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Cannot Change the Screen Sleep in Huawei Settings – How to Adjust the Sleep Timeout?

It annoys me when the screen suddenly turns off or becomes darker while reading. Therefore, I always increase the screen backlight time (sleep timeout), usually choosing 2 minutes. This timeout is the most comfortable for me, so that the screen does not turn off when it is not awaited.screen timeout

In this step-by step guide I will explain how to change (increase or decrease) the sleep timeout of the screen on Huawei P30, Mate or any other modern Huawei phone that runs Android 9 Pie with EMUI 9 on top of it.

Besides that you will understand why the “Sleep” setting is greyed out (just unclickable) and you cannot change the screen timeout. The solution is actually easy.

How to change the Screen Timeout on Huawei Phone

  • Head to Settings:
  • Tap on the Display section.
  • Here tap on Sleep
  • Specify the time interval after which the screen will turn off automatically if you don’t use your phone. In my example I select 2 minutes of inactivity:

You can return and adjust the screen sleep timeout at any time. 

What to do if the Sleep setting is greyed out and cannot be changed?

The answer is easy as I told you. The thing is that you currently have the battery saving activated. And logically you should disable the power saving feature to unblock the Sleep setting.

Go to Settings > Battery and deactivate the Power saving mode:

Once you’ve done it, you will be able to adjust the timeout duration – make it shorter or longer to your taste.

Did it help? Tell us in the comments!

Adam Swift

Adam is a real tech maniac. He likes to spend time testing phones, tablets, laptops, as well as any other technical devices, and write practical manuals on their functions. He often sleeps all day, but always works at night. Adam bought his first computer in 1999, being an absolute beginner who never held a computer mouse in his hands. He began to study Windows, constantly experimented and often crashed the operating system. But six months later, he was able to reinstall Windows 98 from a scratch on his own, fix almost any software problem on a PC, he also did hardware upgrades and realized that computers, operating systems and programs are now his biggest passion. In addition, Adam has always been a big lover of phones. With the advent of smartphones with Android OS, he began to pick at them much more than in computers. Now Adam loves to study privacy issues in instant messengers, blocking unwanted calls and other nuances related to privacy and security on the network. You can follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tunecomp

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    • I can not find the option to put comment so I use Magalie one. Thanks for it. It was very helpful. I can't pray or read something normally without touching display until that change.

    • Yes, your instructions were very easy to follow & that made it very simple to fix my issue. I thank you very much

    • Thank you for your time and help i fix it just as you correct me it was a big help

  • Really helpful thanks! Been bothering my nan since she got the tablet!

    • Thank you letting us know, makes great sense. Blessings and all good wishes to you

  • Thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhh for details post with screenshot

    You are Lovely person to sharing knowledge help us

  • How do I turn this screen saver feature off? There is no option "Never" for my P30.

    • I found that m8, best is 10 minutes really annoying when moving big files around or processes that require you NOT to leave the screen

  • I did this and the screen still goes off for certain vdieo games like Boon Beach

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