Shake Flashlight App issues

BraX3
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I previously had a Motorola which I could shake in a chopping motion twice and it would turn on the camera light to be used as a flashlight.

No words can describe how handy this is.

I bought the Brax3 and it doesn’t come with the same feature but there are several apps that can be downloaded to do something similar.

I have tried multiple apps and the problem for each is, the phone doesn’t repeatably turn the light on and off when I perform the motion to turn the light on and off.

Is this a phone issue, or if it is an app issue, does anyone have a recommendation for one I could look into?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Kevin

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Motorola used to call this the chop-chop motion. I haven’t used this type of motion in years. It was a very helpful gesture. I can’t always tell now if the flashlight is on because I keep my BraX3 in a case that has a sliding cover over the camera.

Which app(s) are u using?

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This app works on my BraX3. I used the obtanium app from f-droid and then search github for choplight!

The sensitivity of the accelerometer is adjustable but the default settings were good for me and 2 chops. This also can be changed to 1 chop.

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Unfortunately I uninstalled the one I was using before I posted and I don’t remember what it was called, but I did try ChopChop and it works marginally better.

If I chop it twice, sometimes it comes on, and other times it doesn’t. Sometime I only get to the first chop and it comes on before I can get to the second chop. Other times it doesn’t register anything at all, despite chopping twice over and over until it finally turn on, then it won’t turn off no matter how many times I chop.

I played with the sensitivity, but it doesn’t resolve the inconsistency.

The live motion meter seems to register any movements well, so it seems as though the sensor is working fine.

Maybe it’s the user, not the phone. Lol

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Look in the settings for “Long press for torch”. It takes a little getting used to but does work once you figure it out.

You press and hold the power button from a blank screen.

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That works a lot better than chopping, so I will use that for now.

Than you @Lazarus and @Bobo for the help.

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I too like this better than chop-thanks!:+1:t3: