hey everyone,
Weird thing happened today. I am in a review session (finals this week... ugh) and I get a text message from my wife. For the first time ever the phone reads it out loud even though my phone is on silent! It was embarrassing because of the whole phone going off in class but also because of the content of the message...
I really want to turn this off... any tips?
What I know:
driving mode is off
beautiful widgets silent mode shuts it off.
Thanks!!
Have you installed the cluezee app? If so and you opened it, that could be it. Also try enabling and disabling drive mode then rebooting. Vlingo could also be the culprit if it's inadvertently on.
second day and already have many problems:
1. ringtone turned off vibration only. still have ringtone with incoming calls
2. making calls screen turned off once near ear. moving away from ear doesn't turn on the screen. try any button nothing works. have to turn off power to cut
3. smart stay isn't smart. screen still turned black even with bright environment
Am I unluckily with a faulty phone or they are known bugs? thanks
Not to sure mate
I have had NONE! of the problems that you have had, although i have had a few problems e.g. the turn to mute media stopped working and things like that, all i had to do was a restore and it is fine now, i was speaking to the people at the carphone warhouse (phone shop in the uk) they said they have only had 1 return since launch and that was because the screen wasnt big enough and they went for the note, i have also always found that samsung is happy to help you if you have a problem with your phone just give them a ring.
1: you need to explain exactly what you changed.
2: It's supposed to go off near ear because uses proximity sensor to save battery turning screen off.
3: Smartstay just doesn't work as well as it should do.
When i got this device i thought how stupid this was and hoped after flashing a custom rom maybe it would eliminate this stupid feature of this device. It seems HTC thinks it's a good idea to turn the screen ON after ending a phone call, WTF?
At work i use my bluetooth headset all day with my phone in my pocket. I will take my phone out, dial the number i want to speak to, press power to turn screen off, put device in pocket and have my conversation. I end the phone conversation with my bluetooth headset and guess what? The dang phone's screen turns on while it is in my pocket. I guess the light sensor has zero effect here! So now since this happens and my device has a timeout of 2min i set before screen turns off my phone accidentally "butt dials" people and without me knowing i'm now calling people randomly while i'm working!
Another case. I have my phone in my car's cupholder, i use bluetooth to make a call with my car, it initiates the call to my phone and again it turns the screen ON to make the call. WHY? I never pressed power on my device to turn the screen on to make a call. So again i press the power button to turn screen off while in call. I hang up the call when i'm done via the bluetooth in my car and again the device turns the screen back ON once i disconnect the call via bluetooth.
I just don't understand the logic behind this? Is this some HTC thing or all android? Coming from iPhone 4 never had this issue so was a first for me with this device. Just don't see the reason or logic for this?
Anyway to prevent this or stop this from happening? I mean isn't that the point of bluetooth to not need to touch your device thus no need for the screen to be turned on????
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It seems that this is not a HTC thing because I have the same behavior on my Samsung device. Same problem as well with pocket dialing during/after a call. Really annoying. I had the same thing on my old HTC Nexus One running Froyo, so this is not a new bug. Back then I tried a lot of different apps, and none helped. I even flashed CyanogenMod on it and it didn't change anything.
I really hope someone has run across a fix whether it's an app, a patch or a whole new ROM, because pulling my phone out of my pocket to turn the screen back off TWICE for every call I make or receive is getting to be a pain.
I can't believe this behavior is voluntary on the part of the designers. If it is, please someone explain why.
You can use TASKER(automation app at Play Store ) to Get you screen off after a call or while connected to the bluetooth ..
ethanon said:
You can use TASKER(automation app at Play Store ) to Get you screen off after a call or while connected to the bluetooth ..
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Just downloaded but no idea how to use this thing. Not very saavy with this type of stuff. How can I use tasker to turn the screen off when ending a call ONLY while connected to a Bluetooth headset? This is my biggie since it's in my pocket.
Got it to work
Ok, I downloaded Tasker and I'm impressed.
Here's how I got this to work:
1: Create new profile using STATE, then go to NET, then hit BLUETOOTH CONNECTED. Here you can specify if you want only a specific device or any Bluetooth.
2: Set new task: SET plsLock to ON
3: Set exit task: SET plsLock to OFF
4: Create new profile using EVENT, then go to PHONE, and hit PHONE OFFHOOK.
5: Set new task as: SCREEN, SYSTEM LOCK
6: Hit IF, and specify if plsLock is ON
7: Create new profile using EVENT, then go to PHONE, and hit PHONE IDLE.
8: Set new task as: SCREEN, SYSTEM LOCK
9: Hit IF, and specify if plsLock is ON.
You're done.
Since I had the same problem with the wired headset, I also created a profile with HARDWARE, HEADSET that sets the variable plsLock to ON and exit task sets it back to OFF. You can name the variable anything you want and it will still work.
If anyone has a better/simpler way of programming this, please share. I just started using this program and am still trying to wrap my head around the way this is structured.
As this stands, it works... But it's still a patch on something that should be an option in Android.
Let me know what you think.
Ok thank you I'll give it a try. Yeah could never understand why my device thinks it's a good idea to turn screen back on after ending a call via Bluetooth or not? I receive call, I then press power button to turn screen off bit continue my call, the caller hangs up, boom my screen turns on displaying the phone dialer until my time out settings turn screen off. Dumbest feature I swear. Hello phone I pressed power offbutton to turn screen off, get the hint and keep screen off until I press power button and want it back on again. No sense...
Deeznuts, did you manage to get it working with tasker ? I guess it is the only possible way to get to your objective. Learning Tasker will give a new dimension to your phone. More over I will try to make a profile for your and get working .
For some reading
http://www.pocketables.com/2013/06/...rt-0-tips-and-tricks-for-learning-tasker.html
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Deeznuts, did you manage to get it working with tasker ? I guess it is the only possible way to get to your objective. Learning Tasker will give a new dimension to your phone. More over I will try to make a profile for your and get working .
For some reading
http://www.pocketables.com/2013/06/...rt-0-tips-and-tricks-for-learning-tasker.html
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No unfortunately not. I would greatly appreciate that! I would think it's a simple task but honestly I'm very handicapped when it's comes to stuff like this.
Basically a string for tasker that would simply just do this:
When my device is connected to a Bluetooth device whether it be my car kit, headset, stereo headset, etc. and a phone call ends where by me pressing the End Call on screen button, by ending call with car kit, headset, etc, doesn't matter but will make the screen turn off. That's it.
When connected via Bluetooth, a phone call ends, screen turns off.
Now here's a kicker and not sure if this part would be harder. I'm connected via Bluetooth headset or device, I have screen on to manually make a phone call, then while on the call I press the power button to turn screen off while on call and put device in my pocket. Now when the call eventually ends I would want the screen to stay off.
I will read into the link you provided and mess with it somewhere. Thank you for your time and help.
Correct me if I am wrong , you mean to say that no matter what you want your screen to stay off after a call ...
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Correct me if I am wrong , you mean to say that no matter what you want your screen to stay off after a call ...
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Correct BUT only when connected to a Bluetooth device. My gripe is on a Bluetooth call, place a call manually then talk on headset, car kit, etc. I press power button to turn screen off then put phone back in pocket, when call ends the phone turns screen back on for some reason. Never understood this?
This thread will be used to collect all the issues people are having with the watch and then have the solution for the problem right here so that they won't be asked multiple times. I will only list the issues with a solution available and I will keep updating this. Be happy to expand the list on your own.
So let's get started...
Problem:
The watch doesn't vibrate although vibration is enabled on the watch.
Solution:
Make sure the app which doesn't vibrate on the watch is set to vibrate on the phone.
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Problem:
The screen stays on while charging even when the "always on" option is disabled.
Solution:
First place the watch in the charging cradle and then disable the "always on" option (this is more of a work-around and not an actual fix)
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Problem:
Some sort of driver problem.
Solution:
Can be found here.
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Problem:
Can't pair the watch with another phone after you have paired it with a different one before.
Solution:
You will have to factory reset it.
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Problem:
The watch hung up while booting or similar and now it's stuck as you can't restart it.
Solution:
You can force a restart by pressing the reset button for 8 seconds.
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Problem:
The watch won't boot when put in the charging cradle (with power plugged in).
Solution:
Try holding the reset button for 1 second. If the watch boots the cradle is broken. If it doesn't the watch is broken.
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Problem:
Accidentally swiped away a card and now it won't come back.
Solution:
Do a google search (eg to get back weather search for the weather) or reopen the app if it was an app-notification. If this doesn't work check if the google now card is available on the phone. If that is not the case, just wait they will reappear (it can take quite some time though). If it shows up on the phone but not the watch, unpair the watch and then pair it again.
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Problem:
Google search shows "disconnected" although the watch is paired and connected.
Solution:
Unpair the watch and then pair it again. If this doesn't work (sometimes it doesn't) restart the watch.
Awesome tips, buddy! Here's a few tips for people that aren't aware:
1) Mute (pulling the screen down from top to bottom): This will stop your notifications and vibrations, but they will be there when the watch face is touched. and also prevent your watch from turning on/becoming active when you move your arm around or lift it to the 40 degree angle.
2) Quick Watch Face Change: Without having to go to "Settings>Change watch face" every time to change your watch face, all you need to do is touch & hold your active watch face screen until it shows you the Watch Faces folder.
Hi all, first of all... I am posting this here because I've discovered this "feature" via my S10, but it probably isn't necessarily a S10 feature. It just never happened with my S7 and my work iPhone doesn't replicate it either.
Right, so if you open a private message/conversation on Instagram and with your screen on, flip the phone with the screen facing down, it will start recording audio (you will notice a little vibration if you have vibrations activated).
The behaviour gets even weirder if you keep your phone facing down long enough before you turn it again... as the screen stays completely switched off but the app still records audio. It takes a few tries to turn the screen back on. However, if you turn the phone again shortly after the vibration, it will flash back on again.
Anybody noticed this before? Is quite unusual and I cannot really tell why this is even a feature... other than secretly recording a conversation?
Huh, just tried it and you are totally right. I'm guessing it's a bug. I never send direct messages on instagram but that definitely seems like it could be a big problem. I tried a quick google search and couldn't find anything about it either.
It's so you can put your phone up to your face (like if you had a phone call) it will record an audio message for you automatically. It's doing what it is supposed to but it does make sense to be a little bit worried about this. Instagram should implement some way to disable this feature.
Its like the same on whatsapp when you listening to an voice message and And tilt your phone in your hand as if you were on the phone it will be black too thats a stupid function in the s10