How to keep your phone on

How to keep your Android screen on for longer

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How to Keep iPhone Screen On

Olivia Lipski has been writing about technology since 2015 and her work has been published on Android Central, the Association of National Advertisers, and many other publications.

Ryan Perian is a certified IT specialist who holds numerous IT certifications and has 12+ years’ experience working in the IT industry support and management positions.

What to Know

• Go into Settings > Display and Brightness > Auto-Lock to change your iPhone’s default Auto-Lock settings.
• You can tap Never to keep your iPhone screen on all the time, or you can select one, two, three, four, or five minutes.
• A blue checkmark will appear next to your selection when you’ve successfully changed your iPhone’s Auto-Lock settings.

This article explains how to keep your iPhone’s screen from turning off and locking when you’re not actively using it. It also explains how to change an iPhone’s Auto-Lock settings to keep the screen on longer than 30 seconds.

How Do I Make My iPhone Screen Stay On?

When you get a new iPhone, one of its defaults settings includes an Auto-Lock for the screen. The iPhone lock screen helps secure your phone and any personal information. This default setting kicks in after 30 seconds of inactivity, turning off your phone’s screen and locking it.

Auto-Lock can be highly frustrating if you need your screen to stay on so you can look at directions on Google Maps or have your hands dirty while following a recipe. To change your iPhone’s default Auto-Lock settings, you can follow these steps to prevent your screen from falling asleep.

1. Tap Settings on your iPhone’s home screen.

Scroll down and tap Display and Brightness.

If you can’t select Never, your iPhone might be managed by an administrator such as a school, organization, or other entity. To change your iPhone’s default settings, so your screen stays on all the time, reach out to your administrator.

With the iPhone’s Auto-Lock settings switched to Never, your iPhone’s screen will only turn off and lock when you manually press the button on the right side of your iPhone. Don’t forget to change your iPhone’s settings back if you want your screen to lock again. Doing this will help you preserve your battery and keep your phone’s data secure.

How Do I Stop My Screen from Going to Sleep?

Sometimes you don’t necessarily want your phone to go to sleep after 30 seconds, but you don’t want it to stay on all the time either and eat up all of your device’s precious battery life. To keep your iPhone screen on for longer than 30 seconds, follow these steps.

1. Tap Settings on your iPhone’s home screen.

When you see a blue checkmark to the right of your selection, you have successfully changed your phone’s Auto-Lock settings and can press Back.

How do I keep my notifications private on my iPhone lock screen?

Go to your iPhone notification settings and select Show Preview > When Unlocked. That way, no one can see your notifications without unlocking your phone.

To see your iPhone reminders when your phone is locked, go to Settings > Notifications > Reminders > Allow Notifications, then enable Show on Lock Screen.

To stop your iPhone screen from rotating, bring up the Control Center and tap the screen rotation lock. Tap it again if you want the screen to rotate automatically.

How to keep your Android screen on for longer

It can be annoying when your Android phone screen turns itself off too quickly. You might be in the middle of reading a social media post or a news article, only for the screen to suddenly go black and require you to unlock it again.

Luckily, it’s quick and easy to adjust this timeout. We’ll have a look at how to keep an Android screen on for longer when the phone or tablet isn’t in use and even how you can keep it on permanently. We’ll also point out why this might not be a great idea.

It’s worth noting that the features and settings discussed in this article can vary depending on what device and version of Android you’re using. But they’re likely to be broadly similar for most Android phones and tablets.

THE SHORT ANSWER

To keep your Android screen on for longer, go to your device’s Settings menu, select the Display settings, and find the Sleep or Auto screen off option. Tap it, and select how long you’d like the Android screen to stay on when not in use.

You’ll usually need a third-party app if you want to keep your screen on permanently.

KEY SECTIONS

Before deciding that you want to change your screen’s timeout settings, it’s worth remembering why the display automatically switches off so quickly by default. Keeping your display on for longer when not in use will drain your battery much more quickly. It also presents a security risk, as someone else could access your device while it’s unlocked.

But there are plenty of legitimate reasons to want to keep an Android screen on for longer or even permanently. Let’s explore how we can do it.

How to adjust the screen on time on Android

To adjust the screen on time on an Android phone, head to your device Settings.

Next, find your display settings. They might be called something like Display and brightness, as in the screenshot above.

Locate the Auto screen off feature. Again, this could be called something a bit different, such as screen time out or sleep.

Finally, adjust this setting to the desired amount of time that you would like your Android device to be idle before the screen turns off. In the example above, it has been changed from 30 seconds to 30 minutes.

How to stop the Android screen from turning off

The above instructions show you how to stop your Android screen from turning off for up to 30 minutes. But that tends to be the maximum time that you can instruct your display to stay awake while not in use — at least within the system settings.

In the event that you want to keep your Android display on for even longer than this or even stop it from turning off completely, you’ll probably need the assistance of a third-party app.

There are plenty of options in the Play Store for apps that can do this. As always with third-party apps, you should do your research on how legitimate and effective they are, such as checking out the ratings and reviews. For example, Screen Alive is an app that performs this function — download it below.

By the way, keeping the Android screen on permanently is different from an always-on display (AOD). The AOD is specifically a feature relating to what is still visible on your lock screen when your device is not in use, like a clock or notifications. This is much more minimal than the actual display being on in the way that it is when the device is unlocked. Most recent Android phones have an AOD feature that you can access through the lock screen settings, such as the Pixel 7.

FAQs

Is it possible to keep my Android phone screen on all the time?

It is possible to keep your Android phone screen on all the time by adjusting the Screen timeout setting to Never. However, this can drain your battery quickly and is not recommended unless necessary. Additionally, some phones don’t have this option available.

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