[Q] what is happening to my screen when i unlock?? - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

See attached image. When I unlock my phone this white "sun retreating" beams from the top right of the screen. It lasts for 5 seconds or until I hit any button. After that my phone is completely normal. Is this some kind of virus or something?

rymn said:
See attached image. When I unlock my phone this white "sun retreating" beams from the top right of the screen. It lasts for 5 seconds or until I hit any button. After that my phone is completely normal. Is this some kind of virus or something?
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That is a weather animation that you have turned on in beautiful widgets. Can't tell if serious or trolling...

thacounty said:
That is a weather animation that you have turned on in beautiful widgets. Can't tell if serious or trolling...
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He's lucky his virus has sunbeams, mine is a bunch of clouds.

rymn said:
See attached image. When I unlock my phone this white "sun retreating" beams from the top right of the screen. It lasts for 5 seconds or until I hit any button. After that my phone is completely normal. Is this some kind of virus or something?
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It's not a virus. It's the unlock weather animations for Beautiful Weather.
To turn it off click on your weather on the home screen
Swipe from the left edge
Select settings under weather
Scroll to the bottom
Switch off Unlock Animations.

Not trolling. Just updated my beautiful widgets.
Thanks guys!

rymn said:
Not trolling. Just updated my beautiful widgets.
Thanks guys!
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Good deal. Thanks button beside quote button.

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[Q] [HOW TO] temporarily freeze current screen to show others

I often find myself wanting to show someone a picture or current screen display, but when I hand them my phone either touching the screen or one of the buttons or making that gesture suddenly changes the screen, or moves the picture. Is there some way to freeze the screen on purpose so it can be passed around safely?
I know about screen capture programs (Screenshot, Shootme) and the screen capture built into some ROMs Power Menu, but those don't keep the resulting scene on the screen (one needs to use a file program to find the graphic, which is clumsy and time consuming).
I agree, i always give my phone to my relatives or friends and they always press the back or home button somehow -.-!
One solution , would be to use a transparent lock screen with a very small unlock toggle ...
Lock it , hand it to them ...
Screenshot would do
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tcboo said:
One solution , would be to use a transparent lock screen with a very small unlock toggle ...
Lock it , hand it to them ...
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This sounds just right, but is there such a lock screen available?
capcanuck said:
Screenshot would do
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I have that program, and it works well, but after taking the shot one needs to recall the complex name and directory, and once found the viewing program has all the buttons active. I have a shortcut to Astro opening in the directory, but even with a half dozen thumbnails, it isn't clear sometimes which one I want to show. I don't see any option to freeze the view.
jpnelson40 said:
This sounds just right, but is there such a lock screen available?
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I don't have the link, but search around , there are some threads on transparent lockscreens ...
Not sure but you may be able to do it with just a transparent .png and setting that as your lockscreen background, but that is just a guess ....

[APP][ROOT] [UPDATE: 10.28.13] Flashlight Widget GS4

Another widget i decided to share with you peoples
I noticed by default there is a "Assistive light" widget for us to put on the home screen. It toggles the flashlight on or off. Well its really dim so i wrote my own widget to do the same thing. This one however gets put on the lockscreen so just swipe over and tap and boom you got a light
May add options for light levels.
Should work on all GS4 variants, only tested on T-Mobile variant.
TO INSTALL:
Simply install the apk, then in your app drawer look for "Flashlight options" and click it to set up your options. (The icon is a flashlight btw xD)
UPDATE 10.28.13:
- Added levels adjustment
- Remove widget and re-add to update after installing new APK
Then create your widget on your lockscreen and profit
Works perfectly thus far and exactly what my phone has been missing. THANK YOU!!
netzer119 said:
Works perfectly thus far and exactly what my phone has been missing. THANK YOU!!
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Same for me! Prolly gonna add the brightness buttons to it soon too.
What do you guys think? Three buttons, one for dim, half, and full brightness? Or a positive and negative button to adjust brightness in one by one increments? I think the three buttons would be quicker to adjust the brightness.
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Three buttons sounds great ..Can't wait for the update ..Thanks
Chosen_on184 said:
Three buttons sounds great ..Can't wait for the update ..Thanks
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agreed! maybe a strobe button in a future update if you're ready to disco disco...
Worked perfectly. Thanks.
Update added levels option
In infamous alpha ROM I just have to long press home button while on lockscreen to turn torch on and off. Any way that I can use your app instead as your is brighter.
Thanks
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Works great as always @elesbb... Thanks
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Netuser said:
In infamous alpha ROM I just have to long press home button while on lockscreen to turn torch on and off. Any way that I can use your app instead as your is brighter.
Thanks
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Just install it as a regular app, then under your lockscreen, add the flashlight widget.
elesbb said:
Just install it as a regular app, then under your lockscreen, add the flashlight widget.
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Not getting option to create widget on lockscreen.
In settings/lockscreen/ ?
Don't see it under widgets app drawer either. ?
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
Not getting option to create widget on lockscreen.
In settings/lockscreen/ ?
Don't see it under widgets app drawer either. ?
Pp.
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Lock your phone by pressing power button, then swipe to your left and you should see the (plus) symbol to add lock screen Widgets.
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Any way this can be added to the lock screen where I don't need to swipe to get to the widget? Ideally, I'd hit the Home or Power button to turn on the phone, then either use your flashlight widget, or swipe to go to the home screen. I'm a beginner on playing with the lock screen, but a flashlight like yours (excellent job on the 3 settings!) is really the only thing I'd like to access that quickly.
Any way to use this as a home screen app? Ever since I've been on Android, I've missed the 3-level flashlight I had on WinMo 6.5 on my old HD2.
Great effort on this, thanks!
hella356 said:
Any way this can be added to the lock screen where I don't need to swipe to get to the widget? Ideally, I'd hit the Home or Power button to turn on the phone, then either use your flashlight widget, or swipe to go to the home screen. I'm a beginner on playing with the lock screen, but a flashlight like yours (excellent job on the 3 settings!) is really the only thing I'd like to access that quickly.
Any way to use this as a home screen app? Ever since I've been on Android, I've missed the 3-level flashlight I had on WinMo 6.5 on my old HD2.
Great effort on this, thanks!
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You can tap and hold my widget on your lockscreen and drag it to the RIGHT most "page" on the lockscreen and it will be the first thing you see when you turn on your screen.
Meaning, tap and hold my widget on your lockscreen, and move your finger to the right of your screen until you see the gray squares stop moving.
Thanks, elesbb! Got it working. Now if I could only get the big clock I normally see to show along with your light, it would be perfect, although it seems only one widget per screen is allowed? Again, I'm a noob about lockscreens.
You really make some cool additions to the phone.
elesbb said:
You can tap and hold my widget on your lockscreen and drag it to the RIGHT most "page" on the lockscreen and it will be the first thing you see when you turn on your screen.
Meaning, tap and hold my widget on your lockscreen, and move your finger to the right of your screen until you see the gray squares stop moving.
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hella356 said:
Thanks, elesbb! Got it working. Now if I could only get the big clock I normally see to show along with your light, it would be perfect, although it seems only one widget per screen is allowed? Again, I'm a noob about lockscreens.
You really make some cool additions to the phone.
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Yes, only one widget per screen, currently working on an app that will hold a widget within a widget (not looking to promising) so i may have to edit the actual smali files itself to add say two widgets per screen. (thats something i REALLY want) so once we finally get a sammobile tar of 4.3, i will be working on mods for my ROM and that is one that i widh to add.

First home screen removal

I hate the screen to the left of my home screen, how can I remove it?
Open the home screen you want to remove, long press anywhere on that screen until you see the WIDGETS button at the bottom, press WIDGETS button, then just long press the screen you wish to remove and drag to the top to remove.
To change or add back just do the same, but instead just put a check in the widgets you want adding. HTH
Guntert said:
I hate the screen to the left of my home screen, how can I remove it?
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Unfortunately, there is no way to remove it with the touchwiz launcher, unrooted.
GeorgeP said:
Unfortunately, there is no way to remove it with the touchwiz launcher, unrooted.
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What did I just post above? You don't need root or anything else to remove it. However you will have to leave at least one widget, that cannot be removed.
ashyx said:
What did I just post above? You don't need root or anything else to remove it. However you will have to leave at least one widget, that cannot be removed.
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Your response does not make sense. You can't remove the screen and you must leave at least one widget on it.
GeorgeP said:
Your response does not make sense. You can't remove the screen and you must leave at least one widget on it.
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There are 2 screens to the left, you can remove the first one easily. The last one only the widgets can be removed except for one.
Just use an other launcher...
Use different launcher. Even custom Roms have that screen. I think it is unremovable.
Guntert said:
I hate the screen to the left of my home screen, how can I remove it?
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Found this while I was looking for something else http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2825558
Are you talking about the magazine?
If you are press and hold on blank screen until the widgets and stuff come up at the botom, tap home screen settings, uncheck my magazine
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luckytrek said:
Are you talking about the magazine?
If you are press and hold on blank screen until the widgets and stuff come up at the botom, tap home screen settings, uncheck my magazine
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I think your referring to something else. There are no such options on the tab s.

weather widget?

I can see the weather information from the app. is there a separate widget and not an app shortcut?
ronaldheld said:
I can see the weather information from the app. is there a separate widget and not an app shortcut?
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Yes, go to "Add a widget" and select "Weather"
danarama said:
Yes, go to "Add a widget" and select "Weather"
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Thanks, did not see that widget due to too many Samsung health widgets, initially.
ronaldheld said:
Thanks, did not see that widget due to too many Samsung health widgets, initially.
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Yeah there's loads of those. Just have to persevere
True, which is what i did. Now if the Always on display actually worked correctly...
ronaldheld said:
True, which is what i did. Now if the Always on display actually worked correctly...
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It works as designed, but I think it needs a redesign
Always on display still times out after 5 minutes. It should stay on until the watch runs out of power or i turn the option off.
ronaldheld said:
Always on display still times out after 5 minutes. It should stay on until the watch runs out of power or i turn the option off.
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"Always On Display" is the dimmed / alternative face (depending on which face you're using) that comes on after your normal screen has timed out.
Hmm i did not interpret it that way. Thanks.
ronaldheld said:
Hmm i did not interpret it that way. Thanks.
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It's the same on wear OS.
Not exactly what I'd want, I'd like to see a true always on, but oh well
danarama said:
It's the same on wear OS.
Not exactly what I'd want, I'd like to see a true always on, but oh well
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I did notice that on Wear OS. Any chance Samsung will provide a true Always On display?
danarama said:
It's the same on wear OS.
Not exactly what I'd want, I'd like to see a true always on, but oh well
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There are certain watch faces that can show the whole watch after dim.
But amoled screen has issue with burn in. So not recommended
torickray said:
There are certain watch faces that can show the whole watch after dim.
But amoled screen has issue with burn in. So not recommended[/QUOTE
Yes indeed there are. I make mine like that. And if it's white face, I find they go too dim you can't even tell the time so I've started making inverted colours for dim mode. Whole face, but opposite colours. Problem is though that dim is still, well, dim. If you wanted to show off your beautiful face you spent hours scripting on, you can't unless you don't use wrist gesture
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Annoying start animation

Hi,
Very satisfied with my new phone, but ...
Each time I open an app it starts with very hard color taken from the icon of the app. Since the color is very hard, it is annoying. I disabled the animations, but stilll, the color is there. I have changed the icons of the apps to a less bright color, but this is not the right solution, I think. Any suggestions? Thanks, Natasa
Are you talking about these icons which show when we start an app?
Aafsut said:
Are you talking about these icons which show when we start an app?
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Hi, Yes, very bright and annoying colors
Natasa
[email protected] said:
Hi, Yes, very bright and annoying colors
Natasa
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to be fair it's only on for a split second, you could just use dark mode if it's to bright.
RandomAJL said:
to be fair it's only on for a split second, you could just use dark mode if it's to bright.
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Of course, I will survive, I thought it could be removed and if not, well ...
Thank you for replies.
[email protected] said:
Of course, I will survive, I thought it could be removed and if not, well ...
Thank you for replies.
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I also want to remove but no luck yet...
Ita annoying and looks like opening of app is slow!
There is one more annoying thing
When start phone app its always strat with big "PHONE" on top of the call log
svetlio359 said:
There is one more annoying thing
When start phone app its always strat with big "PHONE" on top of the call log
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It is nice samsung one ui feature so your thumb can easily reach top contact without using two hands
cap5lock said:
It is nice samsung one ui feature so your thumb can easily reach top contact without using two hands
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Yes could be that
But i can reach 4 more lines from top contact
Still prefer to see whole screen with logs
Before one ui my favorite phone app was on samsung phones becouse the ability to strat from where you close it
Only samsung does it
You can push on the screen upwards and it will vanish.

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