The bottom row of 4 Capacitive buttons do not light up as bright as The other galaxy S phones. This is Normal, not sure why (maybe battery life). I went to the AT&T Store today thinking that my LEDs for these buttons were doa, however every model phone they had are the same.
Just letting everyone know.
Maybe there is just a Root Setting to Change the brightness of them, but we will have to see as Development Continues.
I'm fine with the brightness, i'd rather have the timeout fixed. Everyone is having this issue. I also would like to have the option to change lock timeout screen.
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I know there is an app that flashes a small square on the screen to notify of text or email. I'm wondering if a similar app can be made to light up one of the bottom 4 buttons. That way it might use less battery by lighting up the LED light on the bottom rather a portion of the AMOLED screen...
amoled screens have no backlight, and the only part using power is the part that is lit up.
they use the amoled screen for notifications because it uses less battery power than the touch bottons.
Berserk87 said:
amoled screens have no backlight, and the only part using power is the part that is lit up.
they use the amoled screen for notifications because it uses less battery power than the touch bottons.
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The tech specs claim no back light which lends support to the idea that when the screen is black its actually 'off', but I'm not so sure about that. If you go into a pitch black room and look at the "noLED" notification squares, you can actually see the "black" screen lit up. If you hit the power button, it then turns the screen (and the notification squares) off. NOW the screen is BLACK.
I would assume the buttons at the bottom probably use less power. Also, each button has its own light. It would be great if only the home button would blink when you get a message. or maybe different buttons for different things you receive.
As far as I know, this hasn't been possible yet... I'm VERY hopeful since I can't really live without an indicator light and using the entire screen seems 'stupid' for lack of a better word.
Several people have reported a drastic hit in battery life using noled. I don't know if those issues have been resolved yet.
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As of now it is not possible because there is no API for the bottom four lights and what was found in the source code was not helpful. None the less, similar feats have been accomplished with HTC phones by basically reverse engineering them.
Any update for a text notification light that does not use a lot of battery?
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772672
From the FAQ, "Measurements showed, that an ongoing BLN increases battery consumption by 0,18% per hour"
Seems like no on ever solved this issue and would just like to crospost it here, to see if maybe someone here thought of something. I know where the damm keys are I dont need the backlight draining battery and making my room brighter than it needs to be.
While I still had BLN working < 2.3.4, I often find my phone with all touch buttons lit long after a notification was triggered. Then I looked at the current being drawn for the last 30min using Battery Monitor Widget, I saw no jump in current at all, still 5mA. So the buttons' backlight use insignificant amount of battery, you don't need to be concerned at all.
I am having an issue with my TF where I cannot set the Brightness scale to anything but "Auto" - if I attempt to manually change it, the backlight turns off and the only way I can get it back on is to plug the tablet into the charger. The unit then jumps up to 100% brightness, but if I unplug it, the backlight turns off.
When the unit is plugged in, I can move the brightness scale and can see the screen dim and brighten as it should...
I have the latest firmware (8.2.3.9)... any ideas???
Some more info... if the backlight turns off, I can do a reset of the device by holding down the power key and then turning the unit back on. The startup screens do display properly, but when the device comes up, the screen darkens again. You can also make out the time and see some transitions between screens very faintly... its just the backlight that is off, everything else works fine.
The screen illuminates properly once again when plugged in...
The fact that the startup screens (the Asus and eee pad title screens) illuminate properly leads me to believe that this is a software issue. Help!!
Addendum: It appears I CAN adjust the brightness scale without being plugged in somewhat... the backlight turns off if I attempt to slide the brightness scale above 2/3 full brightness or so... anything lower than that is fine (or 'AUTO'). But, again, if the device is plugged in, FULL Brightness is possible.
This is very frustrating... I don't know whether to RMA this (who knows how long this will take), return to BestBuy (who doesn't have any units), or wait for a possible software fix??
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Some more info... if the backlight turns off, I can do a reset of the device by holding down the power key and then turning the unit back on. The startup screens do display properly, but when the device comes up, the screen darkens again. You can also make out the time and see some transitions between screens very faintly... its just the backlight that is off, everything else works fine.
The screen illuminates properly once again when plugged in...
The fact that the startup screens (the Asus and eee pad title screens) illuminate properly leads me to believe that this is a software issue. Help!!
Addendum: It appears I CAN adjust the brightness scale without being plugged in somewhat... the backlight turns off if I attempt to slide the brightness scale above 2/3 full brightness or so... anything lower than that is fine (or 'AUTO'). But, again, if the device is plugged in, FULL Brightness is possible.
This is very frustrating... I don't know whether to RMA this (who knows how long this will take), return to BestBuy (who doesn't have any units), or wait for a possible software fix??
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ive seen one othet person reporting this problem,
since its not a common problem,
your best bet is to RMA it.
dig in in the forum snd see what the other person did.
what did you do to get this issue sorted? I have the exact same problem whilst running a rooted Transformer running Prime 1.5
Same problem here
I just started having the same issue, too (stock ROM). Tried factory reset, but didn't help.
Has anyone else found a solution, or should I just RMA?
same problem here
Hi all,
I just got a 2018 Galaxy A7 this week.
I can't get the Always On Screen to function correctly.
When the proximity sensor at the top of the screen is covered, the screen will fade all the way down, but not shut off completely.
If I leave the phone face down on a table, I can see the screen dimly reflected off the surface if I turn the lights off.
From the manual: "If the sensor at the top of the device is covered for a certain period, the Always On Display will turn off". So it should turn off if face down, in a pocket, etc?
I tried setting "Block Accidental Touches" but this makes no difference. Same for a factory reset in case something I installed was holding the screen on.
Am I missing a required setting?
With thanks
Also: I checked with the built-in tests (dial *#0*#). The proximity and light sensors seem to work ok, so this appears to be a software or setting issue? Or a mistake in the manual?
I confirm that the aod will automatically turn off if I put my phone into my pocket. But I afraid of the burn out of my display. The aod seem to stay the same position in a very long period and there is no option to set up the period for the movement of the aod. Maybe I will turn this funtion off.
Thanks for checking. I'll contact Samsung about this.
I don't know if you need to worry about burn in, the clock and other information seems to move around often enough. Even the home button moves slightly to avoid issues. They've used these screens with these anti-burn in measures for a while and there hasn't been a large number of complaints.
Yeah, A7 has this function and I worry about the burn in of its screen but it do not have LED notification and because of that I must use aod. But the A6, my wife's phone, do not have aod and LED notification. Why Samsung did not support LED indicator for A series? It so annoying.
I use an older Samsung Note 4 with the latest stock OS allowed for it. I have had an issue since day one that I can't seem to find a solution.
I want to be able to disable the screen from turning on, unless I hit one of the physical buttons (typically Home or Right side button). The reason is that notifications and other background processes keep lighting up the screen. Sometimes, the screen will just stay on and not timeout. Also, if the phone is in my pocket, it senses my body and starts interacting as though its my fingers. I am only aware of this once the phone heats up and then all my icons are messed up. The biggest problem is the battery drain from all this. Setting the timeout short does not really help and is kinda annoying itself.
I have not been able to find a setting or app than can suppress this. All of my searches just turn up the opposite solution to keep the screen active constantly.
Is it possible to disable the screen until an actual physical button is pressed? If so, what is the solution? New OS, new phone, app?
Thanks.