This free app lets you turn the screen off by waving at the proximity sensor near your earpiece! No Widgets to press! Just the swipe of your hand!
Marketplace Search: ProximityScreenOff
A lil thanks if you like it will be appreciated ;D
The idea is nice but beeing left handed it triggers accidentally too much for me. Works pretty sweet though. Wish the prox sensor was on the right
Be cautious... Just tried playing with this on CM7 #B30, and almost couldn't get it off my phone. Also, didn't appear to work properly (I'm guessing its a Gingerbread issue). Not sure if these results are typical, but I had to reboot 3 times, uninstall through both the market, and app manager, and without being able to do nandroid yet, I was a little nervous.
Idea sounds great though. It'd be a fun trick to show friends, that's why I gave it a shot.
I am LOVING this!
This is the type of app that makes me go week at the knees! <3
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Be cautious... Just tried playing with this on CM7 #B30, and almost couldn't get it off my phone. Also, didn't appear to work properly (I'm guessing its a Gingerbread issue). Not sure if these results are typical, but I had to reboot 3 times, uninstall through both the market, and app manager, and without being able to do nandroid yet, I was a little nervous.
Idea sounds great though. It'd be a fun trick to show friends, that's why I gave it a shot.
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You don't follow directions. And it worked fine on my gingerbread build. To delete it fully, you first need to to in to settings, locations&security, then select device admin. Untidiness the checkmark, and select deactivate. Then delete.
Personally this was a bit too sensitive for me, but very cool concept.
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You don't follow directions. And it worked fine on my gingerbread build. To delete it fully, you first need to to in to settings, locations&security, then select device admin. Untidiness the checkmark, and select deactivate. Then delete.
Personally this was a bit too sensitive for me, but very cool concept.
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You're right, I didn't follow those directions because I never saw them. Regardless, it still didn't work for me, and I wanted to let others know of a possible implication. I even mentioned that I was unsure if the result would be typical.
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I got laid through this trick.
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You're right, I didn't follow those directions because I never saw them. Regardless, it still didn't work for me, and I wanted to let others know of a possible implication. I even mentioned that I was unsure if the result would be typical.
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If you'd read the information on the app market, before just downloading, you'd have seen.
Pretty cool but sometimes I use my left hand and lock it by mistake. And it doesn't disable when I'm in landscape mode for some reason. I had the check box for that feature checked. Is it supposed to be unchecked?
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Haaah made my 8 year old sister believe I was jesus with this app
But yeah, I don't know how it'll affect my battery life, and half the time I couldn't get the screen to turn off I wish the sensitivity was adjustable. Uninstalled for now.
convolution said:
I got laid through this trick.
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You want to get laid by even hotter chicks? Casually mention in passing that you're running a "gingerbread" CM7 ROM. That's super underground.
**** isn't even out yet.
nivlac978 said:
Pretty cool but sometimes I use my left hand and lock it by mistake. And it doesn't disable when I'm in landscape mode for some reason. I had the check box for that feature checked. Is it supposed to be unchecked?
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It's suppose to be checked.
omarsalmin said:
Haaah made my 8 year old sister believe I was jesus with this app
But yeah, I don't know how it'll affect my battery life, and half the time I couldn't get the screen to turn off I wish the sensitivity was adjustable. Uninstalled for now.
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The Proximity sensor is on the very left side of the metal grill for the earspeaker thing in the front...
maybe try swiping there...
love this app thanks alot haven't turned the screen off w/ the power button since lol
helloelan said:
You want to get laid by even hotter chicks? Casually mention in passing that you're running a "gingerbread" CM7 ROM. That's super underground.
**** isn't even out yet.
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Don't forget to mention your custom kernal! If you forget that you will completly blow your chances!
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It's a good idea but its a bit too sensitive... maybe after a few adjustments, I'd use it. Nice find though!
This one is pretty chill, but I prefer tap tap app, you can turn your screen on and off with the sensor.
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How do I uninstall this app, any time I try, it tells me uninstall unsuccessful
stevedawg85 said:
How do I uninstall this app, any time I try, it tells me uninstall unsuccessful
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disable device admin first, you need to read the app description....
qzan7 said:
disable device admin first, you need to read the app description....
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sweet, thanks, got it
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I am lookign for a simple to use screenshot app, ive tried shootme and picme and im not fond of neither of them, any others?
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I am lookign for a simple to use screenshot app, ive tried shootme and picme and im not fond of neither of them, any others?
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You could always use the Android SDK to take screenshots. Go HERE.
I've been using drocap2, it works pretty well. You just click start, navigate to where you want to take a screenshot, then shake the phone. Stores the files in /sdcard/drocap.
I use "ShootMe" works the same as described above. Leave it running in the background, just shake the phone to take the screen shot. Saves it on the SD card.
Not really sure why you don't like shootme? Launch and shake..doesn't get much simpler than that really.
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Not really surebwhy you don't like shootme? Launch and shake..doesn't get much simpler than that really.
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Yeah I also use ShootMe and its perfect.
Haven't tried shootme, but drocap2 works great for me. Always running in the background, customizable activation methods (shake, timer, or notification bar). I use notification bar. Pull the shade down, hit drocap2, wait a few seconds, screen shot taken and saved to its own folder on the sdcard.
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Shootme works great Thank you for the suggestion!!! Loving it
shootme is great except it makes a camera noise every time you take a screenshot which is annoying and sometimes embarrassing if you're playing with your phone while in a public restroom.
gthing said:
shootme is great except it makes a camera noise every time you take a screenshot which is annoying and sometimes embarrassing if you're playing with your phone while in a public restroom.
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You can turn it off. Click the little speaker icon on the "Accept or Reject" screen.
Anyone else having any problems after the OTA update?
I can no longer use ShootMe or dropcap They were both listed for rooted devices only, but they worked prior to the update. Now, neither works.... Anyone have any suggestions??
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Anyone else having any problems after the OTA update?
I can no longer use ShootMe or dropcap They were both listed for rooted devices only, but they worked prior to the update. Now, neither works.... Anyone have any suggestions??
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That's because the OTA update fixed the giant security hole that allowed some programs that required root (like ShootMe) be fully usable while unrooted.
Is there any program that will either remove and or change when you receive a phone call?
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What does this mean? Seriously.
If you need help, you're going to have to write in such a way that others may understand you.
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What does this mean? Seriously.
If you need help, you're going to have to write in such a way that others may understand you.
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Whats hard to understand, he's looking for an app to change the trackball color when you recieve a call or text. Which I dont think is out yet since theres no full root
What the OP is missing in the post is the word notification.
The top battery led indicator (see page 16 of the G2 user manual "Notification LED") doesn't flash as notification of missed calls, e-mail, etc and a fix should be available soon. I contacted HTC and that's what they told me.
Trackpad notification indicator
deviant5150 said:
Is there any program that will either remove and or change when you receive a phone call?
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One more thing, HTC refers to it as a Trackpad, not "Digital track ball".
See post #31.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797867&page=4
Cyanogen has written a file than enables notification. It works for me, but would need to be reinstalled at each reboot.
Try the app noLED. Not perfect, but a decent alternative work-around.
dronepop said:
Try the app noLED. Not perfect, but a decent alternative work-around.
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I'd be careful with this...this was made for the amoled screens and it worked well because it only needed to light that small portion of the screen. lcd's are backlit. This has the potential to kill your battery crazy fast.
InGeNeTiCs said:
I'd be careful with this...this was made for the amoled screens and it worked well because it only needed to light that small portion of the screen. lcd's are backlit. This has the potential to kill your battery crazy fast.
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I love this work-around. I only use it for texts tho, but have yet to see any battery drain.
perhaps i'll leave it on for a while and see if theres any big hits.
Is there an app which can restart the phone but without rooting the phone..
Why do you need that ? Just press and hold the power button for a few second, the Phone options will pop-up, just choose restart to restart the device.
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Why do you need that ? Just press and hold the power button for a few second, the Phone options will pop-up, just choose restart to restart the device.
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Lol I know that mate but isn't there some application or widget..The button looks delicate to me so I dun want to keep pressing it and have it broken...
Also does using this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenoffpro&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIml0LmFuZHJvaWQuc21hcnRzY3JlZW5vZmZwcm8iXQ..
makes the proximity sensor weak..??I mean it's designed for detection this this create extra pressure??
try looking in the play store. there are several to choose from
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=reboot&c=apps
rayford85 said:
try looking in the play store. there are several to choose from
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=reboot&c=apps
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I do appreciate your help but I was trying to know if there is any application that does "Without rooting the phone"
Steve Stiffler said:
I do appreciate your help but I was trying to know if there is any application that does "Without rooting the phone"
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look at the first app in the list dude. You just might have to actually READ the Apps description. other than that you have to root.
rayford85 said:
look at the first app in the list dude. You just might have to actually READ the Apps description. other than that you have to root.
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This application does not actually reboot it just refreshes the phone..it's not even close to rebooting I am using this app from par three days it's basic function is to free up the space in RAM..try it out u'll know
Why do you even need to reboot your phone that much?
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You could Quick Boot if you wish. Can also reboot straight to recovery and bootloader. Unfortunately I can't link to it as I've only recently joined XDA.
Mixxxy said:
You could Quick Boot if you wish. Can also reboot straight to recovery and bootloader. Unfortunately I can't link to it as I've only recently joined XDA.
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Quick Boot works on rooted phone only. He is asking for reboot app with no root access required.
joshnichols189 said:
Why do you even need to reboot your phone that much?
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I dun reboot that much..Just once a day..but I dun want my power button to get depressed because I have to rely on unlocking on the same button..which gets pressed quite a lot of times...
Also if you could suggest me some widgets or apps that can help me to lock my phone..I used extended controls which was not a great experience because when I unlocked the screen remained black till I switched on to some other application ..
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Also if you could suggest me some widgets or apps that can help me to lock my phone..I used extended controls which was not a great experience because when I unlocked the screen remained black till I switched on to some other application ..
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This is my favorite, screen off and lock
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en
you're so lazy pal
ckpv5 said:
This is my favorite, screen off and lock
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenoffpro&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIml0LmFuZHJvaWQuc21hcnRzY3JlZW5vZmZwcm8iXQ..
I am using this application..
Check this app as I posted this earlier and asked if this does any harm to proximity sensor..
flexiloan said:
you're so lazy pal
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Dude I searched the google play before posting I wanted to know if there is something I missed nothing else if you can't write anything useful,why waste time typing unnecessarily
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenoffpro&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIml0LmFuZHJvaWQuc21hcnRzY3JlZW5vZmZwcm8iXQ..
I am using this application..
Check this app as I posted this earlier and asked if this does any harm to proximity sensor..
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I don't think it will harm the proximity sensor, it just that I don't like to see a red light on the proximity sensor light up when using this app as I guess it use more battery...and that's maybe the reason why they have a time-out to kill the app after certain time. Once the app is killed, you still need to press power on. Anyhow, this is my personal opinion only, nothing against the app; I maybe wrong.
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I don't think it will harm the proximity sensor, it just that I don't like to see a red light on the proximity sensor light up when using this app as I guess it use more battery...and that's maybe the reason why they have a time-out to kill the app after certain time. Once the app is killed, you still need to press power on. Anyhow, this is my personal opinion only, nothing against the app; I maybe wrong.
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Thanks tell me since when are you using this phone??do you find your power button by any chance pressed inside even a little??Also I dun think that it uses much battery as the Statistics posted by the App developer state..it would be great if someone would throw some light on it though..
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Thanks tell me since when are you using this phone??do you find your power button by any chance pressed inside even a little??Also I dun think that it uses much battery as the Statistics posted by the App developer state..it would be great if someone would throw some light on it though..
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Since Apr 3rd, two days after the HOX officially launched in my country. Do not really notice that, maybe because I seldom use the power button as my device is rooted, using quick boot for reboot, reboot to bootloader & recovery, swipe to power on and so on.
Why are you even rebooting once a day? It isn't necessary and will solve all of your problems.
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If you have dirty hands or you just can not touch your phone just hover or swipe your hand above the phone sensor. And the thing will get running for you. Please keep in mind that I am still improving it. So please report every bug you find. Contact me on [email protected]. Hope you will like it.
Thank you.
Official XDA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389752
Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.helmisek.project.airswiper
Cool app but I like to have my screen lock with pattern and it doesn't work.
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downloaded.. and it's worked.. ! thanks
This is cool and the wave of the future!
Sweet!
lol nobody wants to touch there phones anymore
Downloaded.
It's some pretty cool business.
I can't get the swipe to open to the SMS to work though; most other functions seem functional.
Downloading now and will report any bugs I find, thanks.
Hi works really well to turn on/off screen,but when you have it enabled for WiFi also it gets a bit confusing.when you swipe to unlock screen great,hold hand for 2 seconds great WiFi comes on but when you want to just turn off WiFi it turns off screen no matter and you need to swipe screen back on and turn off WiFi manually as it always turns off screen before you turn off wifi,not a complaint just an ob but a really great app
many thanks am using it to turn my screen on and off.
many thanks.
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Hi works really well to turn on/off screen,but when you have it enabled for WiFi also it gets a bit confusing.when you swipe to unlock screen great,hold hand for 2 seconds great WiFi comes on but when you want to just turn off WiFi it turns off screen no matter and you need to swipe screen back on and turn off WiFi manually as it always turns off screen before you turn off wifi,not a complaint just an ob but a really great app
many thanks am using it to turn my screen on and off.
many thanks.
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Well thank you for your report. I am going to improve it. Happy to see you like it.
Johmama said:
Downloading now and will report any bugs I find, thanks.
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Looking forward to your results.
swiggins said:
Downloaded.
It's some pretty cool business.
I can't get the swipe to open to the SMS to work though; most other functions seem functional.
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yyz71 said:
lol nobody wants to touch there phones anymore
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Well I don't know what is happening to you because everybody who has GNex 4 is not having this problem.
RealiZms said:
Sweet!
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Thanks.
galaxys said:
This is cool and the wave of the future!
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Happy to see you like it!
zarboga said:
downloaded.. and it's worked.. ! thanks
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No problem.
blankit said:
Cool app but I like to have my screen lock with pattern and it doesn't work.
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Is Air Swiper an device administrator?
Downloaded and works great. just want to know if this will drain a lot of battery
El Killer said:
Downloaded and works great. just want to know if this will drain a lot of battery
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Downloaded as well, was wondering the same thing. Will report later about battery usage
El Killer said:
Downloaded and works great. just want to know if this will drain a lot of battery
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Yeah the app works very well. Please guys report if it drains battery or decreases the sensors age .
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I dont get a great battery drain, will check with stats and report
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Maybe an issue? When disabling the game mode, the screen turns off (Turn off/on the screen by motion is enabled).
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blsrbl said:
Maybe an issue? When disabling the game mode, the screen turns off (Turn off/on the screen by motion is enabled).
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This is behavior needed to fully active the game mode. I am actually trying to get it working without it.
New update information
Hey guys I actually fixed a lot of stuff I did a lot of changes but some things are still delaying me from being able to release the new update.
Actually new update may be possible to be seen by the end of this week.
As long as I am working on it alone it is really hard for me and I am giving it, all the free time I have I spend a lot of nights on it.
So if you guys would be that kind please consider some small donation. I want to buy S4 to see how the things are going on it. Or an HTC One so I can test the app on powerful device and improve it more and faster. Or just buy me a coffee or a donut. Many thanks, many thanks.
I would really appreciate it and I'll give you credits in the OP
Note: If anyone made a donation, PM me. Thanks.
Tried this and its a great little feature, not sure how useful it is yet but the idea of it is great! Well done
RYARNI said:
Tried this and its a great little feature, not sure how useful it is yet but the idea of it is great! Well done
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Happy to see you like it.
helmanss said:
Happy to see you like it.
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anyone tried this app with the new nex7 FHD? and does it drain battery much? TIA
Here's a link to check it out. Not sure if it works. If anybody wants to test out the APK, please report back with your results.
Thanks but the app is only installable on the ULTRA, MAXX, Mini, and Moto X.
it installs without problems, but doesn't appear in appdrawer, and playstore says it's incompatible with the One
I have installed the .apk, but can't start it, as it isn't present as an actual app. I think, we also need the settings app directly from the Moto X/Droid Series, in order to be able to set up the actual touchless cotrols app.
Application installed just fine on my Telus Galaxy S3 with CM10.2. Added the activities shortcut through Nova Launcher. Tried to launch each activity but it just crashed.
Rebooted and continuous errors.
There's something unique in Motorola's framework similar to TouchWiz/Sense etc. I know this is the HTC One forums, but I felt like trying it out
lol i like how the OP post an apk wants people to test but it too scared to test it himself
wont work...but
why not try something that really works (touchless gesture that is)
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/hovering-controls-update-brings-additional-gesture-actions/
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Here's a link to check it out. Not sure if it works. If anybody wants to test out the APK, please report back with your results.
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Maybe we can try by changing the build.prop of the phone. We did the same with Facebook Home and it seemed to work. Anyone can try this out?
animatechnica said:
why not try something that really works (touIless gesture that is)
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/hovering-controls-update-brings-additional-gesture-actions/
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How did you get it to work? Tried all gestures and settings. Not working.
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How did you get it to work? Tried all gestures and settings. Not working.
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are you following me from phone to phone over the years? :silly:
i've got the air gestures half working (screen on, scroll through browser etc) gonna try and get the rest working later on...
as for motorola touchless control apk it will never work without the motorola chip inside
Touchless controls is going to require a Motorola Phone. It requires a specific low-core processor that allows the phone to be constantly listening, if we kept the mic in our phones on 24/7 without Motorola's specific hardware, our battery would die in 1 hour.
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are you following me from phone to phone over the years? :silly:
i've got the air gestures half working (screen on, scroll through browser etc) gonna try and get the rest working later on...
as for motorola touchless control apk it will never work without the motorola chip inside
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That would be the other way round.
I've tried to scroll browser with every gesture. Zilch.
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That would be the other way round.
I've tried to scroll browser with every gesture. Zilch.
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here's the settings i've used, but it's very hit and miss... best way i've found is to sweep my left thumb near the charging light/mic
beanbean50 said:
here's the settings i've used, but it's very hit and miss... best way I found is sweep my left thumb near the charging light/mic
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No luck. I give up. Had a couple of responses earlier, like opening browser when it was already opened and requesting root.
Have you guys tryd using a logcat to see what it keeps looking for before it crashes just saying then we could have a better understanding.
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No luck. I give up. Had a couple of responses earlier, like opening browser when it was already opened and requesting root.
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yep it's not the best, i'm about to delete it aswell... maybe in a few years time we'll have proper full air gestures like tom cruise in Minority Report ..hehe
beanbean50 said:
yep it's not the best, i'm about to delete it aswell. Maybe in a few years time we'll have full air gestures like tom cruise in Minority Report ..hehe
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Talking of Tom Cruise, he's like Sense 5. Remember the sense on our desire? Sense 5 looks just like that. I wonder how mimi Rogers looks like standing next to him today.
CheesyNutz said:
lol i like how the OP post an apk wants people to test but it too scared to test it himself
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I was at work and couldn't download it and play with it. I have since tried it (it failed for me too), and have done some more digging. Apparently, the Moto X has a core in it's processor made to do just this. We do not have that core. Looks like this is a lost cause...
Stop saying core! It's a DSP, noting 'core' about that. .
But yes, this is useless without that chip. There is a app on play store that does the same thing and you can even set the wake phrase ('Jarvis!'). Haven't tried it so I cannot comment on battery, but I'm sure it uses quite a bit.
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Nexus 5
Is this going to be able to work with the nexus 5 because is has the same snapdragon 800 or will it still struggle? So disappointed the nexus 5 doesn't feature some of the moto x impressive features like touchless control and amazing battery. Otherwise it is a great phone!
CheesyNutz said:
lol i like how the OP post an apk wants people to test but it too scared to test it himself
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Didn't anybody tell you? We're obliged to mess around with our phones, edit build.props, you know, stuff that could render our devices as, well.....paperweights really, just so the op can laugh at our expense.
How about OP, you install on your device, if it doesn't work....bad times, if it does work, post a solution. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
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