Lower Brightness - TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

On Webos there was a tweak on preware that allowed the brightness to be set lower than what default webos allows, is there a way to do this on CM9?

if there is I would also like to know, reading using Google books is too bright at night even on the lowest setting.

JuiceDefender allows you to do this and what I use to read in bed. My lowest brightness is set to around what the night mode brightness is when you have it in the touchstone dock.

AdjBrightness allows you to set it to lower than the default minimum setting

I haven't put CM on my TP yet, but on other devices I use SuperDim from the market. (I guess it's called RootDim now...)
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.pruss.superdim

hajalie24 said:
On Webos there was a tweak on preware that allowed the brightness to be set lower than what default webos allows, is there a way to do this on CM9?
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I use Coolreader as my ebook reader and it has an option for setting the background brightness clear down to 1%. Of course, this doesn't effect the brightness in other apps.

Thanks, AdjBrightness seems to work well on my touchpad. On my evo 3d I have to use screen filter as it seems the slider is the actual brightness level.

For me app called "screen filter" is the best.
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For me the best app is "screen filter"

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How to Keep the brightness always minimum?

Despite doing this manually in the settings, occasionally the brightness goes up due to unknowns. Is there a way to keep the brightness always low?
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are u sure u dont have the "automatically adjust" setting activated?
vinodis said:
Despite doing this manually in the settings, occasionally the brightness goes up due to unknowns. Is there a way to keep the brightness always low?
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If you swipe along the notification bar at the top you can increase or decrease the screen brightness.
"it's a feature not a bug"
i hated it myself till i read somewhere that (only if you deactivate auto-brightness) you can increase/decrease the brightness by swiping left/right on your notification panel! it happens often by mistake when you pull it down ... thats your problem
in the new froyo rom's this is no longer the case so now i use auto-mode and wait will this "feature" is no more
edit: Intratech...too fast
jodue said:
"it's a feature not a bug"
i hated it myself till i read somewhere that (only if you deactivate auto-brightness) you can increase/decrease the brightness by swiping left/right on your notification panel! it happens often by mistake when you pull it down ... thats your problem
in the new froyo rom's this is no longer the case so now i use auto-mode and wait will this "feature" is no more
edit: Intratech...too fast
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I never noticed this actually.. Also ensure though in the browser you have set brightness manually there
have the same problem, but i find the auto brigthness setting saves my battery more rather than accidentally turning it maximum brightness
I tried the "Dimmer" and "Brightness!" apps from the market. But none of them 'Keep' the brightness at the minimum always.
I've noticed 3 places where the brightness can be set - 1st being the web browser, 2nd the actual settings option, and 3rd the video player. Currently, I disabled the auto brightness control and I've set all 3 places to 1 step above minimum. Seems to work for me.
Also, I have a widget on the home screen to set/monitor the brightness level, it's called 'Brightness Widget by Stark Technology Inc.'.
vinodis said:
I tried the "Dimmer" and "Brightness!" apps from the market. But none of them 'Keep' the brightness at the minimum always.
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its a bug in ddjf3 try a different rom. maybe jg5 or jm2.

Lowering lowest display brightness setting

Is there any way to make set display's brightness level lower than slider in settings allows?
Why?
1) SGS's display got so much brightness and contrast that in low (or zero) light conditions it is simply too bright! It hurts eyes.
2) It might severely improve battery life.
Any gurus around? ^^
echo # > /sys/devices/platform/s3cfb/spi_gpio.3/spi3.0/backlight/s5p_bl/brightness
brightness to 0
If i remember, real mini is 8, max 255, i use Brightness level from Curvefish ( Market ), it seems to be the lowest i can get, an it's a 1X1 widget, not that horrible.
Dimmer Night mode , Market too, is another way to go.
Twice are free.
Thanks, working as intended
The best solution would be to allow 'auto' setting to go that low.
tristecire said:
If i remember, real mini is 8, max 255, i use Brightness level from Curvefish ( Market ), it seems to be the lowest i can get, an it's a 1X1 widget, not that horrible.
Dimmer Night mode , Market too, is another way to go.
Twice are free.
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Yup even quick settings (free) from market allows to go uptil 18.
i use Dimmer. brightness is 10.
I use extended controls and it has multiple options to control brightness or switch between user and auto brightness settings. Not sure it goes lower than stock but i tested it today and i can get 7 hours of almost nonstop use out of a full battery. Thats a mix between navigation internet and calls. Thats good enouh for me.
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fua said:
i use Dimmer. brightness is 10.
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From 1 to 17 theres no difference in brightness. 0 is screen off, 18 is lowest brightness,.... and so on up to 255.

Getting brightness down below 11%

Has anyone else noticed their D3 on stock ROM min brightness is 11%? I noticed since getting my D3 that it has always been pretty bright, even at min brightness level. And using the brightness toggle from Beautiful Widgets, I saw that the two options were 11% and 100%. Is this just the widget, or is the stock ROM set up to keep brightness at this minimum level?
I use my phone in the dark a lot and it kills my eyes to look at it for too long, so I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get the brightness down any lower without switching to a custom ROM. I am rooted, of course.
Thanks for any ideas/solutions.
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Brightness Widget Backlight, in the market should work. It's has configurable steps that can go down to 1%. I'm using it on CM7 and can get it lower than the lowest brightness setting.
You can lower it with Quick Settings, but a reboot changes it back. The lower brightness appears to be used when the display dims from inactivity. If you are already on the lowest factory brightness setting it can still dim some more. Thats the only purpose I see of it.
I use Brightness Level from the market and it allows you to go lower than stock does. I believe that it keeps settings after reboot as well.
Sweet, awesome replies.
Lookup screen filter, and should be on the market if I remember correctly.
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I just installed and tried Brightness Level and it doesn't allow brightness levels to go below the lowest stock level. I see no purpose to that widget since the Power Widget for android allows brightness level adjustment.
I'd love something that allows for true adjustment from 1% to 100% on the stock ROM.
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I use Brightness Level from the market and it allows you to go lower than stock does. I believe that it keeps settings after reboot as well.
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Screen filter rocks - been using it since I got my D3 back in November.

App that uses brightness toggles?

Hi,
Not sure where the correct place is for this, so thought that I'd put it here.
I am looking for an app that controls brightness. I like the brightness of my phones to be dialed down to around 40%. I find it most comfortable for my eyes. Yet when it is bright out, I need to make the screen brighter. This means that I need to go in and manually adjust the brightness. I don't like to have the phone set to automatically adjust the brightness.
I'd like to find an app that allows adjusting brightness by icon. I don't want one that has one icon that toggles through a bunch of preset brightness levels. Instead, I want an app that can have different icons for different brightness levels. That way, if I wanted to toggle the brightness to 60%, I could tap an icon that does that. Then I could have an icon set for 30% to set it back.
Anyone know of an app that does this?
usmaak said:
Hi,
Not sure where the correct place is for this, so thought that I'd put it here.
I am looking for an app that controls brightness. I like the brightness of my phones to be dialed down to around 40%. I find it most comfortable for my eyes. Yet when it is bright out, I need to make the screen brighter. This means that I need to go in and manually adjust the brightness. I don't like to have the phone set to automatically adjust the brightness.
I'd like to find an app that allows adjusting brightness by icon. I don't want one that has one icon that toggles through a bunch of preset brightness levels. Instead, I want an app that can have different icons for different brightness levels. That way, if I wanted to toggle the brightness to 60%, I could tap an icon that does that. Then I could have an icon set for 30% to set it back.
Anyone know of an app that does this?
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Lux, if properly configured, could do that for you.
I think I understand what you're going for. I use Power Toggles (Dev: Painless Apps), and one of the toggles on the widget is for brightness and I have it set to 3 settings when I touch it; 20%, 40% and 100%. It's not possible to set each new brightness widget for individual brightness presets, unfortunately, but I don't see how it would be difficult to just make some predetermined settings for your brightness.
By now you should have a pretty firm idea on what level of brightness you prefer throughout your day so maybe you can use this app and have 2, 3 or more presets. It's really simple to use, I have it set to 3 settings and touching the widget to get to the brightness I want at that moment is super quick and not difficult at all.
You can see in the screenshot I use the widget at the top on my home page. Brightness is among the other toggles I use on a regular basis. Much quicker to turn on and off things, IMO. It's right there on my home screen so I don't have to pull my notification window down. I hope this helps.
I just use Auto Brightness setting. I set the brightness slider at 40% and the phone will auto-adjust the screen to keep it at a relative 40 indoors and outdoors.
I think this is what you're looking for:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.moreshortcuts

Any way to reduce minimum brightness?

Little background: somewhere in kernel code or some other core module of the operation system manufacturers or ROM creators set minimum brightness value for the device. This value was in some of my other devices called min_brightness. I remember faintly that I was able to set the value by running some script in Init.d. Unfortunately I did it several years ago for my other device and cannot remember the details.
The minimum brightness in Colt OS is 31 and seems to be similar other roms, which I tried.
Another option to set the value is Xposed module called Minimum Brightness. Unfortunately it has zero effect on my device. forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/mod-minimum-brightness-t2993161/amp/
Another option is to use app called Brightness Tweak, which does its job somewhat but the result is not exactly desirable. The problem is that it makes the brightness curve not smooth and setting semi-bright values is impossible. It is however able to set the value to 1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-brightness-tweak-t3339579
By the way, I find screen filter apps in adequate because they reduce contrast and add complexity to setting the brightness. Setting minimum brightness affects swipe status bar and brightness sliders as well as auto brightness functionalities. In addition MX Player.
wwwwe said:
Little background: somewhere in kernel code or some other core module of the operation system manufacturers or ROM creators set minimum brightness value for the device. This value was in some of my other devices called min_brightness. I remember faintly that I was able to set the value by running some script in Init.d. Unfortunately I did it several years ago for my other device and cannot remember the details.
The minimum brightness in Colt OS is 31 and seems to be similar other roms, which I tried.
Another option to set the value is Xposed module called Minimum Brightness. Unfortunately it has zero effect on my device. forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/mod-minimum-brightness-t2993161/amp/
Another option is to use app called Brightness Tweak, which does its job somewhat but the result is not exactly desirable. The problem is that it makes the brightness curve not smooth and setting semi-bright values is impossible. It is however able to set the value to 1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-brightness-tweak-t3339579
By the way, I find screen filter apps in adequate because they reduce contrast and add complexity to setting the brightness. Setting minimum brightness affects swipe status bar and brightness sliders as well as auto brightness functionalities. In addition MX Player.
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Try to use "ScreenDim" app
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried the app, but in my opinion the brightness adjustment method is very convenient. The is no slider in notification or sliding status bar. Also the min brightness is not adjusted globally so other brightness adjustment method are unaffected.
Hi, @wwwwe did you actually solve the problem?
Partha Dip said:
Hi, @wwwwe did you actually solve the problem?
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No I did not.
wwwwe said:
No I did not.
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Have you tried light control app?
No + the phone is broken already. It wont keep charge anymore.

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