How to shift device in Doze Mode (Android Preview M / Marshmallow)?

Question

I followed steps described here:

https://developer.android.com/preview/testing/guide.html#doze-standby

Circumstances:

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32
Nexus 9 with Preview M

Shell:

$ adb shell dumpsys battery unplug

=> worked, device unplugged

$ adb shell dumpsys deviceidle step

=> Output: Stepped to: ACTIVE

$ adb shell dumpsys deviceidle -h

=> does not work => Output:

Device idle controller (deviceidle) dump options:

[-h] [CMD]

-h: print this help text.

Commands:

step

disable

enable

whitelist

I tried it with:

adb shell dumpsys deviceidle enable

But it didn't work.

So my question, as mentioned above, how to shift the device in Doze-Mode? What did i make wrong?

EDIT - JUNE, 2016:

New Link: https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby.html

I would suggest moving your solution out of the question body, and into a new answer. Then accept this new answer as the correct answer. This helps indicate that this question has been solved so that the system and other users can easily see that a solution is available! — Scott W, Sep 16 '15 at 14:49

score 42 · Answer 1 · edited May 20 '17 at 13:18

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There is a better way to achieve this in the new releases:

$ adb shell dumpsys deviceidle force-idle

No need to unplug from power, no need to wait for the screen to turn off.

edited May 20 '17 at 13:18

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any idea how to bring it out? – Kushan Apr 24 '17 at 17:16
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`adb shell dumpsys deviceidle unforce` – kar May 09 '17 at 08:43
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`adb shell dumpsys deviceidle disable` – Oliver Kranz Jun 09 '17 at 13:24
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@OliverKranz disable seems to suggest that it disables doze mode on the device even organically. I would advise against using this command. – Luke Cauthen Aug 31 '17 at 00:49
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@LukeCauthen unforce results in "Unknown command: unforce" for me. – Oliver Kranz Sep 04 '17 at 09:18
Adb says "Unknown command: unforce". Use "disable" command instead – G. Kh. Mar 02 '18 at 12:41
`force-idle` after `disable` yields "Unable to go idle; not enabled", so I assume you have to `enable` it both for forcing and for normal functioning. – Giszmo Mar 29 '18 at 04:45
But screen display is still on. – ransh Apr 12 '18 at 16:52
You have to enable it first: adb shell dumpsys deviceidle enable – Gregor Ažbe Dec 14 '18 at 14:13
I've try above commands and I can not get it out. Whenever the screen goes off, it automatically enteres Doze. Any ideas? Please see: https://stackoverflow.com/q/66593485/2597775 – sebasira Mar 12 '21 at 04:39

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '15 at 06:33

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Ok, i got it. The trick was to turn the screen off! After that

$ adb shell dumpsys deviceidle step outputs:

IDLE_PENDING

then

SENSING

then

IDLE

then

IDLE_MAINTENANCE

then

IDLE

then

IDLE_MAINTENANCE

and so on...

Many thanks to this site:

https://newcircle.com/s/post/1739/2015/06/12/diving-into-android-m-doze

answered Sep 17 '15 at 06:33

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Also, the command `adb shell dumpsys deviceidle` is useful to see the current state including the prerequisites for IDLE (enabled, not moving, not charging, screen off). E.g. whether you need yet another tap on the emulator's power button to get mScreenOn=false. – Jerry101 Oct 05 '15 at 05:54
Does not work without: `adb shell dumpsys battery unplug` – sapeg Jun 09 '22 at 11:07

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 28 '16 at 14:06

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Yes, it appears that Google's developer testing guideline is incorrect. I just recently discovered this as well and posted a bug about it here with the correct steps to get the device to idle (aka doze).

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 18 '17 at 08:36

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$ adb shell dumpsys deviceidle -h

This command only outputs a help message like common unix program.

IDLE means Doze mode. In the article you linked, you can regard Doze mode as device idle mode.

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 12 '17 at 10:32

You can find my full answer posted on the similar topic here: How to test Doze Mode on Android?

Idle State - In order to put the device into an Idle state you can use the following adb commands:

>adb shell dumpsys battery unplug
>adb shell dumpsys deviceidle force-idle

Active State - In order to put the device back into the Active state you may simulate the following key event:

> adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_WAKEUP

I also needed a quick option to toggle between Active and Idle states so I wrote a batch script adbIdleModeSwitch.bat for these purposes, you may download and use it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B81qFnPX_eUUYTMxOTd1UG94NVk/view

Your link at the top goes to the first comment, not your actual answer. — Jake Lee, Jan 11 '19 at 14:47

How to shift device in Doze Mode (Android Preview M / Marshmallow)?

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