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

  • Sneaky Bastard
    18•1 year ago

    I loved how older versions of Android (and afaik iOS as well) could set the album cover of the currently played song as the lockscreen background.

    It’s a tiny and maybe completely unnecessary feature, but i loved it.

    • @[email protected]
      3•1 year ago

      I think Spotify and YouTube music still do this, you may need to turn notifications on for the app (so that the lock screen player can appear)

    • @pacjo
      3•1 year ago

      Custom roms still offer this. Additionally you can even enable Pulse (audio visualiser) if you like.

        • @pacjo
          2•1 year ago

          crDroid 9.7 (Android 13) on Redmi Note 10 Pro, but you should be able to find a build for most devices. Other roms also have this feature. Feel free to ask if you need to know more.

          • @NicerLemmyUser
            1•1 year ago

            Does this ROM come with G-Apps or is it a non-google bases ROM?

            • @pacjoEnglish
              2•1 year ago

              Ok, I had to come back and check. The specific version I’m using (official from here) is vanilla (without gapps), but if this is something that bothers you there are 2 other developers building crdroid for this device and at least one of them is offering a gapps version. If I remember correctly I’m using nikgapps core, but I’m not quite sure. If you want to see more roms you can find them here.

              If you’re asking about the experience, I can tell you that I haven’t encountered any issues with Google services / notifications or really anything else (and this isn’t just this rom, most custom roms work well and are more than good enough for daily use).