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Help Stay Awake option not sticking

amageus

Android Enthusiast
Dec 24, 2009
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Ok this is an option that has got me annoyed. I prefer my phone to stay on when I am charging my phone. Whether it's USB, Wall, or Car dock. What happens is I find that it doesn't always stay on. Usually this happens while it's in the car dock. I always check to see that the Stay Awake option is ticked. I plug the phone onto the car dock and it's on. Sometimes I forget to plug in my 3.5mm jack to the car so I take it off the dock, plug the 3.5mm jack, and then put it n the dock. I usually listen to Pandora while in the car so I take off after setting up Pandora and then while I am driving I notice that the screen turned off. This forces me to unplug and plug my cigarette lighter to force the screen to turn on. Then I go check the setting and I find the Stay Awake option unticked. This almost happens every time and getting really annoying. When I check the option I expect it to stay but that's not the case. Has anyone run into this problem and has anyone figured out how to fix this problem? It's been an on going issue for me and I just finally got annoyed enough to post this.

FYI: I am rooted and running Purity 2.5. Car charger is aftermarket but I doubt this would cause my Stay Awake to turn off. Prove me wrong otherwise. My guess has to do with the Car Dock app.
 
I checked it before I posted it and it was set to stay awake...yet my phone goes to sleep -.-...I used pandora and had my phone on the car dock yesterday before going to my brother's house and I just recently plugged my phone into the usb on my laptop and it went to sleep. Checked settings and Stay Awake was unchecked again >.>
 
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I did some testing. I froze all the car apps so nothing boots up when I put it into the car dock. I plug it into the wall charger and unplug it. No change to settings. I plug into the car charger without the car dock. No change to settings. I plug the car charger back into the car dock and put the phone on the car dock. As soon as it goes off the car dock the Stay Awake option gets unchecked. The problem has to do with the Car Dock. When I put it on the cradle whatever triggers it to go into Car mode is causing the option to turn off. I think Im going to have to figure out how to disable car mode on the cradle as I dont really use the Car dock menu much. Only thing I really do is Pandora. I'm debating also getting something like Tasker to enable Stay Awake after it gets removed from the car dock.
 
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You've piqued my curiosity, but I have a final and two papers to write in the next few days. If you don't mind, do a bump to this thread on Sunday so I can remember to test in my car dock and see if I am seeing what you're seeing.

I'm still not convinced that it is not another app interfering, but only if I independently test (and maybe if we can snag a few more testers) can we be sure.
 
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