I am trying to find a way to keep the edge lit, even when the main display is off.
One of the important reasons I bought the edge was the notification panel, but if the panel is only lit when the main screen is lit, seems like a waste of money.
Help please.
rkmoray said:
I am trying to find a way to keep the edge lit, even when the main display is off.
One of the important reasons I bought the edge was the notification panel, but if the panel is only lit when the main screen is lit, seems like a waste of money.
Help please.
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i felt the same way. I only found this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alk.edge&hl=en it need also pay app (trial included), but it work. When notification incomes right panel i showing (even when phone is locked)
rkmoray said:
I am trying to find a way to keep the edge lit, even when the main display is off.
One of the important reasons I bought the edge was the notification panel, but if the panel is only lit when the main screen is lit, seems like a waste of money.
Help please.
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I thought there was an independent Edge timeout...and you know you can turn on the Edge b y swiping up and down on it.
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I thought there was an independent Edge timeout...and you know you can turn on the Edge b y swiping up and down on it.
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The problem with "swiping" to turn on the edge is it defeats the purpose of a continual notification screen.
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I'm wondering if it's possible and/or if anyone has a way of changing the colour of the LED's under the touch keys on the Galaxy S4.
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I'm wondering if it's possible and/or if anyone has a way of changing the colour of the LED's under the touch keys on the Galaxy S4.
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Notification LED is multicolor
Touchkey could be colored different by changing the hardware --> what means NO :crying:
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I'm wondering if it's possible and/or if anyone has a way of changing the colour of the LED's under the touch keys on the Galaxy S4.
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As LS.xD said, changing the colour of touch keys is not possible
If you want to change led's color use Light flow light, get it from play store for free
This is your best bet!
I just got my phone back from the repair shop, they were replacing my front glass. When getting my phone back the man told me he made some 'goofs', one of which was actually a wire pleasant surprise! He forgot to take some sort of film off the back of the button portion of the glass, and it ended up turning my buttons blue! Although dimmer, this setup may be what you're looking for. Get your glass replaced and ask them to leave the film intact on the back of the button section (get the top one removed so it won't interfere with the notification light). Good luck!
Am I missing something or is Samsung missing something? It would seem to me ONE of the big advantage of the "edge" is to see your notifications when the phone is laying on the table or a flip case is closed. So is there a setting to have the actual edge light up with notifications when the screen is off? I can rub the edge of course and swipe the panels to get to the notification panel but I want it to actually scroll like the news feed panels do. But when the screen is off and me not touching it.
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Have you tried Augmented Smartwatch Pro, in conjunction with the Augmented Edge app? Works very well.
https://augmentedtraffic.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/augmented-edge-for-galaxy-note-edge/
What does augmented edge do by itself without the smartwatch app? When I open it is just a black screen with banner on the edge
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It shows music track information by itself - anything else requires the Augmented SmartWatch Pro app - opening on the Android phone does nothing.
quangtran1 said:
Have you tried Augmented Smartwatch Pro, in conjunction with the Augmented Edge app? Works very well.
https://augmentedtraffic.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/augmented-edge-for-galaxy-note-edge/
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It only shows a black screen with optional information on the edge part, even with the paid app you mention. This is sort of similar to what you would want/expect, but not really.
First of all it does not work when you close the official Samsung Note Edge cover, because that shuts off the screen. A proper solution needs to be integrated in the OS, either by Samsung or a very capable developer.
Personally I could not get anything useful (to me) on the Edge screen through these apps so I used the Refund option.
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It only shows a black screen with optional information on the edge part, even with the paid app you mention. This is sort of similar to what you would want/expect, but not really.
First of all it does not work when you close the official Samsung Note Edge cover, because that shuts off the screen. A proper solution needs to be integrated in the OS, either by Samsung or a very capable developer.
Personally I could not get anything useful (to me) on the Edge screen through these apps so I used the Refund option.
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Let me ask you this out of my own ignorance. Is the flip cover different than my covering the phone's sensor with a piece of cloth? Or does it have magnetic sensors?
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Let me ask you this out of my own ignorance. Is the flip cover different than my covering the phone's sensor with a piece of cloth? Or does it have magnetic sensors?
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It is magnetic. It is like any normal flipcover but leaves room to show the Edge-part of the screen.
Its purpose is somewhat diminished because closing it turns of the whole screen. You can only get the Edge-bar to show by swiping up-and-down it. I hope someone is able to show the clock or which music is playing when it is closed and charging. An oversight by Samsung if you ask me.
Ok thanks. If the flip cover does disable the screen, then I suppose no app would turn it on... yet. That said, the apps I mentioned work for me. The entire notifications are displayed on the edge.. I don't have the flip cover, but when the screen goes to sleep, an alert would display on the edge just as it would on the status bar.
Any chance this will work on my s6 edge?
I was wondering why text messages weren't lighting up on the edge screen with screen off..using Google Hangouts. I think Samsung has failed miserably on support like this or even dev support from their Samsung store.
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Ummmm... I get time on my edge all the time, not just when I swipe on it. I'll do some research and see if I can get it to light up on notifications. Might actually get off me lazy arse and write an app for it
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Ummmm... I get time on my edge all the time, not just when I swipe on it. I'll do some research and see if I can get it to light up on notifications. Might actually get off me lazy arse and write an app for it
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You get time? Huh?
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Hi all,
i got a problem with my display.
The brightness/illumination on display when displaying content with white background is from what I see not correct.
A certain part in the middle of my display is clearly more illuminated then the rest. But only when showing the color white.
I did the diagnosis test in the menus and here it occurred again.
Does anybody have the same issue?
Is this a display problem so I have to change my phone? Or is this just a calibration problem?
Thanks in advance
I have the same problem on my z5 Dual. White backgrounds and the screen brightness increases. Not sure why this is.
DonJacob said:
Hi all,
i got a problem with my display.
The brightness/illumination on display when displaying content with white background is from what I see not correct.
A certain part in the middle of my display is clearly more illuminated then the rest. But only when showing the color white.
I did the diagnosis test in the menus and here it occurred again.
Does anybody have the same issue?
Is this a display problem so I have to change my phone? Or is this just a calibration problem?
Thanks in advance
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I don't have any kind of problem like this with my phone
Does it do the same in manual brightness mode? If so, you probably got a faulty screen .
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Does it do the same in manual brightness mode? If so, you probably got a faulty screen .
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By manual you mean adaptive brightness off right?
If so yes in manual mode too
Here i made a photo of my display.
I think you can see it pretty good
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0xQH_tcyAA-bGhBQ0FTN1ZrWVk/view?pli=1
I have exactly the same white spot on my black Z5, even in the same location. Very annoying, especially when scrolling through Facebook, Twitter and other apps with white background. On my iPhone 6S which I also use the screen is perfect.
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Here i made a photo of my display.
I think you can see it pretty good
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0xQH_tcyAA-bGhBQ0FTN1ZrWVk/view?pli=1
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You got a bright patch in the middle too - interesting. Maybe you could take this picture again vertically (without tilt & finger smudges) in a dark room ? I never saw 100% uniform white on any LCD & Amoled mobile screen, but yours don't look acceptable.
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You got a bright patch in the middle too - interesting. Maybe you could take this picture again vertically (without tilt & finger smudges) in a dark room ? I never saw 100% uniform white on any LCD & Amoled mobile screen, but yours don't look acceptable.
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Screen doesn't rotate to vertical in the diagnosis settings.
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You got a bright patch in the middle too - interesting. Maybe you could take this picture again vertically (without tilt & finger smudges) in a dark room ? I never saw 100% uniform white on any LCD & Amoled mobile screen, but yours don't look acceptable.
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But this is definitely a defect screen. The bright patch in the middle is really annoying when scrolling
I returned mine today, the bright patch in the center together with all other issues was just too much. Got an S6 Edge+ instead, same weight but much larger and much better looking screen.
I have the same issue, but Sonys repair shop say there is nothing wrong which I refuse to accept. See my reply in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z5/help/xperia-z5-backlight-unevenness-t3229903
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I have the same issue, but Sonys repair shop say there is nothing wrong which I refuse to accept. See my reply in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z5/help/xperia-z5-backlight-unevenness-t3229903
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Did you have a look at the picture of my display which i posted?
If it's like this anybody should clearly see it
@Scandinavianhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0xQH_tcyAA-bGhBQ0FTN1ZrWVk/view?usp=sharing
@Scandinavian https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0xQH_tcyAA-bGhBQ0FTN1ZrWVk
I'm in Singapore and on my second Z5 and there is still this unevenness in the backlight. The first set was more obvious and in the middle which was really irritating. This second one has two minor spots but they sort of form a line to the middle of the screen. It's kind of disappointing that the QC level of this product is so ****ty. Two straight out of shrink-wrapped boxes!
They are also from two revisions; the tray is different on both of mine... on the first set it was stupid with the microsim and sd slot on opposite sides meaning you had to slide one in half way to keep the sim card in before putting in the SD card. The second one made more sense with both the sim card and sd card on the same side.
I'm still pondering if I should bring it down to the telco to make another change...sigh.
guys my z5 had display but no backlight, I have bypassed the "V" and "A" both fuses still theres no backlight can anyone help?
Whenever I use the phone in landscape mode (with the edge site on top) I can't access the status/notification bar, as the edge bar is taking the same space. The only workaround I found is to have the edge side at the bottom, but this is a bit inconvenient as I'm used to holding the phone with the buttons (Home, Back) on the right. Is there another option?
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Whenever I use the phone in landscape mode (with the edge site on top) I can't access the status/notification bar, as the edge bar is taking the same space. The only workaround I found is to have the edge side at the bottom, but this is a bit inconvenient as I'm used to holding the phone with the buttons (Home, Back) on the right. Is there another option?
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Thanks for asking this. Im getting this phone at the end of the month and didnt even think about that. Dont know if it will affect me since im hoping the edge will notify me in the way needed but i cant get anyone to skype me to show me things about it
phonepie said:
Thanks for asking this. Im getting this phone at the end of the month and didnt even think about that. Dont know if it will affect me since im hoping the edge will notify me in the way needed but i cant get anyone to skype me to show me things about it
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I think you're going to like it. The edge screen is actually very functional and other than this landscape mode issue I consider it a benefit (unlike newer phones where the edge screen is just an aesthetic decision).
The main thing I like about the edge screen is that while navigating (using Waze) I can control my media player, make and accept calls without switching away from navigation screen and without pulling down the notifications panel (which again covers the screen).
oren_b said:
I think you're going to like it. The edge screen is actually very functional and other than this landscape mode issue I consider it a benefit (unlike newer phones where the edge screen is just an aesthetic decision).
The main thing I like about the edge screen is that while navigating (using Waze) I can control my media player, make and accept calls without switching away from navigation screen and without pulling down the notifications panel (which again covers the screen).
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Thanks, One of the main things I'm trying to figure out is if the entire screen is off and I get a KIK instant message if the whole screen lights up or if just the edge. And If just the edge lights up if it shows part of the private message or if it just says new message. Or if I need to get the wallet case for it that exposes the edge so the phone detects the magnet in the wallet case and activates the edge. No youtube video shows them things. I've seen it shows up on the edge to answer the phone. Which actually leads me to another questions. I'm gentle on phones but should I ever crack the edge or should the edge ever stop working does it give the option to still answer on the main big screen?
If edge notifications are enabled, the message and appears on the edge screen, but the whole screen lights up.
No idea about the glass. I'm very careful and never has as much as a scratch on the screens of my gorilla-glass-equipped phones. I hope the Note Edge won't be the first.
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If edge notifications are enabled, the message and appears on the edge screen, but the whole screen lights up.
No idea about the glass. I'm very careful and never has as much as a scratch on the screens of my gorilla-glass-equipped phones. I hope the Note Edge won't be the first.
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Ok thanks. Didnt mean to take over your thread. Im going to order the wallet case when i get it. That was one reason i wanted this phone was so it would only notify on edge and use less power. Too bad i need the case for it but its only like an extra $15 thanks again and sorry again
No worries about the off topic discussion. It keeps the thread up and I'm glad to help if I can
Can you post a link to the case? I'm personally using a $2 case from ebay which works fine, but I wouldn't mind paying more if I get better functionality.
oren_b said:
No worries about the off topic discussion. It keeps the thread up and I'm glad to help if I can
Can you post a link to the case? I'm personally using a $2 case from ebay which works fine, but I wouldn't mind paying more if I get better functionality.
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Here is the amazon link.
https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Orig...998171&sr=8-12&keywords=note+edge+wallet+case
and here is a youtube review of it showing how the edge works with the case closed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifcAWStdA7Y
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oren_b said:
No worries about the off topic discussion. It keeps the thread up and I'm glad to help if I can
Can you post a link to the case? I'm personally using a $2 case from ebay which works fine, but I wouldn't mind paying more if I get better functionality.
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Second reply. Something I did just notice though about that case. The volume button is inaccessible unless the case is open so I see my self cutting out a hole in it when I get mine to have access to the volume buttons.
phonepie said:
Here is the amazon link.
https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Orig...998171&sr=8-12&keywords=note+edge+wallet+case
and here is a youtube review of it showing how the edge works with the case closed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifcAWStdA7Y
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Second reply. Something I did just notice though about that case. The volume button is inaccessible unless the case is open so I see my self cutting out a hole in it when I get mine to have access to the volume buttons.
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I know this was from a little while ago so you might have already figured it out but with the Samsung flip case there's a actually + and - symbols on the side of the case (directly over the volume buttons), which allow you to use the volume buttons even when the flip case is closed.
Back to the original topic though.. Has anyone found a way to use the notification panel (or possibly an alternative) while in landscape on the Note Edge? I've been wondering the same thing because it drives me nuts not being able to get to the notification panel in landscape!! Thanks
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I put the edge on the bottom... and since I have the flip case, it doubles as a stand, with the edge on the bottom.
Go to Edge options and select "Edge screen on the left". Make sure you have all around orientation enabled. Now you can hold the phone in landscape with Edge screen on the bottom. That way you can use Notification pull down.
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I've been trawling through the forums for a couple days now to see if anyone has come up with a solution to, or a reason why Samsung doesn't leave the proximity sensor on while the always on display is active anymore (since the Note S10).
I know the sensor has been moved behind the screen. But it seems to function in the same way it used to. It still blanks the screen during a call, if I hold something over it up to about 20mm away. Just not with the always on display.
I'm currently using aodNotify as a sort of workaround. But would much prefer if the always on display just worked like every other damn phone!
Does anyone know the reason why Samsung has disabled this? Uses too much power? I Don't know.
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I've been trawling through the forums for a couple days now to see if anyone has come up with a solution to, or a reason why Samsung doesn't leave the proximity sensor on while the always on display is active anymore (since the Note S10).
I know the sensor has been moved behind the screen. But it seems to function in the same way it used to. It still blanks the screen during a call, if I hold something over it up to about 20mm away. Just not with the always on display.
I'm currently using aodNotify as a sort of workaround. But would much prefer if the always on display just worked like every other damn phone!
Does anyone know the reason why Samsung has disabled this? Uses too much power? I Don't know.
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Working in what way ? Mine works as in, it gets brighter or dimmer according to the light around me.....or are you wanting/expecting AOD to turn off when the screen is covered ?
seczdbz said:
Working in what way ? Mine works as in, it gets brighter or dimmer according to the light around me.....or are you wanting/expecting AOD to turn off when the screen is covered ?
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Exactly, the former of what you said is all it* does when AOD is active.
In any case this is now normal operation possibly done to help save battery.
*I'm not sure that the proximity sensor is the ambient light detector?
I think what the OP is saying is that for example if you cover the screen whilst the AOD is on, it used to turn the AOD off before. It no longer does this.
Behavior started with the S10 series.
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I think what the OP is saying is that for example if you cover the screen whilst the AOD is on, it used to turn the AOD off before. It no longer does this.
Behavior started with the S10 series.
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So if you had it in your pocket it use less battery?
Interesting.
On most other phones, and Samsung's prior to the Note 10. If you put the phone face down, or placed it in your pocket, the always on display would turn off to save battery. They no longer do this.
I wonder if there's a work around for this somehow.
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So if you had it in your pocket it use less battery?
Interesting.
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Yep, or if you're posh and use a leather folio case .
(sticks pinky finger out while opening phone)
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Yep, or if you're posh and use a leather folio case .
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Lmao
More heavy metal, you know... with the finger eating indestructible case