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What discontinued feature do you miss from phones or other technologies? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BigMoe@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me its the 'Knock Code' that LG had on their phones (I really wish LG still made at least the V series phones)

Basically there was a four-square area and you set up a sequence of where you would tap to unlock the phone. That set of squares was only shown when you set up the code

Then, to unlock your phone, you would tap those areas in the sequence you set up (even with the screen off).

Fingerprint readers are nice, but I really do miss the knock code

Edit: did find this article with a way to do the knock code, but if done wrong, could brick your phone I guess.

Plus, article is from 2014. When I looked at XDA's info on it (they also being the developers) it looks like development on it is over, but individual modules may or may not still be supported by their devs

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[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 had a feature in the camera app which would take several pictures in a row and you could then choose the one with best quality. Extremely useful feature especially in low light. I'm sure there's an app out there that can do this but I can't find one.

[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's still a feature on Pixel

https://support.google.com/googlecamera/answer/9937175?hl=en

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Well damn. I have the Google Camera mod installed but it doesn't have that feature

[–] Nagairius@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can still take burst shots. Just hold the camera button down.

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah I do but it's difficult to compare two photos side by side in the gallery. I need the ability to switch between photos that are zoomed in to be able to spot the difference and see which one is crispier.