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How to Disable Timeout While Charging

it was annoying me, so heres how to fix it
Go to Settings, Applications, Development, Stay Awake
thought id share!!

toenail78 said:
it was annoying me, so heres how to fix it
Go to Settings, Applications, Development, Stay Awake
thought id share!!
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too bad you have to go back in and change it back when your done recharging or the screen is on all the time no?

MrDSL said:
too bad you have to go back in and change it back when your done recharging or the screen is on all the time no?
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It stays awake only while plugged in.

I use my phone to set my alarm for work and it stays on the charger at night while I am asleep.
However the alarm will not go off in the morning (it is set to go off even in Silent mode) and I was wondering if it was because the device was going to sleep at night.
I hope this resolves it for me.

weedahoe said:
I use my phone to set my alarm for work and it stays on the charger at night while I am asleep.
However the alarm will not go off in the morning (it is set to go off even in Silent mode) and I was wondering if it was because the device was going to sleep at night.
I hope this resolves it for me.
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Before setting the EVO to the stay awake setting above, I noticed that if the phone was in desk clock mode (accessed by clicking on the Sense clock), it would stay awake (noticed this while fiddling this morning).

Android Stay Awake feature still turns off screen

Hello as the title says I have the Stay Awake feature turned on, so when plugged in the screen is not suppose to go off, well it still goes off. If I set the screen timeout time to any longer it will do that even when I am not plugged in.
Anyone know how I can really keep it to Stay Awake?
Thanks,

jack_d12 said:
Hello as the title says I have the Stay Awake feature turned on, so when plugged in the screen is not suppose to go off, well it still goes off. If I set the screen timeout time to any longer it will do that even when I am not plugged in.
Anyone know how I can really keep it to Stay Awake?
Thanks,
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I am kind of in the same boat, I have read that there are apps in the market to enable this setting. Maybe one of them will work for you. One such app is screeble, another is Stay Awake.
-Adam

[Q] Screen won't go off after notification?

I've gone through all 24 pages of threads in this forum, and found nothing like this.
When I get a text message or some other message that turns the screen on, it won't turn back off. It's a pain because it wastes battery and since I charge it at night, I don't notice it and it ends up being on all night. I don't want it to burn in or anything.
Screen timeout is set to like 15 seconds, same in GOSMS. I can't figure out if there is any wakelock causing the issue or not.
Any ideas?

Settings -> My Device -> Lock Screen -> "Secured lock time"
It's different than the screen timeout. Maybe that's what's doing it. Not sure.
Edit... probably read it too fast. This is just for how long before the screen locks. Sorry

I noticed the same. I was looking for "Developer" options like I had in the HTC before the GS4, but I can't find it anywhere.
Basically on the HTC had the Developer options that allowed the screen to stay on, even when charging.
On the GS4, like the OP said, if you get any kind of notification that wakes the screen up, it will stay on when connected to the charger.

That's the thing though, is that it does it even when not connected to a charger.
I have my secure lock time set to 3 minutes, but it will do it before or after that 3 minutes. I have read on other devices forums that it is a wakelock, but I can't find anything that could be causing it.

I think I've narrowed this down. Turn off "Smart Stay". When I take off smart stay, my screen shuts off as intended, but I think if you have smart stay on, it will try and detect anything that looks like your eyes, hence staying awake.

cfn87 said:
I think I've narrowed this down. Turn off "Smart Stay". When I take off smart stay, my screen shuts off as intended, but I think if you have smart stay on, it will try and detect anything that looks like your eyes, hence staying awake.
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If this is really what's doing it, I wonder if keeping your phone face-down when charging would help prevent it. Still though, that's pretty terrible if that's what's doing it. I've only noticed it 3 times in one night, in a certain location. Once I moved my phone elsewhere it stopped.

cfn87 said:
I think I've narrowed this down. Turn off "Smart Stay". When I take off smart stay, my screen shuts off as intended, but I think if you have smart stay on, it will try and detect anything that looks like your eyes, hence staying awake.
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I don't even have Smart Stay on though, or any other of the fancy features that track eyes.
TwistedMexi said:
If this is really what's doing it, I wonder if keeping your phone face-down when charging would help prevent it. Still though, that's pretty terrible if that's what's doing it. I've only noticed it 3 times in one night, in a certain location. Once I moved my phone elsewhere it stopped.
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And mine still turns on and stays on when it is face down.

Screen Won't Sleep
This happened to me yesterday; nothing will turn off the screen.

Power Button Not Working SGS4 Not Sleeping SOLVED
For whatever it's worth, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48871706#post48871706 - maybe that will be helpful.

Screen stays on after battery gets fully charged

Got a weird problem with my AT&T stock non-rooted S4. About 4 or 5 times since I got it on release day when I charge my phone and I get the notification that it's fully charged the screen won't turn back off. I use a Belkin Conserve socket that is set to shut off after 3 hours and I've woken up after charging to find the phone dead. I've managed to catch this happen once and when the fully charged notification comes on the screen won't go to sleep, it just stays on and flickers a little bit. For all but one of these instances I had blocking mode on so I'm not disturbed by email or text notifications in the middle of the night. It did happen one time when I didn't have blocking mode on. I use a pin lock for my lockscreen and usually have BeyondPod playing overnight (only one hour long podcast while it's still charging) if that makes a difference. Is the function that enables the screen to stay on when you're looking at it malfunctioning? Any help? I've attached two screenshots of battery life when this happens.

Tryptonite said:
Got a weird problem with my AT&T stock non-rooted S4. About 4 or 5 times since I got it on release day when I charge my phone and I get the notification that it's fully charged the screen won't turn back off. I use a Belkin Conserve socket that is set to shut off after 3 hours and I've woken up after charging to find the phone dead. I've managed to catch this happen once and when the fully charged notification comes on the screen won't go to sleep, it just stays on and flickers a little bit. For all but one of these instances I had blocking mode on so I'm not disturbed by email or text notifications in the middle of the night. It did happen one time when I didn't have blocking mode on. I use a pin lock for my lockscreen and usually have BeyondPod playing overnight (only one hour long podcast while it's still charging) if that makes a difference. Is the function that enables the screen to stay on when you're looking at it malfunctioning? Any help? I've attached two screenshots of battery life when this happens.
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So in settings under the Developer Options, there is a setting "Stay awake" if checked screen will never sleep while charging. Now I see that your Belkin shuts off the power but your phones still detects the usb plugged into a power source.
I think things happen in this order: you hookup your phone to charge and shut off your screen, phone charges to 100% and screen lights up saying fully charged, it stays on because of that setting, Belkin kills the power, it is still hooked up to USB so ... you get the rest.
I would find that setting and disable it.
if your next question is "I don't see developers option" it is hidden by default in android 4.2.2 so to make it available, go to Settings > About phone and tap tap tap Build number seven times. Return to the previous screen to find Developer options. Or Indiana Jones might pop up and give you the cup to get eternal life !!!

Thanks for the reply Commodore64 but I already checked that setting when it happened the first time and it's not checked.

No one else has had this problem?

Tryptonite said:
No one else has had this problem?
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I have this problem as well as my wife's S4. around 3am, I notice our room is bright with our two phones' screens on. It will stay on until the morning.
In the developer's section of the settings, the stay on when plugged in is NOT checked.
Also, on our phones, we notice the phones overheating because the screen is on for hours at a time at night.
I've just spent an hour looking through the internet, and while many report this, they are simply being dismissed by others as in having "checked" the setting in developer section.
Also, when the batttery does get fully charged, the "Battery if full, unplug the power" notification also rings the default notification ringtone. I've installed phoneweaver to set my phone to no sound overnight, but it only stops the sound, the screen still stays on and phone gets really hot.
This is turning out to be a huge problem for us.

pyrophilus said:
I have this problem as well as my wife's S4. around 3am, I notice our room is bright with our two phones' screens on. It will stay on until the morning.
In the developer's section of the settings, the stay on when plugged in is NOT checked.
Also, on our phones, we notice the phones overheating because the screen is on for hours at a time at night.
I've just spent an hour looking through the internet, and while many report this, they are simply being dismissed by others as in having "checked" the setting in developer section.
Also, when the batttery does get fully charged, the "Battery if full, unplug the power" notification also rings the default notification ringtone. I've installed phoneweaver to set my phone to no sound overnight, but it only stops the sound, the screen still stays on and phone gets really hot.
This is turning out to be a huge problem for us.
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Do you use a PIN (number) lock? I did but switched to the pattern unlock and it hasn't happened since. Also, I've been trying to charge only during the day or evening, not overnight. Maybe, since I charge during the day and I use it periodically while it charges it doesn't go into a "deep sleep" like it would if it charges while sleeping and the full charge notification would keep it awake. I don't know exactly why but it hasn't happened since. Hope this helps.

Power Button Not Working SGS4 Not Sleeping SOLVED
For whatever it's worth, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48871706#post48871706 - maybe that will be helpful.

[Q] Features won't turn off

Was wondering if any one else has had this issue. I've been noticing that turning GPS off doesn't seem to shut it off. When I checked my battery stats yesterday, I noticed GPS was on all day. Even tho I turned it off, and even the toggle said it was off. On top of that, When I say "Hi Galaxy", S-Voice turns on, even tho I have it disabled. If I turn the phone off, it all stays off. It's kind of annoying having to turn the phone off after using one of these apps. I checked location settings and all of that, it is all disabled.

robreefer said:
Was wondering if any one else has had this issue. I've been noticing that turning GPS off doesn't seem to shut it off. When I checked my battery stats yesterday, I noticed GPS was on all day. Even tho I turned it off, and even the toggle said it was off. On top of that, When I say "Hi Galaxy", S-Voice turns on, even tho I have it disabled. If I turn the phone off, it all stays off. It's kind of annoying having to turn the phone off after using one of these apps. I checked location settings and all of that, it is all disabled.
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Go to Settings -> WiFi -> Advanced and uncheck 'Always allow scanning' and see if that does anything.

bd177 said:
Go to Settings -> WiFi -> Advanced and uncheck 'Always allow scanning' and see if that does anything.
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No dice, They only turn off after a reboot still. Thanks for a shot tho!