I see everyone wanting a mod for a power save toggle, don't we want to keep it on all the time?
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P2o8wer said:
I see everyone wanting a mod for a power save toggle, don't we want to keep it on all the time?
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I leave Power Save mode on all the time and I'm completely blown away by the battery life on the M8, especially coming from the Rezound which, once custom kernels were available, was fairly decent (but nothing like this). I would only use Extreme Power Save Mode in the event of a power failure or when I get into a low battery state and don't anticipate being able to charge in the immediate future. Since I usually have a 10,000 mAh battery in my briefcase, that would be highly unusual.
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I leave Power Save mode on all the time and I'm completely blown away by the battery life on the M8, especially coming from the Rezound which, once custom kernels were available, was fairly decent (but nothing like this). I would only use Extreme Power Save Mode in the event of a power failure or when I get into a low battery state and don't anticipate being able to charge in the immediate future. Since I usually have a 10,000 mAh battery in my briefcase, that would be highly unusual.
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Out of curiosity, have you found a way of disabling the "Power Save" persistent notification in your status bar, or have you just turned a blind eye to it?
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Out of curiosity, have you found a way of disabling the "Power Save" persistent notification in your status bar, or have you just turned a blind eye to it?
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There is a method for disabling the icon discussed in one of the M8 forums. Mighr not necessarily be the Verizon forum. I am mobile so I can't search for it now, but it's definitely out there.
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Out of curiosity, have you found a way of disabling the "Power Save" persistent notification in your status bar, or have you just turned a blind eye to it?
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notifyclean is an xposed module that i use to do this
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There is a method for disabling the icon discussed in one of the M8 forums. Mighr not necessarily be the Verizon forum. I am mobile so I can't search for it now, but it's definitely out there.
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Here is the thread he's talking about
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2703535
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Hello,
Is there a way to make the fliashlight work even at low battery level? Mine stops working when the battery is 30% or less !?!?!? very stupid, may be at 5% is ok ..... but 30!?
thanks in advance
Maybe try a different flashlight app. I like Tesla LED.
HannoSLM said:
Hello,
Is there a way to make the fliashlight work even at low battery level? Mine stops working when the battery is 30% or less !?!?!? very stupid, may be at 5% is ok ..... but 30!?
thanks in advance
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go in the settings
1-power settings
2-power saver
make power saver the turn on at 10%
khaled1994 said:
go in the settings
1-power settings
2-power saver
make power saver the turn on at 10%
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when i got the phone, one of the first things i've done is to turn off the power saver
Install "Extended Controls" and place a widget for the flashlight on one of your homescreens. I just tried my flashlight and it works, my battery is at 7% right now, with Power Saver Turned Off. This way you don't need to install any more flashlight apps, you have flashlight toggle ability with one touch from a homescreen, plus you have an awesome app that does A LOT more than just toggle on your Rear Camera LED.
Also, Extended Controls is just absolutely awesome to have because of the ability to customize functionality widgets to the fullest. A must on any and every android device that I own.
BonesRed said:
Also, Extended Controls is just absolutely awesome to have because of the ability to customize functionality widgets to the fullest. A must on any and every android device that I own.
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Just bought it per your recommendation - I can only agree, the Extended Controls are great: A perfect addition to HTCs built-in "Quick Settings" in the notification drawer.
Maybe once more people have S-OFF developers can tweak this to run at low battery settings, Probably some Smali editing
Anyone know a real fix for this yet?
My Desire HD won't use the flashlight in Camera modus when battery is below 15% while the energysave option in settings is turned off.
Can it be hacked to below 5% ???
Latest leedroid kernel doesn't force torch of until it hits 15% but forcing it down to 5% would be silly as the phone powers off at 5%
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Good find - solved more than one problem for me
Thats stupid, my DesHD shuts down until all the way to 1% left.
Not 5%...
If I still have 5% left, I bet I can take a guick picture with flashlight and still have 30 to 60 min. left off battery power, enough to check incoming messages.
(maybe not to check facebook or twitter with 3G or make 30 min calls, but plenty juice to answer a phone and tell the other person where I am, or sent a reply message of where i am at the time. 5% is more than you think. I once had 1% left, and I closed all backgroundrunning programs and killed the internet connection and the phone went on for almost another hour!!)
So killing the flashlight for taking photos from still having 15% juice is lame.
Besides, as Android is socalled "open source" and userfriendly, they should let the users decide (with an options/settings menu?) if the flashlight should be killed at 15% or not.
Not the developers.
dr.m0x said:
Latest leedroid kernel doesn't force torch of until it hits 15% but forcing it down to 5% would be silly as the phone powers off at 5%
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Are there any custom roms out there that do not make use of this "feature" at all? Would it be easy to implement?
My phone was still running yesterday with 2% left...just sayin
AudiHeel said:
My phone was still running yesterday with 2% left...just sayin
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Ok I could be wrong about the 5% figure, haven't had a flat battery in months.
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I also started I thread on this topic. Seems like the developers are not interested in releasing a mod for this issue.
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Mine stop light at 10% i set on the power saving option
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I also started I thread on this topic. Seems like the developers are not interested in releasing a mod for this issue.
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Which thread? So I can +1
kumoc said:
Mine stop light at 10% i set on the power saving option
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Even with my power saver totally disabled,my flashlight won't work at under30%. But what frustrates me more is that the flash won't work on the camera either. Please I want the flash to work even at 5%!
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Harmani said:
Are there any custom roms out there that do not make use of this "feature" at all? Would it be easy to implement?
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Try CM11.
Robert342 said:
Try CM11.
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The answer I've been waiting for for 6 years :victory:
I discovered it in the store, but the tf700 has already a suspension mode for the wifi when the screen is of.
Anyone use it? Some advice?
J
get tasker instead. More work to set up but a LOT more powerful. JD tended to kill my battery more than save it
Juicedefender is only most useful when you're juggling mobile data and wifi, unless you really have a regular schedule daily... I find that it doesn't make battery life worse, but I don't use it on my tablet as it doesn't affect the life much.
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Chryses said:
I discovered it in the store, but the tf700 has already a suspension mode for the wifi when the screen is of.
Anyone use it? Some advice?
J
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Every Android device has this option actually. It's just a bit hidden. Settings/WiFi now press the menu button then advanced and then you can choose your wifi sleep policy.
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I am on stock 4.4.2, rooted. Just want to know should I use Greenify to extend my battery life?
Is KitKat 4.4.2 app-cached mechanism not better than that?
I don't and never have and never had any need to
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Depends on your usage.
Might work for some, not for others.
Install and try for yourself, do some objective testing before and after to see if it makes any difference for you
Handy to control apps you don't use regularly from running on the background. Actual effect on battery life. Well don't expect miracles.
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Can't live without it. N5 has a poor battery, it's really usefull
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Can't live without it. N5 has a poor battery, it's really usefull
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N5 has brilliant battery, far better than any other smart phone out there
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Ben36 said:
N5 has brilliant battery
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Come on Ben, April fools day was 2 weeks ago. Get over it you'll get another shot next year.
Ben36 said:
far better than any other smart phone out there
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That moment where you lose every credibility you ever had.
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Come on Ben, April fools day was 2 weeks ago. Get over it you'll get another shot next year.
That moment where you lose every credibility you ever had.
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Bait
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A few days I install it in my phone.But it seems like no use to me.
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Greenify is the only one from that endless battery safer tools This really has a positive effect. Clear recommendation, even if I do not understand why you needed for a new thread. Such things do you test yourself
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Well, don't discuss the battery It's good enough for many but not for everyone. I'll plan to use a recharge pack if I need more battery power. Most of the times I have a bag or something else with me so that I can put a recharger pack into it for the case I run out of battery.
Sure, a better internal battery is better, but I can live with that.
Greenify is a great tool to have so that you can have a broad selection of apps on your device without worrying about it weighing down the OS in bloat. Lots of apps unnecessarily start in the background or ask to be notified on state changes or when the device is unlocked, which can lead to sluggishness and/or battery life degradation. For example my banking app does this, and I never need my banking app to run unless I explicitly press on that damn icon. But I don't want to get rid of my banking app due to it's bad behavior, because it's truly a useful app. That is where greenify shines.
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I have a few apps that definitely will hurt the battery if left running...so greenify let's me still have those apps and not worry about them impacting my battery. To me greenify is on my must have list. ?
And to backup another's post, yes...the N5 CAN have battery life that rivals other great battery life phones. I get over 24 hours with 6 plus hours screen time easily. But...its all about how you set up your phone...and how you use it. "Average" battery times are hard to compare, since we all are setup different and do different things with our phones.
But yes, battery life CAN be brilliant.... Or it can be average.
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Check your wakelocks to see if any apps are keeping your phone awake.
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Haven't had a need for battery savers ever. I just monitor what my system is doing and figure out how to mitigate it without another app to run.
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Hey all
I had a wake lock trigger that was draining my battery so I decided to try and find what was causing it. I turned off all background sync and disabled GPS. I charged my phone to full and then let it drain over night. As you can see in screen shots... Massive drain occurred with no visual signs of the cause. Anyone have an idea?
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Hey all
I had a wake lock trigger that was draining my battery so I decided to try and find what was causing it. I turned off all background sync and disabled GPS. I charged my phone to full and then let it drain over night. As you can see in screen shots... Massive drain occurred with no visual signs of the cause. Anyone have an idea?
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Try to turn off wifi and see what happens
Demonic240 said:
Hey all
I had a wake lock trigger that was draining my battery so I decided to try and find what was causing it. I turned off all background sync and disabled GPS. I charged my phone to full and then let it drain over night. As you can see in screen shots... Massive drain occurred with no visual signs of the cause. Anyone have an idea?
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Did you get any shots of the Kernel Wakelocks and Partial Wakelocks screens in bbs? That's where you would see the culprit(s). Also, do you ever do soft reboots? Some people (including myself) have experienced increased battery drain with no visible wakelocks after soft rebooting. Doing a full reboot seems to fix it.
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It's definitely something using Wi-Fi. Need more in depth analysis
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Did you get any shots of the Kernel Wakelocks and Partial Wakelocks screens in bbs? That's where you would see the culprit(s). Also, do you ever do soft reboots? Some people (including myself) have experienced increased battery drain with no visible wakelocks after soft rebooting. Doing a full reboot seems to fix it.
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I checked those but there was nothing abnormal. I'd done a reboot when I flashed the kernel back to stock pa.
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It's definitely something using Wi-Fi. Need more in depth analysis
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I've disabled wifi and it drained to dead. Going to recharge to full and see what it does off wi-fi. What could I do to see why/if wi-fi is killing it?
You can see it is draining it in your screen shots. Maybe you didn't fully disable the background Wi-Fi usage. "scanning always enabled" for example
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rootSU said:
You can see it is draining it in your screen shots. Maybe you didn't fully disable the background Wi-Fi usage. "scanning always enabled" for example
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That was one of the first things I disabled.
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That was one of the first things I disabled.
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Doesn't look like its disabled correctly. Your screenshot shows nearly 8 hours Wi-Fi.
Maybe there is a bug in your settings data.
Not sure if you're rooted or not but maybe a backup / wipe is the best course of action
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Doesn't look like its disabled correctly. Your screenshot shows nearly 8 hours Wi-Fi.
Maybe there is a bug in your settings data.
Not sure if you're rooted or not but maybe a backup / wipe is the best course of action
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Here's the current setting. I guess I can factory reset again. I'll try that after this current charge cycle.
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You could try booting the phone into safe mode to see if it's a 3rd party app, though unnecessary if you plan on trying a full reset anyways.
Disable xposed
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Factory reset, no syncing enabled, no auto updates, google now disabled, no apps other than stock gapps installed. Still high android os usage.
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Factory reset, no syncing enabled, no auto updates, google now disabled, no apps other than stock gapps installed. Still high android os usage.
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while at first it looks high, in reality it isnt(yet). in your screenshot you have only lost 5% battery so far with light use. at this point you really cant tell what your battery will be like with use.
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while at first it looks high, in reality it isnt(yet). in your screenshot you have only lost 5% battery so far with light use. at this point you really cant tell what your battery will be like with use.
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How about now?
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How about now?
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ahh, thats a little better, but itll drop a little more with use. while 20 is a little high, id still classify as normal. really anything up to 20% is normal. typically, after a full cycle, i see android os between 9-15%. but it would all depend on exactly how you use your phone.
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ahh, thats a little better, but itll drop a little more with use. while 20 is a little high, id still classify as normal. really anything up to 20% is normal. typically, after a full cycle, i see android os between 9-15%. but it would all depend on exactly how you use your phone.
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Right now.. I'm not doing anything other than replying to this thread.
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Right now.. I'm not doing anything other than replying to this thread.
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i see that chrome(and chrome sandbox) is taking a huge amount of battery for very little use. 21% together, just to respond to xda..
Install system monitor from play store and check CPU freq and number of CPU's online while screen on.
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As said above....use the phone normally and check when its almost drained. It will surely be much lower.
If location is on...it will probably be higher than 10% I'd guess. If so....completely normal.
Straight forward as the title of the thread. .
The name's Knockr and here's the Play Store link-
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tecnology.angs.knockr
All credits to the developer. . :highfive:
I'm just sharing it with the community. . :angel:
I reckon, that's the closest thing we can reach without the kernel level access/modification. .
Good things in life are not for free. . what it implies in this particular case that the app would add to your battery discharge. . But, as I mentioned earlier-that's the closest thing we can reach without the kernel level access/modification. .
What this app does it, make all pixels go black (AMOLED screens switches off the pixels to show Black) therefore, ensuring that there's minimal battery consumption. .
This means that those who think that the app will function without having any effect on Battery-this app ain't meant for you. .
For their kind info-even the nativly supported devices use battery to provide the phone with this feature so please don't make a fuss about this app using battery
& to those that consider that it promotes laziness-I ask. . Really? :laugh: :silly:
Not a good option because it drain alot battery energy
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If not battery efficeint then no point
It's beta version.. Will improve. :fingers-crossed:
Nice. I was waiting for something like this to happen. Hope you do well with the final release. Good luck.
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Just press the damn home button to turn your screen on....that's the whole point of having a home button as well as a power button. Why tap the screen twice when you can press the home button once?? It makes no sense whatsoever. If you want this feature then guess what? Press the back button twice scroll up to the G2 forums or alternatively scroll down for the G3 forum because if you can honestly say this app is feasible then you must be lost....
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Just press the damn home button to turn your screen on....that's the whole point of having a home button as well as a power button. Why tap the screen twice when you can press the home button once?? It makes no sense whatsoever. If you want this feature then guess what? Press the back button twice scroll up to the G2 forums or alternatively scroll down for the G3 forum because if you can honestly say this app is feasible then you must be lost....
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Well, that's because people want to prolong the life of their hardware button
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Well, that's because people want to prolong the life of their hardware button
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Oh I see well for the uninitiated I still have a Nokia 5110 from 2003/4 and the buttons work just fine
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Nokia? :laugh:
They are indestructible piece of hardwares..
No offenses Mate :angel:
That app keeps the screen on all the time, just completely black. It keeps your phone awake, therefore drain a lot of battery. It is not very good idea, imo.
CCaaNN said:
That app keeps the screen on all the time, just completely black. It keeps your phone awake, therefore drain a lot of battery. It is not very good idea, imo.
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I agree buddy. Drains battery, promotes laziness, totally unnecessary and just....wrong lol
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CCaaNN said:
That app keeps the screen on all the time, just completely black. It keeps your phone awake, therefore drain a lot of battery. It is not very good idea, imo.
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AMOLED screens use very little amount of battery when showing Blacks..
Actually, the section where blacks are there, are off..
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AMOLED screens use very little amount of battery when showing Blacks..
Actually, the section where blacks are there, are off..
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I know, the phone may not consume any power while screen is completely black, but it 'never' sleeps. No deep sleep = uncontrollable battery consumption = problem.
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I know, the phone may not consume any power while screen is completely black, but it 'never' sleeps. No deep sleep = uncontrollable battery consumption = problem.
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In that case, there's no app that can do it for Note 3 even though one might have a rooted phone..
I hope, Note 4 incorporates it natively.. :fingers-crossed:
This app activing screen????
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This app activing screen????
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Hi
Yeah , this app keeps tochscreen on until you tap on it , and waste your battery power
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This app activing screen????
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Please read the original post Mate..
If some talented dev can incorporate this idea and create an xposed module that works on all amoled device which forces deep sleep and force screen = black, I think we may have a chance...
Nice, I've been looking for a battery-friendly way of doing this and look forward to the release of such. Preservation of the hardware buttons is something I probably take a bit too seriously as evidenced by my continued use of pie controls and double tap status bar to sleep
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If some talented dev can incorporate this idea and create an xposed module that works on all amoled device which forces deep sleep and force screen = black, I think we may have a chance...
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Nice, I've been looking for a battery-friendly way of doing this and look forward to the release of such. Preservation of the hardware buttons is something I probably take a bit too seriously as evidenced by my continued use of pie controls and double tap status bar to sleep
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+ you can use Gesture Navigation & add a double tap to sleep by using Gravity Box mod action shortcut
this way you won't be required to focus your double tap on a small section of the screen unless you want to put the phone to sleep while being in an app
I have used these 2 mods in conjunction to have Power Menu from Left slide in Notification Panel
I change volume by sliding left/right over the status bar
I use Notification Toggle to bring me to Home Screen without pressing the hardware button & also to open the recent apps' list without long pressing the hardware home button
I use Ultimate Smart Cover (its an app & not a mod) to wake up my phone without needing to touch hardware buttons :victory: