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Shift screen brightness 'Auto' setting - yours work?

As per the title, does the screen brightness 'Auto' setting and the light sensor actually do anything? Seems to make no difference on mine....

Pantaloonie said:
As per the title, does the screen brightness 'Auto' setting and the light sensor actually do anything? Seems to make no difference on mine....
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only for the first 2 days i saw that it works.. after.. i've forgotten it...

Pantaloonie said:
As per the title, does the screen brightness 'Auto' setting and the light sensor actually do anything? Seems to make no difference on mine....
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Hi,
yes it did, but I switched it off, cause it was too nervous. Brightness changed all the time when lonely clouds were passing, or the the cloudy thumb cast a shadow.
S.

Yes it works!:
Use Shagctrl to lower brightness and then switch it on. The brightness level you chose will be the minimum level.
If you cover the sensor in the top right-hand corner, the screen will dimm. When you aim you flashlight on it, it will brighten.
(at least... mine does...)
However, I don't use it, because my hand will frequently get in the way when I use the touchscreen and then my screen brightens suddenly... Verry anoying.
greetz,
Pfeffa-rah

Hi,
this is a different question, but I didn't want to open another thread.
Who can confirm this?
Vista is running in the "background". Your are in WM, but have shut-down WM. So dark screen. But then exactly when Vista goes into standby (green light starts to blink) the WM screen comes to live.
Is that strange? Or just always the case?
Thanks!
S.

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Hi Pantaloonie,
this looks like capital punishment for me, so sorry! Next question from several feet under.
Let me explain:
I am rather a newbie using forums like this, means the does and do nots are not always clear. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!
My thoughts were 1. the point was answered and 2. there are so many items on the site that it is not necessary to always start a new thread for every minor problem.
Wrong thinking?
Please, I really do not know, can you clarify? Do you really start a new thread for everything?
Thanks!
S.

Heh, I was just having a bit of fun, you did nothing wrong. Some forums can be very strict about keeping threads on topic, but we are pretty relaxed here.
The advantage of starting a new thread is that more people will see it, you're more likely to get an answer.

Looing for "dual" volume control stripped cab

Hi, when I had S2U2 installed I had this different volume control screen, where I could easily set ringtone volume and system volume individually. See screencap:
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I have uninstalled S2U2 cause imo it was draining my battery, but I would really like to have the volume control screen back.
Anyone knows where I can get a cab just for this?

Pimmr said:
Hi, when I had S2U2 installed I had this different volume control screen, where I could easily set ringtone volume and system volume individually. See screencap:
I have uninstalled S2U2 cause imo it was draining my battery, but I would really like to have the volume control screen back.
Anyone knows where I can get a cab just for this?
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on manila - settings - sounds - disable single volume. ?? is this what you want ?

adolfotregosa said:
on manila - settings - sounds - disable single volume. ?? is this what you want ?
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yikes that is quite embarrasing....
Thanks buddy that's exactly what I needed... I thought it was a S2U2 feature...

Pimmr said:
yikes that is quite embarrasing....
Thanks buddy that's exactly what I needed... I thought it was a S2U2 feature...
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lol ppl just don't read the manual :S

I'd like to tweak this, but I'm afraid I don't know what 'manila' is - did a wee search but it's so part of the vocab on here that it's hard to find a low-level definition. any link/help? thanks

martinjclarke said:
I'd like to tweak this, but I'm afraid I don't know what 'manila' is - did a wee search but it's so part of the vocab on here that it's hard to find a low-level definition. any link/help? thanks
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Manila is the HTC interface. Everything TF3D, menu's, volume, nice graphical interface, this is Manila

Battery History is helpful [demonstration]

I only got about 5hrs barely using my device while at the rockets game last night. I noticed my screen was on 100% at times before and not sleeping. According to the reports.
So when I got home I opened my Battery History app [free from market] and found the root of the evil. Even tho I had Weatherbug not updating or any alerts, it still caused my fone never to sleep.
Uninstalled weather bug and my problems are over
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FINALLY..
first to post.. hehe..
waiting for an update

Lol congrats, its done
daddymikey1975 said:
FINALLY..
first to post.. hehe..
waiting for an update
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That's actually very helpful.
if the screen is off, does that necessarily mean it's sleeping ?
(asking seriously, not snarky)
AND.. thanks for pointing out the additional functionality, functionality (anyone see short circuit ?? LOL)
I'm gonna wait a few hours and peek at mine and see what the culprit is
EDIT: this can also be found in Spare Parts for those that don't have that app yet.

Thanks a lot, that you found it useful. My mission is complete lol.
Correct, under normal conditons having the screen off puts the fone onto sleep mode. Kind of like a soft suspend.
But having a bugger of a program can keep your phone awake, with the screen off.
And you are right, those settings arein spare parts, which most of us have. As this function was ripped out
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That's actually very helpful.
if the screen is off, does that necessarily mean it's sleeping ?
(asking seriously, not snarky)
AND.. thanks for pointing out the additional functionality, functionality (anyone see short circuit ?? LOL)
I'm gonna wait a few hours and peek at mine and see what the culprit is
EDIT: this can also be found in Spare Parts for those that don't have that app yet.
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Screen brightness-throttling....

Hey guys
Something that's really annoying me is my phone still changes the display brightness level with everything turned off/manual
No power saving mod
Manual brightness
Screen mod standard
Stock browser is on manual
WTF is going on. Surely others have experienced this?
How do we turn it off

If your note 3 gets too hot it will reduce the screen brightness.....

Display Settings
Automatic contrast off!
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I have never seen this on any other device
It happens only 10min into use with just general browsing

Automatic contrast is already off

So is everyone happy that this is happening?
I cant believe no one else is bothered by it!!

Keepingitrealz said:
So is everyone happy that this is happening?
I cant believe no one else is bothered by it!!
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It was bothering me A LOT but now something worse took over, the phone keeps rebooting and I've had to reset and start all over again and it's still happening. So the dimming is annoying but not nearly as annoying as not being able to use the phone at all!

I wrote about this throttling a few times here during the last days, search for my recent posts! in short: this throttling also happens when all auto brightness functions are turned off, and even if you manually set the lowest brightness! it depends on CPU load, thermal envelope and/or power-draw! I personally find it very annoying, especially because it happens also on lowest levels...
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Does it happen with a full battery or plugged in?
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Dumbo53 said:
Does it happen with a full battery or plugged in?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
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it happens under all circumstances!
btw.: here my thread regarding display problems, with this one incluced:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2463786

Trick I use to save battery

I know some people won't want to do this, but it's something I do that I personally find helps with battery life. Nothing revolutionary, and some people won't want to but... different strokes for different folks. It's very tempting with this beautiful screen of ours to blast the brightness and get the most out of the Super AMOLED (or whatever they're calling it these days) but I've found if I'm in the same environment reading/watching videos/whatever to turn the brightness ALL the way down. Struggle with that for a few minutes while your eyes try to adjust, then turning the brightness up just a tiny bit will be (or at least seem) plenty bright. Anyway, combining that along with having rooted with Scott's CleanROM (I'm on Verizon) and my battery life has been golden! [emoji2]

Here's a screenshot of where I'll often have my brightness after doing this.
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Seems really low, but I have no problem reading or doing anything at this brightness, unless I'm out in direct sunlight or something. Anyway, just my .02

Nvm
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This is not a trick.

Suggestion then

I use the slider on the left to turn down the brightness in mxplayer which is my de facto movie watching app.... Turn it to 15 in bright day time environments and down to 5 indoors or in dark scenarios. Otherwise the system wide default is +5 on the notification slider and auto. Able to cross 5.5 SOT easily with this much.

I have a trick to open the phone. I use the power button on the side or the home button on the front of the phone.

BehelitOutlaw said:
I have a trick to open the phone. I use the power button on the side or the home button on the front of the phone.
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I've been wondering how to open the phone, thanks!

You should try out adaway! It's much more powerful than adblockplus, it actually modifies the host file. Also, try out lux if you haven't. It's seriously my favorite and most essential app. I don't know how I survived without it all these years.

BehelitOutlaw said:
I have a trick to open the phone. I use the power button on the side or the home button on the front of the phone.
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Thanks mate, now I finally know how to operate this phone

I use this as my lockscreen image to save battery

Need to go in
Battery Life Discussion Here
Thread Closed.