How do you lock the screen during a call?
Is there a setting where the screen will automatically lock while I am on the phone?
amot said:
How do you lock the screen during a call?
Is there a setting where the screen will automatically lock while I am on the phone?
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search the market for "procsimity sensor" that does it automatically. there are a few bugs that need to be worked out with it becuase it uses the light sensor it doesnt work real well in the dark but from what I have seem other than that its a pretty good app.
wtphoto said:
search the market for "procsimity sensor" that does it automatically. there are a few bugs that need to be worked out with it becuase it uses the light sensor it doesnt work real well in the dark but from what I have seem other than that its a pretty good app.
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I uninstalled it because I hate auto backlight. It stays dim even when browsing.
chococrazy said:
I uninstalled it because I hate auto backlight. It stays dim even when browsing.
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i personally dont use it but thought he might want it
The lock replacement app, LockBot Pro, as a setting to lock the screen during a call. Not sure about the free version but it's worth a dollar or two.
amot said:
How do you lock the screen during a call?
Is there a setting where the screen will automatically lock while I am on the phone?
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The screen does automatically lock. The timeout is adjustable, but I don't think there's anything in the Settings menu for it.
I use a program called Quick Settings that puts a shortcut on my home screen to a list of modes - each mode can include custom screen timeout values, ringer volumes, etc. One of them is in-call screen timeout.
OK now, I have tried them all now:
Quick Settings
Call Light
Call Daddy
Lockbot
Proximity Sensor
Screebl
Power Manager
and I still can't figure out how to time out the screen duing a call. It's driving me nuts because I hang up on people all the time. Why can't I get any of the above to work on fresh 1.1 + Gumbo kernel?
For all the people out there on a Sprint Hero, what app are you using and what are your settings in Settings> Sound & display> Disable auto backlight and your screen timeout settings.
TIA.
I'm in the same boot and wish I could find an answer. Sprint really screwed up not putting a proximity sensor on the phone.
I have tried "Proximity Sensor" app but it's buggy and I don't like using auto brightness. Just tried "Quick Settings" but can not find any adjustment for time out during call? only the general screen time out.
Does anyone know where this setting is? Could it be only for 1.6 and up?
bubi73 said:
OK now, I have tried them all now:
Quick Settings
Call Light
Call Daddy
Lockbot
Proximity Sensor
Screebl
Power Manager
and I still can't figure out how to time out the screen duing a call. It's driving me nuts because I hang up on people all the time. Why can't I get any of the above to work on fresh 1.1 + Gumbo kernel?
For all the people out there on a Sprint Hero, what app are you using and what are your settings in Settings> Sound & display> Disable auto backlight and your screen timeout settings.
TIA.
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In Power Manager, it's under "Stay Awake" and it's called "During Call."
jonnythan said:
In Power Manager, it's under "Stay Awake" and it's called "During Call."
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jonnythan,
I tried that and it doesn't work for me for some reason. I have diabled auto backlight and my screen timeout is set to 30 sec. What are your settings? Also with Power Manager how long does it take to time out?
bubi73 said:
jonnythan,
I tried that and it doesn't work for me for some reason. I have diabled auto backlight and my screen timeout is set to 30 sec. What are your settings? Also with Power Manager how long does it take to time out?
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I have different settings for different situations. I have it set to 10 seconds while on battery and 1 minute while on AC power. Works fine for me.
bubi73 said:
and I still can't figure out how to time out the screen duing a call. It's driving me nuts because I hang up on people all the time. Why can't I get any of the above to work on fresh 1.1 + Gumbo kernel?
For all the people out there on a Sprint Hero, what app are you using and what are your settings in Settings> Sound & display> Disable auto backlight and your screen timeout settings.
TIA.
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Ever since I switched to a custom kernel, lock during a call has been temperamental. I'm using Gumbo's rom/kernel. For some reason it started working again today. Last night I did switch back to the stock mem kill settings, but I doubt this had anything to with fixing it. Sorry this post is of no help, I just wanted to let you know you're not alone.
Check out the Screen Suite app...
The Screen Suite app is a collection of screen utilities. Features a lock screen that can be configured to lock during a call and has a panel to lock your screen on demand.
proximity sensor works pretty well for me and i dont have auto back light enabled...
im running damage 2.0.7.2
screen suite doesn't disable the notification bar, my ear pulls it down sometimes. i have things in there that launch.
This thread has the "end all" solution which you can just flash to your phone. It removes the "End Call" button from the screen when you're on a call so that you can't do any facial hang ups.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672034
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Hi,
I got autolock activated on my phone. But it also locks during calls - disabling the whole call menu. Is there a way to stop the device from autolocking during calls?
I am interested too in having a solution for this.
Thanks.
Sure one could use S2U2 for this. But I don't like this program, it doesnt really work that well on the Diamond.
wurstpistole said:
Hi,
I got autolock activated on my phone. But it also locks during calls - disabling the whole call menu. Is there a way to stop the device from autolocking during calls?
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LOOK HERE...
That doesn't help, because autolock locks when the light is dimmed. NoSleep prevents from blanking, but light will also be dimmed after a time and that locks the phone.
wurstpistole said:
That doesn't help, because autolock locks when the light is dimmed. NoSleep prevents from blanking, but light will also be dimmed after a time and that locks the phone.
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You should, however, be able to delay the autolock when the screen is dimmed by:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight\AutoDevic eLockTimeout -> Change the Dword value (30 = 30 seconds, etc)
I have the same problem, and I have set also the delay for autolock here: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight\AutoDevic eLockTimeout to 30s but the problem still exists.
Any solutions?
michi123 said:
You should, however, be able to delay the autolock when the screen is dimmed by:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight\AutoDevic eLockTimeout -> Change the Dword value (30 = 30 seconds, etc)
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I've got the same annoying problem with raphael locking during the calls but this doesn't work. With timeout set to 30s device locks immediately after the screen turns off.
I turned off sleep during calls, fast sleep, light sensor is off during calls, but screen eventually turns off anyway and then autolock does its job...
i found the solution
I changed HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Controlpanel/AIILEDMgr/LightSensorToScreenOff
to 30 seconds an that did the job!!!
This is my solution:
Removed the Dim Backlight and just leave the Turn Off Mobile Device after 40 Seconds.
As u know autolock start when the Dim is active. So... if u remove the dim,... the autolock start as soon as ur display is completelly off.
Bye
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I am sorry, but I do not understand what you did.
"removed the dim backight"?? in regedit? in a menu?
try like this. It's italian but u will understand of course.
I've got a slightly different problem in that when my phone is Autolocked, I can hit the wake button and the screen dims to the lowest possible value.
Sometimes it stays at that lowest possible value indefinitely and even once the unlock operation is successful. So, I'm stuck nearly not being able to read my screen.
This instant and permanent dimming isn't countered by Lumos, which I also have installed. When I disable Autolock, Lumos always has my screen the right brightness. When I enable Autolock, Lumos doesn't seem to be able to do anything at all.
So, my question is, how do I prevent Autolock from dimming my phone when it asks the unlock question? Or is it even Autolock doing this? Perhaps it's a combination of Autolock and Lumos or even something else?
I just changed the settings in settings>Keylock to the second option. The buttons aren't locked now during call, so you can still hang up.
Maybe a solution?
So this is what I did:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9202470&postcount=8
and now I'm trying to figure out how to get my phone back to the way it was.
Few simple things:
i don't want the little gmail widget to tell me that i have new mail. I turned off autosync and unsynced my gmail account, but that didn't work
likewise i don't want the default messaging programs widget to pop up along with handcent, i just want handcent.
hmmm, i tried to set the wallpaper i used to have and it won't work. maybe cause i set astro as the default program to open to view the gallery? how can i unset that?
thanks!
Also, the phone screen used to dim after 25 seconds and turn off after 30 seconds. now the screen dims and brightens randomly, like as i'm typing a text message or something.
Figured out everything except the dimming/undimming
any ideas folks?
Have you checked in settings sound and display to see if power savings mode is checked? I know thay would cause what your talking about.
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Thanks, but i have played with that on and off and it makes no difference
Is it related to the light sensor. Have you got his set to auto.
This feature dims and brightens the screen based on the amount of light the sensor see's which I think is the camera.
Ancient_One said:
Is it related to the light sensor. Have you got his set to auto.
This feature dims and brightens the screen based on the amount of light the sensor see's which I think is the camera.
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Yes! That was it, thanks guy!
Any theories on how to stop it from vibrating when I plug it in?
My wife has a CDMA Hero which I rooted and installed CM7 on. It is running great, for the most part, except for the fact that she can't press the phone to her face when she is calling someone (she finds this a bit annoying). This is due to the fact that the phone app (or I guess it's really an activity for you developer folks) that runs during the call has a great big "END" button that is easily pressed when she puts the phone against her cheek.
I understand that the Hero does not use a proximity sensor to shut off the screen (I suppose that's why it has the answer and hangup buttons). I have tried installing other "Dialer" apps, but they don't actually change the app (activity) that shows during the call itself.
So, I have two questions:
1) What is the name of the app/activity that runs while a call is in progress?
2) Are there any alternatives for phones such as the Hero?
The screen should timeout in a few seconds and the screen will turn off.
Which version of CM7 are you running? Perhaps try the dialer one app in the market, there might be some bug in the cm7 one.
Shelnutt2 said:
The screen should timeout in a few seconds and the screen will turn off.
Which version of CM7 are you running? Perhaps try the dialer one app in the market, there might be some bug in the cm7 one.
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I think it's 7.0.3, I'll have to check when I get home. I should probably update to 7.1 and see if that doesn't fix the issue.
I have tried installing a number of different dialer apps, but they don't actually change the screen you see when the call is in progress. It's always the stock screen.
like the other guys mentioned, the screen should time out after a bit, but just make sure ur screen time out is set to 30 seconds or less and under call settings make the box is not checked where it says "stay awake longer than normal"
My screen shuts out after 30 seconds, which is set under the display settings then I just wake it by pressing menu button if needed.
Good luck
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This has always been confusing and I am looking for clarification on the Lock Screen/ Screen dimming, etc.
So I went into the display settings and set it not to turn off for 1 minute. Then I checked the power saving settings just to be sure the screen would not go dim or lock after 5 seconds. That did not work. Then I checked the security settings to see if something was over ridding every other time out setting and I am lost. Either these settings have never really worked since the original note and android/ google is lazy or I am not doing something right.
Dose anyone have a step by step walk through of all the settings that would affect when the screen dimms and when it locks? (Sometimes I am running music through blue tooth and I don't want to the screen to dim for specific applications also. There has to be a setting somewhere because Google Maps does not allow the screen to dim or lock when in nav mode.
Snowleopard1900 said:
This has always been confusing and I am looking for clarification on the Lock Screen/ Screen dimming, etc.
So I went into the display settings and set it not to turn off for 1 minute. Then I checked the power saving settings just to be sure the screen would not go dim or lock after 5 seconds. That did not work. Then I checked the security settings to see if something was over ridding every other time out setting and I am lost. Either these settings have never really worked since the original note and android/ google is lazy or I am not doing something right.
Dose anyone have a step by step walk through of all the settings that would affect when the screen dimms and when it locks? (Sometimes I am running music through blue tooth and I don't want to the screen to dim for specific applications also. There has to be a setting somewhere because Google Maps does not allow the screen to dim or lock when in nav mode.
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I really wish someone would have answered your question. Mainly since I have the same freaking problem.
When the phone app is running, I am constantly getting dimmed, seconds only to do something.
Tonight I was using an app that monitors BBQ temperatures. Always dims to fast. Set the screen timeout for 10 minutes. Still dimmed after 30 seconds or so.
How does this work? I'm not sure the screen timeout setting does anything.
The screen diming feature is part of the auto brightness function and works by using the ambiant light sensor to adjust the brightness of the display. According to the amount of light detected in front of the display.
Screen locking happens when you haven't used your device for a specific amount of time.
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The screen diming feature is part of the auto brightness function and works by using the ambiant light sensor to adjust the brightness of the display. According to the amount of light detected in front of the display.
Screen locking happens when you haven't used your device for a specific amount of time.
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It dims before it locks. That's what I was referring to. I think the OP was as well.
I set the display for 10 minute timeout. It dims and locks the screen in less than a minute. I can't figure out how to stop it.
Is that a clearer question?
Well my screen dims for some seconds before going out, but, always as per the time I set , for instance, if I set to go out after 5 mins of inactivity, it dims after 4 mins 55 seconds, then goes out, I dont use autobrightness, and I use entertainment mode
It was secure lock time setting.
It was disregarding the screen timeout.
My screen timeout is at ten minutes but the screen dims and turns off after 10 seconds and it's incredibly bothersome when trying to read an ebook for example. Have you encountered this? Any suggestions?
Edit: not a Always on display problem
Place AOD on schedule? So, not always on
raul6 said:
Place AOD on schedule? So, not always on
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It still dims after 10 seconds with the always on display off. Do you know of any setting that could change this in thynote9?
Are you using some power saving mode?
Doesn't AOD dim after a while after awhile so as not make the pixels burn unevenly long term? Just use a clock if you want it to be on long.
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Doesn't AOD dim after a while after awhile so as not make the pixels burn unevenly long term? Just use a clock if you want it to be on long.
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The problem is the screen dimming after ten seconds not the AOD display. I turned off the AOD display and it still dims too fast.
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Are you using some power saving mode?
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No,
Does this setting possible have anything to do with it. It used to be default 5 seconds for most phones. Is this possibly interfering with the dimming?
@rbiter said:
Does this setting possible have anything to do with it. It used to be default 5 seconds for most phones. Is this possibly interfering with the dimming?
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This is the screen timeout setting.
quantum88 said:
This is the screen timeout setting.
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GO to Settings, advanced features and select 'Smart Stay' to on position.
Your screen will time out to whatever you've set it in display settings, but smart stay will stop that happening if it know you're watching something
ajay83 said:
GO to Settings, advanced features and select 'Smart Stay' to on position.
Your screen will time out to whatever you've set it in display settings, but smart stay will stop that happening if it know you're watching something
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That is better than before but still not what I want. I basically want the phone screen to be on until I turn it off or the amount of time I put on the screen timeout elapses. Is this just impossible on this expensive device?
Hi,
I'm afraid the max is 10min in screen settings.
The only other way is in developer options, then 'stay awake always' but this only allows this during charging(plugged in)
To enable dev option, you need to go to settings/about phone/software information, then tap build number around 7-8 times
KinScreen is great app for that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teqtic.kinscreen
sarobi said:
KinScreen is great app for that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teqtic.kinscreen
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This app is incredibly useful though I am worried about the battery usage. I'm going to use this. Thanks a lot!