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Not sure what it is but my screen just dims a little once in a while and then goes back to regular. Is it some battery saving option or is that a normal effect? thanks
Auto brightness, it adjusts depending on the lighting conditions. Yes for battery and so when it's dark you don't get blinded. To turn it off, go settings > display > brightness
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Duce HD2 said:
Auto brightness, it adjusts depending on the lighting conditions. Yes for battery and so when it's dark you don't get blinded. To turn it off, go settings > display > brightness
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Wow lol seriously that's all that is? Guess I expected auto brightness to be more subtle in changing not like a flicker :-( guess I just gotta live with it cause I don't think I want it set to a constant brightness.
If you disable it, then you can also use your finger and slide left and right on the notification bar to brighten or dim. Kinda cool future.
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Haha be happy! You paid extra for that feature lol --- and yeah the notification bar trick is nice...
Is it true that auto-brightness could potentially use more battery??
I'm always inside so I keep my brightness setting damn near to 10%... don't need it any brighter than that
Wow lol these little gadgets are too much thanks guys
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!
onyx00 said:
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 apologize if this violates forum rules.
ScreenDim is my (paid) app for dimming the screen beyond standard OS settings. On OLED devices, it basically does what ScreenFilter does, but I think in a rather more friendly and useful manner, including pre-sets. (On LCD devices, it's much better than ScreenFilter, as it actually dims the backlight, thereby improving contrast and battery life.)
I just finished making a beta of ScreenDim 1.10. The main new feature is Easy Mode which combines the brightness and contrast sliders into one. Currently, Easy Mode only works on Galaxy S2 (including Epic 4G Touch and other versions) and Kindle Fire. You can toggle Easy Mode with Menu | Settings | Easy Mode.
I'd be grateful for any beta test results. To the first ten people who send me useful reports, I'll give give free copies of the paid ScreenDim 1.10 once it's released, as well as free copies of my LunarMap HD and Force2SD apps, if you want them. (Alas, I don't have a gift-code setup arranged, so the free copies won't auto-upgrade.)
I would be more than happy to be your first beta tester!
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Buggy at times, when at 0% it doesn't work with volume keys --- only min: 0.0% and Max 0.1% when put down to 0.0% with volume keys...
Same applies when pressing min (highest will go to 0.1% when holding volume up and repeatedly hitting volume up...)
When screen is too low a dialogue should pop up saying if you do not confirm this brightness within 15 seconds, it will go back to your last setting...
There should be an option to disable notification icon (not invisible, just not at all) totally when using and/or not using the application.
A more detailed About/Help menu would be more useful...
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If I've helped, I am interested in free paid versions of your apps... I believe that if you send a check in the mail after the person buys the app as reimbursement would be more easier than consistently updating via email. (Not to overstep you or anything, just a suggestion.)
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App works as promised. Some screenshots attached.
Suggestions: have way to disable notification icon.
Also when not in easy mode the lowest you can go is 11.8 on both sliders. Not sure if that is design or a bug.
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Looks good, except the plus button above the brightness slider doesn't work. I'll play with it tonight and let you know how it goes.
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Nice app! Everything seems to be working, I just don't understand the "Active" action..I'm not sure what the purpose of it is.
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deedscreen said:
If I've helped, I am interested in free paid versions of your apps... I believe that if you send a check in the mail after the person buys the app as reimbursement would be more easier than consistently updating via email. (Not to overstep you or anything, just a suggestion.)
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Great idea. I can send a paypal payment. I had someone do that for me when I tested their app, and I forgot that I could do it myself.
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Looks good, except the plus button above the brightness slider doesn't work. I'll play with it tonight and let you know how it goes.
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When did you download? I think I fixed that problem around midnight last night and uploaded a version with that fixed. (But I forgot to mark a version number.)
chucky_93 said:
Nice app! Everything seems to be working, I just don't understand the "Active" action..I'm not sure what the purpose of it is.
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You mean the "Active" checkbox? That turns ScreenDim on and off.
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Suggestions: have way to disable notification icon.
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Can't be done without sacrificing reliability. Unless you do something root-ish (and I really want this app to be non-root), the only way I know of keeping an app from being killed in low-memory situations is by using Service.startForeground(), but the OS requires a notification icon when you do that.
Also when not in easy mode the lowest you can go is 11.8 on both sliders. Not sure if that is design or a bug.
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If you want, you can make the brightness slider go down to 0.4% by using the "Set minimum brightness" menu option. But you will find that below 11.8%, the brightness stops changing, so there is no point to that, and that's why I set the default minimum for the Galaxy S2 series to 11.8%.
You could make contrast go below 11.8%, but the display would probably be dimmer than anybody wants (I am about the pickiest user in terms of darkness, because I am an amateur astronomer, and I don't want the device to destroy night vision), and the display quality would be low. Unfortunately, given how OLED devices work, at low brightness levels there are much fewer colors available.
Technical stuff in case anybody is curious:
The way Easy Mode works is that 30% on the Easy Mode slider is equivalent to 11.8% on the brightness slider and 100% on the contrast slider. When you go above 30% in Easy Mode, you're increasing brightness and keeping contrast at 100%. When you go below 30% in Easy Mode, brightness stays at 11.8%, and contrast goes down, hitting 11.8% when the Easy Mode slider is at 0%.
On LCD devices, the brightness slider controls the backlight and the contrast slider controls the white level (by drawing a gray rectangle over the screen). On OLED devices, both of them have a similar visual effect, namely they both reduce the intensity of the miniature LEDs that make up an OLED display. But at low brightness levels, you have fewer color intensities available on the physical display.
Works great. I have been waiting for this so I don't have hear the wife complain that my screen is too bright at night and keeping her up.
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Loving it! I am trying to purchase the paid version but the Play Store keeps popping an error message on both phones. I guess I will have to buy it later today. Nice job!
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I just posted 1.10b (see link in original post) which fixes a few minor issues.
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You mean the "Active" checkbox? That turns ScreenDim on and off.
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Oh I see..well this app seems to be working great
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everything works really well, tested in easy mode... only issue was the " + " button didn't work the first time I pressed it, and the n I pressed " - " and they both started working again. I could not get the issue to happen again, don't know why it happened the first time.
works as expected. only problem, and perhaps this is intentional, is that if you change the brightness in the android display settings (as oppoposed to the app), then it goes back to the standard android brightness scheme. in other words, the app and android settings dont seem to correlate with eachother? lemee try to give you an example...
i go into android display settings and change it to 100%. then i go into your app and set the brightness to 0%. this dims the screen down tremendously, which is exactly what i like. okay, now if i go back into android display settings (still leaving the app still at 0% with ultra dim display), and lower the android screen brightness setting to say... 95%, the app seems to disable or something and the brightness will jump UP to android's 90%. instead of the display getting further dimmer, it instead shoots back up to almost full brightness when it should be going down. i hope that makes sense.
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works as expected. only problem, and perhaps this is intentional, is that if you change the brightness in the android display settings (as oppoposed to the app), then it goes back to the standard android brightness scheme. in other words, the app and android settings dont seem to correlate with eachother? lemee try to give you an example...
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Right, the system settings partly override ScreenDim's brightness setting. I can't lock in the settings without root.
this app rocks man, thx
I found a bunch of bugs when using "Quick activate" and loading presets and changing settings starting from a disabled state. I fixed the ones I found in 1.10c (now up), but there may be others.
I think one of the issues here is that we can adjust the color, but it isn't universal to all brightness levels. My proposition is to design an application that can dynamically adjust the color based on brightness levels. We could probably set up a base level at 10% brightness and then set up another level at 50% brightness, and finally at 100% brightness - the application would then auto adjust the color for brightness levels in between dynamically.
Would anyone want to start the development of this application with me?
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Wrong section!!!
akira02rex said:
I think one of the issues here is that we can adjust the color, but it isn't universal to all brightness levels. My proposition is to design an application that can dynamically adjust the color based on brightness levels. We could probably set up a base level at 10% brightness and then set up another level at 50% brightness, and finally at 100% brightness - the application would then auto adjust the color for brightness levels in between dynamically.
Would anyone want to start the development of this application with me?
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if u ask me this application that ur planning to do will cause some serious problems !! it'd have to check for % of brightness of the screen every few seconds when its awake causing battery drain ..and u should hav posted in q & a section since u havent really started the development all the best with it though nothings impossible
No, it must be connected with the brightness. Only every time the auto-brightness sensor (or the user) changes the brightness the new calibration should be applied.
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No, it must be connected with the brightness. Only every time the auto-brightness sensor (or the user) changes the brightness the new calibration should be applied.
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Correct. It would be tied with the brightness control. I'm thinking it should be tied to CMs own existing automatic brightness settings but allow an extension for color control.
And no this is the right section. since when do I have to physically build something before I'm allowed to post in here? Applications are developed from discussion to final product...
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Well the title appears as an app in development when in reality it is just a question.
LibertyMonger said:
Well the title appears as an app in development when in reality it is just a question.
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If no one would like to contribute then go ahead and delete this. Thanks.
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akira02rex said:
If no one would like to contribute then go ahead and delete this. Thanks.
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great idea. Never done any android dev before but Welling to help and get up to speed
Whenever I use S Note, the brightness always seems to go up and I can't change it, anyone know how to adjust it.?
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Same here. Really annoying. For now I'm using an app called screen filter to dim the screen when using s note in the evenings. Sammy should fix this though.
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Mine starts with reduced intensity, if I selected reduced intensity as a general setting. Do you use (intensity) auto-settings of any kind in the general / Touchwiz settings? Or reading mode?
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Mine starts with reduced intensity, if I selected reduced intensity as a general setting. Do you use (intensity) auto-settings of any kind in the general / Touchwiz settings? Or reading mode?
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That is actually a great suggestion. It does not switch to full brightness when system auto brightness is disabled.
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uiterlix said:
That is actually a great suggestion. It does not switch to full brightness when system auto brightness is disabled
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I always disable those 'helpful' features. Just include the brightness control in your status bar, set Adapt display to off, Screen mode to "Movie", switch off Reading mode, all Smart screen features to "off" etc. (unless you prefer otherwise)
I still get a very bright screen that doesn't respond to the brightness slider. Any fix for this or are all users of S Note using it at this brightness?
I use Lux Auto Brightness (there is also a free version), to overwrite Samsung control. It allows different settings for different apps.
Thanks. Will check that out.
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kempas said:
I still get a very bright screen that doesn't respond to the brightness slider. Any fix for this or are all users of S Note using it at this brightness?
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I think it works only if you turn off automatic brightness first and then start Snote
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I use Lux Auto Brightness (there is also a free version), to overwrite Samsung control. It allows different settings for different apps.
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Tried the free version, bought the pad version. Works great and solves the problem.
Turn off auto brightness.
kempas said:
I still get a very bright screen that doesn't respond to the brightness slider. Any fix for this or are all users of S Note using it at this brightness?
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I had same issue. First I turned off auto brightness before starting s note. Adjust brightness, then run s note should keep the brightness the same.
It help the situation but not a permanent solution. Hope Samsung can fix it ASAP.