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[Q] Increse Time Before Numeric Screen-Lock Activates?

Is there a way to increase the time before the numeric screen-lock activates?
Often, I am working on something, or am using a calculator, and if the screen times out, the numeric screen lock appears when I turn the phone back on, even if it's only a minute or so.
It'd be great if I can set it to activate after, say, 20 minutes of inactivity, like the iPhone does.

You can Chang the time out for the screen to go black from display settings , but if you are talking about the time before you need to unlock your phone again I don't think this option supported yet ,I'm not sure . But there is some apps that you can try that prevent the screen from locking such as mylock.
Give it try.
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Tasker or Locale plus Locale Password Locker from the market. An expensive solution but capable of doing exactly what you want.

If you're running cm7 you can change the timeout options for the lockscreen.

[Q] Auto-brightness

Anyone else's auto-brightness not working? Mine doesn't

how?
How do you know? Or what have you noticed?
Rio

I don't think that mine works either, one of the first things I noticed.
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rio911 said:
How do you know? Or what have you noticed?
Rio
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Well it never seems to change. To confirm I put it on the lowest and then on auto, it stayed on the lowest. I then tried putting it on the highest setting and then putting it on auto but again it stayed the same.
Surprised it took me so long to realise..

It takes an average reading of the light it senses over about 30-45 seconds when it's on auto and responds accordingly on mine. To check yours put a torch on over the sensor for about 30 secs and if nothing changes yours definitely isnt working properly. However I normally have it set to a manual amount instead of auto to save on battery etc.
Edit: Just tested again with a torch and this time it took 45 seconds to change... odd.

Where is the sensor located? Does it use the front camera?
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Where is the sensor located? Does it use the front camera?
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It's the thing just over an inch to the left of the front camera.

I see it now. I put a bright LED flashlight over it while in a darkened room for a couple minutes and the screen did not change brightness. However, it does appear to have an IR filter over it, so maybe it is mostly sensitive
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Oops not used to the kb, sensitive to Sunlight.
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With it on full brightness (before changing to auto) I had my finger over it for a while but it didn't change. Then I left it on full brightness for about 10 minutes in a fairly dim room and no change either.

Just tried with an led torch here as well and it did sod all this time. Nothing changed. Try with another light source if you get the chance. The update rate on the auto setting is too slow really tbh. There are loads of apps in the market to test the sensors too btw.
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If it's not on auto mode it wont change at all.

Possibly it only checks at certain times, such as when an app starts. I bet that it reads IR so only certain light sources might work.
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I installed a couple of sensor tester applications, and none of them can report a value from the sensor. Sensor list 2.1 detects the sensor as a lite-on al3000a ambient light sensor, but no value is returned. Not sure if this means that it is not working, or if these apps just can't read that particular sensor.

It doesn't work for me either, although I haven't tested it since the new firmware upgrade. Maybe we have a bad batch.

I never was a fan from autobrightness. I always set it to middle.
Until I got a Nexus S and noticed how awesome it is that it changes the brightness, since otherwise you can not read the display outside. It also changes instantly.

Try this. Download and install Advanced Task Killer, then Sensor Test by Atmoworker. Kill all processes to make sure the sensor isnt in use by something else. Then run the sensor test. If your value for the light meter doent move, then there's something wrong for sure, or it's in use by some process that wasnt killed by the task killer.

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Try this. Download and install Advanced Task Killer, then Sensor Test by Atmoworker. Kill all processes to make sure the sensor isnt in use by something else. Then run the sensor test. If your value for the light meter doent move, then there's something wrong for sure, or it's in use by some process that wasnt killed by the task killer.
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OK. That app does seem to read the sensor, and it does change. I didn't have to kill any tasks for it to work. It gives three readings labeled 0, 1 and 2.
0 changes from 1.0 to over 100 outside. Probably some log scale. 1 changes from -27 to over 100. 2 sits at a very small number, about 10^-45
So the sensor does work, the tablet just isn't using it properly it appears. Or something.

Ok well yeah sounds like it does work, just doesnt function the way you want it to. There are lots of apps to deal with screen brightness on the market, some free, some not so. And then there are also a few which lets it change using the camera instead of light meter. Here's a link to one to show you what I mean. https://market.android.com/details?id=org.pbxes.light2&feature=search_result I'm sure there are free versions available if you do choose this option. Good luck in finding one you like.

Well, if by "just doesnt function the way you want it to" you mean does not do anything at all ever no matter what, then yeah, it isn't working the way I want it to. Thanks for the tip, I'll see if I can find an app that works.

OK, auto brightness DOES work. I spent some time messing with it to figure it out. The auto routine started working after I did the 10 second power button off on my machine.
1) The level that you set with the slider becomes the minimum level for the brightness under auto. That's also why I didn't think that it was working, I had brightness up all the way.
2) The auto routine will adjust brightness UP within a short period of time, 10-15 seconds, if you move into bright light.
3) The routine will NOT adjust brightness down (you move into dim light) except at three points a) right before the screen saver kicks in (goes blank) or b) right after returning from the screen saver. c) you power cycle the tablet.
This means that it is quick to respond to ambient light and increase brightness, but if you have your screen timeout set long, or you keep using the tablet, the brightness will be very reluctant to adjust down. The brightness will never be adjusted lower than you set with the slider though, but it can go up all the way.

[Q] Can't get screen to stay on

I use my tablet as an alarm clock and it has always worked perfectly. After the last system update, though, I find that I can't get the sreen to stay on. I have the screen timeout set to 5 minutes, and I cannot override that. I went in to developer settings and set it so the screen stays on when it is plugged in, but that does not work. I tried using the system clock app and using night mode but that also shuts off after 5 minutes, even when plugged in. I tried turning on the screen saver to the clcok setting when it is plugged in but that still does not keep the screen on past 5 minutes.
Anyone have any other ideas for something I could try?

There are a bunch of apps and widgets that make it easy to switch between "normal screen off with delay" or "screen always on". Have you tried one of these ? Since your setting is blocked as you say, I'm not sure if the apps can override it, but you can try.
for instance No screen off (widget)
or Keep screen on (a background app that checks the device's inclination)

slap_shot_12 said:
I use my tablet as an alarm clock and it has always worked perfectly. After the last system update, though, I find that I can't get the sreen to stay on. I have the screen timeout set to 5 minutes, and I cannot override that. I went in to developer settings and set it so the screen stays on when it is plugged in, but that does not work. I tried using the system clock app and using night mode but that also shuts off after 5 minutes, even when plugged in. I tried turning on the screen saver to the clcok setting when it is plugged in but that still does not keep the screen on past 5 minutes.
Anyone have any other ideas for something I could try?
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I use app Backlight Switch. It has options to show in notifications and has a widget. You can also create an app list that auto-toggles it.

[q] Lockscreen doesn't timeout?

I'm running CM11s 33R with franco kernel r14 and Google Now Launcher. When I manually turn on my screen with the power button or double tap, to check the time for example, the screen will not go back to sleep. However if it turns on automatically because I received a text or snapchat, it will sleep if I leave it alone. Anyone else getting this issue/ have any fixes? I have screen sleep set in display settings to be after 30 seconds of inactivity so i'm wondering what the issue is. Thanks in advance.
Edit: It actually seems like my screen timeout isn't working at all, past the lock-screen, even while i'm in the actual device or an app.

Are you plugged in? In developer options, there's an option for the screen to never sleep while plugged in. If not, the answer to everything: reboot the phone!

Nope not plugged in, and i reboot multiple times on a daily basis and that hasn't fixed it.

For me, when I double tap or press the power button and leave it there, the screen will go back to sleep after 30 seconds. My old phone would turn off the screen after 5 seconds on the lockscreen. There doesn't seem to be a setting for this and it's just automatically set at 30 seconds.

i also got this problem
I got this problem also
i'm running same Stats like: CM11S 33R, test with Franco Kernel R14, Trebuchet Launcher.
If i doesnt turn my screen off by power button the screen will be stay activ anyway no-matter which settings i set on Options

jetstream131 said:
I'm running CM11s 33R with franco kernel r14 and Google Now Launcher. When I manually turn on my screen with the power button or double tap, to check the time for example, the screen will not go back to sleep. However if it turns on automatically because I received a text or snapchat, it will sleep if I leave it alone. Anyone else getting this issue/ have any fixes? I have screen sleep set in display settings to be after 30 seconds of inactivity so i'm wondering what the issue is. Thanks in advance.
Edit: It actually seems like my screen timeout isn't working at all, past the lock-screen, even while i'm in the actual device or an app.
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NatJohnny said:
I got this problem also
i'm running same Stats like: CM11S 33R, test with Franco Kernel R14, Trebuchet Launcher.
If i doesnt turn my screen off by power button the screen will be stay activ anyway no-matter which settings i set on Options
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Did you find a solution meanwhile?
I have this problem since yesterday, too.

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i also have this problem... annoying... any update?

I am also having this problem.
In my case, the screen will stay on indefinitely. I have timeout set to 30sec.
I have "Llama" app running, and configured to disable my lockscreen based on location. This could be generating some problems... But I don't think so.
Any new thoughts or fixes?

chronos00 said:
I am also having this problem.
In my case, the screen will stay on indefinitely. I have timeout set to 30sec.
I have "Llama" app running, and configured to disable my lockscreen based on location. This could be generating some problems... But I don't think so.
Any new thoughts or fixes?
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Only way to find out is disable that app or whatever it does then testing it out
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Keep Screen On

Hello all,
Is there option, under Lollipop 5, to keep the Nexus 5 screen on indefinitely. I see the max in Display settings is 30 minutes. When I am in my car, using the navigation, its a pain to have the screen go to sleep. There used to be a way, using Xposed in 4.4, to do this. Wondering if anyone has found a way to do it in 5.
Thanks,
Steve

stevefxp said:
Hello all,
Is there option, under Lollipop 5, to keep the Nexus 5 screen on indefinitely. I see the max in Display settings is 30 minutes. When I am in my car, using the navigation, its a pain to have the screen go to sleep. There used to be a way, using Xposed in 4.4, to do this. Wondering if anyone has found a way to do it in 5.
Thanks,
Steve
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In settings -> developer options
you can check Stay awake.
It will keep your phone phone on while charging that is what i use.

qnc said:
In settings -> developer options
you can check Stay awake.
It will keep your phone phone on while charging that is what i use.
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Perfect...thanks!

You can also install an app called "Screen Timeout Toggle"
very handy