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[Q] Desktop Dock - How do I stop the Desk Clock launching?

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?

treva23 said:
....................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.

wressus said:
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.

[Q] Automatic wake up when connecting power or USB

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.

cyberfreak95 said:
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.

martonikaj said:
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.

killyouridols said:
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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Daydream "While Docked" Setting Affected by Kernel Settings?

I tried to find a thread on here about this before posting but I didn't really find anything. What exactly controls when daydream is activated when setting it on the dock? It seems like with the stock kernel it works fine no problem. But I've found after flashing other kernels like air kernel, lean kernel, or Franco's kernel, the screen shuts off when docked if daydream is on the "start daydream while docked setting" before daydream can come on. I know there's a setting to keep it on when charging only, but this becomes problematic when I just have it sitting on a desk and a text comes in, I try to turn the screen on to answer it, and it shuts the screen off because the screen was on but it was so dim when it was daydreaming. Also when I use this with just charging it seems to not charge it as much, or a lot slower as I see the battery is a lot higher when charging with the "while docked" setting. Just want to know how this is controlled and where, if there's a place, to toggle it.
Thanks!
RhiniShock
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RhinoShock said:
I tried to find a thread on here about this before posting but I didn't really find anything. What exactly controls when daydream is activated when setting it on the dock? It seems like with the stock kernel it works fine no problem. But I've found after flashing other kernels like air kernel, lean kernel, or Franco's kernel, the screen shuts off when docked if daydream is on the "start daydream while docked setting" before daydream can come on. I know there's a setting to keep it on when charging only, but this becomes problematic when I just have it sitting on a desk and a text comes in, I try to turn the screen on to answer it, and it shuts the screen off because the screen was on but it was so dim when it was daydreaming. Also when I use this with just charging it seems to not charge it as much, or a lot slower as I see the battery is a lot higher when charging with the "while docked" setting. Just want to know how this is controlled and where, if there's a place, to toggle it.
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Did you ever find an answer to this? I have discovered this as well. When using franco's kernel, my galaxy nexus does not go into daydream when in the dock. However, on stock kernel it does.

How to set display always on

Download "Swipify" from Play store and install (it is an app launcher that I like better than Wear Mini Launcher).
Swipe it and select "Quick Settings"
Click the first circle, and it will say "Display Always On". Press it again to set to default [emoji106]
Gonna charge tonight and play with it tomorrow. Better bring the battery charger to work, lol

It's nice to have the option to do this, but I was getting a low battery alert about 4 hours in!
-And I had the screen pretty dim...

Sweet, just downloaded it! Pretty cool app all around actually. This is especially great for showing off your watch in public. Thanks!

Do any other apps do this? I had to uninstall it because it was so buggy (left always on even when disabled from their settings, lots of force stops, app unresponsive in their swipe mode, had to uninstall to exit)
(or does anyone know how easy this is to do via the sdk, ill write a little app as I really want thus functionality for parties)

moto
is there any other appa?

You can set for 30 seconds ...using watch maker app...with it and ambient mode on, ..the watch would mostly be on but not cause as much drain as on being always on
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pakure said:
You can set for 30 seconds ...using watch maker app...with it and ambient mode on, ..the watch would mostly be on but not cause as much drain as on being always on
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That settles it then- I'm getting Watch Maker, lol. Don't need 30 seconds on, but I'd love more than 3!

any other cats using this app and running into force close issues and such? id like to have the ability to keep the face on whilst out myself...

Tasker and Zenwatch

Just wondering what you guys are doing with tasker. Just bought the app and liking it.

rolo305 said:
Just wondering what you guys are doing with tasker. Just bought the app and liking it.
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What features do you use and like?!

Mischka20 said:
What features do you use and like?!
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So far I set up to where my wifi kicks on when I get home and my finger swipe on my note 4 is turn off. Also when i get to work wifi turns on when I dock my phone Pandora turns on.
but I have seen some people using on their android watches just haven't really seen anyone using a Zenwatch.

rolo305 said:
So far I set up to where my wifi kicks on when I get home and my finger swipe on my note 4 is turn off. Also when i get to work wifi turns on when I dock my phone Pandora turns on.
but I have seen some people using on their android watches just haven't really seen anyone using a Zenwatch.
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I only use tasker on my phone to enable BT for 2 minutes every 30 minutes. that saves 1-3% battery per hour.

Mischka20 said:
I only use tasker on my phone to enable BT for 2 minutes every 30 minutes. that saves 1-3% battery per hour.
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I'm not worried about battery life on my Zenwatch but more on my Note 4. Because I have bluetooth on by the time i get home battery is about 30% on my phone and my Zenwatch over 60% . The only issue I have with that is I get tons of text messages and I want them coming to my watch.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cuberob.weartasker&hl=en I found this tasker wear