I was watching a video in SPB TV when the screen suddenly went dim. I go to Start > Settings > System > Power and see that the backlight adjustment slider for when the phone is plugged in has disappeared . I went back to SPB TV and I can adjust the screen brightness while watching a video but as soon as I exit it the screen goes back to being dim. I think the program might have messed with the registry or something. The phone was plugged in the entire time and I can adjust the screen brightness when the phone is unplugged (thank goodness).
Does anyone have any insight or experience with this problem? I am trying to avoid a hard reset. Is there something in the registry I can check out.
Thanks
s0leFUNK said:
I was watching a video in SPB TV when the screen suddenly went dim. I go to Start > Settings > System > Power and see that the backlight adjustment slider for when the phone is plugged in has disappeared . I went back to SPB TV and I can adjust the screen brightness while watching a video but as soon as I exit it the screen goes back to being dim. I think the program might have messed with the registry or something. The phone was plugged in the entire time and I can adjust the screen brightness when the phone is unplugged (thank goodness).
Does anyone have any insight or experience with this problem? I am trying to avoid a hard reset. Is there something in the registry I can check out.
Thanks
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Try scrolling from the Home Screen to the "Settings" tab. The third option is "Sound & Display", choose that. Flick down that screen to the "Display->Backlight" option.
Let us know if that doesn't work!
Snarksneeze said:
Try scrolling from the Home Screen to the "Settings" tab. The third option is "Sound & Display", choose that. Flick down that screen to the "Display->Backlight" option.
Let us know if that doesn't work!
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Nope. The slider is still missing..
Added a screenshot if it will help. Thanks anyway though
i had the same problem i figured out how to fix it!
go to the registry
hkey current user
controlpanel
backlight
change acbrightness to 10
and
brightness to 10
save and exit
its fixed
now you have your sliders back
enjoy!
WOW
Good work Radiohead. I had to factory reset my HD2 and cussed the hell out of SPB mobiletv!!! Hahaha
lol.... i was also when it first happened
hope this helps people
10x man, save me from hr
спс, о мудрейший радиобашкамногоцифер, усе робить
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How do you change the time out on the backlight for the screen. I changed it for the keys but my screen goes dark after 5 seconds. Its really annoying when trying to read web pages.
speoples20 said:
How do you change the time out on the backlight for the screen. I changed it for the keys but my screen goes dark after 5 seconds. Its really annoying when trying to read web pages.
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Start menu --> settings --> system --> backlight, "Battery Power" tab, and configure preferred settings.
Also ... Start menu --> settings --> power, "Advance" tab, and configure your preferred settings.
Hope this helps
Yeah I figured it out for some reason the option wasn't under my settings.
speoples20 said:
Yeah I figured it out for some reason the option wasn't under my settings.
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Good for you. Just curious, where was that option to configure your backlight, if it wasn't under "Settings"?
Well I installed advance configuration tool and i guess it got rid of it or something. But its under battery setting with that program.
speoples20 said:
Well I installed advance configuration tool and i guess it got rid of it or something. But its under battery setting with that program.
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Interesting ... all long as you safely figured it out, that's all that counts
HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\QKeyLedTimeout = 30 (DWORD decimal)
30 = 30 seconds
Can anyone help me with this problem... The Backlight Adjustment slider for on external power, in settings, has disappeared and I don;t know why. It was there last night, and this morning I put the HD2 in the docking cradle and the screen went darker, so I looked in the settings and noticed the slider had disappeared, this has happened once before, but it came back after installing a new ROM.
I have just installed a new ROM "Dutty's Leo Multi-Lang V2" yesterday afternoon and the slider was there after flashing the ROM and last night, Any ideas please...
U should try pressing the "Hangup" button until you can select "Lock Phone" (or similar, as i have dutch version). Now this unlock slider will re-appear.
Regards
Patrick
Nitrous_Oxide_ said:
U should try pressing the "Hangup" button until you can select "Lock Phone" (or similar, as i have dutch version). Now this unlock slider will re-appear.
Regards
Patrick
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I was not on about the unlock slider, I was talking about the adjustment slider in settings for the backlight, see image...
Did you scroll to the bottom of that page? It isn't visible on the initial screen.
In the registry, HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\
Set ACBrightNess and BrightNess to 5.
Some program most likely messed with it and brought it out of the 1-10 valid range.
wizzzard said:
Did you scroll to the bottom of that page? It isn't visible on the initial screen.
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Yes but it's not there, but thanks.
kilrah said:
In the registry, HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\
Set ACBrightNess and BrightNess to 5.
Some program most likely messed with it and brought it out of the 1-10 valid range.
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Hi kilrah. Thanks for the regedit, that has fixed it, thanks for your help.
I don't know what it was that messed it up, could docking it into my cradle cause it, I have a new cradle that has audio out which has a phono plug that goes into the headphone scoket when you dock it into the cradle and I have a mini speaker attached to the cradle? Thanks again
my i9000 wont memory any display brightness...
every time it comes back from stand by its complete dark... when i set it to top or any other setting its the same also when i start the browser it set the display back to darkest point...
xxfj3
The internet browser has its own setting for brightness. (the video player too)
click on menu button then go to "More" and the last button is "Brightness"
Archius said:
The internet browser has its own setting for brightness. (the video player too)
click on menu button then go to "More" and the last button is "Brightness"
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Thx a lot and my battary was 15% therefor it goes down!
I cannot find the brightness setting in the video player. How can I access this?
press the Menu.
omg, thanks a lot. I've been watching a video on my way to work this morning and thought "Damn, normally the display is a lot better in the sun"
I knew about the brower-brightness settings, but it didn't come to my mind that it could be the same for the video player. stupid me.
I did that yesterday but only got the "detalis" and "via bluetooth" settings. Today I tried again and I got all settings... then just now I got the two icons again and now the player froze the phone. ehhh, now it is dead, can't get the phone booted again :/
battery off/on did the trick and it is booting again
Looking for a way to keep the screen always on.
I run a team in one the support classes at BSB and use the phone for the live timing screens. On the Windows 6.5 phone I had last year it was easy to change this option. Can't find a way to do it in Android and it'll be a pain in the arse if I have to tap the screen every 10 seconds. I'd like it as a toggle switch/widget if possible. Did find an app but they want money for it.
Anyone got any ideas?
Dazza
You can change the screen timeout in settings to 30mins...
Translated from spanish:
go to Settings - apps - development and there there is an option to keep the screen on.
The development option only works while phone is charging. Had noticed the option to change to 30 mins. But any way to do toggle switch/widget for it?
Cheers
Dazza
Check your PM Dazza
yes , install extended controls widget from market .
has a toggle for keeping screen on / off ,
Sorted thanks to Mano1982!
Cheers
Dazza
Please go to Settings -> CyanogenMod Settings -> Display -> Automatic Backlight -> Edit Other Levels...
Below is a screenshot of the settings I'm using. This is much easier on the eyes during the night, as I found the stock settings to be too bright. This also improves battery life.
Play around with the other settings in the previous window like Sample Interval ( 1 second) and screen dim level (1).
Like I said this is what has worked best for me. If it is too dark simply increase the numbers as needed.
If this was helpful don't forget to hit the Thanks button! Cheers!
g2tegg said:
Please go to Settings -> CyanogenMod Settings -> Display -> Automatic Backlight -> Edit Other Levels...
Below is a screenshot of the settings I'm using. This is much easier on the eyes during the night, as I found the stock settings to be too bright. This also improves battery life.
Play around with the other settings in the previous window like Sample Interval ( 1 second) and screen dim level (1).
Like I said this is what has worked best for me. If it is too dark simply increase the numbers as needed.
If this was helpful don't forget to hit the Thanks button! Cheers!
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I like my screen about as dark as I can get it, before CM I used SuperDim to get my screen dark. I've had my screen dim level set to 6 ever since flashing CM, but never played with those setting cause I wasn't sure how to work them. I set mine exactly like yours. My question is do the "other levels" only kick in if you are using automatic brightness?
WiredPirate said:
I like my screen about as dark as I can get it, before CM I used SuperDim to get my screen dark. I've had my screen dim level set to 6 ever since flashing CM, but never played with those setting cause I wasn't sure how to work them. I set mine exactly like yours. My question is do the "other levels" only kick in if you are using automatic brightness?
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My atrix has the automatic settings selected, then I customized the light levels under CM7. Seems to work smooth as well. That's what bothers me the most with the SG2. Half the time when i turn the screen on its dark for about 10 seconds (and in direct sunlight you can't see anything on the screen) before the phone realizes the light settings and adjusts.
Just play around with the settings. Hold your finger over the light sensor and watch the numbers drop.
Which version of CM are you running? On the most recent stable build Ba2Tf (IIRC) the top two in the second editable column can't be changed from their defalt 24/48 values...?
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Which version of CM are you running? On the most recent stable build Ba2Tf (IIRC) the top two in the second editable column can't be changed from their defalt 24/48 values...?
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You have to change the dim level to 1 before you can set those values that low.
I applied all the settings and my phone screen didnt changed a bit (i am already using lowest screen brightness from display settings) should i reboot or what ?
Edit: Rebooted and no change
Edit 2:Screen dim is working amazingly, all i want is to lower the actual screen brightness, that hurt my eyes when i wake up and start reading sms
Edit 3: just edit the settings and put ur phone to auto brightness, it should work. I was using my phone all the way lowest brightness 24-7 manualy.
P.s: thanks and thanks cm7.