Hi all,
I've tried Power Toggles and similar from the Play Store, but none of them actually access the same rotation toggle as the Samsung ICS control, which you can stop rotation at any orientation.
Anyone had any better luck? Most of the toggles I tried just totally didn't work. GMD Smart Rotate allows rotation but when it gets disabled the display always goes back to stock Portrait (so it can't be held in the last-held orientation).
This is an unofficial directory for issues/features that we want to see fixed/added via ROMS or software updates. Simply post a request, and if it is appropriate and acceptable it will be added into the directory. This post serves as a place where DEVS can find an issue or feature and can... well... fix it! I plan for most of these to be at least partially exclusive to sense 6 and or the Verizon HTC m8. I will update the directory nightly
GUIDELINES*The issue must be something that more than one person can relate to.
*The issue cannot pertain to another app. I.E. if an app is crashing too much.
*K.I.S.S Keep it simple stupid.
*Look before you post! I will update the directory and see if it's there. This will save us both some time
*Lastly off-topic posts or typo requests won't bother me the slightest, but just know your boundaries
*Please refrain from things that are basic in custom ROMS . These include but are not limited to navigation bar tweaks, and system ui visual changes
If you see a user post an issue that you know a fix for, give him a hand
DIRECTORY
Solutions
Please remember general UI tweaks can easily be edited with many xposed modules or ROM baked controls
✓ Allow the wake gestures to be used when the device is laying down
Calibrate G sensor poorly intentionally.
✓ Remove unnecessary wifi notifications "wifi network available"
Option in WiFi settings and flashable zip.
✓ Native wifi tethering
Custom ROMS.
✓ Full control over notification bar icons. Nfc, boom sound, etc.
Gravity box, sense 6 toolbox, or viper control.
1/2 Separate lockscreen shortcuts and dock shortcuts
Lock screen shortcuts are based on the sense launcher dock. Using a different launcher allows control between the two.
✓ Custom status bar toggles
Now in stock ROM as well as most custom roms.
*In the quick toggles tiles, make the brightness toggle open a traditional slider
*Remove that friggin 4gLTE icon when wifi is on
*Custom actions for motion launch gestures
*Don't auto wake screen on call end
*Quick toggle/widget for toggling motion launch gestures
*Email widget for stock sense email app
*Charging images for navigation bar
*Modded launcher with customizations such as grid size
*Enable individual motion launch gestures
*More than 10 alarms
*Customization over dot case notifications (may take some adv coding skillz)
*App ops standardized
*Remove 10 incorrect password attempt data wipe.
*More options for auto device sleep/lock
*More sense features ported or modified for aosp use. (This one is a toughie)
wtoj34 said:
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*Allow the wake gestures to be used when the device is laying down
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This is getting annoying for me. The double tap to wake and the slide up to unlock is an amazing feature. But it's almost worthless if we can't use it when the phone is laying down. My phone is on my desk at work most of the day, and it would be great if I could just double tap to see what notification just came in.
I think it has to do with the g-sensor. When I first turned the phone on, the pop up menu said that the unlock gestures only work when the screen is being held in portrait mode. So I'm thinking that when it's laying down, the phone doesn't know exactly what orientation it should be in. I've found that even holding the phone upright just a touch allows the gestures to work fine.
Changing shortcuts of the gestures while the screen is off? For instance, swipe left while screen is off launches 'X' app...
Unlocked wireless tether. Get rid of the various wifi notifications. LED torch quick toggle.
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When on a call, press power button to turn screen off, when call ends the screen turns back on by itself. Why? Idk but very annoying, only HTC phones do this!
If someone can tweak it to where when in a call the user manually presses the power button to turn screen off, the screen stays off even when the caller or whoever hangs up.
A feature that would be great for me is a quick toggle/widget to toggle the motion launch gestures. I have to go through all the settings menus every time I want to toggle it (which is only when I'm at work). When at work, my phone stays in my pocket, and I am moving around a lot, so sometimes my thigh will unlock the phone and open apps, along with draining my battery.
Changing images for navigation bar.
Sent from my HTC One M8!
U WOT M8?
Just pointing out a few things:
1. As far as the WiFi notification, you can get rid of this by going to Settings > Wi-Fi > Advanced, and de-selecting the "Notify me" option. This is what I did on my previous phone (M7) and my M8, and since de-selecting that box, I've never seen the WiFi notification pop up.
2. The Wake Gestures actually can be used when the phone is laying down. This also annoyed me to no end initially, until I saw someone post that you can just move your phone slightly to make the wake gestures work. I'm assuming this works because it trips the internal movement sensor, which then makes the phone think that it's been picked up. The movement doesn't even have to be vertical; I just slightly move my phone to the side a bit, and it's enough to make the wake gestures work for me.
Email Widget for the native Sense email app...i cannot BELIEVE this was left out by HTC/VZW/whoever...WTF!
I'd like to be able to adjust the grid size of the home screens, 4 across is too spaced out, I like it lining up with 4 icons and app drawer icon at the bottom.
Also, as mentioned in another post, I'd like to be able to customize the keys next to the home key, i.e. move the back key to the right and replace the multitask key with the menu key etc.
ability to hide the standard soft buttons and replace them with LMT style popup buttons.
Ability to toggle individual gestures on and off. I'd like to have double tap to wake, but turn off swipe to wake. I end up waking the device with a swype simply by pulling it out of my pocket which I don't want.
Toggle automatic factory reset on 10 bad unlock attempts on and off or set the number of failed attempts to an arbitrary number.
Able to remove ANY of the always on notificatios. Alarm, keyboard, hearing aid boost, nfc, etc
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I love the "knock on" feature, tho I agree, it would be very nice if it worked even when the phone is laying flat. But why is there no "knock off"? Don't they kinda go hand in hand?
Ability to have more than 10 alarms
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Slide finger across statusbar to control brightness like Gravitybox (enabling in Gravitybox does not work on our devices).
Ability to display notifications from more than the stock HTC apps when using the Dot Matrix case.
xShin said:
2. The Wake Gestures actually can be used when the phone is laying down. This also annoyed me to no end initially, until I saw someone post that you can just move your phone slightly to make the wake gestures work. I'm assuming this works because it trips the internal movement sensor, which then makes the phone think that it's been picked up. The movement doesn't even have to be vertical; I just slightly move my phone to the side a bit, and it's enough to make the wake gestures work for me.
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I have found that tapping the screen 3 times (instead of 2) will usually wake the screen while it is laying on a desk. Just use a little bit of force on the first tap... It seems like an accelerometer needs to detect motion before the screen digitizer wakes up.
This would still be a nice feature request, though I have a feeling it won't be possible without having a significant effect on battery life.
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I have found that tapping the screen 3 times (instead of 2) will usually wake the screen while it is laying on a desk. Just use a little bit of force on the first tap... It seems like an accelerometer needs to detect motion before the screen digitizer wakes up.
This would still be a nice feature request, though I have a feeling it won't be possible without having a significant effect on battery life.
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Three taps with the phone laying flat has been working for me as well.
I would love to see a built in data transfer rate in the status bar like Android revolution has for the m7
Sent from my Verizon HTC M8
I'm looking for a simple app that just turns off the screen when launched. I need to be able to choose it as an app to be launched from pie control, and have it simply turn off the screen with no additional taps. Pie control lacks this feature so I'm trying to find a way around it. Anyone know of something that does this?
Notes: I've tried several apps and though some allow creation of a shortcut to turn off the screen, or have an activity to do it, but they will not work with Pie Control as it only lists apps in the app drawer.
Device is an S4 running 4.4.2
Found it! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cillinsoft.scrnoff
Brightness slider on left screen swipe. Number indicates brightness is changing but screen brightness is unchanged. Main brightness control works on the player though. Tested on my Z1 Compact 5.1.1. I remembered that brightness slider worked for me when I was in 4.4.4 and 5.0.2. The same thing can also be seen in my brother's Android One running on 6.0. Can anyone else validate this? Thanks!
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Brightness slider on left screen swipe. Number indicates brightness is changing but screen brightness is unchanged. Main brightness control works on the player though. Tested on my Z1 Compact 5.1.1. I remembered that brightness slider worked for me when I was in 4.4.4 and 5.0.2. The same thing can also be seen in my brother's Android One running on 6.0. Can anyone else validate this? Thanks!
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It's not MX Player's fault. Android always uses the brightness settings of the top most windows. But, some applications like Floating widgets, Power savers, Display Filters & Brightness control will create a invisible window & will try to keep it on the top of all other apps. So, brightness settings of that particular app will be applied. Kindly find the app that always try to run foreground & disable it.
hmm. Come to think of it, both phones have Klock installed as floating widget. Will test it when I get home. Thank you very much.
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It's not MX Player's fault. Android always uses the brightness settings of the top most windows. But, some applications like Floating widgets, Power savers, Display Filters & Brightness control will create a invisible window & will try to keep it on the top of all other apps. So, brightness settings of that particular app will be applied. Kindly find the app that always try to run foreground & disable it.
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Knock Lock really did cause the issue. I tried installing the app on another device with 5.0.2 and the brightness control also didn't work. Thanks again.
Hi,
I am looking for an App to manage screen rotation when you tilt your phone just the way the stock screen rotation app does.
Just so there is no confusion: there are a tonne of screen rotation management apps already out there. ALL of these (AFAIK *shrug*) do not implement a screen rotation thread. Instead what they do is enable or disable screen rotation so that the stock system thread will rotate or not-rotate.
Rather, I want to "replace" the stock thread.
This replacement app would:
1. disable the stock thread (this is easy through the settings.)
2. monitor the two-axis tilt sensors.
3. set the rotation 0, 90, 180, 270 as required.
What is the advantage of such an App over the stock rotation thread?
Well there are several:
A. you can extend the functionality to bump or shake.
B. you can adjust the sensitivity.
C. you can get your rotate working if the stock thread is broken -- which happens on some phones.
Does anyone know if any app implements its own rotation mechanism as I describe?
Best wishes
Paul
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I don't think there are any apps that can replace the stock rotation system, they can only extend the functionality. It's also possible that some can force rotate it if your sensor is somehow broken.
An app called "Rotation" adds a floating button that gives on-demand rotation. Though I don't know of any apps that have all the desired features into one. I know there's a shake to rotate app, but I don't think there are any bump to rotate apps.
is it possible to change an app's orientation using this so that it opens up only in portrait instead of always in landscape?
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I don't think there are any apps that can replace the stock rotation system, they can only extend the functionality.
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that does not make sense
if you can (1) read the sensor, and (2) you can force rotate, and (3) you can disable the stock rotation system,
then that 1..3 means that you are effectively replacing the stock rotation system.
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that does not make sense
if you can (1) read the sensor, and (2) you can force rotate, and (3) you can disable the stock rotation system,
then that 1..3 means that you are effectively replacing the stock rotation system.
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The app that I named in my previous post doesn't work if rotation is disabled.
It has a small switch in the top right corner which turns on its service, which in turn also turns on the auto rotation system of Android.
I haven't used any other rotation apps except the one I mentioned, but I'm pretty sure they all require auto rotation to be turned on.
And that's what I would call "an extension of the stock functionality", because a replacement wouldn't require the stock system to be turned on, correct?
I use tasker for this. You choose the apps you want to be able to rotate the screen or you choose the orientation you like for that app. The system orientation is untouched by this.
Not sure if you really looking for this but that's how I handle my gallery, youtube, ... (rotation enabled, brightness to 90%). After you exit the app everything switches back like before (in this case only brightness to 25% because orientation is still disabled by the system).