[Request] Galaxy S7 Always on display? - Galaxy S6 Themes and Apps

So the Galaxy S7 has now been announced, and one of the new features is a clock which is always displayed on the screen. Obviously, this would be possible with our phone too as it has the same OLED display. Does anyone know of an app that does this, or could anyone make a simple one like it?
Source: http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/21/1...y-s7-edge-smartphone-announced-specs-mwc-2016

Yeah. It would be nice to have it on our GS 6.

I just discovered noLed : http://www.devasque.com/noled/FAQ.php
It looks good, I'm giving à try....
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It would be awesome to have. Meanwhile AcDisplay offers a similar (not quite the same) thing.
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Try out this app DynamicNotifications. Available on PlayStore. Does work like S7. The only issue is it drains battery quite a lot. Probably coz digitiser is always on. It would be good if someone could turn off the digitiser. Coz I am pretty that's the reason for battery drain. After all both S7 and S6 use same S-AMOLED.
I am currently having a battery drain of 3%/30mins (WiFi on). I think rather than an app, we need a custom kernel.

Try out these two apps.
Glance and Off Clock. Very similar functions, it doesn't consume a great deal of battery life.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=danursu.glance&hl=en_GB
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.saulius.mockus.off&hl=en_GB

not quite the same thing. the wave thing was anyways there by default. what we need is a true 'always on' display app. we need a kernel actually. no way to turn off digitiser.
kalinskym said:
Try out these two apps.
Glance and Off Clock. Very similar functions, it doesn't consume a great deal of battery life.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=danursu.glance&hl=en_GB
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.saulius.mockus.off&hl=en_GB
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I also found this app called NoLed. But my issue with it is that the softkeys still work when it's on. It looks awesome though.

bishopluc said:
I also found this app called NoLed. But my issue with it is that the softkeys still work when it's on. It looks awesome though.
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Check out DynamicNotifications. It's much better. Only issue is battery. Digitiser stays on. ?

I will, thanks! But battery is everything for me. So if it drains battery excessively I'll have to uninstall it eventually.
bhavinshah_321 said:
Check out DynamicNotifications. It's much better. Only issue is battery. Digitiser stays on. ��
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bishopluc said:
I will, thanks! But battery is everything for me. So if it drains battery excessively I'll have to uninstall it eventually.
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Sadly the app is so good that I have decided to keep it anyways. Lol. And the fact it doesn't mess up with the lock screen makes it even better. Unlike NoLED your phone could be locked and you'd still have DynamicNotifications running.

bhavinshah_321 said:
not quite the same thing. the wave thing was anyways there by default. what we need is a true 'always on' display app. we need a kernel actually. no way to turn off digitiser.
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What do you mean? Both of those applications support always on clock, with Glance supporting notifications. It's minimal battery consumption, the only downside is that with "Off Clock", you have to first open the app than lock the screen then press the home button to activate it, but other than that it works the same way, just without the customisations.

kalinskym said:
What do you mean? Both of those applications support always on clock, with Glance supporting notifications. It's minimal battery consumption, the only downside is that with "Off Clock", you have to first open the app than lock the screen then press the home button to activate it, but other than that it works the same way, just without the customisations.
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glance its ok...only thing i dont like its moving clock randomly

The clock moving randomly was only added in the most recent version, if you can find the previous version, the clock will stay in the same place.
I'm on the hunt, kept being brought to websites that I didn't think I could trust. You're welcome to try and find the order version. I think it's 2.2 unless the developer went from 1.0 to 2.3
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I'm using Off Clock since it has white outline around the black text which is better for battery life

just wait for the S7 ports and you probably will get most of these features.

We won't be able to use Samsung Pay, if we install a custom rom

Ported app, not rom. It can be just like an app that you install. If they make it like that. I don't think there's a real reason that it needs any system permissions.
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lujki1 said:
Ported app, not rom. It can be just like an app that you install. If they make it like that. I don't think there's a real reason that it needs any system permissions.
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it will need to stay on when locked
access to notifunctions
and stay screen always on

You can get same thing at cost of battery, anyone can get same thing at cost of battery(more on ips), but both G5 and S7 has an auxiliary processor which are very low powered and can only handle to show clock, these are very helpful, as main processor is very powerful and will consume lot of power even at lower Frequency. So basically you cannot port the hardware. You can do at cost of battery

Killer.shubham said:
You can get same thing at cost of battery, anyone can get same thing at cost of battery(more on ips), but both G5 and S7 has an auxiliary processor which are very low powered and can only handle to show clock, these are very helpful, as main processor is very powerful and will consume lot of power even at lower Frequency. So basically you cannot port the hardware. You can do at cost of battery
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Actually S6 too has low powered CPUs. And plus it has AMOLED. So you can pretty much make it work for S6 with minimal effect on battery as long as the digitiser is off.

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Is there a way we can get RenderFx?

While checking droiddog and watching the cyanogen 6 for the evo video and he used a widget called render fx, do we have a widget like this or is it possible for someone to port it?
abov3dis said:
While checking droiddog and watching the cyanogen 6 for the evo video and he used a widget called render fx, do we have a widget like this or is it possible for someone to port it?
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its included in the Cyanogenmod 6.0.0 RC0 rom
fire our heros?
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Yeah check here. RC0 and RC1 should have it.
http://www.primoweb.com/froyo/
The spare parts app has always had this option. Although, why would you even use it?
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cp0020 said:
The spare parts app has always had this option. Although, why would you even use it?
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i know hurts my eyes looking at it. supposed to give excellent battery life though.
no it does not, i ran a test (its in the general section) because of the "render" it slows your phone down considerably and wastes cpu cycles ergo negating any battery life you would have saved (if you had an oled screen), but since we have an lcd screen EVERY pixel is lit up regardless if its in use or not. i had 29 hours with almost no use, people on here get longer then that with a bit of use...
TL: DR slows your phone down, does make it look cool if your into that, but it doesnt save battery from what ive seen
I would love this app and I dont care if it kills my battery. The green is nice for using screen at night. Better then white screen at night. So do we have a answer where can we get it? Running droidX.
If you are using CM6, it is in Settings > Cyan Settings > Render effect.
You can also add a render fx widget to your home screen. Add it like any other widget.
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Cm6 is not supported on droidX. I do have and use it on my original Droid. And im looking for this or something like it.
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no it does not, i ran a test (its in the general section) because of the "render" it slows your phone down considerably and wastes cpu cycles ergo negating any battery life you would have saved (if you had an oled screen), but since we have an lcd screen EVERY pixel is lit up regardless if its in use or not. i had 29 hours with almost no use, people on here get longer then that with a bit of use...
TL: DR slows your phone down, does make it look cool if your into that, but it doesnt save battery from what ive seen
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You're right. The whole idea of showing only one color exploits the technology of OLED and its ability to only light up pixels on demand. LCD works by having the entire backlight always on, with polarizers selectively attenuating the light appropriately for each pixel. That's why LCD cannot achieve true black like OLED, and that's why OLED contrast ratio tests destroy LCD.
Since our Hero has the latter technology, this has absolutely no positive effects for us. Don't use it unless you like less colors.
So I have torn apart most of cyanogenmod's roms and settings trying to find this. So if anyone has it please upload that would be awesome
here is the spare parts APK. i havent tried pushing it yet, but its worth a shot.
It fails to load on my X
Postraumatik said:
here is the spare parts APK. i havent tried pushing it yet, but its worth a shot.
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don't suppose you ever found a way to bring it from cm?
It would be nice to have as I like the way cm looks at night with this
And would love to have a widget since I must move away from the
Cm 6.2 port for the fascinate on my mesmerize since the bluetooth
Isn't the and when using bluetooth stereo headset made by samsung
Incoming callers and my own outgoing calls can't hear me and i can't
hear them...just weird aosp issue...
Anyway would love a widget with this function.
If you're running CM7 then its settings > cyanogenmod settings > interface > render effect
I don't know exactly what rom the OP is running so I just posted directions to it in CM7
kifno said:
If you're running CM7 then its settings > cyanogenmod settings > interface > render effect
I don't know exactly what rom the OP is running so I just posted directions to it in CM7
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That was NOT the question. The question was is it possible to do WITHOUT running CyanogenMod.
jasonmaloney said:
That was NOT the question. The question was is it possible to do WITHOUT running CyanogenMod.
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Oh well then the answer is in the previous post before my last one. Sorry about that.
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In my experience, renderfx rendered my hero near useless.
~maybe I set it too high...
i actually used to use this for getting late night calls in bed and it hasn't worked properly after one of the many updates since August. Once the phone unlocks its back to normal. Anyone else?

[Android 2.3+] EyeSpy - Face detection wake app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beansoft.eyespy
Latest version has changed to UN locker.
But it does not unlock the free version.
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BatGnat said:
Latest version has changed to UN locker.
But it does not unlock the free version.
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It still wasn't working. I needed to wipe data, uninstall both, install lite, then click on unlock in app and to download unlock to get it too work.
Ok now.
Thanks for quick response.
How much does this affect the battery?
I have been looking for something like this, but I am scared of purchasing a good app, just to have it kill my battery because the camera is always on.
Thanks
I'm curious as well.
Shadow89 said:
How much does this affect the battery?
I have been looking for something like this, but I am scared of purchasing a good app, just to have it kill my battery because the camera is always on.
Thanks
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Ya, it seems like it would do a number on a battery to keep the camera open, but also keep the CPU high doing processing.
Anyone using this program that could do like a couple 15 minute tests with the screen off and this program either running or not?
Shadow89 said:
How much does this affect the battery?
I have been looking for something like this, but I am scared of purchasing a good app, just to have it kill my battery because the camera is always on.
Thanks
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I've been using the old "smart stay" app for a handful of days, and I've seen no change in battery life.
From what I understand the App only uses the camera to snap a quick picture for face recognition half way through the screen time out time; if it sees one it restart s there timer. it also has a root option to only activate when the touch screen hasn't been used, which further reduced the frequency of camera use.
Downloading now
heh funny thing but doesn't work for me maybe because i'm ugly
Works well on Galaxy S II, but kill music player when lock. could you please fix it?
Very creative app!

galaxy gear null rom dislike

so I got null rom but my google manager doesn't work on it and if u press the side button on the watch it shuts off the screen. so really I just don't like it how can I restore my gear to factory software I dont care if I dont have root I just want my watch back to originalc
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Download the original firmware for your watch and flash it through Odin and you should be good !!
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Where
Where can we find the original stock rom images so that we're able to reflash them if we happen to not like the other alternatives?
My model says its an SM-V700!
Thanks!
luisfaceira said:
Where can we find the original stock rom images so that we're able to reflash them if we happen to not like the other alternatives?
My model says its an SM-V700!
Thanks!
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I would say the best place to look is the sticky on these forums. But since you cant find it by looking here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2463743
The sticky is simply named [18.11] SM-V700 (Galaxy Gear) STOCK ROMS COLLECTION (Newest: V700XXUAMK7). Notice STOCK ROMS COLLECTION
You can also just change the button mapping (or just not select it in aroma). You'll find the instructions in several threads here
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The title of this thread cracks me up :laugh:
fOmey said:
The title of this thread cracks me up :laugh:
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+9000
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fOmey said:
The title of this thread cracks me up :laugh:
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I was thinking the same thing........LOL
fOmey said:
The title of this thread cracks me up :laugh:
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just another THANKS to you for Null 21, battery life has gone though the roof. YOU ROCK MY WATCH!!!
hollandipiranha said:
just another THANKS to you for Null 21, battery life has gone though the roof.
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My battery life is amazing also.
I have always disabled the wrist turn-on action in the past as it absolutely DESTROYED my battery life (the damn thing would go dead in like 5 hours). I hated to turn it off however because it is just so darn handy and I don't want to wear out the tiny hardware button.
With Null 20/21 I have been experimenting with different combinations for battery life. I could care less about bragging that my battery lasts 4 days etc. with all the features turned off, but I do need it to make it through a 12 hour work day before it dies.
For the last two days, I have left the motion on and the only thing I have done to increase life is leave the top clock speed set to 1200 with both cores enabled (on demand governor) and it has made it through both days with still a little spark left.
This was with blu-tooth tethering connected all day also with gmail/weather syncing (even though I could certainly live without that).
jmorton10 said:
My battery life is amazing also.
I have always disabled the wrist turn-on action in the past as it absolutely DESTROYED my battery life (the damn thing would go dead in like 5 hours). I hated to turn it off however because it is just so darn handy and I don't want to wear out the tiny hardware button.
With Null 20/21 I have been experimenting with different combinations for battery life. I could care less about bragging that my battery lasts 4 days etc. with all the features turned off, but I do need it to make it through a 12 hour work day before it dies.
For the last two days, I have left the motion on and the only thing I have done to increase life is leave the top clock speed set to 1200 with both cores enabled (on demand governor) and it has made it through both days with still a little spark left.
This was with blu-tooth tethering connected all day also with gmail/weather syncing (even though I could certainly live without that).
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do you take pictures or record with your gear? what about phone calls?
hurdlejade said:
do you take pictures or record with your gear? what about phone calls?
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I don't video with it but I do grab an occasional still shot.
I answer call with it all the time.

App to run Moto X in grayscale to save battery like GS5?

Is it possible for an app to run the phone in grayscale?
mobileboost said:
Is it possible for an app to run the phone in grayscale?
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I am very interested in this too. To be honest, I'm surprised nobody thought to do this for the Moto X's active display in the first place. :silly:
I would love a feature like that! My battery is pretty miserable on my moto x (huge android OS drain). Don't know if it's me always be in poor reception areas or what but not cool.
mobileboost said:
Is it possible for an app to run the phone in grayscale?
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I don't know/think there is an app to do exact the same thing, but you could try an screen dimmer app, like screen dimmer or screen filter
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I am very interested in this too. To be honest, I'm surprised nobody thought to do this for the Moto X's active display in the first place. :silly:
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Didn't get that, Moto X's active display is black and white, no point getting it in greyscale o.o
atomb said:
I would love a feature like that! My battery is pretty miserable on my moto x (huge android OS drain). Don't know if it's me always be in poor reception areas or what but not cool.
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Probably your problem isn't the screen if android OS is eating your battery
Android os gets bigger the more services you have enabled. Cut out some services you don't need running all the time and it will lower. Guaranteed.
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Am looking for something like this as well! (I love my battery)
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Can you list an app that would make the screen black and another color or something that is usable to reduce battery life? If it can be done without root that would be very helpful :fingers-crossed:
My android os usage was really high when I was stock then I unlocked the bootloader and without changing the ROM or kernel and now its a non issue usually staying at around 7-10%
Maybe that means a factory reset would help for that? Help this helps and sorry if its off topic
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This would be an awesome feature
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I've actually looked in to this a little. The ideal scenario would be to run everything in "greenscale" as green takes the least power on amoled displays, I believe.
I was sad when I learned that the "Greenify" app wasn't what I wanted it to be...lol
deathsled said:
I've actually looked in to this a little. The ideal scenario would be to run everything in "greenscale" as green takes the least power on amoled displays, I believe.
I was sad when I learned that the "Greenify" app wasn't what I wanted it to be...lol
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Well there are a couple apps to add a colored tint to the screen.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kovit.p.filteryourscreen
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paijwar.screenfilter
So this is something the Galaxy S5 does? ive seen some of the phones that have the e-ink on one side, regular display on the other.. I would be very interested in that!
I use an app called "Color Wallpaper" to set a dark or black wallpaper color which helps save battery on the OLED screen.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ellipselab.android.colorwallpaper
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I use an app called "Color Wallpaper" to set a dark or black wallpaper color which helps save battery on the OLED screen.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ellipselab.android.colorwallpaper
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I set my background to solid black. I just wish an app could change the color scale. I had a ROM one time that allowed it to all be changed to red, blue, or green. It would only use those colors. I think it was a ROM for an Evo 4G that was baked into it, but I don't remember.
atomb said:
I would love a feature like that! My battery is pretty miserable on my moto x (huge android OS drain). Don't know if it's me always be in poor reception areas or what but not cool.
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Thats not normal. I have excellent battery life, have you tried doing a factory reset?
blackhand1001 said:
Thats not normal. I have excellent battery life, have you tried doing a factory reset?
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After hunting around some I disabled touchless control and it made a huge difference. It was eating all sorts of power and creating lots of wakelocks in the background. I still barely can make it through a day but at least it isn't dead by lunch. I may try a factory reset once the at&t 4.4.2 is out for download.
Found an app that can change everything to grayscale (or green, red, blue, salmon)! It's called CF.lumen
SOS Launcher
I just started trying this app for when I am camping and need extreme battery life, SOS Launcher
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.webzler.soslauncher
the idea is similar to what you described, just make sure you reboot after setting it up.

[App]: Always On Display - All AMOLED Devices

Greetings all,
What is it ?
I found this application in the Goole Play store which simulates the "Always On Display" feature for all AMOLED devices.
It is basically turns all pixels in AMOLED screen into black except the selected pixels for the clock. Yes it works with all kind of screens however it causes battery drain for non AMOLED screens.
Issues:
- Doesn't work well with fingerprint as you need to tap the home button every time you need to open the screen
- Doesn't work with 3rd party lock screen apps.
note:
Please note that I'm not the developer, I just know the developer and I can communicate with him issues.
or you can directly do so in the comments section in the Play Store
Download Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turki.alkhateeb.alwayson
Yeah not good if you want to turn your phone on lol you can't
What about battery drain? Anyone already try it?
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What about battery drain? Anyone already try it?
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I did try it. It consumes slightly more than 1% of the battery ever one hour similar to what S7 and G5 do.
to me it is too much
around 24% daily is wasted
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Yeah not good if you want to turn your phone on lol you can't
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Yes, I already communicated this with the developer hoping for a fix.
Yup gave it a shot, sorry to say the fingerprint unlock has spoiled me can't live without it
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Yup gave it a shot, sorry to say the fingerprint unlock has spoiled me can't live without it
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Yeah, I installed it and it was difficult to get my phone back.
This is a bad app on a 6P. Don't use. Don't even try.
Would be better if we could have ambient display on always but only the clock aspect[emoji14]
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I lose 1% overnight on my phone as is, and as interesting as this app sounds. You'll be losing 1% an hour ? Bit excessive
All I really want is a way to wave over the proximity sensor like the og moto x
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Does it move the clock around to prevent burn in?
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Koragg618 said:
Does it move the clock around to prevent burn in?
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it does
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it does
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Unless I'm missing something, I don't see any option to automatically move the clock around the screen. It gives you the option to have it be on the top center or bottom of the screen, but no option to automatically move it around to prevent burn-in.
I would love to be proven wrong, cause I really want this app to work and not burn my screen! But I don't see the option, and thus far it's not moving on it's own...
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Unless I'm missing something, I don't see any option to automatically move the clock around the screen. It gives you the option to have it be on the top center or bottom of the screen, but no option to automatically move it around to prevent burn-in.
I would love to be proven wrong, cause I really want this app to work and not burn my screen! But I don't see the option, and thus far it's not moving on it's own...
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My clock moved every 2 to 3 seconds maybe
Oh this app is very interesting.
dladz said:
I lose 1% overnight on my phone as is, and as interesting as this app sounds. You'll be losing 1% an hour ? Bit excessive
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Do you use greenify or any apps like that?
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Do you use greenify or any apps like that?
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I have done but the drain tends to be the same either way.
Amplify has had a good impact on my phone but at the moment i don't use that either, for me it's really about the apps that want to constantly update, so facebook, twitter etc.
Is this different with our default clock's "night mode"?
night mode also automatically move the time.
any tap on the screen will return it to the lockscreen, if its locked, returns to the clock menu if unlocked.
Nice app, but could have more customization options, such as changing the battery icon and much more! But i liked of this app
This app is working great on my Pixel XL. Disabled all the gestures for "waking" the phone up as I have fingerprint scanner.

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