My biggest complaint with this phone is that the screen is far too bright on its lowest setting, which I feel is a huge reason the battery life isn't as good as it could be. My iPhone can be turned down way dimmer than my Captivate. Is there anything I can do about this? Any apps or hacks that will allow me to dim the screen further than the OS allows?
--Thanks.
PS. It's rooted and all that goodness.
Trysome of the widgets from the market. I like the one from curvefish. Don't know if it will make it darker, but you definitely have better control over the brightness.
mrhaley30705 said:
Trysome of the widgets from the market. I like the one from curvefish. Don't know if it will make it darker, but you definitely have better control over the brightness.
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Thanks, I definitely like the added control with that app but it's still frying my retinas sadly.
You could look for a kernel with voodoo color. But you would have to use a custom ROM, I don't think the kernels that support it are compatible with a stock ROM.
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You could also use darker, if not completely black, wallpaper and themes.
Screen filter app in the market works well for me
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I too like Screen Filter. You should be able to find a setting that save your eyesight.
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+1 for Screen Filter!
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You could look for a kernel with voodoo color. But you would have to use a custom ROM, I don't think the kernels that support it are compatible with a stock ROM.
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Switched over to the Talon Kernel, which seems to have a dimmer screen by default, but I don't see any options in the voodoo app for adjusting the brightness of the screen (just RGB and gamma).
Benjamindaines said:
Switched over to the Talon Kernel, which seems to have a dimmer screen by default, but I don't see any options in the voodoo app for adjusting the brightness of the screen (just RGB and gamma).
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Lower the gamma hack value. If they are at 0, 0, 0 now, try it at -30,-30,-30. It wrong change the color perception, just brightness. Play around with it and find what you like.
Sunglasses work also or you could get an iPhone.
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Screen filter, it solves your problem.
mbc663 said:
Screen filter, it solves your problem.
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So I recently got the LCD density changing aapplication from the market and love it.
I have always been a fan of larger screens but the hardware on the Nexus 1 (led scroll ball and light) keeps me grounded.
Anyway after using the app and moving it down to 220, I'm getting the same resolution overall as I did with the Atrix and love it.
Although the screen size isn't as big, I'm seeing more information than I do with my Captivate that has the same 480 by 800 resolution and a larger, 4 inch screen.
Just sharing my thoughts.
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any problem with some apps or games? I used it before and some apps and games won't show up in full screen no more so i switch back to default and uninstall the app.
I've been using this app for some time now and I have no problems with apps so far.
I don't have any problems with applications; I don't play games on this phone so I can't comment on that though.
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Never heard of this until just now. VERY VERY awesome.
What are the "optimal" settings you guys are using? I set mine to 220 and I did notice a difference (especially my home screen).
Sounds intersting! Any noticable impact on battery or memory?
You can definitely notice a difference, it kinda reminds me of the HD Sense roms. It also fixed some issues I was having with LauncherPro & some widgets when in portrait.
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Never heard of this until just now. VERY VERY awesome.
What are the "optimal" settings you guys are using? I set mine to 220 and I did notice a difference (especially my home screen).
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I am going to permenantly use 210 on my Nexus 1; I can ssee a whwhole lot more along with thee keyboard still being comfortable to type on.
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galaxys said:
Sounds intersting! Any noticable impact on battery or memory?
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Well I'm not one to graph precise plots of my battery usage but I can get a whole day out of my phone and I constantly use it.
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I'm searching in the Market for this app and the only one that I can come up with is "LCD Density Changer" by Beansoft. Is this the app that everyone is using? $1.04?
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I'm searching in the Market for this app and the only one that I can come up with is "LCD Density Changer" by Beansoft. Is this the app that everyone is using? $1.04?
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I use the one that has an icon of a LCD with two arrows coming out of it, has the same name but I don't remember if I spent money on it.
Same as the one you're talking about I think, has the same name.
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Ya it's too bad it's not the same application anymore. This application doesn't have 2 arrows coming out of the LCD icon. In addition, the screen density resets itself back after every reboot.
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Ya it's too bad it's not the same application anymore. This application doesn't have 2 arrows coming out of the LCD icon. In addition, the screen density resets itself back after every reboot.
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Yea I don't like resetting it, however I never voluntarily turn the phone off and when I do have to reset, it only takes 20 or so seconds.
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I'm using this app till one month now without any problem on my DHD with CM7.
I play Angry birds, dillo hills, Go Launcher ...
It's exact name is "LCDDensity for Root" made by Elviss Kustans.
Set LCD density on boot?
Hi guys,
Do you know if there's a way to set the LCD density 'permanently' so that you don't have to reset it everytime you reboot?
Thanks in advance!
You can set it permanently by editing the build.pro. Change the ro.sf.lcd_desity line to whatever you like.
I recommend 180 for N1s
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You can set it permanently by editing the build.pro. Change the ro.sf.lcd_desity line to whatever you like.
I recommend 180 for N1s
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180??? I personally use 200...maybe i'll try 180 to see how it looks!
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bobtentpeg said:
You can set it permanently by editing the build.pro. Change the ro.sf.lcd_desity line to whatever you like.
I recommend 180 for N1s
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Thanks! This was very helpful!
If you want to make your density setting your system default, just go into the setting. If you edit the build.prop, then you'll have to do that every time you flash a new rom. I'm sure most of us flash junkie's use titanium back, so that way when you restore your apps that setting will be saved also.
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If you want to make your density setting your system default, just go into the setting. If you edit the build.prop, then you'll have to do that every time you flash a new rom. I'm sure most of us flash junkie's use titanium back, so that way when you restore your apps that setting will be saved also.
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So, umm, sorry to inform you, but the "save as system default" setting writes to the build.prop
Any ideas why this might be happening?
I've compared it several new smartphones and the whites are definitely way off. Blue tint kind of thing.
its the only problem to the amoled display.. try using a voodoo kernel, they seem to fix some color issues
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its the only problem to the amoled display.. try using a voodoo kernel, they seem to fix some color issues
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I've compared it to a blank Web browser on an iPhone 4 and the brightness and clearness of the whites don't even come close on this Mesmerize but I know the Galaxy S's screen is just as bright as the iPhone 4 screen, so I doubt it's an AMOLED issue. I feel it's a software issue.
I've made sure the brightness is up full so I believe I'm doing all I can in that respect.
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I've compared it to a blank Web browser on an iPhone 4 and the brightness and clearness of the whites don't even come close on this Mesmerize but I know the Galaxy S's screen is just as bright as the iPhone 4 screen, so I doubt it's an AMOLED issue. I feel it's a software issue.
I've made sure the brightness is up full so I believe I'm doing all I can in that respect.
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Research voodoo color. You will see it's a known issue on some screens. Personally I don't see it.
akellar said:
Research voodoo color. You will see it's a known issue on some screens. Personally I don't see it.
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I don't see a version available for the Mesmerize.
akellar said:
Of you already know the voodoo kernels have a fix for this them what's your point? Get a voodoo kernel, follow the instructions, and move along.
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I only knew about the Color thing after you mentioned it and I then said it doesn't appear available for the Mesmerize.
This is ridiculous.
Just cleaned up a few posts here. Please avoid, trolling type posts.
Thank you.
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King Mustard said:
I only knew about the Color thing after you mentioned it and I then said it doesn't appear available for the Mesmerize.
This is ridiculous.
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There are roughly 5 different voodoo kernels available for froyo. A good place to start would be the stickied thread about kernels in the dev forum.
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OTB has voodoo color.
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The CM7 rom has color correction options that might fix the problem for you.
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Closing thread. Unbelievable....
I was looking at my battery stats, after 12.5 hours my display has used 58% of my battery. Is this abnormally high for this phone?
I am using automatic brightness.
If this is not normal how can this be helped/fixed?
Thanks
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asb123 said:
I was looking at my battery stats, after 12.5 hours my display has used 58% of my battery. Is this abnormally high for this phone?
I am using automatic brightness.
If this is not normal how can this be helped/fixed?
Thanks
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use a pure black wallpaper, turn off auto brightness, and set it at a lower brightness manually.
Also an app called "screen filter" works great. I have 2 widgets with these settings with the app
1) 48.6% (indoors, just to darken it a bit)
2) 25.5% (at night, dark rooms)
Of course mess with it and find what works best for you
NYYFan325 said:
Also an app called "screen filter" works great. I have 2 widgets with these settings with the app
1) 48.6% (indoors, just to darken it a bit)
2) 25.5% (at night, dark rooms)
Of course mess with it and find what works best for you
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the widgets themselves use up more battery.
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Really don't agree w/ you there. All they do is turn the app on/off at the selected setting. If the app isn't running they aren't doing any damage.
Screen filter seems good but it gets too dark at 48 for me, ill try a bit higher. As for the black wallpaper. That looks pretty bad IMO. Is it really worth it?
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Screen filter seems good but it gets too dark at 48 for me, ill try a bit higher. As for the black wallpaper. That looks pretty bad IMO. Is it really worth it?
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It doesn't have to be completely black. Basically dark colors helps out. Try and stay away from whites as much as possible
I am using the original honeycomb background, pretty dark but with neon blue.
Im going to try 52% filter with auto brightness. Should be good.
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Good stuff... just gotta mess and see whats best. Glad you like it though
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the widgets themselves use up more battery.
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any widget uses more battery than creating an app shortcut. Theres nothing to disagree on.
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It doesn't have to be completely black. Basically dark colors helps out. Try and stay away from whites as much as possible
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What about screen color options I currently have it on standard will vivid be better or something in custom?
My friend just got her Captivate screen repaired because it wasn't responding. When she showed me her new screen there were some visible improvements. It seemed a bit crisper and mine was tinted yellow compared to hers. I think im going to go get my screen changed!
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Try to get the rogers screen if you do. It says samsung at the top and nothing down by the buttons.
are you running a custom kernel? cuz some kernels with voodoo colour change the colouration of the screen, to fix it up, just download voodoo colour from the market and change the colour settings (only if u have a custom kernel)
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are you running a custom kernel? cuz some kernels with voodoo colour change the colouration of the screen, to fix it up, just download voodoo colour from the market and change the colour settings (only if u have a custom kernel)
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Yep I had the same issue and the above fixed it
Voodoo colour is not showing up in the market :s
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faroid said:
Voodoo colour is not showing up in the market :s
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It's voodoo control app. It handles voodoo sound and color. Also if you want you can buy the paid version and support a great dev for galaxy s community. If your strapped for cash that's fine too. It's what this beautiful community is for
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I used screen filter on my captivate for night time reading but on my note all it really does is wash out the colors. Is anyone else having this problem or have alternative apps that would work. screen is just too bright for night time reading even on the dimmest setting.
I think this is always how Screen Filter works. Maybe you just didn't notice before due to which setting you're using. Screen Filter works like if you turn down the brightness on a JPG photo, so you lose color depth.
There's no way around it - SF reduces the dynamic range of the screen, so you're going to have a correspondingly smaller palette of colors. The lower you go, the worse it gets.
Thanks for the replies guys. It just seemed more drastic on the note. Maybe its the bigger size. Can't even do a comparison cause I already shipped my captivate off to my mom.
Try using a program with night mode, with opera, doing the red on black mod.
Screen filter also blotches up the blacks for me too.
Superdim is an app available in the market... I am using it happily on my sgs sl i9003... It works great...
Screen filter basically applies a graish filter on the screen whereas superdim allows you to turn down brightness from levels lower than stock!
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Post a link. Its not showing in market for me
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carhigh said:
Post a link. Its not showing in market for me
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I found it with no problem. Requires root, maybe that's why it's not showing up for you? I just did a search for Superdim.
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I just tried Superdim. Had no effect at all on my minimum brightness.
Anyone know of something to adjust the actual profile of the Autobright??
screen filter is a good app，i usually use at night for reading
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I found it with no problem. Requires root, maybe that's why it's not showing up for you? I just did a search for Superdim.
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I just tried Superdim. Had no effect at all on my minimum brightness.
Anyone know of something to adjust the actual profile of the Autobright??
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Im rooted. Shows in market from laptop and can install, but still doesnt show from phone market. weiord
vatanatips said:
screen filter is a good app，i usually use at night for reading
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i use it too
Screen filter is useful in the theatre when I don't want to disturb anyone, but other than that it just messes up the colors too much.
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Phytrax said:
Screen filter is useful in the theatre when I don't want to disturb anyone, but other than that it just messes up the colors too much.
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That's why super dim is better... It should work on rooted phones...
I haven't set profiles for it... I just usually work in that app by playing with the brightness slider
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hmm, never noticed any colour problem with screen filter but then again I don't dim it that much. Will give SuperDim a go though.
Link for people who can't find it -> https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.pruss.superdim&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmkucHJ1c3Muc3VwZXJkaW0iXQ..
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That's why super dim is better... It should work on rooted phones...
I haven't set profiles for it... I just usually work in that app by playing with the brightness slider
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Like I said, Superdim doesn't do squat for me. Default minimum brightnes shows 20 on Superdim. If I reduce it to 1 nothing changes. Can you tell me your screen is actually dimmer on 1 than on 20?