As usual,HELP! My XDA11s has a problem (or rather I do) I have set it up so only the on /off buton works so I dont accidentally turn it on in its case and flatten the battery(I have to leave it for long periods in my bag at work).If anyone phones or texts me the XDA turns itsself on and flattens its battery (I'm REALLY fed up with re installing everything ALL the time).Is there any setting to make it turn itsself back off (and save my freyed nerves!!) Many thanks Rocket
As usual,HELP! My XDA11s has a problem (or rather I do) I have set it up so only the on /off buton works so I dont accidentally turn it on in its case and flatten the battery(I have to leave it for long periods in my bag at work).If anyone phones or texts me the XDA turns itsself on and flattens its battery (I'm REALLY fed up with re installing everything ALL the time).Is there any setting to make it turn itsself back off (and save my freyed nerves!!) Many thanks Rocket
Hello all, I'm new here and I'm also new to the xda world. I just had my Atom few days ago.
I used to use Symbian where I would only need to tap the screen to wake the device so, is it possible to make Xda Atom to wake from standby mode by tapping the screen, instead pressing the "power button"?
Pressing the "power button" few times a day to wake the device could and might wear the button and it won't take long to make it unusable.
I have done my home work as a noob by searching the forum. Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307481
I do not really mind with the power drop. So, is there any solution to make this possible?
Thank you in advance and any help would be appreciated.
Go to Start>Settings>System>Power >Advanced and untick Turn of device if not used for X minutes.
Now your device will be always on, unless you use the power button, and the screen should just dim when you dont use it after a minute or 2, and come back on when you touch it.
Let us know how it works out.
Surur
Thank you for the hint, Surur. It works, however it's not exactly what I had in mind. By letting it to show the today view all the time, it would take too much.
I was thinking to let the screen to go completely off, but the screen is still active (touch only), or only part of the screen. So, when the device goes to blank or standby, it would wake when I tap on the screen... or some part of the screen if it could help to preserve some power.
In Symbian, I could set the time for the screen to go completely off. And when the screen is completely off, each time I tap on the screen, the screen would go on. And if no input from user, it would go off again, according to the time I set before.
Note: the device does automatic lock, so even if it gets tap by something, the display would show or awake but would not open an app or do something unwanted, until user unlocked it using combination. So, I never need to touch any button with Symbian, completely using screen only.
Is there an application that able to do something similar or better than what Symbian does? I'm even willing to pay for someone to make this kind of program.
I don't know if it's allowed to double posts or not, if not please let me know.
Here is a testimony to back up my point of view regarding the power button:
"Naturally I set it to the power button, but after a while, that button got worn down and stopped "working" so I naturally set it to recognize any other button.
This experience has taught me the hard way, that its a good choice to have (or maybe even a necessity in some cases) that other buttons to wake the unit up in case of situations like this."
Taken from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=315329
So, please someone create an application to allow user to use screen to wake from standby.
Here is what I had in mind:
1. Lock the screen if standby
2. On standby mode. If I tap some part of the screen (some part of screen only to save some batt power), then it would show option to unlock.
3. If I tap but do nothing or do not unlock, it would goes to standby again.
Again, I would pay the good person who's willing to make this kind of application. Or maybe it's already available?
MDCT said:
Hello all, I'm new here and I'm also new to the xda world. I just had my Atom few days ago.
I used to use Symbian where I would only need to tap the screen to wake the device so, is it possible to make Xda Atom to wake from standby mode by tapping the screen, instead pressing the "power button"?
Pressing the "power button" few times a day to wake the device could and might wear the button and it won't take long to make it unusable.
I have done my home work as a noob by searching the forum. Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307481
I do not really mind with the power drop. So, is there any solution to make this possible?
Thank you in advance and any help would be appreciated.
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You can try the keylock in the settings, that will not wake your device by tapping the screen, but it will wake up by pressing any key...
Thanks for trying to help, ai6908. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the keylock in the settings, and it still needs button to be pressed.
I do not feel comfortable pressing button. I used p800, using it, Symbian was able to be operated without the need of any button.
Depending on button, it could decrease the value of the mobile, I mean pressing button(s) few times a day would surely wear the button(s) over time. Movable parts are more easily to get broken or wear. And It would decrease the value if the mobile is going to be sold later on. With p800, I could keep the state like new for many years, thanks to the UI that allows us to fully control from the touchscreen alone.
It seems like a Microsoft and mobile manufactures scheme to make user to buy another device when the button goes wear from waking up from standby. I can't believe Windows Mobile depends on the need of button to be operated. I even have to use button to take picture with Atom.
I know many also like to use button, but I believe there are other who do not like or like me. I hope MS is flexible about this like Symbian. Someone could help me on this issue?
Keylock is under settings/system...you can try it, but it is not like the symbian one that you mentioned...
I couldn't find Keylock in the settings/system, maybe it's a separate application. Thanks ai6908 for trying to help me, unfortunately it's not like what I had in mind. If I couldn't find the solution that I want, I would surely use your advice.
Someone told me that the display panel is "connected" with the touch. So when the display is off, the touch capability will be off too.
Because of that, I was thinking maybe an application that would set the backlight to very minimal (so it would make the screen to go blank) after a defined period of time could do the job.
Has someone tried this before? Or is it also not possible?
Just moved to Android from my Diamond and was wondering if there is a Standby app so I can turn off my phone with a screen icon instead of using the hardware button.
I use to have a program called poweroff which was simple and perfect for the job.
Any help would be appreciated.
Note. I only want the phone to sleep and not shut down completely.
Sleep mode starts the moment the screen goes dark - so long as you are not running an application which prevents sleeping. (The screen can be blanked, but applications can still prevent it from fully "sleeping", for instance listening to music.)
Convince yourself of it this way:
- Exit any apps you are using (with a task manager, or whatever) so the phone is in a "quiet" state.
Edit: Put Settings in your ATK exclusion list.
- Settings -> About phone -> Status and scroll all the way down
Locate the "Awake time" at the bottom of the screen and note that it is increasing.
When it rolls over to a full minute, hit the End button precisely at that moment, so that the screen sleeps - and remember the number of whole minutes the counter was at.
- Now wait 2 or 3 minutes.
- Wake the phone up and quickly unlock the screen - and quickly look at the "Active time" status.
If there was no activity, you'll notice that the active time is only a few seconds more than the elapsed active time when you blanked the screen - about the amount of time it took you to unlock the screen, and maybe a few seconds more than that.
Note there is nothing special about "sleep mode" that prevents applications from running. After all, it's the way the phone is designed - for instance be able to receive "push e-mail", or periodically retrieve "pull e-mail" while the phone is sleeping. Obviously, though, the goal is to try and save power, so the OS schedules processes for execution less frequently depending on their status (ForeG, BackG, etc), delivers interrupts less urgently, etc.
Also, applications can choose to receive notifications about power state - and change their behavior as a result of that, so the fact that you sometimes hear a noise 10-20 seconds after you have powered off the screen might just be an app responding to that state change.
If you do the same thing overnight (monitor the increase in active time), you'll see that the phone accumulates some number of minutes of active time. How much additional time it accrues depends on not only the apps you have installed/running, but also how much mail you are receiving, your app settings, etc.
HTH
Thanks HTH.
But simply, I just want to simulate turning off the phone ie flicking the power button instead of using the hardware button.
I encountered my first problems with my Nexus 5, which i am very happy with, about 1-2 weeks ago. After about 11 months of happy, problem free use, without dropping it or anything else, it started misbehaving (about a month with Android L so far). It crashed and wouldn't start up farther than the 'android' screen most of the times. Rarely it would fully boot, but the seemed to go into the lock screen and crash after a max. time of about 1 Minute of normal use. After going through this a few times I checked some forums and found a solution suggesting to repeatitly press the lock screen button while it boots. This solution worked quite good, even though i had go through the process multiple time the following days.
Last thursday evening (today is saturday) though my phone crashed fully once more (just after checking and having an 80% charged battery) , but now the quick hits on the Power button did not work at all. Instead my phone wouldn't react at all. Neither pressing the volume rockers alone or together with the power button would work either. Having plugged in the Nexus though acheived it to at least reach a state which seems to be a more common problem. It has been discussed and solved for many (seemingly everyone) in another thread called '[Q] Nexus 5 constantly rebooting at 'Google' ' (Link to this at bottom). Long explanations and videos of the situation have been given here, depicting my exact situation along with two solutions:
1. Using magnets near the power button (to apparently loosen two magnets used when pressing the power button)
2. Two flick and quickly press the button (for some this had to be done many minutes)
After seeing many (surprisingly) positive reactions to both methods, I tried them myself. I began with the magnet method and without having it connected to a charger it would boot to the google screen twice (note: As said, without a charger nothing happened). First once about as long as when connected to power and once very briefly. This method didn't prevail more than once and i couldn't start it up any diffrently than before.
So next I tried the flicking method and (maybe because of the magnets) it booted al the way to the 4 colored dots flying around. I let go and it crashed once more. I fooled around with the magnets again and tried the flicking method again, without stopping, as other users mentioned a long time needed (15-30 Min.) and after about 20 Minutes I stopped. My Nexus did not crash, but it is now 'stuck' at the colored Dots. I have tried connecting it to a power outlet, my PC and again started pressing the power button and volume rockers, without effect. It has been so for about an hour if not more. I will try to drain the battery and then continue, but if any other solutions are known Please help, thank you!
Link to other Question: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-5-constantly-rebooting-google-t2809617
Update
After having drained the battery completely and then charging it again, the normal 'charging battery' icon popped up. Trying to start the phone, however resulted in getting into the flying dots loop again... I am able to go into fastboot mode, but neither start or Power Off help the situation. Should I go into recovery mode? I would strongly dislike losing all my data....
(Update)
I tried going into recovery mode, but the only thing that happened was that a little android figure, lying down with a red exclamation mark showed up (which should be normal as I recall going into recovery mode before my problems), and a text saying 'no command' above it. What now? I'm all out of ideas and back up plans, except calling google as it should still be under my warranty. But I don't want to give up my data as I haven't saved anything and I don't want to give up my phone either.