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My fones screen turns off(display only) in seconds even though I hv set it for 1 min
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shailpancholi said:
My fones screen turns off(display only) in seconds even though I hv set it for 1 min
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shailpancholi said:
My fones screen turns off(display only) in seconds even though I hv set it for 1 min
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Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .

That's actually a feature. it's called S-wake. It scans your eyes and keeps the screen on while you're looking at it and turns it off when you stop looking at the screen. At least that's how it's meant to work but fails sometimes if ambient light is low, or for some reason if it doesn't detect your eyes.
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prabhjots said:
That's actually a feature. it's called S-wake. It scans your eyes and keeps the screen on while you're looking at it and turns it off when you stop looking at the screen. At least that's how it's meant to work but fails sometimes if ambient light is low, or for some reason if it doesn't detect your eyes.
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I think u mean smart stay.its off then too it happens
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Camera problem...while video capture..a warning pops up "recording closed"

How do I solve this problem?
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justsimple1 said:
How do I solve this problem?
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you can try the camera firmware update in samsung apps.
there is hope for you that the firmware fixes it
ps at work 5 ppl including me have the SGS2 and one had to turn it back to the shop
after 3 days of using the camera had only a black screen and the buttons on the screen were freezing.
a hardreset and the firmware update for the camera didn't fix it.
I have the latest software of camera....and its not always...in d morning it was running widout problem...
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How much battery life do you have left when it shuts down? The video on the sgs2 does not work below a certain percent (10 or 15%). Is your phone barry at this level when it stops recording?
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waynej4 said:
How much battery life do you have left when it shuts down? The video on the sgs2 does not work below a certain percent (10 or 15%). Is your phone barry at this level when it stops recording?
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Rightnow its 95 %, n its still not recording d video...
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Stock weather widget

How do u get it to update location? I have enable location checked I have refreshed and everything I could think of and it still showing the location where I bought and activated the phone.
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It figures after I post a question I find the setting. Click on the clock at the next screen hit settings and edit and slide the slider to enable. U can delete the thread mods
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My weather widget always displays a numeral 1 in a Sun icon next to the time. I have no idea what this is for ? Whatever it means I seem to find no way to make it vanish.
Any ideas ?
I believe the 1 could be for DST, but I could easily be wrong.
I seen that to in the home screen thread and was wondering what it was to
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Ok how do you get this thing to update your location on its own? Every time I got to do it it manually in my locations. Is there something I'm missing?
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BubZX said:
Ok how do you get this thing to update your location on its own? Every time I got to do it it manually in my locations. Is there something I'm missing?
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Click on the widget.. hit the phones menu button.. Then select auto refresh.. Choose however long you would like it to be updated in hours
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xxmelissaxx said:
Click on the widget.. hit the phones menu button.. Then select auto refresh.. Choose however long you would like it to be updated in hours
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I have it set for 1 hour but it only updates the weather not the location I'm at.
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Still no clue what the 1 stands for or how to get rid of it ?
BubZX said:
I have it set for 1 hour but it only updates the weather not the location I'm at.
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Do you have enable current location checked in the widget settings?
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Srgsx said:
Still no clue what the 1 stands for or how to get rid of it ?
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daylight savings icon..
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Why do I need to know its daylight savings time everyday ? lol
Srgsx said:
Why do I need to know its daylight savings time everyday ? lol
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I dunno lol.. But I think they should've put an option (unless I'm missing something lol) to remove it.. But maybe yu won't be as annoyed by it now that yu know what it is..
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xxmelissaxx said:
Do you have enable current location checked in the widget settings?
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Yep sure do.
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How do I keep screen from timing out when I receive calls?

When I receive calls over afew minutes display light goes off (phone goes into standby) and I have to press power button to turn it back on.
- Before pressing power button to turn display back on I can still talk over phone just can't see or press end call etc.
How do I keep display on when receiving calls?
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Any luck
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Lookin4somehelp said:
Any luck
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No it fell at the last .
jje
I don't understand...
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Small "dot" appears on notification bar?

Hello there
When I'm browsing my phone, every once in a while, I get this greyish icon/dot appear in the notification bar, at the left.
Does anybody know what it's for?
Thanks in advance
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Any help?
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jediknight111 said:
Any help?
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This might be a stupid question but do you think you can take a pic or maybe use your phone while browsing and hope that you can video record it with some other camera and capture that grayish dot. It could be that you have a security software installed and everytime you browse it scans the website you're on. I could be wrong.
For me, when i view a pic on reddit sync, it shows up. I think it just is a way to declutter the notification bar, cause if you click it, it shows all the icons anyway. Any more info as to what you're doing when it happens?
Meemo23 said:
This might be a stupid question but do you think you can take a pic or maybe use your phone while browsing and hope that you can video record it with some other camera and capture that grayish dot. It could be that you have a security software installed and everytime you browse it scans the website you're on. I could be wrong.
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I'll try to see if I can do that, the only security software installed on my phone is Cerbereus, which is more phone tracking than anything
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akshizzle said:
For me, when i view a pic on reddit sync, it shows up. I think it just is a way to declutter the notification bar, cause if you click it, it shows all the icons anyway. Any more info as to what you're doing when it happens?
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It's when I'm on my phone generally, pops up randomly , I know the icon you're referring to. It's not that one
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jediknight111 said:
Hello there
When I'm browsing my phone, every once in a while, I get this greyish icon/dot appear in the notification bar, at the left.
Does anybody know what it's for?
Thanks in advance
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I think it's related to Google Now. Shows up when there's new Google Now cards available possibly
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Krigsko said:
I think it's related to Google Now. Shows up when there's new Google Now cards available possibly
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I think you may be right, looked around on another forum. Somebody suggested that for another user. Uploading picture for confirmation if that's ok
http://www.imgur.com/CRpXw.jpeg
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jediknight111 said:
I think you may be right, looked around on another forum. Somebody suggested that for another user. Uploading picture for confirmation if that's ok
http://www.imgur.com/CRpXw.jpeg
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Yep, it's that very faint dot. I noticed it goes away when i go into Google Now and swipe away the cards
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Krigsko said:
Yep, it's that very faint dot. I noticed it goes away when i go into Google Now and swipe away the cards
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Thanks for the help, I appreciate it
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Try disabling google now
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Random screen change when powered off

Ok so kinda hard to explain.. but I have a Note 3 from Sprint - unrooted and just plane stock..
I like it and enjoying it..
I noticed the other day something strange.. then I thought.. I saw this a few times on my Galaxy S2....
when you turn my phone on it has the default red background to swipe...
With my phone sitting there every now and then I notice it turns itself on and gives a totally different screen...
this is just more of a why is it doing it and has anyone seen it before...
I seen it to but I think much of it
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It's the hover setting for quick glance
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RC51Eric said:
It's the hover setting for quick glance
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thank you and a quick google now shows it all... guess it is cool... i usually reach over and hit the power button...

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