Roku app screen stays "always on"
How do I get the roku app with the remote to turn off the screen when I'm not using it. I looked in settings. Thanks.
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The Roku settings primarily control the Roku device. (not the connected peripherals like TVs and displays it is attached to). This generally applies when using both the physical remote or the mobile app. (ie. when using the physical remote, the Power button needs to be used to turn off the TV or display).
Unless your TV/display has their own Settings that you can use to control suspend or detect inactivity, you are most likely limited to physically turning off the display.
Thanks for the reply.
This isn't about the TV. Or the Roku device. It's about how the Roku app functions on a mobile phone.
On almost every app I've ever used, the app/mobile device screen will either fade or Timeout (turn off) after a period of inactivity. The only exceptions I've ever seen are when the app has a customizable setting for "always on" (like a timer or stopwatch). Even a backlit TV remote turns off.
After I hit play and a show has started, the roku app and thus my phone stay on. I have my phone's display setting to Timeout turn after 30 seconds. Something in the roku app is overriding that system setting.
Ahhh. Now I understand.
I don't see that behavior on my Android using the mobile app. I just set the display time out to 15secs (instead on my usual 5 min), and the phone display turned off regardless whether the mobile app screen was open or if I was the phone's main screen (with app in background).
My Android does have individual app timer settings (under Settings/Apps/(select app)/Screen Timer. I wonder if you set the app timer to close/pause the app if then your phone's display will turn off.
Unless using the headphone/private listening feature, should also be able to close the app after selecting your show and that should also allow phone display to turn off. (definitely a bit inconvenient if having to relaunch app each time).
Good ideas but I think the app timer is to seriously limit the app use. Not what I want to do.
To clarify further, I'm using the app as the roku remote. But it sounds should still time out. I'm going to experiment and see if the main Roku app itself times out or if this is an issue when using the app as a remote. I'd like to not waste my battery but I want the remote in standby so I can pause, rewind, etc.
Thanks.
Just an FYI, I am using Android 13 on Umidigi F3 Pro 5G.
As long as I put the phone down after using the remote feature the screen shut off after 15 secs. (My phone senses gestures/movements and kicks screen on if you wave your hand or pick it up. Or bounces around while in the car.)
Feel free to update if you figure out why yours isn't turning off.
Many phone apps will override the screen timeout. It would be nice if they offered the ability to adjust it or follow the phone setting. I just manually turn the screen off if I've finished with the app that does it. On an iPhone, that's simply tapping the power button on the side of the phone.
