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So is there a way to lower it? Like, sometimes I use screen filter. But there's gotta be a way to make the brightness go lower
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Try this: Touch the main pull down menu bar but besides pulling it down when it pops up swipe from right to left to lower brightness, and left to right to increase brightness... I'm not sure if this is what your talking about or if this feature's included in your rom but it always helps me because I'm an "auto brightness off" kinda dude haha
*note you'll have to turn auto brightness off in the settings menu under the display option for this to work.
I don't think that will work for him because he's on an AOSP ROM (assuming your sig is correct) and he wants a screen brightness lower than what's available.
I don't know of a way, but I'm curious as to why you'd want something like this.
the_details said:
I don't think that will work for him because he's on an AOSP ROM (assuming your sig is correct) and he wants a screen brightness lower than what's available.
I don't know of a way, but I'm curious as to why you'd want something like this.
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Yeah, besides even on a touchwiz rom I delete that apk so it doesn't work anyway. And A LOT of people would like this, its why there's screen filter on the market. I just want a native way
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do you guys know how to or what apps can change the auto adjust level? and please dont say just manually change it, i like to use the auto feature, its there so i can be lazy.
Settings > display > brightness
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You can go to settings> display> brightness and set it to auto brightness, or you can get the app "Quick Settings" it has a bunch of toggles
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I think the OP wants something similar to what's in Cyanogen roms. I think he wants to adjust how bright or dim it gets on certain light conditions. I think I saw an app called Luminous or something. Now I'm drawing a blank.
Sistum Id said:
I think the OP wants something similar to what's in Cyanogen roms. I think he wants to adjust how bright or dim it gets on certain light conditions. I think I saw an app called Luminous or something. Now I'm drawing a blank.
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I'm looking for something like this also.
I'm just sayin!
Sistum Id said:
I think the OP wants something similar to what's in Cyanogen roms. I think he wants to adjust how bright or dim it gets on certain light conditions. I think I saw an app called Luminous or something. Now I'm drawing a blank.
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yea...thanks
http://android.modaco.com/topic/341706-custom-autobrightness-values-cm7/
Maybe if you found the file that holds the values, you could pull and push the file till you find what you like?
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Try this, maybe this will work. I think this is what I saw once.
Lux Auto Brightness
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en
I think I might give it a try later on.
Juice defender has an option to set the brightness all the way from -80% to +150%. So autobrightness would have a larger (or smaller, if you prefer) range.
Sistum Id said:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/341706-custom-autobrightness-values-cm7/
Maybe if you found the file that holds the values, you could pull and push the file till you find what you like?
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Try this, maybe this will work. I think this is what I saw once.
Lux Auto Brightness
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en
I think I might give it a try later on.
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Have it. Recommend it. Slick app from a great responsive developer.
just use the notification bar
Hey guys
I found out that if you tap the notification bar on the top and slide your finger left or right, you can adjust brightness as you like. I think that is the easiest and quickest tip I found on this forum. not sure where I found it.. hope that helps..
^^ only works if the brightness toggle is off.. Awesome feature on sammys..
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There is an app i am using that allows you to adjust the levels that the auto brightness use.
Called: LogGraph
it gives you a graph divided by roughly 12 steps of the brightness sensor so 0-12.
you can set the brightness level at each step the default (which i am using) is roughly:
Sensor% - Brightness level%
0-0
10-5
20-10
30-15
40-20
50-25
60-30
70-40
80-60
90-80
100-100
PMG 705 said:
^^ only works if the brightness toggle is off.. Awesome feature on sammys..
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Thanks I was wondering why it didn't work.
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Reviving a slightly older thread here for some feedback.
Lux is a great and well designed app; I've been having issues with it - it doesn't seem to sample from the sensor (light or camera) when it wakes up, even though that is how I set it. I sent an e-mail to the developer, so hoping he can help me out. I also found it hard to understand the "levels" both in basic mode, and the lux/luma in advanced mode. I came from Cyanogenmod (on an Evo 4g) so I understand how the sensor works, but for some reason, whether it be the GS2 or Lux, the sensor does not seem to pick up a lot of variation in ambient light. I can cover up the sensor with my finger and the value that is getting doesn't seem to go below 2.
So I'm still struggling to get the auto-brightness (with an app or with the factory algorithm) to work properly compared to what I was able to get on my Evo 4g w/ Cyanogenmod (which was perfect by the way - once I have it all set up, absolutely perfect auto-brightness).
Actually I edited the framework-res.apk file and that did the trick. I tried lux before but it still didn't work like the default auto brightness.
I'm just sayin!
princeasi said:
Actually I edited the framework-res.apk file and that did the trick. I tried lux before but it still didn't work like the default auto brightness.
I'm just sayin!
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I'm guessing this is something that can't be edited live or on the fly? It's got to be signed and flashed?
If that works, cool, but I'm totally hoping for an edit I can make live to system files from Root Explorer for instance.
davidemartindale said:
I'm guessing this is something that can't be edited live or on the fly? It's got to be signed and flashed?
If that works, cool, but I'm totally hoping for an edit I can make live to system files from Root Explorer for instance.
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Yes, currently this is the only way to achieve this. Supercurio mentioned in one of his post earlier that he was working on an app that would allow us to make these type of adjustments.
I'm just sayin!
princeasi said:
Actually I edited the framework-res.apk file and that did the trick. I tried lux before but it still didn't work like the default auto brightness.
I'm just sayin!
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I believe you that Lux doesn't work like the factory auto-adjust...no matter what an app. developer does, you can't replicate the responsiveness of what would be in the framework.
Could you explain further the edits you did and what it corrected? I am a software developer and I can figure out the basics, just was looking for an idea of what you edited in there and the specifics to get me going.
Thanks in advance!
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I believe you that Lux doesn't work like the factory auto-adjust...no matter what an app. developer does, you can't replicate the responsiveness of what would be in the framework.
Could you explain further the edits you did and what it corrected? I am a software developer and I can figure out the basics, just was looking for an idea of what you edited in there and the specifics to get me going.
Thanks in advance!
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I basically followed what they did here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235212 to decompile the apk. I made adjustments to the value that represents the brightness under the lowest lighting conditions. I slightly increased the brightness under that value to help mask the blobs under low lit conditions. Hope this helps.
I'm just sayin!
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I basically followed what they did here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235212 to decompile the apk. I made adjustments to the value that represents the brightness under the lowest lighting conditions. I slightly increased the brightness under that value to help mask the blobs under low lit conditions. Hope this helps.
I'm just sayin!
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Yeah, saw that last night and just finished. Will probably need to dial in the values a bit to find what is optimal for me.
I'll post a Framework for others to use once I get mine all set. This is definitely the way to go for adjusting autobrightness.
I posted this before when all the SGS3 variants were under one forum. Now that they're locked, I just wanted to post this here as I know a lot of people liked the app. I use it everyday.
One thing I definitely miss on SGS3 coming from SGS1 and SGS2 was the ability to change the brightness setting from from the top of the notification bar. You were able to slide your finger left to right and be able to change the screen brightness.
Display brightness can do something similar and thought I'd share as I am sure a few of you might also miss the old feature. You can set a screen brightness slider anywhere on the screen and change its transparency. It works a treat to be able to change brightness quickly and efficiently. I set mine to be on the left side of the screen horizontally, and set transparency to 0 so it cannot be seen. Then when I need to change brightness quickly, I just slide the bar up or down. There are quite a few options and different sizes you can choose. Also, you can set it so that there is a one second delay. This helps to avoid touching the bar by accident and changing brightness on you.
Here is the link on Google Play if you want to check it out
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightness
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Thanks and sorry about that. Link fixed
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Great app. Thanks!
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blue265 said:
I posted this before when all the SGS3 variants were under one forum. Now that they're locked, I just wanted to post this here as I know a lot of people liked the app. I use it everyday.
One thing I definitely miss on SGS3 coming from SGS1 and SGS2 was the ability to change the brightness setting from from the top of the notification bar. You were able to slide your finger left to right and be able to change the screen brightness.
Display brightness can do something similar and thought I'd share as I am sure a few of you might also miss the old feature. You can set a screen brightness slider anywhere on the screen and change its transparency. It works a treat to be able to change brightness quickly and efficiently. I set mine to be on the left side of the screen horizontally, and set transparency to 0 so it cannot be seen. Then when I need to change brightness quickly, I just slide the bar up or down. There are quite a few options and different sizes you can choose. Also, you can set it so that there is a one second delay. This helps to avoid touching the bar by accident and changing brightness on you.
Here is the link on Google Play if you want to check it out
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbigpepper.DisplayBrightness
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Anyone getting error when trying to install?
Specifically "Error processing purchase..."
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Have it installed and really like it.
One problem I'm having is that I set it to Enable the Indicator on my screen, and it periodically turns off. A bit frustrating. But other than that, it's great.
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Anyone getting error when trying to install?
Specifically "Error processing purchase..."
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I get the error trying to install apps every time I flash cm10 and then go back to stock. If that's the case youd notice it trying to install other apps on the market. Either case it's a market problem or the rom you're on. I normally fix by clearing market data as well as google framework data too. Then reboot and I can install apps again. It doesn't sound like an app problem though
Also the indicator shutting off I have not seen before. That could be a result of task manager app or something shutting it off somehow
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...Also the indicator shutting off I have not seen before. That could be a result of task manager app or something shutting it off somehow
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I thought about that. If so, it is the system manager, because I do not run task managers.
I do have System Tuner...have nothing set in it's killer. I did set this app as excluded (which my understanding is that excludes apps from availability to kill). I think maybe it did help, but did not cure the issue.
Ultimatum rom lets you change brightness from the top. However the min brightness doesn't go low enough on this phone. Too bright in dark rooms
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I use another app called screen filter for the darkness issue. Check it out! You can then make the screen MUCH darker depending on preference. I agree, the screen does not go low enough on this phone especially at night when in a dark environment.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor&feature=nav_result#?t=W10
blue265 said:
I use another app called screen filter for the darkness issue. Check it out! You can then make the screen MUCH darker depending on preference. I agree, the screen does not go low enough on this phone especially at night when in a dark environment.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor&feature=nav_result#?t=W10
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I swear by this app. Greatest thing ever for texting at night or even (Yes I know, shame on me) in the movie theater.
I searched and found no info on dimming the camera's LED. I want to be able to use as a flashlight, but I don't want it so darn bright.
Still looking at different apps on the Play Store, but I think it would have to be some kind of hack for rooted phones, which I haven't done yet.
Any one have any ideas?
whipps said:
I searched and found no info on dimming the camera's LED. I want to be able to use as a flashlight, but I don't want it so darn bright.
Still looking at different apps on the Play Store, but I think it would have to be some kind of hack for rooted phones, which I haven't done yet.
Any one have any ideas?
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I don't think it's possible. When you use it as a flashlight android apps have a setting called "torch" and that's it. There is no modification for adjusting brightness. Also, I looked in the /sys/class/leds/ directory for the camera led to be able to enter your own value for the brightness file, but nothing exists in there for the camera light. I personally like the bright led for a flashlight. If I don't want something super bright, I use a screen flashlight that just displays a white screen and boosts brightness to Max. I personally use a red screen though.
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The tricky aspect of what you are talking about doing here is that the Linux kernel is your entire power management for the device. There might be a a root flashlight somewhere in the market that could accomplish this for you, otherwise it would take some adjusting at the kernel level... which again is your power control for hardware
Thank you guys for the help and info. It's not the end of the world if I can't do this, but now I know what to keep my eye out for.
The kernel is the key to over clock and under volt, so I understand that the kernel would have to support that.
Is it possible to bring down the brightness toggle so it can be reached with one hand without root? I use auto brightness but sometimes have to adjust it manually as it's not very accurate all the time.
As a work around I switch on one handed mode and move it this way which is a bit awkward.
Super staus bar is working for me until (hopefully) Gravitybox comes out for A12.
Super Status Bar - Customize - Apps on Google Play
Easy brightness control, notification ticker text, gestures, battery bar & more
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Almost certain not what you want, and definite overkill, but you could use Bottom Status Bar and only enable the brightness slider (and not the literal bottom status bar). The downside is that, unlike the native brightness slider, changing the brightness through Bottom Status Bar turns Auto brightness off. You could enable the brightness slider in it, and a Auto-Brightness toggle switch, but then you'd have to get used to manually turning auto-brightness back on. There are probably more complex things you could do with automation apps (Tasker, etc) but that would likely require root where Bottom Status Bar doesn't for these purposes. The good side is at least the brightness slider would be very available from the bottom of the screen. I hope a stock ADB and/or root solution comes eventually for the stock ROM. There's not too often a time I want to change it manually, but having to slide down twice to get to it is crazy.
Edit: @westhaking beat me. Super Status Bar is by the same author as Bottom Status Bar, but I don't remember what one has that the other doesn't, so perhaps go by his recommendation first unless you like the idea of BSB better, or SSB doesn't quite do it for you.
Just a guess that SSB probably has the same weakness I found in BSB, that using its brightness slider abilities disables automatic brightness.
BSB works quite well, thank you. Did not know about its existence. You are right, it switches off automatic brightness but it can be switched back again in BSB near brightness toggle. Can be good as a temporary solution.
Another workaround is an accessibility shortcut which is an eye sore but can be also used for switching volume and screen off.
westhaking said:
Super staus bar is working for me until (hopefully) Gravitybox comes out for A12.
Super Status Bar - Customize - Apps on Google Play
Easy brightness control, notification ticker text, gestures, battery bar & more
play.google.com
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Nice! I didn't expect it can be achieved without root and GravityBox and was looking for the solution for a long time. Thank you so much for bringing this app to my attention. Adjusting brightness by dragging along status bar is awesome!
leafar1606 said:
BSB works quite well, thank you. Did not know about its existence. You are right, it switches off automatic brightness but it can be switched back again in BSB near brightness toggle. Can be good as a temporary solution.
Another workaround is an accessibility shortcut which is an eye sore but can be also used for switching volume and screen off.
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Awesome, glad you found a temporary workaround. Here's hoping there'll be a better permanent solution for us all, eventually. I wish I was a real Dev. I can only repackage stuff...sometimes. I just don't have the patience to learn enough to be a Dev.
leafar1606 said:
Is it possible to bring down the brightness toggle so it can be reached with one hand without root? I use auto brightness but sometimes have to adjust it manually as it's not very accurate all the time.
As a work around I switch on one handed mode and move it this way which is a bit awkward.
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I just swipe down from the top twice and the brightness slider is there.
JimSmith94 said:
I just swipe down from the top twice and the brightness slider is there.
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It's still stays at the top of the screen
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It's still stays at the top of the screen
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I guess you can't reach the top of the screen in one handed mode.
Perplexed how nobody at Google development realised what an utterly stupid place the brightness bar is.