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So after the screen goes off, the wifi automatically goes to sleep hence making those apps which can send toast/tile notifications like Flory and various twitter apps practically useless. Any work around?
Keep it plugged in.
Um...you just realized that? It puts wifi on standby (basically turns it off) when it goes to sleep, unless you are charging, in which case, the wifi remains connected. Data, on the other hand, does not have this problem, and will persist, despite the phone going to sleep/lockscreen.
I would also like a workaround for this... I don't own a data plan, and I'm pretty much always near some wifi connection...
thanks!
There is no work around. It is a 'feature' by design so that you won't ended up with a battery drained phone. Your only hope is complain loudly to Microsoft.
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There is no work around. It is a 'feature' by design so that you won't ended up with a battery drained phone. Your only hope is complain loudly to Microsoft.
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As usual with WP7, MS is taking "don't give a choice to the user" approach... I hope this and other small things get fixed sooner or later... like the stupid camera shutter sound!
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Um...you just realized that? It puts wifi on standby (basically turns it off) when it goes to sleep, unless you are charging, in which case, the wifi remains connected. Data, on the other hand, does not have this problem, and will persist, despite the phone going to sleep/lockscreen.
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Well if you're connected to WiFi but its in sleep mode, data doesnt just turn on. It will for some things, but I found out that for some games that have push notifications, they just dont happen in that situation. The 3g stays sleeping with the WiFi. I only get emails in this situation.
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As usual with WP7, MS is taking "don't give a choice to the user" approach... I hope this and other small things get fixed sooner or later... like the stupid camera shutter sound!
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I thought the shutter sound was become of some law saying you have to have it on. Weird thing though, that law ain't in the US...I read that sht on cracked where they were talking about countries saying you have to leave the shutter sound on and that's to prevent people from getting away with sticking their phone under a girls skirt and taking a picture. Normally I'd be like "man, cracked is just making stuff up again" but I've been following that site for 3 years and read everything and can tell the joke articles from the legit ones.
And they probably dont have that many options because they dont want to see a lot of people complaining about battery life. Because if you google anything android related, you'll get a bunch of battery life threads and complaint. so they are just defaulting settings that offer the best battery life and they are getting rid of the option to change those settings. that way nobody can post a bunch of threads complaining about battery life and by that not happening, when you search anything windows mobile related you'll see more threads about its features than bad battery life.
And yes, if WiFi never slept, it would be using more power than the disconnected 3G option it defaults to.
having wifi turn off automatically completely defeats the purpose of background notifications for apps like twitter/facebook or any other IM since there wont be any wifi connection for them to use if the phone is in sleep mode. Not everyone has unlimited cellular data. This is just really stupid.
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having wifi turn off automatically completely defeats the purpose of background notifications for apps like twitter/facebook or any other IM since there wont be any wifi connection for them to use if the phone is in sleep mode. Not everyone has unlimited cellular data. This is just really stupid.
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If those background notification use that much of data, they are not designed properly. For comparison, my son's Focus is on 200mb/month data plan and he never exceeds the data limit.
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maybe they should have an option to change it - but it should default to the current settings as only a handfull of people won't have a data plan.
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I thought the shutter sound was become of some law saying you have to have it on. Weird thing though, that law ain't in the US...I read that sht on cracked where they were talking about countries saying you have to leave the shutter sound on and that's to prevent people from getting away with sticking their phone under a girls skirt and taking a picture. Normally I'd be like "man, cracked is just making stuff up again" but I've been following that site for 3 years and read everything and can tell the joke articles from the legit ones.
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Wow, that's just weird. How come so many compact digital cameras can have the shutter sound removed then? It doesn't really make sense... anyway, I saw in the Reg Tricks topic a way to turn it off, will probably do after I get the NoDo (in a year maybe? hehehe)
Back to topic: sure the default should be the same as it is now, but give me the option to change it, and when I select it, give me a big warning telling me that this will destroy my battery life. Then I know what to expect (ok, I would already know, but many people wouldn't...)
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Wow, that's just weird. How come so many compact digital cameras can have the shutter sound removed then? It doesn't really make sense... anyway, I saw in the Reg Tricks topic a way to turn it off, will probably do after I get the NoDo (in a year maybe? hehehe)
Back to topic: sure the default should be the same as it is now, but give me the option to change it, and when I select it, give me a big warning telling me that this will destroy my battery life. Then I know what to expect (ok, I would already know, but many people wouldn't...)
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Found the article. Had to go back and look for it because after my last post I thought I made it up but I was right haha. And it seems to say just cellphones. I imagine it would be really hard trying to stick a camera under someone's skirt...so they just leave the option to remove that sound there...iunno
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Wow, that's just weird. How come so many compact digital cameras can have the shutter sound removed then? It doesn't really make sense... anyway, I saw in the Reg Tricks topic a way to turn it off, will probably do after I get the NoDo (in a year maybe? hehehe)
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what's weird is that my HD7 doesn't make the shutter sound when i turn the volume all the way down to 0
also, topic related, my ipod touch stays connected to wifi 24/7 sleep or no sleep... i think that feature came with iOS 4 though??
Your iPod Thouch doesn't have any other means to go online. Your phone does.
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And they probably dont have that many options because they dont want to see a lot of people complaining about battery life. Because if you google anything android related, you'll get a bunch of battery life threads and complaint. so they are just defaulting settings that offer the best battery life and they are getting rid of the option to change those settings. that way nobody can post a bunch of threads complaining about battery life and by that not happening, when you search anything windows mobile related you'll see more threads about its features than bad battery life.
And yes, if WiFi never slept, it would be using more power than the disconnected 3G option it defaults to.
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Yep, cause changing the default search in IE from Google to Bing, where it should be, will certainly degrade my battery life.
The options are there because Microsoft have no clue what they're doing.
I'm willing to bet most of the people who worked on Windows Mobile are gone and these people working on WP7 are utterly clueless.
They're certainly disconnected form their customer base... completely...
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Yep, cause changing the default search in IE from Google to Bing, where it should be, will certainly degrade my battery life.
The options are there because Microsoft have no clue what they're doing.
I'm willing to bet most of the people who worked on Windows Mobile are gone and these people working on WP7 are utterly clueless.
They're certainly disconnected form their customer base... completely...
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you mean the customer base that was running away from winmo in droves and led to a less than 3% marketshare???
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Hello all,
Does anybody know if this problem has a solution with the NoDo update (presumably, NoDo comes with "wifi improvements")? I tried WP7 for a while and this was the failure that made me switch back to Android (I work in lots of basements; no GSM signal, but Wifi aplenty).
Thanks!
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Does anybody know if this problem has a solution with the NoDo update
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It's not a problem - it's a "feature". Features don't get fixed.
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It's not a problem - it's a "feature". Features don't get fixed.
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Fantastic... Normally, though, that's true for "bugs," not "problems."
Well, I was unable to find any information one way or the other; this seems a lesser priority for many users. If anybody in the thread has updated, please let us know!
Okay I don't know if this is a bug in every Android version that still hasn't been fixed or is it an app that's causing it.
What happens is when I would be using an app like for example Google talk. I would try opening YouTube it would open calculator. And if I try opening messaging it would still open calculator. No matter which app I'd open it would open the wrong app. And I either have to kill all apps or restart my phone
I had this issue only my G2, my Nexus S, Anyone else having this?
Can't recall if I had it on my Sensation or not...
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This has never happened to me. Are you completely stock?
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I have had a similar error on multiple versions of android where you hit the back button and it starts to cycle through several different apps.
Yup happens to me on a few occasions. It just cycles like axion said
If you open apps continually without closing them or going back to the homescreen then pushing back will cycle through them.. that's how it has always been. That's also how it is on WP7
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I've seen this once on my Galaxy Nexus only, never on a Nexus S, of GS2. A reboot seemed to resolve the issue. I've not seen it again since.
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If you open apps continually without closing them or going back to the homescreen then pushing back will cycle through them.. that's how it has always been. That's also how it is on WP7
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This is something i have encountered plenty of times. I certainly do not feel the need to come on this board and complain about my phone multitasking.
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This is something i have encountered plenty of times. I certainly do not feel the need to come on this board and complain about my phone multitasking.
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You're missing the point. It has nothing to do with the back button or cycling through programs. The problem is icons launching the wrong apps.
I'm on 4.0.2 stock and if had this happen once since I got my SGN. Never on any other of my Androids. A restart fixed it.
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You're missing the point. It has nothing to do with the back button or cycling through programs. The problem is icons launching the wrong apps.
I'm on 4.0.2 stock and if had this happen once since I got my SGN. Never on any other of my Androids. A restart fixed it.
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Then you guys have defective phones. Simple as that. Return it or stop complaing because most of us do not have these issues.
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Happened to me too. Usually helps to get rid of all alps in multitasking menu.
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Then you guys have defective phones. Simple as that. Return it or stop complaing because most of us do not have these issues.
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This is an absolutely absurd and incorrect statement. There is nothing "defective" about the phone. It's a software issue that occurs under a fairly specific set of circumstances.
I've had this happen starting with 4.0 builds on the Nexus S as well as on the GN. It didn't happen pre-ICS. What it does occur hitting back actually will back through the entire stack of activities oddly enough.
When this occurs you can back through the stack to a point, hit home and then hit the offending icon again and it will resume in the stack at the point in which you hit home. If you actually back entirely down the stack you'll get to the home screen and the expected app will finally launch. Depending on what's been opened since the last reboot though this can be a huge pain.
From looking in to this the only real thing I found reported was an issue with activity re-parenting. This was causing activities that allowed re-parenting to be launched in the wrong context and causing a similar behavior.
So far I've only noticed it occurring with the gapps (Messaging, Music) launching the wrong activity, but this is merely an observation.
If you can isolate a manner in which to recreate this scenario it would be helpful to report it, as this is definitely not the intended behavior. If you don't want to report it, but believe you can recreate it I can test it on a few devices / builds and submit it.
So far I haven't been able to purposefully recreate the issue, although I've spent minimal time trying as it is only a minor annoyance. If it occurred more frequently it would be another story.
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When this occurs you can back through the stack to a point, hit home and then hit the offending icon again and it will resume in the stack at the point in which you hit home. If you actually back entirely down the stack you'll get to the home screen and the expected app will finally launch. Depending on what's been opened since the last reboot though this can be a huge pain.
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Have you tried what I wrote? To just swipe away the apps in the multitasking menu/button? I've had it twice and both times that have been enough for me to sort it out.
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Lowtrash said:
Have you tried what I wrote? To just swipe away the apps in the multitasking menu/button? I've had it twice and both times that have been enough for me to sort it out.
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No, I've just backed down the stack. I am curious as to the trigger for the behavior though as it is a rather uncommon occurrence.
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This is an absolutely absurd and incorrect statement. There is nothing "defective" about the phone. It's a software issue that occurs under a fairly specific set of circumstances.
I've had this happen starting with 4.0 builds on the Nexus S as well as on the GN. It didn't happen pre-ICS. What it does occur hitting back actually will back through the entire stack of activities oddly enough.
When this occurs you can back through the stack to a point, hit home and then hit the offending icon again and it will resume in the stack at the point in which you hit home. If you actually back entirely down the stack you'll get to the home screen and the expected app will finally launch. Depending on what's been opened since the last reboot though this can be a huge pain.
From looking in to this the only real thing I found reported was an issue with activity re-parenting. This was causing activities that allowed re-parenting to be launched in the wrong context and causing a similar behavior.
So far I've only noticed it occurring with the gapps (Messaging, Music) launching the wrong activity, but this is merely an observation.
If you can isolate a manner in which to recreate this scenario it would be helpful to report it, as this is definitely not the intended behavior. If you don't want to report it, but believe you can recreate it I can test it on a few devices / builds and submit it.
So far I haven't been able to purposefully recreate the issue, although I've spent minimal time trying as it is only a minor annoyance. If it occurred more frequently it would be another story.
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But the OP clearly destroys your theory seeing as how this has happened on other handsets (pre-ICS as a matter of fact) as well. What's your rebuttal for that? To add to that, if a device pre-ICS did have this problem... Would it not be considered defective? *Keeping in mind that most people don't have the problem.* I have absolutely no issues no matter the number of apps I have open. So is my device defective because everything opens as it should? As I said before, this is a very small group of people who are experiencing this so I think that negates that something isn't defective. There are plenty of "defective" products that function generally as intended but have small quirks. Your turn...
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But the OP clearly destroys your theory seeing as how this has happened on other handsets (pre-ICS as a matter of fact) as well. What's your rebuttal for that?
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Where do you see this claimed to have happened on any pre 4.0 rom?
I had this issue only my G2, my Nexus S, Anyone else having this?
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I have absolutely no issues no matter the number of apps. As I said before, this is a very small group of people who are experiencing this so I think that negates that something isn't defective. There are plenty of "defective" products that function generally as intended but have small quirks. Your turn...
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I don't see how anything is "destroyed". The fact remains that you have an app launching an activity that does not belong to its package. The back button then proceeds to back down the activity stack rather than properly exit the app when the main activity is exited.
The fact that it is only noticed by a small subset of users is not indicative in any way of a "defective" handset - its far more likely that it's a very specific software issue triggering the problem.
The fact that the sub system is allowing the user to back down the ENTIRE activity stack with the back button rather than exiting properly when the main activity of *each* package is exited doesn't exactly scream bad hardware....
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Where do you see this claimed to have happened on any pre 4.0 rom?
I don't see how anything is "destroyed". The fact remains that you have an app launching an activity that does not belong to its package. The back button then proceeds to back down the activity stack rather than properly exit the app when the main activity is exited.
The fact that it is only noticed by a small subset of users is not indicative in any way of a "defective" handset - its far more likely that it's a very specific software issue triggering the problem.
The fact that the sub system is allowing the user to back down the ENTIRE activity stack with the back button rather than exiting properly when the main activity of *each* package is exited doesn't exactly scream bad hardware....
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I get your point but something being defective doesn't always dictate that it's a hardware problem, wouldn't you agree? I never specifically said it was a hardware issue. Either way, it's hard to say what the REAL issue is until someone takes time to reproduce this. Just for reference though: If a hardware/software manufacturer cannot reproduce said issue, they'd deem said products experiencing it defective.
Yep I know what you mean, happens to me on Google Music.
Th easiest solution I found was to force stop the app that's bugged out.
I've had this too. Swiping away the app I'm trying to open and the one it is opening instead has fixed it for me.
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I get your point but something being defective doesn't always dictate that it's a hardware problem, wouldn't you agree? I never specifically said it was a hardware issue. Either way, it's hard to say what the REAL issue is until someone takes time to reproduce this. Just for reference though: If a hardware/software manufacturer cannot reproduce said issue, they'd deem said products experiencing it defective.
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Defective software I have no issue with - that's a harsh classification for a bug, but not incorrect.
Your statement of "Return it" followed by "most of us do not have these issues" seemed to imply a belief that the physical unit must be defective (in comparison to a unit that did not experience this issue) rather than a behavior or set of behaviors causing as software issue as most users do not experience this. Thereby returning would resolve the issue.
Given the symptoms present when this occurs I can't imagine this to be true i any way, shape or form. Especially given that this bug has existed since 4.0 hit AOSP and on builds for the Nexus S as well (hence why it's absurd to blame this on a singular hardware fault of a single device).
I am interested in reproducing the issue, or capturing a logcat the next time it occurs (it only seems to happen when I am in the car unfortunately) to see if the WindowManager of ApplicationManager are supposedly starting the proper activities or the issue might lie with the package manager.
I've had this happen when i open a lot of apps without closing them and use the multitasking button to switch between apps.
Now you can enjoy SGS3 Smart Stay funcionality in HOX too. Download ISeeyou app from Play Store to get the feature.
razzil.com/get-smart-stay-feature-any-android-phone.html
Works perfect . Whether it drains battery.
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Thanks. It works, now just have to monitor on the battery life.
Btw, would like to ask on the notification icon, is it possible to set it to show only when the "smart stay function" is activated during looking at screen?
Nothing happens on my one!!!!
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Nothing happens on my one!!!!
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Haha. You have to stare really really hard at the front camera. I kid
What's your screen off time? If you set it to the lowest for the screen to turn off after 15 sec, it might not work since the free version of the app detects your face every 20sec by default.
Get the paid version and you can set face detect time and scan time
it works quite well I must say
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shtipu1111 said:
Nothing happens on my one!!!!
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As @samuelong87 mention buy Premium version so that you can customize the time. It works perfectly at my side.
Smart Stay would be a nice feature to have but I would like to think that the app would somehow drain lots of battery.. abusing the front camera every half a minute or so would somehow have an impact I'm sure.
I wonder if the S3 would have enhanced battery life if they disabled the Smart Stay option.
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Smart Stay would be a nice feature to have but I would like to think that the app would somehow drain lots of battery.. abusing the front camera every half a minute or so would somehow have an impact I'm sure.
I wonder if the S3 would have enhanced battery life if they disabled the Smart Stay option.
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i am wonder the same thing.
but i just purchased it and i will test
this is not interfering in any way to the auto brightness settings in in display as far as i can see.
it would be more than interesting to have an option to auto power off display after no face detecting (with customizable timing of course)
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Oh got it..thnx
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i am wonder the same thing.
but i just purchased it and i will test
this is not interfering in any way to the auto brightness settings in in display as far as i can see.
it would be more than interesting to have an option to auto power off display after no face detecting (with customizable timing of course)
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Well, first impression on this app is that it's not really battery friendly, but it does what it is supposed to do very well. Maybe next releases will be better from this point of view.
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Well, seems i will use it just from time to time
But is indeed an app that does well what is meant to do.
Regrads!
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This app appears not working when device is on horizontal position
It works here when I'm switching to landscape mode, maybe you're blocking the front camera with your finger a little bit ?
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Now HTC One X is the best phone. This was the only feature missing
ISeeYou Causing Issues On My HOX
I have the HOX International. I used this app, and though it's a great concept, I was left largely dissatisfied by it.
While it works as advertised, I'm peeved with a couple of issues:
1) It blocks BOTH the front and back cameras. Try accessing the camera app while the service is ON and you only get a black screen.
2) It seems to hog battery occasionally (although this happens rarely).
3) I had the service to autostart, and received the shock of my life when around 1 hour into my day, I found that the rear camera was heating up. This might be a direct consequence of point 1 above.
I am on Stock and have the latest firmware update.
I don't know if any of you are facing these issues, but I've uninstalled the app ever since I started facing it.
Just a friendly heads up!
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I have the HOX International. I used this app, and though it's a great concept, I was left largely dissatisfied by it.
While it works as advertised, I'm peeved with a couple of issues:
1) It blocks BOTH the front and back cameras. Try accessing the camera app while the service is ON and you only get a black screen.
2) It seems to hog battery occasionally (although this happens rarely).
3) I had the service to autostart, and received the shock of my life when around 1 hour into my day, I found that the rear camera was heating up. This might be a direct consequence of point 1 above.
I am on Stock and have the latest firmware update.
I don't know if any of you are facing these issues, but I've uninstalled the app ever since I started facing it.
Just a friendly heads up!
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The camera works well here! But, when I launched it from lock screen, it was blank. After unlocking properly with the secure path I use, both front and back cameras worked! (Newest wwe firmware.)
BUT: it DOES brake Face Unlock! I already sent a bug report e-mail to the dev
Used to work ok,then stoped without reason and I got blank screen with stock and other camera app(FV 5 and ics+).Unistalled it,but still had to reboot phone to get camera working properly.Installed it again,it works now,stock camera is working as well as FV5,with ics + , it gets FC sometimes...very nice idea,needs some polishing.
argetlam1 said:
I have the HOX International. I used this app, and though it's a great concept, I was left largely dissatisfied by it.
While it works as advertised, I'm peeved with a couple of issues:
1) It blocks BOTH the front and back cameras. Try accessing the camera app while the service is ON and you only get a black screen.
2) It seems to hog battery occasionally (although this happens rarely).
3) I had the service to autostart, and received the shock of my life when around 1 hour into my day, I found that the rear camera was heating up. This might be a direct consequence of point 1 above.
I am on Stock and have the latest firmware update.
I don't know if any of you are facing these issues, but I've uninstalled the app ever since I started facing it.
Just a friendly heads up!
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I had haven't any problem as you wrote.
And also battery brain is normal from the moment front camera open for checking every 20". But no something special.
Anyway I think we dont need so match this future. At smartphones screen is so small, so when you read anything you need to scroll down. It's meaning if you touch the screen will continue to stay wakeup. I would like to have something like that in my iPad.
I can't get this working
Hi,
Just wondering if anybody has tested the NFC functionality? I am currently using the Smartband - and I use the NFC on the Core with Xposed Framework to unlock my phone (Xperia Z1). Aside from dealing with the annoyance of having Lifeblog constantly launching upon unlocking - I find it quite useful without having to enter a PIN every time.
Not many details on the location of the NFC antennas on the SW3. Wondering if I can truly replace the Smartband with the SW3.
There is smart unlock feature in lollipop so it will not ask for pin if smart watch connected, I believe you can achieve similar with xposed or 3rd party apps on previous versions of android
NFC works
If you got NFC on your phone turned on the phone recognizes the watch by bumping and opens the android wear app.
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If you got NFC on your phone turned on the phone recognizes the watch by bumping and opens the android wear app.
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If the watch is off, nfc contact also turns it on.
I was testing SW3 NFC with newly purchased Sony SBH-60 headphones. No luck - nothing activates. The headphones worked fine once manually paired, but in my opinion NFC does not work, most likely is not supported by Android Wear yet. Which would be another big disappointment - no LifeLog app on the watch, no sleep tracking with use of Watch, no Walkman app, now no NFC support.
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I was testing SW3 NFC with newly purchased Sony SBH-60 headphones. No luck - nothing activates. The headphones worked fine once manually paired, but in my opinion NFC does not work, most likely is not supported by Android Wear yet. Which would be another big disappointment - no LifeLog app on the watch, no sleep tracking with use of Watch, no Walkman app, now no NFC support.
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hey I'm about to buy those headphones, but I can't find any reviews about it, I don't know if you could tell me if they are any good, and if I can pair them with my nexus 5.
Thanks in advance.
SW
saulw said:
hey I'm about to buy those headphones, but I can't find any reviews about it, I don't know if you could tell me if they are any good, and if I can pair them with my nexus 5.
SW
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So far, so good. Everything works as advertised and nice sound, overall yet I'm not an audiophile to comment on a lot. I think you should not worry about pairing with Nexus 5, but I can't tell for sure, no N5 around to test
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If you got NFC on your phone turned on the phone recognizes the watch by bumping and opens the android wear app.
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Yes, this is the only feature that works. Not really useful.
Thank you BartManx, I'm also not an audiophile so I guess it'll be good to me too.
Until Android Wear starts supporting NFC, it's hard to test the full capabilities of NFC on the SW3. As others have reported, right now it just opens the Android Wear app on the phone.
Galaxy Note 4
I can't sync with Galaxy note 4. Any solution ?
According to the owners manual the NFC antennae is in the centre of the screen. Which makes sense so it can be used while on your wrist.
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According to the owners manual the NFC antennae is in the centre of the screen. Which makes sense so it can be used while on your wrist.
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Thanks I guess reading owner manuals is a good thing
If you don't have Lollipop, but you have a rooted phone, NFC and Bluetooth can be awesome.
I hate using a pass code. I like waking up my phone and going right to what I want to do. However, if I ever leave my phone unattended, it would be nice to know that someone can't just get into it and start messing with things. So, I have a rooted LG G2 running Xposed. There is a module called: "No Lock Home"
In a nutshell, after you enter you Bluetooth address of the watch into the module, if you are wearing your watch and you walk away from your phone far enough to break the NFC/Bluetooth connection, the phone goes into lock mode (meaning you need a pass code or pattern or whatever you set up); once you come back into range of the phone, the pass code/pattern lock goes away and you're free from having to take the extra 3 seconds to "unlock" your phone.
Technology is the bees knees!!
There is an app called Skiplock which I believe is made by someone on XDA which does the same thing but without the need for root. You can use BT or Wifi for keeping the phone unlocked.
I'm not sure if my sw3 doesn't have (dont work maybe?) nfc or my nexus 5's nfc isn't working. Anybody could show me what happen when the sw3 is close to a smartphone?
EDIT: found it https://youtu.be/4YStUt_RPKs?t=5m7s
So or my nexus 5 nfc is fkd up or my sw3's nfc is fkd up lol
EDIT2: Ok solved. The replacement part I got for my nexus 5 was broken. I got use the nfc+wireless recharging combo from my old (original) back cover.
gab1972 said:
If you don't have Lollipop, but you have a rooted phone, NFC and Bluetooth can be awesome.
I hate using a pass code. I like waking up my phone and going right to what I want to do. However, if I ever leave my phone unattended, it would be nice to know that someone can't just get into it and start messing with things. So, I have a rooted LG G2 running Xposed. There is a module called: "No Lock Home"
In a nutshell, after you enter you Bluetooth address of the watch into the module, if you are wearing your watch and you walk away from your phone far enough to break the NFC/Bluetooth connection, the phone goes into lock mode (meaning you need a pass code or pattern or whatever you set up); once you come back into range of the phone, the pass code/pattern lock goes away and you're free from having to take the extra 3 seconds to "unlock" your phone.
Technology is the bees knees!!
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THANK YOU so much for this. This will help me - I hate using the knock code on my rooted LG G2 when I'm driving. Bob-on.
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Have had the Huawei Watch for a few days and it seems to have a deal-breaking bug. Frequently, after the watch has been in ambient mode for a while, it won't come out of it. If I touch the screen, the ambient display gets brighter, but that's all. No response from swiping or button presses. Sometimes, after a very long pause (a minute or so) it'll come back to life, but usually I have to hold the button until it restarts. Anyone run into this before? Ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Using it with a Nexus 6. Android wear version 1.3.0.2176821.
Thanks!!!
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Forgot to mention that the time sticks at whatever time it freezes and so it doesn't even tell the correct time. Sigh.
Have tried a factory reset. Didn't fix it.
Sounds like it's maybe in need of replacing. Like any new product release, there's bound to be a certain percentage of failures. Depending on how you look at it, you're either really lucky, or really unlucky
Well, just in case anyone else encounters this issue, I called Huawei tech support and described my issue. After a few minutes, they came back and said it was a known issue that effects some but not all watches. They said it would be corrected in a future software update but he was unable to tell me when that would be. So I could either wait for that update or send it back for an exchange. Since it happens frequently and renders the watch temporarily unusable, I opted to exchange it. They send an RMA label next day. The joys of new tech. Hope this helps someone else.
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Well, just in case anyone else encounters this issue, I called Huawei tech support and described my issue. After a few minutes, they came back and said it was a known issue that effects some but not all watches. They said it would be corrected in a future software update but he was unable to tell me when that would be. So I could either wait for that update or send it back for an exchange. Since it happens frequently and renders the watch temporarily unusable, I opted to exchange it. They send an RMA label next day. The joys of new tech. Hope this helps someone else.
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I have absolutely same issue. In ambient mode it freezes from the first day I bought this watch. Thank you for investigation and info.
got my hwatch and experienced the ambient mode freeze. to unfreeze, i enter and exit theater mode. it works. but now i'm never sure if the ambient time i'm glancing at is accurate or not...
Similar problem with an HTC M8. I'll try the theater mode to see if that helps. I still can't trust the time any more.
+1 on the Huawei Watch freeze. Sometimes after 15 minutes, sometimes after several hours. It has frozen with ambient mode disabled and with wrist gestures disabled as well.
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Two watches and no freezes here. Are you guys testing with no Wear apps installed and with a built-in Huawei face?
brizey said:
Two watches and no freezes here. Are you guys testing with no Wear apps installed and with a built-in Huawei face?
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Yes, after factory reset with no additional apps and with original buil-in Huawei faces and used to freeze. I returned it to the shop, got new one and problem is fixed.
lukhof said:
Yes, after factory reset with no additional apps and with original buil-in Huawei faces and used to freeze. I returned it to the shop, got new one and problem is fixed.
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Good to hear you got it fixed!
how are you sure that the problem is fixed as opposed to it not showing yet? the freeze seems to be random and i don't know of a way to replicate it on demand. thanks
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how are you sure that the problem is fixed as opposed to it not showing yet? the freeze seems to be random and i don't know of a way to replicate it on demand. thanks
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Before it froze every day several times. Now i have new one and it has been running non-stop for one week with ambient mode on and no freeze at all.
lukhof said:
Before it froze every day several times. Now i have new one and it has been running non-stop for one week with ambient mode on and no freeze at all.
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thanks, good to know. i'm curious if your replacement watch has the red-tint issue. i wonder if the two are somehow related.
maximus96 said:
thanks, good to know. i'm curious if your replacement watch has the red-tint issue. i wonder if the two are somehow related.
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None of them had red-tint issue. It seems this is not related with the freezing ambient mode.
Thanks, that solve my problem as well.
Happening to me too. Was using 3rd party skymaster watch face.
Got a replacement from amazon and it hasn't froze yet in the past two days of using it. The last one froze several times a day