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I'm sure as you know the major drawback of the Desire is the screen's total invisibility in sunlight. Is there anything I can do to improve this?
Ta.
Joe
Only use it at night.....
Or turn the brightness up.
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I'm sure as you know the major drawback of the Desire is the screen's total invisibility in sunlight. Is there anything I can do to improve this?
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It's clearly visible to me in direct sunlight on a clear, sunny, 28 degrees C day above 67% brightness. I used it for navigation in car in such a state for 3 hours. But... my eyesight is still working sharp in both eyes.
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Joefried said:
I'm sure as you know the major drawback of the Desire is the screen's total invisibility in sunlight. Is there anything I can do to improve this?
Ta.
Joe
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I know the Desire screen don't have any problem in daylight.
If you can't see the screen in daylight use auto-brightness instead of low brightness so you can see the screen
I don't have a problem with my desire in the sun, it very visible. Try seting the brightness to auto.
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Crack da' brightness!
I pulled my battery the second day I had my desire, I thought it had crashed but I just couldn't see the screen.
While the Desire's screen isn't great in daylight, it's never been so bad that I've been unable to type, make calls etc.
Watching a film or playing a game in broad daylight wouldn't be much fun, but as far as normal usage goes on sunny days, I've had no real problems.
The auto brightness feature isn't completely reliable in my experience. You could always use a brightness widget to set 100% brightness for outdoor use.
Maybe my eyesight is really bad... how do you turn on Auto brightness?
Joe
Menu, Settings, Sound and Display, Brightness, check the box.
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I have to agree with the OP - the screen is useless in bright daylight. It's my number one annoyance at the moment...
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I have to agree with the OP - the screen is useless in bright daylight. It's my number one annoyance at the moment...
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Maybe you don't have auto-brightness enabled or have a very low brightness - and yes, with little brightness you can't see a thing.
But i live in a very very sunny country, and with auto-brightness i don't have any problem with the Desire screen.
I don't have any problems with screen brightness on my desire. I leave it on auto and can sweetie perfectly well when outside too
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I've found an anti-glare screen protector helps outdoors. I'm still not sure I like how it makes the screen look though.
Are there different screens out there : ???: I purposely used this phone in direct very hot sunlight and I could clearly see all that I needed to see... perhaps you have dodgy sunlight up your way?
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setspeed said:
I have to agree with the OP - the screen is useless in bright daylight. It's my number one annoyance at the moment...
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I would suggest some kind of head torch.
It must be very dull where some of you live. The screen is not good in full sun.
And yes, I know how to turn the brightness to max.
After I turned on auto brightness, I found I didn't have an issue
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i think it depends on your screen protector.
I think the users complaining mean this problem: http://images.anandtech.com/doci/3764/3430-9329.jpg (lower left screen)
And if you're in that situation with very strong, direct sunlight then your screen brightness is still below 25%.
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I use the stock "power control" widget which is consisting of 5 different switchers including brightness to maximize brightness level when under daylight. However, when you use this, auto-brightness will no longer be in use (to enable it back you have to go to the settings manually). Alternatively, i use a 3rd party app called "brightness profiles" that is available in the market. With this app, I can use auto function whenever i want thanks to its shortcut (a nice widget) on my home screen, as well as various pre-determined brightness levels; low-normal-high-max, etc. You can add more profiles to existing three as default and customize them as per your desire i.e. adjust level and rename profiles. However, the main disadvantage of this nice prog is; when you use it in the lowest level profile, then switched from it to "auto", then -after a while- when you need to use it in max just because of you are under the sunlight, as soon as you unmark "auto" checkbox in the app window it will go to the lowest level since you have used it most recently. in this case, you just need to set to normal before activating "auto" via this app, at least until its dev solve this issue. Anyways, it is worth to give a try.
Has anyone noticed that their auto brightness is kind of broken after upgrading to JB? For example, if I'm in a really bright area and go into dark, the screen does not dim itself, however this can be fixed by going into settings and un-checking and checking the auto brightness box.
Obviously this is pretty annoying... Is there a fix for this?
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Has anyone noticed that their auto brightness is kind of broken after upgrading to JB? For example, if I'm in a really bright area and go into dark, the screen does not dim itself, however this can be fixed by going into settings and un-checking and checking the auto brightness box.
Obviously this is pretty annoying... Is there a fix for this?
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I've noticed the same. It stays bright a lot of the time in dark places. I haven't noticed it staying dim in sunlight though.
To me, the way it was before seemed broken. It would constantly change its brightness level. This was effected by the light reflected off clothing, etc
I love it now
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To me, the way it was before seemed broken. It would constantly change its brightness level. This was effected by the light reflected off clothing, etc
I love it now
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You seem to have very good taste in clothing....
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You seem to have very good taste in clothing....
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He he good one
But I Dont find any issue with it either. In fact, if you dig in, you'll find the process consumes 30% lesser battery than before ie. Screen + sensor timing and refresh for both...
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CoronaDelux said:
Has anyone noticed that their auto brightness is kind of broken after upgrading to JB? For example, if I'm in a really bright area and go into dark, the screen does not dim itself, however this can be fixed by going into settings and un-checking and checking the auto brightness box.
Obviously this is pretty annoying... Is there a fix for this?
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I'm actually pretty sure this is the default behaviour for ICS as well its only 3rd party roms that added in the ability to auto dim as well as auto bright the stock way is it only goes dimmer if the screen turns off and back on other wise it stays at the maximum brightness
Sometimes if I'm using the widget to move from full to auto brightness and tap very fast, it'll sit at full brightness. If I toggle slower its fine. Definitely some bug there.
I think auto brightness is much better in 4.1.1. Before it was far too dim, now it seems just right in all conditions.
I'm using the app "Lux Auto Brightness" and it couldn't be doing a better job.
Definitely check it out if you're unhappy like I was with the stock auto-brightness
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that has been the default behaviour from ages for stock goole rom:
the autobrightness only can increase...it doesn't decrease, unless u lock and ulock the phone or check and uncheck autobrightness
that the intended behaviour google want..the brightness get increased, but not decrease..
So you're saying that the auto feature in 4.0.4 was broken then?
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So you're saying that the auto feature in 4.0.4 was broken then?
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i said that the intented behaviour..yes also on 4.0.4.. maybe google have a valid reason for doing that
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So you're saying that the auto feature in 4.0.4 was broken then?
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Yes, it delayed the lock screen and when I set my phone down under a bright lamp and it woke up hours later in pure darkness, it might soft reset.
happens to me as well on stock 4.1.1. if I'm in a dark room and put the phone under a lamp or something, the brightness goes up instantly, but it never comes down until I lock/unlock the screen again.
in fact most of the time I think the thing is too bright (but that may be because I come from a nexus one always on the lowest setting since the autobrightness there didnt really work well).
it's a minor annoyance definitely
Same Problem with Note2!
Hi guys,
found this thread during my search for this brightness issue. My Galaxy Note 2 has the same strange behavior. But I figured out something: when I lay down the device to a table or bring it to 0 degrees in my hand, automatic brightness it's decreasing perfectly! Can you confirm this behaviour at your nexus? I guess it's a kind of strange Samsung " feature", maybe?
Thanks, Michael
Ahoy, I was also researching my auto brightness issues when I found this thread. I can confirm the behavior from the previous post on my SGS2 on Jelly Bean 4.1.2.
If the phone is in vertical position and I do the lamp test, it will stay on maximum brightness no matter what, but in horizontal position dimming works perfectly.
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zytrel.
Just curious if anyone else is having this issue.
I have the box checked, but I found myself manually adjusting, thinking it just wasn't very sensitive. I turned on auto brightness, moved the slider all the way to dim, went out to the sunlight, and it had no effect. Unchecked, and rechecked the box, restated the phone, did the opposite in a dark room... No effect.
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davidusr said:
Just curious if anyone else is having this issue.
I have the box checked, but I found myself manually adjusting, thinking it just wasn't very sensitive. I turned on auto brightness, moved the slider all the way to dim, went out to the sunlight, and it had no effect. Unchecked, and rechecked the box, restated the phone, did the opposite in a dark room... No effect.
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I believe the slider sets the maximum brightness. So when you go out in the sunlight the spot where you placed it is the brightest it will get.
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I believe the slider sets the maximum brightness. So when you go out in the sunlight the spot where you placed it is the brightest it will get.
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I thought that also... But when I had the slider at full bright, with auto turned on, in a pitch black room, it should have dimmed, correct?
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Looks like my phone might be doing the same thing... I'm wondering if I should swap my phone out before it's too late to exchange it for an S4.
+1 in the same boat
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I thought that also... But when I had the slider at full bright, with auto turned on, in a pitch black room, it should have dimmed, correct?
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Yeah, you're right. Do you have a screen protector on that might be interfering with the ambient light sensor, by any chance?
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Yeah, you're right. Do you have a screen protector on that might be interfering with the ambient light sensor, by any chance?
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Butt naked! No case, nothing... I see I'm not alone though.
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Butt naked! No case, nothing... I see I'm not alone though.
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Same here must be a bug. But I don't use that function so no biggie for me.
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Same here must be a bug. But I don't use that function so no biggie for me.
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Seems to work with a third party app so I think its software related
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I don't think it's a bug. The auto brightness on some LG phones doesn't work like the rest of Android phones. On some LG phones, you set the brightness to a certain level and the auto brightness will work around that particular level.
Say you have it at 75% brightness and auto brightness on, the level will go up to maybe about 85% while outdoors and maybe to about 65% in a dim room. Set it at 35% brightness with auto brightness on, the level goes up to 45% in a bright area and 25% in a dark area. That's how my old iPhone 4 used to work.
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I don't think it's a bug. The auto brightness on some LG phones doesn't work like the rest of Android phones. On some LG phones, you set the brightness to a certain level and the auto brightness will work around that particular level.
Say you have it at 75% brightness and auto brightness on, the level will go up to maybe about 85% while outdoors and maybe to about 65% in a dim room. Set it at 35% brightness with auto brightness on, the level goes up to 45% in a bright area and 25% in a dark area. That's how my old iPhone 4 used to work.
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The way you described the functionality is what I have witnessed mine doing. I had to play around with it for a few days before I figured out what it was doing. No matter which level of brightness I set, auto brightness will adjust up and down from there based on ambient lighting. I do like having this option since it basically lets you further tweak the auto brightness to a comfortable level. On my other phones, a lot of the times the auto brightness was either to bright or too dark compared to what I would have preferred.
I thought there was something wrong with the auto brightness on mine as well. I have it on 70% auto bright set and it never seems to change. I have a screen protector but it has cutouts around the camera and other sensors and ear piece so I knew it wasn't that and I also tested it prior to putting the screen protector on.
Seems odd that LG would go a different route on what auto brightness is compared to the rest of the Android OEM's. sort of defeats the purpose but perhaps that is why we have to keep the setting so high to begin with.
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I thought there was something wrong with the auto brightness on mine as well. I have it on 70% auto bright set and it never seems to change. I have a screen protector but it has cutouts around the camera and other sensors and ear piece so I knew it wasn't that and I also tested it prior to putting the screen protector on.
Seems odd that LG would go a different route on what auto brightness is compared to the rest of the Android OEM's. sort of defeats the purpose but perhaps that is why we have to keep the setting so high to begin with.
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I got mine to work. Its kinda strange. I was playing around and I shot a video as I played the video back I hit the menus button and there is a setting for auto dimming so I check it and my phone dimmed so then I checked to see if my main auto brightness would work so I went into settings and checked auto bright there too and the screen dimmed. Havent been outside yet but before this the setting did nothing see if you guys can get it to work on yours.
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I got mine to work. Its kinda strange. I was playing around and I shot a video as I played the video back I hit the menus button and there is a setting for auto dimming so I check it and my phone dimmed so then I checked to see if my main auto brightness would work so I went into settings and checked auto bright there too and the screen dimmed. Havent been outside yet but before this the setting did nothing see if you guys can get it to work on yours.
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mine too, the 'auto brightness' seem doesn't work properly, just got dimmed, but not working as well as other phones's auto brightness did
Sharpshooterrr said:
I don't think it's a bug. The auto brightness on some LG phones doesn't work like the rest of Android phones. On some LG phones, you set the brightness to a certain level and the auto brightness will work around that particular level.
Say you have it at 75% brightness and auto brightness on, the level will go up to maybe about 85% while outdoors and maybe to about 65% in a dim room. Set it at 35% brightness with auto brightness on, the level goes up to 45% in a bright area and 25% in a dark area. That's how my old iPhone 4 used to work.
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Yes, autobrightness on LG works this way since ICS was rolled out for LG Nitro. At 100% even with autobrightness screen will not dim, and at 0% level with or w/o autobrightness screen will not light up.
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Seems odd that LG would go a different route on what auto brightness is compared to the rest of the Android OEM's. sort of defeats the purpose but perhaps that is why we have to keep the setting so high to begin with.
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No, it's right way because brightness sensor works different than human eye and like was said here other phones usually set brightness too dim or too bright using that sensor.
I also think the work Auto Brightness is on the phone E980 strange ... I do not see any change in brightness depending on the ambient light ... Not like all the other android phones
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Yes, autobrightness on LG works this way since ICS was rolled out for LG Nitro. At 100% even with autobrightness screen will not dim, and at 0% level with or w/o autobrightness screen will not light up.
No, it's right way because brightness sensor works different than human eye and like was said here other phones usually set brightness too dim or too bright using that sensor.
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If that is the case, why is there no effect of ambient light on the screen??? The brightness remains the same whatever be the light condition.
I thought my phone had the same issue as everyone else but noticed this weekend when I stepped into a very bright area my screen automatically adjusted the brightness to a higher setting.
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now works correctly in this firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419802
Mine has worked from day one and better than my GnoteII I upgraded from... As others have said, it's configured around the amount of brightness you originally set it to.
where is the light sensor of the OGPro located...?
Can someone please set your screen brightness to low and see if it flickers. I picked mine up today from BB and while on auto in a dim area it started flickering. If I turn up the brightness it will go away. I just wanted to see if mine was the only one. Thanks.
Does it do it if it's on manual brightness at lowest setting? It's not dim enough (ambient light) where I am right now for auto to put the brightness too low, but I put it to manual all the way down, and I don't think it's flickering. Will test again later auto and manual when I can find a dark room.
It started while it was on auto. I turned auto off and due to where the selection was it was still flickering but now that I have increased brightness it is not doing it. I can recreate the problem though by going dim manually.
I just tried to set mine on lowest using manual and I see no flickering. You might have a bad unit.
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Yes, I would be interested to know if the same screen flicker plagues this version as the original when it first came out.
No flickering here!
none here
No flickering. Best buy is good with exchanges. Exchanged mine yesterday without a problem
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Anyone else getting an auto dim of the screen randomly? I have a T-Mobile HTC 10 which is apparently 2 versions behind the unlocked models and I'm getting a weird issue where my screen does not have auto brightness enabled and the brightness is near max, yet the screen will randomly auto dim pretty dark but the brightness settings haven't changed. I am planning on changing my T-Mobile version into the US Unlocked model (software wise) to see if this helps...
Yes. Have seen this as well. Annoying when trying to take pictures, and the screen suddenly auto dims. ATT on BadBoyz.
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meatlocker said:
Yes. Have seen this as well. Annoying when trying to take pictures, and the screen suddenly auto dims. ATT on BadBoyz.
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It's been happening to me as well.
Did you guys solve that? I am having the same issue. Although it only happened after my battery went grey and showed an exclamation point for no reason. I reboot and it started doing that especially in chrome
Mine does the same thing. I'm on the latest US unlocked. Kind of annoying.
Well my easy solution is turn auto brightness off I mean really 90% us here can operate our phones with eyes closed so having to adjust a screen brightness even when u can't see screen is easy I do it daily I mean I found half way be a happy med I can go outside in sun see just a lil kinda makes more private lol
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Well my easy solution is turn auto brightness off I mean really 90% us here can operate our phones with eyes closed so having to adjust a screen brightness even when u can't see screen is easy I do it daily I mean I found half way be a happy med I can go outside in sun see just a lil kinda makes more private lol
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The problem is the screen auto-dimming on its own, nothing to do with manually changing the brightness level
Im on viper I have all power save off and all auto brightness or anything to do with screen that's auto off I have had any issues now that being said... When I uses a force doze app it will go really bright when it turns sensor back on then right back to my manual setting but this only happens when using force doze app