Now on ICS, my screen turns off while driving on every app other than Navigation or Vlingo. Any way to keep the screen on while charging or running specific apps like Maps or Music?
Thanks in advance...
Before you use them go to settings and change your screen timeout. Under settings you can also change it so your screen stays on while charging. Other then that check the settings for the app. I know Pandora has a setting to keep the screen on or let it auto dim.
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GiantJay said:
Under settings you can also change it so your screen stays on while charging.
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Where is this option in settings? Used to be there in GB, cannot find it in ICS.
Download Screen On from the market. That's what I use to keep my screen on while charging. You can set it to stay on for whatever app you want.
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Several options...Screebl, Screen On, and my favorite...Tasker
Funny you ask this question. I've been struggling to keep my phone awake when on a phone call via bluetooth. I work out of my home office and use my phone with a bluetooth care speakerphone. Unfortunately the usual timeout settings don't work when in a phone call, so I couldn't simply set my screen timeout for, say 1 hour, and keep it on during a call. It would still turn off in both stock OS and CM9, which I'm currently running.
Yesterday I figured this out. I now use Tasker with the Secure Setting plugin. Secure Settings has a setting for "Wake Device" and I use the options of "Screen Bright" for Wake Type and "Manual - On" for Duration. When the call ends, I have an exit task for "Wake Device" with options of "Screen Bright" (not sure it matters) and "Manual - Off". Works very well.
But for other apps (that don't overide the system timeout settings), I simply have a Tasker profile that sets my timeout settings to 10 minutes. Could set it longer, but that's sufficient for me.
If you have Tasker, I recommend using it for this purpose...one less app needed. However, I've read good things about Screebl and Screen On, so both are worth a look.
btw -- be careful in leaving your screen on. The Amoled screens suffer from burn-in.
Just a word of advice you shouldn't leave the screen on for amoled devices. I have had this phone for about 6 months and my notification bar is slightly burned it but not to annoying since its always there. However my ex girlfriends samsung fascinate had icons burned on the screen. You could always see them. That was pretty annoying.
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Another vote for Screen On. I've been using it for a while with great results.
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Incredible running CM7.1, chad's incredikernel from last August (I believe.)
I use the hell out of CM's 'night mode' filters, but as it's dark in my room at night - go figure - the light sensor is tripped into leaving the capacitive soft keys at the bottom of the phone on whenever the screen is on. This kind of wrecks night, mode more or less.
I've found references to the App 'LEDs Hack' in several places, which gives rooted devices the ability to disable the LED's all together, so this sounds like a winner. But then when I try to find this app anywhere (every major market / app store + googling around) it's no longer listed anywhere.
Does anyone
A) have this app and can confirm it works?
B) know where I can find it?
Thanks
Slick
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I do not know of an app but i use scripts to turn mine off and on. Actually at the moment i have it set to turn them off at boot via an init.d script. Below is a zip of two scripts, one for off and one for on. The off script can easily be modified for use as an init.d script to turn off the soft key lights at boot. This works on my stock rom but cm's files may be different.
http://dinc.does-it.net/Soft_On_Off.zip
Thanks for the scripts, much appreciated! I'll tinker with these are bit. I'm really terrible @ linux, but I've seen init.d scripts before, I think.
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Thanks for the scripts, much appreciated! I'll tinker with these are bit. I'm really terrible @ linux, but I've seen init.d scripts before, I think.
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Here is an init.d script incase you cant figure it out. Just unzip it and place the file in your /etc/init.d folder, and set the correct permissions owner and group.
http://dinc.does-it.net/09SoftkeyLedsOFF.zip
I use this:
https://market.android.com/details?...ch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5oYXhvciJd
I have the filter set to 100% but disable the checkbox for the capacitive buttons therefore when I enable the screen filter, the screen stays whatever brightness my CurveFish widget is set to but the capacitive buttons turn off. I love it.
I have my "Automatic" brightness settings all tweaked to my liking and I just leave it on Auto all the time. If you do that, you can set whether the soft keys will be on or off.
For example you can set the soft keys to be off on the dimmest settings (i.e. dark room) and on in brighter environments. I leave mine off all the time (I know where those stinking softkeys are).
Go to:
Menu > Settings > Cyanogenmod Settings > Display > Automatic backlight > Edit other levels... (Use Custom must be checked)
To turn the soft keys off, set the values in the "buttons" column to 0. 0 turns them off, any other number (1-255) will turn them on. Then hit "Save and apply". If you set all the numbers in the "buttons" column to 0, then they will always be off.
Just a word of warning, tweaking you automatic settings can waste a lot of your time if you are a perfectionist...
All of these solutions are great, thanks again! Currently using the screen filter widget option with the CM filters, makes reading in bed sooo much better. Still want to play around with the script just to see if it works, and the custom brightness settings are for tomorrow.
Thanks again.
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I like the Screen Filter by Haxor method but unfortunately its an either on/off solution. I wish there was a way to regulate the brightness of the LEDs instead of just on or off. Oh well. It's all good
I just always keep mine off to conserve some battery. I can find those keys blind folded. Although if there were a way to dim them i would probably keep them on super low just for looks.Unfortunatley due to hardware restrictions that is not possible.
I use this app to turn off the keys
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.deskangel.adjbrightness
You should be able to find it in the settings.
Hope this helps.
el6006 said:
I use this:
I have the filter set to 100% but disable the checkbox for the capacitive buttons therefore when I enable the screen filter, the screen stays whatever brightness my CurveFish widget is set to but the capacitive buttons turn off. I love it.
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trying this now! thanks!
For those who requested it.
Latest version of LEDs Hack.
Not sure why the dev took it off the market, but it still works great.
feffrey said:
For those who requested it.
Latest version of LEDs Hack.
Not sure why the dev took it off the market, but it still works great.
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I tried this app for kicks but it only half worked. It would turn off and on the amber led at the top, but it would not turn off or on the softkey leds.
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I tried this app for kicks but it only half worked. It would turn off and on the amber led at the top, but it would not turn off or on the softkey leds.
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That is strange, for me it turns off both. Did try changing the aggressiveness settings in the options?
Im trying to create a task that keeps the screen lit (doesnt lock) if certain apps, like maps for example are running. I have tried to use the task "set screen timeout" to a high value, like 5 hours, but that doesnt work. It still goes to sleep after 1 minute. Does anyone know what task could accomplish this?
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Im trying to create a task that keeps the screen lit (doesnt lock) if certain apps, like maps for example are running. I have tried to use the task "set screen timeout" to a high value, like 5 hours, but that doesnt work. It still goes to sleep after 1 minute. Does anyone know what task could accomplish this?
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I'll try to do it then get back t you
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I just added it to my profile with no prob. My triggers are maps and nav. Actions are plugins/secure settings/edit/set GPS on (This will turn the GPS on. You need secure settings installed and within that app you have to install settings helper with root permissions)
2Nd action is display/display timeout (I used 20 mins and it didn't dim or anything. Hope that helps. You helped me Cuz I never thought of adding that.
Anymore questions just ask
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it works
That is awesome! I would have never thought of using an additional plugin, but this does exactly what I wanted....Only one thing: After the maps is app is exited, the screen timeout remains at that setting, like 20 minutes. I dont know if that is normal. Do you know if it would be possible to have that reset to the default, like 1 minute when the app is not in use? That is assuing you also used the secure settings plugin function (wake device) to set the timeout to 20 minutes, instead of the Tasker / Display / Display Timeout task. If I use that Tasker function, it will timeout after 1 minute, regardless what I set in that function.
Thank you so much!
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I'll try to do it then get back t you
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I just added it to my profile with no prob. My triggers are maps and nav. Actions are plugins/secure settings/edit/set GPS on (This will turn the GPS on. You need secure settings installed and within that app you have to install settings helper with root permissions)
2Nd action is display/display timeout (I used 20 mins and it didn't dim or anything. Hope that helps. You helped me Cuz I never thought of adding that.
Anymore questions just ask
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That is awesome! I would have never thought of using an additional plugin, but this does exactly what I wanted....Only one thing: After the maps is app is exited, the screen timeout remains at that setting, like 20 minutes. I dont know if that is normal. Do you know if it would be possible to have that reset to the default, like 1 minute when the app is not in use? That is assuing you also used the secure settings plugin function (wake device) to set the timeout to 20 minutes, instead of the Tasker / Display / Display Timeout task. If I use that Tasker function, it will timeout after 1 minute, regardless what I set in that function.
Thank you so much!
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I did exactly what was in my post. I didn't use secure settings for timeout just under display instead of plugins. But it should automatically switch back. If you added exit actions I would try getting rid of them. I do use them though I set a 5 second delay to turn off the GPS upon exit so I can switch to navigation.
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I thought you had to set an exit task to turn GPS off when you're done? That is how I set mine up. You could do the same to set the screen timeout back
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I thought you had to set an exit task to turn GPS off when you're done? That is how I set mine up. You could do the same to set the screen timeout back
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Nope you don't need an exit task it'll automatically go back to its original state. Unless you want to do something specific like delay GPS off like I did.
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Nope you don't need an exit task it'll automatically go back to its original state. Unless you want to do something specific like delay GPS off like I did.
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Cool, good to know. I used the Nav today and my screen doesn't time out
First the one handed operation, I try to disable it by unchecking the option but dor some reason it just continues to default to one handed operation while im typing.
Second issue is the default program option, I check always and go to applications manager but im unable to add always to a particular operation, like instragram, ie, twitter. Any help would be great.
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Have you rebooted your GN2? I had a problem where the default launcher choice wouldn't stick until after I rebooted.
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First the one handed operation, I try to disable it by unchecking the option but dor some reason it just continues to default to one handed operation while im typing.
Second issue is the default program option, I check always and go to applications manager but im unable to add always to a particular operation, like instragram, ie, twitter. Any help would be great.
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Try rebooting your phone, is your keyboard showing full-screen at all? It has two multi-touch gestures built in that can not be turned off, and poorly implemented to boot. Pushing your thumbs together from the outside edge to the middle will turn on one handed mode. Then from middle with two fingers/thumbs out to edge of the screen will put it back into full-screen mode. Most of the time this only happens to me when I'm typing, not when I'm showing off the feature. :silly:
How did you get your the phone launcher to stick?
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How did you get your the phone launcher to stick?
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Because I tinker with several launchers, I find it easiest to just use the Home Switcher app (free on Google Play).
I don't remember for sure how I got my preferred launcher to "stick", though. I may have gone into Settings/Application Manager/All, scrolled-down and opened "TouchWiz Home" and pressed the Clear Defaults button. Then rebooted. After that, Home Switcher seemed to work as intended.
I was gonna start a thread.. but I'll bring it here, i decided to use the auto screen brightness it didn't last to long.. the screen on auto seems to change brightness allot.. but with auto brightness off its fine... does anyone have issues with auto brightness on?? Thanks
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The Galaxy S1 was the same way. I never use auto brightness.
I've got a Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100. Do you know how to stop automatic screen lock on Android 4.1.1? I can't download GTA 3 as the screen lock interrupts it's setup download process.
If you install widgetsoid you can do it from there. It allows you to extend the screen on time or also has a stay awake command. There is also a separate command to disable auto screen lock as well.
It's free. Have fun.
Keith
You could go to the settings menu, scroll all the way to the bottom, enter the developer options. Then check the box that says stay awake during charging. Then leave your phone on the charger so that it won't sleep while you are downloading. Please press THANKS if I assisted you.
Now I use Domination ROM which allows you to disable this in options. There is an app called Screebl which could be configured to solve this problem. It's an app that keeps the phone awake depending on the angle it's held at. Prop the phone up at an angle and problem solved.
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I have a smartwatch and my beautiful phone has also a notification LED. Considering this, I do not want to use the lock-screen notifications at all.
Therefore, I turned OFF the lock screen notifications from the "sounds and notifications" settings menu but even now, in case of a notification or event, the screen will turn ON briefly. If the phone is in my pocket during that time and I have a trusted device nearby (my smartwatch) then the phone will unlock by randomly swiping the screen with my leg (large shorts ).
For the past few days I pulled out the phone in different languages, or with the tethering hotspot active or other randomly activated settings.
So, the 1000 points question is: how the heck can I force the 10 to not turn on the screen on notifications? I have no root and I do not intend to install one (company policy). Is there any solution? Thx.
Interesting. My screen never wakes up to show me a notification, so I'm wondering if it's app specific? I know with Textra, there's a setting to wake the screen for each text message, but I have that turned off.
It's definitely an app you're using that's turning on the screen.
I want my screen to turn on when I get a text message Im annoyed It can't
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I want my screen to turn on when I get a text message Im annoyed It can't
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Try using Textra. It's great!
holz75 said:
Interesting. My screen never wakes up to show me a notification, so I'm wondering if it's app specific?
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It's definitely an app you're using that's turning on the screen.
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Thank you guys. It was indeed app specific. After you posted this I started looking in all the settings from all the apps with notifications access. The guilty one was Nils. There was a small switch to turn on the screen, indeed.
Thanks again.
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