The menu option says that he screen will illuminate when lifting the phone or when a notification comes in. That would be fine except mine is acting more like the moto x and pulsing every few seconds which will kill an lcd battery.
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Mine did the same but I found that the culprit was the light flow app I installed to control the LED.
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mkouk said:
Mine did the same but I found that the culprit was the light flow app I installed to control the LED.
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I've noticed it pulse as well but it doesn't go on very long, and doesn't do it all the time. I've not installed light flow at all, so I doubt that is the cause, and you may find it starts doing it again.
It's unlikely to drain that much power if it only does it a few times, and ambient display is off if the phone is covered like in a case or coat pocket.
I couldn't at first get it to turn on reliably when being picked up, but the trick seems to be to lift it up and at the same time turn it from horizontal to being more vertical. The other thing is when you keep trying, the phone seems to turn off ambient display as it thinks it is in transit rather than on a desk or a surface, which makes senses, but doesn't help when trying the feature out.
Google said you can nudge the phone to turn on ambient display, but I'm not sure what sort of nudge to give it, so can't really get this working.
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I want to use smart alarm, but don't like the idea of leaving my screen on all night. Is there anyway to get around this requirement, or another app that i just don't know about?
Klaxon does not require you to leave the screen on as well as the stock (Sense) alarm.
Nevermind...
Ummm haha confused now
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I've been using mine as an alarm clock with the screen on and the backlight on low every night for about 3 months now. I've noticed no ill effects. I was under the impression that LCD screens are immune to "burn-in" and the LED backlight should have a really long life, so I haven't been too worried about it.
Huh? I use mine as an alarm clock but it doesn't require me to leave screen on.
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The smart alarm requires the screen to be on because of a bug in android that turns the accelerometer off when the screen goes off. It is one of those 'smart' alarms that is supposes to sense the sleep cycle.
I think I will use it with the screen on for a while. I want to see of these alarms really work.
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I want to use smart alarm, but don't like the idea of leaving my screen on all night. Is there anyway to get around this requirement, or another app that i just don't know about?
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leaving the screen on is not a problem. the evo does not have an AMOLED screen, it uses LCD. the O in AMOLED is subject to deterioration and will get burn in the more the screen is used and the brighter the screen is.
LCD does not suffer this. go ahead and leave the screen on.
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The whole time I had my original EVO 0002 version, the backlight for the 4 round hardware buttons at the bottom of the screen, stayed lit whenever my screen was on, period. Now that I had to get a 0003 replacement device, it seems like either HTC changed something or my replacement is borked. Now the 4 buttons seem to light sometimes and sometimes not. I can't tell if there is some kind of deliberate pattern, or if it is tied to the sensor for adjusting the display brightness, or if its just broke. How is the backlight supposed to work on this version?
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my 0003 does the same thing, wish I could just keep them off.
Interesting, I noticed the other day that mine would light up even with then screen off so i wiped cache and dalvik. This fixed that issue but from your post I noticed mine does the same thing... Are you running a custom kernel?
Edit: I went into a dark room and turned my screen on probably 20+ times and they lit up every time. So my guess would be that it has to do with the brightness sensor. When its bright in the room its probably set up to where they are not supposed to come on.
Yes its designed that way.. it only lights up indoors or when its not really that bright ... pretty damn cool huh? I think htc was trying anything to increase battery life..
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Yes its designed that way.. it only lights up indoors or when its not really that bright ... pretty damn cool huh? I think htc was trying anything to increase battery life..
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Did you mean it only lights up indoors when it isn't in a bright room? Because mine does not always light up indoors?!
Ok thanks everyone who resonded. I suspected that it was a new "feature" introduced on the newer hardware version, meant to extend battery by only lighting the buttons when it was dark for whatever reason. Makes sense since the nice silver etching for the circle and icons makes using them simple in even low lighting. Its just annoying as heck watching them turn on and off randomly, when you are so used to them just being lit all of the time you are using the phone, like I am from my original unit.
Now I know my refurb isn't just screwy.
I know this is an issue with the S2 but it seems to follow to the S3. I have the phone next to my bed so with the bigger & brighter screen, it lights up the entire room and wakes me up. I dont want to place a cover over the screen like what I did with my S2 so any other suggestion?
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I know this is an issue with the S2 but it seems to follow to the S3. I have the phone next to my bed so with the bigger & brighter screen, it lights up the entire room and wakes me up. I dont want to place a cover over the screen like what I did with my S2 so any other suggestion?
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Isn't this more to do with the notification that the battery is now fully charged? When the notification appears, it will turn the screen on. Does the same happen when you get a late night text or something?
Unfortunately, I can't find anything that will turn off notifications. You could try "Profile Scheduler" by Wetpalm. While this function isn't currently available in the current version, a quick e-mail to the developer may get him to add this as an option. It would be nice to say when docked, and its after 11pm, don't turn the screen on. I'm not sure if this is feasible, but give it a go.
HTH.
whats if you set the brightness to lowest? do you still wake up then?
Can't you just turn off notification from toggle? Or don't use the dock at night and charge with cable turn phone face down...
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Sounds like a fairly easy job for tasker.
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totally agree on this one
I advise you to place your phone a little far away from you, especially when charging, because this causes much more rediation, does harm to you. And even if it turns on when fully charged, it won't affect you much.
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this causes much more rediation, does harm to you
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Couldn't agree more. I would also recommend wearing a tin foil hat to bed (you can buy these or make them yourself) to further limit the severe impact that the aforementioned 'rediation' has on your soft, vulnerable brain tissue.
This made me laugh "rediation" why not build a faraday cage too then ?
I know it is annoying when your room is pitch black and you recieve a text or what ever then the screen lights up the room lol life is not easy...
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Isn't this more to do with the notification that the battery is now fully charged? When the notification appears, it will turn the screen on. Does the same happen when you get a late night text or something?
Unfortunately, I can't find anything that will turn off notifications. You could try "Profile Scheduler" by Wetpalm. While this function isn't currently available in the current version, a quick e-mail to the developer may get him to add this as an option. It would be nice to say when docked, and its after 11pm, don't turn the screen on. I'm not sure if this is feasible, but give it a go.
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When battery gets to 100% charged, it will power on and goes to the home screen. it's not a txt/email notification, it's a full battery notification. I now charge my phone to complete before going to bed which seems to help with the 2AM wakeup.
Unfortunately, need to keep phone close by since I work in incident management. I get those late night calls when things happen and you all should be happy that there are people like me around It could save your life or a love one's life.
I'll try tasker later this week to see if I can get it to work otherwise I'll try your recommendation. Thanks!
Hi all I have just bought the new nexus 7 and I love it. One problem is I have never seen the notification light work yet. I have checked in settings and it's ticked.. When does it flash? Is it every time you get a notification from eg Facebook etc,? I'm worried it's not working.
The light is usually associated with notifications, yes. Usually this is configurable in the apps responsible for the notifications.
I thought the same when I got mine but it was flashing during a notification a while back so at least it works but rare.
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it works but rare.
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Mine triggers on e-mails, so I see it a lot!
Does work thanks sent myself an Email
I use LightFlow and configured the light to fade in and out with almost no period of time where the light is off. It looks as if the light is "breathing", and is much more noticeable than the 10 second delay between flashes that the stock light is. Give it a shot.
So far, I've only seen it light with email. General notifications don't seem to trigger it.
My first Nexus 7 (2013) had a completely broken notification light. No matter what I did, I couldn't get it to light up. (I ran testing programs, Light Flow, sent myself emails, etc). Exchanged it at Best Buy and the new one worked immediately. So just know that there are some defective notification LEDs out there.
There's a whole slew of less common issues that IMO if it bothers you, you should get an exchange, but if not, just live with it.
LED doesn't work
NFC doesn't work
Bluetooth doesn't work
Qi wireless charging doesn't work
dust under screen
light bleed
offwhite screens
dead/stuck pixels
mushy Power/Volume buttons
creaky edges
back cover comes off easily
screen separating from tablet
battery charger not recognized even though it is charging
microphone doesn't work
one speaker has no sound
charger makes buzzing noise
camera blurry
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spasdic multi-touch
touchscreen dead-spots
camera crashes tablet
hardware related random reboots (not the same as software-related reboots)
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The last 4 can sometimes be mitigated in software so try fixes first.
Many of these issues are rare. Some are more common. I think a lot of people don't even notice or just live with it because it really doesn't bother them that much or they don't even use the feature.
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I use LightFlow and configured the light to fade in and out with almost no period of time where the light is off. It looks as if the light is "breathing", and is much more noticeable than the 10 second delay between flashes that the stock light is. Give it a shot.
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What settings did you use to do this? Sounds interesting.
Hmm...it sounds like my LED light took a dump on me then. I've had my Nexus 7 2013 for about a month. It used to notify me for emails...now nothing. And yes it does bother me.
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Hmm...it sounds like my LED light took a dump on me then. I've had my Nexus 7 2013 for about a month. It used to notify me for emails...now nothing. And yes it does bother me.
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Then take a dump on this device.
SubMatrix said:
I use LightFlow and configured the light to fade in and out with almost no period of time where the light is off. It looks as if the light is "breathing", and is much more noticeable than the 10 second delay between flashes that the stock light is. Give it a shot.
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Hmm, downloaded light flow lite and I don't see that setting anywhere...
Dl light manager....
If I cover the proximity sensor and try to turn the screen on, I'm successful. That's with both power button and fingerprint sensor. It didn't do this on the most recent 7.0, has anyone else had this problem? Androsensor shows the proximity sensor is working.
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If I cover the proximity sensor and try to turn the screen on, I'm successful. That's with both power button and fingerprint sensor. It didn't do this on the most recent 7.0, has anyone else had this problem? Androsensor shows the proximity sensor is working.
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Do you mean while in a phone call? I'm running NBD90W 7.0 and the proximity sensor doesn't prevent me from turning the display on while not in a call.
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No, I mean while the phone's not being used. I used to be able to set my phone face down, touch the sensor, then it'd vibrate like it accepted the fingerprint, but the screen would stay off.
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No, I mean while the phone's not being used. I used to be able to set my phone face down, touch the sensor, then it'd vibrate like it accepted the fingerprint, but the screen would stay off.
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Interesting because I don't think that was ever supposed to be the case. I've never read that being a feature on the 5X nor Nexus 6P. Are you certain it wasn't just auto brightness? Cuz on mine, with auto brightness enabled, I can reproduce the scenario you are referring to. The phone does look "off" but it's just extremely dim due to the sensor being covered. Happens all the time when I'm in my car since I leave my phone in the cup holder.
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I just checked my wife's phone, and you're right, her screen comes on. She's on NBD90W. Maybe it was on MM? Anyway, it's super annoying because my screen will turn on in my pocket and the emergency dialer will get hit. Then it's just pushing buttons for over an hour. (While at work, phone in front pocket)
Edit: I just remembered that this is a replacement device, received about a week ago. Maybe the old device was actually glitching in a good way? I just figured it was NPF10C because I've only really noticed it since I installed that version.
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I just checked my wife's phone, and you're right, her screen comes on. She's on NBD90W. Maybe it was on MM? Anyway, it's super annoying because my screen will turn on in my pocket and the emergency dialer will get hit. Then it's just pushing buttons for over an hour. (While at work, phone in front pocket)
Edit: I just remembered that this is a replacement device, received about a week ago. Maybe the old device was actually glitching in a good way? I just figured it was NPF10C because I've only really noticed it since I installed that version.
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This sounds like Ambient Display is turned on?
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No, I've turned ambient display and the similar new motion in the Moves menu.
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I'm trying the app, Pocket Screen Lock to see if it helps. It could be that my power button keeps getting hit, but I don't know how. I do move around a lot at work, though.
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I'm trying the app, Pocket Screen Lock to see if it helps. It could be that my power button keeps getting hit, but I don't know how. I do move around a lot at work, though.
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I'm not sure else it would be. I'm leaning towards the device possibly having a defect. Have you tried going back to 7.0 and resetting it there? I can't try 7.1.1 until it's official so I'm limited in what I can suggest.
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No, I haven't. At this point, I'm going to stick with the pocket screen lock app, because I'm hoping to avoid wiping the device. Thanks for the help, even though you were mostly just a sounding board. It really did help out.
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