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android 4.2 lockscreen changes

The lock screen in android 4.2 is a lot different now we all know about the ability to have widgets on the lock screen. Apparently Google has changed the way to unlock to camera and Google Now.
To unlock to camera swipe from right to left will open up the camera (much quicker than the previous option)
To unlock to Google now on the lock screen there will be a little dot for the hidden home button you swipe up like you normally do.
In this video(Italian) it shows that towards the 3:52 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9hYuiYFzCI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
These changes were implemented by Google so that if you have a password set for your lock screen you can still access the camera and Google now.
Edit:also shown in this video. You can see that your clock widget can be different from stock. So now android is even more customizable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB7ioNH1Ie0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Edit 2: this video shows the beauty of the device in utmost clarity;its also in Italian again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEp_ttwd16M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Edit 3: another HD video of nexus 4 and widgets in Italiano
Edit 4: HD blog has put up a full review which also show lock screen widgets enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDuk9AifAPc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

finely a review showed the look screen widgets :victory:

yahyoh said:
finely a review showed the look screen widgets :victory:
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I updated the post with another video showing the lock screen widgets. Its fully customizable and IMO its the best/most important feature of android 4.2

heat361 said:
The lock screen in android 4.2 is a lot different now we all know about the ability to have widgets on the lock screen. Apparently we no longer have an unlock to camera option and unlock to Google now option.
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Google announced 4.2 would finally have unlock to camera option for users using a pattern lock so I don't think it is gone. Although I'm not sure how it is accessed.

bozzykid said:
Google announced 4.2 would finally have unlock to camera option for users using a pattern lock so I don't think it is gone. Although I'm not sure how it is accessed.
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No I said the original way of unlocking to the camera has changed it is now a swipe to one of you lock screen pages to access the camera.

Nice....

Jose Viegas said:
Nice....
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Yeah it is I'm not sure if it works with 3rd party apps but it most likely does.

heat361 said:
Yeah it is I'm not sure if it works with 3rd party apps but it most likely does.
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even if it doesn't, ROMs will make it happen

This video shows the nice screen quality, but mainly just how fast the OS is on this phone...
Looks like apple will have to catch up to jelly bean in smoothness LOL
Love it.
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When non-English speakers say a technological/specific word it sounds so out of place in that awesome language haha "italian..italian..italian.. CRYSTAL REFLECTION.. italian.. italian.. italian.. QUAD CORE.."

Tibbz96 said:
When non-English speakers say a technological/specific word it sounds so out of place in that awesome language haha "italian..italian..italian.. CRYSTAL REFLECTION.. italian.. italian.. italian.. QUAD CORE.."
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I updated the post with another Italian video showing the nexus 4's design.

Tibbz96 said:
When non-English speakers say a technological/specific word it sounds so out of place in that awesome language haha "italian..italian..italian.. CRYSTAL REFLECTION.. italian.. italian.. italian.. QUAD CORE.."
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Haha i thought i spoke fast.. Italian is..well sounds faster. But the back of the phone looks so awesome

I assume the chrome looking frame is plastic or maybe I am wrong?

I wonder if these italian nexi have a newer version of android.. the american reviewers never showed even a glimpse of the new lock screen because it hadn't been properly implemented yet in the pre-release software.
Maybe it's just the "+" function that doesn't work yet on all devices.
EDIT: The HDblog video pressed "+" and everything was working fine. Weird.
EDIT 2: Atached image of HDblog's software information. Someone please verify if its different or the same. The kernel's the same i think.

omersak said:
I wonder if these italian nexi have a newer version of android.. the american reviewers never showed even a glimpse of the new lock screen because it hadn't been properly implemented yet in the pre-release software.
Maybe it's just the "+" function that doesn't work yet on all devices.
EDIT: The HDblog video pressed "+" and everything was working fine. Weird.
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I believe the Italian reviewers got their nexus 4's from lg Italy which probably had a version where lock screen widgets were working.

omersak said:
I wonder if these italian nexi have a newer version of android.. the american reviewers never showed even a glimpse of the new lock screen because it hadn't been properly implemented yet in the pre-release software.
Maybe it's just the "+" function that doesn't work yet on all devices.
EDIT: The HDblog video pressed "+" and everything was working fine. Weird.
EDIT 2: Atached image of HDblog's software information. Someone please verify if its different or the same. The kernel's the same i think.
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Its two versions higher then the others

Crenshaw-PCGH said:
Its two versions higher then the others
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Brilliant, i hope this also fixes the throttling and battery issues.
Have any of these Italian preview/reviews done battery tests on that sexy, sexy beast of aphone yet? I've been looking for benchmark tests (i don't believe in them, just wanted to see if anything changed in the new version) on the websites from those videos but to no avail.

Nice! Nexoos!

I'm cool with lockscreen widgets and all (I seriously am), but doesn't multiple screens on a lock screen pretty much negate what the lock screen is for, and that is to prevent accidental finger input? How possible is it that I could possible swipe to the camera by accident or my Gmail widget by accident and start shooting off some commands?
As a fan of customization, I'm pretty stoked for this, but I think this feature makes Android a little "busy". I don't think lock screen widgets with multiple pages were that necessary considering the normal home screens where widgets should reside were just an unlock away.

Enhanced said:
I'm cool with lockscreen widgets and all (I seriously am), but doesn't multiple screens on a lock screen pretty much negate what the lock screen is for, and that is to prevent accidental finger input? How possible is it that I could possible swipe to the camera by accident or my Gmail widget by accident and start shooting off some commands?
As a fan of customization, I'm pretty stoked for this, but I think this feature makes Android a little "busy". I don't think lock screen widgets with multiple pages were that necessary considering the normal home screens where widgets should reside were just an unlock away.
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Its meant to view your inbox or calendar but when you click on them it won't head into your email. The camera is a swipe to find it and I doubt there will be any accidental swipes into the camera.

Dev Request - Screen Rotate in Show Mode

I just received the 5.6.2.0 update with Show Mode. I looks nice but I just realized that the screen orientation for Show Mode is fixed to only one horizontal position (power, volume and charging port to the right). I (and I assume many others) have a case that I bought from Amazon that puts these controls on the left. Thus, the Show Mode screen is upside down when the case is used as a stand. Maybe this is how Amazon figures to sell a bunch of those Show Mode docks.
Anyway, if any of the XDA developers here can take a look and see if there is a way to flip the screen, it sure would make a lot of folks happy!! Thanks!!

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I just received the 5.6.2.0 update with Show Mode. I looks nice but I just realized that the screen orientation for Show Mode is fixed to only one horizontal position (power, volume and charging port to the right). I (and I assume many others) have a case that I bought from Amazon that puts these controls on the left. Thus, the Show Mode screen is upside down when the case is used as a stand. Maybe this is how Amazon figures to sell a bunch of those Show Mode docks.
Anyway, if any of the XDA developers here can take a look and see if there is a way to flip the screen, it sure would make a lot of folks happy!! Thanks!!
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You can use rotation control that you can download from google play

Rortiz2 said:
You can use rotation control that you can download from google play
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I tried several of those and they are good for what they do, but Show Mode is a unique situation. The rotation controllers can rotate to sensor (Show Mode overrides), they can lock to a specific orientation (when Show Mode is exited, the tablet is still locked in that orientation), or rotate on app (Show Mode is not an "app" so it's can't be selected as a controlling app). There is a pro version of one of the controllers that can control rotation based on a condition (charging, headphones, etc.) that might work when Show Mode is active, but that would have to be coded into that app.

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I tried several of those and they are good for what they do, but Show Mode is a unique situation. The rotation controllers can rotate to sensor (Show Mode overrides), they can lock to a specific orientation (when Show Mode is exited, the tablet is still locked in that orientation), or rotate on app (Show Mode is not an "app" so it's can't be selected as a controlling app). There is a pro version of one of the controllers that can control rotation based on a condition (charging, headphones, etc.) that might work when Show Mode is active, but that would have to be coded into that app.
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Likely could be overridden with privileged access (aka 'root') which is not obtainable on most 7th gen devices (at present only HD 10). Request should be directed to Amazon where implementation, if adopted, would benefit a much larger community.

Rortiz2 said:
You can use rotation control that you can download from google play
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Davey126 said:
Likely could be overridden with privileged access (aka 'root') which is not obtainable on most 7th gen devices (at present only HD 10). Request should be directed to Amazon where implementation, if adopted, would benefit a much larger community.
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I thought about submitting a request to Amazon, but there are two reasons I haven't: 1) they want to sell lots of docks and 2) even if they did decide to implement it, it generally takes months from that point until we see a release that contains it.
PS - Amazon made a conscious decision to lock the orientation in Show Mode rather than relying on rotation sensors. I'm sure this was done to support the Show Mode dock (sold separately). I have a 3D printer and I'll just print out a simple stand that will accommodate my tablet with its case. I'm sure that several other companies will be selling these too.

Camera mode shortcuts not available in Pie anymore?

I frequently use the regular quickstart feature for the camera but I also placed two shortcuts for slo-mo and super slo-mo on my homescreen before the upgrade to Pie.
While the existing shortcuts still work I can't seem to place new ones. Was this feature removed?
To me that's a very handy feature because switching modes in the new stock camera app is way too slow.

Matttis said:
I frequently use the regular quickstart feature for the camera but I also placed two shortcuts for slo-mo and super slo-mo on my homescreen before the upgrade to Pie.
While the existing shortcuts still work I can't seem to place new ones. Was this feature removed?
To me that's a very handy feature because switching modes in the new stock camera app is way too slow.
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I don't officially know, but it's entirely possible that these features were removed, just like a ton of other things Samsung changed and removed, particularly with the camera app.

Max_Terrible said:
I don't officially know, but it's entirely possible that these features were removed, just like a ton of other things Samsung changed and removed, particularly with the camera app.
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That would blow pretty badly. Cameras are one of the most important features of a modern smartphone, potentially a deal-breaker for most users, and they give us a neutered app in an update...

Matttis said:
That would blow pretty badly. Cameras are one of the most important features of a modern smartphone, potentially a deal-breaker for most users, and they give us a neutered app in an update...
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Samsung's vision for the One UI was to make things easier, better and quicker. I can only imagine the things they changed or removed, they somehow decided would be better and easier.

Matttis said:
I frequently use the regular quickstart feature for the camera but I also placed two shortcuts for slo-mo and super slo-mo on my homescreen before the upgrade to Pie.
While the existing shortcuts still work I can't seem to place new ones. Was this feature removed?
To me that's a very handy feature because switching modes in the new stock camera app is way too slow.
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Sadly it was removed! I had a chat with support today and it's officially confirmed.
I wonder as well what else they ****ed up?!
For sure the auto-hide option for navigation bar is gone.
Routines were disabled upon Pie upgrade.
Fast charging stopped working!

bobrock said:
Sadly it was removed! I had a chat with support today and it's officially confirmed.
I wonder as well what else they ****ed up?!
For sure the auto-hide option for navigation bar is gone.
Routines were disabled upon Pie upgrade.
Fast charging stopped working!
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I have no issues with fast charging.. Did u do a full factory reset after updating?
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Seems Fast Charging goes back to normal (it works)
What's strange, there is no information (like in Oreo) that it's actually charging in fast mode.

bobrock said:
Seems Fast Charging goes back to normal (it works)
What's strange, there is no information (like in Oreo) that it's actually charging in fast mode.
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There is an indicator that fast charging is active on my N950N, which I updated to Pie yesterday. Did you check the notification drawer.

Yeah fast charging still works for me as well.
Also, the shortcuts do still work for the camera. On my homescreen I have one camera shortcut for super slo-mo left from before the update to Pie. So clearly they are still burried in the system somewhere.
How could I copy an existing shortcut and edit it to launch, say, the regular slo-mo mode indead?
I am using Nova launcher, I tried the included shortcut feature to add camera activities to the home screen. Didn't have any success with that.
Edit: I have now resorted to using... *sigh* Bixby to launch the camera in slo-mo mode ._. I hope you are happy, Samsung. Look at what you made me do!

Bixby? You can create a shortcuts tova home screen using Bixby? How?

bobrock said:
Bixby? You can create a shortcuts tova home screen using Bixby? How?
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In the Bixby settings you can set up quick commands. When you press the three dots next to the quick command you created you have the option to add it to the home screen.
You can also launch that quick command with the Bixby button instead of a thirdparty app.
I now set the quick command for launching the Slo-Mo mode for the camera to the Bixby button. It's reasonably quick and gets the job done for me.
The quick commands on the home screen take much longer to load. It first loads Bixby, then it executes the linked command and then the app starts.
But with the Bixby button the command itself is being executed right away which is much faster.

Question Rear display

In the leaked videos, the user was able to show the homescreen with icons on the rear display. Was that any early MIUI version option only?

In the current firmware, it's not possible... Laybe later?
Anyway, I don't see myself using an app on it, it's really small for that, + it'd require UI changes from the devs...

furious.builder said:
In the current firmware, it's not possible... Laybe later?
Anyway, I don't see myself using an app on it, it's really small for that, + it'd require UI changes from the devs...
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I would like to use it to answer with speaker or decline calls. Also use it for quick responses to text.

I have noticed I can skip songs on the Spotify playlist when it's playing by accidentally touching the rear display
( I haven't found anything useful to do with it yet tbh and I hope they improve the functionality of it )

Ohh nice! As of now it's pretty early, I'm sure they'll add those little things during updates

xreactx said:
In the leaked videos, the user was able to show the homescreen with icons on the rear display. Was that any early MIUI version option only?
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I haven't found any way to enable that home screen in rear panel but I haven't been trying either tbh
I don't think I'm getting the red notification light on the rear display either like it shows in the Xiaomi presentation vids but maybe I just need to enable it somehow
I usually don't set my phone's with the screen facing downwards on tables anyway so it's got limited usefulness to me anyway whether it works or not

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I haven't found any way to enable that home screen in rear panel but I haven't been trying either tbh
I don't think I'm getting the red notification light on the rear display either like it shows in the Xiaomi presentation vids but maybe I just need to enable it somehow
I usually don't set my phone's with the screen facing downwards on tables anyway so it's got limited usefulness to me anyway whether it works or not
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The latest update to the 'Rear Display' app breaks the red notification indicator as far as I can tell.
But to enable it/change appearance
go to settings>special features>rear display.

dj_aj said:
The latest update to the 'Rear Display' app breaks the red notification indicator as far as I can tell.
But to enable it/change appearance
go to settings>special features>rear display.
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I'm on the EU 12.5.3 and I like it but I think I have no red light flashing on the back screen for notifications although it is enabled in the settings...
One of the issues is the rear screen can only stay on for 30 seconds max which maybe why people think the notification is not working properly ( because you would have to double tap to see it even if it is working properly)
And who likes to set their phone face down anyway? These screens are fragile and very expensive !

Honestly think they just had a screenshot of their home screen and made it the image I never actually seen anyone able to use the mini screen

Yeah they haven't ironed the kinks out pertaining to the rear display.
Out of the box, I had the red led indicator show up although it would be there even when I had no notifications.
I like it as a novelty feature but they really need to address the functionality bit.

Themes / Apps / Mods Mirror2RearUltra (rear screen mirroring) (quick tile) (1.0.4)

So it took me a couple of days but I developed a rear screen mirroring app called Mirror2RearUltra. It consists of a quick setting tile and nothing more.
Try it out for yourself, see what happens. I don't know how to squash the bugs but the source (and APK) is available on GitHub if anybody wants to take a peek.
Yes, it does mirror the display onto the rear display.
GitHub - tpkarras/Mirror2RearUltra: Rear screen mirroring plugin/app for Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra.
Rear screen mirroring plugin/app for Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra. - GitHub - tpkarras/Mirror2RearUltra: Rear screen mirroring plugin/app for Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra.
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Nothing happens when I start it. I see the headline, but the app interface is blank.
I'm not supposed if that's the expected behavior, but it doesn't seem to do anything regardless.

GuyWithRootedPhone said:
So it took me a couple of days but I developed a rear screen mirroring app called Mirror2RearUltra. It consists of a quick setting tile and nothing more.
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Thank you.
But please specify which are the requirements:
- root ?
- Android version ?
- ROM ?
These info are not available also on your github repository.

munky-head said:
Nothing happens when I start it. I see the headline, but the app interface is blank.
I'm not supposed if that's the expected behavior, but it doesn't seem to do anything regardless.
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you're supposed to start it from the quick tile.

themissionimpossible said:
Thank you.
But please specify which are the requirements:
- root ?
- Android version ?
- ROM ?
These info are not available also on your github repository.
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it should be usable without root.
11 min (since that's what the Mi 11 Ultra) shipped with.
MIUI (developed with Xiaomi.eu) but should work with any MIUI version.

nasıl yükleyeceğimi anlamadım

I don't understand how to install it

frelinnn said:
I don't understand how to install it
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release I uploaded didn't work, fixing it asap.

GuyWithRootedPhone said:
release I uploaded didn't work, fixing it asap.
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and... fixed!

Great. Works a treat. Thank you.

@GuyWithRootedPhone I was just reviewing your code on github and as a casual android developer with no experience with this kind of thing (dealing with extra screens) it doesn't look TOO hard. I was wondering though, do you think it'd be possible to build an application that could read notifications and display them to the subscreen? I just absolutely hate that Xiaomi only allows it's default messaging and dialer app to display actual details to the subscreen. I love Google's implementation of Messenger and that's my preferred texting app, but with that as default, nothing appears like the Xiaomi messenger. Same situation with Google's dialer application.
If you have any ideas/tips you could throw my way, I'd be very interested in working on such an app that would allow selected applications to display their contents on the subscreen.

beta 2 is out... it takes methods from the subscreen app installed on the Mi 11 Ultra in an attempt to keep the screen on.
if anybody has any ideas or suggestions on how to keep the screen on full brightness without modifying the settings, that would be super helpful.
Release 1.0-beta2 · tpkarras/Mirror2RearUltra
added code to wake screen up upon launch/wake.
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beta 3 is out, did some tweaks to get it to work on older devices.
if anybody can help me figure out how to keep the screen brightness on the rear display to max. I'd buy you a coffee, I'm struggling to figure out how this all works.
Release 1.0-beta3 · tpkarras/Mirror2RearUltra
Minor fixes. Fixed bug involving face down sensor.
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This app isn't doing a thing

I actually had an idea about using rear screen as an input surface while gaming. For example you can map touches/swipes on rear screen onto an action/touch on front screen area and get another functionality. Your app is quite promising to start with. Thanks for this.

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This app isn't doing a thing
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can you logcat the app? i need to know if it's crashing or not.

Works fine on mine. Once installed, just swipe from the top, turn it on, click start now and when you tap rear screen to start, it shows main screen. Sorry can't take rear screenshot.

Rotation doesn't work.
Try put camera in video mode and you will end up upside down on rear display.
I would like this to work, because this is my missing feature from Android 12. That all camera options are seen in rear display.
I can't use android 12 and mui 13 because of one sim not able to do call forwarding.
Otherwise works, would be better if it was written in advance that you need to place it in quick launch.

不错 很好用

fixed the brightness to keep the screen bright at all times.
this is the final release, hoping it works for everybody.
Release 1.0-final · tpkarras/Mirror2RearUltra
includes fix to keep screen bright and prevent touch inputs.
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