Turnyourscreenonandoffbysimplyshakingyourphone.
Avoidbreakingyourpowerbutton.Justshakeyourphoneandlockorunlockit.
ITWILLNOTDRAINYOURBATTERY.Ondevice'suptoAndroidKitKat4.4,thebatteryconsumptionshouldbeminimal.Ondevice'srunningAndroid5+,duetoanAndroidbug,therewillbemorebatterybeingused,butitstillshouldnotbeahugeamount.IdidallIcouldtomaketheappworkonAndroid5+,andsoIrathermakeitwork,evenifmorebatteryisnecessarytokeepitworking.
MymainfocuswhenIimplementedtheappwasonnotdrainingthebattery,anditwon't.Letitrunforadayandthenchecktheapp'sbatteryconsumption.Itshouldbeminimal(asopposedtoother"Shaketoturnthescreenonandoff"and"ShaketoLockandUnlock"appsonGooglePlay.
ThisistheFREEversionoftheapp"ShakeScreenOnOff".OnthePROversion,youcandoeverythingyoucandoontheFREEversion,plus:
1-noadsaredisplayed.
2-theusercanchoosetostarttheappautomaticallyafterthedeviceisturnedon.
3-theappcanbesettounlockthescreenautomaticallywhenthescreenisturnedbackon.
4-theappcanusetheproximitysensortoavoidaccidentallyturningonthescreenwhenthedeviceisonapocket,forinstance.
5-Thedevicecanbesettovibrateeverytimethescreenisturnedonoroff.
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UNINSTALLATION
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Duetothefactthattheappneedsadminprivilegestorun,ifyouwanttouninstallityoumustdoitbyclickingontheuninstallbuttoninsidetheapp.IfyoutrytouninstalltheappusingthestandardAndroidAppManager,theuninstallbuttonwillbedisabled.Justrememberthattouninstalltheapp,youmustaccesstheappitself.
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COMPATIBILITY
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Unfortunately,onsomedevicestheappwillnotbeabletoturnthescreenbackon(whentheusershakesthephone)afterthescreenisturnedoff.It'sahardwarelimitationofthesedevices,andthereisnothingthatcanbedoneonthesoftwaresidetoavoidit.Forinstance,I'vetestedtheapponthe'LGNexus4'anditworksflawlessly;ontheotherhand,onthe'SamsungGalaxyAce'theaccelerometersensorsareturnedoffthemomentthescreengoesoff.Ifthatisthecaseonyourdevice,pleasesendmeanemail(thereisabuttonontheapptodoit)explainingwhatishappeningonyourspecificcase.Theappwilladdthemodelandmanufacturerofyourdevicetothebodyofyouremail(pleasedonoterasethisinformation)andIwillremoveyourdevicefromthelistofavailabledevicesonGooglePlay.Thankyouverymuchforyourhelp!
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PERMISSIONS
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Preventphonefromsleeping-necessarytowakethephoneupafterit'sscreenisturnedoff.
Viewnetworkconnectionsandfullnetworkaccess-onlynecessaryontheFREEversion,tobeabletoshowads(non-intrusiveads,onlydisplayedwhentheuseropenthemainscreenoftheapp).
ThisappusestheDeviceAdministratorpermission.Inordertobeabletolockandunlockthedevicewhenyoushakeit.
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