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Settings > Advanced Features > Motions and gestures: [x] Lift to wake

• Smart Screen On Off

  • This can have it turn on when pointed downwards (for a pocket), but is otherwise bugged and does not work. It's premium version is not compatible.
• Various other solutions don't work or have invasive permissions.

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• Gravity Screen

  • reportedly: Wake with only proximity sensor and gyroscope to save battery. Disable Wake by motion to save battery.
  • https://imgur.com/a/0qFFN
  • angle to 40 degrees, turn off/on face down and turn on/off proximity sensor only
  • in conjunction with AcDisplay to pseudo-mimic Moto Display
  1. Turn Screen OFF by Proximity
  2. Turn Screen ON by Proximity
  3. Start at Boot
  • https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/use-motion-to-turn-your-android-phone-on-or-off/
• black screen of life

• One Hand Operation +

  • on the Galaxy Store
• dynamicnotifications has an option to wake the phone whenever the proximity sensor detects movement
• Smart launcher
• "Smart lock support" and "Lying face up" enabled you get Motorola style notification checking. Doesn't tie in with Active Display but really this is the next best thing.

Old notes ∞

from my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

Why the fuck isn't this just an option for Android itself?!

• Apparently my device doesn't have a functioning proximity sensor.

  • Wait, it seems that the software I was using needed to be turned off and on for it to finally figure its shit out.

• https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS9/comments/cxyiid/is_there_a_way_to_turn_screen_off_when_you_put/

Failed attempts:

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teqtic.kinscreen KinScreen: Screen Control

  • 2023-02-27 - 6.0.9 (2022.03.08)
  • While it works to set the screen timeout to 10 seconds, it never adjusts it back up. So once I turn the phone over it'll turn the screen off after 10 seconds, but once I flip it up it'll still lock after 10 seconds!

• Gravity Screen (requires the pro version)

  • was guidingtech.com/25907/control-screen-timeouts-android/
  • Gravity Screen App for Android! Automatically Turn On/Off Your Screen Using Gravity!

• Smart Screen, by Christopher Markov

  • Note that to get it working you have to manually go into your "Device Admin Apps" settings and enable "Smart Screen".
    -- While you're there, maybe you also want to set "Find My Device" as an admin app.
  • 2023-08-27 - 2.09 (Apr 30, 2020) - Doesn't do anything.

• Proximity Actions

  • 2023-08-27 - 3.44 - Doesn't work.

• Smart Screen On Off

  • 2023-08-27 - Aug 18, 2017 - Doesn't work.

• Smart Screen off: Double tap t

  • 2023-08-27 - Sep 6, 2021 - Requires App Usage and Draw Overlay permissions. Hell fucking no; uninstalled.

• Smart Screen On Off

  • 2023-02-27 - Nov 16, 2021 - Requires really suspicious permissions like phone access.
  • It's privacy policy links to yourprivacypolicylink.com which isn't valid.

• Auto Screen OnOff

  • 2023-02-27 - 2.1.0 - Doesn't work.

Last updated 2024-08-29 at 13:15:21