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Immortal 1.19 — the screensaver stays up

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@starbrightlab starbrightlab released this 06 Jun 15:18
v1.19
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Fixes the screensaver bouncing back to the launcher, and Portals never sleeping on battery.

Root cause (verified on device): Meta's modified power manager force-wakes ANY third-party screensaver ~2 minutes after idle, and its camera-based presence service pokes the power manager every ~20 seconds so the device never sleeps. Stock Portal masked both; a custom screensaver inherits them.

Fixes:

  • Permanent frame — when the system force-wakes the screensaver, Immortal instantly puts the same frame back up as a screen-on activity. One brief flicker ~2 minutes in, then the photo frame runs forever, on every model.
  • Portal Go battery saver — new "Pause screensaver on battery" setting (on by default): unplugged, the Go sleeps at the screen timeout; plugged in, the frame runs permanently. Turn it off for always-on photos on battery too.
  • Kit update — provisioning now disables Meta's presence detector (restore re-enables it) and grants the permission used to bring the frame back. Re-run the kit once on already-provisioned devices.

Existing installs update in place.

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