Poll: Auto-Brightness, Full, or other? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys - just wanted to create a little poll to see who leaves there screen on auto-brightness, full, or manually controlled but somewhere in the middle.

I use auto, but I use tasker and screen filter to turn the brightness automatically at night.

Auto-Brightness unless I read in a dark room where I manually set it to the minimum (auto usually puts it there anyways). The other exception is when battery is low, I put it at 0% or whatever minimum allows me to see something.

I'll submit a vote when I can indicate minimal brightness. More than bright enough for me unless I'm outdoors.

i usually leave it on min. brightness and turn it up when needed (e.g. outdoors)

i like SGS to be set on auto, it works better than on the SNS
on the SNS i need to set it to manual

I use auto mostly and manual ( 0% brigness ) when watching movies in my room )

I'm at minimum most of the time (voted 'at the middle' as it is the closest).
Please fix the poll!

Auto-brightness most of the time...

Kops said:
Hey guys - just wanted to create a little poll to see who leaves there screen on auto-brightness, full, or manually controlled but somewhere in the middle.
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i cannot vote as i leave mine on minimum brightness to conserve battery

Almost always at minimum, and often auto when outside.
Minimum being too bright I also sometimes use Screen Filter.
There should be an option to use auto, but choose relative brightness (an offset). Using Screen Filter almost does that, but it is too unstable.
Even beter would be to be able to tweak a response curve : screen brightness in function of ambient light (I want it dimmer inside, but still full brightness outside with sunshine)
I think Samsung does not allow screen to be too dim also because it then shows too much imperfections in amoled...(ex. plain white is not uniform at all)
Using Screen Filter to dim a lot brings bad looking screen. But I guess a great part of it is due to number of colors too low, so you loose too much by filtering. Maybe Gingerbread will improve in this matter (doesn't it manage more color shades?)
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I use auto most of the time, except for image viewing and video.
I use JustPictures as my image viewer and set it to automatically turn brightness to full when looking at an image.
For videos I use mVideoPlayer which has a manual brightness override which I usually leave at about 50%.
I also use the Speedmod kernel which allows the brightness to go even lower than normal if you use manual brightness. I use this low setting when using my phone in the dark.

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Lower minimum brightness

Hi,
When surfing at night the minimum brightness is still to high. Any apps or hacks that allow to dimm the screen more?
watercool said:
Hi,
When surfing at night the minimum brightness is still to high. Any apps or hacks that allow to dimm the screen more?
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Same here, seems like it could go down lower but it doesn't. I think it'd also be overall nice to be able to adjust the behavior of the automatic sensor, but in this case, the automatic sensor in darkness is at least the same as manual turned all the way down.. My old phone it wasn't.

For those needing dimmer screens

I found the perfect app! Its called, "Screen Filter" in the Market. It puts a virtual filter over the whole display to make it dimmer without impairing functionality.
This is perfect for our Amoled screens because power use is directly proportional to overall screen brightness not backlight brightness like lcds.
Also, don't set it on minimum or else you won't be able to see anything and have to wildly press the screen in a frantic attempt turn it off like me
HAHA this is exactly what I needed for my late night Pocket Legends sprees.
Perfect! This is exactly what I've been looking for, hate disturbing the GF when I can't fall asleep and need to check XDA
I used Screen Filter for about 3 days, and it seemed like the battery drained faster with it on than with it off. I think it's because it runs as a background application instead of simply modifying the brightness.

Anyway to raise the minimum brightness for stock slider?

So the difference between say 1% and 0% is huge on my phone. 0% (all the way down) is unreadable is there is any kind of sun in the area. 1% however is not. I know I can use tasker or whatever to change it to 1% automatically but I often manually use the slider and would like it to never go below 1%, but still have the convenience of being able to slide all the way to the left (very quick)
This is possible, or only with something like Lux or Tasker? I am rooted btw running xposed if that matters
Thanks!
Just to make sure you aware, if you have the brightness set at manual, full brightness is never as bright as it will be in auto. If you are set in auto and go out in the sun, the screen will get about ten percent brighter then it would at full setting on manual. So it is best to let the phone manage the brightness on auto. It knows what is best for you. Let it run your life as it should. Muhahahahaha.
Solarenemy68 said:
Just to make sure you aware, if you have the brightness set at manual, full brightness is never as bright as it will be in auto. If you are set in auto and go out in the sun, the screen will get about ten percent brighter then it would at full setting on manual. So it is best to let the phone manage the brightness on auto. It knows what is best for you. Let it run your life as it should. Muhahahahaha.
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I suppose I can try auto but honestly, I havent been using Auto in nearly 2 years because it has always sucked. Didnt realize that auto could get brighter than manual though. Good to know.
Dude forget about stock auto brightness or using manual go download LUX in the play store. Beats the pants of stock management plus let's you set minimum, maximums and how bright to be in certain areas. Check it out
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Is there a way to limit screen maximum brightness boost in Auto Brightness mode?

Hi there!
First my question - Is there a way to prevent the Note 8 from entering the RED area of the screen brightness slider when in Auto Brightness mode?
Now my reasons for this question, should you care of course
I am a quite devoted Pokemon Go player for over a year now, which has lead to a significant screen burn-in on my previous S7 Edge. Now with Note 8 I am more careful in how I play the game. I have started by making the game run is immersive mode, I tend to deliberately switch between apps to prevent same game elements stay on for too long and finally, I am using the phone with the screen as dim, as possible without causing me difficulties to see it.
HOWEVER, I would like to use Auto Brightness as it actually learns my preferences quite well with one exception - whenever it sees a direct sun beam, it automatically boosts into the red zone, even is the bright light has been there for a second. OK, I admit that the screen brightness is amazing in direct sunlight, staying saturated and crisp and also the system's reaction to a spray of bright light is really fast, except for the fact that...I don't want it.
It's not about saving my battery, I have a 20 000 mAh battery pack always with me. I only want to prevent my screen from burn in and overall degrading faster than normally.
Thanks
I'd like to know this as well.
Same!
i suppose there is memory function, when u drag the slider back to the illumination level of ur choice, it remembers the next time and limits the brightness. some amount of patience is needed till the system 'learns'
snakez23 said:
i suppose there is memory function, when u drag the slider back to the illumination level of ur choice, it remembers the next time and limits the brightness. some amount of patience is needed till the system 'learns'
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Yes indeed, some time is needed for the system to fully learn the preferences

Max brightness bugged, help me pls

I am experiencing automatic dimming of my screen when set to maximum. The big thing is Adaptative Brightness is Off. I also set Power Mode to High Performance to make sure power management would not dim. I even bought an app that supposedly cranck up brightness beyond system limits (did not work)
I first noticed this when taking pictures of my garden in bright daylight, the screen was dim and even going over the orange marker on the dial I still struggled to view the screen (sun was almost 90 degree angle).
However when I placed my hand over the screen I could see well but then I noticed a sensible dim. At first I thought it was some king of optical trick, so I tried to repeat the experiment in different conditions to the point that I would simply crank up brightness and have a strong light over my phone then I used a black sheet of paper just above sensors. If I take the sheet off the brightness ramp up a bit, if I put the sheet over the screen dims. And again no auto Adaptative Brightness is turned on neither Power Mode in save.
I guess this wasn't supposed to happen, if I want to ramp up brightness as much as I want I should be allowed and the system should not interfere with my preference? I don't need to justify my use to anyone but as a courtesy to those that are inclined to help me, here it is: I work a lot with gardening and construction all day, including strong daylight, and I need to take a lot of pictures for my work.
What can I do to squeeze this bit more brightness from my Note 9?
Thanks a lot.
felcas said:
I am experiencing automatic dimming of my screen when set to maximum. The big thing is Adaptative Brightness is Off. I also set Power Mode to High Performance to make sure power management would not dim. I even bought an app that supposedly cranck up brightness beyond system limits (did not work)
I first noticed this when taking pictures of my garden in bright daylight, the screen was dim and even going over the orange marker on the dial I still struggled to view the screen (sun was almost 90 degree angle).
However when I placed my hand over the screen I could see well but then I noticed a sensible dim. At first I thought it was some king of optical trick, so I tried to repeat the experiment in different conditions to the point that I would simply crank up brightness and have a strong light over my phone then I used a black sheet of paper just above sensors. If I take the sheet off the brightness ramp up a bit, if I put the sheet over the screen dims. And again no auto Adaptative Brightness is turned on neither Power Mode in save.
I guess this wasn't supposed to happen, if I want to ramp up brightness as much as I want I should be allowed and the system should not interfere with my preference? I don't need to justify my use to anyone but as a courtesy to those that are inclined to help me, here it is: I work a lot with gardening and construction all day, including strong daylight, and I need to take a lot of pictures for my work.
What can I do to squeeze this bit more brightness from my Note 9?
Thanks a lot.
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Try the the twilight blue app filter. It works wonders with the bulb features on your phone
jd14771 said:
Do you have a screen protector? Could something be obstructing the sensor on top?
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no screen protection at all

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