5.1 no notifications on lock screen (nothing at all) - Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh

just upgraded to 5.1 (love it so far) and I don't see any notifications at all on the lock screen.
I made sure it was set to "show all notification content", I've also set the individual apps to be priorities.
I'm used to getting the music player on the lock screen as well, but I get nothing.
I made sure the moto display was all turned off in case it was interfering.
Anything else I can check? I really miss the music player, and not getting anything on the lock screen is a pain.
Thanks!

rhcreed said:
just upgraded to 5.1 (love it so far) and I don't see any notifications at all on the lock screen.
I made sure it was set to "show all notification content", I've also set the individual apps to be priorities.
I'm used to getting the music player on the lock screen as well, but I get nothing.
I made sure the moto display was all turned off in case it was interfering.
Anything else I can check? I really miss the music player, and not getting anything on the lock screen is a pain.
Thanks!
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Try a factory reset.

On the Verizon Droid Turbo with the soak test?
Any issues with the soak test should be reported on Motorola's Forum so they can look into causes and fix it.

Quick question, are you waving your hand over the front to get to the lock screen, or are you pressing the power button. I've noticed that I have to press the power button to see active notifications. Hope this helps.
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PittAussie said:
On the Verizon Droid Turbo with the soak test?
Any issues with the soak test should be reported on Motorola's Forum so they can look into causes and fix it.
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yes, I did report it there as well, but have not heard anything yet. This community tends to be very smart and quick to have answers, so I'm reaching out here as well. I'm not sharing any info about the test or the code, just something I'm experiencing, so I'm not out of line for the soak.

88gt said:
Quick question, are you waving your hand over the front to get to the lock screen, or are you pressing the power button. I've noticed that I have to press the power button to see active notifications. Hope this helps.
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I don't use that feature, it stays dark unless I hit the power button (I have both of those moto features turned off, didn't care for them).

koftheworld said:
Try a factory reset.
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It may come to that, but I'm hoping to avoid it. I really hate having to rebuild everything after a wipe. Thanks though!

rhcreed said:
yes, I did report it there as well, but have not heard anything yet. This community tends to be very smart and quick to have answers, so I'm reaching out here as well. I'm not sharing any info about the test or the code, just something I'm experiencing, so I'm not out of line for the soak.
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Not saying you are out of line, but there aren't going to be too many people here with 5.1 that can help,, and Moto needs to know of any issues.
It is probably related to the new Ambient Display. The following is from the 5.1 release notes:
Moto Display and Ambient Display
While your phone’s display is off, Moto Display will continue to surface relevant notifications to you using the low-power Contextual Computing Processor. It will also intelligently react when you use the Approach gesture under Moto Actions.
Android Lollipop also includes a similar feature, called Ambient Display, that displays notifications like those shown on the lockscreen. If you prefer to try the new Ambient Display feature, you can uncheck the Moto Display setting in the Moto app. Note: Ambient Display does not use Motorola’s low-power core and will turn on more of the display, so battery life may be impacted. The Moto Actions Approach gesture will not wake Ambient Display.
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Maybe try switching to the Moto Display mode instead. That is all the advice I can give as I am still on 4.4.4

PittAussie said:
Not saying you are out of line, but there aren't going to be too many people here with 5.1 that can help,, and Moto needs to know of any issues.
It is probably related to the new Ambient Display. The following is from the 5.1 release notes:
Maybe try switching to the Moto Display mode instead. That is all the advice I can give as I am still on 4.4.4
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Thanks, I'm paranoid about saying too much (don't want to get black-listed from future stuff).

rhcreed said:
It may come to that, but I'm hoping to avoid it. I really hate having to rebuild everything after a wipe. Thanks though!
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Just remember if its anything like previous soaks, they don't want you to do a factory reset unless they ask you to... Sorry it's not a simple turn your phone off then back on again solution. Hope it gets fixed soon.
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Also, this maybe a dumb question, but you do have ambient display on right?
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88gt said:
Just remember if its anything like previous soaks, they don't want you to do a factory reset unless they ask you to... Sorry it's not a simple turn your phone off then back on again solution. Hope it gets fixed soon.
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Also, this maybe a dumb question, but you do have ambient display on right?
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Ambient display and moto display (notifications and wave or approach) are both off..

rhcreed said:
Ambient display and moto display (notifications and wave or approach) are both off..
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Ambient display is the function that gives you your messages on the lock screen, that needs to be on.
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88gt said:
Ambient display is the function that gives you your messages on the lock screen, that needs to be on.
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Spot on, not for the right answer, but for asking the right question. Even though you asked it tailed with "this maybe a dumb question", but it was the one that would have solved the problem from the beginning.
I've learned something today (southpark style), ask the right questions even if you think they're dumb, and the most obvious reasons are most likely the right reasons.
Had to get this wisdom out of my system :silly:

88gt said:
Ambient display is the function that gives you your messages on the lock screen, that needs to be on.
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Tried it, that's not what I'm looking for. I don't want it to wake up the screen on its own. When I power button unlock (to lockscreen) I want the music player or the notifications. I currently only get the pattern to unlock.

rhcreed said:
Tried it, that's not what I'm looking for. I don't want it to wake up the screen on its own. When I power button unlock (to lockscreen) I want the music player or the notifications. I currently only get the pattern to unlock.
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Just so we are on the same page this is ambient display when I hit the power button. It flashes the info for a few minutes because we do not have a notification light. But I only see this when I hit the power button.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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88gt said:
Just so we are on the same page this is ambient display when I hit the power button. It flashes the info for a few minutes because we do not have a notification light. But I only see this when I hit the power button.View attachment 3385628
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That's what I want! I get nothing, just the time and the pattern to unlock. Those are the notifications I'm looking for!

rhcreed said:
That's what I want! I get nothing, just the time and the pattern to unlock. Those are the notifications I'm looking for!
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Once ambient display is turned on you need to go to "sound and notification" under settings, from there go to the notification section and, where it says when device is locked, click on that and show all notification content
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88gt said:
Once ambient display is turned on you need to go to "sound and notification" under settings, from there go to the notification section and, where it says when device is locked, click on that and show all notification content
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1 - turned on the moto version, it gave me the moto notifications while it was locked (black screen with little white icon for a second) .. so hat works, but it's not what i'm talking about
2 - turned on the ambient setting, it did nothing..
both scenarios, the "show all content" notification option was selected (has been this whole time).
It's the notifications that are shown in the image above that i want, but I get nothing

rhcreed said:
1 - turned on the moto version, it gave me the moto notifications while it was locked (black screen with little white icon for a second) .. so hat works, but it's not what i'm talking about
2 - turned on the ambient setting, it did nothing..
both scenarios, the "show all content" notification option was selected (has been this whole time).
It's the notifications that are shown in the image above that i want, but I get nothing
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Yeah, the image I posted was using ambient display, under display settings. The notifications appeared when I hit the power button. Have you tried wiping cache? It's a long shot but it might help. At least exhaust all options before factory reset, you know. Sorry I couldn't help more.
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88gt said:
Yeah, the image I posted was using ambient display, under display settings. The notifications appeared when I hit the power button. Have you tried wiping cache? It's a long shot but it might help. At least exhaust all options before factory reset, you know. Sorry I couldn't help more.
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+1 try wiping cache, if it doesn't work, I am afraid a factory reset might be needed, which I usually do after each major update. The update app optimisation usually causes more problems especially when migrating apps to use ART.

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[Q] Curtain app like Samsung

I used to have a Galaxy S2 before moving to Moto X, and the config curtain made me miss the Samsung Galaxy S2 curtain, where you just slide and choose to disable/enable what you want without the need of a widget. There is an app which does the same thing no moto x?
Check out Notification Toggle! Chris
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snoking said:
Check out Notification Toggle! Chris
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Thanks!!! perfect! Google is not that good when comes to interface!!
Takes a little poking around with it to learn what it can do. Swipe left and right for additional configuration screens. Chris
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snoking said:
Takes a little poking around with it to learn what it can do. Swipe left and right for additional configuration screens. Chris
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the icon on the status bar can be disabled?
I have not found a way. It you have one line of toggles and battery % turned on the % number covers the icon. I added more toggles the other day on the second line and the icon appeared beside the %. Chris
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gusnd said:
I used to have a Galaxy S2 before moving to Moto X, and the config curtain made me miss the Samsung Galaxy S2 curtain, where you just slide and choose to disable/enable what you want without the need of a widget. There is an app which does the same thing no moto x?
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android already has this built-in, unless i'm missing something.
when you hit the settings button in the upper-right of the notification bar, you get a quick list of things like wifi, BT, etc. to disable/enable any of them, just long press (long press BT, turns on/off BT).
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Takes a little poking around with it to learn what it can do. Swipe left and right for additional configuration screens. Chris
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OK played around in settings preferences. I have battery percentage in place on first line icon and set second line to transparent. Chris
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640k said:
android already has this built-in, unless i'm missing something.
when you hit the settings button in the upper-right of the notification bar, you get a quick list of things like wifi, BT, etc. to disable/enable any of them, just long press (long press BT, turns on/off BT).
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I know that, but I got used with the feature on samsung, I just have to slide one finger and have access to that. Without the app I'd have to slide, click and choose between thousand of icons, that's the feel I get.
And also, I like to disable screen rotation sometimes, that google just forgot on nexus template
gusnd said:
I know that, but I got used with the feature on samsung, I just have to slide one finger and have access to that. Without the app I'd have to slide, click and choose between thousand of icons, that's the feel I get.
And also, I like to disable screen rotation sometimes, that google just forgot on nexus template
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i'm still confused. thousands of icons? do you need something additional from the standard five? i've used the power toggle widget since 2.x but ever since they added those same settings to the notification bar, the widget isn't necessary.
if this is what you're referring to, it looks more confusing than android's solution:
Here is my Notification Toggle screen. Chris
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640k said:
i'm still confused. thousands of icons? do you need something additional from the standard five? i've used the power toggle widget since 2.x but ever since they added those same settings to the notification bar, the widget isn't necessary.
if this is what you're referring to, it looks more confusing than android's solution:
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What I meant is:
on Galaxy S2, I just had what I needed on the curtain, which was wireless, mobile data, sync, rotation and few other things. That was enough. 1 line of icons.
Now on moto x I have pull the curtain, click on top right icon leading me to almost a screen full of icons and missing the auto rotate, when just a ribbon/line was enough.
On Galaxy S2 (ICS/JB) is very short, in the 3rd picture you've shown, it almost like visual pollution to me. the 2nd is more the way I like it.
gusnd said:
I know that, but I got used with the feature on samsung, I just have to slide one finger and have access to that. Without the app I'd have to slide, click and choose between thousand of icons, that's the feel I get.
And also, I like to disable screen rotation sometimes, that google just forgot on nexus template
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you can use gesture controls in third party launchers to go directly to toggles. I use Nova Launcher and have it set so that when I double tap the screen the toggles open. you can assign other gestures instead if you wish. Have a single finger swipe down open notification shade, two finger swipe down for toggles for example. If you're rooted, you can use gravity box to change which tiles are displayed and in which order.
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Here is my Notification Toggle screen. Chris
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Could you disable the app icon on the left corner of the status bar?
If you select it to show battery percent, it replaces the app icon. Chris
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snoking said:
If you select it to show battery percent, it replaces the app icon. Chris
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Nice, it worked for me! I left it transparent, thanks again!
Now is the way I like it!

[Q] How to disable "Swipe down from the top to exit full screen" message?

I keep getting this notification when I have various apps open. It doesn't happen with the offending apps on every occasion but I sure as heck would like to disable this obnoxious message permanently of possible. Currently unrooted running stock 4.4.2.
Attached screenshot is the Dynamic Notifications app, not the stock active display.
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The screenshot
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Jersey846 said:
The screenshot
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Looks like you're using Gravity Box, with "expanded desktop" enabled? If so that's probably the issue. Try turning off expanded desktop and let us know if that helps...
samwathegreat said:
Looks like you're using Gravity Box, with "expanded desktop" enabled? If so that's probably the issue. Try turning off expanded desktop and let us know if that helps...
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Nope no Gravity Box. Not rooted.
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Jersey846 said:
Nope no Gravity Box. Not rooted.
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Ah...
Ok, here is your answer:
Open Dynamic Notification, click advanced options. Now click advanced options in the drop down menu.
UNCHECK "Use Immersive mode"
The status bar will probably show, but problem solved. Its immersive mode that causes the message to appear.
Any app that uses immersive mode will trigger the pop-up.
samwathegreat said:
Ah...
Ok, here is your answer:
Open Dynamic Notification, click advanced options. Now click advanced options in the drop down menu.
UNCHECK "Use Immersive mode"
The status bar will probably show, but problem solved. Its immersive mode that causes the message to appear.
Any app that uses immersive mode will trigger the pop-up.
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Alright thanks. I did try that and it does remove the message, I was just hoping I could get the full screen experience out of it. I'm guessing this is the app's issue? Wish I could just disable hints completely. Don't need em. Thanks man
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Jersey846 said:
Alright thanks. I did try that and it does remove the message, I was just hoping I could get the full screen experience out of it. I'm guessing this is the app's issue? Wish I could just disable hints completely. Don't need em. Thanks man
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I don't think its the apps issue...more like a 'bug' in android. Not sure if I would even call it a bug...there just isn't any option anywhere to turn off the immersive mode "swipe down" messages. I imagine it was intentional....cause you just know that 10,000 people would call in to tech support saying they're stuck in full screen and can't get out.
I guess this is one advantage active display has over dynamic notification....that and power saving. AD doesn't actually wake your phone...one of the co-processors in the "X8" system is able to provide the notifications while sipping battery power.
samwathegreat said:
I don't think its the apps issue...more like a 'bug' in android. Not sure if I would even call it a bug...there just isn't any option anywhere to turn off the immersive mode "swipe down" messages. I imagine it was intentional....cause you just know that 10,000 people would call in to tech support saying they're stuck in full screen and can't get out.
I guess this is one advantage active display has over dynamic notification....that and power saving. AD doesn't actually wake your phone...one of the co-processors in the "X8" system is able to provide the notifications while sipping battery power.
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I didn't know that about Active Display in respect to saving battery. Very cool! Might switch back. I was just used to Dynamic Notifications on my old phone.
UPDATE: Per your round-about recommendation I'm now using Active Display. Really like it! Guess I was quick on the trigger with disabling it and installing Dynamic Notifications when I first got the phone. I appreciate it.
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Swipe down to exit full screen on xbmc box
Having recently acquired on xbmc box from my son ( he couldn't be bothered to set it up) I was extremely frustrated by the swipe message so I googled it & no one had the answer, so I purchased a wireless keyboard mouse, Bingo Fn+ mouse hover curser over OK & it's gone, if that doesn't work , re install & try again.
From granny aged 69 !!!!!!
Is there a location for the image file in the root folder somewhere so I can delete it? Or a way to change the build.prop?
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Want to find or build notification app.

I was wondering if any one knew of an app that would blink the capacitive home screen button when you have a notification. I have looked around on the play store to no avail. I have never developed anything for android. I have got myself setup to begin designing an app that will basically turn the home button into a notification light while the screen is off. If anyone knows of an app that can do this or would like to help please let me know.
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I was wondering if any one knew of an app that would blink the capacitive home screen button when you have a notification. I have looked around on the play store to no avail. I have never developed anything for android. I have got myself setup to begin designing an app that will basically turn the home button into a notification light while the screen is off. If anyone knows of an app that can do this or would like to help please let me know.
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This is brilliant. Good luck!
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theexec777 said:
I was wondering if any one knew of an app that would blink the capacitive home screen button when you have a notification. I have looked around on the play store to no avail. I have never developed anything for android. I have got myself setup to begin designing an app that will basically turn the home button into a notification light while the screen is off. If anyone knows of an app that can do this or would like to help please let me know.
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An old app and needs root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1958939
I know this is nothing even close to what you are looking for, but I found it useful on another phone that didn't have a notification led.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.led.notify&hl=en
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I know this is nothing even close to what you are looking for, but I found it useful on another phone that didn't have a notification led.
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If you could update with what it was that you found usefull that would be great. Thanks. I am looking for anything close to posibly even take ideas from.
It shows a small icon on the screen for different notifications, which if I remember correctly are all customizable. So it's a persistent icon on the screen letting you know about missed calls, texts, unread emails, or whatever you set it up for. It only uses a tiny amount of screen, and therefore backlight. Back when the Android phones first came out a lot of them didn't have leds for notifications. I don't remember having a big hit on my battery at the time from the program.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.led.notify&hl=en
Ill have to check it out. I have used a few like that and they didn't act right, made the screen act weird. Thanks for the suggestion.
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I just got the Turbo today, and I will try it out too. I know it was a lifesaver when I had my Samsung Captivate.
A nudge or a wave shows moto display, I think it's the natural evolution of a notification led
I know but i wish it didn't. I have the wave turned off but i cant turn the nudge off. I only want it to display if there is a notification. If there is nothing it should just wait patiently. But that's just me.
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Now see I'm the opposite I want it to show more like battery %. I don't wear a watch anymore and love active display for checking time.
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NiLS
NiLS in the Play Store will but notifications on the lockscreen... however you will have to disable Active Display and go with the normal lock screen.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roymam.android.notificationswidget&hl=en
That could work, thanks.
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Night time clock mode

Just got this watch (previously had Moto 360 1st Gen).
One feature that I got used to and liked was that when the watch was docked, it would change the face to a dock night mode clock.
I noticed that when I docked the watch, it would show a new face too. However, the face would fade to Black after some time.
Is there a way to keep this on while charging? I tried enabling the "always on" feature, but to no avail.
Thx!
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Tap many times on build number in settings for developer options and after that in developer options look on first thing Stay awake when charging maybe help
Hoffmanns said:
Tap many times on build number in settings for developer options and after that in developer options look on first thing Stay awake when charging maybe help
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That did it.
Wondering if I should enable the "force burn in protection" though?
Thx.
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jco23 said:
That did it.
Wondering if I should enable the "force burn in protection" though?
Thx.
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I don't know what this exactly means sorry
But maybe it is watch face shift in every situation not only with always on screen...

How to use a different alrm clock than the stock one?

I tried using Alarm clock Xtreme and Timely and both have the same problem: the alarm screen does not appear if the phone is locked. Instead, I see a tiny notification which I have to double tap before getting access to the the Snooze / Dismiss screen. Needless to say, I don't want to be chasing around a small area on the screen when I'm sleepy
For some reason I can't even take a screen capture, so I hope I managed to explain clearly enough the problem.
Is there any way to use a different clock than the preinstalled one? Seems like a no brainer, but it got me stumped.
Thank you for any suggestions.
I use sleep for android and don't have this problem. The snooze button and dismiss show up and do not require me to unlock the phone. I use an nfc card ass the dismiss for my morning alarm and that does require me to unlock the phone first before scanning but I can snooze and dismiss all other alarms no problem. Maybe try sleep for android.
ThePurpleLuigi said:
I use sleep for android and don't have this problem. The snooze button and dismiss show up and do not require me to unlock the phone. I use an nfc card ass the dismiss for my morning alarm and that does require me to unlock the phone first before scanning but I can snooze and dismiss all other alarms no problem. Maybe try sleep for android.
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Thank you for your answer. If you are referring to Sleep as Android, I tried that too and have the same problem. It looks like this comes from a setting, I just don't know which one.
By the way, my lock screen is on swipe, if that helps.
pedmond said:
By the way, my lock screen is on swipe, if that helps.
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I tried blocking notifications, turning notifications off, hiding notifications. I also tried changing my lockscreen to swipe. I wasn't able to reproduce your issue. If I hit the home button while the alarm was going off I would have to unlock the phone before I could snooze or dismiss it. Even then though the snooze/dismiss screen would pop right back up. Sorry could not help more.
I'm using alarm clock plus.
Let me ask this. When you get , say a text, and you are not in the text app, doe you get the same size notification that you are seeing with the alarm clock you are using?
If so, there is a setting you can change to make this be a different style/size of notification.
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I'm using alarm clock plus.
Let me ask this. When you get , say a text, and you are not in the text app, doe you get the same size notification that you are seeing with the alarm clock you are using?
If so, there is a setting you can change to make this be a different style/size of notification.
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I'm actually not sure. What setting is that?
Just to let you know, setting off edge lighting solved the problem. Thank you for trying to help.
pedmond said:
Just to let you know, setting off edge lighting solved the problem. Thank you for trying to help.
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Awesome. I just tried it and see the issue you were having. That would have been super annoying half asleep.
Life time alarm
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcc.alarmclocklifetime
pedmond said:
I tried using Alarm clock Xtreme and Timely and both have the same problem: the alarm screen does not appear if the phone is locked. Instead, I see a tiny notification which I have to double tap before getting access to the the Snooze / Dismiss screen. Needless to say, I don't want to be chasing around a small area on the screen when I'm sleepy
For some reason I can't even take a screen capture, so I hope I managed to explain clearly enough the problem.
Is there any way to use a different clock than the preinstalled one? Seems like a no brainer, but it got me stumped.
Thank you for any suggestions.
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Are you saying the alarm when going off doesn't show? I use timely and when the alarm goes off I get the screen where I can snooze or dismiss.
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Tidbits said:
Are you saying the alarm when going off doesn't show? I use timely and when the alarm goes off I get the screen where I can snooze or dismiss.
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Yes, seems like Edge lighting is messing it up...
pedmond said:
Yes, seems like Edge lighting is messing it up...
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I have edge lighting turned on and don't have a problem. There is probably an app or something causing the bug.
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Tidbits said:
I have edge lighting turned on and don't have a problem. There is probably an app or something causing the bug.
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Interesting. Do you have it on "Always"?
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Interesting. Do you have it on "Always"?
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I just did a test.
Off - works
On(screen off) - works
On(Always) - works.
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Tidbits said:
I just did a test.
Off - works
On(screen off) - works
On(Always) - works.
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Thank you so much for this. Strangely enough, the only way I found to solve my issue (which you don't have) was to disable edge lighting. I guess it's something more subtle. I'll keep trying to identify the culprit.
pedmond said:
Thank you so much for this. Strangely enough, the only way I found to solve my issue (which you don't have) was to disable edge lighting. I guess it's something more subtle. I'll keep trying to identify the culprit.
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Try and see if your AOD needs an update or possibly clear it's cache/data.
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What I don't understand is why Samsung removes features...instead of improving. I use the Slowly Increase Volume function on the N4 all the time. But of course, it's not on the N8. When did they remove that?
SiNJiN76 said:
What I don't understand is why Samsung removes features...instead of improving. I use the Slowly Increase Volume function on the N4 all the time. But of course, it's not on the N8. When did they remove that?
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Actually, that particular feature exists. It's on the screen where you choose the alarm sound, right at the bottom.
pedmond said:
Actually, that particular feature exists. It's on the screen where you choose the alarm sound, right at the bottom.
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Yup I see it where you select the sound and at the very bottom there's a toggle just under the volume.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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pedmond said:
Actually, that particular feature exists. It's on the screen where you choose the alarm sound, right at the bottom.
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Tidbits said:
Yup I see it where you select the sound and at the very bottom there's a toggle just under the volume.
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awesome! Don't know how I missed that?! I swear it wasn't there earlier...:silly:

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