I know it should he obvious but I just can't find out how to turn on the ambient mode where the screen stays on in black and white when the watch is inactive. I've searched the watch settings as well as the settings on the android wear app and can't find a thing
Bluetooth on (both your watch and your phone), go to Android Wear phone app, tap on settings icon (top right high) and tick second item from the top (first one choice). That's all
"Always-on Screen" should be checked on android wear settings.
Is ambient mode on 5.0.1?
I cannot find it irrespective or toggles. Basically I have brightness 1 - 6. Even at 1 I need to use SWApp to dim the screen to my liking.
Wear mini launcher can setup brightness below than the Level 1.
Ambient mode is the name of one mode on the the Moto360 with light sensor. It is not an alway On mode but a dim mode and screen off after awhile. On other watch there are an "Always ON" mode or not.
Have anyone managed to set one dim level for ambient mode and another when you "activate" the watch?
smedberg said:
Have anyone managed to set one dim level for ambient mode and another when you "activate" the watch?
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With "SWApp True Dark" you can do this. The dim mode not works with the watch brightness setup but work with this app.
So you setup the dim mode with the app and the active mode with the general brightness setup. But for active mode you must increase because SWApp decrease all brightness in the 2 mode.
Ex : SWApp -> 50% so dim is 50% for previous value. If you want active mode for Level 2 you must setup Level 4 because app divide by 2. More easy to setup active mode with progression bar in "Wear Mini Launcher" at desired value.
Mbennett156 said:
I know it should he obvious but I just can't find out how to turn on the ambient mode where the screen stays on in black and white when the watch is inactive. I've searched the watch settings as well as the settings on the android wear app and can't find a thing
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Ambient mode is only for non-AMOLED/OLED screens. For watches with OLED/AMOLED screens (GWAR, ZenWatch, Gear Live), it's called "always-on mode"
Berzerker7 said:
Ambient mode is only for non-AMOLED/OLED screens. For watches with OLED/AMOLED screens (GWAR, ZenWatch, Gear Live), it's called "always-on mode"
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LG G-Watch have an IPS LCD Screen like the Moto360 and it works with Always ON/OFF
Ambient mode is only for the Moto360. Main caracteristic is her light sensor wich measure ambient light.
dersie said:
LG G-Watch have an IPS LCD Screen like the Moto360 and it works with Always ON/OFF
Ambient mode is only for the Moto360. Main caracteristic is her light sensor wich measure ambient light.
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LG G Watch or G watch r? g watch r is P-OLED.
doki81 said:
LG G Watch or G watch r? g watch r is P-OLED.
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If you look at that I wrote is write "G-Watch" and not R-Watch
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Hi. Does anyone know a way to adjust the ambient brightness level for the always on mode?
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The only solution I could find is to use a watch face that has a grey filter on top (of some sort).
Try the "crono watch face" from play (freeware) to see what I'm talking about.
you can recreate that behaviour in WatchMaker or Facer as well:
add a topmost 1px black image spanned to full screen and visilble only in dimmed mode
using opacity you can then change the brightness
you can even go ahead and have it adjusted automatically based on current hour or sunrise/sunset
2k4ever said:
you can recreate that behaviour in WatchMaker or Facer as well:
add a topmost 1px black image spanned to full screen and visilble only in dimmed mode
using opacity you can then change the brightness
you can even go ahead and have it adjusted automatically based on current hour or sunrise/sunset
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Can you explain which math can I use?
Thanks!
dettofatto said:
Can you explain which math can I use?
Thanks!
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ciao dettofatto
in watchmaker, I use the attached image scaled to 512x512px as the topmost layer and with the following forumla in the opacity field:
{dh23} > 18 and 50 or {dh23} < 7 and 50 or 0
red indicates the time in which to apply the filter (in my case between 19:00 and 07:00)
and blue how much the screen will be dimmed (higher number = darker screen)
I have the layer visible only in dim mode, so the watch won't be dimmed when active
of course, this only affects the watchface, not notifications or anything else
Im using the awesome A45 watch face, can adjust ambient light to whatever you like
I use brightness display for wear.
Brightness in fonction of time, position and activity
True Dark
Hawke84 said:
Hi. Does anyone know a way to adjust the ambient brightness level for the always on mode?
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I use the "SWApp True Dark" app. The levels (normal & ambient) are set on the watch after running the app there. There's a function to set the app on/off using slide but that can be disabled.
Hi Guys,
Is there a way to automatically turn off the screen at night (during a specific time).
Is there any app to do this ? Or tasker/IFTTT/Tockle profile to do the same ?
I would like a swipe-from-the-right switch similar to the mute switch (swipe from top) which puts the watch into airplane mode and deactivates the always on mode, too. (=night mode)
WatchMaker app just got (after the last update) tasker plugin. You can switch different faces based on different parameters. If you build a face with dim mode - off and you will activate-it after midnight (as an example), then you will get exactly what you want.
Any example for this.. I am unable to figure this out
You need to install "tasker" also, in parallel with "watchmaker".'Go to watchmaker app and create the watch face you desire (or download one from the internet - there are plenty to choose from).
Take the watchface of your choice and create a duplicate.
On the duplicate add a BLACK png file on top of everything and activate-it only in dim mode.
Then, set-u tasker to switch on the duplicate face while it's night and to the original face in the rest of the day.
Now, you will basically have the same watchface in all circumstances, but at night, the dim mode will just be black (which, in the amoled world, means, screen off).
ro_explorer said:
You need to install "tasker" also, in parallel with "watchmaker".'Go to watchmaker app and create the watch face you desire (or download one from the internet - there are plenty to choose from).
Take the watchface of your choice and create a duplicate.
On the duplicate add a BLACK png file on top of everything and activate-it only in dim mode.
Then, set-u tasker to switch on the duplicate face while it's night and to the original face in the rest of the day.
Now, you will basically have the same watchface in all circumstances, but at night, the dim mode will just be black (which, in the amoled world, means, screen off).
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you can do the same thing without Tasker:
add a BLACK png file- or even better: a shape with the color black and size of 512x512px - on top of everything and activate-it only in dim mode
then use the following formula in the opacity field:
{dh23} > 18 and 100 or {dh23} < 7 and 100 or 0
red indicates the time in which to apply the filter (in my case between 19:00 and 07:00)
praddz said:
Hi Guys,
Is there a way to automatically turn off the screen at night (during a specific time).
Is there any app to do this ? Or tasker/IFTTT/Tockle profile to do the same ?
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I'm just using "Slumber for Android Wear"
It makes the screen black when you put the watch on his cradle.
No airplane mode though
2k4ever said:
you can do the same thing without Tasker:....
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Oh .. you are sooo right ... I missed that possibility ... it was a situation of not seeing the forest because of the trees
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Oh .. you are sooo right ... I missed that possibility ... it was a situation of not seeing the forest because of the trees
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yes, WatchMaker is great on its own - but I really love the tasker integration!
I'm using the above formula to set a 50% opacity shade during the night hours in order to dim the screen
btw: the same thing should be possible with Facer
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yes, WatchMaker is great on its own - but I really love the tasker integration!
I'm using the above formula to set a 50% opacity shade during the night hours in order to dim the screen
btw: the same thing should be possible with Facer
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i have used tasker to set the black watch face in the night. but 1 problem, watchmaker works only when one of the faces from watchmaker is selected. If i select any of stock watchface, the tasker thing does not work as it is mentioned in watchmaker app description that to change the face one of the watchmaker faces should be selected on the watch..
Of course it's working like that, seriously, what have you expected?
If/when the main wear app will allow changing faces remotely via tasker (or it will offer an API for that) then we will be able to do that.
Anyway, my watch is turning off by itself while it's placed in the charger. It will not turn off immediately but after few minutes.
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i have used tasker to set the black watch face in the night. but 1 problem, watchmaker works only when one of the faces from watchmaker is selected. If i select any of stock watchface, the tasker thing does not work as it is mentioned in watchmaker app description that to change the face one of the watchmaker faces should be selected on the watch..
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I haven't tried it myself, but FaceLift could be what you are looking for
it should allow you to switch to watchmaker (which you have to pre-set with a black image) and back to the stock face at certain times
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Anyway, my watch is turning off by itself while it's placed in the charger. It will not turn off immediately but after few minutes.
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As I understand it, praddz wants the watch to turn off during a certain time frame, not when charging
If you want the watch to turn off immediately when charging and are willing to enable developer options, for me it works to set the keep screen on option to enabled
At night I just deactivate Screen Alway ON to have screen off while charging. So easy that changing face or other workaround no ? Long press button and just click on screen parameter.
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Of course it's working like that, seriously, what have you expected?
If/when the main wear app will allow changing faces remotely via tasker (or it will offer an API for that) then we will be able to do that.
Anyway, my watch is turning off by itself while it's placed in the charger. It will not turn off immediately but after few minutes.
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Figured I'd chime in that changing faces from the app is confirmed for the Lollipop/Wear 2.0 update rolling out this week. On another note, it would be cool to have the 5.0 notification system integrated into Wear, so things like Quiet Hours, Priority interruptions, etc. Maybe someday.
Am i missing something? My watch automatically turns the screen off when it's on the cradle, after about 10 minutes.
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Am i missing something? My watch automatically turns the screen off when it's on the cradle, after about 10 minutes.
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I am there with you bud...
I said the same thing...
I love showing off my new LG G Watch R to people... however I was told multiple times that the watch face was too bright when in a semi-dim room. Any chance a future update could have lower brightness levels?
try SWApp True Dark Wear, this helps me..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.preiss.swapps.truedarkwear
yes True Dark is well, but......... it is a shame that google does not think the bulk
I had the same problem, and made an app for it, it's very simple to use.
play.
google.com/store/apps/details?id=
me.thomasvt.brightness
(had to split the URL because I dont post here often)
Thomasvt said:
I had the same problem, and made an app for it, it's very simple to use.
play.
google.com/store/apps/details?id=
me.thomasvt.brightness
(had to split the URL because I dont post here often)
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It is a general brightness setup, not for dim mode no ?
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It is a general brightness setup, not for dim mode no ?
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The only way to change the brightness for always on mode is (if your watchface supports it) changing the brightness in the settings of your watchface. Or changing the dim color to a darker color.
Thomasvt said:
The only way to change the brightness for always on mode is (if your watchface supports it) changing the brightness in the settings of your watchface. Or changing the dim color to a darker color.
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No, the Wear brightness setup is for the active mode on all wear watch. For the dim mode I know only the app "SWApp True Dark" wich can change the brightness of this mode and not related on the watchface.
I've been using facerepo.com to download some nice custom watchfaces. A lot seem to be for the Moto360 but seem to work fine. However they seem to have an ambient mode that just dims the screen rather than shutting off certain elements like numbers, text, etc (the LG stock faces seems leave just the hands). My question is, are these ok to use on the G Watch R? I change the watchfaces a couple of times a day, only use dark faces, have brightness setting on one (and I use Swapp True Dark). I know it might affect battery life a bit but am I safe from the dreaded burn in
if you use watchmaker you can edit the faces yourself to select what is displayed in dimmed mode. I guess you can do the same with facer.
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if you use watchmaker you can edit the faces yourself to select what is displayed in dimmed mode. I guess you can do the same with facer.
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Thanks for this, but I actually quite like having all the parts showing in dimmed. Do you think I would be affected with burn-in leaving them displayed in dimmed mode.
Hello, I have disabled adaptive brightness and when I open some apps, the screen starts automatically dimm a bit. When i exit the app, the brightness returns to normal. For example it does in Chrome, messenger, stock message app, stock dialer, youtube and many more. It does not do in Gallery, weather, camera. It's absolutely useless when im going to type in messenger and screen dimms so i can see it worse. Also i am watching youtube and screen dimms. I cannot understand what is this supposed to mean such nonsense feature.
I want to ask you if somebody of you has faced with this and if he figured it out somehow.
Ive already written to honor support , they answered nothing to the piont.
I was figuring out that when i turn adaptive brightness on, this doesnt do, the screen doesnt dimm when i open any app, but adaptive brightnes randomly fades my brightness setting after switching off the screen.
All i would like is what attributes i have to set to some app that i dont want to dimm. I cannot find this out.
Any suggestions thankfull.
"Online videos and games consume a significant amount of power and may cause your phone to heat up. As a result, your phone automatically decreases the screen brightness to prevent your phone from overheating. The brightness will return to normal when your phone cools down.
Some apps automatically adjust the screen brightness for better readability. For example, when you open Contacts or Messaging, the screen brightness is adjusted automatically even when automatic brightness is disabled."
" This function cannot be disabled"
"The screen changes color in direct sunlight.
When the ambient brightness reaches a certain level (such as direct sunlight), the screen brightness and contrast are automatically increased for better readability. This feature cannot be disabled."
Yes and this is bad. Something like answer from honor support. But also messenger goes darker and it has nothing to do with overheating. When i switch on the adaptive brightness this dimming doesnt do with any app. Also with adaptive brightness off some apps do not dim as if they'd have an exception of this. It is very bad that it cant be disabled this makes this phone completely useless for everyday use because readability goes worse when it goes darker.
Same here
Yup, I have the same. I just keep the Automatic adjustment "on" so it stopes dimming. Which is anti-intuitive. You would expect this dimming beeing caused by that Automatic setting not the opposite. Let's hope they will sort it soon.
Unfortunately its the special feature implemented in firmware called "eye care" as they replied me from honor support. It needs to tell them to switch it off at [email protected]
It seems that Velis Auto Brightness app from Google Play Store does the trick (Honor 10 Stock Pie).
Settings:
Automatic brightness: ON
track light in graph: ON
SETTINGS: (advanced):
Automatic brightness: ON
Disable system handler: ON
Start when screen turns ON: ON
Interactive notification: ON
All other settings off/default.
When you turn off the screen and turn it on, go for the first time in notification area and set your desired value in Velis.
Turn off automatic handling of this app in battery section (app start).
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Hello, I have disabled adaptive brightness and when I open some apps, the screen starts automatically dimm a bit. When i exit the app, the brightness returns to normal. For example it does in Chrome, messenger, stock message app, stock dialer, youtube and many more. It does not do in Gallery, weather, camera. It's absolutely useless when im going to type in messenger and screen dimms so i can see it worse. Also i am watching youtube and screen dimms. I cannot understand what is this supposed to mean such nonsense feature.
I want to ask you if somebody of you has faced with this and if he figured it out somehow.
Ive already written to honor support , they answered nothing to the piont.
I was figuring out that when i turn adaptive brightness on, this doesnt do, the screen doesnt dimm when i open any app, but adaptive brightnes randomly fades my brightness setting after switching off the screen.
All i would like is what attributes i have to set to some app that i dont want to dimm. I cannot find this out.
Any suggestions thankfull.
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Check in the developer settings for the current value of "Increase readability under sunlight".
Dossy1 said:
It seems that Velis Auto Brightness app from Google Play Store does the trick (Honor 10 Stock Pie).
When you turn off the screen and turn it on, go for the first time in notification area and set your desired value in Velis.
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Hello, that setting in notification area really worked for me, thanks. But the slider Is in steps 66% , 73%, 80% I cannot adjust it per one % but nevermind, at last this helped me.
edit: after one day testing I noticed that it doesnt work. It still dimms the apps.
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edit: after one day testing I noticed that it doesnt work. It still dimms the apps.
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Hi, it's a pitty that it does not work.. Maybe Velis app is killed by app manager? As i wrote, try to disable any battery management for Velis app. Do you see after that 1 day Velis slider in notification area? If not, it is likely killed by system app manager.
And yes, it is true that the screen can be adjusted only bys steps.
In my case more than a week for honor 10 (EMUI 9) with Velis and still no any screen dimming issues in any app.
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Hi, it's a pitty that it does not work.. Maybe Velis app is killed by app manager? As i wrote, try to disable any battery management for Velis app. Do you see after that 1 day Velis slider in notification area? If not, it is likely killed by system app manager.
And yes, it is true that the screen can be adjusted only bys steps.
In my case more than a week for honor 10 (EMUI 9) with Velis and still no any screen dimming issues in any app.
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Velis was running but the apps start to dimm anyway I dont know what happened. Even when I set brightness in notification area in Velis, apps dimmed.
Download Lower Brightness Filter :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nu.lower.brightness&hl=en_US
Enable the permission and set brightness to 100%.
Then select brightness in phone to auto and restart the phone.
Then select desired brightness.
edit : it doesnt work....
Turn on Advanced visual effect.
I used to have the same problem too. Simply just go to setting>smart accessibility>accessibility>Advanced visual effect>turn on.
If it doesn't work go to developer option and make sure the window animation, transition animation and animation duration are set to 1x.
To enable the developer option, go to setting>about phone>build number>tap until it shows u are now a developer.
Hope it does help u.
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I used to have the same problem too. Simply just go to setting>smart accessibility>accessibility>Advanced visual effect>turn on.
If it doesn't work go to developer option and make sure the window animation, transition animation and animation duration are set to 1x.
To enable the developer option, go to setting>about phone>build number>tap until it shows u are now a developer.
Hope it does help u.
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Hello, I had it already turned on , in developer options I have all animations set to 1x, but it dimms the screen on my Honor Play with android 9.
Before we can fix that via ADB but now is not possible. If anyone has a better fix please share