galaxy s3 "eye" in status bar...

[jobouvier]

Hi...I have an "eye" that periodically pops up in my status bar. Does anyone know what this is? :-\

 

[mctl]

Hi...I have an "eye" that periodically pops up in my status bar. Does anyone know what this is? :-\

Big Brother is watching you! Or it could just be SmartStay

 

[jobouvier]

Lol! What is smartstay? I'm not exactly very illiterate when it comes to phones and this one has me befuddled with all the stuff on it!

 

[mctl]

That's a feature that allows the screen to stay on as long as you are looking at it.
Never worked for me unless I look at it directly at a perpendicular angle :s Who does that?

 

[jobouvier]

Ooohhhh...ok! Yeah...apparently its not working for me either then! Thanks for your help!

 

[hobbsave]

It seems to be working a lot better since the jelly bean update.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Android Central Forums

 

[smooth4lyfe]

I love smart stay!! Especially when im listeining to music in my car with my phone in my car holster...never have to worry about turning it on every time...it works Id say about 80% of the time, bust still awesome

 

[sircody]

My Smart Stay always works Great. The last update added another feature to Smart Stay. If you are holding the phone upright and watching, say a video, and say you lay down on your side etc with phone upright or landscape screen mode, the screen will not flip as you lay down. it watches to see if your head tilts with phone...

 

[funkylogik]

Ooohhhh...ok! Yeah...apparently its not working for me either then! Thanks for your help!

Turn it off in Display settings if its crap and just set screen timeout a bit higher
It dont work for me either unless im like staring out a pitbull

Unbranded international s3 with Official JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[sircody]

Go to Settings......Accessibility....Scroll to Bottom....Under services...there should be Talk Back and Smart Stay Ex Lite......

I downloaded the free app version of Version already on Phone...

The Paid version is/was $160.98....The free version added a couple things for me...

PlayGoogle....search Smart Stay

screen shot

https://mail-attachment.googleuserc...tid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=13b7c96e2b7d817e

 

[funkylogik]

Go to Settings......Accessibility....Scroll to Bottom....Under services...there should be Talk Back and Smart Stay Ex Lite......

I downloaded the free app version of Version already on Phone...

The Paid version is/was $160.98....The free version added a couple things for me...

PlayGoogle....search Smart Stay

Take it thats on ICS mate?
On JB (on UK version anyway) its in "display" settings :thumbup:

Unbranded international s3 with Official JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[sircody]

No it's Jelly Bean...I think it maybe Located in both areas....

Just did a Screen shot...there is two locations after other app is added....


https://mail-attachment.googleuserc...tid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=13b7cdfd2107ac83

https://mail-attachment.googleuserc...tid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=13b7ce0b1a5444c7

https://mail-attachment.googleuserc...tid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=13b7ce103b6669cf

 

[sledge007]

Why do they charge $160.91 and then put (Do Not Buy) in the app name? Fishing for a sucker?

 

[Tkbredx]

It's the illuminati

 

[worwig]

When the 'eye' appeared on my phone, I covered the foward facing camera with a piece of tape. Now I how men wearing black suits following me everywhere I go.

 

[Elise Tackett]

It's not smart stay. I turned my smart stay off, and its still there.

 

[Alex trebek]

It's not smart stay. I turned my smart stay off, and its still there.

Bum bum bum...

Sent from my HTC Rhyme

 

[Jusleen Yousif]

Same here

 

[geekymcfly]

It's not smart stay. I turned my smart stay off, and its still there.

Could be smart rotation

Rooted: Tmo GS3: PacMan ROM : 4.2.2

 

[meyerweb#CB]

It is BOTH smart stay and smart rotation.

With smart stay on (and smart rotation off) if I set my screen timeout to a short interval, like 30 seconds,. I notice the eye pop up just before the screen dims, and again just before it shuts off. If I'm looking at the phone, when it pops up the it'll reset the timer to 30 seconds, at which point the above will repeat.

If I turn smart stay off (and smart rotation off), the eye never pops up, and the screen shuts off whether I'm looking at it or not.

With Smart Stay off, and Smart rotation on, the eye pops up sometimes when I rotate the phone.