Why, hello there!
With the Cali sun rendering my Droid almost impossible to browse I come to XDA to seek advice on possible solutions to make the ability to see the screen even marginally better! (Bar a anti-glare shield) Heard there are some possible tweaks on brightening the screen beyond it's apparent '100%' brightness but am curious if this is just positive thinking?
I have been hunting on forums for tips and tricks but to no feasible avail and, 'go in the shade' falls short of answering my question!
So is there any new developments on this or is it not possible to brighten the screen to browse on a sunny day?
Much appreciated!
~L*xo
Are you rooted? If so go to the Market and download Adjbrightness app, it is free and lets you turn the screen display brightness to its Max or any other preset or custom brightness you like. You can also turn off the backlight on the touch keys. If you aren't rooted try auto setting in the display options or try an on screen widget such as the power bar widget that is stock loaded on the Droid1. Long press the homescreen, choose widget, powerbar. Hope this helped.
Thank you for Your reply!
I don't think I worded my question properly.. I meant brightening the screen beyond using an app that can adjust the brightness (I have mine set to 100% in the sun and 0% at night!)
I was hoping there was a further tweak to get the screen even brighter to browse when the sun is glarong down...if that is even possible?
Thank you so much!
.......Ohh and yes I'm rooted (LithiumMod)
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First off, I apologize to anyone who looks at this thread thinking that I am posting another screen brightness program. On the contrary I am LOOKING for a program that will allow us to control the brightness level of the phone in small increments.
Before the Fuze I had the HTC Touch which on the homescreen had the option of pressing the brightness shortcut and it would jump the brightness up a notch and then reset down to the lowest value once it got to the highest. Anyone that had this phone or a similar HTC phone that ran..... HTC Home knows what I am talking about.
While using the fuze I have always wondered why I couldn't find anything like this for newer phones. Searching for the longest times on a number of different forums left me with nothing. The automatic screen brightness control of the touch pro is less then desirable. There's times when my phones plugged in but I'm reading news in bed and I want to be able to have the brightness set to low without having to go through the settings and bugger around with it all.
That said, does anyone know of something that will do this? Or is it possible for one of the awesome program developers here to create something like this?
Here's a screen shot just for referance. By pressing the lightbulb it would change the screen brightness of the phone.
Here's the app you're looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485141
BTW, when you post an app request add "[REQ]" in topic...
you Might also want to try Lumos: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=450318&highlight=lumos
this automatically adjusts your backlight depending on your light meter. It has a very quick and easy setup wizard and works wonders on your battery as well!
warri said:
you Might also want to try Lumos: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=450318&highlight=lumos
this automatically adjusts your backlight depending on your light meter. It has a very quick and easy setup wizard and works wonders on your battery as well!
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I have that installed.. does a good job but I'd still like the option of just being able to manually change it as well. Thanks!
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Here's the app you're looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485141
BTW, when you post an app request add "[REQ]" in topic...
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Thanks for the link and I've changed the subject title. I can't believe I didnt put that in there... That's a Newb mistake
edit Mylight. my lord I remember seeing this post AGES ago when all it was was a graphic "idea" and didnt actually do anything. Glad it got off the ground!
I'm not sure if this has been brought up before, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was missed. I am the type of user who likes to use the phone at full brightness, as it does not seem to have a huge negative impact on my battery life in day to day operations.
I was looking carefully at the browser on the Galaxy and wondered why the whites looked so dimmed in comparison to other parts of the operating system.
I had already done the following:
1. Turned the OS brightness all the way up.
2. Turned browser brightness all the way up.
3. Disabled the screen power saving mode.
I then downloaded a flashlight application and maxed it to 100% while switching to the browser with the Home key multitask, and going back and forward between the flashlight app and the browser app, it is very clear that the browser is not pushing max brightness. Even though the brightness settings on both the OS and the browser are maxed, it seems as though the browser is capped to 80% brightness or so.
My friend also verified this during his test run, as he has just bought the Samsung Vibrant and noticed the same thing. I understand many will just leave the auto-brightness setting on, but that's not really addressing the issue here.
Is there a way for an XDA developer to correct this issue through a patch or ROM?
thanks
I checked with the shell and when brightness is at 100% it has an absolute value of 255, the same when I'm at the browser set with full brightness, so it seems it's working as it should.
You can check it with this command
Code:
cat /sys/devices/platform/s3cfb/spi_gpio.3/spi3.0/blacklight/s5p_bl/actual_brightness
darksnarfer said:
I checked with the shell and when brightness is at 100% it has an absolute value of 255, the same when I'm at the browser set with full brightness, so it seems it's working as it should.
You can check it with this command
Code:
cat /sys/devices/platform/s3cfb/spi_gpio.3/spi3.0/blacklight/s5p_bl/actual_brightness
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I don't know, I experience the same thing as the OP. Everything's bright, except when surfing the web.
Same issue here. I use Opera in bright daylight.
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If you go in to the brightness settings there is an option at the very bottom called "Power saving mode". I'm not sure if that is having any effect on the browser.
Thanks for the numbers, but I gotta say, just comparing the flashlight app and hitting the back arrow to toggle to the browser, it is beyond obvious that the browser is not as bright as the flashlight application. I used google with it's white background and zoomed in to an area that was just white to avoid other distractions.
This is the best way to test since there will be no transition in between the application toggle and you see the screen dim easily.
As indicated by my original post, I have also turned off the power saving feature so that is not a concern. Someone did say that the Behold 2 has the same cap for their browser and that this is a samsung specific setting that's probably there to save battery. I haven't been able to confirm it on that phone yet but just give the flashlight test a chance and you'll see.
oh one last thing i noticed is, when going from the browser back to the flashlight, sometimes the flashlight app is also dimmed at the same level brightness as the browser, but tapping the screen 'wakes' up the app into full brightness.
TGalaxy browser brightness
To me it's very obvious that the browser is dimmed down, I'd say more than to 80%... Having google as the default homepage couldn't make it more obvious when opening the browser! Samsung obviously thought that no one with a decent eyesight will buy their phone. Or anyone who feels capable of managing their phone's battery life themselves.
It's just one of those niggling things that had to be included, lessening the experience of an otherwise rather breathtaking phone. Another one is the compulsory vibration when charging is finished - makes me wonder when others, or the developers for that matter, charge their smartphones! I charge them overnight, and of course every night... or at least used to, as with the Galaxy S, I can no longer sleep.
I think I've been through every menu possible to change these couple of features, with no success... if anyone knows anything, please share.
It happens on the dim-side, too
I have the same problem, but on the dim side. The browser brightens the screen when it comes on if you have the brightness set to zero. I like it dimmed all the way at night if I'm reading in bed when the lights are out and my partner is asleep, but it keeps turning it up so it's pretty bright in the pitch dark. Arrgh. It's my phone, can't I set it the way I want? Grr.
I've read that there are limitations on how much the screen dims and brightens unless you have a rooted phone and you use an app that's not built into the OS.
I rooted mine and there are some configuration apps that will set it to 0, but I think the built-in operating system slider doesn't go all the way to zero and might not go all the way to 255 when you slide it to the very edges. Supposedly it only goes to 10 on the low side from the notes on some apps.
So, probably it's a similar limitation on the slider for the screen brightness in the browser. We're probably stuck with this problem until someone writes an app that lets you change this setting to any value between 0 and 255 since the default sliders don't allow the low side and I'm guessing not the high side either.
So . . . any android developers out there, it would be cool if you could make an app to change this setting if it's available programatically somewhere.
I tried the "Dimmer" and "Brightness!" apps from the market. But none of them 'Keep' the brightness at the minimum always.
I need some help with options in this phone. First off all I found it annoying that the bottom 4 touch button light turns off in like 5 seconds. I know it saves battery but I want to have the option to keep on longer. I'm pretty sure there isn't a built in option, but is it possible for anyone here to mod this? (I think you can do it because there is a mod to turn them always off).
Next I feel that the lowest screen brightness is still pretty high. Is there anyway that I can reduce it? Possibly through an app? I'm rooted and everything so no problem there. Thanks
Many would like the option to change the time out on the buttons. Unfortunately no fix yet.
As for the brightness, many of the widgets to adjust brightness from the market will allow lower settings
I use extended controls..I don't think it was free but is highly customizable
I find that my screen doesn't dim enough when I'm in a dark room. I've obviously taken manual control over brightness. I k ow its possible for the screen to to dimmer because my alarm application can dim the screen. But is like a way for this to be system wide. Does anybody know a way of doing this?
If you can share I'd be most appreciative.
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I use something called screen filter from the market. It puts something similar to a black screen overlay on the screen and allows you to control how much it dims.
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You can also get an app called Curvefish Brightness Level which will dim your screen lower. The phone controls only allow you to bring it down to 8%, I believe. This app lowers the brightness to 0%, which makes a difference.
For further dimming, use the app recommended above.
My eyes thank you both. I tried Curvefish's solution and it couldn't do low enough (works well, but my room is pitch black at night. Would work for someone in a theater which is why I'm keeping it). Screen filter works extremely well for my needs. The only downside is it does some funky things to blacks when enabled. I can live with that, and its a small price to pay for might time reading comfort.
Thanks again.
EDIT And if anyone wants to know, I'm using Alarm Clock Plus. I like it a lot.
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I'm amazed there should be a sticky on this!! If you have a rooted z2, then rootdim on playstore let's you lower brightness far below stock. And it's hardware, not an on top layer which just destroys contrast. It makes your z2 dim just like an Amoled screen! Best of all it saves batteries unlike software dimmers!
I use it together with another app called night filter which is actually a software screen filter, I apply a slight reddish tint to save my eyes further.
(side note: The developer has made a remake of rootdim called ScreenDim but it currently doesn't work for me as well as rootdim )
HTH!
Thank you for sharing, I was looking for a way how to make the screen as dim as possible, finally bumped into this thread Though I would probably prefer using Xposed module or force system brightness to go as low as rootdim, nevertheless very nice app
thanks for the info, It worked excellent
this one here huh ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.pruss.superdim
Gotta try it out. Sometimes i do think the screen is way to bright.
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Don't really like it.
when you press 25% you can press it 3 times and the screen flickers and changes brightness 3 times.
also depending on which App you open screen may change brightness for no reason.
Do you guys get it to work on 5.0.2? Mine don't dim anymore. Root access is granted.
solwretep said:
I'm amazed there should be a sticky on this!! If you have a rooted z2, then rootdim on playstore let's you lower brightness far below stock. And it's hardware, not an on top layer which just destroys contrast. It makes your z2 dim just like an Amoled screen! Best of all it saves batteries unlike software dimmers!
I use it together with another app called night filter which is actually a software screen filter, I apply a slight reddish tint to save my eyes further.
(side note: The developer has made a remake of rootdim called ScreenDim but it currently doesn't work for me as well as rootdim )
HTH!
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Thanks
Bro