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Hi guys,
Does anyone's screen tone change markedly when they take their tab out into the bright sunlight? The screen tone seems to change completely to a more washed out picture. You can actually see the screen change as you move from a lower light into a bright sunlight.
I notice that this only happens when the screen brightness is set to "auto". If you toggle auto on/off in the bright sunlight you can see the screen tone change.
Has anyone else noticed this? Is there any way of changing this behaviour on "auto brightness"? I like to leave my screen on auto brightness but not if the screen washes out...
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Most likely it`s the Adaptive display set to Auto, you can manualy make your own selection in settings/device/display/screen mode.
Also try the auto adjust screen tone in the same screen mode section.
John.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
Most likely it`s the Adaptive display set to Auto, you can manualy make your own selection in settings/device/display/screen mode.
Also try the auto adjust screen tone in the same screen mode section.
John.
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It happens irrespective of the screen mode (adaptive, basic etc)
It only happens when I'm outside in bright sunlight and display brightness is set to auto. If I turn off auto and set brightness to max it looks normal.
Have you seen this behaviour?
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I dont use my 10.5" outdoors, phones/tablets are hard to see the screen outdoors so i dont bother, just answer calls on my phone nothing else.
You Tab will eat the battery outdoors as it will have the brightness set to 100% so you can see the display, try and find some cover/shade before using it.
John.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
I dont use my 10.5" outdoors, phones/tablets are hard to see the screen outdoors so i dont bother, just answer calls on my phone nothing else.
You Tab will eat the battery outdoors as it will have the brightness set to 100% so you can see the display, try and find some cover/shade before using it.
John.
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I appreciate that you don't use your tablet outdoors and I also appreciate the advice on changing my lifestyle to suit my tablet use but I live in a country where we spend the majority of our days outside near pools in bright sunlight and I'd like to use my tablet in these conditions without losing screen quality & colours. I'm well aware the screen will consume more juice but that's why I've got a portable usb battery charger.
I am just asking if anyone else has noticed this behaviour...
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gyrex said:
Hi guys,
Does anyone's screen tone change markedly when they take their tab out into the bright sunlight? The screen tone seems to change completely to a more washed out picture. You can actually see the screen change as you move from a lower light into a bright sunlight.
I notice that this only happens when the screen brightness is set to "auto". If you toggle auto on/off in the bright sunlight you can see the screen tone change.
Has anyone else noticed this? Is there any way of changing this behaviour on "auto brightness"? I like to leave my screen on auto brightness but not if the screen washes out...
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I have seen this! Yes the colors are werid in sunlight. Its not what you normally see. This happens because of how samsung wants the screen to be visible in direct sunlight. Its like the max brightness amoled can go on auto. Meanwhile if you set it manually to the highest brightness, the colors are normal. Its a feature from samsung in which why it looks werid in direct sunlight on auto.
(Most amoled devices have this too like the S6. Putting the device in direct sunlight with auto brightness enabled maxes out the colors and brightness to live with the claim of how samsung says it can be seen in direct sunlight.)
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DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
I have seen this! Yes the colors are werid in sunlight. Its not what you normally see. This happens because of how samsung wants the screen to be visible in direct sunlight. Its like the max brightness amoled can go on auto. Meanwhile if you set it manually to the highest brightness, the colors are normal. Its a feature from samsung in which why it looks werid in direct sunlight on auto.
(Most amoled devices have this too like the S6. Putting the device in direct sunlight with auto brightness enabled maxes out the colors and brightness to live with the claim of how samsung says it can be seen in direct sunlight.)
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Thank you! I thought this may have been the case... I really don't like the colour representation and tone. Good to know I can change it manually by turning off auto brightness.
Thanks for your response!
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Have you tried using a third-party brightness app, something like Lux, it might override Samsung`s outdoor sun mode or whatever.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitocassisi.luxlite&hl=en
John.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
Have you tried using a third-party brightness app, something like Lux, it might override Samsung`s outdoor sun mode or whatever.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitocassisi.luxlite&hl=en
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Lux breaks root. It's not compatible with supersu.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
Have you tried using a third-party brightness app, something like Lux, it might override Samsung`s outdoor sun mode or whatever.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitocassisi.luxlite&hl=en
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I'll just turn off auto brightness to disable the strange colour effect
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This is my first AMOLED screen phone and something I think I may be noticing that maybe you guys can help confirm or deny about AMOLEDs vs LCDs, is that at night when turning the brightness down (way down, like -50 in the Lux Dash app as an example) results in getting the screen to a point where not bright enough to hurt your eyes at all but the blacks are too dark. So there's no real ideal brightness setting in a dark room that equals no eye pain but still allows you to able to see everything on the screen. Or are my eyes just too sensitive and most other people don't need to turn it down as much as I do and therefore don't have this problem?
You tried night mode
Lux is garbage. Factory adaptive brightness and still being able to use the brightness slider to allow on-the-fly adjustments is far superior - it works perfectly on this phone. And in a pitch black room, with adaptive brightness, setting the slider from 0-25% results in an extremely dim screen (1-2 nits) will information still perfectly viewable. Blacks may have uniformity issues, but that is the nature of OLED panels since it is extremely hard to control voltage at near-black levels when the brightness is extremely low.
s1dest3pnate said:
This is my first AMOLED screen phone and something I think I may be noticing that maybe you guys can help confirm or deny about AMOLEDs vs LCDs, is that at night when turning the brightness down (way down, like -50 in the Lux Dash app as an example) results in getting the screen to a point where not bright enough to hurt your eyes at all but the blacks are too dark. So there's no real ideal brightness setting in a dark room that equals no eye pain but still allows you to able to see everything on the screen. Or are my eyes just too sensitive and most other people don't need to turn it down as much as I do and therefore don't have this problem?
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Amoled displays, when used with automatic brightness adjustment, have a small problem - when you are viewing them in the dark, they appear too dark. Their contrast ratio is infinity, which means that dark colors are basically zero luminosity or close to zero. A lot of internet imagery is calibrated for lcd displays, so when you lower your phone brightness to make the brightest parts viewable on an amoled display, the dark colors become too dark and blend together. This is especially true when you are viewing a screen in a dark environment. There's nothing you can do but increase device brightness by hand when you are using automatic brightness adjustment and viewing in the dark,
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Lux is garbage. Factory adaptive brightness and still being able to use the brightness slider to allow on-the-fly adjustments is far superior - it works perfectly on this phone. And in a pitch black room, with adaptive brightness, setting the slider from 0-25% results in an extremely dim screen (1-2 nits) will information still perfectly viewable. Blacks may have uniformity issues, but that is the nature of OLED panels since it is extremely hard to control voltage at near-black levels when the brightness is extremely low.
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You do realize that Adaptive Brightness simply changes the brightness of the screen in response to the light sensor reading?
In other words, the phone doesn't care about your preference - it will change the brightness to preset levels.
On Samsung phones, this situation is far more intelligent. The phone still uses the light sensor to adjust the brightness, but the phone also applies a user preset to augment the brightness - when you slide the brightness slider up, the phone will make auto brightness adjustment higher, and vise versa.
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You do realize that Adaptive Brightness simply changes the brightness of the screen in response to the light sensor reading?
In other words, the phone doesn't care about your preference - it will change the brightness to preset levels.
On Samsung phones, this situation is far more intelligent. The phone still uses the light sensor to adjust the brightness, but the phone also applies a user preset to augment the brightness - when you slide the brightness slider up, the phone will make auto brightness adjustment higher, and vise versa.
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WHAT? You have it totally backwards. Stock Android, including the Pixel, uses user input to augment the auto light sensor brightness when adaptive brightness is enabled. If my phone thinks 50% brightness is appropriate, but my slider is set to 100, it will choose something like 75% brightness instead. If I drop the slider to 0% in the same instance, it might choose 25% instead. The user preference will ALWAYS be impacting auto brightness.
Samsung phones, unless it changed with Nougat, rely strictly on what the phone thinks is best for auto brightness. The user can adjust the slider with auto brightness on, but the slider is a direct adjustment 0-100% of the true brightness level, and the slider will change automatically when there is a large shift in ambient light after the display has been turned off at least once. User preference does NOT impact auto brightness unless you set it at that specific moment.
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WHAT? You have it totally backwards. Stock Android, including the Pixel, uses user input to augment the auto light sensor brightness when adaptive brightness is enabled. If my phone thinks 50% brightness is appropriate, but my slider is set to 100, it will choose something like 75% brightness instead. If I drop the slider to 0% in the same instance, it might choose 25% instead. The user preference will ALWAYS be impacting auto brightness.
Samsung phones, unless it changed with Nougat, rely strictly on what the phone thinks is best for auto brightness. The user can adjust the slider with auto brightness on, but the slider is a direct adjustment 0-100% of the true brightness level, and the slider will change automatically when there is a large shift in ambient light after the display has been turned off at least once. User preference does NOT impact auto brightness unless you set it at that specific moment.
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Girl, are you kidding me? I just returned a Note 7 for Pixel XL. What were your phones?
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Amoled displays, when used with automatic brightness adjustment, have a small problem - when you are viewing them in the dark, they appear too dark. Their contrast ratio is infinity, which means that dark colors are basically zero luminosity or close to zero. A lot of internet imagery is calibrated for lcd displays, so when you lower your phone brightness to make the brightest parts viewable on an amoled display, the dark colors become too dark and blend together. This is especially true when you are viewing a screen in a dark environment. There's nothing you can do but increase device brightness by hand when you are using automatic brightness adjustment and viewing in the dark,
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You do realize that Adaptive Brightness simply changes the brightness of the screen in response to the light sensor reading?
In other words, the phone doesn't care about your preference - it will change the brightness to preset levels.
On Samsung phones, this situation is far more intelligent. The phone still uses the light sensor to adjust the brightness, but the phone also applies a user preset to augment the brightness - when you slide the brightness slider up, the phone will make auto brightness adjustment higher, and vise versa.
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Girl, are you kidding me? I just returned a Note 7 for Pixel XL. What were your phones?
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I have a Note7, Pixel XL, and LG V20. Google how adaptive brightness works. There won't be a single article that matches how you say it works.
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I have a Note7, Pixel XL, and LG V20. Google how adaptive brightness works. There won't be a single article that matches how you say it works.
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Give me evidence. I don't care what your hypothetical "articles" say, I had the actual phones and played with their brightness settings.
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Give me evidence. I don't care what your hypothetical "articles" say, I had the actual phones and played with their brightness settings.
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If you seriously can't tell how adaptive brightness works just by using it as compared to Samsung and LG, I don't know what to tell you. It's pretty damn obvious. If I'm the kind of person who prefers a bright screen, I can set adaptive brightness to 100% and it will always be bright, but stay relative to the ambient lighting. If it's a dim room, the screen will be bright, but nowhere near 100% manual brightness. It only hits 100% manual brightness when under bright light like the sun.
Samsung's auto brightness is still very cookie cutter. If you put 2 Samsung phones side by side with auto brightness on, they will always be the same no matter the ambient light. If I take 2 Pixels, both set to adaptive, and put one on 25% and one in 75%, they will always maintain a brightness difference even when ambient light changes. Samsung phones do not maintain user preferences once the ambient light level changes. I almost never have to adjust my Pixel. I always have to adjust my Note7 because I prefer a slightly brighter screen.
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If you seriously can't tell how adaptive brightness works just by using it as compared to Samsung and LG, I don't know what to tell you. It's pretty damn obvious. If I'm the kind of person who prefers a bright screen, I can set adaptive brightness to 100% and it will always be bright, but stay relative to the ambient lighting. If it's a dim room, the screen will be bright, but nowhere near 100% manual brightness. It only hits 100% manual brightness when under bright light like the sun.
Samsung's auto brightness is still very cookie cutter. If you put 2 Samsung phones side by side with auto brightness on, they will always be the same no matter the ambient light. If I take 2 Pixels, both set to adaptive, and put one on 25% and one in 75%, they will always maintain a brightness difference even when ambient light changes. Samsung phones do not maintain user preferences once the ambient light level changes. I almost never have to adjust my Pixel. I always have to adjust my Note7 because I prefer a slightly brighter screen.
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What you are saying is EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE of my experience with Note 7 and Pixel XL. I NEVER had to adjust my Note 7 brightness once I set it.
I find myself constantly adjusting Pixel XL brightness setting.
Maybe they both have "adaptive brightness", but the Note 7 version was perfect, and the Pixel XL is just sh`1rt.
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What you are saying is EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE of my experience with Note 7 and Pixel XL. I NEVER had to adjust my Note 7 brightness once I set it.
I find myself constantly adjusting Pixel XL brightness setting.
Maybe they both have "adaptive brightness", but the Note 7 version was perfect, and the Pixel XL is just sh`1rt.
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Or maybe you two just have differing opinions on what a "perfect" brightness setting is...
Doesn't matter how you adjust your brightness. I'm just saying that when brightness is low, blacks are darker and disproportionate to other colors.
I love Lux especially with it's profiles. Much better control and accuracy than adaptive brightness. I just wish Lux had an auto-profile switcher based on time of day. I have a day profile, night profile, and car profile.
One thing to note is that Lux allows me to bring the darkness down below 0% to negative values, which is where I usually notice my concerns. But that's what I need to not hurt my eyes at night. So I don't blame the phone or anything - just posted this article out of curiosity. The blacks are probably just turning off completely at some point when I bring the value to below 0% which I think makes sense based on the nature of OLED.
You should just turn on night mode to help with eye strain. If 0% brightness is too bright I don't think you will ever get lux to work the way you want, but night mode helps my eyes a lot.
Pixel XL adaptive brightness adapts to what you set the brightness to. If you go from 0 to 100 in a totally dark room, you notice how the screen stays really bright and doesn't go back to 0 on Pix
Many phones use auto brightness to fullly determine brightness based on sensor and ignores user brightness. If you go from 0 to 100 with an auto brightness phone, the phone will go back to 0.
Some prefer one over the other.
With adaptive brightness on my screen frequently (every 20 seconds or so) changes brightness slightly even when the ambient light isn't changing. It's very annoying when reading and most noticeable with light backgrounds.
Is this a common issue or does it sound like I have a defective sensor?
dmacarth said:
With adaptive brightness on my screen frequently (every 20 seconds or so) changes brightness slightly even when the ambient light isn't changing. It's very annoying when reading and most noticeable with light backgrounds.
Is this a common issue or does it sound like I have a defective sensor?
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Same here.
So annoying I had to turn adaptive off.
Seems to be when I move, probably changing sensor and it's too sensitive. My head mush change/reflect light on sensor
Anyway it's so distracting that I can't use adaptive brightness, except when pitch dark I can set to 0% adaptive to have lowest light output
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Yep, reminds me of a disco strobe light!
No issues here. I actually think the brightness swing is much better than the OG Pixel XL. I can just leave the setting at 50%. On the OG XL I'd have to turn the brightness down in the living room with lighting from 1 lamp and a tv because it'd be burning my retinas.
I installed Lux Dash and disabled "adaptive brightness" and let Lux handle it. You can go into the profile editor for Lux and setup different presets for different levels of light, you can also adjust the min and max allowed brightness and even setup how you want it to adjust brightness (fade, only set on unlock, dynamic, etc)
It has really made this screen amazing and even helps with battery because most the day my screen doesn't go above 15-20%
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No issues here. I actually think the brightness swing is much better than the OG Pixel XL. I can just leave the setting at 50%. On the OG XL I'd have to turn the brightness down in the living room with lighting from 1 lamp and a tv because it'd be burning my retinas.
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I've been fine here with the Adaptive Brightness too. Doesn't change too often at all for me.
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I installed Lux also and that did the trick. I assume the sensor is fine since Lux uses it with no problem. It's odd that some of us are having problems and others aren't but it doesn't seem to be a sensor issue.
Having this same issue any solution?
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Having this same issue any solution?
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I'm curious but how exactly is it reacting for you? Are you just sitting in bed with the lights on and it's still adjusting up and down the brightness? Cause that's what I'm doing right now and it hasn't fluctuated at all. If I put it on the bedside table it'll brighten up and when I pick it up it dims but that's it.
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Yeah that's too much fluctuations don't you think I mean on my iPhone x or any other iPhone that I have have used so far I never could tell that the adaptive brightness was on but this device does it in an obvious way and way too frequently that im not sure anymore if this is what it's supposed to do I chatted with a Google agent and they forced quit ambient service thing from system apps and I think that still didn't resolve the issue. I will pop up in a vz store tomorrow and check out if their display devices are doing the same
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Yeah that's too much fluctuations don't you think I mean on my iPhone x or any other iPhone that I have have used so far I never could tell that the adaptive brightness was on but this device does it in an obvious way and way too frequently that im not sure anymore if this is what it's supposed to do I chatted with a Google agent and they forced quit ambient service thing from system apps and I think that still didn't resolve the issue. I will pop up in a vz store tomorrow and check out if their display devices are doing the same
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I'm curious to hear what the tell you. Lux has helped me a lot bit I still notice it. To be fair I think I only notice in a dim or dark room with the TV on but this is the first phone I've used where it's noticeable to me. I'm also wondering if this is how it's supposed to work or if there's something wrong with my phone.
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Yeah that's too much fluctuations don't you think I mean on my iPhone x or any other iPhone that I have have used so far I never could tell that the adaptive brightness was on but this device does it in an obvious way and way too frequently that im not sure anymore if this is what it's supposed to do I chatted with a Google agent and they forced quit ambient service thing from system apps and I think that still didn't resolve the issue. I will pop up in a vz store tomorrow and check out if their display devices are doing the same
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What I described was too much? Sounds appropriate to me. If there's extra light on the phone, I want it to get brighter. If that light goes away, I want it to get dimmer. Now if it was happening with no light changing then I would be annoyed. I keep it at 29% with Adaptive Brightness on and it's not too dark in outside light and not too bright in pitch dark.
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I'm having the same issue. I'm on my second Pixel 2 XL so I don't think it's a sensor problem. I only notice it in lower lighting but it's really annoying when it happens. Haven't seen this issue on any other phone. Im trying out Lux now and set it to only adjust when waking up. There were similar issues when Lux was set to Dynamic.
Ever since Google thought they knew better than everyone else and got rid of auto brightness for adaptive brightness, it's been trash for me. I CONSTANTLY have to raise it in dark rooms and lower it in bright rooms. AKA, I might as well turn it off because I'm manually adjusting it every time anyway.
All in all, it's terrible.
Hobox10 said:
Ever since Google thought they knew better than everyone else and got rid of auto brightness for adaptive brightness, it's been trash for me. I CONSTANTLY have to raise it in dark rooms and lower it in bright rooms. AKA, I might as well turn it off because I'm manually adjusting it every time anyway.
All in all, it's terrible.
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You know Adaptive Brightness is a mix of manual and auto brightness right? I remember auto brightness actually having the issues you're describing because there was no way to adjust it if it was set. If you have Adaptive Brightness on high enough, it should be bright enough in dark and bright situations. I believe people's issues are that it adjusts too often or the opposite, it's too dark in light rooms and too bright in dark rooms.
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You know Adaptive Brightness is a mix of manual and auto brightness right? I remember auto brightness actually having the issues you're describing because there was no way to adjust it if it was set. If you have Adaptive Brightness on high enough, it should be bright enough in dark and bright situations. I believe people's issues are that it adjusts too often or the opposite, it's too dark in light rooms and too bright in dark rooms.
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Yeah I know it's supposed to be a mix somewhat. It's supposed to match the setting you set to whatever the surrounding brightness is relative to your brightness setting.
That's exactly WHY it's trash in my opinion though. It's a flawed methodology. I don't want it matching my setting relative to anything. I want it low in the dark and bright in bright rooms or the sun to be legible and not more. It tries to do some meet-you-in-the-middle garbage and it just doesn't work well.
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Yeah I know it's supposed to be a mix somewhat. It's supposed to match the setting you set to whatever the surrounding brightness is relative to your brightness setting.
That's exactly WHY it's trash in my opinion though. It's a flawed methodology. I don't want it matching my setting relative to anything. I want it low in the dark and bright in bright rooms or the sun. It tries to do some meet-you-in-the-middle garbage and it just doesn't work well.
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I found the threshold for the lowest brightness in pitch dark with Adaptive Brightness on to be 29%. That should be dark enough in dark rooms and outdoors it's readable to me. What percentages have you been trying?
Mines doing the same thing. Did anyone work out whether it was hardware?
I used a sensor app to see what light was reporting, and it was stable. I can only assume it's a bug.
For those who aren't sure - if the screen is on, and not moving, without any changes to ambient or direct light, every 20 or so seconds the screen will dim to a warmer colour, and then 20 seconds later will brighten to a whiter colour.
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Mines doing the same thing. Did anyone work out whether it was hardware?
I used a sensor app to see what light was reporting, and it was stable. I can only assume it's a bug.
For those who aren't sure - if the screen is on, and not moving, without any changes to ambient or direct light, every 20 or so seconds the screen will dim to a warmer colour, and then 20 seconds later will brighten to a whiter colour.
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Yeah I had a feeling that's what people might be experiencing.
To add on to this thread, this is also occuring on my gen 1 Pixel.
Ever since I upgraded to 8.1 the adaptive display will brighten/darken while the phone is sitting still in a constantly lit room.
I also appear to have lost much of the granularity in the brightness selecting bar. The first 25% or so is as dim as it goes, and only after that does it begin to alter the brightness. Previously it would begin around 10% on the bar.
Additionally, the logic behind adaptive brightness seems to have gotten worse. I previously left my brightness setting always in the same place, and no matter where I was it was either dim enough (at night) or bright enough (during the day).
Real unhappy with this update.
Have you guys noticed that when you turn adaptive brightness off and slide the brightness slider up and down the screen temperature changes color?? This is happening on 4 pixel 2 xl that I have seen including mine...so strange. It is especially noticable on a white background. Is this only me?
edit: You can also see this with adaptive brightness on and when it ramps the brightness up and down, the color temperature changes with it.
I've noticed it while using the phone on the train, as the lighting changes, the temperature of the screen changes between warmer (more pink) to cooler (more blue/green). It doesn't last long and I assumed it's because of the adaptive brightness.
Is anyone having issues with auto brightness, jumping up and down every few seconds? Im currently sat in a dimly lit room with the TV on and my screen keeps changing brightness levels every few seconds, if I pull down the notification area I can see the slider jumping about. I'm guessing the phone is reacting to the TV changing brightness levels as the picture changes but it seems way too sensitive.
Yeah known issue afaik. I'm hoping it gets resolved on an update
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Is anyone having issues with auto brightness, jumping up and down every few seconds? Im currently sat in a dimly lit room with the TV on and my screen keeps changing brightness levels every few seconds, if I pull down the notification area I can see the slider jumping about. I'm guessing the phone is reacting to the TV changing brightness levels as the picture changes but it seems way too sensitive.
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One of the fixes in the November update was "Improvements for auto-brightness response in certain lighting conditions.".
I think auto brightness has always been an issue with Pixels. Its a feature I always turn off at this point
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Is anyone having issues with auto brightness, jumping up and down every few seconds? Im currently sat in a dimly lit room with the TV on and my screen keeps changing brightness levels every few seconds, if I pull down the notification area I can see the slider jumping about. I'm guessing the phone is reacting to the TV changing brightness levels as the picture changes but it seems way too sensitive.
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Yeah it is up and down like a brides nighty when the light it low on mine, it isn't smooth like it was on my Pixel 5. It feels a bit like the sample rate needs a longer delay because just an increase in brightness on my TV can send my Pro brightness shooting up, the adaptive display needs to wait a few seconds before acting.
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Yeah it is up and down like a brides nighty when the light it low on mine, it isn't smooth like it was on my Pixel 5. It feels a bit like the sample rate needs a longer delay because just an increase in brightness on my TV can send my Pro brightness shooting up, the adaptive display needs to wait a few seconds before acting.
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Yeah my pixel 5 and 4a 5G never had this issue (same room and lighting conditions) its crap we have to pay to be beta testers nowadays, guess we will have to wait for another "fix" in next update.
crucialcolin said:
I think auto brightness has always been an issue with Pixels. Its a feature I always turn off at this point
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Should we really have to turn things off, considering the cost of this phone? Throw in a case and charger and your over £900 in for this phone, everything should work out of the box without having to turn off features.
It's horrible. When I sit at night in a dark room watching TV, it seems to react to the TV and jump all over the place. Never had this on a phone before. Why can't Google get auto brightness right? It's ridiculous.
Personally, I've always preferred Pixel's handling of auto-brightness to that of my recent Note 10+. I thought Samsung's auto-brightness didn't adapt very well (besides the dimmest not being as dim as the Pixel when using in the dark).