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Request/Suggestion: Lockscreen Security Cam

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Suppose your significant other, boss, or teacher picks up your phone and they are curious about what's on your phone. Luckily for you, you remembered to set a password or pattern so no prying eyes can look at your info. But wouldn't you like to know who and when tried spying on you?
The idea I would like to share is for an app that would take a picture and time stamp of somebody incorrectly enters a password or pattern on the lockscreen. This app would silently take a pic with the front facing camera.
If I possessed the knowledge to write an app myself, I would and sell this app in the market. Just wanted to share this idea to those of you who can make it happen.
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That would be a sweet idea, but it would probably need to replace the lockscreen in a manner like WidgetLocker does.

That's a brilliant idea.

Eventually this app could include audio and video recordings along with a location fix.
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I agree. Brilliant idea. +1

Me too, good idea !
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Hmmm... interesting.

con247 said:
That would be a sweet idea, but it would probably need to replace the lockscreen in a manner like WidgetLocker does.
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Not sure if it would need to replace the whole lockscreen, The idea came, in part, from taking a screen cap of the lockscreen in MIUI. (The menu+vol down method)
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A collegue of mine said there was already such an app, but he couldn't find it anymore. In an attempt to search for it I discovered this thread.
Does anybody have an idea if such an app has been created after this thread? Or know about the app my collegue talks about.

cool idea, will be interesting to see

search "lockguard" in playstore
but it drain your batterie in 2 hours!! and you cant watch the pics locally...so useless

sauveur_d_aeris said:
search "lockguard" in playstore
but it drain your batterie in 2 hours!! and you cant watch the pics locally...so useless
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You're useless for bumping such an old thread.

Hidden Eye
This?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.midasensemble.hiddeneye&feature=search_result

radospol said:
This?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.midasensemble.hiddeneye&feature=search_result
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You, too.

Looks like Lookout Mobile Security integrated this into their app. Anyone know an intellectual property attorney?
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I cave"d" (and came around)

I really can't take the quality control issues any more. I think I am going to try and get a Sensation. I really love the phone, I just can't take the battery over heats, and the screen bleed, and the horrible battery life. I know there will be an impending Gingerbread update that will hopefully fix 2/3 main gripes I have with the phone, but it has still left a bad taste in my mouth. I know that HTC never has this bad of a problem with their phones. I think I am going to try and get a replacement for the Sensation through T-Mobile. If I can't I will deal with warranty replacements until I get a good G2x.
Anyone else starting to feel this conclusion?
I am getting a warranty replacement, and that will be the determining factor for my decision.

Good luck!
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BobbyDukes707 said:
Good luck!
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Thanks, I know this post won't do well here, but I am really fed up. I have never had a phone with this many out of the box problems. Plus replacements with the same problems! I really want to give this phone a 2nd chance, but its an up hill battle. The power behind this phone is smudged by the short battery life and the overheating issue when charging. I am hoping the replacement I get isn't the same thing as the one I have currently.

What apps do you have on your phone?
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I feel you. I am leaning towards doing the same.
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kangxi said:
What apps do you have on your phone?
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Tons, but I have had mostly the same apps since I have had the G2, and I am sure they have nothing to do with this.

Do you have the o2x notification app? I deleted that and reboots stopped... Sounds weird but it is true...
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Well, I depend on that app to. . uh notify me haha. I really don't want to have anxiety and check my phone every five min. Sometimes I cant feel the vibrate so I won't respond for hours if I don't know I have a text LOL, and that's a no no to my GF.

BobbyDukes707 said:
Do you have the o2x notification app? I deleted that and reboots stopped... Sounds weird but it is true...
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Same here. That app chewed through the battery like nothing else, even with the LED brightness turned down. Caused all kinds of reboots and whatnot. Deleted it and all issues with my phone disappeared instamagically.

So keep your GF happy, and deal with the reboots... Oooooooor fix your phone, keep it and stop obsessing over text messages... Oooooooor try the new notification app that is in the themes and apps section, keep the phone, make your GF happy and save the world...
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Ok luv ya buh bye!
I keed I keed. +1 with the notification app, deleting that made my life better. Screen bleed is something I understand too, but that's why I like the notification bar mod sonnysekhon posted in his CM7 themes. Makes the bleed look normal at least until I play a movie or something. Other than that I'm happy. Good luck if you go for the sensation.

Yes but I really depend on it! D: lol. I wish they had an LED notification light on the G2x.
For me its not just screen bleed, its the overheating issue as well, and the poor battery life(yes even with out the app).

Flash faux's 1.2.2 and his 1.9 kernal. It's been rock solid for me. My battery's been off the charger for 10hrs now and its at 57%.
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~~Tito~~ said:
Tons, but I have had mostly the same apps since I have had the G2, and I am sure they have nothing to do with this.
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It doesn't matter that you have had your apps since the G2. Apps will act differently from device to device. For instance. I have always had the NFL Mobile app and when I put it on my G2X, it was causing it to overheat and was killing the battery big time. It would drop 10% ever 15 minutes while at idle. The very second I deleted the app, everything went back to normal.

~~Tito~~ said:
Thanks, I know this post won't do well here, but I am really fed up. I have never had a phone with this many out of the box problems. Plus replacements with the same problems! I really want to give this phone a 2nd chance, but its an up hill battle. The power behind this phone is smudged by the short battery life and the overheating issue when charging. I am hoping the replacement I get isn't the same thing as the one I have currently.
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Won't hear any flack from me. I am getting the Sensation as well but I don't know if I am going to give it to my wife or give her the G2X. Either way, which ever one I decide on is hitting the bricks once the Hercules gets here. I already purchased the Sensation and returned it the same day due to over heating, freezing and reboots. Seems like every phone now adays ships with bugs and it's like playing a lottery in order to get a bug free one. Looking over in the Sensation forum isn't to promising considering all of it's own problems.
O well. I'll wait until the Sensation gets released from T-Mobile so I can return it as many times I need to like I did with my G2X. I had to return 3 in order to get a perfect device with absolutely no bugs. I don't settle for bugs on my phone and I wouldn't expect anyone else too.

jrwingate6 said:
It doesn't matter that you have had your apps since the G2. Apps will act differently from device to device. For instance. I have always had the NFL Mobile app and when I put it on my G2X, it was causing it to overheat and was killing the battery big time. It would drop 10% ever 15 minutes while at idle. The very second I deleted the app, everything went back to normal.
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But I don't have any app like that I am sure, I checked battery history nothing is really out of the ordinary. The only one that I would think is the LED notifier since it has the most use.

I'm with you, I find myself saying "I hate this blasted phone" everyday now. Would be a great phone if it was reliable, but it's not.
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Apps certainly do have a lot to do with the rebooting issues that some people are having. My phone has only rebooted maybe once and it was because of an app. Removed the app and no more rebooting. Replacing the phone will do nothing if you continue to use it the same way and don't do any actual troubleshooting yourself.
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Hercules is only a code name for the phone. But it does have a nice ring to it.
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Not sure which LED notification app you're using but the one I'm using hasn't caused me any reboots or battery drain (could just be my device but I'm not sure). It's called LG 2x/Black Notifications, made to be used both for the G2x and O2x

Emergency alerts sent to phone

Hey guys im getting a bunch of weird EMERGENCY ALERTS to my phone. The message sender "Sever Alerts" is highlighted in blue under messaging and a crazy alarm type ringtone sounds.
The text message reads: flash flood warning this area til 6 PM PDT. avoid flood areas. check local media. -nws
I have gotten 3 so far today and the weird thing is that theres blue skies all day in San Diego.
Anyone else experience this?

You have a weather app in installed.. either edit the alerts sent to your notifications from within the app or uninstall it.
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In the stock messaging app, go to settings and scroll to the bottom. There's an option to disable emergency alerts.
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Not sure why you would receive false emergency alerts, but I wouldn't disable it. Never know when there's a freak weather system out, I think thats a great concept that the local/national weather service to issue alerts via text messages.

I didn't mind when I got them.. It's not like you will receive them all the time but its good to be informed of severe weather in your area..
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badseed767 said:
In the stock messaging app, go to settings and scroll to the bottom. There's an option to disable emergency alerts.
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This. Found that out after almost getting fired when this went off in a meeting at work. I fiddled with it for almost 10 minutes until I found this.
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DaemonAshra said:
This. Found that out after almost getting fired when this went off in a meeting at work. I fiddled with it for almost 10 minutes until I found this.
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First rule: Always toggle mute/vibrate when you don't want your phone interrupting..
Although, I can't help but laugh at what the expressions on everyone's faces in that room would've looked like with that unique alert going off.. LOL!!
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Notification sounds don't shut off

Anyone else have this problem? Can't imagine I'm missing a setting.... Mute generally means mute.
According the this screen shot all sound should be off, correct. Dumb question but I want to make sure I'm not missing something.
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So, I'm the only lucky one with this problem? It's not a big enough deal to return to it but it is annoying.
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I have this same problem with my sgs 3. It's really annoying i had checked everything but notification kkeeps popping up even when i have read all my emails next messages.
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Okay, sounds will not shut off no matter which method I try. Any ideas? Factory reset my week old phone
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Audio manager from the play store effectively shuts the sound off if anyone else has this problem.
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Samsung wants me to send the phone in to fix this but I'm not sure being without a phone for a week or more is worth. Plus, I'm pretty sure if I install a custom ROM this problem will disappear. I'm frustrated, this is a stupid easy problem to fix (with an app) but a BRAND NEW phone should not have this problem to begin with. I wonder if I flashed the stock rom on top of the stock rom (lol) if that would work? Only one other person has this problem?

factory reset should fix your problem.

Johnnybee said:
factory reset should fix your problem.
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I did that this morning...did nothing. Thanks though.

Ryno77 said:
I did that this morning...did nothing. Thanks though.
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As a workaround you can choose "Silent" as your Notification sound.
If you only need this functionality at work for example look at Llama that will allow you to configure it very easy.

alexinna said:
As a workaround you can choose "Silent" as your Notification sound.
If you only need this functionality at work for example look at Llama that will allow you to configure it very easy.
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I've tried Llama before but really didn't look into it too far. Where I work is only about 3 miles from my house so I'm bouncing off the same tower in both places..... Did not work too well with Llama. Can someone check if there volume shows the same as mine when set on mute? The only thing muting is the ring tone. Just curious...
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Ryno77 said:
. . . Can someone check if there volume shows the same as mine when set on mute? The only thing muting is the ring tone. Just curious...
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I see the same thing if I set the phone for Silent mode.
There's all different notification sound settings in this phone, I've noticed - my email accounts have their own notification settings per account, messaging has its setting, etc.
Maybe Silent mode primarily silences ringtones and doesn't prevent separate apps from making sounds? Which types of notifications continue to make sounds?
- ooofest

All of them. Anything not set to silent (email, text, messaging, etc) makes a audible notification when the phone is set on mute. Also, when my phone is set on vibrate I also have audible notifications.
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From the User Manual, pg 124:
Use Silent modes to temporarily silence the sounds your
phone makes, except for media playback and alarms, or
replace them with vibration.
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So, it doesn't seem to claim affecting your sounds beyond the ringer and maybe keypad noises or similar. Working as designed, it seems (not that I agree with their design, in this case).
- ooofest

To me that means it should silence notifications since it's not "media" or "alarm"? I'm just going to buy sound manager since it has more options anyway..... $2.99 to end my frustration with this
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Ryno77 said:
To me that means it should silence notifications since it's not "media" or "alarm"? I'm just going to buy sound manager since it has more options anyway..... $2.99 to end my frustration with this
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I would classify "alarm" as notifications, in trying to interpret their jargon for the context given.
Yeah, an app which can configure sounds across all your apps and settings seems best, here.
- ooofest

Appreciate you looking that up in the manual. I actually downloaded it after your post . I bought the app and set my work and mute profiles... Nice app. I know this is stupid thing to worry about but it gets frustrating when I get woke up or a notification goes off during a meeting. Silent on the sound manager app silences everything.
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Ryno77 said:
Appreciate you looking that up in the manual. I actually downloaded it after your post . I bought the app and set my work and mute profiles... Nice app. I know this is stupid thing to worry about but it gets frustrating when I get woke up or a notification goes off during a meeting. Silent on the sound manager app silences everything.
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I know this is an old post but thanks for the tip. I was in class last night and someone was giving a speech and all of a sudden my phone starts whistling. I thought it was in mute, apparently the notifications were not. I'll give sound manager a try.

Actually I've had no problems since the jelly bean update.
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Ryno77 said:
Actually I've had no problems since the jelly bean update.
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Hmm, mine was still having the issue, even after I installed Sound Manager that you suggested. I found one "AudioMuter" that worked perfect for me for 0.99.
Fyi please tell me Ryno is for Ryne Sandberg?

cubfan80 said:
Fyi please tell me Ryno is for Ryne Sandberg?
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Lol, no.... Sorry.
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[Q] disable soft key lights?

I know my phone. We are very intimate. I know just where to touch her. I don't need the keys blinding me. Can I disable them, permanently? I never want to see these light up again!
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That is the million dollar question.

Guinness Draught said:
I know my phone. We are very intimate. I know just where to touch her.
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Hahahaha that made me laugh. But no you can't disable them as far as I know but on my s3 you can with screen filter and its so nice for using at night
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No that's a bug in cm9 and all ics roms
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If you really want to disable them permanently, it's a one-line change in the kernel. You basically don't tell it where the light switch is .
Which ROM are you using?
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Beam
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jeffsf said:
If you really want to disable them permanently, it's a one-line change in the kernel. You basically don't tell it where the light switch is .
Which ROM are you using?
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Ok what are we waiting for....wheres the fix?

Shortbus-Driver said:
Ok what are we waiting for....wheres the fix?
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Damn day job...

Lol .....i say that about my night job heh

jeffsf said:
If you really want to disable them permanently, it's a one-line change in the kernel. You basically don't tell it where the light switch is .
Which ROM are you using?
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Is it really that simple? Which line in the kernel is it?
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pisherthefisher said:
Which line in the kernel is it?
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Code:
gpio_direction_output(_3_GPIO_TOUCH_EN, onoff);
Well damn, looks like that might not only have turned off the backlight, but also the ability to use the button. Black electrician's tape is probably an easier solution if that was your goal.
Somehow I think you still want to be able to use the buttons though.

Isn't there another line of code that tells how bright the keys can be? Is it possible to set that at 0?
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Also could you upload the kernel where the back light keys don't turn on and don't work? I think it would be useful for people who want to use the ice cream sandwich soft keys
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I'm not trying to hinder development, but in my opinion I would rather them spend their time on stuff that is less cosmetic... that stuff can come later because there are more important issues they are working on. I'm sure it will one day get fixed...
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Sometimes a little distraction is nice. Trust me, after you've been staring at VCO divider tables for a while, something simple like "Can you just turn off this light?" is a good way to improve productivity. I'm back in the tables again this morning, but this gives me something interesting and rewarding to do during the roughly hour and a half a full build takes.

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I'm not trying to hinder development, but in my opinion I would rather them spend their time on stuff that is less cosmetic... that stuff can come later because there are more important issues they are working on. I'm sure it will one day get fixed...
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Pfft!
no one here is asking the main devs for this fix anymore....its already been said several times they dont know....sooo maybe other people in here can try to figure out a fix.
So have a nice day.
Also its not just so "cosmetic" as you think.....the people that are on ics based roms would truely appreciate this fix due to the amount of battery life gained if those damn lights didnt stay on.

I would like to know which line this is as well. I dont need extra keys in beam. I want just the hard keys
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Shortbus-Driver said:
Pfft!
no one here is asking the main devs for this fix anymore....its already been said several times they dont know....sooo maybe other people in here can try to figure out a fix.
So have a nice day.
Also its not just so "cosmetic" as you think.....the people that are on ics based roms would truely appreciate this fix due to the amount of battery life gained if those damn lights didnt stay on.
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I do agree that it would be nice. Think about it the only time the lights are on is if the screen is on, if the screen is on, chances are you are touching the screen unless you are watching a movie... there are a few roms out that don't have this problem like the beam port... Maybe compare roms and kernels? There is bound to be a solution. I hope you find your answer and sorry i wasn't trying to blast anyone.

Its all good....i watch alt of movies while sitting at the back gates waiting for the parks to empty out at Disney so i can go to work and the those lights are quite annoying in the dark watching movies lol

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! Theres an app called screen filter on the market that does the trick by turning off the softkeys umtil you actually click them details are on my capacitive buttons thread.

Its kinda old news...but it does work but its just more steps for getting what you want......when it could all be avoided