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brightness controll

Hi, in one of the roms I tried, there was an app that could control the sceen brightness. anybody anidea where to find such an app?
Tnx

Go to the settings tab, Sound & display, backlight. You don't need a 3rd party app

Is there really going to be a tangible battery saving if a constant value is used over the Automatic backlight setting?

johncmolyneux said:
Go to the settings tab, Sound & display, backlight. You don't need a 3rd party app
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Tnx for the reply, but I was aware of the setting and so on. I just need sometimes to put the brightness myself and find it a way to slow way to do it.
I also use iPhoneToday, no manilla, and a shortcut directly to the settings would also help...

xavierdemon said:
Is there really going to be a tangible battery saving if a constant value is used over the Automatic backlight setting?
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Not really the purpose here. Sometimes -even in bright sunlight- the automatic settings do not put the brightness to full. Sometimes in low lighting levels, I find the automatic too bright. Sometimes when playing a game in landscape mode, the fingers cover the light sensor, making your screen go light and darker continuously. For all these reasons, I am looking for that app...

Birger said:
Tnx for the reply, but I was aware of the setting and so on. I just need sometimes to put the brightness myself and find it a way to slow way to do it.
I also use iPhoneToday, no manilla, and a shortcut directly to the settings would also help...
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If a shortcut to the backlight settings page will do, then have a look at this thread....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645916

i use mylostblog's mylight. google it. it's straight-forward and super finger-friendly to use.

joshzzz2001 said:
i use mylostblog's mylight. google it. it's straight-forward and super finger-friendly to use.
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That's the one I've been looking for ! Tnx for the help !

Birger said:
That's the one I've been looking for ! Tnx for the help !
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fyi, to use it you have to disable the automatic adjust backlight in settings/sound & display else it won't work.

joshzzz2001 said:
fyi, to use it you have to disable the automatic adjust backlight in settings/sound & display else it won't work.
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That's weird, it works fine with me without disabling the automatic setting. I have a HD2 with the 1.66 WWE official rom

*****NEED HELP**** Galaxy S6 brightness issue

My S6 keeps randomly changing brightness even though auto brightness is off. And so I found this option via search within settings, which may very well be exactly what I was looking for but couldn't seem find it in the settings menu in developer option. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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gabriellovesmusic said:
My S6 keeps randomly changing brightness even though auto brightness is off. And so I found this option via search within settings, which may very well be exactly what I was looking for but couldn't seem find it in the settings menu in developer option. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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do u have developer option? is it visible for u?
u have to click on Build-Number in About section to enable Developer Option
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Geeks Empire said:
do u have developer option? is it visible for u?
u have to click on Build-Number in About section to enable Developer Option
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Hey... yes I have. But the option shown on the screen shot is nowhere to be found after tapping it. It's pretty annoying.. sigh

Uh... HELLO??? Still no reply???? Are there still no solution to my question???? Someone kindly reply. Cause, random change of brightness is STILL happening!

gabriellovesmusic said:
Uh... HELLO??? Still no reply???? Are there still no solution to my question???? Someone kindly reply. Cause, random change of brightness is STILL happening!
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Have you tried turning off Adaptive Display? It's in Settings/Display/Screen Mode. Try any other mode besides adaptive and see if that fixes it.
If your screen still changes brightness on it's own take it in, it's most likely faulty.

Gboss01 said:
Have you tried turning off Adaptive Display? It's in Settings/Display/Screen Mode. Try any other mode besides adaptive and see if that fixes it.
If your screen still changes brightness on it's own take it in, it's most likely faulty.
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HI thank for the reply. I have switched from modes to modes but it happens randomly(perhaps lighting conditions?) I suspect it's settings shown on my screenshot(according to the description) on the first post that may have been toggled on by default? But I have no luck finding that very option in developer's menu. And my power saving and auto brightness are off. Are you able to find the option?

I have had the same issues with my Note3 and Note 5. Mostly when I'm watching fullscreen video. I have to set it to maximum brightness to see outside during the day in Las Vegas because the sun is bright. But if my phone light sensor (right next to the ear speaker) is not in direct sunlight, then it doesn't keep the brightness for video. Your screen shot isn't visible though I went the rounds thinking it was a Hulu bug for a long time before I realized it happens in ask video players and isn't constant.

Camera app screen brightness

How do I prevent the camera app from making the screen full brightness? I can't find a setting for it anywhere. Thanks..

Turn off auto brightness.

tilurium said:
Turn off auto brightness.
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Eh. Not a great solution since that affects the entire phone experience. I don't want to manually adjust my phone brightness every time I go from indoors to out.
Any apps that can auto disable auto brightness when certain apps open? Maybe Tasker?

I made a simple auto brightness toggle in Tasker when camera app opens and added an exit task. Works OK when indoors, but sometimes you want auto brightness such as if you're outside. Not sure the best way around this.

mrmattolsen said:
I made a simple auto brightness toggle in Tasker when camera app opens and added an exit task. Works OK when indoors, but sometimes you want auto brightness such as if you're outside. Not sure the best way around this.
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Maybe edit your task to add a wifi variable? Like if you're not connected to wifi enable the rule, ie you're outside (usually) when not on wifi. And when you are on wifi inside don't trigger the rule, leaving you to adjust manually if desired.
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gsmyth said:
Maybe edit your task to add a wifi variable? Like if you're not connected to wifi enable the rule, ie you're outside (usually) when not on wifi. And when you are on wifi inside don't trigger the rule, leaving you to adjust manually if desired.
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Nice idea! I'll try that. I'll also try a brightness variable -- like if the brightness is above a certain value already, don't disable auto brightness.

mrmattolsen said:
Nice idea! I'll try that. I'll also try a brightness variable -- like if the brightness is above a certain value already, don't disable auto brightness.
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Cool let us know if it works. Are you doing this with root or not? The reason I ask is I bought tasker last year but haven't rooted my S7, not sure if you can control certain things without root.
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gsmyth said:
Cool let us know if it works. Are you doing this with root or not? The reason I ask is I bought tasker last year but haven't rooted my S7, not sure if you can control certain things without root
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No root (for now). Enjoying Samsung Pay too much You can control a lot of stuff with Tasker without root -- almost anything you can already control in the settings app.

mrmattolsen said:
No root (for now). Enjoying Samsung Pay too much You can control a lot of stuff with Tasker without root -- almost anything you can already control in the settings app.
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Cool must check it out again.
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So far so good. Added a condition:
If brightness is < 180 toggle auto brightness

Auto Brightness!!

Is there any way to disable this auto brightness on my s8??? I've turned it off but it keeps switching on! #*@#!#+_(#;!!!!

There is no way it can switch on automatically.

bobandar said:
There is no way it can switch on automatically.
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I'm not sure about that. I had the same thing happening on s8 and +. I'm trying to remember how I fixed it.

bobandar said:
There is no way it can switch on automatically.
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Sadly yes on my case. Do we have some kind of code to stop this? I dont want to reset my phone.

lol, really? Just go to Settings>Display and Switch Auto brightness off (grey color) thats it lol

You can also disable/enable auto brightness from the quick settings menu fyi

AlfredS said:
lol, really? Just go to Settings>Display and Switch Auto brightness off (grey color) thats it lol
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This problem occur when i connect my phone to my car headunit. The brightness keeps turning on on its own. My headunit is windows CE based so maybe, some kind of codes keeps triggering the brightness on.

anyone got such screen brightness problem on mix2s?

I just received my mix2s last weekend, and I have been using it for several days.
But through these days, I find it that when you turned off the automatic brightness, and the phone is displaying some dark or black contents, the brightness will get lower by itself, but when you turn to some colorful or brighter contents, the btightness will get back to normal itself.
so I'm wondering is there anyone got the same problem like me? and how can I turn it off? I mean, just don't turn down the brightness itself when showing dark contents.

Just checked it on my phone and you are right, screen becomes darker when you display dark content. Also with auto brightness disabled. Maybe it has something to do with the automatic contrast settings
Edit: I was right, if you disable automatic contrast the brightness stays like you set it

Flatric said:
Just checked it on my phone and you are right, screen becomes darker when you display dark content. Also with auto brightness disabled. Maybe it has something to do with the automatic contrast settings
Edit: I was right, if you disable automatic contrast the brightness stays like you set it
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can you tell me where is the "automatic contrast" settings? seems that miui just deleted it

It seems to be a problem since the last mix 2. you can try search on google and on this forum.
There are few fixes you can do, just go over the search. I didn't do it myself because I just manually adjust the brightness myself. It is pretty annoying though.

hnsxljhn said:
can you tell me where is the "automatic contrast" settings? seems that miui just deleted it
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It's in settings -> display -> contrast & colors

Flatric said:
It's in settings -> display -> contrast & colors
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Thanks a lot!

Flatric said:
It's in settings -> display -> contrast & colors
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thank you, it works. But is there any way to keep brightness stay with automatic contrast enabled? I bought this phone in China, but the screen of Chinese version mix2s seems extremely yellow if I don't enable automatic contrast :crying:

hnsxljhn said:
thank you, it works. But is there any way to keep brightness stay with automatic contrast enabled? I bought this phone in China, but the screen of Chinese version mix2s seems extremely yellow if I don't enable automatic contrast :crying:
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Maybe with a third party app that changes the contrast? You would need root privileges for an app like this I think...

Flatric said:
Maybe with a third party app that changes the contrast? You would need root privileges for an app like this I think...
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any app recommendation? I have rooted my phone already

hnsxljhn said:
any app recommendation? I have rooted my phone already
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Nice, on what rom are you and how did you root it? Was flashing magisk enough? Never had this problem so I didn't try any app... Maybe you find something good if you google it

Flatric said:
Nice, on what rom are you and how did you root it? Was flashing magisk enough? Never had this problem so I didn't try any app... Maybe you find something good if you google it
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Chinese version miui9.5, unlocked bootloader and flashed supersu 2.82-sr5

Flatric said:
Just checked it on my phone and you are right, screen becomes darker when you display dark content. Also with auto brightness disabled. Maybe it has something to do with the automatic contrast settings
Edit: I was right, if you disable automatic contrast the brightness stays like you set it
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Thank you I could not figure out what was causing this on my phone. When watching Youtube on lowest brightness at night the screen would fluctuate and it drives me crazy. Did not know that had something to do with it but now I know.

This is an old thread, but it's high on Google rankings, so I'm adding to it.
I think my main annoyance with this is the position of the sensor. If I'm typing or scrolling with my thumb, it seems I'm covering the sensor with my hand, so it thinks it's gone dark, so decreases brightness.
Disabling the auto brightness fixed it for me
(Using Resurrection Remix)