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What can I do to reduce minimal value of the brightness my SGS screen?
waybe exist some patch or fix?
Settings>Display .... :|
I'm also interested in this - minimum brightness is simply too bright in complete darkness.
Voodoo is the only solution.
http://project-voodoo.org/
Toss3 said:
Voodoo is the only solution.
http://project-voodoo.org/
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I wish too sometimes brithness display use under 5%, to complet dark.
Must be something more, some codes, or some comand in root mode
Any help?
Regards
Profiles app in market can get it down to 7%
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Screen filter is working pretty well, and you can reduce brightness to complete dark if you want (except the status bar). One annoying bug is that toast messages are not shown, only after disabling it ...
I am not sure if it has an effect onthe battery usage, but i guess yes if i am right about how amoledworks ...
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Tip: brightness level (from CurveFish) via Android market goes to 0% , although not completely dark but works fine.
Brightness level does indeed allow you to select 0% but when I do that, the brightness setting in the application Extended Controls" will go from 2% to 4%
so "Extended Controls" allows you to select 2% as a minimum but this would actually be -2% in "Brightness level".
I could also not see any noticable difference between these two.
Does screen filter actually reduce the brightness or does it rather change the LUT?
It looks like it's just changing the color values to a 'more black' level than reducing the actual light-output.
Every time I go to the Play Store to look for a battery app, I'm inundated with tons & tons of battery widgets that just show you how much battery you have remaining.
I'm looking for more specifics. Like what app and wakelock is draining battery.
Right now I use:
1) All in one Toolbox: Easy to view interface that shows me how much battery percentage each running app is using up.
2) CPU Spy: Shows me how much sleep time I'm getting the moment I open the app. Very limited but it's always the first app I open.
3) BetterBattery: Shows me all the Kernel and Partial wakelocks. Also shows sleep time and data usage. This would be the best ever app if it had a different interface and also gave info on app battery usage like All in One Toolbox does.
So what are your favorite apps and why do you like it?
BBS or Wakelock Detector. If it doesn't show wakelocks, it's useless.
Wakelock detector or gsam battery monitor. Both have good ui and easy to use.
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roughneckboren said:
Wakelock detector or gsam battery monitor. Both have good ui and easy to use.
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Both of those apps look very interesting. And possibly better than BBS. Thanks for the heads up. :good:
Hi I am back after very long time AlwaysOn is new trend of this year. To check time or battery no more need unlock your phone. You can try feature from LG G5, Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge in your phone. This app is developing on on the Galaxy S6. AOD - Always On Display
Recommended AMOLED display – you can also try it on LCD or IPS but I think there will be very big battery drain.
Features:
• Double tap to wake up device like LG phones
• Showing date, time, notifications and battery state and level(red - 15%, green 100%)
• Long press on the date open calendar app
• Tap on notification icon open selected app
• Automatic brightness control for AOD from light sensor or manual set in settings
• Pause AOD when receive call
• Pause AOD if phone is in pocket or proxi sensor is active more then 30s - save battery
• Ability set time which allow deep sleep AOD when phone is without motion more then set time in settings - save battery
• Ability disable AOD when long press backbutton
• Options for configuration views size, color, possition and visibility for views in AOD.
• Options to set wallpaper and opacity for AOD
• Options for time format
• If phone is charging AOD will never paused and you can use it like wath .)
• Swipe left/right over battery row to change brighness for short time removed in v0.1.2
Is impossible or not supported by me: disable fingerprint, disable HW & SW buttons, support for LED. This app does not require root or custom kernel and never will. I suggest to anyone who want those features, try other applications if exist.
Disadvantages:
• For now bugs and bigger battery drain still here but working on it
• You must turn off permanent backlight for hw buttons or set time when they will be turn off(Samsung limit I can not do it programally)
• Your light indicator LED will be off while charging etc. (it is because Android turn on led only when display is fully off so I can not do it programally)
About deep sleep - app allow deep sleep in inactive mod where you can set time for app sleep while phone is not moving. Then app will be paused because you sleep etc and then when you wakeup phone AOD will be automatically started. So I think this can save battery. The same if your phone is upside down or in your pocket, you do not need AOD ON.
I need some testers and feedback. Thx for your time. Based on the results of testing I will fix bugs or modify the application features.
Downloads: https://goo.gl/1Ky7bh
Highly recommended to uninstall the old version first
Translations:
If you want help with translation to your language here are strings . Translated file send to: [email protected]
Changelog:
v0.5.0 03.06.2016
many new features like circle time...
v0.3.0 11.5.2016
added option to change time prevent AMOLED firing
added notification tab with some features
fixed bugs with notification not open or not showing missed events
bugs fix again
v0.2.1 7.5.2016
added option to enable AOD only when charging
added option to disable AOD when phone battery under 15%
added notifiaction tab and background tasks- work in progress
fixed option Disable SW/HW buttons, now ask for permission if need and should works
fixed show not actual weather
small bug fix
v0.2.0 6.5.2016
added option to enable/disable deep sleep
added option to disable HV/SW button
added option to lock screen immediately
added option to wakeup phone with knock knock code
added translation - brazilian portuguese lang- thanks to diogoapmiranda
fixed AOD is active during call IN/OUT
fixed device not lock when AOD activated on launcher(added option above)
settings tabs reorganized and updated UI
added some new background features
fixed a lot of known bugs
v0.1.7 2.5.2016
added option to moving AOD, prevent from firing AMOLED (15 min. cycle)
added option to grey scale notification icons
updated translation - Italian lang- thanks to TENN3R
added translation - Croatian lang- thanks to Karlo Špoljar
updated intro screenshot
v0.1.6 1.5.2016
fixed bugs
added weather + options in settings
added translation - Italian lang- thanks to TENN3R
fixed bug in weather tab
v0.1.5 30.4.2016
fixed another crashes
fixed manual backlight
added option to vibrate when double tap
v0.1.4 30.4.2016
fixed reported crashes
improved performance and battery optimization again
added translation - Thai lang- thanks to Y3Dx
added translation - Russian lang- thanks to Александр Иванов
added translation - Lithuanian lang- thanks to Giancarlo
v0.1.3 29.4.2016
fixed problem with backlight when manual mode selected
AOD service auto start after startup/reset if was previously on
show charging state / icon
v0.1.2 29.4.2016
fixed problem phone do not activate sleep mode - deep sleep at night
added support for 12/24 hours format - in settings
ability manualy change brightness in settings
settings separated to 2 tabs for better view
added Slovak translation
minor bug fix
v0.0.1-0.1.1 28.4.2016
init
Bugs and TODO:
Ability to move Battery or weather below clock
More clock options, one like the Galaxy s7 edge
optimize using sensors and algorithms to save battery
Nice job,mate! Working fine here. Will report later if has some issues and how is battery with this app
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Tried the app.
Here's couple of things I find missing and/or need to be changed.
1. There needs to be a brightness adjustment slider in the app settings. I don't think I would want to adjust the brightness while the AOD is on, plus there's only two options for brightness while AOD is working (darkest and brightest).
2. When placed in averagely lit area, when the AOD is on, after 30 seconds, the brightness goes all the way up for some reason, why would anyone want that.
3. The clock should be moving all the time to avoid screen burn-in.
4. When you place your finger on the phone's light sensor, the phone display turns on after 10 seconds. The AOD should be on all the time, right, unless you tell it not to.
5. Minor thing, but when charging led light goes away.
But that's just my observations. Do whatever you like.
Edit: v0.1.2
1. The manual brightness slider still does not work properly, only one option works: 0%, the others if you set, just goes to default brightness.
2. After 30 seconds the AOD changes brightness to lowest even though I set the settings to manual.
3. As I was writing this post, my phone display just randomly turned on, then turned off and the AOD is gone. Had to re-enable the AOD in the app to get it working again.
Great app, but needs a lot of bug fixing and stability, sometimes, when you turn off the display The AOD will only appear after 5-10 or so, sometimes right away.
Now this look very promising! Great work!
Confirmed 4. and 5. from post above. I don't know if for 3. is correct, if it is than he's right too.
Will test tonight for battery on my Note5.
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But it doesn't let phone going in deep sleep?
Needs some features and updates. Im using it now and w8ing for updates. Thank for ur work..
@PFittech app looking good very promising would be a nice addition to add the weather also looking very very good also change the time format between 12 hour and 24 hour
Well.. ..3% / hour the battery loss this night...wake up at 76% from 100%. Usually I lose 2 or 3 % by night on stand by.
A little but too much for now hopefully it'll be improve.
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Working on s7edge .very good effort by you please improve battery draining issue and add new clocks .thanks
Working on note 3 néo NoteRom
Thanks?
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Waiting for new update.
I think that you guys have poor battery life, simply because all these apps doesn't let phone go in deep sleep.
On S7 always on is implemented on kernel side, so until someone do the same on s6, we can't have this feature.
Yeah this app could reproduce it perfectly, but with no deep sleep i don't see any reason to use it.
That's It Bro!Well Done..But It Isn't Like The S7 Edge One!
Is It From Samsung Or Lg?
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erghetto said:
I think that you guys have poor battery life, simply because all these apps doesn't let phone go in deep sleep.
On S7 always on is implemented on kernel side, so until someone do the same on s6, we can't have this feature.
Yeah this app could reproduce it perfectly, but with no deep sleep i don't see any reason to use it.
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Great for now, does it work with Ambient Display and/or Greenify?
OK I add new version 0.1.2 see changelog, thx all for feedback I read every post but do not repond because time. Some asked features was already implement or will be later. About deep sleep - app allow deep sleep in inactive mod where you can set time for app sleep while phone is not moving. Then app will be paused because you sleep etc and then when you wakeup phone AOD will be automatically started. So I think this can save battery. The same if your phone is upside down or in your pocket, you do not need AOD on.
@Giancarlo thx for update but please to future add new reply do not edit exist I do not read old post. Added v0.1.3 fix
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@Giancarlo thx for update but please to future add new reply do not edit exist I do not read old post.
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Yeah I thought about that, sorry, will do next time.
When on call turn off screen, i think a bug
the screen goes from max brightness to low one after 20 sec? why? i would like to have always high
My phone is 100% awake when the screen is off, even with almost no apps running in the background.
I am using BBS to find the culprit, and so far I can see that it is due to partial wakelocks. But the problem is I am not able to narrow down the exact culprit because BBS shows me that almost every app was having a partial wakelock for the exact same duration (see attached screenshot) with counts as 0.
The counts are high for only OS and Google play services.
I am requesting people with more experience than me to help me figure out the culprit.
System info:
Latest build of sultanized RR 7.1.2
Rooted using magisk with only one grrenify4magisk module active.
Using greenify to hibernate almost all apps that run in the background except essential apps.
This app is a life saver for anyone who suffers from "invisible" screen flickering caused by PWM backlight control. Most AMOLED displays control lower than 100% display brightness by PWM. This method is extremely easy to implement, but can cause eye strain and headaches for sensitive people. DC dimming is rare as it is hard to implement without sacrificing color accuracy. This is where OLED Saver comes in handy.
How to use:
- turn off system adaptive brightness
- install the app, allow permissions it requests and enable the service
- set minimum screen brightness to 255 if you want to have the safest value (guaranteed to have zero flickering). After further testing, values as low as 96 seems to be still safe - but test it with your phone to be sure.
- minimise the ongoing notification to hide it from lockscreen
- turn on automatic brightness change from the notification ("A")
- remove OLED Saver from battery optimizations
In some rare cases you will need to suspend the service from notification (while taking screenshots for example, app installer might need it disabled too).
If you have Tasker and root access, you can toggle the service to force 100% brightness automatically. I'm using 100% while viewing videos/pictures and taking photos.
Start service
Code:
am startservice org.js.oledsaver/.MainService
Stop service (this will remove also notification)
Code:
am stopservice org.js.oledsaver/.MainService
So far I haven't found any negative point while using this app, just wish it was included in the AOSP code so we could still use adaptive brightness. Anyway, give it a try and share your experience.
I used to have some trouble watching text on this display under certain light conditions.
I don't know if it is just a placebo effect, but since I've installed this app, I don't feel any discomfort anymore.
I also can't see any difference in picture quality.
pecholino said:
I used to have some trouble watching text on this display under certain light conditions.
I don't know if it is just a placebo effect, but since I've installed this app, I don't feel any discomfort anymore.
I also can't see any difference in picture quality.
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You can easily check if it's working with another phone's camera. People have different sensitivity to PWM flickering, from none to watering eyes. You are probably somewhere in between. Without the app, I had a slight feeling like something was pulling my eyes. As soon as I enabled the app, this sensation has been gone. My wife doesn't see/feel any difference, but I left it enabled for her anyway, just to be on the safe side.
Thanks a lot for introducing this app. It works.
However I encountered a problem. With this OLED Saver activated and using GCAM to take photos, it boosts the brightness to maximum. Then I went elsewhere like home screen or other app, the auto brightness seemed not working and kept the max. brightness.
Then I tried locking the screen and unlocking, the brightness went up or down randomly, or it worked in some particular patterns I don't know. Anyway, it can't keep the brightness I set previously.
Does anyone has any idea to remedy this? Thanks a lot.
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Thanks a lot for introducing this app. It works.
However I encountered a problem. With this OLED Saver activated and using GCAM to take photos, it boosts the brightness to maximum. Then I went elsewhere like home screen or other app, the auto brightness seemed not working and kept the max. brightness.
Then I tried locking the screen and unlocking, the brightness went up or down randomly, or it worked in some particular patterns I don't know. Anyway, it can't keep the brightness I set previously.
Does anyone has any idea to remedy this? Thanks a lot.
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Which GCAM app do you use? I'll try it. In stock camera it doesn't behave this way.
Btw. I tried to contact the developer if he could add global intents so we could control OLED Saver with Tasker and without root, this should help in preventing this kind of behavior. No response so far though. If you are rooted you could use method mentioned in the first post.
Also I'm in touch with Velis Auto Brightness developer - this app offers much more features (customizable automatic brightness levels, apps exclusion and more) and has similar feature for OLED displays, but sadly it doesn't work on status/nav bar as of now. If he manages to use the same method as OLED Saver, we could switch to VAB app.
The GCAM version is 7.0.009.259843690.
Phone model is M1906F9SH (64G global version) with OE ROM.
Thank you.
CLS_phone said:
The GCAM version is 7.0.009.259843690.
Phone model is M1906F9SH (64G global version) with OE ROM.
Thank you.
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Could you send me the link to the particular GCAM apk pls? Different authors might give slightly different results.
I'm not allowed to post link here, yet.
Please search this file name: PMGC_7.0.009_FinalBuild_V14.apk
It's what I've saved and installed.
CLS_phone said:
I'm not allowed to post link here, yet.
Please search this file name: PMGC_7.0.009_FinalBuild_V14.apk
It's what I've saved and installed.
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Hm, I can't replicate this. I've installed GCAM, enabled max brightness for pictures (but it does nothing, as system brightness is at max already and real dimming is done with OLED Saver, which is not being controlled by GCAM). Moving to/from GCAM doesn't change anything. If I manually suspend OLED Saver from notification, GCAM shows max brightness correctly. On resume it returns to the expected behavior and dimmer display.
Yeah, sometimes I got what you described. Sometimes it rushes to very very bright, but sometimes it can be very dim...
I'll try reset it again and see how it goes. Thanks for your time.
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Yeah, sometimes I got what you described. Sometimes it rushes to very very bright, but sometimes it can be very dim...
I'll try reset it again and see how it goes. Thanks for your time.
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I think that I saw OLED Saver "crash" once while using the phone - brightness suddenly went to max and was controlled by system. Since I removed this app from battery optimizations, it seems to be stable. Though this does not explain rapid bright/dim changes.
This looks very useful but what is it doing exactly? Is it running the screen at max brightness at all time and using some kind of overlay to dim the screen? Isn't that bad for battery life?
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barth2 said:
This looks very useful but what is it doing exactly? Is it running the screen at max brightness at all time and using some kind of overlay to dim the screen? Isn't that bad for battery life?
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Yes, as you said, running HW brightness at max and putting a translucent overlay over the screen. It's basically SW implementation of DC dimming. It has a small artifacts with very low brightness, especially on grey colors, but otherwise no issues. Impact on battery should be negligible (OLED displays work different than LCD). Here is a nice article with links to more information at the end https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2019/11/...e-11-pro-and-pro-max-google-pixel-4-and-4-xl/
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Yes, as you said, running HW brightness at max and putting a translucent overlay over the screen. It's basically SW implementation of DC dimming. It has a small artifacts with very low brightness, especially on grey colors, but otherwise no issues. Impact on battery should be negligible (OLED displays work different than LCD). Here is a nice article with links to more information at the end https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2019/11/...e-11-pro-and-pro-max-google-pixel-4-and-4-xl/
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Has anyone used a high speed cam to determine at which brightness level the a3 flickers, or is it all level below 100%
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Has anyone used a high speed cam to determine at which brightness level the a3 flickers, or is it all level below 100%
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Edit: actually PWM seems to kick in at 80% brightness and below.
Hi _mysiak_,
I changed to some other version of GCAM (without the max brightness view finder) and then this OLED Saver App is working fine afterwards. Thank you.
Then I found, when in very dim setting, occasionally, the white color (now it's actually gray) seems not stable. It could be fluctuating from neutral gray to warmer. Not intrusive, though. Do you see that?
CLS_phone said:
Hi _mysiak_,
I changed to some other version of GCAM (without the max brightness view finder) and then this OLED Saver App is working fine afterwards. Thank you.
Then I found, when in very dim setting, occasionally, the white color (now it's actually gray) seems not stable. It could be fluctuating from neutral gray to warmer. Not intrusive, though. Do you see that?
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Yes, I noticed that "slow flickering/artifacts" as well. I believe it's the side effect of DC dimming method and probably one of the reasons why it's not so widely used. From what I read, Samsung AMOLED panels are designed to be used with PWM dimming, so we probably can't avoid it with very low brightness. If it's too disturbing, I just move the OLED Saver brightness slider a bit higher (it stops completely at roughly 40% brightness). Using pitch black themes in apps helps too. Not a perfect solution but definitely better than PWM
Btw. it's the same for any app using translucent overlays, I tried a couple of them and at similar brightness, all behave the same.
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Has anyone used a high speed cam to determine at which brightness level the a3 flickers, or is it all level below 100%
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It seems to be at 80% and below. 81-82% and above should be safe.
CLS_phone said:
Hi _mysiak_,
I changed to some other version of GCAM (without the max brightness view finder) and then this OLED Saver App is working fine afterwards. Thank you.
Then I found, when in very dim setting, occasionally, the white color (now it's actually gray) seems not stable. It could be fluctuating from neutral gray to warmer. Not intrusive, though. Do you see that?
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Try to change the "basic physical brightness" to value 96, artifacts don't disappear completely, but I don't notice them so often.
Level 96 in OLED Saver corresponds to HW brightness level 82%, which seems to be still free of PWM.
Thanks for the tip.
It's really works. Thanks for the tip ???