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Hello everyone
I just got the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S yesterday and my worst nightmare has come true. I have sensitive eyes and keep brightness on all my equipment at the lowest level. I had asked someone before buying this phone and he told that it is manageable but now I find out that the screen is way toooo bright even at the lowest setting!
It strains the eyes + drains the battery.
Suppose we are not connected to internet through any source. Then if we refresh any widget we get the error "Please check your network access" and the screen goes dull in background. Now thats the perfect setting I would like for the phone.
Any idea how we can reduce the brightness even further through Mod or through factory settings or somehow?
I would really appreciate any help on this one.
Regards.
You are a vampire?
Bright on 35% level is correct.
staticduo said:
You are a vampire?
Bright on 35% level is correct.
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Try fiddling with your phone in the morning, just as you've woken up. It works as a nice wake upper though. .
Android default min brightness is 8% (even though it reads 0%).
Two apps that give you less than 8%, both goes to 0% :
- Brightness Level by CurveFish
- Dimmer (Night Mode) by geekyouup
Also, look into changing your background color to black, it'll save you battery and be easier on your eyes. Lastly, the browser has its own brightness setting, found by hitting menu > settings.
Alternatively, only use under direct sunlight.
staticduo said:
You are a vampire?
Bright on 35% level is correct.
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Lolz. I am just a human with sensitive eyes.
alovell83 said:
Android default min brightness is 8% (even though it reads 0%).
Two apps that give you less than 8%, both goes to 0% :
- Brightness Level by CurveFish
- Dimmer (Night Mode) by geekyouup
Also, look into changing your background color to black, it'll save you battery and be easier on your eyes. Lastly, the browser has its own brightness setting, found by hitting menu > settings.
Alternatively, only use under direct sunlight.
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Thanks. I would try the dimmer and see if 0% helps somewhat though I have read that its only marginally better.
I am hoping that there should be a way to reduce it somehow since it gets reduced when we see some error just like I mentioned in 1st post.
I agree even at the lowest level its way to bright.
I have the curvefish brightness app, but even set to 0 its too bright for use in the darkness.
goyal.sanchit said:
Thanks. I would try the dimmer and see if 0% helps somewhat though I have read that its only marginally better.
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I've actually written that it's only a marginal improvement, but I omitted that opinion here since I think my opinion is less applicable to someone with sensitive eyes. You might perceive a 3x decrease than what I did, not sure if that'd still be enough.
Again, I think changing to a dark background will get you more mileage, if you haven't already done so.
alovell83 said:
I've actually written that it's only a marginal improvement, but I omitted that opinion here since I think my opinion is less applicable to someone with sensitive eyes. You might perceive a 3x decrease than what I did, not sure if that'd still be enough.
Again, I think changing to a dark background will get you more mileage, if you haven't already done so.
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Currently I am using a relatively black background but when surfing most webpages have white background and that really is painful! I guess I may have to look for some tinted screen protector!
i know this may sound strange, but If I wear my sunglasses at night while browsing it works quite well
You can also use tasker for lower brightness levels..
Sunglasses.
THUDUK said:
i know this may sound strange, but If I wear my sunglasses at night while browsing it works quite well
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I wear spectacles so cant wear sunglasses
dekeijzer said:
You can also use tasker for lower brightness levels..
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I am currently using "Dimmer". It takes the brightness levels from 30% (Though in settings it show minimum only) to 10%. I have also tried "Quick settings" so I guess tasker would perform the same function.
When we have locked our screen and we have to unlock we have to slide the screen. When we do that it seems like we have to slide a transparent layer of glass which is quite dark.
Now I am no developer but is it technically possible to create an app which is like a layer of tinted glass on screen so that it dims the screen further?
Regards
I haven't tried the dimmer apps yet but I DO agree that I miss my iPhone which can be set to a much lower brightness level for better privacy, night vision, "before sleep reading".
but I think it has something to do with the display technology. The OLED for Samsung may not permit such low levels or so. I am not sure...
but I think it has something to do with the display technology. The OLED for Samsung may not permit such low levels or so. I am not sure...
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At first even I thought that and I was worried about that. But there are some times for example when you get some error on the screen the major part of screen goes quite dull so it is indeed possible to do that technically I guess just that it cant be done through brightness.
I am baffled why did the Samsung/Android guys set lower level of brightness as option also. It would have cost them nothing and would have saved us a lot of strain and battery life.
PS: Is this the issue with Android or Samsung?
To someone with a bit more knowledge: how hard would this be to do something about? We all know the screen dims to a level that's not for the moment available to manually set some time before it shuts off, so it's got to be a way.
The screen is just too bright for me at the lowest setting - meaning it hurts me eyes (some pity here Samsung) and consuming a lot more battery than it needs to.
+1 for the app that will do this
got me new galaxy s for a couple of weeks now.. but really miss my old htc hd... the minimum backlight setting was awesome for nighttime reading/browsing.
switching on the sammy in bed in the week hours of the night makes my eyes burn! hehe.
an app to force lower or add a filter over the entire screen would be awesome!
samsung galaxy s has a SUPER AMOLED display which is why its bright even at lowest level.
Maybe your device shares our problem?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765569
AnnihilatorSC said:
Maybe your device shares our problem?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765569
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Well I dont know for sure. The device has been working same since the 1st day. I guess its just that the brightness is too much for me. As far as the screen is concerned I didnt notice anything significant but any easy way to check about the problem?
Regards.
Hi,
I got the Galaxy Note N7000 and installed ICS (StuNNeR 1.4.19)
Now I noticed a weird thing! The screen's color changes (kind of flashing) from normal to a more red-ish then back to normal, it goes on and on and on for few minutes... (about 1 second normal then 1 second red-ish.. etc)
This doesn't happen all the time. It happens more often when the brightness is low (I have brightness set to auto)
Is anyone experiencing the same issue?
Ya I have similar thing think its just the auto brightness kicking in nothing to worry about
hammody said:
Hi,
I got the Galaxy Note N7000 and installed ICS (StuNNeR 1.4.19)
Now I noticed a weird thing! The screen's color changes (kind of flashing) from normal to a more red-ish then back to normal, it goes on and on and on for few minutes... (about 1 second normal then 1 second red-ish.. etc)
This doesn't happen all the time. It happens more often when the brightness is low (I have brightness set to auto)
Is anyone experiencing the same issue?
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Yes. Go to settings display and turn off auto adjust to save power
Thanks guys.
I turned off the auto brightness and kept the screen brightness at a low level, but the problem didn't go. I think the problem has nothing to do with the auto settings, but more to a low brightness.
I'll continue observation.
The thing is I just bout the phone 3 days ago. Should I return the phone and get a new one, or this problem exists in all galaxy notes 7000.
Regards,
Mohammed
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Had the issue on my gt-i9100. I found it to be linked to the browser colour/brightness settings. In browser go to menu> brightness/color>press default and then ok. Worked for me anyway. Some bug makes the browser setting apply to the whole system. On my gt-i9100 anyway.
Does anyone else have this issue? Every time you lock/unlock the brightness auto adjusts again (and it adjusts pretty low)
So even if I manually set it to 100% and lock/unlock it will be down to 25% again. Doesn't seem like it's learning at all
carloandreaguilar said:
Does anyone else have this issue? Every time you lock/unlock the brightness auto adjusts again (and it adjusts pretty low)
So even if I manually set it to 100% and lock/unlock it will be down to 25% again. Doesn't seem like it's learning at all
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Seems like it takes a lot of time to learn. I don't use it anyway I prefer having control on it
carloandreaguilar said:
Does anyone else have this issue? Every time you lock/unlock the brightness auto adjusts again (and it adjusts pretty low)
So even if I manually set it to 100% and lock/unlock it will be down to 25% again. Doesn't seem like it's learning at all
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Seems like a bug honestly, because it goes TOO LOW. I tried to lock the device several times to see if the "learning" of the slider improves, but it still goes back to the same spot... I'm gonna keep it deactivated until they fix it.
Android Pie has AI in basically everything and it learns for you, just keep adjusting the brightness manually and in a few days it'll know how you like your brightness and adjust it for you.
I care about to go low! And now I can't go below 19% with Adaptive ON, it's to high for a dark room.
jaycedam said:
Seems like a bug honestly, because it goes TOO LOW. I tried to lock the device several times to see if the "learning" of the slider improves, but it still goes back to the same spot... I'm gonna keep it deactivated until they fix it.
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Actually I've been reading similar things about this on the pixel so it might just be the way it is. Might take long for it to learn. I read someone say it's always fun when he first unlocks it
And I found this link of people claiming it is like this the first few days until you train it better
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixe...daptive_brightness_work_for/#thing_t1_e3yv49m
carloandreaguilar said:
And I found this link of people claiming it is like this the first few days until you train it better
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixe...daptive_brightness_work_for/#thing_t1_e3yv49m
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Yeah it could be the new implementation of the AI, I'm gonna use it for a few days to see if it gets better
This has started happening to me since yesterday. I've been using Pie for a month now (December update). What I've noticed is that it goes down to about 25% every time I cover the brightness sensor with my finger (usually when watching YT) and it stays there no matter what. It's pretty annoying having to always adjust it like that. Using "Sensors Monitor" app I see that the sensor is working correctly so it's a software "feature".
Any suggestions on how to mitigate it besides using "Velis Auto Brightness" app?
How do we know its 'AI'? Has it 'adapted' for anyone till now? That brings us tk the question, what was wrong with Auto Brightness in Oreo? Just because there's piece of code that's new, doesn't mean its versatile.
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How do we know its 'AI'? Has it 'adapted' for anyone till now? That brings us tk the question, what was wrong with Auto Brightness in Oreo? Just because there's piece of code that's new, doesn't mean its versatile.
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Three words.
Mar ket ing
Ashik_salim_ said:
Three words.
Mar ket ing
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Yeah, and some of us would be fixing what was intentionally broke. Interesting, what would Android be without the community working as the underdog?
Oh, and AI (its Computational Intelligence) is the new cheaper, efficient corporate slave working to enslave the many.
I think it's just not possible to manually set highest brightness of display in Android 9. But is there any way how to set it via some app or edit something?
I know there is toggle for adaptive brightness, but setting it for full brightness will just make display cca 70% of possible brightness. The 100% brightness is on only when sunlight comes to the light sensor. When I use Note9 for flying DJI drone on sunlight, I want to have 100% display brightness for that 10 minutes of flight. It's just sooo annoying that I have to use separate flashlight - shining to the Note9 sensor to have full brightness on sunny day in shadow. Otherwise, just manually set brightness is not enough for flying and reflections are stronger than display...
Thanks for ideas!
jd14771 said:
Really easy fix..
- pull down notifications
-expand all notifications
-expand brightness settings by hitting the downward facing arrow (brightness settings)
- select "show brightness settings on top"
Now you can bump up your display brightness for those 10 minutes. It would be absurd to spend any more time on an app selection
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Thanks, but I can say I'm kind of poweruser So again - When you set brightness manually all the way up, it's just 70% of possible brightness. It still uses light sensor to detect light and if you face the sensor (still manually on full) towards the sun, ONLY THAN you'll get 100% of hardware brightness.
Haha, okay... Maybe somebody else with Note9 and experience with Samsung's "outdoor display mode" may know. Anyway, see the attached image, maybe you get that point from other user...
I've use to do it on my Note 2 this way, I don't know if it will be any help. I know what you mean, the extra brightness is there, you just want to be able to switch it manually.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2008197
konvalink said:
I think it's just not possible to manually set highest brightness of display in Android 9. But is there any way how to set it via some app or edit something?
I know there is toggle for adaptive brightness, but setting it for full brightness will just make display cca 70% of possible brightness. The 100% brightness is on only when sunlight comes to the light sensor. When I use Note9 for flying DJI drone on sunlight, I want to have 100% display brightness for that 10 minutes of flight. It's just sooo annoying that I have to use separate flashlight - shining to the Note9 sensor to have full brightness on sunny day in shadow. Otherwise, just manually set brightness is not enough for flying and reflections are stronger than display...
Thanks for ideas!
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There are a number of apps in the 'Playstore' that purport to do what you want.
The one that I use is called 'High Brightness Mode', it's a free app and enables you to place a widget that can be used to manually crank up the brightness to beyond the 100% shown by the brightness indicator,.
According to the instructions, it goes a lot higher if your device is 'rooted', but nonetheless works on 'unrooted devices too.
It seems rooting is the only way how ti get 100% brightness...
@jd14771 - here is the sample:
jd14771 said:
Try turning on adaptive brightness.
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To achieve what? I want to have 100% brightness MANUALLY.
No adaptive. No automatic. No light sensor.
jd14771 said:
could have just tried turning on adaptive brightness. from what i read outdoor mode wont trigger unless you are on adaptive brightness at exactly 100% brightness.
if i had to guess its because the max brightness in the sun causes display burn in- so to limit the issue they only allow adaptive brightness to go past the 75% software max
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Yes, but as the OP was trying to point out, the software absolute max is actually about 15-20% below the hardware absolute max capability.
This can be enabled by tweaking the sys file related to brightness, to rewrite the specific line, you need to be 'rooted'.
jd14771 said:
I have yet to see you provide instructions on how to do that.
regardless you dont need to be rooted to get the extra brightness, conditions have to be met in order to save the screen from burn in abuse. There are tons of people reporting burn in from the outdoor mode. it only make sense that only adaptive brightness can take the screen into danger territory, probably has safegaurds built in to avoid damage to this $1000 phone. so far ive provided more insight than anyone.
Beggars can't be choosers.
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Once 'rooted' there are a number of 'Magisk/Xposed' modules that can be installed to push the brightness beyond what's available by default.
Did you want me to detail the 'rooting' and install process?
If you do a quick 'Google' you'll find a number of threads on 'XDA', 'Reddit' etc, going back a number of years which are the focus of the OP's issue.
Guys/Gals
ENOUGH with the off-topic flaming and spam posts.
Let's help each other instead of talking down.
I'll delete every flaming or spam post.
jd14771 said:
just delete the whole thread, op was flaming.
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Since YOU'RE one of the ones I was referring to as spamming and trolling, last warning.
If the OP wants thread deleted, he can make a RP or PM me directly.
Keep spamming this thread with nonsense, and I'll get infract-happy.
konvalink said:
To achieve what? I want to have 100% brightness MANUALLY.
No adaptive. No automatic. No light sensor.
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The brightness slider full to the right, regardless of the adaptive brightness setting is as bright as the phone gets.
How do I know this? Because e-ticket apps such as Ticketmaster and mobile payment apps like Samsung Pay go full brightness when showing barcodes, and there is no difference between manually set 100% brightness and 100% brightness when set by Ticketmaster and Samsung Pay.
The problem you are facing is caused by those who wrote the software that displays the video feed from the drone.
pTeronaut said:
The brightness slider full to the right, regardless of the adaptive brightness setting is as bright as the phone gets.
How do I know this? Because e-ticket apps such as Ticketmaster and mobile payment apps like Samsung Pay go full brightness when showing barcodes, and there is no difference between manually set 100% brightness and 100% brightness when set by Ticketmaster and Samsung Pay.
The problem you are facing is caused by those who wrote the software that displays the video feed from the drone.
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incorrect, the sun brightness method as well as youtube and the photos app does go brighter than the screen is normally i have max brightness past the line adaptive brightness off performance mode turned on with brightness set to 10+ specifically which boosts the brightness past the normal brightness as well as vivid mode but still not the same as the brightness you get in youtube apps or on the photos app, the xperia 1 and xperia 5 does this too and i thought it was specific to them.
bradhoschar said:
Since YOU'RE one of the ones I was referring to as spamming and trolling, last warning.
If the OP wants thread deleted, he can make a RP or PM me directly.
Keep spamming this thread with nonsense, and I'll get infract-happy.
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Seriously, man, you need to pay more attention to the threads in these forums. They are overrun with this kind of bickering now, and not a peep out of you.
gruuvin said:
Seriously, man, you need to pay more attention to the threads in these forums. They are overrun with this kind of bickering now, and not a peep out of you.
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Please report any posts containing rule-breaking content. I assure you, we WILL see them and act on them.
Thanks!
pTeronaut said:
The brightness slider full to the right, regardless of the adaptive brightness setting is as bright as the phone gets.
How do I know this? Because e-ticket apps such as Ticketmaster and mobile payment apps like Samsung Pay go full brightness when showing barcodes, and there is no difference between manually set 100% brightness and 100% brightness when set by Ticketmaster and Samsung Pay.
The problem you are facing is caused by those who wrote the software that displays the video feed from the drone.
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Hello, 3 days ago I bought oppo x3 pro. Phone is awesome, but auto brightness works very bad... It keep decreasing screen brightness to very low level.
I never seen something like that, Samsung S20 works much better, well, even realme x50 works normal. To use phone I had to disable auto brightness. Is there anything like adaptive screen brightness, I read somewhere that samsung by the time learn my preferences, and keep good brightness. Tired this with oppo for 3 days, but seems it doesn't have that option.
troxter said:
Hello, 3 days ago I bought oppo x3 pro. Phone is awesome, but auto brightness works very bad... It keep decreasing screen brightness to very low level.
I never seen something like that, Samsung S20 works much better, well, even realme x50 works normal. To use phone I had to disable auto brightness. Is there anything like adaptive screen brightness, I read somewhere that samsung by the time learn my preferences, and keep good brightness. Tired this with oppo for 3 days, but seems it doesn't have that option.
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If it is the same mechanism as in OnePlus (not sure about it) - then the phone will "learn" after you manually set the brightness to proper level. Give it 2 weeks.
Btw. Rydzyk in avatar, hope youre not the real one
Real Tadeusz here
I was teaching for 3 days, but without success. Will try for a week now
thanks
Try clearing system cache and data in the relevant apks.
Test the light level sensor to see if it falls within an acceptable range.
I use manual brightness control almost always; doing so saves battery, retinas and sanity.
It also reminds you when it's too bright and your frying your display.
Same here. Helped me out with Lux Brightness and set the minimum brightness to 30. Works fine for me.
To me in Realme 8 it seems to have learn a minimum value for auto brightness instantly, I just set a minimum a little above of the default level (It was very low), and the phone remember that level onwards
well, mine surely isn't 'learning', it keeps defaulting to the lowest value, which is waaay to low.
Are there any alternatives to Lux Brightness that you know off?
latino147 said:
well, mine surely isn't 'learning', it keeps defaulting to the lowest value, which is waaay to low.
Are there any alternatives to Lux Brightness that you know off?
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What happens to me is that the default auto brightness deactivates itself when it wants, and reactivates also when it wants, very annoying. So I deactivated manually the auto brightness and tried Velis Auto Brightness, this app is a little complicated but works quite well, just you have first to understand the app itself and then tweak a little to your convenience. It has a little bug in Android 11, the notification of lux and % of brightness screen disappears after some time but doesn't affect the app itself. Take a look https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.velis.auto.brightness
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What happens to me is that the default auto brightness deactivates itself when it wants, and reactivated also when it wants, very annoying. So I deactivated manually the auto brightness and tried Velis Auto Brightness, this app is a little complicated but works quite well, just you have first to understand the app itself and then tweak a little to your convenience. It has a little bug in Android 11, the notification of lux and % of brightness screen disappears after some time but doesn't affect the app itself. Take a look https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.velis.auto.brightness
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Thanks! I'll check it out