Hi guys,
Did any body nanaged go get this function working. Even though the appropriate setting is ticked I can't get the the phone light up when switched off!
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I hope ur not turning the phone off while testing this function. .. The screen had to be locked. ..
Anyway. .. You have to swipe your hand over the light sensor while screen is off
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Place the phone on flat surface after locking it.
Now swipe your hand over your phone screen from top to bottom without touching the screen.
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Just hover your hands over the light sensor, but you have to do it kind of slowly and also it response at least 1s after you have hovered your hand over your phone. It's not really that useful of a function, more of a gimmick.
I do want to ask, do these motion functions really drain the battery a lot? As this means the motion sensor is always on.
juliano76 said:
Hi guys,
Did any body nanaged go get this function working. Even though the appropriate setting is ticked I can't get the the phone light up when switched off!
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i cant seem to get it working neither.... it only works in the quick glance motion tutorial... very weird. am i missing some other settings? motion is on, quick glance ticked, screen lock is setup, anything else??
Wolf1203 said:
i cant seem to get it working neither.... it only works in the quick glance motion tutorial... very weird. am i missing some other settings? motion is on, quick glance ticked, screen lock is setup, anything else??
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Its a cr*p feature -- or at least the implementation is. You need to sort of hover or cup your hand over the sensors and move it away slowly. Then sometimes it 'works', which means if you do it right about a second or two later the screen slowly wakes up and shows some info. All this takes 4-5 seconds, in which time you could have quickly switched the screen on and off anyways in lesser time.
Gimmick, as someone has pointed out above.
Not only your hand, but anything that cover the light sensor.
Try to calibrate the gyroscope
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i cant seem to get it working neither.... it only works in the quick glance motion tutorial... very weird. am i missing some other settings? motion is on, quick glance ticked, screen lock is setup, anything else??
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Hi, this is my first post here.
Please try to calibrate your gyroscope
To do this go to Advance settings and calibrate it.
I have question too about this QUICK glance (but actually slow glance)
I like this to use to check the time specially during night.
But it is really not quick when I use mine and my friend sister told me that hers is fast.
Does somebody know how to do it make it fast?
kind of a useless feature IMO. doesn't display much in the quick glance screen. much easier to just press the home key.
Yeah, ur right the home button is faster. But I dont believe this is crap feature, it depends in situation. In my side I use this glance feature during night and wake up to check the time not hurting the eye for glare. And in theater also you can use this to check the time, it is really respectfull if you try not to distract others inside the theater.
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I think it's useful for checking the time at night.
I just quickly pass my hand over the front and a second later time is illuminated for a few seconds
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guys, it works fine. just hover your hand in front of the sensor just in and out just like that all in less than1 second for me. it works everytime perfectly. very convenient. can someone confirm if this drains massive amounts of battery or negligible.
After trying the feature several times -- during which it did not work -- I then went in and did the gyroscope calibration. Then went back in, turned Motion on, and turned Quick Glance on. Now it works.
It was working for me up until last week, now my light sensor and or my proximity sensor seem to have stopped working all together. I am unable to get it to work at all. Is there any way to increase the light sensor sensitivity?
Works fine here.
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It works just fine, but my problem is I like to have a screen timeout of 10 minutes, and manually turn my phone off when I want. Half the time I would click it off and set it down, it would immediately wake back up because my hand was over/near the sensor as I set it down.
Works perfect here whatever screen timeout I have set.
Remember that the phone had to be perfectly still and possibly on a level surface for it to work.
Regarding using battery I've read that the n2 has a slower processor dedicated to the motion features do doesn't fire up the main processor when using these features.
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This feature is ok, but it's something a lot of people can live without. It'd be more impressive for us if Samsung extended this to other controls in their main apps, such as allowing this gesture when you receive a call. Wave your hand over the phone and it'll automatically pick up the call in speakphone mode. The Pantech Sky Vega had this feature when it launched last year and something like this is super useful if you're working with your hands (getting them dirty).
http://youtu.be/dG8tfaJswuY
It works for me to.
It also works for the flip cover. So when I just open the cover the glance appears then swipe the screen to unlock..no hard buttons to push
The question though.
I how can we tell if it does drain the battery.?
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I recently bought a new samsung galaxy note 2 and it was working all fine till the 2nd day of use in hands, suddenly i found one of the two sensors beside the camera showing a dim red light continuously,thats probably the Proximity sensor, I tried killing applications, but not worked, restarted phone and the light vanished...
Later on i noticed, the dim red light showing up whenever i opened any logs or messages,also the light stays on when the Quick Glance feature is on, i tried turning off the Direct Call and Quick Glance feature again that red light vanished...
i've searched alot about this problem, many people having it on Samsung Galaxy S 3, some have resolved by uninstalling viber, but i don't even have viber...
the light was not showing up before, but it came suddenly...
anyone having the same issue ? or anyone who has resolved such issue...
thanks alot in adv. for the responses
I don't see the problem? It's Just the proximity sensor working. ..
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Everybody got it. And it looks sexy.
(if u want to remove it just turn off motions)
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Later on i noticed, the dim red light showing up whenever i opened any logs or messages,also the light stays on when the Quick Glance feature is on
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Quick Glance uses the proximity sensor when the screen is off to tell when you're passing your hand over the phone to activate the feature.
I think Quick Call uses it to tell when you've moved the phone to your ear to dial the contact automatically.
Basically, it's normal depending on which features you have enabled/disabled.
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I recently bought a new samsung galaxy note 2 and it was working all fine till the 2nd day of use in hands, suddenly i found one of the two sensors beside the camera showing a dim red light continuously,thats probably the Proximity sensor, I tried killing applications, but not worked, restarted phone and the light vanished...
Later on i noticed, the dim red light showing up whenever i opened any logs or messages,also the light stays on when the Quick Glance feature is on, i tried turning off the Direct Call and Quick Glance feature again that red light vanished...
i've searched alot about this problem, many people having it on Samsung Galaxy S 3, some have resolved by uninstalling viber, but i don't even have viber...
the light was not showing up before, but it came suddenly...
anyone having the same issue ? or anyone who has resolved such issue...
thanks alot in adv. for the responses
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You do realize that the proximity sensor is an infared light sensor lmao
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You do realize that the proximity sensor is an infared light sensor lmao
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Well..infrared light is invisible and cannot be seen.
That's why we cannot see any light coming out of the TV remotes even though they use infrared.
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LOL I don't know how "infra" this particular red is, but there are known cases of people having been able to see near ultraviolet... So, maybe OP is just one very special person...?
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If u use another cam to take a shot of the sensor or any other infrared led as tv remotes,u will for sure see the light, just try it.
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If u use another cam to take a shot of the sensor or any other infrared led as tv remotes,u will for sure see the light, just try it.
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OMG! even I didnt know that!lol just tried it on the note and its bright!!
Thanks all for the response
this sensor teased me alot, but im in peace after knowing that the light coming out of it is normal thanks once again
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Hi there just been reading over this thread and only found it as I was having the same issue. Had a gs3 before this and I'm sure that had the same layout at the top of the handset an I never seen a red light appear on that in the 3 months I had it!. Noticed about 4 days ago this dim red light on my gn2 but just left it alone thinking similar to already mentioned reasons here like proximity sensor working but past 24hrs it just hasn't went off when before I was never there so why?. I turned phone off then back on again and now no red light and I've been using it for a few hours now so I don't think its just the proximity sensor working. When booting into recovery this same light appears for a split second before gn2 boot screen Sonoma thinking there might be some sort of bug when it stays on all the time so hopefully somebody will put our minds at ease with a solution
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Hi there just been reading over this thread and only found it as I was having the same issue. Had a gs3 before this and I'm sure that had the same layout at the top of the handset an I never seen a red light appear on that in the 3 months I had it!. Noticed about 4 days ago this dim red light on my gn2 but just left it alone thinking similar to already mentioned reasons here like proximity sensor working but past 24hrs it just hasn't went off when before I was never there so why?. I turned phone off then back on again and now no red light and I've been using it for a few hours now so I don't think its just the proximity sensor working. When booting into recovery this same light appears for a split second before gn2 boot screen Sonoma thinking there might be some sort of bug when it stays on all the time so hopefully somebody will put our minds at ease with a solution
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If you bothered to read the replies, it's normal. The proximity sensor stays on when your screen is turned off and lying on a flat surface because of the quick glance feature.
The proximity sensor turns on too when you are in the address book or call app and also the messaging app because of the quick call feature.
It's not a bug, just leave it alone and let it be.
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If you bothered to read the replies, it's normal. The proximity sensor stays on when your screen is turned off and lying on a flat surface because of the quick glance feature.
The proximity sensor turns on too when you are in the address book or call app and also the messaging app because of the quick call feature.
It's not a bug, just leave it alone and let it be.
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I did read the replies and I don't hav the quick glance feature enabled. I'm telling you that on MY phone at least this red light has not appeared again since turning my phone off then on again and has only been present in the last 2 to 4 days intermittently and whether that be through flashing rom (omega) or not there's is still no concrete answer because I am using my phone now as I have been since the day I got it with the same motion settings an same settings throughout so if your so sure you know why this red light stays on constantly can you tell me why over a 2 to 3 week period it has only been present on my phone intermittently for a couple of days?
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I did read the replies and I don't hav the quick glance feature enabled. I'm telling you that on MY phone at least this red light has not appeared again since turning my phone off then on again and has only been present in the last 2 to 4 days intermittently and whether that be through flashing rom (omega) or not there's is still no concrete answer because I am using my phone now as I have been since the day I got it with the same motion settings an same settings throughout so if your so sure you know why this red light stays on constantly can you tell me why over a 2 to 3 week period it has only been present on my phone intermittently for a couple of days?
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Edit: just received a text and on wakening the screen red light came on again so proximity explanation would be right because it went off again once I replied and locked the phone. This still doesn't explain why it was on constantly for 2 to 4 days with all my settings as they hav always beenand using my phone even as i am now!. Its just really bugging me I hate no knowing for definite but still appreciate your reply
I also have this bug/feature. On my phone the little dim red light works as described, when in messaging it lights up in case I put the phone to my head "Quick Call" feature is turned on. HOWEVER once in awhile this light will remain on constantly. Yes phone is locked and laying on its back. The "Quick Glance" feature is NOT on, "Turn over to mute/pause" is NOT on, "Smart Stay" is NOT on.
After a couple of days, the dim red light will just stay on. If I reboot the phone, it then shuts off and comes on only when messaging as expected, considering my settings. Again after a couple of days I will notice that it is on all the time again.
It's the government spying on us
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Proximity sensor issue
I flashed the rom Android Revolution HD on my Note 2. Now I have the problem, that i can't quit calls, because the screen doesn't turn back on. I flashed back to the original/stock rom, but it is still not working... Does somebody has an idea how to solve that?
Are you sure you dont have the face dectetion on???? The one in which tou phone doesn't go dim if your looking at the phone and also the rotational setting
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I also have this bug/feature. On my phone the little dim red light works as described, when in messaging it lights up in case I put the phone to my head "Quick Call" feature is turned on. HOWEVER once in awhile this light will remain on constantly. Yes phone is locked and laying on its back. The "Quick Glance" feature is NOT on, "Turn over to mute/pause" is NOT on, "Smart Stay" is NOT on.
After a couple of days, the dim red light will just stay on. If I reboot the phone, it then shuts off and comes on only when messaging as expected, considering my settings. Again after a couple of days I will notice that it is on all the time again.
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I got the same problem... And its draining my battery like hell....
I don't use any motion or anything that use prox sensor... so?
faulty prox or soft bug?
As I was trying to tell princeherman up there,its not just 'a feature' there's a problem with it and whether that through being on a custom rom or not I'm not sure but it certainly doesn't behave consistently with or without motion settings activated as it turns out because we have posts here saying they have them all disabled!. I think I've only had it happen once since my past post about it weeks ago but I've also updated omega rom many times since then as well as trying the odd different rom so it could've been any of them as I just rebooted to rectify it without giving it much thought. Strange though!,wonder if someone el get a definite explanation?
Im also having this problem came here for help im stock but rooted
Any one know any app working on note 2? When I close case will switch screen off? Im using android 4.1.2. Thanks
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few appl are there like smart screen off, but if you have black flip cover nothing will work perfect
Search for "IntelliCover" on Google Play. or just click --> https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wyLDEsImNvbS5kcmFnb25uaXMuaW50ZWxsaWNvdmVyIl0.
Works perfectly with my Note 2. No wakelocks whatsoever. And best of all, it's free!
If you're using a dark-colored flip cover, you may want to stick a light-colored sticker on the part of the flip cover that goes against the proximity and light sensors...
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Search for "IntelliCover" on Google Play. or just click --> https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wyLDEsImNvbS5kcmFnb25uaXMuaW50ZWxsaWNvdmVyIl0.
Works perfectly with my Note 2. No wakelocks whatsoever. And best of all, it's free!
If you're using a dark-colored flip cover, you may want to stick a light-colored sticker on the part of the flip cover that goes against the proximity and light sensors...
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Are you noticing much of a battery drain with this? Also, any concern with shortening the life of the proximity sensor since it's always on?
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The red light always stay on in the sensor? And am I not configuring something right because I have to enter my code every time even tho its set to 30 minutes of inactivity.
Powell730 said:
Are you noticing much of a battery drain with this? Also, any concern with shortening the life of the proximity sensor since it's always on?
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The red light always stay on in the sensor? And am I not configuring something right because I have to enter my code every time even tho its set to 30 minutes of inactivity.
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Proximity sensor (red light) will always be on because that's how the app detects whether you've closed the case or not.
You have to enter your code every time because although you have it set to 30 minutes of inactivity, when the app detects you've closed the flip case it turns the scree off the same way pressing the power button would, so the phone will block instantly rather than wait the 30 minutes you set it to.
I'm not sure if the setting exists on Samsung based roms, but on cm, in the bit where you elect your lock screen security there's an option for "power button instantly locks" which should prevent this from happening.
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I'm not sure if the setting exists on Samsung based roms, but on cm, in the bit where you elect your lock screen security there's an option for "power button instantly locks" which should prevent this from happening.
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Such a setting also exists in Samsung ROMs, but IntelliCover doesn't recognize this setting apparently, or so it seems...
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Are you noticing much of a battery drain with this? Also, any concern with shortening the life of the proximity sensor since it's always on?
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I haven't noticed any hit on my battery life, but try it out. Doesn't fail to get to deep sleep on mine, as it normally would. No wakelocks as far as I can tell with BBS.
I turned on the smart screen feature, and I haven't actually seen it work except for on the lockscreen. On the lockscreen after a few seconds I do see an icon with an eye appear and then the screen turns off. Is this feature only intended to work on the lockscreen?
Mine works all the time
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I see the icon pop on the status bar all the time but fail to see if its indicative of the screen actually staying on. Sometimes I'm looking away and see the icon pop up. I guess it just tracks your head.
If you wear glasses, it doesn't work the greatest. I'm assuming light reflection, glare or whatever from the lens. It works with some extra effort tho.
I ended up disabling it. In dark rooms it would turn off the screen when I was looking at it.
I disabled it too. I've seen the eye thing pop up right before the screen shutting off, so I think it shows up when this option is on and it hasn't noticed you looking at it. However, I've had a lot of times where the screen refuses to shut off when I put the phone down lying face up, even though my face is not in view. It just doesn't seem to work well at all.
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If you wear glasses, it doesn't work the greatest. I'm assuming light reflection, glare or whatever from the lens. It works with some extra effort tho.
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I guess that's why it hasn't worked for me, you say it worked with some extra effort though. Apart from (IMHO) a feature like this shouldn't require effort, what did you do - or do you mean that without glasses it worked?
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I guess that's why it hasn't worked for me, you say it worked with some extra effort though. Apart from (IMHO) a feature like this shouldn't require effort, what did you do - or do you mean that without glasses it worked?
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It depends how you hold the device, if there's glare from your glasses and whatever lighting situation there is for it to not scan your eye properly. But in most overhead lighting it works with no problem.
D855 10f
The icon appears only sometimes, mostly when I'm in a bright room, similar to face detection on the camera won't work if it's too dark.
When the icon does appear, it keeps my display on. Though it hardly comes up. Where about's is the setting for the feature? I'm going to take a stab in the dark and guess it would help on battery drain if it was turned off. Minimal difference but some effect, no?
Every night, I mute my notifications on my 360, but still when I move (rollover, shift, etc.) my watch screen will turn on, lighting up my room. I've tried darker faces and it helps a bit, but it is still quite bright in a dark room. Is there any app out there that will disable the accelerometer screen on feature of the device? I still need the accelerometer to work at night, just not turn on the screen.
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Every night, I mute my notifications on my 360, but still when I move (rollover, shift, etc.) my watch screen will turn on, lighting up my room. I've tried darker faces and it helps a bit, but it is still quite bright in a dark room. Is there any app out there that will disable the accelerometer screen on feature of the device? I still need the accelerometer to work at night, just not turn on the screen.
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That's weird. My watch is always connected and I usually turn my ambient screen on the device to off when the watch dims on the charger. I never get notifications on the watch when docked / charging and the screen doesn't wake either. Anyone else?
Are you on the latest update?
You didn't read properly. .It is on his wrist while he sleeps not on the charger
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You didn't read properly. .It is on his wrist while he sleeps not on the charger
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Ah sorry lol.
Guess it didn't make sense to me that he was leaving it on while sleeping. :silly:
Actually hes using it for sleep tracking and I do as well. I bet the troll doesnt even own a 360.
I'd also like to know if anyone has made something to do what he's asking.
Another cool thing about sleeping with a smartwatch is the ability to have it vibrate to wake you up without disturbing anyone else
What app is being used for sleep tracking?
Huh? Wut?
Do I need to come in and keep the peace?
Knock it off and be civil please.
MD
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What app is being used for sleep tracking?
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I'm using Sleep as Android for the sleep tracking with the cloud backup option. it's a 14 day trial, $5 to buy, but well worth it considering the 3rd party integration and features.
Has anyone noticed that ambient display lights up upon receiving a notification but does not continue to flash like it did on previous nexus? Also it does not flash on upon picking up the device.....
I have ambient display turned on but to be honest I'm not sure my notifications even show once but I'm certain they don't show again.
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Came to post this myself. It looks like Ambient Display pops up when you get the notification then never again.
Coming from Moto Display, super disappointed. I was prepared to give up the "wave" to trigger IR sensors and pulse my notifications... I wasn't prepared to give up the feature all together!
Running into the same thing. The ambient display should flash the time, date etc when picking up the phone . Maybe just a late software bug?
Not sure how many others have seen this yet...Notification LED. Mine is getting delivered today so I haven't been able to play around with it yet. It might help with the ambient display issue.
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.andr...otification-light?client=ms-android-sprint-us
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Not sure how many others have seen this yet...Notification LED. Mine is getting delivered today so I haven't been able to play around with it yet. It might help with the ambient display issue.
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.andr...otification-light?client=ms-android-sprint-us
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Unfortunately that doesnt help
The display turns on it uses the battery.
I hope they never "fix" it.
I pickup the device right hand let my finger touch the finger print sensor if I want to see the display.
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The display turns on it uses the battery.
I hope they never "fix" it.
I pickup the device right hand let my finger touch the finger print sensor if I want to see the display.
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That is an argument for disabling Ambient Display. Not for hoping that Ambient Display doesn't work like it's supposed to in the first place.
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That is an argument for disabling Ambient Display. Not for hoping that Ambient Display doesn't work like it's supposed to in the first place.
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Right and I say three things.
1) Why when you lift it is it supposed to turn on ? Did Google ever say? When you pickup you phone the Display should turn on, because we know you careless about battery life.
2) When you pick up you phone why is it so hard to brush your finger on the finger print scanner if you want to display on ?
3) You think every time the phone moves and the display turns on it is not going to use more current, drain the battery ?
If Google ever allows you to turn on the display with just movement picking the phone up.
I hope Google allows people that think 2) and 3) are true to keep this "feature off"
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Right and I say three things.
1) Why when you lift it is it supposed to turn on ? Did Google ever say? When you pickup you phone the Display should turn on, because we know you careless about battery life.
2) When you pick up you phone why is it so hard to brush your finger on the finger print scanner if you want to display on ?
3) You think every time the phone moves and the display turns on it is not going to use more current, drain the battery ?
If Google ever allows you to turn on the display with just movement picking the phone up.
I hope Google allows people that think 2) and 3) are true to keep this "feature off"
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I'll try to spell it out for you since you apparently lack the capacity to do it yourself.
Ambient Display currently does nothing. It flashes once and is gone forever, which is completely useless. You LIKE it doing nothing. Fine. Then you can turn it off and it will still do nothing. You are happy either way.
There are people who like Ambient Display when it actually works. These people are not happy that it doesn't currently do anything. If it is fixed, then they are happy. If it is fixed, you can disable it, and you are still happy because you weren't getting anything from it in the first place.
Your twisted desire to hope something doesn't work because you don't like it is asinine.
Have a good day.
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I'll try to spell it out for you since you apparently lack the capacity to do it yourself.
Ambient Display currently does nothing. It flashes once and is gone forever, which is completely useless. You LIKE it doing nothing. Fine. Then you can turn it off and it will still do nothing. You are happy either way.
There are people who like Ambient Display when it actually works. These people are not happy that it doesn't currently do anything. If it is fixed, then they are happy. If it is fixed, you can disable it, and you are still happy because you weren't getting anything from it in the first place.
Your twisted desire to hope something doesn't work because you don't like it is asinine.
Have a good day.
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^^ This ^^ Because if you don't like it...then you turn it off.
Youtube link - https://youtu.be/aZREEM08Zfs
Ambient Notification Issue
Also please report this in the official thread (you can just click the star at the bottom without entering text): https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=226350&thanks=226350&ts=1477484991