Play Lock help page
Play Lock help page
Play Lock saves battery by turning screen off while game is running in background. When you need to have the game opened, and it does some automated job (like farming in Ragnarok M) or you need to walk around in augumented reality games (like Pokemon GO), then you can turn the screen off and save battery from phone's screen usage. It really works!
Play Lock saves at least 2 times more battery than built-in Pokemon GO battery saver! Why? Because Play Lock really turns the screen off and Pokemon GO just shows black screen, and even on AMOLED screens it's the same - read the science on XDA-developers site
Or in short "Displays also consume power just by being turned on — the display driver becomes active and ready to send and receive signals from the SoC to the thin-film transistors."
After you lock the phone with Play Lock, you need to cover the top of phone's screen with your hand and then the screen is really turned off with the help of the proximity sensor. So if you put the phone in your pocket it will turn screen off and you will be saving battery. Unfortunatelly we cannot turn screen off when not in pocket, and this is a security limitation in Android.
Yes, Play Lock hides software navigation buttons and even can lock hardware Home, Back, Recent buttons, so you do not have to worry that your phone will get unlocked while game is locked in your pocket. Play Lock is the only app that can lock all keys and statusbar! For physical Home, Back buttons to be locked you should enable "Lock Hardware Buttons" in Play Lock settings.
In Auto mode Play Lock will only start (show the notification for locking) when you enter preselected games. That way you will not have the Play Lock notification always running in your notification area and statusbar. You can also stick with Manual mode, but will have to go inside the Play Lock app to stop it from the Stop Play Lock checkbox.
It is very probable that your phone maker is killing background apps (like Play Lock service), so please follow the instructions on this site for your device model and disable these excessive battery saving Android OEMs techniques.
Screen is only turned off when you cover it, like when put in pocket. The black overlay is useful for devices with OLED screens, but turning screen off by covering it works on all devices. Also make sure you have the setting enabled inside Play Lock preferences.
This cannot be true, as in Android OS always the screen is the component that uses most of the battery. If you check in Settings -> Apps -> Play Lock -> Batery Usage and it shows some high percent, then check inside Play Lock settings if you have "Keep Screen On when locked" checked and deactivate it if it is on.
GPS is working with Play Lock on and with screen off, but for Pokemon GO it is possible on some devices to observe this problem. Obviously this is a limitation of your phone, so there is not much we can do.
In Play Lock the floating lock button is not enabled in Manual mode, but should be visible in Auto mode. If it is missing go to Play Lock settings and enable "Floating lock visible".
In Android 9 fingerprint was limited to apps that are opened, and Play Lock is a service running in the background, so even though we found a way to go around this limitation, on some devices the fingerprint unlock just does not work.
When Play Lock is started (along with a game) it initially consumes more RAM, but when you keep the lock on for a longer period, it will not use more than 30 MB of RAM. Play Lock is optimized to use as little resources as possible and that includes battery usage.
We support the development of Play Lock through showing ads (only when you unlock Play Lock), and if you want to remove ads please purchase the Pro version of Play Lock.
Inactivity Lock monitor, which is a feature that will automatically Play Lock the screen when you do not touch the game for a given time (interval could be changed in Settings). This is useful for when you forget your device somewhere and don't want someone to see what you are doing (playing some game).
1. If you have been an user of Poke Lock (PocketLock) then when you install Play Lock and have Poke Lock still installed on your phone, we detect the PokeLock installation and you will get Play Lock ad-free version automatically.
2. If you help us translate Play Lock from English into your language, we will send you a unlock code for Pro version. Just go to the translate project and register with your email: Translate Project
Yes, but there are more things to come in the Pro version. Keep tuned!
Help us translate Play Lock into your language and get a unlock code for Pro version. Just go here and register with your email: Translate Project .
Please write us at [email protected] , so that we know your common issues or suggestions on how to make Play Lock even better. Do not leave bad rating in Play Store before contacting us, as your issue might have an easy resolution.
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