Torch/flashlight? - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Where is it?

.psd said:
Where is it?
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Don't believe one comes with the nexus 5. Will have to get one off the play store probably.

It isn't a stock feature, you will have to download one.

alright, thanks

It's weird that it isn't stock. Flashlight and a compass should now be essential like the calculator.
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Marck527 said:
It's weird that it isn't stock. Flashlight and a compass should now be essential like the calculator.
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Agreed.... If you consider a calculator a "tool" app Google then make a great flashlight one.
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TeslaLED is great. I also am using HD Widgets in Text Clock / Switches mode on my lock screen, which allows me to put a flashlight button on the lock screen.

I'm using Power Toggles until a stable cutstom ROM comes out that I can place Torch as a Quick Setting tiles and have the notification drawer default to Quick Settings as opposed to the notification drawer.

AndrasLOHF said:
I'm using Power Toggles until a stable cutstom ROM comes out that I can place Torch as a Quick Setting tiles and have the notification drawer default to Quick Settings as opposed to the notification drawer.
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Widgetsoid does this, and has a native flashlight app.
Moderators don't mean to spam widgetsoid everywhere, but it solves the problems listed in all these threads.
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New Sense 3 Lockscrren functionality

In case you have not noticed - the Sense 3.0 Lockscrren on out Sensations now has additional functionality.
To unlock the phone you drag the grey circle upwards. But you can also tap and drag one of the 4 icons (phone, mail, web, camera) and move them into the middle of the circle and you then jump right to that function.
I find that kinda neat, and of couse it opens the question - can we add custom icons / apps to this quicklauncher and if so how is this done?
Also, there seems to be a reproducible bug with the camera, at least in my phone. When I launch it likedescribed above it starts the camera app (i see the stuff the cam ispointing at in the display) but it lacksallof the control buttons. Is this hapening with your versions too or isitmaybe already fixed?
You're kidding, right?
psych0t1c said:
In case you have not noticed - the Sense 3.0 Lockscrren on out Sensations now has additional functionality.
To unlock the phone you drag the grey circle upwards. But you can also tap and drag one of the 4 icons (phone, mail, web, camera) and move them into the middle of the circle and you then jump right to that function.
I find that kinda neat, and of couse it opens the question - can we add custom icons / apps to this quicklauncher and if so how is this done?
Also, there seems to be a reproducible bug with the camera, at least in my phone. When I launch it likedescribed above it starts the camera app (i see the stuff the cam ispointing at in the display) but it lacksallof the control buttons. Is this hapening with your versions too or isitmaybe already fixed?
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haha this made me lolz
man this is the funniest thing i heard/read all week, n ive been watching family guy in da morning lol
Me no understand D:
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hahaha....made my hour
Tryingto figure outifthis is a troll orajoke
I smoke crack
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Dude, no fricken way. I never knew you could drag those icons into the circle to launch the specified app. This is a great find man. +1 +1 +1
huh?
10chars
He's been a member for like 5 - 6 years and has 130 posts I'm inclined to believe that that he's just a complete newb.
In such a case, go to settings and change your lockscreen shortcuts
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BonesRed said:
He's been a member for like 5 - 6 years and has 130 posts I'm inclined to believe that that he's just a complete newb.
In such a case, go to settings and change your lockscreen shortcuts
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True but look at his username.....
Just in case he'slegit
Personalize -->Lock screen-->go to the lock screen you want and choose settings - tap app icon to change shortcuts
I was laughing at this then realized I have a question about the lockscreen too! Don't wanna start a new thread. So when you have an alternate launcher, you lose the ability to access the "personalize" section of the settings, which is where you change the lockscreen icons and ****. Now, to change the lockscreen type or icons, I need to disable Launcher Pro's defaults and use the Sense launcher. I don't change it often, so no biggie. But is there a way to change the lockscreen outside of the Sense launcher?
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tj - just pull down the notification bar and go to all settings - personalize is at the top then mod your lockscreen
the only settings available is the htc modified version - thats why car home is blacklisted because if you try to pull up settings it crashes - doesn't care for the HTC version
psych0t1c said:
In case you have not noticed - the Sense 3.0 Lockscrren on out Sensations now has additional functionality.
To unlock the phone you drag the grey circle upwards. But you can also tap and drag one of the 4 icons (phone, mail, web, camera) and move them into the middle of the circle and you then jump right to that function.
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Thank you so much. Ive had the phone a few weeks now but never been able to unlock it but i can now make phone calls and everything!
Ive thanked you because i was feeling depressed until i read this. Nearly pissed myself.
GorillaPimp said:
tj - just pull down the notification bar and go to all settings - personalize is at the top then mod your lockscreen
the only settings available is the htc modified version - thats why car home is blacklisted because if you try to pull up settings it crashes - doesn't care for the HTC version
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See, with Launcher Pro at least, when I hit that Personalize button it just closes settings and throws me back to the homescreen. No FC or anything, I just go to my homescreen. Can anyone with an alternate launcher confirm this behavior for me? Is it just Launcher Pro, or maybe even just my device?
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okay i see what you mean
zeam and launcher pro do the same thing if you select them to open personalize
you have to use sense to launch personalize
if you don't get prompted to choose between lpro and sense when you click personalize just clear the launcher pro defaults and next time you can choose sense. shouldnt make that big of a deal since sense will just get dropped once youre back in launcher pro
I have the camera bug also...
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from what i can pull out of the OP's message, I think he was saying a bug where the lock screen will show the icons and background but also be displaying the image from the camera.
I first noticed this when I was using Barcode Scanner, left the app running, locked the phone, and then hit the unlock button. the normal lock screen would appear faded and then the live camera image. pretty cool looking i think
I can reproduce this
Almost got it with anycut - create a shortcut by long pressing the screen from whatever launcher you want then choose activity - scroll down and choose the second personalize listed - there should be three. the lock screen settings are there and load fine without crashing only problem is that your lockscreen will change to a theme but the icons on the lockscreen don't switch. I think if you tried out all thet settings options in anycut you could do it.

Widgets on the lockscreen

Is it possible to change a app icon on the lockscreen to a widget?
more importantly the wifi hotspot settings button.
I think if you include it on the bottom of the 4 places that HTC uses, they should appear on the lockscreen
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The lockscreen only shows what app icons are currently in your dock, and since you can't put widgets in your your dock it won't work.
Try widgetlocker app if its something you really need. It's a paid app but worth it, lots of cool options.
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tgtoys said:
The lockscreen only shows what app icons are currently in your dock, and since you can't put widgets in your your dock it won't work.
Try widgetlocker app if its something you really need. It's a paid app but worth it, lots of cool options.
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yes you can! move the apps that you dont want out of the dock and put the ones you want! and thats its! they appears on your lock screen!
josean-8 said:
yes you can! move the apps that you dont want out of the dock and put the ones you want! and thats its! they appears on your lock screen!
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Reread the OP. He asked of WIDGETS cam be put on lockscreen, not app icons.
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Use WidgetLocker from Play market. It might have that feature.
Right now I'm using Notification Toggle from the Play store.. and there are several other apps that do the same thing.. Lets you put many different settings in your notification pull-down which you can access from lock screen

Auto screen rotate shortcut?

Did a search, no luck. Just got phone yesterday, love it for the price. There's no auto screen rotate shortcut on the pull down menu. What's most battery efficient, easy to use app to get a shortcut?
Thx
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I don't remember if you can add buttons in the stock ROM (i'm in CM11), but in my ICS days i used "Powerwidgets" as my command center in the homescreen. They have a paid and a free (lite) app in the store and the only difference is that in the lite version every some uses an notification appears that you can discard as easily as it shows ups.
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Tlo218 said:
Did a search, no luck. Just got phone yesterday, love it for the price. There's no auto screen rotate shortcut on the pull down menu. What's most battery efficient, easy to use app to get a shortcut?
Thx
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Root + xposed framework + gravitybox
Or
Cwm + http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710219
I use the app "Notification toggle" for this
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Root, Xposed Framework + GravityBox. Install Desktop VisualizeR.
Long press on homescreen: Choose Desktop VisualizeR widget, set no icon and launch action as - Others > GravityBox Actions > Toggle auto rotation.
Through this method, I have the hidden icon in top left corner of my homescreen for enabling / disabling auto rotation.

App draw on nav bar

Any idea how to get the app drawer on Navigation bar?
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Any idea how to get the app drawer on Navigation bar?
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GravityBox lets you add a custom button to the navbar, and among the many things you can make it do, opening the app drawer is one of them. You can also program extra functions to the existing buttons so if you want to open the app drawer on a double tap of the home key, you can do it.

Lollipop Full Screen?

Xposed is still not supporting lollipop yet, gravity box doesn't work. Pie is not supporting L either.
I have been spoiled by pie and full screen. Any current alternative solution? Thanks!
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Nobody care?
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bioturbo said:
Nobody care?
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I care ! U can have full screen with this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.immersive&hl=fr_BE
But impossible to put icons in place of the navbars when they are hide...
Miss all the tweaks we have on 4.4.4
LMT Launcher PIE works.
rootSU said:
LMT Launcher PIE works.
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I've install but dont find how to hide the original navbar ? Thx
solution
Been trying to figure this out recently myself.
The below 2 apps have worked for me. Must be rooted though.
I have a htc one m8.
1. Softkey enabler by Fate Development Group (disable softkeys)
2. Pie control by Coolace (run at startup)
Only side affect I see is I cant seem to have a pin security lock anymore. Pattern works though.
Im looking for fullscreen aswell, full immersive mode causes issues with the keyboard on lollipop, i think the issue is the navbar but i can disable the navbar but cannot get the status bar to act immersive on its own. I can use GMD to get full immersive but causes issues with the keyboard due to the immersive navbar. Is there an app that makes only the status bar immersive or a way to edit an .apk to disable navbar immersive whilst keeping status bar immersive?
You can get near with nova prime. It dumps the top bar and makes bottom transparent
Look here.

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