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ScreenCaptureService

So I was messing with my phone, showing off JK6 and all it's glory to a friend of mine who also has a Vibrant, when suddenly the phone lagged a bit and I heard a camera shutter. Then a little pop-up came up saying the screen capture had been saved. I look in my gallery, and lo and behold, it actually screen captured! And I'm not even rooted! I look in my running applications, and there it is, ScreenCaptureService (com.sec.android.app.screencapture).
Now after a good half hour of Googling, I found out that the Tab can take screenshots by holding down the back button then hitting the power button. But I wasn't even near the power button when it happened, so that couldn't be it. I also found that in the leaked Froyo builds for the Epic 4G, a few people had the same thing with a ScreenCaptureService in their running applications. Someone mentioned you had to hold down the back button then hit home to capture, but I tried pretty much all the methods under the sun and to no avail.
Has anyone else stumbled upon this and/or found out what the key combo is?

it's a mystery.. lol but we all follow the same pattern.. we discovered it by accident once but never able to duplicate it again..

Happened 3 times. Couldnt duplicate it

how? i know i was pressing down the back button to exit zedge... then click! picture saved i dont really know what triggered it other than the back button was involved..

I have tried to duplicate this as well since I have come across it many times. When you guys figure it out let me know! Lol
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I have noticed this too and ONLY when I am in the messaging app. I can be typing something and it randomly takes a screenshot. I dont know what combination of keys are used but Its kinda annoying and I would like to turn it off without completely removing it.

Just happened to me and by reading the thread it's random as hell. I was in the "Location and Security" settings and I heard the camera shutter sound. Like everyone else I tried to duplicate it and couldn't.

coasterman927 said:
So I was messing with my phone, showing off JK6 and all it's glory to a friend of mine who also has a Vibrant, when suddenly the phone lagged a bit and I heard a camera shutter. Then a little pop-up came up saying the screen capture had been saved. I look in my gallery, and lo and behold, it actually screen captured! And I'm not even rooted! I look in my running applications, and there it is, ScreenCaptureService (com.sec.android.app.screencapture).
Now after a good half hour of Googling, I found out that the Tab can take screenshots by holding down the back button then hitting the power button. But I wasn't even near the power button when it happened, so that couldn't be it. I also found that in the leaked Froyo builds for the Epic 4G, a few people had the same thing with a ScreenCaptureService in their running applications. Someone mentioned you had to hold down the back button then hit home to capture, but I tried pretty much all the methods under the sun and to no avail.
Has anyone else stumbled upon this and/or found out what the key combo is?
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Pressing the back and power button started the screencaptureservice but did not take a screen shot. I killed it in running services and tried pretty much every button combo, nothing... Pressed back and power button again and sreencaptureservice is running again, but still no screenshots...
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dubbz106 said:
Pressing the back and power button started the screencaptureservice but did not take a screen shot. I killed it in running services and tried pretty much every button combo, nothing... Pressed back and power button again and sreencaptureservice is running again, but still no screenshots...
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yes, looks like BACK and POWER call for screencapture service. so anyone figured out how to actually take one ?

It's so funny to me how this forum is loaded with so many intelligent people and we can't figure this out. For those who did get it to work, are you stock or on a custom rom?
When I try back + power I am not able to get the screencapture app to open. My custom ROM does have the .apk included though.
It would be nice to see if we can get this working for those who do not want a 3rd party app or root.... plus, I dont think any other android phone has this feature.

s15274n said:
It's so funny to me how this forum is loaded with so many intelligent people and we can't figure this out. For those who did get it to work, are you stock or on a custom rom?
When I try back + power I am not able to get the screencapture app to open. My custom ROM does have the .apk included though.
It would be nice to see if we can get this working for those who do not want a 3rd party app or root.... plus, I dont think any other android phone has this feature.
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there is no screen capture app. (there is apk file). all it does is launch the service. I suppose there is some sort of weird key press combinations to actually take the shot

the .apk (app) is in system/app... I understand there is no icon in the app drawer or anything, ha.

On y Galaxy S I9000 (France) holding down the back butter and pressing the home button triggre the screenshot

Hi,
Just use ShootMe (free from market) and when you shake your phone will get a screen capture.

inspigr said:
Hi,
Just use ShootMe (free from market) and when you shake your phone will get a screen capture.
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yes but you have to be root i think.

Been trying to figure this out off and on for a while now. Holding the back button definitely activates the screencapturesevice but I can't for the life of me get it to take a screenshot. My girl has done it on accident but had no idea what she did. Kind of fun to have a froyo "puzzle" to solve though. Guess I know what I'm doing on the flight home today lol.

I have a I9000M and to take a screen shot using this stupid service you hold your finger on the back button and tap the home button, I noticed that the Vibrant is missing a home button.
My problem is that sometimes this service starts up and goes into screen capture mode just by tapping the back button and the only way I can get out of this mode is to take a screen shot. So I currently have over 200 screens of various crap that I dont want.
Does anyone know what would happen if I removed this service completely?

BioHazard2000 said:
I have a I9000M and to take a screen shot using this stupid service you hold your finger on the back button and tap the home button, I noticed that the Vibrant is missing a home button.
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Um, what? The Vibrant, like any other Android phone, has a home button.

exoplasm said:
Um, what? The Vibrant, like any other Android phone, has a home button.
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I think the home button on the galaxy is that big button in between the menu and back. We may be only randomly getting screen caps because of a software hangup causing the multipress screen cap combo. Perhaps the vibrant soft keys are not multitouch whereas the home button on the galaxy is a separate device that allows holding the back button and hitting that home button at the same time.
and also, some android devices do not have home buttons.

exoplasm said:
Um, what? The Vibrant, like any other Android phone, has a home button.
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International version have 3buttons. Menu home back. Their home button is physical button unlike us galaxy s.
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Alternative way to turn on / wake screen (capacitive buttons / accelerometer)

Hi guys,
Got my Desire HD last Friday and I'm really pleased with it, stunning device. The problem is, I'm using a case which protects the phone nicely and looks decent too but the power button is very tough to press in (let alone without a case TBH). I have Cyangens "Menu Unlock" enabled but I'm wondering if there is a tweak or APK to enable the capacitive buttons when the screen is off so I can turn it on easily (using Button Remapper). Maybe even a shake to enable app to wake the phone. Oh, cover below:
When I had the Galaxy S, I could just wake the screen with the main physical Home button.
When I had the Milestone, there was an APK to allow me to wake the screen with the buttons.
Any help or direction would really be appreciated. Would love to be able to unlock it that easily.
Cheers #auggie2k

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auggie2k said:
Hi guys,
Got my Desire HD last Friday and I'm really pleased with it, stunning device. The problem is, I'm using a case which protects the phone nicely and looks decent too but the power button is very tough to press in (let alone without a case TBH). I have Cyangens "Menu Unlock" enabled but I'm wondering if there is a tweak or APK to enable the capacitive buttons when the screen is off so I can turn it on easily (using Button Remapper). Maybe even a shake to enable app to wake the phone. Oh, cover below:
When I had the Galaxy S, I could just wake the screen with the main physical Home button.
When I had the Milestone, there was an APK to allow me to wake the screen with the buttons.
Any help or direction would really be appreciated. Would love to be able to unlock it that easily.
Cheers #auggie2k
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Buttons will be disabled when phone is asleep. The closest is to try "Tap Tap App" from the Market. Its free. Try and see how it could give you possibilities. Basically, it will allow you to set lock/wake permissions using the proximity sensor.
I use it as an alternative to pressing the power button all the time during shorter phone sleep/wake intervals

Much appreciated Jacob, cheers for the quick reply.

You can try WidgetLocker too, allow you to power up the phone using volume button.

auggie2k said:
Maybe even a shake to enable app to wake the phone.
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now THAT is a cool idea
but, it would drain the battery...

panyan said:
now THAT is a cool idea
but, it would drain the battery...
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Its possible without much battery drain I remember using Pocketshield with the HD2 where it unlocks when you flip the phone facedown and up or shake from side to side. Seems they're still hung up on Windows till now... I hope they come around to turn to Android soon

auggie2k said:
Much appreciated Jacob, cheers for the quick reply.
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You're welcome mate! Test the proximity settings, I used to use "Easy Detection" but found it too sensitive, it unlocks with short finger waves which was cool but also gets screwed up with strong winds when outdoors... lol
Since, I've changed the setting to "safe mode (default)" and it responds well to 2 mild taps. Hope it works for you too!

bryant_16 said:
You can try WidgetLocker too, allow you to power up the phone using volume button.
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only works if u're on stock kernel

try no lock, unlocks it with the volume buttons.

rossysaurus said:
try no lock, unlocks it with the volume buttons.
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isnt this the same as widget locker, i.e. it works only on stock kernel

Just installed "Tap Tap App", works perfect for me as an alternative unlock/lock. Thanks a lot!
Jacob1369 said:
Buttons will be disabled when phone is asleep. The closest is to try "Tap Tap App" from the Market. Its free. Try and see how it could give you possibilities. Basically, it will allow you to set lock/wake permissions using the proximity sensor.
I use it as an alternative to pressing the power button all the time during shorter phone sleep/wake intervals
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Jacob1369 said:
You're welcome mate! Test the proximity settings, I used to use "Easy Detection" but found it too sensitive, it unlocks with short finger waves which was cool but also gets screwed up with strong winds when outdoors... lol
Since, I've changed the setting to "safe mode (default)" and it responds well to 2 mild taps. Hope it works for you too!
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Those settings work perfectly for me too, it makes the phone seem so much more "fancy" and has already spooked my poor iPhone owning friend, lots of WTF's Cheers for the suggestion.

auggie2k said:
Those settings work perfectly for me too, it makes the phone seem so much more "fancy" and has already spooked my poor iPhone owning friend, lots of WTF's Cheers for the suggestion.
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lol... I was doing the exact same thing to my buddies with an iP4

[Q] Best way to use HD2 without buttons? (hard buttons no longer work on my phone.)

So i've been dealing with this for the last week or so and I finally decided to stop searching and scouring the internet and ask for some help from my XDA brethren.
I don't exactly know how or why, but all the hard buttons on my HD2 do not work anymore. Volume up and down, pick up, home, menu, back, and hang up buttons... all not working. They all stopped working at the same time.
I don't really care except for the fact that I cannot wake my phone up after it locks/sleeps. I tried an app called Shake and Wake with no luck. Any sugguestions? or should I just look for a new phone? I really don't want to give up on my HD2... we've been through a lot! Thanks a ton you guys, I really appreciate it.

If I were you I would head on over to the nexus one threads and ask the question.
That phone only has one button, and some folk have had that not work, so they are used to the problem, and I'm sure they will have a solution for you. Worth a try anyway........

Button Savior - free from Market

Jadrobe, I really like button saviour but that still doesn't solve my problem, how do I wake the phone up without any buttons?!!

do your volume buttons work? if so, you could use ButtonRemapper (paid app) to remap one of your volume buttons to work as your power button and do the rest with button savior.

Nope, none of the buttons work!! I'm screwed!

Then yes, you are indeed screwed. Sorry for your misfortune.
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paolovazquez said:
Nope, none of the buttons work!! I'm screwed!
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Pretty much. If you have one working button then you could use an app called "button remapper"

Have you flashed back to stock/something different yet? Seems a touch coincidental that they all go at once. The bottom 5, or the two volume yea, cos they're on two separate input busses, but for both to fail together... not saying it couldn't happen, just saying it could be something else.

If there not working how do you turn on your phone?

When I slide the battery into the phone it automatically boots up as if I pushed in the power button.. it never used to do that before.
And also right after it powers up it sends me straight to slide to shut down which kind of makes me believe I may have the power button stuck on or something? I'm going to try to flash the stock rom and see what happens. I'll keep you all posted. Thanks!

Dude!! Proximity Screen Off (look in Abdroid Themes and Apps sub-forum) could fix you up in combination with button savior !
It has an option to use the prox sensor to put your phone to sleep and to wake it. The downside is it will drain your battery faster than normal because the prox sensor is in use when the screen's off. But it could keep your phone useable til you can get your buttons fixed (probly just your power button is malfunctioning it sounds like to me)
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Thanks a ton Huggs. I'll definitely look into it, as the main reason I love this phone is for Android roms!
So far i've had good luck with this Winmo 6.5 app. I had to revert to the base/stock Tmo rom and it works okay.
Shake and Wake
http://www.xda-developers.com/windows-mobile/shakenwake-mod-for-hd2/

Tap/knock on?

Just wondering if the s7 will have a knock on feature to turn the phone on without pressing the power button. Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere. Thank you.

Why would you need that?
Just press the home button... It is one click instead of two for a knock on...
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JasonJoel said:
Why would you need that?
Just press the home button... It is one click instead of two for a knock on...
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Also, it has always-on display mode now. Which means just touching the screen alone will turn it on.

The always on thing doesn't appeal to me, I'm glad it can be turned off.

Bjray said:
Also, it has always-on display mode now. Which means just touching the screen alone will turn it on.
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It doesn't. At least the one I was playing around with didn't unlock by touching the screen once. It's possible that is also a software thing can be turned on and off.
I didn't check to see if tapping the screen would wake it up, but I believe it does have the feature, but I personally would prefer just using the home button or power button.

Thor said:
It doesn't. At least the one I was playing around with didn't unlock by touching the screen once. It's possible that is also a software thing can be turned on and off.
I didn't check to see if tapping the screen would wake it up, but I believe it does have the feature, but I personally would prefer just using the home button or power button.
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Really? That's very odd behavior... Must be like you said, could be a setting.

I believe only ips screen technology exists for tap on
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Brava27 said:
I believe only ips screen technology exists for tap on
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Not sure why the type of display would matter.
I had the feature on my Note 4 through a mod. So I believe it's more accelerometer based as well. The LG G3 need the feature because of the god awful placement of the only button that could wake the device. The S7 doesn't really need it because of the home/power button.

I come from the LG G2 and if there is something missing on the S7/Edge, it is the Knock-On feature. I got very used to it, it's great in the car while the phone is in the cradle, etc.

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Really? That's very odd behavior... Must be like you said, could be a setting.
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Not odd at all. The idea of unlocking a phone by simply touching the screen is less then ideal. Just picking the phone up would end up unlocking it. No thanks.

Beefheart said:
Not odd at all. The idea of unlocking a phone by simply touching the screen is less then ideal. Just picking the phone up would end up unlocking it. No thanks.
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My N6 does not do that. Never had a problem with it.
EDIT: Actually it just wakes the screen. Not fully unlock, still have to swipe to unlock.
Which happens to be the exact same result as pressing the power button. So I guess OPs' question is halfway answered.

I'm hoping it will have some sort of this feature. Coming from an LG G2 and G3, I absolutely love the double tap feature.
As another posted stated, I use it in my car a LOT and where it's mounted I can easily lightly double tap the screen whereas having to physically depress the home button would likely take more effort.

It won't... None of the Samsung phones do...
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Galaxy S7 (edge) supports D2TW for the "Alway on" mode.
This means:
- Display off
- Double Tap
--> Screen show "always on" content, for example the clock
You can't double tap and unlock your phone.
Proof (in German):
Beginning: 10:05 min:sec
Exactly: 10:20 min:sec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-7wJM7hcc

Beefheart said:
Not odd at all. The idea of unlocking a phone by simply touching the screen is less then ideal. Just picking the phone up would end up unlocking it. No thanks.
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Funny, that's not a problem with LG phones. You need to tap the screen twice in close succession. Just touching the screen won't turn it on.

Why not?
JasonJoel said:
Why would you need that?
Just press the home button... It is one click instead of two for a knock on...
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The guy wants to knock on. Is there a knock on solution? We already know we can push the power button SMH

The people here with all the defense about DT2W (double-tap-to-wake). Its a feature by default on many phones with large screens now - LG, Asus and many others.
And just like any other feature, it can be simply "switched off". It will only read a double-tap if the proximity sensor is not blocked. So pocket-taps are not accounted for.
The advantage of it is mainly when its lying on the table and you dont need to grasp the phone to look at notifications. The secondary advantage is that it will greatly reduce wear & tear on the buttons. I love this feature. DT2W will get you to the lockscreen. If you want to fully unlock it, you'll have to find a hack for it, or disable the lockscreen altogether.
Pressing a button is much more difficult than tapping the screen twice. You'll know it once you have it.

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The advantage of it is mainly when its lying on the table and you dont need to grasp the phone to look at notifications. The secondary advantage is that it will greatly reduce wear & tear on the buttons. I love this feature. DT2W will get you to the lockscreen. If you want to fully unlock it, you'll have to find a hack for it, or disable the lockscreen altogether.
Pressing a button is much more difficult than tapping the screen twice. You'll know it once you have it.
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Seriously? "much more difficult" Are you physically handicapped? I had an LG with tap to wake, now I have an S7 Edge. Neither is "difficult," and I don't have to "grasp the phone" to look at notifications. I can press the home button while the phone is sitting on a table just as easily as I could double tap the screen on the LG.
Double tap is convenient, but the lack of it is hardly a deal breaker. Grow up and stop with the hyperbole.
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heypetro said:
The guy wants to knock on. Is there a knock on solution?
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No.
It would likely require a custom kernel to have the digitizer active without the screen on.

lynx2k50 said:
Galaxy S7 (edge) supports D2TW for the "Alway on" mode.
This means:
- Display off
- Double Tap
--> Screen show "always on" content, for example the clock
You can't double tap and unlock your phone.
Proof (in German):
Beginning: 10:05 min:sec
Exactly: 10:20 min:sec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-7wJM7hcc
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He didn't double tap to switch on the screen. He double tap -> failed -> press power button to on the device.

meyerweb said:
Seriously? "much more difficult" Are you physically handicapped? I had an LG with tap to wake, now I have an S7 Edge. Neither is "difficult," and I don't have to "grasp the phone" to look at notifications. I can press the home button while the phone is sitting on a table just as easily as I could double tap the screen on the LG.
Double tap is convenient, but the lack of it is hardly a deal breaker. Grow up and stop with the hyperbole.
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No.
It would likely require a custom kernel to have the digitizer active without the screen on.
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Despite your unnecessarily offensive expression of opinion, I still stand by mine. Its certainly not a deal breaker. But if a kernel implements this, I would go for it without a second though.

Wake up and unlock with one fingerprint

Is there a way to wake up and unlock the phone with a fingerprint scan? Aka without waking up the phone prior to scan to unlock...let's say all in one ?
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Do not get the question, I press the home button and it unlocks it pretty much instantly with my fingerprint!
Do you mean without actually pressing the Home Button, well that would mean that the finger print sensor would have to be constantly scanning, think your battery would die pretty quickly

Yes i believe. "Without pressing the home button" is a feature in many phones like Xiaomi. It's a good feature but I think that with this button design it will be a problem. Fingerprint will always looking for a match even when it's being held in your hand.
Yes, without pressing the button should be an option. The button is already capacitive. So, this can be achieved just like the edge screens are sensitive too.

But then the phone is always looking for input, whether scanning for a finger print or looking for capacitive touch on the button. May be ok if the phone is in hand but for me that sort of defeats the purpose as this would be a better feature to unlock if the phone was on the desk.
I am by no means knocking the feature request or OP but personally cannot see much benefit from simply just pressing the button even if it only saves a few % of battery for me...

chippyuk said:
Do not get the question, I press the home button and it unlocks it pretty much instantly with my fingerprint!
Do you mean without actually pressing the Home Button, well that would mean that the finger print sensor would have to be constantly scanning, think your battery would die pretty quickly
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I think the way that other phones work is that they scan for input only when the sensor is touched. So the iphone for example has a capacitive sensor on the finger print reader and knows when to start matching for fingerprints. This means that the phone isn't constantly scanning and doesn't use any more battery than the existing solution.
IMO Samsung probably should have implemented this feature.

le_lutin said:
I think the way that other phones work is that they scan for input only when the sensor is touched. So the iphone for example has a capacitive sensor on the finger print reader and knows when to start matching for fingerprints. This means that the phone isn't constantly scanning and doesn't use any more battery than the existing solution.
IMO Samsung probably should have implemented this feature.
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Well on my iPhone 6s and all the previous ones I have had, I still have to press the home button for it to scan the finger if the screen is off, I cannot simply touch it to unlock. Once the phone is on then yes, the button is sensitive to touch, for example double touch to shrink the screen etc... Either way the phone has to constantly monitor for capacitive input even when it is off right, there must be some battery sacrifice for that. Of course it will use more battery than the existing solution as it will constantly be looking for capacitive touch input
Adding to this though, I would like the capacitive side of the home button to be available when the screen is on...

Probably not precisely what you're looking for, but search in settings for "Easy screen turn on" - under Personal -> Accessibilty -> "Dexterity and Interaction" on my device.
Enabling this will allow you to wake up the screen based upon a gesture, and then you can use fingerprint to unlock without actually pressing any hard buttons.

Ok thnx a lot guys
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This is some lazy stuff man. Trying to avoid a having to press a button that you're already touching? To save what, a couple milliseconds?

munnarg said:
This is some lazy stuff man. Trying to avoid a having to press a button that you're already touching? To save what, a couple milliseconds?
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I think the purpose is to preserve the life of the button itself because the home ans power buttons are the 2 that fails most often over the life of the device. Of course you wouldn't need to worry if you're someone who swaps phones often but some people use their devices for many years and would like to avoid issues with it if possible.

Exactly!
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tiskewlio said:
I think the purpose is to preserve the life of the button itself because the home ans power buttons are the 2 that fails most often over the life of the device. Of course you wouldn't need to worry if you're someone who swaps phones often but some people use their devices for many years and would like to avoid issues with it if possible.
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I did adore this on my iPhone 5s, I am not sure if I would want it on a Edge right now, I am kind of looking for the place to hold the phone anyway, so another capacitive place would not help

tiskewlio said:
I think the purpose is to preserve the life of the button itself because the home ans power buttons are the 2 that fails most often over the life of the device. Of course you wouldn't need to worry if you're someone who swaps phones often but some people use their devices for many years and would like to avoid issues with it if possible.
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I recently had to break out an old GS3 phone to use when my primary one died. It was used for more than two years and the home button still works fine. Wearing out the home button isn't a concern of mine.

tiskewlio said:
I think the purpose is to preserve the life of the button itself because the home ans power buttons are the 2 that fails most often over the life of the device. Of course you wouldn't need to worry if you're someone who swaps phones often but some people use their devices for many years and would like to avoid issues with it if possible.
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To be honest samsung home button very seldom spoil. You don't hear cases of it. From my own experience my s2 lasted over 3 years the phone itself died even though the home button was still perfect. My note 3 is 2.5 yrs now. Home button still perform like day 1. I am pretty sure samsung home button will outlast the phone life.

not available on either my old iphone or my new samsung
yeh i find the fact that you cant just use your fingerprint for unlocking really ****ty. maybe someone'll do an app.

oli_28 said:
I did adore this on my iPhone 5s, I am not sure if I would want it on a Edge right now, I am kind of looking for the place to hold the phone anyway, so another capacitive place would not help
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How did you get this work on the iPhone? Is it a setting as I have always had to press the button to turn on the screen before it recognises the fingerprint.

chippyuk said:
How did you get this work on the iPhone? Is it a setting as I have always had to press the button to turn on the screen before it recognises the fingerprint.
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OT: Jailbreak + 'VirtualHome', its actually a fully capacitive home button, I liked it very much..

oli_28 said:
OT: Jailbreak + 'VirtualHome', its actually a fully capacitive home button, I liked it very much..
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Right, so not delivered functionality!
Did some digging as well and apparently it is not a capacitive button as it does not have capacitive points on it, it simply gives the impression of being similar to capacitive due to the circuit between it and the outer ring. If it was capacitive we would have seen swipe gestures added to it under Jailbreak tweaks...

No app yet for unlock the phone without press home button?

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No app yet for unlock the phone without press home button?
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Go to Settings / Accessibility / Dexterity and interaction / Easy screen turn on.
But I find it easier to press the home button and then leave my finger on it to unlock, rather than having to do two separate actions (wave then fingerprint).