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How do I disable screen timeout of Android?
1. Use a script
You can use a script via the terminal to simulate a long action and prevent the screen from timing out. Create the script below and run via Terminal Emulator on your phone. It ...
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How do I disable screen timeout of Android?
If it's sufficient for you to only keep screen on when charging, you can turn on the Stay awake option in Developer options.
To do this:
Open Settings, navigate to About [device] (tablet, phone etc.)...
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How to quickly change screen timeout
You can use Caffeine app which will provide a convenient tile in quick settings to indefinitely extend the screen time.
Available on Play Store and F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/info....
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How to quickly change screen timeout
You could try with the Screen Timeout Widget app. It creates a small icon (widget to be correct) in your home screen and allows changing the screen timeout directly. It says that it can also be shown ...
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Screen timeout versus secured lock time
With a relatively modern Android version, there is no need to trust a 3rd party app, which probably explains the app landscape observed.
There are three settings that can be managed to allow the ...
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How do I disable screen timeout of Android?
The app MacroDroid has a feature to set screen timeout to never. I did not test it for long but the app is free, so you can give it a try.
Install the app and enable the permission "modify system ...
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Samsung Galaxy timeout changes to "parentheses" (or zero)
Following @wbogacz's lead, I went to Settings --> Apps --> Special Access --> Change system Settings. I discovered that Avast Battery Saver had control over the timeout, so I revoked that ...
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Screens wakes up right after timeout for no apparent reason
I believe, and it's what happened to me also, that you will still receive some system or possibly Play Services (in my case) notifications, even if mute/DnD or lock screen is enabled if the "Show ...
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How do I disable screen timeout of Android?
If you are on LineageOS there is a custom tile called Caffeine which you can press repeatedly to increase screen timeout to infinity.
An app to replicate this is Caffeinate. Nougat (7.0+) is ...
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How to grant the screen will be off?
It maybe that text notifications are waking up the screen at night. In that case you may need to completely disable notifications at night.
Some resolutions include:
Turn off message notification ...
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How can I keep screen on ONLY while music is playing?
If you're using Pandora, you need to uncheck "Conserve battery option" option under the Menu > Settings > Advanced. Now the screen will stay on while the music is playing on Pandora.
You can also ...
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Is it possible to temporarily disable the screen timeout?
LineageOS features a preinstalled FOSS app Caffeine (that can also be installed to any other Android), that will present you a way to turn off the timeout for some time or indefinitely with a button ...
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