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Hey guys!
I recently sent my Nexus in for repairs, and borrowed a Nokia N9 from a friend to use meanwhile. Now I've got my Nexus back, and there's one thing in particular that I miss about the N9 - the clock and notifications on the locked screen.
If you haven't used or seen an N9 in action, this feature is really, really useful - and something I think could be ported to (at least) the GNex.. See attached images
When the user locks the screen, usually on other phones it just goes plain black. On the N9 however (because of the AMOLED screen) the screen is mainly black but with the clock still visible! It also shows small icons to alert the user of new messages and such. To avoid burn ins, the N9 changes the position of the clock and notification icons randomly. It also uses the proximity sensor to "know" when it's in a pocket, and then turns of the screen completely.
So devs, can this be done?
Simba90 said:
Hey guys!
I recently sent my Nexus in for repairs, and borrowed a Nokia N9 from a friend to use meanwhile. Now I've got my Nexus back, and there's one thing in particular that I miss about the N9 - the clock and notifications on the locked screen.
If you haven't used or seen an N9 in action, this feature is really, really useful - and something I think could be ported to (at least) the GNex.. See attached images
When the user locks the screen, usually on other phones it just goes plain black. On the N9 however (because of the AMOLED screen) the screen is mainly black but with the clock still visible! It also shows small icons to alert the user of new messages and such.
So devs, can this be done?
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wouldn't this create burn in on the screen? Are you serious that the n9 screen never turns off fully?
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ChongoDroid said:
wouldn't this create burn in on the screen? Are you serious that the n9 screen never turns off fully?
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Well, to be honest it probably would create burn ins if the screen were on 24/7.. But Nokia has (seemingly) thought about this! (And I have failed to mention it in the 1st post )
The N9 changes the position of the clock and notification icons randomly. It also uses the proximity sensor to "know" when it's in a pocket, and then turns of the screen completely. This way it avoids burn in
Not exactly the same but give it a go
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.led.notify
Don't know if it will work with ICS and the Galaxy Nexus btw...
s60mike said:
Not exactly the same but give it a go
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.led.notify
Don't know if it will work with ICS and the Galaxy Nexus btw...
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This is what I'm looking for! It works pretty good, although it cannot turn of the software buttons in ICS.. But an update to the app could fix that
Danke viel mal!
You're welcome
Crazy! Im interested now
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Well, using the stock clock on ICS, you can set the phone into a very dim low power mode (as you mentioned). I am pretty sure the clock periodically moves around the screen to avoid burning too. It also hides the softkeys. You just need to tap the screen when it's displaying the clock overlay and it'll dim down.
I doubt it'd be viable for carrying around in your pocket due to the fact that your phone is obviously not locked in this state and it hides the notification bar so you don't have any visual feedback for notifications (besides LED flashing?). :/
Krijs said:
Well, using the stock clock on ICS, you can set the phone into a very dim low power mode (as you mentioned). I am pretty sure the clock periodically moves around the screen to avoid burning too. It also hides the softkeys. You just need to tap the screen when it's displaying the clock overlay and it'll dim down.
I doubt it'd be viable for carrying around in your pocket due to the fact that your phone is obviously not locked in this state and it hides the notification bar so you don't have any visual feedback for notifications (besides LED flashing?). :/
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Yes, the ICS standard alarm clock offers similar functionality.
As I wrote a few posts up, the N9 always displays the clock and notifications when not in a pocket (or when the proximity sensor is not blocked). But, if you take the phone and put it in your pocket it will completely turn off the screen - it would be a waste of battery to do otherwise.
Regarding the notification bar, the N9 also has icons on the lockscreen as any Android has in the notification bar - it's only showing a small SMS bubble under the clock if you have a unread text etc. etc. You wouldn't loose any functionality with a mod like this, only gain moar
Look at the attached pic in the first post to see what I mean
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Simba90 said:
Yes, the ICS standard alarm clock offers similar functionality.
As I wrote a few posts up, the N9 always displays the clock and notifications when not in a pocket (or when the proximity sensor is not blocked). But, if you take the phone and put it in your pocket it will completely turn off the screen - it would be a waste of battery to do otherwise.
Regarding the notification bar, the N9 also has icons on the lockscreen as any Android has in the notification bar - it's only showing a small SMS bubble under the clock if you have a unread text etc. etc. You wouldn't loose any functionality with a mod like this, only gain moar
Look at the attached pic in the first post to see what I mean
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Yeah I get you, I'd also like this mod, I am quite often finding myself turning the phone on to get the time/see notifications so something like this would be schweet.
Would be an awesome mod. Gonna follow this thread n see where it goes
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Thinking this needs to be seen again I'd love this so much, and I'll help out if I can.
NoLED is a nice software. It must be updated to hide the soft buttons as I can see now
My only concern is the battery consumption because the Android OS is not going to deep sleep mode if the screen is on which means the phone is always awake
Any ideas
This mod would be sweet. I had an old Nokia n95 and like that the clock was always displayed with the screen off.
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Any ideas on how to accomplish it? Being able to double tap the screen to unlock is really a luxury I would miss
honeyb said:
Any ideas on how to accomplish it? Being able to double tap the screen to unlock is really a luxury I would miss
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+1 Although I would rather have it turn on the screen with a double tap.
DDRFAN said:
+1 Although I would rather have it turn on the screen with a double tap.
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That's what I wanted to say I want it the same way as on my N9.
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+1 Although I would rather have it turn on the screen with a double tap.
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that's a feature of noled and the most efficient way to unlock the phone. especially if you have noled show a clock at all times as well as with notifications. did cut my battery life by about 15-20% but with some tweaking of settings i got it down to only 7-10% which was acceptable for the added ease of use.
This is a very important question for me, for those who have received the phone, or will receive it today, please can you check if the notifications will show as ambient (screen black with notifications text only for a while) when receiving a new notification..? I know there is an always on display feature, but was wondering if with it, still the new notifications texts will show on a black screen for a while like the ambient display feature in the old pixel..
Really appreciate if someone can answer..
Anyone?
By now lots have received it, can someone give me an answer please..?
Yes as long as you have ambient display enabled it stays on with notifications under the clock.
https://youtu.be/hC_lFLzRH0U
At 1.13 you see the ambient notification and the aod on the right sided pixel 2 xl
Yes. It's just like the original pixel. When the notification comes on you get the full thing but afterwards you would get the clock and icon. Same thing on the Pixel 2 except the clock and icon doesn't need the device to be picked up.
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At 1.13 you see the ambient notification and the aod on the right sided pixel 2 xl
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You just nailed it.. Exactly what i was looking for. Though i watched this video just before your reply, but didn't notice that.. Thanks a million..
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Yes. It's just like the original pixel. When the notification comes on you get the full thing but afterwards you would get the clock and icon. Same thing on the Pixel 2 except the clock and icon doesn't need the device to be picked up.
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Thanks, finally interactions and explanations..
Amjad.AbdulGhani said:
You just nailed it.. Exactly what i was looking for. Though i watched this video just before your reply, but didn't notice that.. Thanks a million..
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You're very welcome mate
It's actually not all black, but I am seeing a little color (1st gen Pixel was all white?) when ambient comes up during the initial notification, then it all goes back to Always On without the detail of the notification.
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It's actually not all black, but I am seeing a little color (1st gen Pixel was all white?) when ambient comes up during the initial notification, then it all goes back to Always On without the detail of the notification.
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Actually i have the OG pixel on the side, and i remember that the title color of ambient notification matches the app (whatsapp then green) but rest is white..
Still waiting for my pixel 2 xl to arrive and see the difference..
I upgraded to Android Q DP1 yesterday through OTA and noticed the double-tap-to-check-phone feature now always displays the full lockscreen including wallpaper. Same thing for lift-to-check-phone. In Pie, it used to show ambient display first when double tapped. I have the Always On Display disabled. Is this a bug?
Settings
Display
Advanced
Lock screen display
It's there
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Settings
Display
Advanced
Lock screen display
It's there
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Yes, the "Double-tap to check phone" and "Lift to check phone" options are still there, and when enabled those actions still wake the screen, but the wake behaviour has changed, which is what I'm wondering about. When woken, it now shows the full lock screen rather than the ambient display (black background and dark theme) that used to show up in Pie.
Shimakaze said:
Yes, the "Double-tap to check phone" and "Lift to check phone" options are still there, and when enabled those actions still wake the screen, but the wake behaviour has changed, which is what I'm wondering about. When woken, it now shows the full lock screen rather than the ambient display (black background and dark theme) that used to show up in Pie.
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Ohhh...ok I know what you mean now. Personally, I like it the way it is now in Q.
Mr Patchy Patch said:
Ohhh...ok I know what you mean now. Personally, I like it the way it is now in Q.
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It's down to personal preference for sure. I wish they would've made that wake behaviour configurable if it's not a bug.
I wish the same too even in full 10 release they didn't change this behaviour
It's better to wake the ambient display than to wale the whole phone in case you need to check nots.
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Hey all!
I am glad too see somebody else also noticed it. I absolutely adore the clean design and funcionality of Pixel's AOD, but the changed funcionality of double-tap to wake (from waking AOD to waking the whole screen) annoys me. I even rolled back from Q beta to Pie hoping they would not implement this change in stable release. Now in order to see AOD you need to have it on constantly, which actually drains some 1% battery per hour (that actually makes it some 15-20 over a working day's period and is actually quite substantial.), also during the night. I also don't stare at the phone all the time to need AOD all that time - a gentle tap to peek the time, weather and notifications is just enough - I see some of you would agree.
Is there any way we can appeal to Google similar to OnePlus's feedback section?
Hey, has it also become iOS like?
I hate whole iOS lock screen turning on. What a shame
I spent time factory resetting my phone thinking that the missing ambient display settings were a bug, I never thought Google would remove that functionality. The language under the "Lock Screen Settings" sounds similar, but they don't do the same thing since now it just wakes the entire screen. Real bummer that Google keeps removing features.
Yeah, it seem they went almost full iOS on this And it was so good: tap twice - AOD shows, tap twice again on that AOD - the lock screen shows. Why Google, why! At least give us an option to schedule when the AOD can be turned off automatically (like at some hours at night).
And to think I bought the Pixel just a week ago to finally taste the stock Android. It is good, no doubt here (and the phone size and general style is very refreshing from thos behemoths I used from Sammy, OP or Huawei), but OnePlus seems much more thoughtful and practicality-oriented. And what is the more important the pledges from the OnePlus community actually work quite often which I don't expect with Google somehow.
I'm fine with it. Not a big deal.
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Arc Lighting adds a highly customizable ring of light around the camera cutout of your phone. You can use this light with various indicators such as audio visualization, notification lighting, critical or low battery warnings, as well as a charge indicator. The ring can also appear on your Always-On display. (to make aod work you need to make sure you have downloaded always on amoled and activated it, you also need to make sure samsung stock aod and samsung edge lighting is disabled under samsung display settings you also need to make sure that aod is enabled under arclighting with override set to off)
Features:
- Highly customizable lighting for the Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e, and Note 10. Select a variety of colors, animations, and styles.
- Always show ring with various gradient effects (add multiple colors and make them spin for a visual experience)
- An adjustable glow effect that can be turned on or off
- Notification lighting both when the display is on or off (update planned for only the lockscreen or only inapp)
- Music lighting that syncs the light to your music
- Battery indicator lighting for charging, low and critical battery states. (note it will not work until you configure the zones you want the colors to appear)
- Device overheating indicator for gamers and power users (note it will not work until you configure the zones you want the colors to appear)
- Arc Lighting can be configured to match the color of your wallpaper, the app you're currently in, or both!
This app requires certain permissions to function correctly.
Accessibility: This permission is used for the ring to appear over your lock screen, always-on display, and for accessing the color of the current app you're in. This permission is required for the app to function properly.
Draw Over Other Apps: This permission allows the ring to show on top of other apps. This permission is required for the app to function properly.
Microphone Access: This permission is used to analyze the internal device audio for the music lighting. You will not be asked for this permission unless you choose to enable the Audio Visualizer indicator for the ring.
Storage Access: This permission is used to get the color of your wallpaper. You will not be asked for this permission unless you choose to use the color of your wallpaper for the ring.
Notification access: This permission is used to change the color of the ring after notifications
Burn-in concerns: Some Android displays may suffer from mild burn-in if a single item is displayed on the screen for an extremely significant amount of time. If you are concerned about this, feel free to enable the rotation animation in ring settings. That will ensure the display is constantly changing. Alternately, you can disable the default effect to only show the ring while an indicator is being triggered. Note: Samsung Galaxy devices come with burn-in protection that moves the pixels a little each time.
Compatible Devices
- Galaxy S10+
- Galaxy S10
- Galaxy S10e
- Galaxy note 10 (not tested yet)
- Galaxy note 10+ (tested confirmed working)
Download (xda members get free access, will provide unlock codes to any xda member who asks please mention which app so i know as i have two apps with similar names)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.symetium.holepunchcameraeffects
Great looking app. Looking forward to downloading once it's updated for the Note 10! May I have an unlock code?
@BB said:
Great looking app. Looking forward to downloading once it's updated for the Note 10! May I have an unlock code?
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it is updated for the note 10 but i have only tested it on the s10+ please test it and let me know and send a message for the code
Been using the app for a few hours now and really like it. Works very very well.
Phone is on silent at work so these notifications are helpful.
Using this with the AOD notify. The latter is helpful when the screen is off or face down.
Keep up the good work [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
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Downloaded and purchased. This app is exactly what I needed since the Note 10 doesn't have LED notification anymore.
Thanks!
nc35 said:
Been using the app for a few hours now and really like it. Works very very well.
Phone is on silent at work so these notifications are helpful.
Using this with the AOD notify. The latter is helpful when the screen is off or face down.
Keep up the good work [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
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thank you that means a lot, i still want to include more features but i owe the developer money and he won't do any more updates until i paid it off some things i want to implement
fix bugs like the landscape bug, glow and music turning off other indicators
add a connected or disconnected or both to the app and get rid of the charging indicator so you can choose what color you want, right now you can use a work around to see charge level for that by setting a custom zone for the battery indicator and then setting it to between 99 and 100 for it to turn green there but it will do it even when the phone is disconnected but it works to know when it's fully charged
inapp/homescreen/lockscreen/charging/discharging modes so you can choose a configuration for each like only notification lighting on the lockscreen and only the spinning visual effect on the homescreen
gradient and animations per app and toggle to enable or disable notifications for certain apps so for example when you are performing a call it can do a gradient animation specific for that.
i have plenty of ideas but no funding to do it so the app could be much much better.
Not working on my Note 10+.
Downloaded and testing on my note10+. Could you provide me with an unlock code please?
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Not working on my Note 10+.
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can you specify what isn't working
gtirsmiley said:
Downloaded and testing on my note10+. Could you provide me with an unlock code please?
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please send me a message thank you
zzcool said:
it is updated for the note 10 but i have only tested it on the s10+ please test it and let me know and send a message for the code
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Everything seems to be working well. Is there a setting that allows for incremental adjustments to the ring? It is just slightly off center with the actual hole. Do I PM you for the code or is feedback here good?
@BB said:
Everything seems to be working well. Is there a setting that allows for incremental adjustments to the ring? It is just slightly off center with the actual hole. Do I PM you for the code or is feedback here good?
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yes pm me for a code if you want one, and please send me a real life picture of the alignment being off as thats weird
I don't know if I'm stupid but I can't get it to work with the screen off
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sewe said:
I don't know if I'm stupid but I can't get it to work with the screen off
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did you download the third party aod turn on aod in the app turned off override in the app turned off stock samsung aod turned off samsung edge lighting and made sure the third party aod app is working properly when the phone locks?
Trying this out now, are you still giving the codes?
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can you specify what isn't working
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When I receive a whatsapp the ring doesn't light up.
@home said:
When I receive a whatsapp the ring doesn't light up.
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do you have a third party aod and all other indicators turned off?
zzcool said:
do you have a third party aod and all other indicators turned off?
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I just have the Samsung Built in AOD on. No 3rd party.
What other indicators need to be turned off?
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I just have the Samsung Built in AOD on. No 3rd party.
What other indicators need to be turned off?
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it only works properly with a third party aod it seems samsung aod just kills the app until you tap the screen
i am going to sleep now so i will not respond to messages until i wake up thank you everyone for the support
Hi,
I have just moved to Samsung M51 from my Moto G5S Plus device. Though i am loving M51 but i am missing my moto gestures in M51 like pick to switch on screen, shake to switch on flashlight, taking screenshots with 3 fingers and locking phone by touching the sensor again while the phone is on. Can i get these in my M51? I've tried few apps from google playstore but those are nowhere close to the features in Moto.
Thanks in advance for your help!!
naveenbhatia said:
Hi,
I have just moved to Samsung M51 from my Moto G5S Plus device. Though i am loving M51 but i am missing my moto gestures in M51 like pick to switch on screen, shake to switch on flashlight, taking screenshots with 3 fingers and locking phone by touching the sensor again while the phone is on. Can i get these in my M51? I've tried few apps from google playstore but those are nowhere close to the features in Moto.
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I am really missing those features too. Coming from my Moto Z Play.
Best option I found so far is to configure the flashlight to left/right swipe on the lock screen. However not comparable to a simple phone chop gesture.
On the Moto Z Play I also loved that I don't even have to pick up the phone to activate the always-on screen to check the time or notifications. I just need to hover with my hand over the screen. On the M51 I can tap the screen (once to show always-on screen with time + notifications) which is "OK" but not at the same usability level as the Moto.
Since my phone usually is in a phone cradle I also preferred the front-mounted fingerprint scanner which allowed me to unlock at a fingerpress and to re-lock with immediate screen off by touching the sensor again. On the Galaxy I need to press a side-button which is less accessible.
naveenbhatia said:
Hi,
I have just moved to Samsung M51 from my Moto G5S Plus device. Though i am loving M51 but i am missing my moto gestures in M51 like pick to switch on screen, shake to switch on flashlight, taking screenshots with 3 fingers and locking phone by touching the sensor again while the phone is on. Can i get these in my M51? I've tried few apps from google playstore but those are nowhere close to the features in Moto.
Thanks in advance for your help!!
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The hand slide screenshot, imho, is a plus.. but the flashlight shake... i miss it
VJordanMC said:
The hand slide screenshot, imho, is a plus.. but the flashlight shake... i miss it
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Shake-Torch (Flashlight) - Apps on Google Play
Simple App that allows you to turn on your flashlight by shaking your phone
play.google.com
You're welcome.