coming from the eris, one of the main issues I have with the dinc is the power button on top. it is not easy to use. especially one handed.
I have found some ways to wake and sleep using the trackpad. Cyanogenmod 7 has an option for sleep by holding the search key. but I would like to sleep by holding the trackpad. CM7 also allows to wake by trackpad, but this works very inconsistently.
Does anyone know of a ROM or App that can reliably to either or both?
just found this zip to flash, I will give it a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960481
I don't remember which ROMs in specific but there are multiple ones that have the trackpad wake feature.
Check your ROM for spare parts. Check in the addons for track pad wake. I had it on Incredibly ReEngineered.
Tried to flash the zip. It works but there is significant lag occasionally
Can anyone recommend a cyanogen based rom that it works well on
Widgetlocker has an easy wake mode, where any hardware button wakes the phone... this also includes the volume rocker
From my experience trackpad wake has lag on every rom when the phone has been asleep awhile.
Edit: just seen in rom manager there is a sense kernal with quick wake. Not sure if that's the ticket but sounds promising.
luke1987 said:
From my experience trackpad wake has lag on every rom when the phone has been asleep awhile.
Edit: just seen in rom manager there is a sense kernal with quick wake. Not sure if that's the ticket but sounds promising.
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did you try the sense kernal with quick wake? I am frustrated by this feature that works only half the time. Seems random too when it will work, but the longer it is off the less likely it will wake with the trackpad.
No I get download fails in rom manager and I couldn't find any mirrors with Google. Hopefully I'll get to try it before long
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I have an rooted "unrevoked 3.21" Incredible with the stock OTA 2.2 Froyo update on my phone. I haven't really done too much to tweak it but I did install ROMmanager and through there installed the optical trackpad wake function.
I knew going into it that people said that the wake function would be sporadic at best which seems to be my general observation. My questions is how come when my phone is either plugged into a wall charger or to the PC that the optical trackpad wake feature works every single time 100% on the first click like it was actually designed for this purpose but as soon as it is unplugged it will only work occasionally at best and sometimes requires me to hold the button down for nearly 8-9 seconds before it will actually wake?
I mean if it will wake every single time consistently when the phone is plugged into a charging source there has to be some reason or way to get it to function the same way when it is not plugged in. Right? There must be something about the phone being plugged into a charging source that is allowing the optical trackpad button to work every single time 100% consistently. I'm not a developer by any means but does anyone have any idea what would allow this to work perfectly when charging but then sporadically when unplugged and do you think there is any way to replicate this or fool the trackpad button to thinking it is always plugged in charging to get a consistent wake function out of the trackpad whether it is plugged in or not plugged in?
I don't expect this thread to go anywhere but if it does, thank you very much in advance...
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Well if it works 100% when plugged in then I would guess its a battery saving thing for it to not work
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I have an rooted "unrevoked 3.21" Incredible with the stock OTA 2.2 Froyo update on my phone. I haven't really done too much to tweak it but I did install ROMmanager and through there installed the optical trackpad wake function.
I knew going into it that people said that the wake function would be sporadic at best which seems to be my general observation. My questions is how come when my phone is either plugged into a wall charger or to the PC that the optical trackpad wake feature works every single time 100% on the first click like it was actually designed for this purpose but as soon as it is unplugged it will only work occasionally at best and sometimes requires me to hold the button down for nearly 8-9 seconds before it will actually wake?
I mean if it will wake every single time consistently when the phone is plugged into a charging source there has to be some reason or way to get it to function the same way when it is not plugged in. Right? There must be something about the phone being plugged into a charging source that is allowing the optical trackpad button to work every single time 100% consistently. I'm not a developer by any means but does anyone have any idea what would allow this to work perfectly when charging but then sporadically when unplugged and do you think there is any way to replicate this or fool the trackpad button to thinking it is always plugged in charging to get a consistent wake function out of the trackpad whether it is plugged in or not plugged in?
I don't expect this thread to go anywhere but if it does, thank you very much in advance...
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Well if it works 100% when plugged in then I would guess its a battery saving thing for it to not work
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Yeah it's freakin weird. Works every single time when it is plugged in to a charging source. There has to be a way to tell the optical trackpad that it is plugged in when it is not plugged in.
I have observed this as well. This must have to do with how the screen off mode operates under battery power vs on external power source. When on battery only power, some functions are probably checked for incoming commands at longer intervals. These same functions must be awake all the time under external power. So the solution would be to embed the trackpad to wake commands under the module which is on always whether under battery or external power.
Just my guess.
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I have observed this as well. This must have to do with how the screen off mode operates under battery power vs on external power source. When on battery only power, some functions are probably checked for incoming commands at longer intervals. These same functions must be awake all the time under external power. So the solution would be to embed the trackpad to wake commands under the module which is on always whether under battery or external power.
Just my guess.
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That is exactly what I am thinking is going on here. For some reason when the phone is plugged into a charging source it allows the trackpad to wake instantly. When the phone is on internal battery power only there must be some sort of battery saving power function for the trackpad possibly to save battery power if there were any unintentional presses of the trackpad so that way no battery would be wasted while the phone is unplugged from a charger. Like I initially said I am no developer but how would I go about finding a way to attach the trackpad wake feature to that external power source command feature and tell the trackpad that it is always plugged into a charging source even though it is running on battery power only?
Is there a specific developer that would be best at this or somewhere particular that I could direct my question/theory to? Thanks again for the responses guys...
Id imagine if the optical trackpad were on at all times it would be registering the swipes up against our pant pockets, and that might use some unintentional battery juice.
Its just the nature of it. I doubt you could turn on the button pressing function without enabling the swipe actions as well.
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Div033 said:
Id imagine if the optical trackpad were on at all times it would be registering the swipes up against our pant pockets, and that might use some unintentional battery juice.
Its just the nature of it. I doubt you could turn on the button pressing function without enabling the swipe actions as well.
:/
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I think for what it's worth I would prefer to take my chance with a few unintentional swipes in my pocket if the phone would wake up consistently by pressing the optical trackpad button. That is definitely something I hadn't really thought about though and it make sense but I just hate the consistency issues.
Well if you swipe it, it doesn't do anything while the phone's screen is off, so I don't think it is registering the swipes at all, so technically enabling it should work. And we can always test to see if the swipes do waste the battery.
Try holding down the button until it wakes up, sometimes it requires a second or 2 to register (makes the failure rate close to 0)
I promise - I watched the video and searched the hell out of this before posting...
can you change the wake phone function from the power button to, say, the volume keys and/or the home soft button?
thanks in advance. please don't slaughter me if this is posted elsewhere!
hobakill said:
I promise - I watched the video and searched the hell out of this before posting...
can you change the wake phone function from the power button to, say, the volume keys and/or the home soft button?
thanks in advance. please don't slaughter me if this is posted elsewhere!
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Idk where it is at in the samsung devices but usually you can change the key layout by editing user-key layout you can also remap the search button to any app.
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Idk where it is at in the samsung devices but usually you can change the key layout by editing user-key layout you can also remap the search button to any app.
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i can see how that would be useful but i couldn't find it and moreover, i think when the phone goes into sleep-mode, those soft keys are disabled. i guess i am looking for a way to either wake the phone with the volume keys - or - somehow enable those soft buttons so i can hit the home one and wake up my phone.
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i can see how that would be useful but i couldn't find it and moreover, i think when the phone goes into sleep-mode, those soft keys are disabled. i guess i am looking for a way to either wake the phone with the volume keys - or - somehow enable those soft buttons so i can hit the home one and wake up my phone.
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You would have to give the keys a set wake option. I can do it for htc devices but i don't know much about samsung devices. You would want a volume rocker wake I'm guessing or menu and back wake right. You can also use an app called widget locker it enables you to wake the device from volume rocker etc.
thanks again for the thoughts.
i think i'll patiently wait a few weeks for people smarter than me to start writing apps specific to this phone.
have a great day!
I think this will come in handy since some of us don't want to wear out the power button but be able to use both. The only problem I might see using the volume button is when you are listening to something with your headphones. Would pressing the volume button be changing the volume or waking the phone? hahaha..i'm sure there will be options.
The latest version of Juggernaut has that as an option, if you're into flashing custom roms.
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The latest version of Juggernaut has that as an option, if you're into flashing custom roms.
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That is correct, Juggernaut 2.6 has this feature and flashing is pretty simple.
i use this option on Juggernaut too. its great cuz i cant always reach the power button even tho i have huge hands.
which ROM except Juggernaut has this option, I mean waking phone up by sound button?
Darkside's Dewizzed does. and it's a GREAT rom.
I actually hate the 'feature'. I listen to music lots with my phone, and having to double tap the volume rocker to adjust volume sucks, and then it turns on the screen. Since half the time it's in my pocket and i'm pushing buttons through that... long story short i've pocket texted a couple times.
/rant.
Yes, and you can do this without rooting and without installing a custom rom by using the application widget locker, which has an option to wake the phone using the volume keys. Otherwise several roms support this such as the Darkside Dewizzed rom.
Epic bump, but Josh from mobile tech videos gave my phone a solution like this when my phone had an internal shortage. He set the volume+ button as the wake button and it did involve the key layout as someone in this thread had said earlier. Ill be back with a link to an xda thread that had the same idea but for a different device.
I bump this because even though he changed the button layout, I completely forgot about it and flashed a different rom :S now I seek a solution.
samsung s 2 wake up without power button
hobakill said:
thanks again for the thoughts.
i think i'll patiently wait a few weeks for people smarter than me to start writing apps specific to this phone.
have a great day!
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you can download an app like dragon and enable wake up phrase and set lock screen to none the wake up phrase you choose will wake up device so you can access apps with your voice
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which ROM except Juggernaut has this option, I mean waking phone up by sound button?
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ParanoidAndroid also has this function. I already had my power button fail once and had to replace it I now have the option of using the volume buttons or power button to wake the phone.
Hi,
I've decided it's time to root my phone and install Cyanogenmod 10 to get some JB goodness.
However, I'm currently using a case (Incipio NGP) that makes the side unlock button very difficult to press. Because of this, i only use the side button to LOCK the phone, and instead use the physical home button on the front of the phone to UNLOCK it.
What I want to know is, with CM10, will I still be able to unlock the phone using the front physical home button?
I'm going to ignore that fact that using a case that impedes proper use of the phone is just silly.
Do you mean to wake or unlock? The home and power button both wake the phone on CM10. Home button can be a bit hit and miss at this point, but multiple presses resolves this and it will be fixed in the long run.
Exoplanet25 said:
Hi,
I've decided it's time to root my phone and install Cyanogenmod 10 to get some JB goodness.
However, I'm currently using a case (Incipio NGP) that makes the side unlock button very difficult to press. Because of this, i only use the side button to LOCK the phone, and instead use the physical home button on the front of the phone to UNLOCK it.
What I want to know is, with CM10, will I still be able to unlock the phone using the front physical home button?
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Idk about cm10 but task650 and ktoonsez ROM you can use both buttons to wake. I'd try out AOKP. It is the best ROM out for the S3 in my opinion.
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TheFiveDots said:
I'm going to ignore that fact that using a case that impedes proper use of the phone is just silly.
Do you mean to wake or unlock? The home and power button both wake the phone on CM10. Home button can be a bit hit and miss at this point, but multiple presses resolves this and it will be fixed in the long run.
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Hah yeah, might be a little silly but the case is just amazing in every other aspect so I'll deal with a slightly hard to press wake button.
And yes, what I meant was wake, not unlock. So you are saying that if i press the front home button a few times it will wake up and the screen will turn on?
Exoplanet25 said:
Hah yeah, might be a little silly but the case is just amazing in every other aspect so I'll deal with a slightly hard to press wake button.
And yes, what I meant was wake, not unlock. So you are saying that if i press the front home button a few times it will unlock?
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I'm saying that both CM10 and AOKP work normally with regards to waking the phone like you'd expect when you press the home button. Just like stock.
However, as of right now some people are reporting that it doesn't always respond to the first press. That's just a bug that will certainly be worked out at some point.
The only way the home button is currently working a bit differently is when you have a delay set between the screen off and screen lock. My screen locks 1 minute after it goes off, but if you use the home button to wake the phone during this time, it will wake, but also close any app you have open.
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The only way the home button is currently working a bit differently is when you have a delay set between the screen off and screen lock. My screen locks 1 minute after it goes off, but if you use the home button to wake the phone during this time, it will wake, but also close any app you have open.
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That's pretty sketchy - I use a 30minute delay so I guess I'd have to take that off. Why is it that AOKP and CM10 both have the same bug - is it just a bug inherent to AOSP Jellybean with S3 hardware?
Exoplanet25 said:
That's pretty sketchy - I use a 30minute delay so I guess I'd have to take that off. Why is it that AOKP and CM10 both have the same bug - is it just a bug inherent to AOSP Jellybean with S3 hardware?
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Well, "sketchy" isn't the word I'd use, but it is a bit frustrating.
AOKP is built off CM10 for the most part. CM10 is still in the very initial stages on the S3 and the concentration has been on improving graphic and audio performance as a priority.
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Well, "sketchy" isn't the word I'd use, but it is a bit frustrating.
AOKP is built off CM10 for the most part. CM10 is still in the very initial stages on the S3 and the concentration has been on improving graphic and audio performance as a priority.
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Good to know, thanks.
The main things I need to work are:
calling
texting
mp3 player
Do the audio performance bug affect the google play music app (or music playback in general)?
Exoplanet25 said:
Good to know, thanks.
The main things I need to work are:
calling
texting
mp3 player
Do the audio performance bug affect the google play music app (or music playback in general)?
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The audio bugs were related to call audio and have largely been resolved in the latest nightlies.
As for texting, it works. Though there are two outstanding issues that may or may not impact you. 1) Concatenated SMS messages do not work, messages are split at 160 characters. Using an alternative SMS app is not a solution, as messages not split will fail to send. 2) Queueing messages in the stock app is annoying, and if one is attempting to send while you send another, it will fail instead of just getting in line.
Hi all,
Is there any clever way of waking up the HOX from standby using the better positioned buttons like volume up/down, home button etc?
Not interested in any of the apps that activate by shaking or moving phone as I fear it will activate too often in my pocket etc.
Regards, Jens
U should try a custom rom like viper rom
It has alot of tweaks but volume wake up
Not working in deep sleep
For me i use viper rom & custom kernel to use s2wake :thumbup::thumbup:
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jepehd said:
Hi all,
Is there any clever way of waking up the HOX from standby using the better positioned buttons like volume up/down, home butter etc?
Not interested in any of the apps that activate by shaking or moving phone as I fear it will activate too often in my pocket etc.
Regards, Jens
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i use an app called awesome on off. you wake the phone by picking it up at a specific angle (you can choose the angle from a list). i set it to 80 degrees and then carry it around upside down if in a pocket so it won't activate on its own.
jepehd said:
Hi all,
Is there any clever way of waking up the HOX from standby using the better positioned buttons like volume up/down, home button etc?
Not interested in any of the apps that activate by shaking or moving phone as I fear it will activate too often in my pocket etc.
Regards, Jens
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If your bootloader is unlocked, your can try CM10 / RD-MIUI which have this feature.
There should be many other custom ROMs with this feature also, but definitely not ARHD.
Give a search for sweep2wake a wonderful feature which works on ARHD perfectly with custom kernels (I use Faux 12b1). Less the hardware button is pressed more the longivity of the device (telling from a bitter past experience)
Also ARHD with Suite Tools has an option of Vol +/- wake feature.
Suite tools isn't available yet on JB. I want swipe wakeup features also
This was an amazing feature I had on my G2 running Andromadus Mimicry ROM back about a year ago.
If you held the power button down for 2 seconds when the screen was off, it would activate the LED flash and essentually turn your phone into a flashlight. This is MUCH more convenient and intuitive than tapping the power button, swiping to unlock your screen, clicking on the Torch app, then clicking the lightbulb to turn on the flash.
Does anyone know of a ROM or app for the LG Nitro that has this? Supposedly it is an AOKP feature, so I installed JellyBAM which is a blend of various ROMs including AOKP and I was unable to find any setting to enable this.
Technocian said:
This was an amazing feature I had on my G2 running Andromadus Mimicry ROM back about a year ago.
If you held the power button down for 2 seconds when the screen was off, it would activate the LED flash and essentually turn your phone into a flashlight. This is MUCH more convenient and intuitive than tapping the power button, swiping to unlock your screen, clicking on the Torch app, then clicking the lightbulb to turn on the flash.
Does anyone know of a ROM or app for the LG Nitro that has this? Supposedly it is an AOKP feature, so I installed JellyBAM which is a blend of various ROMs including AOKP and I was unable to find any setting to enable this.
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to save you some time it isn't in the PAC ROM, or avatar ROM either.
Technocian said:
This was an amazing feature I had on my G2 running Andromadus Mimicry ROM back about a year ago.
If you held the power button down for 2 seconds when the screen was off, it would activate the LED flash and essentually turn your phone into a flashlight. This is MUCH more convenient and intuitive than tapping the power button, swiping to unlock your screen, clicking on the Torch app, then clicking the lightbulb to turn on the flash.
Does anyone know of a ROM or app for the LG Nitro that has this? Supposedly it is an AOKP feature, so I installed JellyBAM which is a blend of various ROMs including AOKP and I was unable to find any setting to enable this.
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In CM10.1 (or -based roms) you can simply press pwr (no need to even unlock), swipe down, and click the torch "plate", which instantly turns on the light. Then just press again to turn off.. Pretty easy IMO.
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Technocian said:
This was an amazing feature I had on my G2 running Andromadus Mimicry ROM back about a year ago.
If you held the power button down for 2 seconds when the screen was off, it would activate the LED flash and essentually turn your phone into a flashlight. This is MUCH more convenient and intuitive than tapping the power button, swiping to unlock your screen, clicking on the Torch app, then clicking the lightbulb to turn on the flash.
Does anyone know of a ROM or app for the LG Nitro that has this? Supposedly it is an AOKP feature, so I installed JellyBAM which is a blend of various ROMs including AOKP and I was unable to find any setting to enable this.
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CM 10.1 has the option to set Torch similarly to the harware buttons like said above but I believe it cannot be set to the lock/power button. For example all you need to do press the lock button then hold down the home button and it automatically turns the LED on and after you're done you hold to turn it off. With jellybam v7.1 you have to unlock/enter pattern and hold the set hardware button . But by far personally Jellybam is a much better Rom at least for an experinced and it wouldn't be worth it to switch over something like that. Try setting the Torch wiget to one of the side screens at the lock screen. If you come up with something better or have a question please post :fingers-crossed:
Setting it to the Notification Bar or Lock Screen is nice, but nothing beats holding one button down and pretending your phone is a physical flashlight :/
Maybe one day someone will port the AOKP feature over to the Nitro.
Using an app called Torchie, just press both 'volume buttons' together to turn on/off torch anytime. It runs as a background service and just works anytime, even when screen off (if enabled from Torchie Settings). It kinda make your phone feel like a conventional battery operated torch. No root required.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.blogspot.anselmbros.torchie
XDA Thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-torchie-torch-volume-buttons-anytime-t3270230