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Is there a freeware to turn off/on phone radio on schedule?

say if I want to turn off phone radio from 9PM to 8AM, but keep Dash on to use as a PDA. .. Thanks.

qaplus said:
say if I want to turn off phone radio from 9PM to 8AM, but keep Dash on to use as a PDA. .. Thanks.
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Write a Mortscript to do it.

ehh, that's a bit too difficultf or me..

I think Don'tForget will do what you are wanting.
You can get it from http://dashapps.googlepages.com

Thanks. I tried Don't Forget. But it crashed when it tries to switch to Flight mode.

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ehh, that's a bit too difficultf or me..
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I will write you up one this weekend and post it here for you.
What times do you want it to switch the radio off and what time to turn it back on?

Bupahs said:
I will write you up one this weekend and post it here for you.
What times do you want it to switch the radio off and what time to turn it back on?
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Bupahs, that's so nice of you. Can you set it to from 9PM to 8AM? It's just a text script, right? So I can modify it later? Thanks!

I think this should fit the bill nicely http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Communications/SleepWell-32308.shtml

There's a pair of programs i use(d). Both by the same company. One will schedule automated events (alarms, shut-off, etc) and the other will record macros.
Essentially you record a macro (choose start at home screen) and work your way into comm manager as if you normally would, and this device will remmeber what you did.
Next you would set an autorun in the second program.
A few things i have noticed..
Doesn't function perfectly when starting in LOCK mode, so you have to fake an unlock by pressing the unlock key and Z, then just press the HANGUP button to make sure it is on the home screen
You have to leave time considering for LAG with your phone, i would give it a good couple of seconds more than it actually takes for each step to make sure it doesnt mess anything up....realize that it isnt remembering your destination, just your keypresses and pauses...
Program has a VERY AKWARD and barely legible font, so trust it!
The auto-run program comes packed with a bunch of automatically programmed alarms and events, so delete them when you install
The names of these programs are:
MacroRecorder and AutoFlight ...both are by CyberHorse i believe

qaplus said:
Bupahs, that's so nice of you. Can you set it to from 9PM to 8AM? It's just a text script, right? So I can modify it later? Thanks!
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pretty much, I will comment the parts you can edit.
I write so many Mortscripts its pretty simple anymore.

Cyclonezephyrxz7 said:
There's a pair of programs i use(d). Both by the same company. One will schedule automated events (alarms, shut-off, etc) and the other will record macros.
Essentially you record a macro (choose start at home screen) and work your way into comm manager as if you normally would, and this device will remmeber what you did.
Next you would set an autorun in the second program.
A few things i have noticed..
Doesn't function perfectly when starting in LOCK mode, so you have to fake an unlock by pressing the unlock key and Z, then just press the HANGUP button to make sure it is on the home screen
You have to leave time considering for LAG with your phone, i would give it a good couple of seconds more than it actually takes for each step to make sure it doesnt mess anything up....realize that it isnt remembering your destination, just your keypresses and pauses...
Program has a VERY AKWARD and barely legible font, so trust it!
The auto-run program comes packed with a bunch of automatically programmed alarms and events, so delete them when you install
The names of these programs are:
MacroRecorder and AutoFlight ...both are by CyberHorse i believe
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Personally I like a good simple and small foot print Mortscript. Why install two programs to do what a 5k script will do?

Evi1d33d said:
I think this should fit the bill nicely http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Communications/SleepWell-32308.shtml
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Thanks Evi1d33d. This one works great. The only minor problem is the Edit dialog doesn't like my font. Most messages are truncated.

Off topic but does anyone know a free app that let you schedule when the phone turns on/off?
I think it's almost impossible since the phone isn't running anything when it's off.

Evi1d33d said:
Off topic but does anyone know a free app that let you schedule when the phone turns on/off?
I think it's almost impossible since the phone isn't running anything when it's off.
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lol, Mortscripts once again. My phone powers on, downloads my mail, feeds, weather, etc then if its the weekend powers off again until I need it if it is the weekday it sets off the alarm to wake me up.

Evi1d33d said:
I think this should fit the bill nicely http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Communications/SleepWell-32308.shtml
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Sleepwell is great, however, I guess I'm missing something....
I can define the hour to turn on airplane mode... how about turn OFF airplane mode? How this software knows when I want my phone back? I couldn't find any settings to it, or am I missing something
I think I got the picture... you define one setting to turn off, and then define another setting to turn on. Is it? Am I right?
Regards.

joeskull said:
Sleepwell is great, however, I guess I'm missing something....
I can define the hour to turn on airplane mode... how about turn OFF airplane mode? How this software knows when I want my phone back? I couldn't find any settings to it, or am I missing something
I think I got the picture... you define one setting to turn off, and then define another setting to turn on. Is it? Am I right?
Regards.
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There are three options in the app: Flight mode on, Flight mode off and Turn the phone off.

Hi Bupahs any update on the script? thanks

Z-man said:
Hi Bupahs any update on the script? thanks
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Oh man, I must hang my head in shame on this one, I completely forgot about it
I will post one tomorrow (sunday 8) sorry about that guys.

Ok, I have a couple scripts ready to go.. almost, I need to know for which version of WM to make them, just so there are not errors or unexpected issues.

Bupahs said:
Ok, I have a couple scripts ready to go.. almost, I need to know for which version of WM to make them, just so there are not errors or unexpected issues.
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i have wm6.1 kavana rom 90123 not 80408 WWE

Can we auto turn phone on/off at set times?

Does anyone know how to setup the TP2 to turn on and off at a set time each day? Many thanks.

Can we auto turn phone on/off at set times
davidgee said:
Does anyone know how to setup the TP2 to turn on and off at a set time each day? Many thanks.
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davidgee
There are plenty of apps that perform this and much more, I use G-Profile, this can be configured to turn the phone (GSM part) off (ie put in Flight Mode) at specific times of the day on specific days.
I have mine to put the phone in flight mode at around midnight each night, and then turn it back on again in the morning, I have two sets of these, one for during the week and one for weekends (like to get up later on the weekends )
This app is completely free but if you like it you can donate to the author, there are other apps like this some of them free some not.
Have a search through these forums and you will find quite a few.
Cheers

davidgee said:
Does anyone know how to setup the TP2 to turn on and off at a set time each day? Many thanks.
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I use phonealarm, mostly becuase it as an option to run hidden behind TouchFLO. It will also change setting son Location/appointments/time I think a few other triggers. You have to pay for it, but I find it really useful. www.pocketmax.net

Thank you guys. I'll check them out.

A few quick questions regarding connectivity options

Hi,
My HTC Desire should be arriving in the next few days and I've seen some posts about wifi, bluetooth, gps, 3g being on 24/7. I don't really want this if possible as I prefer to be able to control my connectivity.
The only things I want to update automatically are my gmail account, the weather app and maybe football scores on weekends. Is it possible to just set these items to update every 20mins and have the 3G turn itself off in the mean time?

There is an android power widget which looks great and has 4 great buttons to simply turn wifi, bluetooth, gps and autosynch on or off, oh and one for brightness control. As for 3g, its been advised to leave 3g on nowadays as the power consumption is barely more than gprs so really I wouldn't worry about that.

oursoul said:
There is an android power widget which looks great and has 4 great buttons to simply turn wifi, bluetooth, gps and autosynch on or off, oh and one for brightness control. As for 3g, its been advised to leave 3g on nowadays as the power consumption is barely more than gprs so really I wouldn't worry about that.
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Thanks, that sounds good. I guess if the power consumption of 3G isn't enough to be too worried about then I don't mind leaving it on.

Indeed. Mate you're gonna love your new phone

oursoul said:
Indeed. Mate you're gonna love your new phone
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I hope so, I got a great deal on it too and although I had an iphone for a couple of weeks, it'll be my first upgrade in about 4 years since getting my SE w810i. The icing on the cake will be when it'll be possible to use the camera flash as a torch as it's something I find really handy on the w810i.

Hmm I'm not so sure about that. These LED's are seriously bright, excellent for flash! I think maybe even if a mod is written to enable an I/O for them as a torch that it might not be good for the LED's, otherwise I'm sure HTC would have enabled it themselves.
Just my opinion, I could easily be wrong.

A bit of topic here but Im getting my Desire tomo!!!!
Need to debrand it as I dont want Orange apps all over the phone.
I was hoping HTC add bluetooth 3.0 to the desire as the new Samsung phones have it.

@Nekro, these two pages got me completely sorted when I followed them to the letter:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653490
http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/
Used a bog standard (made in Japan) 512MB microSD card for the goldcard.
Debranded my phone about an hour after its first charge

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@Nekro, these two pages got me completely sorted when I followed them to the letter:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653490
http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/
Used a bog standard (made in Japan) 512MB microSD card for the goldcard.
Debranded my phone about an hour after its first charge
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Yeah I found those last week
I aint got a cheap card laying around ha ha
I made a mistake and bought a 8GB card and now if Desire dont get rooted it would have beena waste as I wont fill it up with movies or music.
I will either send it back and buy if it gets rooted or Il use the 4GB card that comes with the phone as a gold card.

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Hmm I'm not so sure about that. These LED's are seriously bright, excellent for flash! I think maybe even if a mod is written to enable an I/O for them as a torch that it might not be good for the LED's, otherwise I'm sure HTC would have enabled it themselves.
Just my opinion, I could easily be wrong.
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I guess we'll see. I only use it for a short time on my w810i and it's always been fine, I'd be surprised if it could damage them. I've prepared myself it not having one, it'd just be a big bonus if it did that's all.

Turning mobile internet traffic off..
Hi!
I don't think this is exactly what you want, but I find this feature useful (as I don't need/want my data syncing all the time)..
The widget that was talked about in previous posts is great, for controlling wifi, bluetooth brightness etc. BUT I found that the sync(on/off)-option will only affect the "default" apps (as gmail/mail, friendstream, weather etc) and not the podcast app I use (it would still sync etc. But then I found this:
If you hold down the "power button" (for some dumb reason they refer to it as the "shutdown button" in the [at least Swedish] manual, but that's not the main use) you get the menu to choose to turn off the phone, sound, airplane mode etc.
At the bottom of the list (I missed this at first) there is an option "mobile network" (with the subtext: "Turn off mobile internet"). And that will effectively turn off all 3g/data-connections (don't think it will affect wifi).
It's manual and you would have to turn it on, make the updates and turn it off yourself, but it's an option..
As the option to turn off 3g-/mobile data-connections clearly exists, it shouldn't be impossible to make a app that can do it on a scheduled basis..

Funny.. as you posted that I was reading this post with interest:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6129807&postcount=6

there are widgets preinstalled into the sense UI so you want have problem disabling and re enabling the internet. either WiFi either 3g/gprs

WiFi goes to sleep when phone is locked

So after the screen goes off, the wifi automatically goes to sleep hence making those apps which can send toast/tile notifications like Flory and various twitter apps practically useless. Any work around?

Keep it plugged in.

Um...you just realized that? It puts wifi on standby (basically turns it off) when it goes to sleep, unless you are charging, in which case, the wifi remains connected. Data, on the other hand, does not have this problem, and will persist, despite the phone going to sleep/lockscreen.

I would also like a workaround for this... I don't own a data plan, and I'm pretty much always near some wifi connection...
thanks!

There is no work around. It is a 'feature' by design so that you won't ended up with a battery drained phone. Your only hope is complain loudly to Microsoft.

foxbat121 said:
There is no work around. It is a 'feature' by design so that you won't ended up with a battery drained phone. Your only hope is complain loudly to Microsoft.
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As usual with WP7, MS is taking "don't give a choice to the user" approach... I hope this and other small things get fixed sooner or later... like the stupid camera shutter sound!

kapanak said:
Um...you just realized that? It puts wifi on standby (basically turns it off) when it goes to sleep, unless you are charging, in which case, the wifi remains connected. Data, on the other hand, does not have this problem, and will persist, despite the phone going to sleep/lockscreen.
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Well if you're connected to WiFi but its in sleep mode, data doesnt just turn on. It will for some things, but I found out that for some games that have push notifications, they just dont happen in that situation. The 3g stays sleeping with the WiFi. I only get emails in this situation.
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As usual with WP7, MS is taking "don't give a choice to the user" approach... I hope this and other small things get fixed sooner or later... like the stupid camera shutter sound!
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I thought the shutter sound was become of some law saying you have to have it on. Weird thing though, that law ain't in the US...I read that sht on cracked where they were talking about countries saying you have to leave the shutter sound on and that's to prevent people from getting away with sticking their phone under a girls skirt and taking a picture. Normally I'd be like "man, cracked is just making stuff up again" but I've been following that site for 3 years and read everything and can tell the joke articles from the legit ones.

And they probably dont have that many options because they dont want to see a lot of people complaining about battery life. Because if you google anything android related, you'll get a bunch of battery life threads and complaint. so they are just defaulting settings that offer the best battery life and they are getting rid of the option to change those settings. that way nobody can post a bunch of threads complaining about battery life and by that not happening, when you search anything windows mobile related you'll see more threads about its features than bad battery life.
And yes, if WiFi never slept, it would be using more power than the disconnected 3G option it defaults to.

having wifi turn off automatically completely defeats the purpose of background notifications for apps like twitter/facebook or any other IM since there wont be any wifi connection for them to use if the phone is in sleep mode. Not everyone has unlimited cellular data. This is just really stupid.

ammarmalik said:
having wifi turn off automatically completely defeats the purpose of background notifications for apps like twitter/facebook or any other IM since there wont be any wifi connection for them to use if the phone is in sleep mode. Not everyone has unlimited cellular data. This is just really stupid.
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If those background notification use that much of data, they are not designed properly. For comparison, my son's Focus is on 200mb/month data plan and he never exceeds the data limit.
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maybe they should have an option to change it - but it should default to the current settings as only a handfull of people won't have a data plan.

ms79723 said:
I thought the shutter sound was become of some law saying you have to have it on. Weird thing though, that law ain't in the US...I read that sht on cracked where they were talking about countries saying you have to leave the shutter sound on and that's to prevent people from getting away with sticking their phone under a girls skirt and taking a picture. Normally I'd be like "man, cracked is just making stuff up again" but I've been following that site for 3 years and read everything and can tell the joke articles from the legit ones.
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Wow, that's just weird. How come so many compact digital cameras can have the shutter sound removed then? It doesn't really make sense... anyway, I saw in the Reg Tricks topic a way to turn it off, will probably do after I get the NoDo (in a year maybe? hehehe)
Back to topic: sure the default should be the same as it is now, but give me the option to change it, and when I select it, give me a big warning telling me that this will destroy my battery life. Then I know what to expect (ok, I would already know, but many people wouldn't...)

banvetor said:
Wow, that's just weird. How come so many compact digital cameras can have the shutter sound removed then? It doesn't really make sense... anyway, I saw in the Reg Tricks topic a way to turn it off, will probably do after I get the NoDo (in a year maybe? hehehe)
Back to topic: sure the default should be the same as it is now, but give me the option to change it, and when I select it, give me a big warning telling me that this will destroy my battery life. Then I know what to expect (ok, I would already know, but many people wouldn't...)
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Found the article. Had to go back and look for it because after my last post I thought I made it up but I was right haha. And it seems to say just cellphones. I imagine it would be really hard trying to stick a camera under someone's skirt...so they just leave the option to remove that sound there...iunno

banvetor said:
Wow, that's just weird. How come so many compact digital cameras can have the shutter sound removed then? It doesn't really make sense... anyway, I saw in the Reg Tricks topic a way to turn it off, will probably do after I get the NoDo (in a year maybe? hehehe)
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what's weird is that my HD7 doesn't make the shutter sound when i turn the volume all the way down to 0
also, topic related, my ipod touch stays connected to wifi 24/7 sleep or no sleep... i think that feature came with iOS 4 though??

Your iPod Thouch doesn't have any other means to go online. Your phone does.

ms79723 said:
And they probably dont have that many options because they dont want to see a lot of people complaining about battery life. Because if you google anything android related, you'll get a bunch of battery life threads and complaint. so they are just defaulting settings that offer the best battery life and they are getting rid of the option to change those settings. that way nobody can post a bunch of threads complaining about battery life and by that not happening, when you search anything windows mobile related you'll see more threads about its features than bad battery life.
And yes, if WiFi never slept, it would be using more power than the disconnected 3G option it defaults to.
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Yep, cause changing the default search in IE from Google to Bing, where it should be, will certainly degrade my battery life.
The options are there because Microsoft have no clue what they're doing.
I'm willing to bet most of the people who worked on Windows Mobile are gone and these people working on WP7 are utterly clueless.
They're certainly disconnected form their customer base... completely...

N8ter said:
Yep, cause changing the default search in IE from Google to Bing, where it should be, will certainly degrade my battery life.
The options are there because Microsoft have no clue what they're doing.
I'm willing to bet most of the people who worked on Windows Mobile are gone and these people working on WP7 are utterly clueless.
They're certainly disconnected form their customer base... completely...
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you mean the customer base that was running away from winmo in droves and led to a less than 3% marketshare???
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Hello all,
Does anybody know if this problem has a solution with the NoDo update (presumably, NoDo comes with "wifi improvements")? I tried WP7 for a while and this was the failure that made me switch back to Android (I work in lots of basements; no GSM signal, but Wifi aplenty).
Thanks!

linj said:
Does anybody know if this problem has a solution with the NoDo update
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It's not a problem - it's a "feature". Features don't get fixed.

radeon_x said:
It's not a problem - it's a "feature". Features don't get fixed.
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Fantastic... Normally, though, that's true for "bugs," not "problems."
Well, I was unable to find any information one way or the other; this seems a lesser priority for many users. If anybody in the thread has updated, please let us know!

[Q] How To Prevent Display from Dimming when plugged into Power

When I'm in my car, I have my GN mounted on a vent, and plugged into power. I'll often use this to check traffic with Google Maps, or for whatever reason, would like to keep the display on (preferrably full power since it's not running off the battery), and not dim after the preset time. I have yet to find a way to do this.
I have gone into Developer Settings, and enabled the "Stay Awake" when plugged into power, but this does not prevent the screen from dimming after the preset time. So this doesn't accomplish what I want.
On my prior Touch Pro 2, there was a simple setting - keep display on, full brightness, when plugged into power. Seems like a no-brainer to have this feature, but I'll be darned if I can find it.
Any ideas? Or Apps that will provide this functionality?
Thanks.
(Verizon Galaxy Nexus, Stock 4.0.2 ROM)

I think screebl might help. Not 100% sure that it will though
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Thanks. As you said, it doesn't seem Screebl will do what I'm wanting.
There are a few other Apps, such as "Stay Awake" where you can configure it to keep the display on whenever a specified app or apps are running. I guess this might be an option.
But seriously, this seems to be a major omission in Android. I understand why one might want the display to auto-dim (although I can just turn it off when I want, so even this is questionable). But if it's plugged into power, surely the user should have a readily available option to keep the display on. For example, a "Never" option in the screen that has the various timeout options.
I'm new to Android - is there really no straightforward way of doing this??

Bump..
Still hoping for a straightforward way to keep the display at full power when connected to my car charger.
Thanks.

Widgetsoid has as one of its display switches to keep the display always on, and it does work. So I made a 1x1 widget that has that one switch, and use it when I want the screen to stay on. Not elegant, but functional.

Thanks for the suggestion; I'll check it out.
I'm still somewhat surprised that this pretty basic functionality isn't built into the OS itself, or that there aren't ready-made Apps to implement this.

DLCPhoto said:
Thanks for the suggestion; I'll check it out.
I'm still somewhat surprised that this pretty basic functionality isn't built into the OS itself, or that there aren't ready-made Apps to implement this.
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I dont think google had car mode ready for release. Couple that with the fact the car dock with pogo pins hasnt been released either. Yes google f'ed up but im sure we will see it in future update. Or a dev will probably be nice enough to do something.
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Settings, Developer Options, put a check mark on stay Awake.
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Settings, Developer Options, put a check mark on stay Awake.
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What he said.... I am assuming the OP is a first timer on Android. This has been the way to do it since the stock G1 software

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What he said.... I am assuming the OP is a first timer on Android. This has been the way to do it since the stock G1 software
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Yes, I'm a first timer with Android, but I still do my research before posting. Did you actually read my initial post or the Subject title?
I have already enabled this setting. Yes, it does keep the screen 'awake' but it still dims after the timeout in Display Settings.
My post is how to keep the screen at normal brightness when plugged into power

I read your post. I agree, it is annoying. I have not found a solution to it and it has bugged me for years while in the car. I have had 4 android phones and it has been the same on all of them so it is not an individual phone thing, it is an android thing. My best suggestion is while in the car to have navigation turned on, that keeps the screen fully lit. I would think that some enterprising developer could delve into how the navigation mode keeps the phone at full power and come up with an app to do the same.

bmolloy said:
I read your post. I agree, it is annoying. I have not found a solution to it and it has bugged me for years while in the car. I have had 4 android phones and it has been the same on all of them so it is not an individual phone thing, it is an android thing. My best suggestion is while in the car to have navigation turned on, that keeps the screen fully lit. I would think that some enterprising developer could delve into how the navigation mode keeps the phone at full power and come up with an app to do the same.
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Thanks.
I've been looking at a few Apps (Screen On, Screen Timeout Widget, KeepScreen), but there are questions about each of them, uncertain compatibility with ICS, etc.
I did discover that when I had a Video playing (podcast through BeyondPod), the display did stay undimmed while I was plugged into Power. Navigation also works this way. Really crazy that this isn't an available option in the OS.

This worked on my old Droid, haven't tested on my Galaxy Nexus yet -- but hopefully the app is ICS compatible: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.probeez.liteprofiles&hl=en
Setting Profiles Lite is limited to one rule -- so make your one rule this: When charging, screen timeout=never (since this actually changes the screen timeout on the basic level, instead of the workaround that the Dev Settings option triggers).
(The full version of Setting Profiles will of course also do this, and I'm sure you can also do this with Tasker.)

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This worked on my old Droid, haven't tested on my Galaxy Nexus yet -- but hopefully the app is ICS compatible: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.probeez.liteprofiles&hl=en
Setting Profiles Lite is limited to one rule -- so make your one rule this: When charging, screen timeout=never (since this actually changes the screen timeout on the basic level, instead of the workaround that the Dev Settings option triggers).
(The full version of Setting Profiles will of course also do this, and I'm sure you can also do this with Tasker.)
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Thanks - will check it out!