Screen brightness randomly changing? - Droid Incredible General

Anyone else have a problem with the Screen brightness randomly changing when set to auto? I'm not moving the phone (i.e. Ambient lighting conditions aren't changing).
And the screen illumination stays constant when I take it off auto.
When on auto the brightness varies every 3 to 4 seconds. On a scale of 10, it goes from approx 5 down to 2, back to 5, 2, 5, etc. Doesn't do it all the time, but seems to be occurring more frequently.
Could it be affected by different lighting? Florescent, halogen, etc.
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rigman said:
Anyone else have a problem with the Screen brightness randomly changing when set to auto? I'm not moving the phone (i.e. Ambient lighting conditions aren't changing).
And the screen illumination stays constant when I take it off auto.
When on auto the brightness varies every 3 to 4 seconds. On a scale of 10, it goes from approx 5 down to 2, back to 5, 2, 5, etc. Doesn't do it all the time, but seems to be occurring more frequently.
Could it be affected by different lighting? Florescent, halogen, etc.
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You know, i have been experiencing this to a lesser level and mine is NOT set to auto brightness. Almost like a light flicker but never losing the screen completely - its like a dim

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Hi guys
Which preference do you use? Is automatic brightness option best for battery saving?
i remember it was an official battery saving tip for iPhone and wondered if it's the case for N1.
eh, just keep it on the lowest brightness... thats the best bet
the problem with auto-brightness is that it fluctuates a bit too much if you're in a room with localised lights and shadows... even in a seemingly bright area to your eyes, the display will go to lowest brightness... i just found it personally annoying, as it would usually fluctuate when i wasn't expecting, and to a lower brightness than i could stand... i've since stopped using it... i set my brightness manually to about 25%... for me that's a good balance between a usuable brightness for all conditions, while still giving good battery life...
I use auto brightness with locale which toggles it on and off based on my location. But even before I did that I really didn't notice to much of a difference in battery levels at the end of the day.
I just wish there were min and max settings for auto brightness. Cause I am pretty sure I have never needed the brightness turned all the way up.
i prefer auto brightness if it works. my 1st N1 had a glitch where the screen brightness used to flicker. on my 2nd N1 the auto brightness does not adjust on full scale........(if you go into 100% dark room, the brightness setting must automatically drop to 0)
I too found that the auto-brightness flickered too much. I downloaded Brightness Level off the marketplace and never looked back...
Auto-brightness fluctuates too much for my liking. So, I just keep it set to middle brightness.
the light sensor is unstable, so manually 25% all the time..
Auto brightness too dark
In my Nexus autobrightness works ok outdoors, but indoors it sets the light too dark. I wish it`d work fine because it's a waste of time adjusting it manually every time you move into different light conditions.
I've read Nexus users report different behaviours of their light sensors, maybe it is a bad quality component of the phone. Is there an app which can modify the sensibility of the light sensor? Would be great to adjust this sensibility and set brightness always to auto with a little more brightness indoors in my case.
manual, 25% - the best balance of battery and light for me.
i use about 60%. I hated the automatic brightness because it was darker than I would like most of the time.
My position is, I bought a phone that has a high resolution, so why not give it the brightness to make the color "pop" like they should.

Auto brightness only brightens, never dims

I noticed that the brightness only brightens but never dims back in automatic brightness display setting. I can reproduce this easy with turning the lamp on my desk on and off. It only goes back to the lower brightness if turning the screen off and on again.
Noticed this too but seems to only occur when I use a widget to toggle between Auto and 100%.
If I leave the setting in Auto from within settings then it seems to work. Brightness widgets seem to break the auto functionality.
Hmm, I don't use a brightness widget. The light of the softbuttons go on if I cover the light sensor, but the screens stays in high brightness.
Strahlenkanone said:
Hmm, I don't use a brightness widget. The light of the softbuttons go on if I cover the light sensor, but the screens stays in high brightness.
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Must be an all around bug then. If you turn the Atrix off and back on then the auto brightness functionality is restored.
Strahlenkanone said:
I noticed that the brightness only brightens but never dims back in automatic brightness display setting. I can reproduce this easy with turning the lamp on my desk on and off. It only goes back to the lower brightness if turning the screen off and on again.
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This must be an Android thing. My Atrix does the same thing, as did the Nexus One I had before. I've had several (high end) Nokia's that dimmed/brightened perfectly. After 5 seconds, they would brighten (or dim) accordingly. I was hoping Motorola was better at making phones than HTC (the KING of bad battery life). We ALL lose here. Our precious battery life is being drained by the poor execution of a simple function.
This is a stock android thing (problem). Custom ROMs can allow it to dim and change brightness smoothly rather than in discrete steps (Cyanogen).
That's what I thought. I found this free app called "esdimmer". It supposed to be for Galaxy phones, but it's somewhat working on my Atrix. Does this function work any better in Gingerbread?
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Well it's good to hear that it's a stock android problem and not the actual phone. I did find a way to get around this problem but it's very limited. You can get the screen to dim by first putting the phone into standby and then press the standby button once again (which gets you into the lock screen). You'll notice that the screen then dims (if coming from a well lit area/room to a darker one).

Brightness to zero - Hard or Software bug?

HI!
Yesterday i set the brightness of my nexus 4 to 0 (with the slider by
shifting it to the left position). Surprisingly this turned my screen
off, while the touch pad still works. By using a bright flashlight i
was able to set the brightness level to a normal value again, but i
think this is not supposed to happened anyway. A friend of mine has a
nexus 4 too and he can set the brightness to zero without turning off
the screen. Is this a hardware bug and must i be worried about it or
is it just a software bug?

[Q] auto brightness

Running stock 4.4.4 and noticed that auto brightness the screen doesn't stay constant, it will fade then brighten. I was running with steady brightness but battery usage was higher than I'd like so I set auto. Don't like the way it constantly adjusts. Is this a problem with other Nexus 10's?
Hi,
It's normal for auto brightness. Please avoid placing your hand over the illumination sensor, as it is responsible for changing your brightness, so when you put your hand over it the tablet will identify the current illumination is dark, therefore the screen will reduce the brightness, and as soon as you remove it'll do the opposite. Auto brightness is all a matter of getting used to it IMHO.
~Lord
Makes sense, didn't think of that, I hold it vertical. Thanks
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Try using LUX which is more customizable, including response times to dim or brighten
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en

Automatic Brightness too low

Automatic brightness enabled on my new OP6T. It constantly goes too dim, where I have to slide it up some to see the screen better.
Unlocking the phone an hour later, in same low light setting, the screen has auto dimmed itself too low again.
Anyone else feel it goes too dim on its own? Or have a solution for me?
A maximum dimness setting would be nice. Not sure if that exists though.
I'm with you 100% it keeps defaulting back to a brightness that's way to low for the environment have to constantly raise it manually. A minimum brightness setting between certain hours would be great.
I wonder if something like that can be done in tasker, keep automatic brightness on, but set the minimum to 25% or so during certain hours.
mkurzum said:
I'm with you 100% it keeps defaulting back to a brightness that's way to low for the environment have to constantly raise it manually. A minimum brightness setting between certain hours would be great.
I wonder if something like that can be done in tasker, keep automatic brightness on, but set the minimum to 25% or so during certain hours.
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This exactly!
It's generally really low. The worst is in the dark, it's almost unseeable, unless you manually adjust it.
Phone has great battery life I just crank it 100% outdoors and 75% indoors.
I agree with what others have stated but that's why the battery life is good...I'll drain it to appease my eyeballs.
Does lux work?
+1
hopefully can be fixed with an update...
My phone was like this for the first day or two. After that it's been just fine.
I don't know if it fixed itself, or I've just gotten used to it. I'm thinking the first because it was really dark.
I have observed this on different phones. So I suppose this is an android issue. The brightness goes too low than its supposed to or it will keep adjusting. I've tried lux auto brightness on other phones, it works perfectly. But due to lack of updates I've stopped using it lately. Custom ROMs seem to handles auto brightness very well. I've tried Cyanogen and Resurrection remix on moto x play and Honor 8 pro, auto brightness was never a bother on them. Which was not the case with the OS they came installed with.
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I've compared this yo my pixel 3xl and in low light situations its noticeably darker. After a few days I'm already used to it.
The smart adaptive brightness adjusts to your usage over time, once you manually raise it afew times in various situations it will adapt to this. Mine was dim to begin with but after 2 days it's fine.
dadoc04 said:
+1
hopefully can be fixed with an update...
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LUX works after enable it in usage access. Settings>apps&notification>special apps access>usage access.

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