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Looking for an app that would dim and lock my phone when I put it in my pocket

Looking for an app that would dim and lock my phone when I put it in my pocket; blackberry style. It sounds a bit ridiculous, but having to hit the power button after every call to make sure it locks out is getting a bit tedious... Any suggestions.
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There's a few... proximity sensor off is like that.. a few others too. Search proximity sensor in the market and you'll see some.
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xitypezer0 said:
Looking for an app that would dim and lock my phone when I put it in my pocket; blackberry style. It sounds a bit ridiculous, but having to hit the power button after every call to make sure it locks out is getting a bit tedious... Any suggestions.
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You can always set the screen time out to something low like 5 seconds.....
menu>settings>display

KillaHurtz said:
You can always set the screen time out to something low like 5 seconds.....
menu>settings>display
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Genius!
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btyork said:
Genius!
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That will work! Of course if you use your phone for ANYTHING besides simply making a call it'll get old real quick. Seriously though, I found a dozen different apps that are power button replacements and proximity sensor offs... there's also a lot of different Widgets that put a "screen off" button on your screen so you don't have to reach for the power button every time. I use a power off widget on my bigger phones to make it quicker to kill the screen... wow, I just realized how sad and spoiled we are! Do you guys remember Windows 98???
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Thanks to everyone who responded, you've all been a great help. Now as far as proximity sensor apps go, are there any that stand out as being the best?
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just try them, no one is going to hand feed you.

LOL
@ hand feed!

You can also check out screen off and lock. That's what I'm currently using, once you set it up you can just place a widget on your home screen, tap the icon and "done", you can also add a touch of old tv style to it

Galaxy s3 won't sleep

I have been having a problem with my screen timing out, anyone experienced this
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skeith223 said:
I have been having a problem with my screen timing out, anyone experienced this
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Confused here... Your title says your phone won't sleep.. But your post says your screen times out (shuts off?)??
Little more please....
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skeith223 said:
I have been having a problem with my screen timing out, anyone experienced this
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Try to delete some recent apps you installed.

I never got to the bottom of this. My screen will turn on after I get a txt or the alarm clock rings.

chrischoi said:
I never got to the bottom of this. My screen will turn on after I get a txt or the alarm clock rings.
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Those are proscribed behaviors... The phone is supposed to do that unless you dl a mod. I think freeza did a mod for the messaging notifications....
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Sorry for the confusing it wouldn't sleep but I found out it was drive link I uninstalled it and every things fine now
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Naddict said:
Those are proscribed behaviors... The phone is supposed to do that unless you dl a mod. I think freeza did a mod for the messaging notifications....
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Hope I'm not thread jacking. But they turn on and never turn back off. So if I don't put my phone on the charger at night and then I get a txt, the screen stays on and drains. Or if I snooze in the morning and pass back out, the screen stays on.

chrischoi said:
Hope I'm not thread jacking. But they turn on and never turn back off. So if I don't put my phone on the charger at night and then I get a txt, the screen stays on and drains. Or if I snooze in the morning and pass back out, the screen stays on.
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Wake locks! Use better battery stats to tell you what the offending app is.
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I'm actually having this issue. Phone will stay on and won't go into sleep. Touch key light duration is set to 1.5 seconds but this stays on as well. And I'm having to reset the phone every time this happens. Could anyone direct me to resolving this issue?

Use better batteey atats to find the app keeping it awake, and uninstall.
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das_webos_transformer said:
Use better batteey atats to find the app keeping it awake, and uninstall.
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Is that a app?

How to hang up while on speaker phone?

I can do it if I hit the power button to reactivate the screen but it takes so long -from the time I say bye to when the phone call actually ends, which makes for feeble attempts at angrily yelling at significant others then hanging up on them. Not that I'm doing that but the option would be nice. Besides it's just too difficult to just hang up the phone. Help?
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lol... that's an "interesting" reason to get a feature for fast hangups haha
and you have significant "others"
Anyway I think this is just a 'feature' of the phone app. At least on the stock phone app, I have the same issue... Call ending on speakerphone is really slow but I don't think it's something anyone can do about it, short of using a new app

Settings > Accessability > power button ends call
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But screen wont turn off if that is enabled. It only dims and might as well hit the end button on screen since its lit.
DMolina ツ

wyldkard said:
Settings > Accessability > power button ends call
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Thanks, you're awesome.
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noodles2224 said:
But screen wont turn off if that is enabled. It only dims and might as well hit the end button on screen since its lit.
DMolina ツ
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Right, a tradeoff well worth the sacrifice for me at least. Thanks people
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Very slow "quick glance" functionality

I just discovered the Quick Glance function where you wave your hand over an off screen and the screen turns on to show you some notifications.
I love it.
Only problem is that it's super slow on my phone. Average screen on time is about 5 seconds so it's much easier and faster to just hit a button to turn on the phone.
Is this function slow on everyone's phone? I am using apex launcher and swift key if it matters.
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I've noticed it can be reasonably responsive after a reboot. But right now at my desk, its taking about 2 seconds to come on.

Mine takes several seconds too. I turned it off for that reason plus it uses the proximity sensor at all times. Go into a dark room and look at the phone, you'll notice a dull red glow from the prox sensor. I didn't like what that must be doing to my battery especially since the sensors don't show up in the battery stats so that you can see exactly how much it's using.

Yep, it's really slow for me too. Half the time I wonder if I swiped the sensor properly or not. Turned it off.
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Slow for me as well.....also worried about what its going to do for battery life too.
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Takes more then 15 Sec to come Up
For me it approx takes 15 sec to come up and show details.

I cant seem to get mine to work
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I see the same battery life with it on or off. 5-6 hours screen on time depending on what I'm doing and what's running in the back ground. And yes mine takes 2 seconds to come on too which doesn't bother me at all.
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Mine takes like 10 seconds odd
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chuko303 said:
Mine takes like 10 seconds odd
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Maybe you not waving your hand right. I know that sound stupid but after a while playing with it when I first got the phone it took a while for me to learn how to actually get it to work, you wave your hand a distance away from the screen. If you do it to close it won't come on.
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I stopped using it because it took too long to load. Easier for me to press a button
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chuhsi said:
I stopped using it because it took too long to load. Easier for me to press a button
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It is. But I like the lil cool factor it has when people see me use it as opposed to the home button. When I use home button I get Samsung is trying to get as similar to Apple as possible. But I do like the home button lol
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My quick glance also gets slower after a while, but once I restart the phone, it becomes quite fast again (within 1 second).
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It is. But I like the lil cool factor it has when people see me use it as opposed to the home button. When I use home button I get Samsung is trying to get as similar to Apple as possible. But I do like the home button lol
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HOME button after JB update

Hi there. Before update to JB on my S3, when i do my readings on the phone, screen blackout, press the HOME button, the screen will come back up.
Now, screen blackout, press HOME button, screen come back up but the app or browser that I'm using will close down instead of just led the screen on (where the app still there)
Anyone has a way to fix this? Keep pressing on the POWER button to light up the screen is not as Convenient as by using the HOME button.
Thank you.
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Glad it's not just me. This has been driving me bonkers ever since I updated. It's really the only complaint I have about the official 4.1.1. ROM right now. Would love to hear some suggestions on how to fix. In the meantime, I've been trying to train myself to use the side power button for screen on action.

Is there anyway that we can make suggestions on this matter?
It bugs me when I read on the bed at night.
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leesanhua said:
Hi there. Before update to JB on my S3, when i do my readings on the phone, screen blackout, press the HOME button, the screen will come back up.
Now, screen blackout, press HOME button, screen come back up but the app or browser that I'm using will close down instead of just led the screen on (where the app still there)
Anyone has a way to fix this? Keep pressing on the POWER button to light up the screen is not as Convenient as by using the HOME button.
Thank you.
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this has been happening on jelly bean ROMs (not cm tho) ever since the leas came out - at least for me anyways. very irritating sometimes but yes, you are not the only one.

Bump. No one else is annoyed by this but us or has any idea for a fix?

Only 'fix' is to use smart stay when theres enough light. Otherwise increase your screen on time to one min. I had to increase my time since I use it at night so often.
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An easy fix is just to use your power button as soon as the screen blacks out.
It wakes the screen back up without closing down the current app your in... I just tested it out and it works, doesn't lock the phone either.
But if you don't wanna use the power button then I suggest you increase your screen time out to one minute or more if you don't want the screen blacking out fast.
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Very annoying and not something that can be considered useful in anyway, so a bug in my opinion.
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demize! said:
Very annoying and not something that can be considered useful in anyway, so a bug in my opinion.
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Like someone else mentioned, what's wrong with smart stay?

pytyper483 said:
Like someone else mentioned, what's wrong with smart stay?
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Does it work in the dark when reading in bed like the OP asked? My comment was criticism of why they coded it this way,for what purpose?
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Its really just doing what its supposed to before the device locks. I guess they expected smart stay to take care of it.
If you keep double press home to open svoice enabled it should also stop this from happening.
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DocHoliday77 said:
If you keep double press home to open svoice enabled it should also stop this from happening.
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Bingo. This is the answer. I'd much rather have the slight lag in returning to the home screen than lose the ability to turn the screen back on with the home key. Thanks!