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Screen Saver

The Screen Saver dims what's displayed after a period of inactivity, so a phone sitting on a shelf for weeks doesn't burn the same image into its display. Any tap dismisses it instantly. It is a setting of its own — it does not depend on "Keep Screen On", and works whether or not that is set.

Details​

Screen Saver toggle and display mode options

  • When it activates: after a configurable period of inactivity (5–600 seconds, default 60s), but only while monitoring is active and the app is in the foreground.
  • Two modes:
    • Black — a plain black screen.
    • Black with text — black, plus a faint "Monitoring" label that slowly drifts around the screen every 60 seconds, for extra burn-in protection.
  • Dismiss: any tap anywhere on the screen dismisses it immediately and resets the inactivity timer.
  • Hide status bar (on by default): the phone's own status bar — time, battery, signal — is hidden while the Screen Saver shows, and comes back when it is dismissed. With the option off, the status bar stays visible, in white on black. Either way, it never leaves a light strip across the top of the black screen.
  • This is separate from "Keep Screen On" in Monitoring Settings, and neither switches the other on. Keep Screen On stops the phone's display from turning off entirely; the Screen Saver is what protects a display that stays on — which is most useful when Keep Screen On is set, but not conditional on it.