Is there a way to use the always on display just for notifications?? I like that it shows notification icons for example but i don't want to see the time! Ideally i want to have it blank as if its turned off but whenever i get a notification it would show without me having to wake the device to see it ??
I would love this as well, if anyone else has figured it out.
Question. What is the real purpose of always on display? Wouldnt that just drain the battery faster in a day?
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I have noticed now that when I recieve a SMS message that I get the notification sound but no longer does the unit turn on and display the message like it used to. If I turn the screen on it displays the message like normal but it doesn't automagically turn the screen on. Is there a setting somewhere that I am missing that changed that functionality or is that normal now?
It is normal now, I prefer the new way
Yep its normal like that and i should agree with Master Zviratko that the new way is better...
andygee said:
I have noticed now that when I recieve a SMS message that I get the notification sound but no longer does the unit turn on and display the message like it used to. If I turn the screen on it displays the message like normal but it doesn't automagically turn the screen on. Is there a setting somewhere that I am missing that changed that functionality or is that normal now?
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Its a side effect of a feature/bug in 2003. Lots of applications where hit by it.
You will find that if your device is connected to AC power it will function the way it used too.
With 2003, when on battery power, it no longer just turns off the display it doesn't process applcations in the background anymore to get more battery life.
Anyhow, on a notification you get a brief spurt of processing time, then it goes away, so with 2003 applications first of all your code has to turn on the display again, bringing the device back to life.
Other apps that play sounds on notifications may not even play the full sound, depending on the length of the sound.
belial said:
Its a side effect of a feature/bug in 2003. Lots of applications where hit by it.
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Anyhow, on a notification you get a brief spurt of processing time, then it goes away, so with 2003 applications first of all your code has to turn on the display again, bringing the device back to life.
Other apps that play sounds on notifications may not even play the full sound, depending on the length of the sound.
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When you think about this, you'll maybe see this is really the right thing to do. For instance, imagine you're running an IRC client. You would want it to receive the IRC data as it comes in, doing precisely this: keep the screen off, do a brief spurt of processing, just enough to see what's going on and maybe alert the user, and then go to sleep again.
Any other way would drain the batteries really quickly, this has a chance of keeping people online in a meaningful way all day.
it still works the same way as it did, when i put a file to download and execute the ByteCounter.exe, i hear the beeps as the data flow. However, sometimes it just drops the connection.
Btw, I suspect that the Always on GPRS feature to keep the device connected during a call is just a fake! The device disconnects when making a call and then reconnnects - IP changes.
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Hello,
you wrote that the device isn't switch on, when a new short message comes in. That is a problem of the Radio Stack Version. I have the PPC 2003 version 4.0.01 and Radio Stack 4.21. And I have the same feature/bug. I told to microsoft about this and they told me, that there is a new radio stack in test. This new radio stack will fix that.
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Hi all,
I liked it when my Kaiser flashed green when it’s on,for the people who dont know its like the reminder on the HD2 but constantly on and green and when I had an SMS or missed call or e-mail It would flash amber instead.
I would like the on light to flash of intervals of 6 seconds and the amber notification every 6 seconds as well.
Can someone do this? or is it too early in dev?
And for the poeple who think this is a bad idea due to battery life then I disagree, thanks to the powersaving regedits battery life for me has greatly improved!
yeah that would be a very useful feature...a lot of times, it's difficult for people to understand that the phone is ON, when the screen is turned off
I work nights so it also helps me to find where my phone is instead of having to wander around feeling everything
I used to love this feature on my old orbit. there were 2 LEDs for indicating phone status, bluetooth on/off etc which meant I could immediately see what state my phone was in (and they were very easy to see too)....maybe another reason why even though I don't use it, I can't bring myself to sell the phone!!
no idea why they ever got rid of the feature on the newer phones
Hyweljh said:
I work nights so it also helps me to find where my phone is instead of having to wander around feeling everything
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Doesn't your employer let you have the lights on???
Sometimes I think it would be nice.. when I want to find it on the dark, but generally I find flashing lights in a dark room annoying. In fact one night I couldn't sleep and counted over 20 lights from standby devices... you can almost read by them. I prefer night to be dark as nature intended.
mr_Ray said:
Doesn't your employer let you have the lights on???
Sometimes I think it would be nice.. when I want to find it on the dark, but generally I find flashing lights in a dark room annoying. In fact one night I couldn't sleep and counted over 20 lights from standby devices... you can almost read by them. I prefer night to be dark as nature intended.
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I see what you mean, and to answer ur question about my employer letting me have the lights on, yes they do but sometimes its nicer to be in the office on the PC with the lights off, makes it easyier to hide from the boss
With your monitor turned on?
So I was thinking and one of the issues that many reviews about the i9000 point out is the lack of a notification light that flashes whenever there are notifications. This is an issue that I've noticed before I bought the phone but now, after I've bought it, it bothers me more than I think it would. This got me thinking.
The i9000 has two soft keys on the bottom and both of them have a light beneath. Wouldn't it be possible to develop an application (maybe that ran in the background as a service) that would flash those lights whenever there is a notification? If this is too low level for an app, would it be possible to do by using a customized firmware?
Sorry if this has been answered before but I couldn't find anything about it.
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That is a very good idea using the existing lights. I've been using NoLED and I've found that it crashes the device with some notifications. I've since uninstalled it just to verify. As I've stated in another tread, I feel it's important to have a status indicator of some sort just to know that your phone is actually on, or you're getting signal. Something standard of course on most devices. Yesterday my device crashed (I believe NoLED was the reason.) and I went around for almost an hour not even knowing the device was off. As I type this it's sitting on my desk now. Is it on or off? Pretty frustrating.
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Roy
Considering this actually uses the screen, I might give it a shot developing something using the soft-key lights instead. I'm thinking this might save some battery, is easier to fiddle with and I guess it'd just feel more natural than a random light on the screen.
I may work on something as well. The menu button light slowly "pulsing" to indicate the status that the device is still on, and the back button light slowly pulsing to indicate a message of any type. (Email, text, etc.) If there's a message the menu light will stop pulsing, that way it will save a bit of battery by not having them both pulsing. (We'll know it's on due to the message indicator.
AFAIK, some devs tried using the soft lights. There was some issue with getting it to work. Check out this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706426&highlight=notification
Oh I see someone had the same idea thanks for the link!
Great idea! Just curious about battery consumption. Any ideas?
The issue is when i turn the screen off, lets say the time is 2:00PM and i check for notification at 2:20PM. What happens is as soon as the screen turns on the time jumps from 2:00 -> 2:20 PM , shouldn't this be done as a background process so that we shouldn't even see the time jump?
Anyone else facing this issue and any workarounds/fixes?
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Xxxdevilxxx said:
The issue is when i turn the screen off, lets say the time is 2:00PM and i check for notification at 2:20PM. What happens is as soon as the screen turns on the time jumps from 2:00 -> 2:20 PM , shouldn't this be done as a background process so that we shouldn't even see the time jump?
Anyone else facing this issue and any workarounds/fixes?
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Hi,
Does it always jump to the correct time?
I have seen this on different ROMS on other phones.
Xxxdevilxxx said:
The issue is when i turn the screen off, lets say the time is 2:00PM and i check for notification at 2:20PM. What happens is as soon as the screen turns on the time jumps from 2:00 -> 2:20 PM , shouldn't this be done as a background process so that we shouldn't even see the time jump?
Anyone else facing this issue and any workarounds/fixes?
Thanks
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Pretty old. Used to happen on my S2 too.
i guess it is an intent that gets activated upon waking of the phone (by turning on the screen)... when you do that, it updates the screen and thats why.
but then again... that is only what i think.. if it should update it while the screen is turned off it would be an active process and use battery
Does it on mine too but only the clock on the main lock screen, the time on the top bar seems to be correct.
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malybru said:
Hi,
Does it always jump to the correct time?
I have seen this on different ROMS on other phones.
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Yes it always jump to the correct & exact time....it seems like a battery saving feature...if it is, other people with S4 should also experience it,no?
Tomo1971 said:
Does it on mine too but only the clock on the main lock screen, the time on the top bar seems to be correct.
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For me i have a pattern Lock with time...so the moment i turn it on this is done on the lock screen clock...and yes the timer on the top bar seems to be correct(as in no jump).
Xxxdevilxxx said:
For me i have a pattern Lock with time...so the moment i turn it on this is done on the lock screen clock...and yes the timer on the top bar seems to be correct(as in no jump).
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Hi,
I ,too, have the pattern lock screen.
But I have the Lightning Launcher.
So, there is no lag or delay on mine.
Maybe ,try a different launcher and see.
malybru said:
Hi,
I ,too, have the pattern lock screen.
But I have the Lightning Launcher.
So, there is no lag or delay on mine.
Maybe ,try a different launcher and see.
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oh...will do
New to XDA. Hello all!
I am experiencing this clock lag as well. :/
It doesn't matter if I use a custom lock screen or the Samsung lock screen with "swipe to unlock".
It's easily reproducible, let phone sit for 10-15 min and if you press the unlock button you'll see the wrong time for anywhere from a fraction of a second to a few seconds! and then it will update to correct time. Super annoying if I just want to know the time. Also, I've found that the amount the clock is behind is proportionate to the amount of time the phone as been idle....to a point...
I've seen the clock be over an hour off but it doesn't drift much more than than. Like a few folks mentioned, this should be running in the back ground. What is confusing to me is the clock in the top right is correct, so the phone is monitoring the clock...it's just not updating the lock screen clock.
Hopefully we can find a work around.
Not too keen on a new launcher...at least not until others who have seen that lag switch over and confirm it as a fix...but I don't think it will help, because the lock screen is still a Samsung process not controller by the launcher (i don't think)
Any thoughts?
The clock on the main unlock screen is essentially a widget. As a power saving feature, it only updates as necessary, which would be when you turn your phone on to look at the time. The time at the top of the screen in the notification bar is not a widget, it is a built in process that is always active. That is why it is current and the large clock, "the widget", is off until you turn your phone on to look at it.
My phone does the same thing. As does pretty much everyone's. It is not anything wrong with your phone, it is just the way it is set up. It is usually only delayed by a second or two, at best.
If it is an issue, you can always just remove the widget and use the time at the top of the screen to check. Or try a different app and set the update frequency.
It's not that big of a deal to me, I know it's always off until it refreshes, so I just give it a second to update.
I've had my V20 a few weeks now and have enjoyed what it can do for me. I really like the second screen feature, but I do have one complaint about it:
The notifications disappear too fast. They pop up when they come in and by the time I flip my phone over and begin to read the notification, it vanishes. If I want to know what it was, I would need to turn on my phone, thus defeating one of the purposes of the second screen.
Has anyone found that this this something that can be adjusted? Presently, I think the display time is about two seconds. I'd love to bump it up to about five seconds.
Ideas, anyone?
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I've had my V20 a few weeks now and have enjoyed what it can do for me. I really like the second screen feature, but I do have one complaint about it:
The notifications disappear too fast. They pop up when they come in and by the time I flip my phone over and begin to read the notification, it vanishes. If I want to know what it was, I would need to turn on my phone, thus defeating one of the purposes of the second screen.
Has anyone found that this this something that can be adjusted? Presently, I think the display time is about two seconds. I'd love to bump it up to about five seconds.
Ideas, anyone?
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So after using this phone for a couple weeks, I’ve gathered the second screen for notifications works the same way as “heads up” notifications work on normal-display phones without the second screen. I don’t think there’s any way to change it on stock, but if you’re rooted I’m sure there’s a prop you can change to make the heads up notification last longer.
I would say like the last post you need root at least
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