I believe the title says it all.
How many of you do this and why?
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I leave it on all the time because I have chips on my home desk to silence it at night and then on my portfolio at work to silence it when I go into a meeting. I also have one at my desk to automatically turn on wi-fi and start up the SiriusXM app and set the volume to a certain level so I can listen to music when I'm at my desk at work.
I haven't seen it use up much battery at all. On my phone it's usually the display or whatever app/game I am using throughout the day that drains my phone.
sjmoreno said:
I leave it on all the time because I have chips on my home desk to silence it at night and then on my portfolio at work to silence it when I go into a meeting. I also have one at my desk to automatically turn on wi-fi and start up the SiriusXM app and set the volume to a certain level so I can listen to music when I'm at my desk at work.
I haven't seen it use up much battery at all. On my phone it's usually the display or whatever app/game I am using throughout the day that drains my phone.
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Where do you buy the tags? And what app do you use to program them?
Here you are.
http://www.tagstand.com/
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I use the NXP app to write tags. No noticeable difference in battery life leaving it on all the time.
Hi XDA-Community,
you are my last Chance of Help. I recently got the Samsung DA-E550 Wireless Audi with a Docking Station and encountered a Problem. I wanted to use the Speaker for my Alarm in the Morning. The Problem is that the Station goes into Standby after 30min and cuts the Bluetooth Connection wich results in usage of the intern Speakers of my Phone instead of the DA-E550.
You know any way to keep the Station powered with a Bluetooth Signal or something else? It was the main Purpose why i got it and that it doesnt work kinda sucks....
Cheers
Exalor said:
Hi XDA-Community,
you are my last Chance of Help. I recently got the Samsung DA-E550 Wireless Audi with a Docking Station and encountered a Problem. I wanted to use the Speaker for my Alarm in the Morning. The Problem is that the Station goes into Standby after 30min and cuts the Bluetooth Connection wich results in usage of the intern Speakers of my Phone instead of the DA-E550.
You know any way to keep the Station powered with a Bluetooth Signal or something else? It was the main Purpose why i got it and that it doesnt work kinda sucks....
Cheers
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I ordered one and it is arriving tomorrow - I am also hoping to use it as an alarm clock (My galaxy note 2's alarm isn't quite loud enough - I am a deep sleeper)
I am hoping with tasker I can auto turn off then back on bluetooth 5 min. before wake up time and that will wake up the dock.
If that works I will let you know. (when your dock is on standyby if you turn your phones bluetooth off and back on does that wake up the dock? - if so you can use taker (see link below) to auto turn your bluetooth off and back on a couple min. before your alarm goes off - this is assuming that the dock will auto connect with the speaker upon bluetooth being turned on on your phone.)
As long as when the dock goes into standby it will wake up when a device tries to connect to it via bluetooth this should work.
Tasker - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
Nope when it goes to sleep - it is dead to the world untill you hit the power button.
Best option is to go to sleep with a silent mp3 on loop I guess
Yea i tested a bit for myself but couldnt wake up the device but your alternative is a neat trick. Didnt thought of that.
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Nope when it goes to sleep - it is dead to the world untill you hit the power button.
Best option is to go to sleep with a silent mp3 on loop I guess
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I seem like to have failed the first try this night. Did you try it? Worked it?
Did it work, i am facing the same issue too, sucks cause i cant use it for its main purpose, alarm!
I'm curious to if anyone knows of an app/widget that will keep the screen on and not lock the system when plugged in?
Basically whenever I try to play a SNES-emu or any game that uses my new Moga BT controller, the system goes into sleep after the 1 min(or whatever time is set), and this is the same if using mini-HDMI output.
I know this can be as easy as increasing the time and such, but i'm sure I will forget to rest it to stock and when I put the tablet in my bag it stays on all the time.
In the Developer Options, there's a setting for the screen to Stay Awake while charging...
Its safe to presume though that when you enable this, and that when you hook the dock up, it will stay awake as well?
Hi,
I had a Droid HD Maxx and switched to the N5. Is there a car dock mode available on this phone? It was a hidden app with the Motorola phone, not sure if it was part of aosp.
I'd like to have me screen stay on when I'm in the car, but dim. I see a couple of apps but want to be sure there isn't a os feature.
If I'm using navigation, I'd like it to get brighter when I need to make a turn. I thought there was a setting in google maps to dim screen but I can't seem to find it.
Thanks.
Regards-Michael G.
There isn't a "car dock mode" anymore. It was removed in 4.1 I believe.
If you want your screen to be on but dim while charging in the car you could use a daydream. Otherwise there are some car dock apps that are OK.
As far as the navigation goes; I think it does dim when you aren't making a turn for a while. I know it used to, but I can't remember if it still does.
mgerbasio said:
Hi,
I had a Droid HD Maxx and switched to the N5. Is there a car dock mode available on this phone? It was a hidden app with the Motorola phone, not sure if it was part of aosp.
I'd like to have me screen stay on when I'm in the car, but dim. I see a couple of apps but want to be sure there isn't a os feature.
If I'm using navigation, I'd like it to get brighter when I need to make a turn. I thought there was a setting in google maps to dim screen but I can't seem to find it.
Thanks.
Regards-Michael G.
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If you go in developer options and choose to prevent screen from sleeping while charging that may help you. I'm not sure why they hide that in developers options. If you don't have developer options enabled then go to settings>about tablet and click on build number rapidly about 7 times.
Thanks guys.
So I had this same problem when I first got my Z1 Compact, but it went away after a while (I'm not entirely sure how). This creates a problem if I have my phone in my pocket, as it will skip tracks, fast forward and rewind, and waste battery. Is there a way to prevent the screen from waking when the device connects to a Bluetooth device?
EDIT: Found a solution! At least for me, hope it helps others as well. My bluetooth microphone no longer works, so I went into the Bluetooth settings for the stereo and unchecked the box to use the BT for phone audio, and only left media audio checked. This seems to have fixed this issue as well, as my screen no longer turns on automatically when it's connected! I re-checked the box and it turned on like before, so it seems like that's what's causing it to wake.
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So I had this same problem when I first got my Z1 Compact, but it went away after a while (I'm not entirely sure how). This creates a problem if I have my phone in my pocket, as it will skip tracks, fast forward and rewind, and waste battery. Is there a way to prevent the screen from waking when the device connects to a Bluetooth device?
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Have a look at the Smart Connect app, maybe it has an event there that triggers when the bluetooth connects.
Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, there were no such events under any of the Smart Connect options, and I can't even find an option to turn the screen on/off when a device is connected or disconnected.
I've tried setting the screen timeout to 15 seconds (the lowest possible), and I noticed that once the screen turns on after connecting, it never times out or turns off on its own. It was sitting on my car's dash, and I listened to a few songs without it shutting off. I even checked the timeout settings afterwards, and it was still set to 15 seconds.
Any idea what else could be causing this? Maybe Throw? I know I was able to uninstall that on my Z1C using Titanium Backup, but obviously I can't on this one since it's the T-Mobile Z3.
EDIT: So this apparently only happens when connecting to my car stereo. I just tested it with my Bluetooth headphones and the screen stayed asleep the entire time I was connecting and playing music.
I still have no idea what could be causing this, but I'm starting to think it has something to do with my stereo and not my phone. Is there any app or way I can test it? So far, here's what I've tried. Again, on T-Mobile Z3 so no chance of rooting at the moment. Screen still turns on whenever my phone auto-connects to my car stereo's Bluetooth.
1. Disabled Throw using adb shell.
2. Disabled MirrorLink using adb shell.
3. Disabled Smart Connect using adb shell.
4. Auto-connected to Bluetooth headphones and screen stays off as it should.
5. Tried with multiple apps (Shuttle+, Walkman, PowerAmp, even with all music apps uninstalled/disabled).
6. Old phone's screen (Z1 Compact) still stays off when connecting to the car stereo. It's rooted with an unlocked bootloader, maybe something in the Z3's DRM keys is telling it to wake up?
So that's where I'm at right now, not sure where I can go from here. I suppose I'll have to learn to live with it for the time being.
festizzio said:
So I had this same problem when I first got my Z1 Compact, but it went away after a while (I'm not entirely sure how). This creates a problem if I have my phone in my pocket, as it will skip tracks, fast forward and rewind, and waste battery. Is there a way to prevent the screen from waking when the device connects to a Bluetooth device?
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Do you have :Smart backlight control in "Display Settings" on? In my case that was the problem! So when the screen wakes up and i'm on the move, this setting prevents the device from auto lock.
Same issue around here mate. I got a pioneer car stereo and I set the smart connect to play music as son it connects. Every time it connects the screen turns on and I got the connection message on status bar.
Smart backlight control was off, but I tried turning it on just in case. Screen still turns on. I don't even have Smart Connect enabled right now, and I don't get any connection message when it connects. I'm thinking it has something to do with Pioneer specifically, since mine's a Pioneer as well. It also doesn't turn on when it connects to my bluetooth headphones/headset, which should be the same type of connection.
I'll try messing with some settings on my stereo, see if that does anything.
I'll try on my friends Sony stereo later and see if the issue happens.
When I connect the lg g watch the screen remains off.
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I tested on my friends Sony stereo and the issue is there. The screen lits.
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I have the same isue with my zenec car radio This sucks because I can't keep my phone in my pocket while I'm driving.
It would be interesting to know if this is a general android isue or if it's only a isue from sony smartphones with stock rom. Just to narrow down possible causes...
I also have this issue with my Kenwood deck. I also noticed my volume resets to half too, which is even more annoying than the screen turning on. I have no smart connect events or anything turned on. Odd thing about the volume, it doesn't do it all the time. It just seems to randomly.
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I have the same isue with my zenec car radio This sucks because I can't keep my phone in my pocket while I'm driving.
It would be interesting to know if this is a general android isue or if it's only a isue from sony smartphones with stock rom. Just to narrow down possible causes...
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It may be a security "feature", so that no-one/nothing can connect to your device without you seeing the screen light up.
poldie said:
It may be a security "feature", so that no-one/nothing can connect to your device without you seeing the screen light up.
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I don't think so, because the phone is most of the time in the pocket so it wouldn't make sense to lighten up the screen to inform the user about a "BT event".
But hmm, maybe I'm able to solve it with tasker
BT connect on event -> turn screen off
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I don't think so, because the phone is most of the time in the pocket so it wouldn't make sense to lighten up the screen to inform the user about a "BT event".
But hmm, maybe I'm able to solve it with tasker
BT connect on event -> turn screen off
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Lighting up, by itself, would be harmless, even if your phone is usually in your pocket.
I was going to suggest tasker, but I never got anywhere with it (at least, the things I wanted to do, which don't appear to be too extravagent, apparently require either a rooted phone or additional non-free plug-ins).
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Lighting up, by itself, would be harmless, even if your phone is usually in your pocket.
I was going to suggest tasker, but I never got anywhere with it (at least, the things I wanted to do, which don't appear to be too extravagent, apparently require either a rooted phone or additional non-free plug-ins).
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As other member have already described, the screen keps turned on for a long period of time when a BT device connects. So it's battery waste and it's likely that I execute unwanted actions like calling someone
But thank you anyway... I'll try it with tasker and will share my solution here if I find one..
I have a Pioneer car stereo, but I haven't noticed my screen turning on. I'll test this when I get off work.
I did notice though that sometimes the BT volume goes to 50% as mentioned earlier.
My screen does not turn on when it connects to My pioneer car stereo.
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My screen turns on when it connects to my Sony stereo in my Ford fiesta [emoji20]
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I have Z2 and Uconnect stereo in my car and my screen turns on when connects to stereo.
Bumping the topic.. exact same problem. Screen lights up every time I connect via BT to my car Kenwood stereo. Very very irritating. Battery drains out without even my knowing it. Seems like a serious bug.