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Hi, I've already activated the developer option which keeps the screen awake whilst charging, however this doesn't seem to include wireless charging.
Does anybody have a clue on how to have the screen awake whilst charging wireless?
Thanks
Outcasst said:
Hi, I've already activated the developer option which keeps the screen awake whilst charging, however this doesn't seem to include wireless charging.
Does anybody have a clue on how to have the screen awake whilst charging wireless?
Thanks
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Can't answer your question, but remember that screen burn-in is a real issue with AMOLED screens. The demo models at my local T-Mobile store are already ruined after 2 weeks.
Hmm. That's good to know. Main issue is I use my phone as my bedside clock. Maybe I'll have to buy a proper alarm clock
Outcasst said:
Hmm. That's good to know. Main issue is I use my phone as my bedside clock. Maybe I'll have to buy a proper alarm clock
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Yeah, I would highly suggest going the $10 alarm clock route.
Outcasst said:
Hmm. That's good to know. Main issue is I use my phone as my bedside clock. Maybe I'll have to buy a proper alarm clock
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There are loads of apps in the play store that display the time, and keep it displayed (dimmed), moving it around the screen to avoid burn in.. I used Dock Clock (Night Clock) when I had a need for a bedside clock and it worked a treat. It's free and fairly customisable (there's a paid version - not sure of the differences as I only needed it for a few nights so used the freebie).
I hate this. Every time I plug the phone in or place it on the wireless charger, the screen comes on. When it hits 100%, the screen comes on again. This is completely unnecessary.
Does anyone know of a way to disable that?
Exposed could, but we know how that goes...
It's not available for the S6?
Nope
Bummer. It really helped with a lot of things on the S4. Is it in the works?
flu13 said:
Bummer. It really helped with a lot of things on the S4. Is it in the works?
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AFAIK, there's a working version for Lollipop. How compatible it is with the S6, I do not know.
just ignore it? The phone turns itself back off in 5 seconds.
Wow, yeah, you're right. Why would I take some little pet peeve about my phone and expect to find help from a community of people who dedicate their time to such things as removing the name of your carrier from your lock screen? Maybe we'd all be better off if we just sucked it up and lived with everything exactly the way the phone came out of the box.
I've worked around this in the past using Tasker and Screen Filter. Just set tasker to activate a fully black screen filter on top of your screen for a few seconds whenever the phones is sat on a wireless charger. Same thing when it's fully charged. Works great.
Not for everyone
neotekz said:
just ignore it? The phone turns itself back off in 5 seconds.
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I like to have the phone set to "screen always on when charging" so when i have it plugged in and am sort of using it, the screen won't time out on me. However, I don't need the screen on when it's not in "use". So with the phone set to screen always on when charging, it suchs that it awakes once 100% charged or when notifications come across and then stays on. This is exactly why all the customization mods are so beneficial. I don't wan't the screen to ever turn on, unless I initiate. Where can I choose that without a custom rom or mod of some sort, I don't think its possible. Anyone got a good option for me?
Got a problem when using Google maps for navigation with the screen dimming and then after about a minute the screen switches off completely, am I missing a setting somewhere to stop this happening? Thanks
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Are you rooted?
No man totally stock, can you sort it if your rooted? Ta
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No, i just wondered if you'd disabled some of its permissions using root. It's supposed to dim to save battery if you're just on a long straight road etc. Then when it comes to saying directions again and junctions it should light back up to normal
Ah ok thanks it dims fine but then the screen goes off...
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Have you tried simply clearing the apps data and cache, force stopping it and then rebooting the phone before opening again?
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I'm just about to set off for work and gonna use maps actually so I'll see what mine does as I'm unsure I've actually used it on my z5 yet
Mine works as normal, tried and tested
Thanks mate I'll remove / re install and give it a try this morning
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Getting somewhere still not as it should be though..
Got a stereo in my car that supposed to support android mirrorlink (it doesn't work) but what it does do is charge just like a mains charger, anyway what i've found when the stereo is in mirrorlink mode it switches the phone screen off, when i take the stereo out of mirrorlink mode the phone screen stays on, it is however really really dim just about visible i tried without the cable charging at all and still the same...
Thanks for the suggestions though if i can figure out how to have it not go so dim it'll be fine... (i would say it goes down to maybe 10% screen brightness maybe even less)
So as soon as you use maps to navigate whether it's on charge or not the screen just goes stupidly dim?
What about ticking the stay awake box and have it charging?
Ben36 said:
So as soon as you use maps to navigate whether it's on charge or not the screen just goes stupidly dim?
What about ticking the stay awake box and have it charging?
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Yeah after about 10sec the screen goes really dim and stays like that...
Tried your above suggestion yesterday (thought it might work too) doesn't make any difference, i have ambient setting enabled in the phone settings i'll try disabling that on the way home see if that makes a difference and do some googling later on, cheers though...
Crazy thought, your case or car holder isn't simply just covering up the light sensor is it?
Well I'm confused but the issue is sorted turned adaptive brightness setting off screen was perfect, so 5min later turned adaptive brightness back on expecting screen to dim it didn't so no idea but seems sorted #bangheadonwall
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Lol. Well hope it stays that way!
wakers said:
turned adaptive brightness setting off screen was perfect, so 5min later turned adaptive brightness back on expecting screen to dim it didn't so no idea but seems sorted
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Ah, the ol' turn EVERYTHING off and on again fix. Classic.
Hi,
I just bought my Gear S2 classic yesterday.
I am using the (always on mode) and disabled the wake up gesture.
Even though I am using the (always on mode), some times the screen switchs off and I need to press on any button to wake it up.
Any idea on this? is it a fault?
Thanks,
So.. anyone faced this?
Thanks,
I've had this too. Tried everything to figure out why the clock didn't go in to ambient mode. Gave up trying in the end
Then, it sorted itself out the other day after I had rearranged the order of the apps on the app wheel. I'm sure this was just a coincidence though.
Mubble said:
I've had this too. Tried everything to figure out why the clock didn't go in to ambient mode. Gave up trying in the end
Then, it sorted itself out the other day after I had rearranged the order of the apps on the app wheel. I'm sure this was just a coincidence though.
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Thanks alot... I have just did factory reset to the watch... and let's see... i was using a custom face from Mr. time.. now i am using one of the default faces.
let's see
Yes I was, and still am, using a Mr Time watch face. Think it might be messing up the ambient mode for all watch faces. Although the standard watch faces were doing the same.
Mubble said:
Yes I was, and still am, using a Mr Time watch face. Think it might be messing up the ambient mode for all watch faces. Although the standard watch faces were doing the same.
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after factory reset and using original watch face it happened again./.. just suddenly the ambient mode goes away and the screen turns to black.. had to move the bezel for the watch to wake up
This appears to be a common problem and based on another thread, it doesn't appear to be fixed in the last firmware release to Korea
ColMustard said:
This appears to be a common problem and based on another thread, it doesn't appear to be fixed in the last firmware release to Korea
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thanks alot... can you share the link of the other thread?
Is this only happening with Mr time watchfaces or with other watchfaces too?
sefrcoko said:
Is this only happening with Mr time watchfaces or with other watchfaces too?
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it happens with other watchfaces as well.
my settings:
- always on option is selected (on).
- wake up gesture is not selected (off).
problem: some times the watch hands turns off (like if the "always on" option is not selected.
it works fine for some time and then suddenly i look at the watch.. to find the screen black.
actions taken: using the original watchface, uninstalling Mr. time watchface... factory reset.... non of them helped.
Thanks,
a_k_gano said:
thanks alot... can you share the link of the other thread?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/gea...rmware-update-november-20-2015-t3252977/page3
a_k_gano said:
Hi,
I just bought my Gear S2 classic yesterday.
I am using the (always on mode) and disabled the wake up gesture.
Even though I am using the (always on mode), some times the screen switchs off and I need to press on any button to wake it up.
Any idea on this? is it a fault?
Thanks,
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I thought I was having the same problem, but then put the watch on my wrist and all of a sudden it went into ambient mode. With wake up gesture on, the screen goes to full mode when I glance at the watch. But if I remove the watch from my wrist and put it on the table, the screen goes off completely.
So I guess it detects when watch is on your wrist and acts accordingly.
Hope that helps.
zoltar99 said:
I thought I was having the same problem, but then put the watch on my wrist and all of a sudden it went into ambient mode. With wake up gesture on, the screen goes to full mode when I glance at the watch. But if I remove the watch from my wrist and put it on the table, the screen goes off completely.
So I guess it detects when watch is on your wrist and acts accordingly.
Hope that helps.
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What you are saying is absolutely right regarding the watch screen turning off when you take it off your wrist for power saving.
but I think what we are talking about is a sort of bug... (when you have always on-on and wake up gesture-off, and the watch will randomly blank the screen while you are wearing it ...) like what is explained in the previous link (another thread).
Thanks alot,
found another thread for same topic as well... looks like a general problem
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-gear-s2/609013-gear-s2-always.html
found another thread for same topic as well... looks like a general problem
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-gear-s2/609013-gear-s2-always.html
a_k_gano said:
found another thread for same topic as well... looks like a general problem
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-gear-s2/609013-gear-s2-always.html
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one more mentioned the problem
http://developer.samsung.com/forum/...boardName=SDK&messageId=285755&startId=zzzzz~
a_k_gano said:
What you are saying is absolutely right regarding the watch screen turning off when you take it off your wrist for power saving.
but I think what we are talking about is a sort of bug... (when you have always on-on and wake up gesture-off, and the watch will randomly blank the screen while you are wearing it ...) like what is explained in the previous link (another thread).
Thanks alot,
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Let's hope this is a software issue and Samsung might be able to fix it with a patch very soon.
Are you using the standard strap? I got really frustrated after I put the watch on a perlon band because the ambient mode suddenly wasn't working, and then I realized the strap was covering the heart rate sensor, which is how the watch knows whether or not it's on a wrist. I cut a hole in the strap (and heat-sealed the edges) and back to ambient mode.
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Are you using the standard strap? I got really frustrated after I put the watch on a perlon band because the ambient mode suddenly wasn't working, and then I realized the strap was covering the heart rate sensor, which is how the watch knows whether or not it's on a wrist. I cut a hole in the strap (and heat-sealed the edges) and back to ambient mode.
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Hmm.. I am using the standard strap.. but like to make it lose.. do you think it should be tight on hand ? .. and are you sure it is the heart rate sensor is the one that monitors? or it is by movement..
I got the latest firmware yesterday (that was in Korea few days ago).. and the same problem happened again... so i thought it is a bug and not yet fixed...
i will try to make the watch sealed on my hand and will see.. thanks for the advise... will let you know the result
Even after tightening the strap, the display goes black after a while. So annoying... I cant believe Samsung couldn't get something so simple as always on ambient mode correctly. Their software shortcomings are increasingly becoming irritating.
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Guys, I can't, for the life of me, get the always-on screen feature to work. I've tried with the built-in watchfaces, and even made my own and tried that. No matter what, the screen turns off after about 5 seconds (regardless of what the timeout option is set to) and the AOD does not come on.
What settings do I need to make this work? I am connected to an iPhone via the leaked beta app. Everything works pretty well except for the AOD.
AOD only works when the watch is being worn.
chiefsalami said:
Guys, I can't, for the life of me, get the always-on screen feature to work. I've tried with the built-in watchfaces, and even made my own and tried that. No matter what, the screen turns off after about 5 seconds (regardless of what the timeout option is set to) and the AOD does not come on.
What settings do I need to make this work? I am connected to an iPhone via the leaked beta app. Everything works pretty well except for the AOD.
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Go into settings under display you will see the "always on" option, check that off.
klau1 said:
AOD only works when the watch is being worn.
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I am wearing the watch.
Gratchf703 said:
Go into settings under display you will see the "always on" option, check that off.
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Did this.
My AOD stopped working and a watch reboot fixed it?
Go in Settings...Style....click Watch always on.
odyseus said:
My AOD stopped working and a watch reboot fixed it?
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Mine has never worked, even with the stock watchfaces, and even after a fresh reset and re-setup. I don't get it.
chiefsalami said:
Mine has never worked, even with the stock watchfaces, and even after a fresh reset and re-setup. I don't get it.
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Did you turn the Always On Feature on in the Styles menu?
Sword Fish said:
Did you turn the Always On Feature on in the Styles menu?
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Of course. I've said I have turned it on.
chiefsalami said:
Of course. I've said I have turned it on.
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Sorry, just trying to help. You actually said you went into Display and turned it on. The actually way to turn it on is in the Styles menu, not Display.
I can't get it to work either, strange. Hopefully they update it soon to fix this bug. Seems to be the only thing not working no matter how much I mess with the songs or reset it.
JuliousJive said:
I can't get it to work either, strange. Hopefully they update it soon to fix this bug. Seems to be the only thing not working no matter how much I mess with the songs or reset it.
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I bet a hard reset would fix it.
AOD is working perfectly on my Gear S3 Classic paired to a GS7E. Can you test out AOD after linking to an Android phone? Maybe it's an iPhone thing.
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OK, I figured it out. I had a NATO strap on it, and it was covering the HR sensor. Switched back to a traditional strap and AOD started working right away. Don't know why that had anything to do with it, but it did.
chiefsalami said:
OK, I figured it out. I had a NATO strap on it, and it was covering the HR sensor. Switched back to a traditional strap and AOD started working right away. Don't know why that had anything to do with it, but it did.
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Probably due to the fact that AOD doesn't need to be on if you're not wearing it, or I guess if it thinks you're not wearing it. That's kind of a neat feature and a good find, who would have thought about that?
I own a Gear S3 classic with the latest firmware and i run the S3 in standalone mode without a mobile phone connected. The S3 has the original strap and ADO is enabled.
The ADO works only, when i wear the clock. The display goes off after approx. 5s as soon as i remove the clock from my arm.
manhart said:
I own a Gear S3 classic with the latest firmware and i run the S3 in standalone mode without a mobile phone connected. The S3 has the original strap and ADO is enabled.
The ADO works only, when i wear the clock. The display goes off after approx. 5s as soon as i remove the clock from my arm.
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That's normal. It knows you aren't wearing it, so it turns AOD off. It detects heart rate to know if it's being worn or not.