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can anyone tell me how to calibrate the G-Sensor in the Gaaxy Nexus Prime? In games and apps using this sensor it seems that the y-axis is about 5 degrees leftside when i hold the smartphone straight up. This means for example that the figure in doodle jump moves slowly left, although the Nexus is holded erect...
Googled for an solution by myself, but nothing helped so far. Even apps like BubbleLevel, which have the calibration tool, calibrate the sensor just for this app... and not in general.
Thanks
Try calibrating with this app and see if it helps.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2
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Ignore everyone telling you to use an app to do it, because you can't. Android has no concept of global calibration regarding the sensors.
I have 3 Android phones, they all have wrong default calibration, from a few degrees (Galaxy Nexus) to about 30 degrees (Xperia X10 Mini Pro.. unusable).
You used to be able to calibrate in gingerbread by modding axis offset values in the AK8973Prms.txt file in data/misc. ICS doesn't seen to have that file, at least not in the same place.
HTC Desire, Desire HD have its calibration app.
zapek666 said:
Ignore everyone telling you to use an app to do it, because you can't. Android has no concept of global calibration regarding the sensors.
I have 3 Android phones, they all have wrong default calibration, from a few degrees (Galaxy Nexus) to about 30 degrees (Xperia X10 Mini Pro.. unusable).
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He asked for help and I tried to help him with what work for me in the past. No need to tell him to ignore people. It's a simple process that involves rotating the phone on 3 of its axis. If it helps, then great. But it certainly wouldn't hurt for him to try, would it? No need to be condescending; it's not like I'm trying cause him harm.
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He asked for help and I tried to help him with what work for me in the past. No need to tell him to ignore people. It's a simple process that involves rotating the phone on 3 of its axis. If it helps, then great. But it certainly wouldn't hurt for him to try, would it? No need to be condescending; it's not like I'm trying cause him harm.
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I think that method works well for compass calibration for apps like maps and sky, but it is temporary and doesn't seem to affect pitch and roll. GPS status let's you calibrate pitch and roll but only within the app, it doesn't affect system calibration. The file i mentioned above did allow manual system calibration under gingerbread. Not sure how to accomplish under ics. A post i saw suggested that gnex and ics automatically calibrate if you leave the unit to sit alone for a bit. I don't buy it, but that's the only info i have found.
In case anyone is interested in how it was done under gingerbread, see my post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16592139
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In case anyone is interested in how it was done under gingerbread, see my post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16592139
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It's not Gingerbread, it's for that specific sensor with that specific driver. The Galaxy Nexus uses a Bosch BMA250 which has an NV memory where calibration settings can be stored but doing so is not trivial. More information at http://www.bosch-sensortec.com/content/language1/downloads/BST-BMA250-DS002-03.pdf
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It's not Gingerbread, it's for that specific sensor with that specific driver. The Galaxy Nexus uses a Bosch BMA250 which has an NV memory where calibration settings can be stored but doing so is not trivial. More information at http://www.bosch-sensortec.com/content/language1/downloads/BST-BMA250-DS002-03.pdf
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Aah good to know. I'll check that out. Thanks
Wave Control uses the proximity sensor to detect hand gestures to control music playback (free version) and more (paid version).
Update (10/11/2012): Half of proceeds from app sales from October will be donated to Breast Cancer Research
More Info Here
Update (9/7/2012): New Tasker Support for changing profiles in Wave Control!
Update (31/08/2012): Jelly Bean users are getting force closes in the Play Store app when navigating to Wave Control -- The free version's apk is available to download on this post. Please if it's working for you in Play Store download from there.. I need the install count
I developed this on the Note and luckily it happens to have one of the best proximity sensors (at least for my uses). Works best on the Note and Galaxy Nexus. Not so great on HTC phones and SGSII due to their particular sensors (much slower).
There are 4 basic gestures:
-Hover
-1 Wave
-2 Waves
-3 Waves
By default they correspond to Play/Pause, Next, Previous, Enable/Disable Controls respectively.
In the Pro version, they can be remapped to any of those plus: Turn Screen On, Volume Up, Volume Down, Launch Google Voice Search, Alt Play/Pause (for MX Video Player), and do nothing.
Popular uses are:
When driving, don't have to take your eyes off the road to try to hit a button
When your hands are dirty so you don't smear crap all over your phone like when cooking or working on car
While on the computer, you don't have to bother waking the phone to change the song (works even when the screen is off)
I'd like to see what you guys think of it. If you have any suggestions for new features or any feedback, I'd love to hear it.
Google Play Store Links:
Free Version
Paid Pro Version
Here are a couple youtube video demos:
and more of the Pro features:
I've got an identical post in the Galaxy Note forum. I'm limiting the call for feedback to these two devices for now since they have the most responsive sensor.
Holy crap, this is awesome.
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Looks good, so far. I already paid for it, in support of where I think it might go. It would be interesting to see the ability to launch other apps besides Voice Search, chosen by the user, rather than hard coded. This would open up lots of possibilities.
I think this would not work in the night or in dark rooms?!
Otherwise this is really cool!
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Looks good, so far. I already paid for it, in support of where I think it might go. It would be interesting to see the ability to launch other apps besides Voice Search, chosen by the user, rather than hard coded. This would open up lots of possibilities.
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Yeah been rolling this idea around for some time. I've been kind of lazy about implementing it. I think I'll start coding it up to include in the next update unless a bug pops up first.
Thanks for the support!
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I think this would not work in the night or in dark rooms?!
Otherwise this is really cool!
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If I used just the light sensor then, yeah it would have that limitation. The proximity sensor (on the same chip) uses an IR LED to light up the near object and the light sensor to detect the IR reflection.
Hows the battery usage of the app? I am presuming that app is always running in the background polling for some action in the proximity sensor.
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Hows the battery usage of the app? I am presuming that app is always running in the background polling for some action in the proximity sensor.
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For me, it's been a little under what the music player uses. The system broadcasts on state changes of the sensor so I don't have to poll. Which is quite nice.
This is phenomenal. I like the potential!
I'm a little concerned about the battery life implications of this app. OP mentions that the app works even when the screen is off. Does this mean that a constant wakelock is maintained at all times which prevents the device from going into deep sleep?
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I'm a little concerned about the battery life implications of this app. OP mentions that the app works even when the screen is off. Does this mean that a constant wakelock is maintained at all times which prevents the device from going into deep sleep?
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I was thinking the exact same thing too. Awesome, but potentially a battery drain.
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ArmanUV said:
I'm a little concerned about the battery life implications of this app. OP mentions that the app works even when the screen is off. Does this mean that a constant wakelock is maintained at all times which prevents the device from going into deep sleep?
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I was thinking the exact same thing too. Awesome, but potentially a battery drain.
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Yeah, it holds a Partial Wakelock.
If someone knows how to still receive state changes from the proximity sensor without a Partial Wakelock, please let me know!
I'm always looking for ways to make the app for energy efficient. Working with the screen off saves a lot of battery since the screen is usually the biggest consumer of power.
If you want to know for sure how much battery it uses, just try it out. If it uses more battery than you feel is acceptable for the functionality, stop using it. It's not something to leave running in the background indefinitely.
I would love a sensitivity toggle. For me, the response time seems slow.
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Yeah, it holds a Partial Wakelock.
If someone knows how to still receive state changes from the proximity sensor without a Partial Wakelock, please let me know!
I'm always looking for ways to make the app for energy efficient. Working with the screen off saves a lot of battery since the screen is usually the biggest consumer of power.
If you want to know for sure how much battery it uses, just try it out. If it uses more battery than you feel is acceptable for the functionality, stop using it. It's not something to leave running in the background indefinitely.
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it doesn't have to be that way. Why not give the user an option to disable the wake lock so that the app works only when the screen is on?
Also, can you explain the Pocket mode and the "Headphones unplug exit" options? I read the description about Pocket mode but I'm not sure I understand: Is a false positive 3 wave gesture so common that there needs to be workaround for it? Furthurmore, when does the app need to be in front? If the screen is on but the app is in background, chances are the user is actually using the phone.
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it doesn't have to be that way. Why not give the user an option to disable the wake lock so that the app works only when the screen is on?
Also, can you explain the Pocket mode and the "Headphones unplug exit" options? I read the description about Pocket mode but I'm not sure I understand: Is a false positive 3 wave gesture so common that there needs to be workaround for it? Furthurmore, when does the app need to be in front? If the screen is on but the app is in background, chances are the user is actually using the phone.
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Yeah perhaps that could be a replacement for the pocketmode.. just disable the wakelock.
Pocket Mode was a user request. I guess the person had fairly baggy pants such that the controls were getting reenabled and music started playing while they were walking. So all it does is prevent that from happening. It's raised more support questions than it addressed so it does need to change.
The headphones unplug exit is an auto exit of the app when you unplug your headphones. It used to just be the way the app behaved but I had a request to be able to disable it.
Having to have the app in front is more of a carryover from before I had the notification icon change with enable/disable. It was just to make the user see the status change. I had kinda forgotten about it.
All good points! Thanks for the feedback.
I think I'll change Pocket Mode to something like Only Work With Screen On and then just toggle the wakelock. More straight forward.
Thanks again!
Pocket Mode
Galaxy Nexus CM9 nightly, Pro version - Pocket Mode is turned on in settings, but app continue to work with screen turned off.
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Galaxy Nexus CM9 nightly, Pro version - Pocket Mode is turned on in settings, but app continue to work with screen turned off.
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Yeah the current implementation only prevents a re-enable. So, until you disable it, it'll still work. I'll be changing that soon to avoid confusion.
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So this fun... it still works without the wake lock. Now I'm thinking back to why I put it there in the first place.
I think I had read that on some phones it's required to still receive sensor data, but not all. So I guess my Note doesn't require it. I get down into deep sleep without the wakelock (as long as music isn't playing) and am still able to start music back up. Sweet.
Now how to word the option to not confuse non devs....
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Yeah the current implementation only prevents a re-enable. So, until you disable it, it'll still work. I'll be changing that soon to avoid confusion.
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It will be great to have real Pocket Mode - if Hover lasts more that 1 sec (or other time, better make it adjustable in settings) turn on real Pocket Mode - disable controls
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I think I had read that on some phones it's required to still receive sensor data, but not all. So I guess my Note doesn't require it. I get down into deep sleep without the wakelock (as long as music isn't playing) and am still able to start music back up. Sweet.
Now how to word the option to not confuse non devs....
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Great news, hope it is the same for Nexus. As for the wording - "allow deep sleep" maybe?
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It will be great to have real Pocket Mode - if Hover lasts more that 1 sec (or other time, better make it adjustable in settings) turn on real Pocket Mode - disable controls
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Great news, hope it is the same for Nexus. As for the wording - "allow deep sleep" maybe?
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Yeah that might a good way to activate it.. hmm.
I ended up just settling on Wake Lock.. see how many questions I get about it.
I just posted V1.50:
-Wake Lock as an option, default is off
-Pocket Mode now disables everything when the screen is off
-Tweaked the timing for the SGSII
-Fixed a bug for the play/pause on MX Video (forgot to put this in the app's changelog)
-Pro gets Screen Off command
Thanks for great feedback guys! It's helping me quite a bit.
Still to come:
For Pro: Launch any installed app
Adjustable timing for the gesture window
Ingenious.
Sent from the future.
This is awesome.
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So my mother is looking into a new phone because her gyroscopic sensor doesn't work. I couldn't really find anything to help with it, but I plan on trying everything I can before she does. This includes flashing back to the stock version that had gyroscopic calibration, replacing the motherboard (where I think the sensor is located), etc. My question in case it gets down to it: on which part is the sensor located?
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So my mother is looking into a new phone because her gyroscopic sensor doesn't work. I couldn't really find anything to help with it, but I plan on trying everything I can before she does. This includes flashing back to the stock version that had gyroscopic calibration, replacing the motherboard (where I think the sensor is located), etc. My question in case it gets down to it: on which part is the sensor located?
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Try GPS Status, it has a means to calibrate (pitch and roll) that might fix the issue: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2
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OriginalGabriel said:
Try GPS Status, it has a means to calibrate (pitch and roll) that might fix the issue: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2
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already did. no luck
Note 5 goodness on Note Edge!
Enjoy this wonderful app by @xperiacle which gives you the Screen off memo, s-note thingy without unlocking the screen, in an instant! I'm linking the thread instead of the app so you go and thanx him there (and perhaps me? ).
Basic steps :-
1. Change s pen detachment option to none.
2. Run the app once.
3. Profit
Original link by xperiacle- http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/themes-apps/app-screen-off-memo-t3196790
Tested on N9105G 5.0.1, N915F 5.1.1.
Almost every other variant.
Let me know if it doesn't work
P. S. This only works on DEFAULT LOCKSCREEN. If you have any other lockscreen it might not work like Go Locker or something else.
When i pull out the S-Pen the Screen goes on an there is no Screen Of Memory Function. The Air Commander is starting.
Change option to None when S pen is detached.
Then you need to click the app icon once. Next turn screen off by pressing the power button once. Remove spen then it would automatically show the s off and you can write anything you want
915F, 5.1.1, ok.
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Sent from Galaxy Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
My device wakes up when I pull out the s-pen, the memo does not start.. Any help?
This thread was created with the intention of sharing a new feature . There has been a miscommunication between the original creator of the app and the one who tweaked it for non-root users. Until its sorted out,I cannot share the apk links so plz do not pm me regarding it. I mean no disrespect to anyone but rules are rules.
I will update the thread as soon as it is sorted out. In the meantime im updating the OP with the original link of the app which you can use by changing build.prop. Further details you can see in the aforementioned post.
Thank you
The new update v1.3 from the original thread works on my Note Edge (SM-N915FY) !!
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The new update v1.3 from the original thread works on my Note Edge (SM-N915FY) !!
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I would like to confirm this app also work on my n915g.:thumbup:
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It also works on N915T
Works on Verizon as well!! Love it!
I have followed the steps, started the application, turned off the screen, everything as instructed, but still the screen wakes up with s pen detachment and the off screen memo does not start.
Any suggestions/instructions???
Note edge 915F running 5.1.1
Did you install the latest apk from the link?
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Did you install the latest apk from the link?
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Yes I installed v 1.3 from the original thread but with no luck to work.
I don't know why, while others confirm their success with the same apk and with different note edge models i mean N915 F/G/T/FY.
I think I have an application that is conflicting with screen off memo.
I will keep trying.
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Yes I installed v 1.3 from the original thread but with no luck to work.
I don't know why, while others confirm their success with the same apk and with different note edge models i mean N915 F/G/T/FY.
I think I have an application that is conflicting with screen off memo.
I will keep trying.
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What is your lock screen setting? Turn it to swipe. S pen detach shortcut should be off instead of air command or any other function.
Hi skyhigh73, the s pen detachment option in s pen setting must be put to none. And the app must be click once. If you have done that, then sorry, can't help you there.
I think it needs some lock screen security to work. Swipe will do.
skyhigh73 said:
Yes I installed v 1.3 from the original thread but with no luck to work.
I don't know why, while others confirm their success with the same apk and with different note edge models i mean N915 F/G/T/FY.
I think I have an application that is conflicting with screen off memo.
I will keep trying.
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How did you go with problem?
Thanks all for your help.
Finally I got it to work.
The problem was in the lock screen. I was using (Google Next Lock screen application) which was incompatible with off screen memo. I removed the application and changed the native security settings to swipe instead of pattern which was also incompatible with off screen memo. And it worked finally after rebooting and starting the application once.
Thanx for all for help and patience.
Glad you got it working. I'll add it to OP that it works with default lockscreen only.!
Hi Xdaers,
I'm sure that most of you know about 'Note Buddy' and 'S Pen Toolbox' allowing you to customise the 'attach/detach' sounds of the 'S Pen', along with some other features.
I'm hoping that someone can point me to an app or method that will allow me to customise the sound emitted when you move the device too far away from the 'S Pen'.
I was able to do this on my 'Note 8', now I've forgotten how, but was definitely not through 'Root'.
Any help would be much appreciated, this is the last step in the customisation of my 'Note 10 plus 5G' and its driving me crazy.
Peace...
I think those aspects (sounds of s-pen) no longer work. I mean Note Buddy no longer works for me --itll work for like 2 minutes then revert back to stock sound. So I dont know at this point if those other sounds can be changed
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ZEDEK said:
Peace...
I think those aspects (sounds of s-pen) no longer work. I mean Note Buddy no longer works for me --itll work for like 2 minutes then revert back to stock sound. So I dont know at this point if those other sounds can be changed
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'S Pen Toolbox' sounds modding feature
definitely works on my 'Exynos', I don't use it's other features so can't attest to those. The only thing is that it doesn't include changing the proximity alarm sound.
try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fuzebits.spenkeeper
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try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fuzebits.spenkeeper
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That's the one!!!?
You Sir/Madam are a diamond, many thanks. ?
Yeah, s pen keeper is a very useful app, I use it since my note 7
Why use an app for that? That function is built-in...
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Why use an app for that? That function is built-in...
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It's not about the function, it's about the sound, and you'd know this if you'd read the thread from the start.
For instance with 'S Pen toolbox' I'm able to change the S Pen detach sound to that of a 'light sabre' and the attach sound to that of a door being locked. With 'S Pen keeper' the proximity alarm sound has been changed to that of a klaxon.
Small things, but they make the device uniquely mine.
I just installed it and change the sound, but it doesn't play it when I use the S Pen
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I just installed it and change the sound, but it doesn't play it when I use the S Pen
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Have you given it 'Administrator' permission?, there's a toggle in the app for it.
Also, make sure that notification volume is turned on.
Ensure that no 'Accessibility Services' are enabled that may interfere with notification sounds, then restart the device.
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Have you given it 'Administrator' permission?, there's a toggle in the app for it.
Also, make sure that notification volume is turned on.
Ensure that no 'Accessibility Services' are enabled that may interfere with notification sounds, then restart the device.
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Yes, I did all that and didn't work. I just installed S Pen Toolbox and worked fine
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Yes, I did all that and didn't work. I just installed S Pen Toolbox and worked fine
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I guess 1 out of 2 isn't too bad, considering that no updates in years, but for me, S Pen Keeper also works for the proximity functionality.
Maybe try a different sound file/format.
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Have a look to Pentastic original Samsung App for Spen ?
Pentastic is fantastic.
These are the customisations that should have shipped with the S pen from the get go.
No need for 3rd party apps now, except for the 'proximity alarm' customisation, so Samsung if you're listening, please add this in the next 'Pentastic' update.
No go with Pie... screw Q