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[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] southernstyle:
I believe this app only works if your phone has native ambient display built in. Samsung I think has their own iteration, but is not compatible with this app
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] ITguy2:
When I set battery notification style to 'none', the screen still pulses the ambient display a few seconds after the screen is off. Is there any way to disable this?
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] andri2805:
Master of Dodgy Android Devices

Hi Grokus,

I think your app looks absolutely fantastic. Great way to replicate the awesome Moto Display functionality. I have a ton of Motorolas both current and ancient as well as some none Ambient Display (yet 6.0/7.0) equipped phones.

I would LOVE to beta-test some of your features.

Thanks,

Andri
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] timothyung:
I want to suggest some improvements/fixes to the app.

1. Bug fix: This problem happens if you have both "wake from pocket" and "wake on interval" on. When you receive a message while the phone is in the pocket, taking it out will not wake the screen. Please look into it.

2. Wave to wake improvement: add an option to only wake when the phone is laying flat. This would greatly reduce accidental wakeups

3. Notification LED fixes: when the screen is waken up by Ambi-turner, the LED gets overridden to no color. Is it possible to detect the LED color of the notification that triggered ambi-turner, and let ambi-turner send a notification with that color?

Thank you very much. It is already an excellent app! Please take your time.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] nitronet:
Tried this app and it totally locked up my phone and I had to reboot
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] ct_tec313:
Also is there a way to have the battery notification inverted because when you apply a substratum theme the battery notification doesn't show up on ambient display.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] zela80:
There is a bit of unexpected behaviour on Moto X XT1092:

- If experimental pulse is disabled, pulses don't appear at all.

- If experimental pulse is enabled, screen pulses activate even when there is no notification, while "Pulse Always" option is disabled.

OS is LineageOS 14.1, nightly 2017/6/30.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] lalabytes:
I recently installed this great app and unlocked the pro version in a N5X wiht Pure Nexus

I have two questions (for wich I couldn´t find the answer in this thread & others) if someone knows the answer:

-It´s possible to block the screen without the ambient display going on (like in stock)? When the screen goes for itself (30 sec in my case) it stays off without the ambient display showing. But when I turn off the screen with the button then the screen goes off and inmediately the ambient display appears.

-Why this device doesn´t support double tap to wake (I actually installed for this feature)? With EX kernel (wich I used, actually on PN stock) It´s possible to wake the screen (not the ambient display, of course). Is there a hardware issue?

Thanks in advance and congrats to the dev.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] lkvnclh:
Hi there,

I've sent you an email about translating this app . Please check and let me know how I can help.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Reechings:
Hi,

Just bought this app and am curious how to get rid of the little ambi-turner notification itself that is showing up during pulse and if there's any way to keep notification vibrating every pulse. Thanks!
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I'm working on fixing that issue. I have another idea to try that will hopefully fix the ambient display from coming on when you hit power. My device currently does not do that.

Are you still using the kernel with the double tap? It's a hardware support thing. PM me and I can walk you through checking the sensors and if it's something non-standard you should be able to send me the info I need to update ambi-turner to work with it.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
It's vibrating on pulse for you? It's not on mine...interesting. I'll have to look into that for you. The notification needs to be there so Android doesn't stop the app. Android kills background apps that don't have notifications up so ambi-turner adds it when the screen is off.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Reechings:
No it doesn't vibrate on pulse and it also seems to stop my notification light from continuing to flash if I have ambi-tuner active. May be a setting on my end though.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] 505dv:
Should Ambi-Tuner already be fully compatible with Android O on a Pixel? I updated to Android O DP4 (from Nougat), and pulse is not working anymore. I think I gave all the permission (access notifications, override do not disturb, no optimise battery), but the screen doesn't come one. I guess it does help that Android O now has two ambient displays: one with message details in a green font, the other with the time and just a small icon (the first one is more useful).

The only thing that did work is when I enable the battery notification, the screen pulsates after receiving a notification, but just with the battery, not the notification details.

If anyone got it working, what are the settings that you use?
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/03/21/android-o-feature-spotlight-ambient-display-gets-downgrade/

So far it seems Google's new ambient display just shows you small icons for active notifications. The only time it shows a real notification with info is the latest notification that has come in. I hate this version so I've been using my custom version.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] sansnil:
Totally agree. Sorry for what's likely a stupid question but do I need to disable the native ambient display if I want to use the custom ambient display?
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Nope. You can even use them together if you select different gestures to wake each. For example double tap wakes native and lift wakes custom.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] sansnil:
Is there an intent which can be called to turn on/off the custom ambient display? Not enable/disable but actually bring it up? I'm working on a little Tasker project. :)
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Donric13:
Just installed your app (pro version). Just a question. Is there a possability to change brightness of ambi display? Didn't found it. Would be good to use ambient display in sunlight outside. Standard brightness is to dark for outdoor use in the sun.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] stevexyz0:
I just installed Android O (Oreo, 8.0) on my Pixel XL earlier this week. The built-in Oreo Ambient Display does not seem to play well with Ambi-Turner. For those not aware, Oreo ambient display shows only the miniature icons for pending notifications, not any text -- except for the moment a notification arrives, then its text (only the arriving notification, not earlier ones) is temporarily displayed.

When my phone beeps, I used to be able to pull it out of my pocket, Ambi-Turner would wake up the ambient display, and I could see the notification that caused the beep, as well as the battery percent from Ambi-Turner. Now, if my phone beeps and I pull it out, I see only the battery percent from Ambi-Turner, because it's the most recent notification to activate. I can't tell what made my phone beep unless I get out of ambient display into the regular lock screen, where all pending notifications are displayed.

Using Ambi-Turner's custom ambient display seems like a possible workaround, but even when selecting all apps to be displayed, still I see no notifications at all on Ambi-Turner's ambient display -- I don't know if that's an Oreo-specific issue, because I never tried the custom display until after I upgraded to Oreo.

Anybody have a good workaround? Any plans by [MENTION=6730079]grokus[/MENTION] to update Ambi-Turner for Oreo?
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] timothyung:
The workaround I am using is to use turn on screen mode. The old ambient display is really a black-and-white lockscreen, so it works quite well.

The plan was to use a pure black lockscreen wallpaper to simulate ambient display. Unfortunately there seem to be an android bug - normally in the lockscreen the screen will turn off in 8s no matter what screen timeout you set; but when a lockscreen wallpaper is set (i.e. wallpaper =/= lockscreen wallpaper), your normal timeout applies instead of the 8s timeout. So unless you can live with a pure black wallpaper at all times, unfortunately the old ambient display can't be simulated too well.

I found a similar issue reported on the issue tracker:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/37132379

However in Android O it seems that even when no apps are running, the problem still exists.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] CygnusBlack:
[MENTION=6730079]grokus[/MENTION]

Your app doesn't work on my ZE520KL (Zenfone 3). I've followed the on-screen instructions and enabled whatever needed.

Can I help debugging it? (don't know anything about coding)

Thanks.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] dagmoller:
I have a Moto X 2014 (VICTARA) with LineageOS 14.1 and when I activate Ambi-Turner, always when screen turns off or I lock them, Ambi-Turner turns it on with ambient display imediately...
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Alex.D76:
Great app! Thanks for that... One question: how do I get the settings of the "custom ambient display" to work? I have set the clock, date and notification text color. And I have managed to see it (twice and randomly) but most of times I see the ambient display of lineageos... Do I have to set something special, so that the ambient display of lineageos won't show up?

It seems to me that the ambient display of lineageos is stronger than the setting of ambi-Turner...

BTW, I have the moto x force with lineageos 14.1...

Thanks for help!
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] areebiqbal:
Whenever I turn the screen off the ambient display comes up once even if there's no notification or even if I don't trigger it with a wave-to-wake etc.

Isn't there a way to disable it to come up every time I turn the screen off?

It's annoying because this is how things go: I turn the screen off and quickly put the phone in my jeans pocket. Then, while the phone is in my pocket that "mandatory" ambient display comes up for 5 sec. This is when the screen gets triggered by my thigh and the phone just does whatever it wants i.e there's no way to keep my phone's screen off while it's in my pocket. It's just a cycle that keeps on going.

Apart from this little issue the app is just out of this world! Thanks man!
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] _mysiak_:
Are you using LightFlow? If yes, try to disable/uninstall it. LightFlow was causing these issues several months ago, no idea if it has been fixed already.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] areebiqbal:
No bro, not using any such thing.

I'm on lineage os 14.1 running on HTC One M8 and everything's pretty much stock. There's no other app which influences the notifications/ambient display apart from ambi-turner.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] tslovejoy1969:
Maybe try unchecking Ambi-Turner in the Pulse Filter section of the Ambi-Turner settings, if you haven't already.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] areebiqbal:
Done that as well. Didn't help.

Just wondering: do you have to restart your phone for the changes to apply?

Edit: the issue got fixed by restarting the phone. But came back after an hour or so. I tried restarting again and it got fixed again only to return after a few hours. Can't understand what's going on.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] tslovejoy1969:
Bummer. I actually haven't used it much recently, as I had updated to the Pixel XL and now the Pixel 2 XL. But it rocked on my Nexus 6P (I started using it right when it was first released). Strange that the issue comes back like that. Instead of completely restarting the phone, I wonder if it would at least temporarily fix it by just turning off Ambi-Turner (set Enabled to off in settings) then back on again? I would always toggle that when changing settings, just to be safe. Not a solution, but just an idea... Good luck!
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] areebiqbal:
Yeah will try that too.

I think it's just a custom ROM problem

Will have to live with it
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] dagmoller:
Same issue here with Moto X 2014 (VICTARA) and LineageOS 14.1
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] areebiqbal:
I suppose it's just lineage os then :(
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Scottay5150:
On my 8.1 Pixel XL.

Can I just have notifications screen on for unopened notifications? Not necessarily always on.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Aldrinjose007:
I am ready plz PM....

I am ready plz PM
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] demencia89:
Hello! I'm having the same issue as one of the last comments. It works perfectly, but after some minutes, the proximity sensor gets stuck and won't detect anything. The sensor reader on the app made me realize that once the app stopped working. If I reboot, it works again for some minutes but then the sensor gets stuck again. Any ideas? Maybe I'm missing some permissions on the app?
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] vijaysh80:
[MENTION=6730079]grokus[/MENTION] is this app still being developed?
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] vvenancio:
mi a1

what do I have to do to remove the Ambi Turner notification/logo from the ambient display? I'm having problems changing the battery icon/text/bar
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] FataLeeer:
Have you found any solution?
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] stevexyz0:
No, I stopped using ambi Turner and just got used to the new Oreo display.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] tw1tch175:
The option for 1 wave to wake would be nice, I'm okay with the false positives. Maybe just add a battery warning when selecting it.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] nadiros:
Thanks for the beta.

So far so good. Not seen any extra battery drain, but too early to tell, as I've just used the basic functions for most of the day

I've just enabled all the features for the last few hours so will report tomorrow, and see how it goes.

Thanks for creating this - I can't believe all the goodness was stripped from ambient display for the pixels, as it was something I really liked about my 6p.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] wickets:
so, im one of those that bought your app....this might be an operator problem, but after the phone was idle overnight, I had to go into settings and turn it off/on (enabled settings) to get wave etc to work
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] nbhadusia:
Love the app! Thanks for developing this and for providing a code! If I could change anything, it would be the 'ambient display' notification that always shows up. Probably difficult to do, but if that was invisible, I feel it would look cleaner. Also, the option not to have the white strip displaying the battery percentage and only have the numerical percentage would be cool. These are just very minor things and feel what you've developed is great! Hope the feedback helps
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] nbhadusia:
Just another option you may want to consider adding could be an always on option for'ambient display. I know it'll effect battery but done people may not mind and would like the option, perhaps with a battery warning?
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] hubono:
Hi

I would like a code please

Cheers
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Are you referring to the Ambi-Turner text that is above the battery percentage? If so I can look into removing that.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] imstill@g:
First oddity I've noticed, when listening to music, and the screen notifies you, or pulses, it turns music down... Kinda odd, appreciating the app
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] tw1tch175:
Pretty sure it's the notification volume dip.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] nbhadusia:
Yup.... That's it. I noticed if I switch the battery information off in the app, the ambi tuner text disappears.

An always on option would be cool too
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I'm adding a filter that lets you select which apps trigger the pulse. That should help as it won't automatically pulse while your music is playing (but will if another notification comes in)
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Nemo Aeternamn:
Using the app and I'm just wondering why there isn't an option for one wave? Just to keep the false actions downs?
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Exactly, although I've had some requests to add it so when I get a chance I will.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
The next update should address the reliability. Doze was affecting the app.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Fairly large update was pushed out last night. Hopefully I didn't break anything - I changed some preferences and tried to move your existing ones over to the new types.

- Fine grained control over Pulse time

- Added pulse timeouts (stops pulsing a set time after notification comes in)

- Added a filter to let you select which apps should trigger a pulse

- New gesture for Tilt to Wake. This works when your phone is laying relatively flat and you lift or tilt it.

- Added single wave as an option for the wave to wake gesture.

Still having some issues with pulse notifications. The current method won't fire consistently due to the phone going into deep sleep mode - timers and tasks are paused until the device is woken up by the OS. The alternative, using alarm manager, is draining too much battery in my tests so I didn't use it.

My inbox is beginning to fill up again, so I'll send out another batch of codes today. Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback so far!
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Amritttt:
i am using the paid version its good i dont think soo there is any kind of battery drain at the moment double tap to wake will be an amazing option though thanks for the app
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] apascual89:
Great work so far. Don't worry about my code, I decided to buy to show support :good:
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] AmesCell:
I bought it. Seems great so far. Good work.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I'm not sure how to implement that on non-root devices. The screen doesn't listen for taps when the screen is off. I could place an all black overlay and artificially keep your screen on but that would seriously drain the battery.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] nemesys504:
Thanks for this amazing app. This is a great tuner for ambient display. I will remove battery optimizations for this app. Hopefully it will be more reliable. Wave to wake is an awesome feature as well. Will report my findings.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] schemr:
Exactly what I was looking for! Awesome app! Bought the paid version. Thank you OP!
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] nemesys504:
After removing battery optimizations I feel ambient display is more responsive. Is it possible to give more control on tilt to wake allowing to choose how long to wait before it pulses again? Instead of waiting 10 secs, we can choose bewteen 5-15 or choose a custom interval by numeral input. Does wave to wake also follow this 10 sec wait as well?
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I can certainly do that. I may make an advanced settings page.

I've also had a suggestion of an option to have pulse progressively get slower the longer you don't check the phone.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Scott:
Just finally got a chance to try it and I really like it. I really missed this from my Moto Nexus 6!
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
So I've done some limited testing with the app white listed from doze and so far it improves the responsiveness significantly. I don't know the battery impacts yet, but if it's not noticeable I'll add code to prompt users to white list it.

Other upcoming changes:

Advanced settings to adjust wait times for how long the phone has to be in your pocket or laying flat before a wake can occur.

A pulse option that initially pulses faster when a notification comes in, and progressively shows down until the timeout.

Possibly change in lock screen battery indicator appearance.

Filter on laying flat thresholds. I suspect the accelerometer incorrectly reports the phone tilted while it is laying flat on occasion.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] okcthunderfan:
Just bought the pro version. This app has tons of potential. I really like it so far.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] iamthericker:
Favorite new app. Purchased the pro version. Great work, keep it up.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] CharlesW123:
Installed and got the pro/paid version for battery level and notification support, great app :)

Noticed the battery level when charging is not updating though, only when the phone is unlocked, i.e. level is 30% put on charge, wake 5 mins later and still shows 30% unlock and check and battery is 34%. Lock again then pick up and ambi screen shows correct now.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I limited battery updates to every 30 minutes for now. I didn't want to constantly check battery level every time the display woke (it could drain battery).

You can register for updates on the battery, but android tosses out way too many of those and I don't want to drain your battery. I may add a customizable setting in the advanced settings for that.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Juzman:
Too late to request beta access? Do want ambient to light the screen when I pick it up if I have a notification.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] CharlesW123:
Makes sense, nice one. Any plans to limit the notifications at all, i.e. using the inbuilt do not disturb settings? as noted that when do not disturb is on the ambient screen notifications still pop up/wake up the device, happened last night when I got an email after my DnD was on :(
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] ANTHONY81L:
Got the pro, good work. Needed that lift to wake. I Still have to give my Pixel a reach around just to turn it on (***Badoom boom chaaaa***) I have a love hate relationship with the fingerprint on the back. They should have made the entire bottom chin be one big sensor so you can touch anywhere to unlock it. Maybe next year.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] ohmegosh:
Looks interesting, using the free 'I'm a cheapskate' version.

Always-on would be nice, though interested to know what the battery difference would be (on vs. off).

Also, would be nice to have the calendar on the screen for the next few events too...

Can't you tell, I'm a Note 7 refugee ;)
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] bhake:
Wow. You made this easy. No root or experimental kernel required. Thank you kindly sir. Purchased pro version for your execution.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I apologize for not having a new update out yet. During the week is a bit more difficult. I did just get the entire app to be way more reliable. I'm going to run with it tomorrow and make sure it's still working properly before I post it - I'm tired and don't want to break it on you.

I have the other advanced settings in progress, some tweaks to the lift to wake detection, and the new more reliable wake method.

There is also a new option for the pulse in progress that let's you set a starting pulse and end pulse. Then it progressively pulses less often the longer you are away from your phone.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Without root/custom ROM I don't think I'll be able to change the incoming behavior of the first notification. I can add a DnD setting to stop night time pulses thought.
[Google Pixel XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Juzman:
Using ElementalX/Sharkey kernel, you have sweep-to-wake. No need to reach-around. ;)