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[Q] Blinded by the sun! ...app for that? ;-)

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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Dim screen further.

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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Screen brightness app

I use the screen filter to lower my brightness to the lowest possibly I want. But is there an App that can increase my brightness to where its brighter than when you go to
Setting -> display -> brightness and put it all the way to the left?.
Basically I'm asking if there is an app that can make your phone brighter than the normal limit.
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bluemoon1221 said:
I use the screen filter to lower my brightness to the lowest possibly I want. But is there an App that can increase my brightness to where its brighter than when you go to
Setting -> display -> brightness and put it all the way to the left?.
Basically I'm asking if there is an app that can make your phone brighter than the normal limit.
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I think you mean when you pull it all the way to the right.
Although I don't have a definite answer to this question my guess is that it does not exist. I would imagine that the phone physically can not get any brighter then that setting allows
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crystalhand said:
I think you mean when you pull it all the way to the right.
Although I don't have a definite answer to this question my guess is that it does not exist. I would imagine that the phone physically can not get any brighter then that setting allows
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Thanks for catching the error. It's to the right....
And I guess your sort of right but. I was wondering because I realized that my brightness went up a little bit when I opened a flashlight app when I had full brightness.... is it just some illusion? Lol
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Screen keeps on getting Auto-Dim

Every now and then, my screen brightness keeps on lowering automatically. Sometimes, brightness gets reduced to half, sumtimes even lower!
All the settings under power saving is turned off + under display -> Auto adjust screen power is also unchecked…
Anybody knows wht can be this issue ???

I believed you could try disable this option too. As it also dim your screen according to the image or program showed on screen.
Hope this help.
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guide144 said:
I believed you could try disable this option too. As it also dim your screen according to the image or program showed on screen.
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See my original post above, this option is already unchecked

craige said:
See my original post above, this option is already unchecked
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very sorry. I haven't read it clearly before posted.
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Hi again, I just found another thing to make the screen dim after I set screen to low light.
When I set light to low. Any program I used will not effect to screen light except the build-in browser. When I open the browser my screen dim itself to high brightness.
As I recalled, build-in browser have function to dim the screen too. Maybe other programs may have this function and can effect screen dim.
Hope this may help.
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I also have this problem of ramdom screen dimming.
Auto brightness unchecked. The same thing with unchecking auto config screen.
May be it's a conflict with the inner brightness of the default browser.

Is it possible to change the settings of the brightness when online?

Basically I'm happy with the screen brightness at its lowest since my preference is to save battery however when I use the internet and the likes of online apps the screen brightness is set to automatic as the display brightens and dulls down when I cover the proxy sensor... any solutions?
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krhn said:
Basically I'm happy with the screen brightness at its lowest since my preference is to save battery however when I use the internet and the likes of online apps the screen brightness is set to automatic as the display brightens and dulls down when I cover the proxy sensor... any solutions?
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You can try Tasker to define when opening a game like Angry Birds the brightness settings are at its highest.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

when in the stock internet browser, hit the menu button, the brightness settings are in there, no idea why the browser has seperate setting to the rest of the phone :/