I am new to android and I'm wondering if there is app or setting or any way to make my screen turn off without actually locking the phone up (regardless of if you're using a pin/pattern/password or not).
For instance say I'm just sitting on the couch casually texting with someone, getting a text every few minutes or something like that. I'd like the screen to black out after X amount of time (say 30 seconds or so) in order to conserve battery, but it is supremely annoying to have to enter my password or even do the default unlock left to right swipe in order to read each dang text I get. Or if I'm driving in the car and need to make a phone call, having to either force my screen to be on by changing the screen timeout setting (draining battery and annoying me if it's night time because there's lit up phone screen in my peripheral vision) or forcing me to perform some arbitrary action like "unlocking" the phone. I'm thinking there's got to be a way around that. Please tell me there is.
For instance say I'm just sitting on the couch casually texting with someone, getting a text every few minutes or something like that. I'd like the screen to black out after X amount of time (say 30 seconds or so) in order to conserve battery, but it is supremely annoying to have to enter my password or even do the default unlock left to right swipe in order to read each dang text I get. Or if I'm driving in the car and need to make a phone call, having to either force my screen to be on by changing the screen timeout setting (draining battery and annoying me if it's night time because there's lit up phone screen in my peripheral vision) or forcing me to perform some arbitrary action like "unlocking" the phone. I'm thinking there's got to be a way around that. Please tell me there is.
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