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So I've noticed that the notification light only stays lit for a certain amount of time. It was like that when I was stock and is the same now for running das bamf. Is there anyway to change this. It seems it will blink for ~10 min for a text or what not and then it goes out. This is annoying because it makes me have to turn the screen on more often then I would like just to check to see if I have a text message. Is there anyway to change this amount of time?
Yeah, thats how it is. Most people always have their phone on them. So if you haven't been around you phone for more than 10 mins, the first thing most people do when they "get back" to their phone is turn the screen on.
Is it really that much of an annoyance? 1 button press?
No, its not but I've come accustomed to my OG droid notifciation light and if you know about that phones notification light, its superb and with a quick look at that phone from a distance you can see if you have a notification or not. I've been fine with it so far but it would be nice if it was longer.
The notification light can save battery throughout a day if you don't have to turn the screen on all the time just to check for a notification.
The notification light on the TB is so insignificant, I forget it even has one most of the time. It isnt normal for a phone to have such a small notification light or only have 2 colors (look at other phones like blackberries or even other android phones). However, you get used to it and check your phone without it.
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No, its not but I've come accustomed to my OG droid notifciation light and if you know about that phones notification light, its superb and with a quick look at that phone from a distance you can see if you have a notification or not. I've been fine with it so far but it would be nice if it was longer.
The notification light can save battery throughout a day if you don't have to turn the screen on all the time just to check for a notification.
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I was the same way with my Nexus One. It's the one thing I miss and hate about the Tbolt. You cannot count on being able to check the notification light to see if you have messages. You HAVE to turn it on to be sure. I really wish HTC would start using a standardized, well engineered notification light on all devices. Then let users turn it off if they don't like it.
I actually came up with a small fix for myself when I'm at home. I mounted one of my Nexus Ones under my plasma(just so that the trackball is showing) then I muted all sounds. At least now if I am at home I generally am alerted visually if I have messages waiting.
Arrow Notification light goes out after certain amount of time, normal?Arrow
I too need a notification light as I do not like turning the phone on and off to see if I missed something. So I found NoLed which has been a lifesaver. It turns on your screen if you missed a call, sms, email, etc. I thought it would kill the battery, but no it really doesn't. You can even schedule when the app will go on and off. Big, Big fan.
marcusblade said:
I too need a notification light as I do not like turning the phone on and off to see if I missed something. So I found NoLed which has been a lifesaver. It turns on your screen if you missed a call, sms, email, etc. I thought it would kill the battery, but no it really doesn't. You can even schedule when the app will go on and off. Big, Big fan.
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just installed this. This looks awesome!! As long it doesn't drain the battery like you said, this will be an incredible app. thanks for the heads up.
I've created an app that wakes ambient display when you take the phone out of your pocket or if you have the phone face down and turn it over. The app is in addition to Google's ambient display and does not change your lock screen in anyway. It can also set "pulses" of ambient display. The free version allows you to have it always pulse while charging.
I added a few other paid features for tilt or lift to unlock, wave to unlock, pulsing at an interval, and battery percentage display on the ambient display.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions or run into any problems. Thank you!
Check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.ambiturner
Pulse means, as long as i have for exampel a unread whatsapp message, ambi is showing at the set pulse time?
Maybe ill test it on OP3 with CM14.1 running ... will report back!
MultiCulti said:
Pulse means, as long as i have for exampel a unread whatsapp message, ambi is showing at the set pulse time?
Maybe ill test it on OP3 with CM14.1 running ... will report back!
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Correct. There is a filter for you to choose which apps can trigger a pulse. The pulse timeout is how long do you want the pulses to continue before it stops (to save battery). Pulse will temporarily pause when your phone goes into deep sleep. I could wake it up, but that's a much larger battery hit.
The other features seems to have little to now battery impact. Pulse is fine as long as the interval isn't set crazy low.
So far I've only personally tested it on stock Pixel XL.
ok, so far its working fine here!
Just the pulse isnt working (tried whatsapp and google messenger)
Love the idea off showing the battery, but its not that looking good :silly:
but i think, you just can manage this as "notification", or am i wrong?
anyways, good idea so far, will follow (bought it anyway) :laugh:
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ok, so far its working fine here!
Just the pulse isnt working (tried whatsapp and google messenger)
Love the idea off showing the battery, but its not that looking good :silly:
but i think, you just can manage this as "notification", or am i wrong?
anyways, good idea so far, will follow (bought it anyway) :laugh:
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The battery level is a notification. I'll create a custom layout to improve the look in a future update.
The pulse is the least reliable feature. I'm still working out the kinks, but doze and deep sleep definitely are one problem. I'm testing various ways and will try to get it as consistent as possible.
Alarm Manager would work but it would drain battery.
Looks great! Just to confirm - you need to have a lock screen set up for it to work?
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Looks great! Just to confirm - you need to have a lock screen set up for it to work?
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Yes, it works with androids Ambient Display. So if you have that and it's turned on it should work.
So I've done some limited testing with the app white listed from doze and so far it improves the responsiveness significantly. I don't know the battery impacts yet, but if it's not noticeable I'll add code to prompt users to white list it.
Other upcoming changes:
Advanced settings to adjust wait times for how long the phone has to be in your pocket or laying flat before a wake can occur.
A pulse option that initially pulses faster when a notification comes in, and progressively shows down until the timeout.
Possibly change in lock screen battery indicator appearance.
Filter on laying flat thresholds. I suspect the accelerometer incorrectly reports the phone tilted while it is laying flat on occasion.
New update posted.
I may have discovered what is causing the intermittent nature of wave to wake. I made some changes in how I'm using the proximity sensor so that should help. I'll have to wait and see after a day or so of use to see how consistent it is.
I also added an option to turn off the wake from pocket.
There's now a help screen with an email developer button and some troubleshooting hints. I've been getting a large number of 1 star reviews, and many of them are people who don't realize you need to have ambient display turned on and a lock screen set, so I included more info on that.
Oh, and the notification is now hidden unless you have the Battery Indicator selected!
If anyone is still having problems with tilt to wake please let me know. On my Pixel XL that has been working every time all day. There is sometimes a delay, but I think that's due to the aggressiveness of Android 7.1 putting the device into sleep.
Awesome app. I bought it mainly because of Wave To Wake, but for some reason it works two times on my Nexus 6 and then stops working until I turn my screen on and off again. Oh, and I've already whitelisted Ambi-Turner from the battery optimisation.
Also I would love if you could make Ambient Display work as soon as I turn the screen off, without having to wait for 10 or 3 seconds.
Thank you a lot for your hard work, I hope this can be fixed. Please contact me if I can help with anything!
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Awesome app. I bought it mainly because of Wave To Wake, but for some reason it works two times on my Nexus 6 and then stops working until I turn my screen on and off again. Oh, and I've already whitelisted Ambi-Turner from the battery optimisation.
Also I would love if you could make Ambient Display work as soon as I turn the screen off, without having to wait for 10 or 3 seconds.
Thank you a lot for your hard work, I hope this can be fixed. Please contact me if I can help with anything!
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I'm trying to get wave to wake as consistent as possible. Did you update last night? Let me know if that helps it.
I'm actually working on some advanced settings to let you control those timeouts.
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I'm trying to get wave to wake as consistent as possible. Did you update last night? Let me know if that helps it.
I'm actually working on some advanced settings to let you control those timeouts.
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I'm testing it right now and it's still quite inconsistent. Though I never know if I'm waving too fast or too slow, you know? Maybe if there was a way to make it more sensitive? Thanks for the attention! ;D
Edit: just to be clear, Wave To Wake does only work two times, but I discovered that I don't actually need to turn the screen on for it to work, I can just move the device (then Ambient Display will turn on) and after that the Wave To Wake will work again (though still only two times). I believe it has something to do with the time after it's been awake or something like that.
Android Wear Issue
Ok...I love the app when its working and even bought the Pro. So worth it to me.
This morning I forgot my Android Wear watch (LG Urbane) at home and Ambi Turner was working perfectly. I had to run home at lunch, grabbed my watch, turned it on and now Ambi Turner isn't working.
Any thoughts how to get around this?
mschumacker said:
Ok...I love the app when its working and even bought the Pro. So worth it to me.
This morning I forgot my Android Wear watch (LG Urbane) at home and Ambi Turner was working perfectly. I had to run home at lunch, grabbed my watch, turned it on and now Ambi Turner isn't working.
Any thoughts how to get around this?
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UPDATE: I turned off the 'Mute' for my watch and Ambi Turner started working again. Hmm...gotta thing this one through. Turning on Mute alerts my watch, but I also see them on Amber Display.
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I'm testing it right now and it's still quite inconsistent. Though I never know if I'm waving too fast or too slow, you know? Maybe if there was a way to make it more sensitive? Thanks for the attention! ;D
Edit: just to be clear, Wave To Wake does only work two times, but I discovered that I don't actually need to turn the screen on for it to work, I can just move the device (then Ambient Display will turn on) and after that the Wave To Wake will work again (though still only two times). I believe it has something to do with the time after it's been awake or something like that.
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I'm adding some customization for the wave timeouts. I wish I could measure hand distance from phone but the pixel and nexus sensors don't have that granularity the way moto phones do.
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UPDATE: I turned off the 'Mute' for my watch and Ambi Turner started working again. Hmm...gotta thing this one through. Turning on Mute alerts my watch, but I also see them on Amber Display.
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Hmm that's strange. I'm using a garmin fitness watch that has notifications and haven't seen anything like that. Does your watch somehow mute notifications on your phone so that only the watch displays them?
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Hmm that's strange. I'm using a garmin fitness watch that has notifications and haven't seen anything like that. Does your watch somehow mute notifications on your phone so that only the watch displays them?
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Yes...there is a setting in Android Watch (Silence phone while wearing watch ) in the new version. It used to be 'Mute calls and notifications'. Its actually very handy so that when I'm in a meeting, I just get a vibration on my watch instead of my phone making any noise. Add the 'Feel the Wear' app where you can customize the vibration pattern per app...just a great combo.
EDIT: Since I just got a new version of Android Watch, it seems I can turn on the Silence option and the AmbiTurner, wake on wave, is working! Woo HOO!
Made tons of improvements. Tilt to wake should be extremely reliable now. There is also a lift to wake option. I reduced the speed you need to wave, so it should be much easier to trigger now. I also added an option to always pulse while charging.
Let me know how it works!
I had taken a break from updating it because I became a father but I have a little spare time now.
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Made tons of improvements. Tilt to wake should be extremely reliable now. There is also a lift to wake option. I reduced the speed you need to wave, so it should be much easier to trigger now. I also added an option to always pulse while charging.
Let me know how it works!
I had taken a break from updating it because I became a father but I have a little spare time now.
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@grokus is this app still being developed?
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While I had my my AT&T S3 Frontier LTE watch set to "Always On" I was getting something like a "Screensaver" which consisted of just the hour and minutes hands in white on a black background. It came on after the watch display dimmed and after the display time out. This happened while using the Chronograph+ (default) watch face. It was a distinctive + useful screen face that probably saved me some battery life. Now the displays dims after the time out and then it turns completely off (black). After I power cycled the S3 yesterday, I stopped getting this "Screensaver" and can't find the settings combination that will get this "screensaver" back. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how to get it back?
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While I had my my AT&T S3 Frontier LTE watch set to "Always On" I was getting something like a "Screensaver" which consisted of just the hour and minutes hands in white on a black background. It came on after the watch display dimmed and after the display time out. This happened while using the Chronograph+ (default) watch face. It was a distinctive + useful screen face that probably saved me some battery life. Now the displays dims after the time out and then it turns completely off (black). After I power cycled the S3 yesterday, I stopped getting this "Screensaver" and can't find the settings combination that will get this "screensaver" back. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how to get it back?
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Enable Settings -> Style -> Watch Always On
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While I had my my AT&T S3 Frontier LTE watch set to "Always On" I was getting something like a "Screensaver" which consisted of just the hour and minutes hands in white on a black background. It came on after the watch display dimmed and after the display time out. This happened while using the Chronograph+ (default) watch face. It was a distinctive + useful screen face that probably saved me some battery life. Now the displays dims after the time out and then it turns completely off (black). After I power cycled the S3 yesterday, I stopped getting this "Screensaver" and can't find the settings combination that will get this "screensaver" back. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how to get it back?
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I don't think I've really ever used the default faces. I know in a lot of the Watchmaker faces you can get a toned down face with maybe just the numbers and hands glowing when using AOD mode but I don't know about the default faces. In display settings there's a setting for auto low brightness that may affect that.
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Enable Settings -> Style -> Watch Always On
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If you read the first sentence of my post you'd see that I'm already using this setting.
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If you read the first sentence of my post you'd see that I'm already using this setting.
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Yea i have read it. Not just first sentence but I also read the whole thing, you must admit it is not really making much sense. "Screensaver"? There is no such thing on this watch, only AOD and "Now the displays dims after the time out and then it turns completely off (black)." this sentence perfectly describes the AOD off behavior. So i thought it worth mentioning.
Only other thing that comes to my mind is default analog AOD watchface(attachment) which is something watch shows if the current watchface does not support AOD. But since you stated that you were getting your "screensaver" on Chronograph+ which supports AOD, it doesn't really make sense either.
Anyway hope you'll find your answer.
I also saw this "screensaver" mode in a review video somewhere, but I have not been able to locate it again. Once I find it, I'll post a screenshot of it.
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While I had my my AT&T S3 Frontier LTE watch set to "Always On" I was getting something like a "Screensaver" which consisted of just the hour and minutes hands in white on a black background. It came on after the watch display dimmed and after the display time out. This happened while using the Chronograph+ (default) watch face. It was a distinctive + useful screen face that probably saved me some battery life. Now the displays dims after the time out and then it turns completely off (black). After I power cycled the S3 yesterday, I stopped getting this "Screensaver" and can't find the settings combination that will get this "screensaver" back. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and how to get it back?
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Thinking more about it, I don't think the AOD is even supposed to remain on all the time. That has been a major complaint, the AOD mode not being actually AOD. What you're experiencing now isn't normal and there should be no setting to change that. If you want to set up the watch again, you might try resetting it. That's assuming you've already tried just restarting it.
What comes to my mind with "Watch always on" (or "Always On Display", AOD) and having screen completely black is if watch thought at some point that you weren`t wearing it - only in that case should the screen go completely black with AOD set, otherwise it should, well, keep "always on display", that`s the point of the setting
When you take the watch off your hand, then it goes blank even though AOD setting is still active - watch is "playing it smart" to preserve battery life in case where you`re not actively using it.
But, it`s possible for the watch to (wrongly) think that you`re not wearing it even when you do, thus turning the screen off when it should otherwise be in AOD mode (as set). For example, it can happen when your wrist band is a bit loose so the heart rate sensor has issues reading your pulse, or when the heart rate sensor itself is smudgy or otherwise blocked to make the valid reading - some people with tattoos reported that AOD doesn`t really work for them, having the screen constantly turning off (tattoo effectively confusing the heart rate sensor reading).
This is especially troublesome if you`re using "Samsung Pay", where the watch asks for you PIN in order to unlock itself every-single-time, as it`s thinking that you didn`t wear it in the meantime...
All this said, from what you described, it looks like AOD doesn`t work for you at all anymore, as what you seem to call "Screensaver" is actually AOD - a dimmed and more simple version of the watch, whose main purpose is to spare the battery while still providing a bit more realistic feel, having the watchface shown all the time.
There is additional "trick" to trigger AOD mode (once you have the setting configured), besides simply waiting for some (configured) time to pass by - just cover the watch with your palm for a few seconds, and it should fall back to AOD mode. If the screen goes blank instead, you might have an issue with the watch.
It would be good to have some default watchface in use when you`re trying AOD (like mentioned Chronograph+), just to opt out a possibly "broken" third-party watchface, and you could also check if "S Health" heart-rate reading works for you, starting a heart-rate readout manually (you can use a widget for that as well).
If the issue is still there, you may try restarting the watch again, or eventually soft (or factory) resetting might be a thing to go for, too, though you`ll have to setup the watch again, as already mentioned.
I have seen the exact same behavior. My AOD will suddenly become black and white, while normally it is full color, and any app icons that are usually on the AOD disappear. When the watch is active (by turning wrist or touching the screen), the full color face returns and looks normal - it is only the AOD that is always B&W. The difference for me is that I don't like it and I would like to figure out how to get it to stop happening.
I've had the watch for about 2 months and it has happened to me 3 times with different watch faces. It lasts from several hours to more than a day. I have changed every related face setting, changed faces, changed face settings, AOD settings, restarted, and reset the watch completely (and restore), but it still happens. The only thing that I've noticed may help (may be coincidence) is that it will stay indefinitely until I power cycle the watch. After restarting, the AOD remains black and white for a few hours and then suddenly the color AOD will return. Next time it happens I will take a pic.
I'm actually somewhat relieved that I'm not the only one who has seen this because my googling revealed next to nothing. I don't know if I would call this a screensaver, but it would be nice to be able to control it.
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I'm actually somewhat relieved that I'm not the only one who has seen this because my googling revealed next to nothing. I don't know if I would call this a screensaver, but it would be nice to be able to control it.
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I knew I was not seeing things... please take a picture if it happens again, so that we can have a reference image. I'll do the same if it happens to me again. In certain situations... I actually like just having the hour and minute hands in "brightish" white on black background. Like you, I would also like to control it. I thought it was a "screensaver-like" feature as the watch face turns mostly black. But as you say, it might be a glitch... it has not happened to me since I last power cycled the S3.
Low Color AOD
I finally figured it out.
The behavior is called "Low Color AOD" and "High Color AOD". It is controllable by swiping from the right side of the screen near 5 o'clock straight up. This consistently toggles it for me, and a popup message shows a message saying either "Low Color AOD" or "High Color AOD". See pics attached (sorry, don't know how to rotate them).
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1. Low Color AOD
2. High Color AOD
3. popup message Low Color AOD
4. popup message High Color AOD
Only some faces support this behavior. For me, "Low Color AOD" always means monochrome B&W and no app icons.
PS - this face is called "Stylish Set" and the creator gives free coupons for it if you email him. It is one of the few faces I've found that shows day/date, with temperature and battery.
As mentioned, the function described is dependent on the functionality of each watch face independent of the watch itself. If a given watch face supports it, it can be accessed. The "always on" function also depends on the capabilities of each watch face. Some have customized always on displays, and some do not (generic). The watch will go black if it senses it is not against the skin (the sensor on the back). This will also cause the watch to lock again and require the security code to re-activate. If a band is too loose, the watch can falsely think it has been taken off. The time that the watch face itself is on can be extended with an app called "Flaunt" available from the Galaxy app store. It can extend the original watch face active time to 30 minutes. It can then be re-activated to extend for other 30 minute time periods. Of course it does impact the battery life.
Does anyone else have issue with the continuously flashing green light at the back of the watch? It even happens when I'm not wearing my watch. My "stress" measuring is set to "manual only" and my HR measuring is set to either "Manual only" or "every 10 minutes while still". I've tried both settings and experience the same issue. The only way to make it stop is reboot the watch but then a couple of hours afterwards it starts again. When I reboot the watch I do notice the green light being on sometime when I take the watch off but as soon as I set it upside down the light goes off. It also activates again when I pick it up. It feels more like it's trying to figure out whether I'm wearing the watch or not. This green light is still, doesn't blink. That's not what I'm complaining about. The issue I'm having is a constantly flashing green light. It doesn't seem like it should be doing that and the fact that it's not doing it for a while after I reboot the watch seems to support that thought.
I have the latest software updates and tried resetting the watch also with no luck.
I just took a manual HR reading and that stopped the blinking, for now. As a test, I went into the HR settings and set it to measure contiously and noticed that the light would blink continuously however when I set the watch face down on the table the blinking would stop and only continue when the watch was back on my arm. So even with the setting set on continuous it's technically not supposed to be blinking when you're not wearing the watch. Regardless, my setting was always either "measure every 10min when still" or "manual only". It's interesting that taking the manual reading for now has made it stop blinking.
I've noticed that same behavior, so I keep it set to manual for now...
Mine does it even when it's on manual. It seemed to be working fine earlier but then I set it down to charge and when I picked it up later it was flashing like crazy again. I have all the sensors set to manual and I also don't have a watch face that displays any of the sensor information. I'm actually returning it today because it just does not seem like normal behavior. But like I said, when it appeared to be working fine again I did a little test and set it to measure HR continuously at which point the light was flashing like crazy while the watch was on my wrist however as soon as I took it off and set it face down on the table it would stop flashing. And I would assume that's the way it's supposed to be working as opposed to flashing non-stop even when you're not wearing it.
Wow, that sounds like a buggy sensor! Agree it should not be flashing nonstop when not wearing it....
I've had the replacement for 2 days now and don't notice the issue with this new watch. Same settings as before.
I have an annoyance, and wondered if anyone has found a way of dealing with this?
I wear my watch overnight, and want to stop the tilt to wake screen function (as it drains battery if it's flicking on all through the night).
I understand I can schedule bedtime mode which stops this feature, but it seems to be linked to my phone, and I do not want bedtime on my phone (unless it can be on, and not greyscale?)
I can also schedule do not disturb, but this doesn't stop the tilt function!
Any suggestions?
Just add Bedtime (not sure what name used in English) button to quickpannel of the GW4 and tap it manual on GW4 or phone when you go to sleep.
Who cares if screen of the phone is in grey shades while sleeping? Just manually end Bedtime setting when you wake up...
Thanks, but that's a specific use-case that I require
I already know about how to start bedtime, and schedule it. But that doesn't help my query.
I'm looking for any of:
1. Separate bedtime from watch and phone (I don't think this is possible)
2. Turn off greyscale on the phones bedtime (I often wake and use my phone after "bedtime")
3. Another way to auto-stop/start tilt to wake that isn't bedtime
And it needs to be scheduled (I fall asleep at various times, and wouldn't remember to manually do it - and why should you have to?)
Ideally they'd add the option to do not disturb..
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I have an annoyance, and wondered if anyone has found a way of dealing with this?
I wear my watch overnight, and want to stop the tilt to wake screen function (as it drains battery if it's flicking on all through the night).
I understand I can schedule bedtime mode which stops this feature, but it seems to be linked to my phone, and I do not want bedtime on my phone (unless it can be on, and not greyscale?)
I can also schedule do not disturb, but this doesn't stop the tilt function!
Any suggestions?
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It would be great if Bixby routines worked on the watch to enable this
Tripledrop said:
Thanks, but that's a specific use-case that I require
I already know about how to start bedtime, and schedule it. But that doesn't help my query.
I'm looking for any of:
1. Separate bedtime from watch and phone (I don't think this is possible)
2. Turn off greyscale on the phones bedtime (I often wake and use my phone after "bedtime")
3. Another way to auto-stop/start tilt to wake that isn't bedtime
And it needs to be scheduled (I fall asleep at various times, and wouldn't remember to manually do it - and why should you have to?)
Ideally they'd add the option to do not disturb..
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Actually you can choose whether or not to synchronise Bedtime between watch and phone:
In Wear app on phonen go to Settings Watch - Advanced functions - Bedtime. There you select/deselect synchronisation of Bedtime between watch and phone.
Tripledrop said:
I have an annoyance, and wondered if anyone has found a way of dealing with this?
I wear my watch overnight, and want to stop the tilt to wake screen function (as it drains battery if it's flicking on all through the night).
I understand I can schedule bedtime mode which stops this feature, but it seems to be linked to my phone, and I do not want bedtime on my phone (unless it can be on, and not greyscale?)
I can also schedule do not disturb, but this doesn't stop the tilt function!
Any suggestions?
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Short answer: unless your Samsung youre not going to achieve any of the things youve asked about, because bedtime mode is bedtime mode and syncs to Samsung phones (as of a Wear app update 2 updates ago now), it doesnt on non-Samsung phones so im told (i have a Samsung phone and it does)
Use bedtime mode like everyone elses does, and if you have a Samsung phone where it syncs bedtime mode need your phone full colour toggle it off when youre using it and then put bedtime mode back on when done...simples (i do it many times a week and im still here and not dead for the struggle of tapping an icon or two), and doesnt involve creating another topic....or are we that lazy as humans now? If you dont have a Samsung phone it should be a moot point in that your bedtime mode shouldnt sync and your screen shouldnt go grey...
Why do people seem to want to sweat the small stuff...we have more urgent matters to attend to as humans than bedtime mode that you can toggle with minimal effort...its such a struggle to use less than 2g of force to toggle something
Longer answer, and part generalised social commentary:
Not sure why people seem to infrequently post topics asking people if theres a way to do x, when if you cant find it in the software itself you should realise that posting the question wont result in happy times, and is a moot point....
If you cant do it, we're all using the same watch, and none of us is named Samsung ....
Posting a topic where you announce you have a singular personal edge case, and to then vomit those needs out into a topic expecting to get a positive answer in 24 hours or less is just a little annoying..part of me dies when i see these topics
Im 51, luckily i dont have that annoying "i want it now" instant spoiled millennial mindset
I got my 1st laptop at 25, after saving 2 years for it, yet i know a 9yo who just got her 2nd MacBook Pro after whining until her parents gave in...society is doomed on the expectations new humans have of it. We really should have stopped making new humans about 30 years ago....
OnnoJ said:
Actually you can choose whether or not to synchronise Bedtime between watch and phone:
In Wear app on phonen go to Settings Watch - Advanced functions - Bedtime. There you select/deselect synchronisation of Bedtime between watch and phone.
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Party pooper
Still, Im sure the OP will find a way to make that not good enough....
73sydney said:
Short answer: unless your Samsung youre not going to achieve any of the things youve asked about, because bedtime mode is bedtime mode and syncs to Samsung phones (as of a Wear app update 2 updates ago now), it doesnt on non-Samsung phones so im told (i have a Samsung phone and it does)
Use bedtime mode like everyone elses does, and if you have a Samsung phone where it syncs bedtime mode need your phone full colour toggle it off when youre using it and then put bedtime mode back on when done...simples (i do it many times a week and im still here and not dead for the struggle of tapping an icon or two), and doesnt involve creating another topic....or are we that lazy as humans now? If you dont have a Samsung phone it should be a moot point in that your bedtime mode shouldnt sync and your screen shouldnt go grey...
Why do people seem to want to sweat the small stuff...we have more urgent matters to attend to as humans than bedtime mode that you can toggle with minimal effort...its such a struggle to use less than 2g of force to toggle something
Longer answer, and part generalised social commentary:
Not sure why people seem to infrequently post topics asking people if theres a way to do x, when if you cant find it in the software itself you should realise that posting the question wont result in happy times, and is a moot point....
If you cant do it, we're all using the same watch, and none of us is named Samsung ....
Posting a topic where you announce you have a singular personal edge case, and to then vomit those needs out into a topic expecting to get a positive answer in 24 hours or less is just a little annoying..part of me dies when i see these topics
Im 51, luckily i dont have that annoying "i want it now" instant spoiled millennial mindset
I got my 1st laptop at 25, after saving 2 years for it, yet i know a 9yo who just got her 2nd MacBook Pro after whining until her parents gave in...society is doomed on the expectations new humans have of it. We really should have stopped making new humans about 30 years ago....
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Is one of the main points of a forum not to ask questions? I had a problem with the watch not sounding alarms unless system sounds were turned on, which I didn't want, I want all my sounds muted except alarms.
I had been through various mixes of the settings to no avail but asked the question Reddit and got a solution from someone who had a similar query.
We worked through it together to get this solution, thank goodness I didn't ask it on here as for you to see and be annoyed about!
PS - I too am 51 and thought the OP asked a valid question, I can relate to their point because I use a wake up app that doesn't work well with Bedtime mode so it would be useful to have a workaround as OP suggests.
MilgeS said:
Is one of the main points of a forum not to ask questions? I had a problem with the watch not sounding alarms unless system sounds were turned on, which I didn't want, I want all my sounds muted except alarms.
I had been through various mixes of the settings to no avail but asked the question Reddit and got a solution from someone who had a similar query.
We worked through it together to get this solution, thank goodness I didn't ask it on here as for you to see and be annoyed about!
PS - I too am 51 and thought the OP asked a valid question, I can relate to their point because I use a wake up app that doesn't work well with Bedtime mode so it would be useful to have a workaround as OP suggests.
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Assume a certain amount of humour in my response....
My main point is that the watch isnt like a phone where we have an easier time trying to mod things...
Wow, what an ignorant reply! This is a forum for asking questions about certain devices.. I understand there are more important things in the world, but that doesn't mean everything else stops!! If I want info on one of the 40+ wars currently ongoing, I'll ask in a more appropriate forum.
And it appears that despite not being Samsung, this is indeed possible!
Not sure what I wrote that offended you, but please feel free to skip over any other posts of mine in future
OnnoJ said:
Actually you can choose whether or not to synchronise Bedtime between watch and phone:
In Wear app on phonen go to Settings Watch - Advanced functions - Bedtime. There you select/deselect synchronisation of Bedtime between watch and phone.
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Brilliant, thanks for the help, exactly what I needed!