When I hit the power button to blank the screen, it definately turns off the GPS and appears to turn off a couple of other things as well.
Can anyone corroborate that pressing the power button to blank the sceen is doing a lot more than just blanking the screen?
I know you can have things set that way. Such as wifi turning off with the screen.
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Is there a way to turn off the screen without turning off the GPS?
cesierra said:
Is there a way to turn off the screen without turning off the GPS?
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Why would you want too?
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Why would you want too?
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If you have, for example, Google Maps open and want to check your location, it can be a pain to wait for the GPS to re-initialize when you turn the screen back on. It would also be useful when using Position Test or GPS Test to not have to keep the screen on while you're using it. It feels like a crapshoot every time the GPS turns on whether it will function properly.
Does the GPS turn off with the screen when Navigation is running, as well?
I don't know what I have set differently but I've had the gps shouting out directions with the screen off. I kind of like it, less distracting. Now as far as reliability ... It sent me completely in the wrong direction once and couldn't find satellites another time when I was completely lost.
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Had to use Google Nav to get across town tonight, after sunset. I usually drop the phone in my center console after it locks location and begins giving directions. On my old Moto Droid, I could turn the screen off and just listen to the voice directions.
On the Thunderbolt, it seems to keep the screen on, regardless of what the time out is set for. If I hit the power button, the screen turns off, then powers back on in a second.
This is just a complete waste of battery. If I was sitting the phone in a car dock, it'd be different, but this is a waste. Anyone experiencing this, or know how to get the screen to turn off when Navigation is active?
idk if this works but have you tried hitting the home button to get out of google nav (while it's still running) then hit the power button?
I have experienced the same feature. It doesn't bother me too much though cuz I have my phone plugged in.
I bet the above idea works.
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Bateluer said:
Had to use Google Nav to get across town tonight, after sunset. I usually drop the phone in my center console after it locks location and begins giving directions. On my old Moto Droid, I could turn the screen off and just listen to the voice directions.
On the Thunderbolt, it seems to keep the screen on, regardless of what the time out is set for. If I hit the power button, the screen turns off, then powers back on in a second.
This is just a complete waste of battery. If I was sitting the phone in a car dock, it'd be different, but this is a waste. Anyone experiencing this, or know how to get the screen to turn off when Navigation is active?
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It only keeps the screen active if you are in the navigation program. Just back out, or go to any other screen and it will turn the screen off normally. Working as intended.
akanatrix said:
It only keeps the screen active if you are in the navigation program. Just back out, or go to any other screen and it will turn the screen off normally. Working as intended.
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Have to test this. Thanks.
I have experienced the same issue with the thunderbolt. The screen stays on weather I have the phone plugged in or not.
I see hitting the home button as more of a workaround than a solution here. It's easier for me while driving to turn the display on and off with one physical button.
I'm hoping that cyanogenmod will fix the issue when it's released but I feel like there should still be a way to set the screen to stay off when the power button is pressed in navigation.
I think its a feature, keep screen alive. As mentioned, going to home screen allows you to put it to sleep, but you cannot while navigation is active.
I can see your point though, keep it off, then a quick on shows you where you are without the need to open the app from the tray.
Is there a way to keep backlight on for the buttons at bottom?
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"Keep the Lights On" by Guardian Bob in the Market. Requires root.
gbrown2036 said:
"Keep the Lights On" by Guardian Bob in the Market. Requires root.
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KTLO does NOT work on the Infused despite what others say. It might work for a few minutes after initial install but then it gets all messed up. Try using it for an extended period.
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Is there a way to keep backlight on for the buttons at bottom?
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I sure wish there was. The current design is stupid. I have an open offer of $50 for a DEV who would make an app that will function in Froyo and GB on the Infuse to do just that. If anyone is interested let me know.
Maybe they can reverse engineer "Keep the light On?" I was in touch with the DEV of KTLO and since he doesn't have a Infuse he said he can't do it. He also confirmed that KTLO is not compatible with the Infuse. I have it installed and sometimes it works for a few minutes then eventually it doesn't.
at least i am not the only one who think design is awful....why would the backlight turn off after like 5secs of not touching the screen? ugh
Agree!
Agree! the button lights tune off too fast.
I can't access the button in dark place. really stupid design.
I tryed the "Keep button lights on",, not work on Infuse.
leedashone said:
Agree! the button lights tune off too fast.
I can't access the button in dark place. really stupid design.
I tryed the "Keep button lights on",, not work on Infuse.
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Ok, my mistake. The "Keep button lights on" works fine on Infuse.
We must use it as desktop widget, then we can turn on/off the button
lights via touch the desktop icon.
Good luck!
leedashone said:
Ok, my mistake. The "Keep button lights on" works fine on Infuse.
We must use it as desktop widget, then we can turn on/off the button
lights via touch the desktop icon.
Good luck!
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You'll find that after using it for a little while it will cease to function. It is not compatible with the Infuse. Sometimes it will keep the lights on, sometimes it works in reverse, sometimes it keeps the lights OFF. It does not work properly (even with the widget). If you use the widget each time you want the lights on it will sometimes work until they go off. It's supposed to leave the lights on anytime the screen is on without further intervention. It doesn't. The widget is only supposed to enable or disable it.
In some (this XDA Premium app being one of them), but not all apps, I've noticed that the lights will come back on by touching the screen.
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You'll find that after using it for a little while it will cease to function. It is not compatible with the Infuse. Sometimes it will keep the lights on, sometimes it works in reverse, sometimes it keeps the lights OFF. It does not work properly (even with the widget). If you use the widget each time you want the lights on it will sometimes work until they go off. It's supposed to leave the lights on anytime the screen is on without further intervention. It doesn't. The widget is only supposed to enable or disable it.
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I try this app few days, I think it's work, the logic is:
1.Install:
Install it, put on desktop, turn on, remove it from desktop
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The button lights will not automatic turn on while screen on.
but, once you touch any button, the button's back light will keep on
until the LCD off.
not perfect, but not too bad.
Would likely need kernel support - the current behavior doesn't bother me so it's a pretty low priority.
There's also the fact that messing around in the driver for the bottom buttons is a great way to create an unstable device. (As evidenced by the pain and suffering of those testing BLN implementations.)
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Would likely need kernel support - the current behavior doesn't bother me so it's a pretty low priority.
There's also the fact that messing around in the driver for the bottom buttons is a great way to create an unstable device. (As evidenced by the pain and suffering of those testing BLN implementations.)
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BLN is mucking around with a lot more than just turning on the backlight. It's dealing with system notifications for various events. I'm obviously not a developer/programmer in any sense of the word but just "turning on the lights" when you enter the room should be a LOT less intrusive then making them react differently to each different shirt color of the person walking in. There is already an app that works on most other Galaxy S devices so I would guess it's something that shouldn't be terribly hard just to turn on the lights when you walk into the room and turn them off when you leave.
Again .... I don't pretend to know what is involved, just "guessing."
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I try this app few days, I think it's work, the logic is:
2.Work:
The button lights will not automatic turn on while screen on.
but, once you touch any button, the button's back light will keep on
until the LCD off.
not perfect, but not too bad.
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You will find that eventually that will get all messed up as well.
MisterEdF said:
BLN is mucking around with a lot more than just turning on the backlight. It's dealing with system notifications for various events. I'm obviously not a developer/programmer in any sense of the word but just "turning on the lights" when you enter the room should be a LOT less intrusive then making them react differently to each different shirt color of the person walking in. There is already an app that works on most other Galaxy S devices so I would guess it's something that shouldn't be terribly hard just to turn on the lights when you walk into the room and turn them off when you leave.
Again .... I don't pretend to know what is involved, just "guessing."
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Touching ANYTHING in the backlight code of that driver can do weird stuff... Lots of potential for race conditions.
Ok, so i opened my phone yesterday only and i am already so frustrated with it that i might even sell it. Anyhow, i have the following problems:
1) The screen turns off automatically after 20seconds, even when i am keeping the phone my hand.
2) the 4 touch keys at the bottom do not light up 95% of the time. They randomly light up sometimes, then they turn off automatically.
What is this? How to solve these issues?
xdduser said:
Ok, so i opened my phone yesterday only and i am already so frustrated with it that i might even sell it. Anyhow, i have the following problems:
1) The screen turns off automatically after 20seconds, even when i am keeping the phone my hand.
2) the 4 touch keys at the bottom do not light up 95% of the time. They randomly light up sometimes, then they turn off automatically.
What is this? How to solve these issues?
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1. Screen will turn off in the specified screen timeout, if you want to increase it go to Settings\Display Settings\Screen Timeout
2.Touch capacitive button lights are controlled by proximity sensor which is placed in top right, when sensor detects low light it turns on the backlit of capacitive buttons.
xdduser said:
Ok, so i opened my phone yesterday only and i am already so frustrated with it that i might even sell it. Anyhow, i have the following problems:
1) The screen turns off automatically after 20seconds, even when i am keeping the phone my hand.
2) the 4 touch keys at the bottom do not light up 95% of the time. They randomly light up sometimes, then they turn off automatically.
What is this? How to solve these issues?
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Ok take a deep breath and calm down a bit. Increase the screen time out in display settings.. it does not matter if you keep it in your hand or keep it on the table, if you dont use it, the screen will be turned off, to save the battery and the display itself of course.
And the lights on the capacitive screen, they act according to the lighting in the room, you have sensors beside the earpiece. It takes care of the display brightness and as well as the capacitive button lighting. When they are not lit up, try covering the are around the earpiece with your hand the capacitive keys will light up.
And remember the thumb rule search before posting, google it or search in the forums.
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1. Screen will turn off in the specified screen timeout, if you want to increase it go to Settings\Display Settings\Screen Timeout
2.Touch capacitive button lights are controlled by proximity sensor which is placed in top right, when sensor detects low light it turns on the backlit of capacitive buttons.
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Lol!! We were both typing the answer at the same time it seems..
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Okay, so I am making this "my problems" thread. I will not open new threads.
I want to stop auto searching for updates for apps (which happens every few hours/minutes i think). How can I do that?
xdduser said:
Okay, so I am making this "my problems" thread. I will not open new threads.
I want to stop auto searching for updates for apps (which happens every few hours/minutes i think). How can I do that?
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Use a firewall like we use on our windows pc to avoid certain programs accessing internet. Best free app on google play is droidwall.
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xdduser said:
Okay, so I am making this "my problems" thread. I will not open new threads.
I want to stop auto searching for updates for apps (which happens every few hours/minutes i think). How can I do that?
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Open the playstore. Press menu_settings then uncheck the check for updates box. Notifications and auto update.
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Hi All,
I was hoping you guy might be able to help me out.
The LG G3 is awesome, i love being able to turn the screen on and off without using any buttons.
One bit that i think could use some work is that currently, when the screen is on, you can tap the notification bar twice to turn the screen off, however, i find that this doesnt work so well all the time.
I have Nova launcher and i wanted to link a two finger swipe gesture with an app to turn the screen off however...
All the apps on the store only seem to offer you the option to turn the screen off and lock the phone immediately at the same time. Does anyone know of an app that will let me turn the screen off, but NOT lock the phone immediately, and just leave the lock settings to the system defaults.
It seems pretty straight forward but i've tried about 30 apps on the store and all of them only screen off and lock, none allow you to do it without locking the phone immediately.
Any help would be really appreciated!
Ums
umar_akhtar786 said:
Hi All,
I was hoping you guy might be able to help me out.
The LG G3 is awesome, i love being able to turn the screen on and off without using any buttons.
One bit that i think could use some work is that currently, when the screen is on, you can tap the notification bar twice to turn the screen off, however, i find that this doesnt work so well all the time.
I have Nova launcher and i wanted to link a two finger swipe gesture with an app to turn the screen off however...
All the apps on the store only seem to offer you the option to turn the screen off and lock the phone immediately at the same time. Does anyone know of an app that will let me turn the screen off, but NOT lock the phone immediately, and just leave the lock settings to the system defaults.
It seems pretty straight forward but i've tried about 30 apps on the store and all of them only screen off and lock, none allow you to do it without locking the phone immediately.
Any help would be really appreciated!
Ums
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Maybe try a tasker profile?
bradleyw801 said:
Maybe try a tasker profile?
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Thanks for the idea. I just tried and had no joy. It can trigger an action when i turn the screen off myself, but it wont turn the screen off for me.
Any other ideas?
I feel like this is so straight forward and that i'm just being super dense - im hoping someone points something so obvious and straight forward out that i missed!
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Thanks for the idea. I just tried and had no joy. It can trigger an action when i turn the screen off myself, but it wont turn the screen off for me.
Any other ideas?
I feel like this is so straight forward and that i'm just being super dense - im hoping someone points something so obvious and straight forward out that i missed!
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You could try an app like Button Savior. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey.nonroot
It has the option to swipe from the side to bring up the buttons, and from what I understand, the power button on it is exactly the same action as pressing the power button on your phone. You could tweak it to try and get it to the solution you want, but I think at least the button should be what you are looking for.
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You could try an app like Button Savior. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey.nonroot
It has the option to swipe from the side to bring up the buttons, and from what I understand, the power button on it is exactly the same action as pressing the power button on your phone. You could tweak it to try and get it to the solution you want, but I think at least the button should be what you are looking for.
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Thanks - just tried it and it is suffers from the same thing - it automatically locks the phone when you press the power button.
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Thanks - just tried it and it is suffers from the same thing - it automatically locks the phone when you press the power button.
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My phone seems to do the same action either way. I think I know what you are talking about. It seems that on previous roms, the screen could go dark, but if I woke the phone back up it wasn't actually locked. What about this app? It seems to distinguish between the two.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock
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Here is another one you could potentially try. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ericlpchow.screentrigger
Tried both of the above... Neither seem to work!
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I use "No Lock" when I want to switch off the phone but bypass lock settings when I turn it on. Is that what you mean?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&hl=en
Hi, Thanks for the suggestion... The problem with that app is that the phone won't lock until I go back in and disable it... I want the phone to use the same system timeout so if I do leave my phone lying around it will lock after 3 or 5 minutes on its own.
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umar_akhtar786 said:
Hi All,
I was hoping you guy might be able to help me out.
The LG G3 is awesome, i love being able to turn the screen on and off without using any buttons.
One bit that i think could use some work is that currently, when the screen is on, you can tap the notification bar twice to turn the screen off, however, i find that this doesnt work so well all the time.
I have Nova launcher and i wanted to link a two finger swipe gesture with an app to turn the screen off however...
All the apps on the store only seem to offer you the option to turn the screen off and lock the phone immediately at the same time. Does anyone know of an app that will let me turn the screen off, but NOT lock the phone immediately, and just leave the lock settings to the system defaults.
It seems pretty straight forward but i've tried about 30 apps on the store and all of them only screen off and lock, none allow you to do it without locking the phone immediately.
Any help would be really appreciated!
Ums
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Take this.
Note: Needs Root
Not sure it it covers your needs, but I'm using SkipLock combined with Gravity Screen
SkipLock let's you bypass the lockscreen (and pincode) when your phone is connected to either a trusted WIFI network or a trusted BT-device (carkit!).
As soon as you get home you'll turn on your screen and you the lockscreen as usual, but from that point on it's lockscreen free until it disconnects with your wifi network.
So when you turn off the screen the screen goes black, but as soon as you turn it on again you'll see either the homescreen or your last opened app.
It works really GREAT!
Gravity screen is not needed but makes it even easier. It automatically turns your screen on when you pick up the phone, and turns it off when you place it down (configurable). It also features Pocket Mode so it will turn the screen off when you put it in your pocket and on again when you take it out. Worst part was getting used to NOT press the power-button anymore
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Hi, Thanks for the suggestion - i just tried the app and it has a non-root version, but that just basically turns the screen black, leaves the notification bar and navi buttons and doesnt actuall replicate pressing the power button.
I cant root my phone either as i need to use banking apps and these dont work with root.
Any other ideas?
latino147 said:
Not sure it it covers your needs, but I'm using SkipLock combined with Gravity Screen
SkipLock let's you bypass the lockscreen (and pincode) when your phone is connected to either a trusted WIFI network or a trusted BT-device (carkit!).
As soon as you get home you'll turn on your screen and you the lockscreen as usual, but from that point on it's lockscreen free until it disconnects with your wifi network.
So when you turn off the screen the screen goes black, but as soon as you turn it on again you'll see either the homescreen or your last opened app.
It works really GREAT!
Gravity screen is not needed but makes it even easier. It automatically turns your screen on when you pick up the phone, and turns it off when you place it down (configurable). It also features Pocket Mode so it will turn the screen off when you put it in your pocket and on again when you take it out. Worst part was getting used to NOT press the power-button anymore
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This sounds like a cool set of apps, but I'm quite pedantic about my phone and the way it uses battery and with all the sensors working. I'm not sure its right for me, but its cool none-the-less.
umar_akhtar786 said:
This sounds like a cool set of apps, but I'm quite pedantic about my phone and the way it uses battery and with all the sensors working. I'm not sure its right for me, but its cool none-the-less.
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Skiplock doesn't use up any battery. Gravity MIGHT, but there are options to choose that use up more or less battery.
Don't know about needing root though...
Hi, I have been looking for this too....no solution? I use the trusted places and devices to keep my phone unlocked when i am home, and when in the car (connected to bluetooth) but of course turning off the screen also locks it.
SkipLock isn't compatible with my Lollipop G3 - any solutions that work on Lollipop? I've been using Tasker but somethings it messes up things a bit so I would like to try something else
I noticed that after using the phone for a few hours, the screen will stay on unless I specifically hit the power button to turn it off. The screen off time is set to 15 seconds.
If I reboot it, it will go back to normal, i.e. turning the screen off by itself.
Any one experience this? Some app bug? How to fix it?
Hmmm. Is "Smart Stay" on or off? Do you have Dev Options enabled? If so, is always on while charging option on? All I can think atm.
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tedlin said:
I noticed that after using the phone for a few hours, the screen will stay on unless I specifically hit the power button to turn it off. The screen off time is set to 15 seconds.
If I reboot it, it will go back to normal, i.e. turning the screen off by itself.
Any one experience this? Some app bug? How to fix it?
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Have you disbled any services or packages with Package Disabler Pro?
I don't have any of these mentioned issue, and I am still trying to pin point which app is the trouble maker.
Call Samsung support, and they said if I have bluetooth device as "trusted" home/location, they have seen such issue, and want me to turn off these "home" indicator Bluetooth connection.
I effectively turned off the Bluetooth wireless, and this afternoon, after a close to 2 hours meeting and was irritated to find out the screen has been on all the time.
I am going to find a good startup manager and disable APP one by one to see which is the bad boy.
thanks