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Are you tired of not being able to read the screen very well when outside under the hot sun? Then you came to the right thread.
Touchwiz Auto Brightness does not need this mod.
However, no brightness functionality in any AOSP ROM is capable of getting as bright as Touchwiz Auto Brightness. Nor can the manual brightness slider of AOSP or Touchwiz.
As I've presented it here, this "app" will enable an extra ~5-10% brightness from your Note 3 4.4.2 and 4.4.4 OLED display in both rooted TouchWiz and AOSP ROM's. If I had to guess, max brightness in manual mode is something like 350'ish nits. And when you enable this mod, it jumps up to something like 600'ish nits?
***While this mod is turned on, you will lose the ability to adjust brightness via the manual-brightness slider. This mod will peg it to the limit of extra brightness until the mod is turned off.
You can leave this extra-brightness mod turned on at all times, but I don't recommend leaving the screen on for more than a minute or two.
DO NOT LEAVE THE SCREEN TURNED ON FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE OR TWO WHEN THE EXTRA-BRIGHTNESS MOD IS ENABLED. IT'LL EVENTUALLY FRY/BURN-IN YOUR OLED DISPLAY IF OVERUSED! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OTHER SIDE-EFFECTS THIS MOD MIGHT CAUSE.
To use the mod, please install the attached apk's. Just open in Root Explorer and install.
When you click the app, it will automatically adjust your brightness.
Click the "Sunlight" app and it'll put your OLED screen into stereoids brightness mode. It basically overdrives all the colors so you can see the screen a little better under direct sunlight conditions.
Click the "Automatic" app and it'll put your OLED screen back into regular auto-brightness mode.
Click the "Manual" app and it'll put your phone back into regular manual-brightness mode.
I think I'm going to learn how to get AutoVoice going with Tasker so I can set up a voice activated command that will enable/disable this brightness mod. Because I have a hard time reading my screen (dark themes) under direct Texas sunlight!!!
If you don't want to install an app, then just make a script. This command will enable the extra-brightness:
Code:
echo 6 > /sys/class/backlight/panel/auto_brightness
If a dev out there can figure out how to enable this mod and not lose adjustability of manual-brightness, that would be freakin sweet. :good:
Many thanks go to @hatcyl because it was his thread over in the Note II subforum that got me pointed in the right direction to figuring out how we can do this on our Note 3.
Edit 1/6/2017
I found my old APK's and uploaded them to one zip.
Just unzip to locate the APK's to install:
http://www.filedropper.com/czbrightness
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DO NOT LEAVE THIS MOD TURNED ON FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE OR TWO. IT'LL EVENTUALLY FRY/BURN-IN YOUR OLED DISPLAY IF OVERUSED! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OTHER SIDE-EFFECTS THIS MOD MIGHT CAUSE.
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Great find! But question.....what's the point for a 1-2 minute feature? I have this feature on my OPO and it does it automatically kernel+ROM wise. But on the N3, having to turn it off after 1-2 minute kills the original purpose, does it not?
nicholaschum said:
Great find! But question.....what's the point for a 1-2 minute feature? I have this feature on my OPO and it does it automatically kernel+ROM wise. But on the N3, having to turn it off after 1-2 minute kills the original purpose, does it not?
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Well you can leave it turned on all week long if you want. But I wouldn't leave the screen turned on for more than a few minutes at a time. That's why Samsung didn't add this brightness capability to the manual slider. Stuff gets wonky when the screen is overdriven this hard.
AOSP auto-brightness can't get as bright as TouchWiz auto-brightness. Ideally, a dev would add this mod to the AOSP auto-brightness somehow, so AOSP could get as bright as TouchWiz when needed.
For me, I'll have this turned on when I'm walking my dog during the day, or doing random things outdoors. And that'll be just fine, because the screen won't ever be turned on for more than a few seconds at a time.
Very nice mod, just add a feature to turn it off after a minute, great if you add tasker integration.
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This is f*cking awesome. Thanks bro
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thahim said:
Very nice mod, just add a feature to turn it off after a minute, great if you add tasker integration.
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The APK's were built using Tasker's App Factory.
For Tasker integration, you simply use the "script" option in Tasker.
Let me know if you have any specific Tasker questions. I"m not a pro, more of a beginner. But I'll try to help.
I'd like to figure out a way so Tasker can tap into the light sensor and automatically pop the extra brightness over certain a certain LUX, then turn it off after that LUX number drops.
How did you beat the brightness levels with tasker and do you mean I have to use intents in tasker?
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How did you beat the brightness levels with tasker and do you mean I have to use intents in tasker?
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Ahh, no you ignore the brightness level in Tasker. 255 is the highest that's ever going to go and that's OK.
You simply create a new task, name it, then add action, the action will be "script". Then you add the command and check the box to make it run as root.
The command will be:
Code:
echo 6 > /sys/class/backlight/panel/auto_brightness
Then to turn it off, just toggle auto-brightness in the Android Brightness Options.
Or create another Tasker task using the Display action to turn auto-brightness on.
Hope this helps.
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Ahh, no you ignore the brightness level in Tasker. 255 is the highest that's ever going to go and that's OK.
You simply create a new task, name it, then add action, the action will be "script". Then you add the command and check the box to make it run as root.
The command will be:
Code:
echo 6 > /sys/class/backlight/panel/auto_brightness
Then to turn it off, just toggle auto-brightness in the Android Brightness Options.
Or create another Tasker task using the Display action to turn auto-brightness on.
Hope this helps.
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I tried running these commands in run shell. Nothing happened to my screen.
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I tried running these commands in run shell. Nothing happened to my screen.
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Did you run them as Root?
Superuser should prompt you to give Tasker root permissions when you run it. Or it should unless you've already given Tasker root permissions before.
If you're not sure, then open Superuser and see if Tasker is listed as one of hte apps inside it.
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I tried running these commands in run shell. Nothing happened to my screen.
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How did it work out? If root didn't do it, then what ROM/Kernel are you running?
Can someone check out my newest APKs?
CZ_Auto_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ_Manual_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ Sunlight Brightness:
http://d-h.st/ALMu
Install.
Click 'em to change brightness.
If you enable Sunlight brightness, then you *might* need to select auto afterwards, before the manual can be selected. Can't go directly from sunlight to manual. At least not on my first test. Second test ROM doesn't see that behavior.
Here's a how-to video that includes a demonstration. Though it's kind of hard to see the changes, it might help understand what's going on.
http://youtu.be/jlTGeAL_It8
Here's what the three apps look like when added to my Quick Toggles. They are the top three apps:
upload gambar
CZ Eddie said:
Can someone check out my newest APKs?
CZ_Auto_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ_Manual_Brightness:
http://d-h.st/07T
CZ Sunlight Brightness:
http://d-h.st/ALMu
Install.
Click 'em to change brightness.
If you enable Sunlight brightness, then you *might* need to select auto afterwards, before the manual can be selected. Can't go directly from sunlight to manual. At least not on my first test. Second test ROM doesn't see that behavior.
Here's a how-to video that includes a demonstration. Though it's kind of hard to see the changes, it might help understand what's going on.
http://youtu.be/jlTGeAL_It8
Here's what the three apps look like when added to my Quick Toggles. They are the top three apps:
upload gambar
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you have the same link for auto and manual..solve it and will test it to my jamal s5 port..
Very cool app
Impressive.
:good::good::good::good::good:
Very nice
Where can I get the manual one?
Revive and thank for the Mod,
For any users looking, I have used the APK in post 12
(CZ Sunlight Brightness)
And the Zip in the OP, i use Normal.2.apk
Working as expected, Would be nice to have them included in the one App if the OP was still active on this.
max brightness
the max brightness seems like outdoor mode . . do this bright app has also time limit like default system outdoor mode which is 15 minutes? thanks more power of your development
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wow hats off on this app. no time limit for max brightness mode this app is what ive been searching since i got my screen dim damage after submerging in water few months back. . max brightness fix my screen with the help of darker pro app that balances the color. . by the way i wanna ask what is tha changelog of bright.2.apk and CZ Sunlight Brightness thanks so much again
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the max brightness seems like outdoor mode . . do this bright app has also time limit like default system outdoor mode which is 15 minutes? thanks more power of your development
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wow hats off on this app. no time limit for max brightness mode this app is what ive been searching since i got my screen dim damage after submerging in water few months back. . max brightness fix my screen with the help of darker pro app that balances the color. . by the way i wanna ask what is tha changelog of bright.2.apk and CZ Sunlight Brightness thanks so much again
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Sorry, I don't have any changelog and don't remember the details of this mod.
It's been too long since I made it.
FYI, the developer @flar2 has created a High Brightness Mode widget that far surpasses my original mod.
It is a newer mod and so I don't know how well it works on the Note 3 or if it works at all.
But it works AWESOME on my Google Pixel XL which has the AMOLED display from Samsung.
Here is a link to the widget/mod:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.hbmwidget&hl=en
I've been using my G Flex 2 H959 for more than 1 year and I'm loving it in every way except one thing, the screen brightness. The screen is damn too bright to use it in the dark. It is so bright that the only way i can use it in the dark is as a flashlight. Seriously!
So is there any mods that can adjust the minimum screen brightness setting? I'm currently on V15E-SEA ROM and haven't root it yet.
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Hey, there is only apps that you can find on play store. In my case, I use "Night Owl".
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Hi everybody,
I couldn't create a new Thread because I am new, that's why I Post this here:
i tried a few screen filter apps to analyze if they would actually improve my batter life with the following setting:
I Played a 40 minutes video file, sound off for no side effects
Battery not at 100% to avoid calibration shift stuff
No extreme load before to avoid other misleading battery measurements..
With A:
Pixel filter app: pixelize almost to the maximum (actually custom setting, i would say about 80-90 % dead pixels)
System brightness: to max (i assumed maximum differences with this)
B:
Darker app: darken to 20%
System brightness to max
C:
No filter app
System brightness to max
In each Case I dropped 9 to 10 % with every run... This is unexpected..
1st question: anybody else with the same findings?
2nd: any ideas for reasons for this? (i know that 40 minutes isnt THAT long, but 10% is i think)
I use Lux to go below the minimum brightness. It is also a better solution for auto-brightness if you can configure it well.
Yea, I tried Lux a while ago..
U are right, it is well configurable for auto brightness BUT
On the one hand it's interface is oldscool ugly and userunfriendly (just like a real professional Application) - so there is no well usable notification if u want to override lux for short e.g.
On the other hand lux doesnt dark the navigation bar buttons like darker does <- this is a critical point in dark conditions
And on the third hand, if you have or like, lux won't effect battery life like any other filter App, or is it just me??
Please note, you do these at your own risk, I am not responsible for anything breaking!!
Set your wallpaper to an all black wallpaper, this will save your battery some-what. Turn on adaptive brightness THEN turn your screen brightness all the way down. Turn on battery saver. Enable "DND" and set it to complete silence, you'll still get calls and texts. If you're rooted and want to change your display dentisy, do this:
*needs to be rooted*
Download build prop editor from the play store, grant permissions with SuperSU, edit, go to the bottom of the list and add this:
ro.sf.lcd_density=380
Save the file, close the app, open the app and reboot. Congratulations, your DPI has now been changed.
Go in to your sound and disable all sound in other, change your ring tone and notification to none. Disable sound for media, notification and ring tone.
Enable developer options, turn ON HW overlay. disable all animations to 0. Show all ANR's and background processes to no background apps.
Download BBS FROM HERE (XDA) and wakelock detector, you'll see what is consuming your battery. AMPERE will also tell you your charge rate and discharge rate, very good app.
Go in to your apps, disable everything you're not going to use, movies, music etc. BLOCK notifications for apps you don't want. change your permissions on your apps if you wish to do so.
You can check your battery's capacity with "kernel auditor" and you can underclock your CPU thus saving battery and it doesn't really effect performance.
Turn off vibration, disable account auto syncing, disable now on tap, go in to your Google settings, security and disable all, phone search and disable all. Date and time, disable automatic date and time, set to NOT 24 hours time display.
If you want to root:
Boot TWRP from here:
https://twrp.me/devices/motorolamotog2016.html
Make sure you have your Motorola drivers if you're on windows and fastboot, if you're on Linux (which I am) do this:
"sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot"
You have developer options enabled, enable USB debugging and accept on your phone for auth.
BOOT in to twrp:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot yourdir/twrp-3.0.2-0-athene.img
Wipe your phone, MAKE SURE to have a backup. Create your SuperSU file:
TWRP > Advanced > Terminal and type: "echo "SYSTEMLESS=true" > /data/.supersu" HIT enter, go to: TWRP > Advanced > File Manager and look for your SuperSU file.
Install your SuperSU Stable from here:
https://download.chainfire.eu/969/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76-20160630161323.zip
Make sure it's on your SDCARD. install. Nice, you're rooted.
If you want to install A CUSTOM kernel, download here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/development/kernel-elementalx-g4-0-01-t3424836
MAKE SURE it's on your SD card, install. nice.
*!!you will lose your official status!!*
Post your tips and tricks here.
*ROOTING is systemless, you will not lost your official status. IF you install the kernel, your official status will BE GONE!!!!*
bwoiisc0tty said:
Set your wallpaper to an all black wallpaper, this will save your battery some-what. Turn on adaptive brightness THEN turn your screen brightness all the way down.
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I disagree with this. We have an IPS LCD display. Which means that keeping a black screen INCREASES power consumption, because of the way LCD screens work. This would work wonders for an LED screen, but for our phone, keep the colour towards the whiter sides & keep the brightness low.
Buying 15000rs (225$) and you are telling us to disable all the features and not to use..Should I laugh or ignore ? This is not the right way to tell tricks & tips.
#chill
When i try to change my DPI to 380 or 400....
It breaks my camera...
Camera becomes non-responsive, en doesn't give an image anymore....
Only way to fix it again is to do a restore of my ROM.
coolhead said:
When i try to change my DPI to 380 or 400....
It breaks my camera...
Camera becomes non-responsive, en doesn't give an image anymore....
Only way to fix it again is to do a restore of my ROM.
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Working fine with 400dpi, non rooted device
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I agree that a black background helps on the MotoX 1st gen that has OLED screen, but will not do anything for our LCD screen.
As for keeping at the minimum the apps that run in background, that's good advice. Everyone can decide if those aps are important to them.
Hey guys,
Is it just me or the minimum brightness level on OP6 its too bright for the eyes?
I use night mode ofcourse, but still... I would prefer to reduce the brightness a little more. I'm rooted, do I have any good options?
I use auto brightness, but also find it a little bit too bright. I don't have root access, so I just use a screen filter app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nu.lower.brightness) to reduce it to 60%. It also helps for the battery life
I have the opposite problem, I find the minimum brightness far too dark. There should be a setting to raise / lower minimum brightness to suit individual needs.
Use this app to set screen brightness below minimum: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor&hl=en_US
Even if u use third party app the notification bar is still bright... Is there any way by command prompt
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Are you all too bright people rocking 5.1.6? Cause the adaptive brightness is too dim on this phone with 5.1.5, and there doesn't appear to be an update.
Was 5.1.6 pulled because of bugs?
Mysterion1 said:
Use this app to set screen brightness below minimum: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor&hl=en_US
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I've used that app for years. But with this phone it disables the filter after a couple of hours. Do you ever face this issue?
Use the app called darker.
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Use the app called darker.
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Will try, thanks.
Hello guys,
As you know we are able to force 90hz for all apps. Not always it's a good idea because of :
- battery reason
- Google maps issues
- games which are not "high end" to avoid high battery usage (games like poker and so on does not need 90hz)
I wanted to ask some developers if they can create an application which can be configured themselve (black list for all apps which should not run in 90hz for example)
Thanks so.much (this would.be a reason to root if it requires root).
Put it on auto and let it manage itself or install gravitybox and you can change refresh rate from the quick-settings tile.
trapcoder666 said:
Put it on auto and let it manage itself or install gravitybox and you can change refresh rate from the quick-settings tile.
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Really ?
If I root and use gravity box I can change it for every app?
manutoxic said:
Really ?
If I root and use gravity box I can change it for every app?
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Well, you need to swipe down your quick settings and click the refresh rate tile. So, it's not automated but at least it makes things easier.
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Well, you need to swipe down your quick settings and click the refresh rate tile. So, it's not automated but at least it makes things easier.
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I Wish there would be an application to configure it app by apl
manutoxic said:
I Wish there would be an application to configure it app by apl
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No but JOnePlus Tool lets you just turn it on and off with a single button on the fly. Just open the app and it's on the main screen there.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.jroot3d.joneplustools&hl=en_US
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79813631&postcount=78
I also use the forced 90hz all apps and the battery drain from this is seriously overblown. People scream about what they know nothing about. People need to educate themselves before making claims. They just say it kills battery without even trying it. I did nothing different, changed nothing and used my phone the same way I normally do and it made a difference of an increase of .7% battery drain with the screen on compared to 90hz on auto. It went from 6.3% drain pet hour to 7.0% per hour of screen on time. And since I've gotten days with 6.1% with it on forced 90hz all apps. So the difference isn't of and significance. Just try it and if you don't like it, switch it back. You'll find it makes no real difference when using it.
So there really should not be a need to blacklist 90hz all apps for just certain apps imo
Im sure someone could setup a tasker profile for this reason.
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Im sure someone could setup a tasker profile for this reason.
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I did in 2 posts above that was linked, also its in the guides section.
I wish we could have possibility to decide to run some apps in 90hz and another in 60 hz.
For instance I wish KODI could run in 60hz.
netgar said:
I wish we could have possibility to decide to run some apps in 90hz and another in 60 hz.
For instance I wish KODI could run in 60hz.
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here is my guide
If you need some help setting it up let me know. This will let u choose which apps use 60Hz and others will force 90Hz
Any possibility without buying tasker?
I switch to maps, display switched to 60, I turned off maps and display still remains 60. Didn't switch to 90.
Thats the way that should work? I need to manually switch to 90?
netgar said:
I switch to maps, display switched to 60, I turned off maps and display still remains 60. Didn't switch to 90.
Thats the way that should work? I need to manually switch to 90?
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Not sure what your setup is exactly but if you're running the forced 90hz for all apps it is a bug that it shows as 60hz in the OOS setting under display. So if the tasker profile you are using switches from 90hz all apps and back to 60hz then your display setting will basically always show 60hz.
You can use this to test what your refresh rate is currently, either 60 or 90hz
https://www.testufo.com/
manutoxic said:
Any possibility without buying tasker?
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we cannot provide you that info on here... google may be ur friend on how to go about doing that.
Eric214 said:
Not sure what your setup is exactly but if you're running the forced 90hz for all apps it is a bug that it shows as 60hz in the OOS setting under display. So if the tasker profile you are using switches from 90hz all apps and back to 60hz then your display setting will basically always show 60hz.
You can use this to test what your refresh rate is currently, either 60 or 90hz
https://www.testufo.com/
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I don't use forsed 90hz all apps.
Ones I shut off maps I need to manually switch display back to 90hz.
no issues with maps at 90hz here. Strange as some do.
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So you want somebody to develop an app for your needs but won't pay for it?
I just found an app called Auto90. You can select which app you want to be auto/60 or 90hz. It's wonderful!