When in the car, I would like my screen to stay on when charging.
I found a way to do this by going to Settings -> Applications -> Development -> Stay Awake
However the screen may stay on, but it still dims after X minutes (depending on the Time-out settings) so i cant see a thing on my phone during daytime.
I can ofcourse set the time-out to 30 minutes, but i dont want my screen to stay on full brightness for 30 mins when its NOT charging!
Anyone got an idea?
Thanks!
Setting profiles mate. You can set different profiles for when it is charging, including keeping the screen on, and when you unplug it, it goes back to normal. I've been using it for quite a while and it works spot on
Cheers
Ian
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Sorry I'm a bit of a Droid newb. On my old 6,5 winmo there was a slider for brightness on battery and brightness on charge.
Is this profile setting stashed within the settings somewhere or is it an app?
Thanks for your help
Another way of doing this is to activate car dock mode when you're in the car. There are some apps that allow you to manually activate various dock modes, and I think when in car dock mode the screen stays on all the time at full brightness.
The app I used is called 'dock simulator' or something like that on the market, and it's free.
Sweet thanks. Any idea how to lose the logo?
Open settings, applications, development, and tick always on when charging, nice and easy
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Open settings, applications, development, and tick always on when charging, nice and easy
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Yea but as already said in post 1 the screen dims.
found a problem with the dock app where it puts calls out on the loudspeaker, and you get the icon.... damn!
you can always download power manager from the market and set to never dim/timeout
Yes but then it eats the battery
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Ok seriously what's wrong with you you've started a thread cos ur screen dims, get use to it! Of course if you keep your screen on your battery will die quick you can't have everything
I agree this is annoying, when you have the phone plugged into the charger it would be great if the screen didn't dim, happens sometimes when I'm reading ebooks on my phone, don't want to change the dim settings as I want the screen timeout to kick in when not plugged into the charger.
Is there any app that wont let the cpu go to sleep when the screen is turned off and wifi is running with file transfer? cuz no matter which program i try. Transfer speed always slows down to 40% once monitor off. I think the cpu is downclocked.
=cgrec92;6887568]Ok seriously what's wrong with you you've started a thread cos ur screen dims, get use to it! Of course if you keep your screen on your battery will die quick you can't have everything
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Sorry I thought this was a forum to help people over come issues. looks like you may be in the right place.
1. I never started the thread
2. the initial thread was started by some who has the same problem as me. This means I am not the only one with the problem and maybe it's worth solving
3. The thread was started because on power, in the car the screen dims and I want it bright as I can't see it in the sun. I want an app or a setting so when the device detects its on power it does not dim the screen.
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"I can of course set the time-out to 30 minutes, but i don't want my screen to stay on full brightness for 30 mins when its NOT charging!"
I know this is possible because dock simulator does this but has unwanted side effects ( phone on loudspeaker ) I know I could just fix the brightness on every visit to the car but this is a pain in the ass and I will forget to disable it and flatten my battery.
I could do this on win mo 6.5 and android is a much more flexible operating system.
Sorry if this post covered old ground but I found your last post rather provoking and I would prefer if you directed similar posts, elsewhere.
Thanks to everyone else who has guided in the right direction so far..
I have the same problem and when I asked before I got the same (none) answers.
It is one of the very few flaws I have with Android.
On WiMo I could leave the browser with the traffic site active and VISIBLE in my car charger and I could hit refresh now with android I have to touch the screen to activate the backlight and then refresh the site if I want an update.
I too just want the backlight to stay on ONLY when the phone is on external power, it can't be that hard and it shouldn't involve installing elaborate programs that consume more of the little precious memory I have left (until FroYo ...)
try an app called 'Caffine' from the marketplace its free and does the job perfectly
Thanks I'll give it a try.
I'm having fun playing with all the features with the phone but i'm stumped on something.
Say for example i've got my DHD in my brodit active car charger and i'm driving along listening to music being streamed via bluetooth to my head unit and say i'm using the stock media player or doubletwist as the media player.
After a bit the screen will turn off as i've got it to set to turn off after 30 secs.
Now obviously having it turn off after 30 secs is fine if i'm NOT using it in the car and attached to the charger but when in the car it's a pain if I want to switch tracks etc. as i've got to hit the top button and then swipe to unlock again
So is there a way to be selective on the screen turning off , so if it is on charge and a media player is running then the screen can be set to NOT turn off.
So basically IF on charge AND media player running - turn off screen = NO
on the flip side of that say I was charging the phone from my PC then of course I wouldn't be bothered if the screen was off.
Hi,
You can force your DHD to keep the screen on by selecting the "Stay Awake" check box. Whilst connected to a charger the screen will stay on.
Settings > Applications > Development > Stay Awake
The screen will dim after a set time, not sure where that setting is yet, but it will not switch off & lock.
Hope that solves your problem.
I have a similar requirement when using a GPS app which in my case has no "screen on" option. This works great for me: http://www.appbrain.com/app/screen-mode-widget-lite/com.ooha.screenmodelite
Everytime I'm watching a video in my browser, it'll sleep after 30 seconds which is what I have it set up to. But isn't the display suppose to stay on while watching a video. Does anyone know how to keep the screen on?
Sent from a Galaxy that fits in the palm of my hands.
that will depend on the video player App you are using
some will keep it awake, some will not
i got the same problem on my Windows PC
there are many work around, like easily set the phone to stay awake, and you can still turn it off when you hit the power button
or pick up another Player App from market, that has the feature build in
I am not sure this is even possible. If it is though, the community here will know how to do it. I am looking for a way to force the LCD off but keep the foreground app active. I don't want the device to sleep as I need the app (a video app) to continue to run in the foreground just as it would with the screen on.
I realize this may have as much to do with the hooks the app has as far as checking if the screen is off or listening to screen notifications (?). Anyway, wasn't sure if there was a lower level root hack or something that I could turn it off with. The reason I want to is that with the screen on, and plugged into a wall charger the GNEX can run the battery dead after a few hours of video play. I would like to keep the audio playing but save power by turning the screen off.
Any ideas?
Looking for something similar! Tried "no lock" app, with no success.
Don't know why you want to do it.
Anyway, if you are playing the same video everyday, you can convert the video into audio format. Every music player can play music with screen off.
it's not really like turning it off, but you can use apps called screen filter and reduce the brightness a lot. I used it when using a phone as a surveillance camera for nesting birds. Surely, it's not perfect but maybe a first step.
Hello,
My huwawei smartwatch sometimes turns off its screen automatically to full black, not the screens saver mode. So I need to touch my watch again to get the display on again.
What can I do about it?
Thank you for reading,
Genezing
This is a new energy saving feature. It will switch off the display if the watch doesn't move for a certain time. I also experience this sometimes, especially when playing with my Playstation. I usually rest my arms and mainly move only my fingers while playing. This causes my watch to go to sleep.
Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do about it. But it should not happen during normal activities, when you move your arm from time to time at least a little.
Happens to me when playing games, I figured it had to be some energy saving tech., glad to hear confirmation.