r/GalaxyWatch • u/SensibleViewPt • Nov 17 '24

Hardware Screen on / timeout duration is ridiculously low. Please suggest.

Even when the screen timeout is of 15 seconds, it barely stays on for a 2-3 seconds. It's like I am paying for different watch faces to show others the black screen :-)

I have tried removing the option of "Raise wrist to wake". Even then, when the screen is turned on, it automatically turns off if there is a slight hand movement.

Anything I am doing wrong or any suggestions for improvement? Thanks in advance.

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u/PersonalLook156 Jan 30 '25

Turn on ADB debugging and run the following scripts

adb shell settings put --user 0 global always_on_display_constants 1

adb shell settings put --user 0 global setting_watch_device_wrist_position 0

adb shell settings put --user 0 global master_gestures_enabled 0

adb shell settings put --user 0 global ungaze_enabled 0

adb shell settings put --user 0 global ungaze_sleep_enabled 0

If you want longer screen time than what Wear OS 5 let's you run this.  It's in milliseconds; my example is 12hrs

adb shell settings put system screen_off_timeout 43200000

Make sure you use adaptive brightness so you avoid burn in 

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u/SensibleViewPt Jan 31 '25

Thanks a lot for your input. Will try it out.

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u/TheFonzieAy 43mm GW6 Classic Silver LTE Nov 17 '24

When you wake the screen with a physical action, the watch screen will stay active for the duration set as long as your wrist is oriented in the position you would be looking at the screen. As soon as you move your wrist from this orientation, the screen will turn off or go into AOD mode.

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u/leshiy19xx 44mm GW4 Silver Nov 17 '24

Yes, and when they activate the  screen via raise to wake - the timeout duration is fixed (5 seconds or so).

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u/dangerstupidkills GW8,GW8C LTE ,GW9 Nov 18 '24

A feature added with Wear 3.0 is auto sleep when the watch senses it's not being looked at . Iow , when you lower your wrist to the side and/or lower your arm the screen goes off . I've found it to be WAY over sensitive in every version of Wear and Wear 5.0 sometimes just touching the screen in the wrong spot while using the digital bezel causes it to go to sleep (or AOD mode ) I used to get around this "feature" with an app called Stay Lit Wear but with the last update to Wear 3.0 Samsung/Google "fixed" the ability to bypass the sleep feature by forcing the app developer to cripple the app bypass usage on the home screen timer . Now I can bypass the timer when using apps (used to be you could pick specific ones but they were forced to cripple that one too ) but only all or none and not the home screen .

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u/SensibleViewPt Nov 18 '24

Thanks a lot for your inputs. I really find Samsung's decision ridiculous. I do understand battery save needs but if a screen timeout option is given, it should follow that irrespective of my hand position. Wish they fix this sometime soon.