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There are 3rd party apps (if your OEM doesn't have the option) to use the display for that. It can mimic a "LED" or something else. It works fairly well, especi
by celsoazevedo 4y ago
There are 3rd party apps (if your OEM doesn't have the option) to use the display for that. It can mimic a "LED" or something else. It works fairly well, especially on devices with OLED displays (most mid/high end phones).
- causi 4y agoProblem is they don't actually use just the notification part, they actually illuminate the whole display at the minimum brightness setting, which isn't 0 for third-party applications. You can notice this if you let your eyes adjust to a room with no other lights. The power drain for eight or ten hours of this is more than you'd think. I still use it, but it's definitely not a painless replacement.
- wlesieutre 4y agoOn an OLED screen isn’t the minimum brightness setting for each pixel “off”?
- causi 4y agoOn a hardware level, yes. Apps don't actually get to access that. Try it yourself in a pitch-black room. Compare black areas in the OEM's always-on display mode to a third-party AOD app or a fullscreen image viewer showing a #000000 box.
- wlesieutre 4y agoDon't have any OLED Android devices, but on iOS the #000000 box is indistinguishable from off
- celsoazevedo 4y agoI tested on my OnePlus 8 Pro running LineageOS and the first app I found on the Play Store (aodNotify) seems to work as expected. Pure black, as if it was part of the "always on display" feature. I guess it could work differently on different Android "flavours".
- causi 4y agoInteresting. I also use aodNotify and on my S20 FE it illuminates the whole screen.
- xigoi 4y agoGet a phone with an AMOLED display.
- causi 4y agoI am.