Virtual button and automatic shutdown!

The on / off button is the default way to turn off the screen of an Android device, although it is not the only way. If you do not want to waste that button, it does not work or respond as it should, there are other ways to turn off the screen, either manually or automatically.

Leaving aside the Android option that turns off the screen automatically after a certain time, there are apps for Android that will allow you to add a virtual shutdown button on the screen, that is, a manual way to turn off the screen without resorting to the physical shutdown button. If you prefer something more sophisticated, like turning off the screen automatically when you put the phone on a table, or when you put it upside down or in your pocket.

On-screen shutdown button

Free screen off

I tried the app a long time ago Turn Off Screen Free, available and Google Play and fortunately to this day it continues to work very well.

Once installed, an icon will be created in the applications menu «Delete«, Which you should add to the home screen or desktop, since that button is the one used to turn off the screen (don’t be confused with the«Clear Info«, Which is to enter the settings). The other option is to add the widget of this app to the desktop.

When you touch on the icon the first time you should activate the app as device administrator and it will be ready to go.

This application also allows you to turn off the screen from its notification or from a floating button that appears on any application and usage statistics. Unfortunately, these are premium features free for seven days and then you will have to buy them. What will continue to be free is the function of turning off the screen from the virtual button on the desktop.

Gravity Screen

Gravity Screen settings, some that allow you to turn off the screen automatically when you stop using the cell phone.

This is another application that offers the virtual on-screen shutdown button. However, for it to work in any circumstance, you must go to the Gravity Screen settings and disable the following options:

• Turn on the screen by proximity
• Turn on the screen by motion
• Keep screen on by motion

Then, go to the widgets of the launcher that you have installed and add the widget «Turn off» from Gravity Screen to the home screen, which will serve to turn off the screen when you touch on it.

Press and hold on an empty area on the home screen to enter the launcher settings, select “Widgets” and drag the Shut down widget to the desktop.

Gravity Screen does not offer the option to turn off other applications or the option to turn off from the notification bar, but it does have automatic shutdown options.

For example, as you can see in its settings above, you can make the screen turn off by itself when you put the phone on a table, or when you put it in your pocket or turn it upside down.

Kin Screen is another powerful application to turn off the cell phone screen automatically when it is no longer used or also turn on the screen by itself when the device is picked up.

It also has options to automatically turn on the screen, when you pick up the phone or when you pass your hand over it. These are options that are also available in the powerful application KinScreen.

Uninstall

The moment you want to uninstall any of these applications, a warning may be generated indicating that it cannot be uninstalled since it is a device manager. To achieve this, you will have to go to manage the device administrator (the application helps us with that) and there deactivate the respective box of the application. Finally it is deactivated and after that it can be uninstalled.

Conclution

These apps can be very useful as a temporary solution in case the shutdown button of the Android mobile has been damaged or is failing and does not allow to turn it off.

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