Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for a nightstand dock that will put my phone into an "alarm clock" mode. I had one back for my original Motorola Milestone (aka original Droid).
I really liked it because it worked with an included App that brought up a dimly lit clock with big text for use an alarm clock.
Does such a critter exist for the Amaze?
IndustryCanada said:
Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for a nightstand dock that will put my phone into an "alarm clock" mode. I had one back for my original Motorola Milestone (aka original Droid).
I really liked it because it worked with an included App that brought up a dimly lit clock with big text for use an alarm clock.
Does such a critter exist for the Amaze?
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Here is a thread about it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19978638#post19978638
The first post has pictures and a few posts down has a 30% coupon.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the reply, anyone know if this automatically puts the phone in a dock mode where the screen is always on at a customized brightness level like the Motorola Milestone/Droid?
IndustryCanada said:
Thanks for the reply, anyone know if this automatically puts the phone in a dock mode where the screen is always on at a customized brightness level like the Motorola Milestone/Droid?
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It does automatically put it in dock mode. The screen is always on and the brightness level does automatically adjust. You can also have it set to dim after a set amount of time. Unfortunately I noticed a drawback. There is an existing issue with the amount of screenbleed from the soft key (home button, menu, return and search) buttons. When the screen dims you can definitely see the light of those buttons blending (or bleeding) into the screen. It's terrible in this mode! On top of that most people that would use this as an alarm clock will find the soft keys annoying because they light up like a freaking night light in dark conditions. So if it's 2am and your trying to sleep then the four buttons will remain lit all night long. Very annoying. I'm hoping HTC fixes all of that in the near future because it was my first impression and it was a real disappointment.
I was looking for this, awesome!
Binary100100 said:
It does automatically put it in dock mode. The screen is always on and the brightness level does automatically adjust. You can also have it set to dim after a set amount of time. Unfortunately I noticed a drawback. There is an existing issue with the amount of screenbleed from the soft key (home button, menu, return and search) buttons. When the screen dims you can definitely see the light of those buttons blending (or bleeding) into the screen. It's terrible in this mode! On top of that most people that would use this as an alarm clock will find the soft keys annoying because they light up like a freaking night light in dark conditions. So if it's 2am and your trying to sleep then the four buttons will remain lit all night long. Very annoying. I'm hoping HTC fixes all of that in the near future because it was my first impression and it was a real disappointment.
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Is there anyway you'd be willing to purchase and sell me an OEM Amaze dock via Paypal and the XDA Marketplace forum?
Willieumm said:
Is there anyway you'd be willing to purchase and sell me an OEM Amaze dock via Paypal and the XDA Marketplace forum?
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I'm having issues with my Paypal account due to a fraud case. When it is resolved I will consider doing this. I wouldn't hold your breath though b/c it's been an open case for a few weeks now. I hate Paypal.
Binary100100 said:
I'm having issues with my Paypal account due to a fraud case. When it is resolved I will consider doing this. I wouldn't hold your breath though b/c it's been an open case for a few weeks now. I hate Paypal.
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off topic but guess what binary... paypal refunded by using my bank account instead of my paypal account AGAIN, they must be stupid or something. I can't believe they're gonna make me go through a second nsf fee. And they're trying to classify me as a business for selling stuff on ebay... they're personal stuff! trying to squeeze more money from me with fees. Sorry for the rant but we should really quit paypal lol.
edit: i was suppose to ask, does screen filter, where you turn off the softkeys, work with the dock?
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off topic but guess what binary... paypal refunded by using my bank account instead of my paypal account AGAIN, they must be stupid or something. I can't believe they're gonna make me go through a second nsf fee. And they're trying to classify me as a business for selling stuff on ebay... they're personal stuff! trying to squeeze more money from me with fees. Sorry for the rant but we should really quit paypal lol.
edit: i was suppose to ask, does screen filter, where you turn off the softkeys, work with the dock?
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Yes if you don't mind the extra step.
I wish there was a way to schedule the app to disable the softkeys.
Even better, I wish there was a way to get it through HTC's thick head that we don't need the softkeys while the phone is docked.
The way is tasker. But it is not free. I use it for sync, soft key light, ......
Turn off soft key when I dock, run an app, make beacon, call my wife, send a message to binary100100...
heyodee said:
The way is tasker. But it is not free. I use it for sync, soft key light, ......
Turn off soft key when I dock, run an app, make beacon, call my wife, send a message to binary100100...
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I just bought it.
What do you use to disable soft key light?
It's a bit confusing.
Binary100100 said:
I just bought it.
What do you use to disable soft key light?
It's a bit confusing.
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Install Secure Settings from market. It is a plugin for tasker
I suppose you know some *nix....
command is
chmod 0644 /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
sleep 10
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
chmod 0444 /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
heyodee said:
Install Secure Settings from market. It is a plugin for tasker
I suppose you know some *nix....
command is
chmod 0644 /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
sleep 10
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
chmod 0444 /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
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Well that's slightly different than what I was able to figure out but I got it to work.
I set the state as dock mode with echo 0 and inverted the state and changed the value to echo 1. I just wish there was an easier way to set all of that.
Binary100100 said:
Well that's slightly different than what I was able to figure out but I got it to work.
I set the state as dock mode with echo 0 and inverted the state and changed the value to echo 1. I just wish there was an easier way to set all of that.
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This is pretty at the least
If i dock my phone; then
tasker turn of softkey light using commands executed from the secure settings plugin
fi
Binary100100 said:
Even better, I wish there was a way to get it through HTC's thick head that we don't need the softkeys while the phone is docked.
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I don't think we need them at all. The only time i would like to see them come on is when the screen is off and a message comes through and then maybe the keys could blink fast.. go off automatically when you power the screen on.
Beyond my capabilities but i hope someone can write an app for it.
is there anyway this can be embedded in a rom?
this seems like too much to do for something really simple
AndG404 said:
is there anyway this can be embedded in a rom?
this seems like too much to do for something really simple
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As long as the paid app isn't included in with the rom.
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Hello,
Anyone have an idea of how to simply turn off LED button back lights?
It seems it could be done as there is already at least one app that uses them for notification.
Here is what I am trying to do:
I've downloaded a desktop alarm clock app that turns the screen back light WAY down so it is not disruptive in a completely dark room while sleeping. But, the buttons remain illuminated.
Basically 8 want to use tasker to launch those clock and turn off the button back lights if the phone is charging and the time is after a certain hour.
I am thinking I could fire off a script with tasked to do thwarting back lights portion of this as well, but I don't even know where to begin.
Any ideas? Thanks!
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I'm rooted, and use an app called AdjBrightness. Works wonders, and also via menu, you can totally turn off the LED lights.
Hope that helps.
Cool, I will check it out. Ideally I would like to do it automatically, without having to open another app, but this tells me it ostensibly at least doable.
Thanks!
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If you want the code, just do this from adb or from your phone's terminal.
echo "0" > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness
Thanks! I think that is getting pretty close to what I need. Any idea if/how this could be written or saved as a SL4A script that could be fired off with tasker?
Also, I'd need to configure an exit task as well for morning, so I will need to know how to set all the buttons back to normal.
I know this is kinda minor, but I am excited about it nonetheless. Looking forward to having a nice, super dim clock to check the time late at night.
Thanks again!
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Spleisher said:
Thanks! I think that is getting pretty close to what I need. Any idea if/how this could be written or saved as a SL4A script that could be fired off with tasker?
Also, I'd need to configure an exit task as well for morning, so I will need to know how to set all the buttons back to normal.
I know this is kinda minor, but I am excited about it nonetheless. Looking forward to having a nice, super dim clock to check the time late at night.
Thanks again!
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You could always leave your computer on overnight and make a macro that executes the adb command to dim the leds and then executes another that makes them bright again at a certain time.
There must be something similar you can do on the phone though.
Thanks for the thoughts Meltus.
Well, I did it! I actually created a solution that is, at least to me, the first thing I have done that might actually be worth it to others and might be worth sharing.
I'll post this in more detail in the Apps/Themes forum as I am not sure it belongs here, but the short version is that you can use a plug-in called "Locale Execute" that allows you run SU commands in Tasker.
So, I created a profile in Tasker so that when the phone is plugged in to AC power between certain hours (I may add some other contexts to tweak it, like maybe say it has to be in landscape orientation), it launches my desk clock app, turns the screen down to the very lowest setting (not the "low" setting allowed at the user level), and turns the button lights off using the command you gave me.
Then, when the AC power is pulled, It automatically goes to my default home screen, returns the screen brightness to normal, and turns the button back-lights back on.
It really is pretty cool!
Spleisher said:
Thanks for the thoughts Meltus.
Well, I did it! I actually created a solution that is, at least to me, the first thing I have done that might actually be worth it to others and might be worth sharing.
I'll post this in more detail in the Apps/Themes forum as I am not sure it belongs here, but the short version is that you can use a plug-in called "Locale Execute" that allows you run SU commands in Tasker.
So, I created a profile in Tasker so that when the phone is plugged in to AC power between certain hours (I may add some other contexts to tweak it, like maybe say it has to be in landscape orientation), it launches my desk clock app, turns the screen down to the very lowest setting (not the "low" setting allowed at the user level), and turns the button lights off using the command you gave me.
Then, when the AC power is pulled, It automatically goes to my default home screen, returns the screen brightness to normal, and turns the button back-lights back on.
It really is pretty cool!
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Good job, sounds pretty cool
I'm sure many people will find this useful!
Does the louder volume app work with the streak?
SeanH said:
Does the louder volume app work with the streak?
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No i'm afraid it doesn't. Also, send me a pm next time rather than ask in someone else's thread
I did turne off button's back-light by adjusting the context of "/sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness" file from 255 to 0, it works great, but it gets back to normal after phone restart, I even went to properties of the file and removed all the "write" rights, but it won't give in.
how do I keep the TP from turning on while on the touchstone? I don't want a clock or pictures, I just want it dark in my room at night. I can turn off the power when I first set it on the dock but when its fully charged on pops the screen again. How can I disable this?
Thanks
install preware if you dont have it already, go to patches and look for charge only option. there's several to choose from. pick one you like and use.
I'm pretty sure if you hit the power button after exhibition mode starts it will turn the screen off for good. But what I did was install the minimum brightness patch so now when its in exhibition mode it is much darker and much less bothersome when trying to sleep. To install the patch you'll need preware installed.
Pvster said:
install preware if you dont have it already, go to patches and look for charge only option. there's several to choose from. pick one you like and use.
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Do you happen to know the name? I found one called Quick System Tasks and it locked up my tab. I looked through all the prepare apps and only found that one.
bug splat said:
Do you happen to know the name? I found one called Quick System Tasks and it locked up my tab. I looked through all the prepare apps and only found that one.
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Are you using the Preware app on your Touchpad?
Preware -> Available Packages -> Patch -> Search -> Enter "Charge"
The search is started by tapping the magnifying glass in the top button, which brings up the keyboard. Type in "charge" (without the quotes).
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I'm pretty sure if you hit the power button after exhibition mode starts it will turn the screen off for good. But what I did was install the minimum brightness patch so now when its in exhibition mode it is much darker and much less bothersome when trying to sleep. To install the patch you'll need preware installed.
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i bet its not as hot as people say if screen off/brightness down, right?
but it on the touchstone... hit the power button once it goes to exb, hit the power button again it goes black.. problem solved.
NissanNick said:
but it on the touchstone... hit the power button once it goes to exb, hit the power button again it goes black.. problem solved.
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except as he mentioned...when it hits full charge the screen lights up again. Silly you
Bandage said:
except as he mentioned...when it hits full charge the screen lights up again. Silly you
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Or when it receives any notifications for that matter. I've resorted to just keeping the cover on the HP case closed so it covers the screen when I leave it on the touchstone overnight.
Tilde88 said:
i bet its not as hot as people say if screen off/brightness down, right?
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If you're talking about the temp of the device, I'm not really sure. I installed the minimum brightness patch the second day I got it because it was way too bright to have as a bedside clock. I also have a case on it, but it doesn't feel warm when I take it off the stone. Also, the lowest brightness with the patch can only be set in the screen and lock app. You cannot set it from the drop down on the home screen.
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Bandage said:
except as he mentioned...when it hits full charge the screen lights up again. Silly you
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uhhh im sure he is asleep by the time it fully charges.
i have a solution
1) put the charger and the touchpad into a box
2) tape the box up
3) put my address on the box
4) take it to the post office and send it to me
that should fix your problem
dr_acula_sxe said:
uhhh im sure he is asleep by the time it fully charges.
i have a solution
1) put the charger and the touchpad into a box
2) tape the box up
3) put my address on the box
4) take it to the post office and send it to me
that should fix your problem
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Great post! Hahaha
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I haven't been able to come up with a way to set my screen to full brightness while charging, and haven't found a solution with a search. I want it up as bright as it will go when the phone is in my car mount and plugged in, and I normally keep the brightness below 50% to save battery. It's a pain to switch the display setting each time I get in and out of the truck. I have Tasker, but I haven't been able to come with a way to do what I want with it yet, unless I'm missing something. Ideally, I'd have it automatically go to 100% with no timeout or dim when I plugged the phone in. Any suggestions?
I suggest getting a new phone.
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33t said:
I suggest getting a new phone.
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Thanks, that's lots of help. But to be honest, if I was looking to get pointers from a prick, I'd still own an iPhone.
SmittyRN said:
I haven't been able to come up with a way to set my screen to full brightness while charging, and haven't found a solution with a search. I want it up as bright as it will go when the phone is in my car mount and plugged in, and I normally keep the brightness below 50% to save battery. It's a pain to switch the display setting each time I get in and out of the truck. I have Tasker, but I haven't been able to come with a way to do what I want with it yet, unless I'm missing something. Ideally, I'd have it automatically go to 100% with no timeout or dim when I plugged the phone in. Any suggestions?
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Just swipe the notification bar at the top of the screen left and right to change the brightness, no need to go to display settings.
I am on Fenny's ics rom and in developer settings it has stay awake while charging but it was in Tasks rom also I just can't remember where.
Edit...I just searched play store market for screen control and seen a paid app called screebl it has settings for brightness in portrait and landscape (slider controls) and also a box to tick to disable while docked. I am thinking you could set it up with those options.
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Just swipe the notification bar at the top of the screen left and right to change the brightness, no need to go to display settings.
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You see, now THAT is a useful bit of advice; I didn't know about using that gesture. Thanks for that, I know I'll get a lot of use out of that info now, no more trying to navigate to settings when I walk out into the sun. However, I would like to find a way for the screen to go to full brightness when I plug it in.
adfurgerson said:
I am on Fenny's ics rom and in developer settings it has stay awake while charging but it was in Tasks rom also I just can't remember where.
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I'm on Tasks ROM; the stay awake setting I can do, but if I'm not mistaken it will still dim the screen after a bit, won't it?
Yea just hold you're finger on the furthest right of the notification bar after you plug it in. only takes a second.
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SmittyRN said:
I haven't been able to come up with a way to set my screen to full brightness while charging, and haven't found a solution with a search. I want it up as bright as it will go when the phone is in my car mount and plugged in, and I normally keep the brightness below 50% to save battery. It's a pain to switch the display setting each time I get in and out of the truck. I have Tasker, but I haven't been able to come with a way to do what I want with it yet, unless I'm missing something. Ideally, I'd have it automatically go to 100% with no timeout or dim when I plugged the phone in. Any suggestions?
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Tasker will do what you want.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5qZXN0ZXIzMTQxIl0.
Had to link to web based play store....screebl was a bum steer. But this is what your looking for.
Edit...Using my phone to post here, copied and pasted url from browser for link but it gives the option to go to the mobile play store when I click the link in my own post...still learning new stuff.
To the point downloaded app works like a charm .
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5qZXN0ZXIzMTQxIl0.
Had to link to web based play store....screebl was a bum steer. But this is what your looking for.
Edit...Using my phone to post here, copied and pasted url from browser for link but it gives the option to go to the mobile play store when I click the link in my own post...still learning new stuff.
To the point downloaded app works like a charm .
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EXCELLENT!!! Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you, sir, I owe you a beer.
Your welcome. Will be using it myself. Having fun figuring out how to post links.
Feeling less like a bystander. Now if I learned how to type I could keep up.
adfurgerson said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5qZXN0ZXIzMTQxIl0.
Had to link to web based play store....screebl was a bum steer. But this is what your looking for.
Edit...Using my phone to post here, copied and pasted url from browser for link but it gives the option to go to the mobile play store when I click the link in my own post...still learning new stuff.
To the point downloaded app works like a charm .
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Nice find thanks for sharing.
That app works perfectly. Thanks OP for starting this thread. I have always manually adjusted, so it's nice to skip the steps....and thanks to adfurgerson for the link!!
And fyi, I don't know if it's my phone, but no matter how I swipe the notification bar to adjust brightness, it never goes to 100% brightness. I always check in settings afterwards, and it's at about 95%. Maybe I've been doing it wrong, but with the above mentioned app, I no longer need to wonder.
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SmittyRN said:
Thanks, that's lots of help. But to be honest, if I was looking to get pointers from a prick, I'd still own an iPhone.
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Sorry that asshole. Like that guy exist in this community
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Just know that even if you're running the charging app mentioned above, if you're using the phone while charging, and its getting hot, the phone will dim the screen as needed, for protection.
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TheSkinnyDrummer said:
Just know that even if you're running the charging app mentioned above, if you're using the phone while charging, and its getting hot, the phone will dim the screen as needed, for protection.
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That would explain it dimming in stay awake mode as Smitty mentioned.
adfurgerson said:
That would explain it dimming in stay awake mode as Smitty mentioned.
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Even as I'm posting in this thread, my screen is dimming/brightening every 10 seconds or so. Is this phone just not cut out for full bright while charging?
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Virus1x said:
Sorry that asshole. Like that guy exist in this community
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No problem, I can call a troll out when I see one. I've always thought there should be a troll limit on xda... like 3 confirmed troll posts, and you are banned for a month.
TheSkinnyDrummer said:
Even as I'm posting in this thread, my screen is dimming/brightening every 10 seconds or so. Is this phone just not cut out for full bright while charging?
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Is your auto-brightness turned on?
I'd be a lot happier with auto-brightness if I had more control over it, like if I could set the baseline for it to adjust from, and maybe change the adjustment frequency.
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Is your auto-brightness turned on?
I'd be a lot happier with auto-brightness if I had more control over it, like if I could set the baseline for it to adjust from, and maybe change the adjustment frequency.
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I never use auto...what I'm referring to is the phone's overheating protection. My phone is charging right now and it feels warm around the edge and just under the back camera lens. I'm sitting pretty close to a warm fireplace. I'm sure if I were outside (45F) the screen wouldn't be dimming.
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Hi all,
When I charge my HP TP running CM9 nightly, a clock screen is displayed automatically. I note that after my screen time out period of five minutes, the screen does power off, however when I wake up in the morning the screen is on displaying the clock screen - I guess email or some other notifications turn the screen back on.
Basically, can I change the behaviour so that when I put the TP onto the Touchstone, nothing special happens and this clock isn't displayed? I have an app that switches the screen off when the case is closed, and essentially this charging behaviour is interfering with this. I don't want the TP clock blazing away lighting the screen up all night.
Thanks,
Andy
Wow some refuse to do any work on their own....
If you want to shut the screen down all you have to do is hit the power button and the screen shuts down
As far as the Desk Clock app... You simply go into app manager and clear the defaults for it
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Thank you for your reply - unfortunately the option to clear defaults for the clock is greyed out.
cdzo72 said:
Wow some refuse to do any work on their own....
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I'm puzzled by your sarcasm - no, I can't figure this out by myself as I can't identify the configurable part of android that triggers this clock front end. I had Googled it but I can't find a suitable answer there either. Whilst I can shut the screen off with the power button, as per my original post when I wake up in the morning the screen has come back on.
Cheers!
Andysan said:
Thank you for your reply - unfortunately the option to clear defaults for the clock is greyed out.
I'm puzzled by your sarcasm - no, I can't figure this out by myself as I can't identify the configurable part of android that triggers this clock front end. I had Googled it but I can't find a suitable answer there either. Whilst I can shut the screen off with the power button, as per my original post when I wake up in the morning the screen has come back on.
Cheers!
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Then you have something installed waking your TP that we have no way of troubleshooting without some type of log.... when you shut the screen down there is no reason for Android to turn it back on unless YOU have EXPLICITLY given an app YOU installed permission to do so. As far as the clock... when you set the TP on the Touchstone one of two things happens... a dialog box comes up with the apps that can by default be activated when placed on Touchstone OR YOU HAVE designated a default app to do this....
Now if YOU can't remember which app YOU ALLOWED to run then you have one of two choices.... go through all the apps in app manager clearing all defaults OR wipe all data and start from scratch and pay attention to what you press this time
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cdzo72 said:
Then you have something installed waking your TP that we have no way of troubleshooting without some type of log.... when you shut the screen down there is no reason for Android to turn it back on unless YOU have EXPLICITLY given an app YOU installed permission to do so. As far as the clock... when you set the TP on the Touchstone one of two things happens... a dialog box comes up with the apps that can by default be activated when placed on Touchstone OR YOU HAVE designated a default app to do this....
Now if YOU can't remember which app YOU ALLOWED to run then you have one of two choices.... go through all the apps in app manager clearing all defaults OR wipe all data and start from scratch and pay attention to what you press this time
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Thank you for your reply, but unfortunately you are wrong.
I only have the clock app installed that triggers when the device docks - no other apps respond to this event, therefore when I dock the device I don't get presented with the option/choice, it just displays the clock as there is no alternative. I've found the best solution to be to install 'Screen Off ' from the market. This has an option to act on the dock event, and now when I put the device on the dock I get given the choice as to whether to show the clock or to power off the screen. This works pretty much perfectly, and without the clock showing the screen stays off, instead of coming back on randomly after I shut it off - therefore, I don't think that the clock was coming back on before due to notifications from apps/emails, but be cause the clock app itself was triggering - possibly when the device reaches full charge or something and temporarily disconnects from the dock or something, I don't know. In summary, you need more than one app installed that is coded to respond to the dock event, otherwise when you dock the device android just defaults to the dock event and powers the screen back on periodically. I have never explicitly enabled this behaviour, and without installing another app it seemingly cannot be changed or disabled.
I thank you for taking the time to reply to my post, but I think you should learn something from this thread - just because a problem may seem to be user error doesn't necessarily mean that it is - your post is completely wrong which is fine as I appreciate that you are just trying to help, but by getting all aggressive over it you've just ended up looking a little stupid. The forums should be all about helping people, not ridiculing them - hopefully this post will serve to help anyone out with a similar predicament.
Cheers.
Ignore cdzo72 - he's one of the most sarcastic members of this forum. He seems to have a hate on for anyone who has an issue with anything, and can't solve it for themselves. You get used to him, and ignoring him.
I'm glad you found your solution.
Thanks for posting that man, beginning to think it was just me. Guess every forum has one - hopefully if anyone else comes across this thread it might solve their problem too.
Andysan said:
Thanks for posting that man, beginning to think it was just me. Guess every forum has one - hopefully if anyone else comes across this thread it might solve their problem too.
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Yeah maybe they'll miraculously use the much talked about but seldom known to noobs SEARCH fumction
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cdzo72 said:
Yeah maybe they'll miraculously use the much talked about but seldom known to noobs SEARCH fumction
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Er...dude, if your implying i didnt use the search beore psting then please show me where the pre-existing thread with my issue and resolution clearly described is. If not, well I'm not gonna sit up and play forum wars with you all night, I've got work in the morning.
Saw this post and was excited as I was looking for this same thing. Too bad someone had to ruin this post. Is it just the touchpad forum? Don't seem to encounter this on the other xda forums.
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Andysan said:
Thank you for your reply - unfortunately the option to clear defaults for the clock is greyed out.
I'm puzzled by your sarcasm - no, I can't figure this out by myself as I can't identify the configurable part of android that triggers this clock front end. I had Googled it but I can't find a suitable answer there either. Whilst I can shut the screen off with the power button, as per my original post when I wake up in the morning the screen has come back on.
Cheers!
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The clock app doesn't trigger itself. Mine charges all night and never turns back on. That said, it is almost impossible to move the pad while it's on the TS without charge disconnecting and reconnecting. And that will trigger the clock app. So, if you have the TS on an unstable surface that allows ir to be inadvertently "jiggled", that could cause the clock to turn back on.
T-Keith said:
Saw this post and was excited as I was looking for this same thing. Too bad someone had to ruin this post. Is it just the touchpad forum? Don't seem to encounter this on the other xda forums.
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Hey Man,
I don't know if it affects other devices to be honest. On my phone the clock app is configurable, but on my Cyanogenmod9 HP TP tablet it isn't something that you can change the behaviour of (if you tap the stock 'Clock' app it just locks the screen and displays a clock, you cant set any options like on my SGSII). I don't know if this is a feature of tablet OS'es in general, or just the CM iteration of Ice Cream Sandwich.
Either way, the 'Screen Off' app references working with a number of docks (blurb specifically references Sony ones) so I'd give it a shot and hopefully it will work for you.
I had that problem too, it was very annoying. I installed dock no op from the market and it finally stopped waking me up. That seems like the only option since cm9 doesn't let you set the dock behavior.
I'll be modding a case soon to accommodate my extended battery, so maybe this problem will go away, but in the meantime....
I generally wear khakis or chinos to work, and carry my phone in a front pocket. Several times during the day, I'll feel my pocket getting warm and will pull out my phone to find the screen on.
I assume either the side power button or the front "home" button is getting mashed in my pocket and waking up the screen. This happens often enough that I think it affects battery endurance and also creates a risk of accidentally dialing an emergency number (the lock screen is password-protected, so I'm not worried about pocket dialing my contacts).
Anyone else having similar trouble? Are there any settings or 3rd-party apps where I can change the phone to require a multi-button press to wake the screen (like power+home simo, or power+vol up+home, or something like that)?
I also thought it'd be cool to incorporate a "password" into the wake function, like a Nintendo combo attack or something. Home-home-power-vol up or whatever.
Anything like that out there? (I'm currently stock, but if there's a 3rd party app to do this that requires root, that could be the excuse I need to do that!)
Thanks...
Having the same problem. Waiting to see others replies.
It could also be that when you get a text message the screen comes on you need to get a modded version of the mms.apk that let's you keep the screen off when getting text messages. Because if you put the phone in your pocket with the screen towards you body then it could be unlocking it when you get a text and the skin being close is keeping it awake. Specially if you have the glove feature turned on.
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nativi said:
It could also be that when you get a text message the screen comes on you need to get a modded version of the mms.apk that let's you keep the screen off when getting text messages.
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Good idea, but (heh) maybe I don't have enough friends but I don't get that many text messages. This happens frequently enough that I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out if some notification did something to wake up the screen, and most of the time I can find no reason for it to light up, which is why I suspect a button mash. (I also do not have the "extra sensitivity for gloved hands" option enabled.)
Maybe a tasker profile that allow the proximity sensor to detecr when the screen is firsr turned on. This way it will detect that or using the lux sensor since it will be dark, and in turn turn the screen back off
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ktetreault14 said:
Maybe a tasker profile that allow the proximity sensor to detecr when the screen is firsr turned on. This way it will detect that or using the lux sensor since it will be dark, and in turn turn the screen back off
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A reasonable suggestion. Might be the excuse I need to finally learn how to use Tasker. Wonder if I could get in a situation where I can't get my phone to wake up in a dark room, though....
buy a glass screen protector with at least .3mm thickness. The home button will be recessed and it'll be harder to accidentally pressed.
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buy a glass screen protector with at least .3mm thickness. The home button will be recessed and it'll be harder to accidentally pressed.
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I think this is the answer. I just got an Otterbox Defender and there's no way the buttons will get mashed in my pocket now. If the screen comes on again, I'll know there's something else causing it.
MysticCobra said:
I'll be modding a case soon to accommodate my extended battery, so maybe this problem will go away, but in the meantime....
I generally wear khakis or chinos to work, and carry my phone in a front pocket. Several times during the day, I'll feel my pocket getting warm and will pull out my phone to find the screen on.
I assume either the side power button or the front "home" button is getting mashed in my pocket and waking up the screen. This happens often enough that I think it affects battery endurance and also creates a risk of accidentally dialing an emergency number (the lock screen is password-protected, so I'm not worried about pocket dialing my contacts).
Anyone else having similar trouble? Are there any settings or 3rd-party apps where I can change the phone to require a multi-button press to wake the screen (like power+home simo, or power+vol up+home, or something like that)?
I also thought it'd be cool to incorporate a "password" into the wake function, like a Nintendo combo attack or something. Home-home-power-vol up or whatever.
Anything like that out there? (I'm currently stock, but if there's a 3rd party app to do this that requires root, that could be the excuse I need to do that!)
Thanks...
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As some other people said, it would probably be best to get a case for the phone. I have the Otterbox Commuter and I have had no problems with any accidental button presses. Also, you can't go wrong with a little extra protection for a very expensive phone.
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Several times during the day, I'll feel my pocket getting warm and will pull out my phone to find the screen on.
I assume either the side power button or the front "home" button is getting mashed in my pocket and waking up the screen...
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A couple slight possibilities to consider - do you have these features DISabled?
- Air View - "shows helpful information when you hover your finger over the screen"
- Motions and Gestures (Air Gesture/Motion/Palm Motion).
I think you can see where I'm going with this....
You can completely disable the home button from being able to turn on the screen if you are rooted:
Open /system/usr/keylayout/gpio-keys.kl with a root aware text editor (you should probably make a copy somewhere first in case it gets messed up) - I use root browser lite
Go to "key 172 HOME WAKE" line
Delete the word WAKE
Save and exit
Reboot phone
jbel25nyy said:
As some other people said, it would probably be best to get a case for the phone. I have the Otterbox Commuter and I have had no problems with any accidental button presses. Also, you can't go wrong with a little extra protection for a very expensive phone.
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Great idea. That's why I posted about my Otterbox Defender in the reply right above yours.
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A couple slight possibilities to consider - do you have these features DISabled?
- Air View - "shows helpful information when you hover your finger over the screen"
- Motions and Gestures (Air Gesture/Motion/Palm Motion).
I think you can see where I'm going with this....
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Good thoughts, but not exactly what I was looking for. These features might cause the screen to stay on once it awoke, but I was actually trying to prevent the screen from waking up in the first place.
I had the same thing happening to me until I put a case on the phone. I just have a hard silicone case, but the lip on the front it just enough to keep the home button from being pressed in my pocket.
I had a similar thing happening several times each day,except I would take my phone out to see that the camera was open. I figured out that it was because I had set a voice command to open the camera from the lock screen. I got rid of the command and it hasn't again
My problem is due to the intermittent wifi connection. My phone screen wakes up every time I get reconnected to the wifi network. It is so annoying.
Chris000001 said:
You can completely disable the home button from being able to turn on the screen if you are rooted:
Open /system/usr/keylayout/gpio-keys.kl with a root aware text editor (you should probably make a copy somewhere first in case it gets messed up) - I use root browser lite
Go to "key 172 HOME WAKE" line
Delete the word WAKE
Save and exit
Reboot phone
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Did anyone ever figure this one out? I'm now having the same problem as the OP. The home button gets pressed all too often 'in pocket' and I'd love to disable.
The advice above is the closest thing to a solution that I've seen posted around, but in my case, the 'HOME' value for key 172 did not have the 'WAKE' or 'WAKE_DROPPED' value that some other keys have; Just 'HOME'. I'm wondering if maybe an alternate keyboard that I'm using (I usually use SwiftKey) overrides the default keyboard settings file, in which case I should be looking somewhere else?
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Did anyone ever figure this one out? I'm now having the same problem as the OP. The home button gets pressed all too often 'in pocket' and I'd love to disable.
The advice above is the closest thing to a solution that I've seen posted around, but in my case, the 'HOME' value for key 172 did not have the 'WAKE' or 'WAKE_DROPPED' value that some other keys have; Just 'HOME'. I'm wondering if maybe an alternate keyboard that I'm using (I usually use SwiftKey) overrides the default keyboard settings file, in which case I should be looking somewhere else?
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Nothing can mess with that file without root permissions. Maybe the reason you are having the problem is that you DON'T have wake nor wake dropped in there try adding WAKE to gpio and leave the one in generic without eithet
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Nothing can mess with that file without root permissions. Maybe the reason you are having the problem is that you DON'T have wake nor wake dropped in there try adding WAKE to gpio and leave the one in generic without eithet
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Then add dropped to gpio if doesn't fix it
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Nothing can mess with that file without root permissions. Maybe the reason you are having the problem is that you DON'T have wake nor wake dropped in there try adding WAKE to gpio and leave the one in generic without eithet
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Then add dropped to gpio if doesn't fix it
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Thanks, I wasn't implying that another app over-wrote the file, only that another app may be using a different file and thus overriding the function.
For my own edits, I have been dismounting and making changes using a root-enabled file manager and editor and remounting. The changes are there. If I:
a) Remove 'HOME' from Generic.kl, the soft keys and the Power key go dead.
b) put WAKE_DROPPED Generic.kl, there is no apparent effect.
c) Remove 'HOME' from gpio, there is no apparent affect
I'll try adding WAKE_DROPPED to gkio and see what happens...
EDIT: SOLVED!
I think this was more an issue of attention deficit disorder than anything else. I was not paying close enough attention to my edits and making the changes to the wrong files (e.g., Generic.kl instead of gpio).
The original proposed solution WORKS. Specifically,
1) in /system/usr/keylayout, edit file gpio-keys.kl. (need a root-enabled file manager/editor)
2) Under Key 172, remove the word HOME
3) Save the file
4) Reboot
Power key still works for 'waking' and Home key still works for, well, returning Home (but only when awake already)
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Thanks, I wasn't implying that another app over-wrote the file, only that another app may be using a different file and thus overriding the function.
For my own edits, I have been dismounting and making changes using a root-enabled file manager and editor and remounting. The changes are there. If I:
a) Remove 'HOME' from Generic.kl, the soft keys and the Power key go dead.
b) put WAKE_DROPPED Generic.kl, there is no apparent effect.
c) Remove 'HOME' from gpio, there is no apparent affect
I'll try adding WAKE_DROPPED to gkio and see what happens...
EDIT: SOLVED!
I think this was more an issue of attention deficit disorder than anything else. I was not paying close enough attention to my edits and making the changes to the wrong files (e.g., Generic.kl instead of gpio).
The original proposed solution WORKS. Specifically,
1) in /system/usr/keylayout, edit file gpio-keys.kl. (need a root-enabled file manager/editor)
2) Under Key 172, remove the word HOME
3) Save the file
4) Reboot
Power key still works for 'waking' and Home key still works for, well, returning Home (but only when awake already)
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Im on a Verizon Note 3. I did as you described but it did not work. Im thinking it didnt because Root Explorer made a backup file with the non altered txt. Should I delete it to get it to work?