I have the auto brightness and with +5 on my Tab 3 8.0", but the screen is so dark i have to input brightness manually...
Is this supposed to be this way?
me too. hopefully we hear something soon
my 315 does it too.... I find that it just takes a bit of time for the light sensor to adjust. Sometimes, I tip the tab towards the nearest light and then it will 'auto' brightnen up, then it's good to go. Just have to wait it out, or go to manual when you have to.TIP.... when in manual... if you just want a little more brightness... dont 'slide' your finger... rather..'roll your finger' tip to the side.. You'll get finer adjustments that way..
good luck
My SGT3 10.1 is also like that. If the room is somewhat dark, so is the tab. But like mentioned above, if the room lightens up, so does the tab. LOL I don't believe there is an issue, just the nature of the beast. Because I think the tab is too dark I take auto brightness off and just leave it where I feel comfortable.
As with the others above, my T310 8" suffers from the auto brightness being way too dark therefore making it unusable, I'd hoped that the upgrade to KitKat would fix this, but it didn't, it's still useless.
I've tried a few 3rd party apps that can auto control the brightness and several of them work well, the easiest one to use seems to be YAAB (Yet Another Auto Brightness), it's stable and very quick to setup. The only downside I've found to this one is that the adjustable brightness slide function in video players (you slide your finger up and down on the left hand side of the screen) no longer works when YAAW is set to auto, but it is no big deal to turn YAAW off and make manual adjustments if you are going to watch lot's of video on the device.
*Sorry not to be able to give a direct link to the app on the playstore, I've not made enough posts to be allowed to do this yet
Are you tired of not being able to read the screen very well when outside under the hot sun? Then you came to the right thread.
Touchwiz Auto Brightness does not need this mod.
However, no brightness functionality in any AOSP ROM is capable of getting as bright as Touchwiz Auto Brightness. Nor can the manual brightness slider of AOSP or Touchwiz.
As I've presented it here, this "app" will enable an extra ~5-10% brightness from your Note 3 4.4.2 and 4.4.4 OLED display in both rooted TouchWiz and AOSP ROM's. If I had to guess, max brightness in manual mode is something like 350'ish nits. And when you enable this mod, it jumps up to something like 600'ish nits?
***While this mod is turned on, you will lose the ability to adjust brightness via the manual-brightness slider. This mod will peg it to the limit of extra brightness until the mod is turned off.
You can leave this extra-brightness mod turned on at all times, but I don't recommend leaving the screen on for more than a minute or two.
DO NOT LEAVE THE SCREEN TURNED ON FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE OR TWO WHEN THE EXTRA-BRIGHTNESS MOD IS ENABLED. IT'LL EVENTUALLY FRY/BURN-IN YOUR OLED DISPLAY IF OVERUSED! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OTHER SIDE-EFFECTS THIS MOD MIGHT CAUSE.
To use the mod, please install the attached apk's. Just open in Root Explorer and install.
When you click the app, it will automatically adjust your brightness.
Click the "Sunlight" app and it'll put your OLED screen into stereoids brightness mode. It basically overdrives all the colors so you can see the screen a little better under direct sunlight conditions.
Click the "Automatic" app and it'll put your OLED screen back into regular auto-brightness mode.
Click the "Manual" app and it'll put your phone back into regular manual-brightness mode.
I think I'm going to learn how to get AutoVoice going with Tasker so I can set up a voice activated command that will enable/disable this brightness mod. Because I have a hard time reading my screen (dark themes) under direct Texas sunlight!!!
If you don't want to install an app, then just make a script. This command will enable the extra-brightness:
Code:
echo 6 > /sys/class/backlight/panel/auto_brightness
If a dev out there can figure out how to enable this mod and not lose adjustability of manual-brightness, that would be freakin sweet. :good:
Many thanks go to @hatcyl because it was his thread over in the Note II subforum that got me pointed in the right direction to figuring out how we can do this on our Note 3.
Edit 1/6/2017
I found my old APK's and uploaded them to one zip.
Just unzip to locate the APK's to install:
http://www.filedropper.com/czbrightness
CZ Eddie said:
DO NOT LEAVE THIS MOD TURNED ON FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE OR TWO. IT'LL EVENTUALLY FRY/BURN-IN YOUR OLED DISPLAY IF OVERUSED! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OTHER SIDE-EFFECTS THIS MOD MIGHT CAUSE.
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Great find! But question.....what's the point for a 1-2 minute feature? I have this feature on my OPO and it does it automatically kernel+ROM wise. But on the N3, having to turn it off after 1-2 minute kills the original purpose, does it not?
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Great find! But question.....what's the point for a 1-2 minute feature? I have this feature on my OPO and it does it automatically kernel+ROM wise. But on the N3, having to turn it off after 1-2 minute kills the original purpose, does it not?
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Well you can leave it turned on all week long if you want. But I wouldn't leave the screen turned on for more than a few minutes at a time. That's why Samsung didn't add this brightness capability to the manual slider. Stuff gets wonky when the screen is overdriven this hard.
AOSP auto-brightness can't get as bright as TouchWiz auto-brightness. Ideally, a dev would add this mod to the AOSP auto-brightness somehow, so AOSP could get as bright as TouchWiz when needed.
For me, I'll have this turned on when I'm walking my dog during the day, or doing random things outdoors. And that'll be just fine, because the screen won't ever be turned on for more than a few seconds at a time.
Very nice mod, just add a feature to turn it off after a minute, great if you add tasker integration.
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This is f*cking awesome. Thanks bro
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thahim said:
Very nice mod, just add a feature to turn it off after a minute, great if you add tasker integration.
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The APK's were built using Tasker's App Factory.
For Tasker integration, you simply use the "script" option in Tasker.
Let me know if you have any specific Tasker questions. I"m not a pro, more of a beginner. But I'll try to help.
I'd like to figure out a way so Tasker can tap into the light sensor and automatically pop the extra brightness over certain a certain LUX, then turn it off after that LUX number drops.
How did you beat the brightness levels with tasker and do you mean I have to use intents in tasker?
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How did you beat the brightness levels with tasker and do you mean I have to use intents in tasker?
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Ahh, no you ignore the brightness level in Tasker. 255 is the highest that's ever going to go and that's OK.
You simply create a new task, name it, then add action, the action will be "script". Then you add the command and check the box to make it run as root.
The command will be:
Code:
echo 6 > /sys/class/backlight/panel/auto_brightness
Then to turn it off, just toggle auto-brightness in the Android Brightness Options.
Or create another Tasker task using the Display action to turn auto-brightness on.
Hope this helps.
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Ahh, no you ignore the brightness level in Tasker. 255 is the highest that's ever going to go and that's OK.
You simply create a new task, name it, then add action, the action will be "script". Then you add the command and check the box to make it run as root.
The command will be:
Code:
echo 6 > /sys/class/backlight/panel/auto_brightness
Then to turn it off, just toggle auto-brightness in the Android Brightness Options.
Or create another Tasker task using the Display action to turn auto-brightness on.
Hope this helps.
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I tried running these commands in run shell. Nothing happened to my screen.
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I tried running these commands in run shell. Nothing happened to my screen.
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Did you run them as Root?
Superuser should prompt you to give Tasker root permissions when you run it. Or it should unless you've already given Tasker root permissions before.
If you're not sure, then open Superuser and see if Tasker is listed as one of hte apps inside it.
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I tried running these commands in run shell. Nothing happened to my screen.
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How did it work out? If root didn't do it, then what ROM/Kernel are you running?
Can someone check out my newest APKs?
CZ_Auto_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ_Manual_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ Sunlight Brightness:
http://d-h.st/ALMu
Install.
Click 'em to change brightness.
If you enable Sunlight brightness, then you *might* need to select auto afterwards, before the manual can be selected. Can't go directly from sunlight to manual. At least not on my first test. Second test ROM doesn't see that behavior.
Here's a how-to video that includes a demonstration. Though it's kind of hard to see the changes, it might help understand what's going on.
http://youtu.be/jlTGeAL_It8
Here's what the three apps look like when added to my Quick Toggles. They are the top three apps:
upload gambar
CZ Eddie said:
Can someone check out my newest APKs?
CZ_Auto_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ_Manual_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ Sunlight Brightness:
http://d-h.st/ALMu
Install.
Click 'em to change brightness.
If you enable Sunlight brightness, then you *might* need to select auto afterwards, before the manual can be selected. Can't go directly from sunlight to manual. At least not on my first test. Second test ROM doesn't see that behavior.
Here's a how-to video that includes a demonstration. Though it's kind of hard to see the changes, it might help understand what's going on.
http://youtu.be/jlTGeAL_It8
Here's what the three apps look like when added to my Quick Toggles. They are the top three apps:
upload gambar
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you have the same link for auto and manual..solve it and will test it to my jamal s5 port..
Very cool app
Impressive.
:good::good::good::good::good:
Very nice
Where can I get the manual one?
Revive and thank for the Mod,
For any users looking, I have used the APK in post 12
(CZ Sunlight Brightness)
And the Zip in the OP, i use Normal.2.apk
Working as expected, Would be nice to have them included in the one App if the OP was still active on this.
max brightness
the max brightness seems like outdoor mode . . do this bright app has also time limit like default system outdoor mode which is 15 minutes? thanks more power of your development
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wow hats off on this app. no time limit for max brightness mode this app is what ive been searching since i got my screen dim damage after submerging in water few months back. . max brightness fix my screen with the help of darker pro app that balances the color. . by the way i wanna ask what is tha changelog of bright.2.apk and CZ Sunlight Brightness thanks so much again
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the max brightness seems like outdoor mode . . do this bright app has also time limit like default system outdoor mode which is 15 minutes? thanks more power of your development
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wow hats off on this app. no time limit for max brightness mode this app is what ive been searching since i got my screen dim damage after submerging in water few months back. . max brightness fix my screen with the help of darker pro app that balances the color. . by the way i wanna ask what is tha changelog of bright.2.apk and CZ Sunlight Brightness thanks so much again
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Sorry, I don't have any changelog and don't remember the details of this mod.
It's been too long since I made it.
FYI, the developer @flar2 has created a High Brightness Mode widget that far surpasses my original mod.
It is a newer mod and so I don't know how well it works on the Note 3 or if it works at all.
But it works AWESOME on my Google Pixel XL which has the AMOLED display from Samsung.
Here is a link to the widget/mod:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.hbmwidget&hl=en
Hi Folks,
This issue happened a to a few times now within a short time frame. The problem is like this:
I set the brightness slider somewhere about 30-40% and have the auto mode on. This way the min brightness would not fall below the slider point (I assume and this is the way I had with all my andorid phones) and works quit well.
The issue I encountered is that the brightness slider would go down to minimum (auto is still there) on it's own and stay there. I didn't have any power saving options turned on as the phone is still burning in.
The only time I noticed this is in the evenings and night. Still wondering what's causing it.
Game service is disabled on my phone.
Regards
Asanka
Auto brightness works differently in the S7 compared to other Android phones. Auto brightness actually moves the slider for you. If you keep adjusting the slider to where you want it in different environments it should "learn" your preferences and automatically adjust the slider to what you would put it at for each environment.
Thanks for clarifying that. Thought mine was buggy.
Yea that threw me off at first also
Hey everyone,
I would like to present you app that I created to automatically adjust screen brightness. Tested on LG K8, Android 6.0. App is using front camera to determine lighting in smartphone environment. I created it because I recently changed my phone and as it turned out this one does not have light sensor, and that was cumbersome for me (day or so after using phone I faced situation when I was outside, it was very sunny and brightness was set to like 10%. It was impossible to unlock phone because I couldn't see anything on screen even if I tried to cover phone screen from that light, so phone was totally unusable!). I didn't find this kind of app on Google Play so that's why we have this thread.
FEATURES:
- automatically adjusts screen brightness
- automatically turn on device boot
- 5 frequency options
HOW TO USE:
1. Download.
1.1. [6.0+] Give permissions.
2. Choose one of available options (I recommend using medium refresh rate).
MORE INFORMATIONS:
Of course app will be improved. I want to add notification with brightness adjust bar, and improve algorithm that is determining what brightness level will be set.
FREE DOWNLOAD:
App in attachement.
GOOGLE PLAY LINK (paid app, if You apprecieate my work, like app or You want to give me coffe, here is link):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.ntimobile.autobrightness
SUPPORT:
If You like my overall work (I publish as NTIMobile) You can donate here:
paypal.me/AdamStaszak
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT AND TIME!
Thats good for device doesnt have light sensor
Great idea... However on my k8 its a bit confused... i tried it in the office during daylight, it was quite dark instead of bright and when i covered the front camera its become bright... maybe you could put some options there to manually adjust intesity levels related to the picture brightness?
Good idea
Adam.st said:
Hey everyone,
I would like to present you app that I created to automatically adjust screen brightness. Tested on LG K8, Android 6.0. App is using front camera to determine lighting in smartphone environment. I created it because I recently changed my phone and as it turned out this one does not have light sensor, and that was cumbersome for me (day or so after using phone I faced situation when I was outside, it was very sunny and brightness was set to like 10%. It was impossible to unlock phone because I couldn't see anything on screen even if I tried to cover phone screen from that light, so phone was totally unusable!). I didn't find this kind of app on Google Play so that's why we have this thread.
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Great and usefull
Do you support this or are still developing it?
Has anyone else had issues with their Adaptive Brightness not working. Toggling the setting has no effect on my display. For such an expensive phone I expect things like this to work.
Yes, it doesn't work that great for me either. I mean I can see it adjusts the brightness "somewhat". But it appears it is not nearly as dramatic as on my Galaxy S7 which would pretty much perfectly adjust the brightness.
I agree that a phone this expensive should do it correctly out of the box. Google please listen.
This is the intended function as I understood it, so I googled it and here confirms. This is not intended to operate the same as auto brightness many other phones use.
In Android L, Google's introduced a new feature called Adaptive Brightness that combines manual and auto brightness. You can manually adjust the brightness level to a state you like. Once it's set, your screen will adjust based on ambient light so it stays at the same brightness relative to the light around you. This way you can set the screen to your preferences without sticking to an absolute level.
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Been this way a long time. Would this be your first Nexus/Pixel phone?
Source
The problem I have is that every time the phone is rebooted, adaptive brightness is set back to Off, even though it was On when the phone was restarted. Running NDE63V and not rooted.