Themes / Apps / Mods CoverScreen OS - more than a cover launcher, use cover screen as a fully functional mini phone! (includes Native Lockscreen!)

[jagan2]

Download now from Google Play Store! (Please leave a review on Google Play Store if you find CSOS meaningful for your Z Flip 3/4!)

Hi guys! Developer of Energy Ring & Access Dots here. Excited to present a mini OS for the cover screen of Z Flip 3/4 through an App - CoverScreen OS! It shall make your phone's cover screen a fully functional mini phone!

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CoverScreen OS almost simulates a secondary OS on your Z Flip's cover screen with the following features:​

• Cover Launcher / App Launcher/Drawer
• Caller ID Screen for VoIP Apps (WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE and more...)
• Support for all third party Apps homescreen widgets
• Quick Toggles - a TON load of them!
• Navigation gestures
• Notifications
• Powerful Media screen - multiple sessions, scrub through the track and additional controls that are not available in Samsung's Stock OS for cover screen
• Voice, QWERTY, T9 full keyboard support
• On screen LED Notification indicator/Edge Lighting
• Flex Mode

The navigation system is built such that, you can access both CoverScreen OS and Samsung's Stock OS (checkout the tutorial within the App.)

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Flexing the 'Flex mode'

Also, you can now 'click' on 'most' widgets to perform action on CSOS itself.​

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New Notification options in action!
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Edge Lighting for multiple Apps in action!​

COVER LAUNCHER / APP LAUNCHER/DRAWER:​

• Launch almost any App on your cover screen with back navigation support and voice keyboard input.
• Launch apps in locked orientation - portrait or landscape.
• Quick search apps by alphabet.
• Sort apps alphabetically - ascending/decending.
• Sort apps by recently used first.

WIDGETS SCREEN:​

• Add almost any widget pixel-perfect aligned for Z Flip 3/4's cover screen, of any App that you would normally add to your homescreen on the main display.
• Add as many widgets as you want.
• Widgets can be set into one of the two sizes.
• Perform almost all actions on the widgets like clicking on a button to launching its App.

QUICK TOGGLES SCREEN:​

NATIVE/IN-BUILT TOGGLES:

• Bluetooth turn on/off
• Flashlight
• DND mode
• Flex Mode - use cover screen while phone is unfolded
• Caffeinate - keep screen awake
• Power Dialog on cover screen

TON LOAD OF ADDITIONAL TOGGLES: You can add super powerful quick toggles powered by Bixby Routines, Tasker, IFTTT and many more available providers, check out within the App! Some examples here, only limited by your imagination

• Wifi, NFC, GPS, Wifi Hotspot, Power Saving mode toggle, Read aloud notification, screen brightness control
• Quick dial a contact, SMS, play music, reminders, alarm, battery level.
• Only limited by your imagination!

NOTIFICATIONS SCREEN:​

• Reply to any notification with voice keyboard.
• Open notification instantly either on cover screen or on main screen.
• Perform additional actions available on each notification.
• Dismiss notifications with swipe right.

MEDIA PLAYBACK SCREEN:​

• Access all media playbacks from all Apps, as available on your main screen.
• Theme support.

EDGE LIGHTING/ON-SCREEN LED NOTIFICATION INDICATOR:​

• Turns on cover screen and glows the edges of your cover screen just like the Edge Lighting on your main screen.
• You can set a single solid color for all incoming notification or let CSOS apply the App's Icon color.
• If you have multiple notifications from multiple Apps, they can combine into a beautiful gradient.
• More colors, customizations under development.

FLEX MODE:​

• Use cover screen with access to all CSOS features while the phone is unfolded.
• Keep the phone on your desk or bed in tent-style stand mode.
• Cover screen stays on until you manually disable Flex Mode or fold back your phone.

DEVELOPMENT STATUS:​

The OS requires some heavy sustained development effort to deliver a feature complete version. The OS has come a long way and it’s mostly stable now as reported by majority of the users.

CoverScreen OS IN ACTION:​

SNAPS OF Z FLIP 3 RUNNING CoverScreen OS:​

THE ORIGIN STORY:​

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Been working on this project since the original Z Flip, but unfortunately had to suspend development due to cracked screen (that countless folding/unfolding while testing.)

The release of Z Flip 3 with a bigger cover screen was enough incentive for me to be excited about the project once again but unfortunately I again hit a bottleneck as the screen started bleeding this streak of green light right at the center and sometimes whole of second half.

Fearing a cracked screen once again, I had suspended the development yet again… but… that cute little cover screen… here we are.

 

[jagan2]

NAVIGATION SYSTEM:

DOWNLOAD:​

After thousands of unfolding/unfolding, happy to announce that, beta version of CoverScreen OS is now available for open testing on Google Play store!

If you find CSOS meaningful for your Z Flip 3/4, please leave a review on Google Play Store!

STAY UPDATED:​

Join CoverScreen OS's official updates news channel
Join CoverScreen OS's official discussion/group channel

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[BWA80]

Hi!

Working on A12?

Thanks for your work!

 

[dallasnights]

Excellent look forward to trying out on app on my zflp3. Does it work with one UI 4.0?

 

[jagan2]

Hey guys! I am glad to report that, CoverScreen OS supports One UI 4.0!

 

[NguyenHuu]

This is pretty awesome. When you get notifications, can you actually type full replies from the cover instead of having to open or select from a few auto replies? Does dismissing notifications as dismiss from app like stock?

 

[jagan2]

This is pretty awesome. When you get notifications, can you actually type full replies from the cover instead of having to open or select from a few auto replies? Does dismissing notifications as dismiss from app like stock?

Absolutely, you'll be able to use Voice Keyboard to type in your replies, infact, auto-replies isn't implemented yet.

You can see it in action at 01:00:

 

[NguyenHuu]

Absolutely, you'll be able to use Voice Keyboard to type in your replies, infact, auto-replies isn't implemented yet.

You can see it in action at 01:00:

Yeah that's voice to text, but looks like no actual just typing only yet?

 

[Dr.Lost]

This is very impressive, great work!

 

[meduza]

I definitely looking forward to the quick setting tiles. I could never understand why Samsung gave us the sound tile only.
m.

 

[Clusco]

Nice! Gonna love it!

 

[Bosbouer]

Great news! Thanks for the hard work. Most interesting news this year

 

[TheWinner2810]

Is it mandatory to disable any lock screen to make this work?

 

[tausift0]

This is great. Looking forward. Nice work and thanks for making Flip 3 even better.

 

[M4-NOOB]

Is it mandatory to disable any lock screen to make this work?

You can see in the video the long press to unlock via bixby + fingerprint is being used. Same method you can use for SamSprung launcher when using a lockscreen.

 

[Dr.Lost]

Any chance you've taken a look at your preview forms? Not trying to push ya just excited to try it out

 

[jagan2]

UPDATE:​

Thank you everyone for showing an active interest in the project, glad to let you know all that that those who have filled the forms have been sent an invite to try an early preview of the OS. Not to mention it's a work in progress, look forward to feedback.

Will soon promote to open beta testing, cheers!

 

[blkghost22]

UPDATE:​

Thank you everyone for showing an active interest in the project, glad to let you know all that that those who have filled the forms have been sent an invite to try an early preview of the OS. Not to mention it's a work in progress, look forward to feedback.

Will soon promote to open beta testing, cheers!

Didnt get the invite/apk and i filled out the app. Would love to try this.

 

[blkghost22]

Also sent you a pm about contribution.

 

[tausift0]

I am testing it right now and its supposed to be buggy but I am already loving it. I'll keep providing feedback here.
One main issue is that the app drawer is not scrolling. I can't open any other app other than the first two rows.