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[Q] How do you guys feel about Moto Display?

I honestly think it is far too sensitive. I just got my X today and I set it in my passenger seat to drive. The active display turned on about every 4 seconds because of the tiny bumps from driving. With the IR sensors turned on the display is turned on every time I set down my phone. I emailed Moto about making some kind of sensitivity setting. What do you guys think?

jdubya42 said:
I honestly think it is far too sensitive. I just got my X today and I set it in my passenger seat to drive. The active display turned on about every 4 seconds because of the tiny bumps from driving. With the IR sensors turned on the display is turned on every time I set down my phone. I emailed Moto about making some kind of sensitivity setting. What do you guys think?
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I wouldn't worry about it. It barely uses any power when it turns on because amoled. If it was an LCD screen, you bet I would be complaining
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0.0 said:
I wouldn't worry about it. It barely uses any power when it turns on because amoled. If it was an LCD screen, you bet I would be complaining
sent from my Moto X (2014)
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I'm not really worried about battery life so much as it just annoys me to see my screen constantly turn on. Well, partly.

I made it like the 2013 version. Shut off the hand motion sensors so now it only responds to movement of the device. MUCH better on battery

Active Display turns on as long as you have notifications, it's not road bumps setting it off.

chrisrozon said:
Active Display turns on as long as you have notifications, it's not road bumps setting it off.
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I think you may be wrong on this, if you wave at the phone or move it a little bit the display will show you the time, even if there is no notifications, i too have this issue, i leave my phone on the dash and since the back of the phone is curved , it will tilt a little , enough to activate the display. No biggie, but just saying it happens .
If it had the option, my setup would be OFF Movement sensor, and ON (ir) gesture sensor . i see myself frequently waving at the screen to check the time, and now i do this thing where i dont use the wake button to unlock the phone while it sits on my desk, i make the display wake with my hand and unlock it..

Galinha1 said:
I think you may be wrong on this, if you wave at the phone or move it a little bit the display will show you the time, even if there is no notifications, i too have this issue, i leave my phone on the dash and since the back of the phone is curved , it will tilt a little , enough to activate the display. No biggie, but just saying it happens .
If it had the option, my setup would be OFF Movement sensor, and ON (ir) gesture sensor . i see myself frequently waving at the screen to check the time, and now i do this thing where i dont use the wake button to unlock the phone while it sits on my desk, i make the display wake with my hand and unlock it..
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2nd that, if I could turn off the movement sensor I would also. The gesture sensor works pretty great, the movement sensor is too sensitive.

Yeah, mine blinks on and off all the time regardless of notifications or not. Received an update the other day for the sensors and it didn't change anything.

Galinha1 said:
I think you may be wrong on this, if you wave at the phone or move it a little bit the display will show you the time, even if there is no notifications, i too have this issue, i leave my phone on the dash and since the back of the phone is curved , it will tilt a little , enough to activate the display. No biggie, but just saying it happens .
If it had the option, my setup would be OFF Movement sensor, and ON (ir) gesture sensor . i see myself frequently waving at the screen to check the time, and now i do this thing where i dont use the wake button to unlock the phone while it sits on my desk, i make the display wake with my hand and unlock it..
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I totally agree. IR only and no movement would be great. I have IR turned off right now and I wish it didn't annoy me to have both on. I paid for these fancy new IR sensors and I'm not even using them.

chrisrozon said:
Active Display turns on as long as you have notifications, it's not road bumps setting it off.
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I know what you're talking about, the screen does flash if you have a notification. I can obviously tell I don't have one, just take your phone and tap the corner of it or set it on your couch and then sit down, your active display will turn on.

jdubya42 said:
I know what you're talking about, the screen does flash if you have a notification. I can obviously tell I don't have one, just take your phone and tap the corner of it or set it on your couch and then sit down, your active display will turn on.
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If you are worried about the phone activating the screen too frequently - I think having it upside down will prevent that. The active screen doesn't turn on when in a pocket, and I think that could also be said for being upside down on the car seat next to you.

jasoraso said:
If you are worried about the phone activating the screen too frequently - I think having it upside down will prevent that. The active screen doesn't turn on when in a pocket, and I think that could also be said for being upside down on the car seat next to you.
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I didn't think about that. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Q] Lock screen - phone movement

This may have been answered elsewhere , but I am coming from an S4 and I was wondering why my Droid Turbo when I pick it flashes the lock screen.
I have moto display turned on for notifications and I like that, I do not have the the wave/hand proximity turned on.
The phone will slide in the car seat and the lock screen will come on I pick it up and it flashes on. Then it goes on and I keep moving it around it will then flash back on again. Or every time I take it out of my pocket it comes on.
I heard something about Moto screens breathing or something.
thanks!

joeunc said:
This may have been answered elsewhere , but I am coming from an S4 and I was wondering why my Droid Turbo when I pick it flashes the lock screen.
I have moto display turned on for notifications and I like that, I do not have the the wave/hand proximity turned on.
The phone will slide in the car seat and the lock screen will come on I pick it up and it flashes on. Then it goes on and I keep moving it around it will then flash back on again. Or every time I take it out of my pocket it comes on.
I heard something about Moto screens breathing or something.
thanks!
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Moto Actions controls that. I actually like it because I can check the time just by waving my hand over the phone without having to hit a button. You could try disabling Moto Actions to see if that helps.

Ally Android said:
Moto Actions controls that. I actually like it because I can check the time just by waving my hand over the phone without having to hit a button. You could try disabling Moto Actions to see if that helps.
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All the moto actions are disabled, I only have active display on to show notifications. The one where you wave to turn the screen on is not enabled
thx

joeunc said:
All the moto actions are disabled, I only have active display on to show notifications. The one where you wave to turn the screen on is not enabled
thx
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Did you just turn off the settings or disable the app?

Ally Android said:
Did you just turn off the settings or disable the app?
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Here is what I see happening, if you turn on Moto Display to flash notifications, each time I just pick the phone or move it the lock screen and time flahes.
If I turn off Moto Display, no notifications flash and when I move the phone no lockscreen, no nothing.
Should be a way to see the notifications flash in and out, but not react to just moving the phone by flashing lock screen
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There are two separate apps in play here. Moto Display and Moto Actions.
Moto Display is what you want to keep active so that it will show you on the lock screen when you get a message, etc.
Moto Actions is what happens when you move your hand towards the phone.
If you go into your apps settings and manually disable the Moto Actions app. It will prevent the phone from flashing the lock screen when it detects movement.

Ally Android said:
There are two separate apps in play here. Moto Display and Moto Actions.
Moto Display is what you want to keep active so that it will show you on the lock screen when you get a message, etc.
Moto Actions is what happens when you move your hand towards the phone.
If you go into your apps settings and manually disable the Moto Actions app. It will prevent the phone from flashing the lock screen when it detects movement.
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I know,. all the Moto Actions are turned off, I only have Moto Display on and have chosen the apps I want to show.
Phone sits on the desk, for a few minutes screen black I reach over and pick it up lock screen comes on
I just restarted and no change
thanks

Do you have "Approach" turned off under moto actions? Cuz that's exactly what it sounds like you have turned on.
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Mine does the same thing it may be because the twist for camera is on? all other options are turned off (battery Saving)
Every time I move the phone the notification screen lights up but I noticed if you cover the proximity sensor on the top of phone it doesnt light up at all

Its part of the active display. It comes on when the phone is moved. I do wish there was a setting for it to only come on when you have a notification, but there isn't a setting for that that I know of. I know a lot of ppl like this "feature," but I do miss just the simple notification led.

i do not have approach or twist for camera on at all. I only have the notify on notifications.
phone sitting there , black screen just lift one side up and the screen comes on

Moto Actions/Moto Dispaly
Interesting thread because it illustrates the various preferences we all have in interacting with our phones. I think it's pretty neat that Moto developed these options despite the fact that I've turned off some of the features.
For example, I don't need it to sense my eyes, so I turned off that. I don't need it to turn on each time I wave my hand. It was turning on with shadows/sun/clouds while driving and anytime I'd move my arm. Don't like that.
What I do like is the intermittent notifications as well as the screen turning on if I move the phone. What we do with the notifications is pretty cool too. I like my Turbo Droid.
Cheers!
joeunc said:
i do not have approach or twist for camera on at all. I only have the notify on notifications.
phone sitting there , black screen just lift one side up and the screen comes on
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Seems to be some confusion in here.
Moto Display uses two methods to turn on the screen. It uses the phone's accelerometer to tell if you move the device. If you move the device at all, Moto Display will turn on. Only way to stop this is to turn off Moto Display.
The other method uses the front IR sensors to detect if you wave your hand in front of the screen. This method can be turned off within Moto Actions.
The screen constantly flashing (especially in the car) is annoying, but it has almost no battery impact.

That's what I was looking for, so it's the accelerometer making it come on as I don't have the hand activation turned on, I just have the moto notifications in Moto display turned on
joshm.1219 said:
Seems to be some confusion in here.
Moto Display uses two methods to turn on the screen. It uses the phone's accelerometer to tell if you move the device. If you move the device at all, Moto Display will turn on. Only way to stop this is to turn off Moto Display.
The other method uses the front IR sensors to detect if you wave your hand in front of the screen. This method can be turned off within Moto Actions.
The screen constantly flashing (especially in the car) is annoying, but it has almost no battery impact.
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Here is the right solution
Go to settings > App > In all app tab select these two app 1) Moto Display 2) Moto Action, now disable these both app and now the phone wont flash clock..

If you have RR Rom installed I think there is an option to turn on and off the hand wave and/or the "pick-up" sensing.

I found out how to stop the clock and battery circle when I move. You set it by just clicking the Moto app. And turn it off.
It's not done I'm settings. You have to open the app from the home screen.
Trust me, the thing blinking every time I moved when the screen was turned off was driving me nuts!

Lollipop ambient display

Is the lollipop ambient display supposed to wake the phone up when you pick it up like Moto display does? Mine doesn't.

Mine neither...ambient display behavior is weird....doesn`t work quite well. Maybe is an L bug...

mantrajt said:
Mine neither...ambient display behavior is weird....doesn`t work quite well. Maybe is an L bug...
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Yeah I keep reading how on the nexus 6 it works just as Moto display does but not on the Moto x. It sucks because I actually prefer the full lockscreen notifications over Moto display.

Ambient Display will not turn ur screen on when u pick it up. It only lights the area where the notification came in on lock screen.

TokedUp said:
Ambient Display will not turn ur screen on when u pick it up. It only lights the area where the notification came in on lock screen.
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that's pretty lame. i like the look of it more than moto display, but if it doesn't light up when i pick up the phone it's worthless.

xnifex said:
that's pretty lame. i like the look of it more than moto display, but if it doesn't light up when i pick up the phone it's worthless.
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It does this to conserve battery.

TigerDNA said:
It does this to conserve battery.
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Yeah but I've read that ambient display uses a lot more battery than the Moto Display because Ambient Display uses the Snapdragon Processor while Moto Display doesnt so Moto Display is more battery efficient lets say .... I havent tried it myself to be honest.

titotito1983 said:
Yeah but I've read that ambient display uses a lot more battery than the Moto Display because Ambient Display uses the Snapdragon Processor while Moto Display doesnt so Moto Display is more battery efficient lets say .... I havent tried it myself to be honest.
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Good to know

I want to use moto display and deactivate ambient display, but I don't know how to do it. When I receive a notification all I see is a padlock icon.

My settings :

Moto Display knows when you reach for the phone because of the four infrared sensors in the corners. I heard that activating Ambient Display deactivates those sensors, so the phone doesn't know you're reaching for it.

Pyrazol said:
Moto Display knows when you reach for the phone because of the four infrared sensors in the corners. I heard that activating Ambient Display deactivates those sensors, so the phone doesn't know you're reaching for it.
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Yes, Moto Display gets deactivated when you use the Lollipop Ambient Display. It's not the reaching for the phone part that I cared about though, as I have that disabled in Moto Display. I just wish Ambient Display turned on when you picked up the phone like Moto Display does.

[Q] Turning on that notification light.

Has anyone managed to get this working with root? Lightflow does not appear to be doing anything for me.

aka848 said:
Has anyone managed to get this working with root? Lightflow does not appear to be doing anything for me.
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The Droid Turbo does not have a notification light thats what moto display is for. the Green LED is a low power indicator to show the device battery is so low that it cant do anything but power an led to let people know 1) its not broken and 2) to charge the phone. (I work at bbym and our live demos are never charged when people are done demoing them)
I dont think the LED is gonna be useful anyways because its only one color...... and with moto display showing notification symbols and the time I don't know why you would want to use the led
Sorry to be a negative nancy but I wouldn't be surprised if that led isnt even controlled by the system. but plenty of smarter people have figured out things that others said impossible :good:

Diego1751 said:
The Droid Turbo does not have a notification light thats what moto display is for. the Green LED is a low power indicator to show the device battery is so low that it cant do anything but power an led to let people know 1) its not broken and 2) to charge the phone. (I work at bbym and our live demos are never charged when people are done demoing them)
I dont think the LED is gonna be useful anyways because its only one color...... and with moto display showing notification symbols and the time I don't know why you would want to use the led
Sorry to be a negative nancy but I wouldn't be surprised if that led isnt even controlled by the system. but plenty of smarter people have figured out things that others said impossible :good:
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The Nexus 6 has the same functionality on an RGB LED, there is no way of knowing that the turbo is green only. As much as I appreciate Moto display sometimes an led is just better, for instance when wirelessly charging having the led turn on when the battery is full, or just in general blinking the led when the battery drops below 20%. If I could program the Moto display to my liking I would do that instead but as far as I can tell there is no way to modify that at this time.

aka848 said:
Has anyone managed to get this working with root? Lightflow does not appear to be doing anything for me.
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aka848 said:
The Nexus 6 has the same functionality on an RGB LED, there is no way of knowing that the turbo is green only. As much as I appreciate Moto display sometimes an led is just better, for instance when wirelessly charging having the led turn on when the battery is full, or just in general blinking the led when the battery drops below 20%. If I could program the Moto display to my liking I would do that instead but as far as I can tell there is no way to modify that at this time.
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fair enough I knew you probably had a valid reason hence the negative nancy thing. Idk im pretty sure this one is only green I think I remember from a tear down of the turbo but I dont remember. I feel like being able to customize moto display would be wayyyyy cooler right? haha hopefully that comes around soon. doesnt acDisplay or dynamicnotifictions or something have an xposed module that makes it like just as good? nvm probably cant use the corner sensors to turn on the screen

Diego1751 said:
doesnt acDisplay or dynamicnotifictions or something have an xposed module that makes it like just as good?
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I literally just got root working, so I have no idea what is even out there to modify Moto display. But the xposed modules I have come across are made to emulate Moto display on other devices, not modify it on Motorola phones.

aka848 said:
I literally just got root working, so I have no idea what is even out there to modify Moto display. But the xposed modules I have come across are made to emulate Moto display on other devices, not modify it on Motorola phones.
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read my edit unless they work with the sensors its not even worth it moto display on the turbo and Moto x 2014 is a BILLION times better than on the first moto x and boy I thought it was great when it first came out lol now i reach for my google play edition tablet all the time and expect it to turn on lol

I use the green led on my Moto Maxx to indicate when it is charging. When I place it on a wireless charger it lights up, when the charging is done it turns off. I set it to be quite dim so it isn't annoying in the dark.

Steve-x said:
I use the green led on my Moto Maxx to indicate when it is charging. When I place it on a wireless charger it lights up, when the charging is done it turns off. I set it to be quite dim so it isn't annoying in the dark.
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How did you get it working?

I got it working. In light flow turn on all of the root related settings and go into an any notification and turn on the charging led.. But it happens to make the screen a top turning on.

aka848 said:
How did you get it working?
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I use an app created for the Moto X 2013. I was not able to get the LED to flash with the Moto Maxx or 2014 Moto X but it turns on/off just fine. It needs root of course.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/app-moto-x-charging-led-control-tasker-t2602689

Steve-x said:
I use an app created for the Moto X 2013. I was not able to get the LED to flash with the Moto Maxx or 2014 Moto X but it turns on/off just fine. It needs root of course.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/app-moto-x-charging-led-control-tasker-t2602689
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Thanks! That works perfectly.

aka848 said:
I got it working. In light flow turn on all of the root related settings and go into an any notification and turn on the charging led.. But it happens to make the screen a top turning on.
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makes the screen stop turning on?

Question Screen Switching on from lock screen automatically

Hi,
I've noticed the screen automatically turns itself on and the sensitivity is too low (tuning on to often). It's almost as though all I have to do is walk past, or wave my hand near by to the phone and boom the screen tuns on! I don't really like how sensitive it is.
How do I adjust the sensitivity so it doesn't turn on so easily?

blocka said:
Hi,
I've noticed the screen automatically turns itself on and the sensitivity is too low (tuning on to often). It's almost as though all I have to do is walk past, or wave my hand near by to the phone and boom the screen tuns on! I don't really like how sensitive it is.
How do I adjust the sensitivity so it doesn't turn on so easily?
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Check in the moto app, under moto display, i think its called peek display. Thats what causing it if i remember right

Beetle84 said:
Check in the moto app, under moto display, i think its called peek display. Thats what causing it if i remember right
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excellent thank you that was it!

blocka said:
excellent thank you that was it!
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Please send Motorola feedback under system and also in the Moto app + play store review to try and get them to add some more options / toggles to Moto peek (Moto display).
Motorola should be ashamed of the current Moto peek it's such a mess. This stupid movement thing you mentioned and the fact it cannot even show the notification content coming in without having to hold the icon down.
It is the worst thing about the phone by far.
To top it off if you disable it you can no longer get notifications on your phone or use double tap to wake.
A third party app called glimpse notifications fixes the notifications coming in but the double tap to wake is not possible to hack back.
You can use a proximity sensor wave app to restore a similar function but it's not as good.