Hi the phone lock screen keeps coming on without warning and it isn't related to getting any notifications. I've turned off double tap to wake screen doesn't make a difference. Any ideas?
I had same issue with my 7 plus, i solved the problem disabling "lift to check phone" gesture from settings -> system -> gestures
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I installed a couple of apps for this, like Smart cover https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=smart.cover, and Proximity Smart Cover https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danielling.proximitysmartcover . Basically I want when the proximity is covered (case closed), the screen goes off, and then goes on when it's uncovered. These 2 apps can do the 'wake' part alright (wake screen when the proximity is no longer covered) but they can't seem to turn off the screen when it's covered. I granted both admin permission. Here are some clues:
_ My proximity sensor is working alright (checked through hidden menu, and it does turn off the screen when proximity covered in-call)
_ Tap tap app can work (touch/wave 2x to lock, same to wake)
So any idea why those 2 app can't work? Thanks in advance.
I use Smart Screen on my Note II with the following settings:
Basic - everything blank (no ticks in the boxes}
Prox - Blank
Sensor - Blank
Start/Stop - Disable in landscape
This works for me and I have not noticed any battery drainage problems.
Please note: I have stock 4.1.2 and no lock screen enabled (my phone never leaves my sider.
This is not my ideal setup as the screen will immediately sleep if i hapren to accidently go to close. I need to pull down the notification menu at the far left or right of the screen. I have tried to play with the delayed reaction settingsand have had contact with the developer about the situation.
I am however happiest that as soon as i open my wallet case the phone is ready for use.
Quick and easy with one hand
Master619 said:
I installed a couple of apps for this, like Smart cover https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=smart.cover, and Proximity Smart Cover https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danielling.proximitysmartcover . Basically I want when the proximity is covered (case closed), the screen goes off, and then goes on when it's uncovered. These 2 apps can do the 'wake' part alright (wake screen when the proximity is no longer covered) but they can't seem to turn off the screen when it's covered. I granted both admin permission. Here are some clues:
_ My proximity sensor is working alright (checked through hidden menu, and it does turn off the screen when proximity covered in-call)
_ Tap tap app can work (touch/wave 2x to lock, same to wake)
So any idea why those 2 app can't work? Thanks in advance.
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try to re-calibrate proximity sensor in hidden menu just in case. i had some issues with it turning on & off the screen in-call, re-calibration fixed it.
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try to re-calibrate proximity sensor in hidden menu just in case. i had some issues with it turning on & off the screen in-call, re-calibration fixed it.
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calibrate proximity sensor in hidden menu???
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Flying_Bear said:
try to re-calibrate proximity sensor in hidden menu just in case. i had some issues with it turning on & off the screen in-call, re-calibration fixed it.
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Tried calibrating both in hidden menu and in app, but still there. But using another app, Smart screen off pro, fixed it. Guess it has to be with a different mechanism.
not proximity sensor
I have had the same problem on my 4X but the problem isn't the proximity sensor. I have tried various other apps including orientation and brightness locks. These haven't worked either, I have tried to change lock screen settings and screen time out but these haven't worked. Does anyone have any other suggestions or solutions to this problem?
I use "smart screen off pro" with no problems, all is working as expected....
Bogeyof said:
I use "smart screen off pro" with no problems, all is working as expected....
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what lock screen, brightness and permissions settings do you have on your phone other than what is changed within the app?
geronphillips said:
what lock screen, brightness and permissions settings do you have on your phone other than what is changed within the app?
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OK, I dont use a lock screen, never tested if its working...
My settings (checked):
Basic:
- Start on Boot
- Hide notification messages
Start/Stop
- Disable when in Landscape
- Enable only when in Launcher (not necessary, if u want it allways to turn screen off leave unchecked, I want Screen on in Apps, so I checked it)
Vibration:
- Vibrate when screen turned off
Thats all...
It appears that ambient display does not work when your screen lock setting is set to None.
I was showing a mate my Nexus 6 yesterday and started playing with a few settings. I noticed that all of a sudden my ambient display stopped working. I did some testing this morning and finally worked it out that when the screen lock setting is set to None, ambient display does not activate. Any notifications that come through stop appearing on the screen. Setting the screen lock setting to anything other than None ensures ambient display works once again.
1. Is this a known feature / situation for the N6 ?
2. Is anyone else experiencing the same behavior or is it just me ?
1. if you dont have a lockscreen then it cant show you notifications on it. duh, lol.
2. we all have known about this since before lollipop came out.
1. I see no reason why a notification could not be shown on the screen using ambient display even if I don't have a lock screen. It is not like I have actually turned the screen on yet.
2. And yet, when I tried searching for an answer to why my ambient display wasn't working, I found no mention of it at all, not in XDA or the web in general.
Thanks for clearing it up for me, it is clearly a feature of the phone.
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1. I see no reason why a notification could not be shown on the screen using ambient display even if I don't have a lock screen. It is not like I have actually turned the screen on yet.
2. And yet, when I tried searching for an answer to why my ambient display wasn't working, I found no mention of it at all, not in XDA or the web in general.
Thanks for clearing it up for me, it is clearly a feature of the phone.
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if you dont have a lockscreen, then it has nothing to show the incoming message on. if no lockscreen, then it would just show in the status bar.
I understand your point simms22, but I think you may be missing mine. Does it have to be the lock screen that the notification is shown on when it arrives.
For example, msg arrive, screen turns on to show msg. If I do nothing then the screen turns off. If I haven't interacted with the screen, does the notification really need the lock screen to be displayed? I guess that I'm just not convinced that the lock screen is needed to display notifications when I pick my phone up, ie before I touch the screen. If I then interact with a notification then perform the interaction, but if I touch a part of the screen where is no notification, open the device.
The above would be mute if I pick the device up and press the power button to open the home screen.
I guess I look at things a little different, I design systems and interfaces for a living for the Dept of Defence.
I have found that the ambient display does not always activate when I pick the phone up, I'd say its about 90% reliable, have u found the same ?
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I understand your point simms22, but I think you may be missing mine. Does it have to be the lock screen that the notification is shown on when it arrives.
For example, msg arrive, screen turns on to show msg. If I do nothing then the screen turns off. If I haven't interacted with the screen, does the notification really need the lock screen to be displayed? I guess that I'm just not convinced that the lock screen is needed to display notifications when I pick my phone up, ie before I touch the screen. If I then interact with a notification then perform the interaction, but if I touch a part of the screen where is no notification, open the device.
The above would be mute if I pick the device up and press the power button to open the home screen.
I guess I look at things a little different, I design systems and interfaces for a living for the Dept of Defence.
I have found that the ambient display does not always activate when I pick the phone up, I'd say its about 90% reliable, have u found the same ?
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yea, the way the code is written, there needs to be a lock screen to be displayed. i dont really use it anymore, but i found it to be around 90% as well.
Just to re-iterate, Ambient display is displaying the Lockscreen notifications, not SystemUI notifications, so to show the lockscreen notifications, Lockscreen must be on.
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It appears that ambient display does not work when your screen lock setting is set to None.
I was showing a mate my Nexus 6 yesterday and started playing with a few settings. I noticed that all of a sudden my ambient display stopped working. I did some testing this morning and finally worked it out that when the screen lock setting is set to None, ambient display does not activate. Any notifications that come through stop appearing on the screen. Setting the screen lock setting to anything other than None ensures ambient display works once again.
1. Is this a known feature / situation for the N6 ?
2. Is anyone else experiencing the same behavior or is it just me ?
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I totally agree. I upgraded from my 2013 Moto X, with Moto DIsplay, to the N6. I NEVER used a lock screen on the Motox, and enjoyed being able to just glance at the phone to know what was incoming.. its quite annoying that I can no longer get my notifications to show up on my screen without turning the phone on, and pulling the shade down. I'm on the computer all day, and have my phone setup next to me and use it to get a quick view of incoming work emails, with out taking my hands off the keyboard, or even stop typing for that matter.
If I would have known that the N6 was unable to work in this matter I would not have gotten it. I would have gone with the Moto X 2 instead.
Hi guys. Do you know any, preferably minimalistic, screen lock app that is compatible with ambient display? Have tried my fav Zui Locker with no luck.
tr3mm0r said:
Hi guys. Do you know any, preferably minimalistic, screen lock app that is compatible with ambient display? Have tried my fav Zui Locker with no luck.
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I dont think it works with any.
That's what I was afraid of. Sticking with stock locker then since I love the new feature.
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I have Greenify setup on my Note 9. Occasionally, I get an "Auto hibernation issue" warning inside the app after unlocking my device. It says, "Greenify detected an early screen lock before auto hibernation could be performed." I've already gone into the secure lock settings and made sure there's a 15 second delay before screen lock, and that my power button does not instantly lock the phone. What else could possibly be prompting this? It's driving me nuts.
Hello! Came from a Pixel and the Nexi before it. Note 9 is the best device I've ever owned. I do have a problem and some questions. Please be gentle if these have been answered before, I have researched these things.
My problem is WIFI. It cuts out all the time, randomly! I've done everything, yes that too. If anyone had this issue and solved it PLEASE LMK.
Questions:
1. How do I disable the 'press of home button when screen is off, on lock screen, to wake screen'? Basically, the screen is off and if I touch the lower middle part of the screen it turns the screen on. I don't want it to do that. SOLVED!
2. No matter what settings I use, every time I get a text message notification (stock app) my screen turns on. I have lock screen notifications off for ALL apps and have each app setting changed under notifications to NOT turn screen on. No matter what the screen pops on every time.
I don't have any issues with wifi or notifications, but there are a couple of options for #1:
Search for "Hard press Home button" in settings and disable it. If you are using Always on Display, you should to set it to Clock instead of Home button and clock
Ever since I bought my 9PV, I've struggled with it's lousy fingerprint scanner. Compared to my previous Nokia 7 Plus and 8.1, the scanner is from an entirely different universe.
When testing the scanner, it usually performs reasonably well (provided that you press down your finger somewhat hard), but that's only if you lock the phone using the power button and then immediately wake it up again and then use the FP scanner.
If the phone is left alone for a while, that's when the problems begin. The scanner doesn't seem to wake up from sleep at all. The green scanning light doesn't come on. If you move your finger over the scanning area a bit, it might wake up (and then of course do a misread because of the finger moving). It got to the point I learned a new way of using the FP scanner: I place my finger about 5 millimeters "too high" and then slide it down to the right position. This way I got it to wake up somewhat better, but far from perfect.
So my problems were mostly because the scanner doesn't wake up at all. When it does wake up (the green scanning light comes on), it usually works fairly well.
I reported my findings to HMD support and got the following suggestion:
I would like to suggest the following steps in attempt to fix your issue. Follow the path below:
• Set a screen lock from Settings -> Security & Location -> Screen lock.
• Open Settings -> Security & Location -> Trust agents -> Smart lock ->Toggle off Smart Lock to disable.
• Restart the device.
• Open Settings -> Security & Location -> Trust agents -> Smart lock -> Toggle on Smart Lock to enable.
• Open Settings -> Security & Location -> Smart lock -> Set up a Smart lock.
• Restart the device & test the fingerprint.
Also I would like to suggest adding the same fingerprint from the finger few times.
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So it seems Google's Smart Lock agent somehow interferes with the FP scanner, causing it to not wake up. I don't know why and how. I did as the support suggested and it indeed seems to wake up better than before. Then I disabled Smart lock altogether (in the Trust agents menu) and that seemed to make it even better. The green scanning light comes on every time.
Those of you with similar problems might want to try this method, and please report back. Give it at least a few hours, or perhaps days, to get a reliable result and then report back. The phone must be sleeping, so it has to be lying idle for some time in between every try.