I have an OEM Samsung landscape pogo dock and I can't quite figure this out.
If the phone is locked, when placed in the dock it switches to landscape, brings up the clock (though I don't see it, the screen is still locked, but its there if I unlock) and then turns off the screen.
If the phone is unlocked, when placed in the dock it switches to landscape, brings up the clock and then dims it to whatever appropriate level set, but it never times out and eventually turns OFF, it just stays dim the whole time.
On my Nexus One it would turn off after another definable interval, for the life of me I can't find any menu setting for this. I've tried both stock and third-party dock-clock apps.
Anyone figure out how to do this?
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Since we need to have the screen turned on to keep wifi/gps etc. running, and there are a few apps that would ideally run in the background with the screen off; to save battery power (and burn in?) it would be nice to have the AMOLED screen display just a black image.
Is there any app out there that just displays a black screen and maybe ignores all but a specific input?
At the moment I just zoom into a black image in the browser, but I can't put the phone in my pocket like that.
(I tried searching for this, but it was beyond my google-fu.)
You dont have to keep the screen on to run either my gps is always on and it neva disconnects also ive spent many nights going to sleep leaving my wifi connected and its neva disconnected either
Yup. If you haven't set WiFi to switch off after 15mins, it should carry on running.
By doing what you proposed, you'll decrease battery life drastically as you'd effectively be disabling the chips sleep mode by keeping it running 100%. With that, only the screen switches off and everything else including Android keeps running. Any application holding a partial awake lock can achieve this.
Lock delay; an app to control the default screen-lock options allows this.
For instance, if you set the initial screen timeout to 2 minutes but standby/lock to 10 minutes in the settings, the screen will switch off after 2mins idling, but the rest of the phone will still be running incl. WiFi/GPS. You can enable a lock/pattern or no lock at all where you press any key including menu/trackpad and it'll come back on in the same place you left it, without any lock. If the phone idles for 10mins, it'll activate the screen lock and place the phone in the standard sleep mode. The max delay you can set the latter to is 24 hours.
I wouldn't advise avoiding the sleep mode unless required in specific circumstances. Battery loss will be drastic; I found out unintentionally when activating this option at the beginning.
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Thanks th3, that should do what I want. I don't intend to leave it unattended, it's just for when don't need the screen on while an app is doing something.
Hi, I recently bought a pogo pin dock for my GNEX, it is great. I use my dock on my bedside table to simply charge it overnight, and then to hear the alarm go off in the morning. But when ever I put the handset in the dock the desk clock mode kicks in. I know you can touch and hold the screen for the clock to turn a dim blue.
I have Googled this and searched for apps on the play store that will allow me to simply kill the display and put the handset to sleep, but no luck. I have found apps that will let me customise the desk clock, colour, font, brightness etc. I sleep in total darkness and even at the lowest brightness setting in various apps, the damn screen is too bright. And anyhow, I do't like the screen being on even if it is not displaying an image, or the time. An AMOLED screen is never truly black or off, it just looks that way when other pixels are illuminated.
I have even flashed an AOKP ROM such as JellyBro hoping that the dock settings would have more features, no joy. Anyone have a suggestion on how to achieve the phone being in sleep mode whilst in the dock?
Many thanks. Anil
I have a real ghetto fix, tape the middle pin of your Nexus's pogo pin. Your phone will start charging after 9s as the dock cannot communicate with your phone and will only charge at USB rate. If you have a custom kernel, enable USB fast charge to charge it at normal rate.
Beamed from my Maguro.
aksolanki said:
Hi, I recently bought a pogo pin dock for my GNEX, it is great. I use my dock on my bedside table to simply charge it overnight, and then to hear the alarm go off in the morning. But when ever I put the handset in the dock the desk clock mode kicks in. I know you can touch and hold the screen for the clock to turn a dim blue.
I have Googled this and searched for apps on the play store that will allow me to simply kill the display and put the handset to sleep, but no luck. I have found apps that will let me customise the desk clock, colour, font, brightness etc. I sleep in total darkness and even at the lowest brightness setting in various apps, the damn screen is too bright. And anyhow, I do't like the screen being on even if it is not displaying an image, or the time. An AMOLED screen is never truly black or off, it just looks that way when other pixels are illuminated.
I have even flashed an AOKP ROM such as JellyBro hoping that the dock settings would have more features, no joy. Anyone have a suggestion on how to achieve the phone being in sleep mode whilst in the dock?
Many thanks. Anil
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I think you can have Tasker do this. Create a profile which triggers on AC charging, then create a task that switches night mode off IF the UI mode = desk.
I don't have a pogo dock so I cannot test it.
Hi All,
I want to use my Nexus as a night-time bedside alarm clock.
So, I know that I can use the stock clock app, and tap it to make it go dim, but after a few minutes, the screen saver kicks in and the display switches off.
The only way to get it back on is to press the power button.
Is there a way to leave the clock app running on screen all through the night?
Do I have to purchase an actual dock for this?
Or does the phone need to be charging for this to work?
Cheers.
I think a long press on the blank space (turning the background black...not dim) will work?
Hmm, I see that makes a difference (totally black screen, clock in blue), but the screen still switches off after the normal time...
Developers options, stay awake while charging.
Sent from my AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.
I have the desk dock for my GSM Galaxy Nexus (AT&T) that I bought through the Play Store. In 4.1, before I went to bed I would do the following:
1. Put phone in dock, screen comes on with clock in horizontal orientation.
2. Touch the alarm icon
3. Set my alarm
4. Touch the clock button to get back to the clock
5. Finally just touch the screen to dim it into low light mode
Now with 4.2, some things have changed:
1. Put phone in dock, screen comes on with clock
2. Touch the screen, home screen appears
3. Navigate to the clock app
4. Touch the alarm icon
5. Set the alarm
6. Touch the clock button
7. Finally long press the time to get back to low light clock mode
Am I doing something wrong here? It seems like the clock that shows up when I put the phone in the dock should take me to the normal clock app when I touch the screen but it goes to the home screen instead. I realize this is pretty minor in the scheme of things, but I really liked how the old way sort of reminded me to set an alarm when I put it in the dock.
It's because you have daydream set to start when the phone is docked. You can go to settings> Display, and turn it off.
najaboy said:
It's because you have daydream set to start when the phone is docked. You can go to settings> Display, and turn it off.
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I thought about that but would that prevent anything from happening when I docked my phone? I would still like the clock app to come up when I dock. Maybe it still will if I turn off the daydream?
I have an I9300 with 4.1.2, but this issue started after the 4.1 upgrade...
My phone sits in a Samsung desk stand all night, which really turns it in to a great nightstand clock. When the phone is placed in the desk stand it automatically switches in to the Desk Clock mode, and when I remove it from the stand it automatically closes the Desk Clock view. Now, the problem I have been seeing is that if the phone is still in the stand when the alarm goes off, I can easily swipe to snooze or turn off the alarm. Some mornings, when the alarm goes off I pick my phone up out of the stand before I swipe to make a choice. When I do this, the swipe options vanish and the alarm continues going off for about 15 minutes. At this point, my options are restart the device, pull the battery, or shove it under my pillow before it wakes up the whole neighborhood.
It seems like the Desk Clock app takes over display of alarms, but it seems to have been broken in 4.1+ to not remain open if an alarm is actively going off.
Any ideas or suggestions on how to fix this?
shaunco said:
I have an I9300 with 4.1.2, but this issue started after the 4.1 upgrade...
My phone sits in a Samsung desk stand all night, which really turns it in to a great nightstand clock. When the phone is placed in the desk stand it automatically switches in to the Desk Clock mode, and when I remove it from the stand it automatically closes the Desk Clock view. Now, the problem I have been seeing is that if the phone is still in the stand when the alarm goes off, I can easily swipe to snooze or turn off the alarm. Some mornings, when the alarm goes off I pick my phone up out of the stand before I swipe to make a choice. When I do this, the swipe options vanish and the alarm continues going off for about 15 minutes. At this point, my options are restart the device, pull the battery, or shove it under my pillow before it wakes up the whole neighborhood.
It seems like the Desk Clock app takes over display of alarms, but it seems to have been broken in 4.1+ to not remain open if an alarm is actively going off.
Any ideas or suggestions on how to fix this?
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I don't use it myself so these are shots in the dark:
Do you get a notification when your alarm goes off? Could maybe use the pulldown menu to turn it off.
Does it get back to Desk Clock mode when you set it back down? That would allow you to snooze/turn off the alarm.
Put the phone on silence.