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[Q] Lower intensity LED flash? (reverse Death Ray)

So considering there is a way to ramp up the brightness/intensity of the LEDs for "Death Ray" mode, is it possible to achieve the opposite effect?
Trying to take a picture with flash with my TB has resulted nine times in ten with the subject washed out and shielding themselves from its blinding light or pulling a stupid face from being blasted with the light.
Does the Death Ray method just dial up the voltage/wattage/whatever supplied to the LEDs?
Would it be possible to code a toggle that let the user switch between dimmer, dim and standard levels of light?
TL;DR- less flash plz?

While taking a photo click menu, image adjust, and move exposure to -1 or -2. I make -1 my default. Both of my HTC phones over expose at the normal setting.
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Bowtie26 said:
While taking a photo click menu, image adjust, and move exposure to -1 or -2. I make -1 my default. Both of my HTC phones over expose at the normal setting.
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that doesn't make the flash any less bright though. i know i could play with that setting to get less wash-out, but more importantly i want to not blow people's faces off with light so i can get normal-looking expressions.

But those faces make the pictures fun!
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But those faces make the pictures fun!
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Well I would like to have some boring old not-fun pictures now and again, too.
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How much data does auto refresh on a weather widget use?

When you have a weather widget set to auto refresh, how much internet data does that use exactly each time it refreshes?
I've been trying to find a nice weather/clock widget with custom skins that usual a manual refresher instead of an auto refresh but all the best one seem to use an auto refresh system.
I only get 500mb each month, how much would an auto refresh widget use out of that?

Get 3g watch dog off the market. Since it'll be text info to be parsed by the widget, probably around 1 to 2Kb.
3g watchdog I'd pretty good almost
100 percent accurate.
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Is watchdog also a pretty good indicator of whats draining battery?
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woodfinx said:
Is watchdog also a pretty good indicator of whats draining battery?
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No, how would it do that?
Its a monitor for data traffic...

When my phone isnt moving and isnt getting used id like to see what its firing up the 3g to send out data to.
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Get yourself a firewall to monitor what accesses the net. No experience with those, though. You can also use juice defender to turn off data when you're not using the phone.
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Nike+

Nike + running was finally released for android and I can't wait to try it. Any runners here in this section? That would be a great way for us to be competitive and share our scores.
Now I do have a couple questions that I would like to get answered
1. I know he iPhone/iPod used a Nike + piece that u stick in ur shoes, will that work with out phones too??
2. I know for a fact that this also runs with our GPS so I would like to know how bad does it drain the battery and also is it accurate and reliable.
That's all for know and let us runners unite. I found a new track near my house and this would be a great way to learn how long it is.

I've always had a fear of tripping and destroying my phone while running. All I carry while running are keys, Id, a knife, and a flashlight.
GPS will drain your battery pretty fast especially if it needs to pull down any information over a data connection at the same time. The GPS in our phones is good for about 5-15m accuracy.
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Yea I would imagine the battery wodnt last to long but long enough for a good run.... have you guys seen the commercial for the Nike + shoes they have with the sensors built in... really cool
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Why don't you just Google map it? I live in the city and just map where I run too and then back lol...
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DJLamontagneIII said:
Yea I would imagine the battery wodnt last to long but long enough for a good run.... have you guys seen the commercial for the Nike + shoes they have with the sensors built in... really cool
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No I haven't seen the shoes. I did buy the 2012 airmax for 170 last month. Too bad they didn't come with the sensor which I was hoping they did but its not a big deal. I don't really use maps mt3g, but ill try and ssee how long the trail is using that and compare it to Nike + readings.
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BionicSniper said:
I've always had a fear of tripping and destroying my phone while running. All I carry while running are keys, Id, a knife, and a flashlight.
GPS will drain your battery pretty fast especially if it needs to pull down any information over a data connection at the same time. The GPS in our phones is good for about 5-15m accuracy.
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Don't forget the music. GPS, data, and music all at once is a killer. I guess u don't have to play music but it makes it easier for me. I just got the zagg smartbuds so I have to test it out
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Just took the app out for the first time today, worked pretty well except at first it didn't track me because I turned the screen off... (GPS went to sleep) be sure to use the built in lock on the bottom left when running with the app! GUI looks nice and I don't get why it has such negative reviews on the play store, seems pretty much bug free for me. You don't need a shoe sensor, it's entirely GPS based. Definitely a hard hitter on battery life, but that's expected with the GPS polling for your coordinates all the time and the always on screen.

viewfindr said:
Just took the app out for the first time today, worked pretty well except at first it didn't track me because I turned the screen off... (GPS went to sleep) be sure to use the built in lock on the bottom left when running with the app! GUI looks nice and I don't get why it has such negative reviews on the play store, seems pretty much bug free for me. You don't need a shoe sensor, it's entirely GPS based. Definitely a hard hitter on battery life, but that's expected with the GPS polling for your coordinates all the time and the always on screen.
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Thanks for the input, now my question is can u use the sensor if u go out and buy one so u can not use the GPS and maybe save battery life?
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I've used RunKeeper a few times and it seemed to do fine. Anyone want to post a comparison between the two?

wmm said:
I've used RunKeeper a few times and it seemed to do fine. Anyone want to post a comparison between the two?
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Never used run keeper, I'm gonna have to test it out. Downloading it now to see it
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moeahmad1995 said:
Thanks for the input, now my question is can u use the sensor if u go out and buy one so u can not use the GPS and maybe save battery life?
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I don't think so, that's only for Apple. I don't see any option in the app for syncing with the sensor, so my guess would be GPS is the only option.

viewfindr said:
I don't think so, that's only for Apple. I don't see any option in the app for syncing with the sensor, so my guess would be GPS is the only option.
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Yeah I was trying to find it in settings and I couldn't. Ohh well, atleast we have an app so we shouldn't complain.
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Finally tried it out..it's pretty accurate even with fair or weak GPS. When the GPS is strong/locked on it outlines your path on the map thought it was cool to see a circle shaping on my phone as I ran. Keeps time and distance correctly (compared distance on phone to distance outlined on sign at beginning of running trail). Overall love the app, just wish GPS was more stable but that's not the app..it's our damnnnnn G2x.

Nice review, what was distance on the sign vs what the Nike app said?
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Yea it was it very accurate, off by a meter or foot (whatever the app measures distance by lol) sign was at 67 and the app said 65..PS that was just half of the trail

[Q] Any way to keep an app active?

I've just purchased an SW2 and I'm so far pretty happy with it. My main reason for getting it is to use it with Runtastic while training. The screensaver/clock activates after a few secounds and this is kind of a pain. While training I just want to peak at the watch to read my heart rate, speed etc. I've tried to google and searched this forum and can't seem to find anything about this. Anyone know if this is at all possible?

Untill runtastic updates its app to support low power mode the only solution is a double click of the button. This will start the last app in use - in your case runtastic.
I also find it impractical, but it is up to runtastic.
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I have same problem too, that is why uninstall Runtastic for now.
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I think we're almost there. Togheter with for example Polar H7 I get reliable HR readings.
Only two things needs to be done her:
The first is the most important: Make the app say on the screen.
Second, I really would like to be able to build my own screen, so I can see HR, distance and time on the same page.

Tweet @runtastic and ask for low-power mode.
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I would also like to see Runtastic support low power mode, definitely worth contacting them to ask.

Difference in battery usage between the different GPS modes

Hello everyone.
I was the wondering what the difference in terms of battery usage between the different GPS modes (High Accuracy, Device Only and Battery Saving Mode).
And is there any difference at all if say I picked up the Battery Saving Mode and the app that is using the GPS is in High Battery Use state?
Thanks for the explanation. (I looked it up in the Google help pages but it doesn't explicitly says whether device only is using more battery than High accuracy...)
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andoid1 said:
Hello everyone.
I was the wondering what the difference in terms of battery usage between the different GPS modes (High Accuracy, Device Only and Battery Saving Mode).
And is there any difference at all if say I picked up the Battery Saving Mode and the app that is using the GPS is in High Battery Use state?
Thanks for the explanation. (I looked it up in the Google help pages but it doesn't explicitly says whether device only is using more battery than High accuracy...)
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Device only will positively use less battery than high accuracy.
Even if the app using GPS is taxing the battery it will still use less.
Reason being is, high accuracy uses other means such as WiFi in addition to GPS to determine your location.
The additional battery use can't be measure specifically because there are a few other factors that would determine how much more battery is used.
Bottom line is it would use some amount more.
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bweN diorD said:
Device only will positively use less battery than high accuracy.
Even if the app using GPS is taxing the battery it will still use less.
Reason being is, high accuracy uses other means such as WiFi in addition to GPS to determine your location.
The additional battery use can't be measure specifically because there are a few other factors that would determine how much more battery is used.
Bottom line is it would use some amount more.
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Alright then I can't see a reason that I would want to use high accuracy since until now device only has been pretty quick and accurate. (Didn't felt once that it was slow or wrong in its positioning)
Thank you.
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