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[HOW TO] Make your Note 3 screen even brighter for sunlight readability

Are you tired of not being able to read the screen very well when outside under the hot sun? Then you came to the right thread.
Touchwiz Auto Brightness does not need this mod.
However, no brightness functionality in any AOSP ROM is capable of getting as bright as Touchwiz Auto Brightness. Nor can the manual brightness slider of AOSP or Touchwiz.
As I've presented it here, this "app" will enable an extra ~5-10% brightness from your Note 3 4.4.2 and 4.4.4 OLED display in both rooted TouchWiz and AOSP ROM's. If I had to guess, max brightness in manual mode is something like 350'ish nits. And when you enable this mod, it jumps up to something like 600'ish nits?
***While this mod is turned on, you will lose the ability to adjust brightness via the manual-brightness slider. This mod will peg it to the limit of extra brightness until the mod is turned off.
You can leave this extra-brightness mod turned on at all times, but I don't recommend leaving the screen on for more than a minute or two.
DO NOT LEAVE THE SCREEN TURNED ON FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE OR TWO WHEN THE EXTRA-BRIGHTNESS MOD IS ENABLED. IT'LL EVENTUALLY FRY/BURN-IN YOUR OLED DISPLAY IF OVERUSED! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OTHER SIDE-EFFECTS THIS MOD MIGHT CAUSE.
To use the mod, please install the attached apk's. Just open in Root Explorer and install.
When you click the app, it will automatically adjust your brightness.
Click the "Sunlight" app and it'll put your OLED screen into stereoids brightness mode. It basically overdrives all the colors so you can see the screen a little better under direct sunlight conditions.
Click the "Automatic" app and it'll put your OLED screen back into regular auto-brightness mode.
Click the "Manual" app and it'll put your phone back into regular manual-brightness mode.
I think I'm going to learn how to get AutoVoice going with Tasker so I can set up a voice activated command that will enable/disable this brightness mod. Because I have a hard time reading my screen (dark themes) under direct Texas sunlight!!!
If you don't want to install an app, then just make a script. This command will enable the extra-brightness:
Code:
echo 6 > /sys/class/backlight/panel/auto_brightness
If a dev out there can figure out how to enable this mod and not lose adjustability of manual-brightness, that would be freakin sweet. :good:
Many thanks go to @hatcyl because it was his thread over in the Note II subforum that got me pointed in the right direction to figuring out how we can do this on our Note 3.
Edit 1/6/2017
I found my old APK's and uploaded them to one zip.
Just unzip to locate the APK's to install:
http://www.filedropper.com/czbrightness

CZ Eddie said:
DO NOT LEAVE THIS MOD TURNED ON FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE OR TWO. IT'LL EVENTUALLY FRY/BURN-IN YOUR OLED DISPLAY IF OVERUSED! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OTHER SIDE-EFFECTS THIS MOD MIGHT CAUSE.
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Great find! But question.....what's the point for a 1-2 minute feature? I have this feature on my OPO and it does it automatically kernel+ROM wise. But on the N3, having to turn it off after 1-2 minute kills the original purpose, does it not?

nicholaschum said:
Great find! But question.....what's the point for a 1-2 minute feature? I have this feature on my OPO and it does it automatically kernel+ROM wise. But on the N3, having to turn it off after 1-2 minute kills the original purpose, does it not?
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Well you can leave it turned on all week long if you want. But I wouldn't leave the screen turned on for more than a few minutes at a time. That's why Samsung didn't add this brightness capability to the manual slider. Stuff gets wonky when the screen is overdriven this hard.
AOSP auto-brightness can't get as bright as TouchWiz auto-brightness. Ideally, a dev would add this mod to the AOSP auto-brightness somehow, so AOSP could get as bright as TouchWiz when needed.
For me, I'll have this turned on when I'm walking my dog during the day, or doing random things outdoors. And that'll be just fine, because the screen won't ever be turned on for more than a few seconds at a time.

Very nice mod, just add a feature to turn it off after a minute, great if you add tasker integration.
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This is f*cking awesome. Thanks bro
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thahim said:
Very nice mod, just add a feature to turn it off after a minute, great if you add tasker integration.
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The APK's were built using Tasker's App Factory.
For Tasker integration, you simply use the "script" option in Tasker.
Let me know if you have any specific Tasker questions. I"m not a pro, more of a beginner. But I'll try to help.
I'd like to figure out a way so Tasker can tap into the light sensor and automatically pop the extra brightness over certain a certain LUX, then turn it off after that LUX number drops.

How did you beat the brightness levels with tasker and do you mean I have to use intents in tasker?
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005

thahim said:
How did you beat the brightness levels with tasker and do you mean I have to use intents in tasker?
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Ahh, no you ignore the brightness level in Tasker. 255 is the highest that's ever going to go and that's OK.
You simply create a new task, name it, then add action, the action will be "script". Then you add the command and check the box to make it run as root.
The command will be:
Code:
echo 6 > /sys/class/backlight/panel/auto_brightness
Then to turn it off, just toggle auto-brightness in the Android Brightness Options.
Or create another Tasker task using the Display action to turn auto-brightness on.
Hope this helps.

CZ Eddie said:
Ahh, no you ignore the brightness level in Tasker. 255 is the highest that's ever going to go and that's OK.
You simply create a new task, name it, then add action, the action will be "script". Then you add the command and check the box to make it run as root.
The command will be:
Code:
echo 6 > /sys/class/backlight/panel/auto_brightness
Then to turn it off, just toggle auto-brightness in the Android Brightness Options.
Or create another Tasker task using the Display action to turn auto-brightness on.
Hope this helps.
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I tried running these commands in run shell. Nothing happened to my screen.
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005

thahim said:
I tried running these commands in run shell. Nothing happened to my screen.
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Did you run them as Root?
Superuser should prompt you to give Tasker root permissions when you run it. Or it should unless you've already given Tasker root permissions before.
If you're not sure, then open Superuser and see if Tasker is listed as one of hte apps inside it.

thahim said:
I tried running these commands in run shell. Nothing happened to my screen.
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How did it work out? If root didn't do it, then what ROM/Kernel are you running?

Can someone check out my newest APKs?
CZ_Auto_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ_Manual_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ Sunlight Brightness:
http://d-h.st/ALMu
Install.
Click 'em to change brightness.
If you enable Sunlight brightness, then you *might* need to select auto afterwards, before the manual can be selected. Can't go directly from sunlight to manual. At least not on my first test. Second test ROM doesn't see that behavior.
Here's a how-to video that includes a demonstration. Though it's kind of hard to see the changes, it might help understand what's going on.
http://youtu.be/jlTGeAL_It8
Here's what the three apps look like when added to my Quick Toggles. They are the top three apps:
upload gambar

CZ Eddie said:
Can someone check out my newest APKs?
CZ_Auto_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ_Manual_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ Sunlight Brightness:
http://d-h.st/ALMu
Install.
Click 'em to change brightness.
If you enable Sunlight brightness, then you *might* need to select auto afterwards, before the manual can be selected. Can't go directly from sunlight to manual. At least not on my first test. Second test ROM doesn't see that behavior.
Here's a how-to video that includes a demonstration. Though it's kind of hard to see the changes, it might help understand what's going on.
http://youtu.be/jlTGeAL_It8
Here's what the three apps look like when added to my Quick Toggles. They are the top three apps:
upload gambar
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you have the same link for auto and manual..solve it and will test it to my jamal s5 port..

Very cool app

Impressive.
:good::good::good::good::good:

Very nice

Where can I get the manual one?

Revive and thank for the Mod,
For any users looking, I have used the APK in post 12
(CZ Sunlight Brightness)
And the Zip in the OP, i use Normal.2.apk
Working as expected, Would be nice to have them included in the one App if the OP was still active on this.

max brightness
the max brightness seems like outdoor mode . . do this bright app has also time limit like default system outdoor mode which is 15 minutes? thanks more power of your development
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wow hats off on this app. no time limit for max brightness mode this app is what ive been searching since i got my screen dim damage after submerging in water few months back. . max brightness fix my screen with the help of darker pro app that balances the color. . by the way i wanna ask what is tha changelog of bright.2.apk and CZ Sunlight Brightness thanks so much again

Near_07 said:
the max brightness seems like outdoor mode . . do this bright app has also time limit like default system outdoor mode which is 15 minutes? thanks more power of your development
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wow hats off on this app. no time limit for max brightness mode this app is what ive been searching since i got my screen dim damage after submerging in water few months back. . max brightness fix my screen with the help of darker pro app that balances the color. . by the way i wanna ask what is tha changelog of bright.2.apk and CZ Sunlight Brightness thanks so much again
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Sorry, I don't have any changelog and don't remember the details of this mod.
It's been too long since I made it.
FYI, the developer @flar2 has created a High Brightness Mode widget that far surpasses my original mod.
It is a newer mod and so I don't know how well it works on the Note 3 or if it works at all.
But it works AWESOME on my Google Pixel XL which has the AMOLED display from Samsung.
Here is a link to the widget/mod:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.hbmwidget&hl=en

AOD (Always On Display) Auto Off?

So apparently on Samsungs official news site , the AOD display has a sensor that will disable the AOD when it's placed inside a pocket or a bag (Why would your watch be in your pocket or bag instead of your wrist?). You would think this would also work if say you're wearing a long sleeve shirt. I have been unable to trigger this via long sleeve shirts and I don't have thin enough clothing to test the pocket, nor do I own a bag to test.
"The device’s 3-inch circular Super AMOLED display has a resolution of 360 x 360. Its 16 million colors, full color Always On Watch continuously shows the time rather than fading to black. The ambient light sensor helps to adjust the brightness of displayed information and works to automatically disable the Always On Watch when users can’t see the screen, such as when the watch is in a pocket or a bag. Users can opt to personalize their Always On Watch with customizable, interactive watch faces."
Who's willing to help me test this feature?

Naturesretard said:
So apparently on Samsungs official news site , the AOD display has a sensor that will disable the AOD when it's placed inside a pocket or a bag (Why would your watch be in your pocket or bag instead of your wrist?). You would think this would also work if say you're wearing a long sleeve shirt. I have been unable to trigger this via long sleeve shirts and I don't have thin enough clothing to test the pocket, nor do I own a bag to test.
"The device’s 3-inch circular Super AMOLED display has a resolution of 360 x 360. Its 16 million colors, full color Always On Watch continuously shows the time rather than fading to black. The ambient light sensor helps to adjust the brightness of displayed information and works to automatically disable the Always On Watch when users can’t see the screen, such as when the watch is in a pocket or a bag. Users can opt to personalize their Always On Watch with customizable, interactive watch faces."
Who's willing to help me test this feature?
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Someone already posted on the forums about how their AOD wasn't working, and they found out it was because their strap was blocking their wrist from making contact with the sensor. I'm guessing that the heart rate sensor didn't sense a pulse and turned off the screen completely, or some other sensor all together.
Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s3/help/problems-feature-t3507324/page2

My AOD also turns off when the watch determines that I'm sleeping and then requires a security pin.
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optimummind said:
My AOD also turns off when the watch determines that I'm sleeping and then requires a security pin.
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My AOD works just fine. But it will not turn off when sleeping or covered. It senses my heartbeat just fine. Perhaps my unit is defective? How did you get it to turn it when sleeping, anything special?

Naturesretard said:
My AOD works just fine. But it will not turn off when sleeping or covered. It senses my heartbeat just fine. Perhaps my unit is defective? How did you get it to turn it when sleeping, anything special?
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Nothing special. My Classic began to track my sleep automatically out of the box. After I wake up, I press a button or rotate the bezel then put in my pin. Shortly afterwards, I get an alert on the watch and it shows in numbers & a graph how long I slept and also shows me how long I was motionless, how long I had a little bit of movement, and how long I was restless.
When the watch is simply covered up by my longsleeve shirt or a jacket, my AOD doesn't turn off.
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It won't turn off AOD with long sleeves, because it knows you're wearing it. It only turns off if it's NOT on your wrist. Or when you're sleeping.

Did anyone install the new PK7 watch update on their Gear S3? Any issues with AOD? Like AOD not working or turning off despite the AOD setting being on?
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I just got my Frontier today, and I came here now looking for answers on the AOD feature i have been hearing about but have not witnessed as of yet... My watch goes completely black every time after about 4 to 5 second of inactivity. Like i said i was coming here now to XDA to find out if this was a config problem or what?? Two things I have seen here that may be an issue for me, 1 - i always wear long sleeve shirts, and 2 - i have always had trouble with the smart watch heart rate monitors getting a good pulse on my wrist. (This is my 5th smartwatch, 4th samsung) I did do all of the updates today when initially using watch. I have been wearing it about 8 hours. Hope this helps.

S1CAR1US said:
I just got my Frontier today, and I came here now looking for answers on the AOD feature i have been hearing about but have not witnessed as of yet... My watch goes completely black every time after about 4 to 5 second of inactivity. Like i said i was coming here now to XDA to find out if this was a config problem or what?? Two things I have seen here that may be an issue for me, 1 - i always wear long sleeve shirts, and 2 - i have always had trouble with the smart watch heart rate monitors getting a good pulse on my wrist. (This is my 5th smartwatch, 4th samsung) I did do all of the updates today when initially using watch. I have been wearing it about 8 hours. Hope this helps.
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Settings > Style > Always on. Have you turned that on?
Also, it won't work if the watch isn't on your wrist.

Is there a way to increase the brightness of the AOD? Mine is hard to see unless I'm in a fairly dark room.

lyall29 said:
Is there a way to increase the brightness of the AOD? Mine is hard to see unless I'm in a fairly dark room.
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No, I just kept gesture motion on.

kronium said:
No, I just kept gesture motion on.
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That's my set up also.

lyall29 said:
Is there a way to increase the brightness of the AOD? Mine is hard to see unless I'm in a fairly dark room.
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Try Settings, Display, Brightness.

gpmg762 said:
Try Settings, Display, Brightness.
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Thanks, this does seem to be the only way to make the AOD brighter.

"Samsung Flaunt" is a widget you can install, i installed it on mine (you have to select it from widget once installed) as i found certain faces i have time out into a default (black face white hands and red second hand) i didnt want this, i wanted a face of my selection be it downloaded or a pre-installed face to remain on at all times especially if i go out, if you select the "Frontier" face (pre-installed) and have AOD Turned on you lose very little in quality / dimming when the time out kicks in, with "Samsung Flaunt" you install the widget and this then allows you to have the watch face on for up to 30 mins, However it will eat your battery, but then i can live with day to day charging, I like the idea of going out for a meal or a beer with pals and my face being on, i like the idea of a smart watch simulating a "real" watch look, as we all know there are thousands of faces we can select to show off.
S1CAR1US you can change the time out by going settings/Display/Screen Timeout/ then theres a choice of 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute or 5 minutes, if you select the desired time out, and go back to your normal face, by clicking your bezel one click left (notifications) and one click right (watch face) your face should remain on for that length of time, if this isn't long enough (wasn't for me) i used the "Samsung Flaunt" widget.
Rgds

Is it possible or not to set automatique disable AOD for exemple every day at 23 h to 07 h ?

[email protected] said:
Is it possible or not to set automatique disable AOD for exemple every day at 23 h to 07 h ?
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Would be very useful, but it is not possible.
I mean you can't set it in system settings, but it is possible to use a "complication" in Gear Watch Designer.
I designed a couple of watch faces setting a complication to turn off AOD every night, was very simple.

slimsta said:
"Samsung Flaunt" is a widget you can install, i installed it on mine (you have to select it from widget once installed) as i found certain faces i have time out into a default (black face white hands and red second hand) i didnt want this, i wanted a face of my selection be it downloaded or a pre-installed face to remain on at all times especially if i go out, if you select the "Frontier" face (pre-installed) and have AOD Turned on you lose very little in quality / dimming when the time out kicks in, with "Samsung Flaunt" you install the widget and this then allows you to have the watch face on for up to 30 mins, However it will eat your battery, but then i can live with day to day charging, I like the idea of going out for a meal or a beer with pals and my face being on, i like the idea of a smart watch simulating a "real" watch look, as we all know there are thousands of faces we can select to show off.
S1CAR1US you can change the time out by going settings/Display/Screen Timeout/ then theres a choice of 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute or 5 minutes, if you select the desired time out, and go back to your normal face, by clicking your bezel one click left (notifications) and one click right (watch face) your face should remain on for that length of time, if this isn't long enough (wasn't for me) i used the "Samsung Flaunt" widget.
Rgds
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Where did u install it from.. Cannot find it in playstore store nor Samsung stire
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I went into samsung gear app/samsung Galaxy apps/searched for flaunt, installed and it should sync to widgets on your s3 gear, hope this helps?

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lyall29 said:
thanks, this does seem to be the only way to make the aod brighter.
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if you guys trying fix all the lil things like brightness and touch and sound go settings_gear info_about device_software version when you infront of this click 5x and that will bring up dialer on there then just press *#0*# from here you can mess with brightness and all sorts of stuff if you figure wat *#0011# will help me out been trying bunch old codes from my s3 s5 days alot work on this lil thing and also if anyone figures out how too turn on dev mode cuz of thizzz pm me thanks....

How to get "ScreenSaver" while the S3 Fronteir is on "Always On"

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?

tamanaco said:
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

tamanaco said:
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.

10urshin said:
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.

tamanaco said:
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.

tamanaco said:
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.

annulation said:
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).
Pics:
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.

Question Notification on outer screen with AOD off

Not sure if this is possible, but thought I would ask. I have AOD off (save battery) but would love to have just the yellow notification dot appear when I have an email or text. Anyway to make that happen?
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ghebb_ns said:
Not sure if this is possible, but thought I would ask. I have AOD off (save battery) but would love to have just the yellow notification dot appear when I have an email or text. Anyway to make that happen?
Thanks
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Settings -> Cover screen -> Turn on screen for notifications

twistedumbrella said:
Settings -> Cover screen -> Turn on screen for notifications
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Thanks but does that keep the dot on or just for 15 seconds? What I would like is to be able to look down at my phone (even if I have left it for awhile) and see if I have a message.

I was literally just thinking this! I also have AoD off to save battery. Would love to have a pixel(s) that flash around the screen randomly if/when you have a notification.

Not sure about that. Possibly an app? I don't know that edge lighting is "smart" in that it swaps to the cover.

There are a few apps in the playstore that do this but for regular phones. Will try a couple and see if they can be used on the cover screen

D4rk4 said:
I was literally just thinking this! I also have AoD off to save battery. Would love to have a pixel(s) that flash around the screen randomly if/when you have a notification.
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Tap on AOD should use very little battery in standby. On my N10+ it's around .5%@hr with internet/phone enabled.
Quiet time is healthy for you... being available 24/7 is no blessing at all. After I go to bed I rarely look at the phone.
Audible/tactile notifications may be an option in standby too.
There's Edge lighting but that was always less than reliable even with the display on

D4rk4 said:
There are a few apps in the playstore that do this but for regular phones. Will try a couple and see if they can be used on the cover screen
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As long as none of them target a specific display, it should be possible.
Might be worth taking a look at the fold or previous flip to see if they had a solution. Basically any phone that has a cover screen

I found this on the first flip thread:
Notification light in cover display
Hi people, got notification light working on Z Flip with Tasker :) You can modify icon and text its showing. Basically notification of your choice (WA, Telegram, etc. ) triggers it, then Tasker issues notification in every 2 sec. as long as...
forum.xda-developers.com

It is almost one year, since my first Flip 5G, I am trying to find a solution to have a permanent dot notification on outer screen, no party.
Now with Flip 3, same story.
I do not understand why a developer isn't willing to create an app for that.
I would pay and others would do, as me...

Just tap the screen once and you'll see the dot, double tap to fully wake it up.

I wrote "permanent", meaning that the dot is continuously blinking even with screen off in case of a notification.

In the oneui4 release notes it says it can turn the AOD ON when there is a notification. Im hoping that does what it sounds like because I miss this as well.

The app aodnotify works on the Z Flip3, at least enough to be useful.
Basically you set it up so always on display is off unless a notification is received. Then set it so the screen will turn on and stay on for however long you want. That will make the exterior screen turn on (assuming the phone is closed) for the time you set. I set mine to 2 min and it hasn't had any real effect on battery life. If the phone is open then it can still do edge lighting, blinking dot etc on the main display.
If it wasn't for aodnotify I'd never know when I have a notification unless I stared at the phone all day but with the screen staying on for 2 min I usually notice because I'll catch it in my peripheral vision or when I glance at it.
Recently someone posted code to control the exterior display. It's located here..
Cover Screen Support Campaign
Samsung has done it again with the proprietary meta-data and added their own requirements on using apps on the cover screen, not unlike their silly tags for VR and multi-window. Do you use an app that wouldn't cause any privacy concerns on the...
forum.xda-developers.com
I'm hoping @Jawomo (dev of aodnotify) will use it to add support for the z Flip3 and future versions of this phone so we can get edge lighting on the exterior screen.

Question Hide Charging info

When I put phone on charge and turn off display, after a second two rows are displayed at the bottom that never go away: how can I remove them?

Not to worry about burning up pixels as the device shifts the position over time. To reduce brightness keep it in a dark area while charging.

Turn off show charging information

butchieboy said:
Turn off show charging information
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Thank you. I was wondering the same thing as the OP.
Problem resolved.

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Did the latest update break this feature. Even though mine is turned off it still shows charging info. It didn't before.