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Lock screen during a call?

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

[Q] light in the buttons?

Is there any way to control button light, it would be great to have them on when using the device in the dark. Maby a way to change the timeout or somthing.

+1... also BLN (backlight notifications) wouls be a really nice addition...

+anudder 1. Been thinking the same since I got mine. Always hit the wrong button, since I'm so used to my EVO. Would be great if they slapped the retina so I'd pay more attention! Thanks for posting!
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

2token2 said:
Is there any way to control button light, it would be great to have them on when using the device in the dark. Maby a way to change the timeout or somthing.
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echo -n 255 > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
anything but 255 turns it off
cheers

Does not really help, it.s reset after 8 sec or somthing any way, but thanx, nice try.
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2token2 said:
Does not really help, it.s reset after 8 sec or somthing any way, but thanx, nice try.
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Thats because there is some Samsung's code to turn it off after a while. Cant do anything about that.

what about a quick app to cycle that whenever the screen is on?

drksilenc said:
what about a quick app to cycle that whenever the screen is on?
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That could work, but it will eat cpu time and battery.

Technomancer said:
That could work, but it will eat cpu time and battery.
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any idea how this would work? i am able to write small programs in jva but not more than that!

Landroid said:
any idea how this would work? i am able to write small programs in jva but not more than that!
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It would have to be a service probably with small JNI module.
Let it sleep for button light timeout-1 seconds, and then check state of lcd brightness and if it is nonzero, set button brightness to 255. repeat forever.
There is also define KEY_LED_CONTROL in the kernel in drivers/input/touchscreen/qt602240.c. So I think it should have all worked in the kernel but somehow it doesn't. Maybe it could be possible to fix it all in the kernel.
PS. I have analyzed the code in the kernel. All it does is to handle /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness so it is up to user-space to turn the buttons on and off.
Interestingly, there is some unused code that suggest it should be possible to turn the 4 leds on/off individually but there is no user space inteface for that and the init code sets them to lowest brightness.

I guess we got lucky http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=917441
That should work on the tab too.

Doesn't work on my ATT tab.

Does not work on my tab. :-(

Technomancer said:
PS. I have analyzed the code in the kernel. All it does is to handle /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness so it is up to user-space to turn the buttons on and off.
Interestingly, there is some unused code that suggest it should be possible to turn the 4 leds on/off individually but there is no user space inteface for that and the init code sets them to lowest brightness.
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The relly exellent thing would be to be able to have the ligts at lhe lowest brigtness.
Sounds promesing.
/ToKeN

I got in the habbit of scrolling the screen a little when i need the buttons , that turns the button lights on.
There is a chance that these lights are controlled by the code in bootloader, because when i flashed 1000l firmware , it almost bricked my tab, there was nothing on the screen, not even the trinagle, but i think i saw these lights come on, i could be wrong though.

problem with keyboard backlight

Hello. At first i apologize for my english.
I have a problem with my milestone. A keyboard backlight starts to work only after I opened it and change the brightness of the screen (through widget, or option menu - it doesn't matter). I have cyanogenmod 7, but it was the same on cyanogenmod 6 and 2.1 oficial firmware.
Thanks in advance for the help.

no ideas? =(

do you have the light sensor turned on? does this happen in bright day or while using in dark?

Do you have the light sensor filter on? Try turning that off. The Milestone doesn't really need a filter on the sensor.

backlight is not functioning
Hi there,
It is not a software issue and I had the same thing. Apparently these backlight breaks easily on these device. Just book it in for repairs.. I asked myself the same question for many months until I gave up and called the Motorola call centre. I hope this helps.

MuF123 said:
do you have the light sensor turned on? does this happen in bright day or while using in dark?
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it doesn't matter. in both cases it doesn't works.
i think it's a software problem, because when i reboot in recovery the backlight always is turned on.

I have tried a lot of versions of cyanogen and found that a keyboard backlight is working properly only on CyanogenMod-7.1.0-RC5-11.05.21 . I think it's very strange...

Try setting display brightness to 'Auto'. That worked for me.

[Q] Backlight issue

We just picked up a used Droid for the dev department to play with. The backlight comes on during boot up but goes off as soon as it gets into the OS. Settings appear to be normal (full brightness). Any ideas?

hard reset didn't help. The backlight goes off at the exact moment the buzzer announces the os startup. (if that makes sense)

try using other roms..

Working on rooting and loading a rom right now. I took the phone home with me and discovered the backlight isn't out just very dim. It will change slightly when I move the brightness slider around.

OK, it's now running Steel Droid with the same issue. I have a bright screen in recovery and during boot and a very dim one once booted.

try to un-check the automatic brightness, and set it to full brightness...
if that doesnt work... might be a hardware related problem...

Did that already. Seems like an odd hardware issue. I have full backlight in recovery and during boot.

Here is a video of the issue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxHqN_lycG8

Stupid question: do you have auto-brightness active? If so, maybe your light sensor could be broken.

downloadman said:
Stupid question: do you have auto-brightness active? If so, maybe your light sensor could be broken.
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Auto-brightness is unchecked and the brightness is set to max. There is a very slight change to the brightness when I adjust the slider back and forth.
BTW. It is currently running CM7 with the same issue.

backlit keyboard

Hello. I have been flashing cm9 nightlies and the backlit keyboard doesn't work. Is there a way to turn it back on?

nickanderson said:
Hello. I have been flashing cm9 nightlies and the backlit keyboard doesn't work. Is there a way to turn it back on?
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Have you tried toggling the auto brightness? Similar issue here on the droid3, I think it's probably the same fix. Auto brightness needs to be on in order for the backlight to be on.
Sent from my XT860 running ICS

danifunker said:
Have you tried toggling the auto brightness? Similar issue here on the droid3, I think it's probably the same fix. Auto brightness needs to be on in order for the backlight to be on.
Sent from my XT860 running ICS
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That's was it thank you!