Are you tired of turning your phone on or off every time you pick it out of your pocket or pick it up from the table? Wouldn't it be great if your phone automatically turns on whenever you pick it up? If you want your phone to do just that, you need to have an app called the Gravity Screen Off.
By using your phone's sensors (position and proximity), this app
can detect the movements you make when you put your phone in your pocket and
automatically blocks them. It also knows when you take your phone out and
automatically lights up. This app can be very useful when your Lock button is
about to break.
When you start the app for the first time, the first option
you'll see is the Pocket sensor. This feature recognizes that you have your
phone in your pocket. If you turn your phone below the angle you have set up,
your phone will turn off. You can get an angle as high as 90 degrees and as low
as 0. Once you have the angle you want, click on the box that says Any
Direction (Flip
Cover). If you want to change the angle, you need to unselect this option
before the app lets you make any changes.
The lying face up option does exactly what its name says it
does. By choosing this option, your phone will automatically turn off when you
put it on a flat surface up. If in case you want to change the angle of the
table sensor, you will need to unselect the Any Direction (Flip Cover) option.
In this part of the settings, you will only find two options: Turn
Screen Off and On by Proximity. This is a great feature since
you can activate the screen by just swiping your hand over the proximity
sensor.
Here you will see a variety of options such as turning on your
device when it's moved or is facing upward. The choice does warn the user that
this feature may not be supported by all devices, and if that is the case with
you, you can always use the proximity way to turn your device's screen on.
There's a Timeout feature that allows you to set a time
interval so you can limit the time the device can be woken by motion. The free
version of the app only lets you set it as high as 15 minutes or as low as 0
minutes.
In Sensitivity, it would
be a good idea if you set it as low as possible because this will avoid you
from accidentally turning on your phone various times throughout the day.
That's only going to drain your battery anyway. You can set the sensitivity to
as high as 100 and as low as 0. There are no restrictions here like in the
Timeout feature.
If you hate it when your phone screen automatically turns on
while it's in your pocket, then you may want to consider using the False
Turn-On Protection in Pocket feature.
The app does warn you that you should only use this feature if Turn
Screen On by Motion is
set correctly and works for you.
When this feature is enabled, you will prolong the timeout of
your screen without touching it. It's able to keep the screen on by detecting
small movements, making everything easier for you. This feature also lets you
set the sensitivity from 0 to 100. If you activate the Booster option, the
feature will have a quicker response time.
Be careful though -- if you turn the screen off by pressing the
Power button, this feature is going to interfere and turn the screen back on.
Having the screen turn back on by itself can be very annoying. That's why it's
recommended to enable the Power Button Support,
which can be found in the More Settings section.
Gravity Screen Off offers other features such as headphone
support, running during a call, vibration, disable lock screen, and
notifications. The large amount of options is just what we need in an app -- so
go ahead and try the Gravity Screen Off app now.
