I have had a search can't locate anything, in short I like the clock app which then makes the screen stay on in standby with the clock. However, this only works if you run it and I would like this to be the default behaviour. Is there a way to do this?
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On my old HTC Fuze running Windows 6.5, there was a lockscreen digital clock that showed seconds eg. 5:00:48 PM. There simply has to be an Android *DIGITAL* clock that displays seconds. I just can't find it!
Ideally, I'd like it to be on the lockscreen - but anywhere would be great. (I'm a last minute person when it comes to my commuter train - and need to mind my seconds.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
snsd said:
On my old HTC Fuze running Windows 6.5, there was a lockscreen digital clock that showed seconds eg. 5:00:48 PM. There simply has to be an Android *DIGITAL* clock that displays seconds. I just can't find it!
Ideally, I'd like it to be on the lockscreen - but anywhere would be great. (I'm a last minute person when it comes to my commuter train - and need to mind my seconds.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
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I've thought of adding this to Chronotopia but it eats battery life big time. Maybe I'll add it at some point.
If you make a search in the market there are some
Alarm Clock Free
Clock Widget digital
Num clock lite
etc etc
Not really for lock screen but there are lock screen replacements where you can add widgets
Thanks for the responses. Because of battery life issues, I think that Alarm Clock Free works the best for me - although I may attempt to configure Clock Widget Digital on my lock screen.
Battery life is already a big concern of mine as I get terrible battery life already...
Quick question. I presume that if something like Alarm Clock Free is not being displayed on the screen that it is not impacting my battery life? Same with Clock Widget Digital if my screen is turned off? Or, do they chew up battery life even if they are simply running in the background?
If they use battery life even when the screen is off, I think I will go with Alarm Clock Free and kill the application after I've used it. (I think there might be some fairly automated ways to do so - and would be open to hearing about the same.)
Thanks again.
Dave
If it's an AppWidget (on your home screen or a widget in a custom lock screen) then it really depends on the implementation. Because of the nature of Android it is most likely that those clocks will update the widget every second, which eats battery. It might be that they have a check implemented to not update the widget in certain circumstances, like when the screen is off. But as far as I know (I haven't come across it yet) there is no (easy) way to detect if the clock is displaying or not. So I always assume that these clocks are updated all the time.
I was thinking of implementing a change on a widget every 15 seconds. So you would see: 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 & 0
I still might do that at some point, but it should always be optional.
is it me or has the deskclock option been removed? On my previous devices i have had the option to select this so that when it is on charge at night it also acts as as a bedside clock.
On the One s the only think i can see is under 'clock' it says world clock and there is a picture of a planet with different time zones but not actually a digital clock showing the time.
Am i missing something somewhere?
Basically i want a digital clock that can double as an alarm clock to have when the phone is on charge at night....would be great if it could also turn off the home and back button also as these seem to stay on at night when charging with the ones i have tried from the market.
thanks
According to my knowledge they HTC has removed the Desktop clock feature.
Very annoying, why can't they give you an option to switch from 'world clock' ( the planet showing) to a clock like on the older version, at least it would have a real use.
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The lack of alarm clock is annoying. I've tried out some clock apps, and those work well enough except the bottom buttons stay lit. Haven't found a good solution yet.
niagaraview said:
The lack of alarm clock is annoying. I've tried out some clock apps, and those work well enough except the bottom buttons stay lit. Haven't found a good solution yet.
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Alarm Clock Plus works best for me. It should not be moved to sdcard, as it breaks like any other app using alarms and/or widgets.
Customizing it the first time may take some time but it can do almost everything so.
niagaraview said:
The lack of alarm clock is annoying. I've tried out some clock apps, and those work well enough except the bottom buttons stay lit. Haven't found a good solution yet.
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There is an alarms section in the Clock app. Nothing special but it works fine.
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DigitalMonk said:
There is an alarms section in the Clock app. Nothing special but it works fine.
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I know, what I meant was what the OP stated, the desktop clock was missing. I did try Alarm Clock Plus, it worked great except that the bottom buttons remain lit which was distracting.
Interestingly, having now gone a few nights without a bedside clock, I find I'm sleeping a bit better without knowing what time it is.
im using night clock donate at the moment and its a very clean and simple clock which i want however i too have the problem with the three buttons staying lit when its on
If anyone knows of one i want a simple digital clock with the ability to turn off the button lights and also if possible mute notifications when its activated (like email and twitter etc)
Lightning Bug is an app that I use for white noise that also has a fairly customizable clock that goes with it. It has an option to turn off device lights, although that does not seem to be working correctly on the One S (could be something the devs need to fix for Ice Cream Sandwich).
I am coming from the HTC 10, I prefer not using adaptive brightness because I like my brightness set at the same percentage at all times. Of course there are times where you need to bump it up such as strong sunlight. On my HTC 10 I was able to use an auto brightness widget that would bump it up and as soon as I turned it off it would go back to my set percentage.
This doesnt seem to work the same way on the the Pixel. So if I cant use something like that is there some sort of widget that has a percentage slide or one where you can manually enter the percentage so I can at least bump it up as I want and then put it right back to the percentage I am normally at. I would still prefer to do it how I did on my HTC 10 but if that's not possible, I am hoping there is something like I described that I can use.
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I am coming from the HTC 10, I prefer not using adaptive brightness because I like my brightness set at the same percentage at all times. Of course there are times where you need to bump it up such as strong sunlight. On my HTC 10 I was able to use an auto brightness widget that would bump it up and as soon as I turned it off it would go back to my set percentage.
This doesnt seem to work the same way on the the Pixel. So if I cant use something like that is there some sort of widget that has a percentage slide or one where you can manually enter the percentage so I can at least bump it up as I want and then put it right back to the percentage I am normally at. I would still prefer to do it how I did on my HTC 10 but if that's not possible, I am hoping there is something like I described that I can use.
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There's an app in the playstore cakled Digilux that allows you to turn the brightness up or down by swiping your finger left or right (or up or down if you prefer) on the fingerprint reader. You can set the amount the brightness increases or decreases with each swipe of the fingerprint reader. I don't know if it would suit you or not but it works great for my needs.
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There's an app in the playstore cakled Digilux that allows you to turn the brightness up or down by swiping your finger left or right (or up or down if you prefer) on the fingerprint reader. You can set the amount the brightness increases or decreases with each swipe of the fingerprint reader. I don't know if it would suit you or not but it works great for my needs.
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I think what the OP is asking for is way more simple than that. Basically any "power toggles" type widget from the play store will allow you to toggle through preset brightness settings. These things were super popular back in the Android 2.x days.
There is a brightness slider in the quick toggles isn't there? That should be just as accessible as a widget on a homescreen
Hi,
Is it possible to set my default Gear S3 view to a custom widget instead of the main clock?
For example: whenever I open a widget, it stays on my screen until the screen timesout (15 seconds for me). When I turn my wrist, it takes me to the clock instead of the widget I was previously viewing.
Would anyone happen to know how I can configure this watch so that the last opened app / widget is shown after waking up my watch? I don't care about the clock feature itself... in fact, I'd rather just uninstall it & have my custom widget as the primary screen.
Thanks
There is this app, which I do not own or have any affiliations with, that acts sort of like a filter that lowers the screen brightness instead of actually lowering it. I haven't really tested it fully, but it works perfectly on my s7 Edge.
And the best part is: there is no root required
All you have to do is to install the app, go to Settings - Accessibilty - Installed services - screen dimmer, and turn it on.
Just make sure that your actual brightness is at 100%, and you can change the brightness within the app, or with the shortcut in the notification bar.
Here is a link to the app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.ericytsang.screenfilter.app.android