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Fix the Backlight when in AutoAdjust

As you could see, when using the "Auto adjust brightness" option to use the light sensor, the LCD uses only 30% to 70% of the available range.
When using the diamond as GPS, by night, this one is too bright.
So, with the LightSensorSDK, I wrote this program which changes the brightness of the LCD, according to the ambient light, from 0% to 70% (in order to save the battery power)...
Don't forget to uncheck the Auto adjust function...
To use it :
Install the cab,
Uncheck the Auto adjust backlight option,
SoftReset your Diamond...

Program is constantly using high amount of cpu (~50 %) I think querying the sensor via the sdk is very computation-intensive. Uninstalled it now, but I like the idea, please continue to work on.
regards,
Daniel

Also, can we get one that uses %0-%100, sometimes 70 just doesnt cut it in direct sunlight...but the concept is really really good!

What are you using to monitor your CPU ?
Attached is a newer version (at 0% only if very dark), I have set via Advanced Config to 1000 the Light Sensor Interval...
This interval is used to know when to change the slider position...
In HKLM\NikisLight, you can set Maximum (10 is max) and Minimum (1 is min).

ngaillet said:
What are you using to monitor your CPU ?
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HomeScreen ++ (formerly known as batterystatus), after uninstalling the cab the usage went back to normal.
regards,
Daniel

The second Cab file is better... Try this one...

ngaillet said:
The second Cab file is better... Try this one...
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I'll do so, and let you know my findings.
regards,
Daniel

very cool
if we could figure out how to do these changes in the OS rather then using a thirdy party app it would be amazing. I have been looking into this my self though and cannot find how to yet.

Now it's working fine on my device, no more high cpu utilization.
What I see now is that it's a little bit too dark in normal rooms, may i "pitch" up the lowest treshold a little bit through any seeting?
Thanks for the most precious helpfull app since a long time ;-)
regards,
Daniel

Thanks for your great application. However, after install the program, the backlight become flicker once per second (even I cover the light sensor). Is it possible to lower the sampling period or have any solutions.

ngaillet said:
The second Cab file is better... Try this one...
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Thanks, the application is uninstallable?
Ciao, Andrea

any chance this app can be reworked to use the kaiser's keyboard ambient light sensor? i'm sure lots of us would appreciate the functionality.
cheers.

great application!!
i always found 70% is not bright enough under direct sunlight

Great one ... also found that in dar the screen was way too bright and little lesser would be nice.
Thanks, and hope this suits and works well.
Can you please make one from 10(15)% -to- 70%, as at 0% the pics seem very dark .... thank you and much appreciated.

helpme said:
great application!!
i always found 70% is not bright enough under direct sunlight
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Is it possible to have a 0% to 100% version?
Many thanks.
Ciao, Andrea

can we uninstall it like other cab file?

Nice app, nice idea. I installed it on my CDMA Sprint Diamond, and I'm not sure that it has any effect. I have two of the same devices and compared them side-by-side and the app seems to not make a difference.
Thanks!

I have install it on the diamond, but it change the light like crazy. Under the sun, it goes to the minimum. I have change the backlight interval with advanvce config, from 300ms to 1000, and back again, but the problem is the same.
Is there any chance to make it better?

Genius2000 said:
Is it possible to have a 0% to 100% version?
Many thanks.
Ciao, Andrea
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Any update?
Many thanks.
Ciao, Andrea

You can change it yourself

Xperia Flashlight

Hi guys I've got a quick question,
You know that the camera has this flashlight function with this really bright light which is pretty handy when you're in a dark room or something
Well, it's pretty a pain in the ass to press the camera button (which is annoying to press on it self) go to the options and turn on the light
Sooo I was thinking, could you like make a shortcut of just the flashlight so you just had to press an icon in the programs folder which would turn on just the flashlight?

Nobody ever thanks me
TorchButton is the one's with the shortcuts; TorchButton supports very bright, medium brightness, blinking light, and SOS pattern light modes; TorchButton is ugly as **** but you could map the button with the camera button so that it launches light instead of camera; however you need a 3rd party application to modify the camera button.
hTorch is the one with application launcher; hTorch only supports very bright and medium brightness modes; hTorch is more elegant

well here is your thanks poetryrocksalot!

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well here is your thanks poetryrocksalot!
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Haha, for a person who is a 5 year member but never ever posts, you are pretty nice. But I was just joking haha.

Don't forget though. It has been mentioned that using the applications could spoil your LED.

ipporek said:
Don't forget though. It has been mentioned that using the applications could spoil your LED.
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Yup, for some reason my bright mode doesn't work anymore. I can only use normal mode.

poetryrocksalot said:
Yup, for some reason my bright mode doesn't work anymore. I can only use normal mode.
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Same here. I think the reason is in the new R3A ROM I installed.

poetryrocksalot said:
Nobody ever thanks me
TorchButton is the one's with the shortcuts; TorchButton supports very bright, medium brightness, blinking light, and SOS pattern light modes; TorchButton is ugly as **** but you could map the button with the camera button so that it launches light instead of camera; however you need a 3rd party application to modify the camera button.
hTorch is the one with application launcher; hTorch only supports very bright and medium brightness modes; hTorch is more elegant
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Thanks poetryrocksalot, I'll try them out!

Yep, I posted something about brightness and R3 a while ago on the htorch thread, but nobody replied.

ipporek said:
Don't forget though. It has been mentioned that using the applications could spoil your LED.
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it killed mine ...

orelsi said:
Same here. I think the reason is in the new R3A ROM I installed.
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Me too, this never happened on the previous firmware.

souljaboy said:
it killed mine ...
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I've read on numerous posts in many places, that You may also damage Your vibra using led light for too long.
I have chosen to use this little app instead, as my screen light is more than enough to roam in the dark room.
have fun

Thank you, it works good. I mean... My LED flash is lighting now on my Xperia, but I am not able to switch it off. Is there any bug? Thx

[Q] Jeff Sharkey's AMOLED "night mode"

Has anyone attempted to/willing to try to implement this on the Captivate?
jsharkey.org/blog/2010/07/01/android-surfaceflinger-tricks-for-fun-and-profit/

This is really interesting. I'm into astronomy and it would be awesome to not have the phone blind me everytime I turn it on during an observing session to use it for google sky and the atomic clock.

Apparently no dev types are interested enough to tell us that they are not interested.

asrrin29 said:
This is really interesting. I'm into astronomy and it would be awesome to not have the phone blind me everytime I turn it on during an observing session to use it for google sky and the atomic clock.
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No doubt.
This thing is blinding even on the lowest brightness setting.

Yes, the brightness is pretty ridiculous. Is this because of the AMOLED screen? Can't set brightness below "blinding" due to no backlight?

I have heard that the leaked I897UCJH2 rom has a lower mininal brightness; which might help with the blinding brightness at night, and also helps bettery a bit.
Not sure if you guys are interested in leaked ROMs but I'm sure if Samsung does not release it that a cook will make a custom rom from it.

looks awesome

Bump.
I think this would be extremely useful.

/agree to post above me

asrrin29 said:
This is really interesting. I'm into astronomy and it would be awesome to not have the phone blind me everytime I turn it on during an observing session to use it for google sky and the atomic clock.
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Me too. I'm jealous of the iphone star map program. The authors were smart enough to make it all black and red. You can tell none of the google authors star gaze in their spare time with all that color.

k2snowboards88 said:
Me too. I'm jealous of the iphone star map program. The authors were smart enough to make it all black and red. You can tell none of the google authors star gaze in their spare time with all that color.
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on Google sky map theres a night mode option when you press the menu key.

I seem to recal hearing that at a certain point when the voltage is too low the screen will still work, but you see glitches/artifacts.
So im assuming this is why the min brightness is set where it is.

Berserk87 said:
I seem to recal hearing that at a certain point when the voltage is too low the screen will still work, but you see glitches/artifacts.
So im assuming this is why the min brightness is set where it is.
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There is that very low brightness that occurs when you have less than 10% battery life. I wish they would make that brightness user selectable.

Even if the screen cannot be physically set below a certain level of brightness, it would be trivial to have the OS do the equivalent of putting a partially-transparent black rectangle over the screen. Sure, color fidelity would suffer, but it would be a welcome option anyway--I have seriously considered wearing sunglasses in bed.

Tinyboss said:
Even if the screen cannot be physically set below a certain level of brightness, it would be trivial to have the OS do the equivalent of putting a partially-transparent black rectangle over the screen. Sure, color fidelity would suffer, but it would be a welcome option anyway--I have seriously considered wearing sunglasses in bed.
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wow, i think your right.
instead of trying to set the brighness lower just put a transparent gray object that sites on top of all the windows.
It would have the same effect and save tons of battery.

You can!
k2snowboards88 said:
There is that very low brightness that occurs when you have less than 10% battery life. I wish they would make that brightness user selectable.
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Search for a widget called Curvefish Brightness Level in the market. Set it to 0% brightness, which appears to be the same as the low battery life brightness.

k2snowboards88 said:
Me too. I'm jealous of the iphone star map program. The authors were smart enough to make it all black and red. You can tell none of the google authors star gaze in their spare time with all that color.
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the google sky map version I have turns black and red in night mode

[Q] non-root: even lower display brightness?

anyone know of a way to get the HTCONE/sprint non-rooted phone to go lower in display brightness?
if i use it as an alarm clock on my nightstand it lights up the entire room on lowest brightness.
thanks!

Oo.et.oO said:
anyone know of a way to get the HTCONE/sprint non-rooted phone to go lower in display brightness?
if i use it as an alarm clock on my nightstand it lights up the entire room on lowest brightness.
thanks!
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Look for an app called "Lux Auto Brightness" on the Play Store. There is a lite version that you can try out. It's allowed me to go in the negative brightness and it works pretty well.

N0wy0ud1e said:
Look for an app called "Lux Auto Brightness" on the Play Store. There is a lite version that you can try out. It's allowed me to go in the negative brightness and it works pretty well.
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thanks. don't suppose this will work with locale...
maybe i'll have to write my own pluggin

I haven't used Lux but I really like Screen Filter for the same job: it has a huge range of dimming up to total blackness and can turn off the capacitative button backlight (requires turning the screen off and back on) which is a big deal when viewing a dimmed screen in a dark room. And the full version is free and ad-free as well.

thanks again for your replies. looks like Lux works with locale.
but... it's not quite working for me yet (setting to negative values of brighness at certain times, etc doesn't seem to work)
i'll keep trying. thankfully there is a trial version

Brightness problem

How do you guys set your slider ? For me its bit uncomfort, i set him on lowest and then tick auto brigt. but when i get out from home, brigtness is low, it makes move and little more brighter. I installed Lux lite and app is working perfect.

Why here on this subforum no one reply, i don't get it.

Dude, sometimes it takes some hours up to days until someone answers you, so keep calm.
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I've noticed this too, I think the slider is for setting how the general brightness is. Mine is set to medium with auto brightness - indoors it is not too bright, and outdoors it is most the time bright enough.

Thank you man

Robi959 said:
Thank you man
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You're welcome

Robi959 said:
I installed Lux lite and app is working perfect.
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I did it as well and it works ok now - screen getting darker when it's dark inside and brighter when it's bright outside - it shall work this way in standard...
BR,
MCC

mcc666 said:
I did it as well and it works ok now - screen getting darker when it's dark inside and brighter when it's bright outside - it shall work this way in standard...
BR,
MCC
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Yes, this is much better solution.