Turning screen off, looks odd. - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

When I press the power button on my GN to turn the screen off it doesn't just go straight off like say the iPhone does, it kind of disappears down to a weird white line and then goes off. Its like the days of really old TVs where it went to a white dot when the crt turned off.
Does this happen to anyone else?
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It's a feature.

That is how it supposed to be. It is an animation from Google since the Gingerbread builds

Lol, really? Each to his own I suppose. At least I know it's not a faulty display.
Thanks.
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gazhowell said:
Lol, really? Each to his own I suppose. At least I know it's not a faulty display.
Thanks.
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No of course it's not a faulty display
It's a really awesome little feature when turning off the device. I love it!

Haha, yeah, when I updated my Desire to CM7 I spent ages just turning it on and off to watch it. I'd be VERY sad if they removed that feature.
(I'm easily pleased)

Unfortunately I do not have this feature with my SGN.
I cannot find the option to enable it also through settings at all.
Anyone got any idea how to enable this?

sellhimechoes said:
Unfortunately I do not have this feature with my SGN.
I cannot find the option to enable it also through settings at all.
Anyone got any idea how to enable this?
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I don't think u need to enable it... Its already there..... When you hit the lock button, u will see your phone do a CRT like animation.

When I turn the screen off I definitely don't have it. I used to have it on my Desire with Gingerbread (Miui XJ). I used to be able to enable it in the options but I definitely don't have it on my SGN???

sellhimechoes said:
Unfortunately I do not have this feature with my SGN.
I cannot find the option to enable it also through settings at all.
Anyone got any idea how to enable this?
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That's because the SGS is running a bastardized version of Android, like all TouchWiz devices. If you were to flash CM or an AOSP-based build you would have it.

gazhowell said:
When I press the power button on my GN to turn the screen off it doesn't just go straight off like say the iPhone does, it kind of disappears down to a weird white line and then goes off. Its like the days of really old TVs where it went to a white dot when the crt turned off.
Does this happen to anyone else?
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I LOL'd when I read this post, are you just trying to troll?
You might be able to turn it off if you go into display settings, or just wait until CM9 comes out, it gives you an option to turn it off in the CM Settings as well as the ability to make the animation appear when turning it on.
I highly doubt you bought a Nexus and bought the XDA premium app without knowing about this Gingerbread feature

Lol funny post. I remember when video was leaked of gingerbread and all it was was that screen off animation.
Slickest thing I ever saw lol
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claud_face said:
Lol funny post. I remember when video was leaked of gingerbread and all it was was that screen off animation.
Slickest thing I ever saw lol
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That video was Droid porn for me..
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gazhowell said:
Lol, really? Each to his own I suppose. At least I know it's not a faulty display.
Thanks.
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Lollll. This has been in Android since 2.3. Its a nerdy throwback to CRT monitors/TV's.

jmbillings said:
Haha, yeah, when I updated my Desire to CM7 I spent ages just turning it on and off to watch it. I'd be VERY sad if they removed that feature.
(I'm easily pleased)
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I love watching it worth wasting the precious battery for!

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Flashlight???

Does anyone know of an apk that allows you to use the camera flash as a flashlight? I had one for my HTC phones, Im not sure if I can just use that one or not.
Im not rooted, running 2.3 (gingerbread)
RDS9119 said:
Does anyone know of an apk that allows you to use the camera flash as a flashlight? I had one for my HTC phones, Im not sure if I can just use that one or not.
Im not rooted, running 2.3 (gingerbread)
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Dude... have you even tried searching the Google Play Store?
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Check out "flashlight led genius". There's an option to turn on the led from the lockscreen by shaking the phone.
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Nice thanks. I have been using torch light. But that feature sounds great
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There are several, I use Tiny Flashlight
SuperSwagSauce said:
Dude... have you even tried searching the Google Play Store?
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Yep, just didnt think they were bright enough. Tried Flashlight zaphrox,aflashlight, and 3 others but to me not near bright enough.
quocamole Thanks i will search for that one
Tiny flashlight is blinding. If it isn't for you, go have your eyes checked
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I use one called search light, it has an option to use your camera and see what you're shining
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quocamole said:
Check out "flashlight led genius". There's an option to turn on the led from the lockscreen by shaking the phone.
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What a cool little feature. This would be awesome to implement into any rom.
Please close this thread...please.
You mine as well have asked if there was an app that let your phone play music. Besides...this should have been posted in the Q&A section if anywhere at all...
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bondosho said:
Tiny flashlight is blinding. If it isn't for you, go have your eyes checked
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i agree on this one.. best one i have ever used..
used to use torch on my mogul... and this one blows it away...
Try this.
http://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=...&rct=j&frm=1&q=super+bright+halogen+spotlight
Pp.
PanchoPlanet said:
Try this.
http://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=...&rct=j&frm=1&q=super+bright+halogen+spotlight
Pp.
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Worked great thanks dude
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I like led flashlight.. It allows you to put the phone to sleep with the flashlight on.. Torch will not.. It works good and reason why i like it is because when i wear white basketball shorts to sleep and i need to go downstairs for something at night i can put the led flashlight on, put phone to sleep and put it in my pocket and the light shows throuh the shorts lol.. Then i can carry a drink and food and see where im going!
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iUseJuGGZz said:
Worked great thanks dude
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Glad you liked it, LoL.....
Pp.
Thanks Pancho. It's a bright sumbitch. Sucks battery big time though. :thumbup:
All you need is an exxxxxtended battery!
Pp.............LoL
Check flashlight+led
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=droid.pr.coolflashlightfree
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[APP] Turn screen off while MHL mirroring / Medialink HD / Downloading data

[APP/MOD/ROOT] SCREEN 'STANDBY'
FOR HTC ONE X / GALAXY NEXUS​AVOID OVERHEATING PROBLEM FROM PROLONGED STREAMING/GAMING OVER HDMI / MHL | DOWNLOADING DATA OVER WIFI​SAVE YOUR BATTERY!​
NOW UNIVERSAL, THREAD MOVED HERE
Fantastic thanks for taking the time mate. This is exactly what i was looking for.
Interesting...
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could you consider adding a dock mode toggle into your app ?
besides that, it works great !
testing now, I play movies everyday
1immortal said:
could you consider adding a dock mode toggle into your app ?
besides that, it works great !
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Can you be more specific? If it is possible then i shall implement it.
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just forget it, read again what i wrote, and its plain dumb, you're with your screen off ... bleh
Awesome idea! my phone overheats, so this will be great thanks!
Just what is was looking for...
Will try it later when using the MHL
Thanks
brilliant:good:
Love it great idea !
is it possible to assign a shortcut button or have it as a notification for easier in app access ?
Working great so far
You could always place a widget of the app to access it quick from home launcher. If I implement permanent notification, it requires a service to be kept running -> battery problem. However if you want, then I could implement a notification toggle that let you turn on the screen without the need of putting the phone to sleep and wake it up.
Please share any other ideas if you have
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FYI: does not work on stock deodexed Galaxy Nexus (I know this is for the HOX, but I've been looking for something similar...)
winsettr said:
FYI: does not work on stock deodexed Galaxy Nexus (I know this is for the HOX, but I've been looking for something similar...)
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Have you found anything like this for other phones?
Thanks for this wonderful app man!
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You are amazing sir.
Just what I was asking for in another part of this forum. I guess I have to learn how to use the search function more effectively
this is excatly what i need for my EVO 3D. is there anyway you can make this work for other phones??
kunjunk said:
Have you found anything like this for other phones?
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nickgrill said:
this is excatly what i need for my EVO 3D. is there anyway you can make this work for other phones??
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The best thing I have found so far is an app called Screen Filter (turns the brightness to almost 0%). For me it works best to set a homescreen widget so you can access it when the screen is unreadable.
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To any one who want me to port this app to their devices, please note that I don't have the device myself (I only have Nexus S / Moto Xoom and the HOX International). So please PM me, so I can give you instruction on how you can help me port this app.
winsettr said:
The best thing I have found so far is an app called Screen Filter (turns the brightness to almost 0%). For me it works best to set a homescreen widget so you can access it when the screen is unreadable.
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i tried screen filter. works pretty good but would love to turn the screen off completely.

LED notification....

Does the Gnex have an LED notification light? I have yet to see one.
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Sure does. Its below the display. RGB too.
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The notification light in Gnex is one of my favourite options in the phone. Some ROMs provide full customization of the notification light ( ex. Paranoid android) . I've set it to flash blue for missed calls , yellow for SMS, green for whatsapp and red for tango
It only lights up when the screen is off?
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Correct
twillet50 said:
Does the Gnex have an LED notification light? I have yet to see one.
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When I first got it I actually did not know that it had a LED notification light. I got a phone call and noticed the light and I was amazed and I immediately loved my phone more
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Mine only works with Light Flow. Stock or on a rom, no workie.
tgyberg said:
Mine only works with Light Flow. Stock or on a rom, no workie.
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The rom has to support it, and you have to manually set it up...
I installed light flow. That's how I found it. I'm running Affinity rom and have not seen it work before. Maybe the rom doesn't support it.
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AshtonTS said:
The rom has to support it, and you have to manually set it up...
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BAMF does support it and I set it all up long ago. Still no workie!
ac3theone said:
When I first got it I actually did not know that it had a LED notification light. I got a phone call and noticed the light and I was amazed and I immediately loved my phone more
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Same here...bi was like shut the front door... :::::
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Ep3n3wp said:
Same here...bi was like shut the front door... :::::
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Lmao nice
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Lightflow has been really flaky for me (misses many notification events). The built-in settings in CM10 works best. I don't recall it missing anything.
twillet50 said:
It only lights up when the screen is off?
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3rdstring said:
Correct
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Except for receiving a phone call . It lights when the screen is off or on. That's at least what my phone does with PA rom
I love how I makes it pulse when I charge my phone.
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If I have helped you.... hit that sexy thanks button. ^_^
Yup, didn't know there was one also. I got the point of thinking... maybe the VZW version just doesn't have one :crying:
And then it happened...:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:
Galaxy Nexus + LightFlow has been a great combination for me. The RGB LED notification is a must for me with any future phones.
is a full on Rom the only way to customize it? Only thing id really like to see, is for it to pulse a bit faster. The length in time it takes to pulse is too long imo. I could turn the phone on an look faster than it would take for me to stare at that point and see if there is a message.
use lightflow.
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Must have been something with the Affinity rom. I loaded CNA and it works as its supposed to, plus its customizable.
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I would like the option of disabling Lockscreen Widgets completely

How do the rest of you feel? I can see why they can be useful to people but to me they are too much trouble, even if the slowdowns and security issues get fixed.
You really have lots of stuff to complain about.
Anyways I find the widgets very useful. Glad they added them finally.
What security issues do you encounter? Besides someone reading part of a text message or email?
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No lock screen
CADude said:
How do the rest of you feel? I can see why they can be useful to people but to me they are too much trouble, even if the slowdowns and security issues get fixed.
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My phone never leaves my side so i disabled the lock screen completely. Super fast access
msavic6 said:
You really have lots of stuff to complain about.
Anyways I find the widgets very useful. Glad they added them finally.
What security issues do you encounter? Besides someone reading part of a text message or email?
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Every phone and OS has its issues that need to be resolved. No complaints = no progress.
Yes, the reading part of a message thing is the big issue.
CADude said:
How do the rest of you feel? I can see why they can be useful to people but to me they are too much trouble, even if the slowdowns and security issues get fixed.
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Lockscreen Policy
isnt the whole idea of a lock screen that someone else can not use our devices or access data?
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CADude said:
How do the rest of you feel? I can see why they can be useful to people but to me they are too much trouble, even if the slowdowns and security issues get fixed.
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well hopefully Google makes the next update completely tailored to what you want since you seem to feel they owe it to you
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grognaz said:
isnt the whole idea of a lock screen that someone else can not use our devices or access data?
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They also can help prevent accidental pocket-dials (or whatever else). As it takes a bit more effort to drag to a target, opposed to just tapping on a direct dial shortcut on your home screen.
b1337 said:
well hopefully Google makes the next update completely tailored to what you want since you seem to feel they owe it to you
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Because having options means the same thing as having something tailored specifically for me, right?
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CADude said:
Because having options means the same thing as having something tailored specifically for me, right?
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that's why there's an app for that, aka options...
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Yes like people have said above I think you are complaining too much... If you are gonna whine that much and not wait for stuff to slowly fix by their self you could just go to iOS... And stay "locked" down and then you could feel safe
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CADude said:
How do the rest of you feel? I can see why they can be useful to people but to me they are too much trouble, even if the slowdowns and security issues get fixed.
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Lock screen policy
It's in the market and will fix all of your problems
jxr94 said:
Lock screen policy
It's in the market and will fix all of your problems
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not all, as u can still accidently unlock into clock app...
CADude said:
Every phone and OS has its issues that need to be resolved. No complaints = no progress.
Yes, the reading part of a message thing is the big issue.
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Solution: Don't use the message/email widget on lock screen.
Seriously, it's one thing to complain about issues that affect the performance of a phone and how it's used and another to complain about completely trivial matters that are purely personal taste. Your complaints seem to be the latter.
You don't have to use the lock screen widgets. Sure, you'll get the screen edge reminders that there are pages on either side(for about a second), but they fade away.
I personally don't care for the lock screen widgets. I usually forget they're there. Would I want them completely removed? Nah, Google might have something in mind for them later down the road.
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Custom ROMs will probably have the option of no lock screen widgets.
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CADude said:
How do the rest of you feel? I can see why they can be useful to people but to me they are too much trouble, even if the slowdowns and security issues get fixed.
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I vote you king ***** a lot......... congratulations
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vbauer86 said:
not all, as u can still accidently unlock into clock app...
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If you have root, he's got a hack in the settings that will disable even that.
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DirgeExtinction said:
Solution: Don't use the message/email widget on lock screen.
Seriously, it's one thing to complain about issues that affect the performance of a phone and how it's used and another to complain about completely trivial matters that are purely personal taste. Your complaints seem to be the latter.
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There's no reason not to disable them completely except your issues with me complaining. Get over your bias and see that this OS should be about having lots of options. If we don't want to use lockscreen widgets, we should be allowed to disable them entirely, simply because we don't need them enabled if we don't use them at all to begin with.
What we need is a single widget with clock weather missed calls etc. It should be here soon. If not then use widgetlocker or a ROM with 4.1 style lockscreen. This is android device there are always going to be options.
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T-Keith said:
This is android device there are always going to be options.
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Unless you do what certain people say and keep Android as a base with very few or no options and having to depend on 3rd party developers to give you something else to do with your phone.
Android shouldn't follow this iPhone model when doing things. It should have plenty of built-in options as well as 3rd party options, not a lack of the former.

Stock Screen stays on

My wife's stock NOte II screen Time setting is 10 seconds.
It comes on when notifications go off, and never goes off, unless we manually turn it off.
Any thoughts?
This continues to be a problem.
In fact, it happens at night while on the charger, and the screen staying on prevents the phone from achieving a full charge.
Nobody has any thoughts?
Maybe the face rwgonition sensor that keeps the phone awake when you're looking at it is faulty.
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Try turning off smart stay and see it fixes the issue.
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Thanks for the thoughts.
Smart stay is off, so that likely is not hte issue.
There are 2 problems as I see it: First, the fact that it always turns on when anything happens, such as mail receipt, text msg, notifications. Then it never goes off.
If all else fails there is a mod in the themes and apps section to disable screen wake lock....so if you get any notifications it will not wake your screen I cant give u the link im out
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Turn off motion detection, this always happened to me at night while charging.
Haven't had the problem ever since.
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twanskys204 said:
If all else fails there is a mod in the themes and apps section to disable screen wake lock....so if you get any notifications it will not wake your screen I cant give u the link im out
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If I don't get it working right, I'll see if I can find that. Thanks.
z28tovette said:
Turn off motion detection, this always happened to me at night while charging.
Haven't had the problem ever since.
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Interesting. I have that on on my SGS III, and don't have this problem. But, my wife pretty much doeson't use the motion detection things anyway. Just turned it off. I'll post back how it goes.
Here ya go....I absolutely love this mod, cant go whithout
. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001240
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twanskys204 said:
Here ya go....I absolutely love this mod, cant go whithout
. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001240
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Thanks.
Upon checking it out, it works with the stock messaging app. We use Google Voice, so probably won't work.
I have turned off motion, and I think it has improved. Although I think it turns on when fully charged (notification of full charge I suppose), and stays on.
The fact that it stays on is the real problem. I don't understand why the 15 second setting doesn't let it turn off.
Hmmmm....I just thought of something else: I may haave Screeble installed. I'll have to check on that and see if there are strange settings or something.
I know what it is.... go into developer options and look for an option that says "screen on while pluged in" turn it off
good find...
twanskys204 said:
I know what it is.... go into developer options and look for an option that says "screen on while pluged in" turn it off
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Was gonna say that also
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ewingr said:
Thanks.
Upon checking it out, it works with the stock messaging app. We use Google Voice, so probably won't work.
I have turned off motion, and I think it has improved. Although I think it turns on when fully charged (notification of full charge I suppose), and stays on.
The fact that it stays on is the real problem. I don't understand why the 15 second setting doesn't let it turn off.
Hmmmm....I just thought of something else: I may haave Screeble installed. I'll have to check on that and see if there are strange settings or something.
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Check in Settings > Developer Options
Theres an option in there to keep screen awake while charging and that may have been turned on? If not turn off try turning off the dev options just to make sure thats not the problem.
EDIT: Two people beat me to it
twanskys204 said:
I know what it is.... go into developer options and look for an option that says "screen on while pluged in" turn it off
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good find...
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Bsmith0731 said:
Was gonna say that also
Current Devices: At&t Samsung Galaxy Note, Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Asus Google Nexus 7 Super Tablet
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SizableSac said:
Check in Settings > Developer Options
Theres an option in there to keep screen awake while charging and that may have been turned on? If not turn off try turning off the dev options just to make sure thats not the problem.
EDIT: Two people beat me to it
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Alas...developer options are off, so that is not it.
Well then....idk. maybe factory reset? You could try?
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Well then....idk. maybe factory reset? You could try?
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Yes, I've been thinking about trying that. But wife doesn't want all of the re-install and configuration.
I guess just need to live with it.
Ask her if she wants it fixed lol my gf says that too and then when I go behind her back and do it anyway she thanks me
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And then somtimes she complains about not having the phone the way she likes, I tell her to set it up forcing her 2 learn. Everybody wins
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twanskys204 said:
Ask her if she wants it fixed lol my gf says that too and then when I go behind her back and do it anyway she thanks me
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And then somtimes she complains about not having the phone the way she likes, I tell her to set it up forcing her 2 learn. Everybody wins
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They are funny that way lol
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K I have another idea....there is an option in settings display and then I think screen timout time cheak to see if thats not set realy high
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