Screen turn on when receiving message, email, etc?

[bballintom22]

Hey everyone,

I tried searching for this topic but couldn't find any. Is the screen supposed to not turn on when you receive a message or email? I know I know, why would you want that when it would drain battery yada yada...but this is actually helpful for me b/c when I have my phone at my desk and it is plugged in, I can't tell if I have received anything until I turn on the screen.

Is there an option to turn this on or am I missing something?

Thanks!

 

[beret9987]

I'd like that too.. Haven't really bothered checking for it, but it'd be nice if the screen flashed on for a second to let me quickly read it to decide if i wanna pursue replying to it or not.

 

[MrMercedes]

Handcent SMS has that feature built in...or if you want to use the stock SMS use SMS popup!

 

[bballintom22]

That's just crazy that it can't do that...not a deal breaker but still nice to have. Cmon either give us the ability to have the charging LED and also a notification LED at the same time or have an option to turn on the screen ableit even a few seconds.

Oh well...still LOVE MY EVO!

 

[efipaul]

I'm bumping this because this has really been bugging me. A friend of mine with an incredible was sitting next to me at dinner tonight and his would wake up every time a message came in. I don't know if HTC missed something in the code, or if there's something I don't have enabled, but I'd really like this feature.

 

[MannyZ28]

I'm bumping this because this has really been bugging me. A friend of mine with an incredible was sitting next to me at dinner tonight and his would wake up every time a message came in. I don't know if HTC missed something in the code, or if there's something I don't have enabled, but I'd really like this feature.

It really puzzles me how different two phones can be that are made by the same company. I don't think Sprint told HTC to not let the screen turn on when a message comes in. I was just talking to my friends about this tonight, I kinda miss the screen coming on. This comes in handy when I have the Evo mounted in my RS Navigation car adapter thingy I have stuck to the windshield. If the screen were to turn on, I could quickly unlock the screen and check the message and even reply while on a traffic light.

Another weird difference between the two,.... Google Earth doesn't show up in the Android Market for the Incredible, at least it didn't used to.

 

[efipaul]

I just never realized how much I miss the screen turning on until it didn't do it anymore. Every phone I've had for the last 8 years has done it until this one. I hope HTC (or somebody) comes up with a fix for this.

 

[scott_0]

I just got handcent and it does unlock the screen upon receiving a text

 

[Paladin]

How about a utility that simply flashes your screen like the notification light?
Will that help?

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.monkeyspannered.flashnotify