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First of all let me say that I am a brand new owner of a Captivate (switched from iPhone 3GS) and I'm absolutely loving it. I used to be a big user of jailbreak apps so naturally I've been diving right into the modding community of Android. I was just wondering and this may be a tired, old topic but is there any way at all to change the backlight period on the capacitive buttons. Like maybe set them so they only turn off when the screen is locked? Its not too big of a deal (I've had the phone for 2 days now and have already learned their positions for the most part) but it'd be a nice tweak to have. I'm using BLN already so I know theres someway to control the buttons but haven't been able to find such a tweak. Any help would be great thanks!
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First of all let me say that I am a brand new owner of a Captivate (switched from iPhone 3GS) and I'm absolutely loving it. I used to be a big user of jailbreak apps so naturally I've been diving right into the modding community of Android. I was just wondering and this may be a tired, old topic but is there any way at all to change the backlight period on the capacitive buttons. Like maybe set them so they only turn off when the screen is locked? Its not too big of a deal (I've had the phone for 2 days now and have already learned their positions for the most part) but it'd be a nice tweak to have. I'm using BLN already so I know theres someway to control the buttons but haven't been able to find such a tweak. Any help would be great thanks!
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http://www.appbrain.com/app/keep-the-lights-on-pro/com.kin.KeepTheLightsOnPro
"Keep the Lights On" is also available through a normal Market search.
Thank you so much guys that did the trick
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Google dropped the ball on this one. First, no gps button. Second, the buttons that do exist only take you to a menu (ie, the wifi menu) from where you can actually turn things on or off. Also, apparently no ability to customize whats in the quick settings.
With all the great implementations of quick settings available in both custom roms and widgets, google had a lot of great ideas from which it could have modeled its own quick settings, but somehow it managed to put out this worthless piece of garbage. I think most people will have to keep using widgetsoid or notification toggle and google's quick setting will almost never be used. What a disgrace.
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Add it to the other thread. ib4tl
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BennyJr said:
Add it to the other thread. ib4tl
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Another thread on how bad quick settings sucks? Link? If so my bad.
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The kind of people who want to badly customize it, is also the kind of people who do not need settings to do it.
I'm fine with it, if anything it'll probably only take the CM team a few minutes to change the functionality of it.
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The kind of people who want to badly customize it, is also the kind of people who do not need settings to do it.
I'm fine with it, if anything it'll probably only take the CM team a few minutes to change the functionality of it.
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I agree. If anything, it gives a new platform/base for CM or other developers to build upon and a pretty spiffy one at that. I think it's a great first release for a feature. Just because you can see the future of it in current roms or inherently tell where it's going doesn't mean it shouldn't be a welcomed improvement. Could they have made it better? Of course, but that's not a reason to overreact and call it a "disgrace".
Yeah, I don't know what they're thinking. The buttons should obviously be toggles for quickly turning things on and off, not shortcuts to various settings menus. That's what the regular settings button in the notification shade is for. I was really excited when I first heard about this feature, since I expected Google to do the logical thing and put a bunch of useful toggles in there, but what they've ended up doing seems pretty pointless to me.
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I agree. If anything, it gives a new platform/base for CM or other developers to build upon and a pretty spiffy one at that. I think it's a great first release for a feature. Just because you can see the future of it in current roms or inherently tell where it's going doesn't mean it shouldn't be a welcomed improvement. Could they have made it better? Of course, but that's not a reason to overreact and call it a "disgrace".
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A great first release? I think it's a horrid first release. It takes as many clicks to turn wifi on or off in this implementation as it does under the current ics or jelly bean 4.1 without the so-called quick settings. Moreover, this is hardly a new feature. It has been around in roms and widgets literally for years. People want one-touch access to the most commonly used settings, and this so-called quick settings fails to provide that. And who the heck made the decision not to put gps in there?
Even as a first release, Google should have surveyed what is currently out there and tried to make its implementation at least as useful. I think it utterly failed. If you don't, I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
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Yeah, I don't know what they're thinking. The buttons should obviously be toggles for quickly turning things on and off, not shortcuts to various settings menus. That's what the regular settings button in the notification shade is for. I was really excited when I first heard about this feature, since I expected Google to do the logical thing and put a bunch of useful toggles in there, but what they've ended up doing seems pretty pointless to me.
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Thank you... I am not sure how anyone could disagree. Yeah, the two fingers to swipe down is cool, and maybe people think it looks nifty, but functionality is nearly nonexistent. And isn't functionality what android users demand first and foremost? If I want a beautiful but useless user interface, I'll look to apple.
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Do like me, ignore them and hope CM will keep what they are doing best...
I liked the idea of swiping twice to bring a second notification shade down. But yeah, them just linking to settings pages sucks a little. The ideal setting is to tap to toggle or hold to dive in and change settings in detail.
Ever since I found about about most settings just directing you to the appropriate settings menu, I was also disappointed.
The only proper toggle I think there is brightness, it brings up a little popup in the middle of the screen with a slider.
google's probably going to update it soon
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Google ******* fails again...
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With screen lock disabled (no password/pin/pattern/face), I find that slide to unlock does not work. What I mean is that a simple touch (anywhere), unlocks the device.
Is this normal behaviour ?
Thats is wierd, you should still need to slide somewhere ... can u post a quick video ?
You sure you're not sliding somewhere? You don't have to slide from the lock, you can pull up from the middle left of the screen or wherever you please..
This does sound odd if you're just tapping . Like the v-b-n said, is there a chance you can post a video?
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I'll take a video with my old phone in a few mins. Need to charge it.
Is there any specific parts of my phone you want to see or just the unlock bit ?
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I'll take a video with my old phone in a few mins. Need to charge it.
Is there any specific parts of my phone you want to see or just the unlock bit ?
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I can't seem to find any option that disables slide to unlock, so at this point, no.. Just go ahead and demonstrate the touch to unlock if it unlocks, i dont know what to tell you to be honest :s looks like a defect
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It's uploading now.
I'm pretty sure I noticed this before on stock, I am running a custom kernel and ROM. ARHD 7.3 and faux123 kernel. I don't necessarily want to revert back just to confirm it.
http://youtu.be/4jB4-i4NBAU
Sorry for the random blur. Autofocus lol
I believe it has something to do with some assistive stuff. Saw an earlier thread about it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264360
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That's what it was. I had Tasker and Pebble enabled in the accessibility section. Disabling those, gave me proper slide to unlock. But that's dumb, because now Tasker and Pebble won't work properly (especially Pebble).
but that did solve it.
Thanks samflorin!
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That's what it was. I had Tasker and Pebble enabled in the accessibility section. Disabling those, gave me proper slide to unlock. But that's dumb, because now Tasker and Pebble won't work properly (especially Pebble).
but that did solve it.
Thanks samflorin!
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Glad you got it all working!
I was thinking if accessibility options but taking a look at mine, I couldn't find anything that would interfere or cause similar problems.
What exactly are you using Tasker for? I have Tasker enabled, but the Tasker JB option is disabled. Tasker is working properly in my case
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WolfDale7 said:
Glad you got it all working!
I was thinking if accessibility options but taking a look at mine, I couldn't find anything that would interfere or cause similar problems.
What exactly are you using Tasker for? I have Tasker enabled, but the Tasker JB option is disabled. Tasker is working properly in my case
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I believe Tasker needs accessiblity for access app information like K9 mail. I can probably live without that, but Pebble notifications, that's hard to ignore because the watch itself is useless without it.
efox29 said:
I believe Tasker needs accessiblity for access app information like K9 mail. I can probably live without that, but Pebble notifications, that's hard to ignore because the watch itself is useless without it.
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Quite interesting... Odd to see Pebble breaking it..
I'd rather live with tap to unlock than without Pebble.
Maybe try widgetlocker or try go locker with some kind of sense theme.
No need for root. Won't be as seamless, might take up more battery, but you get proper functionality
A little off topic, what do you think of Pebble?
Personally, I think the functionality on paper is pretty good, but i dont see myself wearing it because of the looks (i like more circular, military style, all black, discrete stealth watches)..
And then just wait for HTC or Pebble dw
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efox29 said:
That's what it was. I had Tasker and Pebble enabled in the accessibility section. Disabling those, gave me proper slide to unlock. But that's dumb, because now Tasker and Pebble won't work properly (especially Pebble).
but that did solve it.
Thanks samflorin!
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Hello,
Someone mentioned this as being a bug. Hopefully it will be fixed in a future firmware upgrade.
Enjoy your device
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Quite interesting... Odd to see Pebble breaking it..
I'd rather live with tap to unlock than without Pebble.
Maybe try widgetlocker or try go locker with some kind of sense theme.
No need for root. Won't be as seamless, might take up more battery, but you get proper functionality
A little off topic, what do you think of Pebble?
Personally, I think the functionality on paper is pretty good, but i dont see myself wearing it because of the looks (i like more circular, military style, all black, discrete stealth watches)..
And then just wait for HTC or Pebble dw
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The watch is good. It's my third smart watch. I have a MetaWatch digital and Analog as well. For a more elegant look, I prefer the Metawatch analog, but for a day to day @ work and stuff, the pebble is great. I hardly use my Metawatch digital. The pebble feels very...plastic. Not very good build quality if im being honest, but Metawatch...amazing build quality. Feels proper.
I found a work around for it. It requires root access, Tasker and Secure Settings.
What I did was create a Context that is activated when the display is on and then using Secure Settings, disable all Accessibility for all events. As an exit task, I re-enable all my accessibility apps.
Now when i turn on my display, I actually have to slide to unlock.
Hey guys,
I'm a fairly new XZ user, long time android user since Nexus One days.
When I got my XZ, it came free with a really nice flip case cover. I really want to use some kinda "smart cover" so that I wouldn't have to keep pressing the power button. Soooo... a little digging led me to this app which I've been using for a while.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danielkao.autoscreenonoff
You can turn the screen on/off simply by using the proximity sensor.
Do make sure to check the following:
1) Temp disable in landscape
2) Power Save mode (works great with the XZ)
It doesn't consume battery, I've been testing for a week now and it barely drains 1% in 12 hours usage.
It does get a little annoying though if you tend to forget the proximity sensor, so do bear that in mind.
Currently I'm trying to figure out a way to turn it on when screen is off, and turn it off when screen is on. I'll update this when I do.
Try e-robot from google market. Most complex and handy application i've ever seen.
"E-Robot" - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bartat.android.robot
Possibilities like endless. Do what ever you what, when ever you want.
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eryen said:
Try e-robot from google market. Most complex and handy application i've ever seen.
"E-Robot" - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bartat.android.robot
Possibilities like endless. Do what ever you what, when ever you want.
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Yep, that looks good. I use Llama instead though for things like that.
At times when i unlock my phone i get this message stating my touch input is locked. How do i fix this?
Androidwarrior said:
At times when i unlock my phone i get this message stating my touch input is locked. How do i fix this?
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The function prevent accidently part of body skin touches the phone screen when the phone in pocket. To disable, go to Display > Block Accidental touches.
Androidwarrior said:
At times when i unlock my phone i get this message stating my touch input is locked. How do i fix this?
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Something is covering the sensor on the top of the phone. Either clean it and make sure nothing is covering it when you wake your phone or disable the block accidental touches feature
Androidwarrior said:
At times when i unlock my phone i get this message stating my touch input is locked. How do i fix this?
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Not to be a jerk but you could've answered your own question by simply using the search function in settings. Before you could fully type "Touch input" it will have narrowed it down to the setting you were looking for.
That setting search function is an awesome tool with all the options we have.
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Not to be a bigger jerk after i couldn't figure it out by typing and googling it i figure and it being a new phone and all why not let me ask the XDA community under the Answers and questions. Yea thanks for your thoughts greatly appreciated.
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That setting search function is an awesome tool with all the options we have.
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Lol you typed it everywhere but the settings search bar? Roger got ya.
So umm yeah, setting search. Excellent tool. Glad to be of help
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TechOut said:
Something is covering the sensor on the top of the phone. Either clean it and make sure nothing is covering it when you wake your phone or disable the block accidental touches feature
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Thanks i will clean it and make sure nothing is obstructing the sensor.
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sasmuhd said:
The function prevent accidently part of body skin touches the phone screen when the phone in pocket. To disable, go to Display > Block Accidental touches.
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Thanks i will take a look at that setting.
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I have this issue. There is obviously nothing blocking the sensor, but this message pops up in a stuttering manner for a few seconds.
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Maybe you misunderstood or completely misread my message of how i searched and couldn't find it myself. So after I've exhausted my efforts to "figure it out myself".
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No I read that you did everything you could. The sad thing is typing on the literal text in the setting search would've taken you right to the answer.
I just wish you put as much effort in the "exhaustive search", as you put into griping about good advice..
I mean you could just take a gander at the screen shots and see how easy it is.
Nevermind next time you get a pop up that's too hard to decipher, you can make the daunting task of searching settings.
And that's how you fish.
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I have this issue. There is obviously nothing blocking the sensor, but this message pops up in a stuttering manner for a few seconds.
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Having this issue as well. I like the feature so I will deal with the weirdness. Whenever I plug in my charger my screen flickers with that message about 8-10 times within 2 seconds then goes away.
mikevipe said:
Having this issue as well. I like the feature so I will deal with the weirdness. Whenever I plug in my charger my screen flickers with that message about 8-10 times within 2 seconds then goes away.
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have you tried another charger /cable?
i know back in the days when i had a bad charger i would getting small zapps and phantom touches on the screen
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I have this issue. There is obviously nothing blocking the sensor, but this message pops up in a stuttering manner for a few seconds.
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Daniehabazin said:
have you tried another charger /cable?
i know back in the days when i had a bad charger i would getting small zapps and phantom touches on the screen
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That's good information but in my case it happens with the new charger that came with the Note 9. My car charger and my old Note 8 charger
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That's good information but in my case it happens with the new charger that came with the Note 9. My car charger and my old Note 8 charger
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that's to bad, hopefully it's a software bug and not hardware failure
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Androidwarrior said:
Shame on me i should be put on a cross and burned alive for that question. I'm sure you have a group of people behind you who support your heroism ready to string me up!! Damn now this question is going to cost me everything all because i didn't search. I'm going back to bed to cry. Byeeee...
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Wow you are seriously butt hurt over this.
Literally you could've been like "wow, so many ways to do something on this phone thanks for one more tool in my tool box".
Nevermind checking the extensive manual that answers a lot of these questions. Let's not pretend this is hard info to find. It's the phone doing what it was designed to do, not some broken feature you need to troubleshoot.
I keep forgetting this is XDA, it's easier to ask for the answer right in front of you as opposed to learning how to answer the questions yourself.
I'll report back to my support group and tell them mission accomplished. Someone learned something new.
Knowing is half the battle!
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If you pick up your phone with your hand over the proximity sensor (top of phone), you will get this pop-up. I turned the setting off and it went away but the screen did unintentionally come on while in a pocket. Therefore, it appears best to leave it on and ignore the message.
Can a mod delete pcriz's comments and androidwarriors responses after the question was answered. I think this topic was a valid question.
Samsung has switched up a lot for the better but the downside is they moved it all around. We are stuck in such a monotonous get to point A to point B environment these days the answer was right in front of his face but he couldn't see it because he was too used to the tools he always uses. I am still learning little things about this phone as I go too. I think his question was valid, seeing as Samsung experience is still quite new, Samsung experience is such a huge improvement over TouchWiz, the note9 is loaded to the gills with features and nuances and Samsung (and other OEMs including Google) having features that have trained us to a certain mindset for years. Coming back to the note line after a hiatus hasn't been overwhelming for me but I can see where coming to the note would be like a longtime Android user switching to iOS or even vice versa. For me, still using my work iPhone is so underwhelming I can't figure stuff out and I am pretty savvy with tech. iOS users can find Android overwhelming. And listening to the apologies Apple users come up with now, compared to yesteryear, when many people are finding out iOS isn't as easy to use as has been claimed, it's just what they grew up on, kind of like learning a language. There is a lot to grasp by being immersed in the ecosystem, but more to find out by asking details and learning, learning that can be turned into a tool to find more stuff on your own. Dude obviously tried and put out one more flag up for something he might not have had control over and the response was douchebaggery at it's finest. I find the questions dumb when people are asking me how do I get such great battery life and how they can do it but are unwilling to take their phone off full brightness, theme it to take advantage of OLED's self emitting pixels and are stacked to the gills with social media and email accounts because they have to be that connected and are not willing to streamline portability. Finding the sweetspot for my notifications on the note9 was aggravating for the first time in years as there are many layers to it now. I had to experiment and read about other questions to figure it out. Settings are still taking some time to get used to with main settings, app settings and figuring out where the granular settings are when they're not in places or labeled to what we are accustomed to. To each his own but pcriz obviously overstepped the bounds for a valid question.