The different layers of customization that we find in Android phones are increasingly complete and leave us a greater range of possibilities to change our phone as we want. In addition, the ease of doing this is even easier depending on the layer itself. For example, with today’s case, we find that ColorOS lets us customize the always-on screen of OPPO mobiles to our tastes.
Although it is also known as Always on Display (AOD). And it is that, we are facing one of those customizations that always like, although it is not in all mobile devices, since it will depend on the technology of the terminal panel in question. However, we will always have to take into account our OPPO’s own version of the software layer.
Advantages of activating the always-on screen in OPPO
The Always On Display function was added to OPPO phones with ColorOS 11 . In addition, we are facing a tool that allows users to customize the lock screen of their mobile to show the time, date, battery status, notifications and more while the panel is off.
And it is that, this functionality aims to reduce energy consumption by not having to turn on the mobile panel on different occasions, which is what really consumes more battery from the terminals, as it is done dozens or hundreds of times a day. Therefore, its use can be more or less effective, depending on the terminal in which it is activated.
It should also be taken into account that this feature is reserved for terminals with AMOLED panels , since they are the only ones that have the possibility of turning on the necessary pixels on the terminal panel, thus increasing the aforementioned saving and making sense of this mode. For this reason, we find different advantages to enable the always-on screen in our OPPO terminal:
- See information at a glance: this is your main advantage. It allows that at a single glance and without turning on the panel, we can check the time, battery level or pending notifications.
- Battery consumption: this advantage is relative. However, AOD will save battery for users who turn on the screen too many times a day, compensating for the information that the mode offers, compared to the energy that the panel uses when turning on and accessing the same information.
- Automatic deactivation: There are certain times when AOD can deactivate itself, such as when the smartphone is in the pocket or turned over. In addition, the system can also be disabled when the battery is low.
How to activate the Always on Display on OPPO mobiles
To start, we will need to have two requirements that will be essential to continue with this tutorial: an OPPO mobile with ColorOS 11 and that we have a smartphone with an AMOLED panel. After making sure of these two issues, it will be time to get down to work to enable this functionality that is trending among mobile devices.
This feature will allow us to create and customize the always-on panel, from creating a unique pattern to adding text, choosing the color, changing the type of clock, among other aspects. Therefore, to check that if we have this functionality we will have to go to Settings> Personalization > Always-on screen . If this last section appears, it means that we are some lucky users. So we will only have to enable the switch that appears next to its name.
Once enabled on our OPPO device, we will have two modes available to give it a more personal touch:
- Custom patterns : within this mode we will be able to select the predefined patterns or create new ones by clicking and dragging the finger across the panel to be able to generate our own AOD patterns.
- Only text, Text and Image, Analog clock and Digital clock : here we will have designs that are predefined on the smartphone, which we can adjust so that each of them shows the date, battery, notifications or color as we want . Although, we will be more limited.
Therefore, in these sections we can choose the different colors that will be displayed in the always-on screen mode of our mobile device. In addition, in the digital clock we will have the possibility of appearing horizontally or vertically. To create our custom Pattern, we will have to click on the “+” icon to start designing the one that best suits our needs.
In addition, among the possibilities that they offer us is that, when writing any text that we want to appear, the OPPO phones will let us establish the alignment that it will have. As well as the size and the thickness of the text.
And not only this, but also the spaces between the lines of text and the characters themselves that appear in the Always on Display mode of our smartphone from the Chinese firm. We can even get to program when we want it to be enabled by itself and it ends up deactivating after the time we have established.
Why is the AOD not working?
When trying to activate this functionality on our mobile device, we may come across a mode called Screensaver. And, although it can be configured with a clock or even with photography, the Always On Display mode is not covered. It may also be the case that it may be due to the battery.
And is that some manufacturers and their layers of customization limit the use of the Always On Display when we turn to activate the energy saving mode, so we must take it into account. Another reason that can lead us to think about problems using the Always On Display mode on our smartphone will be because of the configuration we have made. And this may be due to the same configuration of the AOD screen. Since we have two different modes of use:
- Schedule hours to activate the Always On Display.
- Active all day.
So if we have managed to configure it to be enabled at certain times, we may have wrongly set the hours we had in mind. And, therefore, it did not finish activating itself when we wanted. So taking these details into account, we must make the always-active panel work on our OPPO smartphone .
