As I'm sure we all do, I love the funky screen off animation on the Nexus S. In the past, on my N1, I've messed about with alternative lock sounds and thought it would be epic to find one that makes a kind of electronic zippy kind of noise when locking, to go with the animation.
I've tried looking on freesound but it's hard to know what to search for!
Anyone got any ideas or, better still, an appropriate sound effect.
i actually find the stock screen off sound to be quite matching to the screen effect
like an old TV turning off
I guess, but I like change
I'm after something that sounds the way the animation looks, if that makes sense. Of course, the lock actually happens after so it probably wouldn't work that well anyway
Try these
Try one of these. Just rename Lock.ogg. Back up org to Lock.bak
I made a thread about this a long time ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878031
There several different sounds there, check those out.
I still have not found the perfect "TV turn off sound".
I've recently playing around with my Desire, and I noticed something a little odd, which I'm hoping someone who knows hardware better than me can answer. With most of them (specifically, RCMixS although I saw it happen with another,) when I press the power button to shut down/lock the screen, the screen does something unusual. Normally, when you do this, the screen blanks at once, all pixels simultaneously. With the custom one, it has a similar effect to the old-style CRT tvs/monitors (screen blanks from outside to middle, leaving middle line which then narrows and vanishes. Difficult to describe in words, but if you know old TV's, you'd have seen it.)
Question is, is this a side-effect of the software being a little too beefy for the classic desire's hardware to fully handle, or is it likely to be a bug?
LOL, it's a feature. It was introduced in Gingerbread and is well liked, which is why you'll also find it in custom ROMs. As you said, it is supposed to mimic an old CRT.
DirkGently1 said:
LOL, it's a feature. It was introduced in Gingerbread and is well liked, which is why you'll also find it in custom ROMs. As you said, it is supposed to mimic an old CRT.
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Colour me embarrassed. I was searching on screen blank rather than screen off
Ah well. I must say I'm going to buck the trend in that I actually prefer the old way. Ah well. Nothing stays the same Thanks for the heads-up.
Saying its smoother and does the carousel in one swype? Well mine does in 1 does yours? I know my other one didn't either .. this one is super responsive.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFg-nP1DnFY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Saying its smoother and does the carousel in one swype? Well mine does in 1 does yours? I know my other one didn't either .. this one is super responsive.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFg-nP1DnFY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Yup I can do it too with my Sensation. Not all the time though but maybe 95% of the time I can make it spin with one swipe.
I have a one swipe sensation also. I do see more judders here and there than I'd like but its still fast.
Awesome.... Thanks.. I think that's a #1 first test to make sure your screen is one swiper
Mine swipes in 1 when I do a really quick swipe. Sharp screen.
I get the carousel with one swipe at the bottom. If it do it towards to middle it takes 1 or 2 to get going.
Mine does that too. No screen protector on it.
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Mine swipes in 1 when I do a really quick swipe. Sharp screen.
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After installing 20+ apps...I can't even get the carousel to spin...weird.
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I was just in a Best Buy and played with the EVO3D and the screen does seem more responsive and the phone seems smoother and a little faster. I can spin my present Sensation but it takes about an average of 4 tries to get it to do it. The EVO3D did it on the first time each and every time with very little effort. I really like the Sensation but am starting to have doubts, I have just started having volume and touchscreen and random reboot issues after having the device for 12 days. I have a replacment coming out in about 3 days. Everything just seemed to work flawlessly on the EVO3D. Strange as they are very much alike in some many ways. Anyone else play with the EVO3D and find the same scenario?
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Saying its smoother and does the carousel in one swype? Well mine does in 1 does yours? I know my other one didn't either .. this one is super responsive.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFg-nP1DnFY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Did you just get a replacement in the last few days?
I'm using the Evo 3D but figured this may be the same here. Found out that if I swipe from left to right in a 45% angle I always get the carousel. If I swipe straight across screen, it takes a few times to get it going.
why is that video obsessed about the dam carousel? i want my carousel sh*t gone! that is the most pointless part of this phone. i'd rather have the moving wallpaper.
idiot: look at my phone it can do a 360 carousel.
idiot's friend: .........what's the purpose?
idiot: it makes the phone pretty and it goes around like a carousel
idiot's friend: .........and?
idiot: you're just jealous
idiot's friend: of a pointless wheel screen?
idiot: jl;afj;oeitna;ivtaiu t;oai v;aitvienv;aiweun
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why is that video obsessed about the dam carousel? i want my carousel sh*t gone! that is the most pointless part of this phone. i'd rather have the moving wallpaper.
idiot: look at my phone it can do a 360 carousel.
idiot's friend: .........what's the purpose?
idiot: it makes the phone pretty and it goes around like a carousel
idiot's friend: .........and?
idiot: you're just jealous
idiot's friend: of a pointless wheel screen?
idiot: jl;afj;oeitna;ivtaiu t;oai v;aitvienv;aiweun
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I agree the carousel is pointless, and actually wastes time, but activating it is an indication of the responsiveness of the touch screen. Just wish it could be disabled along with all the other animations. The one I really dislike is how the home screen slides into view after you unlock. I want those wasted milliseconds back.
new one
i went from model 5/31/11 zt15 made in taiwan to new one 6/6/11 sh16 WOW! so happy to have done exchange...seems taiwan and builds previous made before june had more bugs, but to be all honest my friend(tmobile rep) said even with newest ones there have been 2 out off 100 that had defective one as well, meaning same issues as older ones but not nearly as many i guess all in all you should return to try another one if u think by any chance urs isnt up to par...i see day and night diff.
*not just talking about the carousel, i had unlock issues esp when phone was laying on a flat surface would not respond to any touch unless u wait at least 10 sec or pick up the phone like it had a grounding issue?!
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I agree the carousel is pointless, and actually wastes time, but activating it is an indication of the responsiveness of the touch screen. Just wish it could be disabled along with all the other animations. The one I really dislike is how the home screen slides into view after you unlock. I want those wasted milliseconds back.
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yep! i know what you mean. i turned off all animation under settings and it still shows up
I don't know if its just me, but the app icons @ the sence homescreen looks blurry, not sharp, NOT GOOD. The lockscreen and the app drawer icons look good & sharp but not in the homescreen for some reason. Plus, theres no black bar behind the icon label text, so its very hard to read the text when having a bright wallpaper.. not that its anything necessary, but it simply looks like ****. Pretty much any other launcher has sharp looking app icons and runs smooth, but I kinda want the Sence widgets etc.
Overall I think the phone UI isn't smooth for ****, I mean, my brothers Desire HD is way more smooth and is powered by a single core cpu (stock rom, no clock or root). Feels like I both hate and love the phone at the same time, HTC really need to shape the phone software up or back it goes!
Have you checked to see what type of screen you have? AUO or Sharp? Check out this thread
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I don't know if its just me, but the app icons @ the sence homescreen looks blurry, not sharp, NOT GOOD. The lockscreen and the app drawer icons look good & sharp but not in the homescreen for some reason. Plus, theres no black bar behind the icon label text, so its very hard to read the text when having a bright wallpaper.. not that its anything necessary, but it simply looks like ****. Pretty much any other launcher has sharp looking app icons and runs smooth, but I kinda want the Sence widgets etc.
Overall I think the phone UI isn't smooth for ****, I mean, my brothers Desire HD is way more smooth and is powered by a single core cpu (stock rom, no clock or root). Feels like I both hate and love the phone at the same time, HTC really need to shape the phone software up or back it goes!
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Yes, I posted this a while back, the home screen icons ARE INDEED blurry, (and the bottom bar has jagged edges, and the side of the screen has a 4 pixel black bar that problably noone has noticed(but I just found at it was because my sharp screen has a 544*960 resolution, maybe the auo has 540?)) you are not insane, I suppose sence 3,0 wasnt well finished to match the resolution.
Anyone in doubt, add an icon in the home screen, and look at that same icon in the drawer or inside a folder, MUCH SHARPER
The bottom bar being all jagged does bother me at times, but it's no big deal. No blurryness of icons for me. I have a Sharp panel.
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The bottom bar being all jagged does bother me at times, but it's no big deal. No blurryness of icons for me. I have a Sharp panel.
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I have shqrp oanel too, i had 4 sensations, all had blurry icons and so do you and every one else, the blurryness is very very imperceptible, it is something that most people wontnotice. But you do sligbtlykotice it when you compare a homescreen icon with the same onein theapp drawer. Try it with the "people" app,again its very faint, be happy you dontse it
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I have shqrp oanel too, i had 4 sensations, all had blurry icons and so do you and every one else, the blurryness is very very imperceptible, it is something that most people wontnotice. But you do sligbtlykotice it when you compare a homescreen icon with the same onein theapp drawer. Try it with the "people" app,again its very faint, be happy you dontse it
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Haha I don't want to compare because it'll be another thing that's going to start bugging me and will deter me from enjoy the phone. Ignorance is bliss.
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Haha I don't want to compare because it'll be another thing that's going to start bugging me and will deter me from enjoy the phone. Ignorance is bliss.
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Hehe, when i got my first sensation, it is the first thing that I noticed, and i was the first one that bothered me, that and the jaggies.
Then i had to send it back 4 times for various hardware reasons, not, the very faint blur doesnt bother me at all, compared to the rest.
I also think that being software, it isnt a problem and can be fixed.
I too wish I didnt see that stuff lol, all my RL friends, relations, the whole world around me, dont seem to care about this kind of stuff. Except people here on XDA, do we have a desease lol?
My GF desire HD has one of her 4 capactive buttons, the menu one, spelling out mEnu with a capital e instead and the rest normal letters, that is the kind of crap that drives me mad lol
My worst pet peeve used to be dead pixels and scratches. now phones are Gorilla glass, and pixels are so small you have a hard time seeing them if they are dead., So lord all mighty decided to put dust, fuzzy speaker, and various other problems in my phone to make up for it.
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I don't know if its just me, but the app icons @ the sence homescreen looks blurry, not sharp, NOT GOOD. The lockscreen and the app drawer icons look good & sharp but not in the homescreen for some reason. Plus, theres no black bar behind the icon label text, so its very hard to read the text when having a bright wallpaper.. not that its anything necessary, but it simply looks like ****. Pretty much any other launcher has sharp looking app icons and runs smooth, but I kinda want the Sence widgets etc.
Overall I think the phone UI isn't smooth for ****, I mean, my brothers Desire HD is way more smooth and is powered by a single core cpu (stock rom, no clock or root). Feels like I both hate and love the phone at the same time, HTC really need to shape the phone software up or back it goes!
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I've done a lot of comparing with icons on my homescreen and the icons in my app drawer and I see zero difference personally. Maybe something is going on with a portion of the panels.... As for the black box behind the text, HTC removed it in Sense 3.0 for some reason.
I'm coming from the Inspire 4G (US version of Desire HD) and the reason its so much smoother is because in Sense 2.0/2.1 there is a WHOLE lot less going on in the system compared to Sense 3.0. I personally deal with some lag also. I promise once we get S-OFF and we are able to flash custom ROMs, things will get a million times better. All the chefs and devs will tweak the stock ROM to fly on the Sensation and it will be a night and day difference once its perfected. We will get a lot of awesome devs coming to this phone for that specific reason .
My icons were blurry on Sense but ADW fixed everything as usual. HTC really needs to go back to the drawing board with Sense. I don't understand why everyone praises Sense so much. It has to much eye candy, can't change the **** icons and ITS SLOW!
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I've done a lot of comparing with icons on my homescreen and the icons in my app drawer and I see zero difference personally. Maybe something is going on with a portion of the panels.... As for the black box behind the text, HTC removed it in Sense 3.0 for some reason.
I'm coming from the Inspire 4G (US version of Desire HD) and the reason its so much smoother is because in Sense 2.0/2.1 there is a WHOLE lot less going on in the system compared to Sense 3.0. I personally deal with some lag also. I promise once we get S-OFF and we are able to flash custom ROMs, things will get a million times better. All the chefs and devs will tweak the stock ROM to fly on the Sensation and it will be a night and day difference once its perfected. We will get a lot of awesome devs coming to this phone for that specific reason .
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I personally strongly believe that you just dont see it (no insulting or anything), but it is there, i mean it really is not like its all blurry, but maybe recroped by a pixel line.
It is not hardware, the screen isnt a problem, it is just on the homescreen, which is why i KNOW every one has it, or...there are multiple sense version out there.
HTC just hurried sense 3,0 out and its obvious (to me anyway) but I dont mind it all that much now
Maybe it's just me, but after upgrading to 2.3.4...the icons on the home screen don't look blurry anymore. Can someone else check?
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I personally strongly believe that you just dont see it (no insulting or anything), but it is there, i mean it really is not like its all blurry, but maybe recroped by a pixel line.
It is not hardware, the screen isnt a problem, it is just on the homescreen, which is why i KNOW every one has it, or...there are multiple sense version out there.
HTC just hurried sense 3,0 out and its obvious (to me anyway) but I dont mind it all that much now
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Exactly, it's a sense problem, everyone has it, with some icons/colours it's a little difficult to spot, but it's always there, but I thought it was fixed with the 1.45, someone here mentioned that it did.
EDIT : and the above post seems to confirm it.
Think more along the lines of "slight soft focus" rather than blurry, I wonder if it's where they've pulled things over from previous sense versions and not rejigged it for 540x960
I have blurry icons and text too in desktop. Also that bottom bar doesnt have smooth border. This is Sense issue, because other launchers shows perfect fonts.
This is annoying too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYH4Y4zo4cM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e53S8hR1eg
Dude.. Get your eye sight checked by ophthalmologist... Not kidding...
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Dude.. Get your eye sight checked by ophthalmologist... Not kidding...
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Duuude, that bottom bar image in default theme is scaled wrong in Sensation, Sense 3.0, its fixed in 3.5. And dude, sensation has two differend screens, Acer and Sharp. Acer screen has these issues.
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