Anyone using the I'm Alive app to keep watch faces active?

[racin06]

I'm sorry, but the default inability to not be able to see watch faces continuously in full detail and color is just crazy. The watch faces are to be "showed off" to others! Yes, I understand the power usage, but Samsung should let me decide on that. Anyway, the I'm Alive app is a good solution, which keeps all watch faces continuously. No more boring changing to Dim Mode watch faces. I simply reduce the display brightness to 3 to preserve power. This accomplishes the "best of both world's"...saving power with great looking watch faces.

 

[mvsmith]

Thank you so much. I completely agree that sometimes there are times where you want to display a really cool watch face animation or not. I don't know why it isn't built into settings with a warning about battery consumption. I installed the app I really like it. Now I can have my watch face on all the time if I want.

 

[daves221]

I'm sorry, but the default inability to not be able to see watch faces continuously in full detail and color is just crazy. The watch faces are to be "showed off" to others! Yes, I understand the power usage, but Samsung should let me decide on that. Anyway, the I'm Alive app is a good solution, which keeps all watch faces continuously. No more boring changing to Dim Mode watch faces. I simply reduce the display brightness to 3 to preserve power. This accomplishes the "best of both world's"...saving power with great looking watch faces.

Any potential issues with screen burn in?

 

[Bob31464]

I tried this app earlier this evening, I really like that the screen stayed on but my battery when down by 30% in less than 3 hrs, at this rate my watch would be dead by early afternoon. I turned the brightness way down when I first started it. Typically I take it off the charger about 7 am and put it back on the charger around 10 pm and I'm still at 55ish%.

Thanks for the tip anyway.

 

[Kirk Maluo]

Any potential issues with screen burn in?

Yup, and if you lower the brightness, there's no easy way to see the screen when ambient lighting is bright.