As stated in the title, I am using a dimmer app called Midnight. It basically puts a layer on top of the screen and other apps run underneath it. The problem is that whenever I am installing an APK for example, I am unable to select 'Install' on the dialog because of Midnight. Disabling the dimmer until I am done installing an APK works, but I would like to be able to install APKs without the hassle. Is there a way to allow the dialog box to accept actions while an app is drawing over it?
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This all started after I noticed how much I accidentally hit the Home Button with my flip case on the Note 2,
It sometimes woke the phone and jumped it directly into an app, and thus, can also make unsolicited phone calls or such.
This will come in handy if you have a sticker (or elevated) home button, and when you need to wake the device quickly without having to hit the power button (i.e. check maps while driving, etc.)
**Video demonstration coming soon**
WHAT THIS DOES:
1) Disables your home button wake. Meaning that you will officially stop the home button from waking up your device.
2) Every other function of the home button will be left unchanged.
3) Use app called "GestureDroid" from the Play Store to wake device without having to hit the powerbutton.
INSTRUCTIONS:
**NOTE: You do this at your own risk, you will need to have ROOT in order to perform the first task of disabling your Home Button wake function.
1) Use a file explorer such as Root Explorer (recommended. It creates a wonderful backup of the modified system file) or ES File Explorer from the Play Store. Open up the app
2) Navigate to SYSTEM in your root directory (directory should appear as "/system"), then navigate to USR, and finally locate the folder KEYLAYOUT
4) Mount the read/write to read/edit: Press the "Mount R/W" grey box on the top right area (if using Root Explorer) and it should switch to say "Mount R/O".
5) Look for the file titled as "gpio-keys.kl", and long press for options (if using Root Explorer) and choose the option to "Open in Text Editor"
4) Once in Text Edit mode, look for the line "Key 172 HOME WAKE" and remove the word "WAKE".
7) Press back, confirm and save. Root explorer should now have saved a backup file for you.
8) REBOOT
TOGGLING WAKE GESTURE
1) Go to the Play Store and look for the app called "GestureDroid". There is a free version, and if you want more functions, I would suggest that you support the developer and purchase the pro version for $1.31 USD.
2) Open the app, and tap the green checkmark to enter. Enable "Start/Stop service", and also your preferred choice of 1 gesture or 2 gestures (and etc, if you have the pro version)
3) Under "Action", select WAKE PHONE
4) Go to "Advanced Settings", select ACTIVATE SENSOR IN SLEEP and also ENABLE IN LANDSCAPE.
5) Personally for me, I've edited the Maximum time to become 350ms, this permits me to swipe at a comfortable speed without going frantic trying to wake my phone. I have also changed the Minimum time to be 300ms, and Wake Time to be 6000ms.
**ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- App is on, even if it doesn't show on Notifications Area.
- App can also wake into lockscreen or bypass lockscreen
- You should notice a faint red glow on your sensor if the app is working
- You will need to do your swiping motions closer to the sensor if it doesn't seem to work
- After rebooting, the app might need to be refreshed, turned on/off again, or have the "Activate Sensor in Sleep" option re-enabled.
- For flip cases, I would recommend choosing the "2 Gestures" option.
CREDITS:
Gesture Droid
Root Explorer App
and other tweakers who have done a similar task of disabling home-wake
(i.e. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017221 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhB5kJGQKsI)
If this MOD has helped you, HIT THE THANKS BUTTON.
I don't have a problem with my home button I think it's a little too hard yet. As far as the app you suggest, I suggest proximity sensor as it is a much better app that works to turn on and off your phone using the cover. Note, you might have to put a thin card on the inside of your cover.
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For those who find some issues with GestureDroid (the sensor turns off occasionally) try a app called "Tap Tap App". You need to give it permission to act as administrator over screen on/off after you install the app, but I find that it's a lot more reliable because of this reason.
Tweak with the settings by going into "Unlocking Training", and then selecting "Sensor configuration".
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I used this mod because everytime I slide it into my pocket, I do so upside down which means to grip it and pull it out, I tend to hold it in a way that hits the home key before it's out of my pocket causing all sorts of issues for me. Looking around, I also noticed a few configuration files for various controllers and keyboards including the usb Xbox 360 controller and the Apple keyboard. Is it possible to write/download one for something like the PS3 Sixaxis?
Do you mean finding an app that can offer plug and play of your PS3 controller? Or do you mean configuring the individual buttons?
This is the app that's available for the six axis controller:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller
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I had a problem with Waze...so I uninstalled and then reinstalled it. When I open it up....it does the normal "Allow Waze to access this device's location?" So I select ALLOW and then I get this "Screen overlay detected" prompt. Says I have to first turn off the screen overlay from Settings> Apps OPEN SETTINGS ....so I hit the open settings and then it goes to the Draw over the other apps "Enabled list" of apps. I then scroll down to waze and it is already set to No...or off. I tap on Waze and then the draw over setting shows the toggle set to off....and also grayed out.
This happens with several apps......I have never had to deal with this "Draw over other apps" setting on any android device I have had yet to date. I had been using the Nexus 6 prior to the G4 and never had this problem with Overlay settings or the draw over apps thing. So I am perplexed at this....is this something that has come about more from Marshmallow?
Any help with getting some of my apps to get past this to start would be very appreciative...thanks!
bump....
Same problem here with a G3
I'm having the exact same issue with Waze on a G3.
I guess you have an app that is using overlays, like Lux Lite or the likes to setup brightness or color. Give that app the permission and your troubles should be over.
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I've got the same problem. But I've set it to allow Twilight permission, and is still doing that endless loop with the greyed-out bit mentioned above.
I got it to work by turning overlay OFF for Twilight.. but then Twilight doesn't work. Why is this app even checking for overlays? Waze gets to be uninstalled for this treason.
So frustrated
I don't use Waze, but this same issue has rendered my G4 a nuisance rather than a useful tool. For example, I cannot add nor edit contacts because my contact list doesn't have permission to access my calendar (which shouldn't matter), but I cannot grant that permission because of screen overlay. I can't add anything to my calendar from my phone because of screen overlay. Custom ringtone... nope. Screen overlay. Essentially anything that involved editing, adding, or deleting of any kind is verboten because of this screen overlay nonsense.
I have tried turning off screen overlay to all apps that will allow me to, but some are grayed out and unable to be changed but they appear to be off. I can't even imagine what app I have installed that would use it so I can target it specifically and uninstall it altogether. Is there a fix for this other than turning it off for all apps? Maybe an app or bit of code that suppresses it?
Thank you in advance.
Recently I've had a problem running certain apps on my Gen 1 Zenwatch. When the app opens I get a message saying "Screen overlay detected...To change this permission you first have to turn off the screen overlay from Settings->Apps. There's a link to "Open Settings" which does nothing when I tap it.
Examples of apps that have this problem are Shazam (after I tap the tick on the "Allow Shazam to record audio?" prompt), and a voice recording app (after a similar prompt). So a common theme might be apps which require access to the mic?
My build number is M1D64F, and my phone is an LG G4 running Marshmallow. I've looked at the app settings on both watch and phone, and can't find anything related to screen overlays. If I open Settings...Permissions...Audio Recorder on the watch the microphone shows as DISABLED. If I tap on it I get the "Screen overlay detected...." message again.
Any ideas for how to fix this?
So far, the best answer I have found is to go to the Settings--> Apps --> Draw Over Screen (or something similar) and UNCHECK all of the boxes. Then launch your App and select the permissions it wants/needs from the dialog box. Then go back and recheck the Apps you'd like to be able to draw over other apps at will. A workaround, for sure, but it does work.
Rick "BlackIce"
The solution was to uninstall the Wear Mini Launcher app. For some reason this was causing the problem. I've since heard that others have noticed this as well (i.e. the problem with Wear Mini Launcher)
This is the solution for volume up issue for oneplus 3 devices and possibly for othe as well.
A user is not able to increase the volume beyond 60-70% while listening via earphones/headphones/aux etc. And when user tries to increase the volume, the phone resets the wallpaper and locks the device which cannot be unlocked via fingerprint and needs unlock pin to use the device.
Sorry to hear that you are facing this issue. There is this feature of drawing over apps (screen overlay) in your mobile device
Navigate to settings>apps
Click on the gear button at top right position then click "draw over other apps".
Then at the second top line you will see a dropdown (enabled is auto selected) click there to choose "apps with permission" from the dropdown.
Now you will see the list of apps with permission. Click on the menu button (3 dots at top right position), choose "show system".
Click on all the system applications one by one e.g. click on "system ui" application and then allow "permit drawing over other apps"
Repeat this for all the system apps and the application you were using when the glitch was faced.
Now your volume increase operation should be functioning normally.
More info:
The increase in volume displays a warning dialog that "increasing the volume might damage hearing ...."
This dialog popup is displayed over any application you are using (actually uses the function of drawing over other apps)
If the system app is not allowed for "drawing over other apps" then the warning dialog is not able to display itself, causing the volume increase operation to fail which results in malfunction.
Now while installing certain apps you might face the issue that "screen overlay is enabled" and will not allow you to install tgat app.
For this issue temporarily remove the permission of drawing over other apps for the apps and system apps that have the permission, following the same navigation path and then install the application.
Once you are done installing the application you can revert back your permission of "drawing over other apps" function for apps you want to use.
Thanks.
So basically what is happening is that multi window no longer works on my Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 SM-T320, with Android 4.4.2 KitKat and no root. When I press and hold the back button on my tablet, the multi window tray doesn't show up. It also doesn't show up when I swipe from the right of the screen. However, if I make another user account on the tablet, multi window works perfect with no errors. Keep in mind I do have multi window turned on in the settings. Also, if I go to multi window in the settings, and then enable "Open in Multi Window view", and then, for example, I go into the My Files app and open up an image, i can then use the Gallery and My Files app side by side. Another thing that happened is that when I press the button to expand the quick toggles in the notification panel, nothing happens. I have to swipe down with 2 fingers to make it work. I can also expand the quick toggles menu on another user account. But this didn't justs start happening for no reason. I know what I did to cause it. I am just looking for a way to reverse the effects of what I did.
So what I did was I got the app called QuickShortcutMaker. For whatever reason, I went to the app titled "Setup Wizard", and its icon was an Android guy with a cube shape in the middle. Then I launched the activity "com.google.android.setupwizard.SetupWizardTestActivity". That was a mistake. It opened up a setup screen that asked me to choose a language. Then I closed out of it, and some things started happening. Not only did the button to expand the quick toggles stop working, but so did the shortcut to the settings app in the notification panel. When I pressed and held the power button, it opened up the menu to restart the tablet, shut it down, toggle airplane mode, and mute the audio. This time, though, there was no option to toggle airplane mode. I restarted my tablet, and it led to my current situation.
I want to know if there is any way to make this go back to normal. I have tried a bunch of things. I have noticed that the Setup Wizard app now uses 20 KB of storage as oppose to 16 KB of storage, so I tried clearing its data in the Settings app, but that didn't work. I also tried turning off the Setup Wizard app in the Settings, but that didn't help either. I even tried clearing the data for the app titled com.sec.android.app.FlashBarService, which I found out is actually the service for multi window, but that did nothing. I hope I don't need to reset my tablet to fix this, because then I will lose all my data. Multi window is a really good feature Samsung has included, which I used to use a lot, and sometimes i really need to use it.
Sorry if this is hard to understand because of my bad grammar or because I went into too much detail. I was typing this on my tablet, which is the same one that I can't use multi window on anymore, so I was typing on sort of a small surface.