Any idea how do i turn off the screen while playing music in order to conserve battery life?
thanks
tap the power button once?
no, if you do that the device goes into standby, and the playback stops.
i just found the solution, under the button assignment menu in windows media player there is a "toggle screen" option
so i assigned it to "hold left button" so now if i hold the left button for a while the screen goes off but music keeps playing
If you are using HTC audio, you can press power button and the screen goes black.
neXus519 said:
If you are using HTC audio, you can press power button and the screen goes black.
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hey thats cool! but i dont use htc's audio player because its not that easy to search for a particular song. with wmp i just need to type in the name in "now playing" view
MortPlayer lets you turn the screen off too
In Windows Media Player, goto options and in the buttons tab, assign a button to turn off screen. Its there!
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That's it for sotution of afhstingray......
Samsung Fascinate SCH-i500
ROM: PWGB2.0 beta
kernel: imoseyon_leanKernel_i500_voodoo_1.4.0
TWlauncher.apk: TouchWizGTG_New_Dock_Colored_Icons_All_Variations.zip
Custom keyboard: HTC_IME_themed_by_gIMpSta.apk
above is what I have done to my phone so far.
need for a different camera after experiencing todays issues. dont know if any of you FABULOUS developers have considered the following camera issue but this is what I realized today & am now searching for solution camera.
when recording footage with phone camera and you need to [pause] for a period, the camera display stays on and helps run battery down. Need to have display go to black after 20 seconds after pausing and returning to displaying image after you press the power button to aid in saving battery power (stupid lock button in this case).
OR be able to hit the power button yourself after pausing recording mode to make display go off until you press power button again to turn on display again.
I tried to film kids at the county fair and needed the pause feature alot and to also conserve battery. pressing the power button just [locks] it....
so I tried pressing home screen after pausing and then pressing the power button to turn off display but then the recording session I had paused would be gone.
Then I tried pausing the recording session and just turning and holding camera lens to my chest thus blocking any light, therefore the screen would be black (dont know if this would effect battery consumption). The problem with that was that before I could press the pause button off to continue to record again the stupid camera would "time out" and then what I had recorded up to then in that segment would be gone yet again..
so... to recap my camera needs. I would like to flash an update that would take away the camera time-out period when pausing, and disable the "LOCK" feature and make that button the display on/off button while NOT turning off the app. and maybe even, if the camera is in [pause mode] and you press the back button a window will pop up asking if intention is to turn off display to save battery while in pause mode or to close camera app.
it may be a placebo effect but I swear the display shows photos and footage
MUCH more brilliant and clear with the PWGB2.0 beta3 ROM...
I love this PWGB ROM....
try it if you havent yet. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS.
HOPE SOMEONE COMES THRU.
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[EDIT]....NO LONGER USING kernel: imoseyon_leanKernel_i500_voodoo_1.4.0
AND
TWlauncher.apk: TouchWizGTG_New_Dock_Colored_Icons_All_Variations.zip
Removed kernel because I saw no difference in speed and battery efficiency.
Removed TouchWizGTG New_Dock...zip because of too many freeze up and force closes.
This is a problem I've had way back since I first had my GS2. It seems to come and go, sometimes certain Roms don't have it, and sometimes they do. What on EARTH causes this issue?
Issue Example:
Music playing, lock screen, wait for a while...hear a text come through, press button to unlock screen and as it turns on the music stutters for JUST a second.
Very frustrating :[
I know this has been asked too many times, but what I want is (I think) simple, just an app to turn JUST the screen off with a shortcut hardware key (vol up or down or anything), so for example when I click that button while I am recording a video, it continues recording it, or when I am playing a game it continues where I left it because locking the device is not good with some of the games I play. BTW I don't mind if the app needs root. Thanks in advance.
I find that the dimmed screen sometimes stays on through the whole video.
Any suggestions to resolve this?