Has anybody succeeded in getting the screen to sleep automatically in the oem desktop dock when no app is running?
Even if I kill the launching of the clock or media using an app from the market the screen will not sleep (automatically). It's pissing me off. It sleeps if it's plugged in to a wall charger.
Damn, even if I put the screen to sleep before it goes in the dock it turns back on and stays on. How illogical and inconsistent.
Any ideas? Or apps? I don't really want to pay for an alarm clock/sleep wizard/notification killer etc, just for my screen to sleep automatically...
If my search skills weren't up to scratch and I missed the relevant thread, please be so kind as to point me in that direction. There are many on dimming the clock or doing something else but I couldn't find any on just normal screen sleep behaviour that obeys the timeout setting for the screen.
TIA.
djmcnz said:
Has anybody succeeded in getting the screen to sleep automatically in the oem desktop dock when no app is running?
Even if I kill the launching of the clock or media using an app from the market the screen will not sleep (automatically). It's pissing me off. It sleeps if it's plugged in to a wall charger.
Damn, even if I put the screen to sleep before it goes in the dock it turns back on and stays on. How illogical and inconsistent.
Any ideas? Or apps? I don't really want to pay for an alarm clock/sleep wizard/notification killer etc, just for my screen to sleep automatically...
If my search skills weren't up to scratch and I missed the relevant thread, please be so kind as to point me in that direction. There are many on dimming the clock or doing something else but I couldn't find any on just normal screen sleep behaviour that obeys the timeout setting for the screen.
TIA.
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If I hit the home button in the dock program when it loads (or HOME key on device) and go to the desktop (not the dock program) mine sleeps like if regularly plugged into the wall.
mrandroid said:
If I hit the home button in the dock program when it loads (or HOME key on device) and go to the desktop (not the dock program) mine sleeps like if regularly plugged into the wall.
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Yep, there's lots of ways to do it after it's docked with 1+ key presses/touches but I just want it to obey the timeout thereby reducing the interaction to 0. My irritation with this is aggravated by the fact that you can't immediately press/touch something after it's docked, you have to wait a moment or so.
I just use my dock as a charging station and want to be able to drop it in and go. At the moment I have to put it in, wait, then press the power button once which I find to be the fastest way to sleep the screen (I use Dock Nothingness to prevent music/clock from activating).
My best option at the moment seems to be to revert back to the clock app which at least dims and has a screen saver. I'd prefer other suggestions though.
Thanks for the comment.
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Hello I realized that the phone backlight stays on and does not go sleep when ICS is in use. How do i make the backlight shutoff while keeping ICS in use. I wanted to know this to save battery life? Thanks
Umm, have you tried pressing the power/suspend button? ;-)
If that doesn't work, you'll need a 3rd party app, like Pocket Plus, that provides such functionality...
power/suspend button doesn't work, it just disconnects ICS. Is there another way of doing this without downloading pocket plus? Reg edit or something?
does anyone know a solution to this?
flip the phone over?
to save battery; dont' u just hate a smart kid
errr, it's usually plugged in if yer doing that. if by smart you mean intelligent, then yes.
Well if im tethering ICS using wifi or bluetooth then it wont be plugged in, the backlight stays on and kills more battery.
right, that's why i said usually. The ICS is killing the battery even more than the light, so most people will have a phone-USB to computer or wall charger, or run out of juice fast anyway.
Use this app that I just posted a few minutes ago for someone else. It's in this thread, post #3 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339469.
xeno1 said:
Use this app that I just posted a few minutes ago for someone else. It's in this thread, post #3 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339469.
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This still does not work. If i use this app it does turn off the backlight but then ICS gets disconnected still... Does anyone have a solution to this?
Try psSHutXP (freeware) found here: http://ppcsoft.narod.ru/english/
The main App adds a soft reset, shut down, and lights off switch. Once run it adds a new Shortcut called Display which will turn off the LCD (just like the "lights off" in the main app.
I added the Display shortcut to my Launcher, and a double tap will turn off the display. Power button turns it back on.
It was made so you can still keep apps running while the LCD is off. Give it a go.
In short, my power button is jacked up and at moment due to car troubles I have zero monies to even attempt to call HTC and see if they can do anything about it.
So I would like to know, is there an app that will allow other hardware buttons to power off the screen, or at least make a widget or something on the homescreen to power the phone off?
At the moment I am keyguard disabler to bypass using the power button to cut on the screen, but can't really do anything to cut the screen off.
I will work some on seeing if I can modify the keylayouts, but if anyone else knows anything, any help would be greatly appreciated.
only problem i see with the widget use is that once the screen is off, how would you turn it back on... remapping the hardware buttons would work, but then you wouldnt need a widget...
in the meantime just set the timeout on the screen to something small... just an idea i guess...
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only problem i see with the widget use is that once the screen is off, how would you turn it back on... remapping the hardware buttons would work, but then you wouldnt need a widget...
in the meantime just set the timeout on the screen to something small... just an idea i guess...
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I use keyguard disabler which then I can use the trackball to cut it on and yeah, when I'm at work, I just cut it to 15 seconds so it doesn't stay on forever whenever I need to check the time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645481
may help.
I do agree with the shorting the awake time. I did this to change mine to 5 seconds. I installed lock 2.0 and then changed the settings to 5 seconds, rebooted and then uninstall lock 2.0. If for some reason I need the screen on longer to read web or email I use stay awake app. I have stay awake in the status bar. I haven't had good luck with the apps that make the screen stay awake like keyscreen and screeble.
I love my desire HD but one thing i'm having problems with is this so i'm wondering if anyone knows of a app that would solve the problem.
If I put my Desire HD into the brodit active car charger for streaming audio to my bluetooth car stero. after a while the screen will shut down so I can access menu's etc without pressing the top button again.
Now I know I can set the power settings to not turn off screen if on charge but it will still dim it.
What I need to know is that does anyone know of any app that you can specify that if
X app is running and is on charge then keep screen on at full brightness
A bit like if you were running something like copilot then it doesn't turn off the screen
you could try using something like "settings profile", which has abilities to create different profiles and activate them based on a set of rules.
This gives you some serious configuration options including screen timeout, set to never, seeing if that works for me.
If you want some really deep system config then you could always give "tasker" a go.
Also forget to mention, settings profile can do some really cool stuff with rules, for example I have one rule which says,
If phone is on charge and can see wireless SSID X then change profile to Bed, where screen rotation is locked. As the SSID is my home router and the charger is next to my bed.
I then have another rule which turns off all notifications except my alarm after 11 oclock on a weekday.
And i only scratch the surface of it.
KeepScreen app. It allows u to decide which app u want to keep the screen on
I used a app call screen on.
I use widgetsoid. With this kind of tools you can toggle your GPS, WIFI, plane mode, brightness... and set your screen to be always on.
For me ScreenModeWidget
KeepScreen here
Screebl is pretty good uses the G-sensor and you can set ranges of activation
Another good choice could be Total Screen Control, give it a try.
Cheers
Tasker would make sense here. Incredibly powerful tool to automate basically any task you can think of.
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Widgetsoid, silly name but seriously the best set of toggle/power/control widgets I've ever used. So customisable, even the free version. Highly reccomended. For Widgetsoid you'd choose either the widget for keep screen always on or the other widget for keep screen on when charger connected. Widgetsoid is highly reccomended. For example create a widget for Wi-Fi, APN(data), Bluetooth and GPS. Toggle these off when you aren't using your phone such as overnight and save heaps of power.
I don't get it...why not use the setting in usb debugging?
Is there an app or hack that will prevent the Nexus One from locking the screen when place in the desktop dock (similar to what it does in the car dock)?
Thanks.
This may or may not work I don't have a desktop doc I'm just guessing but if you go to settings -> applications -> development -> and check stay awake since that is supposed to stop it from sleeping during charge and the doc charges it, it may work.
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This may or may not work I don't have a desktop doc I'm just guessing but if you go to settings -> applications -> development -> and check stay awake since that is supposed to stop it from sleeping during charge and the doc charges it, it may work.
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Nope, I already have that checked, and it doesn't work.
It's not the screen staying on that is the problem, it's the screen locking.
When I insert my N1 into the dock, it automatically launches the clock app. The screen stays on, and all is well. However, when I try to do something on the phone (besides stare at the clock) like click on the home icon on the clock screen, the lock screen appears.
I basically want it to work like the car dock: If my device is locked, it remains locked when I put it in the car dock. If my device is unlocked, it remains unlocked when I put it in the car dock. (The screen stays on in both cases, as it does in the desktop dock, so there is no issue there.)
Have you tried anything with Tasker?
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Have you tried anything with Tasker?
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No, actually I have never used Tasker. Can it solve an issue like this (as minuscule as it might be)?
By the way, when the phone is in the dock, and I unlock it, it stays unlocked. It only locks (after the delay I have set) when the clock is activated. For example, when first placing it in the dock, it will launch the clock, and after, say 1 min, it will lock (although I don't know that it's locked until I exit from the clock app, or remove it from the dock).
I would say Tasker is probably capable of doing this. I have Tasker set up to do a number of things when I connect to the car dock, so it can't be that much different (I don't have a desk dock)...
Locale works just as well too
I guess I'll check out both tasker and locale.
But just to be clear: I want to keep the screen set to lock (with a PIN) after 1 min. I just don't want it to do so once I place it in the desktop dock (similar to what happens by default when I place it in the car dock) .
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Yes, you just set Tasker to perform (or in this case prevent) an action based on a condition (phone is in dock).
You should try Screebl, it reads your phone's sensor and decides to disable lockscreen when your phone is up, and enables lockscreen when your phone is flat on table.
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Hi all,
I've had a search around but couldn't find this particular issue discussed.
I have a N1 running CM7. When the phone is plugged in (either on my desk, or in the car) the screen will auto dim to a very low level after approx. 20 seconds after last touch.
This happens if the brightness is set to auto or a manual level. I've gone through all the settings I can find but couldn't find anything regarding this. I have got developer > stay awake enabled, which I guess stops the screen from actually sleeping, but it still goes dim.
The CM7 auto dim settings are disabled.
Any advice folks? I want the screen to not auto-dim after 20 seconds. Out of interest, the 'Car Widget Pro' widget seems to be able to force the brightness if you choose something other than 'auto' in the widget settings. So perhaps I am missing something somewhere else?
It's a real PITA when trying to navigate in the car with google maps as whenever I touch the screen to get the brightness back it disables gps tracking and I have to re-hit the icon, which is distracting whilst driving..
Here's hoping..
Hey, I'm only posting because I had a very similar issue. What I did was go into display settings (while connected via USB) and changed the timeout to one minute (or whatever you want). For me, when I went to change the timeout, no item was selected by default. This happened to me after I installed WidgetLocker for some reason. I doubt I will help but I had a very similar issue...
xd_sjo said:
Hi all,
I've had a search around but couldn't find this particular issue discussed.
I have a N1 running CM7. When the phone is plugged in (either on my desk, or in the car) the screen will auto dim to a very low level after approx. 20 seconds after last touch.
This happens if the brightness is set to auto or a manual level. I've gone through all the settings I can find but couldn't find anything regarding this. I have got developer > stay awake enabled, which I guess stops the screen from actually sleeping, but it still goes dim.
The CM7 auto dim settings are disabled.
Any advice folks? I want the screen to not auto-dim after 20 seconds. Out of interest, the 'Car Widget Pro' widget seems to be able to force the brightness if you choose something other than 'auto' in the widget settings. So perhaps I am missing something somewhere else?
It's a real PITA when trying to navigate in the car with google maps as whenever I touch the screen to get the brightness back it disables gps tracking and I have to re-hit the icon, which is distracting whilst driving..
Here's hoping..
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There's an app for that. Search Google Play for screenwake or something. I dunno I'll search up the name for you tommorow
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