Howdy, gentlemen (and gentleladies) I have quite a few questions regarding the note 2. I know my way around android, these are about the device itself. As questions are answered, I will update the OP with the solutions / answers for reference, so others might learn from my ignorance
I bought a flip cover case, not the genuine samsung case, but one off ebay. It doesnt have an indentation for the home button so it is constantly being turned on. Is there a fix, preferably without rooting, for this? Maybe using the proximity sensor?
With the same flip case, I would like to know if it is at all possible to have the devices screen automatically turn on when it is opened, and turn off when it is shut? (Think "iPad with its magnetic cover") Possibly through the use of NFC tags or proximity sensor? The proximity sensor would have obvious issues with other things interfering. SOLUTION FOUND: DOWNLOAD "SIMPLE COVER LOCK" FROM PLAY STORE.
Are there mods that allow selecting something using the S-Pen's button, while it is in the air? Maybe using it to highlight text while in the air or click the button to register an input? I do a lot of copy and pasting and a feature like this can greatly improve productivity.
Is it possible to get the S-Pen to be able to push the soft keys? I absolutely hate having to continually change my hand posture whenever I need to access the back key or open a menu. Maybe, building on my previous question, have some sort of air gesture with the S-Pen button depressed that performs the actions of the soft buttons? WORK-AROUND, NO TRUE SOLUTION YET: GESTURE < AND ^ WITH S-PEN BUTTON DEPRESSED FOR BACK AND MENU ACTIONS, RESPECTIVELY
My last question is simple. Is the LED indicator an RGB LED? Like the one on the galaxy nexus that can be changed to any color? It would be cool to have different notification colors per app, blue for facebook, green for messaging and so on. ANSWER: YES
I appreciate the help, normally I would use my Google-fu but I much prefer answers from other users.
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Whoah didnt realize I was in the themes and apps section, can a mod please mive this to Q&A? My apologies!
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Whoah didnt realize I was in the themes and apps section, can a mod please mive this to Q&A? My apologies!
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thanks!
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I can somewhat answer the first question. There are apps that allow you to use the proximity sensor to turn off and on the screen. A couple that I've personally tried are Intellicover and Auto Screen on. There's also Screen Lock and Off that allows you to turn off your screen by tapping a button. These work well, but if your flip cover is constantly bumping the home button, using these apps won't do anything different as your home button will still get bumped and then the screen will constantly turn on.
the best app to use for turning on the screen automatically is "simple cover lock" its a small free app that does just what it says it was created for the note 2 and does what it needs to really good
For the menu & back button question, hold the button on your s pen & draw a < on the screen to go back & a ^ for the menu
Edit: Also, Light Flow from the play store let's you control the LED lights
haldi15 said:
the best app to use for turning on the screen automatically is "simple cover lock" its a small free app that does just what it says it was created for the note 2 and does what it needs to really good
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Thanks, seems to work fine for a beta, although it does show my homescreen for a second after the flip cover opens before going to the lock screen, even if it was already on the lockscreen when I shut it. I've never seen that happen with any lockscreen alternative, must be a bug. also, it gets kind of annoying if I accidentally move my hand over the proximity sensor and it shuts the display off, but the note is so big that this occurs rarely. Nonetheless, thanks
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For the menu & back button question, hold the button on your s pen & draw a < on the screen to go back & a ^ for the menu
Edit: Also, Light Flow from the play store let's you control the LED lights
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Thanks a lot, I feel like I should have known this one, but I can't recall there ever being any tips on this when the TouchWiz motion and gesture guides ran when I first booted my device. Thanks!
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Thanks, seems to work fine for a beta, although it does show my homescreen for a second after the flip cover opens before going to the lock screen, even if it was already on the lockscreen when I shut it. I've never seen that happen with any lockscreen alternative, must be a bug. also, it gets kind of annoying if I accidentally move my hand over the proximity sensor and it shuts the display off, but the note is so big that this occurs rarely. Nonetheless, thanks
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to fix the screen turning off when you move your hand over you would need to change the "turn off screen after" time to 5 so it would take longer to turn off when you closed the cover, i dont have the lockscreen bug on my rooted note 2 running a 4.1.2 samsung rom
I see, ill do that! I dont plan on rooting anytime soon, so I guess I have to live with it.
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I have tried LED Flash, Moment Flash, Falaxy Flash, and more from the market than I can count or remember and so far none work.
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List of apps that work
WINNER: Tiny flashight + LED
The best option IMO
This is the real deal here. Works perfect and adds some other neat features. Thanks doink123 for developing this great app and for making it free for all of us,
The only single, tiny little complaint (or rather, suggestion) is a widget to toggle the LED on/off, but other than that, amazing.
Runner Up 1) Power Control Plus - $1.99 In The Market)
It works as a widget to toggle the LED on and off. And it works great, only down side is it is $1.99. For me, I use the flashlight on a daily basis so it is worth it for me until a free alternative is found or developed. it does have a lot of other great feaures to but you can read those in the market.
Runner Up 2) Instant Heart Read - Free In The Market
An app to check your hearbeat, but instantly turns the LED on so it works as a flashlight app. Kind of a cool app anyways, I am leaving this on my phone just for fun.
Dunno about the Epic... hard to say. But on my EVO I use "LED Desire light" which gets very bright when turned up all the way (probably because the EVO has 2 LEDs). And it has a widget.
Hopefully they make a compatible app/widget for the Epic flash soon. EpicFlash would be a nice sequal to MomentFlash (love this)
Well I found an app that works... sort of.
It is called Flashligh LED
The app itself is very basic. It does not turn the light on/off like a toggle. Rather, there is a timer and when you hit the button, it turns on the light for X amount of time.
Now, the app will turn on the light, but only for about 1 second or so, no matter what you change the time setting to.
Still not what I am looking for, but getting closed. Woot!
Nexus One Torch was my favorite on my Nexus! The widget matched perfectly with the Galaxy TW theme!
I surprisingly use the flashlight ALOT.
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Well I found an app that works... sort of.
It is called Flashligh LED
The app itself is very basic. It does not turn the light on/off like a toggle. Rather, there is a timer and when you hit the button, it turns on the light for X amount of time.
Now, the app will turn on the light, but only for about 1 second or so, no matter what you change the time setting to.
Still not what I am looking for, but getting closed. Woot!
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This is a very good sign. I'm sure trrobert(might be a bit off on the spelling) who did momentflash could peek at this to adopt what does work and get his working for us.
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Bump. Hopefully now that this device is released someone can take a stab at this. Woot.
I'm using Power Control Plus from the Market & when you add flashlight as one of your buttons it works! It turns on & off the light with no problems. It is a slight delay when turning the light on.
^Awsome tried it and it worked. Thanks!!
I can confirm it Power control plus works, such an elegant solution, better than some cheesy flash light picture taking up the whole screen.
Thanks journeyman73!
Just so you can fix it OP, its Power Control Plus is $1.99.
Instant heart rate app
Instant heart rate automatically turns on the flash, so thats one way to do it.
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Instant heart rate automatically turns on the flash, so thats one way to do it.
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Right, it's what I'm using at the moment. As an addendum, you can turn the flash on and off with the icon in the top right.
Hi guys,
I've just released Tiny Flashlight + LED v2.2. I tried to make it work on Epic 4G by guessing the right parameters (because I don't have an Epic 4G device).
Can you check it and tell me if it works?
Sorry great app but led did not light up
Confirmed, Tiny Flashlight does not light up the LED on my epic.
I reorganised the first post with the new apps that have been found to work.
chris5h said:
Confirmed, Tiny Flashlight does not light up the LED on my epic.
I reorganised the first post with the new apps that have been found to work.
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When you tap on the light sources button (the white button in the upper right corner), how many items do you see? 4 or 5?
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When you tap on the light sources button (the white button in the upper right corner), how many items do you see? 4 or 5?
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Four sources, LED is not one of them.
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Four sources, LED is not one of them.
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OK, I've released v2.2.1. Can you check it?
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OK, I've released v2.2.1. Can you check it?
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My goodness that thing is bright...
So LED shows up now, and clicking the power turns it on, w00t!
There is a little red label above the power button that always says 0%, what controls that?
Also, the power button doesn't turn the light off, but exiting the app does so this is much better than what we had before!
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Constantly using assistive light, but I dislike having to unlock, then click the widget (which is HUGE, and thus not on my first page)
What are your favorite solutions for quickly accessing flashlight from lock screen?
What you could do is buy Widget Locker ( something like a $2 app, i knoow, not free ) and then add a flashlight widget to it. If u look up widget locker you will know what im talking about, but in essence, its a customizable lock screen and u can put widgets there to click on.
Alternativly, some ROMs will have the ability to have a flashlight as a quick tool when u pull down the notification shade. Paranoid Android 2.1 has this ability, and it is Jellybean. Great daily driver, and also stable. Give it a shot!
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Exactly what I've done
I haven't rooted/flashed anything custom to mine yet as I'm waiting for JB before I do that, but I've got widgetlocker installed with the jellybean style unlock orb - pull right to unlock, left for camera, down for gosms and up for 'brightest flashlight free' which is the fastest loading of all the ones I've tested (plus it has a cool on/off sound that reminds me of splinter cell lol)
Flashlight
Gabeloooooo said:
Constantly using assistive light, but I dislike having to unlock, then click the widget (which is HUGE, and thus not on my first page)
What are your favorite solutions for quickly accessing flashlight from lock screen?
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No need to unlock the screen to get your Torch App.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5pZG1vYmlsZS5mbGFzaGxpZ2h0Il0.:good:
Hit "Thanks" button if it help:highfive:
THANK YOU for all the great suggestions, will try a bunch of stuff and report back.
I had read that Widget Locker drains the battery quite a lot though, have you found that to be the case on the S3?
So far I was using brightest flashlight free from lock screen, but it opens the app, I basically want to stay on the locksreen for toggling on/off.
LED genius concept is nice, but I'm afraid it will keep opening in my pocket when I shake my hips (seriously, I'm already using shaking to silence the wonderful eCID app when it is speaking)
I've a bunch of stuff to investigate thanks to you all! Cheers!
Get the app called TeslaLED it has a cool and easy on/off widget as well as a shortcut which you can put on the lockscreen. I like this app cause it doesn't need all kinds of strange access/permissions like the others do.
Quick update:
Tried all that was suggested. Ended up using Widget Locker + assistive light widget on lock screen. While the widget is not very pretty, t'is the fastest way to launch the led I found (slightly faster than teslaLED for me).
So far, Widget Locker doesn't seem to drain the battery too bad. And it is very sweet to have more than 4 shortcuts on the lock screen
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my solution
you download teslaled apk free
in setting to lockscreen your put the app on the lockscreen
and in the setting of teslaled you select "start light when app is open"
and now on the lockscreen you have the icon teslaled you pullup and the flashlight come
sorry for my very bad english!!!!!
see you soon
You should check out Search Light
It's the fastest starting flashlight app on my phone (Galaxy Nexus). Much faster than Tesla. And no silly permissions like internet and positioning like some flashlight apps need.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scottmain.android.searchlight
Maybe that in combination with widgetlocker? I don't have widgetlocker so I can't vouch for the combo.
On my SGS II, I use a ROM with JKAY support just so I can have this lockscreen: youtube.com/watch?v=JL-sc2QlNtA
As you can see around the 16 second mark, you just need to slide that tab left to toggle the LED. I'm not sure what the status is on JKAY MOD on the S3 but I know he is making a version for this phone, so check it out.
Regarding this topic, just to add one other advanced method (which I am using) is to combine Tasker, Widgetlocker, and teslaLED with the S3's proximity sensor to control the LED flash.
Basically you turn on the LED flash on or off by putting your finger near the proximity sensor which is on the left of the front-facing camera.
**This method is not necessarily faster than using a widget, just a heads up to those people who are using tasker and widgetlocker, that this is one possible implementation they can use.
The reason i did this was because the widget on the lockscreen sometimes activated from accidental pressing in my pocket which resulted in huge battery drainage and a hot phone.
(Another reason was that I was bored and wanted to do something with the proximity sensor, and this was a pretty cool way to do it, plus you have one less widget on the lockscreen if you find it ugly)
elencross said:
Regarding this topic, just to add one other advanced method (which I am using) is to combine Tasker, Widgetlocker, and teslaLED with the S3's proximity sensor to control the LED flash.
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Is Widget Locker necessary for this? Don't Tasker and teslaLED suffice?
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Is Widget Locker necessary for this? Don't Tasker and teslaLED suffice?
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Yes Tasker and teslaLED would be sufficient, however Widgetlocker is there to set up the condition for this profile to work. So this profile only activates IF widgetlocker is running (that is when your phone is locked). You could do without this condition if you wish, however do note that without such a condition, the proximity sensor will remain on indefinitely, which would cause a huge battery drain to occur. By setting it so that it requires Widgetlocker to be activated, the sensor only turns on when the phone is locked.
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Constantly using assistive light, but I dislike having to unlock, then click the widget (which is HUGE, and thus not on my first page)
What are your favorite solutions for quickly accessing flashlight from lock screen?
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A little late to the party. Flashlight LED genius is free and also has a 'shake to activate' feature. Hit the home button to turn on the lockscreen and shake. it has sensitivity options to avoid accidents.
Nexus One LED Flashlight
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jazzmoonstudio.android.widget.flashlight&hl=en
Fastest and simple one click flashlight widget. If you want to start it with an app shortcut you can install the addon. It is very lightweight, has no running services and stuff. I always return to this one.
Seriously, try it!
Thank you!
Nexus One LED Flashlight is indeed the simplest solution! Shortcut available as addon from Google Play for TouchWiz plus needs no suspicious or permissions (as of dec. 2012).
Thanks fallenwout!
If it's fastest way, I'd go with Jkay's mod, don't think it can get faster than this. It has an option where you can press the home button once to wake up the phone and press a second time and keep it pressed for a second to light up the led. Phone will remain awake but you never even need to unlock it. Turn off by keeping home pressed for a second again. It has helped me a lot.
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If it's fastest way, I'd go with Jkay's mod, don't think it can get faster than this. It has an option where you can press the home button once to wake up the phone and press a second time and keep it pressed for a second to light up the led. Phone will remain awake but you never even need to unlock it. Turn off by keeping home pressed for a second again. It has helped me a lot.
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Definitely the most simple solution witch is btw an awesome feature, same like double press home on lock for camera.
I vote for Led Genius, but it is really "user dependent" and i will explain why.
I use a phone case that actualy cover the screen, it's a leather flip-case. In case i want to open the flash light, i press the power button without opening the case and then i shake the phone. The light turns on. Since you have the sensitivity adjustable and the fact that if you don't press the power it will not interpret no matter how hard you shake it, it is virtually impossible to activate it in your pocket by mistake. (my power button is not side-accesible other than using your finger)
This method allows me to operate the flashlight without even looking at my screen (or at the phone for that matter), and to turn it off exactly the same: without opening the flipcase. Once i finish with the flash light i am shaking it again to stop it, then i press the power button to turn off the screen and that is all.
Just my 2 cents...
I use Tesla led in combination with appshaker. Shake phone on lockscreen turns led on.
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I have a weird "lip" that appears on my Note 2's screen sometimes that slides out and shows you more apps you can open.
I'm not sure how this appears - it appears to happen at random. And I have absolutely no idea how to get rid of it unless I restart the phone.
I'm not sure if it is an app that I installed on the phone or it's something that Samsung preloaded on it.
I have attached a screenshot where this "lip" is appearing over the keyboard. It's very irritating as it protrudes over everything you are doing, as shown!
Any help on how to permanently disable this?
Thanks!
That's the multitasking bar and you don't want to permanently disable it in my opinion because it is so damn useful.
You invoke it and dispel it in the same way - long press the back button.
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That's the multitasking bar and you don't want to permanently disable it in my opinion because it is so damn useful.
You invoke it and dispel it in the same way - long press the back button.
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lmao 'invoke' and 'dispel', give them a chance, not everyone on here is from England!
it means turn on and off.
Ah! Holding the back button down!
Such a simple fix haha. Thanks!
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it means turn on and off.
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Somehow that just doesn't have the same ring to it......
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Lennyuk said:
lmao 'invoke' and 'dispel', give them a chance, not everyone on here is from England!
it means turn on and off.
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Yeah but he's obviously one classy mofo
Invoke and dispell sounds way better. Kinda like harry potter.
Paganister said:
Hi
I have a weird "lip" that appears on my Note 2's screen sometimes that slides out and shows you more apps you can open.
I'm not sure how this appears - it appears to happen at random. And I have absolutely no idea how to get rid of it unless I restart the phone.
I'm not sure if it is an app that I installed on the phone or it's something that Samsung preloaded on it.
I have attached a screenshot where this "lip" is appearing over the keyboard. It's very irritating as it protrudes over everything you are doing, as shown!
Any help on how to permanently disable this?
Thanks!
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I know the question has been answered but you may not know that if you bring that "lip" up and you hold a app icon you can drag it out and multitask by running two windows. Just a quick fyi.
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I know the question has been answered but you may not know that if you bring that "lip" up and you hold a app icon you can drag it out and multitask by running two windows. Just a quick fyi.
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Ah, I see! Only seems to work with certain apps at the moment though. I can see its usefulness a little now.
What is the point of clicking Edit on the multitasking list and sticking icons inside the "Drag and drop here" section?
I searched but didn't see anything on this.
There is a blue pull tab thing on the left hand side of my screen. I want it gone, but can't find out how to get rid of it.
Thanks!
There's a ton of threads already on this. ..
To show/hide hold the back key for a couple of seconds
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Thanks. Guess I didn't know what to call the damn thing to search for it correctly.
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Thanks. Guess I didn't know what to call the damn thing to search for it correctly.
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It allows you to access the multi-window feature of the NII, for accessing 2 apps at the same time.
To be fair its not a particularly well advertised feature and with little to no instruction a lot of people won't know what it is for.
But it is for split screen mode.
You can drag apps to the top of bottom part of the screen from that bar to run two apps side by side.
Like the title states...
My S4 will randomly activate the preview screen of time/date/etc as if I had the S View Cover, but I don't. I've never even tested one on my phone.
It happens literally when I'm in Portrait (doesn't matter if I'm lock screen or not), I turn it 180 degrees and put it down. The preview screen then activates.
Does anyone know if there's any way to turn this off?
Are you using that gesture? Go to air gestures and uncheck quick glance. Might not be your issue just a guess....
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Are you using that gesture? Go to air gestures and uncheck quick glance. Might not be your issue just a guess....
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Thanks for the suggestion. What stinks is that I actually like the quick glance feature when I put my palm up to the dark screen and I get a quick preview. I also like the hover to preview my emails....
If that's the only way, then I guess I'll have to live with it.
Forgot to add...if it's in that S View Cover screen and I turn the phone upright, the phone will automatically get out of that screen. I can also then put it back horizontal and it'll reactivate...
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Thanks for the suggestion. What stinks is that I actually like the quick glance feature when I put my palm up to the dark screen and I get a quick preview. I also like the hover to preview my emails....
If that's the only way, then I guess I'll have to live with it.
Forgot to add...if it's in that S View Cover screen and I turn the phone upright, the phone will automatically get out of that screen. I can also then put it back horizontal and it'll reactivate...
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Weird.... I like that gesture too. Was just wondering if turning it off solved your issue
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Screenshot for proof.
Sorry it's out of focus...I had to snap it quick and the phone didn't focus in time with the low light...
Also, this picture is with Quick Glance turned off.
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