How to prevent the screen from switching off during following a track

[christian_koelle]

I was 3 hours on a road bike on unknown roads.

I used ORUX for the first time with offline maps and a gpx-Track: it works perfectly, except for the fact that I had to hit the  Standby-button every minute as the screen switched off every minute.



Here is what I have

• Fairphone 2 with Android 6.0.1

Here is what I did before the trip

• I switched to offline mode

• I set the standby timeout to 30minutes in the android system settings

• I set the unlock mode to 'none', so that I do not have to type in my PIN all the time

• I switched off energy saving mode

Some considerations

• My phone switches the display off disregarding the standby timeout settings, no matter what application I use. So I assume that switching the display off is something different compared to standby.


• There is an ORUX system setting to disable the switching off of the screen whist in track recording mode: This might do the trick, but I do not want to record a track. So I could open up a change request?

• I have no issues with battery draining: I drove 3 hours, chilled 3 hours and my phone had a battery content of over 50%.

What do you think?

• Is the screen switching off a bug of the OS or my phone in particular?

• Is this normal and should I install an application like No Screen Off https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.k2.no.screen.off">//https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.k2.no.screen.off, whatever. How do other road bikers solve this issue?

Thanks for any hint and comment in advance

Christian

[orux]

I was 3 hours on a road bike on unknown roads.

I used ORUX for the first time with offline maps and a gpx-Track: it works perfectly, except for the fact that I had to hit the  Standby-button every minute as the screen switched off every minute.



Here is what I have

• Fairphone 2 with Android 6.0.1

Here is what I did before the trip

• I switched to offline mode

• I set the standby timeout to 30minutes in the android system settings

• I set the unlock mode to 'none', so that I do not have to type in my PIN all the time

• I switched off energy saving mode

Some considerations

• My phone switches the display off disregarding the standby timeout settings, no matter what application I use. So I assume that switching the display off is something different compared to standby.


• There is an ORUX system setting to disable the switching off of the screen whist in track recording mode: This might do the trick, but I do not want to record a track. So I could open up a change request?

• I have no issues with battery draining: I drove 3 hours, chilled 3 hours and my phone had a battery content of over 50%.

What do you think?

• Is the screen switching off a bug of the OS or my phone in particular?

• Is this normal and should I install an application like No Screen Off https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.k2.no.screen.off">//https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.k2.no.screen.off, whatever. How do other road bikers solve this issue?

Thanks for any hint and comment in advance

Christian

Hello,



OruxMaps option to keep the display on only works in recording track mode. But may be I change that option, and it will work following a route.



Meanwhile you can record the track, then delelete it from database.







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