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Auto screen brightness

Is anyone else having issues with the auto screen brightness? I'm in bed now with all the lights off and my screen is at it's brightest. As far as I can remember, the screen has never gone dim for me. I have always had to do it manually.
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allen2oo3 said:
Is anyone else having issues with the auto screen brightness? I'm in bed now with all the lights off and my screen is at it's brightest. As far as I can remember, the screen has never gone dim for me. I have always had to do it manually.
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Same problem here.
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Mine seems to work. I always thought it worked based on where the bar is set prior to the checkmark.
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I use Quick Settings to adjust the brightness. The auto on this phone definitely isn't working correctly.

Mine works just fine. Dim when it's bright around me, bright when it's dark around me.
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I feel like mine does change some, but it never seems like it's a really accurate change to the condition... or maybe I just think it does, hmm.

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Mine works just fine. Dim when it's bright around me, bright when it's dark around me.
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That's backwards. You want the brightness down when it's dark, because less light is needed to see the screen, and up when it's light, because more brightness is needed to see the screen.

I as well have had issues with the auto brightness. It never seems to change. I manually set it, or leverage a widget.

Mine works but it adjusts too frequently. It was annoying to see it going brighter and dimmer every minute or two so I tuned it off and use a widget.
Thanks, Robrecht

funkybside said:
That's backwards. You want the brightness down when it's dark, because less light is needed to see the screen, and up when it's light, because more brightness is needed to see the screen.
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I believe it was a joke.
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Glad to see I'm not crazy and imagining things. Very surprised at how many little quirks HTC let slip by on the thunderbolt.
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I have always disliked auto-brightness. At night when I'm reading a book in bed, it is just way too bright at the lowest auto-bright setting. Though it was nice to automatically brighten up when I'm outside. Now days, I just stick an Android power control on the home screen and manage it myself. 0% for when I'm in bed reading books, 30% for normal every day use, 100% for when I'm outside. It seems to help the battery quite a bit too.

Its best to adjust it manually anyways... Just add a widget on your home screen lolz

What's best is not always whats preferred. It's little things like auto not working that make me miss my cyanogen'd droid 1

eallan said:
I believe it was a joke.
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jab818 said:
What's best is not always whats preferred. It's little things like auto not working that make me miss my cyanogen'd droid 1
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Same, but I came from a CM Eris

G2x notifications?

Am I missing something, but I can't find how to enable notifications for missed email or calls. Does this feature exist?

I surprised no one seemed to bothered by lack of led notification... This was the most useful feature in N1

dkreviews said:
I surprised no one seemed to bothered by lack of led notification... This was the most useful feature in N1
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Actually I'm very bothered by it, but knew about it going in. I just don't think any phones are going to have that magic trackball or led notification anymore.
Apparently there's a mod for the Optimus 2x that enables the soft keys at the bottom of the phone to light up as notifications, but it hasn't been ported to the G2X yet.

Well, there might be no dedicated LED, but there are those touch buttons, they should do the trick. As a matter of fact there is an app Touch LED Notifications (BETA) 0.3, but it appears a bit buggy still.

been using touch led beta 0.3 for two days. so far it's workin great!
d/l it here:
http://www.swedroid.se/forum/showthread.php?t=38703
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Yep, touch led beta 0.3 works fine for me for 2 days now.

I can not find a download link on that page to save my life. Do I need to register?
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does the led button app drain your battery life? doesnt that unsleep the phone?

There is also an app in the market called noLED that works awesome.

Noled is great for amoled screens to my knowledge. On amoled you can light up a specific led whereas on LCD you still turn on the entire backlight.
From author's description the app processes notifications only when they are received and the phone is awoken anyway. You can also set timeout after which the less stop flashing (I set it to 3 hours for example.)
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Here is the direct link martinborjesson .com/android/Optimus2XTouchLEDNotificationsBETA-0.3.apk
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The 2x touch LED app has been working for me for almost 2 days now w/no apparent issues.

Touch LED Beta 0.3 working great here! Haven't tested noLED from market but it's meant for AMOLED screens whose black pixels do not consume power. If you use noLED for notifications to display on your LCD screen, it will be like leaving the whole screen on any time you have a message.

Yea 2x touch just pulses your capacitive buttons at the bottom. Its configurable and works great...
I'd rather light up 4 LEDs then my whole backlight.
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Started using the Touch LED app, works great. So glad this came along. Hit thanks button rroyter and biturbomunkie.

Hey can one of you tell me your settings on it?? I want to make sure i have it set up correctly.

Its strange im using google voice for text but everytime i receive one the keys dont light up...is this a bug???

Perfect! Just had to change the file extension from txt to apk for some reason. Works good unrooted.

will this stop my entire screen from illuminating when i get a text? all my other android phones did not have their screens turn on when a text comes through unless i had an sms pop up app.

Need a little help with this, when I DL the .apk on my phone, it turns into a .txt file. What am I doin wrong?
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LED notification and brightness for stock 2.3.4?

On the new stock 2.3.4 that was just released, there are 2 features I miss greatly.. one is the dimming of the led lights.. and the other is using them as a notification. Has anyone found an app that works? I did find 1 notification app but from what I read, it sucks the battery down cuz it flashes.. can't do a steady light.
Thanks !

Did you try LG Touch LED Notification? It has steady light option.
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Try LG Optimus 2x Touch Key Lights. That really works to adjust to light level of these touch keys =)
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ya, tried both of those.. neither works w/ 2.3.4

schmit said:
ya, tried both of those.. neither works w/ 2.3.4
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Working fine for me with little to no, noticeable battery drain.
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mt3g said:
Working fine for me with little to no, noticeable battery drain.
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Which one of those two are you using. I want to install
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LG Touch LED Notification

schmit said:
ya, tried both of those.. neither works w/ 2.3.4
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I'm using LG Touch Notifications on 2.3.4 and it is working fine with a lot of options to choose from.

http://goo.gl/W789W
Works great.

+1 LG Touch Notifications on 2.3.4

thanks gang.. not sure why, but LG touch kkey wasn't working but its working now. Good to go. Just need a good power control widget that'll go in the notification bar.. and I'll be good. Tried widgetoid.. don't like the gps toggle, doesn't work. Well.... i should try it again, lol

schmit said:
thanks gang.. not sure why, but LG touch kkey wasn't working but its working now. Good to go. Just need a good power control widget that'll go in the notification bar.. and I'll be good. Tried widgetoid.. don't like the gps toggle, doesn't work. Well.... i should try it again, lol
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I was just turned on to Notification Toggle in the Play Store for the control in the notification bar. Check it out.

GTWalling said:
I was just turned on to Notification Toggle in the Play Store for the control in the notification bar. Check it out.
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ha, i'm getting all kinds of help on this thread. thanks dude! Ok, I'll try another shot to get help on this thread. On the new 2.3.4.. every time I get a txt, my screen turns on for just a sec or 2... I can't find a way to keep the screen off on received txts. Kinda stupid if i'm in a txt conversation w/ someone.. screen keeps coming on.

schmit said:
ha, i'm getting all kinds of help on this thread. thanks dude! Ok, I'll try another shot to get help on this thread. On the new 2.3.4.. every time I get a txt, my screen turns on for just a sec or 2... I can't find a way to keep the screen off on received txts. Kinda stupid if i'm in a txt conversation w/ someone.. screen keeps coming on.
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There's a link in the thread I started about the application for notification toggles in this sub-forum. As to your question about the text things. Your phone lights up while you're texting? That's kind of normal don't you think. The screen coming on when the text comes in is a stock messaging thing. Nothing that can be done except installing a custom messaging application, as far as I know, I like that it lights up.
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There's a link in the thread I started about the application for notification toggles in this sub-forum. As to your question about the text things. Your phone lights up while you're texting? That's kind of normal don't you think. The screen coming on when the text comes in is a stock messaging thing. Nothing that can be done except installing a custom messaging application, as far as I know, I like that it lights up.
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ha, not while i'm texting... duh, the screen would need to be on for that, haha. When I receive a text, the screen turns on. The other day I was txting with a friend then I got into the middle of something and she sent another 5txts.. and the screen kept turning on. Pretty wasteful on the battery..

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There's a link in the thread I started about the application for notification toggles in this sub-forum. As to your question about the text things. Your phone lights up while you're texting? That's kind of normal don't you think. The screen coming on when the text comes in is a stock messaging thing. Nothing that can be done except installing a custom messaging application, as far as I know, I like that it lights up.
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Sorry, would have given you credit but I forgot who it was. :-( Big thanks though love it.

Amazing auto brightness app has saved my EVO

As we all know our evos have a tendency of killing battery and according to Android our batteries die #1 reason through display well I have found an amazing that is very customizable and has saved my battery tremendously its called lux auto brightness and it works great just thought id let our EVO comunity know about it cause its awesome and I just found out aboutt it and dev gurantees a refund even after googly tiny little 15 min here's a picture for how much it has helped before this app I normally got around 15 hrs
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How much batt life does it save vs using htc auto?

Well normally I get 15 hrs of heavy use and I'm getting around 20-23 so about 5 hrs
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woah thats a huge difference!!! Ill test it out once I get armon working. These extended batteries are great! I havent touched OEM since lol

have pro version installed but i dont think i have it set up right cuz whenever i unlock screen outside it stays on 15% brightness and i CANT SEE SH*T on my screen...have to open app and hit auto brightness to see. So if you could explain how to use this would be great!

Just open it up go to settings set it up how you want make sure you add it to notification bar and it should be on auto also there's like 4 differnt options for it to change, I choose dynamic, there should be a guide when you first open app, but inside app if you click the gear looking thing on the dashboard it takes you to the main app and you can click lux splash screen and you'll find a tutorial there that is very helpful
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Pivo187 said:
woah thats a huge difference!!! Ill test it out once I get armon working. These extended batteries are great! I havent touched OEM since lol
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You still haven't figured out armon? Lol p.m if your still confused
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Awesome app, must try! Gravity Screen Off

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexnor.gravityscreenofffree
This app uses your phone's motion, gravity, and proximity sensors to automatically turn on and off your screen so that you don't have to press any keys (software or hardware).
For instance, when I put my S4 inside my pocket or holster it to my belt clip, the screen turns off automatically. When I take the phone out, the screen turns on automatically as well.
I've tried a few apps similar to this before but this one just works very well and consistently.
I already installed it on my mom's and wifey's S2s and they love it too~! Just wanted to share the goodness~

Wow it is pretty impressive! Thanks for sharing. .
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sprint_dobbs said:
Wow it is pretty impressive! Thanks for sharing. .
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No problem. I figured there must be others who will find this kind of app convenient to have around. I just love not having to press the home or power button every time I want to turn the screen on.

Any hit on battery performance?

vboyz103 said:
Any hit on battery performance?
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The author of the app said to expect a hit about 5%. I've been using it for 2 days now and I haven't noticed any difference so far. But then, I'm running on the ktoonsez kernel with -50mV, all-around.

Freekin love this app

Thanks for the heads up op! works like a charm, now I've got to get used to not pressing my power key on wake
****'ll Buff Out

Sweet app....I noticed I had to lower the sensitivity while my phone was in my mount while driving. The screen kept coming on.

Nice catch. Love this app.

This is exactly what I was looking for!! Thanks for the find!
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Very nice find, bought the pro version right away, this is awesome but does anyone knows if there's something you can do so when you put your phone face up on the table it lock it without waiting 5 secs?
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K nvm Im getting screen off a lot while using the phone in different positions, I tried changing some settings but nothing I had to turn it off it was getting extremely annoying
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Rasmux said:
K nvm Im getting screen off a lot while using the phone in different positions, I tried changing some settings but nothing I had to turn it off it was getting extremely annoying
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The only time the screen turns off on me when I don't want it to is when I text and I accidentally rest one of my fingers over the proximity sensor by mistake. Otherwise, it's been good. I wish there was a time-delay option for proximity sensor to turn off the screen so an accidental finger covering up the proximity sensor doesn't turn off the screen right away.

optimummind said:
The only time the screen turns off on me when I don't want it to is when I text and I accidentally rest one of my fingers over the proximity sensor by mistake. Otherwise, it's been good. I wish there was a time-delay option for proximity sensor to turn off the screen so an accidental finger covering up the proximity sensor doesn't turn off the screen right away.
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Yeah well actually here it happens when im gaming which I hold the device horizontal
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Rasmux said:
Yeah well actually here it happens when im gaming which I hold the device horizontal
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I see. It's an extra step but you could pull down the notification menu and pause the app before gaming then turn it back on afterwards. My mom tells me that sometimes when she's watching Netflix, the screen turns off on her. I told her not to cover up the sensor but she just disabled the app.

optimummind said:
I see. It's an extra step but you could pull down the notification menu and pause the app before gaming then turn it back on afterwards. My mom tells me that sometimes when she's watching Netflix, the screen turns off on her. I told her not to cover up the sensor but she just disabled the app.
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Could you take a screenshot of your settings? Maybe im ****ing up somewhere lol
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I got a wakelock after enabling this. just me?

gershee said:
I got a wakelock after enabling this. just me?
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No. I got 4x for 16 seconds in 12 hours. But for as awesome as this app is I can live with a 5% hit any day!!
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Thanks! This fits the bill, the other drivers on the road thanks you too!

According to GSam battery monitor, Gravity Screen Off is responsible for only 0.2% battery drain. I haven't noticed any extra drain because of this app.