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How does the autobrightness function? IE Normally.

I've noticed with my GNEX that it seems like all of the sudden it won't auto dim. When I unlock the device it will brighten if needed, however if I walk into a dimmer area it will not auto dim. Is this the normal behavior for the light sensor?
I'm used to my Xperia Play which would constantly adjust the screen up and down.

My auto-brightness setting sets the screen brightness lower than the lowest actual brightness setting regardless of whether I'm in light or dark.
There's a fix for it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377410&highlight=auto+screen+brightness
I haven't tested that out though.

Kinbote said:
My auto-brightness setting sets the screen brightness lower than the lowest actual brightness setting regardless of whether I'm in light or dark.
There's a fix for it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377410&highlight=auto+screen+brightness
I haven't tested that out though.
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Yea I was worried maybe the brightness sensor was not working since. Turns out my wife's droid 2 with CM7 acts the same way. Lowest setting until you unlock at which time it only increases the brightness, never decreasing.

Are there any hacks to change the rules for auto brightness?

My tablet when on auto brightness becomes very dark in unlit rooms and I can barely see it videos or detail.
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Mod to adjust auto brightness
6Flip9 said:
My tablet when on auto brightness becomes very dark in unlit rooms and I can barely see it videos or detail.
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I am not sure if this works with stock roms, but if you install PhilZ touch recovery from the thread... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2367151
You have options in the advanced menu to change the response time for auto brightness. The default is 1 minute, you will need to tap about 4 times to get it down to 0, as it counts up to 5.
Which sped up the delay from going from one extreme to the other in ambient lighting.
If you install his custom roms you also get options to adjust the brightness intensity in 5 steps while auto brightness is on. I found this out after some time messing with my settings.

6Flip9 said:
My tablet when on auto brightness becomes very dark in unlit rooms and I can barely see it videos or detail.
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Lux Auto Brightness - perfect app for brightness tuning - you can set you own profile - matching desired screen brightness to sensor reading, and the process is very easy.
Short info, taken from app description:
Lux isn't your ordinary brightness app. It intelligently adjusts the brightness of your display based on the environment you're in. If, for example, you step into a dimly lit room, Lux will automatically lower the brightness of your display to make it not only comfortable to read, but to also preserve battery power.
Lux provides the option to automatically adjust the backlight at fixed intervals (periodic mode), when a change in environment is detected (dynamic mode), or when the phone wakes from sleep. It's also possible to adjust the backlight manually. Simply disable automatic mode and you can use it like a traditional brightness tool!
Perhaps the best thing about Lux is that you can teach it how to behave. If the backlight is too bright or dim for your liking, simply open the provided Dashboard, adjust the brightness slider to the level you desire, then hold the link button. Lux will use this new 'link' as a reference in future.

lux and velis both work. i paid for both, but i prefer lux.

[Q] Battery life w/ Auto Brightness On vs. Off

I have Ambient Mode set to off which has been stated to save battery life. I was also wondering if anyone has noticed a difference in battery life while having auto brightness turned on vs off?

ericdmiller said:
I have Ambient Mode set to off which has been stated to save battery life. I was also wondering if anyone has noticed a difference in battery life while having auto brightness turned on vs off?
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I am going with both ambient screen on and ambient mode on today. Yesterday I had both off and had ~6.3% per hour decrease using it. Today with both on, 10hrs into my day it's ~7.2% per hour discharge. I got about as much calls and texts and emails and disconnects when I walk up front or other side of the building in my office.
So far ~.9% difference with both ambient screen and ambient mode on. I'll test with ambient screen on and ambient mode on the watch to level 1 to see if there's any difference tomorrow.

kpjimmy said:
I am going with both ambient screen on and ambient mode on today. Yesterday I had both off and had ~6.3% per hour decrease using it. Today with both on, 10hrs into my day it's ~7.2% per hour discharge. I got about as much calls and texts and emails and disconnects when I walk up front or other side of the building in my office.
So far ~.9% difference with both ambient screen and ambient mode on. I'll test with ambient screen on and ambient mode on the watch to level 1 to see if there's any difference tomorrow.
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What's the difference between ambient mode and auto brightness mode? Ambient mode just keeps the display on most of the time?

ericdmiller said:
What's the difference between ambient mode and auto brightness mode? Ambient mode just keeps the display on most of the time?
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Ambient mode is what I refer to is the setting on the watch for auto brightness. When the watch is awake, the watch determines on how bright the display should be according to the light sensor on the watch. I normally turn my brightness to level one on my g watch and I lasted 14 hrs easy.

kpjimmy said:
Ambient mode is what I refer to is the setting on the watch for auto brightness. When the watch is awake, the watch determines on how bright the display should be according to the light sensor on the watch. I normally turn my brightness to level one on my g watch and I lasted 14 hrs easy.
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Are you aware there's an Auto Brightness setting as well? Trying to determine what the difference is between the two.

ericdmiller said:
Are you aware there's an Auto Brightness setting as well? Trying to determine what the difference is between the two.
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The term "ambient setting" on the phone? That's pretty much the same as the "screen on" setting when I had the g watch. Actually it was actually the same setting on the Moto prior to updating to 4.4w.1.
The "auto brightness" is the where the light sensor on the watch is used. The difference is that the autobrightness will use the sensor where if you choose one of the other levels, from my understanding, will then not use the light sensor and the "Ambient" setting is just another fancy way of saying dimmed rather than off.

Sometimes display is extremely dim.

Sometimes when I'm in a dimmer area, my display will be so dim I can hardly see it. This doesn't happen in brighter areas.
For reference, it is far far dimmer than brightness setting 1. I have the watch set to auto brightness and ambient off.
Anyone else seeing this?

Yeah, it seems that the 360's auto brightness setting is (at least sometimes) pretty aggressive in low light conditions.

Same here, and I hate that. I always have to go into the settings when the room light is dim, and switch off auto brightness and change to the 1 setting.

jt3 said:
Yeah, it seems that the 360's auto brightness setting is (at least sometimes) pretty aggressive in low light conditions.
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I'm almost positive it's a bug, the low brightness of 1 isn't too bright for very dark situations and the dimmed mode is simply too dim.
I'm pretty sure auto-brightness should turn on at level 1 (if it's dark) and then go to the ultra-dimmed mode before the screen times-out just like in normal brightness.
I don't think I've seen this bug happen in the daytime though, so it does seem like a bug at brightness level 1 only

Any solution to this problem? Drives me crazy.
Thanks

Smart Brightness for Moto 360
Try Smart Brightness for Moto 360. This application allows to set auto brightness with a minimum brightness to avoid a dimm screen on dark situations.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.makinke.smartbrightness

Auto Display goes to really dim setting sometimes

I leave my phone set for Adaptive Brightness.
First, it's annoying that setting the manual brightness to max and then turning on Adaptive Brightness means that I can't achieve super dim display in dark.
Anyhow, so I leave my phone set to Adaptive Brightness all the time.
And it usually adjusts my display bright or dim(ish) as needed.
Then randomly it'll just go to the absolute dimmest setting and stay there even after a reboot.
I have to toggle Adaptive Brightness off and back on again.
Anyone else seeing this behavior?
I think it's time to give Lux Brightness app another shot.
Hopefully they've worked out the bugs since the last time I used it.

CZ Eddie said:
I leave my phone set for Adaptive Brightness.
First, it's annoying that setting the manual brightness to max and then turning on Adaptive Brightness means that I can't achieve super dim display in dark.
Anyhow, so I leave my phone set to Adaptive Brightness all the time.
And it usually adjusts my display bright or dim(ish) as needed.
Then randomly it'll just go to the absolute dimmest setting and stay there even after a reboot.
I have to toggle Adaptive Brightness off and back on again.
Anyone else seeing this behavior?
I think it's time to give Lux Brightness app another shot.
Hopefully they've worked out the bugs since the last time I used it.
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I've not had any issues with mine, do you have a tempered glass screen protector that covers the sensor on the front of the phone? It may be detracting light confusing the sensor.

Nope, no covers. Nekid phone here.