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I just switched from jailbroken iPhone 4 to a Sony-Ericsson Xperia Play (AKA "PlayStation Phone") and it's my first Android experience (Android 2.3 Gingerbread). I'm still trying to figure out task management like app switching and closing, but I'm slowly getting the hang of it (still trying to figure out how to close the native music app without rebooting so it will stop responding to my attempts to remote-control Pandora).
One of my most-used iOS jailbreak apps was a combination of SpringFlash and Activator, which I would set to activate and toggle the LED camera flash when I double-press the lock/sleep button. This worked even when the phone was locked. I always used it as an example of why jailbreaking was so useful (Apple would not let apps interfacce with the lock button). I would usually mention that Android allows this kind of functionality for apps from the get-go. Now I'm looking through the Android Market and I see no mention of any lockscreen flashlights, so I'm starting to wonder if that was the truth or not. I would assume that it is if you could download a customized lock screen without hacking anything, but I am coming up empty-handed.
Is there an app that can do this? Flashlight apps are some of the most basic and common apps that are often ridiculed for being too numerous, so there has to be SOMETHING out there that does this.
What is a good Android community for asking such questions in the future?
One of my most-used iOS jailbreak apps was a combination of SpringFlash and Activator, which I would set to activate and toggle the LED camera flash when I double-press the lock/sleep button. This worked even when the phone was locked. I always used it as an example of why jailbreaking was so useful (Apple would not let apps interfacce with the lock button). I would usually mention that Android allows this kind of functionality for apps from the get-go. Now I'm looking through the Android Market and I see no mention of any lockscreen flashlights, so I'm starting to wonder if that was the truth or not. I would assume that it is if you could download a customized lock screen without hacking anything, but I am coming up empty-handed.
Is there an app that can do this? Flashlight apps are some of the most basic and common apps that are often ridiculed for being too numerous, so there has to be SOMETHING out there that does this.
What is a good Android community for asking such questions in the future?