Introducing KinScreen:
Do you find yourself poking your screen to keep it from turning off? Want to turn your screen on without the power button? KinScreen automatically keeps your screen on while you're using your phone, but turns it off more quickly when you aren't to save battery power.
Please check www.dontkillmyapp.com to make sure KinScreen is able to run in the background!
Brief Overview
• Turn screen on
- with a wave
- by tilting up
• Turn screen off
- by covering screen (pocket, face down)
- by tilting down
• Keep screen on
- while holding phone (motion or tilt)
- by waving over screen
- while using specific apps
- while on a call
- while charging
- indefinitely via widget, QuickSettings, or notification manual toggle
• Set a separate timeout for the lock screen
• Set a maximum time to keep the screen on
• Works in the dark unlike Samsung's Smart Stay
• No ads
Originally released in 2014, KinScreen is continually being improved based on user feedback and feature requests.
Install now and forget about keeping your screen on! Once you understand its capabilities, you will immediately notice it missing on a new device!
Customer service is a top priority at TEQTIC. If you experience an issue, please use the "Contact support" menu option inside the app or email [email protected] before leaving a negative review! We usually reply to all emails within 48 hours, and often much quicker.
Detailed Overview
Turn screen on with gestures
Save the wear and tear on your power button by using gestures to turn the screen on. You can use KinScreen to turn the screen on via the proximity sensor or by lifting the device up. Uncovering the sensor allows you to pull your phone out of your pocket and have the screen turn on automatically. Waving over the sensor works great when your hands are dirty! You may also set a tilt angle that turns the screen on when the phone is lifted up.
Keep screen on automatically
Choose from various methods to detect use of the device and keep the display on. The motion method detects small movements from you just holding the device. Waving over the proximity sensor is another method that optionally extends the timeout. The tilt angle method allows the display to stay on when propped up, even when you aren't holding it. You can also choose to have the display stay on while using certain apps, while charging, or while on a call (display still turns off when you put the phone to your ear).
Time screen out quickly to save battery
You can choose the screen timeout when no keep-on rules are actively keeping the screen on. If the screen isn't being kept on, it should time out quickly to save battery power. The timeout can be even shorter when the proximity sensor is covered (in-pocket or face down), or when the device is pointed down. You can also set a separate timeout for the lock screen. KinScreen will not turn the screen off when other apps are keeping the screen on, unless you have selected to actively turn the screen off.
Resource Use
KinScreen is designed to be as efficient and battery friendly as possible. It uses little CPU and RAM, and sensor use is highly optimized. Some functions use more power than others. The proximity sensor may use noticeable power on some older devices, but is negligible on most modern devices. Turn-on-by-tilt-angle will use significant battery power because it needs to keep the device awake in order to work. You may use the configurable exceptions to limit the time this function is in use.
Premium Version
The settings are highly customizable to your taste. Fine-tuning of parameters is locked in the free version. Please upgrade to premium to fully unlock these features and support future development!
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CHANGELOG:
6.0.9 (2022.03.08)
-Fixed tilt angle calibration not going to 0
-Don’t temporarily increase timeout by proximity while kept on by motion or while being kept bright indefinitely
-Show toast messages when timeout temporarily increased or reset
-Allow searching through apps while installed apps list still loading
-Show name of app or number of apps instead of “these apps”
-Show more installed apps
-Fixed a rare crash on Huawei devices
-Fixed some rare crashes
-Added Hungarian translation (thanks Stefi!)
-Added Indonesian translation (thanks jquarks!)
-Added Polish translation (thanks TheGame!)
-Updated translations
6.0.8 (2021.07.21)
-Reverted to preferring the rotation sensor because of issues with the gravity sensor on the Pixel 2 and some Samsung devices
-Fixed turning on by angle even when manually turned off on devices without a gyroscope
-Show more system apps
-Reduced landscape detection from 30deg to 20deg
-Flash proximity status green when waving to keep screen on
-Temporarily extend timeout by proximity even if kept on by something else
-Fixed rare crash when trying to rate app if don’t have Google Play installed
-Prevent crash on some Samsung devices
-Fixed rare crash before user unlocked
-Reduced wave time from 1000ms to 500ms
-Do not reacquire on Samsung Android 9 and lower
-Updated to appcompat 1.3.0
-Updated to gson 2.8.6
6.0.7 (2021.03.26)
-Fixed timeout of 1s possibly keeping screen on forever on Samsung Android 10+ devices
-Fixed flickering with timeouts of 1s on Samsung Android 10+ devices
-Hide clear text button when search field empty
6.0.6 (2021.03.25)
-Fixed screen possibly turning off when screen allowed to dim on Samsung Android 10+ devices
-Fixed accelerometer possibly not being unregistered when service destroyed
-Check previous 8 hours for foreground app instead of 4
6.0.5 (2021.03.24)
-Fixed flickering on Samsung Android 10+ devices
-Fixed timeout of 1s possibly keeping screen on forever on Samsung Android 10+ devices
6.0.4 (2021.03.19)
-Use gravity sensor instead of rotation sensor for better efficiency and compatibility
-Detect negative angle on devices without a gyroscope
-Improved app detection algorithm accuracy and efficiency
-Fixed not detecting app when opening another activity of the same name
-Dim screen as soon as beginning to turn off due to proximity or angle, instead of brightening screen first
-Don’t brighten screen if already dimmed when coming out of a keep on condition
-Fixed incorrect angle if swinging during sensor registration [check against accelerometer and re-register]
-Better detect tilting up right after screen off
-Allow any keep-on trigger to reset max time during dim time, not just motion
-Fixed not resetting max time when new motion detected without allow dimming on
-Fixed keep on by motion whether or not selected, when using accelerometer for angle
-Fixed acquiring an unnecessary wakelock on Samsung Android 10+
-Fixed not being able to keep the screen on indefinitely on Samsung Android 10+ lock screen
-Possibly fixed freezing angle on Samsung Android 11
-Fixed QuickSettings toggle not being updated after screen off until second swipe down
-Fixed angle sensor unregistering when unchecking keep on by motion or its exception when turn off by angle still checked
-Fixed enabling turn off by angle not registering angle sensor, when using accelerometer for angle
-Calculate tilt angle the same way irrespective of on-screen orientation (except reverse portrait)
-Require tilting back down to 15deg before turn on by angle works again
-Animate toggling of statuses
-Hide keyboard when checking apps
-Show detected angle/proximity even if only using turn on by angle/proximity
-Briefly show full star in notification icon when brightening screen
-Reorder list after clearing search so checked apps show up at the top
-Added button to clear search
-Fixed not restoring regular timeout when no longer timing out due to proximity and not kept on by anything else
-Don’t acquireWakelocks for keepOnByProximity when going into or out of proximity unless there was a wave
-Reset wave-over extension when setting a new timeout
-Set exact alarm for turnOnByAngle max time exception
-Added French, Japanese translations
-Link donate button straight to PayPal instead of showing DonateDialog
-Added KinScreen item name to PayPal donation link
-Updated to newest BetterLinkMovementMethod and modified the touch area
-Changed to BetterLinkMovementMethod for About dialog links
-Fixed email formatting
6.0.3 (2020.12.19)
-Allow angles higher than 0 for tilt under to turn off
-Added Arabic translation (Thanks Soontaek!)
-Added German translation (Thanks Daniel, pepeq, Oswald, Stefan!)
-Added Lithuanian translation (Thanks Andrius!)
-Removed incomplete French translation
-Updated other translations
-Updated to billing library 3.0.2
-Updated BillingManager (2020.12.11) to notify billing listener when there’s an error in querySkuDetailsAsync or consumeAsync
-Moved initialization of BillingManager to onStart and destroying to onStop to prevent multiple activities that are still in memory getting callbacks
6.0.2 (2020.11.10)
-Fixed rare crash when starting service before unlocking device without modify system settings permission
-Added Portuguese translation (Thanks Adalberto and Ronan!)
-Added Italian translation (Thanks Giorgio and Rafa!)
6.0.1 (2020.11.02)
-Fixed actively turn screen off not using correct timeout
-Allow 0s timeouts
-Don’t show short timeout warning if using actively turn screen off option
-Updated Spanish, Catalan translations. Thanks Rafa!
6.0.0 (2020.11.01)
-Added turn-on-by-tilt-angle function
-Added tilt angle exception for turn-on-by-proximity
-Added turn-off-by-tilt-angle function
-Added option to actively turn screen off as opposed to just timing out (Android 9+). Accessibility method does not interfere with fingerprint unlocking.
-Added while in-call exception for turn-off-by-proximity
-Fixed notification status icon on lock screen
-Fixed notification possibly disappearing when toggling manual toggle
-Fixed notification icon not changing back to hand from moon when there’s no active keep-on in between covering proximity and uncovering it
-Increased number of free apps that keep the screen on to 5
-Show notification on lock screen again
-Start on boot before unlocking
-Added warning dialog for turn-on by proximity functions
-Built for Android 11
-Fixed not turning off by proximity when function enabled while in proximity
-Fixed long sensor status word getting cut off instead of expanding the recyclerview row
-Fixed turningOffByProximity not being updated properly while toggling proximity exceptions
-Changed notification title to include whether manual toggle is on or off, and do so for older Android versions as well
-Made max time limits actually stop turning screen on regardless of charging status so it doesn’t seem broken
-Updated all show dialog methods to check if already showing
-Changed to SwitchCompat
-Switched to Crowdin translations
-Auto show purchase dialog every day instead of every 3 days
-Updated to AppCompat 1.2.0
-Increased minSDK to 18
-Changed “if tilted up less than / more than” to “if tilted under / over -30deg”
-Show choose apps dialog if list is empty when enabling
-Show all active keep-on functions as green instead of sometimes yellow if another function was already keeping it on since they all have the same importance. Yellow didn’t make sense as “would keep on if something else wasn’t already keeping it on” when it was being shown for detected motion out of angle range.
-Fixed notification badge shown on launcher icon (channel must be re-created)
-Updated Google Play icon to new icon specifications with straight corners
***-Changed Upgrade dialog to use drawables instead of unicode so it doesn’t look different on diff devices***
***-Added no thanks button to Upgrade/Donate dialogs (need to show a clear way out of a payment dialog)***
***-Made button in DonateDialog link to PayPal donation instead of IAP (donations are listed as not supported by IAP here: https://play.google.com/about/monetization-ads/payments/ )***
***-Capitalized button text for payment options / donate button***
***-Changed email to send to [email protected] (“forward” email account on netfirm’s email settings)***
***-Fixed Utils.startEmailIntent line breaks not working by switching from \n to <br> https://stackoverflow.com/questions...ne-breaks-in-preset-text-android/47276265]***
***-Updated to billing library 3.0.1*** Fixes a bug with app being killed during purchase flow
***-Updated BillingManager 2020.07.02***
***-Updated BillingConstants, IabService and activities to use arrays of skus rather than checking each one***
***-Changed app detection method to hopefully prevent apps getting stuck as detected***
***-Consolidated method to detect foreground package names depending on Android version into Utils***
***-Updated app detection method with hashMap***
***-Save last time upgrade dialog shown and use that for auto showing time***
***Moved upgrade dialog auto show to onSkuDetailsResponse so that listSkuDetails is ready in SA***
***-Link to rate dialog from menu so they get the messaging first. Updated messaging***
***-Capitalized all titles***
-Changed to keep on while “on a” call
***-Added links to changelog and translators into about dialog and onto website***
***-Increased dialog margins***
***-Set all dialog titles to gravity center so that if it goes to 2 lines the text is still centered***
***-Start in “direct boot mode” before first unlock by adding tag to manifest and moving shared prefs, and adding intent filter for StartReceiver***
***-Updated ObscuredSharedPrefs (2020.06.12) to move shared prefs to device encrypted storage so app can start before unlocking in direct boot mode and PreferencesProvider (2020.06.12) for change in OSP constructor***
***-Try showNotification in onStartCommand instead of onCreate to fix RemoteServiceException crash on N+***
5.5.8 (2020.07.01)
-Fixed not keeping the screen on when dim
5.5.7 (2020.06.30)
-Fixed keeping screen on while on lock screen for Samsung Android 10 devices
-Added Chinese translation (Thanks Yan!)
-Show apps without launch intents (without launcher icons) and without blank icon in app lists even if not a system app. Needed for add-on packs like Captcha Pack for Sleep as Android
-Keep app icons blank for uninstalled apps when scrolling
5.5.6 (2020.03.08)
-Fixed keep on while in-call for Samsung Android 10 devices
-Updated Russian translation
5.5.5 (2020.03.02)
-Improved solution for Samsung Android 10 devices to prevent quick dimming when keeping the screen on indefinitely
-Disabled lock screen functions for Samsung Android 10 devices (does not work)
-Simplified in-app menu by removing “more” separator
-Removed device admin (didn’t actually work to keep app alive)
5.5.4 (2020.02.14)
-Fixed not asking for write system settings permission if showing other warning dialog
-Improved solution for Samsung Android 10 devices
-Don’t set system timeout if already set to required value
-Made permission dialog non-dismissable
-Added line spacing multiplier
[-No longer reacquire long wakelocks if not required (only for Samsung/OnePlus)]
[-Changed “Reset manual toogle with screen off to “Turn off manual toggle with screen off”]
[-Updated to com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0]
[-Replaced LocalBroadcastManager with regular broadcast sending from the ToggleServiceReceiver to SettingsActivity as it no longer exists in AndroidX and is deprecated]
5.5.3 (2020.02.12)
-Temporary fix for Samsung Android 10 devices
-Updated sr, hr, bs, lt strings
-Added device admin to prevent killing on some devices (must turn on from system settings)
5.5.2 (2020.01.23)
-Made “Manual toggle” status clickable in the app
-Added split screen support to app detection
-Reset manual toggle when service switched off manually
-Show selected apps first in choose apps dialog
-Added www.dontkillmyapp.com warning in-app
-Updated look of nav menu title
-Fixed widget size to be 1x1
-Increased text size
-Fixed analyzing angle from accelerometer sensor if not using angle features
-Updated Dutch translation (thanks Sjaak)
[-Reordered statuses to have manual toggle first]
[-Built for Android 10]
[-Always re-register proximity sensor to help it not get stuck]
***[-Added { *; } to end of “-keep class com.android.vending.billing.**”]***
***[-Disabled ok button until list of apps is ready to prevent concurrent modification exception]***
***[-Fixed onPostExecute crash in ChooseAppsDialog if pressing cancel before app loading finishes, or if rotating before it finishes…]***
[***Check for first time open before doing updates in StartReceiver***]
***[-Make serviceMessenger and listServiceMessageRunnables null in unbindService calls]**
***[-Changed to a new method in hasUsageStats method so that it works right after screen on (getPackageNameLastInForeground doesn’t work for about 2s after screen on)]***
***[-Put queryPurchases in onResume for all activities so that it’s properly recognized if rotated during purchase]***
***[-Fixed incorrect # free trial days. Change in onSkuDetailsResponse]***
-***[Updated Google Play Billing API from 1.2 to 2.1. This includes changes to BillingManager and each activity that deals with making purchases in startPurchase(), onSkuDetailsResponse (added listSkuDetails) and onPurchasesUpdated (added “acknowledging” purchase)]***
***[-Got rid of mapSkuPrices and mapSkuTrialDays]***
***[-Align “I understand” checkbox on the right]***
[-Changed to Rate on Google Play instead of Rate on Google Play store]
5.5.1 (2019.05.31)
-Fixed a crash when choosing apps on some Samsung devices
-Fixed a rare crash
-Updated translations
5.5.0 (2019.05.19)
-New option to allow screen to dim while being kept on
-Added search function to choose apps dialog
-Show system apps in choose apps dialog
-Fixed starting on boot when KS is toggled off
-Increased dim time for long standing wakelocks reaching max time limit
-Set system timeout to that set in KS when toggling service off
-Added Catalan translation (Thanks Rafael Corredor!)
5.4.1 (2019.03.18)
-Update notification icon regardless of option if using manual toggle
-Updated translations
5.4.0 (2019.03.02)
-New option to reset manual toggle with screen off
-New option to update status bar icon
-Changed “Time out screen...” to “Time screen out...” to match “Keep screen on…”
-Set big text notification style in case it’s long
-Align checkboxes with top line of text
-Added free trial info to purchase options
5.3.2 (2019.02.17)
-Fixed motion and/or angle sensors getting stuck after some time for some devices
-Do not disable manual toggle with screen off
5.3.1 (February 10, 2019)
-Fixed some rare crashes related to billing system
5.3.0 (February 5, 2019)
-Added widget to toggle keep screen on manually in addition to notification / QS tile
-Fixed animations
-Fixed Tasker start/stop/toggle service intents
5.2.4 (January 30, 2019)
-Fixed app detection on some Android 5.0 devices
-Updated purchase system
-Updated About dialog style (spacing, date style, website link)
-Updated in-app link to go directly to privacy policy
-Linked "Our other apps" to website
5.2.3 (November 28, 2018)
-Disabled dynamic notification icon below Android Marshmallow to fix flashing notifications
-Fixed double call to acquire long standing wakelocks
-Replaced 6 month subscription with yearly subscription
-Added Turkish translation (thanks Fatih!)
-Added Dutch translation
-Updated Spanish translation
-Migrated to AndroiX libraries
-Built for Android P
5.2.2 (June 12, 2018)
-Fixed timeout being temporarily extended during long standing wakelocks even if keep-on by waving unchecked
-Fixed flashing during long dim wakelock
-Create notification channels before showing notification instead of in activity for people upgrading on/to Oreo
-Re-acquire long wakelocks less frequently
5.2.1 (June 12, 2018)
-Workaround for long wakelocks on some 8.0+ devices (OnePlus, Huawei?, Xiaomi?)
-Fixed a rare crash
-Changed “Turn screen off” to “Time out screen”
-Colored subheadings in green
5.2.0 (April 28, 2018)
-IMPORTANT: Please re-set the apps that should keep the screen on
-Fixed possible corruption of saved apps list
-Fixed a crash [check if instance saved before showing automatic dialog]
-Fixed a rare crash [Leaked Service Connection: move bound flag to right after calling bind instead of onConnected since could be destroyed before receiving onConnected, test with RAM filler?]
-Reordered menu options
-Changed link to all apps to dev page (so can eventually change "developer name" to have keywords
-Don't save if channels have been created and always create them. Titanium Backup (and Google?) will end up restoring that you created the channels but they don't actually ever get created.
-Updated all dialogs to new more colorful design
-Updated menu strings [for ex “TeqTic apps” to “Our other apps” like in Supercodes)
-Changed notification title to something more meaningful than app name since notifications show app name anyway (“Manual toggle”)
-Updated Hungarian translation (thanks Tamas!)
5.1.0 (March 25, 2018)
-New menu UI
-Under the hood improvements to preference storage
-New upgrade and donate dialogs
-New pricing models
5.0.2 (March 3, 2018)
-Fixed foreground services interfering with foreground app detection
-Fixed turn-off-by-proximity interrupted by crossing angle threshold
-Updated Italian translation
5.0.1 (February 27, 2018)
-Added back Italian, Czech, Spanish, Lithuanian translations
-Fixed negative angle for reverse portrait mode
-Also show negative angle with top down in landscape mode until screen flips
-Updated to support library 27.1.0
5.0.0 (February 24, 2018)
-Added keep-on while using apps
-Added max angle to keep-on-by-angle
-Added silent mode exception for vibration
-Real-time status bar icon updates
-Negative tilt angle when device is portrait and top down [only if using rotation sensor]
-Show launcher icon correctly on Android 8
-Fixed free tilt angle set to 50deg instead of 45deg
-Cleaner layout (esp. long languages)
-Fixed not being able to click an option after flinging
-Don't show notification badges/dots
-Min API 16
[-Fixed turn-off-by-proximity exception for manual toggle if something already in proximity]
[-Added more auto-filled details to support emails]
[-Fixed no-proximity-sensor not greying out textview]
[-Don't grey out exceptions if respective keep-on-options not selected]
[-Hide notification setting from layout on Android 8+]
[-Change menu item to "Notification settings" instead of "Toggle notification"]
[-Added cancelation of alarm missing from onDestroy]
[-Created notification channels in activity]
[-Updated legacy notifications to use NotificationCompat for priority and setVisibility like in LMO]
[-Take wave-extension into effect for delay for acquire by motion]
[-Bolded titles, made them accent color and added 4dp bottom margin]
[-Increased text size of title in about dialog]
[-Got rid of unused icons and made new versions of the used ones up to xxxhdpi]
[-Checkboxes will now wrap down if too long b/c made the buttons a part of them with spannable strings]
[-Disabled scrolling action bar]
4.3.2 (January 2, 2018)
-Fixed screen possibly staying on if service restarted while screen on
-Hold turn-screen-on wake lock for 3s instead of until screen-on broadcast
-Check if screen is actually on for screen-on and screen-unlock broadcasts
4.3.1 (December 28, 2017)
-Fixed manual toggle not working if not using any keep-on or turn-off options
-Fixed notification not hiding on lockscreen
-Changed back to SENSORY_DELAY_NORMAL for proximity sensor
-Only show one green status indicator (other than motion + non-bright charging)
-UI tweak
4.2.1 (October 11, 2017)
-Fixed upgrade dialog being shown on first open
-Fixed warning dialog for modify system settings from showing in a loop
-Fixed notification behavior on older Android versions
-Set proper timeout after motion calibration
-Updated translations
4.2.0 (August 12, 2017)
-Added option to calibrate tilt angle
-Fixed motion not being ignored when flat if accelerometer used for tilt
-Fixed tilt angle not working when not using “keep-on by motion” if accelerometer used for tilt
-Proximity has to be covered for 2s before uncovering turns screen on
-Fixed screen sometimes not turning on
-Fixed motion not resetting max-keep-on-limit during final dim period
-Fixed user activity not resetting max-keep-on-limit
-New notification management for Android O
-Fixed double wave detected too early, when inProximity
-Built for Android O.
-Minimum Android version supported up to 14 from 11
-Made notification priority spinner use ChoiceDialog instead
-Made email be clickable to start an email in About dialog
4.1.4 (April 3, 2017)
-Reset max-keep-on limit with touches for long standing bright wakelocks (ex. tilt angle/charging)
-Reset max-keep-on limit if there’s new motion while dimmed (as opposed to only during “final” dim time).
-Reset max-keep-on limit by waving over proximity.
-Updated to support libraries 25.3.1.
-Fixed Hebrew translation.
4.1.3 (March 30, 2017)
-Fixed “turn-on by proximity except if screen off more than” if also using “turn-on by proximity except if screen off less than.”
-Do not temporarily extend timeout by waving over proximity if device already kept on by any other rule.
-Decreased double-wave time interval from 2s to 1s.
-Fixed squished spinner text.
-Changed wording for lockscreen option.
-Right to left layouts supported.
-Added Hebrew translation (Thanks Liran!)
4.1.2 (March 23, 2017)
-Fixed screen turning off too quickly when kept on by motion.
-Fixed squished wave-times button text.
-Added Romanian and Hungarian translations (Thanks Andras!)
-Changed wording for “active on lockscreen” option.
-Updated translations.
4.1.1 (March 18, 2017)
-Fixed screen turning off when keep-on by waving over proximity is unchecked.
4.1.0 (March 15, 2017)
-Added option to turn screen on by double-waving-over proximity sensor.
-“Turn screen off xx min after being continuously kept on” now works when kept on by motion or proximity.
-Fixed incorrect keep-on time by motion while charging without keep bright.
-Max keep-on limit resets with screen off, or during final dim by waving over proximity or with motion.
-Protected against late screen-off event for “turn-on-by-proximity except if screen off less than” option.
-Fixed rare crash after dismissing dialog.
-Updated translations.
4.0.1 (February 9, 2017)
-Reverted default notification priority to minimum
-Fixed SEC showing for vibrate instead of MS on free version
-Updated manually-kept-on status string to “manual toggle” instead of “notification”
-Fixed Quick Settings tile being clickable when service disabled
-Added Traditional Chinese translations (Thanks Raymond!)
-Updated translations
4.0.0 (February 6, 2017)
-Fixed turn-off by proximity sometimes not working
-Added option to temporarily extend screen on time with each wave
-Added option to turn-on-by-proximity "except if screen off for less than x seconds“
-Added option to vibrate when screen on/off
-Added keep-screen-on toggle to QuickSettings pulldown
-Fixed turn-on by proximity not working after manual turn-off and app restart
-Reset “except if screen manually turned off” with unlock instead of screen-on
-Ignore “except if in landscape” if became landscape within last 2s
-Added privacy policy link due to phone state permission
-Changed default notification priority to low
3.4.8 (January 1, 2017)
-Fixed proximity sensor being used while screen-on if only using turn-on-by-proximity options
3.4.7 (December 14, 2016)
-Fixed turn-on-by-proximity feature on some devices
-Don't change the system screen time out if only using turn-on by proximity
-Added Hungarian translation
3.4.6 (November 18, 2016)
-Updated UI
-Fixed screen turning on after manually turned off and waving/uncovering right after screen off (protect against late screen-off event)
3.4.5 (November 1, 2016)
-Fixed premium version not being recognized for some customers
-Updated contact email
3.4.4 (October 26, 2016)
-Built for Android 7.1
-Added Portuguese translation (Thanks Adalberto!)
3.4.3 (October 5, 2016)
-Added Russian translation (Thanks Sergei!)
3.4.2 (September 16, 2016)
-Fixed an issue with turn-on by uncovering proximity sensor
3.4.1 (September 14, 2016)
-Fixed issue with proximity sensor getting stuck on Android Nougat 7.0 if using ambient display brightness
3.4.0 (August 19, 2016)
-Added option to turn screen on when proximity uncovered
-Updated support libraries
3.4.1 (September 14, 2016)
-Fixed issue with proximity sensor getting stuck on Android Nougat 7.0 if using ambient display brightness
3.3.1 (July 15, 2016)
-Fix possible false manual turn off detection if screen off event is late
-Remember if manually turned off in case service restarts
-Keep bright while charging even without "keep bright" if something else is also keeping the screen on (angle, call, notification)
-Make keep bright while charging the default
-Added Lithuanian translation (Thanks Andrius!)
-Built for Android Nougat
3.3.0 (June 30, 2016)
-Added option to temporarily disable turn-on-by-proximity if screen manually turned off
-Fixed lockscreen timeout not working
-Fixed max keep on time not working with keep on while charging and do not keep bright
-Help prevent unwanted pocket turn-on
-Made kept-on-by-user state persistent through restart of service
-Added French translation (Thanks Younes!)
-Added Italian translation (Thanks Mattia!)
-Added Arabic translation (Thanks إبراهيم الشكيلي!)
3.2.2 (May 22, 2016)
-Less battery use when using turn-on-by-proximity feature
-Use accelerometer for tilt angle if no gravity or rotation sensor available
-Don't show proximity status with only turn-on by proximity selected (would never see it)
-Added Chinese translation (thanks Mark!)
3.2.1 (May 12, 2016)
-Added Spanish translations (Thanks Victor!)
-Added Turkish translations (Thanks Özgün!)
-Added Polish translations (Thanks Tomasz!)
3.2.0 (April 29, 2016)
-Added ability to turn screen on by waving over proximity sensor!
-Added time exception for turning screen on by proximity to save battery
-Added back the ability to change lockscreen timeout
-Angle detection now works on devices without a gyroscope!
-Fixed grayed out options when they shouldn't be
-Fixed translations not applying to buttons
-Added German translation
-Added Dutch translation, thanks Michiel!
-Added Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian translations, thanks Alanon!
3.1.0 (April 11, 2016)
-Fixed incorrect amount of dim time before screen times out
-Added Czech translation (Thanks Hamsa!)
-Slightly improved layout
-Other small bug fixes
-Updated support libraries to 23.3.0
3.0.5 (March 21, 2016)
-Reduced max dim time to 30s for long continuous wakelocks reaching max actively-kept-on time
-Slightly updated wording
-Color spinner drop down icon
3.0.4 (March 12, 2016)
-Fixed proximity status possibly getting stuck in proximity on some devices
-Made "keep on while in call" work from lockscreen even without "active on lockscreen" checked
-Fixed keep on while in call not working after service toggled
-Added start/stop intents for tasker
-Added "About" menu option
3.0.3 (March 10, 2016)
-Fixed flickering when kept on by motion with short timeouts
-Allowed angle values to change past each other (modifying the other if it needs to)
-Reorder notification priority options with max at top
-Fixed disabled button coloring
3.0.2 (March 9, 2016)
-Fixed crash for pre-KitKat devices
3.0.1 (March 9, 2016)
-Fix crash on pre-Marshmallow devices
-Fix black spinner item
3.0.0 (March 9, 2016)
-New keep screen on while in-call option
-New option to turn off after max keep-on time
-New option to turn off by proximity except in landscape mode
-New option for notification priority
-Tap notification to keep screen on until turned off
-New look
-Angle decreases to flat when upside down
-Cleaner notification with expandable action
-Tasker integration com.teqtic.kinscreen.INTENT_TOGGLE_SERVICE
-Min dim time of 3s
-Hide sub-options when main option unchecked
-Layout improvements
2.2.6 (January 21, 2016)
-Stopped using proximity bug workaround on Android 6.0.0 as well due to issues with some devices
2.2.5 (January 17, 2016)
-Stopped using proximity bug workaround on Android 6.0.1
-Material style dialogs for pre-Lollipop devices
-Fixed proximity timeout button not getting greyed out if proximity sensor not available
-Stopped checking if KS updated whenever any app updated
-Added donation options
-Updated to appcompat 23.1.1
2.2.4
-Fixed service not remembering premium version
-Fixed settings activity improperly reporting premium version
-Updated to appcompat 23.1.0
2.2.3
-Fix an issue on Samsung Galaxy S5 introduced with the last update.
2.2.2
-Fixed in-proximity sometimes getting stuck on due to bug in Android M
-Fixed incorrect timing for proximity sensor cycling
-Changed write system setting dialog button to OK instead of Set
2.2.1
-Fix permissions issues on Android Marshmallow Preview (must explicitly allow permission to write to system settings!)
2.2.0
-Fixed rare crash. [Caught a more general exception in the try catch of messenger.send]
-Fixed a rare issue with the recognition of purchases and the purchase system.
-Updated to newest libraries and built with Marshmallow SDK.
-More efficient reporting of statuses from service to settings screen.
-Improved communication between settings screen and service (independent preference files).
-Minor layout improvement.
Hey there, I tried your app cause Google Play suggested it after installing LeanData
Very nice, screen-on time settings were always bugging me - there is alternatives to your app but I like the simplicity.
I may have found a bug too:
I have an RSS news feed widget on one of my lock screens. When I turn on the screen and do not unlock the phone but simply scroll through the feed, the phone ignores that the screen is being touched and the screen turns off. This does not happen when your app is turned off. The widget is not on the main lock screen, if that matters. I am on a rock stable clean AOSP custom ROM, VANIR.
thanks for another great simple app! cheers
oll0 said:
Hey there, I tried your app cause Google Play suggested it after installing LeanData
Very nice, screen-on time settings were always bugging me - there is alternatives to your app but I like the simplicity.
I may have found a bug too:
I have an RSS news feed widget on one of my lock screens. When I turn on the screen and do not unlock the phone but simply scroll through the feed, the phone ignores that the screen is being touched and the screen turns off. This does not happen when your app is turned off. The widget is not on the main lock screen, if that matters. I am on a rock stable clean AOSP custom ROM, VANIR.
thanks for another great simple app! cheers
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Thanks for trying it out. That is very strange, the app should not be able to time the screen out if you are touching it. The time out on the lock screen is 10s, are you sure you're not waiting this long between touches? Remember KinScreen won't keep the screen on on the lock screen.
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Flyview said:
Thanks for trying it out. That is very strange, the app should not be able to time the screen out if you are touching it. The time out on the lock screen is 10s, are you sure you're not waiting this long between touches? Remember KinScreen won't keep the screen on on the lock screen.
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I understand what you're saying, but I tried it out again, even after the update, and the screen turns off no matter what. I am scrolling through the news feed, touching the screen every second or so to test it. It might very well be that the fault is on the ROMs side, even though this doesnt happen with KinScreen deactivated. Any other way I could help you with this? Would a logcat be of any use?
cheers
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I understand what you're saying, but I tried it out again, even after the update, and the screen turns off no matter what. I am scrolling through the news feed, touching the screen every second or so to test it. It might very well be that the fault is on the ROMs side, even though this doesnt happen with KinScreen deactivated. Any other way I could help you with this? Would a logcat be of any use?
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Let me know exactly what app that is and I'll try it out as well.
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Flyview said:
Let me know exactly what app that is and I'll try it out as well.
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It's Chronus, and it's the plain news widget placed on the lock screen. You don't need Chronus Pro in order to place that on your lockscreen.
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It's Chronus, and it's the plain news widget placed on the lock screen. You don't need Chronus Pro in order to place that on your lockscreen.
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Hi oll0,
I just checked it out. It's a bug in Chronus not KinScreen. Set your screen time-out to 15s with KinScreen disabled, lock the screen and go to the widget. Keep scrolling the news and you'll see the screen times out. The reason you noticed it with KinScreen enabled is because it sets the time-out on the lock screen to 10s. Without it you probably have a 1 minute time-out, so you'd have to be scrolling Chronus for a minute for the screen to finally time out.
You're right, thanks man. I notified the Chronus team about the bug.
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Fantastic app, does what I'm looking for while being lightweight and hassle free
Converted from Gravity Screen Pro as it was somewhat fiddly/had options I didn't necessarily want or need and I couldn't turn off.
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Fantastic app, does what I'm looking for while being lightweight and hassle free
Converted from Gravity Screen Pro as it was somewhat fiddly/had options I didn't necessarily want or need and I couldn't turn off.
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Yea, I actually thought of writing KinScreen when I came across Gravity Screen and thought, I need to do this and make it simple, efficient, and hassle-free.
Let me know if you guys have feature requests.
Maybe an option to customise the timeout lengths (although the current ones work quite well), or an option to disable proximity (or make movement take precedence) in landscape mode as a lot of phones are designed such that you're likely to cover up the sensor holding it.
Can't really think of anything else that might be useful and isn't there.
After testing (almost every single one of them) and buying a couple of similar apps, of which some you graciously mentioned in your app's description page, I can say I prefer yours the best. It's simple and doesn't interfere with Android wakelock and deep sleep interfering with battery usage.
Everything works just fine and I don't dare asking for any improvements unless I can freeze the current version :silly:
The only feature I'd like is the same than mentioned by epithetic to have a longer time out length as it seems that I sometimes get in a dreamy state in front of the screen
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After testing (almost every single one of them) and buying a couple of similar apps, of which some you graciously mentioned in your app's description page, I can say I prefer yours the best. It's simple and doesn't interfere with Android wakelock and deep sleep interfering with battery usage.
Everything works just fine and I don't dare asking for any improvements unless I can freeze the current version :silly:
The only feature I'd like is the same than mentioned by epithetic to have a longer time out length as it seems that I sometimes get in a dreamy state in front of the screen
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Thanks for the kind words. Is it timing out too quickly when it's on a desk? The idea is that it should never time out while you are holding it (unless you're holding it super still).
I am adding the ability to configure your own time outs, but they will be premium features. That's almost finished but I still need to figure out the setting of the lockscreen timeout in KitKat. Just a heads up if you've donated already, I can refund that back to you if you'd like to unlock the premium version.
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Thanks for the kind words. Is it timing out too quickly when it's on a desk? The idea is that it should never time out while you are holding it (unless you're holding it super still).
I am adding the ability to configure your own time outs, but they will be premium features. That's almost finished but I still need to figure out the setting of the lockscreen timeout in KitKat. Just a heads up if you've donated already, I can refund that back to you if you'd like to unlock the premium version.
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I guess I must have stayed really still during those moments. It's true though about the dreamy state I can get in while holding the phone. The time outs work fine as long as a thumb or a finger hovers above the screen kick in when I hold the phone with all my fingers and thumbs staying out of the screen's scope (I think it's called the proximity sensor). I was hesitating to ask for this feature because as I understand it's how capacitive screen is supposed to work. Thus adding a longer time-out will just remedy partially to my personal issue. I don't want to see anything that could create bugs in Kinscreen because like I said, I've tested (almost) all of its counterparts (+30 apps) and none got the thing right for me. I guess that if I can have a say in this, I'm fine with the update as long I can go back to the current version (1.2).
I don't mind paying for a premium at all. You deserve it :highfive:. When will you introduce the feature? I made two very small donations last May and this month of June because I like your program so much and wanted to support the dev. with my small means. I know most paid android apps are quite affordable and I'm all for supporting the dev as much as I can.
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I guess I must have stayed really still during those moments. It's true though about the dreamy state I can get in while holding the phone. The time outs work fine as long as a thumb or a finger hovers above the screen kick in when I hold the phone with all my fingers and thumbs staying out of the screen's scope (I think it's called the proximity sensor). I was hesitating to ask for this feature because as I understand it's how capacitive screen is supposed to work. Thus adding a longer time-out will just remedy partially to my personal issue. I don't want to see anything that could create bugs in Kinscreen because like I said, I've tested (almost) all of its counterparts (+30 apps) and none got the thing right for me. I guess that if I can have a say in this, I'm fine with the update as long I can go back to the current version (1.2).
I don't mind paying for a premium at all. You deserve it :highfive:. When will you introduce the feature? I made two very small donations last May and this month of June because I like your program so much and wanted to support the dev. with my small means. I know most paid android apps are quite affordable and I'm all for supporting the dev as much as I can.
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Awesome, thanks a lot I appreciate it. I'm glad it's working well.
Yes, you'll be able to set timeouts for the following:
1) Nothing in proximity and no motion (for example you set it on a table). Default is 20s.
2) Something in proximity. Default is 10s.
3) Lockscreen. Default is 10s. However, I haven't been able to successfully change this time on kitkat, which also seems to have its own default of 10s.
Update 1.3.0 should be coming out in the next couple of days depending on how much time I find.
P.S. there is a terrible bug in 1.2 that will also be fixed. The bug is if you toggle the service off, it actually manages to keep going until the system (or you) end the cached process.
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Awesome, thanks a lot I appreciate it. I'm glad it's working well.
Yes, you'll be able to set timeouts for the following:
1) Nothing in proximity and no motion (for example you set it on a table). Default is 20s.
2) Something in proximity. Default is 10s.
3) Lockscreen. Default is 10s. However, I haven't been able to successfully change this time on kitkat, which also seems to have its own default of 10s.
Update 1.3.0 should be coming out in the next couple of days depending on how much time I find.
P.S. there is a terrible bug in 1.2 that will also be fixed. The bug is if you toggle the service off, it actually manages to keep going until the system (or you) end the cached process.
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Wonderful. My system is Jelly Bean 4.2.2 so I don't have the problems brought by KitKat (which seems to have brought a string of issues in this version for developers). I also don't use the Lockscreen as Kinscreen answers to all my needs although yes, I'd like to have the option of 20s delay with it because I think my particular problem is with the 10s setting somewhere.
All in all, I'll be happy to morph into the club of paid Kinscreen owners.
New version is out:
1.3.0 (June 6, 2014):
-Fixed bug where service would continue to partially run when toggled off
-Added premium options to change 3 types of time-outs
-New toggle switch in action bar
-Removed notification in status bar (still present in notifications drawer)
Flyview said:
New version is out:
1.3.0 (June 6, 2014):
-Fixed bug where service would continue to partially run when toggled off
-Added premium options to change 3 types of time-outs
-New toggle switch in action bar
-Removed notification in status bar (still present in notifications drawer)
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Got the update and paid for the upgrade. It's really swell to be able to change the time outs. I use KinScreen with your other app LeanData to manage my connections. Both apps are just efficient and to the point. Bravo.
d8v8n8 said:
Got the update and paid for the upgrade. It's really swell to be able to change the time outs. I use KinScreen with your other app LeanData to manage my connections. Both apps are just efficient and to the point. Bravo.
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Thank you for the kind words. It's working pretty flawlessly for me. It's nice to power on the phone, do whatever, then slip it in my pocket without even turning it off, knowing it'll be off in 5-10s.
Any other improvements you can think of?
Flyview said:
Thank you for the kind words. It's working pretty flawlessly for me. It's nice to power on the phone, do whatever, then slip it in my pocket without even turning it off, knowing it'll be off in 5-10s.
Any other improvements you can think of?
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Hi there,
I can't think of anything at the moment, the app is perfect for me with the time-outs option added. Congratulations on writing such good apps and believe me, I'm a very thorough tester (quantity and process wise). I wish your developments the very best.
Introducing ClickLight:
ClickLight provides the fastest way to turn on your device's flashlight. There's no need to unlock the phone, open the app, or find a widget. Simply triple click the power button at any time to toggle the light on or off. Please make sure the double click actually turns the screen from off to on, then back to off (or vice versa).
It may not work reliably on all devices but we are working to include as many devices as possible. If you have an issue, please email [email protected], or use the contact menu option from the app before leaving a negative review!
Options explained
• Except while in-call: Choose this if you have problems with the light coming on during calls due to the screen turning on and off quickly.
• Keep in memory: Shows a notification to make the service less likely to randomly kill the service. You may also toggle the light from the notification!
The premium unlock allows you to access all locked options on all of your devices, forever. The camera permission is required to access your device's flashlight.<br><br>
Common problems
• You are double clicking the power button too quickly, it is not causing the screen to turn from off to on and back to off (or from on to off and back to on).
• The time interval you have selected is too short. Your device's screen cannot physically turn on and off and back off that quickly. The speed at which your screen can cycle may depend on what app is on your screen at the time!
Want faster updates? Join the beta program by opting in at this link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.teqtic.clicklight
Launcher icon (https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/299054/bulb_light_icon#size=512) provided by Paomedia (https://www.iconfinder.com/paomedia) under license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode) and has not been modified.
In-app light bulb icons provided by http://iconleak.com and have not been modified.
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CHANGELOG:
2.1.0 (December 28, 2017)
-Proximity option now free!
-Fixed QuickSettings toggle not working if service disabled (no click function)
-Much quicker start up after boot
-New small notification icons reflective of on/off state
-Fixed notification content being hidden on secure lock screens
-Always run as foreground service if service on, notification dismissible otherwise
-Changed spinners to buttons
-Added a notification for when light turns off early due to free version
-Updated About dialog
-Built for Android 8.1
-Increased min SDK from 10 to 14
-Updated translations
-Added launchMode:singleTask
-Got rid of legacy start receiver
-Moved "set" notification priority to beginning
2.0.0 (February 12, 2017)
-CHANGED DEFAULT TOGGLE TO 3-CLICK
-Added QuickSettings toggle
-Made notification clickable from lockscreen
-Added expandable action to notification to get into settings screen
-Updated notification style to be custom yet system-decorated
-Updated UI with settings separated into “cards”
-Stopped scrolling toolbar
-Added privacy policy
-Updated contact email
1.8.2 (October 5, 2016)
-Fix toggling light off not working on some devices
1.8.1 (September 1, 2016)
-Increased auto-turn-off time from 1min to 2min in free version
-Fixed crash on older Android versions
-Updated French translations
1.8.0 (August 24, 2016)
-Much faster toggling of flashlight on Android 6.0+
-Increased default double click delay to 1.5s
-Keep in memory/show notification now the default
-Translated to French (Thanks Anthony!)
-Built for Android Nougat 7.0
1.7.1 (April 20, 2016)
-Fixed uncolored double/triple click spinner
1.7.0 (April 12, 2016)
-Updated design
-Added notification priority option (when light off)
-Added "About" dialog
-Changed light-on notification priority to MAX
-Changed except-in call default to true
1.6.1
-Fixed some issues with manual toggling of the light while the "click function" feature disabled
-Made it more obvious that the click function will not work when toggled off from top right
-Fixed issues with the notification not appearing when service off if using keep in memory/always show notification
-Protected against attempts to toggle while light already toggling
-"Keep in memory" option no longer keeps the service in memory if click function feature disabled
-Change default double click interval back to 1s
-Reintroduce Italian translations
1.6.0
-Added triple click option
-Removed checkbox for click option and added toggle for service in action bar
-Fixed service not stopping itself when service disabled and light toggled from widget or notification
-Automatically change timeout to 10min after premium purchase recognition
-Minor layout changes
-Updated to appcompat 23.1.0 [This actually changed the background color to more white!]
-Temporarily remove Italian translation
1.5.8
-Fix permissions issues on Android Marshmallow Preview
-Must explicitly allow access to the camera!
-Reduced minimum double click interval to 300ms
-Fixed an issue with automated dialog being shown after onSaveInstanceState causing crash
1.5.7
-Allow 3 digit input for setting proximity timeout exception.
-Changed default double click interval to 0.6s.
-Fixed rare crash. [Caught a more general exception in the try catch of messenger.send]
-Fixed a rare issue with the recognition of purchases and the purchase system.
-Updated to newest libraries and built with Marshmallow SDK.
1.5.6
-Fixed issue with button text being cut off on pre-Lollipop Android.
-Minor layout improvements.
1.5.4
-Added Material design for pre-Lollipop Android versions!
1.5.3
-Fixed rate dialog pointing to the wrong app.
1.5.2
-Stopped light from coming on when plugging/unplugging device and quickly turning the screen off again.
-Removed from recent apps list on KitKat to prevent permanently killing service on 4.4.1 and 4.4.2.
-Fixed Lollipop action bar icon coloring.
1.5.1
-Fixed bug with vibrate sub-options asking for premium version, these are free!
1.5.0
-Added option: Turn off by proximity except while charging
-Fixed widget freezing
-Reduced apk size 3x
-Fixed minor bug with timing of proximity auto-turn off
-Added Italian translation
-Removed bogus localizations
1.4.0 (January 30, 2015)
-Added option to automatically turn off by proximity (ex. in pocket)
-Made vibrate option free
-Better timed vibration
-Added some protection against toggling flashlight by plugging device in
-Layout redesign
1.3.0 (January 26, 2015)
-Added premium option to vibrate when light toggled
-Show notification if light is on regardless of "Keep in memory" setting
-Ability to leave notification on even if not using double click feature
-Added help dialog, shown first time the app is started
-Notification tweaks
-Layout tweaks
1.2.2 (January 21, 2015)
-Include "Except while in-call" option for Lollipop as well
1.2.1 (January 21, 2015)
-Fix for app getting stuck with "light on" if camera in use by other app
-Fix for notification text colors
-Minor fix for purchase caching
1.2 (January 19, 2015)
-Added widget to toggle flashlight
-Added option to ignore while in-call for Android versions older than Lollipop (not necessary in Lollipop)
-Toggle light directly from notification
-Minor code fixes and performance improvements
1.1 (January 17, 2015)
-Added free option to set double click interval
-Added free option to keep in memory
I haven't had a chance to test this on a lot of devices, so please chime in if it's working or not working for you!
Confirmed working on a 2013 moto x. Nice app.
working pretty good on a Oneplus! Thanks!
Working on LG G3. Great Tool!
Works great on LG G2 intl (d802) ! Thanks =)
Working fine on Moto G 1.
Good!
Works great on my Galaxy S5. Thanks for this!
Enoch
Thanks everyone. I hope you find it useful, I like making useful apps If you have a second, leave a review on Google Play, it makes a difference
Note 4
Doesn't seem to work on Note 4.
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Doesn't seem to work on Note 4.
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What happens? Does the light come on when you tap the light bulb or does it not work at all?
Works on Galaxy S3
Great app, but few bugs, at least on Note 4. If I start with the screen off and then press the home button and the power button (For instance, checking notifications on lockscreen and then turning the screen off), the light turns on. The home button on the lockscreen seems to be acting like the power button (in terms of this app) in a lot of different situations, but that's the most noticeable, and bothersome. There are also times when the power button double tap is just ignored, leaving me hitting my power button like an idiot with my flash light shining all around.
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Great app, but few bugs, at least on Note 4. If I start with the screen off and then press the home button and the power button (For instance, checking notifications on lockscreen and then turning the screen off), the light turns on. The home button on the lockscreen seems to be acting like the power button (in terms of this app) in a lot of different situations, but that's the most noticeable, and bothersome. There are also times when the power button double tap is just ignored, leaving me hitting my power button like an idiot with my flash light shining all around.
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Hey, sorry about that. Yes, actually, the power button can't be accessed directly, it's using an interval from screen ON/OFF events to detect the "double click". If you turn the screen on/off too quickly (no matter with what button does that for your device), the light will toggle. As for it not registering the double click, it's possible that on that device double clicking too fast, doesn't actually cycle the screen. Can you check please?
Working on Sony Xperia Z3 compact
Nexus 5 working here! It seems you may have forgotten to mention that a double click turns it back off!
Clicking the bulb works fine. The powerbutton doubleclick doesn't.
Works on Note 3
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Clicking the bulb works fine. The powerbutton doubleclick doesn't.
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That's good. Is the screen cycling ON/OFF or OFF/ON from the double click? If it is, how quickly is it happening (how quickly can it cycle the screen)?
About this app:
Refresh Rate Control: Easily control the max refresh rate (Hz) of android devices with multiple refresh rates even on power saving mode (e.g. note20 ultra, s20/S20+/S20Ultra, z fold 2, s21/s21+/s21Ultra, tab S7/S7+, A52, A72). This app can limit max refresh rate to 96hz (or any available refresh rate) on supported smartphones - you can save power with negligible difference on smoothness. Use either the in-app toggle or quick settings tile - ADB setup or Root NOT needed.
Switch to High: Option to use High(Fixed) motion smoothness mode on Samsung devices with native Adaptive motion smoothness***
Current Samsung smartphones natively supporting adaptive refresh rates:
Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
Galaxy Z Fold 2
Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra
Refresh Rate Monitor: Observe how multiple refresh rates work on your device. Use either the in-app toggle or quick settings tile
Quick Resolution Switcher: Easily switch to any supported resolutions using the included quick setting tile***
Quick High/Adaptive on Power Saving Mode: Easily switch to high or adaptive motion smoothness mode (from Standard) even on power saving mode on supported Samsung smartphones.***
Force to Lowest Hz: Force lowest refresh rate on screen-off/AOD. This overrides Samsung's strange stock behavior which sets the refresh rate to the highest on screen off (update: it is now at 60hz since oneui3.0) - to improve standby power consumption a bit - ADB setup or Root NOT needed.
Auto set power saving mode during screen-off***
Ad-Free Exclusive Features:
Keep motion smoothness when power saving mode is enabled - either manually or by the system/adaptive power saving***
Adaptive refresh rate mod: Experimental adaptive refresh rate mod for devices supporting multiple refresh rates but do not have the native Adaptive motion smoothness (e.g. S20 series, S20FE, TabS7/S7+, A52 and A72)***
Quick-doze mod: Quick doze mode during screen-off to improve standby power consumption***
Set minimum refresh rate for adaptive mode to 60hz or lower (if available)***
Resolution switcher filter: Filter what screen resolutions to include for the resolution switcher QS tile.
Statusbar net speed indicator
7-day Ad-Free Trial is available. Just click "Activate Ad-free" button and activate free trial when prompted.
***these marked features require one-time ADB setup (this is not root)
Download link , FAQs and more info in original xda thread
v7.10.21 in-app update now available
- Bug fixesv7.10 changes- Separate Max hz setting for power saving mode- Automate GMH settings using Tasker plugin support. Supported actions/variables: Max Refresh Rate, Keep Motion Smoothness on PSM, Motion Smoothness Mode, Quick-doze Mod, Change Screen Resolution. Check FAQs for the basic setup guide.- Some code refactoring and optimizationsNote: Clear app's data if experiencing any issues
v7.12 in-app update now available
- More customizable maintenance window interval for Quick-Doze Mode
v7.11
- Added turn-off autosync option under screen-off mods
v7.13.00 in-app update now up.
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v7.13
Anti-flicker: added minimum brightness threshold for Adaptive mod similar to the native one. When the device's display brightness falls below the set minimum brightness threshold, adaptive mod will pause and will resume once the brightness increases again above the threshold. This is for devices who are experiencing flickers when refresh rate switches at certain low brightness level.Stability and bug fixes
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v7.14.10 in-app update now available
-48hz on force lowest on screen off/AOD now works on S20/+/Ultra on any refresh rate mode-improvements on brightness threshold for adaptive mod performance(anti-flicker)-added quick settings tille to toggle min hz for adaptive mod on supported devices-added tasker option to toggle min hz for adaptive mod on supported devices-other fixes
v7.14
Added Auto SENSORS OFF (experimental non-root workaround): Device sensors will automatically turn off while screen is off until the device is unlocked. With tasker support so you can enable and disable this setting on the conditions you set.
v7.14.20 in-app update:
-Google Chrome's swipe to switch tab gesture is now working even with the accessibility service enabled.-Improved Turkish translations-some minor improvements
v7.14.19
Fixed: Retain previously selected mode(high or adaptive) when switching back from standard mode
Refresh rate overlay now visible on settings/notification panel and lockscreen - stock-like but customizable
Improved Swedish translations
v7.14.18
Fixed bugs on OneUi4.0: brightness threshold for adaptive mod bug, netspeed indicator bug
Fixed bug on minimum hz tile and minimum hz tile tasker command
Minor layout and tile improvements
Auto dim refresh rate overlay when not changing after few seconds
Fixed crashes on netspeed indicator
v7.14.17
Workaround for auto sensors off for OneUI4.0. Prior method was already blocked in A12.
Experimental workaround: enabling High/Adaptive on PSM on OneUI4.0 (not working on some models)
Fixed: setting min hertz for adaptive (%lhz) using Tasker not working
Device Settings Menu Guide, Tips & Discussions
Part 3 - Display, Lock screen, Biometrics and security, Safety
If you're new to this series or want to see the index, please read the Introductory Post first.
Display
Dark mode settings: I have kept it 'Turn on as scheduled' with 'sunset to sunshine'. If scheduled, the dark mode is only enabled after the screen gets off.
Brightness: When you change brightness in 'Adaptive brightness' mode, your device is smart enough to learn your usage patterns to determine the best level according to the environment as per your preferences. 'Reset usage patterns' in case you think your phone is drunk when in Auto mode.
Motion Smoothness: You have a monster with a 120 Hz refresh rate! Use it with 'Adaptive' mode. It also saves battery keeping your refresh rates low when not needed. 'Standard' mode uses a constant 60 Hz refresh rate. Use it when you know you will be scrolling and watching movies but want to save battery.
Eye comfort shield [Formerly Blue light filter]: Learn why you should use it here. I've set it to 'Custom' > 'Turn on as scheduled' > 'Sunset to sunrise'. You can toggle it from the notification panel as well. Still need to see how the new 'Adaptive' mode works - it claims that it makes minor adjustments throughout the day. Anyone can comment?
Night Mode: (Pie update) Enable it to make use of true blacks on your AMOLED screen, save battery and put less strain on eyes. I know you want it to only enable at night, so hop up to developer mode and set 'Night mode' to Automatic.
Screen mode: I've set it to 'Vivid' to let Samsung be where it is best at - Display Vibrance! If you are towards the cooler or warmer side, you have now the option to customize with 'White balance'. In 'Advanced settings', you also get to tweak RGB colours!
Font size and style; Screen zoom: I've set 'Screen Zoom' to 'Small' and 'Font Size' to Level 2 in order to get more content in a screen view. Please tell me if there's any better font on Galaxy Apps.
Screen resolution: By default, you don't get the resolution enabled that your S22U is capable of. I've changed it to WQHD+ for getting the most out of the best display in the market. I've the resolution set to HD+ in Medium Battery Saver mode in case I'm on Survival mode.
Full screen apps: I customize it when needed for an app. You can tell which apps should not show your camera cutout (so they show a bar instead)!
Screen timeout: Mine is set to 10 minutes. You know, pro users!
Home screen: Self-explanatory and I use Nova Launcher. Do enable 'Quick-open' notification panel.
Edge panels: You can set a maximum of 9 panels. Explore options for each panel and try more of them from the Store. I've enabled Apps edge (also make app pair and folders), People edge (upto 10), Smart select (take portion screenshots, make screen GIFs, pin a screen's content), Clipboard edge (auto-categorizes items), Reminder, Device maintenance (useful to review device performance OTG), Tasks edge (explore all available tasks), Quick tools (must have), Calendar. Tap Menu and 'Reorder' the panels as per your needs. In 'Edge panel handle', I've set the Transparency to highest and Size and widht to larges. I've dragged the handle to Right near power button so that I can always guess where the handle is.
Navigation bar: You can enjoy the immersive display by setting 'Navigation type' to 'Swipe gestures' and disabling 'Gesture hints' and 'Show button to hide keyboard'. I eventually got used to this. You also have an option to go back by dragging the sides. You can use Nav bar button on Quick Settings by dragging down the notification panel to toggle showing the navbar then.
Accidental touch protection: Really useful because I keep my phone screen faced to my leg side when inside pocket so that it's protected from the outside cruel world.
Screensaver: In case phone is your life even when it wants to get charged peacefully.
Lock screen
Screen lock type: I use Pattern with Biometrics (Intelligent Scan and Fingerprints mostly Fingerprints only). Fingerprints remain the best security and battery-efficient method to date at least for me. Use Iris for more security than regular face recognition. Also, with Iris, your device won't get unlocked while you're sleeping or with your photo. Use 'Intelligent Scan' for bit more ease (read about it here).
Smart Lock: It's a Google feature that can unlock your phone via On-body detection, Trusted places/devices and Voice Match. I used it once with On-body detection but couldn't impress me. Read about it here.
Secure lock settings: Disabled 'Make pattern visible'. Set 'Lock automatically' to 15 seconds in case I want to turn on the screen immediately without unlocking it. Anyways, 'Lock instantly with power key ' is enabled when I explicitly want it to get locked. Use 'Auto factory reset' carefully as someone could initiate this by simply making incorrect attempts. I've enabled 'Lock network and security' especially for theft use-case.
Always On Display: For customizing it, go to 'Clock style' below. Guide on AOD here and video here. You now have new display mode as 'Tap to show' AOD for 30 seconds. I've set it to 'show as scheduled' such it doesn't glow when I sleep. Also, I get an idea that it's time to get to bed when AOD stops showing up (same for wakeup).
Clock style: You can customize AOD with different clock styles, pictures, GIFs, Calendar and roaming clocks. Blue 'colour' gives a soothing effect every time I look at the clock for me. Similarly, you can customize your Lock Screen clock style here.
Content to show: 'Home button and clock' feel elegant for me.
Auto brightness: If enabled, you can also change it by double tapping the AOD clock. I have set it to the maximum to get eyes on it!
Show always; Set schedule: If you often check the clock at night, you can enable the former. I've disabled AOD during my night sleep schedule so that I additionally get a hint when it's already time to go to bed and whether it's time to get up or not.
Turn off to save battery: Enabled. Do you need AOD in survival mode too?
Roaming clock: I had to disable it as every operator in India puts SIM to Roaming mode when you're out of your circle (mostly defined to a state) and I get two identical clocks whenever I travel out of state.
Widgets: Enabled all available choices and will decide about the reordering or need of each of them after I arrive at the use-cases. The same goes for you maybe.
Contact information: Do fill it. I've included my name and number on it. Can be useful when stolen, lost or misplaced. You can include email or alternative mobile numbers as well since the primary number would probably be in the device itself.
Notifications: I've changed it to 'Details' from 'Icon only' since later makes it similar to AOD style notifications and I want the description of notifications once I go over my AOD screen. 'Hide content' if you don't want people to read your notifications. I rather do this on a per-app basis (like messages for OTPs, sensitive apps). 'Notifications icons only' Toggle 'Transparency' if you find it difficult to read notification over the wallpaper or want your wallpaper to expose. 'Auto-reverse text colour' makes it easier to adapt with the wallpaper. You can define 'Where to show' your notifications here (AOD or Lock screen or both).
Shortcuts: Define the two shortcuts you see on the bottom screen corners while on lock screen. You can choose any app though default (phone and camera) works for me.
Biometrics and security
Biometrics: You can remove biometrics data and configure 'Samsung Pass' to use these here. You can enable 'Screen-on' scan for making the device scan for your face as soon as screen turns on. This increases brightness immediately while it's scanning (can be annoying) and will drain some battery. In 'Fingerprint Scanner', you can add as many as 4 fingerprints (reserve one for Secure Folder).
Screen transition effect: Disabled as I want things at fastest.
Google Play Protect: Enabled. Read more here.
Find My Mobile: 'Remote controls', 'Google location service' and 'Send last location' enabled. This should be the first things to review once you buy the device. Prepare yourself with a demo on findmymobile.samsung.com.
Security update: Shows the patch level and gets updated with 'Software Update'.
Samsung Pass: Saves your passwords, addresses and payment information securely.
Install Unknown Apps: Allow/Disallow existing apps to install apps from APK.
Secure Folder: The replacement for Samsung My Knox. Must-use feature to separate your very private and confidential part of the phone. Guide here and video here.
Private Share: You can share your photos and videos without letting anyone save or download it. Uses blockchain. Need to learn more about this.
Other security settings: 'Set up SIM card lock' disabled (same reason as in 'Secure startup'), 'Make passwords visible' disabled, 'Security policy updates' auto update enabled (Here is what are these), 'Send security reports' enabled. Set 'Device admin apps' with care (Learn about them here in case you haven't). You need to remove an app from here before uninstalling it. 'Creditial Storage' for CAs and user certificates (Learn more about CAs here). 'Pin windows' is a very useful feature for me. In cases where you need to give your device to someone (for like watching a movie or seeing the gallery), if this is enabled with 'ask for pattern before unpinning', when you 'pin' that app (video player or gallery), people will have to pass the lock method to get out of that app. Configure which apps can have 'Usage data access', 'Notification access' and 'Do not disturb permission'.
Privacy
All permissions; Permissions manager: Manage and view granular level permissions per app or apps per permission basis.
Controls and alerts: You can set if apps can have 'Camera access' or 'Microphone access'. Disabling this makes no installed app to access these - could be done when you are in spy mode. You can also get alerted when an app accesses your clipboard with 'alert when clipboard accessed'.
Samsung: You get the privacy policy in Samsung Privacy. In Customization Service, I have disabled Use mobile data to save my data against nothing important. You can also request to Download your data Samsung has collected about you.
Google: Just like above, see what Google collects!
Location
App permissions: Allow apps and sites to detect your device's location. I've enabled it since I use too much location-specific content. You can turn it off if you suspect your dad working in NSA (approx. locality can still be tracked through IP, use VPN). If you need to enable Location for an app, I suggest using Allow while using app than Allow all the time for apps that you think only needs to use while you are using the app. Why allow Instagram to get location all the time when you only need it while sharing something? Google Maps, on the other hand, can give you information about upcoming traffic if allowed in the background!
Wi-Fi scanning; Bluetooth scanning: Wi-Fi scanning uses the database of Wi-Fi locations to predict your location. Read how it works here. Similar goes for BT.
Safety and emergency
Fill your Medical Info like Blood group and conditions so that any help knows about this when life goes wrong.
Add your Emergency contacts so you can access them on lock screen.
You can enable DND while you are driving with Silence notifications while driving.
Emergency mode [Formerly Ultra power saving mode]: You get a black screen that enables you to call and text. Saves a great battery when you are in survival mode. You can add few apps like WhatsApp too!
Panic mode: Keep this enabled (can save you) and when you press your power key 3 times, your device sends Location, Emergency text and photos from your camera to your selected content. Be careful that you are likely to press the power button multiple times when you are stressed and you would be sending unwanted photos to your contacts. Either disable the photo-sharing option or select contacts carefully.
FAQs
Does having Adaptive Refresh Rate really work better with a battery instead of 60 Hz? (Asked by @brokyneo)
Ans: It depends on the usage. If you reading something and not watching dynamic content like videos, you don't need to refresh the screen 120 times a second!
Adaptive Refresh Rates on S22 Ultra has 7 rates: 10Hz, 24Hz, 30Hz, 48Hz, 60Hz, 96Hz and 120Hz. With 10 Hz, you essentially make the GPU display frames 92% fewer times! This should save your battery to a great extent!
Here is a great experiment done by GSMArena: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s22_refresh_rate_explained-news-53216.php
Thanks for the tread does having adaptive refresh really work better with battery instead of 60 hz
It depends on the usage. If you reading something and not watching dynamic content like videos, you don't need to refresh the screen 120 times a second!
Adaptive Refresh Rates on S22 Ultra has 7 rates: 10Hz, 24Hz, 30Hz, 48Hz, 60Hz, 96Hz and 120Hz. With 10 Hz, you essentially make the GPU display frames 92% fewer times! This should save your battery to a great extent!
Here is a great experiment done by GSMArena: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s22_refresh_rate_explained-news-53216.php
brockyneo said:
Thanks for the tread does having adaptive refresh really work better with battery instead of 60 hz
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