[Q] Turning off the screen in Navigation

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In order to reduce battery drain while navigating and streaming audio, I used to turn the screen off on my Nexus One whenever I had a long uninterrupted stretch ahead with no turns; the audio prompt gave me plenty of time to turn the screen back on before I needed to see the road configuration. That doesn't work on the G2x; the screen only stays off for a second or two before coming back on, like one of those trick birthday candles that keeps relighting itself. I can turn the screen off if I change to another application before hitting the power switch, but that means more fiddling in traffic to get the navigation display back.

Is there a setting I'm overlooking, or is it just a peculiarity of this version that I will have to live with?

This was bothering me also,
With the navigation still running, press the home button to back out to the homescreen and keep the navigation still running in the background. This allows you to turn the screen off

Originally Posted by omarsalmin

With the navigation still running, press the home button to back out to the homescreen and keep the navigation still running in the background. This allows you to turn the screen off

Yeah, that's a variant of the "switch to another application" technique I mentioned. Unfortunately, that still leaves a good deal of fiddling with the phone while driving to get back to the navigation screen.

Thanks for the reply, though; I'm glad to hear I'm not alone in this concern.