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
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Is there either an app to completely eliminate the lock screen?
I'm running CM and there is an option to unlock by pressing Power>Menu or through gestures but either way that's an additional step - just like my rotary unlock.
There's an app in Market called No Lock that does the same thing.
What I want is just press Power and I'm at the home screen. No 2nd buttons, no Menu button, no sliding, no gestures.
And since I know this question will come up, no I'm not concerned about dialing or anything else, capacitive buttons/screen, remember?
Plus I have a case that bevels over the Power and Volume buttons so... yeah...
Thanks!
typeadam said:
Is there either an app to completely eliminate the lock screen?
I'm running CM and there is an option to unlock by pressing Power>Menu or through gestures but either way that's an additional step - just like my rotary unlock.
There's an app in Market called No Lock that does the same thing.
What I want is just press Power and I'm at the home screen. No 2nd buttons, no Menu button, no sliding, no gestures.
And since I know this question will come up, no I'm not concerned about dialing or anything else, capacitive buttons/screen, remember?
Plus I have a case that bevels over the Power and Volume buttons so... yeah...
Thanks!
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Hey man, its already built into CM. One of the options for the Notification Power Widgets is to Toggle the Lockscreen. Just set Toggle Lockscreen as one of your widgets in the CM settings, and click it and you can completely turn your lockscreen on and off.
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Hey man, its already built into CM. One of the options for the Notification Power Widgets is to Toggle the Lockscreen. Just set Toggle Lockscreen as one of your widgets in the CM settings, and click it and you can completely turn your lockscreen on and off.
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Wow, how'd I miss that..?
But I see it allows you to turn the phone on w/ the volume buttons too... That's not good b/c I usually switch tracks w/ the volume buttons when the phone is in my pocket or when I'm driving - especially when I'm driving.
Any way to only let the power button turn the phone on?
typeadam said:
Wow, how'd I miss that..?
But I see it allows you to turn the phone on w/ the volume buttons too... That's not good b/c I usually switch tracks w/ the volume buttons when the phone is in my pocket or when I'm driving - especially when I'm driving.
Any way to only let the power button turn the phone on?
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I dont know man. Im not on CM right now..I dropped my phone and the screen shattered so instead of fixing it they sent me a new one. Hardware 004 and 2.10 hboot, and this damn thing been fighting me ever since I got it..
gomorrah said:
I dont know man. Im not on CM right now..I dropped my phone and the screen shattered so instead of fixing it they sent me a new one. Hardware 004 and 2.10 hboot, and this damn thing been fighting me ever since I got it..
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I'm sure that you know this as you are a much more senior member but unrevoked will take care of that for you.
I used 3 on mine with the same hardware and hboot and it worked like a charm.
there is an app called No Lock that will do this for you.
No Lock works great...
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there is an app called No Lock that will do this for you.
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Ye.. I said in the OP that I know about No Lock. The problem with no lock is that, just like the CM no lock option, it allows the phone to be woken up by the volume buttons too. Something that's a major deal beaker for me.
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Auto Unlock. Only the power button wakes the phone. Sometimes, you will see the lock screen flash on before it's dismissed.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/auto-unlock-trial-edition/com.iwashisoft.autounlock.trial
after updating to 4.0.4 on GN, i now find that the volume buttons act like the power button when my phone is in sleep - pressing either one will activate the screen. is this normal for this rom? is there a way to stop this behavior? pulling the phone from my pocket i now must be extra careful.
Try looking in settings > interface > lockscreen > wake on volume or something similar. Had this on a previous 4.0.4 rom and it was an option
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Having the same problem after flashing 4.0.4
Don't see Interface in my Settings menu
Any other way to disable vol wake?
This is most likely just a feature of the ROM you tried. There will be a setting to turn it off.
That's what I thought, but can't find anything in the settings for the life of me. I'm just using the most vanilla version of 4.0.4 I can while still keeping root.
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after updating to 4.0.4 on GN, i now find that the volume buttons act like the power button when my phone is in sleep - pressing either one will activate the screen. is this normal for this rom? is there a way to stop this behavior? pulling the phone from my pocket i now must be extra careful.
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interesting....im also on .4 but my volume button does not wake up the screen
was your update the leaked version...can you post a screen shot of the version etc so i can compare for you
is there any ics roms that bypasses the power key...ive tried almost every unlock app in play store and most are outdated and dont work. went to sprint to have serviced, they said might be a battery issue so they ordered me new battery see if that helps if not looks like ill be geting a refurb
I'm on AOKP, and one of the mods included is an option that when checked, will wake your phone by pressing one of the volume rockers. I don't know how you'd relock it without waiting, but this would help you unlock the screen Hope it helps
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I'm on AOKP, and one of the mods included is an option that when checked, will wake your phone by pressing one of the volume rockers. I don't know how you'd relock it without waiting, but this would help you unlock the screen Hope it helps
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CM9 has the same feature as well, so there are a few options.
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I do not use my power button to lock my screen so if there is a way to to unlock your phone using the volume rocker, you can use that and then us something like "Lock Screen Tools" to re-lock it.
I installed this because I wanted to use my power button less, as I wore out the power button on my EVO! :laugh:
Anyway I have the icon just sitting on my main screen, I hit it and poof, the phone locks and the screen shuts off. Seems to work both GB and ICS, I used it on TCP and KBizzle's AOKP Build 37 when I was testing it out. It's working on the GB ROM I'm running now too.
Hello, I am using the Evervolv rom. When I press the power button to wake the phone up, the bottom buttons light up but the lockscreen doesnt display for a good 5-10 seconds. I can get the phone to unlock just fine if I swipe the lockscreen as if it was there. Anyone else experience something like this and have any idea how to fix it?
On touchwiz stock there is an option to change how long the capacitive button backlights stay on from what I believe is 1.5 seconds all the way up to "always on while the screen is on". With basically every other rom there are no options like this, it's just on, or off. But the "on" is only 2 seconds, and I would like for them to be on the entire time the screen is on. The option in CM under advanced>sensors says Enable backlight keys - Light up touch keys when screen is on....however they are still on a 2 second timer.
I tried an app which stated to have this option called "pimp my rom" but it was oddly missing it.
I'm currently on the lattest cm10.1 nightly, is there a mod or something I can edit to get this to work?