I heard that auto brightness consumes more battery
But its also something exclusive to our phone comparing to the s3 mini
So, do you guys think its worth using??
No, if you want to save battery. Btw, I don't think you need to open a thread for question like this..
For a long time I used autobrightness, but now it seems to be better if I change turn the screen brighter when I need, or if the sun shines so bright, any other time my brightness is on minimum.
What i do is:
Brightness- lowest most of the time
outdoor- auto when i want
Btw, for dialling no.s quickly i used a tasker profile (when i launch phone/messaging b/w 8am-6pm it sets auto brightness on)
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harith.unnikrishnan said:
What i do is:
Brightness- lowest most of the time
outdoor- auto when i want
Btw, for dialling no.s quickly i used a tasker profile (when i launch phone/messaging b/w 8am-6pm it sets auto brightness on)
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What is a tasker profile?
Eizil said:
What is a tasker profile?
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For those who don't know , tasker is an app which is used to automate your phone. (It uses an"if this then that" logic.
Search Google play for tasker.
Such a setting is called a profile.
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Ya know what button to hit!
I always have brightness at 100 and still a good battery life
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Auto brightness is constantly using the sensors to gauge the brightness levels so is no good for battery life.
Use it only when needed like outside in sunlight.
Indoors minimum brightness is fine and is much better on battery.
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bobdoblo said:
Auto brightness is constantly using the sensors to gauge the brightness levels so is no good for battery life.
Use it only when needed like outside in sunlight.
Indoors minimum brightness is fine and is much better on battery.
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agree with u
bobdoblo said:
Auto brightness is constantly using the sensors to gauge the brightness levels so is no good for battery life.
Use it only when needed like outside in sunlight.
Indoors minimum brightness is fine and is much better on battery.
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Sensor should be shutdown when screen is turn off and active only when screen is active. The easiest way would be check interrupts in kernel
Code:
cat /proc/interrupts|grep sensor_name
. If it generate a lot of interrupts when screen if off it may cause battery eating, but then is fault in driver.
I turn off auto brightness first thing. It never goes dim enough when in a dark room or bright enough in daylight. I also see battery saved when I manually control it. Been doing this with all phones I have had... just sayin'
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MateuszKrawczuk said:
Sensor should be shutdown when screen is turn off and active only when screen is active. The easiest way would be check interrupts in kernel
Code:
cat /proc/interrupts|grep sensor_name
. If it generate a lot of interrupts when screen if off it may cause battery eating, but then is fault in driver.
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Yes i know its only when screen on.
Would be a bit pointless with screen off
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how much diffrence between Auto backlight&manual in battery consuming
is there any experience ???
nobody knows?
One week ago, I changed the option for backlight to 5 min instead of normal 30sec. I even changed the backlight on while making calls (tweak cabfile). I don't notice any more batteryconsumption. This is a overall experience.
I think more brightness on the display will be more battery consuming than backlight settings.
neptunes50 said:
One week ago, I changed the option for backlight to 5 min instead of normal 30sec. I even changed the backlight on while making calls (tweak cabfile). I don't notice any more batteryconsumption. This is a overall experience.
I think more brightness on the display will be more battery consuming than backlight settings.
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Thanks! I think you are right
What ever option you choose that cuts Electricity flow saves Batts.
So yes turning the screen all the way down when only doing calls and at night helps a lot!
Note also that the auto-dim function doesn't ever dim the light right down (no matter how dark it gets) - the lowest it reaches is equivalent to the manual brightness level 3.
Mathew
As you can see in the SS, Is this normal? I'm using auto brightness and I didn't enabled the screen rotate. It seems really weird.
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I'm on the turkish RUU (official)
sense 3.0
Small notice: I'm tracking the phone with Cpu Spy and I'm sure phone can get into deep sleep.
Yes thats normal
I think its because of the LCD technology
And the backlight
I get around that on my phone too
My phone is 85% deep sleep using CPU spy and my screen takes 60% in battery stats.
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I did not use auto brightness and instead I'm using *QBright* from Play Store to manually control my brightness. You can easily change the brightness by holding the search button. With auto brightness turn off, the sensor no longer drain your battery the moment you turn on the screen.
Question and/or discussion
What is better for battery?
Screen brightness automatic with basis 20% or brightness manuel on 20%
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It depends where/when you use your phone most.
If its mainly outdoors then manual brightness will give a better battery life, but its going to be hard to see the screen. If indoors and/or lowlight then auto may be better.
I always use auto brightness so you have a balance of power saving and readability.
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It depends where/when you use your phone most.
If its mainly outdoors then manual brightness will give a better battery life, but its going to be hard to see the screen. If indoors and/or lowlight then auto may be better.
I always use auto brightness so you have a balance of power saving and readability.
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Ok.....I left him auto
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i think it's semi auto
whem i'm outdoor i'll set at 60% and auto option for let it swing around 60%
and at night i may be set at 30 % for soft light
Screen brightness automatic with basis 20%
You don't want to give your significant other yet another reason to yell at you while you're reading XDA in bed. Rate this thread to express what you think of the HTC 10's display minimum dimness. A higher rating indicates that the display can get extremely dim, ideal for reading in very dark environments.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
it's still too bright at min brightness, had to use an filter app.
Yep agreed. I did find turning on power save seemed to reduce brightness.
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dtswk said:
Yep agreed. I did find turning on power save seemed to reduce brightness.
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Yea, I found out quickly when I switched to the 10 that Powersaver just can't be turned on while outside in sunlight.
Powersaver does the following:
Conserves CPU Power/ Reduce Screen brightness/ Turn off vibration feedback/Put data connection to sleep when screen is off (or at least it used too)
We used to have the option to enable/disable (see attached image) these features when powersaver is turned on, now we just have the option to turn it on/off. Wish we still had the option to disable certain things like brightness, or vibration.
Yeah, turning on power save will reduce brightness, it work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/development/kernel-elementalx-htc10-0-01-t3385167 does the job too.
Better than iPhone and dont need to jailbreak/root to filter it down even more. Very happy
wish can really reduce to minimum, so not to bright on dark room
Does anyone use this phone on full brightness and if so what is the battery life like? just curious because i'm thinking about using it on 100%
Thanks
Dude I'm sure using it at 100% brightness will kill your retina before it kills your battery.
Seriously though, I think they made some changes to the brightness setting in one of the more recent firmwares, because it shines with the intensity of a thousand suns now at 100%, compared to what I remember it's like originally. I used to set it at 50% brightness, now it's at 25% or so but with the same perceived luminosity level (non-scientific of course).
Do you really need it at 100% constantly?