Hi guys, I have the following problem - I have a LG G3 and when I'm riding my bike, there is no way to unlock my screen. My bike case covers the light sensor and the tap option does not work, if by any means I manage to light up the screen with the back button (the case back is hard), the I can operate my phone without taking it out of the case. I tried searching for a simple app to light my phone screen from my watch, but with no success. Is there anything or I just have to use Open on phone every time? This is not meant to be use while driving, it's just that it is not that easy to remove the phone from the case every time I want to reply to a message or see something. Thank you!
Astrikol said:
Hi guys, I have the following problem - I have a LG G3 and when I'm riding my bike, there is no way to unlock my screen. My bike case covers the light sensor and the tap option does not work, if by any means I manage to light up the screen with the back button (the case back is hard), the I can operate my phone without taking it out of the case. I tried searching for a simple app to light my phone screen from my watch, but with no success. Is there anything or I just have to use Open on phone every time? This is not meant to be use while driving, it's just that it is not that easy to remove the phone from the case every time I want to reply to a message or see something. Thank you!
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The way I get around it is setting screen lock type to NONE (not swipe) on my Galaxy S6 when cycling, but I'd also be interested in an app that does this.
B1aze said:
The way I get around it is setting screen lock type to NONE (not swipe) on my Galaxy S6 when cycling, but I'd also be interested in an app that does this.
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That sounds nice, but how do you light up your screen? Other phones have their buttons on the side and it would not be a problem, but with LG's back button design and hard back of case it is problematic.
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Hello!
I have came across 2 annoying problems - maybe somebody can help with them.
1) Pressing IE key + action (dpad center key) invokes screen alignment application. I'm using S2U2 and can't find a way to prevent this shortcut from working when phone is locked by S2U2. Because of that screen alignment is accidentally launched often enough to become major annoyance.
Is there any way to fix it? Like disabling screen alignment shortcut, configuring S2U2 to lock hardware keys or in the worst case fully disabling IE key ?
2) The second problem - sometimes i find my kaiser switched to landscape mode. It has happened only when i'm reaching for phone in pocket to answer a call - so it's possible i've accidentally pressed some keys or something. It happened also after i disabled autoswitching to landscape mode after sliding it open.
Of course after it has switched to landscape mode it switches back to portrait, and during this time (which can take few secs and is annoying) i cannot answer the call.
For #1 - stop pressing the IE and Action key at the same time. Pretty simple fix.
For #2 - I don't really have a good answer for you. I would have suspected you were opening the keyboard slightly when pulling it from your pocket, but that wouldn't matter if you disabled the function. So, can't say for sure... are you running 3rd party apps, different ROM, etc.?
raywiper said:
Hello!
I have came across 2 annoying problems - maybe somebody can help with them.
1) Pressing IE key + action (dpad center key) invokes screen alignment application. I'm using S2U2 and can't find a way to prevent this shortcut from working when phone is locked by S2U2. Because of that screen alignment is accidentally launched often enough to become major annoyance.
Is there any way to fix it? Like disabling screen alignment shortcut, configuring S2U2 to lock hardware keys or in the worst case fully disabling IE key ?
2) The second problem - sometimes i find my kaiser switched to landscape mode. It has happened only when i'm reaching for phone in pocket to answer a call - so it's possible i've accidentally pressed some keys or something. It happened also after i disabled autoswitching to landscape mode after sliding it open.
Of course after it has switched to landscape mode it switches back to portrait, and during this time (which can take few secs and is annoying) i cannot answer the call.
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What you are describing as annoying are conveniences to those of us who don't carry our phones in our pockets. No, HTC does not make double commands for every function, one to make the phone easier to use and one to disable all the " easy " functions for those who insist on carrying around a $500 phone like it was a pack of 25 cent gum.
A little preachy? Good!
Ask the other members here if this sounds familiar: "Cheap f**king phone, screen cracked first week I had it, I took it out of my pocket one day.........." My touch screen no longer works, I took it out of my pocket one day............"
50% of all the bad things that happen to people's phones around here start with. "When I took the phone out of my pocket........"
Want your phone to continue to work great? Make believe it is an expensive piece of electronics. Take f**king care of it
P.S. Ooh big step down off the soap box
denco7 said:
What you are describing as annoying are conveniences to those of us who don't carry our phones in our pockets. No, HTC does not make double commands for every function, one to make the phone easier to use and one to disable all the " easy " functions for those who insist on carrying around a $500 phone like it was a pack of 25 cent gum.
A little preachy? Good!
Ask the other members here if this sounds familiar: "Cheap f**king phone, screen cracked first week I had it, I took it out of my pocket one day.........." My touch screen no longer works, I took it out of my pocket one day............"
50% of all the bad things that happen to people's phones around here start with. "When I took the phone out of my pocket........"
Want your phone to continue to work great? Make believe it is an expensive piece of electronics. Take f**king care of it
P.S. Ooh big step down off the soap box
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*sniffs* hmm whats that smell, its the buring of you being flamed BIG TIME
denco7 said:
Ask the other members here if this sounds familiar: "Cheap f**king phone, screen cracked first week I had it, I took it out of my pocket one day.........." My touch screen no longer works, I took it out of my pocket one day............"
50% of all the bad things that happen to people's phones around here start with. "When I took the phone out of my pocket........"
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I'm not so sure, maybe some people are just careless fools.
I've had my Kaiser for a few months and a Wizard before than for 18 months. Both have been kept in my pocket pretty much constantly and have never had anything more than the slightest of scratches on the casings.
Then again, i'm not stupid enough to keep my phone in the same pocket as coins, keys or other myriad sharp things...
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I'm not so sure, maybe some people are just careless fools.
I've had my Kaiser for a few months and a Wizard before than for 18 months. Both have been kept in my pocket pretty much constantly and have never had anything more than the slightest of scratches on the casings.
Then again, i'm not stupid enough to keep my phone in the same pocket as coins, keys or other myriad sharp things...
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Where as a lot of other people unfortunately are
Well, to give you a tip about question #2 if you are going to carry it in the beltcase that came with the phone. If you are not careful pusing the phone up of the case you might just push the keyboard part and it doesn´t take much to trigger landscape mode. By now I get the phone up without this happening but it took some getting used to.
And I would not advise carrying the phone in your pants front pocket. A friend of mine cracked the screen of his brand new N95 this way, tight designer jeans pocket in this case = dead expensive phone.
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Want your phone to continue to work great? Make believe it is an expensive piece of electronics. Take f**king care of it
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And what should i do ? Keep it home on the shelf ? A phone is meant to use it. I've found that the screen is hard to clean because of the higher edges. What would be your solution - don't touch it ? The phone is slow when switching to landscape and back - don't use landscape mode ? If something is wrong - it's my fault for trying to use it ?
*rant off*
Actually i was not correct (blame my english) - i'm carrying it in a waist case, not pocket. And from what i've gathered - the magnetic lock could be the reason of switching to landscape mode. I've read something about magnetic locks triggering the slideout sensor.
But my collegue said he disabled autoswitching to landscape mode and was still experiencing this problem (have to doublecheck it though).
As for first case (screen align shortcut) - can't help. I often accidentally press them when taking out of case. Tried to install AEBPlus and remap some buttons, but that didn't help. It actually suprises me why HTC choosed so easily pressed button combination.
A solution would be to stop using S2U2, as the default device lock correctly locks the keypad and this shortcut dosesn't work. It would be pity though, as i came to like S2U2.
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Hi All,
I have a sim free One and the problem i have is I am unable to unlock the screen while a call is in progress. I can press the power button to turn the screen on but if I try to unlock the screen , it goes off again so I am pretty stuck with a phone unusable during a call. I ll have to tell the person on the other end to disconnect in order that I can access the phone again, I cant use speaker phone while making notes or reading out from the phone.
Should I send this back please?
Thanks in advance.
Sounds like something is covering the proximity sensor. You got a case or screen protector on it that might be covering that?
MinecraftZombi.es said:
Sounds like something is covering the proximity sensor. You got a case or screen protector on it that might be covering that?
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I dont have a case neither do I have a screen protector on.
Have you installed any brightness mods or anything like that which mught be misbehaving?
Or any programs which have functions for customising the brightness, power etc?
If no, then it sounds like your proximity sensor might be a bit over sensitive, and firing off all the time thinking it's next to your head.
Is there a quick way to always be brought back to the clock home screen? In setting or file manager I find it very difficult to get back to the watch screen, assuming it's user error but if anyone knows a foolproof way of dong this would really appreciate it.
Just cover the watch with your hand
Brendo said:
Just cover the watch with your hand
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Thanks but I must be the slow kid in class today, when I cover the watch nothing happens. Is there setting that enables/disables it?
For example I'm in the setting on the mute screen. Cover the watch and it stays on that screen.
I'm referring to dimming screen (essentially the same thing)
https://support.google.com/androidwear/answer/6056897?hl=en
Ok that's different than what I'm asking. You know on your phone there is an "home" button Is there something similar on the watch?
When it's dimmed and comes back it's usually on the same screen
Hi,
I have a Moto G 2014 dual sim 5" phone (XT1068). For the last 6 months the screen as been turning black when I'm using it like it has gone to sleep. I hit the wake up button and the lock screen is displayed. I swipe the screen to unlock the phone and it then turns to a black screen again. I have to do this for around 30 seconds until the phone behaves normally again. It happens at random times. I have tried doing a factory reset but this didn't fix it. I then unlocked the bootloader and rooted it and stuck a custom ROM on it (Blisspop) but it is still doing it! Anyone know the reason for this? Thanks.
Tried reflashing stock?
Do you have it in a flip case?
spielleips said:
Do you have it in a flip case?
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Yes....it is in one with magnets that wakes it up when you open the flip case.
Vatsal said:
Tried reflashing stock?
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No, not yet. Do you think that might help?
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Yes....it is in one with magnets that wakes it up when you open the flip case.
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Same here. The magnets also turn the screen off. When you flip the lid around the back, they are strong enough to activate the sensor and turn the screen off.
There is an Xposed module which you can use to control this behavior. From memory (I don't have it installed right now) you can selectively tell it to ignore the turn off message but keep the turn on message. I think there was something about turning it off using the proximity sensor as well, so it will still turn off when you close the lid.
In fact, I'll install it again, I forgot how useful it is.
UPDATE: The Xposed module is called MagnetOff. If you want to have your phone turn off when you close your case, you'll need to look into an app to use the proximity sensor to do it (I used to use Tasker).
spielleips said:
Same here. The magnets also turn the screen off. When you flip the lid around the back, they are strong enough to activate the sensor and turn the screen off.
There is an Xposed module which you can use to control this behavior. From memory (I don't have it installed right now) you can selectively tell it to ignore the turn off message but keep the turn on message. I think there was something about turning it off using the proximity sensor as well, so it will still turn off when you close the lid.
In fact, I'll install it again, I forgot how useful it is.
UPDATE: The Xposed module is called MagnetOff. If you want to have your phone turn off when you close your case, you'll need to look into an app to use the proximity sensor to do it (I used to use Tasker).
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You might well have cracked it! I never thought of this. It is my wife's phone and she always folds the cover around the back. I have ordered a non magnetic wallet and will test with that. Is this 'Xposed module' an app that you can download from the play store? Would come in useful if thsi is what is causing it. Did you phone suffer from the same thing? I was already fighting with Motorola about the warranty cover because I had unlocked the bootloader and rooted it. If this is all it is then thank you so much!!!!!
spielleips said:
Same here. The magnets also turn the screen off. When you flip the lid around the back, they are strong enough to activate the sensor and turn the screen off.
There is an Xposed module which you can use to control this behavior. From memory (I don't have it installed right now) you can selectively tell it to ignore the turn off message but keep the turn on message. I think there was something about turning it off using the proximity sensor as well, so it will still turn off when you close the lid.
In fact, I'll install it again, I forgot how useful it is.
UPDATE: The Xposed module is called MagnetOff. If you want to have your phone turn off when you close your case, you'll need to look into an app to use the proximity sensor to do it (I used to use Tasker).
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Just seen your update! Thanks very much! I will keep you posted.
Dagk66 said:
Just seen your update! Thanks very much! I will keep you posted.
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You're very welcome, hopefully it solves your problem.
I've got into the habit of keeping one finger in between the cover and the phone when I flip it around, so I don't use the software anymore. The main reason I originally found it was for the magnetic phone holder in my car. If I put it too much too the left the screen would turn off and keep turning off when I turned it on, but I don't use it any more.
That's totally fixed it! Thanks so much. :good:
My smart cover screen is showing without having the case on, which means i cant get into my phone. I open my phone from the power button and shows a black screen with a rectangle shape showing the time and date. In a nutshell its reading that the case is on but it isnt, any suggestions would be very helpful.
Thank You
taynox said:
My smart cover screen is showing without having the case on, which means i cant get into my phone. I open my phone from the power button and shows a black screen with a rectangle shape showing the time and date. In a nutshell its reading that the case is on but it isnt, any suggestions would be very helpful.
Thank You
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Strange but nevertheless, you can permanently switch off Smart Cover:
Settings / Smart Assistance / Smart Cover / Off (see attachement)
Btw, one of many small but unnecessary battery eaters (for those, most of us, who don't have Cover case).
zgfg said:
Strange but nevertheless, you can permanently switch off Smart Cover:
Settings / Smart Assistance / Smart Cover / Off (see attachement)
Btw, one of many small but unnecessary battery eaters (for those, most of us, who don't have Cover case).
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yeah thats the thing i cant get onto my phone to do that its permanently stuck on
taynox said:
yeah thats the thing i cant get onto my phone to do that its permanently stuck on
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Maybe you can trick the phone: make a call to the phone and if it allows you to unlock the screen, open Settings (by putting in-call screen to the background) and permanently disable Smart Cover
hello, did u fix it? if so tell me how please, am having same problem
zgfg said:
Strange but nevertheless, you can permanently switch off Smart Cover:
Settings / Smart Assistance / Smart Cover / Off (see attachement)
Btw, one of many small but unnecessary battery eaters (for those, most of us, who don't have Cover case).
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Uhhh he/she cant get in her/his phone so she/he cant get to setting
Same problem here, did you fix it?
Hello ! Did you fix this issue ? I have exactly the same problem even if I don't have a "smart cover", my phone is in this mode and so the screen is blocked. And as I am on "plane mode", I can't call it and remove or change something. Thanks for your answer !