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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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asb123 said:
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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NYYFan325 said:
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?
can anyone either make me a app that makes the camera flash a notification light or point me in the right direction on how to make it myself? I am not very good at coding but I'm willing to try to learn. I know a little java and html, although it's been a while for both so i doubt they will be much good to me. Thanks!
you try noled yet? its pretty nice and almost (almost!!) makes me not miss having a notification light.
Or just maybe make the lights on the buttons below the screen go off......
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+1 for NoLED.
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+1 for NoLED.
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I wasn't happy with NoLED. I see iphone got a tweak that allows the camera flash as a notification LED. I want 1 too! too bad i only no a little java which i havent used in 4 yearss ;-p
theReDkoolAiD said:
Or just maybe make the lights on the buttons below the screen go off......
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this would be awesome however I think its only doable through some custom kernel work which isn't possible as of yet since imnuts and other kernel devs have no source code
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How is Noled on the battery though? I tried it on my fascinate and it seemed to eat through the battery. This has been almost a year ago though.
NoLED will slightly lower your battery life, but it's the only option we have right now. We just can't get true BLN without the source code.
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How is Noled on the battery though? I tried it on my fascinate and it seemed to eat through the battery. This has been almost a year ago though.
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It does eat your battery because it unlocks your phone. That said, it does have the option to stop itself after a set time frame. I'm never away from my phone for more than five minutes, so that works for me.
I have the proximity sensor setting on for NoLED and it saves the battery a ton! The screen stays off when it's in your pocket or holster and shows the notification as soon as you take it out. NoLED is honestly the best app I have on my charge. I love seeing the icon of the notification rather than having to remember what app was yellow or blue!
BLN seems pointless on this phone. The back light on the buttons is too weak to even notice it during the day. Which I did enjoy BLN on my fascinate, but seems like it wouldn't work very well on the charge.
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BLN seems pointless on this phone. The back light on the buttons is too weak to even notice it during the day.
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That's not at all true if you're indoors. The button backlight is plenty noticeable even under fluorescent lights, and would be even moreso flashing.
I could be wrong but I believe this (BLN or back LED flash) is only possible through some custom kernel work, and since we have no kernel source code yet it can't be done... your best bet now, at the cost of battery life, would be noLED
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Ya it is a custom mod for a kernel. Could be cherry picked into the froyo kernel source from neldar's github.
Fyi I am having IMoseyOn take a look into it since the people have spoken
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Thanks. Currently I switched back to froyo so if I could cherry pick it in there, that would be awesome
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*These values also work for CM7*
I personally take no credit for this as i was searching how to set proper settings for my auto brightness using Team DIRT v1.7, so i searched all over Google and came across these settings that were recommended by the user "brkshr" over at rootzwiki, so all credit goes to him as i'm only basically copying and pasting what he has over there, hopefully it's not a big deal, if so, we can always remove this. They seem to be working just fine for me, but if any of you would like to give it a go, go ahead. I'm not responsible if your phone blows up, make a nandroid backup before you ever play with your phone settings. Shout outs to Team DIRT, CM Team for everything they've provided to us for our beloved Evil (Evo) OG (4G). If you don't find it too much to ask for, please thank the guy i bit this off of. "brkshr"
Menu > System Settings > Display > Automatic Backlight
jrollercoasters said:
For anyone that wants haptic lights on in the dark I put the first 3 levels to 50 and it works perfect
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*This would be under "Buttons" near the top.*
Light Sensor Filter - Enabled
Window Length - 5 sec
Reset threshold - disabled
Sample Interval - 5 sec
Light Levels - Use custom checked
Screen dim level - 1
Edit other levels - See attachments (Scroll to the bottom and select "Set number of levels, and type in 20)
Allow light decrease - Checked
Decrease hysteresis - 50%
Once done, click on "Save and Apply" and you should be good to go!
(Hope i didn't violate any rules, i gave credit where i could)
thanks for the guide want to use it but dont quite get the attachment.. im on CM7 reloaded rom and thought it would be the same had all the same stuff... just not as much values.. in other levels.. :/
jrollercoasters said:
thanks for the guide want to use it but dont quite get the attachment.. im on CM7 reloaded rom and thought it would be the same had all the same stuff... just not as much values.. in other levels.. :/
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First, I think you mean Deck's Reloaded ROM. Second, if you want to emulate the number of levels in the OP, just hit the button at the bottom that says "set number of levels."
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shinesthru said:
First, I think you mean Deck's Reloaded ROM. Second, if you want to emulate the number of levels in the OP, just hit the button at the bottom that says "set number of levels."
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^what he said^
They didn't change to those values tho..
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Oh nvm >.> I'm an idiot srry, will 10secs work for window length? You can't change it to 5 on cm7 appearntly ..
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Excellent find Great way to lower the display usage of CM and save some battery!
For anyone that wants haptic lights on in the dark I put the first 3 levels to 50 and it works perfect
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jrollercoasters said:
For anyone that wants haptic lights on in the dark I put the first 3 levels to 50 and it works perfect
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cool, ill put that in the OP
madunix said:
cool, ill put that in the OP
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I feel special haha
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This should be stickied in general section cause this comes in handy in any cm based Rom.. which a lot ppl use and it works very fluent, productive, smooth, and gets the perfect ammount of brightness
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Sorry for the noob question here but I've been away from aosp for awhile. Does this thread mean auto brightness is finally working properly in cm9 roms? And the compass works too? Did I miss when this bug got fixed?
mertin said:
Sorry for the noob question here but I've been away from aosp for awhile. Does this thread mean auto brightness is finally working properly in cm9 roms? And the compass works too? Did I miss when this bug got fixed?
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It means you can perfect your brightness so its not so bright all the time.. you can customize with lux auto brightness (app) also
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mertin said:
Sorry for the noob question here but I've been away from aosp for awhile. Does this thread mean auto brightness is finally working properly in cm9 roms? And the compass works too? Did I miss when this bug got fixed?
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i haven't heard anything new on the compass so I'm assuming it's working just fine, i use googles maps without any issues so i would say yes it's fixed. as far as the auto brightness features, if you follow this guide, it will set your values up in a sense that it covers all types of lighting situations. i tried it out yesterday in doors and out, i'd have to say i was quite happy with the results. very responsive as well.
Am I doing something wrong? I tried following the steps here but my screen was so dim that I could barely see it indoors.
I am on Deck's Reloaded and I changed the number of levels to 20 and tried to mimic the settings but didn't have any luck. When I change the number of levels the "upper" value (that can't be changed) are all 0...Do I need to do something to change that? I tried just going through and setting it like in the attachments but maybe I did something wrong.
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Am I doing something wrong? I tried following the steps here but my screen was so dim that I could barely see it indoors.
I am on Deck's Reloaded and I changed the number of levels to 20 and tried to mimic the settings but didn't have any luck. When I change the number of levels the "upper" value (that can't be changed) are all 0...Do I need to do something to change that? I tried just going through and setting it like in the attachments but maybe I did something wrong.
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Change the entries under "screen" to something higher until it looks good to u. I like mine a little brighter, so I started with "0,80,0" as the first line, and then increased as I went down the list. Hope this makes sense.
drtwrk127 said:
Change the entries under "screen" to something higher until it looks good to u. I like mine a little brighter, so I started with "0,80,0" as the first line, and then increased as I went down the list. Hope this makes sense.
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I ended up raising my values up a tad bit as well.. it has definetely been helping me get my screen brightness adjusted accordingly, which is great.
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I think you guys misunderstood my question earlier. Last time I tried cm9 (about two weeks ago) the custom auto brightness settings could not be changed, they would revert as soon as you exit the menu even after hitting save and apply. Also the time it took to adjust to changing light conditions was +10 seconds and basically unusable. (I saw in the changelog it was this way because they werent able to get custom auto brightness and the compass working at the same time). So am I to believe this is not the case anymore?
mertin said:
I think you guys misunderstood my question earlier. Last time I tried cm9 (about two weeks ago) the custom auto brightness settings could not be changed, they would revert as soon as you exit the menu even after hitting save and apply. Also the time it took to adjust to changing light conditions was +10 seconds and basically unusable. (I saw in the changelog it was this way because they werent able to get custom auto brightness and the compass working at the same time). So am I to believe this is not the case anymore?
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no longer the case. make sure your auto brightness is actually checked.. i was having issues until i realized it wasn't checked to begin with.
Works well on CM7 as well :thumbup:
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I've been looking around and have not found the answer to my question anywhere. So here is my question. I'm sitting here looking at my vzw galaxy s3 right next to my vzw gnexus. And the whites look so much whiter on the nexus. Granted on the nexus I'm using francos kernel and have the color conteol tweaks going but I didn't think I would need to tweak the s3. I would have never noticed If i didn't put the phones side by side showing the same exact thing. . Otherwise this screen on the s3 is absolutely beautiful. But I can't seem to find a kernel for the s3 that offers color tweaking like on the nexus. Does anyone know of an app or kernel that offers these options. Thank u in advance.
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I have been following the Trinity kernel thread by Morific and his app has/will have color tweaks enabled for the GSIII once he enables it in his kernel. I haven't purchased it just yet but based on a couple user's posts, the color adjustment side of that app was enabled for the GNex. That's what I'm basing this info on, the thread is in our Original Development.
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Thank you for your response. I do own the Trinity app. I really hope he integrates the color controls into the gs3. Just curious. Has anyone else noticed this. My buddy has a gs3 and his whites look just like mine so I don't think I have a lemon.
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I notice this, too. The whites have a bit of yellow to them.
Yes exactly. A slight yellow tint. Tgr gbex used to have it too with the stock kernel. Guess we just have to wait for one of our amazing kernel devs to fix this. Wish I knew how so I could contribute.
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No problem man, I'm actually interested in seeing what color adjustment are about. This is the first phone I've had where that was potentially possible. In the last few weeks I've noticed yellowing on parts of my screen but only with select colors, I notice yellow mainly towards the bottom of my phone in various greys when viewed at angles. Is this what y'all are referring too? I notice it a lot when using the xda app cuz one half of the main categories across the top are lighter than the other half when I hold my phone in landscape.
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Yes exactly what u are talking about. Actually the xda app is what I used to compare to with my galaxy nexus. Ive only had the s3 a few days now but I bought my GNEX on launch day. And with the GNEX I noticed the colors got worse over time. As soon as I started using the color tweaks it made my GNEX look like a brand new phone. I'm patiently waiting for these options on the S3
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Likewise, I'm all for learning about this and reaping the benefits. In your experience with the GNex, would you use the TKT app to adjust the brightness across various kernels by other devs or was brightness control limited to just that kernel it was bundled with? I've only ever used SetCPU so these brightness controls using kernel apps are new to me.
On the GNEX I used francos app or ezeekels app depending on which kernel I was running. I never used set CPU for color control. To tell u the truth I didn't even know set CPU had that option.
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What I meant was I have only used SetCPU to control my kernels in regards to clock speed. Using these kernel dev branded kernel apps (or anything really) to also control color adjustment are something I'm unfamiliar with. The last version of SetCPU that I used, v2.x, didn't have that so you're correct about that.
I appreciate the clarity about which kernel app to use.
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No problem.
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Just curious. Do u know what the diferrence is between the android development forum and the original android development forum is.
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Been several posts in Q&A, and in general about best methods for adjusting brightness. Personally I like the slider in the notification tray, but the app Q Bright is by far the best app I've used for this purpose. Full slider, 4 customizable presets, full app customizations, fast acting, oh yeah, it's free.
Thought I'd share.
It's actually Qbright one word
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I like screen filter. It's free as well. It can make the screen go dimmer than with the notification slider. Q bright is pretty cool too. Wish I had a search key to long press to bring it up though haha
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I've been using Lux for awhile now and it's been working great.
I also use lux, but everytime i reboot i have to open the dash to get it to work. I have the notification icon active, which always says for some reason 50% after boot until I click it. Lux works with tasker and i like that for profiling.
<quick hijack>I've been on the hunt for a widget I can pop in my homescreen that will jump between preset brightness levels. I generally keep my phone around 5% or so but when I'm outside I can't see that. I can pull down the notifications and adjust the slider but a button on my homescreen is much easier.
This one works pretty well but the icon doesn't center properly and my ocd brain can't take it. Plus sometimes it will just jump between 30%-100%...No idea why.
Sorry for derailing the thread
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Saw that too, I couldn't deal with the off center widget either. I mean seriously, wtf? Who wants that on their screen?
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the best app I have ever used for adjusting screen brightness and saving your battery would be LUX. It is in the Market for free but the paid options are far worth it.
Auto brightness from google store... i like that app... useful and great
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Lux is wonderful
I've been using Brightness Level by Curvefish for over 2 years. The widget is perfect.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curvefish.widgets.brightnesslevel
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I've been using Lux for awhile now and it's been working great.
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I agree. This is what I've been using for.months and love it! It allows you to set custom presets based on the current luxury, which you can use the default reader or even use the camera to detect. I use default, and set customs by long pressing the link button on the luxury widget.
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