As this still doesn't seem to have been addressed yet by Google, Kipling, go for it. Please, please. I agree with the rest of the people here about the impracticality of a phone which goes black before you get a chance to dial menu options on a call or while you're using the maps while driving. We need an app for this, badly.
On Nov 6 2008, 1:41 pm, "Kipling Inscore" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 8:48 PM, mlevin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Along these same lines... when using Google Maps for navigation with > > the GPS, it appears that thescreenblanks/locks after the user-set > >timeout. While driving and trying to use this for nav, that's pretty > > annoying and not very useful. > > > Any suggestions for how to make the maps app keep thescreenfrom > > blanking while navigating? > > There's a setting buried in Applications > Development > Stay awake. > Turn this on and plug your G1 into a car charger when you want to use > it for navigation and it won't blank/lock. If you don't want to use a > charger or misplace it, see below. > > >> > As many people have posted on this and other sites, the defaultscreen > >> >timeoutduring a call is much too short, particularly while using the > >> > onscreen keyboard (e.g. for checking voicemail). I just timed it at 5 > >> > seconds(!), which means the phone will blank out and lock while > >> > listening to the intro voicemail message, and during every subsequent > >> > message. Very annoying!!! > > >> > Some people have pointed out that using the slide keyboard prevents > >> > this. Using the keyboard is not a good solution in many instances-- > >> > while driving, or in an any circumstance where one would like to use > >> > only one hand, for example. Thanks for any advice. > > A background service could listen for phone call status, set a > wakelock when a phone call is ongoing and release when the call is > terminated; thus thescreenwill not time out during phone calls but > the regulartimeoutgoes back into effect when the call ends. This is > on my list of utilities to write if Google doesn't fix this in the > system, where it aught to be, first. > > Since there are other instances in which one might want to quickly > disable thetimeout(and later restore it), like navigation when one > doesn't have a charger on hand, I might release a utility for that as > well (this will be quicker to write). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
