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Lower screen brightness

Is there any tweak or app to lower the screen brightness more than possible by default? for me its way too bright when using the phone in the dark. (And for my wife too, since she can't sleep with my phone lightening up the entire bedroom :-| )
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I also have the same issue
Even on lowest level, it is way too bright in bedroom at night

Same here, my wife is kicking me out of bed soon and then i have to go back too my iphone :-(
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same here ...
I have the feeling that just before the screen switch off the brightness is a little bit lower ...
Even this brigthness would be better and would probably save some battery

Same - I was thinking of posting this question myself.

Dimmer on the market
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christpuncher said:
Dimmer on the market
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It's not like it makes significant difference though.
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Not only it hurts my eyes at night, the brightness also drain juice at an accelerated manner
Mod or help is greatly appreciated.
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Can we switch to a night mode like on the iPad or others? Black background and white text?

mickeko said:
It's not like it makes significant difference though.
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I found it to be slightly more tolerable at the 2 setting. But I agree the lowest setting is still too bright
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same here !

Backlight problems, keeps changing settings.

With no other apps installed, useing bare rom and latest mox it up kernal.
Backlight seems to set it self to self to lowest setting, then toggle to a normal setting, very annoying.
Any one have a soultion for this, thanks.
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ranchosteve said:
With no other apps installed, useing bare rom and latest mox it up kernal.
Backlight seems to set it self to self to lowest setting, then toggle to a normal setting, very annoying.
Any one have a soultion for this, thanks.
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Auto brightness on?
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Also, you know about the Notification Bar swipe for brightness feature, right? ..just to make sure. I thought my brightness was all screwy the first few days I had the phone.. then figured out what the prob was.
If none of those, I had brightness issues (with autobright on) with the 10/17 mixedup kernel. I'm pretty sure GeniusDog's new version addressed these sensor issues, but haven't tested it out yet.

Auto brightnss on, on the lastest kernal released today.
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Auto brightnss on, on the lastest kernal released today.
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The auto brightness didn't work well with voodoo. Try during it off
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Reduced brightness kernel support

Does anyone know of any kernel that supports reduced brightness anymore? Voodoo used to before it went all audiophile on us.
The screen brightness is raping my eyes and screen filter makes colours look horrid.
Even typing this is giving me a headache
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Try hardcores speedmod kernels.
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seraphine said:
Does anyone know of any kernel that supports reduced brightness anymore? Voodoo used to before it went all audiophile on us.
The screen brightness is raping my eyes and screen filter makes colours look horrid.
Even typing this is giving me a headache
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Totally agree.... I am gonna try hardcore kernel soon

Setting Brightness ... sliding across Notification bar..

I know A LOT of people know this.. you can slide your finger accross the notification bar to set the screen brightness when auto brightness is turned off.
Well something I found out today.. you don't slide at all.. you can.. but you just got to pick a spot on the notification bar and long press. So you want it at 50%, long press in the middle.
This is a lot better too... more sensitive.
Maniac

I didn't know either of these features so thanks for this post
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Wow magic!!! Lol

You magnificent bastard! The slide was usually hit or miss for me but this works every time.
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Actually I think its touch hold and slide
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Yeah thats how it works u touch and hold it on the left and slide if ur on low l. And on high touch and hold on the right and slide.
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Works for me on PWGB beta 3. This is why I like Android so much, the hidden little tricks and short cuts.

just the old trick. I find this tip potential more than 2 months ago on youtube

Skrazz said:
You magnificent bastard! The slide was usually hit or miss for me but this works every time.
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Hahaha lol.... your welcome.

wow! I noticed it before, but i didn't know that it can change depending on where you press. Good to know

aznkid8706 said:
wow! I noticed it before, but i didn't know that it can change depending on where you press. Good to know
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I knew both!

GREEN TINT IN S4 i9500

I am using my s4 from past 20 days but today i noticed whenever i open keyboard to type something a slight green tint occurs on the display it is very visible while using the phone in dark environment with zero brightness and with higher brightness levels its not that clear but still it is there ... i got rid of smearing issue courtesy screen adjuster app but this issue is bothering me .... anyone else having the same issue plz let me know.
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Haven't noticed this on my I9505, try using another keyboard
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I'm having this issue and it's doing my head in!
Every time I bring up the on screen keyboard the hue changes slightly to greeny tone. Then back again when keyboard goes.
I'm surprised not more people mention it.
The easiest way I found to see it was ten brightness right down, go to a dark room and open play store. Touch on the search bar to bring up recent searches and keyboard, then hit the back button, then touch touch bar again, then the back button. Keep doing this so your toggling keyboard on and off and watch the whole screen shift tone.
I'd love to know if it's an issue across the board or if only a few phones are affected.
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I am facing the exact issue bro but i hope it will be a software related issue but i am also worried that may be we have defective handsets because very few people raised voice against this issue so it means that most users are not suffering from this issue.
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Is this for the stock keyboard? I'm using SwiftKey though.
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I tried with other keyboard and its still there
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It's got nothing to do with the keyboard.
If you watch a movie on you tube (black and white is best) put to full screen and wait for slider to dissappear, then tap screen to bring it back. The hue changes to green!
It's whenever the screen has to bring something up like a keyboard, menu, slider etc.
Come on guys please can you test this so we know it's a problem on all handsets like smearing or if it's a hardware fault in a few handsets.
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Yess same issue here like u mention
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Same thing with my.
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Disable the auto tinting option at display options and the problem is mostly gone...

I9505 here and same thing.

sj44k13 said:
Disable the auto tinting option at display options and the problem is mostly gone...
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What auto tinting option ?? Where is it ??
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Lol there is no 'auto tinting' option. If you mean adjust screen tone, it makes no difference.
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This happens on kernels based on MDN below,
anything above MDM the tint issue is fixed.

On ME2 firmware and I experience the same issue. It feels kinda like a 'flicker'.

I have same keyboard tint problem too and its bugging me. Is it a sw or hw issue? Can it be fixed?
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Raad76 said:
I have same keyboard tint problem too and its bugging me. Is it a sw or hw issue? Can it be fixed?
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Brother i think its a sw issue along with purple smearing ... i hope it will be solved with next update
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saad2687 said:
I am using my s4 from past 20 days but today i noticed whenever i open keyboard to type something a slight green tint occurs on the display it is very visible while using the phone in dark environment with zero brightness and with higher brightness levels its not that clear but still it is there ... i got rid of smearing issue courtesy screen adjuster app but this issue is bothering me .... anyone else having the same issue plz let me know.
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mostly all people have this problem & I was worried too about this. But update your phone. you should get a new update notification by now.! I already updated and it fixes this problem. and the smearing issue as well. And then you can also move your apps to sd!!!!!:victory:

Hi, just got my replacement after having some overheating problems and noticed this problem on the new one. I'm pretty sure is the screen, and not a software problem. Mine looks yellowish/greenish on the bottom. I downloaded Screen Test app and notice the problem. I have some pics showing the color differences along the screen. I'll go for another replacement tomorrow.

Renowned xda member bala gamer said that after installing MEA update this green tint issue is gone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42454525
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