I've noticed that when Android Auto is enabled unlocking the phone leads to a black android auto screen and the home button is disabled. I've also found that engaging a notification can bypass this android screen and allow android auto and the app on the phone to be used at the same time. I'm wondering if there is a way to allow the phone to be used without the workaround so my passenger can use the phone while android auto is enabled.
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I've noticed that when Android Auto is enabled unlocking the phone leads to a black android auto screen and the home button is disabled. I've also found that engaging a notification can bypass this android screen and allow android auto and the app on the phone to be used at the same time. I'm wondering if there is a way to allow the phone to be used without the workaround so my passenger can use the phone while android auto is enabled.
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Nope. They do that as a safety feature assuming that the driver is picking up the phone. Only other way around it is to unplug the phone from Android Auto, have your passenger use it, and then plug it back in again.
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Press the button to switch apps and then home
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Press the button to switch apps and then home
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That's what I do now, anyway to override the settings so when I press home it goes to home?
I just switched to an S8 after breaking my S7. With the s7 i was always able to hit the hard recent button on the left to switch to using the phone while android auto was running. The S8 has soft keys and while i am not sure that has anything to do with it i have been unable to use the phone while android auto is running. No matter what buttons I try I end up at the black android auto screen. Anyone find a way around this? I ave noticed that the poweramp lockscreen makes it possible but i am not always using poweramp, and it need to be running before i have android auto running.
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I just switched to an S8 after breaking my S7. With the s7 i was always able to hit the hard recent button on the left to switch to using the phone while android auto was running. The S8 has soft keys and while i am not sure that has anything to do with it i have been unable to use the phone while android auto is running. No matter what buttons I try I end up at the black android auto screen. Anyone find a way around this? I ave noticed that the poweramp lockscreen makes it possible but i am not always using poweramp, and it need to be running before i have android auto running.
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Found a solution in case anyone else with an S8 needs it. Installed bxactions from the play store and mapped the bixby button to open task manager ..works perfectly ..I can use the phone as normal with andriod auto running in the background
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In daydream showing the clock on my tylt charger on my night stand its annoying that the capacitive buttons are lit up the entire time...figured google would have fixed this by now...guess not.
I just discovered that Lux, the autobrightness program, can turn them off entirely without root. Awesome, but i would like them on (normal) when not charging and off when charging.
Anyone know of an app that would do this that doesnt require root? I thought for any app to do it root was required, but lux proved me wrong on that, so now im on the hunt for a program that will.
Oh, and is there an easy root method out there yet on this?
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In daydream showing the clock on my tylt charger on my night stand its annoying that the capacitive buttons are lit up the entire time...figured google would have fixed this by now...guess not.
I just discovered that Lux, the autobrightness program, can turn them off entirely without root. Awesome, but i would like them on (normal) when not charging and off when charging.
Anyone know of an app that would do this that doesnt require root? I thought for any app to do it root was required, but lux proved me wrong on that, so now im on the hunt for a program that will.
Oh, and is there an easy root method out there yet on this?
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If I had to guess I would say Tasker can probably do this. I don't have any experience with the app, but I know that it is capable of just about anything that can be done without root.
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If I had to guess I would say Tasker can probably do this. I don't have any experience with the app, but I know that it is capable of just about anything that can be done without root.
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I used Tasker to do this with my Droid Razr Maxx. I don't recall if it required root or not...
Alert > Set Light is where you do it, find the one you want and set a value. My Moto X 2013 lists several options, but sure what the Turbo would list. Play around with it.
I had the same problem and figured out a solution that doesn't require root or an additional app...
Set a screen lock such as key code or pattern and the option where the power button locks it. With the screen off, hit the power button once to go to the lock screen but don't unlock. Daydream should start shortly without the keys lit.
I tried it and it works perfectly. A couple additional suggestions. For Daydream to start, you have to have it setup properly (i.e. on charge/dock/both). In addition, if you want it to operate in landscape mode, you'll need to run Daydream first in landscape. Turn the screen off with the power button and then turn it back on with the power button while leaving it in landscape mode. Don't unlock it and Daydream will start and the capacitive buttons will remain off no matter how dark the room is.
Hope this helps...
Revisiting this subject because the new lollipop update for the Droid Turbo has broken the solution I mentioned above. Anyone have suggestions on how to turn off the capacitive buttons while the phone is being charged and running a clock app?
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Revisiting this subject because the new lollipop update for the Droid Turbo has broken the solution I mentioned above. Anyone have suggestions on how to turn off the capacitive buttons while the phone is being charged and running a clock app?
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Try an app like Darker. Just set it to turn capacitive keys off and 100% transparency. Then turn off the apps notifications.
Maybe a long shot but does anyone know if nfc still works for launching an app or sending a text message while android auto is activated and running??
Android Auto (AA) puts the device into "Car Mode".
If you can do it in car mode with the AA app as the car mode home, then you can probably do it with AA.
While the phone in car mode shows the dark screen with AA logo, you can pull down from top, then hit the Recent Apps button that appears at bottom. Now you can jump to any app with AA still running.
Home button brings you back to AA logo though. I think early releases may not have done this.
Google could decide to lock the phone UI up completely in a future release.
But background services still run, and even apps in background can keep running in a limited way.
And my own Headunit app for AA can put itself into car mode and it retains the foreground...
Any thoughts on how to keep the screen on forever like the LG V20 allowed me to? I realized that I never put my phone down, in my pocket, connected to a cradle, without turning the screen off first, so why should I use some low screen timeout number when I hate having it turn off on me when I don't need it to? Furthermore, I couldn't find a way to have my car dock setup keep the screen on without the use of an app on the LG, and I hate having a stupid notification on the bar to tell me "hey, we're doing something for you all the time, thanks for using this app!" if I don't have to. I'm trying to sell you on the idea, not sure why, but those are my reasons in case someone asks why I prefer it this way....
ANYWAYS, the maximum timeout is 10 mins on the Note8, and I couldn't find anything other than the setting in developer's options to keep screen on while charging (which, I'll have you know for those trying to suggest that one, dims the screen after a period of time - I don't know what that is, I just know I saw it do it once and turned that setting off because that's not what I need while using Google Maps and driving). Any thoughts on this, natively, within the phone's own settings somehow???
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Any thoughts on how to keep the screen on forever like the LG V20 allowed me to? I realized that I never put my phone down, in my pocket, connected to a cradle, without turning the screen off first, so why should I use some low screen timeout number when I hate having it turn off on me when I don't need it to? Furthermore, I couldn't find a way to have my car dock setup keep the screen on without the use of an app on the LG, and I hate having a stupid notification on the bar to tell me "hey, we're doing something for you all the time, thanks for using this app!" if I don't have to. I'm trying to sell you on the idea, not sure why, but those are my reasons in case someone asks why I prefer it this way....
ANYWAYS, the maximum timeout is 10 mins on the Note8, and I couldn't find anything other than the setting in developer's options to keep screen on while charging (which, I'll have you know for those trying to suggest that one, dims the screen after a period of time - I don't know what that is, I just know I saw it do it once and turned that setting off because that's not what I need while using Google Maps and driving). Any thoughts on this, natively, within the phone's own settings somehow???
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Just FYI, you can get rid of those "always running" notifications indefinitely by swiping the notification to the right and tapping "block notifications". It simply removes the card, and has no affect on the apps functionality.
Use Caffeine.
- Open it, give it the proper permissions (it will ask)
- Enable it
- Enable " Start at boot" and "Auto enable at boot"
- Close the app, open the notification panel, swipe right on the caffeine card and tap "block all notifications".
- As long as you don't go and change the display timeout settings in the actual settings app, your phone will never auto turn off, and can only be turned on/off manually just like normal.
And if app drawer clutter is something you want to get rid of, just hide the app icon.
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And if app drawer clutter is something you want to get rid of, just hide the app icon.
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I'm familiar with this method, even familiar with Caffeine, which I like more than any of the other junk ones in the Play Store, but I was hoping for something built-in that wouldn't require another running app to do something simple - Samsung / Android should have all the simple stuff figured out by now.... this was DEFINITIVELY the only thing the V20 had over the Note7 and now the Note8, I hated almost everything else about the phone but wasn't going backwards to the S7 when I had to turn the the Note7.
Thanks for your help, will use this solution until / unless someone has another (native, preferable) solution
Found the issue with using Caffeine as opposed to something native. Caffeine does a great job of keeping the screen in no matter what, any time it comes on. This also includes if the power state is changed, a missed call comes through, etc. It will turn on the screen, show you the lock screen, and just sit there.
The LG was capable of shutting the screen off after a short timeout when only on the lock screen, which would allow a notification or change in power from keeping the screen on indefinitely because it wasn't forcing ANY screen on input from doing it, only when unlocked, when it was appropriate to do so.
Any thoughts on how to fix this?
Be very careful. Unlike your LG v20 this phone has a AMOLED display. If you leave it on the same screen for a long time it will cause burn in on the display.
What ever happened to Screebl? I was going to recommend it to a friend, and couldn't find it any more... I guess it has just survived the port from phone to phone.
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Be very careful. Unlike your LG v20 this phone has a AMOLED display. If you leave it on the same screen for a long time it will cause burn in on the display.
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See signature - not my first AMOLED display phone.... When the screen is on for a long time, it's because I'm driving and using Maps and switching to Play Music, etc. I'm trying to avoid having the screen on all night long with it coming on when A) the phone gets fully charged, and B) when a notification or something wakes it because Caffeine is almost "too good" at what it does!
Hate that I had to use an app to do this, but I am really liking Screen Timeout that disables the timeout options Samsung gave us all together. Would love to know how to get this done, without the need for root, where I don't have to disable notifications for an app that constantly runs, though....
What it does, if anyone cares, is make none of the selections selected so the screen stays on ONLY when unlocked, exactly what I figured out I was looking for. I hope this helps someone else looking for a solution like this!
Here's the link to the app I'm using:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.lhoer0.screentimeout
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I'm looking for a way to unlock my screen to toggle VPN (Android default VPN since there doesn't seem any decent third-party app out there, which supports IPsec-VPNs) on while on specific wifi network. Everything is working fine except the screen unlock, since Autoinput doesn't work with screen off/locked.
I tried of course the Autoinput-Action "Screen unlock" but this doesn't seem to work on a rooted 7.1: Screen just gets turnd on, Notifications jumping a littl ebit up but then the srceen tunrs of again.
Also tried Secure Setting, but this app seems to be long dead...
Any ide, how to accomplish this? And no, Open-VPN is no option, since the target doesn't support it (it would make things so much easier of course since there is a real tasker integration available).
Thanks!
any idea how to get auto input working?
the unlock action can't be configured, so how should this ever work?
so if I understand correctly you want to turn on the screen and unlock it.
you have managed to turn it on, how about turning off screen lock, and then turn it on? then you should be being straight to home screen.
since you are already using Joao's apps, there is something about disabling lock screen in his Autosettings app I think.
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so if I understand correctly you want to turn on the screen and unlock it.
you have managed to turn it on, how about turning off screen lock, and then turn it on? then you should be being straight to home screen.
since you are already using Joao's apps, there is something about disabling lock screen in his Autosettings app I think.
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thanks for your answer! you are right about what I'm trying to archiv and I guess the Unlock-Action from AutoInput does soemthing similar since it disables the lock screen completely and I have to set it active again after using this task. The disableing works, but the screen doesn't stay on long enough for AutoInput to perform the intended task – the unlock action doesn't have any configuration options, so basically I have to add something, which ensures the screen is on for a certain amount of time
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has someone else problems with the screen rotation?
Actually I like to use macdroid to control when screen rotation is enabled. It will activate based on where I am and what app I use.
So the rotation is usually portrait fixed but when I use youtube ie. the screen will rotate so I can use landscape there too.
The problem is that either by using macdroid or even when I enable/disable rotation too often it won't rotate anymore.
I have to restart the device to have it working again.
Can you confirm this? Or is this just my device?
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has someone else problems with the screen rotation?
Actually I like to use macdroid to control when screen rotation is enabled. It will activate based on where I am and what app I use.
So the rotation is usually portrait fixed but when I use youtube ie. the screen will rotate so I can use landscape there too.
The problem is that either by using macdroid or even when I enable/disable rotation too often it won't rotate anymore.
I have to restart the device to have it working again.
Can you confirm this? Or is this just my device?
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Nothing wrong here. Turned on the auto rotate, went to youtube, played a video in portrait mode. Then rotated the device and the video went into landscape.
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Nothing wrong here. Turned on the auto rotate, went to youtube, played a video in portrait mode. Then rotated the device and the video went into landscape.
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Try turning rotation on and off several times and then see if rotation still works after you turned it on.
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Try turning rotation on and off several times and then see if rotation still works after you turned it on.
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Yup. Works.
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DarsVaeda said:
Hi,
has someone else problems with the screen rotation?
Actually I like to use macdroid to control when screen rotation is enabled. It will activate based on where I am and what app I use.
So the rotation is usually portrait fixed but when I use youtube ie. the screen will rotate so I can use landscape there too.
The problem is that either by using macdroid or even when I enable/disable rotation too often it won't rotate anymore.
I have to restart the device to have it working again.
Can you confirm this? Or is this just my device?
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Well, this sounds like app specific problem. Don't use macdroid for such tasks and u're ready to go.
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Well, this sounds like app specific problem. Don't use macdroid for such tasks and u're ready to go.
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As said it even happens when I press the tiles button too often. So its not a problem of the app.
But maybe the device is broken. I'll try to reset it and see if the problem exists if a few more people can confirm its not a problem for them I guess.
No issues whatsoever with screen rotation here. Sorry.
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Yes i had the same issue! Each time the problem appear i have to reboot my phone !
I install phone tester on play store, and it seems that accelerometer stop working (it wait for data)
Moreover, i had the problem in Safe Mode (power on Button -> long press on Shut Down -> 'Do you want to restart in Safe mode' -> Yes)
I think if your screen didn't rotate in safe mode, the problem is not a third app.....
For my phone i will bring it to warranty tomorrow
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Yes i had the same issue! Each time the problem appear i have to reboot my phone !
I install phone tester on play store, and it seems that accelerometer stop working (it wait for data)
Moreover, i had the problem in Safe Mode (power on Button -> long press on Shut Down -> 'Do you want to restart in Safe mode' -> Yes)
I think if your screen didn't rotate in safe mode, the problem is not a third app.....
For my phone i will bring it to warranty tomorrow
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This is another issue which looks to me like a software bug in the system itself.
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You can try something else: on google map, is the compass working?
On my previous nokia 7 plus, both compass and screen rotation didn't work properly.
I just change it this morning on the shop i bought it, and the compass is working on the Nokia 7 Plus i had now
Hardly I have to calibrate often. I guess my device is broken so I will return it too.
The new one i obtain this morning already have the last version of android (8.1 instead of 8.0 for the first one), i think the second one was not from the same manufacturing batch.
I hope you will obtain a new phone or a quick reparation!
I got my replacement phone and after some testing I can say that the initial device was faulty. The new one does not show the problems mentioned.