my mom just brought the BB Bold and it has this really cool feature where when u put it to charge it goes into night mode, which is normally when everyone charge they phone, and the night mode bascially keeps the screen one on a dim mode with a changable clock face and it also display the date, if u choice to, i was wondering if there is a software out there that does this?
There's a whole thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=484452) on how to run an app as soon as the phone is plugged in; point that at your favorite clock/lock screen and you're golden.
The Raphael/Fuze/etc. usually automatically dim themselves if you leave them plugged in and on; combine the two and you pretty much have what you're looking for. If yours doesn't dim automatically, it's usually available under the Settings->System->Backlight, depending on your ROM.
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Both with the default ATT ROM as well as with the TILT AKU.0.7.0 ROM my phone will not turn the screen off when docked.
I have the backlight and power settings adjusted to allow the phone to turn off the screen after 1 minute and turn off after 5 minutes.
When docked, instead of going dark and powering off per my settings, the screen drops to about a 20-30% brightness level and the phone never turns off.
I supsect some app may be keeping the phone awake, but disabling my plugins did not make a difference.
Anyone else experience this behavior?
I have an unlocked TyTN II, with stock HTC ROM, and thats how it's always been out of the box.
Maybe I'm just used to how my old Hermes behaved.
I noticed this too. Now if someone knew how this could be deactivated so the screen was completely off, that would be nice.
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The Kaiser's screen, unlike Hermes, is not transreflective and if the backlight is off, the display is completely blank. HTC elected to have the display stay ON at a minimal brightness when the timer runs out.
At first I wasn't happy but at night, navigating, I like the fact that it auto-dims while attached to a charge cord.
Perhaps is supposed to be this way, but I have noticed that my backlight won't turn off when plugged in - even though set to turn off after 2 minutes when plugged in. Instead of turning off, it seems to revert to a dim mode - but the light still remains on. I have to manually turn it off. Any thoughts?
That's what it does. Unless the phone is off, the display can't be turned completely off. This is because the screen is not transreflective.
I understand that, but the trouble is that the backlight remains on. Surely that's not supposed to happen, right?
no, thats not normal behaviour.
do you have anything running in the background? its sometimes a good idea to go into the settings and untick the boxes, soft reset the device, then put the settings back the way you want them. This has worked for me in the past.
Are you talking when the device is plugged into the USB port w/ ActiveSync running? If so that is how it works - device will stay on.
If you are talking about plugged into AC then it should power off after x amount of minutes.
To be clear, if the phone is ON, the backlight will always be ON. This is different from the previous Hermes/8525 that had a transreflective screen which could be seen in bright light with the backlight off.
The Kaiser/Tilt's don't have transreflective displays so they changed the backlight control to dim instead of OFF. When the display brightness slider is put to minimum or the display timer expires the display just dims.
Pressing the power button and going to standby is the only way to turn off the display that I'm aware of.
Now, Auto Power off after a timer expire is different. If you set the power settings to turn off after 2 minutes while on A/C, the Kaiser will turn off, IF it's not connected to Active Sync, and IF there isn't some other application keeping the phone alive (Apps like iNav keep the phone alive).
Is anyone using a DayDream alternative that both works with Lollipop and makes use of the AMOLED panel. I love DayDream. I've missed being able to see the time at night at my bed side (My Nexus 5 has LCD and lights up the room).
The problem with DayDream is though, you set it to work when on charge, but if you use a wireless charger, the phone goes off charge part way through the night and DayDream Stops. Day dream only kicks in again if the screen is on, so I lose the time.
I suppose I could set with Tasker to turn the screen on when it starts charging again, but this isn't a good solution really.
what is anyone else using?
Edit: This seems to work ok:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brianco.daydreamlauncher&hl=en
BUT, screen times out and I dont really want to enable screen ion whilst charging.
I have used Tasker on Power (Wireless) to:
code: svc power stayon true
app: daydream
and
06:45am : svc power stayon false
Not exactly an elegant solution.
When I put my phone on the wireless charger at night, the screen turns on. Its like a beacon in my bedroom.
Anyone know how to disable this? I found the xposed module to turn off the sound, but that's just half of the problem.
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Mine only makes a chime. Does yours stay on?
Do you have 'Stay awake' enabled in Developer options (see attached)?
Is the wireless charger magnetized?
Well, it doesn't stay on for long, but its bright enough to cast a light on the celing for a few seconds before turning off.
I dont want it to light up at all.
Its not a magnetic charger, just the little Nokia puck. Worked well withy Nexus 5.
Use a dark black background and the pixels will be off. You could even set it up so it switches to that wallpaper around your bed time or when it gets plugged in.
Just take the battery out.
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When I put my phone on the wireless charger at night, the screen turns on. Its like a beacon in my bedroom.
Anyone know how to disable this? I found the xposed module to turn off the sound, but that's just half of the problem.
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You can't do that actually. One thing you do is to turn on the adaptive brightness and then put the brightness to lowest, now put it into charging. brightness is too much low with this
My camera flash diode is always on, even when the phone is powered off. I first noticed it when I went to charge my phone over night next to my bed. I lay the phone on its face so the LED notification doesn't show. I noticed a slight glow from the flash diode. I thought at first it only happened when I was charging my phone. Today, while at work, I powered down my phone and again noticed the light. For me, its always on. I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and they are going to over night me a replacement. My friend's S6 does not have this issue, so not all of them are having this. I encourage everyone to go into a dark room and check your flash diode.
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My camera flash diode is always on, even when the phone is powered off. I first noticed it when I went to charge my phone over night next to my bed. I lay the phone on its face so the LED notification doesn't show. I noticed a slight glow from the flash diode. I thought at first it only happened when I was charging my phone. Today, while at work, I powered down my phone and again noticed the light. For me, its always on. I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and they are going to over night me a replacement. My friend's S6 does not have this issue, so not all of them are having this. I encourage everyone to go into a dark room and check your flash diode.
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I don't notice this on mone, but here's a complete guess. Do you have the quick reply feature enabled? I'm referring to the one that lets you hold your finger over the heart rate monitor for a couple seconds to reject a call and reply with a text. Maybe that required the diode to be on in order to detect your finger?
Then again, it would only need to be on while your phone is ringing... Anyway, just a thought. Hope you get it resolved!
Edit: I'm dumb. Nevermind. I read it again and realized it even happens while the phone is off. It's late, I'm gonna sleep now...
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My camera flash diode is always on, even when the phone is powered off. I first noticed it when I went to charge my phone over night next to my bed. I lay the phone on its face so the LED notification doesn't show. I noticed a slight glow from the flash diode. I thought at first it only happened when I was charging my phone. Today, while at work, I powered down my phone and again noticed the light. For me, its always on. I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and they are going to over night me a replacement. My friend's S6 does not have this issue, so not all of them are having this. I encourage everyone to go into a dark room and check your flash diode.
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Do you mean the red light from the fingerprint sensor (sits right next to the flash)
I noticed this as well. Its definitely the flash and it is very dim. To see it I had to be in a pitch black room and let my eyes adjust. Its probably some small leakage current through whatever off "switch" that controls the flash. I doubt its a battery drain because of the low intensity of the light. It would be easy to test by turning the phone off for a day (i think the light is still dimly lit even with phone off) and observing the battery drop over a day. Who has time for that though.
Great Work .
This could also be responsible for additional battery drain in Sleep Mode , right ?
I am researching Battery Problems before possible purchase so ...Thanks and publicize this.
I may quote you on Reddit if OK.
I have this issue too and supposedly it's going to be fixed when we get 5.1 but I don't find this a huge issue as I'm sure it doesn't affect the battery to any significance. This phone has had so many issues which sucks cuz Samsung did something right for once but little things have been a huge nuisance.