I'm missing the hard home button I had on my S3 when driving as it was easier to press the home button to wake the phone. Is there a way to wake the phone by voice or with a wave of the hand without killing the battery? I would assume the mic probably takes less battery than the camera constantly running to detect the wave of the hand.
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Anything that does either of those would just kill the battery.
The best and most battery friendly way, is the power button. Some roms you can set it up to use the volume buttons too.
There is double tap screen to wake option too, with certain kernels, but again, battery eater. It can be set to timeout, so it doesn't use as much battery, but then you're hitting the power button again.
I've got tasker setup to kill the app when I'm not in the car so battery hit won't be that bad.
Could look at double tap to wake / slide to wake kernels?
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Ok, the story is, my phone goes to sleep every 30 secs to save battery. And since I'm still very excited about it, I turn it on quite often, just to check . And the only way to turn on from sleep (as far as I know) is pressing the power button. Well, that means that button will be pressed a lot! I'm just worrying that it will soon have problems. It would be much cooler if we can touch some Android button down there, Home button for example, to turn on the phone. Do you know anyway to do that?
PS: I tried to google as well as search through out this forum, but the keywords are pretty common, so it's really hard though.
I wouldn't want the capacitive buttons activating my phone, think of all the butt-dialing
I think Widget Locker allows for any hardware button to wake up the device, so then you'd be able to distribute the fun between your volume rocker and the power button.
Widget locker does allow the use of the volume rocker to wake up the phone.
a short term fix or you might be to got o settings-->Applications-->Development-->Stay awake....
so as long as you are charging the screen will not sleep. dont forget to change the setting back if you walk away for a bit... or go to bed
Thanks guy. I think the volume button is good enough
Rumur said:
Widget locker does allow the use of the volume rocker to wake up the phone.
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thanks rumur, i going to give widget locker a try.
i hate it must reach for power button to wakeup!
i like "Simply Lockscreen", it also turns on cappy with volume buttons.
give it a try
On a similar note, do you all have any app tips that will allow me to do something special with the volume button while the screen is off (maybe long press or double click, or press both volume buttons at once) that will in turn toggle silent/vibrate on and off?
I just got the TF300 with a keyboard dock. I'm wondering if it's possible to power it on from the keyboard instead of having to reach over to the power button to wake it up everytime it goes to sleep?
I see the lock button that lets me put it to sleep, but oddly it does not work in reverse like I expected.
Ravynmagi said:
I just got the TF300 with a keyboard dock. I'm wondering if it's possible to power it on from the keyboard instead of having to reach over to the power button to wake it up everytime it goes to sleep?
I see the lock button that lets me put it to sleep, but oddly it does not work in reverse like I expected.
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That is weird that disabling that feature is suppose to save power. Seems like the opposite would be true. Being able to turn my screen on easier will mean I'll turn it off more frequently, thusly saving power. I had bumped up my screen time to 5 minutes so I didn't have to reach for the power button so frequently.
Thanks.
Ravynmagi said:
That is weird that disabling that feature is suppose to save power. Seems like the opposite would be true
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probably because it has to keep the keyboard "on" so it can listen for key presses that would wake up your tablet. If you don't use it to wake your tablet, it can turn the keyboard dock completely off, thus saving some battery power.
Hey there,
I am looking for a way to remap my power button to launch a shortcut.
My goal is to make Tasker hibernate all 'greenified' apps, and turn off the screen when I press the power button.
This way I can turn off automatic hibernation in Greenify, and only 'greenify' apps when I explicitly turn off my screen, and not when it times out.
I've looked into several apps, but they all lack the ability to either remap the power button, or making it launch a shortcut.
I am running CyanogenMod 11 on my Samsung GT-I9300.
Hope someone could help me out!
You really don't want to do anything that would make you use the power button more. That is the first thing to die and you've got problems if it does. Much better to map a soft button or gesture to do what you want.
I thought about your comment, but it won't make me use the button more, because I use it anyway to lock my phone.
But nevertheless I could try to use it less. The problem is I use touch to wake the screen, and only if I lock it with the power button touch wil not wake the screen. If I wear the phone in my pocket, my leg wakes the screen trough the pocket.
I now made two profiles. One with proximity sensor, screen off and orientation upside down. And one the same, but orientation face down.
This way it will greenify apps when I put the phone in my pocket, standing or sitting.
I might look into gestures because then the sensors won't have to run when the screen is off saving me some precious juice am I right?
Still like to hear about remapping hw keys.
you can remap your power button here
System/usr/keylayout
then edit with text editor "Generic.kl"
kismetmookz said:
you can remap your power button here
System/usr/keylayout
then edit with text editor "Generic.kl"
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Can I also map a shortcut to it? And do I have to remap again after an update?
GT-i9300, CM10.2, Googy-Max kernel
I accidentaly found out that there's a difference between the 'Tasker lock system' and the 'Secure Settings lock' actions.
With the Tasker action, touch to wake still works, but with the Secure Settings one it won't.
I now set up two profiles, screen on + proximity + upside down and screen on + proximity + face down. These greenify all apps and turn my screen off with Secure Settings. Also long pressing the menu (touch)key will do the same.
This way, when I put the phone in my pocket it will lock the screen and not wake up when still in my pocket.
But if I leave it face up and the screen times out my apps won't be greenified. I also made a double tap gesture in Nova Launcher that turns my screen off by the default Tasker system lock, so I can wake it by touch and my apps won't greenify.
Not really the idea that I started with, but maybe even better!
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Can I also map a shortcut to it? And do I have to remap again after an update?
GT-i9300, CM10.2, Googy-Max kernel
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you have to every update.. but i suggest you getting a CM rom =)
My i9300 is running CM11 nightlys. I update weekly, so it will be a pain in my behind
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am looking for an app to go directly to the swipe lock screen without power off so I can switch users without cycling the power button on my tablet. The power button is offset toward the back and annoying to use as well.
Also, do not want to use a proximity sensor app because it drains battery and uses hardware unnecessarily.
If this is something that is already built into android and I haven't found a shortcut, I apologize in advance.
The only way I can turn on my Nexus 5 now is using adb and a computer. Is there a way to possibly turn on my phone on the road? Without the use of a computer?
You can remap with the Volume button.
Just double tap screen to wake
I didn't think the N5 had double-tap. My N6 needs an app, and be rooted, to do it.
Turning on the phone from sleep may be possible (double tap, magnetic screen case, remap button) but if it's been completely switched off...? How do you switch it on without a power button? The power button remap sounds feasible (how do you do that, by the way?) but then how do you change the volume?