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[REQ] Always show clock?

Hi,
To check the time, I don't like having to switch on the screen with the power button, setting off the weather animation on Sense lockscreen. It's a bit awkward and uses battery unnecessarily.
So, my request to any dev is this;
Is it possible to keep the portion of the screen where the small clock is (in the top right) on all the time? Even when the rest of the screen is off, the clock stays visible ALL the time.
Not sure if it would create problems with battery usage, screen burn?
Any thoughts?

Change it to clock. Very simple.
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From what i understand, you want the screen to be on all the times but partially (just the top rlght). I think that's technically impossible.

Download "NoLed" by madmack from the market. It's an excellent app and has exactly what you are looking for plus a lot of other cool stuff.

qaliza said:
Download "NoLed" by madmack from the market. It has exactly what you are looking for plus alot other cool stuff.
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+1, you hit the nail on the head. I use this on my Sgs2, and it works well.
Regards

I'm quite sure that this will use more battery than turning the screen on once in a while for a few seconds

Wrong section and its more of a [Q] than a [REQ]

NoLed is a really good app, but it doesn't do what i'm requesting. When NoLed is active, if you look at the screen at the correct angle, you can see that the whole screen is on. Thank you tho
I'm trying to establish if it's possible to make only the pixels covering the clock area (in the notification bar) to stay on. This way the clock is always visible, and not much battery is drained(????)

That would only work on AMOLED screens.
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qaliza said:
Download "NoLed" by madmack from the market. It's an excellent app and has exactly what you are looking for plus a lot of other cool stuff.
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That would only be beneficial to those who have AMOLED screens.
I am pretty sure the HTC Ace has a 480*800 LCD, and I don't think it is possible to shut down different areas of the screen without hardware mods.
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ok, guess it ain't happening then....

maybe try using the desk clock, to my knowledge you use that and then u can press the powerbutton but all u see is the time and whatever else u set

Night/Desk Clock App Suggestions

I'm trying to find a decent desk/night/alarm clock app to use with my Nexus. I'd like to just totally get rid of my alarm clock radio and just use my phone. There's plenty of them out there, but the problem I'm having is finding one that has a decent screen saver function. I want to be able to see the clock through the night, but have it dim the screen and rotate the clock face around so it doesn't burn in on the screen.
Wakevoice is "almost" what I am looking for. The clock dims and rotates around the screen, but the navigation buttons don't turn off or dim at all.
Any suggestions? Or should I not worry about screen burn in with this phone?

What's wrong with the stock clock app? It does everything on your wish list.
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I agree, I ditched my alarm clock a couple months ago and use the stock deskclock apk for my alarm/nightclock. It does everything needed and mentioned above.

HuskerWebhead said:
I'm trying to find a decent desk/night/alarm clock app to use with my Nexus. I'd like to just totally get rid of my alarm clock radio and just use my phone. There's plenty of them out there, but the problem I'm having is finding one that has a decent screen saver function. I want to be able to see the clock through the night, but have it dim the screen and rotate the clock face around so it doesn't burn in on the screen.
Wakevoice is "almost" what I am looking for. The clock dims and rotates around the screen, but the navigation buttons don't turn off or dim at all.
Any suggestions? Or should I not worry about screen burn in with this phone?
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Try doubletwist alarm. i m happy with it so far

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The Doubletwist Alarm looks amazing, only thing, I might not be looking in the right settings but, I can't find an option to keep the screen awake in the app. That would make this app near perfect...

xIC-MACIx said:
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The Doubletwist Alarm looks amazing, only thing, I might not be looking in the right settings but, I can't find an option to keep the screen awake in the app. That would make this app near perfect...
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You are right, no keep awake option. But I use tasker for it.

How about Gentle Alarm?

El Daddy said:
What's wrong with the stock clock app? It does everything on your wish list.
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Ugh, I didn't realize the stock clock moved around. I feel silly for even making the post, but that's why I come here. Thanks for all the suggestions!

Status Bar Removal beta + FullScreen beta [JellyBean]

Seeing as how some were concerned with burn-in/didn't want the status bar I'm releasing a first step towards it.
The status bar has been removed, however apps don't seem to reclaim it. I'll be working on this tonight/tomorrow and post any updates on it.
This is for Bigxie's v1 version of JB.
Update:
Adding a fullscreen version that permanently remains fullscreen after 2-3 force closes (There's only a few but they stop after a minute or two and I've yet to have any issues with anything else though I haven't extensively tested it).
XDA is having issues with photos for me, screenshot is here: http://postimage.org/image/yx6en8kif/
FullScreen Mode: http://multiupload.biz/0y10uw1bgdgh/FullScreen Mode_MultiUpload.biz.zip.html
And for those with issues:
Standard JellyBean:
http://multiupload.biz/5puvw2cp7yp1/JB-Original-Navbar_MultiUpload.biz.zip.html

one questions: are only the icons removed or the hole status bar includig the black background?
the status bar doesn't burn in. the rest of the screen just loses brightness, whereas the status bar is black and doen't emit light. the oleds in this section and in the softbutton-section don't lose brightness because they aren't used that much. that's crappy, cause it is pretty good visible after just a couple of months of usage.

madphone said:
one questions: are only the icons removed or the hole status bar includig the black background?
the status bar doesn't burn in. the rest of the screen just loses brightness, whereas the status bar is black and doen't emit light. the oleds in this section and in the softbutton-section don't lose brightness because they aren't used that much. that's crappy, cause it is pretty good visible after just a couple of months of usage.
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The whole status bar is gone, you can't even slide it down or anything. Also could you elaborate on the losing brightness part please?
Also if anyone else has ideas I'm willing to try them. Causing the SystemUI to crash it enters the correct full screen for a min or two, but that isn't permanent nor ideal.

especially the blue subpixels lose brightness the older they get. entering fullscreen mode, let's say watching a movie, shows, that the status bar and onscreen buttons area are more blue than the rest of the screen. this is because these areas weren't used that much.
samoled is very crappy when it comes to longevity. especially for power users it's really bullsh... i had it on every samsung samoled so far. only omnia 7 with windows phone doesn't show these "burned icons" because it's mostly running in full screen, except you touch the status bar, then the icons pop in.

Lol sorry to say but after reading this thread ... I'm just as confused as the box boy in your phones background... =\ not going to try this one...
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-Google

madphone said:
especially the blue subpixels lose brightness the older they get. entering fullscreen mode, let's say watching a movie, shows, that the status bar and onscreen buttons area are more blue than the rest of the screen. this is because these areas weren't used that much.
samoled is very crappy when it comes to longevity. especially for power users it's really bullsh... i had it on every samsung samoled so far. only omnia 7 with windows phone doesn't show these "burned icons" because it's mostly running in full screen, except you touch the status bar, then the icons pop in.
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Wow i`m waiting for a replacment now for this burn in crap,i like the phone but this is unbearable wish i would of known.

How the hell do you check your notifications?? This seems kind of stupid.

akira02rex said:
How the hell do you check your notifications?? This seems kind of stupid.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28124445&postcount=1
I've seen a couple of requests like that one. Notifierpro apparently lets you (I've never tried it) and my curiosity as to how to actually remove the status bar lead me to this. (I'm not so worried about the burn in, and will leave my status bar there, I just know a couple of people seemed to want it gone to remove burn in)

Why not hide it with Nova/Apex launcher?
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DavidXSU said:
Why not hide it with Nova/Apex launcher?
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Because it will come back whenever you go into any other app. I don't care for this mod, but can see its use for some.

MattJ951 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28124445&postcount=1
I've seen a couple of requests like that one. Notifierpro apparently lets you (I've never tried it) and my curiosity as to how to actually remove the status bar lead me to this. (I'm not so worried about the burn in, and will leave my status bar there, I just know a couple of people seemed to want it gone to remove burn in)
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Thank you for your work!
Just a question, if I was using apex, and I set swipe down action will show notification, will it show?

right7left said:
Thank you for your work!
Just a question, if I was using apex, and I set swipe down action will show notification, will it show?
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No Idea, sorry, also adding an update to the main post.
http://postimage.org/image/yx6en8kif/

tried this on holo launcher, notifications didn't show up
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Hi matt
I have error 404 when trying to download the full screen zip
Is it possible to have the reversal zip ? or a toggle function ?
I need a mediafire or dropbox link for Fullscreen please

Updated with original/ working upload for fullscreen

Thank you
Is it possible to have a toggle Fullscreen ?

brunoisa10 said:
Thank you
Is it possible to have a toggle Fullscreen ?
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I might be able to make an app do it, to swap out the SystemUI.apk when toggled. idk if you can do that with the phone running though.

hi matt
just installed your Full Screen mod
and my Gnex is never starting (stays on bootloop)
I have the Jelly Belly V2 ROM
any idea ?

brunoisa10 said:
hi matt
just installed your Full Screen mod
and my Gnex is never starting (stays on bootloop)
I have the Jelly Belly V2 ROM
any idea ?
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Probably isn't compatible with Jelly Belly V2.
I've only tested it on bigxie's v1

strange as it it is system.apk or system UI if I'm right , so must be the same on JB ROMs

Please post your ideas on how to solve screen burn-in issue!

I can't believe Google was so stupid as to design ON-SCREEN buttons and not foresee screen burn-in issues.
Does anyone have any ideas on how we can fix Google's mistake?
If only there was a way to keep the Navigation Menu always hidden and then only make it appear when we need to use it...sort of like how you can hide the Windows Start bar and when you move your mouse, it animates into view on top of everything else.
Maybe, we can use the proximity sensor to show or hide the Navigation Menu? Like, when you swipe your hand over the sensor, it shows or hides it. Or, maybe make it shake activated? Like just shake your phone and the Navigation Menu appears/disappears. If it's shake activated, then we should make it so we can adjust the shake sensitivity because not everyone shakes the same.
Does anyone have any other ideas on how to solve this? Please post them!
I hope Google tracks this thread and patents and uses our ideas. Or else, give us tactile or capacitive buttons in the next Nexus!

Neo3D said:
If only there was a way to keep the Navigation Menu always hidden and then only make it appear when we need to use it...sort of like how you can hide the Windows Start bar and when you move your mouse, it animates into view on top of everything else.
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I'm sure there is a ROM or two that does this. I know one for the N7 has that feature... I think it was Glazed. Maybe their GNex ROM has it also.
I haven't had any screen burn-in issues in 8 months of owning the phone so unfortunately I can't help there. good luck.

Neo3D said:
I can't believe Google was so stupid as to design ON-SCREEN buttons and not foresee screen burn-in issues.
Does anyone have any ideas on how we can fix Google's mistake?
If only there was a way to keep the Navigation Menu always hidden and then only make it appear when we need to use it...sort of like how you can hide the Windows Start bar and when you move your mouse, it animates into view on top of everything else.
Maybe, we can use the proximity sensor to show or hide the Navigation Menu? Like, when you swipe your hand over the sensor, it shows or hides it. Or, maybe make it shake activated? Like just shake your phone and the Navigation Menu appears/disappears. If it's shake activated, then we should make it so we can adjust the shake sensitivity because not everyone shakes the same.
Does anyone have any other ideas on how to solve this? Please post them!
I hope Google tracks this thread and patents and uses our ideas. Or else, give us tactile or capacitive buttons in the next Nexus!
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Like 98% of the issues around here I've never had this problem. Sometimes I think I'm the only person with a problem free Nexus. Nevertheless, jaseglenn4 has a thread discussing this. You'll find some info there, good luck:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1606237

I have screen retention with my keyboard and that's about it.
Sometimes it's fairly noticeable, sometimes it's not, not bothering me enough to get it replaced.

I just changed my habits so that I rotate the screen 90° to the right whenever I use landscape (web browsing and lots of other things) so as to switch the menu to the opposite side. I figure with that usage pattern it'll take twice as long to notice any burn in.
With low brightness settings in most cases I figure this'll be longer than I expect to keep the phone anyway.
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I heard a myth that if you had screen burn in issue you can reduce it by setting a fullscreen white image, crank it up to max brightness and leave it there for 1-2 hours.. it's not gone but it'll be reduced..
Can someone confirm this?
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Yes some roms have the expandable desktop option to make it full screen. I see some people use that and LMT so they don't have to use nav bar instead just gestures to move around phone

Don't ever buy a phone with an amoled display again. *solved*
good day.

It's not going to burn in. Your screen would have to be on for days and days consecutively, nonstop, with the keys never hiding or changing position. And even then with the stock color of the keys it's even less likely.
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Has anyone got burned in images of the buttons on their phone right now? Or is this a "this might happen" question? Have been using mine for a good few months now and there is no sign of this issue!

I Am Marino said:
I have screen retention with my keyboard and that's about it.
Sometimes it's fairly noticeable, sometimes it's not, not bothering me enough to get it replaced.
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x2, and even then it's only when I have a gray background

Xadin said:
Has anyone got burned in images of the buttons on their phone right now? Or is this a "this might happen" question? Have been using mine for a good few months now and there is no sign of this issue!
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I think the reason Google made the virtual keys grey is for this reason solely. It's not full white so there shouldn't be able burn-in issues.
I commonly see image-retention (keyboard shadows etc.) but not burn-in. I highly doubt anyone has the latter.

Enhanced said:
I think the reason Google made the virtual keys grey is for this reason solely. It's not full white so there shouldn't be able burn-in issues.
I commonly see image-retention (keyboard shadows etc.) but not burn-in. I highly doubt anyone has the latter.
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Soooo, this is a non-issue. Good to know!

You have any idea how long it takes for burn in to occurred? Last time I try, it took a week or two, with the screen on 24/7 to get a little burn in on my laptop LCD display. It went away after I turn off the screen for a night.
For the nexus to have a burn-in onscreen button happened? Good luck with that.

Neither mine or my gf's have this issue. Now my nexus 7....it has it bad....
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Enhanced said:
I think the reason Google made the virtual keys grey is for this reason solely. It's not full white so there shouldn't be able burn-in issues.
I commonly see image-retention (keyboard shadows etc.) but not burn-in. I highly doubt anyone has the latter.
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What's the difference between image-retention and burn-in?
The issue I'm seeing is that when the screen is white or a light color, I can see where the Navigation Menu used to be (when I hide it).

I hide top and bottom bar so I avoid any burn in.

Hinouchi said:
You have any idea how long it takes for burn in to occurred? Last time I try, it took a week or two, with the screen on 24/7 to get a little burn in on my laptop LCD display. It went away after I turn off the screen for a night.
For the nexus to have a burn-in onscreen button happened? Good luck with that.
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burn in is a lot easier on amoled displays....
your comparison makes no sense

I have seen a little retention but nothing i would worry about. Usually goes away after a few seconds.
Personally i love the on screen nav buttons.
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RogerPodacter said:
I hide top and bottom bar so I avoid any burn in.
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How do you hide the nav bar?

For those looking for better notifications

Since we don't have LED notifications you guys can check out Dynamic Notifications. Gives a nice clean look to notifications https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications

What's wrong with Flash Alerts 2? I use it all the time, if you opt for it, you can buy the premium version, I just use the free version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.megawave.flashalerts

He didn't say there was something wrong with it, apparently he prefers that app. Does flash alerts give led notification? I thought it was just a flash from the flashlight.
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so basicly the second screen but full screen i dont get it this phone has the best notifications ever just put date and time as your secound screen off mode then turn see all notifications on on the lock screen and boom second screen shows when you miss a call double time the screen and you see who it is. why would you install and app that turns on the screen when you have a second screen just for that. or am i missing something

Can't see it from a distance. Led is great for that.
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well i've had notes up untill now and i cant say i missed the led i actually didnt even realize the phone didnt have one till i saw this post. seeing that all it did was say hey unlock your phone something is happening lol now i look and i see oh its just and email back in the pocket you go. i think this is better cause now your phone doesnt have a light that says to everyone i'm checking a message of some kind lol now it just looks like i'm checking the time.

Led was great, color coded for text messages, email, missed calls, etc. But hey, if you are happy, I'm happy for you.
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If u go into settings>accessibility>hearing> flash notifications is now an option no 3rd party app needed.

bhowell423 said:
If u go into settings>accessibility>hearing> flash notifications is now an option no 3rd party app needed.
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Thank u

bhowell423 said:
If u go into settings>accessibility>hearing> flash notifications is now an option no 3rd party app needed.
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:good: Thanks I was all set to download an app. No need now!

Easy solution to those missing the led, we can just make an app that makes the second screen flash different colors at full brightness. Heck let's turn it on permanently and the screen and go rainbow in equal divisions of color based on the order the notifications come in. I'm tempted to put a /s on this but I think I might actually use it if it became available...

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Easy solution to those missing the led, we can just make an app that makes the second screen flash different colors at full brightness. Heck let's turn it on permanently and the screen and go rainbow in equal divisions of color based on the order the notifications come in. I'm tempted to put a /s on this but I think I might actually use it if it became available...
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Agreed. The camera led is obnoxious. Brighter, blinking, colored images on the second screen needs to happen.....why on earth are All the second screen notifications white?!
Also.....missed call AND text reminders need to be standard on new devices. Is there a rational explanation why my brand new tech still needs an app for common sense stuff?

FosTTer said:
Agreed. The camera led is obnoxious. Brighter, blinking, colored images on the second screen needs to happen.....why on earth are All the second screen notifications white?!
Also.....missed call AND text reminders need to be standard on new devices. Is there a rational explanation why my brand new tech still needs an app for common sense stuff?
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they aren't....it is app dependent
i have certain apps that display the notification icon in a different color...i was glad to see this cause it showed it was possible...bright "breathing" color notifications would be awesome

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If u go into settings>accessibility>hearing> flash notifications is now an option no 3rd party app needed.
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Wow thanks for that!!!

NO LED
IF we can get this app to display on the second screen I think we will have a almost perfect solution:
NoLED app by madmac

For rooted phones w/ Xposed, just get the enable ambient display module.