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Screen Too Bright? Screen Filter!

Found this app the other day and can't believe I went this long without it!
Screen Filter. It's free from the marketplace. It tones down your brightness significantly under the lowest setting in TouchWiz.
I used to keep sunglasses next to my bed for sleepy-time Reddit browsing, but not any more!
Here's an A-B for you non believers. First photo is at lowest brightness setting in TouchWiz. Second photo is at 34.1% brightness (toggled by Screen Filter widget)
Before:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
After:
...and of course, with our AMOLED displays, less bright:less battery drain!
*I am not the author of this app, just a fan*

Skrazz said:
I used to keep sunglasses next to my bed for sleepy-time Reddit browsing, but not any more!
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Are you me? I actually used to do the same thing but then I also found this app a, couple or few months back. I just never thought to post it. Good idea
I also use the shortened led buttons mod found in the dev forum and it makes for a much better experience.
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bobloblaw1 said:
Are you me? I actually used to do the same thing but then I also found this app a, couple or few months back. I just never thought to post it. Good idea
I also use the shortened led buttons mod found in the dev forum and it makes for a much better experience.
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Thanks for the feedback! Is this the mod you used? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018093
just flashed it. VERY pleased with this combination!

Does it have an auto adjust function?
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Good find!
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I use this for said purposes like in the morning and it works great. However, it seems to drain the batt quicker because I don't think it actually lowers the display output, just filters it like a lamp shade and uses some cpu powr. correct me if im wrong..
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Skrazz said:
Thanks for the feedback! Is this the mod you used? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018093
just flashed it. VERY pleased with this combination!
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Yup thats the mod. So much easier on the eyes this way.

Dude thank you for mentioning this app. Checking the phone immediately after waking up has become so much more pleasant. Now just need to find the best way of putting this on a schedual.

MattRussNC said:
Dude thank you for mentioning this app. Checking the phone immediately after waking up has become so much more pleasant. Now just need to find the best way of putting this on a schedual.
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Ahh yes! You definitely should be able to automate this. Let me know how it goes!

I'm sure tasker could start it on schedule.
I've been using this app since I got my phone, but thanks for the post
Sent from my CM7 SCH-i500

This app is great. I found it awhile ago as well and use it for my phone in the docking station as my alarm clock. The brightness used to wake me up in the middle of the night sometimes it was so bright.

bigmike88 said:
I use this for said purposes like in the morning and it works great. However, it seems to drain the batt quicker because I don't think it actually lowers the display output, just filters it like a lamp shade and uses some cpu powr. correct me if im wrong..
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The blurb about the app in the market states that it saves battery on s-amoled displays... Can't vouch for that myself, but I haven't noticed any increase of battery usage while using my phone in the dark .
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Finally I have found app with additional RGB adjust and so awaiting autorun
Waiting a long time for that
Screen adjuster at market

3 months.....
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noobish noob is noobish.
Regardless, this is still a great app that everybody should keep installed to save battery and your eyes at night!

My app, made for educational purpose (and for a friend who complains about the lack of autorun in screen fillter) =)
EOT

Great app I don't want to miss,
but whenever I have it enabled it's not possible for me anymore to install apks.
Weird. But still power-saver No1 !

Brightness slider on the notification bar

The GS1 and GS2 had the ability to adjust the screen brightness by sliding your finger across the notification bar. I've seen that in some GS3 custom roms, this feature was added. You had the ability to toggle this feature on or off under a certain subsetting in settings.
Is there a way to add this feature without loading a custom rom? I use it every day on my Epic. Thanks

I really miss this option also!
I think the only way we will be able to get this back is through a custom ROM.

Eazail70x7 said:
The GS1 and GS2 had the ability to adjust the screen brightness by sliding your finger across the notification bar. I've seen that in some GS3 custom roms, this feature was added. You had the ability to toggle this feature on or off under a certain subsetting in settings.
Is there a way to add this feature without loading a custom rom? I use it every day on my Epic. Thanks
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not on stock rom =(

This feature alone will drive me to a custom ROM, but only after the capability to wipe flash counter and go back to stock, in case of warranty need.

Saw this post in the I9300 thread. Scroll all the way down. Someone recommended an app called Display Brightness will do the trick. Works really well I might add.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28067322
Play link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1YmJlcmJpZ3BlcHBlci5EaXNwbGF5QnJpZ2h0bmVzcyJd
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I just tried this and it works great so far. I just how it doesn't eat any battery.
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I couldn't get the Display Brightness app to work until i tweaked the settings. I followed these ones and it works great!

aznmode said:
Saw this post in the I9300 thread. Scroll all the way down. Someone recommended an app called Display Brightness will do the trick. Works really well I might add.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28067322
Play link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1YmJlcmJpZ3BlcHBlci5EaXNwbGF5QnJpZ2h0bmVzcyJd
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Thanks given with enthusiasm
Installing now.

dasfool said:
I couldn't get the Display Brightness app to work until i tweaked the settings. I followed these ones and it works great!
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Had to make mine thicker by sliding the top slider almost halfway. Every thing else I made completely transparent. Its even easier when you see the bar slightly though but I don't like seeing it.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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aznmode said:
Had to make mine thicker by sliding the top slider almost halfway. Every thing else I made completely transparent. Its even easier when you see the bar slightly though but I don't like seeing it.
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If you don't like to see it , you can activate the auto-hide option
wow very nice app... awesome
thank you for sharing

This should be moved to the themes n app section now.
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aznmode said:
This should be moved to the themes n app section now.
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Sorry, wasn't sure where to put the thread

WOO HOO!!! now us USA People just have to wait for this update
http://www.androidcentral.com/inter...ond-ota-update-finally-adds-brightness-slider

I prefer lux dash. Set it up and never have to screw with it again.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux

eyecon82 said:
WOO HOO!!! now us USA People just have to wait for this update
http://www.androidcentral.com/inter...ond-ota-update-finally-adds-brightness-slider
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Yep, just saw this on the nifty little Flipboard app.
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Seems like their will be a lot of rooting and unrooting on this device. 2 updates for international already. My phone has had 2 updates in a years time.

How bout this.... Samsung Galaxy S III OTA update adds brightness widget to drop-down menu
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/06/s...get-to-drop-d/
OTA released today.
EDIT: Global Phones only can push OTA.

Aridon said:
I prefer lux dash. Set it up and never have to screw with it again.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux
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+1
It's very good.

Why is this site especially so washed out?!

Anyone else have this? Like really washed out text.

Are you using the app from the play store? Or the browser? There's different skins for both. Also there's the tapatalk app, which the xda app is based on.
But XDA has a free app.
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If you have a crappy monitor like I just used a work computer earlier today, yeah with the new UI of xda, the text is almost unreadable.
Galaxy Nexus GSM

nxt said:
If you have a crappy monitor like I just used a work computer earlier today, yeah with the new UI of xda, the text is almost unreadable.
Galaxy Nexus GSM
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He is probably talking about his Nexus 7.
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Yep...it's the Nexus 7. Whats with the horribly washed view?!

I love the design of this device... it was to be almost perfect for me. However the screen sucks. Its washed out and text is not any clearer than my wife's nook. I'm thinking mine is a defective one. It has minor light bleed but more or less flush screen. No creaking... the left has a little more give but good otherwise. My USB port clicks firmly but it has some wobble. The device itself stutters a lot, even after a data reset. My biggest problem is that the screen becomes utterly unresponsive after a few minutes of use. I sent an email rather than call. If i don't get an RMA in a couple days I'll call in as well. I'm very disappointed. Want to love this device but I can't.
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Jayrod1980 said:
I love the design of this device... it was to be almost perfect for me. However the screen sucks. Its washed out and text is not any clearer than my wife's nook. I'm thinking mine is a defective one. It has minor light bleed but more or less flush screen. No creaking... the left has a little more give but good otherwise. My USB port clicks firmly but it has some wobble. The device itself stutters a lot, even after a data reset. My biggest problem is that the screen becomes utterly unresponsive after a few minutes of use. I sent an email rather than call. If i don't get an RMA in a couple days I'll call in as well. I'm very disappointed. Want to love this device but I can't.
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Hi there, same with my ASUS Transformer totally washed out text
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Hi there, same with my ASUS Transformer totally washed out text

rockky said:
Anyone else have this? Like really washed out text.
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Yes, washed out text on my ASUS Infinity tf700! The only site that is like this is xda
The text is nice and clear when i logout though. I hope the site coders will fix.

in the browser, change the xda theme to xda 2010(bottom left) and itll solve the washed out look on your nexus 7.

The Nexus 7 display is calibrated very bad...
Especially greens and whites are washed out and white-saturation is very bad too!
So N7 can´t display different white and grey nuances - they look all white or washed out.
I think google/asus will never fix it...

This has nothing to do with the calibration of the N7 screen. It's because the 2013 theme doesn't "play nice" with mobile browsers. If you choose the Classic or 2010 theme at the bottom left of the screen it will work fine.

Can you post a screenshot? I'm curious if it will show up in there. If it is just in how the Nexus 7 renders the site, there isn't much to do about that. As others have said, you can either choose another theme (lower left-hand corner) or use the XDA app.

veeman said:
This has nothing to do with the calibration of the N7 screen. It's because the 2013 theme doesn't "play nice" with mobile browsers. If you choose the Classic or 2010 theme at the bottom left of the screen it will work fine.
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Perfect way better!!! I did not know the choice was down there

bitpushr said:
Can you post a screenshot? I'm curious if it will show up in there. If it is just in how the Nexus 7 renders the site, there isn't much to do about that. As others have said, you can either choose another theme (lower left-hand corner) or use the XDA app.
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with the xda 2013 theme..
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
with the xda 2010 theme..

It only does it for me in the AOSP browser. In Chrome it looks fine.. Flash related?

styckx said:
It only does it for me in the AOSP browser. In Chrome it looks fine.. Flash related?
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JavaScript related.. if you remove javascript in the browser settings than it works fine. but then the quick links pull downs dont work and things cease to function correctly. I contacted simms about the same thing the OP is talking about and that was the only other solution than going back to the horrid 2010 theme.

That same thing happen to me after I installed the eclipse logo in my signature. I had to ditch the logo to get the screen back to normal.

I had this foggy look when I browsed XDA on Dolphin Browser too, I assumed it was done so XDA could discourage us from browsing and to use their app instead.

Lg g2 and gmail

Has anyone noticed their Gmail app doesn't seem set up correctly for this screen?
When selecting emails to delete the Blue highlight seems to cover the top bar. Also it seems to not fully register when selecting multiple emails.
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Yeah, I noticed that too, strange little bug.

I noticed that today!
But what's even worst is that if I setup Gmail as a widget either on the lockscreen or launcher, it makes my G2 so unstable to the point of starting to lag and eventually self reboot!
If I take the gmail widget's down, all seems normal again.

What app are people using instead if any.
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did you try the aspect ratio corrections settings in display?
I am not using it cause I like they way it looks

This is a fairly common bug with 1080p screened devices. My new Nexus 7 and Galaxy S4 GPe did the same.

The Jones said:
This is a fairly common bug with 1080p screened devices. My new Nexus 7 and Galaxy S4 GPe did the same.
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That's a bit crap. Would have thought they'd iron things like that out especially with the way mobile screens are going.

I'm rooted, so I just deleted gmail then added a modded (clear) one to data/app and rebooted. Now I'm happy!
VZW LG G2

bachera said:
did you try the aspect ratio corrections settings in display?
I am not using it cause I like they way it looks
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Unfortunately Gmail app does not appear in the aspect correction settings.
However I will try to fix that through an xposed module and post results.
Cheers
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There, I fixed the problem on the initial post with the email selection hightlight on the first email.
I used App Settings xPosed module as follows:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Cheers!

Did anyone try the aspect ratio corrections settings in display? LG was pretty awesome by putting a fix for apps that dont display correctly. My wife's pogo game would load to a black screen then show weird text.. We went to app settings and aspect ratio correction, selected pogo, ran the game.. PERFECT..
Try that with the Gmail.. Should work.. LG was already on the ball with this.

xb0n3z said:
Did anyone try the aspect ratio corrections settings in display? LG was pretty awesome by putting a fix for apps that dont display correctly. My wife's pogo game would load to a black screen then show weird text.. We went to app settings and aspect ratio correction, selected pogo, ran the game.. PERFECT..
Try that with the Gmail.. Should work.. LG was already on the ball with this.
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I can't select the Gmail app.
Looks like you can only select apps that weren't originaly on the G2

bachera said:
did you try the aspect ratio corrections settings in display?
I am not using it cause I like they way it looks
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albabarn said:
What app are people using instead if any.
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I use kaiten email. I keep all my email accounts in it. Been using it for 4 or 5 years
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xb0n3z said:
Did anyone try the aspect ratio corrections settings in display? LG was pretty awesome by putting a fix for apps that dont display correctly. My wife's pogo game would load to a black screen then show weird text.. We went to app settings and aspect ratio correction, selected pogo, ran the game.. PERFECT..
Try that with the Gmail.. Should work.. LG was already on the ball with this.
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Really?
Yes, I have mentioned it before (post #9)
And a workaround (post #10)
Cheers!

Sweet-ass app!

This app is really cool. It rounds the corners of the screen and makes things look pretty damn nut-sweatingly glorious. It's called roundr, found it on the store today:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mohammad.adib.roundr&hl=en_GB
Gonna install it on my N5 if stupid courier sends it this year.
Example:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Hey, is there a way to fix that ?
Update: Just ticked "overlap status bar"

Dear sir:
As you may be aware of, due to recent litigation against Samsung USA, the courts have upheld Apple's patent on rounded corners in all present and future mobility devices. We respectfully request that you do not download, distribute or promote the use of anything that produces rounded corners with anything other than an Apple approved device. Failure to comply will result in a multitude of rabid, foaming Apple fanboys being sent to correct the issue.
Yours,
Timothy D. Cook
Apple CEO
Apple Inc
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014

When I saw this I thought what a stupid app... Downloaded it and love it.
Thanks.
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You guys just found out about this? It's been released for a while. Work best on AMOLED screens.

Reminds me of my Palm Pre (RIP), might try it when i get the N5

Yeah, the app is only around 7 months old. Here is the creators thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2234079

Why the he'll do I like this app so much? It's so simple yet amazing? Lol I dunno, it's strange that something so simple is so pleasing
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Been using this app for a couple months. So simple but so damn good looking. LOL!

That's all very well and good. But this won't work with a transparent nav bar etc on n5
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GR36 said:
That's all very well and good. But this won't work with a transparent nav bar etc on n5
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It works if you sport a black background.

Sweet ass-app
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GR36 said:
That's all very well and good. But this won't work with a transparent nav bar etc on n5
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Use a third party launcher they will have a black bar, at least that's how it is on my Nexus 4 running 4.4.
Or if you have a Nexus 4 and running custom rom or Xposed modules, you can set the status bar and navbar to be transparent, switch to a third party launcher, and blacklist that launcher using RoundR Extrensions, of course you'll lose the Okay Google in the process.
The app's blacklisting the Google launcher itself doesn't work right now.

This app is pretty awesome! If only the notification could do something useful like battery life or something and if it worked with the transparent bottom nav bar I would totally keep it!

This app works great when opening apps, and the status/nav bars turn black. The dev should have the option not to enable on homescreen and only activate when apps are open. (if its possible) then this would be a beauty.

lookitzjohnny said:
This app works great when opening apps, and the status/nav bars turn black. The dev should have the option not to enable on homescreen and only activate when apps are open. (if its possible) then this would be a beauty.
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Like I said, if you purchased the Extensions you have the option to blacklist, however, it can't blocklist Google launcher for now, but it work on other launchers.

eksasol said:
Like I said, if you purchased the Extensions you have the option to blacklist, however, it can't blocklist Google launcher for now, but it work on other launchers.
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Yes i know it works on 3rd party launchers(used it on nova no problem) but some may want the "google" experience, i was just stating how it can POSSIBLY be resolved running on the default launcher.

lookitzjohnny said:
Yes i know it works on 3rd party launchers(used it on nova no problem) but some may want the "google" experience, i was just stating how it can POSSIBLY be resolved running on the default launcher.
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Yea I hope it gets updated. It doesn't look right on the trandparent status bar on the N5 IMHO.

Wow....that is actually pretty sweet! Thanks for the recommendation!
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Love this idea, reminds me of my N9. Gonna hang on to it to see if the dev can make it work with the stock launcher (i.e. the bottom corners).