When set to auto does anyone have the screen lighten up then darken as you browse through a site?
It is really noticeable when I am on Google+(white background). I don't remember having this happen on my G2. Anyways I now don't use auto.
Just wondering if its normal.
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It might be that while holding your phone you cover the light sensor and by that simulate dark surroundings?
I would guess that you have it near some surface. So when it shows white background, the light reflects from surface and the sensor thinks its "bright" outside, so turns on the brightness. As you surf and see some picture or change page (or w/e what doesnt have so much white) the sensor detencs that its not that bright anymore and turns down brightness...
Atleast that would be my guess. Screen does make some light and sensor can get affected by it (its above screen, u can see it true glass).
I noticed this too while playing on the demo at a TMobile store. It was only when I went to the HTC Play or movies or whatever it's called. Some of the movies would darken the screen when they started playing. Kind of odd. I wasn't moving around (changing light on the phone). Just standing there at the counter playing with it.
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When set to auto does anyone have the screen lighten up then darken as you browse through a site?
It is really noticeable when I am on Google+(white background). I don't remember having this happen on my G2. Anyways I now don't use auto.
Just wondering if its normal.
Sent from my HTC One S.
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I have noticed this
This happens to me as well, along with this yellow tint when on low brightness, anybody else getting the yellow tint? Or is it just me?
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justin11141 said:
This happens to me as well, along with this yellow tint when on low brightness, anybody else getting the yellow tint? Or is it just me?
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I believe I have seen this as well. Brief, full screen, yellow flicker/tint.
Happened to me during, or immediately after, the unlock/flash/root process, and haven't seen it since. Happened with a new notification came in, seemed to almost revolve around the notification bar. Is this consistent with what you saw?
This is common amongst a lot of light sensors. Happened to me on my Vibrant and when I had a iphone.
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I don't really know what is happening but my year old nexus 5 seems to be developing a display problem.
It got a yellowish tint at the bottom of the screen but the top 3/4 is totally fine. What is causing it and is it just me who have this problem? Also, if you have any, please post some solutions to the problem without RMA or replacing anything.
It might be something about light leak but I am not seeing any when the screen is displaying a black picture.
onjchan said:
I don't really know what is happening but my year old nexus 5 seems to be developing a display problem.
It got a yellowish tint at the bottom of the screen but the top 3/4 is totally fine. What is causing it and is it just me who have this problem? Also, if you have any, please post some solutions to the problem without RMA or replacing anything.
It might be something about light leak but I am not seeing any when the screen is displaying a black picture.
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I have a similar thing but it tends to only be on the bottom 1/8 of the screen.
I tend to find this is because this is the least used area of the screen - being where the soft keys go. Try running it full screen, full brightness on a white page (probably using something like this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gombosdev.displaytester&hl=en_GB). When you do this, does the yellowish tint fade over time?
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I have a similar thing but it tends to only be on the bottom 1/8 of the screen.
I tend to find this is because this is the least used area of the screen - being where the soft keys go. Try running it full screen, full brightness on a white page (probably using something like this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gombosdev.displaytester&hl=en_GB). When you do this, does the yellowish tint fade over time?
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By Over Time do you mean 30 minutes or a day? I tried this method before for about half an hour and it does not seems to be working. Will try it again now. But will it really help?
My OCD is killing me. I told myself not to look at the tint and I end up just staring at it.
I noticed that my auto brightness will adjust and get bright when I turn on a light but then immediately when I turn the light off the brightness doesn't go back down. Anyone else have this? I'm guessing it's software?
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Yes. I play with that by keeping my s6 under the lamp. Super high brightness levels.
I was just about to make this thread when I noticed yours.
Actually for me, I get low brightness levels it's very annoying. When I'm in moderate lighting conditions like normal lit room I get almost lowest brightness, when I move phone out in the open area, like outside, the screen lights up like it should, but in moderate lighting contitions it is very bothersome to have lowest brightness.
I'm now thinking of searching a good auto-brightness app. Any suggestions?
Giancarlo456 said:
I was just about to make this thread when I noticed yours.
Actually for me, I get low brightness levels it's very annoying. When I'm in moderate lighting conditions like normal lit room I get almost lowest brightness, when I move phone out in the open area, like outside, the screen lights up like it should, but in moderate lighting contitions it is very bothersome to have lowest brightness.
I'm now thinking of searching a good auto-brightness app. Any suggestions?
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+1
Cmon people we need more information on this!
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Cmon people we need more information on this!
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I cannot say any specific reproduction steps, but it looks like I have similar problems..
Galaxy S6 is my first Samsung device ever (before M9 I was HTC fan). Comparing experience with other devices I had - auto-brightness works definitely in a strange way.
Under direct lamp light - it's adjusted pretty much okay, but in a normally lit room - it's almost always too dark, and I need to adjust auto-brighntess level manually. So.. for me it's really not auto-brightness.
P.S. labas
So any other thoughts?
labas
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Labas
Giancarlo456 said:
I was just about to make this thread when I noticed yours.
Actually for me, I get low brightness levels it's very annoying. When I'm in moderate lighting conditions like normal lit room I get almost lowest brightness, when I move phone out in the open area, like outside, the screen lights up like it should, but in moderate lighting contitions it is very bothersome to have lowest brightness.
I'm now thinking of searching a good auto-brightness app. Any suggestions?
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Same thing here. No solution so far. I tried to install velis from the play store, it is not working. I decided to return my edge emerald green ( ) because of this issue. In a normal lit room I get always low brightness, I have also the S6 flat to compare, side by side, and the S6 flat is almost at the same brightness if I set it at 50% and the edge at 100% (both in manual setting). Unbelievable!
I have S6 FLAT, and the autobrightness work ok if the phone are horizontal. But if i have the phone in my hand (in an angle more than 10 ° / 20 °) the auto brightnes bright the screen, but when i turn the light off the brightness doesnt back down. But if the phone are horizontal (0° in my hand or in a table, the brightnes bright up and down without problems)
There is a new 5.1.1 minor update available. Has this solved the brightness bug of the s6 edge by chance?
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Just little different
I have a s6 flat and my screen is always on full brightness when auto brightness is on.
Tried the light senson and it seems to work fine (0 to 1 lux on dark room, 400 to 600 lux near to a light bulb). This problem started two days ago.
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Qix84 said:
I have S6 FLAT, and the autobrightness work ok if the phone are horizontal. But if i have the phone in my hand (in an angle more than 10 ° / 20 °) the auto brightnes bright the screen, but when i turn the light off the brightness doesnt back down. But if the phone are horizontal (0° in my hand or in a table, the brightnes bright up and down without problems)
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Same, here. Help us out guys.
auto brightness issue
I also got an auto brightness issue on my s6 flat version. Specifically it's about the adapting to low light conditions after being in high light e.g. turning on a bed lamp for a second (screen lights up) and after turning the lamp off s6 stays too bright and does not want to get back to low brightnes. The thing that helps is either lock/unlock the screen which makes it wake up with proper brightness or uncheck/ check the autobrightness box at the bar.
Is it commonly known issue that Samsung knows about or is there any possibility to get it back to normal on my own? It drives me crazy in a flagship device!
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I have S6 FLAT, and the autobrightness work ok if the phone are horizontal. But if i have the phone in my hand (in an angle more than 10 ° / 20 °) the auto brightnes bright the screen, but when i turn the light off the brightness doesnt back down. But if the phone are horizontal (0° in my hand or in a table, the brightnes bright up and down without problems)
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I have got the same problem and I'm dead sure it is a sortware issue. I tested the light sensor and it can update on different light conditions no matter the orientation is. I also installed Velis Auto Brightness app and it fixed the issues so Samsung should fix that since 3rd party apps can.
I too have the same issue. The brightness ramps up as its supposed to under bright light but doesnt go down under low light/no light unless i do one of the following:
1) keep my phone horizontal or at angle of >180 degrees
2) lock/unlock the phone by pressing the power button
3) manually tick/untick the auto-brightness check box
Really annoyed. I still under the return period so not really sure its a hardware defect or not
Well, unfortunately I'm facing the same problem :crying:
What are the differences to phones which do not have this issue repectively is there something in common who have this issue.
The biggest changes I've made to the phone are: Arrow Launcher (MS) and radiant theme (no root etc.)
I got the same problem, autobrightness adjust only when phone is placed horizontally. Any news in this regard?
unfortunately no
Do you still have this issue? Because I have it on every single ROM, Custom or Stock, no mather...
I have found the max_brightness adjustment, (sys/class/backlight/panel/max_brightness) but I can't find a similar file for minimum brightness. Anyone know it's location? At the moment I'm using a third party app as well, but would rather have the system fix.
So i noticed today that when the sensor faces direct sunlight the display becomes slightly reddish. When i turn the phone away it comes back to normal. Brightness is always full and I have the red rgb almost all the way down atm. Is this normal?
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So i noticed today that when the sensor faces direct sunlight the display becomes slightly reddish. When i turn the phone away it comes back to normal. Brightness is always full and I have the red rgb almost all the way down atm. Is this normal?
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Yes, normal.
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My p7p display turned green with screen flickering yesterday.If the display is turned on for a minute or two it goes back normal.But every time it is turned off it gets green tint.Anyone else have this issue?
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My p7p display turned green with screen flickering yesterday.If the display is turned on for a minute or two it goes back normal.But every time it is turned off it gets green tint.Anyone else have this issue?
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yep, if the high brightness mode has been enabled (by light sensor or custom software) since the June update.
I am on a custom rom which has february firmware.Not enabled HBM.And phone was water damaged 2 months ago.Can it be hardware damage?
I just had my phone returned from Google after being repaired for this issue and the green flickering has begun again.
More and more reports coming in.
Well that's fun... My screen is defective
Started noticing the other night that when I was on certain sites that I would get streaks down the screen. They moved with the text on the screen and it was worse with white backgrounds. Now when my screen goes on or off, the edges flash green...
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It's ridiculous.. this should not be happening. I had it repaired and it's still flickering.