Just wondering if anyone knows if there is a "maximum" value that can be used, before we start see diminishing reutrns possibly? I know the value is currently set to 180 in the Tho3ry ROM. Just wondering how high I can crank it up to? The blur launcher/app drawer still has that annoying slight stutter when you switch between the first screen. The stutter only occurs once, then after that it's pretty damn smooth. Any information would be great! Thanks!
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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?
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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 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
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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.
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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.
Is this the Android thing or Samsung thing? I've used HTC before and found no such setting.
It is so annoying. Every time the browser is opened, the brightness is changed!
Why the hell do they have a brightness setting in browser????
Ive seen other people complain about the same thing, its really weird.
I believe its to do with the phone being in power saving mode.
Yes, if you open the browser and hit menu and go more then brightness setting. You only need to set it once though.
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Yes, if you open the browser and hit menu and go more then brightness setting. You only need to set it once though.
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But when you change your general screen brightness, your browser brightness is still the same.
There is just no point to have a separate setting there.
I agree. It's really obnoxious. Droid comic viewer does the same thing. I don't get what the advantage of having a separate brightness control could possibly be.
The browser has it's own settings for brightness, what's all the fuzz about, I personally think its useful.
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i find it useful, i keep my phone on min brightness, but i keep my browser at full lol
It's there because the Android browser is an all-white background by default, unlike the rest of the OS, and may be too bright for some people. Easy to change in the browser and not **** with your main brightness setting.
A stupid thing with absolutely no benefit to anyone.
I hope Android product managers read these forums. But I doubt it.
They should just implement a check box that would set it's brightness to the system. That way everyone would be happy.
I think it is a retarded PITA to have a separate brightness setting for the browser.
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they should just implement a check box that would set it's brightness to the system. That way everyone would be happy.
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I find it useful, but really its personal preference. Just a note, it can quickly be overriden by using the slide to change brightness at the top of the screen.
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AFAIK its a samsung thing, and an annoying bug in my opinion.
I don't use auto brightness or power saving in the phone settings.
If I have my phone set bright, I'm most likely in a bright environment. So if I need to open browser I'm going to want the same brightness. The same is true if I'm in a dark environment and have the phone set dim. The video player has the same problem. Samsung should really stick to hardware.
If you set the phone to auto brightness it disables that option, and puts the browser at the same level as the phone.
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It literally lakes 2 seconds to adjust it again from the notification bar if you have auto turned off. Not a big deal IMO.
It is *extremely* annoying for those of us who don't use Automatic Brightness. It's this kind of trashy little things that send people running for iPhones...
Is there an AOSP version of Browser.apk I can push (KB5 2.2) that doesn't have this? I don't care about losing the window previews or other touchwiz features of the browser, I'm just *sick and tired* of having to change my brightness settings a second time every time I want to browse the web. Third party browsers are too bloated and don't do it for me... I just want the stock Android Browser, but with the SYSTEM brightness setting only... Like every other Android phone.
I hate the dynamic contrast on this phone. To the point im thinking of returning it to get another phone. I was reading this review
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6747/htc-one-review/10
and it leads me to believe that it is possible somehow. "The HTC One includes a dynamic contrast function which can’t easily be disabled, as there’s no option in the display settings for it."
Does anyone know if theres a mod to do this or how I could do it? Maybe theres a rom that allows this? Its driving me crazy the way the backlight adjusts constantly.
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I hate the dynamic contrast on this phone. To the point im thinking of returning it to get another phone. I was reading this review
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6747/htc-one-review/10
and it leads me to believe that it is possible somehow. "The HTC One includes a dynamic contrast function which can’t easily be disabled, as there’s no option in the display settings for it."
Does anyone know if theres a mod to do this or how I could do it? Maybe theres a rom that allows this? Its driving me crazy the way the backlight adjusts constantly.
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Errm do you mean auto brightness? As dynamic contrast really isn't going to be noticeable enough to annoy anybody, as proven with TV's.
Try just setting brightness to 1/3 of the slider.
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Errm do you mean auto brightness? As dynamic contrast really isn't going to be noticeable enough to annoy anybody, as proven with TV's.
Try just setting brightness to 1/3 of the slider.
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No I don't mean auto brightness. I would never use dynamic contrast on a tv. It's terrible and I don't know how anyone can not notice it.
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No I don't mean auto brightness. I would never use dynamic contrast on a tv. It's terrible and I don't know how anyone can not notice it.
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Dynamics contrast only affects pure black scenes and it is not really noticeable during a normal TV show. Apart from us lot most wouldn't notice it, but on this phone I can't notice It at all and it would be linked to auto brightness so that it tries to keep up a consistent experience. Try sticking a constant brightness and see if it's better
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I am interested in the Dynamic contrast. I use 4 24in HP monitors at work and I actually am in the 5% of people who enjoy having it lol
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When using dc dimming on my amoled phone the brightness is way to high at night at lowest slider value.
While with pwm its a lot better i still would prefer it less bright (anyway no solution because flicker is annoying at lowest brightness).
Im pretty sure i am not at the lowest possible brightness level.
Unluckily beside some third party apps which running in the background and overlay a black layer i couldnt find anything useful even tough tons of people looking for a solution.
Your battery would thank you aswell .
Please can anyone make a module which sets the lowest brigthness to 1 on boot up ?
Thanks.
Danny94 said:
When using dc dimming on my amoled phone the brightness is way to high at night at lowest slider value.
While with pwm its a lot better i still would prefer it less bright (anyway no solution because flicker is annoying at lowest brightness).
Im pretty sure i am not at the lowest possible brightness level.
Unluckily beside some third party apps which running in the background and overlay a black layer i couldnt find anything useful even tough tons of people looking for a solution.
Your battery would thank you aswell .
Please can anyone make a module which sets the lowest brigthness to 1 on boot up ?
Thanks.
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Don't think there is currently a module available. Having the same problem with my second mobile. The only App that I found and which is working as expected is for me:
Darker (Screen Filter) - Apps on Google Play
Darker can lower your screen brightness to extremely low levels.
play.google.com
Maybe anyone other knows a better solution.
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Don't think there is currently a module available. Having the same problem with my second mobile. The only App that I found and which is working as expected is for me:
Darker (Screen Filter) - Apps on Google Play
Darker can lower your screen brightness to extremely low levels.
play.google.com
Maybe anyone other knows a better solution.
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Yeah this one uses a overlay, no good solution unluckily.
Hopefully some dev pick up my request.
Hey there!
After updating to Android 12, whenever I try to swipe the quick panel when there are quite a few notifications, the panel always stutters, there is considerable amout of drop in the refresh rate.
When I use 60Hz instead of 120hz, the problem does not show.
Does anyone know how to fix it?
This stutter has destroyed the one ui experience.
wait for the next update, many have mentioned this on other sites.
Let's hope they fix the issue
I had this issue when I disabled animations, as I do on any phone by default