How to disable phone dim before it goes to sleep? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

After using my S4 phone, when I leave the phone alone, it will stay at normal brightness for a while then it will dim (lower brightness) for about 5 seconds then the whole screen will turn black (sleep).
I want to disable the dim. How can I do it? I want it from normal brightness to turn black (sleep).
Thanks
(It is irritating during the dim because I can only press the screen to make phone to return to normal brightness and I tend to press wrong stuff as screen is dimmed, or no empty area to press. Anything pressed on screen will still take effect but I actually do not want to press anything. When it is black I can use power key to turn on again to normal brightness without pressing screen.)

Anyone know?

alearn said:
Anyone know?
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Settings>dispay>screen timeout there you go.

deakodude said:
Settings>dispay>screen timeout there you go.
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It does not work. That does not affect the dimming time. The dim I am talking about is the 5 seconds just before the screen turn black

alearn said:
It does not work. That does not affect the dimming time. The dim I am talking about is the 5 seconds just before the screen turn black
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Do you want the display to stay on is that what you are asking?

deakodude said:
Do you want the display to stay on is that what you are asking?
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I think he just wants to set the dimming duration to zero. But yea I don't really see any sense in this...
Why don't you just turn off the screen timeout as deakodude said? If not, even if the screen is dimmed, there is always a way to bring the screen back to "full brightness" (ex. by touching two times the menu button or just swiping across the screen, which usually won't trigger any actions).

BoroChief said:
I think he just wants to set the dimming duration to zero. But yea I don't really see any sense in this...
Why don't you just turn off the screen timeout as deakodude said? If not, even if the screen is dimmed, there is always a way to bring the screen back to "full brightness" (ex. by touching two times the menu button or just swiping across the screen, which usually won't trigger any actions).
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I do not want to turn off screen timeout as I am happy to read the screen and then let it on for some seconds then shut down.
Read this and it will make sense: It is irritating during the dim because I can only press the screen to make phone to return to normal brightness and I tend to press wrong stuff as screen is dimmed, or no empty area to press. Anything pressed on screen will still take effect but I actually do not want to press anything. When it is black I can use power key to turn on again to normal brightness without pressing screen. Sometimes I am still reading message/map when the screen dims.
"by touching two times the menu button" > this is correct, but it is troublesome
"just swiping across the screen, which usually won't trigger any actions"> this is wrong. During the dim, anything key or anything on screen touched is still working as normal.
Please note: As stated in the thread clearly. Dim I am talking about is the 5 seconds that is lower brightness than usual, it happens just before the screen turns completely black. After using your phone, leave your phone alone untouched and look at the screen until it turns black, you will sure see it.

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Universal as USB Modem -- Screen stays on.

When using the Universal as a USB modem, although the backlight turns off as per the the setting in "backlight"; the device stays on along with the LCD screen. Since I use the modem for hours at a time, I'm afraid the pixels would get worn out quickly.
I tried to use Window Media Player's "toggle screen" function; but it doens't work unless I'm playing media file.
Any tips/tricks to turn the LCD completely off, while leaving the modem program on?
TIA!
It may sound too simple but when you close the XDA, programs still run but the LCD goes off.
I'd go with the above suggestion, but if you do need, for some reason, to leave the screen open, press and hold the power button and the light should turn off.
Broon said:
It may sound too simple but when you close the XDA, programs still run but the LCD goes off.
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When you mean "close", do you mean close the clam shell so that the screen faces the keyboard? How can one be sure the screen is off at that point? The light is off for sure... but the actual screen?
Turning it 'off' (standby mode) by pressing the power button would kill the modem connection.
numanoids said:
I'd go with the above suggestion, but if you do need, for some reason, to leave the screen open, press and hold the power button and the light should turn off.
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But I don't just want the light to turn off -- under good lighting, one can still see the screen is still 'active'; and I'm afraid that prolonged usage would cause stuck pixels.
Thanks for the tips from both of you though.

How to change the holdtime of long press end key?

When I long press end key, the phone will be locked. The holdtime is about 3~5 senconds. Can I change the holdtime to 1 or 2 senconds?
I would love to know this too - it's always really bugged me that there isn't a quicker way to lock the phone (apart from using the power button).
I would also like to know this, 1-2 seconds would be perfect.
+1
nobody found a registry key yet?
I'd be interested in knowing if there's a way to speed up locking the screen//buttons too.
I know that you can set the device to "lock" whenever the screen is turned off (single press of power button), but this is awkwards as you never get the screen to come back on at the "normal" brightness, and it's annoying for the device to lock in the middle of a call (for example).
Riceburner said:
I'd be interested in knowing if there's a way to speed up locking the screen//buttons too.
I know that you can set the device to "lock" whenever the screen is turned off (single press of power button), but this is awkwards as you never get the screen to come back on at the "normal" brightness, and it's annoying for the device to lock in the middle of a call (for example).
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You should look into these apps:
G-Light - save battery and adjust screen brightness based on ambient light. Very useful and completely configurable.
HD In-Call Screen Tweak - turns screen on and off based on vertical/horizontal position and/or using light sensor to check when it is close to your ear. Also very useful and configurable.
With these apps I never have to worry about brightness level and never need to lock my phone. During a call if I put the phone to my ear the screen turns off. If I take it away from my ear it turns back on so I can use the keypad. If I lay it down on a surface the speaker turns on. Oh, and as far as configuring the amount of time required before triggering the long-press-send-key event... it is unfortunately hard-coded
I have had the same issue with the lock function.
What I did was use AE Button Plus and set it so that a double press of the end call button will lock the phone. And through settings, changed hold end call to set ringer/vibrate. So now holding the end key is more useful and I can lock the phone with a quick double press.
And I also use HD In-Call Screen Tweak (well mine is called Touch In-Call Screen Tweak, maybe iv got the wrong one!) and its excellent in the features mentioned earlier.
Hope this helps
cRaCKwHoRe said:
You should look into these apps:
G-Light - save battery and adjust screen brightness based on ambient light. Very useful and completely configurable.
HD In-Call Screen Tweak - turns screen on and off based on vertical/horizontal position and/or using light sensor to check when it is close to your ear. Also very useful and configurable.
With these apps I never have to worry about brightness level and never need to lock my phone. During a call if I put the phone to my ear the screen turns off. If I take it away from my ear it turns back on so I can use the keypad. If I lay it down on a surface the speaker turns on. Oh, and as far as configuring the amount of time required before triggering the long-press-send-key event... it is unfortunately hard-coded
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Would second this. Both excellent apps and worth looking into
cRaCKwHoRe said:
You should look into these apps:
G-Light - save battery and adjust screen brightness based on ambient light. Very useful and completely configurable.
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Will look at that.
cRaCKwHoRe said:
HD In-Call Screen Tweak - turns screen on and off based on vertical/horizontal position and/or using light sensor to check when it is close to your ear. Also very useful and configurable.
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Already using it.
The problem ( as I stated) is that if you're using the HDTweak setting where anytime the screen is blanked (eg phone call using the in-call tweak, pressing the power button once tec etc) the phone locks: you never get the same level of brightness back - which is annoying.
Will look at G-light and see if it answers the issue.
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Will look at that.
Already using it.
The problem ( as I stated) is that if you're using the HDTweak setting where anytime the screen is blanked (eg phone call using the in-call tweak, pressing the power button once tec etc) the phone locks: you never get the same level of brightness back - which is annoying.
Will look at G-light and see if it answers the issue.
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G-Light should take care of that for you. It routinely polls the light sensor for the screen brightness, as well as anytime the screen turns on it immediately polls it. There be a split-second or so delay from the point you turn your phone on to when the brightness level is adjusted but hey, nothing's perfect.
cRaCKwHoRe said:
G-Light should take care of that for you. It routinely polls the light sensor for the screen brightness, as well as anytime the screen turns on it immediately polls it. There be a split-second or so delay from the point you turn your phone on to when the brightness level is adjusted but hey, nothing's perfect.
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Does the continues polling affect the battery life?
dataSaMm said:
Does the continues polling affect the battery life?
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Yes, but in all reality it makes the overall battery life better by keeping the backlight at an optimal level. I notice huge improvements in battery life with it installed.
dbgoku said:
When I long press end key, the phone will be locked. The holdtime is about 3~5 senconds. Can I change the holdtime to 1 or 2 senconds?
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you can try this program...you can remap the hard keys to just about anything and the long press is about 1-2 secs to execute...
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Yes, but in all reality it makes the overall battery life better by keeping the backlight at an optimal level. I notice huge improvements in battery life with it installed.
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Thanks for the prompt reply, what matters is the long run. I will install it and see how it works out.

Screen not turning off

For some reason my screen just dims instead of turning off when I dont use the phone. If I press the hang up button it goes off like normal but if I just set it down it dims and stays on, draining my battery... Has anyone else experienced this?
starsanddots said:
For some reason my screen just dims instead of turning off when I dont use the phone. If I press the hang up button it goes off like normal but if I just set it down it dims and stays on, draining my battery... Has anyone else experienced this?
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I take it you've already checked your backlight settings in Settings, Power ?
Yes and I have done a soft reset as well. I'm not really a "phone guy" so I hope this is something easy to fix....
Hello,
The way I have my device setup to get round this problem is this:
Go to Settings>Sound&Display> then scroll down until you see Display then click on Backlight.
On the page that appears, scroll down to "On Battery Power". Here put a tick in the box "Dim Backlight..." and set the time you want to allow before this function kicks in (mine is set at 2 mins).
Next, move down to "Turn off Device..", put a tick in here, and then set how long you want the device to stay on for before it goes off (mine is set at 3 mins).
You can use whatever time settings you feel comfortable with. Please note that it is the setting for "Turn Device Off..." that will blank your screen for you. The other setting simply dims it and leaves it running, as you have said before.
If battery performance is an issue for you, take the tick off "Automatically adjust backlight" and put in your own settings. So here, for example, I have my backlight on battery permanently set at 30% and on External Power, 60%.
The screen is so big you get blinded at anything above 60% (well at least I do).
Hope this helps.
WB
screen not turning off...during call via BT-headset
Hi guys!
My screen does not turn off even during phone call via Bluetooth-headset.
Any ideas how to fix it?
Thanks!
anyone?

Soft Keys Backlight Timeout

Is there any way to adjust the timeout? These drive me crazy. Mine stay on for about 3 sec. I've figured out if I touch the screen first they'll come back alive but that's annoying. Most of the time I'm just stabbing in the dark and almost always miss the button on the first try. It would be nice if you could either adjust the time or they stayed on as long as the screen was on or even had a toggle to make that an option. Thanks!

[Q] Lock screen lag

Hello xda, I updated to latest lollipop BOC3, when I press lock button, screen lags at locking, It is not a big problem but it drives me crazy. and although when I press home/lock to wake up phone captivate buttons flicker and then screen turnes on (buttons are always turned off) I think this is hardware problem because searched at forum and no threats... anyone has that problem ? sm-n910 c 5.0.1
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alexowen said:
Hello xda, I updated to latest lollipop BOC3, when I press lock button, screen lags at locking, It is not a big problem but it drives me crazy. and although when I press home/lock to wake up phone captivate buttons flicker and then screen turnes on (buttons are always turned off) I think this is hardware problem because searched at forum and no threats... anyone has that problem ? sm-n910 c 5.0.1
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Maybe your buttons are always off because you have it disabled in settings...Go to Settings/Display and wallpaper/Touch key light duration and set it to whatever time you like...
Ashatar said:
Maybe your buttons are always off because you have it disabled in settings...Go to Settings/Display and wallpaper/Touch key light duration and set it to whatever time you like...
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yes I have disabled lights because I dont like it, it irritates me when i oress button first flickers captivate buttons and then screen turnes on, although that lock screen lag -_-
alexowen said:
yes I have disabled lights because I dont like it, it irritates me when i oress button first flickers captivate buttons and then screen turnes on, although that lock screen lag -_-
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Well then I don't see a problem here...unless your capacitive buttons turn on even though you set them to "Always off" ? The lock screen lag is there, but it isn't that noticeable to me.Sometimes it is, but rarely...
Our you referring to the faint flicker of the captivate buttons even with the setting off,I turned mine off but can see a faint flicker when waking phone up.
I take it no one else has this issue?
@alexowen @Raver27 @Ashatar I have same problem guys, captivate button flickers even when it is turned off when I wake my phone and second problem on LP is lockscreen lag which irritates me, when I lock screen first brightness goes down and then screen turnes off, this is hardware problem not software
I like the capacitive button lights, like it so much i set the time for: 6seconds before dimming. Tho i can understand if it flickers on n off instead of just an on, i would want it off too. The lag on the lockscreen must be like 2-3 seconds? i dont have ir on mine. It's like 1 seconds, which is nothing.

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