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Is there any way of bringing back the sliders under the display brightness settings menu, all I have is a tickbox for adaptive light levels?
Also, holding an HD, a D1, and D2 all at the same time, the D2 seems to have a much warmer, orangey hue to the display, are there any programs that can change this on global scale?

smadger said:
Is there any way of bringing back the sliders under the display brightness settings menu, all I have is a tickbox for adaptive light levels?
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If you uncheck 'Auto adjust backlight' you get the usual sliders to set the brightness on mains and battery.
No idea if you can adjust the hue of the display though. Likely not.

derinahon said:
If you uncheck 'Auto adjust backlight' you get the usual sliders to set the brightness on mains and battery.
No idea if you can adjust the hue of the display though. Likely not.
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Genius!!! Didn't seem to work before???????? Is there any way of making a shortcut in the programs menu for toggling the auto light adjust on or off?

Where is this setting. I can't see the wood for the trees
Many thanks.

Fru T Bunn said:
Where is this setting. I can't see the wood for the trees
Many thanks.
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Settings > All settings (soft key) > Power > Backlight tab
Cheers.

derinahon said:
Cheers.
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NO - cheers to you.

Better auto brightness

It's always too dark. Any way to mod this? I don't really want to manually adjust, as that is tiresome.
Seemed to work better on my old p1000.
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I did a kies update. Seems to be worse now. Too bright in the dark and too dark in the light. Also slow to react to light change. How difficult can it be for samsung to setup auto brightness. I actually think my old p1000 is a better tab in many ways apart from the 3d speeds..
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I wonder if this is because of a low quality light sensor. My Motorola Atrix does a pretty good job of regulating brightness automatically, except even that one is still too bright in the darkness.
For now I just make manual adjustments to the brightness on the tab, but thankfully the adjustment slider is right there on the notifications pop up so it only takes a second or two to make an adjustment.

Yes I could do manual adjustments but when I go outside and it's very bright I can't see the screen and this is where auto brightness needs to work well, which it doesn't and it is far too slow to change when I really want to take a quick pic, it just fails as I can't see the camera app for about 5 seconds.
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You may want to uncheck the auto adjust screen power box that is in Settings > Screen. I notice that tends to darken the screen as well, even with auto brightness disabled. Screen mode (dynamic, standard, movie) also affects the color temperature of the display which may give a darker tone. Try the different modes and see if that helps. I notice movie mode gives a warmer look to the screen where standard seems cooler.

well , are you using screen protector ? maybe its the cause ? anyways i don't really like to set it at auto as the HC brightness is SUCK in many ways ... i like to adjust it as i want .. so live with it until samsung do something .

StingerDog said:
You may want to uncheck the auto adjust screen power box that is in Settings > Screen. I notice that tends to darken the screen as well, even with auto brightness disabled. Screen mode (dynamic, standard, movie) also affects the color temperature of the display which may give a darker tone. Try the different modes and see if that helps. I notice movie mode gives a warmer look to the screen where standard seems cooler.
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Unchecking that box made a huge difference. Thanks.
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StingerDog said:
You may want to uncheck the auto adjust screen power box that is in Settings > Screen.
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Yes this does seem to improve the brightness a little bit.
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New Auto Brightness App called Lux
There is a new app in the Android Market called "Lux Auto Brightness" (I am new here so cannot post links but just search the market for Lux) that is by far the best Auto Brightness App I have seen yet. It is hands down better than anything that comes with stock Android. I have installed it on my Tab 7.0 Plus and it pretty much solves all of the issues/complaints I had with the built-in Auto Brightness. I really love how you can change the preset backlight level (for any light condition) to one that works better for you and once changed, the app will use that backlight level instead of its preset. This is a paid App but only cost $1.02 and lets face it, $1.02 is a very small price to pay for Auto Screen Brightness that works (no, I am not the author of the app). If you are going to install it on your Tab Plus 7.0 just ensure that you turn off the built-in auto brightness as well as unchecking the "Auto adjust screen power" setting under the Android settings/screen menu. Below is the description of the App from the Android Market...
Lux isn't your ordinary brightness app. It intelligently adjusts the brightness of your display based on the environment you're in. If, for example, you step into a dimly lit room, Lux will automatically lower the brightness of your display to make it not only comfortable to read, but to also preserve battery power.
Lux provides the option to automatically adjust the backlight at fixed intervals (periodic mode), when a change in environment is detected (dynamic mode), or when the phone wakes from sleep. It's also possible to adjust the backlight manually. Simply disable automatic mode and you can use it like a traditional brightness tool!
Perhaps the best thing about Lux is that you can teach it how to behave. If the backlight is too bright or dim for your liking, simply open the provided Dashboard, adjust the brightness slider to the level you desire, then hold the link button. Lux will use this new 'link' as a reference in future.
★FEATURES★
→ Custom auto brightness.
→ Sub-zero brightness to make reading in the dark significantly less irritating.
→ Battery efficient
→ Handy brightness widget
→ Option to use the camera to read in ambient light.
→ Power-user settings such as choice of interpolation, sensor debugging, and linked sample editing.
→ Backup to SD.
→ Customisable data filtering for phones with inaccurate light sensors.
→ Gradual fade effect for backlight adjustments.
→ Astronomer mode adds a red filter to the screen to preserve the eyesight of stargazers.
→ Jitter control to prevent constant small changes to the backlight.
→ Night mode, to change the colour temperature of the display for comfortable night time viewing.
→ Add app specific exceptions via compatibility mode
→ No ads, or other nuisances.
Note: Please disable other brightness apps before using Lux. This is still BETA software. The author is not responsible for any issues caused by using this app.

Useful app thanks.
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[Q] Drity Unicorns 7.6 Touchkey lights time-out settings

I want to run Dirty Unicorns on my Skyrocket but the the nonworking touchkey lights are the only thing keeping me away. According to @NoSpamDan there is a setting to adjust the settings for the touchkeys. In his words:
"Last night, I accidentally found the setting for the touch lights time-out!
Go to Settings > Display > Brightness > Timeout and move the slider from "Disabled" (0 seconds) to whatever time you like. Make sure the Touch Key lights are enabled under Settings > Device specific > Sensors."
I have search thru the settings relentlessly and I am sure I overlooked something, but I do not have a "Timeout" setting under >Brightness.
Under Settings > Display > Brightness: I have listed options for SCREEN Brightness; SCREEN Automatic levels; and SENSOR Adjustment sensitivity.
The BRIGHTNESS option brings up screen brightness slider.
The AUTOMATIC LEVELS option gives adjustments for screen brightness automatic mode.
The ADJUSTMENT SENSITIVITY i am unsure of what it controls, but it does not have control timing for touch-key lights.
Has anyone had any luck finding the Time-out option? I have an AT&T i727 if that makes any difference.

See my post in the DU thread here...

MX player doesn't respect brightness level on Nexus 5x

When I set my phone brightness level all the way down and the open a video with MX player, it will increase the brightness.
Even when I do the gesture to lower it, it still won't go as low as the phones brightness. When I exit the app it goes down again.
The brightness switch in screen settings doesn't seem to influence this.
Let me know how I can help to fix it.

f3bruary said:
When I set my phone brightness level all the way down and the open a video with MX player, it will increase the brightness.
Even when I do the gesture to lower it, it still won't go as low as the phones brightness. When I exit the app it goes down again.
The brightness switch in screen settings doesn't seem to influence this.
Let me know how I can help to fix it.
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In some devices, app can't set brightness as dark as system's brightness setting. In this case, you have to turn off MX Player's brightness control to get darker screen by checking off Settings > Player > Screen > Brightness.

bleu8888 said:
In some devices, app can't set brightness as dark as system's brightness setting. In this case, you have to turn off MX Player's brightness control to get darker screen by checking off Settings > Player > Screen > Brightness.
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Like I mentioned, that doesn't seem to work.

Automatic brightness

I thought the watch had the automatic brightness but I didn't find this setting on latest firmware. I have the always on display and I have set it to 10. I noticed only two different mode: when the watch is active (brightness at 10, the maximum) and when it goes in standby mode. I thought it worked like a mobile phone and brightness changed according to external light. Do I have to set a particular setting?
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mouse100 said:
I thought the watch had the automatic brightness but I didn't find this setting on latest firmware. I have the always on display and I have set it to 10. I noticed only two different mode: when the watch is active (brightness at 10, the maximum) and when it goes in standby mode. I thought it worked like a mobile phone and brightness changed according to external light. Do I have to set a particular setting?
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Have you checked.... Settings > Display > Allow Auto Brightness?

Auto brightness go from your brightness setting to max if external light is bright (automatic with sensor, no setting). So if you set to normal brightness to 10 you can go from 10 to max (10 so no change and avoid automatic brightness). There are also another setting -> automatic low light (reduce brightess if room is dark)