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Just noticed it's not in my lock screen settings. Did Samsung take that feature out in this phone?
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[Q] Screen never goes off after receiving text or missing a call

So if I get a text, my screen lights up and does not go out lol. It will stay on all night, I've woken up to a dead battery because of it. I have it set on 30 seconds so I have no idea why it does this. If I miss a call it does it too. It does not do it for emails though. Does anyone else have this or know how to fix?
thanks
haven
You can either check the Puzzle Lock option, or use a pattern to unlock the screen. I don't know if any other lockscreen apps have the same issue or not, but both of those things (either one, you don't have to do both) worked for me.
I personally use SMS Popup and disable notifications via the stock app. I've never experienced what you are seeing.
Seems like you two should talk.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7894768#post7894768
*Haven* said:
So if I get a text, my screen lights up and does not go out lol. It will stay on all night, I've woken up to a dead battery because of it. I have it set on 30 seconds so I have no idea why it does this. If I miss a call it does it too. It does not do it for emails though. Does anyone else have this or know how to fix?
thanks
haven
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mine does exactly the same...the battery drains lighting fast coz of it...
any solutions ?
EDIT: seems i found a temporary solution by enabling Puzzle lock in the Sound and display options
To fix this glitch, simply turn ON the 'Slide Puzzle Piece' feature in settings.
By the way OP, you's a cutie
Hey guys, thanks. I don't prefer the puzzle lock but if it's the only work around for the glitch then im cool with that. I just enabled puzzle lock so I think that should do it.
Thanks a million

Wake delay issue

Sometimes the Galaxy S II seems to have a slight delay when waking it by pressing the Home or Power button.
I saw a Thread about it in a german Phone forum where a lot of people reported this. I myself noticed it too. I'm running KE2 with Widgetlocker. I can disable Widgetlocker, it still happens.
If you wake it just after locking, it will be instant. If you wait a couple of seconds you will get a delay when waking the device. But it doesn't behave the same all the time, sometimes it's even instantly when waiting for a few minutes.
Can you guys confirm this?
yeah same problem here. I thought the latest update had fixed it but it still seems to be there
Oh and something other that I noticed, while having the phone connected to my pc, it always wakes up instantly.
prob coz its clock the CPU down while screen is off.
domazdk said:
prob coz its clock the CPU down while screen is off.
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Either that or its the power management when its not being charged.
My lg 2x do not have this delay, should be able to fix in a kernel mod
DocRambone said:
My lg 2x do not have this delay, should be able to fix in a kernel mod
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Great to hear that! I didn't have this either on my Desire and it was clocked down to 200Mhz...
Oh and another thing, can you disable the double Home button press? Because if you press it 1 time you are getting a slight delay because it has to wait if there will be a second press. I don't need the double-press voice Feature.
Hey. 1st post. Been reading for a while, but the wake issue annoyed me too, so I tried WidgetLocker with not much change. PowerAmp's lock widget seems to make it faster, but I found if you lower the res of the wallpaper on your lock screen, the waking is instant, which I recently realised.
I go to interfacelift.com and choose a wallpaper at 1400x900 (or so. Usually a good one for the actual background, so it doesnt really matter much for the lockscreen) save it and open to allow you to change the lock screen wallpaper. It does mean it won't be the nicest image, but it's made my phone waking sooooo much faster.
Cheers
Thanks for that, it appears to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095371
have you tried this?
I have tried copying over the modified framework and a low resolution (800x480) solid black wallpaper but no luck.
This is starting to agitate me to be honest. I’ve been telling the guy opposite me at work that S2 is the best phone available at the moment for a couple of weeks now. He ignored me and brought the sensation.
Now he has a phone that switches on immediately when he presses the power, immediately switches to his home screen when he presses the home button and his battery is lasting twice as long as mine.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d still rather have the S2. But as the new toy feeling starts to where off the little things are starting to bother me.
i have the same issue.
Well, i had the same lag at power on.
what i did :
1 change wall paper to a standard one, in the samsung gallery wallpaper. Chose one screen WP... ans applied it to both on lock and screen wallpaper
test, switch it of and on.... No lag
I applied back my large customized wallpaper i had before and applied on screen, didn't touch lock screen cause i use Widgetlock...
Now, no more lag....
It's not a cpu sleep issue, just a bug in lock screen wallpaper in my opinion....
Thanks for the suggestions Cuspide but it didn't help me unfortunatley. I even brought widgetlocker in case it was that.
It is true, it may be a minor problem but it is so annoying.
When using my HD2 with Windows Mobile, the wake up was instant, in fact even with Latitude, Email and Facebook syncs, the battery life was fantastic. HD2 with Android obviously reduced battery life and there was the wake up lag - I thought all these niggles would go with an 'actual' Android phone, but it doesn't seem that way...
I have tried the following with no luck;
- modified framework and CRT animation
- installing SetCPU and putting the governor to performance (and min 1200Mhz)
- setting a lower resolution lockscreen picture (800x480)
I'm hoping it is only software related, and something Samsung will fix very soon.
I believe that it is a mere software issue.
My Desire clocks down to 245Mhz when it's sleeping. And it wakes instantly and clocks back up to 998Mhz. The change is completely unnoticeable.
And the GSII with 1.2Ghz and 1GB of RAM - hopefully this will be fixed in a future update.
This seems to just be a kernel sleep issue.
I would imagine it's fixable in a kernel update.
I've noticed that the delay isn't apparent when the phone is on AC power. Plug your charger in and wake the phone up and it's instant, take it off charge and wake it up and there's the delay again.
it's the sleep policy. open an IM like ebuddy (it voids device to get in sleep policy) and no delay at all
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hi Guys
has anyone found a way around this. The wakeup delay is very annoying..........

Power on Edge Screen Without Power Button

In playing around with my Verizon Note Edge today, I discovered I was able to turn on the Edge screen by quickly swiping from the bottom of the edge screen, up about a third of the way, and then quickly back down (starting at the top and swiping down and then back up also works). It turns on the night clock and then started scrolling showing any pending notifications...pretty sweet! I do have the flip case on the phone, but did remove it to test it without and it still seemed to work. I have not been able to find anything documented on this, but it worked for me. Anyone else? I am really glad I made the decision to wait for the Edge!
Here is a video...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZm-ZGWmpY ​
I use action launcher 3 as launcher replacement and it has a tap feature that allows you to tap on the screen to turn it off, similar to LG G2 and G3... I use it all the time. not the same as what you posted but I wanted to share just in case someone is wondering
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In playing around with my Verizon Note Edge today, I discovered I was able to turn on the Edge screen by quickly swiping from the bottom of the edge screen, up about a third of the way, and then quickly back down (starting at the top and swiping down and then back up also works). It turns on the night clock and then started scrolling showing any pending notifications...pretty sweet! I do have the flip case on the phone, but did remove it to test it without and it still seemed to work. I have not been able to find anything documented on this, but it worked for me. Anyone else? I am really glad I made the decision to wait for the Edge!
Here is a video...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZm-ZGWmpY ​
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This hidden features hardly people knows but I already know this thing.
This can also be a hassle as I found out when the edge screen kept on rubbing against the inside of my pocket and accidentally turn on and drain my battery.
You must have some pretty tight jeans for it to do that...
jtambis6 said:
This can also be a hassle as I found out when the edge screen kept on rubbing against the inside of my pocket and accidentally turn on and drain my battery.
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PrsnlCrcl said:
In playing around with my Verizon Note Edge today, I discovered I was able to turn on the Edge screen by quickly swiping from the bottom of the edge screen, up about a third of the way, and then quickly back down (starting at the top and swiping down and then back up also works). It turns on the night clock and then started scrolling showing any pending notifications...pretty sweet! I do have the flip case on the phone, but did remove it to test it without and it still seemed to work. I have not been able to find anything documented on this, but it worked for me. Anyone else? I am really glad I made the decision to wait for the Edge!
Here is a video...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZm-ZGWmpY ​
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this function is actually quite well known / well documented. but a neat feature nonetheless
edge
I found it to day too
PrsnlCrcl said:
In playing around with my Verizon Note Edge today, I discovered I was able to turn on the Edge screen by quickly swiping from the bottom of the edge screen, up about a third of the way, and then quickly back down (starting at the top and swiping down and then back up also works). It turns on the night clock and then started scrolling showing any pending notifications...pretty sweet! I do have the flip case on the phone, but did remove it to test it without and it still seemed to work. I have not been able to find anything documented on this, but it worked for me. Anyone else? I am really glad I made the decision to wait for the Edge!
Here is a video...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZm-ZGWmpY ​
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This is a really cool feature - I notice that your screen stays on for sometime while scrolling thru your notifications... I have the VZW Note Edge as well but my screen times out within 30 seconds regardless of what I have my "Edge screen timeout" set to in system settings / Edge Screen - is there another way to keep the Edge screen active or from timing out so quick?
Just with the setting you already mentioned...it seems to work for me.
Use the gravity app....
Excellent app. I only use the power button to turn phone on and off...
And the bonus has been I don't accidently turn off the screen when turning volume up and down... was a constant menace on my note 2

Lag and Random screen flashing.

Lately my girlfriend has been having issues with her GS7 edge, she has the screen timeout for 1 minute yet the screen turns off randomly when she's scrolling or texting or just about anything.
Also when she has her phone face down laying on her she notices the screen flashes blue.
And just the lag on the phone, she tells me when she's messaging a lot her phone lags. When she unlocks her phone weather its using her fingerprint or the pattern to unlock it. So I suggested her waiting for a minute before she answers back and it does improve it but is that something she's going to have to do for now on or is there something to fix these things.... I know it's touch wiz and there is always lag when you are dealing with it but I don't really know since I've always used Nexus devices.

Question Change a few settings

Hello all!
My Razer Phone 2 stopped charging. This is how my Razer Phone 1 also died, basically the charging port went bad, then worse, then died completely.
Anyway I got the Nothing instead, since price and specs fit me pretty fine.
However I want to change a few things. I might be blind in the settings menu, but I'm hoping you'll still help me!
I got a few points I'd like changed, and no amount of googling helped me here:
1. The phone turns on the screen when I pick it up. But there are often mistakes, and the screen just turns on by itself when I'm walking with it in my hand, or in my pocket. It has happened already a few times, after having for phone for 48 hours, that I have dismissed some notifications because of this. Can I stop this function all together?
2. I can also press the screen once and the screen will turn on. This is also a problem when the phone is in my pocket. On my Razer I had to double tap and it still turned on sometimes in my pocket. I ran the Razer phone with Nova Launcher, maybe I have to change to this launcher from the Nothing one to get this double tap feature?
3. I can turn off the screen by double tapping on the home screen. That is a feature I always use and appreciate. I never put the phone screen down so the lights on the backside won't get used. I always double tap to turn on the screen, check for notifications, and double tap to turn the screen off should there be no notifications. Nothing phone won't turn off the screen with a double tap unless I actually unlock it, so I can't do a quick check for notifications by double tapping and double tapping again. It won't matter if the phone is on a table, but I frequently check notifications and put the phone back to my pocket, and having to go for the screen button is not exactly for me. Do I need Nova Launcher here?
4. I NEVER use sounds on my phone, except for the alarms. When someone calls me while the screen is turned off, the screen turns off and I get vibration. If the screen is on I won't get any vibration from it, only a visual notification which is easy to overlook if I let it sit with the screen on but locked if I just checked notifications. Also I like the feedback in my hands in case I am doing something on the phone. I already missed some calls because of this. Can it be changed?
5. Is it possible to manipulate the glyph on the backside? I found a "secret" setting which makes them light up to the music playing, but that became pretty annoying just after 5 seconds. Are there some basic things you can do with the light? Like making a custom event and then specify how the light should react? Could be something simple like when a call is active the lights come on very dim? Maybe a 3rd party app someone did?
6. The Razer Phone 2 (and 1) has HUGE speakers in the top and bottom, so I have been living with pretty big bezels. The Nothing has the same size but the phone is almost 100% screen. If I need to go to the bottom and press a back button or something, I cannot reach anymore like on the Razer. Is there a way to add some virtual bezels on Android?
7. I really hate this "notch" or "camera bump". It is a bit of the same as number 6, but can I remove it completely, so the top of the screen where the camera is won't be used at all? The whole line, effectively adding more bezel here too.
I am probably picky, but I have used my phone in a specific way for my whole life, and I am not really good with changes. Also I think a phone should adapt to my needs, and I shouldn't adapt to it.
Thanks for reading and hopefully helping
To be honest, sounds like the Nothing Phone isn't the right device for you.
I like to know the answer to question 1 too.
Jelle99 said:
Hello all!
My Razer Phone 2 stopped charging. This is how my Razer Phone 1 also died, basically the charging port went bad, then worse, then died completely.
Anyway I got the Nothing instead, since price and specs fit me pretty fine.
However I want to change a few things. I might be blind in the settings menu, but I'm hoping you'll still help me!
I got a few points I'd like changed, and no amount of googling helped me here:
1. The phone turns on the screen when I pick it up. But there are often mistakes, and the screen just turns on by itself when I'm walking with it in my hand, or in my pocket. It has happened already a few times, after having for phone for 48 hours, that I have dismissed some notifications because of this. Can I stop this function all together?
2. I can also press the screen once and the screen will turn on. This is also a problem when the phone is in my pocket. On my Razer I had to double tap and it still turned on sometimes in my pocket. I ran the Razer phone with Nova Launcher, maybe I have to change to this launcher from the Nothing one to get this double tap feature?
3. I can turn off the screen by double tapping on the home screen. That is a feature I always use and appreciate. I never put the phone screen down so the lights on the backside won't get used. I always double tap to turn on the screen, check for notifications, and double tap to turn the screen off should there be no notifications. Nothing phone won't turn off the screen with a double tap unless I actually unlock it, so I can't do a quick check for notifications by double tapping and double tapping again. It won't matter if the phone is on a table, but I frequently check notifications and put the phone back to my pocket, and having to go for the screen button is not exactly for me. Do I need Nova Launcher here?
4. I NEVER use sounds on my phone, except for the alarms. When someone calls me while the screen is turned off, the screen turns off and I get vibration. If the screen is on I won't get any vibration from it, only a visual notification which is easy to overlook if I let it sit with the screen on but locked if I just checked notifications. Also I like the feedback in my hands in case I am doing something on the phone. I already missed some calls because of this. Can it be changed?
5. Is it possible to manipulate the glyph on the backside? I found a "secret" setting which makes them light up to the music playing, but that became pretty annoying just after 5 seconds. Are there some basic things you can do with the light? Like making a custom event and then specify how the light should react? Could be something simple like when a call is active the lights come on very dim? Maybe a 3rd party app someone did?
6. The Razer Phone 2 (and 1) has HUGE speakers in the top and bottom, so I have been living with pretty big bezels. The Nothing has the same size but the phone is almost 100% screen. If I need to go to the bottom and press a back button or something, I cannot reach anymore like on the Razer. Is there a way to add some virtual bezels on Android?
7. I really hate this "notch" or "camera bump". It is a bit of the same as number 6, but can I remove it completely, so the top of the screen where the camera is won't be used at all? The whole line, effectively adding more bezel here too.
I am probably picky, but I have used my phone in a specific way for my whole life, and I am not really good with changes. Also I think a phone should adapt to my needs, and I shouldn't adapt to it.
Thanks for reading and hopefully helping
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1. There is an option to turn this feature off under Display->Lock Screen called Lift to show lock screen.
2. Don't know, but you should try using the Nova Launcher.
3. Don't know, but you should try using the Nova Launcher.
4. Very niche use case, you can try to search some root methods.
5. There is root app which can control the light you can try that.
6. and 7. There should be some root apps or magisk modules which allows to do that.
To 2: (I dont know if this works on NothingOS since im on Paranoid Android. But both are very near to stock, maybe it works for you or for others.) I disabled that tap to activate setting and am using fingerprint while screen is off. This can also act as a quick look for notifications, for that i tap where the fingerprint reader is really short so it fails to unlock. This way only the always on display shows up for 3-4 seconds.
Nova wont change anything lockscreen related.
To 5: If you have root, time and like playing around with commands and apps, you can try tasker. Since im on Paranoid Android and the glyphs arent really implemented yet, i made a task that fits my needs perfect.
To your other problems: i think too, the phone should adapt to the user. So i suggest you to wait, i guess there will come roms that are way more customizable.
And maybe a pixel would fit your needings better than this phone because there is a big custom rom scene around.

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