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I installed a battery booster app from the market, and it had an option to dim the screen, it was on 11%, well i tried to adjust it, and i guess i went way to far and it turned my screen black, i cant see nothing.
im on the Darkstone build.
is there a way to either delete that app or what, i know the phone works as i feel the vibration from me sliding it to unlock from home screen.
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I installed a battery booster app from the market, and it had an option to dim the screen, it was on 11%, well i tried to adjust it, and i guess i went way to far and it turned my screen black, i cant see nothing.
im on the Darkstone build.
is there a way to either delete that app or what, i know the phone works as i feel the vibration from me sliding it to unlock from home screen.
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The LCD still light up but very dim, so try going into a dark room and wake up the phone. Then you will be able to see the contain on your phone.
10507 said:
The LCD still light up but very dim, so try going into a dark room and wake up the phone. Then you will be able to see the contain on your phone.
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no its literally black, i cant see anything.
aznsHD2 said:
no its literally black, i cant see anything.
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Not even in a totally dark room?
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Not even in a totally dark room?
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Like i said it is BLANK. seriously blank. its not dim or nothing.
Is there a way to restore the brightness on here, because i cant see anything im doin on it.
what you can try to do is, grab a friends phone and try to immitate the same touches on both devices, the best way to do it is by unlocking it, pressing the menu key, click on the corner to make sure u go to the settings, scroll all the way up and find your way to "display" tipically the 4th (or 5th in my case because i have cyanogen mod) and brightness (should be the one at the top) and just try to drag ur finger from left to right to increse it (as it should over pass any 3rd party app) and see if it works, but..... keep in mind these things dependeding on what phone you use to guide you....
screen size
DPI scale
sense??? or not! as settings are different
and other things, also..... when you unlock it make sure its on the home screen
i also believe if you go outside you can see the screen a little bit under the sun, but not completely sure
hope this helps, oh and by the way, if you have a build based on sense go to a sprint store and use an EVO lol, or if u have stock froyo grab a nexus one from a friend and use that (but like i said before, keep in mund the screen size)
yea thats what i was tryin to do. no luck.
I had this problem twice and rejoice, I have a solution!
Simply download "DroidExplorer" for windows.
Boot your phone in android.
Once booted (when your screen turns black), plug in USB, and launch DroidExplorer.
In DroidExplorer, look for the "Screencast" icon (little android icon).
Run that, you will see your screen. Reset brightness to a normal level.
You are saved
aznsHD2 said:
I installed a battery booster app from the market, and it had an option to dim the screen, it was on 11%, well i tried to adjust it, and i guess i went way to far and it turned my screen black, i cant see nothing.
im on the Darkstone build.
is there a way to either delete that app or what, i know the phone works as i feel the vibration from me sliding it to unlock from home screen.
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When this happens, try shining a bright light on the screen, make sure the device is woken up (i.e. press a hard button) and view your screen from different angles. Even if the backlight is completely off, the LCD display is still active and the graphics elements just about visible.
With this method, you should be able to make enough of your screen to navigate to the brightness settings.
Screencast in Droid Explorer (for your PC) is also a good last measure.
Most apps that control brightness has this problem on HD2, so be careful about going too low in all of them. In Tasker, for example, 30 is the lowest setting that works.
Even the standard screen dimming that occurs a few seconds before screen timeout is not calibrated correctly. In all Android builds/kernels I have tried, the backlight is turned off when it should be just dimmed. Cyanogen(mod) has a setting for the dim level, but the maximum you can use is 26, which still turns off the backlight.
Curiously, sometimes (very seldom) after waking my phone up from standby, the backlight is in a much dimmer state than usual. When sliding the standard brightness from min to max, the actual brightness range varies from barely visible (but still on) to the regular dimmest level. So the device *can* support incredibly dim levels, but I've have found no way of getting into this state predictably. It has happened only 3-4 times over the past 2 months. A reboot fixes it, but I've also gotten out of this state after a locking/unlocking cycle.
So there seems to be several layers to the backlight brightness:
- the actual hardware (which supports much lower brightnesses than we're usually allowed access to)
- the Android API (which probably is the layer turning backlight off below 30, and which occasionally is fooled into using a much dimmer range than usual)
- whatever app providing the GUI (usually showing a range of 0-100% or 0-255).
Does anyone know if there's a reason for the threshold? Is it somehow risky for the LCD display hardware to be very dim?
anybody working on or considering making notification light using the capacitive buttons on the bottom? is it possible to use those leds as a notification?
That would be an awesome solution...
To use as notifications OnLY the capasitive buttons and not all Screen as "NoLED" app...
+1 from me...
+1 I also agree
and maybe a stretch and maybe you guys dont agree but you could also have each button be a different notification, ie:
text message the back button would light up, email the menu button so on and so fourth
+2 for this idea
It's already been done for the galaxy s's, BLN requires a custom kernel though.
I prefer NoLed, in the market, works great for notifications. NoLed
Im thinking about getting a Nexus S.
The only thing stopping me is the lack of notification LED.
It would be pretty good if this could work.
And being able to tell if its sms or email etc from which button lights would be very cool. But i would think the backlight is just one big light.
I've had a look at NoLed, but it doesnt seem ideal. If i get a notification while im asleep, the screens going to stay on for up to 8 hours non stop? That doesnt sound good.
Also it seems to mess with the lock screen and wake up of the phone.
So i just noticed today when pressing the capacitive button, it turns off. that likely means each one is lit independently from a separate LED correct? so if thats the case, theoretically each led should be able to flash independently?
terryhau said:
Im thinking about getting a Nexus S.
The only thing stopping me is the lack of notification LED.
It would be pretty good if this could work.
And being able to tell if its sms or email etc from which button lights would be very cool. But i would think the backlight is just one big light.
I've had a look at NoLed, but it doesnt seem ideal. If i get a notification while im asleep, the screens going to stay on for up to 8 hours non stop? That doesnt sound good.
Also it seems to mess with the lock screen and wake up of the phone.
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From what I read... the NOLED app works well with the AMOLED screens because blacks dont use power. It basically turns on for that single notification or something like that.
You should read more about it from the vibrant sub forum.... with both having AMOLED screens.
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From what I read... the NOLED app works well with the AMOLED screens because blacks dont use power. It basically turns on for that single notification or something like that.
You should read more about it from the vibrant sub forum.... with both having AMOLED screens.
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Correct, in amoled screens the only pixels drawing power are the ones that are being lit for the notification. You can also set the notifications to timeout after a certain amount of minutes, and can also set a "sleep time" so there no notification while you're sleeping at night. Another awesome feature is the use of the proximity sensor, so that if the phone is in your pocket it doesn't turn on the notification but once you take your phone out of your pocket the notification shows up on the screen.
Check the devs thread for more info:
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So i just noticed today when pressing the capacitive button, it turns off. that likely means each one is lit independently from a separate LED correct? so if thats the case, theoretically each led should be able to flash independently?
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This is EXACTLY what I hoped was going to be possible.
integra891 said:
So i just noticed today when pressing the capacitive button, it turns off. that likely means each one is lit independently from a separate LED correct? so if thats the case, theoretically each led should be able to flash independently?
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You would think this would've the case but not exactly. The galaxy s does this also but it is not possible to activate the leds separately
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You would think this would've the case but not exactly. The galaxy s does this also but it is not possible to activate the leds separately
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Yes, I was also thinking this too but could there be some sort of app written making it believe all other buttons were "pressed" so their lights were off once a notification came in? I strongly believe ANYTHING can be changed with a few smart edits I mean people here on XDA bring multi-touch and FM radio's to devices that shouldn't have those features!
Even if you could have each notification have a different light dimmed as if it were being "pressed"
As in: Text message= all lights lit BUT the home
Voicemail=all lights lit BUT the back button ETC...
If they could be seperate that would be great but honestly even if it's all of them it's good enough for me, I just wanna see SOMETHING if my phone is just sitting there
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It's already been done for the galaxy s's, BLN requires a custom kernel though.
I prefer NoLed, in the market, works great for notifications. NoLed
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NoLED is ok except for 2 things for me.
1 - I don't like the dots/icons hopping around the screen. I would rather they were just lined up across the top or the side.
2 - It plays around a bit much with turning the screen on and off.
Looking at NoLED there is NO reason why he couldn't make it act exactly like the Notification LED for the Ball on the Nexus One. Just have different colors for different notifications and rotate them on the same cluster of 4 LEDS on the top right of the phone.
Boom you have rotating colored notifications simple and effective
I wish I was better at coding stuff...haha
I'm glad there is a thread going about this!
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You couldn't be anymore on point man. The jumping about is slightly unprofessional.
hopefully well see some work towards this once some custom roms start coming out
The reason the notifications move around the screen is so that it doesn't burn out those pixels.
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You couldn't be anymore on point man. The jumping about is slightly unprofessional.
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Yes I agree, it would be amazing if they just slid around your screen or drifted all over. OR a pulsing light pops up on the screen just like a virtual trackball like the nexus one!
sassyness77 said:
Yes I agree, it would be amazing if they just slid around your screen or drifted all over. OR a pulsing light pops up on the screen just like a virtual trackball like the nexus one!
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clearly you guys do not understand why it jumps around so unprofessionally
do you want burned out pixel?
Has anyone else noticed the in call volume being very loud even when on the lowest setting. Mine is super high, any suggestions to resolve?
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Yes, I'm having the same problem. But it don't seems to be a problem every time. Neither seems it to be connected to specific callee's. Sometimes the volume is totaly normal, and sometimes it feels like speaker mode...
Mine is everytime though, it really is too loud even on the lowest setting.
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You are lucky, actually. I have exactly opposite problem. My volume of calls is so low that I cant her the other callers. This is very serious issue for me and I am thinking about returning the phone. I am searching the net for some service codes that would allow me to raise the internal volume. Do you have 2.3.1?
Visual Voice Mail volume
Why is my visual voice mail so hard to hear with the speaker on?
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Turn the volume up?
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Did that
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T-Mobile's or Google Voice? I have no problems with Google Voice and make sure it's set to come out of the speaker. I haven't used T-Mobile's in a long time.
[Q] volume & screen
After climbing (for me) a steep learning curve I am very happy with my NS. But as with anything, there are different levels of happiness. I still have two issues that sort of bug me.
1. Volume - It seems that I must accidentally hit it a lot, and at times find it turned all the way down.
2. Screen - It's amazing inside, but when I go outside in this Florida Sun (even in the winter) I not only can't read the screen, I can't find the buttons on the handset.
Any suggestions?
always good to see another florida person.
Can't say anything about the first since i don't own the device yet, a case may help though since my dad has a vibrant and he used to hit them, but after getting a silicone case he dosn't do it anymore.
As far as the seeing the screen goes, depending on your brightness setting the screen may be washed out. I normally keep my nexus one at about 40% brightness, but if i'm going to be outside for a day, or when i'm at the themeparks in orlando, i turn on the auto brightness, that usually brings it up to 100% in the sunlight which makes it readable.
Normally switching the brightness involves going through the settings, but there are many applications that give you a quick switch, i personally use the mysettings app that i have on my main screen so it's only two clicks to get to auto.
The screen is very viewable in the sunny Southern California sunlight, but no modern large screen smartphone like these are going to be great outdoors; at least the NS is usable (unlike the N1).
I concur with the other response that setting the screen brightness to max is obviously the best way to tackle this.
There's a very easy way, just install the Power Control Widget that comes pre-loaded on the phone. It gives you a bar with 5 icons on it for wifi, bluetooth, gps, google sync, and screen brightness.
The screen brightness icon lets you tap it for 4 different settings (minimum, about half max, maximum brightness and automatic). As mentioned above, with max brightness, the phone is very usable, for me in sunlight. At least as usable as my iPhone 4 and older iPhones.
Very handy, and also great for quickly turning off wifi and BT to save juice when not using them.
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The screen is very viewable in the sunny Southern California sunlight, but no modern large screen smartphone like these are going to be great outdoors; at least the NS is usable (unlike the N1).
I concur with the other response that setting the screen brightness to max is obviously the best way to tackle this.
There's a very easy way, just install the Power Control Widget that comes pre-loaded on the phone. It gives you a bar with 5 icons on it for wifi, bluetooth, gps, google sync, and screen brightness.
The screen brightness icon lets you tap it for 4 different settings (minimum, about half max, maximum brightness and automatic). As mentioned above, with max brightness, the phone is very usable, for me in sunlight. At least as usable as my iPhone 4 and older iPhones.
Very handy, and also great for quickly turning off wifi and BT to save juice when not using them.
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forgot about that lol. I actually use power strip with that widget so a double tap on the home button and from any screen i can switch to auto or full.
neok44 said:
forgot about that lol. I actually use power strip with that widget so a double tap on the home button and from any screen i can switch to auto or full.
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I'll have to check that out!
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I'll have to check that out!
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yeah powerstrip is pretty awesome, theres another app like it called quick desk but i prefer powerstrip.
My setup lets me double tap the home button and i have quick links to 5 widgets and then all my apps, a set list of shortcuts, and my recent apps as well.
neok44 said:
always good to see another florida person.
Can't say anything about the first since i don't own the device yet, a case may help though since my dad has a vibrant and he used to hit them, but after getting a silicone case he dosn't do it anymore.
As far as the seeing the screen goes, depending on your brightness setting the screen may be washed out. I normally keep my nexus one at about 40% brightness, but if i'm going to be outside for a day, or when i'm at the themeparks in orlando, i turn on the auto brightness, that usually brings it up to 100% in the sunlight which makes it readable.
Normally switching the brightness involves going through the settings, but there are many applications that give you a quick switch, i personally use the mysettings app that i have on my main screen so it's only two clicks to get to auto.
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Got Mysettings and it looks sweet. Thanks all.
burtmann said:
Got Mysettings and it looks sweet. Thanks all.
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glad you like it, to switch to auto just long press on the brightness it'll switch to auto, and then long press again to go back to your previous setting.
Its pretty serious for me as well, its like being on speaker all the time. Its there any way to change the volume range? If not this will have to get exchanged.
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I am also experiencing the oposite problem to this, my earpiece even at full volume is still very low. May try to pass by Best Buy and see if i can get test out another phone and see if mine is defective.
Yeah i'm suffering with the same problem. I've even swapped the phone but the new one has the same issue.
Has anyone found a fix for this? I really don't want to have to swap the phone again
this was asked in another fourm but never got a solid answer. I have my tablet connected to my TV in my bedroom and it is connected to my media server so i can watch movies from it and have it displayed on the tv. The issue is im staring at the tablet and TV both screens are on. Here is the question that the other user asked on the other fourm
"Is it possible to turn the a500 display off when connecting to a TV using HDMI out? If you try to lock the device (hit the power button), it halts the device completely. There is not brightness option for "completely off," so that's not an option. Ideally, I'd like to save battery if I'm watching a movie via HDMI.
Does this require a 3rd party app, if so, do you know of any? Thanks in advance! "
Yeah I stumbled on that one too and I don't think you can I hope someone prove me wrong I hope.
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it's dual screen so no way to turn it off, unless Acer decide to do it so...
but why not just cover the screen..... with the case..
I think the point of turning it off is to save battery. I also am in the same position. I use it to watch netflix on my upstairs tv but it sucks cause it depletes the battery quicker then if I could just turn the screen off on the tablet. Hopefully something can done to resolve this. Maybe a mod or something.
don't tell me that you are not going to watch 8 hours in a row movies from the tablet on your TV.... without plugin on power your tablet... or even if you are in a friends house, you are watching a 3 hours movies but you will not stick to your tablet 8 straight hours...
or you bring your powercharger...
sanaell said:
don't tell me that you are not going to watch 8 hours in a row movies from the tablet on your TV.... without plugin on power your tablet... or even if you are in a friends house, you are watching a 3 hours movies but you will not stick to your tablet 8 straight hours...
or you bring your powercharger...
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+1 +1 +1 +1, if you wanna use it as a dvd player plug it in.
You could conceivably use Widgetsoid or something similar to reduce screen brightness to 0%.
Has anyone tried looking at Tasker to see if it has functionality to allowing this?
Ragnorok64 said:
You could conceivably use Widgetsoid or something similar to reduce screen brightness to 0%.
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But if you reduce the screen brightness to zero, will it not in turn reduce the output to your tv to zero? As far as I know, the tv will show exactly what the tablet shows. As someone else pointed out, just close the case. That's what I do! And heck yes, plug the tablet in so you can enjoy the awesomeness longer
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vanisleguy1976 said:
But if you reduce the screen brightness to zero, will it not in turn reduce the output to your tv to zero? As far as I know, the tv will show exactly what the tablet shows. As someone else pointed out, just close the case. That's what I do! And heck yes, plug the tablet in so you can enjoy the awesomeness longer
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Changing the brightness on the tablet does not affect the brightness of what's output over HDMI.
Also note that I said "conceivably" I woudn't suggest actually lowering the brightness to 0%, and hitting OK, it'd be difficult to get it back up whiel blind poking.
This is tight up with whatever player your using even without plugin to anything when turn screen off the video stops is very simple.
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bummer. there should be an option for the screen to go dark/off until you hit a button or something. i can turn off my phone's display and still listen to music and access and play the music & videos stored on the MicroSD via USB.
one of the reasons i bought this is so i can plug it into other TVs in the house that don't have access to a digital media player. i would find it annoying to have two light sources in the room. plus the fact that you're draining the battery even more and putting miles on the screen's life. and i'm guessing you can't even charge via the HDMI port.
i won't be able to find out for myself until tomorrow because i just picked up the A500 tonight and it JUST started its 4 hour pre-boot charge.
The widgetsoid idea won't work. When you manually change the brightness to the lowest level that is what the system defines as "0%"
rstuckmaier said:
The widgetsoid idea won't work. When you manually change the brightness to the lowest level that is what the system defines as "0%"
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I've been rereading your post and I'm not 100% sure what you're saying.
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I've been rereading your post and I'm not 100% sure what you're saying.
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If you open your settings and turn off auto brightness and manually drag the brightness slider all the way to the left: this is considered "0" for the tablet.
So I was saying that you can try setting up a Widgetsoid widget to change the brightness to "0" but it won't be any darker than the previous "0" level.
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If you open your settings and turn off auto brightness and manually drag the brightness slider all the way to the left: this is considered "0" for the tablet.
So I was saying that you can try setting up a Widgetsoid widget to change the brightness to "0" but it won't be any darker than the previous "0" level.
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I see.
But, I can most definately achieve darker screen settings with Widgetsoid than I can with the built in brightness control. Try it yourself, 0% is actually 0%.
smd3235 said:
this was asked in another fourm but never got a solid answer. I have my tablet connected to my TV in my bedroom and it is connected to my media server so i can watch movies from it and have it displayed on the tv. The issue is im staring at the tablet and TV both screens are on. Here is the question that the other user asked on the other fourm
"Is it possible to turn the a500 display off when connecting to a TV using HDMI out? If you try to lock the device (hit the power button), it halts the device completely. There is not brightness option for "completely off," so that's not an option. Ideally, I'd like to save battery if I'm watching a movie via HDMI.
Does this require a 3rd party app, if so, do you know of any? Thanks in advance! "
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What I do is use mobo player. Just swipe down on the left hand side of your screen and you drop the brightness down to 1%, which is pretty much off, you can't see anything on the screen. Hope this works for you.
I tried with mx video player, but couldn't get the brightness as low.
solutions?
Anyone find a solution? I've been trying to do the same thing with a G Tab.
Just fiddled with the brightness levels in Widgetsoid app. Even at the lowest screen brightness when I hit OK it reverted back to about a 10% from what I could tell. Must be a failsafe so you won't end up with a black screen. SO I agree with a previous poster. Doesn't look like it can be done at least with Widgetsoid.
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Anyone find a solution? I've been trying to do the same thing with a G Tab.
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Try backlight kller... I've nt had a chance yet, but found that suggestion in anther post. It lowers the screen brightness, usin. Long press of the bak button to bring up the menu.
Jwb
I have bought an excellant stand for my Note so that I can watch movies but the maximum screen timeout in settings is 10 minutes which is not long enough. So I've downloaded a free application from Android Market called "Screen Off Timeout" by "MTU Group" which allows you to keep the screen on permanently or only permanently when plugged into a power supply.
Here is the stand link:
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/universal-smart-stand-for-mobile-phones-p32691.htm?referer=aff_aw_102463
uhh, not too sure what youre talking about. galaxy note screen timeout doesnt affect movies or videos.
i have my timeout set to 1 minute. 4 minute videos play in their entirety without the screen turning off. 2 hour movies play in their entirety without the screen turning off.
its not just the default player. most video players have the 'permission' to keep the screen on when running. you dont need a third party app.
Souai said:
uhh, not too sure what youre talking about. galaxy note screen timeout doesnt affect movies or videos.
i have my timeout set to 1 minute. 4 minute videos play in their entirety without the screen turning off. 2 hour movies play in their entirety without the screen turning off.
its not just the default player. most video players have the 'permission' to keep the screen on when running. you dont need a third party app.
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Thanks for your reply. My timeout occurred whilst viewing a Web page which the app. fixes. I assumed the app was needed for movies too which it obviously doesn't and I stand corrected.
KeepScreen in Market is what you need. You can select the apps you want to keep the screen on.
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kosmocos said:
KeepScreen in Market is what you need. You can select the apps you want to keep the screen on.
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Thanks for your reply. I will check out KeepScreen.
I was searching for this function, I had it on my N900, so I could keep track on i.e. a website while the phone is charging on my desk. On the Note this option is not available in the screen settings.
Be careful when displaying static images/text on the screen for prolonged periods of time. AMOLED screens can burn out. Each color in each pixel as a life span and will get dimmer the longer it is used. During normal use this would will have little effect. However if you leave the screen on for long periods of time without changing what is displayed you will compound the problem. In certain cases "burn-ins" have been noticed in as little has a few months. Others have gone years using their devices without any noticeable issues. Its all about how you use it.
Using the phone for long periods as a desktop clock or having it display a webpage with minimal changes in display, are bad ideas.