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App to Freeze Screen? (For When Using Phone As A Shopping List!)

Hi there!
As topic, I'm looking for an app (widget / shortcut preferably) that would freeze (lock fixed) the screen, without accepting finger input and disabling the lock out time (i.e. screen off)
This would be extremely useful for when shopping and looking back and forth to the phone to see what I need to buy. The annoying stuff that happens now is:
1) Phone timeouts, screen goes off, phone locks: so I have to constantly keep unlocking it to see what's next!
2) When putting the phone in the pocket and picking it up again, I would touch anywhere on the screen - thus marking the item as bought, scrolling around the app, leaving the app, doing any other unwanted action!
So... that's what I'm looking to improve upon.
The only thing I've found is the Screen Freeze joke app but the problem is that the phone still time outs and locks (plus it dims the screen when running)
Maybe with a cool Tasker profile I could achieve this also?
Thanks!

You could just set you screen timeout to never lol
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Swipe to screenshot does not work with Nova Launcher, annoying IR remote on lock scr

Can anyone confirm that motion sensors and motion guided commands do not work when you do NOT use Touch Wiz? I am using Nova Launcher and the hand swipe to screenshot does not work.
Also, I tested out the IR Remote control app which worked great but now even after i close the app, on my lock screen, the remote functions are still there.
http://i.imgur.com/L4f6dwp.png
It hasn't gone away since last night. I closed out, closed process etc, still just hangs around the lock screen. When i press the channel/volume buttons from the lock screen, the blue light shines showing that it is currently activated and on. I believe this is a possible bug. I'm worried it's draining my battery as well. Please help.
Bonus help: how do you change the background on the lock screen?

chillsen said:
Can anyone confirm that motion sensors and motion guided commands do not work when you do NOT use Touch Wiz? I am using Nova Launcher and the hand swipe to screenshot does not work.
Also, I tested out the IR Remote control app which worked great but now even after i close the app, on my lock screen, the remote functions are still there.
http://i.imgur.com/L4f6dwp.png
It hasn't gone away since last night. I closed out, closed process etc, still just hangs around the lock screen. When i press the channel/volume buttons from the lock screen, the blue light shines showing that it is currently activated and on. I believe this is a possible bug. I'm worried it's draining my battery as well. Please help.
Bonus help: how do you change the background on the lock screen?
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On the S4 there's a setting within the app where you can disable the lock screen and notification panel settings. You'd think that they should still be there on the S5. Open the app, go to the menu and check the settings there.

dwanhala said:
On the S4 there's a setting within the app where you can disable the lock screen and notification panel settings. You'd think that they should still be there on the S5. Open the app, go to the menu and check the settings there.
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I'm an idiot http://i.imgur.com/gkiDuqF.png
who woulda known it would be defaulted to always showing on lock screen even when app is closed. haha....

chillsen said:
I'm an idiot http://i.imgur.com/gkiDuqF.png
who woulda known it would be defaulted to always showing on lock screen even when app is closed. haha....
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Yeah, that drove me nuts too when I first used the feature on my S4.....Hopefully getting the S5 and Gear Neo this weekend.

Swipe to screenshot works fine for me with Next Launcher 3D.
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i figure swipe to capture out, your hand had to actually glide ON the screen. This whole time I thought it was an air motion that the sensors on the front caught. it isn't that at all but based on the hand touching the actual glass. I guess this is what happens for first time Samsung users... mods feel free to delete this thread.

SOLVED! I had the same issue (swipe screen grab not working) and tried everything with my Galaxy S6 after I installed Marshmallow and also Nova launcher for first time. Not sure which one caused it... Anyway, after going through a million "fixes" that didn't work, this one finally did!
- Go to your phone dialer and dial: *#2663#
- That will bring up a developer menu. Once you're in the menu press the button titled "TSP FW Update (General)". Let it got through the update (just a few seconds) and viola!!! You're swipe screen grab or any other touch screen weirdness work perfectly again!

Thanks . Solved even S pen problem on screen capture

Edge Features

As far as I know I have enabled notifications and setting for the edge features, but I can't seem to figure out how to get any of them to actually show up. When the phone is locked and the screen is off, touching, tapping, or swiping the edges and nothing happens. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong? Any thoughts suggestions?
-NVE

Found out, there's a secret squirrel motion that you have to do on the edge that is set in settings. When I get a text from one of the people setup in my favorite contacts wakes the phone up. I can swipe on the edge where the visible notification bar is to have it expand out, but I'd assume instead if waking up the phone it would show the selected notifications in the edge screen.
-NVE

As cool and the edge display is its pretty useless ATM.

Well not useless persay more like limeted. I can think of some good future uses like maybe a youtube where all the info stuff is pushed to the edges so takes up less screen space, notification pushing just to the edge light the edge and not waking up the phone. using just the edge to check the time saving battery ((good for while working)) I'm hoping for someone to get api's to open up programms to use the edge as a sliders for productivity stuff but thats just hoping.
I think a real missed oppertunity here from samsung with this phone and considering they used a glass back was making a touch interface there for like scrolling web pages and selecting stuff without having to touch the front screen interruping your view.

RE- Is this S6 Edge borked or glitched?

My AT&T Galaxy S6 Edge, when finger print lock is enabled, and the screen goes off, is allowing me to swipe to get into the device as if fingerprint lock was not set. Is this a glitch or should I return the device.
Secondly, in settings, I'm used to everything on one settings listing, not this swiping to the side to access different portions of the settings menu, can this be changed? It's not like this on the Sprint S6 Edge, which I have had no issues with. The finger print lock works like it is supposed to. You wake the device, and it asked you to use your finger print to access the device. On this device, despite me having enabled finger print lock. it just lets me swipe on the screen.
Thanks

Go to secure lock settings and change the secure lock time.
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Set device lock time to
Instant. Problem solved.
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Jooosty said:
Set device lock time to
Instant. Problem solved.
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Thanks to all who replied! I should have been able to figure this out but I guess I'm getting senile!

edge lighting when screen off with or without AOD not working

Hi, anyone can figure out what may prevent edge lighting from working when screen off with or without AOD? How can I submit a system log or something to help you diagnose?
All settings is enabled for always and all apps, nothing I can think of that can block it... See screenshot

This has been an enigma since its introduction.
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Bump, same facking problem for me.

When you enable edge lighting make sure you enable it on apps you want it to work on and then make sure apps is also enabled to send notifications in the settings aswell. I did notice some apps may not function with edge lighting but most of my apps works fine otherwise.

I forgot to update my solution. It's all working now. No help from Samsung and Samsung member community.
Basically, it will work with all apps, just make sure any " pop-up" setting is turn off as it conflicts with the edge lighting waking the phone with the pop-up.
To fix when screen is off, you Neff to go into app to turn off led notification or in the settings/ display/ led do it doesn't conflict when screen is off.
This, should fix when screen on and screen off. Some apps may be more persistent like WhatsApp and Facebook as it has I it's own pop-up and led settings. Good luck.
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andronikal659 said:
I forgot to update my solution. It's all working now. No help from Samsung and Samsung member community.
Basically, it will work with all apps, just make sure any " pop-up" setting is turn off as it conflicts with the edge lighting waking the phone with the pop-up.
To fix when screen is off, you Neff to go into app to turn off led notification or in the settings/ display/ led do it doesn't conflict when screen is off.
This, should fix when screen on and screen off. Some apps may be more persistent like WhatsApp and Facebook as it has I it's own pop-up and led settings. Good luck.
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Can you make a video for these settings ? Or screenshots

WrongEnd said:
Can you make a video for these settings ? Or screenshots
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I don't use edge lighting as it's only one time and doesn't repeat like led as a reminder to check notification. If you're not looking at the screen then you won't see it again and since pop-up and led is off, you won't get notified so it's pointless.
You can go to the app and look for pop-up notification or light. And check, in system settings/ app/ notification
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I have a weird issue... some chats doesn't work with edge lighting and others does... (screen off)