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.
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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
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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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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
Related
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)
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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.
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"
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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?
THIS APP AND THREAD HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THIS ONE HERE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711912
CF.lumen changes the colors of your Android device's display based on the position of the sun. With the default settings, your display will get a warmer tint (lower color temperature) when the sun is down, to look more like indoor lighting and less like the sun, which causes less strain on your eyes and doesn't keep you awake as much.
This is an addon for Chainfire3D, you need to have both Chainfire3D and Chainfire3D Pro installed to be able to use CF.lumen
With the default settings, blue tints will be reduced in brightness when the sun goes down. This reduces how much looking at the screen keeps your brain awake later at night. If you have sleeping problems, you should definitely be using this. Do yourself a favor and install similar software ("f.lux") on your PC as well - it fixed my sleeping cycle.
There is also a full-on sleep mode that runs on a pre-set schedule. By default it shows the entire screen in red, so as to not destroy your night vision when you look at it.
When you want the screen to look normal for a bit (for example for gaming or looking at pictures) simply tap the notification in the notification tray to disable CF.lumen until the next time you turn on the screen.
Additionally, it can also use the light sensor to automagically switch to sleep mode when it is fully dark. HOWEVER, you should be aware that most devices do not have a sensitive enough light sensor to detect the difference between house light and darkness, so this function may not work very well on your device.
Last but not least, a function is also provided to turn off the screen based on proximity sensor activity.
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I'm loving it
If you have sleeping problems, you should definitely be using this. Do yourself a favor and install similar software on your PC as well - it fixed my sleeping cycle.
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Chainfire: Which software do you recommend.
Thank you
F.Lux is one..
Yeah I use F.lux as well. App updated to v1.1, by the way
This seems to be draining 8% of my battery in battery stats. Is it supposed to do that?
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This seems to be draining 8% of my battery in battery stats. Is it supposed to do that?
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Nope... do you have any of the sensor stuff enabled ?
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Nope... do you have any of the sensor stuff enabled ?
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I did have it enabled for about 3 hours before realising that. After that I turned it off. So this probably means it was the sensor services?
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Yeah I use F.lux as well. App updated to v1.1, by the way
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Hmm....market still shows v1.0.
BTW: Do you sleep sometime?
Location problem
icke said:
Hmm....market still shows v1.0.
BTW: Do you sleep sometime?
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+1, show 1.0 as installed.
I can't get it to work, because when I click Location it just keeps trying Finding location... I left it there a couple times for 15 mins... nada. (GPS and Network location turned on).
Maybe a simple Latitude/Long field would help?
Thanks for another interesting app!
Ohh, and Chainfire3D Pro working with NVIDIA plugins here.
Chainfire, just wanted to thank you for your ingenious work, your out of the box thinking is the reason I run nearly all of your apps.. Never stop making me say "I didn't even think that was possible!"
Really love your work chainfire can we have an option to disable notifications in taskbar.
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App works very good, thanks chainfire
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Works pretty well, except for that when it's enabled, it seems to somehow turn off the fade screen transition in CM7 when you hit the home key. The screen still correctly shrinks, but once it shrinks it just waits for a split second, then disappears. Normally it shrinks and fades at the same time. This isn't a big deal really but I figured I'd post it here in case I'm not the only one.
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Annihlist said:
Really love your work chainfire can we have an option to disable notifications in taskbar.
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Still thinking about how to best do that. In the newer Android versions (Gingerbread and up) you actually HAVE to have that icon to make sure Android doesn't constantly kill the background service.
Alternatives are for example to restart the service on a timer, I think I'll build that in at some point.
CF.lumen updated to v1.2
Changelog:
- "Sleep in the dark" now checks for proximity as well as light levels
- "Bright light" mode added, switches to Day mode in bright light even when in Sundown or Night mode
- "Notification Mode" settings added. Can remove notification. WARNING: Doing so may lead to CF.lumen being shut down by Android at random times.
Can you add the option for the bright light mode to switch to night sundown mode instead of day mode? I'm also seeing 7-8% CPU usage with the proximity sensor enabled. I like the idea of this feature for battery savings (example, putting the phone in my pocket and having the screen turn off immediately) so if there is any way to tweak the battery consumption it would be great! Would you be able to have the icon displayed change to reflect the mode it's in? For example a sun for daytime, moon for sunset mode, etc.?
One last thing, noticed that the Sleep filter setting does not get saved with version 1.1. It says Unknown even after you have selected a filter.
v1.3
Minor bugfix release v1.3:
- Minor crash fixes
- Current color filter display no longer says "Unknown"
- CPU usage reduced
- Power usage reduced
Does anybody know of a method or app to add always on display? I tried an app from the app store and it worked well but killed my battery. Probably because it disabled doze and kept the phone awake... Anybody have any input on this?
That function doesn't work exactly perfectly on the Axon but I am using ACdisplay with some success. The always on thing isn't going to be exactly what you'd see on a Motorola device though. If you want the wave to wake feature as good as it gets, try ambient display through xposed but it's still iffy and ACdisplay has much better notification layouts imo.
This is one of the things that really bugged me about this phone at first, especially with the tiny, barely visible LED notification light. Not good synergy.
Always on Amoled Beta
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
howdid said:
Always on Amoled Beta
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
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I tried that one actually. I liked the idea but the power consumption was pretty crazy. Had to uninstall. Maybe others will have better luck.
What you need is a way to allow the CPU to go into deep sleep without turning the display off. I believe this is hardware dependant, though.
All recent moto phone have their own low-power CPUs specifically for ambient display and voice commands without requiring the CPU to wake.
Oneplus devices support gestures while the device is in deep sleep, but this is a hardware feature built into the panel, which is why these gestures are not customizable.
The problem with both of these is that they're hardware-specific, so unless ZTE has made provisions for always on displays, active display, off screen gestures, etc, theres going to be a pretty significant hit to battery when using apps that do these things.
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What you need is a way to allow the CPU to go into deep sleep without turning the display off. I believe this is hardware dependant, though.
All recent moto phone have their own low-power CPUs specifically for ambient display and voice commands without requiring the CPU to wake.
Oneplus devices support gestures while the device is in deep sleep, but this is a hardware feature built into the panel, which is why these gestures are not customizable.
The problem with both of these is that they're hardware-specific, so unless ZTE has made provisions for always on displays, active display, off screen gestures, etc, theres going to be a pretty significant hit to battery when using apps that do these things.
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You can read on Qualcomms homepage about the 820 that it supports always on low power mode ....it is something the CPU can do ....look at Samsung's s7s they have the same CPU
howdid said:
You can read on Qualcomms homepage about the 820 that it supports always on low power mode ....it is something the CPU can do ....look at Samsung's s7s they have the same CPU
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Sweet. I doubt the always on app uses whatever process the s7/g5 use to do this, is this something kernel related?
Thanks for the input everybody. If the Snapdragon 820 can support low power use like some of you suggested we may see this feature in cyanogenmod? (hopefully ZTE actually helps...) otherwise custom roms built on ZTE's base maybe. Although I doubt ZTE will add the feature to the rom in future updates.
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That function doesn't work exactly perfectly on the Axon but I am using ACdisplay with some success. The always on thing isn't going to be exactly what you'd see on a Motorola device though. If you want the wave to wake feature as good as it gets, try ambient display through xposed but it's still iffy and ACdisplay has much better notification layouts imo.
This is one of the things that really bugged me about this phone at first, especially with the tiny, barely visible LED notification light. Not good synergy.
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I've seen this app before. Might try it out.
Yes, glance plus
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thsoft.glance
It's awesome, plus your phone thinks it's on the lock screen. So you can shake whenever glance is active to turn on your flashlight.
Double tap to wake works WAY better.
Is also compatible with fingerprint unlock.
I use this on my Axon, haven't noticed any battery drain
MrWilsonxD said:
Yes, glance plus
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thsoft.glance
It's awesome, plus your phone thinks it's on the lock screen. So you can shake whenever glance is active to turn on your flashlight.
Double tap to wake works WAY better.
Is also compatible with fingerprint unlock.
I use this on my Axon, haven't noticed any battery drain
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I can't figure out how to get the fingerprint working!
When it's on, you can't unlock with fingerprint, you have to wait until the screen is fully black
amus76 said:
I can't figure out how to get the fingerprint working!
When it's on, you can't unlock with fingerprint, you have to wait until the screen is fully black
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Have you enabled these settings?
MrWilsonxD said:
Have you enabled these settings?
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Yes and I havec to double tap ton open, the fingerprint is not working when glance is on screen
amus76 said:
Yes and I havec to double tap ton open, the fingerprint is not working when glance is on screen
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That's strange! I haven't had that issue.. It just immediately unlocks for me.
I would try uninstalling, rebooting, reinstalling? + maybe another reboot? (I'm no tech expert.. But I'll reboot a phone till magic happens lol)
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That's strange! I haven't had that issue.. It just immediately unlocks for me.
I would try uninstalling, rebooting, reinstalling? + maybe another reboot? (I'm no tech expert.. But I'll reboot a phone till magic happens lol)
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Still got the problem
amus76 said:
Still got the problem
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Have you activated it as a device administrator?
MrWilsonxD said:
Have you activated it as a device administrator?
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Yes, all autorisation
Maybe i'm expecting too much from this app, i want to unlock with the fingerprint directly when you get a notification instead of double tap and I don't think any app at the moment manage to do it
Thanks for the help
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Yes, all autorisation
Maybe i'm expecting too much from this app, i want to unlock with the fingerprint directly when you get a notification instead of double tap and I don't think any app at the moment manage to do it
Thanks for the help
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That's strange.. As I'm able to do exactly that.. Sorry man.
I am using this app. The clock goes away after showing for a few seconds. It seems to happen intermittently.
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That's strange! I haven't had that issue.. It just immediately unlocks for me.
I would try uninstalling, rebooting, reinstalling? + maybe another reboot? (I'm no tech expert.. But I'll reboot a phone till magic happens lol)
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My fingerprint was working. Now its doing the same as yours. Its not working not double tap unlocks phone now.
Hi guys
i purchased v20 few days ago n i m loving the 2nd screen. however, i cant find the settings for the 2nd screen to switch on (when the main screen is OFF) only when there is notification. I can either set it to either ON or OFF all the time (though i realise the proximity sensor will switch it off if it is in my pocket - correct me if i m wrong)
Furthermore, does the 360 live wallpaper drains as much battery as usual live wallpaper?
Sorry for my terrible english, thanks for the help !
omnia1994 said:
Hi guys
i purchased v20 few days ago n i m loving the 2nd screen. however, i cant find the settings for the 2nd screen to switch on (when the main screen is OFF) only when there is notification. I can either set it to either ON or OFF all the time (though i realise the proximity sensor will switch it off if it is in my pocket - correct me if i m wrong)
Furthermore, does the 360 live wallpaper drains as much battery as usual live wallpaper?
Sorry for my terrible english, thanks for the help !
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I don't think there is a setting for this but there is a workaround to get the effect you want.
1) Set a second screen signature to just a space
2) Set the default second screen to signature when the screen is off
The result will appear as if both screens are off until a notification is received. The only time it is apparent that the second screen is still on with this setup is in a very dark room but this is the closest you will be able to get what you are looking for and will keep battery drain to a minimum.
I don't know about the live wallpaper question but I suspect it would slightly drain the battery more because it needs to keep the device sensors active/working harder to react to your movements.
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I don't think there is a setting for this but there is a workaround to get the effect you want.
1) Set a second screen signature to just a space
2) Set the default second screen to signature when the screen is off
The result will appear as if both screens are off until a notification is received. The only time it is apparent that the second screen is still on with this setup is in a very dark room but this is the closest you will be able to get what you are looking for and will keep battery drain to a minimum.
I don't know about the live wallpaper question but I suspect it would slightly drain the battery more because it needs to keep the device sensors active/working harder to react to your movements.
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Thanks for the reply!
1) correct me if i m wrong - if the signature is blank, wouldn't the backlight of the 2nd screen still remains on?
2) i switch off the sensor for the 360 lwp, it will only animate by itself. i suppose that will help abit?
omnia1994 said:
Thanks for the reply!
1) correct me if i m wrong - if the signature is blank, wouldn't the backlight of the 2nd screen still remains on?
2) i switch off the sensor for the 360 lwp, it will only animate by itself. i suppose that will help abit?
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1) Yes, but it is really only noticeable at night or in a very dark room. Currently, it's the best option available and is only a workaround.
2) I suppose in that case, it probably wouldn't drain the battery any quicker than a live wallpaper would.
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1) Yes, but it is really only noticeable at night or in a very dark room. Currently, it's the best option available and is only a workaround.
2) I suppose in that case, it probably wouldn't drain the battery any quicker than a live wallpaper would.
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thanks again
just 1 more question - i dont mind if there is still backlight on the 2nd screen - but can it actually save some battery juice by leaving it blank with backlight on? (i dont really understand how all these screens work - i thought only AMOLED benefit from black screen?)
omnia1994 said:
thanks again
just 1 more question - i dont mind if there is still backlight on the 2nd screen - but can it actually save some battery juice by leaving it blank with backlight on? (i dont really understand how all these screens work - i thought only AMOLED benefit from black screen?)
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My understanding is that with the newer panels, they are somewhat similar to how AMOLEDs work in the sense that brighter/active pixels will draw more power than not having anything shown.
My limited experience/testing with the phone has shown the same but more thorough and consistent test would need to be done to confirm if it's actually true.
Considering the backlight will be on in either case, it will still consume more than an AMOLED display when nothing is shown.
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My understanding is that with the newer panels, they are somewhat similar to how AMOLEDs work in the sense that brighter/active pixels will draw more power than not having anything shown.
My limited experience/testing with the phone has shown the same but more thorough and consistent test would need to be done to confirm if it's actually true.
Considering the backlight will be on in either case, it will still consume more than an AMOLED display when nothing is shown.
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understood. Thanks for the help!
omnia1994 said:
Hi guys
i purchased v20 few days ago n i m loving the 2nd screen. however, i cant find the settings for the 2nd screen to switch on (when the main screen is OFF)
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Settings
Device
Second screen
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Settings
Device
Second screen
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thanks for the reply, but what i mean is i cant set it to only turn on when there is a notification
omnia1994 said:
thanks for the reply, but what i mean is i cant set it to only turn on when there is a notification
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There is no way to set it the way you are describing... It's either off or on.
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The only option is what @Artimis suggested...
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There is no way to set it the way you are describing... It's either off or on.
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The only option is what @Artimis suggested...
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thats what i reckon thanks
This is a feature I would love to have...
To activate the 2nd screen only when there is notification. I don't really see a use for having the clock shown always.
Hope some developers will find a way.
Maybe the always on is possible whit the OEM case. Check the video [YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/PagmYqgNzp8/[YOUTUBE]
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