I found a new and useful app on Play Store. It's called easyHome for Samsung and it let you simply touch the fingerprint scanner instead of pressing the home button. Also, with the pro version, you can turn off the display with a long touch.
I'm trying it and it's really nice. Anyway the long press of home button is unusable, because if you long press the home button to start google now, when you leave the button the app recognizes a long press and shut down the screen. I'm also concerned about fingerprint life and battery drain because now it's always active.
Let me know what you think about it
Google Play Link: easyHome for Samsung
Just installed. So far so good.
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Good app but I have found it works inconsistently so I have uninstalled.
I've played with it a little. It's nice when it works, but it's not consistent. Especially the paid long press feature doesn't work well, many times a normal tap triggered it.
The problem is the timing. When doing a tap, it seems to register as being a long-press even though it was fairly quick. To get the tap to register consistently, you have to barely touch the button.
These timings need to be adjusted. Even better would be an option within the app to set the timing ourselves.
it keeps my phone awake all the time :/
keaheng said:
it keeps my phone awake all the time :/
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Yes. Battery drain is the main reason I uninstalled it. Devs says they're working on it, but nothing new.
I appreciate the screen off function on long press. I'm actually looking for a good alternative to turn off the screen.
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Hello all,
I just got my AT&T Tilt and love it so far, except for one major annoyance. When I press the power button, the device will turn the screen back on after a few seconds to a few minutes. The problem is when it's in my pocket, it can accidentally call people. My 8125 and 8525 did not experience this issue.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Button lock
It sounds as though the phone isn't set to lock all buttons except the power button when it is in standby. This happened to me last time I re-flashed my Wizard, and I couldn't figure out for ages why my battery was draining so quickly as well!
Settings > Buttons > Lock
Hmm, not seeing any option under Buttons or Lock. I do remember this setting from WM5. It does appear, however, that the buttons are not turning the phone on, it's just waking up even if I leave it on a desk.
You can add lock to the home screen
first press and hold the hang-up button so that it locks. Then just push the power button once. This puts it in standby.
There is a idle timeout for going on standby mode, but I can't find a setting to auto-lock.
JBHorne said:
When I press the power button, the device will turn the screen back on after a few seconds to a few minutes.
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Are you paired to a Bluetooth device? I see similar behavior in my 8525 when in my car - the BT car kit does stuff which "wakes" the 8525
Richard
Try this leaving Google Maps On the Screen
Hi Guys,
I get this behavior when I have Google Maps running. It will even cycle the screen on and off a couple times.
nope and nope. just sitting on the today screen.
JBHorne said:
When I press the power button, the device will turn the screen back on after a few seconds to a few minutes.
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I have the very same problem.
However, my girlfriend whom I also bought a Tilt for, her's doesn't do it.
We've installed all the same software too, so I'm a little puzzled.
start>settings>system> key lock. set it to lock all buttons except power.
rzanology said:
start>settings>system> key lock. set it to lock all buttons except power.
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Hmmm.. yeah, umm my key lock is already set to lock all buttons except power.
The problem isn't with when you press a button it comes on. The problem is the phone turns on by itself, sitting on a table, nothing being pressed, no new email, no new sms, just lights up and that's it.
JonRick said:
Hmmm.. yeah, umm my key lock is already set to lock all buttons except power.
The problem isn't with when you press a button it comes on. The problem is the phone turns on by itself, sitting on a table, nothing being pressed, no new email, no new sms, just lights up and that's it.
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Any number of applications might be starting the device, from weather apps to calendar, diary, time sync etc etc. For example, HTCs weather app will do it depending on how often you have it set to another example I came across from someone was TREO ALERTS that contains a script "refresh.mscr" and it was set up refresh time 30 seconds (this was turning his TyTn II on by itself).
Mike
hard reset and try again.
i'm betting that none of these suggestions were helpful (except the one about some application generating a wakeup event without any other visual notifications).
i was having the same problem, but i just tried to narrow down which running program was causing the events. it's one of:
* wireless manager
* messaging
* IM
my guess is IM; i'm going to test that out in a second.
well, it's none of the above. still seems to wake up randomly anywhere from 15 seconds to several minutes.
seems to happen more frequently when it's just been turned off.
Even if you were to find what was turing the phone back on, this can still be a problem just from normal use... obviously, you WANT the phone to turn on for things like a call coming in. The solution for people like us who stick our phones in our pockets is to "lock" the phone. But for whatever reason, the Tilt doesn't lock the phone while holding down the end key. That means the only convenient way to lock it is to keep the lock function on the today screen, wasting space. Hopefully someone can find a way to allow the end key to lock the device on the Tilt just like the unbranded device.
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Even if you were to find what was turing the phone back on, this can still be a problem just from normal use... obviously, you WANT the phone to turn on for things like a call coming in. The solution for people like us who stick our phones in our pockets is to "lock" the phone. But for whatever reason, the Tilt doesn't lock the phone while holding down the end key. That means the only convenient way to lock it is to keep the lock function on the today screen, wasting space. Hopefully someone can find a way to allow the end key to lock the device on the Tilt just like the unbranded device.
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i'm fine with using the lock function, but it still turns on randomly, using battery, and eventually unnecessarily yellowing the screen from backlight aging. my next approach is to check out the notification queue, using a notification cleaner app.
So i am having a similar problem. When i press the power button, the phone's screen turns off but when the keyboard slides, it turns back on... is there a way to make it so the keyboard sliding does not turn on the device? I think the keyboard slides around a little when in my pocket and i hate pushing 3 buttons to unlock my phone... thanks
I was having the same problem.
This is an issue with the ATT rom. Flash over HTC rom and you will be all set.
I have been having the same problem as well. I just installed this DeviceLock program:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=305402
If you enable the "Lock on Wake" option, the device will be locked when it wakes up, so the backlight stays off and you won't call anyone by accidentally hitting buttons.
Also, I ran across this related thread you might want to check out (basically talking about the same thing, but for the TyTn II):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=341419
i thought i saw this thread somewhere but now i cant find it.
it has happened to some others as well. the camera app will only watch while the phone is awake. i have it set as on in the settings as well so that makes no sense.
anyone know a fix?
http://social.answers.microsoft.com...7/thread/e0a9e40d-f818-4391-b6bd-8cf4fc7260fa
So you have it switched on to wake up the phone while locked in the Pictures & Camera section in the settings panel?
Mine works fine, even though I have a password on the lock screen.
It works for me although you have to kinda press it really hard till it kinda vibrates and launches the app
But I noticied it works only when the phone is on the black screen.
If you press the phone power button and its on the lockscreen it wont launch
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It works for me although you have to kinda press it really hard till it kinda vibrates and launches the app
But I noticied it works only when the phone is on the black screen.
If you press the phone power button and its on the lockscreen it wont launch
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Yeah thats what i mean, its supposed to launch while locked also. That was one of the features of WP7 lol.
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So you have it switched on to wake up the phone while locked in the Pictures & Camera section in the settings panel?
Mine works fine, even though I have a password on the lock screen.
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yeah i tried it switched on and off, i have it on right now, and it wont work. so i dont know what the problem is.
thats weird.. it wasnt working, but i went to try it again and it vibrated and worked this phone is full of surprises ha
Really you need to press it hard, you can feel it like 2 steps, when you reach the second step just hold on, it will shake and work.
hi guys found a little secret reboot into safe mode option in stock 4.3
if you hold power button until the power off option appears then hold your finger on shut down and rotate the screen to horizontal , it switches to saying:
"reboot into safe mode? all apps disabled until rebooted again"
nice little trick to determined if your apps are causing lag.:good:
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hi guys found a little secret reboot into safe mode option in stock 4.3
if you hold power button until the power off option appears then hold your finger on shut down for a moment , it switches to saying:
"reboot into safe mode? all apps disabled until rebooted again"
nice little trick to determined if your apps are causing lag.:good:
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Fixed that for ya.
You don't need to rotate screen, just hold/tap a text a little bit longer.
chismay said:
hi guys found a little secret reboot into safe mode option in stock 4.3
if you hold power button until the power off option appears then hold your finger on shut down and rotate the screen to horizontal , it switches to saying:
"reboot into safe mode? all apps disabled until rebooted again"
nice little trick to determined if your apps are causing lag.:good:
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Hi, chismay...
There are a few half secret undocumented key presses in Android... and you've just stumbled upon one of 'em. Though you can skip the rotate screen part of it.
Two others that I know of, which are sort of half known...
Long press the Home Button in any app, and it will bring up a circular Google Button, swipe up to this button, and it fires up Google Search/Google Now. Very useful if, whilst in the middle of Temple Run, you want to Google the nearest pizza delivery service.
If you have the AOSP browser installed... in the browser, long press on the Back Button, and it brings up the Bookmarks/History/Saved Pages screen. This seems to work on any Android device running the AOSP browser. Sadly, however, it doesn't work with Chrome.
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If I remember correctly, Safe Mode was introduced with Jellybean 4.1. I became aware of it, quite accidentally, whilst running a Custom Jellybean 4.1.2 ROM on my Advent Vega about a year ago.
It's very useful, as you say, for identifying and then uninstalling potentially rogue apps, that might be interfering with the normal running of the tablet... as all user installed apps are temporarily suspended.
The only problem with it is, upon rebooting your tablet again normally, you tend to loose your widget placements... which can be a bit of a nuisance if you have several widgets, and each one has to be re-configured again afterwards. Very time consuming.
Although it's never happened to me, a rogue app could theoretically prevent the tablet from booting properly. In such a scenario, you can access Safe Mode from a fully shut down state, as follows...
QUOTE: "From a cold start boot (press & release Power button), wait 2 seconds after the B&W Google (bootloader) splash screen appears, then press and hold Vol-Down button until the normal OS boot is fully completed (lock screen or home screen appears)."
SOURCE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37606945
This requires a degree of precision timing, but it does work on the Nexus 7... and is very similar to how I access Safe Mode on my Samsung Galaxy S3, as the long press on the Power Off option doesn't work as it does on the Nexus 7.
Anyway... just some thoughts.
Rgrds,
Ged.
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Hi, chismay...
There are a few half secret undocumented key presses in Android... and you've just stumbled upon one of 'em. Though you can skip the rotate screen part of it.
Two others that I know of, which are sort of half known...
Long press the Home Button in any app, and it will bring up a circular Google Button, swipe up to this button, and it fires up Google Search/Google Now. Very useful if, whilst in the middle of Temple Run, you want to Google the nearest pizza delivery service.
If you have the AOSP browser installed... in the browser, long press on the Back Button, and it brings up the Bookmarks/History/Saved Pages screen. This seems to work on any Android device running the AOSP browser. Sadly, however, it doesn't work with Chrome.
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If I remember correctly, Safe Mode was introduced with Jellybean 4.1. I became aware of it, quite accidentally, whilst running a Custom Jellybean 4.1.2 ROM on my Advent Vega about a year ago.
It's very useful, as you say, for identifying and then uninstalling potentially rogue apps, that might be interfering with the normal running of the tablet... as all user installed apps are temporarily suspended.
The only problem with it is, upon rebooting your tablet again normally, you tend to loose your widget placements... which can be a bit of a nuisance if you have several widgets, and each one has to be re-configured again afterwards. Very time consuming.
Although it's never happened to me, a rogue app could theoretically prevent the tablet from booting properly. In such a scenario, you can access Safe Mode from a fully shut down state, as follows...
QUOTE: "From a cold start boot (press & release Power button), wait 2 seconds after the B&W Google (bootloader) splash screen appears, then press and hold Vol-Down button until the normal OS boot is fully completed (lock screen or home screen appears)."
SOURCE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37606945
This requires a degree of precision timing, but it does work on the Nexus 7... and is very similar to how I access Safe Mode on my Samsung Galaxy S3, as the long press on the Power Off option doesn't work as it does on the Nexus 7.
Anyway... just some thoughts.
Rgrds,
Ged.
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cool i didnt know about the safe reboot from complete shut down, good to know:good:
Anyone else got lag when pressing their home button?
Last night it took about 20 seconds from pressing the home button to displaying my home screen.
I'm using Nova Launcher.
Do you use greenify or home bot?
vinokirk said:
Anyone else got lag when pressing their home button?
Last night it took about 20 seconds from pressing the home button to displaying my home screen.
I'm using Nova Launcher.
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Mine seems to have infinite lag. I cannot for the life of me find the home button! I might stick one on off an iPhone 5s. That has a fingerprint reader in it, therefore solving the "FP reader at the back" problem.
Seriously though, it will be something eating ram Im guessing. I use Nova prime and have zero lag. But then again, I don`t have "Sh*tstirringbook", "InsTITSgram" or "Snapc0ck" installed.
My wifes S7E slows to a crawl when she has these "apps" on.
Might be worth a look.
I agree those apps are so heavy they freeze up every single phone over time even iPhone. You need to clear the app cache or reinstall them and the lag will be gone
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Mine seems to have infinite lag. I cannot for the life of me find the home button! I might stick one on off an iPhone 5s. That has a fingerprint reader in it, therefore solving the "FP reader at the back" problem.
Seriously though, it will be something eating ram Im guessing. I use Nova prime and have zero lag. But then again, I don`t have "Sh*tstirringbook", "InsTITSgram" or "Snapc0ck" installed.
My wifes S7E slows to a crawl when she has these "apps" on.
Might be worth a look.
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Those sickenning infections are the first things to get rid of, if present as bloatware!
vinokirk said:
Anyone else got lag when pressing their home button?
Last night it took about 20 seconds from pressing the home button to displaying my home screen.
I'm using Nova Launcher.
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Using Nova here too and no lag at all. What Rom/kernel are you on? Or stock?
I have no lag. My phone is fassssttttt and I have a **** load of apps.
happens to me occasionally. clear cache and recent used app helps.
ever since i restarted my "daily morning restart-phone ritual", havent been doing that since i stopped using blackberry (which is termed battery pull because that is the only way to really restart the bloody phone and takes 30 minutes to boot up) i havent seen such lag.
Did anyone get this working? Was going to do a factory reset to see if that would fix it, but if no one has it working then I'm sure that won't help.
Hold down power button 1 second to activate Google assistant.
I find it's a bit hit and miss but it works.
Timing has to be very precise.
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Lol How precise can you be. Press power one second and Google assistant should open. Shouldnt be that hard for them to implement correctly.
The split screen gesture is a joke. Sooooo frustrating. I'm sure I'm going to get a bruise on my knuckle I've tried so many times to get it working. Probably works 5% of the time for me.
Oh as well, the gesture to go one handed mode (pull in from the corner) usualy works for me most of the time, but what is stupid is that it also activates Google assistant too! Why would the same gesture do 2 things.