I'm generally loving 4.2.2, but there's one issue I've noticed since updating. When I close my smart cover, the screen will usually turn off like it's supposed to do. But every once in a while, it will immediately turn back on at maximum brightness, then turn off properly after a few seconds.
My first thought was it was an app trying to update. But the fact it jumps to maximum brightness makes me think it might be system related. Anyone else having this problem and/or have a solution? Could some variation of this issue be contributing to the power drain some are seeing?
I was thoroughly unimpressed with the auto brightness on my unit so I kept it off. Every time I tried to use it, it would immediately drop to like 10% brightness in all but the brightest conditions. I consider the stock auto brightness unusable.
After getting tired of manually adjusting it all day I installed lux auto brightness on my phone and started fiddling with it.
It's better now but this isn't a permanent solution as the developer abandoned his app over a year ago. It's causing a few issues allready and apparently it's completely incompatible with Oreo.
While playing with the settings, I noticed that the lux readings were much lower than I expected. I was getting 20 lux in a brightly lit room, 50-75 lux facing the window, etc. Occasionally I would see it jump up to 20,000 lux in direct sunlight but then it would just dip back down to sub 200.
I obviously have some issues with my light sensor and am going to contact OnePlus to RMA my unit. I'm just curious how many more people are affected by this or if it's a fluke.
I also keep auto brightness off. Agree it's unusable, makes the screen very dark.
I thought it was just me. Auto brightness seems to favour the more dim side, it can get very annoying.
I hope when LOS/AOSP ROMs start showing up, they'll be able to fix this as it does seem like more of a software thing
I actually had the opposite issue where it would get way too bright in a dark room randomly. They really do need to tweak the software around this.
I just wish there was a good alternative to lux. I used to install it on all my phones and all my friends phones.
Nothing else available comes anywhere close to being as good as lux.
Using Lux and no issues as of yet tbh...
I use Velis auto brightness. Works well on 5T
Uninstalled lux as it broke face unlock and the camera. Both simply stopped working.
Trying velis now.
Has anyone had it where your alarm hasn't gone off? I've tried several apps (including the main Google one), changed battery optimisation, uninstalled and reinstalled but sometimes it just doesn't work. It's not every time and most of the time it works normally. I'm on Pie, but it was the same on Oreo. Not faced this before with any other phone.
It's very frustrating as I use it frequently to keep awake during the night!
Turn off Adaptive Battery.
I have the exactly same issue since I've upgraded my device to Pie. Even turning off the Adaptive Battery doen't help. Is someone has a fix ?
I like keeping my phone set to 'night mode' always on, in developer options . ButI have been noticing for the last few days that my xz2 keeps switching back to automatic (based on time of day).
Anyone else has noticed this? And knows why or how to prevent it from turning off night mode?
My device is stock, unrooted with the latest android 9, atleast in my region.
Less than 12hrs and it's back from automatic.
Anyone else notice the phone also got super snappy and smooth all the time? I tried turning on show refresh rate an hour ago just to find out the phone never go back down to 60hz.
I tried not touching the screen untill it actually auto lock, opening youtube, netflix, tiktok, chrome, settings etc etc. I even rebooted and no change. Battery life has been slightly better which is kinda weird though.
Also i checked twice, the force peak refresh rate is turned off.
Try clearing the system cache.
wanttotree said:
Anyone else notice the phone also got super snappy and smooth all the time? I tried turning on show refresh rate an hour ago just to find out the phone never go back down to 60hz.
I tried not touching the screen untill it actually auto lock, opening youtube, netflix, tiktok, chrome, settings etc etc. I even rebooted and no change. Battery life has been slightly better which is kinda weird though.
Also i checked twice, the force peak refresh rate is turned off.
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I just checked my phone (updated to .037), and the refresh rate is still dropping to 60hz whenever there is no input, so the adaptive refresh rate still works on my end.
My phone is dropping to 60 when there's no input as well. I just played a YouTube video and it went to 60.
On my device i have the exact same problem. As you already described, it is "always" on 120hz - it only jumps down to 60 Hz for a very brief moment, then again reaches the 120hz. This cicle is repeating itself as long as the display is turned on.
I already tried disabling all overlay services and other settings that could, as far as I could think of, have an impact on these behavior, like apps that have access to usage or device controll etc.
But as for now, I don't have a solution for this.
The strange part is that i also have a better display on time since the last update, but after checking the battery temperature for the last week (i installed the .037 on thursday) it reaches higher temperatures now as it was before the update, with around 34 Celsius on .036 vs 38 Celsius on .037 after around an hour of the same activities in the mostly same environment. The temperature difference does make sense for me, because the screen won't chill as it should. On the other hand, the longer battery life does'nt seem to fit too well in this picture.
Rauchinator said:
On my device i have the exact same problem. As you already described, it is "always" on 120hz - it only jumps down to 60 Hz for a very brief moment, then again reaches the 120hz. This cicle is repeating itself as long as the display is turned on.
I already tried disabling all overlay services and other settings that could, as far as I could think of, have an impact on these behavior, like apps that have access to usage or device controll etc.
But as for now, I don't have a solution for this.
The strange part is that i also have a better display on time since the last update, but after checking the battery temperature for the last week (i installed the .037 on thursday) it reaches higher temperatures now as it was before the update, with around 34 Celsius on .036 vs 38 Celsius on .037 after around an hour of the same activities in the mostly same environment. The temperature difference does make sense for me, because the screen won't chill as it should. On the other hand, the longer battery life does'nt seem to fit too well in this picture.
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As far as we know, it's currently buggy anyway, since the
Pixel 6 Pro is consuming more power in 60Hz mode than in 120Hz one*
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Pixel 6 Pro Consuming More Power In 60Hz Mode Than In 120Hz One
The Google Pixel 6 Pro seems to be consuming more power in 60Hz mode, than it does in 120Hz mode. Needless to say, this is not normal, as higher refresh
www.androidheadlines.com
*in certain scenarios, like low brightness
Battery life tests have also shown that there is only a minor difference in battery life between 60hz or 120hz, so it doesn't really matter and you should - because of that - 120hz anyway since it's a much better experience.
Anyone from the UK had this update yet?
I only ask because I don't have any major issues and fingers crossed this update doesn't make anything worse.
wilpang said:
Anyone from the UK had this update yet?
I only ask because I don't have any major issues and fingers crossed this update doesn't make anything worse.
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Officially it's only a rollout in the USA and Canada, it will come to the rest of the world with the December update (or you manually sideload it, as I did).
Morgrain said:
Officially it's only a rollout in the USA and Canada, it will come to the rest of the world with the December update (or you manually sideload it, as I did).
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Notice anything major from the update?
Morgrain said:
As far as we know, it's currently buggy anyway, since the
Pixel 6 Pro Consuming More Power In 60Hz Mode Than In 120Hz One
The Google Pixel 6 Pro seems to be consuming more power in 60Hz mode, than it does in 120Hz mode. Needless to say, this is not normal, as higher refresh
www.androidheadlines.com
*in certain scenarios, like low brightness
Battery life tests have also shown that there is only a minor difference in battery life between 60hz or 120hz, so it doesn't really matter and you should - because of that - 120hz anyway since it's a much better experience.
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Adaptive refresh is totally borked on the 6Pro.