Hi guys
I am using a MHL - HDMI cable for TV out and it all works quite well. Infact quite impressed by the quality of it. But having one problem though, unable to swith off the display while connected to TV. I wish there is an app or something to turn the mobile display off. Do you guys know any app like that?
I found video players which could reduce the brightness but nothing to turn off the display..
I don't want to kill the display just by keeping it on all the time.
Very good question!
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I haven't tried but can you just lock the phone? Or does that kill MHL out too?
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Jive1983 said:
Hi guys
I am using a MHL - HDMI cable for TV out and it all works quite well. Infact quite impressed by the quality of it. But having one problem though, unable to swith off the display while connected to TV. I wish there is an app or something to turn the mobile display off. Do you guys know any app like that?
I found video players which could reduce the brightness but nothing to turn off the display..
I don't want to kill the display just by keeping it on all the time.
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There's an app called 'lux auto brightness' by Vito cassisi and it can make your phone go so dark, it looks like it's turned off. There a manual setting you can use. I use it all the time to conserve battery
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That's an example of how dark it gets and if you look closely you can see my icons and circle battery clock to prove it's not off
Thanks shadowskorch, looks like a good app. I tried root dim, though it was able to reduce the brightness it was still very visble unlike your one.
Hi Dazedstate
No if you lock the phone, you will loose the signal. The cable is mirroring the phone screen.
What would be good though is to cut the screen out if connected to MHL cable, have no idea how hard this would. I will check with our super developers.
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Im attaching some pics so that u may get idea.
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possible as you are not using data/wifi.
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bruce258 said:
possible as you are not using data/wifi.
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hmm thnx mate but i used 3G in between ..! and is the battery life even worsen in WIFI+3G Mode ?
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and is the battery life even worsen in WIFI+3G Mode ?
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If you enable 3G and WiFi at the same time Android will only use one connection, first will try to connect via WiFi and if not will connect via 3G. It won't connect via WiFi AND 3G at the same time.
Yes its normal.
looks pretty similar to what I have seen on mine.
The main exception is the Awake time without the sreen being on? Maybe something still running. I found my biggest battery killer for backround apps was my Jorte / calendar running when using alarms on appointments.
stopped that and much better!
Alright thnx mate and how do u came to know that which app created problems regarding awake ?
seems to be awake for quite a bit there in the middle without the screen on. is that just music streaming??
its normal
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seems to be awake for quite a bit there in the middle without the screen on. is that just music streaming??
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no there was no music streaming done .. how can i know which app is making my phone awake ?
Better Battery stats is very helpfull for seeing what is potentially eating battery life, whilst the screen is of.
This is a thread on maximising battery life - quite helpfull! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351663&highlight=better+battery+stat
This thread explains and shows what Android OS is and is not - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18140918
Here is thread for better battery stats, well worth a read all the way through the first 2 posts - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
The partial Wakelocks was the most telling for me, cant remember the exect procces now but for me it was something like: android.starting.alarm.calendar (I know thats not it exact, but it was always high!!)
A few questions...
Anyone use the stock photo album widget? I have one on one of my screens for when my phone is in its dock at work. It works fine when it is in the dock bc It's charging, and I have it set to keep the screen on when charging. However, when it is out of the dock, and the screen goes off, when I turn it back on, the most recent image is all it shows and it will not go into rotation. I have to open it back up and say "OK" to my selected pictures to get it working again. I don't have any battery saving or task killing aps, so I know I don't accidentally have it set to auto end on screen off. All I have is the stock Samsung Task Manager.
Know of any fixes for this? Maybe try another widget like it on the market?
Also, I came from an Atrix and they had a task manager that I just simply loved. It was smooth and simple and I could add what I wanted to an auto end list. As far as I know, Samsungs T.M. doesn't allow this, and all the apps I find on the market do more than I want it to. I don't want something like Juice defender or what not. Just something simple that allows me to put stuff in an auto end list when screen goes blank. Does stock Samsung T.S. do this and I am just not seeing it? Any 3rd party apps you suggest for this function?
Last thing... Know of any widgets that ACCURATELY show info like CPU speed and temp that is transparent? I like a very materialistic look and I am not liking the black background of the Antutu widgets.
Something that would look good with this...
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couple things
how did you change your stock battery icon?
2) try elixir widgets,they got everything
3) i use multipic slideshow widget to shuffle through any selected pic folder, works great
SayWhat10 said:
couple things
how did you change your stock battery icon?
2) try elixir widgets,they got everything
3) i use multipic slideshow widget to shuffle through any selected pic folder, works great
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With TPC's ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1509855
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a go.
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When watching a film on my Galaxy S3 - using a file I copied from my desktop - the default Samsung video player displays the chapter number at the bottom of the screen like: Chapter 1
This isn't burned onto the video itself - watching the same video on my desktop show no such chapter display.
Is there a way of turning this off? There isn't an obvious option in the app itself.
Bump - no one else have this issue? I noticed a similar problem in the note 2 forum.
In case it's not clear what I mean, it looks like this:
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This has got to be bugging someone else as well! Is there some sort of config file I can tweak?
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Dude quit bumping...
This question has already been posted....
There's a setting in the video player itself if I remember correctly.
I searched for this before posting and couldn't find anything. I also sent ages searching through the options and also couldn't find anything.
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phunni said:
I searched for this before posting and couldn't find anything. I also sent ages searching through the options and also couldn't find anything.
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Was bugging me too, and just figured out how to turn it off. Whilst playing the video in Video Player click the left soft button, go to Settings and the turn "Closed caption" off.
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Was bugging me too, and just figured out how to turn it off. Whilst playing the video in Video Player click the left soft button, go to Settings and the turn "Closed caption" off.
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Logged in just to thank you!
Hi,
I got this watch used, arrived two days ago. I like it so far. Only tweaks done so far is unlock BL.
I want to preserve the battery life as much as possible though, while keeping it usable. So I think there is efficiency to be made by having the watch face stay as a silhouette instead of "waking up" whenever I look at it. To activate the watch, I have no problem with tapping it once or twice.
Does such a tweak exist? I could not find it in settings (only to turn screen off completely when inactive). Any prerequisites for such a tweak (e.g. root)?
Many thanks.
Are you on 5.1.1 (LCA43)? If yes, you can try disabling wrist gestures in watch settings. Of course, you won't be able to move trough cards as well if you disable it, but it will prevent the screen to leave dim mode when you move your wrist.
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lfom said:
Are you on 5.1.1 (LCA43)? If yes, you can try disabling wrist gestures in watch settings. Of course, you won't be able to move trough cards as well if you disable it, but it will prevent the screen to leave dim mode when you move your wrist.
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I tried that before (am on LCA43), but it seems to just disable the scroll. Just tried again, may have made a difference this time. Though it looks like the screen still activates 1 out of the 5 times I put the watch to my face. We shall see. Thanks!
You're correct, my bad! The setting you want is in the Android Wear app: Tilt to wake screen. You may want to keep wrist gestures on.
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lfom said:
You're correct, my bad! The setting you want is in the Android Wear app: Tilt to wake screen. You may want to keep wrist gestures on.
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Found it! The guide I found had the setting on the main page. I had to tap on the actual device listing to get to the sub page with all the goodies (Google probably did it that way so you can program different actions for different watches).
Thanks again!
By the way, one day later with no charge in between. I am proud of this:
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Set for two solid days of use. [emoji3]
I have this S23 Ultra for 3 weeks ish now and it was amazing on battery with YouTube ReVanced often getting 8-10h screen on with YouTube easily with 30+% left. Suddenly today it got pretty hot and battery drains like crazy in YouTube ReVanced.
I repatched the newest supported version, clean installed it, updated to latest microg, full shutdown and cold boot of the phone, cleared caches, nothing helps. Both on wifi and 5G the drain is this high.
Auto brightness was my second suspect and I checked the slider in the notification panel and it behaves normally. It responds to changes in ambient light as normal during YouTube and isn't overly high.
Anyone have any ideas what can cause it?
Check the screenshots (in Dutch unfortunately) for the difference in screen on and YouTube usage times.
8h+ sot and like 40% left so good:
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Today, bad. Only 5+h screen on and way less YouTube and battery is basically empty.
update it, the icon even changed since then. You're on a old revision.
A big factor is what your screen brightness was when watching videos. If you watch videos in low brightness (like during nighttime), then there will be a big difference to battery life compared to watching videos in high brightness.
No problems here
oVeRdOsE. said:
update it, the icon even changed since then. You're on a old revision.
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Icon is manually set with Goodlocks theme engine from UX LED icon pack
But, i'm an xxxxx. I figured it out. It wasn't YouTube at all...
I got a new driver's license yesterday which I keep between my back case and the phone. This new one has NFC... It was just scanning NFC all day long with the phone unlocked... This apparently doesn't show up anywhere in battery stats.
Obviously I have NFC basically always on for Google Pay and such so yeah.
I can't keep my license in there anymore as there seems to be no real way to keep NFC on for pay but not read stuff constantly.
I'll figure something out. But problem solved.