Wasmachineman_NL 99 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 As some of you might know, i'm a die-hard Nokia N900 user, and going from that to the Pro1 has been a culture shock. Android instead of Maemo, a radically different keyboard layout, the much faster sd835 CPU and so on. But, there are things I miss, like: Being able to unlock the device without using the lockscreen, like pressing the power button twice Not being able to unlock the device by touching the display after it autolocks No proper Notes app like osso-notes on the N900 No sticky modifier keys like sticky Left Shift Worst part of it all: NO ROCKBOX /s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,998 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 1:13 PM, Wasmachineman_NL said: But, there are things I miss, Expand Doesn't double tap wakes up the device like in N9? As far as I remember well, I have seen this function demonstrated on Pro1 earlier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wasmachineman_NL 99 Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 1:21 PM, VaZso said: Doesn't double tap wakes up the device like in N9? As far as I remember well, I have seen this function demonstrated on Pro1 earlier. Expand Double tap activates the camera instead of unlocking the device. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_DW_ 628 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 1:24 PM, Wasmachineman_NL said: Double tap activates the camera instead of unlocking the device. Expand Double tap can usually have it's settings changed but i've not had stock android in a phone but on most there is a lock screen section. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glumreaper 144 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I'd imagine it was a culture shock! Isn't the N900 about ten years old? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
enPfzr4v 239 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I didn't think any N900 devices were even still in use. The USB port issue killed the two I own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteffenWi 139 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Same, so I brought it two Nokia and they repaired it. Dunno if they did something different but after the 2nd replacement it just kept working 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,998 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 2:15 PM, abielins said: I didn't think any N900 devices were even still in use. The USB port issue killed the two I own. Expand On my N900 phones USB port still work well. However, 32GB eMMC flash have worn out (unreachable). I have two of them running well (however a bit slower) where rootfs is on internal 256MB storage and the rest is on microSD cards, another one of them (which was my original one) could be repaired the same way but I wanted to reach user data without success, and the last one has working eMMC but hardware became unstable before I switched to another phone. I got one of my N900s with eMMC fault and after I could "repair" it, I have bought another faulty N900 as spare as it was cheap in that state (also with eMMC fault)... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kashif 350 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 2:15 PM, abielins said: I didn't think any N900 devices were even still in use. The USB port issue killed the two I own. Expand Hi Have 8 Nokia E7 all working. the usb ports were killing it. but then i found a solution, i bought magnetic usb adaptors and glue them to usb port. since then never had any issue with usb ports. 2 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
enPfzr4v 239 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 2:34 PM, kashif said: i bought magnetic usb adaptors and glue them to usb port Expand 😨 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kashif 350 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 2:44 PM, abielins said: 😨 Expand yes thats true 🙂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,520 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 1:24 PM, Wasmachineman_NL said: Double tap activates the camera instead of unlocking the device. Expand There is a "tap to wake" setting, under Display, that is Off by default. It works fine if you turn it on here.... 😉 How you set it to wake the camera I do not know. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wasmachineman_NL 99 Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 2:53 PM, EskeRahn said: There is a "tap to wake" setting, under Display, that is Off by default. It works fine if you turn it on here.... 😉 How you set it to wake the camera I do not know. Expand Factory default. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,520 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I also would like closing the slider to turning off the screen (like power button). But please as an option, as not all might like that. Then we can select the lock-delay under Security, The cogwheel next to Screen Lock, Automatic lock, e.g. 5 sec, that should be more than enough to press the power button, double tap or reopen, before the password protection kicks in. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,520 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 2:59 PM, Wasmachineman_NL said: Factory default. Expand Oh, then I must have some setting that turned that off, that follows when I restore. No Idea where I've changed that.... Will try to see if I an find it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kashif 350 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 cant we use a gesture app to wake a unlock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kashif 350 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 2:34 PM, kashif said: but then i found a solution, i bought magnetic usb adaptors and glue them to usb port. since then never had any issue with usb ports. Expand well i gonna do same to my Pro1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kashif 350 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 @EskeRahn and @david are not posting mush since couple of days. they seem to be very very busy playing with their toys 🙂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingAntero 871 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) On 11/20/2019 at 1:13 PM, Wasmachineman_NL said: Being able to unlock the device without using the lockscreen, like pressing the power button twice Expand You can disable lock screen and use the phone without pin or pattern code. Then you are able to "unlock" with just pressing the power button. If you want to use lock screen you should be able to unlock with fingerprint sensor only. No need to press buttons. On 11/20/2019 at 1:13 PM, Wasmachineman_NL said: Not being able to unlock the device by touching the display after it autolocks Expand Some Android phones have double tap to unlock feature but it seems that it is missing from Pro1? Maybe it can be implemented with custom kernel? Edit: This feature is also supported on Pro1 🙂 On 11/20/2019 at 1:13 PM, Wasmachineman_NL said: Worst part of it all: NO ROCKBOX /s Expand If you can do little bit coding maybe it is possible to compile Android port. It used to work couple years ago. https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/AndroidPort Edited November 20, 2019 by FlyingAntero 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kashif 350 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 ive been using a gesture app that allow to set double tap to unlock phone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,520 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 3:11 PM, FlyingAntero said: Some Android phones have double tap to unlock feature but it seems that it is missing from Pro1? Maybe it can be implemented with custom kernel? Expand It is a setting somewhere. Double tap to wake works fine on my retail unit... 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingAntero 871 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 3:13 PM, kashif said: ive been using a gesture app that allow to set double tap to unlock phone Expand That kind of app doesn't work "right" if the device doesn't support double tab feature on kernel level. Most likely they are using proximity sensor or displaying just black screen actively. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,520 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 3:44 PM, FlyingAntero said: That kind of app doesn't work "right" if the device doesn't support double tab feature on kernel level. Most likely they are using proximity sensor or displaying just black screen actively. Expand Well if you bothered reading some of the post above you would know that it does support it.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingAntero 871 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 3:54 PM, EskeRahn said: Well if you bothered reading some of the post above you would know that it does support it.... Expand I did read and I edited my post. I just wanted to clarify how douple tab to wake apps work from Play Store. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 1,435 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 1:13 PM, Wasmachineman_NL said: No sticky modifier keys like sticky Left Shift Expand The only modifier that sticks is the left shift? The other shift and ctrl keys don't stick? What about the funky arrow one has to use with numbers instead of shift (by design for some reason), does that stick? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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