Smart stay?

jerethi

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I'm curious to hear how others are experiencing smart say (screen stays on if you're looking at the screen). Thus far, I have found it to be somewhat finicky. I know I have it enabled, and it sounds like conditions have to be just right for it to work, but are there any tweaks anyone has implemented to improve performance?

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Predator04

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Well i have tried it with and without. and honestly i like it with smart stay on. its works pretty well. but also hope some updates will come to improve it
 

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You have to hold the phone at the right angle for it to work. Once you figure out the angle it likes it works pretty well.

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I've also found that ambient light also affects smart stay- my living room in the evening has pretty subdued lighting and I find my screen goes off after I see the 'eye' about 50% of the time. Seems if it is a dimly lit room then smart stay can't see your face well enough.
 

jerethi

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This is generally my experience as well. It seems to do better when there's more light.

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For me, it never works when I wear my glasses. If however I take my glass off it does work. The problem I have is I need my glass to see the phone.
 

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Been using it since day one and haven't had any issues...

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If there isn't enough light or conditions that make it so you can't see your own eyes when using the front facing camera - it won't work.

I don't expect any firmware update could resolve that issue.
 

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I've never really seen the icon for it.... it pops up every once in a while, maybe 3% since I've had it. But yesterday when reading a book on my phone it kept blinking in and out every so often.......

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I have no complaints.... Even though it doesn't work in the dark and even though it works about 80%.of the time in light.... I still love it.... I don't wear glasses though
 

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I have no complaints.... Even though it doesn't work in the dark and even though it works about 80%.of the time in light.... I still love it.... I don't wear glasses though
I wear glasses and it still works fine. I've seen the phone dim and then get brighter after the smart stay eyeball shows up while I look at it.
 

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