[Q] Can I Stop the (pre-screen-shutoff) screen dimming? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4

Before the screen shuts off on it's set timeout it dims. No idea why this is necessary since the screen will shortly time out anyway. Is there a way to remove the screen dimming before the screen shuts down or change the length of time before it dims ?
"SmartStay" (AKA NeverWorkedForMeStay) doesn't work at all for me. Maybe it's my glasses or maybe my ugly face scares it into shutting down but the point is how can I stop it from dimming before the screen shuts off? It just seems like such a useless and annoying "feature."
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The dimming gives you a chance to save the screen from turning off
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androidsoccer said:
The dimming gives you a chance to save the screen from turning off
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Obviously I don't want to "save the screen from turning off", I want it to stay on or I wouldn't have posted the question. :laugh:

That is not what your original question asked. You asked if you can get the screen to go off without dimming first. Now you are asking how to go into settings and adjust the display settings.
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lalec said:
That is not what your original question asked. You asked if you can get the screen to go off without dimming first. Now you are asking how to go into settings and adjust the display settings.
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Obviously you didn't read beyond the first 20 or so words because beginning with "Is there a way ........." it actually asked the question I was interested in getting answered which no one has. The beginning was primarily a rant or more of a rhetorical question. :laugh: If the system allows I will edit it for clarity.
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Obviously you didn't read beyond the first 20 or so words because beginning with "Is there a way ........." it actually asked the question I was interested in getting answered which no one has. The beginning was primarily a rant or more of a rhetorical question. :laugh: If the system allows I will edit it for clarity.
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I suggest using and app called keepscreen (search on XDA as the Google version is seriously outdated and I updated it) and with it you can set certain apps to keep the screen on indefinitely or until you turn it off. I love it.
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(Q) Auto Screen Brightness

Is the screen brightness supposed to drastically change when auto brightness is enable. I've been playing around with it and noticed that when auto brightness is enable the screen will drastically change in different lighting conditions (with a couple second delay) For example, ill walk into a darker room the screen will get a lot dimmer after a couple of seconds and v-versu. The reason I asked is that my eco 4g would gradually adjust to point t where I didn't even notice.
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I've noticed it rapidly changing like it can't decide a few times, and overall it's a bit too dim outdoors. Coming from an Evo as well and I never noticed it changing either.
Just going to keep an eye on it, not a huge issue for me. Might see if there's any way to override and manually specify the auto brightness thresholds.
There's a second setting called "Auto adjust screen power" further down on the display page - it could be that. It's some sort of thing that analyzes what's actually on the screen and tries to adjust for it.
I think it may just be a samsung thing. I have a Galaxy Tab 7" and I noticed that it was doing this as well, and it drove me crazy. I just went into settings>display>brightness and turned it down manually to just under halfway indoors and if I know Im going outside, i turn it all the way up.
Ive also noticed thst it was auto adjusting even when i had it disabled which was probablt the "power adjustment" thing... But once i caught it turning the brightness down to "prevent overheating"!?
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Really?! Thats bizarre. I wonder if it will constantly have the screen down while wireless tether is running.
daneurysm said:
Ive also noticed thst it was auto adjusting even when i had it disabled which was probablt the "power adjustment" thing... But once i caught it turning the brightness down to "prevent overheating"!?
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Thanks. I also have auto adjust disabled. Since others are seeing it then I assume its a Samsung thing. Ill wait to see if others confirm. BTW this may just be me being a geek. I notice every little thing. The other is that the buttons at the bottom of the phone aren't as sensitive as the eco.
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kzoak82 said:
Thanks. I also have auto adjust disabled. Since others are seeing it then I assume its a Samsung thing. Ill wait to see if others confirm. BTW this may just be me being a geek. I notice every little thing. The other is that the buttons at the bottom of the phone aren't as sensitive as the eco.
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A tip I read somewhere but haven't tried yet is to turn auto brightness off and when you do, hold down on the notification bar (don't pull it down, just hold a finger on it) and slide left or right to adjust brightness on the go. Not for sure if it works but give it a try (I'm chargin my phone while it's off now so I can't yet).
Beejis said:
A tip I read somewhere but haven't tried yet is to turn auto brightness off and when you do, hold down on the notification bar (don't pull it down, just hold a finger on it) and slide left or right to adjust brightness on the go. Not for sure if it works but give it a try (I'm chargin my phone while it's off now so I can't yet).
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It works. I just tried it. That is pretty cool!
Worked for me too. That's great. Thanks. Where did you read that? Are there other tips?
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kzoak82 said:
Worked for me too. That's great. Thanks. Where did you read that? Are there other tips?
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This was a feature in the original epic as well. It is pretty cool. I just use this to change brightness . The only time i change is when i go out in the sun.
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kzoak82 said:
Worked for me too. That's great. Thanks. Where did you read that? Are there other tips?
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Can't remember anymore besides the screen shot one which has been mentioned. Tap home and the power button simultaneously. Also can't remember where I read it.
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I would honestly say its a combination of things BC I have used roms where its totally obvious (on froyo) where on others its completely impossible to notice the change.
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They kept the good features from the Epic. I like the feature in "Contacts" where you can swipe right on a contact to call them and left to send a message as well
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daneurysm said:
Ive also noticed thst it was auto adjusting even when i had it disabled which was probablt the "power adjustment" thing... But once i caught it turning the brightness down to "prevent overheating"!?
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I've had the brightness at the max, and turned off the Auto Adjust Screen Power option. Just while browsing XDA the screen dimmed, and when looking at the brightness setting it states "To avoid overheating, maximum brightness has been reduced.". This has happened at least three different times.
I'm hoping this isn't a serious issue. Have you had it do that multiple times for you as well?

Go Launcher EX Brightness Inssue

Hello,
Has anyone noticed an issued with Go Launcher EX and how it changes the brightness every time you lock your phone. For example at night I will change it to lowest brightness, and if the screen times out or if I lock the phone; when and I unlock it, it automatically goes bright.
Does anybody knows how to fix this bug or is having the sames issue.
I believe it has a night mode somewhere. Might want to look for that. I know go SMS does, if you are using that you may want to check that also.
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I actually notice the difference the other day, I thought there was something wrong with my screen, so I factory reset my phone and WOW its bright again. Really Weird, could not find a setting for it anywhere.
Go Launcher EX Brightness Issues
Hello,
Has anyone noticed an issued with Go Launcher EX and how it changes the brightness every time you lock your phone. For example at night I will change it to lowest brightness, and if the screen times out or if I lock the phone; when and I unlock it, it automatically goes bright.
Does anybody knows how to fix this bug or is having the sames issue.
Why did you repost the same question?
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You asked this before. Bumped that for you.
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avarize said:
You asked this before. Bumped that for you.
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I asked it in the Themes Forum and did not get an answer that fixed the problem. The brightness is way too high using go Launcher EX.
So I figured I would ask in the Question Forum, where I should have asked in the first place. Can you please move this thread to the Question Forums. Thank you.

Annoying Screen Timeout!

So I'm watching a video (expanded to full screen) on the stock browser at night in a dark room when the screen times out.
I can't find any way of switching the screen timeout off, and have to resort to setting the time to maximum and having to reopen the screen and restart the video every 10 minutes.
There has to be a solution to this annoying problem? Please?
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Is smart stay enabled or is it just not working on the dark room ? If smart stay is not working then you can just pull out the s pen from it's holder or hover with the s pen instead of closing the video.
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Do not watch video too much..beware of burn screen issue
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CreepyDroid said:
Is smart stay enabled or is it just not working on the dark room ?
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Smart stay doesn't work in a dark room.
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naimmkassim said:
Do not watch video too much..beware of burn screen issue
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Huh? I'm watching a film full screen. That's going to burn my screen?
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Tuffcheez said:
Huh? I'm watching a film full screen. That's going to burn my screen?
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I think he's just being a troll....
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Im not troll..but i heard many issue of burn screen come from Amoled display..do some search, u will find the tread which discuss about burn screen..
Here one of them from note 2 thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1967803
U can found more from note 1 thread..
Not saying watch video can confirm the screen burn issue..just saying maybe it can cause life span of screen burn become short..but definately amoled screen can not avoid it..
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naimmkassim said:
Im not troll..but i heard many issue of burn screen come from Amoled display..do some search, u will find the tread which discuss about burn screen..
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Fair enough, but there is "no issue."
Why have this phone if you don't use it? Besides, full screen is probably one way to AVOID burn in.
What are you even talking about?
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DanDroidian said:
Fair enough, but there is "no issue."
Why have this phone if you don't use it? Besides, full screen is probably one way to AVOID burn in.
What are you even talking about?
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Is it? Full screen really can avoid screen burn?? Good then..thanks for this info ..from all the thread i read, no one mention about this..hope its true :thumbup:
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naimmkassim said:
Is it? Full screen really can avoid screen burn?? Good then..thanks for this info ..from all the thread i read, no one mention about this..hope its true :thumbup:
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Yes, this avoids the screen burn. Screen burn only happens because some of the led's are used more than others which is why some degrade faster which results in varying color contrasts. Using full screen almost all the time however, uses all of the led's, thus all of them will degrade at a slightly similar rate and the change of color contrast would not be as noticeable to the common eye.
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If you mean stock internet browser it will time out don't know why I streamed hell in a cell last week had the same issue doesn't happen on any other phone I know of just this one...I had to stretch the screen so it looked full screen and it stayed on strange I know
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I'm having the same problem not sure why there would be this problem considering no phone for the last 4 years have had this problem. Terrible overt sight by Google/Samsung. Really interested if some one finds the solution to this.
Use Profile Scheduler from the play store it lets you set up a profile with a setting for screen time out never option. Thats the only reason I use it. I listen to alot of music in my truck and it keeps the musoc player from going to sleep.
Screen time out issue is only when watching flash enabled videos in browser.
Reason : Flash is not supported in Jellybean officially,
So just using flashplayer.apk will not rewrite screen timeout settings in system files.
And, smart stay doesn't work in dark room with lights off.
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gotshoaib said:
Screen time out issue is only when watching flash enabled videos in browser.
Reason : Flash is not supported in Jellybean officially,
So just using flashplayer.apk will not rewrite screen timeout settings in system files.
And, smart stay doesn't work in dark room with lights off.
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what do you recommend?
rocketpaul said:
what do you recommend?
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Download "Screen on" from playstore.
Check the application ie Internet for stock browser and then check enable.

Touchwake

Hi guys!
I am missing a feature I used to have on my old Galaxy I9000: It is called "touchwake" and allows the screen to be switched on, if it gets touched.
Very handy feature and I think TWRP already has it (maybe it's a sensor thing, though). Has anybody an idea? Is this a kernel feature?
Martux76 said:
Hi guys!
I am missing a feature I used to have on my old Galaxy I9000: It is called "touchwake" and allows the screen to be switched on, if it gets touched.
Very handy feature and I think TWRP already has it (maybe it's a sensor thing, though). Has anybody an idea? Is this a kernel feature?
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yes it is a kernel feature. GM used to add it to siyah all the time....bad luck for us he's not interested in a note 2 :/
Yeah but that would mean a wakelock won't it?
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UtkarshGupta said:
Yeah but that would mean a wakelock won't it?
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i've seen great versions of it...it does mean a wakelock for sure but in most cases was developped with a 10 second timer...10 seconds after the screen is of it would stop working reducing battery drain
Then how is it helpful?
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It's an awesome feature, really. That would be even better than "quick glance" which keeps me actually on stock-based ROMs... I think I will ask in the Perseus kernel thread
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yes it is a kernel feature. GM used to add it to siyah all the time....bad luck for us he's not interested in a note 2 :/
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unfortunately
Yeah I miss that too. It's bad none of the available kernels include it...
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Hi.
Try proximity screen off . This app is good n no wake lock
my S pen did this.
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i've seen great versions of it...it does mean a wakelock for sure but in most cases was developped with a 10 second timer...10 seconds after the screen is of it would stop working reducing battery drain
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Then how is it helpful?
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You don't have to reach for the power/home button when your screen times out (and this happens to me quite often if I'm reading something)
D3_ said:
You don't have to reach for the power/home button when your screen times out (and this happens to me quite often if I'm reading something)
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Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the stock standard feature cater for that (SmartStay)?
Monitors your eyes and prevents the screen from switching off if you are looking at it.
Why dont you just download screen on toggler from the play store. That way, you can just quickly pull the menu down, press a button and your screen will never time out. Press it again and it switches back to your original time out setting.
Comes in handy when its too dark for smart stay to work.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Yeah but that would mean a wakelock won't it?
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Fluxi kernel on S2 had swipe to wake. It does not have any wakelock.
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Galaxea said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the stock standard feature cater for that (SmartStay)?
Monitors your eyes and prevents the screen from switching off if you are looking at it.
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Chillerhippie said:
Why dont you just download screen on toggler from the play store. That way, you can just quickly pull the menu down, press a button and your screen will never time out. Press it again and it switches back to your original time out setting.
Comes in handy when its too dark for smart stay to work.
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There is a confusion on this function. This kind of feature allow you to turn on the screen without pressing any physical button. You can take the phone out from your pocket and swipe or touch the screen and the device will wake up.
D3_ said:
You don't have to reach for the power/home button when your screen times out (and this happens to me quite often if I'm reading something)
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Obvious solution: increase your time-out setting.
I have it at 2 min (hate the absurdly short time-out many people seem to use) and it never times out when I am reading.
Plus, as already mentioned, if for whatever reason that I can't imagine you want to keep a short time-out setting, you can always use SmartStay which works surprisingly well and can be very easily and quickly turned on and off with its toggle in the notification shade.
Guys, this isn't about SmartStay or the likes. I am already using it, also QuickGlance. TouchWake means turning ON the display by merely touching it (2 seconds for example). I was asking for this feature in the Perseus kernel thread, if you like the idea, just vote up my request.
PS: I also tried "proximity screen off" from playstore. It's nice but still not what I was looking for. A fast double tap for screen on would be nice for example.
Martux76 said:
Hi guys!
I am missing a feature I used to have on my old Galaxy I9000: It is called "touchwake" and allows the screen to be switched on, if it gets touched.
Very handy feature and I think TWRP already has it (maybe it's a sensor thing, though). Has anybody an idea? Is this a kernel feature?
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I fell in love with this feature seeing it on a BB10 device (and that's just about the ONLY thing that I like about the BB10 BTW :laugh.
It would be awesome and would enable us to get rid of the physical home button (which wastes space and is a durability worry but it's still needed to wake the phone up as it's way more comfortable to use than the power button).
As I've seen on your comments you really don't know what it is.
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DerTeufel ( the guy working on dual boot ) just released a kernel with touchwake.... here
Reminds me of MeeGo. This would be an awesome feature, given that the physical buttons don't seem to last well over time...
Yeah! Big thanks to DerTeufel! Good job for what I can say so far. Will test some more days

[Q] I have a few questions about my new Optimus G Pro

I recently upgraded to the LG Optimus G Pro and I love it and all, but while I'm at work when I get messages, my phone does all sorts of crazy things in my pocket because the screen comes on. I was wondering if there was a setting that I was looking over that would stop it from doing that? I'm trying not to root it because I know the bare minimum about rooting phones, but I did root my Galaxy s2 Skyrocket with youtube tutorials.
RedSkycap said:
I recently upgraded to the LG Optimus G Pro and I love it and all, but while I'm at work when I get messages, my phone does all sorts of crazy things in my pocket because the screen comes on. I was wondering if there was a setting that I was looking over that would stop it from doing that? I'm trying not to root it because I know the bare minimum about rooting phones, but I did root my Galaxy s2 Skyrocket with youtube tutorials.
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What things is it doing? I have the flip case and that keeps it from coming on and such. I think there is a pocket mode in the setting(I could be wrong about this though) check in display section or even under notifications.
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Or go into the offending app that's causing you trouble and turn notifications off.
RedSkycap said:
I recently upgraded to the LG Optimus G Pro and I love it and all, but while I'm at work when I get messages, my phone does all sorts of crazy things in my pocket because the screen comes on. I was wondering if there was a setting that I was looking over that would stop it from doing that? I'm trying not to root it because I know the bare minimum about rooting phones, but I did root my Galaxy s2 Skyrocket with youtube tutorials.
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I think there are a few others who have complained about this as well. I don't have a texting plan (I use Google Voice), so I haven't ever experienced this. However, if there aren't any options in the phone settings, there may be another way.
I seem to be on this Tasker kick lately, so when someone has a problem that is related to the phone sensors or events, I tend to think "how can I fix this with Tasker?!" . As a result, I have made an app really quick using Tasker and have even included the project XML if you want to fiddle with it on your own. It does NOT require root. However, it will need you to install another free app called "Secure Settings" and give it administrator rights in your phone settings. All that the app does is wait for an incoming message and checks to see if the proximity sensor detects something in front of it. If it does, it turns the screen off. However, like I said, I don't have a texting plan, so I haven't had a chance to really test it. The app interface is just an "ON/OFF" button and a "Close" button. If it doesn't work, just turn it off or uninstall it. It is set to "OFF" when it is first installed.
Alternatively, you can play around with it if you get Tasker. I think there is still a trial period you can get if you aren't sure if you want to buy it. Let me know if it works or if you have any other questions.
I named the xml file as a .zip just to upload to xda. Just rename the file without the ".zip" at the end and then you can edit and/or import to Tasker.
nthknd said:
What things is it doing? I have the flip case and that keeps it from coming on and such. I think there is a pocket mode in the setting(I could be wrong about this though) check in display section or even under notifications.
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This is easily fixed, just change the lockscreen to anything other than swipe and the phone will no longer accidentally become unlocked in your pocket
3rd Degree said:
This is easily fixed, just change the lockscreen to anything other than swipe and the phone will no longer accidentally become unlocked in your pocket
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Uhh I had an unlock pattern set and the phone pocket dialed the police twice while I was at work cause it came on... did this work for u? I'm still looking for a fix for this lol
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Had the same issue. Do a search for it. Lots of threads. Maybe try Magiclocker or Widgetlocker instead of the LG home screen.
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Use pin lock. Solved for me.
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jprosek said:
Uhh I had an unlock pattern set and the phone pocket dialed the police twice while I was at work cause it came on... did this work for u? I'm still looking for a fix for this lol
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Okay I just realised that there is an emergency call button on the screen when you have either pin, password or pattern unlock set. If you just have swipe, there is no emergency call button. Maybe this will help?
Hey guys, how do i take a screenshot on this device?
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zounduser said:
Hey guys, how do i take a screenshot on this device?
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Volume down + power key
Cartier21 said:
Volume down + power key
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Awesome my man, thank u.
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Volume down and power button at the time and hold them.
I tried to post a picture but since xda changed their style, it says I do not have permission to post in this forum...and that's after posting in others...
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Sooo my g pro comes this saturday and i was wondering if there were any tips or tricks you guys had?

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