In daydream showing the clock on my tylt charger on my night stand its annoying that the capacitive buttons are lit up the entire time...figured google would have fixed this by now...guess not.
I just discovered that Lux, the autobrightness program, can turn them off entirely without root. Awesome, but i would like them on (normal) when not charging and off when charging.
Anyone know of an app that would do this that doesnt require root? I thought for any app to do it root was required, but lux proved me wrong on that, so now im on the hunt for a program that will.
Oh, and is there an easy root method out there yet on this?
sdgmcdon said:
In daydream showing the clock on my tylt charger on my night stand its annoying that the capacitive buttons are lit up the entire time...figured google would have fixed this by now...guess not.
I just discovered that Lux, the autobrightness program, can turn them off entirely without root. Awesome, but i would like them on (normal) when not charging and off when charging.
Anyone know of an app that would do this that doesnt require root? I thought for any app to do it root was required, but lux proved me wrong on that, so now im on the hunt for a program that will.
Oh, and is there an easy root method out there yet on this?
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If I had to guess I would say Tasker can probably do this. I don't have any experience with the app, but I know that it is capable of just about anything that can be done without root.
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If I had to guess I would say Tasker can probably do this. I don't have any experience with the app, but I know that it is capable of just about anything that can be done without root.
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I used Tasker to do this with my Droid Razr Maxx. I don't recall if it required root or not...
Alert > Set Light is where you do it, find the one you want and set a value. My Moto X 2013 lists several options, but sure what the Turbo would list. Play around with it.
I had the same problem and figured out a solution that doesn't require root or an additional app...
Set a screen lock such as key code or pattern and the option where the power button locks it. With the screen off, hit the power button once to go to the lock screen but don't unlock. Daydream should start shortly without the keys lit.
I tried it and it works perfectly. A couple additional suggestions. For Daydream to start, you have to have it setup properly (i.e. on charge/dock/both). In addition, if you want it to operate in landscape mode, you'll need to run Daydream first in landscape. Turn the screen off with the power button and then turn it back on with the power button while leaving it in landscape mode. Don't unlock it and Daydream will start and the capacitive buttons will remain off no matter how dark the room is.
Hope this helps...
Revisiting this subject because the new lollipop update for the Droid Turbo has broken the solution I mentioned above. Anyone have suggestions on how to turn off the capacitive buttons while the phone is being charged and running a clock app?
Dabrador said:
Revisiting this subject because the new lollipop update for the Droid Turbo has broken the solution I mentioned above. Anyone have suggestions on how to turn off the capacitive buttons while the phone is being charged and running a clock app?
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Try an app like Darker. Just set it to turn capacitive keys off and 100% transparency. Then turn off the apps notifications.
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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.
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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.
On the M8 if you press the volume buttons while the phone is horizontal the camera is enabled.
The problem I have it the cradle that I use to carry the phone always has the phone in a horizontal mode and if my belt or something happens to hit the volume buttons the camera is turned on. I notice the phone getting hot when the camera is on for a long time.
Is there a way to stop this? I looked in the settings and thats where I saw the function to turn on the camera with the volume buttons when the phone is horizontal but I can't find anything to disable this.
M8 still unrooted and bootloader is locked. I will be getting around to those things shortly.
Anyone?
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On the M8 if you press the volume buttons while the phone is horizontal the camera is enabled.
The problem I have it the cradle that I use to carry the phone always has the phone in a horizontal mode and if my belt or something happens to hit the volume buttons the camera is turned on. I notice the phone getting hot when the camera is on for a long time.
Is there a way to stop this? I looked in the settings and thats where I saw the function to turn on the camera with the volume buttons when the phone is horizontal but I can't find anything to disable this.
M8 still unrooted and bootloader is locked. I will be getting around to those things shortly.
Anyone?
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Settings --> Display & gestures --> Motion Launch gestures --> Turn them off. You can't edit what volume buttons do as far as I know, so just turn the motion gestures off. It saves battery a good bit with them off anyways. If you root, there may be a way to change just a specific gesture, but I'm not sure about stock.
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Settings --> Display & gestures --> Motion Launch gestures --> Turn them off. You can't edit what volume buttons do as far as I know, so just turn the motion gestures off. It saves battery a good bit with them off anyways. If you root, there may be a way to change just a specific gesture, but I'm not sure about stock.
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I will give it a try. I did not want to completely remove the gestures but it would make my battery last longer without having the camera turn on when not intended.
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I will give it a try. I did not want to completely remove the gestures but it would make my battery last longer without having the camera turn on when not intended.
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I looked into it a lil more, no way to edit the gestures individually on stock. Need xposed to edit them each
Any thoughts on how to keep the screen on forever like the LG V20 allowed me to? I realized that I never put my phone down, in my pocket, connected to a cradle, without turning the screen off first, so why should I use some low screen timeout number when I hate having it turn off on me when I don't need it to? Furthermore, I couldn't find a way to have my car dock setup keep the screen on without the use of an app on the LG, and I hate having a stupid notification on the bar to tell me "hey, we're doing something for you all the time, thanks for using this app!" if I don't have to. I'm trying to sell you on the idea, not sure why, but those are my reasons in case someone asks why I prefer it this way....
ANYWAYS, the maximum timeout is 10 mins on the Note8, and I couldn't find anything other than the setting in developer's options to keep screen on while charging (which, I'll have you know for those trying to suggest that one, dims the screen after a period of time - I don't know what that is, I just know I saw it do it once and turned that setting off because that's not what I need while using Google Maps and driving). Any thoughts on this, natively, within the phone's own settings somehow???
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Any thoughts on how to keep the screen on forever like the LG V20 allowed me to? I realized that I never put my phone down, in my pocket, connected to a cradle, without turning the screen off first, so why should I use some low screen timeout number when I hate having it turn off on me when I don't need it to? Furthermore, I couldn't find a way to have my car dock setup keep the screen on without the use of an app on the LG, and I hate having a stupid notification on the bar to tell me "hey, we're doing something for you all the time, thanks for using this app!" if I don't have to. I'm trying to sell you on the idea, not sure why, but those are my reasons in case someone asks why I prefer it this way....
ANYWAYS, the maximum timeout is 10 mins on the Note8, and I couldn't find anything other than the setting in developer's options to keep screen on while charging (which, I'll have you know for those trying to suggest that one, dims the screen after a period of time - I don't know what that is, I just know I saw it do it once and turned that setting off because that's not what I need while using Google Maps and driving). Any thoughts on this, natively, within the phone's own settings somehow???
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Just FYI, you can get rid of those "always running" notifications indefinitely by swiping the notification to the right and tapping "block notifications". It simply removes the card, and has no affect on the apps functionality.
Use Caffeine.
- Open it, give it the proper permissions (it will ask)
- Enable it
- Enable " Start at boot" and "Auto enable at boot"
- Close the app, open the notification panel, swipe right on the caffeine card and tap "block all notifications".
- As long as you don't go and change the display timeout settings in the actual settings app, your phone will never auto turn off, and can only be turned on/off manually just like normal.
And if app drawer clutter is something you want to get rid of, just hide the app icon.
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And if app drawer clutter is something you want to get rid of, just hide the app icon.
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I'm familiar with this method, even familiar with Caffeine, which I like more than any of the other junk ones in the Play Store, but I was hoping for something built-in that wouldn't require another running app to do something simple - Samsung / Android should have all the simple stuff figured out by now.... this was DEFINITIVELY the only thing the V20 had over the Note7 and now the Note8, I hated almost everything else about the phone but wasn't going backwards to the S7 when I had to turn the the Note7.
Thanks for your help, will use this solution until / unless someone has another (native, preferable) solution
Found the issue with using Caffeine as opposed to something native. Caffeine does a great job of keeping the screen in no matter what, any time it comes on. This also includes if the power state is changed, a missed call comes through, etc. It will turn on the screen, show you the lock screen, and just sit there.
The LG was capable of shutting the screen off after a short timeout when only on the lock screen, which would allow a notification or change in power from keeping the screen on indefinitely because it wasn't forcing ANY screen on input from doing it, only when unlocked, when it was appropriate to do so.
Any thoughts on how to fix this?
Be very careful. Unlike your LG v20 this phone has a AMOLED display. If you leave it on the same screen for a long time it will cause burn in on the display.
What ever happened to Screebl? I was going to recommend it to a friend, and couldn't find it any more... I guess it has just survived the port from phone to phone.
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Be very careful. Unlike your LG v20 this phone has a AMOLED display. If you leave it on the same screen for a long time it will cause burn in on the display.
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See signature - not my first AMOLED display phone.... When the screen is on for a long time, it's because I'm driving and using Maps and switching to Play Music, etc. I'm trying to avoid having the screen on all night long with it coming on when A) the phone gets fully charged, and B) when a notification or something wakes it because Caffeine is almost "too good" at what it does!
Hate that I had to use an app to do this, but I am really liking Screen Timeout that disables the timeout options Samsung gave us all together. Would love to know how to get this done, without the need for root, where I don't have to disable notifications for an app that constantly runs, though....
What it does, if anyone cares, is make none of the selections selected so the screen stays on ONLY when unlocked, exactly what I figured out I was looking for. I hope this helps someone else looking for a solution like this!
Here's the link to the app I'm using:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.lhoer0.screentimeout
I have been searching looking for way to make this work with no solution.
I have disabled AOD since it is consuming battery heavily and wanted notifications to behave as on stock android where they turn screen on. My note 8 is receiving notifications and LED turns on, but screen doesn't. I have to manually turn it on to be able to see the lockscreen notification.
Is there any way to make this work?
+1
Facing same issue.
Having the same problem. Aod does not work anymore.
ralphoberholzer said:
I have been searching looking for way to make this work with no solution.
I have disabled AOD since it is consuming battery heavily and wanted notifications to behave as on stock android where they turn screen on. My note 8 is receiving notifications and LED turns on, but screen doesn't. I have to manually turn it on to be able to see the lockscreen notification.
Is there any way to make this work?
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I use "Dynamic Notifications". It lights up notifications when screen is locked. There's a certain amount of customisation, including screen on time. Used it on many of my phones including Note 8.
Wait.. You want the screen to turn on for every notification?
I hate that... Some apps even ignore the settings either way.
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Wait.. You want the screen to turn on for every notification?
I hate that... Some apps even ignore the settings either way.
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Same here, that would drive me nuts if the screen turned on for every notification. It's bad enough the screen turns on everytime the phone is plugged in/unplugged from USB or from a wireless charger.
Shouren, you can try snoozy charger app to manage the plug/unplug screen on issue
winol said:
Shouren, you can try snoozy charger app to manage the plug/unplug screen on issue
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Thanks. The rom I'm using is actually supposed to have that disabled but I don't think it works for wireless charging, only cable. I never never charge with the cable anymore. But whatever, I prefer not to install apps just to disable one minor thing.
I understand you, I also prefer wireless, but, it works with wireless too
There must be a build prop tweak or something but I can't seem to find one right now.
Maybe a PM to a nice dev and they could tell you where to look. Report for community if you figure it out