http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...bient-display-personalized-take-moto-display/
it seem that a new function present in the nexus 6... is similar to the motorola active display..
but in the artiche of android police appear a nexus 4 with this function... ..it strange.. the nexus 4 don't have particolar sensor or micro processor for the use of active display..
i hope that there will be interessant news for moto g users with android lollipop :fingers-crossed:
Edit: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/102639
The ambient display id official for moto g 2014!!
I think ItS for all androids that get updated to lollipop
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ward24 said:
I think ItS for all androids that get updated to lollipop
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Ambient Display will not save battery. Standby time is shorter with that option on.
Here is the Nexus 6 specs describing the Ambient Display.
Battery**
Standby time (Ambient Display on ) up to 250 hours
Standby time (Ambient Display off) up to 330 hours
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Don't get your hopes up, it seems it's like "peek" requiring gyroscope detection.
yep it is obvious... these apps aren't battery firendly.. and it require for the best performance an amoled display...
but if it is compatible with our smartphone..i think that is an interssant way to organise our notification.
it is true.. but it can work only with the proximity sensor in our moto g..
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Ambient Display will not save battery. Standby time is shorter with that option on.
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You do realize the actual length of standby time that is right? lol Pretty sure power can be obtained again within that time frame
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That is all, i am using it from market and works great by decreasing ThE brighht level as much as you want.
galaningenieros said:
That is all, i am using it from market and works great by decreasing ThE brighht level as much as you want.
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I am sorry to say, but the power saving only works for AMOLED screens. Quote from the play store info: "It even saves battery life for AMOLED displays!"
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I am sorry to say, but the power saving only works for AMOLED screens. Quote from the play store info: "It even saves battery life for AMOLED displays!"
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No way my friend, less bright so less power so less energy drainage.
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No way my friend, less bright so less power so less energy drainage.
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....but not so much less power drainage in a non-amoled screen...pratically speaking,a poor differences in battery consumption.used for long time past months
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No way my friend, less bright so less power so less energy drainage.
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It doesn't actually decrease the brightness. It only applies a great filter over it so things appear less bright. It doesn't actually save battery on LCD IPS displays. Only on amoled displays.
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Stop... MUFFIN TIME!!!
Yeah it just puts a filter over and makes everything darker. Brightness level is the same
Yeah the only way to save energy is to dim the backlight which isn't what this app does.
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But it's still a great app though I'm glad to have it back after 4.2 broke it. It's a life saver on the eyes.
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You are right guys. It is very little effect. I am giving a try to lux automatic backlight. This seems to work fine.
Try screendim. I use it at nights when its too bright to read.
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....but not so much less power drainage in a non-amoled screen...pratically speaking,a poor differences in battery consumption.used for long time past months
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So what are you saying, brightness level on the Nexus 7 has ho effect on battery life? I am confused.
Rootdim actually dims the backlight.
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Is there a way to force the watch face to remain in full color without slipping into ambient mode?
I'm interested in trying this, even though I'm sure it will have a negative effect on battery life.
Download StayLit Wear from the Play Store and set it to Indefinitely.
Just use a watchface app like Watchmaker, and make/modify your own color ambient watchface. You can choose what to enable/disable on the ambient. It's probably a good idea to turn off a sweeping seconds hand, as the OLED display will take a battery hit when it has to change pixels on the screen.
I have my own face that's color on ambient. It looks identical to the awake face, except the seconds hand is missing. Lasts about 2 days.
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Download StayLit Wear from the Play Store and set it to Indefinitely.
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Just use a watchface app like Watchmaker, and make/modify your own color ambient watchface. You can choose what to enable/disable on the ambient. It's probably a good idea to turn off a sweeping seconds hand, as the OLED display will take a battery hit when it has to change pixels on the screen.
I have my own face that's color on ambient. It looks identical to the awake face, except the seconds hand is missing. Lasts about 2 days.
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Good info guys, thank you!
I'll give StayLit Wear a shot.
Having an ambient face that looks identical without the seconds hand seems awesome! All the faces I download for Watchmaker seem to have an ambient mode that just freezes the seconds hand in place but it is still visible. I hate that.
I know either of these options will cause me to take a hit on battery, but I am not concerned with trying to get more than a day out of the watch.
StayLit Wear worked exactly how I wanted it to. Unfortunately, it was destroying my battery. I'm using the Dark Suit watch face, which doesn't even have a second hand, and I was losing a percent of battery every couple minutes.
I didn't think leaving the screen on would have such a drastic effect on battery life. With stock behavior, I can get maybe 30 hours with max brightness. I was hoping I could just get through one normal 15-16 hour awake day with the screen always on. It seemed like I wouldn't get anywhere close to that based on the 30 minutes I used StayLit.
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StayLit Wear worked exactly how I wanted it to. Unfortunately, it was destroying my battery. I'm using the Dark Suit watch face, which doesn't even have a second hand, and I was losing a percent of battery every couple minutes.
I didn't think leaving the screen on would have such a drastic effect on battery life. With stock behavior, I can get maybe 30 hours with max brightness. I was hoping I could just get through one normal 15-16 hour awake day with the screen always on. It seemed like I wouldn't get anywhere close to that based on the 30 minutes I used StayLit.
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.... of course it drains battery. The whole SOC is not sleeping...
Motawa88 said:
.... of course it drains battery. The whole SOC is not sleeping...
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Well when you put it that way, it makes perfect sense. I was thinking about it strictly from the perspective of actual screen battery use. I didn't even consider the method that StayLit probably uses to keep the screen lit...a wakelock!!
So it seems that using watchmaker like @firehawk suggested makes the most sense. It should still allow the phone to sleep, but still display full colors.
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Is there a way to force the watch face to remain in full color without slipping into ambient mode?
I'm interested in trying this, even though I'm sure it will have a negative effect on battery life.
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Try wear mini Launcher , you can set it easy on and off
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Try wear mini Launcher , you can set it easy on and off
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Does it cause a wakelock that severely drains battery? Or does it just keep the full color face while allowing the watch to still sleep?
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Does it cause a wakelock that severely drains battery? Or does it just keep the full color face while allowing the watch to still sleep?
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Most likely your watch won't last 7 hours. At best. It's because of the current technology by the end of this year there will be smart watches lasting more than a couple days and the ALWAYS on screen (no ambient) with the new snapdragon 2100 made especially for wearables.
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biglilsteve said:
All the faces I download for Watchmaker seem to have an ambient mode that just freezes the seconds hand in place but it is still visible. I hate that.
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Just go to customize watch, select the seconds hand and choose bright only. And it's gone!
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Dima_2005 said:
Just go to customize watch, select the seconds hand and choose bright only. And it's gone!
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Thanks!
Hey guys ,
Should I get this watch or the LG G ?? ( NON R VERSION ) !!
I know the SW3 wins in general , but the screen sucks not like the LG G is very good !!
So what do u think ??
I have just got one after owning a zenwatch,sw3 will surprise you
Mem_0 said:
Hey guys ,
Should I get this watch or the LG G ?? ( NON R VERSION ) !!
I know the SW3 wins in general , but the screen sucks not like the LG G is very good !!
So what do u think ??
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Better view with my G-watch. IPS screen has same drain with black or white pixel, so no need to paid attention at your watchface
For the runtime, my SW3 not last more time (screen always ON) and with the battery drain issue with the SW3 the G-Watch win
I've not tried the LG.. but iv'e had both IPS and AMOLED screen phones, and neither of them can be viewed properly in direct sunlight at max brightness. The SW3 has a transreflective display that works great under the sun (though color takes a hit) and has standalone GPS so if you're the outdoorsy type I recommend the SW3.
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Better view with my G-watch. IPS screen has same drain with black or white pixel, so no need to paid attention at your watchface
For the runtime, my SW3 not last more time (screen always ON) and with the battery drain issue with the SW3 the G-Watch win
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What a stupid argument, SW3 has by far better battery life than G watch, and SW3 has wifi, GPS, NFC and it's newer.
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What a stupid argument, SW3 has by far better battery life than G watch, and SW3 has wifi, GPS, NFC and it's newer.
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I have an LG-G watch and an SW3, so I know how is the battery life for the 2 watch.
Have you and use you this 2 watch ?
I do not use wifi and the SW3 GPS do not work well in most of the time. I use my Garmin VA for the GPS and on the Garmin it works always well. And for what I need NFC ? nothing, I disable NFC on all phone.
I think I will go for the sw3
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Better view with my G-watch. IPS screen has same drain with black or white pixel, so no need to paid attention at your watchface
For the runtime, my SW3 not last more time (screen always ON) and with the battery drain issue with the SW3 the G-Watch win
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Wow a very confusing post
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My g watch and sw3 both always on screen are very similar when it comes to battery. I recommend the sw3 if you are at all outside. The g watch has a better screen. (And faster updates)
SW3 was best buy for me ... almost gone for LG but end of day.
its sleek + usb charging + 2 days life + dam that screen really works outdoors in super bright sunlight!
my daily travel companion now.
Honor 8 Pro is an incredible device, which ticks all the boxes. But since it has a 2k display and a v8 engine in it, it chunks on the 4k battery pretty quickly.
If there is some way, we could lower the resolution to 1080 similar to that on S8 and S8+, I think the battery life will almost double!
Inputs?!
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Honor 8 Pro is an incredible device, which ticks all the boxes. But since it has a 2k display and a v8 engine in it, it chunks on the 4k battery pretty quickly.
If there is some way, we could lower the resolution to 1080 similar to that on S8 and S8+, I think the battery life will almost double!
Inputs?!
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You can there is option in battery section when needed it automatically lower the resolution !!!
We actually don't know when it gets activated. It would be better if the user is given better control of the resolution! Like to lock the display on 1080 to preserve battery and then to switch the display to 2k while playing HD games or watching VR
Charging time more
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We actually don't know when it gets activated. It would be better if the user is given better control of the resolution! Like to lock the display on 1080 to preserve battery and then to switch the display to 2k while playing HD games or watching VR
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Is Battery Charging take more time, when screen resolution is reduced?
CRNair said:
Is Battery Charging take more time, when screen resolution is reduced?
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It saves battery instead.
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nil.d said:
You can there is option in battery section when needed it automatically lower the resolution !!!
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like others have mentioned, ideally, we want something we can manually control. like what is found on many other phones with 2K screen... users can manually select between 2k, 1080p and even 720p.
right now, the one under the battery/ power savings... we don't even know when it gets activated... or if it works (coz honestly, i can't tell any diff between 1080p and 2K on such small screen).
Hi,
Although there is a option to lower screen resolution to reduce battery consumption, we don't know when it exactly kicks into play or if it does at all. I suspect it only reduces the strength of the pixels.
We have raised this query in the recent meeting which was held in Chennai. They took it with a nod, not sure if it will be implemented. We did point out as to how S8 and S8+ does it.
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Hi,
Although there is a option to lower screen resolution to reduce battery consumption, we don't know when it exactly kicks into play or if it does at all. I suspect it only reduces the strength of the pixels.
We have raised this query in the recent meeting which was held in Chennai. They took it with a nod, not sure if it will be implemented. We did point out as to how S8 and S8+ does it.
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Take a screenshot before and after enabling the option to lower screen res, you'll ses the difference between the resolution of both screenshots
PalakMi said:
Take a screenshot before and after enabling the option to lower screen res, you'll ses the difference between the resolution of both screenshots
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No. You won't see it.
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No. You won't see it.
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I meant when you look in the info (details) of the screenshot
adriansticoid said:
No. You won't see it.
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We will see the difference bro. The lose of pixels
gopinaidu77 said:
We will see the difference bro. The lose of pixels
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Didn't see mine.
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Didn't see mine.
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You will see when an app which sucks too much battery , during that the pixel will be decreased.
PPSSPP needs this...
Current emui 5.1 low res option are not decrease resolution to 1080p I think. Its just reduce the pixels a bit and automatically activated only on power hungry apps. Logically if change resolution at least your screen will flicker a bit. Dont worry upcoming emui 8 will have option to truly change your resolution either 2k, 1080p and even 720p. I think its coming to our phone in January.
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Does lowering screen resolution from 2k to 1080p even save that much battery power?
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Does lowering screen resolution from 2k to 1080p even save that much battery power?
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Battery not very much affected, but gaming got better performance if in 1080p.
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How to Realme 6 Pro devices Always On Display?
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How to Realme 6 Pro devices Always On Display?
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Get the always on display app from the playstore. The company didn't officially enable AoD on it due to the lack of oled or amoled display. If you enable you might get high battery drain.
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Get the always on display app from the playstore. The company didn't officially enable AoD on it due to the lack of oled or amoled display. If you enable you might get high battery drain.
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Okey thanks
WOnt work in Realme 6Pro coz it wont come with Amoled Display
u can use AOD app from Playstore but they will Eat Up lot of Battery