Everyone of us want to maximize battery life of our HOX....
So here are some of the tips for that:
1. Use Android’s Built-in Battery Usage Screen:
There’s a screen built into Android that can tell you exactly what is draining your battery. Go to Settings –> Power –> Battery use to see what has been most of your battery.
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You can use Battery Monitor Widget Pro to set alarms to know when charging completes and u can set maximum temperature for battery so that when battery reaches max temp u will get a sound notification.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=3c
2. Adjust the Brightness of your phone:
Go to Settings –> Display & Gestures -> Brightness and you can choose Automatic Brightness which usually works fairly well, or you can just turn the brightness down to the lowest acceptable level.
You can also disable Animation & Auto Rotate Screen.
Set Sleep to lesser values like 15 seconds or 30 seconds
3. Disable Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & Mobile Network When You Don’t Need It:
Use Power Dashboard widget to quickly and easily turn on, off or adjust screen brightness, timeout, Wi-Fi and Auto-Sync
4. Disable Google's Location Service:
GPS drains a lot of battery so disable it.
Go to Settings –> Location -> uncheck them
5. Disable Apps that Sync Constantly:
Disable background data transfer as it consumes a lot of data or alternatively sync only essential apps that u need.
Apps like facebook, twitter, mails refresh themselves after a particular interval.
Go to Settings –> Accounts & Sync -> Turn it on or off
you can also change update frequency of apps
6. Disable Sound and Vibration:
Go to Settings -> Sound and then you can disable Dial pad touch tones, Touch Sound, Screen lock sound and vibrate feedback
Secondly Go to Settings ->Language & Keyboard -> HTC Sense Input Settings -> and then disable Sound feedback, vibration feedback and trace keyboard{ if you don't use this feature }
7. Use 2G Network as it drains lesser battery compared to 3G
If you are using internet on Wifi then disable 3G data as it drains more battery compared to Wifi
8. Use HTC's Inbuilt Task Manager to See Which Apps are running:
You can kill those apps which you normally don't use{ though irrelevant in android }
Check this link as to know why Task Killers are irrelevant in Android:
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/02/revisiting-android-task-killers-and-why-you-dont-need-one/
Check here to know more about Android Multitasking:
http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html
9. Don't use live wallpapers and disable Wallpaper Scrolling and use only those homescreen widgets that you require and you can delete additional homescreens that you don't require{ no need to use all 7 homescreens }
When you are at home, just tap on home button and you will get this screen where you can add or delete homescreens:
10. Use Titanium Backup's{ Paid } Freezing Function:
It prevents the apps from running without uninstalling them and frozen apps are not shown in App Drawer and cannot be launched. {You can defrost if you want}
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
11. Use custom kernels that support underclocking to:
Reduce processor speed { Underclock } and either choose interactive, ondemand or other governors as it also reduces temperature.
Use app SetCPU for Root Users to set processor speed and governors.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mhuang.overclocking
Alternatively you also use System Tuner App for this purpose, is free:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.pmw.pro
12. You can use a battery saver app like Easy Battery Saver:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.easy.battery.saver
You can select any of the following modes as per your needs:
13. Use ROM CLeaner Script by Patrics83:
If you are on Sense ROM than you can remove a lot of bloatware from HTC including Rosie Launcher.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589949
14. Check this link to know more about our HOX's Li-Po Battery:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/the_li_polymer_battery_substance_or_hype
I hope that you find these tips helpful and have any questions please feel free to ask, I'll try to help you if I can.
Good one!
One way I'd like to say (<< that rhymed xD), how you use the screen. This hasn't been mentioned anywhere afaik but I think it will help saving battery for sure.
When viewing tweets, browsing a web-page, browsing messages, or scrolling through any long list, try to read everything on the screen and then scroll one whole section up. I had this habit of scrolling while reading anything on my phone, so I'll read 5-6 lines and scroll and again and again. Whenever you touch/swipe the screen(to scroll), it requires more power compared to just viewing the screen. So say there are a 100 lines in a page, then instead of scrolling 20 times I can scroll 4 times to read the whole thing hence saving the processing power required for touch-detection thereby saving battery.
^^That lmakes a lot of sense to me . Cheers!
Lol... Nice.
wow! nice work mate very helpful
Vivek_bhoj - Very good thread :thumbup: Thanks
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Well done vivek :thumbup:
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Looks interesting, thanks!
Good thread!
Nice thread, thanks!
Can't you also do things like, use a dark coloured static wallpaper.
I think that there's also an option som ewhere to enable battery trickling or something like that, once a battery gets to 100%, even if it's still 'charging/plugged in' it'll start to discharge I believe.
Enabling Battery Trickling negates this as it'll force more juice into the battery even if it's technically 100% charged. So it negates that discharge effect.
I'll post more if can remember how to set it up.
Thanks Everyone
The-Last-Hylian said:
Nice thread, thanks!
Can't you also do things like, use a dark coloured static wallpaper.
I think that there's also an option som ewhere to enable battery trickling or something like that, once a battery gets to 100%, even if it's still 'charging/plugged in' it'll start to discharge I believe.
Enabling Battery Trickling negates this as it'll force more juice into the battery even if it's technically 100% charged. So it negates that discharge effect.
I'll post more if can remember how to set it up.
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Yeah we can also use a Dark Wallpaper or better use no wallpaper to save more battery
Don't know about Battery Trickling
It will be good if you can elaborate it
vivek_bhoj said:
Yeah we can also use a Dark Wallpaper or better use no wallpaper to save more battery
Don't know about Battery Trickling
It will be good if you can elaborate it
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The 'Battery Trickle' is something that an SBC Kernel can perform, it's known as a Superior Battery Charging Kernel, it continues to trickle-charge the battery even after it reaches 100%. Non-SBC kernels cut off charging at that point, and the battery begins depleting even though the battery meter still says 100%.
Sorry I should have made that clearer earlier.
SBC Kernels have issues though as they can degrade the lifespan of a battery.
In the point of Auto-Sync ON/OFF,
have a question if have some widget or apps to touch it and get auto-sync all? and left the Auto sync in OFF.
an old friend told me that using only one location in the weather widget in sense could have bettered the HOX battery life, and for me it did
thx man ...
but the idea of buying a flagship phone like HOX, only 2 end up lowering and disabling everything dosnt make any sense 2 me !!!
Even with the power saver feature in 4.1 Android JB, you still have the impression that ur battery is leaking out somehow :/
Shame on HTC !!!
Using a dark wallpaper would actually be worse for the battery. My nexus 4 and your one x's use an lcd screen. Lcd screens use less battery displaying whites compared to when displaying darker colors such as black. The logic thst darker wallpapers use less battery only works with amoled screens
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Thanks!
Thank You for complete and detail posting
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Well done....nice thred....
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Thanks bro
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Thanks for d tips bro really helpfull:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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Really useful tips in here.. Thanks
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. . . . (current version 1.0 FINAL)
More control. More battery. More comfort.
Lumos is fully customizable automatic backlight level changer developed as a complete replacement for stock HTC auto-backlight service. A wide range of HTC branded devices is supported starting from HTC Diamond/Touch Pro up to the current WM flagship HD2.
Lumos focuses on minimal CPU usage, maximum battery saving, low memory footprint while maintaining maximum backlight change smoothness and responsiveness. Lumos combines the best from all available auto-backlight solutions and adds many extras for your tweaking needs
Features:
- simple and clean installation and uninstalation
- extremely low CPU usage when working, 0.05-0.3% on polling
- NO battery and CPU overhead (drainage) unless you actively use your device's display
- low memory profile considering all the options
- simple and reliable configuration GUI with easy step-by-step calibration process
- many options that let you change every aspect of how your backlight works
- program exceptions to set different backlight for any application
- relative excaptions allow you to amplify/attenuate the automatic backlight for specific applications
- ability to force display ALWAYS ON for certain application
- integrated tool to detect all active application names, leave it running in the background and it will log all application names you use
- configuration failsafe. No matter what you do, Lumos won't crash, just tell you what is wrong and use defaults.
- supports vast majority of HTC branded devices since HTC Diamond
- many supported languages
See this thread for details and news and download:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=450318
Enjoy the light
Hi Nik3r, going to try it and report back...
Hi,
Can you explain what are the advantages to use your soft compared to the original ?
looks i did everything correctly, including calibration (770 units for maximum light, 0 for dark), Lumos is automatically started after soft reboot but - opening it explicitly from the program directory - it says that Lumos is temporarily disabled and no backlight control happening indeed....should i switch ON automatic light control in
settings-->Power?
any other explicit instruction to be given?
Read the FAQ more carefully next time
Lumos is DISABLED as long as the LumosWizard (configuration) is active. Click Save+Apply on the bottom to exit LumosWizard and start the invisible service.
and Auto backlight in Power settings of your device must be DISABLED
can't wait to give it a go.... (once i get my device!)
Thanks for the update.
I tested for about 20 minutes, and it seems to work good, except that, if I open the wizard and then select 'exit' and 'start service', it seems to forget to return to the minimal backlight, after it is exposed to strong light (almost max. backlight).
When I repeat above steps, but first selecting button 'Save+Apply', everything works good.
The HD light sensor seems too "insenstive" for my expectations. It needs a fair amount of direct light to rise above 0.
In a dimly lit livingroom, my screen needs to be brighter than in bed with my wife sleeping next to me.
This difference is impossible to achieve, and then I might as well stick to the standard.
That is weird I can't seem to reproduce, can you write a step by step what to do to see this bug? Including current light levels.
I have lowest backlight (it's dark)
open LumosWizard - it sets backlight 6 during configuration
I expose device to maximum light tap Exit - Yes (to start Lumos service)
I move away from the light to shade and backlight dims back to minimum I had before teh test in ~2s
Can you write such step by step to reproduce it? I can't fix it if I can't see it
ugumba:
try to play with the Force BL=0 option, one guy from the Raphael forum is using value 1 (so it dims when sensor reports steady 0 in bed for example) and otherwise it's automatically between min and max backlight
nik3r said:
Read the FAQ more carefully next time
Lumos is DISABLED as long as the LumosWizard (configuration) is active. Click Save+Apply on the bottom to exit LumosWizard and start the invisible service.
and Auto backlight in Power settings of your device must be DISABLED
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OK you are right. Anyway, the modulation of the backlighting was extremely small - probably i misunderstood the "maximum light" description and i put it under a very strong source, which essentially calibrated the system to always stay dim...
I would like to thanks you man because this app works really great!!!
you're the boss.
Thanks dude
Someone complained about extra scrollbar sometimes visible on the settings tab, does anyone experience the same problem? Should I decrease the usable height for the tab panels by a few pixels? (it's possible because I don't know anyone with HD)
Can someone experiencing this glitch post an unscaled screenshot, co I can measure the available pixels and change accordingly?
I haven't problem with scrollbars, and I have an attach my screen picture.
As for the problem with lower limit, today I start looking my device in a dark place and my backlight was in the lowest value.
After that gradually I went to a brighter place - my backlight became lighter - and after in a brighter ... at the point my backlight was at the brightest point (10).
After that I returned to the darkest place - my backlight became 4 - after in a a brighter point - my backlight went to 6 - and at the end I went in a totally dark place, but the backlight sticked at 2 and never went at the lowest point.
p.s. sorry for my english
Thanks for the screenshot, seems all right but still I will decrease the height by 2pixels just in case
and at the end I went in a totally dark place, but the backlight sticked at 2 and never went at the lowest point.
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This is exactly what tolerance is supposed to do.
Let's say you are at 10, backlight goes gradually down as you go away from teh light slowly. But if you have tolerance set to '1', it won't change until the backlight is supposed to change by 2.
If you move really carefully away so it fades one by one it will go like this:
10-9-8(change)-7-6(change)-5-4(change)-3-2(change)-1
= your backlight is stuck at last value 2, because you tolerate imprecission of 1.
let's say you move away fast so it's not linear
10-3(change)-2-1(change) = all is fine
and now even a bit faster
10-2(change)-1 = stuck
this is good outside because you save battery but I recommend using the Force BL=0 below option along with tolerance or it won'T sometimes go down to 1.
So, try
tolerance = 0
or leave
tolerance: 1
Force BL=0 below: 5 (or 1 or something small )
ugumba said:
The HD light sensor seems too "insenstive" for my expectations. It needs a fair amount of direct light to rise above 0.
In a dimly lit livingroom, my screen needs to be brighter than in bed with my wife sleeping next to me.
This difference is impossible to achieve, and then I might as well stick to the standard.
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This is because of hardware problem of HTC light sensor (too cheap sensor?).
To correct it, one should use nonlinear scale for low light intensity.
This is possible with G-light, which looks to me more relevant and advanced for HD.
Just to illustrate what I said, I publish my nonlinear scale in G-light (works fine in the twilight):
level min max
1 0 2
2 3 20
3 21 100
4 101 200
.....
9 601 700
10 701 1000
Has LUMOS linear scale only?
It uses automatic linear scale, I yet have to implement quadratic and logaritmic function.
If you want different behaviour, try to override your sensor calibration (set it a bit lower like 500) and use Force BL=0 and Force BL=1 in settings.
try something like:
MAX_BL_LUMENS = 700
MIN_BL_LUMENS = 0
MAX_BACKLIGHT = 8
MIN_BACKLIGHT = 3
DIM_TO_MINIMUM_BELOW = 1
DIM_TO_MINIMUM_PLUS_ONE_BELOW = 120
Yes, you are so right, I understood what is happening.
Thanks
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malfunction upon wakeup AND Unlock
nik3r,
hopefully this is not because of my setting.
reproduce:
lock the phone, wait till the phone sleeps, leave it for a while (now the screen should be off)
press power button to wake up the phone, now the phone is dim but still locked
unlock the phone, screen still dim, unless i start lumos (the wizard) then exit
sometimes after a long while after unlocking, lumos will kick in and screen changes brightness.
i have also reproduced this problem with HDTweak, which that program there is an auto-lock setting, which kicks in when the screen brightness dims, which in turn is set in the settings->systems->power->advanced tab.
all tests were done on battery power.
Lumos v09
Lumos v09 has been released
This version introduces a few new minor features but focuses mainly on fixing most (if not all) known bugs and improving reliability and ease of use for new users. CPU usage and battery life should be the same or little better than v08 but the difference is nominal.
My battery can last 4-5 days now with low usage
Main new features:
- exceptions can be set to detect only active window (both modes have similar CPU usage)
- installation will automatically disable the built-in HTC auto backlight
- uninstallation will return auto backlight to its former state
- LumosWizard can return backlight to former levels upon exit
- setting tolerance won't prevent backlight from going to lowest and highest settings
- added LumosStarter.exe that (re)starts Lumos service without any feedback
Main bug fixes:
- fixed bug when Lumos got stuck on device softreset due to a bug in HTC sensor libraries
- fixed bug that would set AC power brightness on switch from cable to battery even if disabled in settings
- fixed glitches while deleting and saving multiple exceptions
- fixed erratic backlight control during operation of LumosWizard
.. and many more I forgot to track
If you like and use Lumos, you are welcome to donate.
Enjoy the new version!
Is there anyway to get rid of how the screen bounces from left to right? Its really annoying...Also when you slide down the notification bar is there anyway to have a on off switch there for 3g & all background data? Also, is there anyway to get the battery life of a CM7 mod to that of stock rom?
BTW is it just me or is the CM 7 mod (im using the destroyer v2 version of CM7) much faster than stock rom or in my case Im using the Spring Lovers rom? Does changing the profiles in the CPU settings change anything like going from ondemand which I am on now to performance? It seems that the sprint lovers battery lasts much longer that is currently my only downside for this mod...
You should have an app anim mod or something that will edit the screen transitions, but it can be tricky to use.
I think you can just open the spare parts app and change transition animations to off. That should do it.
For the 3g data toggle, go to menu>settings>CM Settings>Interface>Notification Widgets. From there you can put where ever toggles you want in there.
Most people feel like AOSP ROMs are a little faster just b/c they have less crap in them compared to Sense ROMs. That's why they're only 60-80mb instead of 150+.
You can play with the governors in CPU settings and see which one works for you. I think conservative or OnDemand are the way to go, depends on how they work for you.
When switching from Sense to AOSP, you need to wipe battery stats. Charge the phone until it's full, unplug it and turn it off. charge it while it's off until the green light comes back on and unplug it again. Do that 10 times. Then go into recovery and wipe battery stats. That should get you more battery life.
Here are some other tips:
http://greenfieldroid.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/battery-tips-for-longer-battery-life/
If those don't work, try the tiamat Kernel. Should be able to squeeze 20hrs out of the battery on light/moderate use.
If you're talking about the scrolling on the launcher, go into the launcher's settings and turn elastic scrolling off (or change it to 0 if elasticity is a numeric option).
Destroyer has bounce transitions. I think that's what he's talking about.
i turned mine off by using menu>setting>display>animation then selected "some animations" hat turned the annoying screen flip off.
Yes the bounce transitions! They hurt my head!
HI have auto brightness turned off, but when scrolling web pages I notice the brightness changing. Its seems to get darker if images are displayed and brighter when I scroll past them. I dont notice this in any other application, but I suspect its the mostly white background of web pages. Do I have a defective unit or is this normal?
nunyabiz said:
HI have auto brightness turned off, but when scrolling web pages I notice the brightness changing. Its seems to get darker if images are displayed and brighter when I scroll past them. I dont notice this in any other application, but I suspect its the mostly white background of web pages. Do I have a defective unit or is this normal?
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I had this problem on my S3, I'm assuming your using the stock browser if so then press "Menu" and click Brightness and then uncheck auto brightness - hopefully that helps.
Geordie Affy said:
I had this problem on my S3, I'm assuming your using the stock browser if so then press "Menu" and click Brightness and then uncheck auto brightness - hopefully that helps.
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I have auto brightness off in the settings menu, but don't see it in the browser menu.
go to device - display and change the screen mode. I believe auto will use dynamic lighting. I've got it on movie.
madsquabbles said:
go to device - display and change the screen mode. I believe auto will use dynamic lighting. I've got it on movie.
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I have it set on standard.
nunyabiz said:
I have it set on standard.
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Went to best buy and looked at the display and I noticed the same brightness fluctuation. A best buy employee though he might have seen it, and the Samsung rep says she doesn't see it. So I guess I have sensitive eyes and that's just a feature of this tablet. I hope I can learn to live with it.
nunyabiz said:
Went to best buy and looked at the display and I noticed the same brightness fluctuation. A best buy employee though he might have seen it, and the Samsung rep says she doesn't see it. So I guess I have sensitive eyes and that's just a feature of this tablet. I hope I can learn to live with it.
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AH...I think I have the answer.
While on homescreen press "menu" then "settings" then "Display" then Uncheck "Auto Adjust Screen Tone"
I must have done this on my S3 and forgot :silly: either way hopefully this fixes it for you.
Geordie Affy said:
AH...I think I have the answer.
While on homescreen press "menu" then "settings" then "Display" then Uncheck "Auto Adjust Screen Tone"
I must have done this on my S3 and forgot :silly: either way hopefully this fixes it for you.
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Thanks for trying, but I have searched all the menus and there is not anything like that.
nunyabiz said:
Thanks for trying, but I have searched all the menus and there is not anything like that.
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The reason I believed it was "Auto Adjust Screen Tone" is because its description is exactly what you describe. Its description is "Save power by adjusting screen tone according to analysis of images". I was assuming it will be in the same place as my S3 which might not be the case.
It should have been in the general phone display settings mmmmm i hope there is a solution as it would annoy me too when i do purchase the 10.1.
it could be possible that the autobrightness jumps too much. do you have it turned on? i use velis and lux (seeing which i like better) to control autobrightness. i don't have the dynamic screen effect on mine and i hate any tablet or phone that does, so i do notice it when a device has it. where others are saying the tablet is too dim, i think it's too bright and never go above 35% and mostly under 20%.
madsquabbles said:
it could be possible that the autobrightness jumps too much. do you have it turned on? i use velis and lux (seeing which i like better) to control autobrightness. i don't have the dynamic screen effect on mine and i hate any tablet or phone that does, so i do notice it when a device has it. where others are saying the tablet is too dim, i think it's too bright and never go above 35% and mostly under 20%.
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stated in the op, auto brightness is off.
nunyabiz said:
Thanks for trying, but I have searched all the menus and there is not anything like that.
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Settings> Device> Display> Screen Mode> Adapt display
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Settings> Device> Display> Screen Mode> Adapt display
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I have that set to standard.
well since i have my screen set low it doesn't have the option to fluctuate - can't go below zero without an overlay. so as a test i turned up the brightness and check out some white backgrounds and then quickly introduce a dark object and it's definitely there. it's very subtle (i only went to 40% to test) but it's there. this is a feature that should NOT be in a device made people who like to draw. fluctuating screen brightness can totally screw things up for a very particular artist.
i hate that you brought this up b/c now i'm gonna start using it at a brighter setting just so i can see the effect more often, lol.
madsquabbles said:
well since i have my screen set low it doesn't have the option to fluctuate - can't go below zero without an overlay. so as a test i turned up the brightness and check out some white backgrounds and then quickly introduce a dark object and it's definitely there. it's very subtle (i only went to 40% to test) but it's there. this is a feature that should NOT be in a device made people who like to draw. fluctuating screen brightness can totally screw things up for a very particular artist.
i hate that you brought this up b/c now i'm gonna start using it at a brighter setting just so i can see the effect more often, lol.
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Lol, sorry! I see it really bad at about every brightness. The samsung Rep didnt see it at all, or so she says, so I guess some people are more sensative than others.
I have this problem as well
Sorry for digging up an old post.
I recently bought galaxy note 10.1 2014 and I also noticed this behavior when I was viewing pdf files in class today while taking notes.
The screen brightness dimmed very slightly when an imaged shows up in a pdf file.
I thought this happened only in pdf files in Adobe Reader so I tried polaris pdf viewer - same issue, then I tried opening a word document and scrolled through - same issue again. I tried different settings under display and it did not have any effect on it.
So I'm assuming its a software issue and hopefully with an update it should get better I guess.
Anyone else having this issue?
issue
No one else having this issue? I believe this happen in every note out there, just want to confirm this with other people here. It's easy to reproduce, just open a pdf file with a colored image on one page and text on other page and scroll through pages, you should notice a slight dimming of screen.
Thanks
Tbh I have noticed it, I first noticed it on the BBCNews website whenever an image pops up after some text. The screen does dim very slightly, it must be something with the fact that the image is darker so the display will naturally dim a little since theres less white when it displays small text on a white background. Thats my guess but honestly no idea. Also its not something I find too annoying.
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I noticed the same on a P600 32GB
Mainly in browsers and PDF - as said by others - reading from a text to picture or the revert, even with autobrigthness off and Image Mode set to standard or movie, 'adapt display' option ticked off...I still notice a slight adjustment in brigthness.
too bad that samsung integrated this "autothing" somewhere deeper in the layers (firmware,soft, kernel, hardware,?). It loses some value when you use it as an image monitor (video, photography).
My two cents Samsung!
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"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
About this app:
Refresh Rate Mods
Change default refresh rates
-Easily change the overall refresh rate settings of devices supporting multiple refresh rates.
-Set supported mid refresh rates as the maximum refresh rate limit for battery savings (e.g. 96hz instead of 120Hz).
-Quick settings shortcut
-tasker plugin support.
Motion smoothness mode switcher(Normal, Adaptive or High)***
-Set you device motion smoothness mode to stationary refresh rates (high mode) for better smoothness if so desired on Samsung devices with native Adaptive motion smoothness with a little trade-off to the battery.
-Apply adaptive mod on device that don't natively support adaptive mode [premium]
-Tasker plugin support.
Per-app refresh rate settings:
Set different refresh rate settings for every app either adaptive or fixed(stationary) [premium].
Motion smoothness on power saving mode (not working to all devices with OneUI4.**+, test first). ***
-GMH will apply a workaround to bypass 60Hz limitation on Power Saving Mode (PSM) on supported Samsung smartphones.
-Automatically apply workaround when PSM is enabled [premium]
Note: Stopped working out-of-the-box on Note 20 Ultra updated to OneUI4.*. Extra steps alread required:Extra steps to bypass restriction on OneUI4.*/5.*. After selecting Adaptive or High in GMH while on power saving mode, do either: - Do a quick fake/mock video call to any number using the stock video call app(not google duo). Availability depends on network supportOR- Connect and disconnect to a wifi display or miracast receiver (e.g. smart tv, chromecast, windows laptops) using the Smart View function (Credits to @albiGib and @rblckmnjr84 for sharing the discovery)OR see Game booster methodScreen-off Mods:
Force to Lowest Hz: Force the lowest refresh rate on screen-off or Always-On Display(AOD). This overrides Samsung's strange stock behavior which sets the refresh rate to the highest on screen off (update: it is now at 60hz since OneUI3.0) to improve standby power consumption a bit.
-Tasker plugin support
Auto apply power saving mode during screen-off (after ~ 10 secs)***
Auto disable Autosync***
Quick-doze mod
-Quickly enter doze mode during screen-off that can not be interrupted by motion [premium].***
-Tasker plugin support
Auto SENSORS OFF (experimental non-root workaround)
-Device sensors will automatically turn off while screen is off until the device is unlocked to help minimize battery-draining motion-triggered wakelocks while device is not being used.
-Tasker plug-in support
- Supports up to OneUI4.1 only (api blocked in OneUI5)
Others
Battery protection mod (Experimental)
-Option to set maximum charge to 86%-95%(for OneUI4+)[premium]
Quick resolution switcher
-Easily switch to any supported resolutions using the included quick setting tile***
-Tasker plugin support
Caution!! Be careful on applying CQHD+ on Note20Ultra with OneUI4.* - it causes the UI to shrink after reboot or long sleep that causes difficulty on entering the lockscreen.
Customizable refresh rate monitor
-Use statusbar or overlay which you can place anywhere on screen.
-Tasker plugin support.
Net speed statusbar indicator
OneUI inspired UI. Dynamic theme and Icon. Manual language selection
Note: The premium license is on a per device basis (not per user).
***these marked features require a one-time ADB procedure (this is not root)
Galaxy Max Hz background service is highly optimized. Background battery usage p is very negligible .[/TD]
Info:
This app targets older android sdk in order to control refresh rates without ADB setup or root. Just tap OK the dialog that says "This app was built for an older version of Android...." when opened for the first time. If OK button is not visible, just tap the blank space on the lowest portion of the dialog.
If google play protect will prompt during install that the app is built for older version of android and doesn't include the latest privacy protections, you can ignore it and proceed to the installation. For privacy related concern, please refer to FAQ No. 3.
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v8.0.0
CAUTION!!! SOMEONE IS TRYING TO TAMPER THIS APP AND FILL IT WITH TROJAN. DON'T DOWNLOAD ELSEWHERE
Changelogs
Github wiki
Demo video of v5.4. More features have been added in the later versions
Localization/Translations Contributors
Italian: @Orlaf
German:devj3ns, drbeat
Russian: @a43
Swedish:Steffe2
Turkish: osmanakar312
Greek: Nick
Spanish: @Sebastiansm
Czech: Chrono Leggionaire
Simplified Chinese: xiaolu7233123
French: Jaxom84
Polish: Pichulec
Korean: chicking86, 최운택
Lithuanian: @Klaudas
If you want to contribute on translations, please send me a message.
Changelogs:Try to clear data of this app if you encounter issues after update.
Please report any bug that persist. Thank you.
Please check here for the latest changelogs
Previous changelogs (old app)
v5.40
- Fixed landscape orientation layout bug and other layout improvements
- Added support for Note 20 Ultra Non-5G models (all features)
v5.26
- Fixed disabled "High/Fixed Motion Smoothness Mode" switcher on Galaxy Z Fold 2. You should be able to use this function now in Z Fold 2.
- Fixed force close bug on Galaxy Z Fold 2
-Fixed missing resolution label for Galaxy S20 series
- Other code clean up
v5.20
- Qs tiles for refresh rate control and resolution switcher now have dynamic icons. Better visibility for partially expanded notification panel.
- Added high/fixed refresh rate mode/option for Galaxy Note20 Ultra and Z Fold2. If enabled, the device will be set to 'High Motion Smoothness' mode and refresh rates will behave like the Galaxy S20 series.
v5.00
- Added support for Galaxy S20, S20+, S20 Ultra and S20FE. Resolution switcher is not applicable to S20 FE.
- Renamed app to Galaxy Max Hz
v4.00
-Added 'Resolution - Motion Smoothness Mode' switcher (button and qs tile). Switch resolution and motion smoothness mode anytime even on medium power saving mode. This specific function requires ADB.
v3.00
- Changed overlay display FPS to screen refresh rate (Hz)
- Refresh rate monitor now switches color to red if 60hz or below and to green if above 60hz
- Added toggle switch for refresh rate monitor on app's home screen
v2.00
- The 3-way toggle button and quick settings (qs) tile are now aware if the current Motion Smoothness mode is set to Adaptive or not. If not, they will show 'Standard' and will open the display settings when clicked
- The switch for the FPS monitor overlay is moved to a new qs tile. You can now turn the FPS monitor ON/OFF anywhere without opening the app.
- Changed text color of fps monitor from red to green. Green color has the longest lifespan in amoled, so lesser chance of amoled burn.
v1.00 Initial release
If you want to get GMH Premium features and/or support GMH development but paypal is not available in your place, you can use Google Play Store.
Just download GMH Donation app from Google Play Store.
Note: The price might be slightly higher due to the relatively higher tax imposed on play store.
If I had the s20 app and I uninstalled it and then installed this one can I uninstall it without any battery drain risk?
Big thx .. its work perfectly for z fold 2 ?
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Where's the download?
I press the download button and nothing happens.
adeltamimy6 said:
Big thx .. its work perfectly for z fold 2 ?
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I think it will. It's the same adaptive motion smoothness.
TonyGzl92 said:
If I had the s20 app and I uninstalled it and then installed this one can I uninstall it without any battery drain risk?
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If you use this app, this app will fix it.
Love having the fps toggle in the qs. Thanks for the update.
Dumb question tho; does this change anything when set to 120hz? Most thing's I'm reading are people setting it lower to save battery and all. Just curious.
Thanks for the app
abo2sadam said:
Where's the download?
I press the download button and nothing happens.
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Just try again
Sek0n said:
Love having the fps toggle in the qs. Thanks for the update.
Dumb question tho; does this change anything when set to 120hz? Most thing's I'm reading are people setting it lower to save battery and all. Just curious.
Thanks for the app
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No change at 120hz. Just stock behavior.
It works great mate, thank you [emoji106]
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Just try again
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thanks
i try again And like the thing it does not download
And I changed the browser and it is not download
can you send me new link like google drive
Thanks for the app! Great design. I have noticed that 96hz drops more regularly to 60hz than 120hz seems to. Is this the expected behaviour of the two modes?
abo2sadam said:
thanks
i try again And like the thing it does not download
And I changed the browser and it is not download
can you send me new link like google drive
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download xda labs
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If you use this app, this app will fix it.
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Yeah but if I uninstall this one, nothing will happen?
I love the fps counter is it possible to add it to the status bar instead of under the hole punch please
bentez2003 said:
Thanks for the app! Great design. I have noticed that 96hz drops more regularly to 60hz than 120hz seems to. Is this the expected behaviour of the two modes?
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Yes, 120hz is the stock behavior.
TonyGzl92 said:
Yeah but if I uninstall this one, nothing will happen?
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The last set max freq will persist after uninstall
Chaazaq7 said:
I love the fps counter is it possible to add it to the status bar instead of under the hole punch please
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You will not be able to see it on full screen apps like most of the games.
The screen doesn't seem to fall below 60fps even when idling. Is that normal? I thought it is supposed to drop to around 10fps when idling. Can you, please, explain how the stock behavior is?
Edit: I read in other threads that the Adaptive Refresh of the Note 20 U almost never drops below 60fps, and sometimes very rarely drops to 48hz. So despite Samsung's claims, it seems that the screen does not, in fact, ever drop to ~10 under any circumstances. I think Samsung could push an update to improve this, and thereby improving battery life.
This app was initially developed for Samsung Galaxy devices with Always on Display. As Pixel devices also have an Always on Display i decided to port the Samsung version to Pixel devices.
You need a notification light / LED for your Pixel 6!
With aodNotify you can easily add a notification light / LED to your Pixel 6!
You can select different notification light styles and show the notification light around the camera cutout, screen edges or even simulate an notification LED dot in the statusbar of your Pixel 6 or Pixel 5!
As the notification light is integrated in Google's Always On Display it has minimal battery consumption and doesn't drain your battery like other apps which keep your phone awake!
MAIN FEATURES
• Notification light / LED for Pixel 6, Pixel 5 or Pixel 4a!
• Low energy notification preview
• Activate Always On Display (AOD) only on notifications
• Charging / Low battery light / LED
MORE FEATURES
• Notification light styles (around camera, screen, LED dot)
• Custom app / contact colors
• ECO animations to save battery
• Interval mode (on/off) to save battery
• Night times to save battery
BATTERY USAGE PER HOUR ~:
• LED - 3.0%
• LED & INTERVAL - 2.0%
• LED & ECO ANIMATION - 1.8%
• LED & ECO ANIMATION & INTERVAL - 1.5%
• NOTIFICATION PREVIEW - 1.0%
• ALWAYS ON DISPLAY - 1.0%
Without notification light the app consumes almost 0% battery!
The Pixel 6's Tensor chip has a context hub, which is a ultra low power context engine especially made for the AOD and other background tasks, wich should reduce power consumption a lot. The values above are approximate values from old Pixel devices.
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DEVICES
• Pixel 6 / 6 Pro
• Pixel 5
• Pixel 4a
• Pixel ...
NOTES
• The app is still in beta stage, errors may occur!!
• Google may block this app with future updates!
• Please check if the app is compatible before updating phone software!
• Altough we never experienced any screen burn in issues on our test devices, we recommend to not keep the notification light / LED active for a long time! Use at you own responsibility!
"Google Pixel" is a protected trademark of "Google LLC"
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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The position of the light around the camera cutout may not be accurate in this beta.
Position can be adjusted in Notification light > Size & position > fine tuning section in the app.
Thank you! Bought. Will definitely be testing and using this!
Update: The Enable AOD in the initial setup takes me to Display settings but I had trouble finding where to re-enable AOD and set to always on. It was in the Display/Lock Screen sub-menu and I had to enable "Always show time and info".
It's also frustrating while writing this that aodNotify disappears from Recently when I'm trying to switch back and forth between the XDA App and it before I've finished completely setting up aodNotify. Actually still disappears from Recents even once it's setup too.
(All the following are fixed)
The attached screenshot shows the appropriate centered offsets for the camera ring on the Pixel 6 Pro. The Zoom, Zoom Ring, Galaxy Spin, and Florescent Tube effects don't appear to respect those settings.
General (Power Saving) / Custom Nighttime repeatedly wants to install or update the Manager app and I can't enable it.
I wouldn't mind the DnD option except if only want it to follow specific scheduled DnD, not DnD that I manually enable.
I prefer to be able to set custom battery low and full percentages, such as 25 and 75, respectively.
Does the app use Google's ability to back up app data to the cloud? Otherwise will there be an option to backup and restore manually?
Thanks, I think that's all regarding testing for now.
No longer applies, for the original testing version:
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roirraW edor ehT said:
Thank you! Bought. Will definitely be testing and using this!
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Thanks for the feedback. Theres an update on the way fixing position and some other issues.
You can set position offset to 0 on next release then.
The app is not in recents, because its getting killed then if you clear apps. Users complained about this.
Thanks for the initial setup hint. Optimised descriptions now.
Trying to optimize as soon as i get my Pixel.
You are awesome mate! Been using your app since S10 days and I'm so glad you're doing this for the pixel 6. Your app is perfect for samsung and I hope it will be the same for pixels.
Jawomo said:
DEVICES
• Pixel 6 / 6 Pro
• Pixel 5
• Pixel 4a
• Pixel ...
NOTES
• The app is still in beta stage, errors may occur!!
• Google may block this app with future updates!
• Please check if the app is compatible before updating phone software!
• Altough we never experienced any screen burn in issues on our test devices, we recommend to not keep the notification light / LED active for a long time! Use at you own responsibility!
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Thanks will try this when my device arrives
question, have you not considered have X-Y sliders to adjust the position of the notification circle/led and its scaling
This means you should theoretically have 1 app that supports all your current devices and futures devices other than minor compatibility fixes
squee666 said:
Thanks will try this when my device arrives
question, have you not considered have X-Y sliders to adjust the position of the notification circle/led and its scaling
This means you should theoretically have 1 app that supports all your current devices and futures devices other than minor compatibility fixes
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There are position sliders in the app for sure. But theres much more going on in behind.
I highly optimize the app for specific manufacturers. For this there are a Samsung, Google, OnePlus and a Global version for now.
I couldnt manage to merge them all into one unfortunately, bacause they all have different always on display implementations.
Jawomo said:
There are position sliders in the app for sure. But theres much more going on in behind.
I highly optimize the app for specific manufacturers. For this there are a Samsung, Google, OnePlus and a Global version for now.
I couldnt manage to merge them all into one unfortunately, bacause they all have different always on display implementations.
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ahh yeah makes perfect sense i've been lucky to have an led in current phone (note 9)
hopefully in future it will be more standardized in oems code implementation
Link to source code?
This is looking pretty good! Any plan to implement multiple colors for the notification light?
ipowyourface said:
This is looking pretty good! Any plan to implement multiple colors for the notification light?
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It's awesome. It includes the kitchen sink, too! Check the Colors menu. I prefer the "Auto Colors" option for apps, I changed the Battery notification colors, and I might set specific colors for special contacts like my wife. It would be extra nice to be able to have the camera ring notification for my wife be extra noticeable.
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I cant wait to get my pixel now
Just installed, bought pro. Very nice app, nicely customisable too!
• LED - 3.0%
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Does that mean that when I have an unread WhatsApp message that creates a green ring around the camera cutout it costs me about 24% battery during 8 hours of sleep?
mko000 said:
Does that mean that when I have an unread WhatsApp message that creates a green ring around the camera cutout it costs me about 24% battery during 8 hours of sleep?
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You can define how frequently and for how long the app generates the notifications, and even define sporadic notifications off x pattern for y amount of time if that's what you want.
nevermind I saw the post.
I don't think this app is for me. I did like the notification light on my nexus 4 but I have gotten used to not having one.
mko000 said:
Does that mean that when I have an unread WhatsApp message that creates a green ring around the camera cutout it costs me about 24% battery during 8 hours of sleep?
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Don't you guys use flip to shh when sleeping? I just turn my phone around and it's quiet and the display is off 100%.
roirraW edor ehT said:
You can define how frequently and for how long the app generates the notifications, and even define sporadic notifications off x pattern for y amount of time if that's what you want.
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Let's say that a flashing light only requires 2/3 of that, it's still a lot.
Morgrain said:
Don't you guys use flip to shh when sleeping? I just turn my phone around and it's quiet and the display is off 100%.
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Good idea, but that would mean I would probably need two hands to snooze the alarm? I'll try it out.
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Let's say that a flashing light only requires 2/3 of that, it's still a lot.
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I've always liked this app made for the other devices I've used. I doubt if it'll use even 2/3 of what you mentioned. Personally, I set mine to only notify for up to 5 minutes. Anything beyond 5 minutes, I know to just turn on my screen and see if I've had any new activity because I was most likely going to the bathroom or purposefully taking a nap away from my phone.
You can adjust as you see fit.