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[APP] Extra Dimmer Switch - UPDATE 10-03-10 - disabling/enabling of 'Auto Brightness'

Hi People,
I had a problem, I wanted to read a book and browse web sites on my N1 at night, whilst girlfriend was trying to sleep. The Nexus One even on its dimmest setting is quite bright at night and annoys said gf, so I was looking for a way to get the screen dimmer than stock levels, similar to the night mode functionality.
Turns out the job was far more technical than I first thought, and beyond my capabilities. PM'd Cyan, but as you might expect he seems too busy with other projects to help, no surprise there!
The help came from my Android Fandroid mate Richard over at Geekyouup!
He has kindly created an application that will reduce the brightness of my beloved Nexus one to level 10 (the default minimum is 30) from what ever brightness level you are currently on. Click the icon again, and it will restore your brightness to previous levels.
Unfortunatley, due to Android fail safes, he was unable to get the level below 10, (yet) but its a step better than stock minimum for me.
I have attached the apk for your night time pleasure here.
ALL the work was done by my man Rich Hyndman (@geekyouup)
You can also get the version here:
http://geekyouup.com/dimmer.apk
P.S I love the slightly off balanced light bulb icon Rich!!

very useful
thanks!

Just tried it, works great. I've cursed under my breath about wishing I could lower the brightness.. what a wonderful idea.

Hi thanks for sharing. However it does not work when auto brightness is enabled. Is it possible to suggest to the author to support it as well?
On: Toggle off auto brightness and dim.
Off: Toggle on auto brightness.

Wysie - could do, I'm here. I know about the issue when Auto-brightness is enabled, working on it right now....

ok, version 1.0.2 is attached, now supports Automatic Brightness toggling as per Wysie's suggestion. If Automatic Brightness is on it disables and sets screen dim, second press re-enables Automatic Brightness.
Also available in Android Market and at the web link in dipeshb's post (as a 'Juniour Member' I can't post links)

Downloaded from the market and it works great. Thanks mate.

[Q]How to change display brightness by %?

Hello there. I would like to know if there's any app that enable Vox users to set display bright by percentage, or like High, Medium, Low.
I wish I could set my phone to stay always at the brightness level it gets after 30 seconds without use . I think the screen is to bright normally, and really want it to be in a low level.
Sorry for bad english, hope You guys could understand.
Thanks in advance.

"Tornado LowLight" also works on the Vox. Search for that.
I also recently discovered a tool called "LightToggle". It originates from Far East and may work without staying resident. Copy the files in the ZIP to the \Program files folder on the device and try the different .lnk files. For the Vox I noticed that the LT31.lnk toggles half/full brightness. Not sure if any system action will reset brightness before toggle again - just try out. Find it attached below.
Mind that the VOX driver only supports full and dimmed light level - nothing else.

Thanks a lot tobbie! I'll be trying it right now.

Mrkblo said:
Thanks a lot tobbie! I'll be trying it right now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This app called half back light is designed for vox. It is good.

[Q] Lowering Screen Brightness At Lowest Setting

Is there a way, via a registry edit perhaps, to make the screen on my Samsung Focus dimmer than the default setting when Auto Brightness is turned off and the screen brightness is set to Low? I drive a tractor-trailer for a living and use my Focus as a back-up to my dedicated truck GPS system for turn-by-turn directions. I have it in a dashboard mount at the top of my truck's dash, and I find it distractingly bright at night, even when the brightness is set to low. I previously had an HD7s and the low setting on that device was perfect! I'd like to make the Focus act the same, if possible (I know they're two different screen technologies).
My Focus is ChevronWP7 unlocked and interop-unlocked, and I've had no trouble installing XAP's and editing the registry to customize things. If anyone knows of a setting in the registry that controls screen brightness I could change, I'd really appreciate the info!
Thanks,
Dennis

How to develop a screen filter app (for brightness setting)

Hi,
You would have probably come across apps to adjust display brightness by applying a "filter" on the screen, e.g. Screen Filter - does anyone know how to develop an app like this?
I have searched high and low, and cant find out how to get started - any help would be amazing.
Thanks.

Im interested in this topic too Im currently developing an app where the app is active 5-10 min, and its not suitable to let the lockscreen be active. However, its likely that users, and the battery, wants to dim the brightness down, say 50%. But i cant find a way to programaticly to that. Is this so called screenfilter the solution?

Hey, I dont think this is what you are looking for pippi - this Screen Filter app is used to lower brightness beyond what the phone normally allows.
Its probably something like this you need to code...
"WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = getWindow().getAttributes();
lp.screenBrightness = 100 / 100.0f;
getWindow().setAttributes(lp);"
Can anyone help me with my question? thanks...

Aha, thank you very much! Ill look at that tomorrow, got some stuff to do before new years eve, cheers!

[Q] Changing the minimal brightness

I have had this problem ever since I got my Nexus 5, but I went rooted short time ago and want to solve it once and for all ... if possible. The problem is that even when in the evening the brightness it at its minimum, the screen is still too bright for my taste. I have been using Screen Filter for a while and it does the job, I have been wondering if I could change the value of some parameter in some system file that would allow me to dim the screen even more. Any ideas if this is possible and, if yes, can you help me find that file?