The default settings appear to be broken. Did a search on the app here but it kept fc'ing so I'll ask here...
What are some good settings to keep the auto brightness feature working well?
As of right now it just seems to go from bright to dark to bright to dark within a few seconds even in a blacked out room in the middle of the night. Been this way for some time and its quite annoying.
Thanks in advance!
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refer to here, i hope it will work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702125
dikex said:
refer to here, i hope it will work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702125
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Thanks man this is exactly what I was looking for. Those values aren't perfect but it's a great starting point. I wish the app search worked better.
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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
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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
Does anyone know of an app or a setting to control the touch button lights at the bottom of the screen?
i tried searching for a solution but found none.
I like reading off of the kindle app at night and with 22% brightness and white text on a black background, the result is a perfect experience -- except for the four blinding leds every time I turn the page...
This might also be helpful for those with issues during streaming video (i.e. Netflix).
I apologize in advance if this has been dealt with/is in the wrong place.
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That is a very good question and I have the same problem while reading on my phone. I'm going to try and do some research to see if I can come up with a solution.
Try this. I don't know if it works or not yet
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.deskangel.adjbrightness&feature=search_result
This might be a shot in the dark but maybe bln on the market can do some reverae psycholgy ****
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rickyy00 said:
This might be a shot in the dark but maybe bln on the market can do some reverae psycholgy ****
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lol!! thats great.
Bump for a good question
the light buttons are bright as fkc at night. +1 good question.. probably saves battery too if someone can dev this app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=neldar.bln.control.free
Install BLN control and check Activate Notifications. The lights will only stay on for a few seconds after you touch the screen/buttons.
Thanks for trying guys. I want to completely disable those bad boys. I know where they are. Don't need a searchlight!
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Well you can't disable them. Not even the stock roms let you do that, the best bet is for them to only blink, which is they turn on when you're using them.
Some black tape works lol
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Would the touchscreen still work with black/electrical tape? That makes me wonder, but I am lazy and have none on hand to test out.
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I'm not sure if anyone else knows about this, but if you hold your finger on the status bar until the notification tray starts to open and then stops opening, you can slide your finger back and forth on the status bar to adjust brightness without going into your settings. I just found this out and thought it was cool and worth sharing
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Kevinr678 said:
I'm not sure if anyone else knows about this, but if you hold your finger on the status bar until the notification tray starts to open and then stops opening, you can slide your finger back and forth on the status bar to adjust brightness without going into your settings. I just found this out and thought it was cool and worth sharing
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yep a little known secret. its definitely old news but the new members on the forum will be surprised..
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yep a little known secret. its definitely old news but the new members on the forum will be surprised..
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I kept noticing it changing brightness randomly sometimes since I got it back in August, and I just figured it out, haha. Oh well, eitherway, I'm sure there are people out there who will be pleased to learn this trick
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Does not work on cm7, bro.
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CM7: enable the setting in CyanogenMod Settings > Interface > Status Bar Tweaks
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its a touchwiz 3 original feature from android 2.1 on thw galaxy s. but the aosp guys musta copied it.
Before people say it doesn't work, allow me to state the obvious. You have to turn off auto-contrast.
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What were you running? Wonder if this works on froyo. Im tring it and it wont work.
Edit: IGNORE!
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Before people say it doesn't work, allow me to state the obvious. You have to turn off auto-contrast.
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**auto brightness
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While the idea is nice, I find it a bit tedious. I'll go with a switch widget instead.
Is it just me or are the softkeys really bright on the s2?
Well, ive gone on google and tried to find the answer, but seems like there is not a way to possibly reduce the brightness of the softkeys itself.
However, before i give up (i find those softkeys useful, but hard to use at night as its too bright, and turning off the function is difficult to use) I was wondering if its possible without rooting, by using a 3rd party app.
Thanks
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Is it just me or are the softkeys really bright on the s2?
Well, ive gone on google and tried to find the answer, but seems like there is not a way to possibly reduce the brightness of the softkeys itself.
However, before i give up (i find those softkeys useful, but hard to use at night as its too bright, and turning off the function is difficult to use) I was wondering if its possible without rooting, by using a 3rd party app.
Thanks
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That's an interesting idea. The brightness issue made me turn off that light all together (running CM9). I found the light so distracting when using my phone to read a book or something in a dark room at night...
I hope someone chimes in with an idea.
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Seriously doubt its possible without root.... with root, the only ones i can find just turn them off.. havent seen anything that just dims.
Would definitely say impossible without root, as you need to edit system files to alter hardware functions. I don't believe there is a variable anywhere to edit that though, because I've only ever seen their functions to be off and on with all the phones I've used that have had them. Just my 2 cents, but I'm sure a skilled dev could give you a better opinion.
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Darn alright thanks for your posts!
Hopefully a dev could give his $0.02, as i would believe it would make the softkeys more usable throughout the day and night.
i think over time you get use to it. i turned my keys off and i have no problem navigating.
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i think over time you get use to it. i turned my keys off and i have no problem navigating.
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That's true. But I think to me its that little add on that makes everything nicer. However, just my opinion though.
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Use the app screen filter. It will allow you to dim the buttons. Not sure if root is needed or not tho.
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Use the app screen filter. It will allow you to dim the buttons. Not sure if root is needed or not tho.
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Tried it but didn't work.
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Tried it but didn't work.
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Didn't work for me either, however, I like the the function of the app for screen brightness.
What rom are you guys on? I'm on AOKP B40 and screen filter worked perfectly. Much easier to dim than with Lux, and back light for keys turned off and on perfectly.
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Wont work. The leds used can not be dimmed. They are a two stage light. On/off
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greekunit690 said:
Wont work. The leds used can not be dimmed. They are a two stage light. On/off
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I'm not sure exactly how these specific leds work, but I know with store bought leds, you can use what's called multiplexing which makes them flash faster than your eye can see, but slow enough that it seems as if they are dimmer...not sure if there is a way to lower the speed or if you can even make them flash at all (constantly)
You could also maybe look for a night mode from a third party app to change settings at a certain time
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That said.. I wonder if its safe to have a an app to lower voltage/amps to these leds.
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Hey guys,
Sometimes I have been reading books at night or browsing the web and the screen is way too bright even with the brightness set to minimum...
So I found this very useful app that dims the screen even further called SCREEN FILTER. It was very useful to me and thought I would share.
You can find it on the play store.
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gabo_e30 said:
Hey guys,
Sometimes I have been reading books at night or browsing the web and the screen is way to bright even with the brightness set to minimum...
So I found this very useful app that dims the screen even further called SCREEN FILTER. It was very useful to me and thought I would share.
You can find it on the play store.
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Thanks..will try it
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I've also used it, and it works OK.
But does anyone know if there's a way to customize the "auto" brightness settings?
great app, thanks
gabo_e30 said:
Hey guys,
Sometimes I have been reading books at night or browsing the web and the screen is way too bright even with the brightness set to minimum...
So I found this very useful app that dims the screen even further called SCREEN FILTER. It was very useful to me and thought I would share.
You can find it on the play store.
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Thanks
Another choice, If you are rooted your phone "rootdim" working better you can find it on playstore
Somphong said:
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Another choice, If you are rooted your phone "rootdim" working better you can find it on playstore
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yes there are certain apps/widgets that can dim your screen below the lowest setting in you settings menu.
combine that with the screen filter app and you're on a roll!
you can also use 'juice defender ultimate' to tweak the brightness settings of your phone and no root is required for that.
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