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anyway to shoot video without screen on?

I think the title says it all. I would like shoot a long video in a fixed position, keeping the screen on is a real battery killer.
Cheers John

have you tried using a screen-off app tied to a hard button?

Yep, tried BlackMe 1.3 but that kills the camera from working. The camera doesn't seem to like working in the background. Tried just turning the screen off with the power button, hoping it would be like Mp3 players that keeps playing music.

Associate blackme to the center Dpad button, if you havent already.
Reason I suggest that, is so you can keep the camera/videorecorder in the foreground, and just hit that button to shut the screen off.
Obviously sometimes programs dont like working when the screen is off so idk if that will work.. but worth a try if you havent already (hard to tell from your response).;
If it does not, you would need a seperate video recording program that lets it record with the screen off. Dont know if those are available.
(also, hitting the power button is much different from blanking the screen .. so im not surprised the power button didnt work.)

johnk1973 said:
Tried just turning the screen off with the power button, hoping it would be like Mp3 players that keeps playing music.
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Has anyone figured out a solution, yet? I've been wondering this since I got the phone...

Me want this too! Been searching for quite sometime but no luck. Come in handy if we want to take pic or vid discreetly, ehm..

Request: Widget to turn off display instantaneously

Is there any widget that can turn off the display instantaneously?
Another question, how to set screen time out to a very small period (let's say 5 secs) ??

Sewez said:
Is there any widget that can turn off the display instantaneously?
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Why? if you can just press the turn on/off button
Sewez said:
Another question, how to set screen time out to a very small period (let's say 5 secs) ??
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Doing that would be very annoying. plus ur phone come with a sensor if u left ur phone alone it should turn of the screen very quick.

Someone have already managed to get it done on the Desire HD, Maybe someone can modify the apk to get it to work on the X10, or if there is an application that can do the same job.

Guys someone help me plz because my power button started to wear off

it would be good to have it

[Q] How to disable the auto display light off during call

Hi,
How I can disable the auto display light off during the voice call on my windows phone 7.
please advise.
Thanks
JAZEEL

Ah! Thank you button and quote buttons are too close! Well.. enjoy the thank you vote!
You cannot. I mean it is critical function. If the screen stays on it will register the touches and will create undesired effects like ending the call, or putting it on hold etc... Windows Mobile had these problems and people came up with numerous ways to get the screen off during call.

arkavat said:
Ah! Thank you button and quote buttons are too close! Well.. enjoy the thank you vote!
You cannot. I mean it is critical function. If the screen stays on it will register the touches and will create undesired effects like ending the call, or putting it on hold etc... Windows Mobile had these problems and people came up with numerous ways to get the screen off during call.
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I mean, if we keep the phone on our ear, the screen display will be automatically off. It's because of the sensor action on the top of the phone. Is there any registry fix for it?

Why would you want the display on while the phone is at your ear? It comes back on as soon as you pull it away.

RoboDad said:
Why would you want the display on while the phone is at your ear? It comes back on as soon as you pull it away.
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I need the backlight to be dim, not complete dark screen..
Any reg fix for it?

games screen go to black

Hi I have problem on game fz9 timeshift on Android 10.01 root device when I start a game logo apear for a while and the screen go to black. I tryb reinstall game, clera cache nothing helped. Thanks for help

dziello said:
Hi I have problem on game fz9 timeshift on Android 10.01 root device when I start a game logo apear for a while and the screen go to black. I tryb reinstall game, clera cache nothing helped. Thanks for help
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Set animations to 0.5x if you have them changed to something lower.

Thanks but I read about this solution and I try but not work for me

dziello said:
Hi I have problem on game fz9 timeshift on Android 10.01 root device when I start a game logo apear for a while and the screen go to black. I tryb reinstall game, clera cache nothing helped. Thanks for help
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As Russians often say. Sorry, I have bad English.)))) I also had such a problem. When I launch some games, the screen turns black. But at the same time, physical buttons work. I concluded that the problem is in the firmware. An idea came up. When the game starts, I immediately quickly press the power button twice, and the camera starts. Then I go in "recent applications" and select that game. Startup goes smoothly And a without black screen. I hope I understood your problem correctly. On a10beta1 then on the stable version it disappeared, now it has appeared again after the update.

020982 said:
As Russians often say. Sorry, I have bad English.)))) I also had such a problem. When I launch some games, the screen turns black. But at the same time, physical buttons work. I concluded that the problem is in the firmware. An idea came up. When the game starts, I immediately quickly press the power button twice, and the camera starts. Then I go in "recent applications" and select that game. Startup goes smoothly And a without black screen. I hope I understood your problem correctly. On a10beta1 then on the stable version it disappeared, now it has appeared again after the update.
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Just swipe out of the game - and go back. It's way faster

hotto1996 said:
Just swipe out of the game - and go back. It's way faster
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))) excellent, we gave hope to our teammate)) Your decision is really simpler. I accidentally decided it by calling the camera and was so happy that and I didn’t think there was a solution easier))))

020982 said:
))) excellent, we gave hope to our teammate)) Your decision is really simpler. I accidentally decided it by calling the camera and was so happy that and I didn’t think there was a solution easier))))
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You just have to know where to swipe but that's easy when you turning your screen around BEFORE starting the game.

For me help factory reset

Dimming and screen shut off when on call

Can't for some reason find an option anywhere on the phone to stop this from happening. Every time I'm on a call after about 10 seconds the screen will dim and a few seconds later goes to black. Can tap on screen 2x to wake it up again but I don't want this to ever happen. Not connected to full device shut down that I have turned up to 5 mins so has nothing to do with that setting. Can anyone assist and help me stop this form happening all the time? Many thanks!

jasonrak said:
Can't for some reason find an option anywhere on the phone to stop this from happening. Every time I'm on a call after about 10 seconds the screen will dim and a few seconds later goes to black. Can tap on screen 2x to wake it up again but I don't want this to ever happen. Not connected to full device shut down that I have turned up to 5 mins so has nothing to do with that setting. Can anyone assist and help me stop this form happening all the time? Many thanks!
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Go to Settings/ Accessibility/ Screen reader/ Under Voice Assistant tap settings then scroll down to Quick Menu, tap it, then look for Dark Screen toggle. Click this setting off.. Let me know if that works for you.

MrMike2182 said:
Go to Settings/ Accessibility/ Screen reader/ Under Voice Assistant tap settings then scroll down to Quick Menu, tap it, then look for Dark Screen toggle. Click this setting off.. Let me know if that works for you.
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Thank you! I turned it off. Next time I'm on a call I'll see if it did the trick and post back.

MrMike2182 said:
Go to Settings/ Accessibility/ Screen reader/ Under Voice Assistant tap settings then scroll down to Quick Menu, tap it, then look for Dark Screen toggle. Click this setting off.. Let me know if that works for you.
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No this didnt stop screen from dimming and turning black

jasonrak said:
No this didnt stop screen from dimming and turning black
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Not sure then because that was the only thing I could find.. Maybe it's a setting that we don't have control over.. I do know that the screen is supposed to shut off when it's close to your face and the reason being is so that your face isn't pressing on stuff and making the phone do things you don't want it to be doing.. My moms face sure does seem to disable a lot of stuff like fast charging and even turning the screen brightness so low that she thought it was broken haha..

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Not sure then because that was the only thing I could find.. Maybe it's a setting that we don't have control over.. I do know that the screen is supposed to shut off when it's close to your face and the reason being is so that your face isn't pressing on stuff and making the phone do things you don't want it to be doing.. My moms face sure does seem to disable a lot of stuff like fast charging and even turning the screen brightness so low that she thought it was broken haha..
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HA. No, phone is on a desk, not near my face. But yeah most phones nowadays do that. Thanks for trying tho.
Anyone else with any thoughts?

Tried replicating the problem on my end. I called someone, enabled speakerphone and put the phone on the table.
The screen indeed turned dim after 10 seconds and turned black afterwards. It bypassed my screen timeout setting which is 5 minutes. The phone app is in the foreground. Double tapping the screen wakes it up.
I minimized the phone app; the homescreen is now in the foreground. It adhered to the 5 minutes screen timeout setting.
I guess the temporary workaround is that after you answer the call, exit out of the phone app.
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jasonrak said:
Can't for some reason find an option anywhere on the phone to stop this from happening. Every time I'm on a call after about 10 seconds the screen will dim and a few seconds later goes to black. Can tap on screen 2x to wake it up again but I don't want this to ever happen. Not connected to full device shut down that I have turned up to 5 mins so has nothing to do with that setting. Can anyone assist and help me stop this form happening all the time? Many thanks!
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Hi. I had the same problem and found the solution using third party application: Screen On Call from Google Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vorlan.screenoncall.free
It is compatible with Samsung dialer. On the top later you have small button to prevent screen going dark or to disable it. Proximity sensor is working without problem when you hold the phone to the ear.

lukaslake2626 said:
Hi. I had the same problem and found the solution using third party application: Screen On Call from Google Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vorlan.screenoncall.free
It is compatible with Samsung dialer. On the top later you have small button to prevent screen going dark or to disable it. Proximity sensor is working without problem when you hold the phone to the ear.
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Yaaawhoooooooo!!! This totally works. I have been an Android user for years and could find an answer for this nowhere. Users, be sure to turn on "Appear on top".
Thank you. Life changing.