Is it possible to configure the camera button on Hermes/TyTN with Windows Mobile 6 to automatically turn on the backlight and "unlock" when pressed?
Currently, it takes five actions to take a photo when the phone has been "locked" and the backlight has been turned off:
1) Pressing the "power" button to turn on the backlight.
2+3) Pressing the "unlock" buttons twice to unlock.
4) Pressing the "camera" button to start camera application.
5) Pressing the "camera" button to take photo.
Ideally, taking a photo should only require pressing the "camera" button twice. The "camera" button is sufficiently small and hard for this to work safely.
I expected this to be a common request but I have been unable to find any info or even requests regarding this anywhere.
Kinda defeats the purpose of locking all keys if the camera button can be hit by something in your pocket, etc and activate a full backlight with the camera running. That would be a battery waster real quickly...
As I already wrote, I find the "camera" button to be sufficiently small and hard for this to work safely - except maybe if you have all kinds of hard items of junk in the pocket, too - which I don't and which would probably ruin the screen before the battery runs out making that the least of your problems.
vejrum said:
except maybe if you have all kinds of hard items of junk in the pocket, too - which I don't and which would probably ruin the screen before the battery runs out making that the least of your problems.
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install s2u2, that will provide slide to unlock, one less press! Another better idea, don't set your phone to lock when in standby mode as your pocket has nothing. So, there is no need to lock. That would bring down to 3 press.
I find it hard to hold the phone steady and tap the onscreen shutter.
thekingofmean said:
I find it hard to hold the phone steady and tap the onscreen shutter.
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Vignette, which is about the best camera app out there - a must have - can do this. Though, pressing down on a button would cause more shaking than tapping the screen, IMO.
Would you like to leave a tip of a software I'm using. Is the Screen Off and Lock. You can set up to make the screen lock just by sliding your finger on the button back or recent. At least to block not need to use the power button.
The application is available in the Google Store.
Psychoferno said:
Would you like to leave a tip of a software I'm using. Is the Screen Off and Lock. You can set up to make the screen lock just by sliding your finger on the button back or recent. At least to block not need to use the power button.
The application is available in the Google Store.
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Try gravity screen. It uses sensors to lock and unlock the screen.
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If you have root, an alternative is the Xposed module KnockOff. It works well with 4.4.2. Double-tap status bar. It's even a quick way to turn off screen when you only momentarily want to check lockscreen.
With Gravitybox, I have set long press in the "multitasking button" to turn off the screen. Also I have set the volume keys to wake the device. You should try it!
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giugiura said:
Try gravity screen. It uses sensors to lock and unlock the screen.
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To OP THANKS FOR THAT APPP it works great. Amazing !!! Thank you
To above. Do you need root for gravity screen. ???
I want to wake my phone if possible using the volume button. Without MOD. OR ROOT EITHOUT Thta
Thanks
Krisshp said:
To OP THANKS FOR THAT APPP it works great. Amazing !!! Thank you
To above. Do you need root for gravity screen. ???
I want to wake my phone if possible using the volume button. Without MOD. OR ROOT EITHOUT Thta
Thanks
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You don't need root for gravity - it's fantastic.
I've set it so it turns off when it's lying down face up, face down, and in my pocket. I don't even need to press the button or any button at all to turn it back on, just using the motion of picking the phone up is enough. If you want to lay the phone down but not turn the screen off, swiping your finger across the proximity sensor gives it a "5/10/20 minute timeout" where it won't turn off.
For me it relieves the paranoia surrounding power buttons as I've had a few phones now where the power button eventually dies, which makes sense, we can be turning our phones on and off for what feels like a thousand times a day!
FindingMoz said:
You don't need root for gravity - it's fantastic.
I've set it so it turns off when it's lying down face up, face down, and in my pocket. I don't even need to press the button or any button at all to turn it back on, just using the motion of picking the phone up is enough. If you want to lay the phone down but not turn the screen off, swiping your finger across the proximity sensor gives it a "5/10/20 minute timeout" where it won't turn off.
For me it relieves the paranoia surrounding power buttons as I've had a few phones now where the power button eventually dies, which makes sense, we can be turning our phones on and off for what feels like a thousand times a day!
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He means maybe GravityBox, a xposed module, this last need of root..:highfive:
denzel09 said:
He means maybe GravityBox, a xposed module, this last need of root..:highfive:
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Ah, my bad. Thanks for correcting my misinformation! I think I probably got carried away on how amazing I find Gravity. :good:
Hi thanks for that. YES. I tame extra precaution about power button.
I use a great app called. Tap tap tap. Des what gravity screen does but simpler and less features. Via the proximity sensor. Thanks for he app though
Moto G owners ought to know about those apps as soon as possible, so they won't screw the power button up just as I did. Even taking extreme care about the way I pressed and avoiding as much as I could the button is now shaking and it is not fixed properly.
Nice tips!
Another one I've been using is the Proximity Actions app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=novum.inceptum.proximity
It works with the proximity sensor. You can define waving and holding actions. Eg. hold your finger 1s over the proximity sensor and then lock/unlock, or to wave X times to lock/unlock
The bad is
- it install some ads that show in homescreen at random time
- you have to uncheck a checkbox before uninstalling! Be careful
Wrong behaviour I noticed:
Pressing the button when the screen is on: does nothing
Pressing the button when the screen is off: again nothing
short press the button in the camera app: flash turns on briefly* , phone focusses
long press the button in the camera app: flash turns on longer*, phone makes a bieping sound, but NO picture is taken.
* it only turns on because of insufficient light.
Any thoughts as to whether this is a bug or faulty hardware?
Many thanks,
Jeroen
In case any one has the same issue, you have to press the button quite hard. Much harder than you would normally on a phone. Then it works.
Howdy fellas i bought a lenovo p2 from second hand store online and now im wondering is it supposed to be like this or is it a faulty unit
so fingerprint sensor is a button it does click but when i do click it it does nothing doesnt light up the screen nothing when i enable button gestures all work but when i press the button with non conductive item and do the hardware click it does nothing
QUESTION IS
IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT OR IS IT BORKED
thanks <3
wolfaas12345 said:
Howdy fellas i bought a lenovo p2 from second hand store online and now im wondering is it supposed to be like this or is it a faulty unit
so fingerprint sensor is a button it does click but when i do click it it does nothing doesnt light up the screen nothing when i enable button gestures all work but when i press the button with non conductive item and do the hardware click it does nothing
QUESTION IS
IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT OR IS IT BORKED
thanks <3
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When the screen is off it works as a finger print scanner.. U just need to tap on the button ..no need to press it.. Have u set up the fingerprint scanner in setting??
When fingerprint gestures are on..Taping the home button acts as a back button whereas pressing the home button acts as a home button..
If these features are not working.. U may have a faulty unit
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When the screen is off it works as a finger print scanner.. U just need to tap on the button ..no need to press it.. Have u set up the fingerprint scanner in setting??
When fingerprint gestures are on..Taping the home button acts as a back button whereas pressing the home button acts as a home button..
If these features are not working.. U may have a faulty unit
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hmm it seems to be faulty but in an interesting way when i tap it goes back when i hold it opens multitasking on locked screen fingerprint unlocks it but when i click it doesnt go home