Please add the option of modifying auto-brightness levels, like CM 6.1. I suppose that it would require a kernel modification + an app to do this through gui.
Thanks.
What can CM do? I've been thinking it would be nice to be able to modify the min and max, and maybe the curve.
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Noxious Ninja said:
What can CM do? I've been thinking it would be nice to be able to modify the min and max, and maybe the curve.
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It allows one to arbitrarily edit a table of sensor output vs brightness/button brightness.
It's really nifty.
CM6.1 reports these sensor values:
10, 160, 225, 320, 640, 1280, 2600, 10240
10-160 is in dimly lit indoors, 320-640-1280, in moderately to brightly lit indoors, and the rest is outside.
So I set those to brightness something like 50,60,70,80, 110, 140, 180, 255. A it was perfect to my eye. Not too bright, not too dim.
Didn't ever have to mess with brightness after that.
I'd really like to hear from developers like Netarchy and King, as well as from regular users - if they would like that option.
I would love to see this.
I always feel the auto-sensor tends to be too bright, and never adjusts the screen low enough inside.
rdwing said:
I would love to see this.
I always feel the auto-sensor tends to be too bright, and never adjusts the screen low enough inside.
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That's exactly what I think. Plus, the brightness is not at maximum in direct sunlight (although that might be a safety feature).
Mine always send to bright, or it won't get bright when I go into a bright area until I sleep and wake it. :|
Sent from my EVO 4Gizzle.
+1 on this. So motivated that I searched for this thread....
Any news?
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The stock auto-brightness is way too bright in completely darkness. This is one of the things I had on my list nearly since the beginning. Nobody else seemed to care.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=716547
An article showing how useless auto-brightness is:
http://gizmodo.com/5673444/why-exis...d-brightness-controls-are-effectively-useless
Do people not notice this or do they just not care?
Pretty sure people have given up on this. It's taken me three days of Google searching to find this thread so people probably don't know where to turn.
The lack of adjustments to the auto brightness values is extremely annoying. Even my old Windows mobile 6 phones had this ability.
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Pretty sure people have given up on this. It's taken me three days of Google searching to find this thread so people probably don't know where to turn.
The lack of adjustments to the auto brightness values is extremely annoying. Even my old Windows mobile 6 phones had this ability.
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There was an application for WM I used to use on my Mogul, cant remember what it was called but it allowed you to calibrate the auto brightness levels. Anyone know what I'm talking about, or if there's an Android version?
This can be done with Tasker in the Market. Its a powerful app and there was a thread a while back about this exact thing. I don't remember what it was called, but I posted in it, so you could browse my posts from a month or so ago.
Hey... This thing makes phone calls too!
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I'd like to start this bounty thread with a $50 offering.
The requirement is to hack official HTC Sense roms to be able to set levels of brightness which autobrightness uses.
It could be done via an app, or a file edit, or the way cm6.1 does it. And it should be supported for the future OTA releases.
The only true requirement is that I never have to worry about setting brightness again, after I tweak the brightness values to my own eyes.
(technical: autobrightness adjusts the brightness of the lcd by reading the light level sensor. CM6 allows one to edit the table of brightness vs. light sensor. Sense might implement the autobrightness differently. Regardless of the implementation, the default values of brightness, that autobrightness uses, should be adjustable.)
In for $10
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....have you tried using spare parts..... there is a setting for that in the application
oshizzle1991 said:
....have you tried using spare parts..... there is a setting for that in the application
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Sorry. No, there isn't.
Bounty updated.
edit your /system/build.prop from
Code:
# default value of brightness
settings.display.brightness=143
to whatever you would like. higher is brighter, lower is darker. xD
if this works for you, heres my donate link.
es0tericcha0s said:
edit your /system/build.prop from
Code:
# default value of brightness
settings.display.brightness=143
to whatever you would like. higher is brighter, lower is darker. xD
if this works for you, heres my donate link.
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Sorry, what is this?
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Sorry, what is this?
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It's your build.prop, located in /system, just like he said.
es0tericcha0s said:
edit your /system/build.prop from
Code:
# default value of brightness
settings.display.brightness=143
to whatever you would like. higher is brighter, lower is darker. xD
if this works for you, heres my donate link.
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Thanks might make that adjustment in my next ROM.
es0tericcha0s said:
edit your /system/build.prop from
Code:
# default value of brightness
settings.display.brightness=143
to whatever you would like. higher is brighter, lower is darker. xD
if this works for you, heres my donate link.
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That really has nothing to do what I was asking about in the op.
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That really has nothing to do what I was asking about in the op.
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Try the CM6 nightlies, they have exactly what you are asking for.
dkelle4 said:
Try the CM6 nightlies, they have exactly what you are asking for.
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The point is to do it in sense roms.
How does it not? that edit in your build prop will set the auto brightness level. Are you looking for an app or something?
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I'd like to start this bounty thread with a $50 offering.
The requirement is to hack official HTC Sense roms to be able to set levels of brightness which autobrightness uses.
It could be done via an app, or a file edit, or the way cm6.1 does it. And it should be supported for the future OTA releases.
The only true requirement is that I never have to worry about setting brightness again, after I tweak the brightness values to my own eyes.
(technical: autobrightness adjusts the brightness of the lcd by reading the light level sensor. CM6 allows one to edit the table of brightness vs. light sensor. Sense might implement the autobrightness differently. Regardless of the implementation, the default values of brightness, that autobrightness uses, should be adjustable.)
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Seems to be exactly what you asked for?
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It could be done via an app, or a file edit, or the way cm6.1 does it.
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He provided what you asked for, edit the file and you got it!
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I would like this issue to be fixed as well, but am curious to know how much a table would actually help. It seems that it may not be as bright outside as it is inside sometimes, but the sun reflects light a lot worse than a ton of florescent or artificial light does. When i am inside and all the lights are on, i can still read my phone with the brightness at 15%. But when its cloudy outside it needs to be at 100% or its hard to read from a direct angle. I would almost prefer to leave my brightness at 15% all the time, and then use a hardware switch like hitting both volume rockers together to toggle 100% and 15% to change the brightness.
It would be awesome if the evo used the front facing camera to detect the sky behind you or even use the better light senser in a camera, to detect and adjust the brightness. Probably not great for battery.
auradefect said:
He provided what you asked for, edit the file and you got it!
Sent from my HTC Evo 4G using XDA App
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How does changing that setting qualify for manually adjusting autobrightness values?
Here's how cm6 does it. It creates a table:
Light Sensor level - Brightness
10 - 50
160 - 60
225 - 70
320 - 80
640 - 110
1280 - 140
2600 - 180
infinity - 255(max)
The autobrightness reads the light sensor level and then sets the brightness to the corresponding brightness value.
S4Rs said:
I would like this issue to be fixed as well, but am curious to know how much a table would actually help. It seems that it may not be as bright outside as it is inside sometimes, but the sun reflects light a lot worse than a ton of florescent or artificial light does. When i am inside and all the lights are on, i can still read my phone with the brightness at 15%. But when its cloudy outside it needs to be at 100% or its hard to read from a direct angle. I would almost prefer to leave my brightness at 15% all the time, and then use a hardware switch like hitting both volume rockers together to toggle 100% and 15% to change the brightness.
It would be awesome if the evo used the front facing camera to detect the sky behind you or even use the better light senser in a camera, to detect and adjust the brightness. Probably not great for battery.
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It works very well in cm6. It's not perfect, but when I was using cm6, I never had to worry about tinkering with brightness.
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I'm sorry, how are developers going to find this thread now?
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I'm sorry, how are developers going to find this thread now?
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Dev is for people posting roms, kernels, software in development, not for posting "requests for development" and is probably why it was moved.
Sent on the go from my HTC EVO
Hi there...
I am searching for hours now...
I want a Flashlight-App that uses the "ultra bright" mode..
all apps I found only were "medium bright"...
if you ever used a Flashlight-App on HD2 on Windows-Mobile, you should know, what I am talking about.
Only App I found was nexus-one-torch.
I think it "takes photos" to make the dual-LEDs go maximum brightness, but the disadvantage is: it flickeres alot..
Anyone knows a Flashlight-App that uses maximum brightness of the dual-LED-Flash on the HD2 with Android?
Thank you!!
Greetings from Germany!
I like Tesla led. it seems pretty good...
But Tesla LED is not as bright as Windows-Mobile or "Nexus One Torch".
It does not utilize the maximum led-brightness. :/
Why would you need the Max LED flashlight?
Are you gonna setup a party xD!
I think that.. its useless.. the "one" (referred to the settings/drivers) we got now is awesome.. i can clearly see everything in my room when the lights are off.
Because the device is capable of such a brightness..
aaaand...
BECAUSE ITS COOL!
and you risk damaging your led lights...
burpingboy said:
and you risk damaging your led lights...
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I ve runner N1 torch with High brightness for 40 minutes without any problem!
I to want to find an app like this, I miss the torch from WinMo.
burpingboy said:
and you risk damaging your led lights...
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Uhm.. NO? Windows Mobile runs the maximum brightness with the standart HTC-Flashlight-App.. so definately: no!
=> Still searching an app!
have anybody found app? i also searched it for ages ....
Kralle said:
Uhm.. NO? Windows Mobile runs the maximum brightness with the standart HTC-Flashlight-App.. so definately: no!
=> Still searching an app!
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asphaltkiller said:
I ve runner N1 torch with High brightness for 40 minutes without any problem!
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You risk destroying the LED's, they will burn out.
It doesn't matter what your own personal experiences are, they will break. Think of it like staring into a laser and not seeing instant visual disruption. It'll happen, just give it time and it'll mess things up.
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You risk destroying the LED's, they will burn out.
It doesn't matter what your own personal experiences are, they will break. Think of it like staring into a laser and not seeing instant visual disruption. It'll happen, just give it time and it'll mess things up.
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Everything breaks eventually my friend. I admit it may shorten the leds life span but some might not care because they wont use their phone for years and years. I personally have been using high mode on my nexus one for over a year and its still going
If you need something brighter than tesla, wouldn't it make sense to just use a maglite? Phones are great for minor conveniences, but just like the cameras, if i wanted top quality photos, i'd buy a digital camera not try to squeeze quality out of an inferior cel phone cam. Same with the flashlight, great if u drop ur keys at night, not so much if you're trying to light up your whole backyard or something.
-HD2 Android-
i dont think the torch app really uses the brightest setting.
i think its a matter of being properly programmed/optimized for hd2.
You could try Mag Flashlight, it has two brightness levels, but I'm not sure if it can use dual LED
yeah i remember the stock Hd2 flashight was WAY brighter, it puts the ones on android to shame, i want it back!
Yes, I've downloaded all available flashlight apps on the android market for my htc hd2, and NONE of them have matched to the htc hd2's windows mobile version. That particular version had 3 settings, low medium and high. All of the android flashlight apps seem to match the MEDIUM setting that the windowsmobile version was able to output.
Can someone port or write an android app that's nearly identical to the stock htc hd2's flashlight app that had 3 settings, without the annoying 5 second demo animation at the beginning on how to use it? That third setting (high) was KILLER, and impressed all of my friends as to the htc hd2's dual led true potential!
Same here, anyone have found any program with full bright?
HERE IT IS! (well i think its it. IDK)
okay so i pulled this off my typhoon CM7. its the "Torch" app. it has a high brightness setting as well as a strobe feature. (i have my mini raves XD)
its in apk format.
put it in sdcard, use a file explorer to locate it and install it. it should work.
btw i forgot. if it works hit the thanks button have a good day.
Unfortunately, like everyone is saying even the one that you pulled from the typhoon (althought it says it is the highest possible setting) is not the brightest setting that WM was able to achieve. Anyone else still looking for this like me? If someone who knows what they are doing could do this, it would be awesome!
For those that don't understand why we want this, you haven't used the WM LED flashlight long enought. I actually have great stories that goes along with the brightness of HD2 flashlight in WM (from everyone envying me at concerts to saving a bunch of us in the middle of the woods after the sun went down in the middle of a hike that went wrong =P).
I want to change my auto-brightness sensitivity.
Im not talking about manualy changing brightness. I still want my phone to use sensor in order to regulate brightness, but i want every level to be a little bit brighter overall.
That's an coincidence. I was just searching the forum to see if a similar question has been asked... I've noticed varying min / max brightness levels on a variety of builds and I was wondering if there was something I could tweak to change those values (my goal is to get zero to represent something akin to "very dim" (not off), as the builds I've used over the last couple of months have been oh so bright.
Anyone know or point us to a resource that might tell us?
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That's an coincidence. I was just searching the forum to see if a similar question has been asked... I've noticed varying min / max brightness levels on a variety of builds and I was wondering if there was something I could tweak to change those values (my goal is to get zero to represent something akin to "very dim" (not off), as the builds I've used over the last couple of months have been oh so bright.
Anyone know or point us to a resource that might tell us?
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We have same problem and i havent seen anyone talking about this. I also noticed its different from build to build. And my latest problem is brightness is too low on recent build im using.
Any help would be appriciated from anyone.
Only thing I can tell you is CM6.1 based builds have those features built in, but I'm not aware of ways to do it for all builds.
JDMS has those features built in as well.
I wonder if it really is auto-brightness or just a kind of work-around. Looking at the ambient light sensor with the app GPS-Status, there are only two values: 10 LUX if darkness is around, and 160 LUX if any light hits the sensor. It seems not really precise...
Sending this straight back, I cannot believe there is no option to disable auto brightness settings on this heap of ++++.
It has got a mind of its own and is extremely annoying to suddenly see the screen get dim and bright every 5 seconds without any change in actual lighting condition...it makes the phone almost unusable.
Hope someone can make a hack for this soon.
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Sending this straight back, I cannot believe there is no option to disable auto brightness settings on this heap of ++++.
It has got a mind of its own and is extremely annoying to suddenly see the screen get dim and bright every 5 seconds without any change in actual lighting condition...it makes the phone almost unusable.
Hope someone can make a hack for this soon.
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Yes, totally a reason to send it back, software bug on a phone with a unlockable bootloader. Hope your next one doesn't have any real issues
Maybe this was the software bug vodafone was saying?
http://www.google.com/search?client...rceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest
sure you can't find a solution? It must be somewhere in the settings (I'm no android expert though).
It's not a "software bug", it's SE dictating to us that in order for the paltry battery to last a day, we need to use it in the dark, or disco mode!
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It's not a "software bug", it's SE dictating to us that in order for the paltry battery to last a day, we need to use it in the dark, or disco mode!
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and apps force closing are just the man keeping us down!
... unless the sensor it's self is dicked, then it can be fixed in software, even if it is dicked, it can be completely disabled.... just cool your jets.
well i report no such shinanigans happening on my phone! i can see the light sensor in action when i cover it with my thumb, it works really well and the gradient of fading and lighting up is the best i've seen on any phone so far! i dont notice it when using it normally.
you must have a faulty one....
johnsongrantr said:
and apps force closing are just the man keeping us down!
... unless the sensor it's self is dicked, then it can be fixed in software, even if it is dicked, it can be completely disabled.... just cool your jets.
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How can I disable it?...Why not have a simple option like other phones?
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It's not a "software bug", it's SE dictating to us that in order for the paltry battery to last a day, we need to use it in the dark, or disco mode!
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They have to stop the complaints some how, at least the speakers are not gimped
Thought I'd mention that I have no such problem with my device.
I'm very happy with the screen. Especially good as I moved from a nexus one.
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Can't you install brightness level from the market to controll the auto brightness ?
Wanna control your brightness levels quick and easy? I use a very slick widget called Dazzle. It has every option you can think of to control just about everything on your phone. Give it a try.
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I don't seem to have auto-brightness, do have a slide in the settings to ste brightness though, on highest I can easely see in the sun and it hurts in the dark, on the lowest settings it's hard to read at night.
A Dutch review actually mentioned a lack of auto-brightness as one of the downsides to this device.
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I don't seem to have auto-brightness, do have a slide in the settings to ste brightness though, on highest I can easely see in the sun and it hurts in the dark, on the lowest settings it's hard to read at night.
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Hello? Use Dazzle.
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svenk919 said:
I don't seem to have auto-brightness, do have a slide in the settings to ste brightness though, on highest I can easely see in the sun and it hurts in the dark, on the lowest settings it's hard to read at night.
A Dutch review actually mentioned a lack of auto-brightness as one of the downsides to this device.
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It does have Auto Brightness as if you put a finger over the light sensor the phone screens dim.
The phone had an update pending the day I purchased it so most of the reviews I have seen are out of date. This phone is excellent at playing games.
Techdread said:
It does have Auto Brightness as if you put a finger over the light sensor the phone screens dim.
The phone had an update pending the day I purchased it so most of the reviews I have seen are out of date. This phone is excellent at playing games.
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I hear that. In love with my Xperia Play.
Guys can someone tell me. A lot of reviews say that the screen is very dim even on max setting and a lot of reviews say the exact opposite. So what is it?
Mine is perfect in the sun. I'm starting to think there are 2 types of screens involved, anyway to check what screen you have without opening the device up?
Screen brightness is ok for me, but just remarked the display have some ghosting issues. Slide beetween programs screens and observe carrefully the icons.... with red "Adresse" one this is very visible. i can't belive sony use a high response time display on a gamer device.
Hi everyone!
maybe you noted that the lg screen is too bright! even in low setting it is almoust unusable in the dark (night)!
Is there someone who knows a way to change the value of brightness of the presets (maybe a regystry tweak)?
I thinks it will be usefull for a lot of people. . . thanks for the help!
I find the low setting to be... quite dark.
Perhaps try setting your theme to Black instead of White...
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I find the low setting to be... quite dark.
Perhaps try setting your theme to Black instead of White...
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The low setting is dark in a bright place of course. But if you are in dark, the lowest set for becklit, is too bright. I'll post a link with technical conparison between screens.
here is the link with some data:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3982/windows-phone-7-review/28
I'm bothered by this too. Does anyone know how to set it to a reasonably low value, so that text can be easily read in the dark? (white text, black background)
I found something in the registry related to brightness, but it seems to be already set to the lowest value (0).
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Drivers/BuiltIn/Backlight/MinBrightness
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I found something in the registry related to brightness, but it seems to be already set to the lowest value (0).
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Drivers/BuiltIn/Backlight/MinBrightness
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Have you tried setting it to a negative value?
/J
Just bought it,and i noticed this too high brightness too...any way to adjust it?
Same here. This is really starting to bother me...
I've already tried messing around with several values in the registry values with no luck... I suspect this can only be solved with drivers and/or firmware. Maybe if enough people complain about this they will change it in a future firmware?
Lg can solve the problem
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Maybe if enough people complain about this they will change it in a future firmware?
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Exactly! I phone my local support and said this and they were really happy to have a customer feedback.
thay said that they are collecting suggestion and than they will evaluate for a firmware update...
maybe we should suggest to implement autofocus (or prefocus at least) in video too!
EVERYONE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL SUPPORT AND REPORT YOUR OPINION!
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Exactly! I phone my local support and said this and they were really happy to have a customer feedback.
thay said that they are collecting suggestion and than they will evaluate for a firmware update...
maybe we should suggest to implement autofocus (or prefocus at least) in video too!
EVERYONE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL SUPPORT AND REPORT YOUR OPINION!
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Done.
They told me no one had reported about this issue yet, and that they would call me back somewhere over the next few weeks, after their engineers discussed it.
In other words, we need a lot more complaints to achieve this...
(Bump)
Out of curiosity, has anyone else done the same? Several people complained here, but this topic is now suspiciously quiet...
You guys sure you don't have the Automatically adjust setting ON?
Stupid question I know, but I need my 8 posts to post links for my mini PDAir LG Optimus 7 Aluminum case review.
Agreed the LG screen is ridiculously bright on both the Lo and Automatic setting in darkness.
I can't use it in bed as it lights up the whole room, and it causes far too much glare in the car at night so no good for SatNav etc.
Surely it would be better for battery life too if the backlight wasn't burning a hole in my eyes!
Data from link above. Obviously LG need to recalibrate their presets:
Brightness Comparison (White Point)
Phone Low Medium High
HTC Surround 10.4 nits 183.1 nits 405.7 nits
LG Optimus 7 130.4 nits 259.1 nits 381.2 nits
Samsung Focus 61.9 nits 143.1 nits 234.3 nits
LG Service Sites - email your local office to request a fix:
http://www.lg.com/global/supports/service-sites.jsp
Don't know if they will bother fixing this on the E900 (here's hoping) although you would expect it to included in the refresh Mango E906?
Did anyone of you use the amazon Kindle app on lg optimus 7? You can adjust the brightness so damn low within this app...