Hi can anyone give a definitive answer whether the GS2 is capable of magnetic sleep / wake function?
I would have assumed it isn't.. but:
I just got a Nexus 7 tablet and a case that wakes device when opened and puts device to sleep when closed. Magnets innit. Simples..
So I thought "oh, I wonder if my S2 does that.."
tap tap tap
A seller on Amazon has this:
iTALKonline PADWEAR ADVANCED Executive BLACK Wallet Case/Cover/Stand With SMART TILT and with Magnetic Sleep Wake Sensor Feature For Samsung i9100 Galaxy S II S2
(I'm not allowed to post links yet..)
Now perhaps this was a foolish assumption, although IMO it really shouldn't be, but I figure if they sell a case with the feature, surely thats a reasonable indicator that the feature exists?
Why don't you get a magnet and try, then report your findings
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kilometers4 said:
Why don't you get a magnet and try, then report your findings
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Well I bought the case and it doesn't work so that may be unnecessary
My phone hasn't updated though, still running 2.3.3, so I think my hope was that someone would tell me I need ICS for it to work....
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u can try smart screen on , it opens and locks the device using proximity sensor , smart screen off is cool to , it is for use with pocket , and it can definitly be used with ur cover
Tefanym said:
u can try smart screen on , it opens and locks the device using proximity sensor , smart screen off is cool to , it is for use with pocket , and it can definitly be used with ur cover
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Thanks that sounds like it may be my best option, can't believe how much it's frustrating me to not have a feature that I only just learned about!
Does that not have a significant impact on battery life?
Still annoyed that I paid over the odds for a case claiming to do something that is likely impossible
AntJWebb said:
Thanks that sounds like it may be my best option, can't believe how much it's frustrating me to not have a feature that I only just learned about!
Does that not have a significant impact on battery life?
Still annoyed that I paid over the odds for a case claiming to do something that is likely impossible
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it's ok with battery life , display is still the first battery eater , especially that those apps have a sleep policy
No it isn't, hence why there are no cases which provide the feature. I don't think rubbing a magnet up and down your phone is a great idea either.
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I was very excited by the Smart Stay feature of SGSIII but after a few days, experience, my opinion is that it does not work. I set the timeout to 15 sec. The eye flashes in the notification bar but most of the time screen is turned off. I tried staring directly at the front camera. Tried various positions too but no result. And all this is done in a normal lit room. Then I tried removing my specs and then it seems to work. Since I can't do much without them, so no fixed observation. Can anybody help?
do you wear glasses?
defia said:
do you wear glasses?
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Yes
Mine works even with glasses on
Toadeh said:
Mine works even with glasses on
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Any particular setting? Or particular angle at which you keep your phone? Mine for sure does not work. The eye flashes but then the screen is also turned off.
I have the same issue too. Does anyone know the issue and how to overcome it? Thanks
I get mixed results with it. It works under ideal conditions but I had to extend the dim period to use it in everyday use.
The icon appears to show that the phone is checking for a face and not confirming it saw one. I see it flash even when looking from an angle where I'm definitely out of the camera frame.
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Me and a friend we bought s3 and both of us having an issue with smart stay !It works after you open the device for the 15-30 minutes and after that nothing,after the eye appears the screen goes off!We are not wearing glasses!!So any idea what cause that?A possible bug of it?Or any future update will fix it?
you guys running on XXfl2 or whatever it is?
smart stay works really well for me, never has an issue, even at acute angles
It never works for me.
Then again... I'm way to ugly for my phone to stay with me.
Smartphone's R getting to smart I guess.
Works great for me too...
Samsung already stated they are working on improving the feature as it is not yet capable of handling some light conditions, and most glasses.
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Works fine for me with glasses, as long as the phone's front camera is pointing right at me.
The flashing eye means its searching for a face; the only indication that it has recognised you is that the screen doesn't turn off.
Same issue!
Yup, facing the same problem. Keep staring at the screen for hours for the damn thing to work. But it just wont. I have tried with my glasses off. Got the same result. The eye appears on the screen twice. The first time it dims the screen, the second time it shuts it off. I have tried different angles, but have finally resigned to my fate, unless XDA/Sammy figure it out!
not working for me 2
I am not wearing any glasses but it simply dont wok tried to change the angels but no luck ... hope it need improvement. This was the main reason to purchase the s3 but....
Mine works quite well, feels like its abit of a battery drain though.
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For anyone having issues this might be worth a shout.
http://www.redmondpie.com/iseeyou-b...-older-devices-running-android-2.3-or-higher/
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It needs to be a nice distance from your face to pick up your eyes, light is an issue too.
Its a nice feature that has some obvious issues on a 1.X MP camera.
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For anyone having issues this might be worth a shout.
http://www.redmondpie.com/iseeyou-b...-older-devices-running-android-2.3-or-higher/
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Samsung patented this feature so i guess the app dev is in a bit of danger unless he is not really rich.
Other apps wont be as good either, as smart stay was made with this hardware in mind (namely the camera). Others will have to bend and shape to fit multiple cameras, making detection algorithms not as strong.
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I just bought the flip cover samsung case for my note and I was wondering if there was a mod or an app to light up-off the screen with the cover as on the ipad 2... Since it works in phone mode with the proximity sensor maybe that's the option... If someone knows if it exists or if it is possible it would be really appreciated I'm not a developper at all but I can help if someone decides to use my idea for a future one and I'm going to be the first one to use it daily
Thanks
Not sure if it's exactly what you want, but I know there's an app that uses your proximity sensor to automatically turn on and off the screen. Used it as a crap hack when my galaxy s2 had a screen stuck on issue back in the d. Ha. I'll try and find it.
Is this real life?
Found it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenoffpro
Is this real life?
Just installed, works really well with the flip cover. Will have to wait and see how it affects battery life before I device to buy the pro version, but so far seems like an awesome app.
edit: I installed CPU spy, and so didn't hold a wakelock, sup it shouldn't have much of an effect on battery life, if at all. Really slick app.
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This app seems to work pretty good from now, thanks
right now im testing screen control, which is free in teh app store (on stock ICS)
it works but works when it wants to really. it might be for earlier android versions.
but im looking for a simple app that recognizes motion on my preferred sensitivity to turn the screen on.
im so tired of pressing the power button on these phones. it irritates the piss out of me now.
i just wanna pick my phone up and screen come on. i dont even care if the screen comes on when i dont want it to..
Try this one here
Or go with the paid version here
I havent tried either of them yet but they look promising.
I used this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=grandmaster.awesomeonoffultimate&hl=en
It worked really well but eventually the extra battery use wasn't worth it.
What if the folds from ur pockets turn the screen on? I see no point though in screen on with motion detection it's cool to show off but I think its just a of waste time. Thing you could tell us the plans for this?
Using phone as a media server and don't wish to get up to turn screen on so u just wave ur hand from a distance? That sounds pretty useful lol
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I completely agree.. seems like a frivolous app to me.
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What if the folds from ur pockets turn the screen on? I see no point though in screen on with motion detection it's cool to show off but I think its just a of waste time. Thing you could tell us the plans for this?
Using phone as a media server and don't wish to get up to turn screen on so u just wave ur hand from a distance? That sounds pretty useful lol
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I used this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=grandmaster.awesomeonoffultimate&hl=en
It worked really well but eventually the extra battery use wasn't worth it.
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This.
My phone is currently running everything stock , I am considering rooting my device !
one of the primary reason is to get the knock knock - double tap to wake and sleep the device .
the question is , is it possible to get it on the ZU after rooting .
Hopefully there are no issues rooting ZU on 4.3 , if any please mention
thank you
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My phone is currently running everything stock , I am considering rooting my device !
one of the primary reason is to get the knock knock - double tap to wake and sleep the device .
the question is , is it possible to get it on the ZU after rooting .
Hopefully there are no issues rooting ZU on 4.3 , if any please mention
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i havent seen any knock2 to wake that works on z ultra. care to point the link sir?
Ok, maybe I should have said search is my (or the collective forum) friend, as the question has been asked and answered several times that there is no knock/knock to wahe port for the XZU
We'll get the "double-tap-to-wake" feature in the 4.4 update according to the latest Sony 4.4 screenshots leak (xperiablog.net).
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i havent seen any knock2 to wake that works on z ultra. care to point the link sir?
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Ok, maybe I should have said search is my (or the collective forum) friend, as the question has been asked and answered several times that there is no knock/knock to wahe port for the XZU
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The idea came my mind when i read that the knock knock feature was ported to HTC ONE through flashing something , so I thought if this could be done for the XZu it would be awesome !
and since I am coming from the jailbreak family i couldn't do much research about the true capabilities of rooting !
It's not Knock Knock, BUT:
I use the Gravity Screen app. On stock settings, it will turn off your display when you cover the proximity sensor and you tilt the device a certain angle, like when you're putting it in your pocket.
It will wake it up again once the prox sensor detects that nothing's covering it, like when you take it out of a pocket, or flip open a wallet case. You can play with the different settings to make it work however you want.
In my case, I've set it up so that if my phone is lying on the table, I can just tap/hover a finger (or palm/entire hand) over the proximity sensor and the screen will activate. Just like Samsung's implementation, or indeed Knock Knock. In my case though, it just takes one...knock.
No more wear on the power button. For turning the screen off, I use the Screen Off app (double tap with Nova's gestures). Or if I'm putting the phone in my pocket, the screen turns off automatically once the top part goes down a certain angle.
Hope this helps.
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It's not Knock Knock, BUT:
I use the Gravity Screen app. On stock settings, it will turn off your display when you cover the proximity sensor and you tilt the device a certain angle, like when you're putting it in your pocket.
It will wake it up again once the prox sensor detects that nothing's covering it, like when you take it out of a pocket, or flip open a wallet case. You can play with the different settings to make it work however you want.
In my case, I've set it up so that if my phone is lying on the table, I can just tap/hover a finger (or palm/entire hand) over the proximity sensor and the screen will activate. Just like Samsung's implementation, or indeed Knock Knock. In my case though, it just takes one...knock.
No more wear on the power button. For turning the screen off, I use the Screen Off app (double tap with Nova's gestures). Or if I'm putting the phone in my pocket, the screen turns off automatically once the top part goes down a certain angle.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you , will surely try this app and work my way around this
Can anyone confirm if double tap to wake was added to the official 4.4.2 kitkat update? I'm thiiiiiiis close to buying the Z Ultra, but I need to know this first.
No.
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but there is a build of the kernel (at least a build of DooMLoRD's kernel) that has dt2w enabled
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but there is a build of the kernel (at least a build of DooMLoRD's kernel) that has dt2w enabled
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nice, i'm gonna try later hehehe....thank u for the info blue.
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nice, i'm gonna try later hehehe....thank u for the info blue.
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I may have put you wrong. I dont think that there was a public release of the doomkernel with dt2w but there was a port by jackie099 (that has been removed from the OP) This is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2740305
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I may have put you wrong. I dont think that there was a public release of the doomkernel with dt2w but there was a port by jackie099 (that has been removed from the OP) This is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2740305
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hi i like this phone but without double take to wake i wont buy it.
it doesnt have the 4g b20 800mhz. i could live with that.. but i really cant live without double tap to wake i have a lg g3. and every chinees phone i buy has it. so for me it's a standard
Your can wakeup by fingerprint sensor. It was the best.
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U can also use the proximity sensor, it's faster than fingerprint and dt2w and eats nearly zero battery.
i was tempted to port it but after getting used to the fingerprint i guess its not really necessary
hum. my phone is always laying on the table next to my pc. so it's pretty annoying to have to lift up the phone to see if i have notifications. (i mean to read them)
i have LG phone and i can't live without double tap to wake. i mso used to the back buttons so a finger print scanner on the back is nice but no dt2w is stupid i mean i dont always have my phone in my hand. so if i want to wake it up i just double tap, but without that i need to lift up the phone or press the side power button dont know it seems pretty annoying for me.
i had a doogee f5 great phone but i use more double tap to wake then a finger print scanner i mostly turned it off cause i hate passwords only use it when im not at home. but soo yeah without double tape to wake this xiaomi is a no for me every 'f:iking chinees phone has double tap to wake even 50$ ones
why can't a 160euro xiaomi have it ilove xiaomi it's quality but yeah no 800mhz 4g and no double tap. if it had double tap to wake i could consider buying it.
so no rom has it implanted? or some one made it?
Seriously! I have redmi note 3 and i miss this feature a lot, even just to read notifications i need to hold up the phone and press power button or fingerprint scanner. Now many would argue and say there are apps like active display/gravity screen/proximity sensors but they all consume some amount of battery. Also these apps would be user apps, not system ones and so would be killed by miui Aggressive battery saver mode.
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Seriously! I have redmi note 3 and i miss this feature a lot, even just to read notifications i need to hold up the phone and press power button or fingerprint scanner. Now many would argue and say there are apps like active display/gravity screen/proximity sensors but they all consume some amount of battery. Also these apps would be user apps, not system ones and so would be killed by miui Aggressive battery saver mode.
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Finally some one who understands.
Yes there are apps but all use proximity or something.
I just love double tap is so easy.
And my lg g3 is getting old and the g4 is a bit expensive and not much of a ungrade so im looking for a new phone but thats almost impossible to find someone better then my lg g3 for a good price
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Finally some one who understands.
Yes there are apps but all use proximity or something.
I just love double tap is so easy.
And my lg g3 is getting old and the g4 is a bit expensive and not much of a ungrade so im looking for a new phone but thats almost impossible to find someone better then my lg g3 for a good price
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I had posted this in miui forums, but got the same vague response. Even though mi4 and others had this feature, it's missing on note3. Everyone considers it redundant due to the fingerprint sensor at the back but to me it removing dt2w would have only made sense if the fingerprint sensor was on front. From the looks of it, guess xiaomi won't be adding this feature back anytime soon. Till then we could just hope that someone somewhere ports it rn3.
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I had posted this in miui forums, but got the same vague response. Even though mi4 and others had this feature, it's missing on note3. Everyone considers it redundant due to the fingerprint sensor at the back but to me it removing dt2w would have only made sense if the fingerprint sensor was on front. From the looks of it, guess xiaomi won't be adding this feature back anytime soon. Till then we could just hope that someone somewhere ports it rn3.
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Yup tell then i wont buy it... I mean it's a steal for its price but damn. It's a simple feature that every phone out of China has.... Damit.
And wierd the mi4 has it. (saw the miui forum reeded every page) snif guess the remdi note won't be my next phone or will it? hahaa
damit i love the battery life. and the 'openess' of xiaomi/miui with sources aviable etc. i think it will get some custom roms. even if miui is already great.
i can get used to no double tap but i will miss it... and still hope some one ou xiaomi will implant it.. the 4g b20 pff not sure if i really do care that much.
but can some one tell me how dark the lowest brightness is? is it lower then a lg g3? or is it lower then a oneplusone (lg g3 is pretty bright a 0% that's not always fun, oneplusone was great at 0% very dark)
I used fingerprint sensor to wakeup by second finger. I found it was excellent.
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We just need a kernel support for it if the dispaly pannel supports that gesture!
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We just need a kernel support for it if the dispaly pannel supports that gesture!
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just needs time.
there are more and more roms every day.
some one started on a kernel. (or something with kernel)
it will come.
i ordered the phone (again lol i bought it first a 163.50 euro and now its 155.96euro at a other seller) i tried to get my seller to drop the price or give me a flip cover. but he wouldnt. so i canceled. now just wait for it to ship finaly a fast phone again. after 6 months a oneplusone then exchanging that for a lg g3 2gb was a good deal but the lg is getter slower and slower i mean the apps are getting heavier and heavier i use greenify and **** for the facebook app. but messenger whatsapp snapchat arent greenified cause i need notifications lol
if i let that apps sleeps i will get a fast phone i think. love the lg g3 it's one year. but i want better battery life faster phone and no bull**** 2k screen to get less battery life
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just needs time.
there are more and more roms every day.
some one started on a kernel. (or something with kernel)
it will come.
i ordered the phone (again lol i bought it first a 163.50 euro and now its 155.96euro at a other seller) i tried to get my seller to drop the price or give me a flip cover. but he wouldnt. so i canceled. now just wait for it to ship finaly a fast phone again. after 6 months a oneplusone then exchanging that for a lg g3 2gb was a good deal but the lg is getter slower and slower i mean the apps are getting heavier and heavier i use greenify and **** for the facebook app. but messenger whatsapp snapchat arent greenified cause i need notifications lol
if i let that apps sleeps i will get a fast phone i think. love the lg g3 it's one year. but i want better battery life faster phone and no bull**** 2k screen to get less battery life
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You're right. Gonna get this device asap.
Tītan
In twrp recovery the screen wakes up by just tapping on screen in redmi note 3. I am using twrp cofface. That means the display can support double tap to wake up.
Hoping some developer start working on it soon.
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In twrp recovery the screen wakes up by just tapping on screen in redmi note 3.
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You are mistaken. Check again your screen before "tapping to wake". You will see that screen is still powered up, it just has backlight dimmed to very low value.
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You are mistaken. Check again your screen before "tapping to wake". You will see that screen is still powered up, it just has backlight dimmed to very low value.
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Just checked again in dark room. Clearly the screen is off. Also its not an amoled display that i can't figure out.
reggiexp said:
hi i like this phone but without double take to wake i wont buy it.
it doesnt have the 4g b20 800mhz. i could live with that.. but i really cant live without double tap to wake i have a lg g3. and every chinees phone i buy has it. so for me it's a standard
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Short answer that it's likely not.
If you'll look at in which models Xiaomi is used to implement this feature you'll notice it only appears for the (premium?) MI lineup models.
Redmi phones hasn't ever had this feature in Xiaomi OEM ROMs/kernels despite hardware support. So, it is unlikely that it will ever come to RMN3 Pro in OEM ROM.
However, should someone have implemented it in a custom kernel, it is rather simple task to make it available in the Settings app through a patch.
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Short answer that it's likely not.
If you'll look at in which models Xiaomi is used to implement this feature you'll notice it only appears for the (premium?) MI lineup models.
Redmi phones hasn't ever had this feature in Xiaomi OEM ROMs/kernels despite hardware support. So, it is unlikely that it will ever come to RMN3 Pro in OEM ROM.
However, should someone have implemented it in a custom kernel, it is rather simple task to make it available in the Settings app through a patch.
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we will see. not in a hury.
don't have the phone yet.
it's on it's way. will get used to no double tap to wake it will obligat me to use the fingerprint scanner always i hate passwords but what ever.
but it's stupid cause every cheap mediatek phone has double tap to wake and xiaomi nope, just a big middel finger but anyway it's a great phone for it's price (i hope)
Coming from the LG G2 I too miss this feature a lot!
Hate to pick the Note up to unlock it if its lying flat on the table....such a simple and essential feature
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Coming from the LG G2 I too miss this feature a lot!
Hate to pick the Note up to unlock it if its lying flat on the table....such a simple and essential feature
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Use Gravity Screen https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexnor.gravityscreenofffree
Then just swipe over the proximity sensor and the screen turns on, no battery drain and you can disable/enable it with one tap in the status bar