Can I change any of the dropdown notification bar power controls?
Specifically, the flashlight is only using one of the LEDs (the bottom one) and isn't really bright enough. If I use another widget (SwitchPro widget, for example) then the flashlight turns on full blast.
But, given the convenience of having it in the dropdown, I was hoping that there was a setting somewhere buried that I haven't seen. Any way to change those actions?
Weird, mine uses both of them.
The top is brighter than the bottom but both mine work. I can't imagine needing it much brighter.
It is good idea, but how we can do that
I hope to find some help from xda experts ASAP
I'm looking to mod the brightness settings that appear in either the power control widget or the notifications widget. Specifically I want to either add or edit one of the current ones so that I have a auto/90% (or some other % of my choosing). The closest one now is auto/dim/100%, but that's one more step than I need. Sometimes the room is just a touch too dark and the light sensor is causing my display to be too dim for whatever task I need. Anyone able to lend me a hand as to what I need to edit (if this is doable, which I see no reason why it shouldn't be)?
I honestly don't know of any way to get a truly "custom" level (like 90%) in the notification dropdown settings. I know with CM7 you can select what brightness levels it will toggle between. You can also control brightness by sliding left or right on the status bar. MIUI also has a brightness toggle in the dropdown menu, when its not on automatic there's a slider for screen brightness.
Hello everyone. Most of us are familiar with the intense light bleeding at the bottom of the device that shows up in light backgrounds and low brightness. It can get really distracting in some videos or games when the brightness is low. So, since replacing it has little chance to fix this, i took a lool at my Nexus 4 and noticed how the navigation bar stays on the right in landscape mode. This would hide the bleeding on the G if properly rotated. There must be a way to force the position of the nav bar to a specific side on the screen. Any ideas how this could be accomplished? The GDA app unfortunately is incapable of hiding the normal nav bar for me.
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Is it possible to bring down the brightness toggle so it can be reached with one hand without root? I use auto brightness but sometimes have to adjust it manually as it's not very accurate all the time.
As a work around I switch on one handed mode and move it this way which is a bit awkward.
Super staus bar is working for me until (hopefully) Gravitybox comes out for A12.
Super Status Bar - Customize - Apps on Google Play
Easy brightness control, notification ticker text, gestures, battery bar & more
play.google.com
Almost certain not what you want, and definite overkill, but you could use Bottom Status Bar and only enable the brightness slider (and not the literal bottom status bar). The downside is that, unlike the native brightness slider, changing the brightness through Bottom Status Bar turns Auto brightness off. You could enable the brightness slider in it, and a Auto-Brightness toggle switch, but then you'd have to get used to manually turning auto-brightness back on. There are probably more complex things you could do with automation apps (Tasker, etc) but that would likely require root where Bottom Status Bar doesn't for these purposes. The good side is at least the brightness slider would be very available from the bottom of the screen. I hope a stock ADB and/or root solution comes eventually for the stock ROM. There's not too often a time I want to change it manually, but having to slide down twice to get to it is crazy.
Edit: @westhaking beat me. Super Status Bar is by the same author as Bottom Status Bar, but I don't remember what one has that the other doesn't, so perhaps go by his recommendation first unless you like the idea of BSB better, or SSB doesn't quite do it for you.
Just a guess that SSB probably has the same weakness I found in BSB, that using its brightness slider abilities disables automatic brightness.
BSB works quite well, thank you. Did not know about its existence. You are right, it switches off automatic brightness but it can be switched back again in BSB near brightness toggle. Can be good as a temporary solution.
Another workaround is an accessibility shortcut which is an eye sore but can be also used for switching volume and screen off.
westhaking said:
Super staus bar is working for me until (hopefully) Gravitybox comes out for A12.
Super Status Bar - Customize - Apps on Google Play
Easy brightness control, notification ticker text, gestures, battery bar & more
play.google.com
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Nice! I didn't expect it can be achieved without root and GravityBox and was looking for the solution for a long time. Thank you so much for bringing this app to my attention. Adjusting brightness by dragging along status bar is awesome!
leafar1606 said:
BSB works quite well, thank you. Did not know about its existence. You are right, it switches off automatic brightness but it can be switched back again in BSB near brightness toggle. Can be good as a temporary solution.
Another workaround is an accessibility shortcut which is an eye sore but can be also used for switching volume and screen off.
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Awesome, glad you found a temporary workaround. Here's hoping there'll be a better permanent solution for us all, eventually. I wish I was a real Dev. I can only repackage stuff...sometimes. I just don't have the patience to learn enough to be a Dev.
leafar1606 said:
Is it possible to bring down the brightness toggle so it can be reached with one hand without root? I use auto brightness but sometimes have to adjust it manually as it's not very accurate all the time.
As a work around I switch on one handed mode and move it this way which is a bit awkward.
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I just swipe down from the top twice and the brightness slider is there.
JimSmith94 said:
I just swipe down from the top twice and the brightness slider is there.
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It's still stays at the top of the screen
leafar1606 said:
It's still stays at the top of the screen
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I guess you can't reach the top of the screen in one handed mode.
Perplexed how nobody at Google development realised what an utterly stupid place the brightness bar is.
I usually turn off the auto luminosity because I don't like it changing when inside.
The punishment is that when I go outside in a sunny day, I see nothing on the screen and I would like to fix it without fumbling for minutes trying to find a dark corner in the street so that I can raise the luminosity again. Something like gesturelike, for instance finger.s moving up the screen raise luminosity.
hockenberry said:
I usually turn off the auto luminosity because I don't like it changing when inside.
The punishment is that when I go outside in a sunny day, I see nothing on the screen and I would like to fix it without fumbling for minutes trying to find a dark corner in the street so that I can raise the luminosity again. Something like gesturelike, for instance finger.s moving up the screen raise luminosity.
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There are apps to control the brightness using a gesture in the status bar.
Super Status Bar - Customize - Apps on Google Play
Easy brightness control, notification ticker text, gestures, battery bar & more
play.google.com
Stano36 said:
There are apps to control the brightness using a gesture in the status bar.
Super Status Bar - Customize - Apps on Google Play
Easy brightness control, notification ticker text, gestures, battery bar & more
play.google.com
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This one asks too much privilege for my taste (only my passsword manager has accessibility access rights). I'd rather have something in the OS do that because I think apps will need accessibility access to capture gestures !?