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Controlling the automatic Backlight

Hi,
automatic backlight is still too bright for me in almost any environment. I want to control the brightness of the screen by setting other values.
Is there an app or a hack to do this?

Good question. Loved to know too!

Look under widgets and you will find one called
"Brightness"
I'll let you figure the rest out for yourself

topcaser said:
Hi,
automatic backlight is still too bright for me in almost any environment. I want to control the brightness of the screen by setting other values.
Is there an app or a hack to do this?
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Try to using
Brightenes Level App

I recommend "SwitchPro Widget", which is available from the Marketplace. It allows you to toggle the brightnees, even to levels lower than the automatic setting.

Hi, i dont want to change brightness manually, but want to change the default values which are used for automatic brightness. Is this possible?

Does no one knows??

Hmmm would be handy!

topcaser said:
Hi,
automatic backlight is still too bright for me in almost any environment. I want to control the brightness of the screen by setting other values.
Is there an app or a hack to do this?
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Perhaps you could put some tinted glass/plastic over the sensor, so the phone thinks it's darker than it actually is and doesn't make the screen as bright?

poldie said:
Perhaps you could put some tinted glass/plastic over the sensor, so the phone thinks it's darker than it actually is and doesn't make the screen as bright?
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good idea, but that's not the resolution, even in night it's very bright and for me even at manual 1% brightness it's a bit to bright for me...
would be awesome to have more possibilities to work with the amoled screen - by the way - for black it needs 0% energy so better to read white letters on black background
edit: me using "Quick Settings" to handle brightness etc.

Hi I am using dimmer lite download frm market place suits my usage
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topcaser said:
Hi,
automatic backlight is still too bright for me in almost any environment. I want to control the brightness of the screen by setting other values.
Is there an app or a hack to do this?
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settings/Sound & Display/Brightness
&
widgets/power control

I would like the automatic brightness to be just a bit more brighter when im outside. Would be great to be able to adjust it!!
If there was something like a -2 -1 0 +1 +2 way to adjust it!
Dont want manually keep setting the brightness all the time.

I just tried the app called Dimmer.
It is perfect.
Goes to a very low setting and then switches back to whatever you had before.
I have the same problem with my Desire that the Auto Brightness doesn't go all the way down and the HTC Denmark support basically just said meh. And said they would report it as a wish for future updates.

ZigmaDK said:
I just tried the app called Dimmer.
It is perfect.
Goes to a very low setting and then switches back to whatever you had before.
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This app is great! Thank you!
I have my phone on autobacklight, but I find that in dark settings its too bright!!
This app does what I want with a simple click! Shame however that there's no way to reduce the lowest brightness on auto setting built into the OS.

[Q] Turn Down Brightness

I was wondering whether there were any apps which would allow you to lower the brightness beneath the lowest setting available in settings? My brightness is at the lowest setting and I reckon I could lower it further and not be disappointed whilst saving myself some battery.
Any ideas?

I'd like to know this too. I've got my brightness at 0% using the "Brightness Level" app, but if I'm browsing I notice that if I sit on the screen for about 30 seconds, the screen will dim further beyond the supposed minimum.

Voodoo has an ultra low brightness mode.

spasms said:
Voodoo has an ultra low brightness mode.
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Really? I used to run Voodoo beta 4 on Tayutama's JM8 ROM, but didn't see that feature and it's not mentioned in the changelog:
http://project-voodoo.org/changelog
I'm currently using Hardcore kernel which seems to be faster (probably because of the No-RFS Advanced option I'm using)

spasms said:
Voodoo has an ultra low brightness mode.
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Old Voodoo for Eclair had a low brightness mode, but ultra low brightness will be in future Voodoo release, in approx ~1 month
And of course it will be configurable (or it's as useful as annoying!)

Dimmer App
I use the Dimmer app available from the market. This takes brightness down to a third of the default minimum...

Screen filter from the market works really well, you can set it more or less to completley black if you want. But i am not sure if it helps saving battery. But as far as i know how AMOLEDs work it should help...
Anybody else using it?
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omg thanks so much now i use screen filter just what i needed no more harsh lights when i use phone on bed in dark

[Q] How to lower minimum screen brightness?

I know this is possible in CM9's display settings, but I'm currently running AOKP. Is there any other way to lower the minimum screen brightness?
I've given Tasker root permissions, approved it as a device administrator, and approved it as an accessibility service. Still, when I use a task to lower the brightness to very low levels, the brightness will only hold for a fraction of a second before it ramps up to the factory minimum.
So is there some system component I can modify to allow lower brightness, or is this only available as a ROM control like in CM9?

byrong said:
So is there some system component I can modify to allow lower brightness, or is this only available as a ROM control like in CM9?
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FWIW the lowest possible brightness setting can't be altered via the CM9 settings, only the auto brightness levels, both sensor input levels ("bins") and the brightness level associated with that input/bin. The minimum value of 19 for the lowest slot can't be lowered further. There are other display parameters (related to brightness) that can also be altered in the CM9 settings, but it won't accept a value less than 19.
Edit: I see from a link in your sig that you're familiar with the custom levels

Yes we can do it in the frameworks to go lower than 19. I did it on other phones. I'm not sure why it hasnt been done yet for nexus, and ive been too lazy myself.
But we can even take it down to zero or 4-5 etc so its much dimmer at night. Its on my to do list.
Also i posted some kernel code in a similar thread where this question was already asked. But mod the framework is much quicker.

RogerPodacter said:
Yes we can do it in the frameworks to go lower than 19. I did it on other phones. I'm not sure why it hasnt been done yet for nexus, and ive been too lazy myself.
But we can even take it down to zero or 4-5 etc so its much dimmer at night. Its on my to do list.
Also i posted some kernel code in a similar thread where this question was already asked. But mod the framework is much quicker.
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I should have clarified more clearly that my post above was regarding doing it via the CM settings.
I'll mod mine...at some point...but like you, too lazy for something that won't blow me away.

You want this app, works great https://play.google.com/store/apps/...yZy5wcm9qZWN0dm9vZG9vLmRpc3BsYXlmaWx0ZXIiXQ..
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus GSM using Tapatalk expect possible typos

I'm an idiot; I just found it in AOKP. It's in the custom backlight settings.
My experience does not mirror you guys. When I decrease the "screen dim level" in the custom brightness settings, it applies globally. I just did it in AOKP the same way I used to in CM9 and now with Tasker I've taken the screen all the way down to 1

Is there any way to decrease the minimum brightness on stock?

aidanbree said:
Is there any way to decrease the minimum brightness on stock?
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Yes with above linked app. I confirm it works on stock
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I've used a similar app called Screen Filter. My only problem with these types of apps is that I find the black/gray filter they use greatly decreases contrast at low brightness levels (more so than a "true" brightness level at an equivalent setting). Still, if you are running a setup in which they are your only option, they certainly beat having nothing.

The problem with using a screen filter is that it limits the maximum brightness when in sunlight.
I only want to affect the minimum as it is too bright.

Has anyone been able to do this on a stock rom? I too think that the minimum brightness is too high, but I don't want to use the above linked program because it also affects the maximum brightness too. I would like to be able to set custom light levels as per cm9/cm10 and pretty much any custom ROM right now, albeit with my stock ROM. Any flashable zips out there?
Cheers,
Dan

Can I lower the screen brightness for the Oneplus 3?

Hello Together,
at night, when i am reading in bed or surfing with chrome the display is too bright.
Is there a app or tweak to reduce the minimum screen brightness?
I would prefer not to use an app with a filter overlay. It should really reduce the brightness.
I have read about such an feature with ElementalX Kernel. It did not worked so I changed to stock again.
THANK YOU,

dasacom said:
Hello Together,
at night, when i am reading in bed or surfing with chrome the display is too bright.
Is there a app or tweak to reduce the minimum screen brightness?
I would prefer not to use an app with a filter overlay. It should really reduce the brightness.
I have read about such an feature with ElementalX Kernel. It did not worked so I changed to stock again.
THANK YOU,
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Just disable adaptive brightness and adjust it manually to your liking.

Download the app f.lux , it sure makes the screen easy on my eyes at night

Thanks for your ideas.
Manual brightness lowest setting is no difference.
And i installed f.lux. I do Not like the settings.
Are there further ideas/possibilities?

What did not work with elementalx?
Did you install the kernel correctly and enable the backlight dimmer option? Works for me

Download this xposed module and lower the minimum brightness level.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/mod-xposed-tweaks-cm-t3279109

dasacom said:
Thanks for your ideas.
Manual brightness lowest setting is no difference.
And i installed f.lux. I do Not like the settings.
Are there further ideas/possibilities?
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ElementalX kernel has a feature which allows you to dim the display to a lower value than by default, you may want to check it out.

Try Twilight app
I found an app on Google Play called " TWILIGHT
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux
You set the time of day for the phone to dim - early in the morning and late at night. It dims the screen but also shades more reds on the screen as it's better for your eyes before sleep to decrease the bright lights. Been using it for 6 months and I like it. Occasionally - I get a warning of "screen overlay" when I'm using sime new apps that modify phone settings, but you can pause the app to modify settings - and reactivate the Twilight.
Give it a try..

Colour change at min brightness.

MY issue with the stock Rom, which has been bugging me for a while is that when I reduce the brightness to the minimum, the Contrast changes, or something of the sorts, this really annoys me and I would like to disable it. Can someone help me out? I really don't want to flash a custom ROM.

I think that's normal because of AMOLED display, I also noticed it on CM14.1

This is simply the way this particular screen works, can't be fixed with software.
You can only avoid it by not reducing brightness as much. According to "Lux" the color shift starts under 4% brightness.
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But why does the min brightness in mxplayer not have this issue?

Zeryth said:
But why does the min brightness in mxplayer not have this issue?
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Because mx player doesn't set the brightness as low as you can set it manually using the brightness slider.
Select menu - display - settings - screen - untick "brightness". Now you can set your brightness manually to even lower using the brightness slider.
Other apps seem to work similarly (for example an third party brightness widget)... Not setting it to minimum... Like they don't recognize the "real" minimum brightness - which is lower. I don't have this "issue" on my tablet. Haven't looked much into it though.