Knockr Brings HTC’s Motion Launch Functionality to Galaxy SIII

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Guys I just wanna inform who dont aware of great news,htc features successfuly working on our phones

App working well on Galaxy SIII
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One of the most interesting proprietary features of the HTC One M8 (2014) is undoubtedly Motion Launch. For those who aren’t familiar with Motion Launch, it essentially allows you to wake your device from sleep and launch certain apps with a few easy gestures such as bringing the device into a particular orientation and flicking your thumb on the screen.

As interesting as Motion Launch is, the feature is unfortunately limited to the M8. Luckily, XDA Forum Member Acela1230 created Knockr to bring some of the same functionality to various other devices. Now before we wet started, it’s important to note that Knockr is only meant for OLED devices. This is because the application keeps the screen “on” even when it is off, in order to accept touch input. This isn’t really an issue with OLED devices, as a black pixel requires next to no power.

Knockr currently supports several gestures including double tapping the screen, swiping in a particular direction (up, down, left or right), long pressing the screen, and pressing the volume up key. These gestures can then be defined to launch applications of your choosing or unlocking the screen.

So if you’ve got an OLED device such as Samsung’s or Motorola’s recent offerings, head over to the application thread and give Knockr a try.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2741062
 
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It doesnot work for our S3 because the S3 has not OLED screen :D But I install it because I am very curios and I see it doesnot work.. :)
It DOES work. S3 have an AM-OLED screen. I tested it and works well, the negative side is deep sleep (phone does not enter in deep sleep because it is awaken all the time by making the screen on but all black), but it is very interesting
 

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It DOES work. S3 have an AM-OLED screen. I tested it and works well, the negative side is deep sleep (phone does not enter in deep sleep because it is awaken all the time by making the screen on but all black), but it is very interesting
yes it is working it have some bugs but its working

i don't think that the phone "dosen't go to the sleep" is a big problem in that case because AM-OLED screen don't consume much power when they are in black mode, just like the S5 when you use the power save mode it turn every thing black and white so that screen don't use much power to save battery
i have use that app like 2 days now and battery draining is not noticeable at all, the Rom i use ( imperuim rom ) hold 23 hours in standby mode when i used this app its 22 hours 20 min i mean u can give a few min of your battery life to this great app
 
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yes it is working it have some bugs but its working

i don't think that the phone "dosen't go to the sleep" is a big problem in that case because AM-OLED screen don't consume much power when they are in black mode, just like the S5 when you use the power save mode it turn every thing black and white so that screen don't use much power to save battery
i have use that app like 2 days now and battery draining is not noticeable at all, the Rom i use ( imperuim rom ) hold 23 hours in standby mode when i used this app its 22 hours 20 min i mean u can give a few min of your battery life to this great app
I agree, i said that but i doesnt used the app for one day, i just oppened it to see how it works. The idea is fantatisc and your response answers many people who had this drain feeling because of deep sleep :D
 

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Just an idea : Why isn't there an app wakes up the screen when we swipe our finger over the menu & the back capacitive buttons starting from left or right (forget the physical home button)?
This is a feature in kernels for phones without a physical home button known as the Swipe 2 Wake feature...

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