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.
DDRFAN said:
+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.
Hi, first post, great forum!
Thanks to this forum I managed to root and install xposed on my AT&T G3. VERY happy, and I highly recommend this.
There are two small issues that I'd like to change without changing the look a lot. I really enjoy the stock look and feel of the phone.
First is the brightness toggle in quick settings. Right now there are four settings. 0%, 50%, 90% and 100%. With 100% being labeled as such on the toggle. I'd like to remove the 90% option completely so it would just go from 50% to 100%. Is this possible without adding some entirely new quick settings app?
The other thing I'd like to do is add a flashlight to quick settings. Xposed allowed me to add one to the power on/off menu but that's as far as I could get.
Also, the two faces in selfie mode, what are those? It's definitely not dual camera. One mode they face each other, the other they face away. I can see no differences.
Thanks so much!
ZeqOBpf6 said:
Also, the two faces in selfie mode, what are those? It's definitely not dual camera. One mode they face each other, the other they face away. I can see no differences.
Thanks so much!
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Hi. To answer your question about the "two faces" in the camera... If you set it to where they're facing each other, the camera will save the picture as flipped. This means that it will be a mirror image of what appears on the screen when you take the picture. If you set it where they face the same direction, the picture will save just as how you see it on the screen. Hope this helps!
If you have xposed download G3 Tweaks Box. You can add the brightness slider in as seen in my screenshot. Also if you hold volume up it will turn on the flashlight(one toy enable it). The tweaks box has a lot of great features just look around in it.
Here is the option for the flashlight.
Trying to convince the wife to use the LG G4, she is on Note 2. The killer appliaction in the Note 2 is cropping a image from the web easily with the stylus.
Tryed QMemo and the browser image background turns black when QMemo turn on.
Is that possible on the LG G4? or is there alternate app to do this?
Can always buy a stylus for the G4
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Thats true but its more about the simplicity of how samsund does this ... If it can be done with her finger its ok to. The stylus has a button that you press and just crops what ever is on your screen. In the LG G4 i dont think there is somthing this simple. I just want to give her a better camera to take better kid pictures.
So whats the app or functionality that is built in to the G4 for doing this?
Hello, does anyone know of any firmware that adds an option to calibrate the touch screen once a screen protector is applied? All other phones I had such as an old samsung galaxy and I believe the moto g3 (correct me if I'm wrong please) had the option to touch five targets to calibrate the screen in display settings. Apparently this phone does not
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Hello, does anyone know of any firmware that adds an option to calibrate the touch screen once a screen protector is applied? All other phones I had such as an old samsung galaxy and I believe the moto g3 (correct me if I'm wrong please) had the option to touch five targets to calibrate the screen in display settings. Apparently this phone does not
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Have you tried using a 3rd party app
Eg
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=redpi.apps.touchscreencalibration
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When i lift my pixel 3xl, the Ambient display just lasts for less than a second and the lock screen shows up.
Anyone with the same issue.
Please help.
It's the new changes they made on Android 10, probably for pixel 4 with face unlock features.
C_yon said:
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When i lift my pixel 3xl, the Ambient display just lasts for less than a second and the lock screen shows up.
Anyone with the same issue.
Please help.
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Same here with the Pixel 3, I had to disable it!!
TheMorpheus said:
Same here with the Pixel 3, I had to disable it!!
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Yes its there ****ty ne implementation and i hate it, ambient display only works when set to always on, the other settings like double tap to wake and tilt to wake just shows the lock screen, and notifications show up minus the wallpaper unless you tilt or tap, this is googles idea of new features, mess with the old ones and call it a new feature, remove stock android features because they are better than ours.