[Q] seconds hand not working in dimmed mode. - LG G Watch R

Hello.
Is there any possibility to get working seconds hand in dimmed mode.
Every watchface which i've tried have not working seconds hand/display in dimmed mode.
Additionally minute hands sometimes "hangs" for about 2-3 minutes which resulting showing wrong hour.
I assume that this is some kind of power saving feature but it is very annoying when watch shows for eg. 11.59 and real time is 12.02 :/
Is there any fix for this?

Edit the watch face and you can include whatever you want. You will need a face from Facer or WatchMaker or Intellicom.

I did't make my point clear. I have watchface which have secconds hand in dimmed mode, but it stops moving as soon as watch goes into dimmed mode.

It's a power saving feature. The screen refresh is slowed down to 1 frame per minute in dim mode, so you cannot have seconds displayed. Also the cpus are being slowed down a lot during that period as well as the sensors. The only sensors that is being probed during the dim mode are the gyroscope and the touchscreen.

ro_explorer said:
It's a power saving feature. The screen refresh is slowed down to 1 frame per minute in dim mode, so you cannot have seconds displayed.
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Is there any way of changing this, by changing maybe kernel or someting ?

If you build your own custom ROM, of course you can do whatever you want.
Your battery will suffer though.

ro_explorer said:
If you build your own custom ROM, of course you can do whatever you want.
Your battery will suffer though.
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it's a pity because i don't know how to do that.
So for me, there is no solution
Big thanks.

You still can use a custom watchface (like watchmaker/facer) and extend the time for the active mode. Still, why would you do that?

ro_explorer said:
You still can use a custom watchface (like watchmaker/facer) and extend the time for the active mode. Still, why would you do that?
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do you know how to change the time for the active mode in facer or wherever?
thx

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[Q] What is the "Auto sleep"?

As the title says, what is it? I mean how does the auto function? couldn't find anything about it on XDA or the Owners Manual.
Stock rom, 1.28.401.7, attached a screenshot.
omar302 said:
As the title says, what is it? I mean how does the auto function? couldn't find anything about it on XDA or the Owners Manual.
Stock rom, 1.28.401.7, attached a screenshot.
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I'm guessing that it adjusts the timeout accordingly.
Like if you were to put it down (but face-up) it'll decrease the timeout down to 15 seconds or something like that. Whereas if you're holding the phone normally, it'd be something like one minute.
Probably just smart stay esque feature.
Quick check of camera to see if your looking at the phone. Not like this is a Samsung thing, there are apps in the play store that do this.
Yeah it's screen time out so if you set it for 1 minute the screen will stay on for 1 minute then shut down
Yeah its like smart stay, try waving your hand in front of the phone and not touch the phone, it wont sleep. Dont work very well as sometimes I lie phone down for a sec but as there is no movement it sleeps quickly.
omar302 said:
As the title says, what is it? I mean how does the auto function? couldn't find anything about it on XDA or the Owners Manual.
Stock rom, 1.28.401.7, attached a screenshot.
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Nice. I keep wondering why HTC doesn't advertise some of these features - Samsung keeps touting them but even though HTC has something similar, sometimes better and sometimes not, it isn't mentioned anywhere. They really need to up their marketing efforts.
Nekromantik said:
Yeah its like smart stay, try waving your hand in front of the phone and not touch the phone, it wont sleep. Dont work very well as sometimes I lie phone down for a sec but as there is no movement it sleeps quickly.
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are you sure or are you just trying to get people to wave there hands around like mad men
theres nothing on the web about that its just plain old screen off after how long you set it for:laugh:
jaythenut said:
are you sure or are you just trying to get people to wave there hands around like mad men
theres nothing on the web about that its just plain old screen off after how long you set it for:laugh:
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It is autosleep OR a time. So it's definitely not 1 minute. Will have to try this
I sent the question to HTC & today got this lame answer:
Please note that you can use the sleep mode in order to put the device in standby mode when you are not using the screen for a long time the screen will go in sleep mode " Standby" automatically
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After doing some testing, I have found the following pattern with "Auto sleep":
If the device is held vertical (holding the phone up) or at an angle, in other words, you are actually looking at the screen; the display will sleep in about 1 minute of not touching the display.
If the device, after use, is put on a table (horizontally), the display will sleep in about 15 seconds.
So it seems that "Auto sleep" uses the gyro sensor, not the Camera.
Sounds similar to Screeble. ...a must-have app IMO.
I think auto sleep uses the camera and the proximity sensor to determine if you're looking at the phone, because for down reason it doesn't work in a completely dark environment like a bedroom at night, even though I was looking at the phone dead on..... It's an interesting feature nonetheless
banksc said:
Sounds similar to Screeble. ...a must-have app IMO.
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No must-have anymore... with this auto sleep function built in. It's in HTC One X too with the 4.2.2 update.
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ryanaathome said:
I think auto sleep uses the camera and the proximity sensor to determine if you're looking at the phone, because for down reason it doesn't work in a completely dark environment like a bedroom at night, even though I was looking at the phone dead on..... It's an interesting feature nonetheless
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As stated before, it's probably using sensors to increase time-out, not to disable time-out entirely, like smart-stay does, probably using less energy then smart-stay.
webpatrick said:
No must-have anymore... with this auto sleep function built in. It's in HTC One X too with the 4.2.2 update.
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Will give it a try since it is one less app on the phone... I like that I could set up the angle for which it is activated both for portrait and landscape with Screeble. I don't control anything with the sleep function. Also, I get the impression the phone will still shut off at some point...doesn't with Screeble.
Answer
I was intrigued to know the answer myself. Not being able to find the answer, I tried the following on my phone:
I placed the phone horizontally on a table and left it there without touching the screen or moving it until the screen turned off. It took 1 minute for the screen to time out.
I placed the phone at an angle (approximately 45 degrees) and left it still without touching the screen or moving it until the screen turned off. Again, it took 1 minute for the screen to time out.
I grabbed the phone and moved it constantly without touching the screen. I keep doing this for over 2 minutes and the screen never timed out. I got bored, so I put the phone down and from that moment, it took 1 minute for the screen to time out. I tried this at different angles and I realized the angle doesn't really matter as long as the phone is in motion.
This made me to conclude the phone uses the the gyroscope when "auto sleep" is selected to determine when to turn off the screen.
I might be wrong but you can try this yourself. I hope it helps!
tchan said:
I was intrigued to know the answer myself. Not being able to find the answer, I tried the following on my phone:
I placed the phone horizontally on a table and left it there without touching the screen or moving it until the screen turned off. It took 1 minute for the screen to time out.
I placed the phone at an angle (approximately 45 degrees) and left it still without touching the screen or moving it until the screen turned off. Again, it took 1 minute for the screen to time out.
I grabbed the phone and moved it constantly without touching the screen. I keep doing this for over 2 minutes and the screen never timed out. I got bored, so I put the phone down and from that moment, it took 1 minute for the screen to time out. I tried this at different angles and I realized the angle doesn't really matter as long as the phone is in motion.
This made me to conclude the phone uses the the gyroscope when "auto sleep" is selected to determine when to turn off the screen.
I might be wrong but you can try this yourself. I hope it helps!
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What rom version are you running? What you explained would explain why the phone does not sleep when I put it down in the car's cupholder, as long as the car is moving the phone would vibrate/shake & hence does not turn off the display. This is with the Android 4.3 updates (leaks & official 3.22 developer edition).
Previously, Android 4.1 & 4.2 roms, if the device was held vertical (holding the phone up) or at an angle, in other words, display would sleep in about 1 minute of not touching the display. If the device, after use, was put on a table (horizontally), the display would sleep in about 15 seconds.
omar302 said:
What rom version are you running? What you explained would explain why the phone does not sleep when I put it down in the car's cupholder, as long as the car is moving the phone would vibrate/shake & hence does not turn off the display. This is with the Android 4.3 updates (leaks & official 3.22 developer edition).
Previously, Android 4.1 & 4.2 roms, if the device was held vertical (holding the phone up) or at an angle, in other words, display would sleep in about 1 minute of not touching the display. If the device, after use, was put on a table (horizontally), the display would sleep in about 15 seconds.
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I'm using CleanRom 6 with Android 4.3. Now that you mention it, I realize I hadn't noticed this on 4.1 and 4.2. I use Pandora all the time. I started wondering when my phone would stay up the whole time I was driving. I never had this issue with 4.1 and 4.2. Good to know!
tchan said:
I'm using CleanRom 6 with Android 4.3. Now that you mention it, I realize I hadn't noticed this on 4.1 and 4.2. I use Pandora all the time. I started wondering when my phone would stay up the whole time I was driving. I never had this issue with 4.1 and 4.2. Good to know!
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Incertcoin (on SVN R111) now has the auto sleep working like before, 1 minute if held upright, or 15 seconds if placed on a table. I think @baadnewz used the "SmartDim.apk" from an older rom that before auto sleep changed .
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Incertcoin (on SVN R111) now has the auto sleep working like before, 1 minute if held upright, or 15 seconds if placed on a table. I think @baadnewz used the "SmartDim.apk" from an older rom that before auto sleep changed .
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yes i used the 4.2.2 base one because i didn't have time to properly debug the current one and fix, but so far using the old one doesn't break anything it just fixes the issue. credits are due to @yxtl he had the issue and stress him enough to make trial and error .
I believe it uses the gyro/motion sensors to adjust the timeout...if I have my HTC One docked in my car with auto sleep enabled, it will never time out the screen, unless I come to a light and stop...but the motion of the car actually on the road is enough to keep it alive.
Cheers
j
I wish HTC provided some kind of documentation for this...

[Q] How does sunlight mode work?

Hi everyone,
Theather Mode is clear to me (you can toggle it off/on). However how does Sunlight mode work? There is no On/Off Toggle in this setting?
Regards,
Fabio
From what I understand, it's a kind of boost for a short moment. A toggle wouldn't make sense in this mode as it would suck your battery.
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just pull down the menu that would have muted the watch on 4.4
from there you can swipe to the left to activate the sunlight mode
apparently, Triple-clicking the hardware button quickly activates Sunlight Mode too
2k4ever said:
just pull down the menu that would have muted the watch on 4.4
from there you can swipe to the left to activate the sunlight mode
apparently, Triple-clicking the hardware button quickly activates Sunlight Mode too
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I know how to trigger it. I am more interested how it works. So it boosts brightness.... for how long? and can I stop it somehow?
Regards,
Fabio
dilorenzo said:
I know how to trigger it. I am more interested how it works. So it boosts brightness.... for how long? and can I stop it somehow?
Regards,
Fabio
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boost for about 5s and after go in normal setting brightness.
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apparently, Triple-clicking the hardware button quickly activates Sunlight Mode too
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Cool! And 2 clicks does theater mode.
I was going to say, it would be hard to be in the sun, trying to see the screen, to pull down and select Sunlight mode :laugh: ...
Darnell_Chat_TN said:
Cool! And 2 clicks does theater mode.
I was going to say, it would be hard to be in the sun, trying to see the screen, to pull down and select Sunlight mode :laugh: ...
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I don't know why they made it that way: You have to swipe down, swipe 2 times to the right and then hit the switch. No way I can find my way in bright sunlight... (LG Watch, without buttons...)
I think they should have implemented it that way : every time you touch the face to wake the watch, maximize brightness for about 1 sec - enough to read but not enough to drain battery.
onyxogen said:
I think they should have implemented it that way : every time you touch the face to wake the watch, maximize brightness for about 1 sec - enough to read but not enough to drain battery.
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And, in case you do that in the complete darkness, when you are half asleep ... you got yourself a temporary blindness and a wake-up bump .
Should be a way to change the time for sunligth mode. Sometimes 5 sec is not enough, for example to open the navigator or search something in internet.
Another way could be if you are touching the screen the watch should extend this time for 5 sec more.
could be a good mod!
On the LG G watch R you can press the Button on the side 3 times quickly which gives you sunlight mode.
Technane said:
On the LG G watch R you can press the Button on the side 3 times quickly which gives you sunlight mode.
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See post 3 :good:

[Q] No standby animation with Facer or FaceMaker?

There are a lot of cool watch faces I'd like to have on my new LG R, but it seems that standby mode does not show animation with any Facer or WatchMaker faces. Is this a known problem? I'd really like to use some analog faces but can't really since the second hand is always motionless.
In standby face is only updated once every minute to save power.
I guess Moto 360 works fine in this regard then... I wonder why there are also faces made especially for LG too with this problem. Lazy devs I guess.
It's not a problem, but by design, to save battery.
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If your using watch maker you can edited the watch face and select the second hand to only be displayed in bright/on mode, thus it won't appear motionless in standby mode.
Maybe not what your after but it won't look as out of place as a motionless second hand.
phil gpx said:
If your using watch maker you can edited the watch face and select the second hand to only be displayed in bright/on mode, thus it won't appear motionless in standby mode.
Maybe not what your after but it won't look as out of place as a motionless second hand.
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Actually this was just what I was after, I didn't see that this was possible with watchmaker. A very good solution, thank you very much!
Your welcome. I also put a black circle over top of nearly all my watchfaces i download and set it at about 70-80% transparency and set it to dimmed only as i find the dim mode is often brighter than the on mode.

[Q] Disable ambient mode at night?

Is there a way to have the screen completly off while I am sleeping? - as I like to have ambient mode on (for the day) but it seems like a waste of battery to have it on in the night time.
antipesto93 said:
Is there a way to have the screen completly off while I am sleeping? - as I like to have ambient mode on (for the day) but it seems like a waste of battery to have it on in the night time.
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Therefore I use a Watchmaker face. Three advantages:
1. You can pick, edit or make your favorite face
2. You can define active screen timeout, I use 15 seconds
3. After around 25 minutes of being idle ambient display turns off as well
Well, at least here it does :good: Best app for Wear imho
Here some screenshots of the battery consumption using such a face:
The green part underneath the graph is where the watch is on but the display is off. As you can see quite a nice idle time you can achieve this way :good:
Read about "Theater mode" here.
Darnell_Chat_TN said:
Read about "Theater mode" here.
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Ah ok,the 30 minute time out is also happening on stock watchfaces :good:
Didn't know that, installed Watchmaker immediately. Still good to know, thanks!
Pfeffernuss said:
Therefore I use a Watchmaker face. Three advantages:
3. After around 25 minutes of being idle ambient display turns off as well
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Just install watchmaker .. how do you configure this ? or is it there by default ?
ari197 said:
Just install watchmaker .. how do you configure this ? or is it there by default ?
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ONE post above yours
antipesto93 said:
Is there a way to have the screen completly off while I am sleeping? - as I like to have ambient mode on (for the day) but it seems like a waste of battery to have it on in the night time.
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just enable cinema mode and your screen will be off , and you can activate it, pressing the button
I used Cinema Mode at night too. Just double press the button.

Ambient Display / Lock Screen Settings

I've chosen that the ambient display should light up whenever I'm near the phone. However, it stays on for about 10 mins even though I'm not near it. Sometimes it just stays off even though I'm nearby and even lifting up the phone. What settings should I use?
I would test that the proximity sensor is working. Try using the Pokémon wallpaper or app to see if it recognises that you are near and waving your hand. I only say this as my first pixel had a faulty sensor and I had to return it. If yours is too it might explain why it isn't working.
narse said:
I would test that the proximity sensor is working. Try using the Pokémon wallpaper or app to see if it recognises that you are near and waving your hand. I only say this as my first pixel had a faulty sensor and I had to return it. If yours is too it might explain why it isn't working.
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Pokémon reacts fine and proximity sensor works just fine.
rasmusj said:
I've chosen that the ambient display should light up whenever I'm near the phone. However, it stays on for about 10 mins even though I'm not near it. Sometimes it just stays off even though I'm nearby and even lifting up the phone. What settings should I use?
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The same here. I changed the Idle Lock Screen to OFF and let the other settings ON, this works better for me.
rasmusj said:
I've chosen that the ambient display should light up whenever I'm near the phone. However, it stays on for about 10 mins even though I'm not near it. Sometimes it just stays off even though I'm nearby and even lifting up the phone. What settings should I use?
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Do you use the naptime and have Android battery saver enables?
sruel3216 said:
Do you use the naptime and have Android battery saver enables?
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No I haven't if you mean DND. Sometimes also after a restart the phone also needs to cycle the power button.
rasmusj said:
I've chosen that the ambient display should light up whenever I'm near the phone. However, it stays on for about 10 mins even though I'm not near it. Sometimes it just stays off even though I'm nearby and even lifting up the phone. What settings should I use?
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Check your screen timeout settings in settings/display and change it to whatever you want, like maybe it's set to 10 minutes so set it to less minutes or disable completely.
Screen timeout is set to 1 minute and tried to change it to 2 mins. With same result. Weird ?

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