I just got this phone and Eiger if I'm the only one that has this issue. When I try to change brightness per app ( Kindle and video players) it does not change. I can only change brightness via the system slider. On my old phone the brightness would change for Kindle (there is a menu to change brightness) and for MX Player. Is it just me?
I've had to automate brightness changes his automagic but that's not ideal at all. It should work as this phone is newer than my S6 edge plus.
I am on model G955U (Sprint) and the AQEF baseband build (Android 7.0). Any help appreciated. Just to confirm it's common occurrence or if it's something in my setup.
jmckeejr said:
I just got this phone and Eiger if I'm the only one that has this issue. When I try to change brightness per app ( Kindle and video players) it does not change. I can only change brightness via the system slider. On my old phone the brightness would change for Kindle (there is a menu to change brightness) and for MX Player. Is it just me?
I've had to automate brightness changes his automagic but that's not ideal at all. It should work as this phone is newer than my S6 edge plus.
I am on model G955U (Sprint) and the AQEF baseband build (Android 7.0). Any help appreciated. Just to confirm it's common occurrence or if it's something in my setup.
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Did you try the video enhancer setting?
This automatically brightens the video on any app you tie it to.
Baldilocks said:
Did you try the video enhancer setting?
This automatically brightens the video on any app you tie it to.
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Have tried on and off and tried Auto brightness settings. I haven't seen any other posts with similar issue, but will keep searching. When I get time I will try factory reset but I have tried that before and still only can adjust brightness via the system/notification panel. Kindle brightness still works on my s6 edge plus, so don't think it's software issue. Unfortunately I bought phone on eBay and no return or warranty policy unless factory warranty carries over.
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I'm not sure what it is with this phone's auto brightness but comparing it to my old nexus 5 I can see that this phones screen is always darker. I know autob its working because I sometimes see it change automatically but its just always set to be way too dark. I
f anyone else has this problem or know how to fix it without having to manually adjust the brightness that would help a ton.
Also if you changed your lux levels please post those.
On and also I do have the official screen protector on if that matters.
genardas said:
I'm not sure what it is with this phone's auto brightness but comparing it to my old nexus 5 I can see that this phones screen is always darker. I know autob its working because I sometimes see it change automatically but its just always set to be way too dark. I
f anyone else has this problem or know how to fix it without having to manually adjust the brightness that would help a ton.
Also if you changed your lux levels please post those.
On and also I do have the official screen protector on if that matters.
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Yes, it is a little dark, you can go to settings/display & light and hit the little gear icon, hit adjust and set up the screen brightness you like depending on the ambient light.
i am facing that some time while scrolling brightness increases for some millisecond and come to normal. i found that is twitter, some huge page in browser page.
can any one tell what could be the issue hardware or just a software bug which can be fixed with other rom installation.
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.
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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.
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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.
Hey guys
Is there any way to max out the brightness even more? When it's light its hard to see my screen. I need a bit more back lighting.
Is there a software fix?
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No software is going to be able to override a hardware limitation.
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No software is going to be able to override a hardware limitation.
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Well is there software for it? Because I'm pretty sure it's not the hardware...
The software is the brightness slider in Android. I am not sure where you are going with this. If you are thinking that the you can "unlock" higher brightness than the max setting on the slider, you are mistaken. The max brightness is the max brightness the panel can put out. These are very cheap panels, don't expect much.
You sure its not turned down, and have some auto adjust settings turned on? In the system preferences in 5.1.1. there is now settings for day and night levels and auto adjustment. Mine was dim everytime I rebooted after I updated to later versions of Malaysk 5.1.1 ROM's until I figured out where those automatic brightness settings were.
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You sure its not turned down, and have some auto adjust settings turned on? In the system preferences in 5.1.1. there is now settings for day and night levels and auto adjustment. Mine was dim everytime I rebooted after I updated to later versions of Malaysk 5.1.1 ROM's until I figured out where those automatic brightness settings were.
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Nope, i checked it a hundred times haha
So why is it too low with you? Do you have a sunroof or something so that there is more light reflection on it then normal?
I just like a really bright screen TBH
Brightness control in Video applications (does not seem to work, 1 or 30 is the same).
I'm testing with nPlayer and MX Player (what I normally use), I'm finding I'm unable to control the brightness from within the video app, while it moves up and down the brightness never changes. One App I'd blame it two, I'm thinking something else is blocking them from adjusting the setting for brightness.
I thought maybe permissions, but that does not seem to be it.
Any idea?
ERIC
egandt said:
Brightness control in Video applications (does not seem to work, 1 or 30 is the same).
I'm testing with nPlayer and MX Player (what I normally use), I'm finding I'm unable to control the brightness from within the video app, while it moves up and down the brightness never changes. One App I'd blame it two, I'm thinking something else is blocking them from adjusting the setting for brightness.
I thought maybe permissions, but that does not seem to be it.
Any idea?
ERIC
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Just tried this on Mx player and you're right ! Very weird. Annoying too . Will look into this.
Noticed on Mx player if you go into settings and have brightness set to minimum it dims to what you set it to but when you go out of settings it defaults to max brightness ! Very weird.
Very annoying, but also glade it is not only me.
ERIC
I got my Note 20 Ultra back on November and encountered an annoying issue when Adaptive refresh rate is turned on and watching YouTube videos. When YouTube first starts the display will run at 120hz, but after a few seconds it will drop to 60hz. When the refresh rate drops, the first touch of the screen is interpreted as a touch and hold instead of a single press. The display will then jump back to 120hz, but the display still thinks I'm pressing and holding the screen when I've already let go. If I then touch the screen again while in 120hz the phone thinks I've done a double tap (presumable completing the first tap and then immediately registering the second tap), which causes the video to seek forward or backward, depending on where I pressed on the screen the second time. If I tap the screen the one time but allow the screen to drop back to 60hz after it jumps to 120hz from the first tap, then the first tap seems to be ignored as my second tap acts like a tap and hold again.
What's interesting is that as long as the display stays at 120hz, all taps after the scenario above work fine. A single tap will open the playback overlay (pause/play button, seek arrows, etc) like it's supposed to, but once I leave the display alone and it drops to 60hz this whole problem starts all over again. Since adaptive refresh is tied to the brightness sensor, this problem does not present itself in a dark room since the display stays at 120hz in a dark room. Also, if I turn off adaptive refresh rate and have the display stay at 60hz all the time then the problem is not present either. I also will occasionally get non responsiveness on Brave Browser but I can't say for sure if they are related.
This has frustrated me so much I did a factory reset and interestingly the issue did not re-appear at first with a fully updated YouTube. Once I updated/installed other apps (including Galaxy store apps) the problem returned. I don't have display overlay apps installed, so I suspect it's a Galaxy store app but I can't pinpoint which one. I don't believe this is a hardware issue, so I'm curious if anyone on the thread has had a similar issue. I'd like to report this to Samsung but I have no idea where to even report this.
Sounds like you've figured it's a software program. You should update one at a time and see if you can pinpoint the issue. Try to not to install 3rd party software until all you need to update gets updated and phone is working fine.
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I would say try using a package disabler and try disabling the apps you suspect to see if any improvements. It might not be a Samsung app as others would be facing the same issue you're having.
As always don't restore settings/app data from backup etc other than media, messages, logs.
I'm using adaptive and everything is working fine on my end. Snapdragon variant here. Albeit I keep a number of Samsung apps disabled as i don't use or need them running in background for no reason.
lennie said:
Sounds like you've figured it's a software program. You should update one at a time and see if you can pinpoint the issue. Try to not to install 3rd party software until all you need to update gets updated and phone is working fine.
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I would say try using a package disabler and try disabling the apps you suspect to see if any improvements. It might not be a Samsung app as others would be facing the same issue you're having.
As always don't restore settings/app data from backup etc other than media, messages, logs.
I'm using adaptive and everything is working fine on my end. Snapdragon variant here. Albeit I keep a number of Samsung apps disabled as i don't use or need them running in background for no reason.
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Can you provide a list of apps which you have disabled through adb?
have you tried diff version of youtube that can help
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Can you provide a list of apps which you have disabled through adb?
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I use package disabler pro bought from their website. It gives me a great on demand enable/disable option.
My use case might be a bit different from yours as I have about 160 packages disabled at a given time. I guess I can provide a list and you chose what you want from it.
I'll try uninstalling apps again to see if the problem can be resolved that way. On the latest version of Youtube it worked fine before I started installing more apps. I kind of don't want to do a full factory reset but if I have to so I can narrow that my be my only option. I'm wondering if there is another software I can run on my phone to see if any apps are interfering with the display or adaptive refresh rate?
I ended up doing a factory reset on my phone. The issue went away for the most of the day but returned again by night time. Same issue - when at 120hz and drops to 60hz the issue is present. It's not just Youtube, it's on any app, including the home screen. The first tap is always interpreted as a tap and hold, so single tapping an app icon brings up the tap and hold menu, and single tapping on the home screen brings up the home screen customization screen. Another test I did was turn off auto brightness, then turn my brightness down to the lowest setting. After that the display stayed at 120hz and the issue did not return until I either set the brightness up manually or turn auto brightness back on. I also tried in safe mode, and the issue was not present there either, but I can't tell if the device every went into 120hz or not since all 3rd party apps are disabled. At this point I have no idea what it is. The app setup was fine during the day, no new apps were installed, but the issue returned. Seems like I have no choice to but turn adaptive smoothness off and leave it at 60hz.
Just to add a little more interesting information here. I had someone else use the refresh rate monitor app on their Note 20 ultra (Tmobile variant), and their display operates differently than my Verizon variant. On the Tmo variant, when the screen drops to 60hz and the screen is tapped, the refresh rate drops to below 60 (12, 34, 48, etc) but then goes back up to 120hz after the app opens. Mine just goes immediately to 120hz and then gets that tap-and-hold behavior. So clearly the screens software or firmware is behaving differently here. I'm wondering if we have any other Verizon variant Note 20 Ultra users on this forum that could also test?