Not sure if this is in the wrong spot, and I apologize if it is.
Anyway, I would like to have more options for screen timeout. 2 minutes is not enough, and 10 is too much. It would be nice if there were more options.
Thanks
There are several apps that let you change the time. I like the widget screen time.
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I have a MDA Vario. In SETTINGS --> TODAY --> ITEMS tab, what is "Today timeout", which is set at "4 hr" by default?? Does anyone know pls? I do not see any reference to it in the manual. Thx.
Tones
I think that's the amount of time after which it will return to the today screen if you left it with an app open and didn't touch it.
i tried it last night by leaving a game running, but it was still there when i got up the next day. it does seem to be the function u described, mate. Anyone else have any ideas pls?
A game will certainly work differently as it will request permanent focus and fullscreen. Just try with a standard app like calendar...
well, it was only a simple solitaire card game, but nonetheless I will try standard one like you suggested. But if this "timeout" function really is to return to TODAY screen, what is the real use of it? to timeout in 4 hours? and the longest possible time option is 12 hours.
Doesn't it simply stop refreshing the today screen (ie the clock and other values)?
It still refreshes the clock when you put it into sleep mode. However, after a number of hours it always takes some time for the clock to jump to the correct time.
It is the idle time before the Today screen is shown.
It's near useless, I almost always keep my today screen on anyway, because who wants to wait 4hours to see it
Use my TodayButton app if you want quick access to the Today screen...
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personally, I always return to the TODAY screen anyway by shutting down applications after i'm done with them. I just thought this "timeout" thing was a sophisticated and useful function, but it turns out to be quite the opposite. But i will never understand why anyone want to design it to timeout in HOURS and not in minutes.
I'm the same, I shut down apps and always leave it on the Today screen!
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vijay555 said:
Use my TodayButton app if you want quick access to the Today screen...
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Doesn't the Red button do that anyway?
Nah, red button minimises apps to leave them running in the background (I think it actually just switches to the today screen). Some don't mind this, but for me, if I want the app open, I'll open it, and when I want it closed, I want it closed.
VJOkButt allows you to use the red button to minimse or close, and also properly close the phone to save around 3mb memory. But it does this sympathetically with the phone, so if you're in the phone, it hangs up, but otherwise it's a minimiser.
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lolz
Morale of the story.... no one knows it. I always keep it disabled. So no big deal.
Had PDF softcopy of Reference Manual of my O2AL, and searched with no hint at all. Lets be it.....
I thought...
Guys,
I just stumbled upon this thread and thought it might be a good idea to get educated. I never knew it.
But this is what I thought - I thought it is the time slot to show appointments.
Means, if you chose a slot of 4 hours, and there are continuous meetings scheduled in your calender (and display of them enabled), then it would act like a rolling 4 hours window (read as slot).
Does this make sense? I never had so many appointmens, but always thought this was the use of it.
Comments please.
What does the Today Time OFF do? I tried changing the time off and I can't seem to notice any difference if I set it to 1 hour or 12 hours.
Hello Christian,
You're going to have to be a bit more precise. What Today Time Off?
Perhaps you're talking of this setting, which has mystified many:
Under Start/Settings/Today, the second tab (Items), has a "Today Timeout" option that never seems to do anything.
What this option actually does, is that if your device has been off for the selected amount of time (1hr - 12hr), the operating system will hide (minimise) all the active windows, and bring the Today Screen to the foreground. This is useful for those people that run Today items with information they would like to check (stock tickers, calendar viewers), and not have to be reminded that they had a game running last time they were using the device.
If this is not it, please be more specific. :lol:
Is it possible to modify the behavior of the screen tap in such a way:
If
tap when screen is dim then don't do anything but brighten the display
else if
tap when screen is already bright then interact with screen as usual
Basically trying to avoid the device from opening an app when I only want to tap the screen to brighten the display.
that's actually a really good idea!
Thanks, i hope there is a reg mod that can be included in Advanced Config and/or Keiser Tweak tool(s)..........that thing always bothered me, I have to carefully tap on the task bar area since rest of the screen is almost full of things
lol.. that's pretty funny.. i was just thinking about it today.
Good idea, hope someone comes up with something!
What I used to do so far is press UP on the D-pad. Usually does no harm when the device is just standing by.
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I would like to set a password/pin lock on my phone. but i haven't done so because it's annoying having to re-enter it every time i wake up the phone. I don't mind the downward swipe to unlock the phone too much. I'd prefer keeping that as opposed to forgetting to enable it and accidentally turning on the phone in my pocket.
But a pin/password etc lock i only want to kick in after the phone has been idle X minutes. This way if i am texting with someone i dont have to keep re-entering the password every minute.
I know this has been asked before. I looked around and found one or two apps that sorta do it but seem to have bugs.
Anyone know of an app that will do this?
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I would like to set a password/pin lock on my phone. but i haven't done so because it's annoying having to re-enter it every time i wake up the phone. I don't mind the downward swipe to unlock the phone too much. I'd prefer keeping that as opposed to forgetting to enable it and accidentally turning on the phone in my pocket.
But a pin/password etc lock i only want to kick in after the phone has been idle X minutes. This way if i am texting with someone i dont have to keep re-entering the password every minute.
I know this has been asked before. I looked around and found one or two apps that sorta do it but seem to have bugs.
Anyone know of an app that will do this?
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Cyanogenmod my friend.
CM 6.1 RC2... It's built in. You can set it from 15second to 30minutes.
Good Luck.
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i don't really want to have to go to a new rom just for this feature. Although that is a very cool feature to have.
It seems like most of the screen toggles, delays, and controls stopped working with froyo.
It's not quite what you want but you can get some control with "No Lock". No Lock toggles the pattern on and off - when it's off you can use power or volume to activate the phone. I toggle it off when I'm at home and turn it back on when I leave.
Another useful tool is "Lock screen widget" - it let's you lock or turn off the screen by tapping the widget. I find it much simpler that hitting the power button.
actually, i feel like an idiot. The rom i use already had this feature in there. I just didn't see it because it doesn't become visible until after you set a password. And i never bothered setting a password because i didn't want to set one until i could control when it kicked in.
Although this really sounds like a feature that should basically be standard with android.
On a sense rom, go to settings/security and then u will see a option "lock phone after". Change to the desired preset time and your set. Like if u select ten minutes, the phone will lock after ten minutes of the screen being off.
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yea this is a standard andrid feature no ened to switch to CM for this. Its funny i love CM but a lot of people just take it to far lol. I see the same switch to CM posts all the time for standard run of the mill on every rom feeatures .
CM rocks but for those using it and keep telling every one to switch learn the features it ACTUALLY provides that arent provided by eveyr other rom. There are several really great ones.
It is very annoying to tap screen every 2 mins, my screen timeout, when reading book. I usually end up flipping page or activating toolbar which cut off first and last 2 lines on page/s.
Is there any solution to this?
tariche said:
It is very annoying to tap screen every 2 mins, my screen timeout, when reading book. I usually end up flipping page or activating toolbar which cut off first and last 2 lines on page/s.
Is there any solution to this?
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I bought Tasker on the market, and created a profile that starts and ends with LumiRead and sets the timeout to "never"
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Lumiread should not time out screen on it's own - have you gone into the a500 system settings and increased the default time out to something over two mins? Would imagine this would help.
I do a lot of reading on my a500 - and Lumiread has never cut it to me. Try aldiko, free via the market - IMHO it makes lumiread look pretty bad.
Well, tried changing timeout in screen settings and the same thing happened. It did not timeout on its own but in time specified in settings.
Since I hate having two apps for same thing I was reluctant installing aldiko. Anyway, I tried it and the same thing happened, only this time display did not dim before turning off and after turning it on it was not locked (strange).
So, I create new profile (manually) by increasing timeout before I start reading; 10 mins would be enough time for me to read two pages before display turns off, and as my reading skills progress I might reduce it to 5mins as more permanent solution .
Than you for suggestions.