I've only ever noticed this on Liquid, but torch turns on instantly, but only when I'm running LiquidSmooth. Is it possible to get the torch to be instant on other ROMs such as slimBean?
What do you mean instant? Open the app and turn it on, that's Instant? Ha
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I've only ever noticed this on Liquid, but torch turns on instantly, but only when I'm running LiquidSmooth. Is it possible to get the torch to be instant on other ROMs such as slimBean?
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No, in ROMs there is a slight delay when you turn it on(second or two) but on Liquid as soon as you hit the button it's on.
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No, in ROMs there is a slight delay when you turn it on(second or two) but on Liquid as soon as you hit the button it's on.
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So that's his question? To save 1-2 seconds ha
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As a developer on a couple simple apps, I know that when the code accesses the camera, it takes that split second extra. Once it has access to the camera (before it releases the camera) you can turn on and off the torch, and it is "instant".
One way to code the torch app is to either have the camera be accessed in the onCreate method, or when the app first starts, then release the camera in onPause or onDestroy. This will allow you to turn the flash off and on instantly when you are in the app, but the second you leave the app, it will release the camera. If you only release the camera when the app is killed, then if you switch apps to anything else requiring the camera, it will give an error (even if the torch is off), because its already in use with torch, which is one potential downside to this method.
What it sounds like is in the on create method, nothing really happens with the camera. Only if you press the button for the torch will it access the camera, and when you press the button again to turn it off, it will release the camera. Each access of the camera will create a delay, therefore this will be noticeably laggy. However you shouldn't have to worry about other apps accessing the camera, which is nice.
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I have a screen-unlock pin set up on my S3. I also have 4 apps with shortcuts on my lock screen. I would like to be able to access one (or all of those apps) from the lock screen without entering my pin to unlock it (specifically camera, camcorder, and/or sound recorder) in case speed is essential (get the quick pic, record an event suddenly, etc), but then not be able to get into Android without entering pin.
For example, I'd like to take a picture, so I hit the power button and the screen turns on with the lock screen showing. I then tag the Camera icon. It immediately goes to the camera, which I can then use. But, if I try to access the Gallery from the Camera app, it would prompt me for my pin (unless I launched the camera while the phone was already unlocked).
Is there any way to make that happen?
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Bump.
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Won't work without some serious coding effort. Even with WidgetLocker it will prompt you for your pin if you put a shortcut to the camera app to the lockscreen.
yarg...am I the only one that would appreciate this feature?
Almost every time I hit the home button from within an app and it goes to my home screen. It has to completely redraw the touchwiz interface. I'm running 100% stock firmware.
I was curious if anyone else was experiencing this problem. I find it very annoying and i feel that since this phone has 2GB of ram it shouldn't be having a problem keeping the home screen loaded while in another app.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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I'm confused on what exactly your asking. If course if you hit the home button it's going to go to your home screen. If you're talking about your recent apps, hold the home button then you have plenty of apps to choose from.
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Op. For s voice, do you have it set to activate with a double tap of the home key? If you do then that is y get the redraw. S voice is waiting for a second tap to see if it need to activate or just go home. Turn that feature off and it will be snappier
Edit. OK. I see what u mean. Do u have forced 2d hardware acceleration enabled in the development setting?
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Op. For s voice, do you have it set to activate with a double tap of the home key? If you do then that is y get the redraw. S voice is waiting for a second tap to see if it need to activate or just go home. Turn that feature off and it will be snappier
Edit. OK. I see what u mean. Do u have forced 2d hardware acceleration enabled in the development setting?
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Yes I do, i thought that may be the culprit but i wanted to see input from elsewhere. Should I disable that?
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Yes. At the least the 2d thing. The home key to go back to the home screen is a personal preference. I use s voice alot so I like to be able to access it right away
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I know what he is talking about. It is the amount of time it takes to get to the home screen when you are in a app. It does take a sec to long to get to the home screen.
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I know exactly what you're talking about OP, I have the same issue for a while now, and coincidentally I did some research on this just yesterday and found a couple solutions you might be interested in trying:
Solution #1
Solution #2
Solution #3
Solution #4
I skimmed through the solutions and i didn't see the one i believed i helped a friend with. He has the same issue and he had power saving turned on. Once he disabled it, i want to say it was resolved along with other issues. Try this and maybe activate it again and try running one off at a time to see what one it is. Its been a few weeks at least since i talked with the person. Not sure if you have it on or off.
If none of these other solutions work...are you really tied to using the touchwiz launcher? I know launchers like nova and apex give you the option to force the launcher to remain in memory to prevent excessive redraws.
Personally, changing the double tap S memo option made everything a little faster for me.
Hi I was wondering if someone can help me, when i press the home button after sending a text , than go back into messaging app it goes to that same message and not to default text thread of all your texts, is there a hack or a workaround for the text messaging app? because all the 3rd party apps seem to interfere and make it impossible to get texts? hope somebody can help thanks,
You have to press the back button to have that happen. If you press the home button it leaves whatever app you left in the exact state. Call it a staple of multitasking.
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You have to press the back button to have that happen. If you press the home button it leaves whatever app you left in the exact state. Call it a staple of multitasking.
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Yea i understand i can do that, but other android phones with ics dont need to do that,
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Yea i understand i can do that, but other android phones with ics dont need to do that,
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It is set up like that so the apps are available for multi-tasking and don't have to be reopened. If you close with home button they are running and will eat your battery. Back button kills app and sends it to muti-task for easy retrieval as a recent app.
I've found the best lockscreen for Android: Temporary Phone Lock. When my boss enters the room, he sometimes grabs my phone just to piss me off and he goes through my pictures etc. Now that I have installed this app he is out of luck To unlock is very fast and not irritating at all. Also the standard lockscreen sometimes onlocks in my phone and starts to dail random numbers, also fixed that problem with this tool. Highly recommended! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SocialMediaKickstart.TemporaryPhoneLockTrial
What makes it the best? Can you put widgets on the lock screen? And why would you use this instead of say the android lock screen when you can still use a number password in the android one????
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You've got a terrible boss, he isn't allowed to do that.
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So this app is to quickly toggle the lock screen? That way you can disable it when no one is around and then quickly enable in public?
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I have found a nice Torch Light setting. If you set it 'on', when the screen is off, a long-press on the Volume-Up key starts the light. A press on the Volume-Down key turns it off, and there is a configurable time-out too.
Here's what's odd: I cannot find it in the settings anywhere, but found it though adding an 'Activity' shortcut through SSLauncher (my shell of choice). This one is named TocrhLight IIRC, in case anyone wants to install the free version and try it.
I have found these Activity settings to be a huge mine of hidden features, or at least shortcuts to deeply buried settings. In this case, I think the feature is actually hidden. Room for a dedicated app just to set this setting, I feel.
Apologies if this is obvious or posted elsewhere, but I could not find it anywhere.
Hello,
thank you very much, that was what i was missing from my note 2.
I used Activity-Launcher from Play-Store to start this Setting.
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Robert
Nvm found it
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Can anyone talk me through the steps to set this up?
Download nova launcher. Long press on desktop and add shortcut. Then choose activities choose settings and from there torchlight. Thats it.
But its not working flawless. This morning i needed the flashlight but didnt work. I had to unlock my phone andnlock it again to make it work.
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Hm, might be useful.
Though personally I'll stick to Flashlight HD. It has a widget which is a flashlight toggle.
If you are rooted and have xposed framework installed, you can access the hidden setting via installing Wanam Xposed from the Google store.
Just a heads up.
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What I'd like to see is a super bright torch like in the CM roms but without root.
The difference is astounding.
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What I'd like to see is a super bright torch like in the CM roms but without root.
The difference is astounding.
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Any experience with long term use and potential LED damage/overheating? Also does anyone know why I wouldn't have any torch setting or app? Using Verizon note 3 and would love this mod
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Download nova launcher. Long press on desktop and add shortcut. Then choose activities choose settings and from there torchlight. Thats it.
But its not working flawless. This morning i needed the flashlight but didnt work. I had to unlock my phone andnlock it again to make it work.
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Thanks. I just tried and it worked for me. I have pin lock set and running widgetlocker.
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Can anyone talk me through the steps to set this up?
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You can download the Activity-Launcher app (as Rivendel noted) and open it. Scroll down to 'Settings'. This opens a loooooong list. Scroll waaaaay down to 'Torch Light' (there are two IIRC), and press it. The settings screen is shown. Sett the settings and 'back' to get out.
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You can download the Activity-Launcher app (as Rivendel noted) and open it. Scroll down to 'Settings'. This opens a loooooong list. Scroll waaaaay down to 'Torch Light' (there are two IIRC), and press it. The settings screen is shown. Sett the settings and 'back' to get out.
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This is amazing! I missed this from my old rooted s3 and now no root required thanks alot!
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Is this working reliably for some people? For me it's not unfortunately. It usually works after I have just turned off the device, but when it's been idling for a while then I can't activate the flashlight this way. Bummer.
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Since I upgraded to SM-N9005][NOTE3][KitKat 4.4.2][XXUENA6]_BoBCaTROM_EVO_v4.1 it does not work. Probably it is a bug and hopefully soon will be fixed. The corresponding setting appear in WanamXposed but does not work. Does anyone perhaps has a fix for it?
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Since I upgraded to SM-N9005][NOTE3][KitKat 4.4.2][XXUENA6]_BoBCaTROM_EVO_v4.1 it does not work. Probably it is a bug and hopefully soon will be fixed. The corresponding setting appear in WanamXposed but does not work. Does anyone perhaps has a fix for it?
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What do you mean by "does not work"? The setting page does no longer show up?
Since on the actual "working" of the torchlight things are already complex on 4.3 - the torchlight only works if the CPU is not in deep sleep! (this however probably explains why that setting is hidded).
I am still using that torchlight with a trick - since only the Power and Home buttons can wake the CPU from seep sleep I press on Power twice SLOW, and only after that I press and hold Volume Up - that way I still get to start the torchlight with a single hand :good:
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I mean that thoug setting page show up, switch on, but no results. I long-press volume-up and there is no torchlight. I reached the settings in WanamXposed [hidden setting] flashlight settings but no result. I use 4.4.2 Kitkat. Probably it is no linger supported in Kitkat.
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What do you mean by "does not work"? The setting page does no longer show up?
Since on the actual "working" of the torchlight things are already complex on 4.3 - the torchlight only works if the CPU is not in deep sleep! (this however probably explains why that setting is hidded).
I am still using that torchlight with a trick - since only the Power and Home buttons can wake the CPU from seep sleep I press on Power twice SLOW, and only after that I press and hold Volume Up - that way I still get to start the torchlight with a single hand :good:
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I just added a widget through widget locker, which I can interact with. Works great, power button > tap widget :good:
Using an app called Torchie, just press both 'volume buttons' together to turn on/off torch anytime. It runs as a background service and just works anytime, even when screen off (if enabled from Torchie Settings). It kinda make your phone feel like a conventional battery operated torch.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.blogspot.anselmbros.torchie
XDA Thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-torchie-torch-volume-buttons-anytime-t3270230