I know this has probably been mentioned 1000 times but why doesn't anyone make an app that will let you manually turn the soft key lights on or off on a non-rooted dinc.
So many clock apps, etc have the option of forcing the softkey lights off, prove that it could be easily done since those apps are available for non-rooted dincs.
If anyone has a solution (other than the black e-tape one) please let me know. You can't see the buttons worth a crap unless the room is very well lit. in other words useless at night in the house with normal lighting. Yes I know I could cover the sensor with my thumb but there has to be a solution lurking out there somewhere.
thanks in advance.... johncal
There is. It's called Screen Filter. You can use it to do really low brightness (like when you use your phone in bed, not what she said ) and also manually turn softkey lights on or off. Actually, I'm not sure about forcing on, but it does turn off softkey lights for as long as you want.
Seriously, why do you want to turn them off? I sorta memorized the position of the softkeys.
I find the softkeys way too bright, so I've always used apps to turn them off in the past, never on.
In addition to trying Screen Filter as recommended above, give LEDs Hack a try. It's primarily designed to turn them off, but maybe the "ON" button will work... I'm really not sure.
For what it's worth, CM7 lets you control the softkeys. Specifically, if you go into the auto-brightness levels, you can turn them on/off for a given brightness level. From my experience, it seems that these settings stick even when you're not using auto-brightness. I turned off soft-keys at all the levels, and they stay off even when I'm not in auto-brightness.
With CM7, I no longer have to use Screen Filter for turning off the softkeys, but I do still use it to dim the screen very low.
I really want to keep the softkeys on not off. I'm also running a stock non-rooted rom. Phone's fine for me the way it is except that I just want the ability to keep the softkey lights on. I guess I'm just surprised that no one has come up with a solution for that.
Screen filter is for turning them off and unfortunately, LED hack is for rooted phones. Thanks for the suggestions though.
byrong said:
I find the softkeys way too bright, so I've always used apps to turn them off in the past, never on.
In addition to trying Screen Filter as recommended above, give LEDs Hack a try. It's primarily designed to turn them off, but maybe the "ON" button will work... I'm really not sure.
For what it's worth, CM7 lets you control the softkeys. Specifically, if you go into the auto-brightness levels, you can turn them on/off for a given brightness level. From my experience, it seems that these settings stick even when you're not using auto-brightness. I turned off soft-keys at all the levels, and they stay off even when I'm not in auto-brightness.
With CM7, I no longer have to use Screen Filter for turning off the softkeys, but I do still use it to dim the screen very low.
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Where are the softkey settings in CM7? I looked under the autobrightness settings place but couldn't find anything.
Nightly 37 btw.
-CM7 ADR6300
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Where are the softkey settings in CM7? I looked under the autobrightness settings place but couldn't find anything.
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Menu > Settings > CM Settings > Display > Automatic Backlight > Edit other levels
Lower / Upper = readings from the light sensor
Screen = the screen brightness you want based on the lower/upper light sensor values
Buttons = whether or not you want the softkeys on. Unfortunately, they cannot be dimmed (hardware limitations, from what I've read), so 255=on and 0=off
In the default configuration, for example, if the sensor value is 0-199, the screen will be set to brightness 25 and the softkeys will be turned on. If the sensor value is >399, notice that the softkeys turn off (button value changes to 0). If you want the buttons on all the time, set all button values as 255. If you're like me, and you hate the softkey lights, set all button values to 0.
For what it's worth, CM7 lets you control the softkeys. Specifically, if you go into the auto-brightness levels, you can turn them on/off for a given brightness level. From my experience, it seems that these settings stick even when you're not using auto-brightness. I turned off soft-keys at all the levels, and they stay off even when I'm not in auto-brightness.
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Byrong, youre the man. Did not know about this. Bye bye softkey lights. Thanks!
***Update***
The culprit was Lightflow. Had to deselect all "additional leds found". Me + google = victory.
Hello all, I'm hoping someone might know how to help me diagnose an issue I'm having with my brightness settings.
If I unselect "Auto" and set to max brightness, the screen gets nice and bright. But that's not a problem.
If I press the power button to turn the screen off, then press it again to turn the screen back on, the brightness quickly dims to a less bright value. All sliders, icons, settings etc. still register as being set at max brightness.
From what I can tell, the brightness is actually switching to the dimmest setting. The opposite of maximum brightness.
Any ideas? I'm new to logcatting, so might need some specific direction on the proper parameters to log.
T989 running Rushing's Lightspeed (4.1.2 base), and latest Tiberius 3.0.101 kernel. I've made some systemui xml tweaks for status bar and expanded status bar.
Let me know what other info I can provide.
Bump ... just realized the same thing is happening even when on auto brightness. Change the setting, all is good. Press power to turn screen off. Then press power to turn screen on, and within the first second, the brightness drops. Like something loads when waking the phone.
Any ideas where to start looking?
Max is not max on this phone and it drives me nuts (I like my screen bright). Is there a way to get max brightness instead of auto brightness even when it is supposed to be turned off?
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Max is not max on this phone and it drives me nuts (I like my screen bright). Is there a way to get max brightness instead of auto brightness even when it is supposed to be turned off?
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It seems there is a bug on this phone. I talked to Samsung and ATT, and they said I should change the phone.
It is very annoying when you take a picture in sunny day. You cannot see the screen because of the max brightness is not max.
And also sometime, the screen go to real max without any smooth change and immediately dim back. so disappointed.
I dont know how to fix it, but I will go to change the phone accordingly.
I will keep you update.
Hi I Just want to ask why does my Z5 P takes about a few seconds ( 8-10 seconds ) to achieve full brightness after turning on the screen from sleep. For example, after activating the screen from sleep and going directly to instagram, I noticed that my phone isn't on full brightness but instead a bit dim( lets say approx 70-90% bright if basing on the brightness slider in settings). As I scroll at the pictures, I can see it slowly going to full brightness after 8-10 seconds right before my very eyes. Is it supposed to really act this way? I find this very annoying and bothersome as this happen not only in instagram but in fb and browser as well.
By the way, I always set my phone on full brightness and the adaptive brightness disabled. Smart Backlight Control also disabled. So what gives????
Thanks.
I do not have such issues... Min to max it changes immediately.
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I do not have such issues... Min to max it changes immediately.
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Hi. Thanks for the reply. I'm not talking about the moment while youre moving the slider min to max or vice versa. What Im saying is that my brightness has always been placed at max with adaptive brightness turned off and yet when I activate the screen (for example to browse instgram or google chrome) , it doesnt go full brightness right away but instead takes approx 10 seconds to achieve the max brightnes (you can actually see the screen change it brightness right before you). I find this behavior weird. Can somebody do me a favor and try browsing instagram in a very dark room and observe if the event is also happening to your unit.
Thanks.
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Hi. Thanks for the reply. I'm not talking about the moment while youre moving the slider min to max or vice versa. What Im saying is that my brightness has always been placed at max with adaptive brightness turned off and yet when I activate the screen (for example to browse instgram or google chrome) , it doesnt go full brightness right away but instead takes approx 10 seconds to achieve the max brightnes (you can actually see the screen change it brightness right before you). I find this behavior weird. Can somebody do me a favor and try browsing instagram in a very dark room and observe if the event is also happening to your unit.
Thanks.
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You are right if I set the screen brightness to minimum and turn on adaptive brightness it stays at minimum brightness... Must be a software glitch...
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anyone else experiencing this. Still happening on my phone.
I just tried to do the following to see if I can repeat this issue as well.
Turn off adaptive brightness --> turn brightness to max --> load up a page on google chrome --> turn off display --> turn display back on
The screen was on max brightness every time I did this. Although I don't have access to a really dark room right now (in the office) but I can try again when I get home and see if this reproduces the issue.
Is there any way to set max brightness and lower screen resolution without going through power saving mode? Everything runs way smoother at FHD and really don't need it at max brightness at any point of time. I can customize them with medium power saving mode on but it also disables always on display and button lights which I want to keep.
Settings/display/screen resolution/pick whatever you want and reboot to get everything sized right. You can then adjust the brightness using the slider however you want.