do that here. Cooperates fine with Ambient.
I know there are people (Lightflow Dev) who are working on getting the built-in led working, and I think that's great. I wonder if there are any devs working on making Ambient Display more useful...? I'm going to shut off the Ambient Display today and mess around with an app I used to use on the Galaxy S called NoLed. It puts dots or icons on the screen and could notify me of anything... might be the ticket here.
Hi devs!
Since i have this phone iam searching the function for double-tap to wake-up feature.
Esp, cause the previous models had this feature.
I've been through a few launchers and a few apps, but it seems with a fingerprint-sensor this feature has become unavailable?
Any people here managed to double-tap to wake-up their device?
Thanks in advance!
TGN said:
Hi devs!
Since i have this phone iam searching the function for double-tap to wake-up feature.
Esp, cause the previous models had this feature.
I've been through a few launchers and a few apps, but it seems with a fingerprint-sensor this feature has become unavailable?
Any people here managed to double-tap to wake-up their device?
Thanks in advance!
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Sorry to say but that incredibly useful feature is missing from the XZ1c. It's not just a software thing, I believe it's missing at a hardware level. So either the screen is different or the kernel doesn't support it.
Wave up is a way of opening and closing the screen and has had some good reviews from XDA members.
Thanks for your reply.
Let's see if i can get used to this and finetune it a little.
Didgesteve said:
Sorry to say but that incredibly useful feature is missing from the XZ1c. It's not just a software thing, I believe it's missing at a hardware level. So either the screen is different or the kernel doesn't support it.
Wave up is a way of opening and closing the screen and has had some good reviews from XDA members.
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I'm giving a shot myself with this app... It seems working great... Only doubt of course is the battery draining... Let's see after a few days of testing...
P. S. So Wave Up is for the waving hands thing... What about double tap to wake?
Dany XP said:
I'm giving a shot myself with this app... It seems working great... Only doubt of course is the battery draining... Let's see after a few days of testing...
P. S. So Wave Up is for the waving hands thing... What about double tap to wake?
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Double tap to wake likely needs lower level support that isn't possible with a mere app.
BTW, I've been using the Wave Up app for months, did not notice any battery drain.
I personally love the wake screen after removing from pocket feature, it works like a charm and so handy to have. I now wonder how I lived for so long without it.
Also, you don't need to actually wave your whole hand, just flick a finger 2 or 3 times over the sensor area and boom. Although I'd still prefer DTTW, it's a great compromise.
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Double tap to wake likely needs lower level support that isn't possible with a mere app.
BTW, I've been using the Wave Up app for months, did not notice any battery drain.
I personally love the wake screen after removing from pocket feature, it works like a charm and so handy to have. I now wonder how I lived for so long without it.
Also, you don't need to actually wave your whole hand, just flick a finger 2 or 3 times over the sensor area and boom. Although I'd still prefer DTTW, it's a great compromise.
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Yeah, I saw WaveUp recommended on XDA too and used it after trying and disliking Gravity Screen. It's been fantastic, and I actually don't notice a lot of battery drain from it either. I sometimes end up double-tapping the proximity sensor. That generally works pretty well. Sometimes even better than waving.
Just a little update about WaveUp.
Definitely, a must have for XZ1 Compact owners. ?????????????????. After a few days of testing I can confirm it has almost zero impact to battery (I can't notice any difference, in fact it doesnt even shown on Setting's Battery usage) but once u use it... U can't stay without it anymore!
I really i don't understand why Sony didn't include this functionality out of the box...
I am using Gravity Screen to wake my phone using the proximity sensor, but I noticed it keeps the sensor ON all the time even when the phone is locked. I think this is what WaveUp do as well. I'm kind of concerned with the sensor being awake all the time that it might affect the lifespan of the sensor and get damaged fast. I hope SONY put back that double tap to wake.
Hello, is there any app that turn on display when new notification is arriving?
WaveUp is really good!
Thanks to everybody for the suggestion!
rtimoff said:
Hello, is there any app that turn on display when new notification is arriving?
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Might be a late reply, but an app called Glimpse Notifications does exactly what you want.
Update: WaveUp works, but can be annoying when cleaning the screen.
rtimoff said:
Hello, is there any app that turn on display when new notification is arriving?
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I am using "Glimpse Notification"
They do it on purpose, they always take something away and then put it back in the next model. But the next model will miss a different detail, and so on ...
In addition to "Do Not Disturb" when flipping the phone over, facing down. Is there a way to also immediately lock the phone?
You can hold the power down and select "Lockdown" (this has to be enabled in display settings first).
I need it to be automated when flipping the phone over. I often leave my phone at my desk and I don't want it to be immediately accessible.
garyHal said:
I need it to be automated when flipping the phone over. I often leave my phone at my desk and I don't want it to be immediately accessible.
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What do you mean lock the phone? After a set amount of seconds it auto locks, face up or face down.
You are correct, the phone auto locks. I have it set to 15 seconds. I need the phone to lock immediately, regardless of the auto lock time.
garyHal said:
You are correct, the phone auto locks. I have it set to 15 seconds. I need the phone to lock immediately, regardless of the auto lock time.
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Tap the power button and off it goes. If you are in a work environment where if you walk away for 5 seconds and your phone is at risk of being compromised either you need to find another job (lol) or never leave the phone on the desk. That's some serious personal insecurity right there.
The easy answer is something like Tasker to look at the gyro, ambient brightness and the proximity sensor but I don't know offhand if that requires root to lock your screen.
raynan said:
The easy answer is something like Tasker to look at the gyro, ambient brightness and the proximity sensor but I don't know offhand if that requires root to lock your screen.
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Lol. That's easy? Easier than hitting the power button? This whole thread is silly.
bobby janow said:
Lol. That's easy? Easier than hitting the power button? This whole thread is silly.
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If you're looking for a once-and-done solution, yes. But I am an automation freak
raynan said:
If you're looking for a once-and-done solution, yes. But I am an automation freak
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Oh.. lol. I can't help you with that. I'm a practical guy. Physical as it were. Push the button. Make it happen.
bobby janow said:
Oh.. lol. I can't help you with that. I'm a practical guy. Physical as it were. Push the button. Make it happen.
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That probably is the EASIEST answer, but if you can flip your phone to make it turn off sound, lock, and maybe launch the sound recorder (for example), you have a discrete, potentially automatic meeting transcriber that's pretty much thoughtless.
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That probably is the EASIEST answer, but if you can flip your phone to make it turn off sound, lock, and maybe launch the sound recorder (for example), you have a discrete, potentially automatic meeting transcriber that's pretty much thoughtless.
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Food for thought. But perhaps you might want to think of another device to do those things. Why would you even want a phone for those functions? A little recorder would do that with no compromise of your personal data. Pull it out of your pocket, put it on the table like a phone and you got your spy device. Phone locked away in your pocket.
Or a shortcut to the sound recorder, lock the phone, face down on the table. Unless you're an agent of some sort then you need to talk with your superiors and design something. Fun convo though.
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Food for thought. But perhaps you might want to think of another device to do those things. Why would you even want a phone for those functions? A little recorder would do that with no compromise of your personal data. Pull it out of your pocket, put it on the table like a phone and you got your spy device. Phone locked away in your pocket.
Or a shortcut to the sound recorder, lock the phone, face down on the table. Unless you're an agent of some sort then you need to talk with your superiors and design something. Fun convo though.
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It's fun hearing others' points of view!
But I'm thinking convenience; you've already got a phone and, with the Pixel 4's live transcription and text search, it could make for a powerful tool in this circumstance, as niche as it might be.
raynan said:
It's fun hearing others' points of view!
But I'm thinking convenience; you've already got a phone and, with the Pixel 4's live transcription and text search, it could make for a powerful tool in this circumstance, as niche as it might be.
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Yes it would. But now you're talking about automating a few different actions one of which is disabling sounds and another locking the screen. Then starting a task of recording and then turning off if the storage gets full without deleting previous recordings. All without user input. I'm not sure a phone was designed to do that. At least not these.
I suspect there are devices that can do that but that might be clandestine type stuff we are not privy to. But maybe a Tasker procedure could handle that? I don't know.
You would want a device that would start recording once voices are heard, and stop after a few minutes of silence.
I do work in an area that contains sensitive information. People entering have to leave their phones at the front desk with the phone muted. I just want to ensure that when I hand over the phone, face down, that it is immediately and automatically locked from anyone else. Simplifying that process would be great!
Please don't question the logic or rationale of my work area.
garyHal said:
I do work in an area that contains sensitive information. People entering have to leave their phones at the front desk with the phone muted. I just want to ensure that when I hand over the phone, face down, that it is immediately and automatically locked from anyone else. Simplifying that process would be great!
Please don't question the logic or rationale of my work area.
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The XML here can be imported to Tasker to do what you're describing. You may find that you'll need to tweak it to better fit your usage/device, but the skeleton here should be a good starting point.
Edit: XDA didn't like my XML; here's a Google Drive link https://drive.google.com/file/d/11zxgUTwJA37Haf9rV2TbzHWaD1XJeQwx/view?usp=drivesdk