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I have just purchased the official Galaxy SII Desktop Dock. I'm new to Android but I have switched to using Launcher Pro as my launcher and I'm wondering if there is any way to stop the device switching over to the Samsung "Desk Clock" application when it is placed in the desktop dock. Every time I hit the Home button when the device is in the Dock, the Desk Clock application comes to front, rather than the default launcher. I prefer not to use the Desk Clock application.
In the manual for the Desktop Dock it states:
"You can set whether to launch the Desk Clock application on your phone when you connect a Samsung phone to the desktop dock. For more information about the Dock settings, see your phone user manual."
I can't seem to find any reference to this. I'm hoping it's just my ignorance.
The only reference to "Dock Settings" I can find in the full user guide (from the Samsung website) doesn't say much:
Dock settings● Audio output mode: Set to use the connected dock’s speaker when your device is connected to a car or desktop dock.
And that's it... no mention of the Desk Clock
Thanks. That's exactly what I found.
There has to be some way to stop the home button from displaying this special mode when it is in the desktop dock.
Dock No-Op did the trick.
Should have spotted this before but I'm new to Android and still getting used to the fact that the Market has a lot more than I'm used to with my last phone, which was a Windows Mobile
Does that mean that it doesn't show that clock after some number of minutes of idle in the dock? Even with the brightness turned all the way down that thing is way to bright at night.
Have you tried Kaloer Clock...? It's the mutts, and you can customise it till the cows come home (inc your desired brightness....)
Great app really works and prevent to sleep the phone...the only question is: can I damage (burn out) pixels when using it whole night and every night?
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kultus said:
Great app really works and prevent to sleep the phone...the only question is: can I damage (burn out) pixels when using it whole night and every night?
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Which app...Kaloer Clock? You can set it to run in screensaver mode to prevent this....
To prevent what??? BTW when I woke up this morning SGS2 slept so the system still lock phone and turn off the screen even when I ticked prevent phone from sleep or something like this in kaloer settings...any suggestion???
edit: you're right!!! in screensaver mode the time is every two minutes or so changes position whoooo cant wait for dock...
Dark maps in Google Navagation??? in car dock mode
sin(x said:
Dock No-Op did the trick.
Should have spotted this before but I'm new to Android and still getting used to the fact that the Market has a lot more than I'm used to with my last phone, which was a Windows Mobile
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When I connect to my Car dock I get dark maps in Google Navagation???
How can I reset that to a normal light map?
I use the dock to charge the phone at night but the clock keeps coming on in the middle of the night by itself
id love to have this all the time but im really scared about burn in,
as it automatically changes position every two min is there a chance in burn in still?
treva23 said:
I use the dock to charge the phone at night but the clock keeps coming on in the middle of the night by itself
id love to have this all the time but im really scared about burn in,
as it automatically changes position every two min is there a chance in burn in still?
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....................anyone?
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....................anyone?
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You would only possibly get burn in if it were to stay put in the same position...I say possibly, because I'm sure the Sammy techies would've thought about this and tested for it because it is an obvious concern to have.
When the clock's screensaver mode kicks in though, the time moves every minute or two as you noted, so there will be zero chance of any burn in of the screen.
I use Kaloer Clock though, so I'm not sure about the standard Sammy desktop clock coming on by itself in the night...maybe it's a setting in there that makes it wake on the hour or something...don't know tbh, but it won't be doing any damage.
treva23 said:
....................anyone?
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Just push the sleep button and it wont come on.
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Just push the sleep button and it wont come on.
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yea i push the sleep button but through the night the phone screen wakes when fully charged, as i am sleeping this means i cant put it back to sleep, therefore clock comes on after a while and thus for the rest of the night.
but i love the feature and would have no problem with it if not for burn in.
as for Willie_Heckerslyke's comments it is logical that sammy would have tested this as feature has been put on the phone.
Will having the S2 attached to the official dock all the time when being at home affect battery life?
Feel like spamming every dock thread with this question.
I don't think that it has a big affect on the battery. But the worst thing that could possibly happen is that you'll need a new battery in a year. So i wouldn't care about that
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I see, but how come the phone shows the popup "Battery is fully charged, remove it..." .. I mean, why even show it then?
I don't own a dock but i guess its the counter part of "your phone is fully charged. Unplug it"
I'm not sure but i guess it decalibrates the battery more if you charge it longer than necessary. And maybe reduces the max capacity of the battery a tiny bit every time. But this won't stop me feom charging my phone overnight.
Btw: i do have a very unhealthy charging habit.. i always put the phone next to my pillow without airplane mode or so.. if it catches fire while charging (i read that could theoretically happen) i've got a problem too.. :-/ so i should be more worried about my health than my battery's..
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Thanks for your help and sarcasm. I will from now on, charge it during the night, get up at 4 am unplug the phone and go back to sleep. Will have a glass of water next to me in case, as you said, a fire starts and I need to cool out.
I'm running Nova and CWM9 and whenever I connect the phone to USB or a charger the phone wakes up automatically forcing me to push the power button evey time I connect it to turn off the screen.
Anyone know if it's possible to disable this "feature"?
Thanks!
I believe stock does that too. That would be an interesting tweak if it's not already around! In terms of disabling, I'm not sure there is an option to do so.
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Confirm stock does it as does Apex; presumably it's set somewhere basic in ICS
Its in developer options. Untick 'stay awake' (if I understand the question!)
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And this is a problem why? Its just indicating to you that its plugged in properly and charging... the screen will time out and turn off a few seconds later.
Thanks for checking!
It is interesting that Google would assume everytime you plug the phone in (and unplug the phone) you would want it to wake up. Considering the short battery life these phones have, lots of charging would be commonplace and therefore lots of connecting/disconnecting without the intent to actually use the phone.
I could see giving people the option to have the phone do that - but for me the unplug wakeup is especially annoying because I have to turn it off everytime I go to put it in my pocket.
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Thanks for checking!
It is interesting that Google would assume everytime you plug the phone in (and unplug the phone) you would want it to wake up. Considering the short battery life these phones have, lots of charging would be commonplace and therefore lots of connecting/disconnecting without the intent to actually use the phone.
I could see giving people the option to have the phone do that - but for me the unplug wakeup is especially annoying because I have to turn it off everytime I go to put it in my pocket.
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Well considering by stock there's no charging LED indicator, turning the screen on momentarily to indicate a charging state is a smart idea.
Also, if you're plugging it in, why are you worried about the battery drained by keeping the screen on for 10 seconds? 10 seconds.
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And this is a problem why? Its just indicating to you that its plugged in properly and charging... the screen will time out and turn off a few seconds later.
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Well that's that I thought too, but sometimes it doesn't go back to sleep like it should and I'll notice my pocket getting quite warm pull it out and it's still on.
It could be a bug in the ROM I'm running (not going to sleep correctly all the time) but I don't remember my DINC doing that so I figured it was something that just needed to be disabled.
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Its in developer options. Untick 'stay awake' (if I understand the question!)
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Hmm, I did have this option enabled - mainly because when I connect it to the charger I do like it to stay on -prime example using Slacker Radio in my car when plugged into the dock.
Maybe I'll try a different ROM since it seems the problem isn't so much that I need to disable to wakeup on connect/disconnect but instead I need the sleep function to be more reliable so I don't have a mini oven on my pocket.
Thanks!
A great option for your car dock needs would be to introduce something like the app Tasker. Then you could leave the screen off but have tasker set it to constant on and load slacker when the Bluetooth connection to your car happens.
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This is a big problem when driving and using GPS. The device is plugged in but then dims after a minute or so, making it nearly impossible to see in daylight.
What can I do to prevent it from ever dimming while charging?
Settings>screen dimming
Turn it off
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Settings>screen dimming
Turn it off
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I do not see that in settings. CAn you please be more specific?
And I only want it to not dim while it is charging.
Thanks.
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This is a big problem when driving and using GPS. The device is plugged in but then dims after a minute or so, making it nearly impossible to see in daylight.
What can I do to prevent it from ever dimming while charging?
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There is this OLD free app I have been using for a long time. SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE.
It's a Screen On Widget. When you want the screen to stay on, simply click either a SHORTCUT or a WIDGET. You can disable from the notification bar as well. It's a manual solution. There are other automatic solutions, but they will cause some battery drain and mild cpu. It's hard to find. I uploaded it here.
themadproducer said:
There is this OLD free app I have been using for a long time. SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE.
It's a Screen On Widget. When you want the screen to stay on, simply click either a SHORTCUT or a WIDGET. You can disable from the notification bar as well. It's a manual solution. There are other automatic solutions, but they will cause some battery drain and mild cpu. It's hard to find. I uploaded it here.
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Actually try this
Settings>Applications>Developement>Stay Awake
Had a bug with Extended Controls that would turn this back on after reboot. That's how I know it works.
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Actually try this
Settings>Applications>Developement>Stay Awake
Had a bug with Extended Controls that would turn this back on after reboot. That's how I know it works.
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This option is removed in TouchWiz, its an AOSP option. However, this is one if the first things I've re-added to TouchWiz. OP, if you can survive until Monday, I'll post up a flash able package to re-enable this option.
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As promised, here's a CWM flashable package that will re-enable the "Stay Awake" option in Settings > Development.
This is for the SGH-I747, UCALH1. This package is for a stock, deodexed ROM, so if you're running an odexed ROM you'll want to delete your /system/app/SecSettings.odex file after flashing.
Enjoy!
as a precaution just remember that Samsung removed the option to prevent burn-in to the amoled screens, something that was a big problem on the epic 4g. also to reduce wear on the leds.
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There is enough life for 2 years of usage in OLEDs.
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as a precaution just remember that Samsung removed the option to prevent burn-in to the amoled screens, something that was a big problem on the epic 4g. also to reduce wear on the leds.
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I use screebl witch let's you control the screen from dimming or turning off by orientation..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keyes.screebl.lite&feature=more_from_developer
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If it helps: I used tasker to detect charging and set the timeout and brightness. Then reset after disconnect.
My screen was too dim otherwise and couldn't see the TuneIn song.
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Old thread, but yeah, just got update..
Obviously a "Big Red" subscriber, so my GNex was just updated to 4.2.2. I've re-enabled the dev option to prevent sleep, turned off daydream, and even used an old 3rd party app (stayawake) and NOTHING is working... Any new ideas out there? I travel a ton for my job, and my phone is my dash mounted assistant in everything from directions, voice notes, lectures, and reminders (and rare texts... shhh, it's illegal in my state...) There has to be a way to keep this thing awake post update...
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I keep setting "Stay Awake" under Development Options, but when I reboot, I have to check the option again.
Anyone else have or has had this problem?
,,, for the record:
[Developer options]
**Stay Awake
*Screen will never sleep while charging
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[Display]
**Smart Stay
DJ ELITE said:
I keep setting "Stay Awake" under Development Options, but when I reboot, I have to check the option again.
Anyone else have or has had this problem?
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Yup, me too.
Thats normal behavior, if u click stay away then plug it in then unplug then plug back in you will notice its also unchecked again [least it shuld be]
This is because you dont want ur screen to stay on like that always right, lol.
Now that being said, there is an option under display to keep the screen on as long as your looking at it. [Face must be detected by cammera]
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prepaidguy9081 said:
Thats normal behavior, if u click stay away then plug it in then unplug then plug back in you will notice its also unchecked again [least it shuld be]
This is because you dont want ur screen to stay on like that always right, lol.
Now that being said, there is an option under display to keep the screen on as long as your looking at it. [Face must be detected by cammera]
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The check box is for "stay awake while charging"
Yes that should he commen knowlede, thats the stay awake under developer options. thats why I was discussing the charging situation of checking the box, pluing your phone in, then unpluging n plutlging back in qnd the box will uncheck. This guy appaerntly wants his phone to stay awake regardless of that, hence the stay awake while looking at device option I mentioned. Which is in screen settings.
Note the two diffrent settings menus quted, hope this clears up any confusion.
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I too find this very frustrating. I turn on Stay Awake and have to keep turning it on. And as this is my 3rd Android phone and have often used nightlies I know that it doesnt HAVE to turn off. On my Defy I had Stay Awake selected and no timeout set for the screen and was quite happy. I use my phone in my car as a GPS and expect the damn thing to stay on, and do not want to have to swipe the pattern every 10 minutes, which is the longest timeout on the stock ROM.
Gps should keep your screen on regardless of settings, use google navigation. Works that way for me at least. N thats without stay awake while charging or stay awake while looking ticked
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I want my Note to ALWAYS stay awake on WHEN CHARGING which is what that specific feature is supposed to do. Plugging/unplugging does NOT disable the feature for me, only rebooting. It should stay enabled. The feature is ONLY meant to keep it awake when it is being charged.
Also, anyone knpw if there is a way to prevent the screen from DIMMING when "stay on while charging" is working (or any time the screen is on for that matter)?
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Yes that should he commen knowlede, thats the stay awake under developer options. thats why I was discussing the charging situation of checking the box, pluing your phone in, then unpluging n plutlging back in qnd the box will uncheck. This guy appaerntly wants his phone to stay awake regardless of that, hence the stay awake while looking at device option I mentioned. Which is in screen settings.
Note the two diffrent settings menus quted, hope this clears up any confusion.
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Op, I was looking in the market for an app for wake locks and I found this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImV1LnRoZWRhcmtlbi53bCJd......read the description.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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That has nothing to do with KEEPING THE SCREEN BACKLIGHT AWAKE.
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Op, I was looking in the market for an app for wake locks and I found this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImV1LnRoZWRhcmtlbi53bCJd......read the description. View attachment 1479100
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Maybe it's to prevent the screen from burn-in (although it'll probably still happen eventually.) My galaxy nexus had burn-in after months of usage.
It's intent is to be a DEVELOPERS option (hence the developers menu item) and not a USER option so my guess is that is why it does not survive a reboot.
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That has nothing to do with KEEPING THE SCREEN BACKLIGHT AWAKE.
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.. Im not saying thats what the app was intended for. That being said it will keep the screen on .... Also it will work even after reboot.
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Yes that should he commen knowlede, thats the stay awake under developer options. thats why I was discussing the charging situation of checking the box, pluing your phone in, then unpluging n plutlging back in qnd the box will uncheck. This guy appaerntly wants his phone to stay awake regardless of that, hence the stay awake while looking at device option I mentioned. Which is in screen settings.
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Stay Awake While Looking at Device is not sufficient for all situations. For instance, if you need Google Maps to keep up with the latest traffic conditions during your commute, you definitely do not want the screen to shut down if you haven't looked at the screen for a while.
Unplugging the USB cable or charger has nothing to do with the Stay Awake While Charging setting in the Developer Options section. I have unplugged and replugged my phone several times after ticking the Stay Awake While Charging box, and the setting never changes, not even after rebooting.
Even at that, my screen still shuts off after a certain amount of inactivity - but when I turn it back on, there's a message saying the phone is charging on the lock screen.
Google navigation stays awake on my phone even without stay awake while charging. If its ticked I have never had it turn off except sometimes when unpluging n plugging back in, this may be rom specific.
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I was having the same problem as the OP until yesterday.
Download "StayAwake" for free from the Play store. Simple program with two options - stay awake at all times, and stay awake when charging.
This program in particular works better for me than "Stay Awake" in the Dev options for an important reason: it can keep the screen awake while UNLOCKED and plugged in, but if the phone is locked and I receive a notification that wakes it up, the screen will turn off after a few seconds like normal.
So: If I'm using in the car and want to keep my music player/maps/whatever visible, it does that. BUT if I'm sleeping and charging the phone and I get a text message that turns the screen on, the screen won't stay on all night long and heavily slow down my charge time like it would with the Dev option.
As an iPhone user this is the functionality I was used to and this software does it very easily.
StayAwake works great!
fubarduck said:
Download "StayAwake" for free from the Play store. Simple program with two options - stay awake at all times, and stay awake when charging.
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YAY! This worked exactly as you described. Now Google Maps or whatever else I need stays on and the phone unlocked while driving.
I think it's interesting that we need apps like this to recover functionality that I had on other phones. Another example is the USB storage mode, I had to download "Easy UMS" to be able to access the SD card properly.
fubarduck said:
I was having the same problem as the OP until yesterday.
Download "StayAwake" for free from the Play store. Simple program with two options - stay awake at all times, and stay awake when charging.
This program in particular works better for me than "Stay Awake" in the Dev options for an important reason: it can keep the screen awake while UNLOCKED and plugged in, but if the phone is locked and I receive a notification that wakes it up, the screen will turn off after a few seconds like normal.
So: If I'm using in the car and want to keep my music player/maps/whatever visible, it does that. BUT if I'm sleeping and charging the phone and I get a text message that turns the screen on, the screen won't stay on all night long and heavily slow down my charge time like it would with the Dev option.
As an iPhone user this is the functionality I was used to and this software does it very easily.
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good enough for me, for now. thanks!
Here's the link everyone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.developer.runks.enji
Are yall on stock rom? You shouldent have a problem on custums. I just ran my navigation for 20 miniuts the other day on the international port with no staw awake app. I didnt need it.
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prepaidguy9081 said:
Are yall on stock rom? You shouldent have a problem on custums. I just ran my navigation for 20 miniuts the other day on the international port with no staw awake app. I didnt need it.
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I was having this problem too, actually still am. Those custom apps are one way I suppose, but I think this is actually a bug since it has intermittent results. Sometimes it stay's awake, sometimes it doesn't. I have never been able to put my finger on exactly what is causing it, probably because it's nothing I have access to.
I'll try the app, last time I did there was a bit of a caveat.
And for the record, if there is some kind of screen burn in saver with my phone, it is the first time after owning several versions of varying android phones, so it is a 'new' option that contradicts it's own description, so I'm not convinced.
How do you enable offline charging leds...nothing lights up when charging with phone off. Charging status can be checked by depressing power button when charging, but no led lights. Currently running [ROM][KERNEL][4.4.2/4.3] Quantum v3.21 & QuantumKernel 1/16 on galaxy s3 i747 d2att. Have tried enabling different settings in display & lights...battery options etc. Is this possibly a kernel feature that needs to be addressed? Thanks
I think turning on kernel would mean turning on the phone - CPU and all. If I am not wrong, battery charging circuit is the one that kicks in when the phone is switched off and charging applied. I see this happening independent of phone processes when phone is off.
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I think turning on kernel would mean turning on the phone - CPU and all. If I am not wrong, battery charging circuit is the one that kicks in when the phone is switched off and charging applied. I see this happening independent of phone processes when phone is off.
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Would that mean the feature is controlled by the rom? Charging leds seem to work properly if phone is being charged while on. I can restore to Hyperdrive 4.1.2, which I have on nandroid in which the charging leds work properly. The Quantum 4.4.2 is based on the CM11 nightly rom...I've seen nothing in that forum about this. I'm limited to where I can ask about this because of posting rules. Thanks for responding.
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Would that mean the feature is controlled by the rom? Charging leds seem to work properly if phone is being charged while on. I can restore to Hyperdrive 4.1.2, which I have on nandroid in which the charging leds work properly. The Quantum 4.4.2 is based on the CM11 nightly rom...I've seen nothing in that forum about this. I'm limited to where I can ask about this because of posting rules. Thanks for responding.
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Yes. That's what I feel. I feel the LED is controlled by phone software, wherin the battery level you see is controlled by charging circuit that should be separate from phone software.
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Yes. That's what I feel. I feel the LED is controlled by phone software, wherin the battery level you see is controlled by charging circuit that should be separate from phone software.
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OK, thanks for helping with the explanation...guess I'll just have to hope some future update fixes this feature. It's not a deal killer with the rom, just inconvenient when charging with phone off.
cybrgeek 45 said:
OK, thanks for helping with the explanation...guess I'll just have to hope some future update fixes this feature. It's not a deal killer with the rom, just inconvenient when charging with phone off.
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From what I have observed thus far, charging battery with phone off gets routed via a separate circuitry, without activating any of phone functions. This enables battery to get charged faster too. Not sure if anyone would alter a functionality this core level.
To Be sure in what I am saying, I just restored my Hyperdrive backup, & charging led works fine with phone off. CM nightly also has no charging lights...maybe just something left out of the mod or a hidden setting. Maybe someone else will address this in the Quantum Rom section. Thanks again for spending your time on this!!
Oh. Now that's new to me. Maybe I missed something. Sorry.
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