has anyone extended their battery life on their rooted S3? if so, how?
Instal CM 10.2 without gapps. You will get 50% plus on battery
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Adryanxxx said:
Instal CM 10.2 without gapps. You will get 50% plus on battery
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wow thats a lot on battery.. are you sure when you say 50%?
What do you mean extend your battery? Do you mean so that it lasts longer?
It depends on what apps and settings you have running on your phone. Things tend to fluctuate for me daily. There's some tips you can do to make things better:
- I tend to disable location (tends to dramatically improve things for me).
- I don't use Google Now, turned that off while I can still use Google Search. Doesn't drain the battery as much.
- Monitor and see which apps are using the battery. There's a bunch of various apps that can give you more information and to diagnose things.
- Check your Account "sync" settings and turn off anything you don't need/use.
G01 said:
What do you mean extend your battery? Do you mean so that it lasts longer?
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duhhhhhhhh !!!
get with the program.
Adryanxxx said:
Instal CM 10.2 without gapps. You will get 50% plus on battery.
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But i dont like the 3 soft keys at the bottom of CM. Is there any way to delete them? Its really stupid and unnecessary.
Really? When I installed CM 10.2, I didn't get any soft keys. It's really unnecessary, unless your capacitive keys/button don't work.
Daoiod said:
Really? When I installed CM 10.2, I didn't get any soft keys. It's really unnecessary, unless your capacitive keys/button don't work.
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understood.. thank god cuz sometimes i see pics of phones with CM 10.2 with those dumb soft keys on the bottom of the screen.. hope the battery lasts longer with the CM.
Turn mobile data off when your not using. Use a data toggle.
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Try to change that annoying 3 buttons in settings > interface...
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Try to change that annoying 3 buttons in settings > interface...
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what do u mean by "Try to change that annoying 3 buttons in settings > interface"... do you mean that its difficult to remove those 3 sodt keys?
No, it's simple if you have hardware buttons and don't want soft buttons, just try to search in settings or search in CyanogenMod support on their official site.
i see. i'll try that. its just that theyre so annoying. i dont understand how ppl can stand those buttons at the bottom of their screen knowing that they take up vital screen space.. very weird.
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i see. i'll try that. its just that theyre so annoying. i dont understand how ppl can stand those buttons at the bottom of their screen knowing that they take up vital screen space.. very weird.
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You can make the argument that the Galaxy S3's screen is TOO big, and that having those buttons wouldn't really matter.
Personally, I just upgraded from a myTouch 4G, which has a 3.8 inch display. That phone was much easier to use with one hand and a whole inch really makes a difference. I find that I have too much room on my S3.
Regarding your original questions, I do a couple things to extend my battery life:
- Keep the brightness ALL the way down when I'm inside. The display is probably the most battery sucking component.
- I use Tasker and it that knows when to turn my wifi on when I'm at home, or turn auto brightness on when a certain light level is met. Stuff like that.
- Use Greenify to hibernate most of my apps when I'm not actively using them.
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You can make the argument that the Galaxy S3's screen is TOO big, and that having those buttons wouldn't really matter.
Regarding your original questions, I do a couple things to extend my battery life:
- Keep the brightness ALL the way down when I'm inside. The display is probably the most battery sucking component.
- I use Tasker and it that knows when to turn my wifi on when I'm at home, or turn auto brightness on when a certain light level is met. Stuff like that.
- Use Greenify to hibernate most of my apps when I'm not actively using them.
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but having a larger screen does matter, otherwise there wouldnt be such a big demand for larger phones to type and see videos and stuff with greater ease. so having those annoying buttons is completely unnecessary as any S3 user with a history of previously owned smaller screened phones can attest. matter of fact i'm thinking of buying a note 3 or wait for the S5 which will have a 5.25 inch screen.
i'm not yet rooted but will be soon. i never get round to do it. but its a nust and on my to do list. i want to greenify my phone to freeze apps from sucking out more battery and memory than is needed. after i root my phone i'll try out CM 10.2 as long as those stupid soft buttons arent in the way. the dev that created CM 10.2 must be really ignorant not to have eliminated them or at least given the option to remove them.
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but having a larger screen does matter, otherwise there wouldnt be such a big demand for larger phones to type and see videos and stuff with greater ease. so having those annoying buttons is completely unnecessary as any S3 user with a history of previously owned smaller screened phones can attest. matter of fact i'm thinking of buying a note 3 or wait for the S5 which will have a 5.25 inch screen.
i'm not yet rooted but will be soon. i never get round to do it. but its a nust and on my to do list. i want to greenify my phone to freeze apps from sucking out more battery and memory than is needed. after i root my phone i'll try out CM 10.2 as long as those stupid soft buttons arent in the way. the dev that created CM 10.2 must be really ignorant not to have eliminated them or at least given the option to remove them.
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It's all preference.
Those buttons AREN'T there in CM 10.2 for the S3 (I'm using the stable version), so don't worry.
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It's all preference.
Those buttons AREN'T there in CM 10.2 for the S3 (I'm using the stable version), so don't worry.
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its about demand. thats why samsung is #1 now while apple isnt anymore.
thank god those dumb buttons arent there for the s3. i'll try the stable version.
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This thread has been opened with the permissions from the original developer madmack, for everyone who has Galaxy S2, since he has mentioned that the orginal development be sticked to the Galaxy S forums i have also added the download link to his thread.
ALL CREDIT GOES TO ::::
madmack
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The application does the following:
1. When your phone receives a notification, it switches the screen on and displays a notification. The notification bounces around every 3 seconds. This will guarantee using different LEDs so that the same ones won't be burned out.
2. You can customize whether to have a dot or an icon for each type of supported notification. Users may also customize the colors of these icons/dots.
3. NoLED will work with SMS/MMS, Gtalk, Gmail, Missed calls, Voicemail, Calendar and K-9 (email client) without any additional permissions. Any other 3rd party software (e.g. Whatsapp, Email app, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) will need to be checked under Monitored Apps and will require granting Accessibility rights to NoLED.
4. The app runs as a service, after installing, you have two ways to activate the app. (a) by restarting. (b) by loading the widget into your home screen and clicking on it.
5. To get rid of the notification screen, you may use the home or the back key. You can enable dismissal via more keys in the Miscellaneous submenu. Once your notifications are dismissed, all notifications disappear and will not come back up.
I have also logged the touch drivers and saw that although I'm displaying a black screen and setting flags to not respond to touch messages, android is still receiving touch messages when you touch any spot on the screen. This, I imagine, consumes resources! So I disabled the touch drivers when the black screen is active. Dismissing the notifications should reactive the touch drivers. If your screen is unresponsive to touch even after the notification screen is dismissed, a simple restart should take care of it. There is also an option to completely disable that feature. The touch drivers are only disabled on the Samsung Galaxy S variants, all other devices are still receptive to touch events.
Now the touchscreen drivers were a lot easier to mess around with. The sourcecode given by samsung helped me achieve the activation/deactivation of the screen. Things are not the same with the capacitive buttons. You'll notice that when the black screen is on, if you touch any of the soft buttons, they'll light up (although am suppressing them programatically). On some other devices like the Nexus S, these backlights cannot be switched off once the screen is turned on programatically. This is a bug from Google and more info is in the FAQ.
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Link : Download NoLED v4.4.3
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Is there an option to turn off the bouncing? Makes it look ugly imo
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adudele said:
沙发？有木有？？？有木有！！！
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Doing a google translate this is what i got !
沙发？有木有？？？有木有！！！ --> Sofa? There are wood? ? ? There are wood! ! !
What are you asking man ?
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Is there an option to turn off the bouncing? Makes it look ugly imo
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I think you are referring to Blink option, untick or unselect it and see if that helps !
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Doing a google translate this is what i got !
沙发？有木有？？？有木有！！！ --> Sofa? There are wood? ? ? There are wood! ! !
What are you asking man ?
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LMAO.......
how is this app on the battery? does it cause alot of drain?
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Doing a google translate this is what i got !
沙发？有木有？？？有木有！！！ --> Sofa? There are wood? ? ? There are wood! ! !
What are you asking man ?
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I speak and read chinese and also have no idea what he's talking about....
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how is this app on the battery? does it cause alot of drain?
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When I used NoLED with the NS it was kind of tough on the battery. That being said, this version has been updated from the one I used so really there is only one way to find out.
I've been using NoLED since I got my s2 nearly 2 months ago. I've never had a problem and my battery life is fine, usually over 50% after a full days usage (which for me is moderate). Love it!
BTW I run cognition ROM so that helps with the battery life.
i want that ringtone
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I've been using NoLED since I got my s2 nearly 2 months ago. I've never had a problem and my battery life is fine, usually over 50% after a full days usage (which for me is moderate). Love it!
BTW I run cognition ROM so that helps with the battery life.
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really ? i have tried on VillainROM, it kept the phone awake and drain lots of battery
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Doing a google translate this is what i got !
沙发？有木有？？？有木有！！！ --> Sofa? There are wood? ? ? There are wood! ! !
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what he is saying is:
Sofa? Is there wood? Is there wood!
Yes I speak mandarin you have a good translation there. Makes as much sense to you as it does to me
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what do you mean "there are woods"? the phone is made of plastic not wood.
man, you are so cute
jwonga said:
I've been using NoLED since I got my s2 nearly 2 months ago. I've never had a problem and my battery life is fine, usually over 50% after a full days usage (which for me is moderate). Love it!
BTW I run cognition ROM so that helps with the battery life.
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This will cost alot of your battery. If you receive a message and noled stay on like for 1 hour, i believe you lose more then 10% per hour.
I'll will turn my screen on from time to time, thats much better for the battery
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what do you mean "there are woods"? the phone is made of plastic not wood.
man, you are so cute
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He just want to say : 有沒有 (木sound like沒)
"China Internet buzzwords"
tids2k said:
Doing a google translate this is what i got !
沙发？有木有？？？有木有！！！ --> Sofa? There are wood? ? ? There are wood! ! !
What are you asking man ?
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You just made me crack a LOL in the middle of a quite office.
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really ? i have tried on VillainROM, it kept the phone awake and drain lots of battery
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Correct, it drains like crazy. Only way to minimize the drain is to check the phone what message/call you just missed soon after it occured. When you leave it with a NoLED notification active there's a lot of drain.
So it's only handy for people who check their phones regularly.
Been using NoLED for a long time as well. Haven't noticed any excessive drain. Using official KF3 (NEE) and it lasts for two days easily with my standard use and NoLED active.
I've used NoLED on my previous phone (Samsung Galaxy Spica), and I did notice extra battery drain.
For me this is not really an alternative to BLN. OK, it does show notifications when your screen would normally be off, but NoLED still activates the whole screen, whereas BLN only lights up the 'buttons' below the screen. Somehow this has to be more energy consuming.
Hi guys.
I always feel that my display eats the most of my battery..I know what do you expect from S.AMOLED Plus displays..Gorgeous i know but eats your battery..Anyway great app on the market that i have started to use and it works wonders for me and would like to spread the word, if you don't already know about about this app..
Link is this https://market.android.com/details?id=com.haxor&hl=en
Apologies if you already have it, but i just thought if there are more people like myself who want to save a bit of juice on your battery this is a great app to use specially if your brightness is abit to much as well.
Cheers
very good for bedtime reading too and discreet enough not to annoy the missus. This is one of the first apps I install on every Rom change.
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very good for bedtime reading too and discreet enough not to annoy the missus. This is one of the first apps I install on every Rom change.
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tell me about it..hows pat? get it.. i know lame joke.
man this has boosted my battery life by 20%. so i saw people sharing apps that they recommend so i thought why not i do the same..if it helps others why not
thanks for posting
I liked it but found out that if set too low (as it is very efficient) it can be tricky to find the icon or anything else for that matter so eventually I stopped using it
griprx said:
I liked it but found out that if set too low (as it is very efficient) it can be tricky to find the icon or anything else for that matter so eventually I stopped using it
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You always get the icon on the top left hand corner. if you bring down the drop down menu you could access the app from there.
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tell me about it..hows pat? get it.. i know lame joke.
thanks for posting
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Pat's doing very well my boy
The Ghost of Frank B
Heyy Ppl I recently updated to 4.3 I see tht battery life is less in it and some features like when I used to plugin the headset before my Walkman used to start that is missing and when I used to lock screen in previous version I used to see a flash line on the screen that is missing. can anyone help me to save battery and features I am new to developers.??
manikrish said:
Heyy Ppl I recently updated to 4.3 I see tht battery life is less in it and some features like when I used to plugin the headset before my Walkman used to start that is missing and when I used to lock screen in previous version I used to see a flash line on the screen that is missing. can anyone help me to save battery and features I am new to developers.??
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Hi,
Battery saving - the single most important thing I learned was to turn off the internet when it's not needed. While it's on, any app can upload data or download when you're not using it. When many apps to that, it burns the battery badly. It's no joke, try it. It makes more of a difference than screen brightness. I have that at almost full and I get 2 days battery because I turn of data when not needed.
Features - The Walkman feature, look in Walkman settings, it should still be there - something like continue playback when headphones inserted. You don't see a flash line when unlocking? Mine does, that's strange.
thanks
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Hi,
Battery saving - the single most important thing I learned was to turn off the internet when it's not needed. While it's on, any app can upload data or download when you're not using it. When many apps to that, it burns the battery badly. It's no joke, try it. It makes more of a difference than screen brightness. I have that at almost full and I get 2 days battery because I turn of data when not needed.
Features - The Walkman feature, look in Walkman settings, it should still be there - something like continue playback when headphones inserted. You don't see a flash line when unlocking? Mine does, that's strange.
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thanks man..i sorted out battery issues but still have prob with that features let me check..I am posting screen shot of Walkman settings I don't hav any option in it..
manikrish said:
Heyy Ppl I recently updated to 4.3 I see tht battery life is less in it and some features like when I used to plugin the headset before my Walkman used to start that is missing and when I used to lock screen in previous version I used to see a flash line on the screen that is missing. can anyone help me to save battery and features I am new to developers.??
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download greenify. then add all unnecessary apps to hibernation list. your phone will almost stop using battery. I'm using it since 4.2.2 and it always given 100% result.
Hello all,
As the title says, what is your opinion about Nougat? After reading so many bug related posts here and in reddit, im frustrated to update to the newest version of android. How does it compares to marsmalow in terms of battery, performance and bugs? Is it safe to update now, of do your suggest to wait a little longer for a bugfix update? And finally, if your suggest me to update, do your recomend any custom rom/ kernel?
Thanks in advance.
Fine, I love my 5X, but there are some bugs that I have:
*In Whatsapp audios or call if I put my face in the phone (or simple if I cover the distance sensor) the screen goes black and I can't turn on again...maybe if a press the power button 3 times the screen turns on. that is REALLY annoying!, I dont know if is a software problem or if my tempered glass is the real problem...
*The screen rotates very easy...sometimes I move my phone just a little and the screen rotates...
*When screen turns off it doesnt fade "slowly"...its something cosmetic but I dont like it haha
Jerber said:
Fine, I love my 5X, but there are some bugs that I have:
*In Whatsapp audios or call if I put my face in the phone (or simple if I cover the distance sensor) the screen goes black and I can't turn on again...maybe if a press the power button 3 times the screen turns on. that is REALLY annoying!, I dont know if is a software problem or if my tempered glass is the real problem...
*The screen rotates very easy...sometimes I move my phone just a little and the screen rotates...
*When screen turns off it doesnt fade "slowly"...its something cosmetic but I dont like it haha
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Hm, i dont use whatsapp so i dont mind if there is a bug about it. Do you have the same problem during calls too? Also, what about battery and performance?
I have these bugs:-
1. I have a problem with the battery percentage toggle, i change it to like "everytime" but sometimes it auto switches back to "only when charging", in 6.0.1 there was only an option to show percentage which worked fine.
2. I also have a problem after sep security update the swipe up from overview to open multiwindow doesnt work, it is on in the settings tho, it worked on the first 7.0 aug security one but now it doesnt.
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I have these bugs:-
1. I have a problem with the battery percentage toggle, i change it to like "everytime" but sometimes it auto switches back to "only when charging", in 6.0.1 there was only an option to show percentage which worked fine.
2. I also have a problem after sep security update the swipe up from overview to open multiwindow doesnt work, it is on in the settings tho, it worked on the first 7.0 aug security one but now it doesnt.
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This features disable automatically when you go to System ui tuner. Just enable it and don't touch this settings.
Also, I have a bug with double icon of alarm clock in status bar, like on screenshot. Reboot can fix it.
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This features disable automatically when you go to System ui tuner. Just enable it and don't touch this settings.
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oh yea that is why it sometimes worked lol yup just change the settings and leave them there and dont open system ui tuner, its still a bug tho.
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Also, I have a bug with double icon of alarm clock in status bar, like on screenshot. Reboot can fix it.
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is that the pixel launcher ?
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is that the pixel launcher ?
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Yes, it is
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Yes, it is
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u been using it for long ? is it like stable ?
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u been using it for long ? is it like stable ?
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I used it since 12 september. Yes, good launcher, but I installed it as apk, so google now doesn't work.
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I used it since 12 september. Yes, good launcher, but I installed it as apk, so google now doesn't work.
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yea i have the apk too, i dont use google now and it sometimes gets in the way so thats good for me
I think i can live with a few bugs. What about the more important things like battery life and performance? How do they compare to marsmalow?
giannism13 said:
I think i can live with a few bugs. What about the more important things like battery life and performance? How do they compare to marsmalow?
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I recently reverted back to marshmallow, I was getting horrible battery drain. Like 10℅ an hr while in my pocket. I had to leave it on battery saver mode if I wasn't going to be near a charger. But besides that it's awesome, love all the new features.
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For me, unlocking the device harder. I have to swipe further in order to do it, and it also happens when I want to swipe a notification at the lock screen.
In addition Spotify song playing from google now through an Android Wear does not work unless the Nexus is unlocked.
Finally, battery life is not really god in my case.
After reading your replies, i decided to stay in marsmalow for a couple of months. Thanks everyone
It's only been a couple days for me but everything is working well on the stock OTA update so far.
I like the new features and Doze is working brilliantly again so there is a noticable improvement to battery life.
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I'm on stock+ 7.0 Nougat everything work very Well no problème here on Nougat .... Very good 7.0 Nougat
Root systemless ok
Magisk ok
Pokémon go ok
My mother ok euh yes she Can use my nexus 5x
Battery life 2 days with no game , 1 day with Pokémon go or if i play so hard 7 hours
I'm happy on 7.0 but i would like xposed and custom Rom with theme engine , substratum is to young
If any of you clever developers / tinkerers know of a 'lite' app to use to fix the non working ambient display issues I.E. pick up to wake doesnt work, a recommendation would be soooo welcome. I looked at apps like gravity etc in the play store, but they are a. rather large and b. the permissions they require are a bit suspect. Thanks in advance
Did not know something was wrong.
So I pick it up it does not wake up, I think is a good thing. When I pick it up and I want a display, I press something and have no problem with that.
This maybe one reason the Pixel XL has an excellent battery life.
At the suggestion of another user here, I installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
It's reminiscent of Samsung's version but has a lot more customisability. There's also an option to turn of the display completely when the proximity sensor is activated. All of the permissions make perfect sense fit the features you select and it doesn't cause a terrible battery hit.
raynan said:
At the suggestion of another user here, I installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
It's reminiscent of Samsung's version but has a lot more customisability. There's also an option to turn of the display completely when the proximity sensor is activated. All of the permissions make perfect sense fit the features you select and it doesn't cause a terrible battery hit.
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Cool app, appears to hit battery fairly hard in my test.
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Cool app, appears to hit battery fairly hard in my test.
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That's why I said it wasn't terrible... Lol. It's definitely not great on your battery, but I can still make it through a day with quite heavy usage.
Ambient display is only meant to flash notifications on the screen in black and white for a short period then turn off. As far as I know, the pick up and bump to wake is an OEM added feature that Motorola, Samsung, and likely others added, but it isn't in stock Android.
Sent from my Pixel XL
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Ambient display is only meant to flash notifications on the screen in black and white for a short period then turn off. As far as I know, the pick up and bump to wake is an OEM added feature that Motorola, Samsung, and likely others added, but it isn't in stock Android.
Sent from my Pixel XL
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On the Pixel XL it flashes only once which i find to be a disappointment. Also on the Nexus 6 , 6P and 5X the notification/time flashed once upon picking up or moving the phone a bit. This is not enabled on the Pixel models for some reason.
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Did not know something was wrong.
So I pick it up it does not wake up, I think is a good thing. When I pick it up and I want a display, I press something and have no problem with that.
This maybe one reason the Pixel XL has an excellent battery life.
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I'm the same way.
But obviously the OP feels different so why bother to post.
This feature does not even work for me at all (but I am able to get the light to pulse). After talking to pixel support for about 30 minutes they did confirm that Ambient display has an engineering problem they are currently working on.
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This feature does not even work for me at all (but I am able to get the light to pulse). After talking to pixel support for about 30 minutes they did confirm that Ambient display has an engineering problem they are currently working on.
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Damn !! I was going nuts trying to figure out why this phone was not acting like my Nexus 6. lol I loved the Moto display then had to end up liking the Nexus 6 version afterwards. Then this Pixel XL only flashing the notice once then never again was aggravating. and of course no good app on the play store to emulate this function with 7.1 lol
well I hope this engineering problem can be fixed with software. :silly:
I've created an app that wakes ambient display when you take the phone out of your pocket or if you have the phone face down and turn it over. The app is in addition to Google's ambient display and does not change your lock screen in anyway.
I added a few other paid features for pulsing at an interval, wave to unlock, and battery percentage display on the ambient display.
I would love to have a few beta testers for the extra features, as it's a work in progress. Message me if you'd like a free code to redeem for the paid features.
Check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.ambiturner