SCREEN STANDBY ♯ ROOT 2.0

TURN OFF SCREEN AND AVOID OVERHEATING PROBLEM FROM PROLONGED STREAMING/GAMING OVER HDMI / MHL | DOWNLOADING DATA OVER WIFI

SAVE YOUR SCREEN AND BATTERY WHILE PHONE IS STILL RUNNING!

OPEN SOURCE!

AUTO SCREEN OFF / ON WITH HDMI CONNECTION / DISCONNECTION


Git Repo: https://github.com/nkahoang/screenstandby


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TURN YOUR SCREEN INTO TOUCHPAD, NO NEED FOR BUYING AN EXTERNAL MOUSE!

REMOTE CONTROLLER FEATURE!

Quote: INTRODUCTION

Hi everyone,

This is originally for HTC One X, however, I have ported it to the Galaxy Nexus and now it could work on all devices! (Galaxy S3 / Moto Razr / etc). "Screen Standby" will completely turn off the backlight while keeping the phone running for MHL / HDMI streaming|gaming. That means you can now watch movie / play games on big screen and can still turn off the screen (touch screen still works!) .

ROOT REQUIRED (Non-root method also available but not as effective & battery saving as root)

Quote: FEATURES

- Switch off the screen temporarily without actually putting the phone into 'sleep mode'. The phone is still running! It saves your battery, avoids heating to prolong battery life

- Since 1.96, screen can be optionally turned into touchpad!

- It has a nice little widget that let you quickly turn the screen off from your homescreen

- Since version 1.5 beta 2, shaking your device will temporarily toggle between complete screen off and lowest brightness level (so that you can perform quick action without playing a blind guessing game)

- Non-root method now available with 1.98 Beta 7

- One two dimmer: Turn off screen automatically after an idling time (no user interaction)

- Simple interface

WHY?


This little app will temporarily turn off screen backlight, however, unlike putting the phone to sleep, the phone is kept running. It is perfect for keeping the phone from heating from prolonged HDMI streaming over Medialink HD or MHL connection (the screen is off yet image/movie/games continue to be streamed ) / or wifi data downloading, etc.

HOW DOES IT WORK?


It attempts to perform various actions (cutting screen voltage / brightness / light switch / writing a blank image to frame buffer, etc)

(Since 1.5, the voltage method is temporarily disabled)

For some devices, the screen may shutter a bit if Automatic Brightness is turned on. However, the app will automatically detect it and put the backlight into sleep again. So if you want to avoid the problem, set Automatic Brightness to false. . Since 1.7, enable auto brightness handling in app setting helps preventing this flickering

Quote: HOW TO TURN ON THE SCREEN AGAIN?

+ Click on the app notification on your status bar (since version 1.3) or

+ Simply put the phone into true sleep (short press power button) then turn it on (power button again)

+ Temporarily lid the light a bit by shaking the device (since 1.5b2, enable it in Menu -> Settings)

+ If you can't turn on using any of the above methods, press emergency button (in main app interface) to turn on / or use 2 by 1 widget

SCREENSHOTS (Updated for version v1.97)

Quote: Installation

Install as normal apk No big deal

Remember, install and use as your own risk, even though I can't think of any damage this little app can cause to your phone

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Quote: From user report:

Normally, with the same amount of time watching movie, battery drain drops from 30% down to just 2% !!!!!!!!!!!

Quote: Please report bugs / feedbacks / suggestions.

To help me solving your issue faster, since version 1.31, you may want to open the app, hit "Menu" key -> Print debug info. It will then generates a log file containing the required information. Please send that file over pm to me. Thank you


Quote: Special thanks to:

- ppmeis (