As someone who is new to the Android market I'm struggling to get to grips with it in a few areas. And, given that people go on about how custamisable it is I wonder whether what I'm trying to do is possible, it's just I don't know how to do it.
The screen lock seems to be my major cause of concern at the moment. I'm used to the screen locking automatically when not being used for any app (other than streaming video or sat nav) unless I triggered a specific app which would keep the screen on. This meant that I didn't need to worry about 'leaving things on'. On Android I find many apps and functiosn seem to want to keep the screen on for no good reason. Today I found I lost half my battery as I took a picture but didn't close the camera properly. Now I know that the obvious answer is to exit the app properly, but is there a way that should I take a picture then shut the case of my phone and put it in my pocket that the screen will lock rather than the camera think for the next 4 hours I might want to take a picture so keeping everything, including the display, active? similalry on other things like games etc. If you've ordinarially got the screen time out set for 15 seconds it seems ridiculous that a game would keep the screen on for a minute without you doing anything! Sometimes I used to find it annoying that the screen would disappear on me when doing things but now I find it evem more frustrating that it stays! eg I used the torch, I turned it off but didn't exit the app so had the main screen on for an hour or so albeit it is quite a dark screen so not using much power! I'd really like these things to time out! i.e. I'd like the phone settings to overide any app settings is this possible via an app or ROM?
Also, asked elsewhere but it looks like there is no solution, the ability to play video with the usb socket at the top so you could place the phone on a table against a book and watch tv but connected to the power. It seems a major design flaw that when watching streaming video the power has to be at the bottom!
There are a few other niggles I've got but these are the main ones for now! Any ideas?!
The screen lock seems to be my major cause of concern at the moment. I'm used to the screen locking automatically when not being used for any app (other than streaming video or sat nav) unless I triggered a specific app which would keep the screen on. This meant that I didn't need to worry about 'leaving things on'. On Android I find many apps and functiosn seem to want to keep the screen on for no good reason. Today I found I lost half my battery as I took a picture but didn't close the camera properly. Now I know that the obvious answer is to exit the app properly, but is there a way that should I take a picture then shut the case of my phone and put it in my pocket that the screen will lock rather than the camera think for the next 4 hours I might want to take a picture so keeping everything, including the display, active? similalry on other things like games etc. If you've ordinarially got the screen time out set for 15 seconds it seems ridiculous that a game would keep the screen on for a minute without you doing anything! Sometimes I used to find it annoying that the screen would disappear on me when doing things but now I find it evem more frustrating that it stays! eg I used the torch, I turned it off but didn't exit the app so had the main screen on for an hour or so albeit it is quite a dark screen so not using much power! I'd really like these things to time out! i.e. I'd like the phone settings to overide any app settings is this possible via an app or ROM?
Also, asked elsewhere but it looks like there is no solution, the ability to play video with the usb socket at the top so you could place the phone on a table against a book and watch tv but connected to the power. It seems a major design flaw that when watching streaming video the power has to be at the bottom!
There are a few other niggles I've got but these are the main ones for now! Any ideas?!
