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Torch functionality from GS4 Active?

Anyone know if a mod exists yet to give the same functionality thst the gs4 active has? Screen off long hold volume up enables flashlight. Thanks
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Look at nottachs xposed mod. It has it as an option. Working on my SGH-I337M
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pfriederichs said:
Anyone know if a mod exists yet to give the same functionality thst the gs4 active has? Screen off long hold volume up enables flashlight. Thanks
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Yea ours does it too there are a couple different guides out there just look for them you will find them
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I don't know about the Active, but on the regular S4 the LED light from the "hold volume up button" is noticeably dimmer than when you activate it with apps. I'm using the Notification Toggle app from the Play Store to put the LED toggle in the notification panel. It's nearly as convenient as using the volume button and it's brighter without any risk of accidental activation in your pocket.

Psykologikal said:
Look at nottachs xposed mod. It has it as an option. Working on my SGH-I337M
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Yea it does have that option, just not the volume up with the screen off. You have to hold the brightness slider icon in the notification panel to activate it.

Not to be a bother, but I notice it works on some peoples phones and not others. Is there a special thing that needs to be done to get the vol-up for torch working? I know how to get to the secret settings, and they're set for me. It doesn't light up for me . Any advice?
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I'm running stock rooted with Xposed and Nottach Xposed

Use power toggles from playstore. The best
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Little Bigboy said:
Yea it does have that option, just not the volume up with the screen off. You have to hold the brightness slider icon in the notification panel to activate it.
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NottachXposed has both of those options. The volume up function is in the Lockscreen settings. You actually don't need Nottach to access it. It's just a convenient shortcut.
mtran2988 said:
Not to be a bother, but I notice it works on some peoples phones and not others. Is there a special thing that needs to be done to get the vol-up for torch working? I know how to get to the secret settings, and they're set for me. It doesn't light up for me . Any advice?
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I'm running stock rooted with Xposed and Nottach Xposed
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I think you need a deodexed ROM. Didn't work for me until I flashed the Mint Jelly ROM (which I recommend :good.

GTRagnarok said:
NottachXposed has both of those options. The volume up function is in the Lockscreen settings. You actually don't need Nottach to access it. It's just a convenient shortcut.
I think you need a deodexed ROM. Didn't work for me until I flashed the Mint Jelly ROM (which I recommend :good.
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Alright, i'll give that a try. Not opposed to flashing roms, especially if they remove all this Samsung + ATT bloatware Thanks for your help.

Just an update.
I'm not sure if it was having a deodex rom, or just simply being on Android 4.2.2 (Might be the case). But my light is working now with screen off!
EDIT:
One more thing. Enabling this setting will create a wakelock that'll keep your phone at the lowest mhz you set it to instead of letting it go into deep sleep. It's a nice setting, but at the battery cost... it's something that isn't good enough for me yet. I have a profile setup in tasker for TelsaLED on with a shake on the locked homescreen to try my best and mimic this functionality (I was looking for something that starts up at boot, and flips the LED on from lockscreen). I know there's another flashlight that does this as well, but I ran into the problem of it not booting on startup, where as I use Tasker for other functionality so it starts up 100% of the time. It's not 100% since the LED takes a little to flip on... but it's better than having to unlock.
JUST an FYI to save people the feeling of underwhelming when it starts sapping your battery mercilessly!

mtran2988 said:
Just an update.
I'm not sure if it was having a deodex rom, or just simply being on Android 4.2.2 (Might be the case). But my light is working now with screen off!
EDIT:
One more thing. Enabling this setting will create a wakelock that'll keep your phone at the lowest mhz you set it to instead of letting it go into deep sleep. It's a nice setting, but at the battery cost... it's something that isn't good enough for me yet. I have a profile setup in tasker for TelsaLED on with a shake on the locked homescreen to try my best and mimic this functionality (I was looking for something that starts up at boot, and flips the LED on from lockscreen). I know there's another flashlight that does this as well, but I ran into the problem of it not booting on startup, where as I use Tasker for other functionality so it starts up 100% of the time. It's not 100% since the LED takes a little to flip on... but it's better than having to unlock.
JUST an FYI to save people the feeling of underwhelming when it starts sapping your battery mercilessly!
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thats absolutly not true, i use the feature on nottachs xposed app and my phone goes into DEEP SLEEP using ktz kernel,and there is another mod that u can use called 3 minit but you need framework but that has torch when the lock screen is on by pressing the home button,but i found i would have the light on by accident ,idk how but it would jsut be on with that mod.

3 minit work pretty well you can set it to long press home
Try flashlight led genius from playstore , no root need , you shake it when your on the lockscreen,awesome app

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42422670
No need for framework changes or xposed

djmouse said:
thats absolutly not true, i use the feature on nottachs xposed app and my phone goes into DEEP SLEEP using ktz kernel,and there is another mod that u can use called 3 minit but you need framework but that has torch when the lock screen is on by pressing the home button,but i found i would have the light on by accident ,idk how but it would jsut be on with that mod.
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I'm going to stick with what I think then. After I flip on the light.. it never goes back into deep sleep. Try it yourself. I'll take a look at 3 minit
FYI the wakelock it made was PhoneWindowManager.mTorchlightWakeLock

This is a feature in CM10.1. You can add it under lock screen options for long press home button. Absolutely love it.

mbc663 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42422670
No need for framework changes or xposed
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It doesn't seem to work for everyone.

scott14719 said:
It doesn't seem to work for everyone.
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I think your Android version needs to be 4.2.2 to do the torchlight thing through Nova. I could be wrong though.

Ok another update on this.
Since djmouse wasnt getting any sort of wakelock, I decided to try again getting it working. I enabled it through xposed instead of the nova shortcut.... and for some reason it's letting me go to deep sleep now! ... I also flashed crossbreeder... so that might be the savior. Not sure, but happy to report the wakelock seems to be lifted. I'll report back after a few days if it stays that way.
THanks djmouse for challenging me to try it again!

Using an app called Torchie, just press both 'volume buttons' together to turn on/off torch anytime. It runs as a background service and just works anytime, even when screen off (if enabled from Torchie Settings). It kinda make your phone feel like a conventional battery operated torch. No root required.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.blogspot.anselmbros.torchie
XDA Thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-torchie-torch-volume-buttons-anytime-t3270230

[Q] Disabling Notification on HtcPowerManager.apk

Is there a way to disable the notification that is always there in the drop down notification bar? I go to the settings and the option to disable it is greyed out. I don't want to remove it, because I like it how it is. But I really hate seeing it every time I pull down the notification bar. I tried following steps at http://teamdirt.me/showthread.php?126-Disable-Power-Saver_Notification but I guess I'm a noobie at decompiling. I used apk manager and it just gives me the files, not the code that the directions show. What do I need to do to do it properly? Thank you to anyone who reads this.

If you are on 4.3 it doesn't show up unless Enabled, if you are rooted and on 4.3 then you can use Disable Service to disable the notification service through that app. If on 4.1 then it shows when both Enabled AND Disabled so then you can use that same app if rooted to disable the Noti Service. Now, if you aren't rooted then all you need to do is go ahead and Force Stop the app through Settings but will have to Force Stop every time the Status of the Power Management changes. Going this route, same as with the rooted method, will still Power Management and Power Saver to run but not show the Noti Icon.

if you're rooted, we have a mod in our mod pack to remove it from notifications

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If you are on 4.3 it doesn't show up unless Enabled, if you are rooted and on 4.3 then you can use Disable Service to disable the notification service through that app. If on 4.1 then it shows when both Enabled AND Disabled so then you can use that same app if rooted to disable the Noti Service. Now, if you aren't rooted then all you need to do is go ahead and Force Stop the app through Settings but will have to Force Stop every time the Status of the Power Management changes. Going this route, same as with the rooted method, will still Power Management and Power Saver to run but not show the Noti Icon.
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Thanks a bunch, using the disable service app really did the trick.

Shentok said:
Thanks a bunch, using the disable service app really did the trick.
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You're welcome, I personally do not like installing modifications or modifying system apps due to the high risk of messing something else up but with that app it only disables that service instead of removing it which I am perfectly fine with.

What Xposed features do you miss most on 5.0?

First off, let me say that I am overall happy with how rooted 5.0 has been running. The battery life seems fine (at least better than the mess that 4.4.4 was for me), and the phone seems to be running smoother on the whole, though that may or may not just be placebo.
The one reason I was weary of updating was the loss of Xposed functionality. While this has mostly only led to a few minor annoyances (such as the inability to hide specific notifications and toasts), the most annoying loss I've noticed thus far has been the ability to disable the home button screen wake. Now, my phone once again is constantly woken up in my pocket. To avoid music skips and accidental calls, I have had to disable the phone shortcuts and lockscreen notifications. Ideally, I could just disable the screen waking action of the button and avoid a lockscreen altogether, but for now it mostly just adds a lot of unnecessary swiping to my day.
I wouldn't say I regret the upgrade, because the PROs seem to outweigh the CONs. What has your experience been?

I miss App Settings. Being able to set individual DPI for apps was amazing, since I like to use a 380 DPI, and that breaks the camera pretty hard and makes the phone app look pretty wonky.
Amplify was also amazing for my battery, as of right now, my phone battery is being eaten up by some android system process constantly holding a connection to something. I've already disabled a bunch of stuff, but I can't find this rogue app. Wakelock Detector is also not working, not sure if anyone else has this option.
Wanam Xposed was a huge help for fixing a lot of inconveniences with this phone, such as dialog boxes for everything like Airplane Mode and Data. Also, losing a Data notification toggle hurt, and I still wonder why it isn't default.

There is a way to disable home button wake through editing a system file with a root explorer. Google it, if you can't find it I will find the exact file and walk you through it.
Same thing with adding back the data toggle.

122ninjas said:
I miss App Settings. Being able to set individual DPI for apps was amazing, since I like to use a 380 DPI, and that breaks the camera pretty hard and makes the phone app look pretty wonky.
Amplify was also amazing for my battery, as of right now, my phone battery is being eaten up by some android system process constantly holding a connection to something. I've already disabled a bunch of stuff, but I can't find this rogue app. Wakelock Detector is also not working, not sure if anyone else has this option.
Wanam Xposed was a huge help for fixing a lot of inconveniences with this phone, such as dialog boxes for everything like Airplane Mode and Data. Also, losing a Data notification toggle hurt, and I still wonder why it isn't default.
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With SQLite Editor you can add the Mobile Data toggle and many others. Must be rooted

I thought XPOSED framework was ported over to Lolipop?

artisticcheese said:
I thought XPOSED framework was ported over to Lolipop?
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Only AOSP, it does not work with Touchwiz.

They're working on it though

d34thbl00m said:
There is a way to disable home button wake through editing a system file with a root explorer. Google it, if you can't find it I will find the exact file and walk you through it.
Same thing with adding back the data toggle.
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I've tried editing the gpio-keys.kl file under system/usr/keylayout, but it doesn't seem to have any effect even after rebooting.
The line in question reads
172 HOME WAKE_DROPPED
I have tried removing parts or the entirety of the line, but the button responds the same either way.

I miss the ability to disable the annoying battery cover and USB cover warnings.
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jerrys0828 said:
I've tried editing the gpio-keys.kl file under system/usr/keylayout, but it doesn't seem to have any effect even after rebooting.
The line in question reads
172 HOME WAKE_DROPPED
I have tried removing parts or the entirety of the line, but the button responds the same either way.
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Trying changing the one under qwerty.kl also.

johnkirchner said:
I miss the ability to disable the annoying battery cover and USB cover warnings.
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Use Titanium to freeze PopupuiReceiver

The three big ones I've always used - GravityBox, Youtube Ad Free and Amplify.
Battery life isnt terrible on Lollipop, I float around 2.4-2.8%/hr with minimal use but yesterday being out and about I was at 4.5%/hr, amplify helps with that because that stupid ass NlpWakeLock is constantly waking the phone up. Sure I can disable location services but why should I have to lose functions to save battery?!??

johnkirchner said:
I miss the ability to disable the annoying battery cover and USB cover warnings.
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Freeze PopUpUiReciever in Titanium Backup

I miss Youtube Adaway, the Xposed only Greenify features, and Snapshare.

I miss the Wanam Xposed modules, Xprivacy, and "Remove Restricted Notifications" - I have background data disabled, and that constant notification is killing me

App Settings, Wanam, and YouTube Adaway are big ones for me.

Definitely YouTube adaway.

gus2144 said:
Definitely YouTube adaway.
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Yeah, I had forgotten how annoying those ads are.

Anyone know the status of a working Xposed for L?

d34thbl00m said:
Anyone know the status of a working Xposed for L?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
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Gestures

Hi, first of all, sorry my eng. I have a problem with the gestures of MIUI 10, I come from OP 5T, and I used the gestures, that was from 3 positions from bottom (bottom left, center and right) on MI 9, the gestures (as u maybe know) are botton center, and the 2 sides from the screen, and I can't get use of it because I dont like. So here go the question
Is possible to change the gestures on the phone? Like a setting or sort of, without third apps?
I have the bootloader unlocked and rooted with last magisk, so im open to modules and rooted things.
Thanks.
Edit: I buy and installed Vivid N.G. but sometimes the app fail and I lose the gestures and have to reset the device because dont have navigation buttons enabled.

I bought the same app(Vivid N.G.) and have been using it for a month.
The problem you're talking about is that the app has been forced to close.
The solution is...
First,
Make background settings unlimited in the setup app.
The default setting will be MIUI Battery Saver.
Second,
on the multitasking screen, press the navigation app on the lock icon to prevent it being forced to close.
I've been writing it for a month, just like I said.
I've never had a problem unless I intentionally shut down the app.

coey0814 said:
I bought the same app(Vivid N.G.) and have been using it for a month.
The problem you're talking about is that the app has been forced to close.
The solution is...
First,
Make background settings unlimited in the setup app.
The default setting will be MIUI Battery Saver.
Second,
on the multitasking screen, press the navigation app on the lock icon to prevent it being forced to close.
I've been writing it for a month, just like I said.
I've never had a problem unless I intentionally shut down the app.
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Nice! I'll try, thanks for your help

MIUI 11.0.1 killing apps and notifications nightmare.

Hi everyone.
I've recently got a 9T pro for it's great camera and features. It's got MIUI 11.0.1 global rom (non-rooted).
However, I'm having a nightmare to deal with it's issue of killing background apps. I need apps, especially Calendar events, Gmail notification to pop-up and stay there until I cancel/snooze them, but the notifications either never pop-up or if on rare occasions they do, they are quickly forced closed once the screen is locked.
Now I would say I'm pretty advanced user for android phones, but this issue is totally baffling me. I've so far:
Enabled Permissions for ALL apps.
Disabled Battery restrictions for ALL apps
Checked all notifications and made sure they were all enabled.
Developer Options > Disable MIUI optimisations
I'm still having the same issues, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

You might just want to upgrade your rom. Those early versions of 11 were extremely buggy.

Don't disable MIUI optimisations! Just disable battery restrictions on apps you don't want to be closed, enable autostart on those apps and in recents menu lock apps you want to keep runing in background.

Thanks very much guys for your assistance.
turbine - I've already tried to do an OTA update, but it states that there are no further updates as yet. I assume this is down to my service provider? In which case, how do I get the latest version?
mnmchill - I thought miui optimisation where it aggressively closes down apps?
I've already disabled battery restrictions and enabled autostart for every single app.
What do you mean by lock the app, because I can't find such option on mine?? How do I get to it?
Cheers.

xiaomiui said:
Thanks very much guys for your assistance.
turbine - I've already tried to do an OTA update, but it states that there are no further updates as yet. I assume this is down to my service provider? In which case, how do I get the latest version?
mnmchill - I thought miui optimisation where it aggressively closes down apps?
I've already disabled battery restrictions and enabled autostart for every single app.
What do you mean by lock the app, because I can't find such option on mine?? How do I get to it?
Cheers.
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MIUI optimisation is now for a lot more than just killing apps and your system will not be stable if you turn it off. New MIUI betas don't even have an option to turn it off so in some time if will be unabled to turn it off on all new MIUI versions since turning it off makes more harm than good.
Locking app in memory is the first thing you should do to keep apps not killed. I thought you already knew about it so I mentioned it last while I was giving you suggestions. Basically you just open Recent menu and you'll see there windows of apps you opened recently. Now just hold your finger for a 1-2 seconds on a window of app you don't want to be killed and 3 options will pop out and you just choose option with padlock icon. That way app will be always in the background and will never be killed(battery optimisation must also be turned off for that app, of course). Do this procedure for all your apps you don't want to be killed and that's it since you just need to do it once per app.

MnMchill said:
MIUI optimisation is now for a lot more than just killing apps and your system will not be stable if you turn it off. New MIUI betas don't even have an option to turn it off so in some time if will be unabled to turn it off on all new MIUI versions since turning it off makes more harm than good.
Locking app in memory is the first thing you should do to keep apps not killed. I thought you already knew about it so I mentioned it last while I was giving you suggestions. Basically you just open Recent menu and you'll see there windows of apps you opened recently. Now just hold your finger for a 1-2 seconds on a window of app you don't want to be killed and 3 options will pop out and you just choose option with padlock icon. That way app will be always in the background and will never be killed(battery optimisation must also be turned off for that app, of course). Do this procedure for all your apps you don't want to be killed and that's it since you just need to do it once per app.
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Hi! I thought the miui optimisation was very aggressive for memory related events & had opted to keep disabled since miui 6 & later on..
What changed in miui 11 onwards ? Where can I read the latest info on it?

MnMchill said:
MIUI optimisation is now for a lot more than just killing apps and your system will not be stable if you turn it off. New MIUI betas don't even have an option to turn it off so in some time if will be unabled to turn it off on all new MIUI versions since turning it off makes more harm than good.
Locking app in memory is the first thing you should do to keep apps not killed. I thought you already knew about it so I mentioned it last while I was giving you suggestions. Basically you just open Recent menu and you'll see there windows of apps you opened recently. Now just hold your finger for a 1-2 seconds on a window of app you don't want to be killed and 3 options will pop out and you just choose option with padlock icon. That way app will be always in the background and will never be killed(battery optimisation must also be turned off for that app, of course). Do this procedure for all your apps you don't want to be killed and that's it since you just need to do it once per app.
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Ahh right. I'm sorry, but maybe I'm old school, but I called this option task switcher/task manager
I've now padlocked the relevant apps, but the menu recents still allows me to get rid of the app by swiping my finger across it, but the padlock otherwise stays on.. Does this mean it'll still be running in the background?
I've already disabled battery optimisation for all apps.

I red it on Mi 9T Pro telegram channel where one developer explained and, to make it short, basically he wrote that disabling MIUI optimisation on latest MIUI versions doesn't change much and that its cons definitely outweigh its pros. Also latest MIUI beta versions have that option enabled by default and removed from developer options and it's impossible to turn it off. Some day that beta will become stable MIUI version so no one will be able to disable it anyway.
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xiaomiui said:
Ahh right. I'm sorry, but maybe I'm old school, but I called this option task switcher/task manager
I've now padlocked the relevant apps, but the menu recents still allows me to get rid of the app by swiping my finger across it, but the padlock otherwise stays on.. Does this mean it'll still be running in the background?
I've already disabled battery optimisation for all apps.
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If apps stay at recents menu after you press X at the bottom of recents menu then they will always run in background but if you manually remove app from recents by swiping your finger across it then you manually killed that app so it won't run in background anymore.

Turbine1991 said:
You might just want to upgrade your rom. Those early versions of 11 were extremely buggy.
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That is the most recent(and only actually) stable version on Global

MnMchill said:
I red it on Mi 9T Pro telegram channel where one developer explained and, to make it short, basically he wrote that disabling MIUI optimisation on latest MIUI versions doesn't change much and that its cons definitely outweigh its pros. Also latest MIUI beta versions have that option enabled by default and removed from developer options and it's impossible to turn it off. Some day that beta will become stable MIUI version so no one will be able to disable it anyway.
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If apps stay at recents menu after you press X at the bottom of recents menu then they will always run in background but if you manually remove app from recents by swiping your finger across it then you manually killed that app so it won't run in background anymore.
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Thanks for clarifying this. Since your helpful advice, my phone seems to show notifications much more often. I'll need to try it for a bit longer. I'm not too happy with the fact that if I swipe my finger accidentally, I'll end up closing the app especially if it's got a padlock icon enabled.
Also, even though I've selected that my notifications and their content be shown, they are not appearing on the locked screen. Any idea how to fix this?
Thanks very much!