LG G5 Always On Display

[DarthMaul14]

Hi all,

The LG G5 stock rom has a feature called always on display. I wanted to know how it worked because Sammy uses AMOLED displays which only lights the pixels it needs and uses very little battery. LG claims that the always on display only uses 0.8% per hour. Is the entire display backlit or does it only light a certain portion of the screen for the always on display? Also for people who have the stock rom, how much battery does the always on display drain(especially since it has a 2800 mah battery).

 

[Nimueh]

When I was still on stock the AOD used roughly 1% per hour. No idea how exactly it works though

 

[albwh]

The entire screen is backlit. This is an IPS screen not AMOLED.

 

[DarthMaul14]

The entire screen is backlit. This is an IPS screen not AMOLED.

True. But how does it drain 1% per hour. If you get an always on app from the play store and try it out an a phone with a LCD display with minimum brightness it drains 4% per hour.