disable button backlight - Vibrant General

Is there any way to disable the backlights behind the Dedicated touch buttons located at the bottom of the vibrant. ?
I am very annoyed by the way it lights on and off. I can easily navigate without it and im thinking that it would also consume less battery life.
Thanks

Blinding to you too huh?
I've found not. They "were" the quintessential "look" of uber tech awesomeness, but now I"m just going blind at night. Haha. Guess that comes with age.
I think it is a software modification as black night notification can be turned on. So as such, maybe it can be turned off as well.
So far, haven't heard anything about it's implementation though.
If I find something, I will report back.

I'd also love these turned off or ate least down. Adjbrightness can do this with other phones but not,apparently, the sgs line.
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JeremyNT said:
I'd also love these turned off or ate least down. Adjbrightness can do this with other phones but not,apparently, the sgs line.
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Short of opening up the phone and putting in a resistor, it currently isn't possible to reduce the brightness of the LEDs. That's because the interface for controlling the LEDs is too slow. Normally LEDs are dimmed by blinking them really fast, as other methods are hard on the lights.

What I suggested doesn't work. Edited accordingly.
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"

geoffcorey said:
Make a backup of the file first.
If you look in /system/lib/hw/ there is a file called lights.s5pc110.so. back this up, then delete the original file and see if this disabled you button back light.
(i honestly don't know if this will work or not)
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
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Do not do this. The file doesn't do what you think it does and removing this file will cause a boot loop.

I'm also interested in this. Anyone know anything yet?

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No light leakage!!!

LED Hacks is an app in the market free and it disables the bottom softkey lights so even in the darkest room you can't see that annoying light leakage..
Also will disable charging LED!
I don't care! I didn't know
I'd use this because I don't need then to be lit up, but also because since 2.2, they always come on.
If only LED hacks was actually in the market. :|
CarbonFiberSkins.tk
Yeah, I'd love such an application. Unfortunately I also cannot find it in the market.
Try one word ledshack
Its still in my market.
Ah, that shows it fine. Now I just have to find a good guide to rooting 2.2.
Edit: Typo, still getting used to swype.
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But then you can't see your bottom keys, so doesn't that pretty much defeat the purpose?
Idk bout you guys but I've been playing with this phone for months now and I know exactly where all four soft buttons are without having to see them...I used to put a case on to cover the light leakage but not anymore....
It'd be nice if maybe someone can figure how dim permantly on boot
I haven't noticed any leakage at all.maybe I just haven't paid attention?
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One of the Lucky ones!
No leakage that i know. Or noticed. Was txting in complete dark for 2 hrs last night... ill pay closer attention tonight
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Is there another way of doing this without root?
Not that I know of...the app needs to make admin changes (root)
jewelbaluyut said:
Is there another way of doing this without root?
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Download terminal emulator and run these commands:
Code:
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
That'll keep the capacitive keys backlight turned off 'til the next time you wake your phone from sleep with the power button.

Short Jk6 Review

JK6 is what I have been looking for. Everything works in this build so far, the quadrant scores are not up to snuff yet, but the rom is snappy as hell. Still getting 60+ fps in Quake3. The issue about the call output not working when you call someone when connected to a headphone or tape adapter with no inline mic is gone. Like I said, when custom roms are built off this base, it will only get better. But if you were waiting for a great Froyo Rom, this is it.
Sorry wrong forum...
Like to to this as well. The battery life and signal strength on jk6 is excellent with out any tweaks. So far so good i feel with a few apk changes here and the there i could use this and wont feel like im missing anything as far as a smartphones goes. that being said i cant wait for tw, eugene or cm6 because this is a hobby
seems strange that when any of the developer starting to mess with the kernel, the battery life goes down. It happened with Cyanogen and it happened to Eugene as well. Anyone got any idea
Additionally, finally have true playlist support in the music player!
One downside is that the Option to enable/disable screen staying awake when connected to power is gone. It is permanently enabled.
Ashex1 said:
Additionally, finally have true playlist support in the music player!
One downside is that the Option to enable/disable screen staying awake when connected to power is gone. It is permanently enabled.
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Seriously? That's not good.
How's the wifi-calling?
Ashex1 said:
Additionally, finally have true playlist support in the music player!
One downside is that the Option to enable/disable screen staying awake when connected to power is gone. It is permanently enabled.
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Even though it is a downside, you can manually turn off the screen when you charge these power hunger beasts... All else is absofunkytootly amazing.
Yup. I created a word. Thats how much I'm excited about this rom.
Sent from the helm of darkness called, the "Vibrant Galaxy"... Using the XDA App!
hotadef said:
Like to to this as well. The battery life and signal strength on jk6 is excellent with out any tweaks. So far so good i feel with a few apk changes here and the there i could use this and wont feel like im missing anything as far as a smartphones goes. that being said i cant wait for tw, eugene or cm6 because this is a hobby
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Yes, battery was at 60% at 11pm last night!!! 60%!! Signal issues are also gone, GPS is working great, and I am actually getting a usable edge connection now (120kbps / 80kbps) when in areas of suck. Radio update has been incredible.
My screen still goes to sleep while charging. This is not a global bug, it's just you LOL
Gigamaster89 said:
Seriously? That's not good.
How's the wifi-calling?
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Have not tested the wifi calling, I keep it turned off because I was thinking it was a battery hog by definition. I will check on it and report back later today.
Anything else anyone wants tested let me know and Ill throw up the info.
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Seriously? That's not good.
How's the wifi-calling?
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Working pretty well so far actually. Alot better than previous build
Zylograth said:
My screen still goes to sleep while charging. This is not a global bug, it's just you LOL
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I wasn't clear on that, when it is plugged in to the computer is stays on as it detects a USB connection. It's possible this only happens when usb debugging is enabled.
Plugged in to an AC adapter though display goes to sleep.
This ROM from the start seems MUCH more "snappier" than the JK2 Eugene put out.
But, I'm still on the fence regarding Battery Life on JK6 vs JK2.
I am testing, but I noticed From a full charge then unplugged overnight (7hours) with only Gmail+Contacts Synching, I went from 100-89% using JK6. When I was using JK2 I went from 100-98% overnight.
Some of the cause could have been from some of the additional bloatware I found running in "Services" on JK6 for me, under Application in Settings, like Slacker Radio, so I will compare again tonight.
On another note, I've also been comparing using Power Tutor, which isn't for Galaxy S phones at the moment, but it does give a lot more detail than the stock Battery Usage app. I found that with the screen off on JK6, there is only a 3-7mw drain. On JK2, that was more like 25mw.
With the screen on lowest brightness, (auto-brightness off). I saw around 400-425mw on both. It's interesting to note that the light sensor draws about 100mw, according to Power Tutor...
Again, all this is up for discussion, especially since Power Tutor is not optimized for the Galaxy S...
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I wasn't clear on that, when it is plugged in to the computer is stays on as it detects a USB connection. It's possible this only happens when usb debugging is enabled.
Plugged in to an AC adapter though display goes to sleep.
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Just plugged into USB with debugging enabled and the screen goes off after the 30 seconds that it is set to. Not sure what would cause it to stay on if that is what you are seeing.
Might have to flash it as my first ROM if the wifi-calling is working no problem
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Might have to flash it as my first ROM if the wifi-calling is working no problem
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There are still issues with Wifi Calling - I don't know about the battery drain piece, which a lot of people complain about, but The ringer still only rings on the earpiece, and not the main speaker , where a normal call would ring from. This makes it easy to miss a call, unless you're using vibrate.
Has anyone tested if the battery drain is better on JK6 with WiFi Calling?
I've made about 90 minutes of wi-fi calls today and a moderate amount of use of the phone display doing some other non-CPU intensive things.
59% after 6 hours of use.
Wi-Fi calling, other than the problem with the ringing, is working pretty good for me.
Battery use is a little bit better than stock JI6. It's not mind-boggling better, bit it is better.
My screen does not stay on while charging. I wish I had an option to do so. When I'm driving around So Cal I like to keep Google Maps up with my current location so I can monitor traffic problems, and there's no way to keep it constantly up on the display, or at least I haven't figured out how to do it yet. If anyone knows, let me know. I wish we still had the option to stay awake while on a charger.
There have been some posts by people which suggest this may be the final ROM. I'm pretty sure it's not. It's got some bugs here and there which I wouldn't expect to see on a final build, even from Samsung/T-Mobile. Nothing earth shattering, but enough to keep this from being the final release. That having been said, if you're currently running stock JI6, I see no reason why you shouldn't migrate to JK6. It's a definite improvement.
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Just plugged into USB with debugging enabled and the screen goes off after the 30 seconds that it is set to. Not sure what would cause it to stay on if that is what you are seeing.
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Interesting, I guess I'm just an exception
I love this rom, however, there are two things bugging me:
1) There is a slight lag in the app drawer when swiping left and right.
2) In Contacts, when you click on a name to call someone, there used to be the option to Call/Message someone. Now when you click on a contact, their contact card comes up with a big 'Message' button. While nothing horrible, it can be annoying.
"My screen does not stay on while charging. I wish I had an option to do so. When I'm driving around So Cal I like to keep Google Maps up with my current location so I can monitor traffic problems, and there's no way to keep it constantly up on the display, or at least I haven't figured out how to do it yet. If anyone knows, let me know. I wish we still had the option to stay awake while on a charger."
Have you used Screebl before? I can't live without it.
My screen goes off too. It's dang annoying because I like to keep it on while I'm sitting at my desk using my pc.
If we can figure out why it still stays on for some people, maybe we could hack it into our phones? Is it a setting stored in a property file or a database somewhere?

Notification LED

Hi, since the note lacks notification LEDs, is BLN ready for it now?
noled works.
I did try noled but sometimes in dark area the black around the icons seems to be not black as it is when it's in suspend mode. my conclusion is that it's consuming to much battery at that time.
power button to wake ain't working too.
what about your experiences at all using noled right now?
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Noled is working fine for me. Doesn't seem to use up too much juice. Leaving GPS and bluetooth on overnight however almost depleted the battery from full.
I love using NoLed, definitely my favourite application. I have it set to display my contacts picture and so whenever I have missed a call from a friend and receives a text from another, I am aware of this by a simple glance!
Battery life isn't significantly effected in my opinion (I have the icon size small/medium and brightness set low).
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Hi there newbie here, are these apps? so are downloaded from android or what?
My Motorola Flipout also don't have nonfiction light, but the capacitive buttons blinks when there is a miss call text/email. I wonder how difficult it is to implement it on our Note?
Bigmille said:
My Motorola Flipout also don't have nonfiction light, but the capacitive buttons blinks when there is a miss call text/email. I wonder how difficult it is to implement it on our Note?
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This is a great idea! I hope a capable developer reads your post and considers it.
stedj said:
Hi there newbie here, are these apps? so are downloaded from android or what?
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yes, it's an app available in the market.
- Frank
maxh said:
This is a great idea! I hope a capable developer reads your post and considers it.
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Seconded, this is such a simple and great idea
Well at least there's a sysfs to control the state. It's just a plain on and off leds though, nothing fancy like per-button lights and brightness as in Dell Streak. No big deal for some distracting blinks
Light it on with
# echo "1" > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/melfas_touchkey/brightness
Light off with
# echo "2" > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/melfas_touchkey/brightness
It won't be controllable when it's sleeping though, as usual. So either wake lock (battery drain), modify keyboard driver, or a *very top secret* other method
Can't it be done like in the Dell Streak 5?
App's name is Streak LED.
Isn't it possible to write something like that? Would be ideal.
surely this app not a battery hog? I already felt bad on my battery @@ but I also want a notification light.... tough choice.
i would love the capacitive touch led´s light up when a message arrive. My Dell Streak has an app for it, its just great!
@watch_mania
is it a big deal to write an app for it?
thanks in advance
breckbit said:
i would love the capacitive touch led´s light up when a message arrive. My Dell Streak has an app for it, its just great!
@watch_mania
is it a big deal to write an app for it?
thanks in advance
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There are several ways to implement the feature, each with their own weaknesses. I'll aim for the best solution, but I'll need to check on the melfas touchkey driver for it. Worse case is the wake lock with root access.
It's going to be implemented for sure, as I badly needs the feature as well. It's just a question of when..
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Yeah, I believe also the touch keys are the best solution for me to use them for notifications.
Have been running NoLED for a couple of days (ish useful) - however, checked the battery stats and it was awake a LONG time (15% of 13hrs?) and was around 10% of battery usage.
Have turned it off for now as I sit next to my phone for most of working day and therefore hear it as much as I see it.
Will re-evaluate once I've optimised the phone setup.
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koniakki said:
the touch keys are the best solution for me to use them for notifications.
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I donno why it will turn of itself suddenly, how to keep it always on?
NOLED doesn't work for me...
Well, mates, Noled is not working for me...
Just the option to see the recharge % on the lockscreen...
It worked just once for a sms notification and after that....oblivion
Someone else with the same issue? I am trying to find out a new app with similar options...
try putting the widget on your homescreen, i dont know why but it tends to randomly turn off

LED notifier

Hi
Just over from the Z2 forum (was going to buy one) but there are LED problems when using LED manager or light flow. Only RGB, not easy to see, doesn't always work. Had the M8 for 2 days and returned it as LED notifier was shocking. Have an S3 and want to upgrade to something different so wondered how the G2 faired in this area as a problematic/basic/small LED notifier is a deal breaker for me.
Thanks for any thoughts
I am using Light Flow with my G2. Initially, I had to do a factory reset to get it working but I believe that was caused by restoration of data by google servers when I switched devices. I disabled that auto-backup and restore, reset, and Light Flow has worked perfectly ever since. BTW, do not worry that disabling backup/restore/sync with Google Servers means your contacts and calendar won't restore, this is something different). All you really lose when disabling the auto-backup and restore is stuff like Wi-Fi Connection info, a few preferences and such, which I hardly noticed.
Klotar said:
I am using Light Flow with my G2. Initially, I had to do a factory reset to get it working but I believe that was caused by restoration of data by google servers when I switched devices. I disabled that auto-backup and restore, reset, and Light Flow has worked perfectly ever since. BTW, do not worry that disabling backup/restore/sync with Google Servers means your contacts and calendar won't restore, this is something different). All you really lose when disabling the auto-backup and restore is stuff like Wi-Fi Connection info, a few preferences and such, which I hardly noticed.
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Thanks. Do you get all the colours. Is the LED bright and easily noticeable?
Yes, it's bright and noticeable. Same brightness to me (as the Samsung GS3 which was my previous device, too). Not as bright as on my older BlackBerry devices but on those devices, the LED aperature wasn't round, it was more oval/oblong, so it emitted more light.
Definitely not a wishy-washy dim light though, but also does not completely light up a dark room at night. I feel that it's just right (subjective, of course).
Edit/Add: if you do get a G2 and install Light Flow, just get it working first before installing any other apps (other than at least one 3rd party app) JUST to make sure it's working. That way, if you do need to reset, you haven't installed all your other apps yet.
Also, I forgot to mention the colours. It supports the usual range of colours, you can also set custom colours I assume by RGB (I have never tried, as there seem to be enough colours for my use). 13 presets plus custom.
Klotar said:
Yes, it's bright and noticeable. Same brightness to me (as the Samsung GS3 which was my previous device, too). Not as bright as on my older BlackBerry devices but on those devices, the LED aperature wasn't round, it was more oval/oblong, so it emitted more light.
Definitely not a wishy-washy dim light though, but also does not completely light up a dark room at night. I feel that it's just right (subjective, of course).
Edit/Add: if you do get a G2 and install Light Flow, just get it working first before installing any other apps (other than at least one 3rd party app) JUST to make sure it's working. That way, if you do need to reset, you haven't installed all your other apps yet.
Also, I forgot to mention the colours. It supports the usual range of colours, you can also set custom colours I assume by RGB (I have never tried, as there seem to be enough colours for my use). 13 presets plus custom.
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This is great especially as you had an S3 so can properly compare. I'm going to get one. Are the buttons on the back really as annoying as some reviewers make out?
jamesbond_28_007 said:
This is great especially as you had an S3 so can properly compare. I'm going to get one. Are the buttons on the back really as annoying as some reviewers make out?
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The buttons on the back are great. And you'll hardly use them anyway as knock on turns the phone on and off. So I've hardly even touched the power button.
ksc6000 said:
The buttons on the back are great. And you'll hardly use them anyway as knock on turns the phone on and off. So I've hardly even touched the power button.
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Took the words right out of my mouth.
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Took the words right out of my mouth.
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Guys you've been awesome. Have a great weekend.

we have a notification led

apologies if this is old news, but I found out this am that we have an led on our phones! I have the 64gb version.
When I woke up, the phone was dead (let the battery die overnight), when I plugged it in to the turbo charger (off, and dead) an led lit up on the top of the phone (not sure where, I was half asleep) it was green, and very clear.
I've tried a couple play store led tools, nothing can make it light up, I'm tempted to let it die again just to see it light up.
hope we can play with it when lollipop goes live.
I suspected this since they found one in the nexus 6, I doubt we get to touch it without root.
i hate led notifications since moto display came out. never can go back.
I like active display but I REALLY like having a notification led.. I miss it.. I love being able to specify different colors for different contacts, apps, etc.. It would be great to be able to have access to both active display and a notification led..
I could be wrong, but I dont recall seeing any mention of an LED when watching the Turbo teardown video.
You sure you werent dreaming?
rajuabju said:
I could be wrong, but I dont recall seeing any mention of an LED when watching the Turbo teardown video.
You sure you werent dreaming?
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If he was, we had the same dream. I saw it too when my batter was dead and I plugged the charger in. To me it seemed smaller than the notification light on the S4.
rhcreed said:
apologies if this is old news, but I found out this am that we have an led on our phones! I have the 64gb version.
When I woke up, the phone was dead (let the battery die overnight), when I plugged it in to the turbo charger (off, and dead) an led lit up on the top of the phone (not sure where, I was half asleep) it was green, and very clear.
I've tried a couple play store led tools, nothing can make it light up, I'm tempted to let it die again just to see it light up.
hope we can play with it when lollipop goes live.
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One does exist, believe it is the same as the one in the moto x: http://www.droid-life.com/2014/01/0...notification-light-hidden-under-the-earpiece/ . It only shows when there is not enough battery power to illuminate the display when charging to show the battery icon.
new to me, thats awesome hopefully we can make use of it! I miss color coding my LEDs to each app, it was great for knowing instantly what kind of notification I had by just glancing at my phone across the room.
I have a moto maxx with root. Gonna tey the Nexus 6 way and see if it works.
Artnig said:
new to me, thats awesome hopefully we can make use of it! I miss color coding my LEDs to each app, it was great for knowing instantly what kind of notification I had by just glancing at my phone across the room.
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This!
I cant stand the onscreen notifications. Bugs the crap outta me. There are times where I dont look at my screen for hours. Just from a battery life angle the led flashing has to use less battery than the on screen notifications.
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I have a moto maxx with root. Gonna tey the Nexus 6 way and see if it works.
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I have a moto maxx rooted too and I already checked this led and it works as far now I just can say that led color is only green and not rgb led like n6. :silly:
I used light flow app to make it on. I will be trying some diferent combinations and see if I can get something else.
I´ve been not able to make it flash, it´s just solid green light.
Huiver said:
I have a moto maxx rooted too and I already checket this led and it works as far now I just can say that led color is only green and not rgb led like n6. :silly:
I used light flow app to make it on. I will be trying some diferent combinations and see if I can get something else.
I´ve been not able to make it flash, it´s just solid green light.
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Paid or free light flow, and what settings please
prking07 said:
Paid or free light flow, and what settings please
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Paid version
Go to settins and check root mode and run every command as root
then go to led control and check charging led
after that go to notifications setting and enable the led charging for each app of you want
Huiver said:
I have a moto maxx rooted too and I already checket this led and it works as far now I just can say that led color is only green and not rgb led like n6. :silly:
I used light flow app to make it on. I will be trying some diferent combinations and see if I can get something else.
I´ve been not able to make it flash, it´s just solid green light.
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Boo, I used light flow to get different colors to blink on my gnex for texts, emails, low battery, etc
It was very useful.
mobrules777 said:
I cant stand the onscreen notifications. Bugs the crap outta me. There are times where I dont look at my screen for hours. Just from a battery life angle the led flashing has to use less battery than the on screen notifications.
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Ud be suprised at how very little battery life it takes for the Moto Display, if u have GSam battery app u will see it uses less then a percent on each charge. So that means out of your total 100% battery only 1% or less goes to the active notification.
I'd like to use active display but apparently I disabled it.... Anyone know where I can enable it? Or does it only work with slide to unlock option? Leaving your phone vulnerable to snoopers. (I'm using pattern to unlock)
Display (not sure if active or not) is in the "moto" app. Under settings or moto icon
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Opzon said:
I'd like to use active display but apparently I disabled it.... Anyone know where I can enable it? Or does it only work with slide to unlock option? Leaving your phone vulnerable to snoopers. (I'm using pattern to unlock)
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I was using it with pattern, and now I use it with PIN.
Go to Settings->Moto
Click on Display in the lower right. There should be a check mark next to Moto Display on the next screen. That's also where you select which apps display on it, and whether or not you want notification details available.
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I was using it with pattern, and now I use it with PIN.
Go to Settings->Moto
Click on Display in the lower right. There should be a check mark next to Moto Display on the next screen. That's also where you select which apps display on it, and whether or not you want notification details available.
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Yup, got it thank you! I originally assumed it would eat my battery but since it takes advantage of amoled display it won't.

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