I am training for a marathon and sweat a lot. Is there a good armband that will fit the phone tightly but is waterproof? I don't want the sweat to damage the phone.
Also, if you have any suggestions for the best phone setting for running, let me know. I don't want to keep the screen on all the time, yet I don't want it to be too tough to turn it on every time either. I don't know how easy it is to push the power button inside an armband while running. I have already installed myLock so that it automatically unlocks when I press the power button. It would be nice to have a setting/app that could wake up the phone by tapping on the screen or the soft buttons.
I found some options that may work for you while looking for waterproof camera cases earlier today. Assuming it fits, you can operate the capacitive touchscreen through the plastic membrane. [Actually, you can operate the screen quite well through a Zip-lock bag. ] Pressing the power button may be tricky, but I'm guessing you could use the call/hangup button on a wired headset or bluetooth of course.
Overboard Case w/Armband $64
You'll need to double-check the size. There were less expensive variants without the waterproof headphones.
As for skipping the keyguard lock screen, I use a Tasker profile to disable it while driving / at home / etc. If Tasker seems too complicated, Locale is its more user-friendly but less powerful predecessor.
Hopefully this helps.
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ae button maps power to another button, but because the power switch is locked in the unit wants to deep sleep. sucks
been searching for a way to unbind the power button, but failed.
i'm mediocre at tech stuff at best, looking for a registry tweak or such.
in fact i'm just plain looking for help!
been lurking on the boards for the last couple of years and appreciated all the work you guys have done for my xda's(made them usable for a start!)
taking this opportunity to say thank you.
Why are you going to resolve a hardware problem with a software tweak? If your power-button is broken, replace it! In the wiki section you´ll find a Service Manual on how to disable your device. Shouldn´t be that hard to replace a button. I mean your not going to change the CPU or so.....
regards
jabami
The Power Button consists od the plastic button which is held there by a springy membrane in turn held in 2 slots inside the case.
The button pushes the little switch on the Circuit Board - normally it's not touching it so that's being held in so the switch is always on and the phone won't behave properly.
Try a very thin blade to pop the button back up into place.
Otherwise it's a case off job which is not too difficult although you'll need a No 6 Torx screwdriver and sometype of plastic lever, very thin but strong to prise the case apart.
As stated follow the instructions but beware not all cases are the same so look carefully before you get mad at something......
thanks, that's exactly what I needed, especially the warning about the case difference
phone fixed and i'm happy.
note: the xda orbit doesn't have a seperate camera cover, the back is all one piece.
I didn't want to risk taking apart my satnav just before my xmas dash around the country, but then i remembered i could steal my wife's and i'm due an upgrade, so i went for it.
there will be a slightly foxed orbit going on ebay in jan, just after i receive my upgrade. now i have to decide whether i want the tytn ii or the polaris.......
choices, choices........
Thanks again, for the help.
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I'm curious to know if you can get it back together with all the seems as tight as when it was new. I want to get a new case off ebay but I want to know if there's problems with if fitting together again after it's been disassembled.
I was able to do it. It came out pretty good but I did slightly bend the metal edge of the new frame when I had to reopen it to align the reset button cover. But it's so slight, no one would ever be able to tell but me. All in all, it wasn't too bad, but it was just nerve racking having your $500 phone ripped apart and wondering if it will work when you put it back together - if you can get it back together. I was so relieved when I got the WM screen again!
A few pieces of advice:
For one, the instructions I read just said to disconnect the ribbon cables. Well it doesn't say that all you have to do is flip up the little plastic part to release the tension from the ribbon. (figured that out the hard way)
Also, make sure the rubber covers for items like the mic and reset button line up before you resecure the board to the frame. You DON't want to have to reopen it.
My phone will now stay covered with an excellent silicone cover made by Boxwave. The cut-outs are precision - you can get to everything. Also, it fits nice and tight like a glove. And it's just thick enought to protect, fit in the carrying case, and allow you to use all the buttons easily, especially the scroll wheel. (my last cover was too thick to use it with the cover on) I don't want to have to do this surgery an my phone any time in the near future so this is staying on my phone.
Problem when change housing
Yesterday I've change my M700 housing with P800. But as we know, they have different button map.
Now, I am trying to set up a hotkey for the Call button (Green button),
ie, when I press the call button, an application of my choice would
start running. For that I need to change the default settings in the
registry of the Pocket Pc. Could someone tell me where the default
settings of the call button is stored in the registry and what all
values should I change in the registry so that I can setup the call
button hotkey. Any help would be highly appreciated.
Why not just download hbutton and map as many programs as you like to the other available buttons? I've got like 12 prog mapped to 5 buttons.
Edit: Oops. I missed the point of your post. The buttons are mapped differently.
I've got a Verizon TouchPro2 that I currently carry in a leather holster. Ideally I'd like a plastic bracket, but because I have an extended battery from Siedio my phone won't fit in one.
Anyway, the problem with the leather holster is that depending on how I'm sitting I can accidentally press buttons. No biggie, that's what a lock screen is for... that that works very well, expect that I haven't found one that prevents holding down the power button to completely turn off the device. Every once in a while I'll pull out of my phone to find it's completely off! Not a good thing. I've using S2U2 right now, and I know there's an option to block long press on HTC phones to power off. But no matter if I have this option on or off, I can still power off the phone with a long press on the button.
Any help?
RedRamage said:
I've got a Verizon TouchPro2 that I currently carry in a leather holster. Ideally I'd like a plastic bracket, but because I have an extended battery from Siedio my phone won't fit in one.
Anyway, the problem with the leather holster is that depending on how I'm sitting I can accidentally press buttons. No biggie, that's what a lock screen is for... that that works very well, expect that I haven't found one that prevents holding down the power button to completely turn off the device. Every once in a while I'll pull out of my phone to find it's completely off! Not a good thing. I've using S2U2 right now, and I know there's an option to block long press on HTC phones to power off. But no matter if I have this option on or off, I can still power off the phone with a long press on the button.
Any help?
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I used to use TouchLockPro. I never had any problems like that before. Setting it up the way you want, in my experience, is a little confusing, but if you PM me, I'll be willing to help as much as possible.
-From a guy who also uses leather [belt] holsters.
Is there a way to TEMPORARILY disable the proximity sensing of the double-tap wake feature of LG G3?
What I want is to be able to wake the phone and unlock it while the phone is in a transparent case (waterproof bike mount, armband, etc.). The phone currently thinks that it is in the pocket and does not wake on double-tap on the screen.
The power button is in the center of the back of the phone which makes it hard/impossible to reach/find when in such a case/armband.
Is there a hidden setting or an app that will make this possible? And once more - I need this for temporary situations when riding a bike. After riding a bike i'd like to re-enable the proximity sensing for pocket carrying.
sstundzia said:
Is there a way to TEMPORARILY disable the proximity sensing of the double-tap wake feature of LG G3?
What I want is to be able to wake the phone and unlock it while the phone is in a transparent case (waterproof bike mount, armband, etc.). The phone currently thinks that it is in the pocket and does not wake on double-tap on the screen.
The power button is in the center of the back of the phone which makes it hard/impossible to reach/find when in such a case/armband.
Is there a hidden setting or an app that will make this possible? And once more - I need this for temporary situations when riding a bike. After riding a bike i'd like to re-enable the proximity sensing for pocket carrying.
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Cut out a small hole in the plastic right where the sensor is. That's how I solved the same problem.
infinitron said:
Cut out a small hole in the plastic right where the sensor is.
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"waterproof bike mount" :good:
Automaton locker might have a setting that will help you.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aky.akshay.coveralgorithm
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The OP has probably solved his problem in the meantime. I had much the same issue, and I wanted to share what I did.
Firstly, yes, there is a way to "disable" the proximity sensor: just cover it with something that a) does not emit, and b) does not reflect IR light. Because of a), a finger does not work, but a piece of black sticky tape does. If only the right of the two little lenses is covered (that is the IR LED), the ambient light sensor even continues to work.
Of course, putting on some sticky tape whenever I use my G3 in the bicycle-mounted case is not the ideal solution. So I experimented with sticking the tape to the inside of the case. That did not work too well, because the front of the case is flexible and never lies flush on zthe screen. I ended up putting some thicker, spongy rubber there.
All this was with Rixen & Kaul's Phonebag M, which otherwise worked very nicely and allowed me to use my previous phone for navigation even in the most torrential rain.
But that spongy rubber blob made the touchscreen more difficult to use, as it lifted the case's transparent front even further away from the screen. So I kept looking, and bought Topeak's new Drybag 6.
It's a bit too big for an L3, but the Drybag 5 seems to *just* be too small - you'd probably get an L3 in there, but not out again. So the size 6 is the better choice. The interesting thing is that Topeak seems to use a different material for the transparent front: it seems to reflect IR light a lot less than the Phonebag's, so I can switch on my L3 almost every time (I'd say, 95% of my attempts worked). I will keep testing it for a few more weeks.
Two other things I find nice about it: the bicycle mount doubles as a belt clip, and it has a ziplock-style - um - ziplock, so it's probably not just resisting rain and sweat, but really waterproof. When I closed the ziplock, it was air-tight.
What I don't really like about it is the flimsiness of the mount - even the screw is plastic, and the case has a lot of play in the mount. I don't think, though, that it can fall out, even on bad roads.
Hope I could help someone.
Cheers
Daniel
I'm finding that my phone will wake if I barely touch the power button.
If this happens while my phone is in my pocket, the screen is so sensitive too, that my pocket lining will unlock the screen and then start pressing buttons and turning off alarms or doing other odd stuff.
I do have "pocket mode" enabled. Any suggestions on how to prevent accidental unlocking?
I'm using the Spigen Rugged Armor case right now, which does cover the power button. Have a Trudia DualShield case on the way and hopefully that makes the power button less sensitive.
Turn display away from your body.
If the power button is defective, replace as an unexpected failure will prove very inconvenient.
CZ Eddie said:
I'm finding that my phone will wake if I barely touch the power button.
If this happens while my phone is in my pocket, the screen is so sensitive too, that my pocket lining will unlock the screen and then start pressing buttons and turning off alarms or doing other odd stuff.
I do have "pocket mode" enabled. Any suggestions on how to prevent accidental unlocking?
I'm using the Spigen Rugged Armor case right now, which does cover the power button. Have a Trudia DualShield case on the way and hopefully that makes the power button less sensitive.
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Turn pocket mode on in utilities section of settings
CZ Eddie said:
I'm finding that my phone will wake if I barely touch the power button.
If this happens while my phone is in my pocket, the screen is so sensitive too, that my pocket lining will unlock the screen and then start pressing buttons and turning off alarms or doing other odd stuff.
I do have "pocket mode" enabled. Any suggestions on how to prevent accidental unlocking?
I'm using the Spigen Rugged Armor case right now, which does cover the power button. Have a Trudia DualShield case on the way and hopefully that makes the power button less sensitive.
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Then you should put on a case which will prevent from switching on the power button.
Hi! I faced the exact same issue for some reason. I initially thought it was my case because I removed and placed my phone in it a couple of times. Was super annoying. I ended up removing my case and flashed Oxygen OS on my phone (coming from Evolution X). Faced the same thing on Oxygen OS as well initially, but later it settled after a while. Safe to say the issue resolved itself on its own, and I haven't faced it again.
Had problem with sensitive power button. Almost every time I was putting my phone to sleep it went double press and opened the camera.
Had this on stock kernel, Omega, but with arter's the issue is gone.
Maybe the app Double Tap would be helpful...
blow it out with air. i think it's because everything it so "tight" because of the waterproofing, but mine constantly opens the camera when i press unlock until i blow it out
aNGERY said:
blow it out with air. i think it's because everything it so "tight" because of the waterproofing, but mine constantly opens the camera when i press unlock until i blow it out
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I be careful with that. Using high pressure air inappropriately can have unforeseen consequences...
ask the victims of shop pranks
I went from CRDroid back to stock ROM and have not had the issue one single time over the last two-three weeks on stock ROM (with arter kernel).
Could be coincidence.
Or could be that custom ROM does not have finely tuned pocket sensors?