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Is there any way of bringing back the sliders under the display brightness settings menu, all I have is a tickbox for adaptive light levels?
Also, holding an HD, a D1, and D2 all at the same time, the D2 seems to have a much warmer, orangey hue to the display, are there any programs that can change this on global scale?

smadger said:
Is there any way of bringing back the sliders under the display brightness settings menu, all I have is a tickbox for adaptive light levels?
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If you uncheck 'Auto adjust backlight' you get the usual sliders to set the brightness on mains and battery.
No idea if you can adjust the hue of the display though. Likely not.

derinahon said:
If you uncheck 'Auto adjust backlight' you get the usual sliders to set the brightness on mains and battery.
No idea if you can adjust the hue of the display though. Likely not.
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Genius!!! Didn't seem to work before???????? Is there any way of making a shortcut in the programs menu for toggling the auto light adjust on or off?

Where is this setting. I can't see the wood for the trees
Many thanks.

Fru T Bunn said:
Where is this setting. I can't see the wood for the trees
Many thanks.
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Settings > All settings (soft key) > Power > Backlight tab
Cheers.

derinahon said:
Cheers.
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NO - cheers to you.

[Q] Custom auto brightness setting?

I want to use auto brightness, but the auto brightness on this phone set the screen too dim most of the time.
When I was using Cyanogenmod 7 on my HTC Desire, the rom allows one to customize the auto brightness settings (light sensor threshold, screen brightness at each level etc.) Is there any app on the market that can do the same thing?

I have the same problem. But I want it to be darker. Does anybody know how to adjust the auto brightness?

Pull down the notification window. Click quick settings and you will see it right there

crking1980 said:
Pull down the notification window. Click quick settings and you will see it right there
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That's not what I'm looking for. I want automatic adjustment but not so bright as it is now.

Just want to add myself as another user who is in need of this feature. I can code, but I have no mobile dev experience/patience

Just to be clear, you want a manual auto-brightness setting? Just use a ROM that includes manual brightness in the notification bar.

mitchsurp said:
Just to be clear, you want a manual auto-brightness setting? Just use a ROM that includes manual brightness in the notification bar.
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Yes, that's right. I`m using LeeDroid and that rom doesn't have that option.

Nobody knows?

Maybe here is the start... I have not used it.
Custom Auto Brightness
Dmitry Matuzko
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nnevod.loggraph

mitchsurp said:
Just to be clear, you want a manual auto-brightness setting? Just use a ROM that includes manual brightness in the notification bar.
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I would say what's needed is more like the ability to add or subtract brightness values from what the phone thinks the screen brightness should be.
So say the phone decides 70% is the right brightness, but you think actually it's brighter than it needs to be, you can set to always subtract 20% etc.
Conversely if you think the screen is always too dark, you can set it to always add 20% etc.
Would be a handy app to have.
Not sure why the custom auto brighness app needs to know where you are or have full internet access though...

Doesnt CM7 have this feature?

Better auto brightness

It's always too dark. Any way to mod this? I don't really want to manually adjust, as that is tiresome.
Seemed to work better on my old p1000.
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I did a kies update. Seems to be worse now. Too bright in the dark and too dark in the light. Also slow to react to light change. How difficult can it be for samsung to setup auto brightness. I actually think my old p1000 is a better tab in many ways apart from the 3d speeds..
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I wonder if this is because of a low quality light sensor. My Motorola Atrix does a pretty good job of regulating brightness automatically, except even that one is still too bright in the darkness.
For now I just make manual adjustments to the brightness on the tab, but thankfully the adjustment slider is right there on the notifications pop up so it only takes a second or two to make an adjustment.

Yes I could do manual adjustments but when I go outside and it's very bright I can't see the screen and this is where auto brightness needs to work well, which it doesn't and it is far too slow to change when I really want to take a quick pic, it just fails as I can't see the camera app for about 5 seconds.
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You may want to uncheck the auto adjust screen power box that is in Settings > Screen. I notice that tends to darken the screen as well, even with auto brightness disabled. Screen mode (dynamic, standard, movie) also affects the color temperature of the display which may give a darker tone. Try the different modes and see if that helps. I notice movie mode gives a warmer look to the screen where standard seems cooler.

well , are you using screen protector ? maybe its the cause ? anyways i don't really like to set it at auto as the HC brightness is SUCK in many ways ... i like to adjust it as i want .. so live with it until samsung do something .

StingerDog said:
You may want to uncheck the auto adjust screen power box that is in Settings > Screen. I notice that tends to darken the screen as well, even with auto brightness disabled. Screen mode (dynamic, standard, movie) also affects the color temperature of the display which may give a darker tone. Try the different modes and see if that helps. I notice movie mode gives a warmer look to the screen where standard seems cooler.
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Unchecking that box made a huge difference. Thanks.
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StingerDog said:
You may want to uncheck the auto adjust screen power box that is in Settings > Screen.
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Yes this does seem to improve the brightness a little bit.
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New Auto Brightness App called Lux
There is a new app in the Android Market called "Lux Auto Brightness" (I am new here so cannot post links but just search the market for Lux) that is by far the best Auto Brightness App I have seen yet. It is hands down better than anything that comes with stock Android. I have installed it on my Tab 7.0 Plus and it pretty much solves all of the issues/complaints I had with the built-in Auto Brightness. I really love how you can change the preset backlight level (for any light condition) to one that works better for you and once changed, the app will use that backlight level instead of its preset. This is a paid App but only cost $1.02 and lets face it, $1.02 is a very small price to pay for Auto Screen Brightness that works (no, I am not the author of the app). If you are going to install it on your Tab Plus 7.0 just ensure that you turn off the built-in auto brightness as well as unchecking the "Auto adjust screen power" setting under the Android settings/screen menu. Below is the description of the App from the Android Market...
Lux isn't your ordinary brightness app. It intelligently adjusts the brightness of your display based on the environment you're in. If, for example, you step into a dimly lit room, Lux will automatically lower the brightness of your display to make it not only comfortable to read, but to also preserve battery power.
Lux provides the option to automatically adjust the backlight at fixed intervals (periodic mode), when a change in environment is detected (dynamic mode), or when the phone wakes from sleep. It's also possible to adjust the backlight manually. Simply disable automatic mode and you can use it like a traditional brightness tool!
Perhaps the best thing about Lux is that you can teach it how to behave. If the backlight is too bright or dim for your liking, simply open the provided Dashboard, adjust the brightness slider to the level you desire, then hold the link button. Lux will use this new 'link' as a reference in future.
★FEATURES★
→ Custom auto brightness.
→ Sub-zero brightness to make reading in the dark significantly less irritating.
→ Battery efficient
→ Handy brightness widget
→ Option to use the camera to read in ambient light.
→ Power-user settings such as choice of interpolation, sensor debugging, and linked sample editing.
→ Backup to SD.
→ Customisable data filtering for phones with inaccurate light sensors.
→ Gradual fade effect for backlight adjustments.
→ Astronomer mode adds a red filter to the screen to preserve the eyesight of stargazers.
→ Jitter control to prevent constant small changes to the backlight.
→ Night mode, to change the colour temperature of the display for comfortable night time viewing.
→ Add app specific exceptions via compatibility mode
→ No ads, or other nuisances.
Note: Please disable other brightness apps before using Lux. This is still BETA software. The author is not responsible for any issues caused by using this app.

Useful app thanks.
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[FEATURE REQUEST] Ambient Display for Edge display

Is there any way to make Ambient Display work only on the edge screen. Would be great to see notifications without having to touch the phone.
Any developers that can possibly implement this?
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Can you elaborate more on this feature you request ?

gautamr9 said:
Is there any way to make adaptive Display work only on the edge screen. Would be great to see notifications without having to touch the phone.
Any developers that can possibly implement this?
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Just a request to you @gautamr9 even I want following features & Can you add Airview by finger & Air Gestures in title of the thread? :
1. Air View by finger as found in TEKHD ROM.
2. Air Gestures as found in Mickey ROM & TEKHD ROM.

JazonX said:
Can you elaborate more on this feature you request ?
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When a notification is received, only the edge screen will light up for a few seconds. And fade away.
If the screen is touched when it wakes up, then the app would be opened.
Imagine the adaptive Display feature, but enabled only for the edge screen.
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gautamr9 said:
When a notification is received, only the edge screen will light up for a few seconds. And fade away.
If the screen is touched when it wakes up, then the app would be opened.
Imagine the adaptive Display feature, but enabled only for the edge screen.
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Im pretty sure that's not called Adaptive display"
Adaptive display is a display type which you can set in settings/display '
What request may be similar to "Glance view"which was available in Note 3

JazonX said:
Im pretty sure that's not called Adaptive display"
Adaptive display is a display type which you can set in settings/display '
What request may be similar to "Glance view"which was available in Note 3
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Sorry. Yes your right. It's called Ambient display.. Will change the post topic
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flashlight?

Hmm I've heard the flashlight will now let you set intensity but I can find a setting to turn on the flashlight without using a third party widget.

Very easy. Open your Quick Settings at the top...hit the word "Flashlight"...not the icon but the word. It will bring up the options to change it.

How is the maximum brightness level vs the old toggle?

troby86 said:
Very easy. Open your Quick Settings at the top...hit the word "Flashlight"...not the icon but the word. It will bring up the options to change it.
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Thanks just got back to this. It seems I had the button layout set at 4x3 and it wasn't showing it to me and when I clicked edit I still wasn't seeing it as an option to add. When I changed the layout to 5x3 I got it back.

Can anyone comment on the flashlight brightness levels achieved by the update? I ask because I'm rooted on MM, which allows me to use a root flashlight app (see below) that is insanely bright. I use this on a daily basis and (unless the new built-in toggle can match it) losing this will keep me from upgrading to Nougat. It's that useful to me. Losing my preferred version of Google Maps is another big issue, but the phone torch allows me to not have to carry a separate flashlight at work and makes my life simpler.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frapeti.fastestflashlight&hl=en

The brightness is stock in middle setting. When set max it's 2 times brighter.
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afwolfpacked said:
The brightness is stock in middle setting. When set max it's 2 times brighter.
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Thanks! That's encouraging.