Is there a way to decrease the minimum back-light level on a CM7 ROM?
I always prefer to keep back-light level as low as possible and not using automatic setting for it.
Recently I've tried one of the MIUI roms and noticed that the lowest back-light level on it is way dimmer that on CM7 ROMs. It allowed me to noticeably save on battery.
So is there any way to do it on CM7 based ROMs?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14089317&postcount=10594
Tried and tested with typhoon rom. After usind this lib the cm7 autobacklight level should woork correctly..but therefore some LED Notification will behave a bit strange...you will be able to life with that. (=
dumon said:
Is there a way to decrease the minimum back-light level on a CM7 ROM?
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not 100% as I use a CM mod (AMA), but check Settings / CM Settings / Display/ Automatic Brightness / Edit Other Levels
j4n87 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14089317&postcount=10594
Tried and tested with typhoon rom. After usind this lib the cm7 autobacklight level should woork correctly..but therefore some LED Notification will behave a bit strange...you will be able to life with that. (=
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OK. I've tried it and saw absolutely no difference in minimum backlight level.
When I move the backlight level slider all the way down it is still on the same level
as with older libs. And it did break notification lights.
As I've mentioned before I am not using autobacklight at all. I just want to have manual backlight level go much lower.
There is a free app in the Android Market that will do just what you want. It's called Screen Filter. Using this app, you can set your backlight level very low, and even put a widget pre-set to your preferred brightness level on one of your homescreens.
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dumon said:
OK. I've tried it and saw absolutely no difference in minimum backlight level.
When I move the backlight level slider all the way down it is still on the same level
as with older libs. And it did break notification lights.
As I've mentioned before I am not using autobacklight at all. I just want to have manual backlight level go much lower.
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that's how it looks on my device - the min brightness can be set to 1 which is very dark
huggs said:
There is a free app in the Android Market that will do just what you want. It's called Screen Filter. Using this app, you can set your backlight level very low, and even put a widget pre-set to your preferred brightness level on one of your homescreens.
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This app is a fake. It does not decrease backlight level, but instead dims lcd pixels, which is not the same. Hence no power saving benefits. It would only help with OLED screens.
p107r0 said:
that's how it looks on my device - the min brightness can be set to 1 which is very dark
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Did you replace lights libs to make it to work?
dumon said:
Did you replace lights libs to make it to work?
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that's how it comes with AMA, which is based on CM7.1, so it could be part of the original CM (have no way to check as I don't use NAND builds)
p107r0 said:
that's how it comes with AMA, which is based on CM7.1, so it could be part of the original CM (have no way to check as I don't use NAND builds)
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Ah..I see. That is SD build.
OK. Looks like CM7 autobacklight works if I replace lights libs now (loosing LED blinking though). I guess I'll try it out and see how it turns out.
Thank you all.
One thing I've noticed that backlight level number is not very granular.
As there is no difference if I have it set to 1, 5, 10, 15 or 20. It only changes at 25
dumon said:
One thing I've noticed that backlight level number is not very granular.
As there is no difference if I have it set to 1, 5, 10, 15 or 20. It only changes at 25
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it might depend on the brightness ranges/thresholds - I've noticed in my build that if first two ranges are set as 0-100 and 100-200, the first one is ignored if upper limit is below 225, so I always get the screen brightness of the second range
I was looking for a dimmer lowest setting for the back light & tried Screen Filter BUT found it left the "black screen" well lit but everything else faded, almost like the colours were merging to gray rather than being dimmer.
Anyway, my need was for the clock display to be dim but found the Clock app's day/night mode button takes the clock display brightness right down low; lower than the manual screen brightness setting for sure... but only in the clock.
Hopefully any other noobs to Cyanogen / non-Sense ROMs may find this relevant! ;.)
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I want the Browswer to either,
1 - utilize the auto brightness function
2 - keep the brightness the same as what my setting is on
Is this that hard to do? why does the browser get it's own friggin brightness setting? At lease give us an option to take route 1 or route 2 on top of being able to change it.
Definitely something to think about in future roms.
And here is another example of why I despise auto brightness settings on screens. I like mine cranked all the way...except on my Sharp Aquos because that would lead to retinal bleeding at over 450nits
Just swipe from left to right along the notification bar to change the brightness to what you want.
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hurrpancakes said:
Just swipe from left to right along the notification bar to change the brightness to what you want.
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i'd much prefer it automatically matching the brightness to the system setting. Hopefully, that will be fixed in the upcoming roms.
BTW, to increase screen brightness, turn Power Savings off in the Display settings. Doing this keeps the screen at 100% all the time --the browser and other apps will not dim the display anymore.
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Very annoying. I have no idea why someone would do this. It makes no sense.
coolguy949 said:
Very annoying. I have no idea why someone would do this. It makes no sense.
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love the setting. most of my browsing is done indoors where i want brightness set to MIN to save battery. for all regular phone use I want to setting to be at AUTO
kolyan said:
love the setting. most of my browsing is done indoors where i want brightness set to MIN to save battery. for all regular phone use I want to setting to be at AUTO
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Same here, i don't need a very bright screen to browse
But having a auto for browser is basic setting in my mind though
kolyan said:
love the setting. most of my browsing is done indoors where i want brightness set to MIN to save battery. for all regular phone use I want to setting to be at AUTO
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But then you go outside and you can't see your screen because it's so low. This is specifically the reason it bugs me. I too love low brightness indoors but it sucks when you can't see the screen very well to turn it back up.
My only complaint is every page has to be white like a bright sheet of paper.
Back in the old days, computers had white text on black screens. Worked great at night or in dark rooms.
dattaway said:
My only complaint is every page has to be white like a bright sheet of paper.
Back in the old days, computers had white text on black screens. Worked great at night or in dark rooms.
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Also consume less battery with black background
Two things regarding brightness I've found in 2.1 and wanting to know if I'm just missing something or what:
No more automatic brightness setting
The maximum brightness setting is about 2x as bright as the maximum setting on 1.6
/discuss
Belazor said:
Two things regarding brightness I've found in 2.1 and wanting to know if I'm just missing something or what:
No more automatic brightness setting
The maximum brightness setting is about 2x as bright as the maximum setting on 1.6
/discuss
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There is auto brightness. it is done through a widget called power control which lets you control wifi gps etc..on the most right is ascreen brightness selector. 3 options. min auto and max brightness
law910 said:
There is auto brightness. it is done through a widget called power control which lets you control wifi gps etc..on the most right is ascreen brightness selector. 3 options. min auto and max brightness
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There is no AUTO setting....
Download Spareparts from market and choose auto brightness there
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Seansmit17 said:
There is no AUTO setting....
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Yes there is, through the widget with the wifi, gps and the other stuff.
Furthest to the right is a brightness icon that you can press to get auto brightness.
dj1337 said:
Download Spareparts from market and choose auto brightness there
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Can anyone confirm that this works?
Seriously, why in the world would SE remove a feature!
citsym said:
Can anyone confirm that this works?
Seriously, why in the world would SE remove a feature!
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They didn't!
Seansmit17 said:
There is no AUTO setting....
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The middle setting is auto. In fact, Kindle even says 'To enable display brightness, turn off the automatic brightness adjustment in display settings.'
Mine does not ask a thing. Doesn't seem as auto option but a medium setting instead.
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I have to say i miss that feature too. A lot. The middle setting is not auto. I downloaded Spareparts and enabled auto brightness but it does not seem to work. Not like 1.6 did anyway.
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Jep, same her... ATM I toggle between 1%, 50% and 100% with extended controls...
gotta love the people that dont read aye? xD
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They didn't!
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Hmm...did you actually put it infront of sunlight and check if the brightness automatically changes?
Alright everyone I was wary about the absence of the auto-brightness as well but I just did a test and I can confirm that the middle setting in the brightness setting on the power control widget is for auto-brightness. You can test this too by shining a bright light at the sensor, the screen brightness should INCREASE. Obviously a few of you mistook it for MEDIUM brightness which is understandable as the auto-brightness is between the minimum and maximum brightness under most circumstances, does that make sense?
Testet it with the Widget.
Seems to work. But in my opinion it worked better in 1.6.
Ah, good! Auto brightness is a critical feature IMHO.
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The maximum brightness setting is about 2x as bright as the maximum setting on 1.6
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Really? I've set the brightness in 2.1 to 100% which is as bright as 1.6 on 50%.
UserX10 said:
Testet it with the Widget.
Seems to work. But in my opinion it worked better in 1.6.
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I second that. Much better in 1.6. Here it does not even change. You barely notice it when going from inside to outside etc... I also tried on the Desire of a friend, and same thing. So 1.6 must have been better at that I guess.
Somebody can tell me how to disable the feature of automatic brightness, leaving it at the value I want, independently by the light? sorry if it has already been asked, but with the search function in the threads I can't answer it myself.
Hope somebody will help, because now my battery is drained too fast =(
Baldolo said:
Somebody can tell me how to disable the feature of automatic brightness, leaving it at the value I want, independently by the light? sorry if it has already been asked, but with the search function in the threads I can't answer it myself.
Hope somebody will help, because now my battery is drained too fast =(
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I use the Brightness Profiles app. It seems to hold the settings after reboots.
i find myself using the tablet on lowest light settings all the time, without any trouble.
does anyone know of an app that would let me lower the backlight settings further than what honeycomb allows ?
battery use at 70% --;
mr.bryce said:
i find myself using the tablet on lowest light settings all the time, without any trouble.
does anyone know of an app that would let me lower the backlight settings further than what honeycomb allows ?
battery use at 70% --;
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I use an app called screen filter. It doesn't actually lower the blacklight but it does the trick.
Theres a couple other apps that do the same thing.
Fantastic! Tkvm ^^
This should appeease my quest for the st graal that is screen color inversion
How can I turn the capacitive buttons on the Atrix?
Any mods?
Also anyone know an app like Bebuzz on BlackBerry which will make notification light flash a rainbow of colors?
Thanks in advance guys
Im on CM7 official build...
Well, found this
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.deskangel.adjbrightness&hl=en
EDIT: This app doesnt do a good job. Anyone know better?
For the softkeys backlight, now turned off with that app.
Now I just need a notification light app like Bebuzz on BlackBerry for the flashing lights to go nuts on a phone call
mellll said:
Well, found this
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.deskangel.adjbrightness&hl=en
EDIT: This app doesnt do a good job. Anyone know better?
For the softkeys backlight, now turned off with that app.
Now I just need a notification light app like Bebuzz on BlackBerry for the flashing lights to go nuts on a phone call
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Wow that app makes phone super bright and lower dim than native adjustment. Nice find
CM7 Newest Weekly faux123 1.45ghz, thanks AtriXDA Developers!!
You're on CM7, you don't need app for controlling backlight.
Settings -> CM settings -> display -> Automatic backlight
check "use custom", edit other levels
and here define desired values for screen and buttons backlight in certain conditions.
Feel free to click "thanks"
jeez, if you're on CM7 you clearly are missing out on half the features!
like said above, you can adjust ALL aspects of brightness levels, thresholds, etc (screen and buttons) in the settings -> CM settings -> display -> automatic backlight -> use custom / edit other levels.
as for LED notifications, that's in CM settings -> interface -> LED notifications. take an hour or so and just explore the CM settings menu. you'll be amazed at what you can do.
maajstor said:
You're on CM7, you don't need app for controlling backlight.
Settings -> CM settings -> display -> Automatic backlight
check "use custom", edit other levels
and here define desired values for screen and buttons backlight in certain conditions.
Feel free to click "thanks"
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Yeah I had seen those options but didn't know what each thing ment. But some one posted a guide and I just copied his setup. I'm using most of cm7 features :-/ what ever happen to that kernel some one was developing that controlled the back lighting vultage? Cause when I was reading that thread they were stating how dimming screen with an app like super dim only put a filter over your screen to make it look darker but didn't save nearly as much battery as lowering the vultage to make screen dimmer using the kernel.
CM7 Newest Weekly faux123 1.45ghz, thanks AtriXDA Developers!!
Anybody using Lux to control screen brightness? I mainly got it so I can get a dimmer screen setting for reading at night. I found that the default lux setting is too bright by default, typically being around 60% screen brightness during the day. So I'm curious what other people are setting the custom settings to.
Lux is cool because even though its auto adjust, if you find it to bright you can pull up the dashboard from the notifications drawer or the widget. Then slide the slider to where you think it should be according to the light level you are at. Then hold down the little icon that looks like a chain. This will "link" the brightness level with the current lighting level. You actually make lux better for you by personalizing it. Link as many settings as you want to various lighting levels.
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Lux is cool because even though its auto adjust, if you find it to bright you can pull up the dashboard from the notifications drawer or the widget. Then slide the slider to where you think it should be according to the light level you are at. Then hold down the little icon that looks like a chain. This will "link" the brightness level with the current lighting level. You actually make lux better for you by personalizing it. Link as many settings as you want to various lighting levels.
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Yeah. So far I like it. Just curious what % people are using for normal use. It also looks like stock min brightness on android is 15%. The low settings on lux go from 15% to 0% with nothing in between.
Kayak83 said:
Yeah. So far I like it. Just curious what % people are using for normal use. It also looks like stock min brightness on android is 15%. The low settings on lux go from 15% to 0% with nothing in between.
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You guys should try screendim if you have root. You can adjust any brightness levels, it even has a second adjustment for contrast so you have a lot more control. Its not free but well worth the few dollars imo.
neotekz said:
You guys should try screendim if you have root. You can adjust any brightness levels, it even has a second adjustment for contrast so you have a lot more control. Its not free but well worth the few dollars imo.
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I just installed a custom kernel and it looks like it includes a 5% brightness setting. Should be good.