I notice when the screen on the Tab S6 sleeps, text notification of the battery charge level will persist on the screen. This only happens if the USB power adapter is connected to the tablet and "screen saver" is disabled. The text remains fixed at a consist location (bottom center) of the screen, and remains for the whole time the device is sleeping.
My concern is that this text will eventually cause SCREEN BURN-IN.
MY PROBLEM ...
Display off, with wall adapter powering ON
. Screen is blank except for battery charge state is permanently displayed
. Bottom of screen shows "100% / Fully charged"
. My fear is this will eventually cause SCREEN BURN-IN of the displayed text.
MY SOLUTION ...
Make a black JPG file, which is used for screen saver, during sleep.
. Place a JPG file in folder: \DCIM\ScnSaver
. JPG file should be sized as 2560x1600, with pure black content.
Display > Screensaver > ON/OFF
. Photo frame ON.
. Select photo frame from folder "ScnSaver"
APP FOR SLEEPING
. Optionally, Install from App Store, "Screen Off Trial", by Iwashi Soft.
. This app will sleep the device and activate screen saver.
. Many other "screen/power off" apps will not activate the screen saver.
Yes. Same issue with the Note 10/+.
No need to worry. Assuming Samsung is still doing the same thing, it will occasionally move the text around.
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No need to worry. Assuming Samsung is still doing the same thing, it will occasionally move the text around.
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I watched the charging notification on my N10+ and it does not move. At all.
And even if it just moves a pixel or two in any direction,nitnwikl still burn in over that area.
Mr. Orange 645 said:
I watched the charging notification on my N10+ and it does not move. At all.
And even if it just moves a pixel or two in any direction,nitnwikl still burn in over that area.
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It will not burn in that area. It does move the pixel around, it's the same for Note 10 series. I'm sure Samsung should by now already know how to combat screen burn in.
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It will not burn in that area. It does move the pixel around, it's the same for Note 10 series. I'm sure Samsung should by now already know how to combat screen burn in.
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Even if it moves a little (it doesn't), it doesn't move the whole charge icon. Just a couple pixels to the side leave about 90% of the pixels in the same place, so Ilit will eventually burn in.
By the way, I'm holding a N10+ in my hands right now, and the charge notification does NOT move.
I found this issue last night as well. I share your concern. I'm likely going to be powering the tablet down for overnight charging till this is addressed more completely.
I really don't understand this. I have changed of course. All time screen off. When wake it up, it said fully charged...
Then it must be a question of a setting. I'll go looking for it tonight.
nathanotis said:
Then it must be a question of a setting. I'll go looking for it tonight.
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If it's like the Note 10, there's no setting to turn it off. But there is a work around.
Go to Display settings and turn on screensaver. Set it to "Photo," but don't hit the settings icon next to it or point it toward your Google Photos. That way, it won't have a pic to load for the screensaver and will instead load a black screen.
When you plug it in, it will time out to the screen saver, which will be a black screen WITHOUT the charge notification.
If it doesn't time out to screensaver, just wake the screen up then let it time out on its own.
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If it's like the Note 10, there's no setting to turn it off. But there is a work around.
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Thanks for the information, but if I understood the previous poster, this issue is not happening on their tablet. Tells me it may be a settings thing.
I am on vacation, tab not with me. I will check when back
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I found this issue last night as well. I share your concern. I'm likely going to be powering the tablet down for overnight charging till this is addressed more completely.
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Except that even when powered down, they screen lights up showing it is charging....
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Except that even when powered down, they screen lights up showing it is charging....
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Interesting. Mine lights up temporarily showing that it *is* charging, but that light turns off after 19 seconds or so and does not turn back on.
Of course
nathanotis said:
Interesting. Mine lights up temporarily showing that it *is* charging, but that light turns off after 19 seconds or so and does not turn back on.
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Ok, I'll try again, maybe I just didn't wait long enough. Thanks!
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Did anyone notice that during the call, the screen isn't actually turned off, the backlight is still on, it just shows blank screen. You can see this if you are in a dark ambient because of the backlight bleed on the screen.
So, while you are talking, you will lose battery charge on call and on screen backlight. I don't think it is an economical way of spending battery juice.
So actually the screen is on the whole time during the call, you just can't see it because there is nothing showing on the screen...
Or is this just my device?
X10 2.1 nordic.
I noticed that, anyway during a call, it obviously drains the battery even though the screen switched off & the use of the Proximity sensor is to switch off the screen during a call to prevent the screen from touching than the economizing the battery
I noticed a big improvement of the battery with the 2.1 Update.
I've noticed it too, I think this would waste more battery? or is it the opposite?
Of course it uses more battery power. I can't rememeber if the same situation is in 1.6. Can anyone check?
It does use current, but i think its a minor amount. The reason why they leave it active but black for example, is that if you need to quickly access the dial pad you can do that, without waiting for a second or two for the screen to power on.
I recall back on 1.6 at times it felt like eternity that it would take to bring up the dial pad during calls. I'm not sure but check to see if the screen does in fact turn off completely after a certain duration, since that would be ok.
Nope, it doesn't turn off and I wouldn't say it's a minor amount of power, because the screen is one of the most power hungry components in our phones. So if you are in a call for say 30 mins just think how much battery that would suck out. And for me, for no good reason, when I'm on the phone I don't need the screen, that is why the proximity sensor exists, to turn the screen on and off
I understand, but you have to understand how the lcd works. Producing colours or tints cause the device to use more power. The brighter the colour the more power. Since white is the brightest tint or colour, whichever you prefer, black being the opposite would use the least amount of power for the screen being on. Unless this is a type of lcd matrix that uses most power with black I read about that before somewhere. But I highly doubt SE would do that. But considering its a concern of yours there might be an dialer app that negates this hmm.
At the Sony Ericssons products Blog there was a video about the new features at 2.1
It tells also that you could press the Power-Button to turn off the light during calls.
I´ve not testet this yet, maybe of you could test this. ;-)
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It does use current, but i think its a minor amount. The reason why they leave it active but black for example, is that if you need to quickly access the dial pad you can do that, without waiting for a second or two for the screen to power on.
I recall back on 1.6 at times it felt like eternity that it would take to bring up the dial pad during calls. I'm not sure but check to see if the screen does in fact turn off completely after a certain duration, since that would be ok.
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It does not take a second or 2 for the screen to come back on. Just test it yourself by pressing the power button, it comes on within 1 second. On a side note, in the 1.6 days the screen would stay on completely and if you press the power button it hangs up. That was a terrible implementation.
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It does not take a second or 2 for the screen to come back on. Just test it yourself by pressing the power button, it comes on within 1 second. On a side note, in the 1.6 days the screen would stay on completely and if you press the power button it hangs up. That was a terrible implementation.
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Im on 2.1, cant check it anymore. It was rather sluggish for me on 1.6. The difference may be that I had pictures for all my contacts. I like it just fine.
Yes, you can turn the screen completely off by pressing power button, I've just tried. I don't understand why do I have to do it with my finger when I have proximity sensor that works just fine when it wakes up the screen from complete power off when I move it from my face. Seems like a bug to me.
LCD screen consumes the same amount of power no matter what image it is showing, black or white, so as far as I'm concerned showing black screen during a call does absolutely nothing for me, especially not for my battery. This is so trivial that I can't believe they missed it. Or maybe some SE engineer thought X10 has AMOLED screen so it doesn't consume power when it's displaying black...
Personally, I prefer the screen turn off compared to the screen lock in 1.6 as I had a hard time unlocking the screen lock when you need to use the dial pad when on the phone.
So when you are on the phone, the screen turns off and when you move your phone away from the ear, the screen turns on.
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Yes, you can turn the screen completely off by pressing power button, I've just tried. I don't understand why do I have to do it with my finger when I have proximity sensor that works just fine when it wakes up the screen from complete power off when I move it from my face. Seems like a bug to me.
LCD screen consumes the same amount of power no matter what image it is showing, black or white, so as far as I'm concerned showing black screen during a call does absolutely nothing for me, especially not for my battery. This is so trivial that I can't believe they missed it. Or maybe some SE engineer thought X10 has AMOLED screen so it doesn't consume power when it's displaying black...
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You are 100% correct, my mistake, lcds do use the same amount of power due to the backlight. I was just on the phone for 50 minutes and my battery went down by 5%, so i think its not bad at all. I was even on wcdma/gsm.
Drop SE an email to inquire on it maybe?
Well, maybe I'm exaggerating, but this kind of screen backlight beahaviour just isn't logical to me. You say you lost 5% on 50 min call? Hmm, that really seems low...
Where can I send inquiry to SE?
i have the same problem guys.....any solution yet?
working on a more accurate solution atm.
So I purchased a desktop dock charger from Best Buy for my 3d. Works great except for one thing. Each night in the middle of the night my phone screen turns on. I have it in dock mode and the screen just stays on. For me it's not a problem, I sleep like a rock. But my wife is about to throw my dock away. It's happened with different roms almost every night... I remember one night that it didn't happen. Anyone have an idea as to what may be causing this? Doesn't happen when I'm just plugged into the wall charger.
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So I purchased a desktop dock charger from Best Buy for my 3d. Works great except for one thing. Each night in the middle of the night my phone screen turns on. I have it in dock mode and the screen just stays on. For me it's not a problem, I sleep like a rock. But my wife is about to throw my dock away. It's happened with different roms almost every night... I remember one night that it didn't happen. Anyone have an idea as to what may be causing this? Doesn't happen when I'm just plugged into the wall charger.
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I may be misinterpreting the issue but dock mode is supposed to keep the phone awake. Thats why it shows the weather in the background as well as a clock and other information. It is trying to mimick a desktop clock. It automatically dims the screen after so many minutes which is user configurable if you press menu then settings in dock mode. The screen will undim itself typically when recieving some form of notification. Lastly you can just tap the x button on the lower left corner of the screen to exit dock mode and have the phone sleep like normal or in the settings disable dock mode from starting whenever you place it in the dock. Hope that information helps.
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I may be misinterpreting the issue but dock mode is supposed to keep the phone awake. Thats why it shows the weather in the background as well as a clock and other information. It is trying to mimick a desktop clock. It automatically dims the screen after so many minutes which is user configurable if you press menu then settings in dock mode. The screen will undim itself typically when recieving some form of notification. Lastly you can just tap the x button on the lower left corner of the screen to exit dock mode and have the phone sleep like normal or in the settings disable dock mode from starting whenever you place it in the dock. Hope that information helps.
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Thanks. That's correct. The info I was for though is why is my phone waking up in the first place. Just once a night like clockwork.
I guess don't understand either. You're saying correct to the fact that dock mode keeps the phone awake, but then asking why is your phone awake.
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Maybe hes asking how to you have the screen go off at night? I too am using a dock, the Seido one. And its great during the day, but at night, I would like the screen to stay off, because obviously I'm not looking at it during the night so why keep it lit up (and its bright).
I press the sleep button at the top of the phone and it will turn off the display on the dock, and it doesn't go back on till my alarm goes off in the morning, but it would be nice if you could see it to go off automatically at a certain time at night if docked.
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Maybe hes asking how to you have the screen go off at night? I too am using a dock, the Seido one. And its great during the day, but at night, I would like the screen to stay off, because obviously I'm not looking at it during the night so why keep it lit up (and its bright).
I press the sleep button at the top of the phone and it will turn off the display on the dock, and it doesn't go back on till my alarm goes off in the morning, but it would be nice if you could see it to go off automatically at a certain time at night if docked.
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Tasker should be able to do this no problem... right?
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I guess don't understand either. You're saying correct to the fact that dock mode keeps the phone awake, but then asking why is your phone awake.
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Let me try to clarify. I know once my screen is on in dock mode it is supposed to stay on. My question is what is turning my screen on in the middle of the night when it's off to begin with. I would suspect some app running in the background, but it only happens when my phone is on the dock in dock mode. Just plugged into the wall charger the screen stays off all night.
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Tasker should be able to do this no problem... right?
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Yup. But in order to get Tasker to take care of this I would need to know what event is triggering the turning on of my screen wouldn't I? I have no clue what that might be. That's my question.
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Let me try to clarify. I know once my screen is on in dock mode it is supposed to stay on. My question is what is turning my screen on in the middle of the night when it's off to begin with. I would suspect some app running in the background, but it only happens when my phone is on the dock in dock mode. Just plugged into the wall charger the screen stays off all night.
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It sounds like an app or, more likely a notification that makes it wake up and since it is in dock mode, once it is awake the screen will stay on until you manually turn it off. The simple solution is to exit dock mode before you go to sleep
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Try putting it in airplane mode? Although there's probably easier ways of figuring out when apps are waking the phone up (and what apps are they). I think the phone also does that when it reaches full charge doesn't it?
Get System Panel from the Market. It will slow you what apps are doing what and when they are doing it. You should be able to see a spike in the graph at the time your phone is awaking every night. System Panel is an amazing app for figuring out wake-lock issues amongst many many other things. I'll run it for 2-3 days to gather the info that I need and then stop it until needed again to keep it from using battery.
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Get System Panel from the Market. It will slow you what apps are doing what and when they are doing it. You should be able to see a spike in the graph at the time your phone is awaking every night. System Panel is an amazing app for figuring out wake-lock issues amongst many many other things. I'll run it for 2-3 days to gather the info that I need and then stop it until needed again to keep it from using battery.
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Thanks for the input all. Yeah system panel is a must have, been using it since the OG EVO. It's not showing me what's triggering my screen though. It's got to have something to do with dock mode I'm thinking. Turned it off for the night last night and no screen on. Of course that happened once while in dock mode as well so I'll go with out it again tonight to confirm. Maybe the combination of dock mode and another app running in the background. I know there's things I can do to work around this, it's just me wanting things to work like they should I guess...
I can't find a dock at BestBuy.
Hi all,
Since Android Wear 2.0 the dock mode while charging with clock doesn't work any longer. When placing Moto on the dock it shows a black screen. When touching the screen de clock appears for a moment and vanishes after about 1.5 seconds. It appears to be a bug. Do you all have this bug or is it just me. Did anyone tried a reset of the watch? I would really like to able to fix it , cause I use that feature a lot.
Same here.
A temporary solution I have found is to enable in developer options 'stay awake while charging' now it stays on. But it is not the same. The display appears to be much brighter. probably because ambient mode (Not sure that's how its called) is not enabled.
Edit: That appears to be the fix. When turning on in settings 'always on display' it works like before. no need to enable stay awake while charging in developers settings.
Although this fixes the issue, I am somewhat disappointed because this option reduces battery life.
I noticed I should have put this question into 'troubleshoot and questions'. I am sorry for placing it here. Perhaps a moderator can place it in the right section for me?
Not a problem here.
Always on is normally activated.
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I've noticed the same behavior when I upgraded my Moto 360 to AW 2.0
For me, the clock stays on but the background is really bright whereas it used to be black before
Same thing here, background to bright. I don't think this is on purpose. They would probably get out fixed in an upcoming patch(?)
Same here.
I liked docking my watch on my bathroom counter and using it as my clock while getting ready in morning. Now it doesn't stay on and when I tap the screen I can see it for a few seconds. When it is on ....the brightness of the background is terrible.
I sure hope they fix this problem.
I have the same problem
Can't believe there is still no fix for this?
This is really annoying! I was hoping XDA had found an answer. Having always on screen on is not a solution since Moto made a bad design decision on the screen making it best to turn that option off. I assume everyone else's keep awake while charging option doesn't really solve it either because the screen turns off once the battery is full. Anyone think there's a workaround to be found in Tasker and maybe AutoInput (maybe turn always on screen on while charging, off otherwise, or even based on hours). I'm no tasker expert, so I'm not sure if that combo could work on android wear.
Sn0w0nS said:
Hi all,
Since Android Wear 2.0 the dock mode while charging with clock doesn't work any longer. When placing Moto on the dock it shows a black screen. When touching the screen de clock appears for a moment and vanishes after about 1.5 seconds. It appears to be a bug. Do you all have this bug or is it just me. Did anyone tried a reset of the watch? I would really like to able to fix it , cause I use that feature a lot.
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I have found this to be an issue when I use a charger that is not the Motorola plug that came with the watch. If you switch to the Motorola OEM charger you'll see a lag of about one to two seconds but the clock will always come on.
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I have found this to be an issue when I use a charger that is not the Motorola plug that came with the watch. If you switch to the Motorola OEM charger you'll see a lag of about one to two seconds but the clock will always come on.
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Not on mine. I'm using the factory charger.
vladfan said:
Not on mine. I'm using the factory charger.
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That's so odd. I'm not having that problem at all
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I have found this to be an issue when I use a charger that is not the Motorola plug that came with the watch. If you switch to the Motorola OEM charger you'll see a lag of about one to two seconds but the clock will always come on.
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I am using Motorola's dock charger. I am positive that the issue lies with Android Wear 2.0 and not the charger. Before wear 2.0 it worked as it should.
I think it's random with AW2.
After flashing a new rom at my mobile, I had to forget and pair again the watch to the Android wear.
From now on, the clock stays on during charging.
This was not the case before that.
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I have the very same issue (watch paired with a Nexus 4, 5.1.1). Anything I can try? Thanks!
Well, at least this is validation for me. It's been driving me insane, and I'm almost positive it's killing my battery life. I used to be able to stretch a full week on a single charge, but now it's more like a full day.
I'm sure this is what everyone else has been experiencing: there is now a setting called "Always on screen" in Android wear settings. The new behavior for this setting is a strict enforcement of this property; that is, to be either always on or auto off. This seems absurd because before Android wear 2 (not sure if the option existed or not), it seemed to work as we expected, to auto off in active wear but stay lit while docked. There should at the very least be another mode for when docked/standby vs active wear.
Something else that makes it seem buggy is that when the always on screen option is disabled, and the watch is docked and charging, the screen is still faintly lit although only a blank black and no clock. I do think this is a bug and not a feature. For anyone interested, there are also settings for other things you might not be using. I'm turning them off and pray the battery gets better.
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Well, at least this is validation for me. It's been driving me insane, and I'm almost positive it's killing my battery life. I used to be able to stretch a full week on a single charge, but now it's more like a full day.
I'm sure this is what everyone else has been experiencing: there is now a setting called "Always on screen" in Android wear settings. The new behavior for this setting is a strict enforcement of this property; that is, to be either always on or auto off. This seems absurd because before Android wear 2 (not sure if the option existed or not), it seemed to work as we expected, to auto off in active wear but stay lit while docked. There should at the very least be another mode for when docked/standby vs active wear.
Something else that makes it seem buggy is that when the always on screen option is disabled, and the watch is docked and charging, the screen is still faintly lit although only a blank black and no clock. I do think this is a bug and not a feature. For anyone interested, there are also settings for other things you might not be using. I'm turning them off and pray the battery gets better.
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What r u talking about?
Always On was there since Android Wear 1.5.
And come again?
1 week use of the watch with 1 charge?
How did u manage to do that?
By turning on the watch for 2 hours every day?
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Can anyone show me an example of how text notifications and others will work with always on when you receive it, I am used to having a notification light and I want to make sure this isn't a deal breaker for me.
if you use always on display no notification led appared. icons of the notification appears in the top of clock
In terms of "alerting" you to the phone, definitely not as good as led lights, because from distance it looks the same whether you have a notification or not, and nothing really pops out at you when you get new notification. But I still prefer it because you can see all the notifications you have by simply looking at the screen without turning it on or pressing anything
Will AoD cause issues with screen burn in? Does it stay in the same place or does it move around? And if it moves around, does it move to random locations or does it stay in the same exact locations?
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Will AoD cause issues with screen burn in? Does it stay in the same place or does it move around? And if it moves around, does it move to random locations or does it stay in the same exact locations?
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Stays in same spot - but of course notification icons and clock constantly changing it slightly. I dont think its an issue due to how dim it is. There is a setting to make it bright, but it warns of battery drain. I have no need to make it bright though.
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Stays in same spot - but of course notification icons and clock constantly changing it slightly. I dont think its an issue due to how dim it is. There is a setting to make it bright, but it warns of battery drain. I have no need to make it bright though.
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Are you sure? I've definitely seen mine in at least a couple of different spots (it seems to change after a certain amount of time rather than number of locks)
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Are you sure? I've definitely seen mine in at least a couple of different spots (it seems to change after a certain amount of time rather than number of locks)
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LOL. No I'm not. Since you said this, I just checked again and it seems it may have slide down the screen ever so slightly. I also just tried to turn it off and back on a few times to mark where it was and it hasnt changed. So, I will keep an eye on it and see if I can tell if there's movement. Thanks.
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LOL. No I'm not. Since you said this, I just checked again and it seems it may have slide down the screen ever so slightly. I also just tried to turn it off and back on a few times to mark where it was and it hasnt changed. So, I will keep an eye on it and see if I can tell if there's movement. Thanks.
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Lol yea to be honest when I first saw it in a different spot it didn't even occur to me that it might be a thing to prevent burn ins. I'd even admit to having shaken the phone a couple times to move it back once I couldn't find any settings for the clock location -_-...one of the stupider things I've done in 2017
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Will AoD cause issues with screen burn in? Does it stay in the same place or does it move around? And if it moves around, does it move to random locations or does it stay in the same exact locations?
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s8+ it moves slightly. random spots I think. same with the home button, that moves too. all ever so slightly. I think they did this to stop burns.
I hope the v30 isn't as obvious like the v20's burn, I had burn from like day 1.....
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s8+ it moves slightly. random spots I think. same with the home button, that moves too. all ever so slightly. I think they did this to stop burns.
I hope the v30 isn't as obvious like the v20's burn, I had burn from like day 1.....
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Yeah I had temp burn in on my V20 from get-go as well. Especially on the sides of the display and the second screen.
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Can you interact with the notifications? I know on the S8 you can double tap notifications to open them
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Can you interact with the notifications? I know on the S8 you can double tap notifications to open them
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yes you can interact with the notification. double tap open the notification
I'm pretty sure my S7e had the option to turn the screen completely off when in a pocket or face down, even when AOD was turned on. I can't find any way to do that on the S9. Even on auto brightness it stays on, very dimly. On manual brightness, it stays on at whatever brightness you've set. What's the point of having AOD use even a little bit of battery if you can't see the display at all?
Anyone found a way to shut AOD off in these circumstances?
Try Blocking Touches in the Display Options.
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Try Blocking Touches in the Display Options.
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Thanks, but that's not it. I do have that turned on. It's not that AOD turns off but comes back on because of touches. Unlike the S7, it never turns off, even in a pocket or screen down.
Is this just a rant? Cause it seems like you've answered your own question.
Actually, it does turn off completely. If you cover the proximity sensor for around 30 seconds, the AOD turns off completely.
Same as the S7, same as the S8.
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Thanks, but that's not it. I do have that turned on. It's not that AOD turns off but comes back on because of touches. Unlike the S7, it never turns off, even in a pocket or screen down.
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I've been trying to solve this as well. It seems some models have different wording in the block touches option. My tmobile device says something like prevent touches while in a dark place, pocket. I've been told the wording for that option on other models is more like disable screen in dark places, pockets. I hope it gets changed in an update.
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Actually, it does turn off completely. If you cover the proximity sensor for around 30 seconds, the AOD turns off completely.
Same as the S7, same as the S8.
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Actually it does not. What's weird is I swear it did when I first got the phone but it seems like an update broke it or something because it no longer does it.
Really hope a future update brings it back because I haven't found any settings that enable it.
Anyone figure this out?
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Actually it does not. What's weird is I swear it did when I first got the phone but it seems like an update broke it or something because it no longer does it.
Really hope a future update brings it back because I haven't found any settings that enable it.
Anyone figure this out?
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What I've figured out is that it works 100% on my S9+.
And my wife's S9+.
And my daughter's S9+.
And my other daughter's S9+.
You may wish to review the settings on your device again.
I hope you find the missing configuration, because I can understand the frustration when something appears to not work as it should.
Having had a number of S7 phones that featured a stuck rotation-lock due to a borked accelerometer, and "glowing" screens while turned off due to bad display drivers, I would not discount the possibility that your device could be defective, if you have turned on the appropriate feature-set and the AOD still does not turn off when the proximity sensors are covered.
the_scotsman said:
Actually, it does turn off completely. If you cover the proximity sensor for around 30 seconds, the AOD turns off completely.
Same as the S7, same as the S8.
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Nope. If I put it face down on a table or desk in a completely dark room, I can see the light from the screen reflecting off the surface. (My case lifts the screen slightly off the table.) And if I take it out of my pocket, I can see the AOD is very dim immediately after coming out, and then brightens after a split second.
afh3 said:
What I've figured out is that it works 100% on my S9+.
And my wife's S9+.
And my daughter's S9+.
And my other daughter's S9+.
You may wish to review the settings on your device again.
I hope you find the missing configuration, because I can understand the frustration when something appears to not work as it should.
Having had a number of S7 phones that featured a stuck rotation-lock due to a borked accelerometer, and "glowing" screens while turned off due to bad display drivers, I would not discount the possibility that your device could be defective, if you have turned on the appropriate feature-set and the AOD still does not turn off when the proximity sensors are covered.
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Have you checked it in a totally dark room (say, a bathroom, at night, with the shade closed and the door closed)? Because that's when it becomes clear the screen is just very dim, not off. Also, if you set manual brightness on the AOD, instead of auto, it's very obvious that it stays on even when the phone is face down.
What do you consider the "appropriate feature set," because I've looked all through the settings and there is no setting for turning the screen off when in a pocket or face down.
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Have you checked it in a totally dark room (say, a bathroom, at night, with the shade closed and the door closed)? Because that's when it becomes clear the screen is just very dim, not off. Also, if you set manual brightness on the AOD, instead of auto, it's very obvious that it stays on even when the phone is face down.
What do you consider the "appropriate feature set," because I've looked all through the settings and there is no setting for turning the screen off when in a pocket or face down.
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I think I see where at least some of the misunderstanding is now.
What you describe is expected behavior in the dark/low-light scenario.
Note that the AOD turns off (if you've enabled "Block accidental touches" in the display settings) only if the >proximity< sensor detects that the phone is, well, in proximity to something - such as when it is face-down or in a pocket.
If not in proximity to something, what can be expected is that the illumination sensor will simply adjust the AOD brightness (if in the automatic mode) in response to the ambient light it detects - bright in bright light, and dim in low or no light. Just as you've described your experience.
Again, if your "Block accidental touches" feature is on, and the AOD isn't turning off when it is in proximity to an object (in a pocket, face-down, etc.) you may have a defect.
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Have you checked it in a totally dark room (say, a bathroom, at night, with the shade closed and the door closed)? Because that's when it becomes clear the screen is just very dim, not off. Also, if you set manual brightness on the AOD, instead of auto, it's very obvious that it stays on even when the phone is face down.
What do you consider the "appropriate feature set," because I've looked all through the settings and there is no setting for turning the screen off when in a pocket or face down.
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I don't have block accidental touches on but it does turn off when it's in my pocket or faced down. It might be just your device. It always turns off for me when it should.
chickenbb said:
I don't have block accidental touches on but it does turn off when it's in my pocket or faced down. It might be just your device. It always turns off for me when it should.
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Interesting. I was always under the belief that the setting was required in order to assure AOD would turn off in those situations.
Turns out, it does work regardless of the state of that feature!
I still think that having that turned on just makes sense for those times when it is in a pocket, but you are correct in that it does not preclude the AOD turn-off feature.
afh3 said:
Interesting. I was always under the belief that the setting was required in order to assure AOD would turn off in those situations.
Turns out, it does work regardless of the state of that feature!
I still think that having that turned on just makes sense for those times when it is in a pocket, but you are correct in that it does not preclude the AOD turn-off feature.
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I have that setting on but it still won't turn off AOD in my pocket. I was worried my proximity sensor was defective so I tested it but it appears to be working fine.
What model/carrier do you guys have. I have the attached branded snapdragon model. Like I said before it used to work but now it doesn't. Not sure if it coincides with an update or not
vintagerock said:
I have that setting on but it still won't turn off AOD in my pocket. I was worried my proximity sensor was defective so I tested it but it appears to be working fine.
What model/carrier do you guys have. I have the attached branded snapdragon model. Like I said before it used to work but now it doesn't. Not sure if it coincides with an update or not
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Verizon branded S9+ [ARBG] here.
afh3 said:
Verizon branded S9+ [ARBG] here.
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Hmm interesting.
I meant to say att branded is what I have.
vintagerock said:
Hmm interesting.
I meant to say att branded is what I have.
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You could always factory-reset the device and see if the functionality returns.
With an SD card and a SmartSwitch backup, it's not that painful to reset the phone and get it back to (more or less) the configuration you have right now.
After a reset, I'd probably test it >before< restoring the SmartSwitch backup - just to confirm that it isn't some app that is breaking the AOD turn-off deal.
Best of luck with this.
meyerweb said:
Thanks, but that's not it. I do have that turned on. It's not that AOD turns off but comes back on because of touches. Unlike the S7, it never turns off, even in a pocket or screen down.
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Don't know if you've figured out your issue yet but I finally figured out what was causing mine to not turn off. It was bcActions app I was using to remap bixby button.
vintagerock said:
Don't know if you've figured out your issue yet but I finally figured out what was causing mine to not turn off. It was bcActions app I was using to remap bixby button.
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I have the exynos version. Are you sure it's the bxActions app causing it? Because I have it and the AOD still turns off for me.
chickenbb said:
I have the exynos version. Are you sure it's the bxActions app causing it? Because I have it and the AOD still turns off for me.
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Yeah I stopped bxaactions and it instantly fixed the AOD problem. What actions do you have your button mapped to?