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When I plug charger into my phone with screen off, it always turns the screen back on. This is slightly annoying at night. Is it possible to configure android so that the screen stays off and charging is only indicated via charging led? I have an HTC Desire.

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On my samsung galaxy S there is a timeout setting for the screen on the settings menu. You have to set the timer from infinite to some period while charging. – Barfieldmv Apr 14 '11 at 11:01
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For my Droid, anyway, I just tap the power button to turn the screen back off. – Al Everett Apr 14 '11 at 13:01
Seems like that's the only solution so far. – VoY Apr 14 '11 at 14:17
Just my thought: my Samsung Galaxy S used to do this too when it was running Android 2.1 and 2.2. But it doesn't do that anymore now that I am running 2.2.1. I can't recall uninstalling any application so to my experience, it was the upgrade which solved this. And be sure to turn your wifi off too. – Edelcom Apr 14 '11 at 16:05

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I think you would need a custom kernel with this "feature" removed. I don't know of any, sadly.

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Do you happen to have enabled Settings > Application > Development > Stay Awake (screen will never sleep when charging)?

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This is the same as Matt H's (now deleted) answer ... OP's comments was "The problem is not that I cannot turn the screen back off. I want it to not go on in the first place. Seems like that's not possible, sadly :-(". – Matthew Read♦ Apr 14 '11 at 13:17

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