Has anyone else noticed the weird eye in the status bar it pops up randomly and is gone very quick. What is it?
Edit: it does this when the screen rotates. Is an icon for that really necessary
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apen83 said:
Has anyone else noticed the weird eye in the status bar it pops up randomly and is gone very quick. What is it?
Edit: it does this when the screen rotates. Is an icon for that really necessary
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It's God watching you. Just kidding, I have no idea
Unless you mean the circular dot for GPS?
apen83 said:
Has anyone else noticed the weird eye in the status bar it pops up randomly and is gone very quick. What is it?
Edit: it does this when the screen rotates. Is an icon for that really necessary
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Its watching you. Its probably the feature that detects if you're reading and keeps the screen awake or the feature that detects if it should rotate depending on your head position.
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Its watching you. Its probably the feature that detects if you're reading and keeps the screen awake or the feature that detects if it should rotate depending on your head position.
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Under display or motion settings there is a option called smart stay and smart rotation. Read what they do in the settings and you can turn them off or on.
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pussyliquor said:
Under display or motion settings there is a option called smart stay and smart rotation. Read what they do in the settings and you can turn them off or on.
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Yep its the smart rotation under display. Thanks I was looking under motion settings. Still odd that its an eye. I always feel like somebodys watching me!!
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apen83 said:
Yep its the smart rotation under display. Thanks I was looking under motion settings. Still odd that its an eye. I always feel like somebodys watching me!!
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apen83 said:
Yep its the smart rotation under display. Thanks I was looking under motion settings. Still odd that its an eye. I always feel like somebodys watching me!!
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The smart rotation IS watching you. If your face maintains it's position, the screen rotation will not change... Weakness is in low light conditions. The eye indicator I think shows when face match keeps it from rotating.
Thank you for this thread. I thought I was loosing my mind.
That thing is CREEPY!
I love this place. All the answers. Sweet!
Edit: The eye indicator is also for Smart Stay, apparently, keeps the screen from going to sleep as long as your looking at it. I saw my screen dim out of the corner of my eye and turned to look at it when the "eye" popped up. Then the screen brightened. Came here to find out what was going on. I'm on Verizon by the way.
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The eye indicator is also for Smart Stay, apparently, keeps the screen from going to sleep as long as your looking at it. I saw my screen dim out of the corner of my eye and turned to look at it when the "eye" popped up. Then the screen brightened. Came here to find out what was going on. I'm on Verizon by the way.
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I can confirm the eye appears for Smart Stay, as I have it enabled and Smart Rotate disabled and still see the eye. I think it may appear every time it's checking, because occasionally I'll see it, but then see the screen immediately turn off.
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Not sure if this is possible but I would pay to see an app/mod that allows only the status bar to be displayed when the screen is off. I had Pandora hang on me this morning with a black screen and just the status bar visible and it showed all the info I need to know at a quick glance. Hope this is the right section, debated on weather this should be in the General section but mods move if you wish.
So you wanna shut off 95% of the screen only? Highly unlikely.
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wingzfan said:
So you wanna shut off 95% of the screen only? Highly unlikely.
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With the Super AMOLED Plus display, black color = pixel off (screen off for that part) so If there is way to wake the screen and show a black screen with just a notification, what the OP wants IS possible... I think some apps have the ability to wake the screen, i think the issue is the lock screen would show, no?
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Not sure if this is possible but I would pay to see an app/mod that allows only the status bar to be displayed when the screen is off. I had Pandora hang on me this morning with a black screen and just the status bar visible and it showed all the info I need to know at a quick glance. Hope this is the right section, debated on weather this should be in the General section but mods move if you wish.
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There is something for the Nexus S becasue it doesn't have the LED light. I think it's called "no led" or something similar on the Market. It will display notifications on the screen while the phone is sleeping.
+1, Just get NoLed from the market...
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There is something for the Nexus S becasue it doesn't have the LED light. I think it's called "no led" or something similar on the Market. It will display notifications on the screen while the phone is sleeping.
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Or you could always just buy a Samsung Continuum I wouldn't though.
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+1, Just get NoLed from the market...
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I had that app for my NS4G and thats not what I want nor did it work very well.
But NoLED is where I got the idea from. If they can display that info why can't someone write an app that displays just the notification bar?
Thank you japper88 for clarifying the screen tech to the 2nd poster.
A black background for all but the notification would be fine but a) the lockscreens gonna show unless you find a way to disable it completely which would then go straight to your homescreen and b) i wouldnt think you could keep 95% of the screen off which is what your asking to do isnt it? If so i dont care what screen you have i highly doubt thats possible.
Maybe modding the lockscreen with a black wallpaper and removing the clock would work.
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Again, when the screen displays black #000000 the pixels are off. That is the beauty of the SAMOLED+ screen. It is also like that with the SAMOLED used in the NS4G. It is possible to do what I'm asking. Just need some direction from another section on this board witch is what I'm doing. I will post here when I get it working.
WidgetLocker: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker&hl=en
Transparent Slider: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12123810&postcount=204
and a black wallpaper
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WidgetLocker: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker&hl=en
Transparent Slider: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12123810&postcount=204
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Sounds like a good solution until someone writes an app. Also add missed it app for sleek customizable missed call/text/email app
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I can't believe Google was so stupid as to design ON-SCREEN buttons and not foresee screen burn-in issues.
Does anyone have any ideas on how we can fix Google's mistake?
If only there was a way to keep the Navigation Menu always hidden and then only make it appear when we need to use it...sort of like how you can hide the Windows Start bar and when you move your mouse, it animates into view on top of everything else.
Maybe, we can use the proximity sensor to show or hide the Navigation Menu? Like, when you swipe your hand over the sensor, it shows or hides it. Or, maybe make it shake activated? Like just shake your phone and the Navigation Menu appears/disappears. If it's shake activated, then we should make it so we can adjust the shake sensitivity because not everyone shakes the same.
Does anyone have any other ideas on how to solve this? Please post them!
I hope Google tracks this thread and patents and uses our ideas. Or else, give us tactile or capacitive buttons in the next Nexus!
Neo3D said:
If only there was a way to keep the Navigation Menu always hidden and then only make it appear when we need to use it...sort of like how you can hide the Windows Start bar and when you move your mouse, it animates into view on top of everything else.
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I'm sure there is a ROM or two that does this. I know one for the N7 has that feature... I think it was Glazed. Maybe their GNex ROM has it also.
I haven't had any screen burn-in issues in 8 months of owning the phone so unfortunately I can't help there. good luck.
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I can't believe Google was so stupid as to design ON-SCREEN buttons and not foresee screen burn-in issues.
Does anyone have any ideas on how we can fix Google's mistake?
If only there was a way to keep the Navigation Menu always hidden and then only make it appear when we need to use it...sort of like how you can hide the Windows Start bar and when you move your mouse, it animates into view on top of everything else.
Maybe, we can use the proximity sensor to show or hide the Navigation Menu? Like, when you swipe your hand over the sensor, it shows or hides it. Or, maybe make it shake activated? Like just shake your phone and the Navigation Menu appears/disappears. If it's shake activated, then we should make it so we can adjust the shake sensitivity because not everyone shakes the same.
Does anyone have any other ideas on how to solve this? Please post them!
I hope Google tracks this thread and patents and uses our ideas. Or else, give us tactile or capacitive buttons in the next Nexus!
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Like 98% of the issues around here I've never had this problem. Sometimes I think I'm the only person with a problem free Nexus. Nevertheless, jaseglenn4 has a thread discussing this. You'll find some info there, good luck:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1606237
I have screen retention with my keyboard and that's about it.
Sometimes it's fairly noticeable, sometimes it's not, not bothering me enough to get it replaced.
I just changed my habits so that I rotate the screen 90° to the right whenever I use landscape (web browsing and lots of other things) so as to switch the menu to the opposite side. I figure with that usage pattern it'll take twice as long to notice any burn in.
With low brightness settings in most cases I figure this'll be longer than I expect to keep the phone anyway.
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I heard a myth that if you had screen burn in issue you can reduce it by setting a fullscreen white image, crank it up to max brightness and leave it there for 1-2 hours.. it's not gone but it'll be reduced..
Can someone confirm this?
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Yes some roms have the expandable desktop option to make it full screen. I see some people use that and LMT so they don't have to use nav bar instead just gestures to move around phone
Don't ever buy a phone with an amoled display again. *solved*
good day.
It's not going to burn in. Your screen would have to be on for days and days consecutively, nonstop, with the keys never hiding or changing position. And even then with the stock color of the keys it's even less likely.
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Has anyone got burned in images of the buttons on their phone right now? Or is this a "this might happen" question? Have been using mine for a good few months now and there is no sign of this issue!
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I have screen retention with my keyboard and that's about it.
Sometimes it's fairly noticeable, sometimes it's not, not bothering me enough to get it replaced.
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x2, and even then it's only when I have a gray background
Xadin said:
Has anyone got burned in images of the buttons on their phone right now? Or is this a "this might happen" question? Have been using mine for a good few months now and there is no sign of this issue!
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I think the reason Google made the virtual keys grey is for this reason solely. It's not full white so there shouldn't be able burn-in issues.
I commonly see image-retention (keyboard shadows etc.) but not burn-in. I highly doubt anyone has the latter.
Enhanced said:
I think the reason Google made the virtual keys grey is for this reason solely. It's not full white so there shouldn't be able burn-in issues.
I commonly see image-retention (keyboard shadows etc.) but not burn-in. I highly doubt anyone has the latter.
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Soooo, this is a non-issue. Good to know!
You have any idea how long it takes for burn in to occurred? Last time I try, it took a week or two, with the screen on 24/7 to get a little burn in on my laptop LCD display. It went away after I turn off the screen for a night.
For the nexus to have a burn-in onscreen button happened? Good luck with that.
Neither mine or my gf's have this issue. Now my nexus 7....it has it bad....
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Enhanced said:
I think the reason Google made the virtual keys grey is for this reason solely. It's not full white so there shouldn't be able burn-in issues.
I commonly see image-retention (keyboard shadows etc.) but not burn-in. I highly doubt anyone has the latter.
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What's the difference between image-retention and burn-in?
The issue I'm seeing is that when the screen is white or a light color, I can see where the Navigation Menu used to be (when I hide it).
I hide top and bottom bar so I avoid any burn in.
Hinouchi said:
You have any idea how long it takes for burn in to occurred? Last time I try, it took a week or two, with the screen on 24/7 to get a little burn in on my laptop LCD display. It went away after I turn off the screen for a night.
For the nexus to have a burn-in onscreen button happened? Good luck with that.
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burn in is a lot easier on amoled displays....
your comparison makes no sense
I have seen a little retention but nothing i would worry about. Usually goes away after a few seconds.
Personally i love the on screen nav buttons.
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RogerPodacter said:
I hide top and bottom bar so I avoid any burn in.
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How do you hide the nav bar?
Howdy, gentlemen (and gentleladies) I have quite a few questions regarding the note 2. I know my way around android, these are about the device itself. As questions are answered, I will update the OP with the solutions / answers for reference, so others might learn from my ignorance
I bought a flip cover case, not the genuine samsung case, but one off ebay. It doesnt have an indentation for the home button so it is constantly being turned on. Is there a fix, preferably without rooting, for this? Maybe using the proximity sensor?
With the same flip case, I would like to know if it is at all possible to have the devices screen automatically turn on when it is opened, and turn off when it is shut? (Think "iPad with its magnetic cover") Possibly through the use of NFC tags or proximity sensor? The proximity sensor would have obvious issues with other things interfering. SOLUTION FOUND: DOWNLOAD "SIMPLE COVER LOCK" FROM PLAY STORE.
Are there mods that allow selecting something using the S-Pen's button, while it is in the air? Maybe using it to highlight text while in the air or click the button to register an input? I do a lot of copy and pasting and a feature like this can greatly improve productivity.
Is it possible to get the S-Pen to be able to push the soft keys? I absolutely hate having to continually change my hand posture whenever I need to access the back key or open a menu. Maybe, building on my previous question, have some sort of air gesture with the S-Pen button depressed that performs the actions of the soft buttons? WORK-AROUND, NO TRUE SOLUTION YET: GESTURE < AND ^ WITH S-PEN BUTTON DEPRESSED FOR BACK AND MENU ACTIONS, RESPECTIVELY
My last question is simple. Is the LED indicator an RGB LED? Like the one on the galaxy nexus that can be changed to any color? It would be cool to have different notification colors per app, blue for facebook, green for messaging and so on. ANSWER: YES
I appreciate the help, normally I would use my Google-fu but I much prefer answers from other users.
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Whoah didnt realize I was in the themes and apps section, can a mod please mive this to Q&A? My apologies!
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Whoah didnt realize I was in the themes and apps section, can a mod please mive this to Q&A? My apologies!
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Reported for ya - next time take care to post in right section !
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Reported for ya - next time take care to post in right section !
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thanks!
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I can somewhat answer the first question. There are apps that allow you to use the proximity sensor to turn off and on the screen. A couple that I've personally tried are Intellicover and Auto Screen on. There's also Screen Lock and Off that allows you to turn off your screen by tapping a button. These work well, but if your flip cover is constantly bumping the home button, using these apps won't do anything different as your home button will still get bumped and then the screen will constantly turn on.
the best app to use for turning on the screen automatically is "simple cover lock" its a small free app that does just what it says it was created for the note 2 and does what it needs to really good
For the menu & back button question, hold the button on your s pen & draw a < on the screen to go back & a ^ for the menu
Edit: Also, Light Flow from the play store let's you control the LED lights
haldi15 said:
the best app to use for turning on the screen automatically is "simple cover lock" its a small free app that does just what it says it was created for the note 2 and does what it needs to really good
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Thanks, seems to work fine for a beta, although it does show my homescreen for a second after the flip cover opens before going to the lock screen, even if it was already on the lockscreen when I shut it. I've never seen that happen with any lockscreen alternative, must be a bug. also, it gets kind of annoying if I accidentally move my hand over the proximity sensor and it shuts the display off, but the note is so big that this occurs rarely. Nonetheless, thanks
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For the menu & back button question, hold the button on your s pen & draw a < on the screen to go back & a ^ for the menu
Edit: Also, Light Flow from the play store let's you control the LED lights
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Thanks a lot, I feel like I should have known this one, but I can't recall there ever being any tips on this when the TouchWiz motion and gesture guides ran when I first booted my device. Thanks!
gerbetta33 said:
Thanks, seems to work fine for a beta, although it does show my homescreen for a second after the flip cover opens before going to the lock screen, even if it was already on the lockscreen when I shut it. I've never seen that happen with any lockscreen alternative, must be a bug. also, it gets kind of annoying if I accidentally move my hand over the proximity sensor and it shuts the display off, but the note is so big that this occurs rarely. Nonetheless, thanks
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to fix the screen turning off when you move your hand over you would need to change the "turn off screen after" time to 5 so it would take longer to turn off when you closed the cover, i dont have the lockscreen bug on my rooted note 2 running a 4.1.2 samsung rom
I see, ill do that! I dont plan on rooting anytime soon, so I guess I have to live with it.
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Like the title states...
My S4 will randomly activate the preview screen of time/date/etc as if I had the S View Cover, but I don't. I've never even tested one on my phone.
It happens literally when I'm in Portrait (doesn't matter if I'm lock screen or not), I turn it 180 degrees and put it down. The preview screen then activates.
Does anyone know if there's any way to turn this off?
Are you using that gesture? Go to air gestures and uncheck quick glance. Might not be your issue just a guess....
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jbdan said:
Are you using that gesture? Go to air gestures and uncheck quick glance. Might not be your issue just a guess....
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Thanks for the suggestion. What stinks is that I actually like the quick glance feature when I put my palm up to the dark screen and I get a quick preview. I also like the hover to preview my emails....
If that's the only way, then I guess I'll have to live with it.
Forgot to add...if it's in that S View Cover screen and I turn the phone upright, the phone will automatically get out of that screen. I can also then put it back horizontal and it'll reactivate...
kevs888 said:
Thanks for the suggestion. What stinks is that I actually like the quick glance feature when I put my palm up to the dark screen and I get a quick preview. I also like the hover to preview my emails....
If that's the only way, then I guess I'll have to live with it.
Forgot to add...if it's in that S View Cover screen and I turn the phone upright, the phone will automatically get out of that screen. I can also then put it back horizontal and it'll reactivate...
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Weird.... I like that gesture too. Was just wondering if turning it off solved your issue
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Screenshot for proof.
Sorry it's out of focus...I had to snap it quick and the phone didn't focus in time with the low light...
Also, this picture is with Quick Glance turned off.
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I tried looking to see if the lock screen time out could be extended. For me it's too soon
Anybody know a work around for this
Thanks
pbman1953 said:
I tried looking to see if the lock screen time out could be extended. For me it's too soon
Anybody know a work around for this
Thanks
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I've noticed that my phone stays on a little longer at the lock-screen with the occasional icon at the top popping up (it looks like some sort of eye? There's a setting called "Smart stay" in the Display settings, so I assume this is what I am experiencing?
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Guess that doesn't really help much, but it does extend it for quite a while if you can keep eye contact with whatever is tracking your eye motions? XD
JippleStar said:
I've noticed that my phone stays on a little longer at the lock-screen with the occasional icon at the top popping up (it looks like some sort of eye? There's a setting called "Smart stay" in the Display settings, so I assume this is what I am experiencing?
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Guess that doesn't really help much, but it does extend it for quite a while if you can keep eye contact with whatever is tracking your eye motions? XD
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Thanks but I don't like smart stay. I used the app called " Screebl", it's way better plus it works on staying on based on the angles your phone is at. I like to read news and sports so I want the screen to stay on until I'm done. Screebl allows you to adjust to the lowest time out setting, but it seems the lock screen shorter than 15 sec. The lock screen time out doesn't seem to be tied to the system timeout
pbman1953 said:
Thanks but I don't like smart stay. I used the app called " Screebl", it's way better plus it works on staying on based on the angles your phone is at. I like to read news and sports so I want the screen to stay on until I'm done. Screebl allows you to adjust to the lowest time out setting, but it seems the lock screen shorter than 15 sec. The lock screen time out doesn't seem to be tied to the system timeout
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That's pretty neat! Now that you mention it though, I too was unable to keep my screen on longer than around that same time o3o can't imagine why I would need the lockscreen to stay on, but I hope you find a solution d:
JippleStar said:
That's pretty neat! Now that you mention it though, I too was unable to keep my screen on longer than around that same time o3o can't imagine why I would need the lockscreen to stay on, but I hope you find a solution d:
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Thanks, forgot to mention that Screebl is free