[Q] Screen not timing out/turning off - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So something I'm noticing is when removing my phone from the charger, sometimes the screen auto off does not work. The screen will dim like it wants to turn off, but then will just sit dimmed and never turn off. Anyone have ideas? I was thinking some sort of app causing it, but I haven't installed anything new.
Only new thing I've done is update to Perfect Storm 1.4.

I've had this issue too. I'm running perfect storm 1.4 aswell. It only happens to mine when Titanium Backup runs a scheduled backup. A restart fixes it. Maybe I'll link to this thread in chingy's development thread and see if he has any thoughts?

travishamockery said:
So something I'm noticing is when removing my phone from the charger, sometimes the screen auto off does not work. The screen will dim like it wants to turn off, but then will just sit dimmed and never turn off. Anyone have ideas? I was thinking some sort of app causing it, but I haven't installed anything new.
Only new thing I've done is update to Perfect Storm 1.4.
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Did you guys flash the auto brightness zip yet?
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Droid_ALM2ND said:
Did you guys flash the auto brightness zip yet?
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I did not. I like the auto brightness the way it comes in 1.4. The issue (at least for me) is that if TB makes a backup while my phone is plugged in, then the only way the screen shuts off is when I manually sleep it by pressing the power button. Once I restart all is good. Not a huge deal as I only have TB scheduled to backup twice a week right before my alarm goes off in the morning so I just reboot when I wake up. Just thought someone might know how / want to fix the bug...

Yeah mine has nothing to do with auto brightness. Also, mine is not a result of TB, I don't have auto backups set.
It's just randomly, after a full night of charging, certain times it just won't turn off on its own. Once rebooted, working fine as stated above.

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2.3.4 Screen timeout issues

For some reason my screen timeouts after like 15-20 seconds. I have changed it in setting but it doesn't alter the time. Its extremely annoying. Any one else experience this?
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Been through everything....still can't figure this out. I had the screen off app. Uninstalled that but no dice. This is really pissing me off now!!
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I was seeing a problem where the screen would go black and lock anytime I long pressed an icon, but that disappeared after a reboot and I haven't been able to reproduce it.
Yeah mine just shuts off. just tried the lock screen override in widget locker. That didn't help either. I've browsed system files and saw some that may be related but the changes I made to them did nothing. Switched them back and still stuck. I guess I could try reflashing...
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I'm having this same issue, and its driving me bonkers.
Im working on my third flash of KP's Alien v.4... I know its not the ROM or the Theme (the screen behaves properly after flashing both). I think it has something to do with something that I am restoring through Titanium Backup. Hopefully Ill have some idea in a bit.
I am pretty sure it's widgetlocker. At least, after installing that is when I notice the problem. I ran my phone for like a day after upgrading to GB and the screen behaved like I wanted it to (45sec timeout) then I sat down and installed some apps, including widgetlocker and lo and behold, screen timeout back to 15sec. Annoying, but I like widgetlocker too much to get rid of it over that. I wish i know which database entry controlled the screentimeout.. I wonder if it could be manually overridden?
My screen seems to be behaving correctly now, even with widgetlocker running.
after wiping and re-flashing the ROM, i just restored my apps and app data, and didnt restore any system data. that seemed to do the trick.
I did fix mine and still use Widget Locker. I went into the display settings and selected 15 secs, then went to the home screen. Worked and times out at 15 seconds. Then went back in and moved it to my preference of 2 mins. Still timed out at 15 secs. I went back into display settings and hit 30 secs. Sure enough, worked again. I then went back in and climbed to the next amt of time, then back home. Did this until I got to 2 mins and all is well again. Who knows, but worked for me!

Screen waking up by itself

I was just sitting on the couch, and the screen on my phone came on by itself. Not to the lock screen or anything, but the screen looks like its on its dimmest setting (barely on at all) and the search button at the bottom is very dimly lit up. Happened twice in the past 20 minutes...anyone else? I'm going to reboot and see what's up.
Are you using a third party sms app? There's a usually a setting that wakes the phone when a text is received.
I've used Handcent without any problems so far. But to be clear, this 'waking up' of the screen is NOT like when you press the button to turn on your phone. When I noticed the problem the screen was so dim that if you're not in a darkened room you probably wouldn't even notice, it's very faint and the only other thing that was lit up was the 'search' button and it too was very dim. At first I thought it was just the reflection of the tv across my phone screen thats how dim the screen was, but it was definitely on and no buttons being pushed would completely wake it up until I pushed the power button to turn on the screen completely like normal. Weird....but after a reboot I didn't see it do it again. I'm wondering if others might not be having this issue and not even have noticed, thus poor battery life for some people?
This happened to me once before. A rebooted fixed the issue for me too.
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Have you used one of the temp roots. I had the same problem when I used one of them and when I restarted the phone it seemed to clear up the issue. I have noticed that powering of the screen while its in 3D mode can cause weird issues too sometimes.
Strange. No this is a stock device I haven't tried the temp root yet. Since the reboot I've been watching it closely and it seems to be fine. I suppose this thread should have been posted in with the one already discussing bugs, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for your kind replies!

[Q] SGS2 screen stays on after notification while charging

Hi guys!
I noticed over quite a time, that while I leave my phone charging over the night, any random notofication will cause the screen to stay on until I wake up and manually turn it off.
On my galaxy s2 I have VillainRom 2.1.0 (Android 2.3.4) with ninpho's 2.0.4 kernel.
However I did notice the problem before with VR 1.4 and CF-Root kernel (didn't use anything else yet), so I figure it might not be related to this.
This is rather annoying, as I don't want any burn in effects on my screen, but there's a much worse part about it:
It's noch 100% limited to the time of being charged. If I remove the charger at 100%, play around a little with the phone and then go to sleep, some random notification (whatsapp/sms etc.) will still cause the phone to wake up and not go back to sleep mode.
What happens is, I wake up with a phone at 50% battery (at it's best!), or I don't even wake up because my phone is dead and therefore my alarm clock stays quiet..
I read about some people having this problem with their SGS1 and it might help to go to Settings -> Applications -> Development -> uncheck Stay awake.
SGS2 does not have this "stay awake" option (or I'm seriously stupid)..
Anyone an idea what I might want to try?
Best greetings, Alex
At that screen I have "Standby" and you need to have it unchecked. Also, what's your screen-off delay? You don't have any apps like screebl keeping you screen on, I assume?
prodygee said:
At that screen I have "Standby" and you need to have it unchecked. Also, what's your screen-off delay? You don't have any apps like screebl keeping you screen on, I assume?
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I do not have this option. my screens stays on all the time.
You're problem sounds similar to mine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224117
I have tested with a stock rom of which I made no input and had the same issue.
Hope we can solve our problems. Cheers
cjackway said:
You're problem sounds similar to mine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224117
I have tested with a stock rom of which I made no input and had the same issue.
Hope we can solve our problems. Cheers
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mine just started doing it. i have been running custom rom for awhile now.
apps recently installed:
words free
launcher pro 806
extended controls
impossible level game
I have uninstalled:
words free
impossible level game
my issue is still happening.
when unplugged screen turns off.
I can get a text, it will light up then turn back off.
when plugged in (charging)
display will not turn off unless i press the lock button.
if i get a text the screen turns back on and stays on unless i press the lock button again.
I have recently re-flashed, complete wipe of phone and factory reset wipe.
I still have the screen on when charging and no option to disable.
I need an option to disable the "stay awake"
As my fault occurs with the phone completely reset on a stock rom it must be hardware so I am going to return it and see what happens from there.
I have flashed CM7 and there is an option to turn stay awake off.
This option is removed in DarkyRom.
Finally figured out how to turn it on or off!!!!
install the app extended controls and add stake awake as a toggle.
Turn it off!!!
then remove app
FINALLY!

Screen Randomly Comes on and Won't Timeout

The last two nights I've woken up and my display has been on while charging. I unplugged it and tapped the power button to shut off the screen. A few hours later I woke up and the screen is on again. It seems it comes on when it receives a notification and then it doesn't want to time out. Screen timeout is set to 1 minute and smart stay is off. Any ideas? I have no profile or power altering apps.
Did you by chance turn power save mode off under wifi setting *#0011* ? I did that and then noticed the screen stayed on all the time. If you never touched those settings then disregard
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I never touched those setting. Thanks
I would turn the phone off and pull the battery. Sounds dumb but it can fix stupid little issues like this. Otherwise I'd to a hard reset and see if that helps. If not then return it and get a new one if you can. I have not had any issue like this yet.
Lock screen options too...Make sure they are correct.
Yeah pulling the battery fixes it temporarily but then it happens again. I'm thinking it might be an app I have installed but I have the same apps installed on my One X and I don't have the issue there. I can exchange it, I work at the AT&T Store but I think it's a software issue. I might try the factory reset.

Screen won't time out

After my phone is running for awhile the screen won't time out, a reboot will fix it but after some time the screen won't timeout again. Also if Quick glance is activated, while the issue is present, the screen will turn on, start to dim and then the lock screen will show and stay until I shut it down. Maybe an app is running in the background and keeping it from shutting down? This is when the phone is not charging so it's not the Stay awake setting. I've also turned various settings on and off as well as changing the screen timeout, which is now set to 15 secs, and the problem still persists.
Anyone with this issue?
I've seen some (Issue 37974) with the GS3 posting about the same issue but never saw a resolution.
Any help or insight would be appreciated.
I've noticed this but it usually was an app that kept it running.
From the Homescreen, try holding down the Home "Verzion" button for a few seconds. Click "Remove All" and then see if it times out. If that doesn't work, try clicking "Task Manager" instead and closing all Active Applications.
If either of these do work, then when you notice it again, be more selective in which apps you close until you find the offending app. I have a few Sound Engineering apps that use the microphone and one of them forces my screen to stay on. I'm assuming to access the mic hardware. It seems to run in the background even when I "close" the app.
I've done the remove all and nada but I'm adsuming it is and app too...
Thanks for the reply...
It must be Stay Awake in developer options that is causing this bug. As stated a reboot fixes the issue temporarily, after the reboot the Stay Awake option gets turned off on its own, If I turn it on again the issue appears again shortly after. So somehow the Stay Awake option must be getting messed up and keeping the screen on even when not charging.
My workaround is turn off Stay Awake and Use Tasker to keep the phone awake while charging. Not what I'd like, I'd prefer the system work correctly, but it works for now.
Thanks
first off are you using a different keyboard other then the Samsung one ?
i had this happen to me using Swift.
just reboot your device and you should be golden.
Dont know why the keyboard would do this to the phone but thats what it was and all i did was reboot and Timeout works fine...
thenuke1 said:
first off are you using a different keyboard other then the Samsung one ?
i had this happen to me using Swift.
just reboot your device and you should be golden.
Dont know why the keyboard would do this to the phone but thats what it was and all i did was reboot and Timeout works fine...
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Don't think the keyboard is a major issue with this. I've had this issue both when using swift and just the SS keyboard. I am more inclined to think like the other poster said that it has to deal with SmartStay. I haven't tried turning it off then rebooting, going to see if that works now. It sucks because toggling SmartStay is really useful, but i'm concerned with burn-in and especially with a battery that lasts 10hrs+, that could be an issue.
kimdoocheol said:
Don't think the keyboard is a major issue with this. I've had this issue both when using swift and just the SS keyboard. I am more inclined to think like the other poster said that it has to deal with SmartStay. I haven't tried turning it off then rebooting, going to see if that works now. It sucks because toggling SmartStay is really useful, but i'm concerned with burn-in and especially with a battery that lasts 10hrs+, that could be an issue.
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interesting...
just my 2 cents. When i switched to swift from samsung key i just rebooted and it corrected the issue. Im sure theres a permanent fix but works as a temp one imo

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