There are situations when I want the phone awake and alive and powered and on high brightness when I need it, but want to save the screen. An example is when in the car on a bright day. I use Llama (like Tasker) and can get it to start an app under appropriate conditions...
What I need is an app that will display a black screen image (or a preset image I can set that's actually a blank screen), and ideally the app to exit when I touch the screen.
So I would have Llama launch this app after a delay (when other conditions indicate I'm in the car). It would act as a delayed screen blanker/saver that would exit as soon as I touch the screen Does such an app exist (or something very similar)?
Use an app called "Screen Filter". You can set the brightness level all the way down and add a screen widget which will toggle this setting. Of course set the screen to be on all the time.
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dstech said:
Use an app called "Screen Filter". You can set the brightness level all the way down and add a screen widget which will toggle this setting. Of course set the screen to be on all the time.
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Will that work? How would I exit the dimmed screen on-demand (e.g. by touching the screen)? I don't think Llama/Tasker can detect this in order to reset Screen Filter.
Yes you touch the on screen widget to exit it. Put a bunch on the screen to make it easier to enable and disable it.
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The usage model I have in mind won't work as you suggest. Say I have a music or gps app in the foreground. I want the screen to 'dim' after a while and to just tap the screen to restore normal brightness, still showing the app previously in the foreground. If I need widgets exposed, I have to switch to a home screen.
I think if I had an app that displayed a black screen, then the app could be launched in foreground over the music or gps app and designed to simply exit on a screen tap. This would re expose the music or gps app and I'd be good to continue using my phone on the app I was using before the 'screensaver' was launched...
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I wrote a script that runs in g script (lite), from market.
It runs on my 3d and toggles the button leds from on to off and back.
Each time the script is run it toggles the leds.
http://db.tt/sY7zGUo
I am rooted and it does require it.
It's quick except for the Gscript 20 second rule....
Note:
To run this, download it, then move it to the gscript folder on the root of the sdcard.
Next run gscript and > Menu add new script. Choose load file "led toggle 2"
You can also use the screen filter app. Set the filter to 100% and disable/unchecked "enable soft-key backlight".
I find it easier but that just me.
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Hey. That's kindof awesome.
I personally use screen filter and tasker. I have it set so whenever I enter a game, game, movie it will turn screen filter on, turning off the buttons. And when I exit any of those it will turn then back on. Perfect.
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This is cool, I'd like them permanently off.
And who needs screen filter when you can do it the geek way and run a script?
phatmanxxl said:
This is cool, I'd like them permanently off.
And who needs screen filter when you can do it the geek way and run a script?
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Screen filter you don't need root. Pluss screen filter has added benefit to lower screen brightness vs the "geek way". I think its an easy choice.
Mine won't toggle at 100%. Has to be lower then that for some reason or else nothing happens.
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Hi I just bought a tablet s and when I set the brightness down and then open some apps (e.g. reader) the brightness goes up to 100% also if I turn it off for a little while (standby not off off) when i wake it up its at full brightness again.
I can take it back within 7 days so I would really appreciate it if anyone knows how to stop it doing this or ill have to take it back.
Thanks
For some stupid reason the reader app has a separate brightness setting. When you're in the app, touch near the bottom of the page and then touch the briefcase icon. Brightness will pop up on the left.
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HYPER-X10 said:
For some stupid reason the reader app has a separate brightness setting. When you're in the app, touch near the bottom of the page and then touch the briefcase icon. Brightness will pop up on the left.
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Agree. Have the same experience with Reader. No issues with the other preinstalled apps.
Do not think the reported issue would be hardware. Sounds like a misbehaving app.
Do Tamworth in though... just in case
Is there any way to disable screen timeout when playing games? Example is angry birds, Sometimes when I'm just waiting for the level to complete and the score to tally up, the screen turns off.
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Turn on Smart Stay.........Maybe.
or set your screen timeout for more that 15-30 seconds.
easy peasy
Smart stay doesn't work within games or apps, at least that's what the help pop up says when you enable it.
I was hoping for a more automatic solution.
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i have not seen any setting on my knowledge that enables the screen to stay on while a game is going.......so games keep the screen on no matter what. others default to the system settings and if your not pressing the screen then it thinks the phone is idle
Try an App called Screen Timeout Toggle, it's a widget that keeps the screen on permanently or a set time.
Post a comment on the game page for the game dev's, a time out should be built into the game like most games. It may come in the form of an update in the future.
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I realised it just today and while digging for some info I bumped onto this thread.
It seems quite awkward to me that prevent from sleep is not endorsed by default in all games' code, especially ones that are built by companies and not amateur developers, like Rovio for example...user should be able to change the setting from the game menu if he wishes different screen behaviour and not be forced to adjust a global setting like the screen timeout everytime he wants to play a game.
You can use the Tasker app. Set a context for each game. context = <insert game here>, task = screen timeout to none. When the game is no longer in focus, it should revert to the previous screen time out, or set an exit task
Whenever I open the Internet App the screen goes dim. This doesn't happen with any other app and I have Auto Brightness turned off... What's the deal?
There's a brightness setting within the app itself as well.
Menu>Brightness and Colors
Marafice Eye said:
There's a brightness setting within the app itself as well.
Menu>Brightness and Colors
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Thanks! I didn't realize the popup menu scrolled...
I am facing screen burn kind of issue on my Redmi Note 4 Qualcomm version, whenever i use app for instance Twitter for a period of time say 10-15 minutes and when i exit the app the Twitter heading in the app is clearly visible even though the app is killed.
Same happens with my keyboard,the Google logo on Gboard is always visible after typing and exiting keyboard.
This occurs with every other app i use.
I can remove this by using the screen burn fix app but it occurs again.
Any permanent solution in this?
This is screen retention and I read you can fix it with"cool" profile in calibration settings or changing screen calibration.
Thanks mate
Will tell if solution works or not.
what mean screen burn...... i dont understand
This is Image Retention (Screen Burn In). Flash Custom ROMs and adjust Color Temperature, or use any Screen Overlay app or Get screen Replaced.
See this - https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-4/how-to/fix-display-burn-issue-redmi-note-4-t3703996
Found Fix
I found the solution.. Just flash havoc rom will fk kernal.. Use smart pixel feature. Set the smart pixel setting to 25 percentage... And in display setting go to colour and set all the value to 95 percentage.. Done ??
What is "cool" profile? Or how can I change calibration?
What is "cool" profile? Or how can I change calibration?
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What is "cool" profile? Or how can I change calibration?
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You can adjust in Color Calibration in Live Display down to 85-95 percent for each Red Green Blue Slider