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There's a way to keep your Android screen always on while charging

Without having to change any display options.

ANDROID HAS A VAST number of features in settings, but there are more hidden away from users.

The main one is Developer Options, a feature used to help app development on Android, and it has a few interesting features.

One of them allows your screen to stay awake while you’re charging, which can be useful if you’re keeping tabs on something on-screen and your phone keeps going into sleep mode.

To start, you’ll need to activate Developer Options. If you haven’t done this already, you can access it by going into Settings > About phone (or Settings > About > Software Information > More for certain devices) and scroll down to Build number.

Start tapping it a few times and eventually it will tell you Developer Options is now available.

Now if you go back to Settings, the option will be available. Go into it, and turn it on. The stay awake option should be one of the first things you’ll see on the screen.

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Developer Options is a long menu of features but they’re hidden away for a very good reason. Messing around with them isn’t recommended unless you absolutely know what you’re doing and even then, you should keep it to a minimum.

Also, while you can do a similar thing by changing the sleep setting in display, this option only keeps your screen on constantly when you’re charging it.

Changing the length of time it takes for the screen to sleep happens regardless of what your phone is charging or not, and is less convenient as you have to change it back when you’re finished.

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    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Tweed Cap
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    Apr 11th 2016, 9:15 PM

    And today’s other top tip:

    Prolong the battery life of your mobile phone by simply putting the fvcking thing down every now and again.

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    Mute John S
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    Apr 11th 2016, 8:39 PM

    Useful, if you are phone obsessed…..

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    Mute Ironballs
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    Apr 11th 2016, 9:00 PM

    Absolutely riveting…

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    Mute david dickson
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    Apr 11th 2016, 8:40 PM

    I went asleep.

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    Mute Michael Hayden
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    Apr 11th 2016, 9:23 PM

    Any device that needs to be plugged in to charge shouldn’t be used while on charge. Using while on charge will either break the cable or worse the charging port of the phone

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    Mute Karol Doran
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    Apr 11th 2016, 9:28 PM

    Actually, it shouldn’t be used while charging because it’s bad for the battery.

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    Apr 11th 2016, 8:45 PM

    Yeah chat you later

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