Anyone know how to disable the feature that turns your screen off when you touch or cover the top left hand corner right above the display... It's like a proximity sensor or something and it bugs me because if I reach for the pull down bar my screen turns off and I have to re fingerprint and it slows what I'm trying to do down.. Is there any fix?
All I see is the display setting "keep screen turned off". I'm not sure if it'll work but worth a try.
Doesn't happen on my phone unless there is an active phone call.
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Thought it was just me. Only happens when charging.
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Rydah805 said:
Thought it was just me. Only happens when charging.
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Happens to me constantly . but sometimes it doesnt. Its so weird. Must be a glitch. Maybe phone thinks its still on a call
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Doesn't happen on my phone unless there is an active phone call.
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I've noticed the AOD goes with how the room is...so if it's dark it's going to look really dark. I put my phone in a my drawer and the screen went completely dark. AOD only works when there's light. In the dark it's really dim.
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I've had my Incredible for a days now. I'm also new to Android. Can anyone tell me the logic with the front panel lights? I would like to have them on more often, including in low light situations. Is there a way to enable this? Thanks.
you mean the home menu etc buttons? aren't those always on as long as the screen is?
Those lights time out .
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On mine they sometimes are on and sometimes never come on. Since I got home they have been on constantly. I was in a coffee shop last several hours and they never came on. Just tried turning room lights off to bright but no change. makes no sense.
They should come on automatically when the lighting darkens to a certain point.
They should come on automatically when the lighting darkens to a certain point.
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Precisely. Pitch black room as I type and the lights haven't gone off since the screen has been on.
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They should come on automatically when the lighting darkens to a certain point.
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Precisely. Pitch black room as I type and the lights haven't gone off since the screen has been on.
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You can simulate this by putting your thumb over the sensor. There are two circles that can be seen on the left hand side of the Verizon logo at the top of the phone. Cover them with your thumb and it will turn them on.
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Is there a way to turn these off? They're annoyingly bright in dark rooms.
biscoradio said:
Is there a way to turn these off? They're annoyingly bright in dark rooms.
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You want to turn them completely off? Doesn't it turn off when the phone goes to sleep?
Yeah I want to be able to turn them off at will. I like using an ereader and at night I turn the screen brightness way down but the leds from the front panel lights are too bright to read in the dark comfortably.
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biscoradio said:
Yeah I want to be able to turn them off at will. I like using an ereader and at night I turn the screen brightness way down but the leds from the front panel lights are too bright to read in the dark comfortably.
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I'm with you on this one - would love to disable the lights when in a reading program ....
Maybe change the autobrightness settings off auto.
Autobrightness doesn't affect the front panel leds.
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I realize now they are activated by low ambient light. The label is set too low for my liking though. Would be nice if we could control this setting.
Some one know how far i need my pen from my phone to alert work?
Not working for me
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Skyrichard said:
Some one know how far i need my pen from my phone to alert work?
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About 15 ft for me.
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Not working for me
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Make sure you have the setting checked. Also it wont alert you unless the screen is off.
The screen must be off and it also used the phone as a pedometer so you can test it by taking the pen out, turn the screen off and tap the phone on the floor.
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I was at least 15ft & no alert for approx 2 minutes - that's enough time to leave the conf room, get on the elevator & lose that s pen forever...
I'll test again, maybe my screen wasn't off in time.
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Tested mine with the tapping method. Seems to now work at 16 ft.
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Some one know how far i need my pen from my phone to alert work?
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I just looked at this setting, and realized that I didn't turn it on.
It's not a function of distance from the phone, but more the number of 'steps' the phone counts when the screen is off.
I had the pen right next to my phone and shook it like a Polaroid picture. Eventually I got a strong buzzing notification.
Cool stuff!
So I just got my phone and am having an issue. When on call pulling the phone away from my face doesn't turn screen on. That might be my glass screen protector. But hitting the power button doesn't wake it either and volume during call doesn't work. I can't hang up or anything until the call disconnects. Anyone have a clue?
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Yup your screen protector is blocking the proximity sensor take it off problem solved
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Yup your screen protector is blocking the proximity sensor take it off problem solved
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But then why doesn't the power button wake the phone or be able to adjust volume?
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Because the phone thinks it is next to your ear. Why would you need to turn the phone on when it's next to your ear.
Check the accessory section there's a whole thread about screen protectors that work and Dont work
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But then why doesn't the power button wake the phone or be able to adjust volume?
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I don't have an answer about the volume buttons but I know that when the proximity sensor is activated during a call, nothing will turn on the screen. Not even the power button.
Your ambient display is borked with it on too. Take it off if you want the phone to work properly. I had the same issues.
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I don't have an answer about the volume buttons but I know that when the proximity sensor is activated during a call, nothing will turn on the screen. Not even the power button.
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Ambient display is off and I still have the issue. I have always been able to turn the screen on by the power button on every phone I had. How can I turn off the face proximity sensor for call so I can use the power.
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Ambient display is off and I still have the issue. I have always been able to turn the screen on by the power button on every phone I had. How can I turn off the face proximity sensor for call so I can use the power.
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Ambient display isn't related to the function of the proximity sensor while in a call, and I don't know of any way to disable the sensor. If your screen protector covers the proximity sensor, the best I can tell you is to take it off and find one with a cut out for the sensor.
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Ambient display isn't related to the function of the proximity sensor while in a call, and I don't know of any way to disable the sensor. If your screen protector covers the proximity sensor, the best I can tell you is to take it off and find one with a cut out for the sensor.
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This i understand and I will do it. I just never had an android phone that doesn't turn on during a call by hitting the power button. And I have had android since the original g1.
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sdelcegno said:
This i understand and I will do it. I just never had an android phone that doesn't turn on during a call by hitting the power button. And I have had android since the original g1.
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You've probably never had a screen protector with a manufacturing defect either. This is actually the first phone I've ever heard of having messed up screen protectors.
Go to accessibility options and check power button ends call to mitigate the issue if you don't wanna remove the protector
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You've probably never had a screen protector with a manufacturing defect either. This is actually the first phone I've ever heard of having messed up screen protectors.
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Actually my galaxy 3 was the first to have this issue. But I could use the power button. I ordered another protector I will change it out when i get it. Thanks for the advice though.
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Go to accessibility options and check power button ends call to mitigate the issue if you don't wanna remove the protector
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Thank you I'm doing this till my new protector comes in.
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Thank you I'm doing this till my new protector comes in.
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Me too, sigh!
Nexus 6 had this same exact issue and most people said it didn't become a problem until 5.1.1. But either way. Only fix is ditching the screen protector for one that has the cutout
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Nexus 6 had this same exact issue and most people said it didn't become a problem until 5.1.1. But either way. Only fix is ditching the screen protector for one that has the cutout
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I just discovered that the screen will not be in sleep mode if you have bluetooth headsphones on. I placed a call the other day, and was trying to figure out why I could still see the screen.
https://youtu.be/vxmW0Cp703s
Still no idea how to replicate it. Seems to happen randomly. I usually have to turn off and on the screen to get it working again.
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https://youtu.be/vxmW0Cp703s
Still no idea how to replicate it. Seems to happen randomly. I usually have to turn off and on the screen to get it working again.
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Strange issue, in thinking it could be the screen protector, or maybe you have all in one gestures enabled or a similar app that allows you to tap on statusbar for something. , or could just be defective. That's all I got. There was an awesome update today for T-Mobile
It fixes screen sensitivity and palm rejection as well as battery and performance upgrades. Its a great update but don't take it if you are gonna want root because they might find a vulnerability on the old software. Or maybe they find it on later software. No one really knows right now. Its up to u but I upgraded. Its worth it to me.
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Some guys on Reddit said it could be cerebrus. Status lock messes with it
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Anyone ever noticed the always on feature sometimes goes out of whack and not centered on screen and in different places, that's kind of odd.
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It moves around on the screen like a screen saver to prevent amoled burn in
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It moves around on the screen like a screen saver to prevent amoled burn in
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OK awesome just wondering that makes sense thanks
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I wish it would slowly fade over to a new position. If it moves I see it out the corner of my eye and end up looking at it because it just blinked into a different position.
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I wish it would slowly fade over to a new position. If it moves I see it out the corner of my eye and end up looking at it because it just blinked into a different position.
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I know right I'm OCD like what was that
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I know right I'm OCD like what was that
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LOL I do the exact same thing.
Just throwing this out there ACdisplay is a free app that is a MUCH better always on display.
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I wish it would slowly fade over to a new position. If it moves I see it out the corner of my eye and end up looking at it because it just blinked into a different position.
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If it did that, it'll probably cause more battery drain. It'll need to redraw every frame to make it look like it's fading.
Always-On screen / Glance Screen / Active Screen from Motorola or Microsoft(Nokia) displays static image and I think it's using a panel self-refresh memory so it doesn't wake up the GPU or CPU too much.