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[App] Wave Control - Control your phone without even touching it

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
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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!

Meep70 said:
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!
kickr said:
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.

Pat123 said:
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?

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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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.

MarksThinkTank said:
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.

200mpx said:
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....

MarksThinkTank said:
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?

200mpx said:
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.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

[Q] Smart Screen ?

G4 does not have "Smart Screen" setting to keep the screen awake while you're looking at it. Is it me or am I missing something ???
Any input ?

grumpyg4 said:
G4 does not have "Smart Screen" setting to keep the screen awake while you're looking at it. Is it me or am I missing something ???
Any input ?
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come on, anybody ???

I'm having the same problem. I really hope I'm just overlooking a setting.

I really hope so too...

Idk about a "smart screen" but it should have a sleep setting..
Sent from my S5 using your mom

Coming from a G2 and G3, smart screen setting never actually worked for me, especially in dark rooms..
I must be doing something wrong.

Ok but where is the setting ? That's what the thread is about...

On my 811 I can't find it either.. Or guest mode

On the G3 it's under General > Gestures. I can't find it either on the G4. They removed the Gestures menu. I did find the call and sound gestures under the Call menu (where you can turn the phone upside down to mute the sound, etc). Perhaps the smart screen is buried in another menu. I looked at the logical Display menu, but it was no where to be found.

even the tv off feature when turning off the screen has been removed as well; so sad that this is one of my fave feature also.
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I'm missing the smartscreen feature as well. It was quite useful on myG3

Smart Screen
forzanetti said:
I'm missing the smartscreen feature as well. It was quite useful on myG3
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Its in the application manager under all apps and has the option to force close. Maybe we need a way to launch it like in a task launcher.

Yeah the smart screen and screen off effects were both removed. Don't know why, but I emailed Lg to ask and they sent me an email saying that they were very sorry and would forward it to the right department so that my voice can be heard.. I asked about not having guest mode/user profile too as the Tmo edition doesn't have it either.

I called LG and there is no way to enable smart screen. It's in application manager they just forgot the settings for it.

They just forgot to enable the settings for it. That sounds like a major QC error. I love LG, but this phone does sound like it was rushed to market, at least in the US, as it seems most of the issues are on the US versions. It could also be the carrier crap, uh, software, that they added is causing issues.

Download an app called kinscreen and thank me later

LancerV said:
Download an app called kinscreen and thank me later
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Didn't like it as much.. Uses motion rather than facial recognition. Kinda drained my battery..

Swizzle82 said:
Didn't like it as much.. Uses motion rather than facial recognition. Kinda drained my battery..
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Theres other apps that use facial, but facial sucks at night and isnt as accurate as kinscreen. I used kinscreen even with my Note 4.
KinScreen doesnt even show up in my battery list

LancerV said:
Theres other apps that use facial, but facial sucks at night and isnt as accurate as kinscreen. I used kinscreen even with my Note 4.
KinScreen doesnt even show up in my battery list
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Yeah to me the third party facial recognition apps suck. Kin screen is tge best of them, but I prefer the one Lg had.

LancerV said:
Download an app called kinscreen and thank me later
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Thanks for spreading the word about KinScreen!
LancerV said:
Theres other apps that use facial, but facial sucks at night and isnt as accurate as kinscreen. I used kinscreen even with my Note 4.
KinScreen doesnt even show up in my battery list
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Ambient Display Fix?

If any of you clever developers / tinkerers know of a 'lite' app to use to fix the non working ambient display issues I.E. pick up to wake doesnt work, a recommendation would be soooo welcome. I looked at apps like gravity etc in the play store, but they are a. rather large and b. the permissions they require are a bit suspect. Thanks in advance

Did not know something was wrong.
So I pick it up it does not wake up, I think is a good thing. When I pick it up and I want a display, I press something and have no problem with that.
This maybe one reason the Pixel XL has an excellent battery life.

At the suggestion of another user here, I installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
It's reminiscent of Samsung's version but has a lot more customisability. There's also an option to turn of the display completely when the proximity sensor is activated. All of the permissions make perfect sense fit the features you select and it doesn't cause a terrible battery hit.

raynan said:
At the suggestion of another user here, I installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
It's reminiscent of Samsung's version but has a lot more customisability. There's also an option to turn of the display completely when the proximity sensor is activated. All of the permissions make perfect sense fit the features you select and it doesn't cause a terrible battery hit.
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Cool app, appears to hit battery fairly hard in my test.

bmtbandit said:
Cool app, appears to hit battery fairly hard in my test.
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That's why I said it wasn't terrible... Lol. It's definitely not great on your battery, but I can still make it through a day with quite heavy usage.

Ambient display is only meant to flash notifications on the screen in black and white for a short period then turn off. As far as I know, the pick up and bump to wake is an OEM added feature that Motorola, Samsung, and likely others added, but it isn't in stock Android.
Sent from my Pixel XL

imnuts said:
Ambient display is only meant to flash notifications on the screen in black and white for a short period then turn off. As far as I know, the pick up and bump to wake is an OEM added feature that Motorola, Samsung, and likely others added, but it isn't in stock Android.
Sent from my Pixel XL
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On the Pixel XL it flashes only once which i find to be a disappointment. Also on the Nexus 6 , 6P and 5X the notification/time flashed once upon picking up or moving the phone a bit. This is not enabled on the Pixel models for some reason.

AstroDigital said:
Did not know something was wrong.
So I pick it up it does not wake up, I think is a good thing. When I pick it up and I want a display, I press something and have no problem with that.
This maybe one reason the Pixel XL has an excellent battery life.
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I'm the same way.
But obviously the OP feels different so why bother to post.

This feature does not even work for me at all (but I am able to get the light to pulse). After talking to pixel support for about 30 minutes they did confirm that Ambient display has an engineering problem they are currently working on.

kmdavisjr said:
This feature does not even work for me at all (but I am able to get the light to pulse). After talking to pixel support for about 30 minutes they did confirm that Ambient display has an engineering problem they are currently working on.
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Damn !! I was going nuts trying to figure out why this phone was not acting like my Nexus 6. lol I loved the Moto display then had to end up liking the Nexus 6 version afterwards. Then this Pixel XL only flashing the notice once then never again was aggravating. and of course no good app on the play store to emulate this function with 7.1 lol
well I hope this engineering problem can be fixed with software. :silly:

I've created an app that wakes ambient display when you take the phone out of your pocket or if you have the phone face down and turn it over. The app is in addition to Google's ambient display and does not change your lock screen in anyway.
I added a few other paid features for pulsing at an interval, wave to unlock, and battery percentage display on the ambient display.
I would love to have a few beta testers for the extra features, as it's a work in progress. Message me if you'd like a free code to redeem for the paid features.
Check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.ambiturner

Custom S Pen Sounds

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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jemfalor said:
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...

jabberwock said:
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

Orpheo007 said:
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

Orpheo007 said:
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.

edit- wrong session

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

[No root] Finally, an app to enable native Lift To Wake (lockscreen)

OnePlus Lift To Wake
TL, DR. Where is the download?
github.com/xubowenhaoren/OPLiftToWake/releases
What does it do?
This is a simple app to enable Lift To Wake for OnePlus 7 series.
It is not the Lift To "Ambient Display" in the stock Settings App; it enables the true Lift To "Lock Screen" like other phones.
Why do I want this feature?
You've probably already known that OnePlus, in Android 10, reveals the notification content on the lock screen after Face Unlock.
But to see those notifications, you either need to:
1. Pick up the phone and unlock with your finger at the Ambient Display. A two-step process.
2. Pick up the phone and press the power button. Again, a two-step process.
Now with the app, you can pick up the phone and the lock screen immediately shows up.
How does it do this?
It listens to the native system sensor (`oneplus.sensor.pickup`). In my testing, it is very power efficient.
What phones does it support?
I have tested this on a OnePlus 7T with Android 10. It should also work with other OnePlus 7 series.
Note that for earlier OnePlus phones, there is also a [pickup sensor] but with a different name.
If you want this app to work with earlier OnePlus phones, you should try replacing this line in `Utils.java` with the correct sensor name:
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mSensor = Utils.getSensor(context, mSensorManager, "oneplus.sensor.pickup");
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How do I use it?
You probably want to turn off the Ambient Display first.
After installing the app, turn on the "Lift To Wake" toggle.
You should also consider turning off the battery optimization of the app for a more consistent background performance.
Do I need Magisk for this?
No, it is root-free.
Credits
Much of the code is from the Lineage OS team.
Other code references can be found in the code comments.

This is brilliant!! Appears to be working great... Will provide an update on power efficiency in a while

How do I install

Works great on OP7 pro ?.

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Works so well with face unlock auto unlock and PIXEL AOD mod.
is there any way to make the screen lit up time response a bit faster ?

umair shaikh said:
Works so well with face unlock auto unlock and PIXEL AOD mod.
is there any way to make the screen lit up time response a bit faster ?
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I am afraid no. That's determined by the system sensor.

bwx074 said:
I am afraid no. That's determined by the system sensor.
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Ahh. Good work tho

This works great. Any way to get it to run automatically after a reboot? I have to enable after every reboot.
Thanks, again!

GeneFitz23 said:
This works great. Any way to get it to run automatically after a reboot? I have to enable after every reboot.
Thanks, again!
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I've made efforts to enable this service after reboot. It wasn't successful, however. Oxygen OS has a strict whitelist of apps that may start automatically after a reboot. One way to work around this is to use Accessibility Service, but that could cause more battery drain. Lol, I think it's better to leave things this way.

Very useful app, this was my most demanding functionality after bought OP7T

Thank You For this

Can u add to the store please?

Nice app. Thnks
It works great for op7t, but doesn't work for Op7.
On op7, the screen lights up, but faceunlock is not available.
You need to click on faceicon first to work (screens in atach).
But, if you unlock op7 via the power button (second screen in atach) - faceunlcok works great!
Is there any solutions for op7?

Works as it should! But screen wakes a lot while inside the pocket.

Very useful mod, thx for that
Only issue that it doesn't work anymore after some hours,i need to start the app again to get it working again for a few hours. I already have disabled battery optimisation. Any ideas to fix this?
Regards ysco..

Hello, how can i make it work on Oneplus 8?

This app is great, something I've been looking for a while. But, it doesn't work consistently. It stops after a few hours after I enable it. Then I have to open the app and then it will 'realize' the switch is still on and start working again. Is there a solution for this?

Thanks bud!! It works like a charm!!

Looks really helpful.
Works good also.
Thanks.
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