Always-On fitness apps: Speed, Pace, Heart Rate - Samsung Galaxy Watch 3
Hi, I'm the developer of the Always-On family of apps. The apps display information like speed, pace, and heart rate while keeping the device awake. They all have features that minimize power consumption and prevent screen burn-in. Although I use the apps regularly myself and patch bugs as soon as I find them, many features and improvements have been implemented based on user feedback and feature requests, so I'm hoping I will get even more feedback on this forum. The posts to follow will contain app descriptions and screenshots. All the apps except Always-On Speed Pro have demo versions.
Note: the iOS version of Galaxy Store does not have paid apps. Unfortunately, there is only one way to install paid apps and it requires an Android phone and a couple of full resets of the watch. It should take around 10 minutes to get the paid apps you want running on your Samsung smartwatch paired with your iPhone:
0. Back up your smartwatch: on your phone, open the Galaxy Wearable app → About Gear → Back Up and Restore → Back Up Data.
1. Pair your watch with an Android phone (borrow one from a friend/family) instead of your iPhone. Note: this will cause a full reset of the smartwatch.
2. On the Android phone, sign into Galaxy Store using your Samsung account (the same one you used on your iPhone).
3. Purchase the apps you need in Galaxy Store on the Android phone, install them just in case. Make sure to check out my other apps not available on the iPhone, like Always-On Speed Pro or White Light Pro.
3.1 (optional). Rate the app.
4. Pair the watch with your iPhone again (this will cause another reset).
5. Restore your smartwatch to the previous state: on your phone, open the Galaxy Wearable app → About Gear → Back Up and Restore → Restore Data.
6. On your iPhone, go to Galaxy Store → Menu (three dots in the search bar, top-right corner) → select "My page" → "All". You should now see the apps you purchased and be able to reinstall them on your Galaxy watch paired with your iPhone.
Always-On Speed [Current Version: 5.2.0; Size: 266 KB; Price: $1; free demo version is available]
The application shows the following metrics while keeping the device awake:
• Speed in km/h, m/s, miles/h, or knots.
• Average and maximum speed for the last 60 seconds.
• Direction of movement (heading) in cardinal points and degrees (shown only when moving).
• Current time in hours and minutes.
Please read the following information before using the app:
• Swipe left to open Settings. Here you can change the unit of speed, speed limit, time format, font color and thickness, and screen orientation.
• Speed limit shortcut: tap the speed indicator once and use the bezel to set the speed limit.
• You will receive visual, audio, and tactile warnings when you exceed the speed limit. You can adjust the alert volume and vibration in Settings.
• Swipe up to change the font color to white and increase the font thickness for maximum readability under direct sunlight. Expect a higher power consumption.
• Press the Back button once to check the power consumption.
• The accuracy depends on cloud cover and your speed. The accuracy is very high when the sky is clear and your speed exceeds 20 km/h or 12 mph.
• The values are updated more frequently (every second instead of two seconds) if you use an activity tracking application on your phone (e.g., Strava or Google Maps).
• Numbers move up and down the screen once a minute to prevent screen burn-in.
• The display stays on until you quit the app.
• The app does not log your activity and does not connect to the Internet.
• This app has a Pro version and a free demo version.
Troubleshooting:
• If you cannot close the app using the Back button, press the Home button two times to get to the list of apps → Recent apps → Close all. Email the developer if this happens every time.
• Disable Samsung Health workout detection for the best, uninterrupted experience. Samsung Health → Settings → Workout detection.
• Make sure that GPS is enabled before starting the app. The app cannot enable GPS on your phone automatically. Note: do not use any power saving modes/apps on your phone because they interfere with GPS.
• If your watch has a built-in GPS, the app can use it but only if you disconnect the watch from your smartphone (for example, by disabling Bluetooth on your phone). Expect a much higher power consumption.
• Please contact the developer if you encounter a bug or if the app does not function as advertised. Feature requests are more than welcome!
There are several features that reduce power consumption:
• The rotating bezel on the Gear S2 and newer smartwatches can be used to adjust the screen brightness. Note: in bright sunlight the brightness level locks at 100% and cannot be adjusted.
• Green font uses half as many sub-pixels as white font, resulting in lower power consumption.
• If you stop moving, the device will start vibrating once a minute so that you don't forget to close the app after finishing your ride.
• Power consumption: < 10%/h. Depends on the watch model and ambient temperature.
• Disabling Bixby wake-up command may further improve battery life.
Always-On Speed Pro - speedometer, heart rate monitor, altimeter, gradient, and compass (heading) [Current Version: 5.3.0; Size: 275 KB; Price: $2.75]
The application shows the following metrics while keeping the device awake:
• Speed in km/h, m/s, miles/h, or knots.
• Average and maximum speed for the last 60 seconds.
• Distance traveled in kilometers, miles, or nautical miles.
• Duration of travel in minutes and seconds. Measured only when the speed exceeds 4 km/h or 2.5 mph.
• Current time in hours and minutes.
• Height above sea level (altitude) in meters or feet. Accuracy (clear sky): ±10m (±30ft) when using GPS (indicated by a dot, e.g. 953m.) and ±1m (±3ft) when using the Altimeter (no dot, e.g. 953m).
• Heart rate in beats per minute. Accuracy: normally very good; restart the sensor if way off. You can check the accuracy yourself before buying using the Always-On Heart Rate (Demo) app.
• Slope gradient (%), averaged over the last 5 or 10 seconds. Note: the accuracy depends on the speed and whether you use GPS or Altimeter to estimate altitude; very low at speeds below 10 km/h when using GPS.
• Battery percentage. Press the Back button once to check the power consumption (% or %/hour).
• Direction of movement (heading) in cardinal points and degrees. Shown only when the speed exceeds 4 km/h or 2.5 mph.
Please read the following information before using the app:
• Swipe left to open Settings. Tap to change the unit of speed or set a speed and heart rate (HRMax) limit.
• Swipe again to open the History tab, which shows the maximum and average values for the whole ride and one-minute intervals (current ride only).
• When riding a flat-bar bicycle, set the 'Screen Rotate' setting to 'left' or 'right' to align the main screen with your eyes.
• Swipe up to change the font color to white and increase the font thickness for maximum readability under direct sunlight. Expect a higher power consumption.
• Tap the speed indicator to zoom in on speed. Tap again to zoom out.
• Switch between heart rate and slope gradient by tapping the heart rate indicator.
• You will receive visual, audio, and tactile warnings when you exceed the speed limit or HRMax. You can adjust the alert volume in the settings.
• The accuracy of GPS-based metrics depends on your speed: the faster you go, the higher the accuracy. The accuracy of all metrics except altitude and gradient is very high at speeds above 20 km/h or 12 mph.
• The values are updated more frequently (every second instead of two seconds) if you use an activity tracking application on your phone (e.g., Strava or Google Maps).
• Numbers move up and down the screen at the start of every minute (e.g., 11:05:00, then at 11:06:00, etc.) to prevent screen burn-in.
• The display stays on until you quit the app.
• The app does not store your activity data and never connects to the Internet.
Two ways to calibrate the Altimeter (do this every time you launch the app or when the weather changes):
• Find out the actual altitude at the location where you start your rides (you can use the topographic/contour maps in MAPS.ME or Osmand on your phone or the pre-installed Alti-Barometer on your watch). Adjust the Pressure at Sea Level (SL) setting in Always-On Speed Pro until the estimated temperature matches the actual air temperature at your location. OR:
• Open Samsung's Alti-Barometer on your watch, tap ↺, then go to Settings → Manual Calibration. Do not enable manual calibrate, just copy the values you see there to Always-On Speed Pro.
Troubleshooting:
• Disable Samsung Health workout detection for the best, uninterrupted experience. Samsung Health → Settings → Workout detection.
• Make sure that GPS is enabled before starting the app. The app cannot enable GPS on your phone automatically. Note: do not use any power saving modes/apps on your phone because they interfere with GPS.
• If your watch has a built-in GPS, the app can use it but only if you disconnect the watch from your smartphone (for example, by disabling Bluetooth on your phone). Expect a much higher power consumption.
• Please contact the developer if you encounter a bug or if the app does not function as advertised. Feature requests are more than welcome!
There are several features that reduce power consumption (12%/h with HRM on and 9%/h with HRM off, as measured on a Galaxy Watch Active 2 44mm):
• The rotating bezel on the Gear S2 and newer smartwatches can be used to adjust the screen brightness. Note: in bright sunlight the brightness level locks at 100% and cannot be adjusted.
• Green font uses half as many sub-pixels as white font, resulting in lower power consumption.
• If you stop moving, the device will vibrate once a minute so that you don't forget to close the app after finishing your ride.
• Note: power consumption varies greatly depending on the ambient temperature.
• Disabling Bixby wake-up command may further improve battery life.
Always-On Heart Rate [Current Version: 5.2.0; Size: 271 KB; Price: $1.5; free demo version is available]
The application shows the following metrics while keeping the device awake:
• Heart rate in beats per minute.
• Time in hours and minutes.
• Duration in minutes and seconds.
• Average and maximum heart rate for the last 60 seconds.
• Battery percentage. Press the Back button once to check the power consumption (% or %/hour).
• History tab shows stats for the current workout: maximum and average heart rate for 1-minute intervals and for the whole workout.
Please read the following information before using the app:
• The app has a free demo version.
• Disable S Health workout detection for the best, uninterrupted experience.
• Wait (usually 5 - 10 seconds) until the app starts showing your heart rate. Do not start your workout before that to ensure accurate readings.
• Restart or pause/resume the app if it shows double the actual heart rate.
• Swipe left to open Settings. Swipe left again to open the History tab.
• Optimize your workout by setting your HRmax and HRmin. The app will produce visual, audio, and tactile warnings every 2 seconds when your heart rate exceeds the HRmax limit (or drops below HRmin). Google "HRmax" to find out how to determine your maximum heart rate.
• Set HRmin to 95% of your resting HR and the app will wake you up when you fall asleep.
• Tap the heart rate indicator to zoom in.
• Swipe up to change the font color and thickness. Note: the app consumes 10 - 20% more power when using the white font.
• All values are updated once a second, except for battery percentage and time (once a minute).
• The display stays on until you quit the app.
• If you have a complaint about the accuracy of the heart rate monitor, please direct it to Samsung. The app simply displays the values provided by the operating system.
• Numbers move up or down the screen in the first second of every minute (e.g., 11:05:00, then 11:06:00, etc.) to prevent screen burn-in.
• No internet connection or GPS is required.
• Power consumption: 8%/hour (measured on a Galaxy Watch Active 2 44mm).
There are several features that reduce power consumption:
• The rotating bezel on the Gear S2 and newer smartwatches can be used to adjust the screen brightness. Note: in bright sunlight the brightness level locks at 100% and cannot be adjusted.
• Only green subpixels are used, resulting in much lower power consumption compared to white font.
• The watch will vibrate if your heart rate does not go above 100 bpm for 5 consecutive minutes, in case the app was launched accidentally or you forgot to close it.
Always-On Pace [Current Version: 2.4.0; Size: 127 KB; Price: $1; free demo version is available]
The application shows the following metrics while keeping the device awake:
• Pace in minutes per kilometer or minutes per mile; calculated based on your speed of movement in the last three seconds.
• Current time in hours and minutes.
• Average pace for the last 60 seconds (wait one minute for the first correct value).
Please read the following information before using the app:
• Tap the pace indicator three times at an interval of at least one second to change the unit of speed (min/km → min/mi). The app will remember your choice next time you launch it.
• Change the time format between 12h and 24h by tapping the time indicator.
• Swipe up to change the font color to white and increase the font thickness for maximum readability under direct sunlight. Expect a higher power consumption.
• The display stays on until you quit the app.
• "Move" means you are not moving fast enough.
• The app does not log your activity.
• Make sure that GPS is enabled before starting the app. The app cannot enable GPS on your phone or watch automatically.
• If your watch has a built-in GPS, the app can use it but only if you disconnect the watch from your smartphone (e.g., by disabling Bluetooth on your phone). This inconvenience is caused by a bug in the operating system and not in the app itself.
• Numbers move up and down the screen once a minute to prevent screen burn-in.
• No internet connection is required.
There are several features that reduce power consumption:
• The rotating bezel on the Gear S2 and S3 can be used to adjust the screen brightness. Note: in bright sunlight the brightness level locks at 100% and cannot be adjusted.
• Only green subpixels are used, resulting in three times lower power consumption compared to white font.
• If you stop moving, the device will start vibrating every 60 seconds so that you don't forget to close the app after finishing your run.
Updated app descriptions
Always-On Speed Pro v4.0 is out:
• Swipe left to open Settings.
• Tap the speed indicator to zoom in.
• Something folks riding flat-bar bicycles will appreciate: rotate the main screen left (90° clockwise) or right (90° counterclockwise) to align it with your eyes.
• Change font color and thickness to improve screen readability under direct sunlight.
See the updated description and screenshots for more info.
Always-On Speed Pro v4.2 is out:
• New gesture: swipe up to quickly change the font color and thickness for maximum readability under direct sunlight.
• New units: speed in knots and distance in nautical miles.
• Bug fixes.
All apps will be 50% off (or less in some countries due to store restrictions) from Black Friday (2018-11-23) to Cyber Monday (2018-11-26) :laugh:
Because a lot of iPhone users ask me why they only see the demo versions in the Galaxy Apps store, I added a quick guide on how to install paid apps in the first post
New updates:
Always-On Speed and Always-On Speed Pro (Version 4.4.0):
• Samsung Galaxy Watch Active support: it is now possible to adjust speed limit, HRMax (Pro only), and volume on watches with no rotating bezel.
• US-friendly speed limit adjustment: no more fractions!
• Other UX improvements and bug fixes.
Always-On Hear Rate (Version 4.0.0):
• Always-On UX 3.0: gesture navigation and settings screen (swipe left to open Settings).
• New feature: swipe up to change font color and thickness. Note: white font consumes more power.
• New feature: one-minute average.
• Samsung Galaxy Watch Active support: it is now possible to set HRmax and alert volume on smartwatches with no rotating bezel.
Not so new updates:
Always-On Hear Rate (Version 4.2.0):
• New feature: tap the HR indicator to zoom in.
• Triple tap returns! Tap the duration indicator three times to reset the counter.
• New option in Settings: turn inactivity warning on or off.
• New feature: set a minimum heart rate to maintain your target heart rate between HR Min and HR Max.
Always-On Pace (Version 2.4.0):
• New feature: swipe up to change the font color and thickness for increased visibility under direct sunlight.
• Bug fixes.
New features coming to Always-On Heart Rate and Always-On Speed Pro in 2020:
• Workout history.
• More customization options.
By the way, all the apps are on sale (up to 50% off, depending on the lowest price allowed for each particular country) till January 1st.
After almost a year, I finally got time to work on the apps! Big updates are coming soon!
In the meantime, all the apps will be 60% off (or less in some countries due to store restrictions) from Black Friday (2020-11-27) to Cyber Monday (2020-11-30)!
Always-On Heart Rate, Always-On Speed, and Always-On Speed Pro have all been updated to Version 5.2.0. To celebrate this, all of them will be on sale from Oct 2 to Oct 8 (up to 50% off, depending on the country).
Please note that these apps are not yet compatible with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and other Wear OS smartwatches. I need to rewrite them in a different programming language, and that will take a while.
A new update is out for Always-On Speed Pro (v5.3.0). This update brings a major new feature that makes the app massively more useful for cyclists: altimeter. Altimeter shows barometer-based altitude (±1m if properly calibrated) and gradient, which are way more accurate than GPS-based altitude (±10m) and gradient. Please read the updated app description and screenshots on how to enable and calibrate the altimeter. I'd greatly appreciate any feedback.
If you want to try new features weeks before everyone else, please email me to register as a beta tester.
Always-On Speed is finally available on the Galaxy Watch 4 and other Wear OS (including Wear OS 2.0) smartwatches. See this thread for more detail: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...and-compass-that-keeps-the-screen-on.4431331/
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you might wanna say if its for android or winmo in the thread title
Kameirus said: you might wanna say if its for android or winmo in the thread title Click to expand... Click to collapse Thanks, I have only Android in my head, I didn't realize that it could be also for other platforms
Yeah, quite surprised that XDA hasnt created sub-forums for the different OS's aswell as mandatory topic titling. Very nice idea though and thaks for posting info on your app bud
Really a good app , it could help me use lowest brightness value to save my battery. But what i got a highly battery usaege on this app..... too bad~~~ Could some one tell me what's going on ? My phone is idle , i even did not use it when i plug out the ac. But ..
great app but it crashes everytime i try to change one of the settings :/
A great app, I like this.
Great app. working so far fine. No crashe....till now I can not confirm that battery problem.
serect said: Really a good app , it could help me use lowest brightness value to save my battery. But what i got a highly battery usaege on this app..... too bad~~~ Could some one tell me what's going on ? My phone is idle , i even did not use it when i plug out the ac. But .. Click to expand... Click to collapse Ok I have got an equal result like you. 82% usage for the last 1h 20 min....Gonna keep it for a while on my device and watch its usage with the monitoring function of the app "SystemPanel".
Here is a screen shot of the usage
Hi guys, thanks for your feedback: Regarding battery use, this is something it needs deeper investigations, I have also encountered this high battery use REPORT but not always and I have gathered the following info: - This is related only to ScreenOn Lock based on Sensor Orientation feature. So anyone that doesn't need this function just disable it and 99% that this usage will not appear anymore - For the others, who find this feature useful there are 2 remarks: 1. First is a quote from another, much known application who's users reported also this high usage report: * Battery usage is an insanely misleading stat. Many people assume that it means "80% of my battery was consumed by ****", and consequently, "if ***** were not running, my battery would last 80% longer". This simply isn't true. It's not even close. I've tried to get clear answers from Google on what the stat actually means, but haven't gotten more than "the amount of power consumed by an app when it is running". ***** doesn't run much. * Some phones appear to get confused and attribute nearly all system battery usage to *****. This problem is not unique ******, and in fact applications such as Locale have started providing disclaimers for certain devices to warn users of the issues. * ***** still suspends itself whenever the screen is turned off. The ***** service puts all threads into a sleep state using Thread.sleep(99999999999). It's possible that the Service is still being attributed some kind of resource usage since it hasn't been terminated (even though the threads have been suspended). I'm looking into this. At this point from what I can tell, there are no running threads once the screen is turned off... I'm continuing to look into this, as I'm getting absolutely hammered at this point from a ratings (and consequently sales perspective), but I'm not sure that there is much I'm going to be able to do about improving the battery usage stats on specific devices. The bottom line is this: ***** either improves your phone's battery life or it doesn't, regardless of what the battery stats say. On my Nexus One, ***** averages around 2-3% on the stats list. Sometimes it goes higher, but will generally drift back down to around that level. 2. This occurs randomly, please try to reboot your phone and check if the usage is still high.
DirkStorck said: Ok I have got an equal result like you. 82% usage for the last 1h 20 min....Gonna keep it for a while on my device and watch its usage with the monitoring function of the app "SystemPanel". Click to expand... Click to collapse I'm using also System Panel and there it could be clearly seen that Total CPU Time and Average Consumption for Total Screen are in limits.
reaperzero said: great app but it crashes everytime i try to change one of the settings :/ Click to expand... Click to collapse Please provide more details, when it crash, what setting you try to modify, phone model, Android OS version...
muntos said: Hi guys, thanks for your feedback: Regarding battery use, this is something it needs deeper investigations, I have also encountered this high battery use REPORT but not always and I have gathered the following info: - This is related only to ScreenOn Lock based on Sensor Orientation feature. So anyone that doesn't need this function just disable it and 99% that this usage will not appear anymore - For the others, who find this feature useful there are 2 remarks: 1. First is a quote from another, much known application who's users reported also this high usage report: * Battery usage is an insanely misleading stat. Many people assume that it means "80% of my battery was consumed by ****", and consequently, "if ***** were not running, my battery would last 80% longer". This simply isn't true. It's not even close. I've tried to get clear answers from Google on what the stat actually means, but haven't gotten more than "the amount of power consumed by an app when it is running". ***** doesn't run much. * Some phones appear to get confused and attribute nearly all system battery usage to *****. This problem is not unique ******, and in fact applications such as Locale have started providing disclaimers for certain devices to warn users of the issues. * ***** still suspends itself whenever the screen is turned off. The ***** service puts all threads into a sleep state using Thread.sleep(99999999999). It's possible that the Service is still being attributed some kind of resource usage since it hasn't been terminated (even though the threads have been suspended). I'm looking into this. At this point from what I can tell, there are no running threads once the screen is turned off... I'm continuing to look into this, as I'm getting absolutely hammered at this point from a ratings (and consequently sales perspective), but I'm not sure that there is much I'm going to be able to do about improving the battery usage stats on specific devices. The bottom line is this: ***** either improves your phone's battery life or it doesn't, regardless of what the battery stats say. On my Nexus One, ***** averages around 2-3% on the stats list. Sometimes it goes higher, but will generally drift back down to around that level. 2. This occurs randomly, please try to reboot your phone and check if the usage is still high. Click to expand... Click to collapse Thanks muntos. I like this app because the function on it equal to Screebl + Screen Filter .And I only need to use one app. The "ScreenOn Lock" is same as Screebl. But i notice that when i use screebl it only have about 2~3% battery useage. Hope you could find out the root cause about the heavily battery usage. FYI , my phone is Galaxy S I9000. BTW , How many days for trial version?
serect said: Thanks muntos. I like this app because the function on it equal to Screebl + Screen Filter .And I only need to use one app. The "ScreenOn Lock" is same as Screebl. But i notice that when i use screebl it only have about 2~3% battery useage. Hope you could find out the root cause about the heavily battery usage. FYI , my phone is Galaxy S I9000. BTW , How many days for trial version? Click to expand... Click to collapse My Phone it's also Galaxy S I9000. Please, could you do a phone reboot and then check if the same high values are shown in Battery use ? Regarding trial version, as this moment you can check when the version expires by going to menu->about, but check in the Market when an update appears, this will extend the trial period.
muntos said: My Phone it's also Galaxy S I9000. Please, could you do a phone reboot and then check if the same high values are shown in Battery use ? Regarding trial version, as this moment you can check when the version expires by going to menu->about, but check in the Market when an update appears, this will extend the trial period. Click to expand... Click to collapse yep~~ I had do a phone reboot. The picture which i posted before is a result after phone reboot. Anyway , much appreciated your instant reply ,I will do a phone reboot again and observe if any change on battery usage.
Thanks Serect! Anyone who uses this application please provide feedback regarding Battery Use Information in Settings->About Phone->Battery Use. Thank you !
serect said: yep~~ I had do a phone reboot. The picture which i posted before is a result after phone reboot. Anyway , much appreciated your instant reply ,I will do a phone reboot again and observe if any change on battery usage. Click to expand... Click to collapse It is a pity that i got a trial expire after my phone reboot . It seems the battery usage has improve after reboot. But I only power on 37min~~lol...
serect said: It is a pity that i got a trial expire after my phone reboot . It seems the battery usage has improve after reboot. But I only power on 37min~~lol... Click to expand... Click to collapse Well I believe that at least until you would recharge your phone you would not see anymore that high usage report... Please check the Market for an update, trial period extended
muntos said: Well I believe that at least until you would recharge your phone you would not see anymore that high usage report... Please check the Market for an update, trial period extended Click to expand... Click to collapse ...I found when my trial expire , the "screen on lock" function automatically been disable , that's why I got a lower battery useage. And I have a suggestion when the trial expire , I hope I have a chance to disable the Total Screen Control service , everytime I only been stick on "buy" or "close" option , but the service is still been enable there and i have no chance to disable it. ...It make me only have one option to uninstall it , too bad...
We have to move something, otherwise nothing will move
1. Ability to switch off stamina mode icon in notifications bar 2. A mobile data counter (with limit setting) 3. An icon displaying when mobile data connection is actively transferring data (not a numeric display) 4. A Wifi display with connection name, signal strength, and possibly channel population 5. Day and night mode for UI. I have this with some apps, like ExDialer and EvolveSMS. Way to go. 6. A working repeating reminder for all notifications 7. A numeric scale on all sliders, like volume and brightness 8. A widget that displays the current numeric value of the current volume, tone balance and brightness + integrated adjuster 9. A wider range for auto-brightness 10. De-selectable upgrade option for apps in Play Store 11. Honorable mentioning where the developer is giving the app to the community for free and with no ads 12 A clear description of permissions required already before downloading
How to set up G Watch R to avoid burn in and prolong battery life
Hi All I have only been using these forums for a week but it is clear that a lot of people (like me) have concerns about how best to set up their G Watch R to avoid burn in, prolong battery life, etc. I have put together some of the advice that users have kindly given me. I’d welcome people’s input on this, to clarify anything I’ve missed and in particular answer the questions I have added below. It would great to set this up as a Sticky so new users could set their watches up correctly. Colour Schemes • ALWAYS use more green/red themes (and combinations - yellow, orange) because red and green are the most resilient OLED compounds. • AVOID using BLUE in "always on" mode. • WHITE has a lot of blue in it ... so, a long time of white theme usage will create burn-in in all colours, especially in the blue colour. • Remember on OLED, black means "off". A mostly black watchface burns almost no juice. • When you define a bright text or colour, look at the hex code of the colour : XXYYZZTT where XX is hexa code for transparency, YY is red level, ZZ is green level and TT is blue level. ... so try keeping the last two hex numbers in the low area, meaning below 100 (00 means 0, FF means 256, as colour intensity). – HOW TO DO THIS? • HANDS AND HAND MAKERS ARE OFTEN WHITE, HOW CAN WE BEST USE THEM? Style • Avoid thick bright lines • Keeping one pixel bright (because it's in the middle of a thick line) is something you absolutely need to avoid, for example, on analogue hands the middle won’t move. • Display digital clock in small thin font • Android wear shifts the whole face a few pixels in different directions every now and then to try to eliminate some of the burn in. • If the respective elements are no more than 2 pixels wide, they will not cause that much burn-in because the dim mode pixel shifting will move that object around enough to let the main pixels "rest". • The time, if is displayed in the analog style (with dials) will not cause burn-in because the bright part of the image is moving around so one can use brighter clock hands for this. • WHAT ARE THE BEST STYLES TO USE FOR DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE? Brightness • NEVER use it at max (or high) brightness more than few seconds with a static image. • Use very very VERY LOW brightness always on/dim mode. • It's not constant illumination that is causing burn-in in the first place, but constant illumination with "high brightness". • Default DIM mode of the Watch G is waaaaay to bright for the purpose of the "dim" mode - HOW TO CHANGE THIS? • A black, transparent layer is needed on top of the dim mode in order to prevent this – HOW TO DO THIS? • To adjust just the dim mode face only you'll need to use one of the face making apps and duplicate the parts and make a separate dim mode. • HOW CAN WE BEST SET UP BRIGHTNESS FOR “ON” and “DIM” (USING APPS LIKE SWAPP TRUE DARK WEAR)? Good Watchfaces • Almost all the watchfaces from Smartwatch Bureau F01,F03, V01, V02... A45, A42.... have a setting for brightness in dim mode. So we can have a dim mode very dark and we can choose the face color for dim between 7 colors : green, blue, cyan, red..... so with this faces we can avoid easily all burn issue. • Also the digital from Smartwatch Bureau which can be displayed in green in dim mode to avoid burning • CAN PEOPLE OFFER SOME EXAMPLES OF GOOD WATCHFACES (INCLUDING CUSTOM FACES) AND DISPLAY SETTINGS THAT WOULD HELP TO AVOID BURN-IN? Useful Apps • SWApp True Dark Wear – to set the brightness below the lowest default on the watch • Stuck Pixel Fixer for Wear app - Try running "stuck pixel fixer" for few hours, with the display set to max brightness. That should help getting rid of the ghosting and also will "age" your pixels in order to be able to display static images w/o burning. • Mini Wear launcher – also allows you to set lower brightness setting • CAN PEOPLE OFFER TUTORIALS ON HOW BEST TO USE THESE TO SET BRIGHTNESS AND “ALWAYS ON” AND FIX ANY GHOSTING ISSUES? Your input would be most welcome
Steham said: Hi All I have only been using these forums for a week but it is clear that a lot of people (like me) have concerns about how best to set up their G Watch R to avoid burn in, prolong battery life, etc. I have put together some of the advice that users have kindly given me. I’d welcome people’s input on this, to clarify anything I’ve missed and in particular answer the questions I have added below. It would great to set this up as a Sticky so new users could set their watches up correctly. Colour Schemes • ALWAYS use more green/red themes (and combinations - yellow, orange) because red and green are the most resilient OLED compounds. • AVOID using BLUE in "always on" mode. • WHITE has a lot of blue in it ... so, a long time of white theme usage will create burn-in in all colours, especially in the blue colour. • Remember on OLED, black means "off". A mostly black watchface burns almost no juice. • When you define a bright text or colour, look at the hex code of the colour : XXYYZZTT where XX is hexa code for transparency, YY is red level, ZZ is green level and TT is blue level. ... so try keeping the last two hex numbers in the low area, meaning below 100 (00 means 0, FF means 256, as colour intensity). – HOW TO DO THIS? • HANDS AND HAND MAKERS ARE OFTEN WHITE, HOW CAN WE BEST USE THEM? Style • Avoid thick bright lines • Keeping one pixel bright (because it's in the middle of a thick line) is something you absolutely need to avoid, for example, on analogue hands the middle won’t move. • Display digital clock in small thin font • Android wear shifts the whole face a few pixels in different directions every now and then to try to eliminate some of the burn in. • If the respective elements are no more than 2 pixels wide, they will not cause that much burn-in because the dim mode pixel shifting will move that object around enough to let the main pixels "rest". • The time, if is displayed in the analog style (with dials) will not cause burn-in because the bright part of the image is moving around so one can use brighter clock hands for this. • WHAT ARE THE BEST STYLES TO USE FOR DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE? Brightness • NEVER use it at max (or high) brightness more than few seconds with a static image. • Use very very VERY LOW brightness always on/dim mode. • It's not constant illumination that is causing burn-in in the first place, but constant illumination with "high brightness". • Default DIM mode of the Watch G is waaaaay to bright for the purpose of the "dim" mode - HOW TO CHANGE THIS? • A black, transparent layer is needed on top of the dim mode in order to prevent this – HOW TO DO THIS? • To adjust just the dim mode face only you'll need to use one of the face making apps and duplicate the parts and make a separate dim mode. • HOW CAN WE BEST SET UP BRIGHTNESS FOR “ON” and “DIM” (USING APPS LIKE SWAPP TRUE DARK WEAR)? Good Watchfaces • Almost all the watchfaces from Smartwatch Bureau F01,F03, V01, V02... A45, A42.... have a setting for brightness in dim mode. So we can have a dim mode very dark and we can choose the face color for dim between 7 colors : green, blue, cyan, red..... so with this faces we can avoid easily all burn issue. • Also the digital from Smartwatch Bureau which can be displayed in green in dim mode to avoid burning • CAN PEOPLE OFFER SOME EXAMPLES OF GOOD WATCHFACES (INCLUDING CUSTOM FACES) AND DISPLAY SETTINGS THAT WOULD HELP TO AVOID BURN-IN? Useful Apps • SWApp True Dark Wear – to set the brightness below the lowest default on the watch • Stuck Pixel Fixer for Wear app - Try running "stuck pixel fixer" for few hours, with the display set to max brightness. That should help getting rid of the ghosting and also will "age" your pixels in order to be able to display static images w/o burning. • Mini Wear launcher – also allows you to set lower brightness setting • CAN PEOPLE OFFER TUTORIALS ON HOW BEST TO USE THESE TO SET BRIGHTNESS AND “ALWAYS ON” AND FIX ANY GHOSTING ISSUES? Your input would be most welcome Click to expand... Click to collapse Mate i think your over analysing ! its only a watch! All i have done is change my watch face every day and use it as normal! ok i do have it set to screen off but even so i do think you can over worry about things like burn in. The majority of people who own these watches dont come on forums and i bet none of them suffer burn in!
And be honest, by the time it could get a problem you probably already got the other latest greatest. I bought it, use it and didn't even check if there's burn in. I change faces now and then, finished!
Steham said: •CAN PEOPLE OFFER TUTORIALS ON HOW BEST TO USE THESE TO SET BRIGHTNESS AND “ALWAYS ON” AND FIX ANY GHOSTING ISSUES? Your input would be most welcome Click to expand... Click to collapse You could have given some credits for the source of information in the first post .... As a tutorial: Create your custom watch face using WatchMaker or Facer (I also bought Facer to test it but I personally use WatchMaker because it's more versatile). All the hex codes described above were in direct relation with custom watch faces or with image editors where you can choose all those parameters. You can simply download a watch face that you like (for these custom build softwares) and learn from its internal settings. Good luck with your new toy.
[Users Request] op3-op3T
[email protected] Dear OnePlus, We, OnePlus 3/3T users, have been discusing regarding software matters and an agreement has been put in place. We would like some features to be implemented for upcoming updates so that we could get the best out of our devices – as well as getting more stability on Nougat and also a better battery performance. Our requests are as follows: - White balance on videos. - Scene settings (night, sunset…) in auto mode – it could help those who aren’t familiar with manual mode. - Flash mode for the front camera – the screen should flash while taking a picture. - Ability to pause a video and keep on recording afterwards. - Slow motion with sound, and the ability to pick up what part you want it to be played on slow motion. - Speed settings in Time-lapse. - While activating the camera with a shortcut on a predefined button, it should directly shoot a picture. - Ability to choose megapixel values on the camera app. - Camera improvements in general, such as stabilization. - Battery percentage inside a circle. - Ability to choose clock position on the statusbar. - Ability to use custom accent colours. - Quick Settings Tiles panel should be pure black (turned off pixels), instead of grey. - Add SIM toggle to the quick setting tiles again (it was present on Android 6.0) - Advanced deep cleaning apps button - as we had in previous oxygen versions on Recents menu. - More options regarding sound modes – improve alert slider options. (Perhaps add also vibration strength levels) - Shelf improvements – more personalization, also regarding the Launcher in general. - Activate / Deactivate mobile data on one single tap. - Incorporate the possibility to disallow the device's powering off while being locked, somehow – increase security in some way so that it could prevent unwanted people to perform a full wipe. Perhaps OnePlus could find a nice way to implement this idea. - Ability to turn off notification sounds while the screen is on. - Split volume panels. - Ability to enable data traffic parameters on the statusbar. - Option to either use app drawer or not. - Add unread notifications counter on the application icons. - Ability to set a Schedule for the Night Mode. - Being able to choose which apps are allowed to turn on the screen in ambient display mode. - Ability to disable the charging led. Please, take into consideration our requests in order to make improve the community and every user experience. Kind regards.
Cool! If we are more people, they will pay us more attention Sended x2!
Pole and sended email.
Done! ? Thanks for the effort!!!! ? Sent from my OnePlus 3T using XDA Labs
Cool bro. Great idea u are the man.
agree with everything:good:
I think this should be on oneplus forums rather than here where they will atleast notice it Or there is a Google doc they are asking customers to fill for any changes In UI.,can be filled in that too I agree all the ideas are very good but I don't think oneplus will visit xda for these specific requests
We need 1080p, 720p video OIS too
[App] aodNotify - Notification Light / LED for A51, NEW: Notification preview!!
You need a notification light / LED for your Galaxy A51? With aodNotify you can easily add a notification light / LED directly to Samsung's Always On Display! You can select different notification light styles and show the notification light around the camera cutout, screen edges or even simulate an notification LED dot in the statusbar of your Galaxy A51! As the notification light is integrated in Samsung's Always On Display it has minimal battery consumption and doesn't drain your battery like other apps which keep your phone awake! If you don't need the Always On Display, the app can also activate the Always On Display (AOD) only on notifications or show the notification light / LED even without the Always On Display! With the notification preview feature you can directly see if you have important notifications without waking your Galaxy A51! MAIN FEATURES: • Notification light / LED for Galaxy A51, A71, S20, S10, Note 10 and others! • Low energy notification preview (android 10+) • Activate Always On Display (AOD) only on notifications • Charging / Low battery light / LED MORE FEATURES: • Notification light styles (around camera, screen, LED dot) • Custom app / contact colors • ECO animations to save battery • Interval mode (on/off) to save battery • Night times to save battery • Minimal battery consumption BATTERY USAGE PER HOUR ~: • LED - 3.0% • LED & INTERVAL - 1.5% • LED & ECO - 1.5% • LED & ECO & INTERVAL - 1.0% • NOTIFICATION PREVIEW - 0.5% • ALWAYS ON DISPLAY - 0.5% Other apps use up to 5-10% per hour! DOWNLOAD: NOTES: • Samsung may block this app with future updates! • Please check if the app is compatible before updating phone software or always on display! • Altough we never experienced any screen burn in issues on our test devices, we recommend to not keep the notification light / LED active for a long time! Use at you own responsibility! "Samsung Galaxy" is a protected trademark of "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS"
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Uploaded aodNotify 3.06 In interval mode you can now set the animation to show x-times and then pause. You can now show the current time in notification preview! • Optimizations for Galaxy S20 • Optimizations for teardrop notch • Interval mode optimized • Time in notification preview • Animation speed range optimized • UI optimizations • Updated translations • Fixes and optimizations More features to come soon.. Enjoy!
New 3.08 beta is online!
Hey, I bought the app and here is my feedback, the only options for the AOD are always on, off or on with notifications, but it overrides the AOD system settings, as for me, I like to use AOD on touch, but the app simply nullifies it, could you look into it? cheers
This is very smooth thanks
Hi there! I have Pro version and I used until now onto m old Galaxy A50 and worked fine, but since wit the last update, it doesn't anymore. The main feature that I liked and for I bought the Pro version, was capability to turn on AOD with charger plugged, and turn off after charger disconnected, but this is broken now! Now with my new Galaxy A51 with Android 10, still not working. There is some settings was change or what? If someone can inligjht me in order to make this work again! Thanks!