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.
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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
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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.
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.
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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.
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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).
Evo screen is brighter than most phones with AUTO light sensor on = more battery drain.
Just found app "screen adjuster". It works along with LIGHT SENSOR. I'm setting it to 50%. So it's half the brightness and you keep the auto sensor on.
https://market.android.com/details?...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5uZXRtYW5zbGFiLnNhIl0.
Going to try it out. I've thought the same thing for a long time. Thanks for the suggestion!
Tried this app out not sure how much battery it would save replacing the brightness with an app constantly running in the background considering it has to run 24/7 to maintain the brightness level I doubt it would save any battery if not kill it faster than the brightness level since 1. Brightness is off when screen is off but this is still running while screen is off and 2. The brightness only goes all the way up when you are in bright light so you can see the screen setting the app at 50% is really pointless since on auto the screen is at 50 - 70% when you are indoors
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I think your points are valid, but just wanna throw out that I think the OP is saying the baseline screen brightness is too high. At all levels.
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@Evil
I think your points are valid, but just wanna throw out that I think the OP is saying the baseline screen brightness is too high. At all levels.
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It only sets Max at whatever level u set it to then autos from there, and it runs ~5mb ram constantly so it really doesn't do a whole lot it just sets, as an example, u set it to 80% with the app then on auto ur brightness goes from min to 80% and back to min or in between the two it doesn't dim all levels, and runs constantly so I would say its more trouble than its worth it would be nice if u could just set a lower Max and not need the app running 24/7
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Tried this app out not sure how much battery it would save replacing the brightness with an app constantly running in the background considering it has to run 24/7 to maintain the brightness level I doubt it would save any battery if not kill it faster than the brightness level since 1. Brightness is off when screen is off but this is still running while screen is off and 2. The brightness only goes all the way up when you are in bright light so you can see the screen setting the app at 50% is really pointless since on auto the screen is at 50 - 70% when you are indoors
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There MANY processes constantly running in the background, the OS is smart enough to pause most of these processes when in sleep mode (display off). For example, if you use the light sensor and your phone is off the sensor is not being polled anymore.
Setting 50% means if the brightness is normally at 100 it would be 50, if it was normally 50-70 indoors it would be really be 25-35 with the app.
Or a lower baseline, which I believe is the OPs point. But yes, running an extra ap is an inefficient way to do that.
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There MANY processes constantly running in the background, the OS is smart enough to pause most of these processes when in sleep mode (display off). For example, if you use the light sensor and your phone is off the sensor is not being polled anymore.
Setting 50% means if the brightness is normally at 100 it would be 50, if it was normally 50-70 indoors it would be really be 25-35 with the app.
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The app doesn't pause it runs as a notification task killers don't touch it, and it doesn't work the way u think in lower light it will stay at 50% it just prevents the screen from going past where u set it it doesn't change the values of anything in the sensor just stops the screen from going above x% so if ur in a bright room where ur screen would be at 50% and u have it set to 50% it would still be at 50% not 25%, what I'm trying to say is the app doesn't work the way its advertised
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This was on my list of things to be fixed nearly from the start but nobody, especially devs, seemed to care.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=716547
Display brightness
Based on experience what are the optimal display settings for the best battery life?
lol 0% is the optimum setting. really, the more its off, the more you save. the less its off, the more you save. its really up to your eyes and what you can tolerate. i just have a widget, at night i flip it to 0, and during the day if i'm out doors and in doors i leave it on auto, and if i'm indoors like at work, i leave it at 25%. what sucks is i don't smoke in my apt, so when i wake up i go outside for a cig and my screen's at 0, and i'm trying to read it in the sunlight to turn it back on lol... buuuuuut, i'm sure my way saves more battery than using an app that is constantly running
With auto-brightness turned off an brightness turned up all the way, I am seeing the brightness go down when some apps are launched and turn back up when the app is closed. I noticed this today when launching GoChat and then also saw it when launching the stock jellybean web browser. I am not sure but I think this has only been happening since the last software update (T-Mobile USA).
I wonder if others are noticing this and if it is occurring on I9505 models or just T-Mobile models.
Is power saving mode on?
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Is power saving mode on?
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And auto adapt screen tone must be off
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From DisplayMate:
Since the display often uses 50 percent or more of the total Smartphone power, various display power management schemes are frequently used. The Galaxy S4 uses one innovative approach to overcome this – when Automatic Brightness is turned on, the Peak Brightness becomes significantly brighter in high ambient lighting than is possible with Manual Brightness, up to as high as 475 cd/m2, which is 34 percent higher than is possible with Manual Brightness. This is done so that users can’t permanently set the brightness to very high values, which would run down the battery quickly.From Samsung:
Samsung Adapt Display: The Galaxy S4 "learns" what you are viewing and adjusts the display's brightness accordingly. If the phone senses you are reading an article, for example, it will illuminate from a more muted brightness.
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With auto-brightness turned off an brightness turned up all the way, I am seeing the brightness go down when some apps are launched and turn back up when the app is closed. I noticed this today when launching GoChat and then also saw it when launching the stock jellybean web browser. I am not sure but I think this has only been happening since the last software update (T-Mobile USA).
I wonder if others are noticing this and if it is occurring on I9505 models or just T-Mobile models.
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I'm experiencing similar issues as well with my S4 I9500.
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And auto adapt screen tone must be off
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power saving mode = off
auto brightness = off
auto adjust screen tone = off
still the same problem.
I see the thread talking about 33% briteness reduced during web browsing, but this shouldn't be if all brightness reducing settings are off.
And it certainly should be with other apps. My texting app has a dark theme where background = black and text = blue. When this 'feature' reduces my screen brightness when I launch that messaging app with the dark them, it becomes difficult to read.
So they are trying to save us from ourselves... and save their battery bragging rights... but PLEASE SAMSUNG, give us options to turn all this crap off!!
So... maybe I'll have to root and reROM. Just don't want a ROM with more issues than I already have with stock ROM. I hear other ROMs aren't so good with our camera.
I have the same annoying problem.First the wifi issue which we don't know if it is hardware or software,then this,i am wanter what's next..
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auto brightness = off
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Turning off auto-brightness reduces screen brightness by up to 34%.
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Turning off auto-brightness reduces screen brightness by up to 34%.
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No sir, Not always! Sitting here in a bright office with white walls, filled with sunlight and fluorescent light, with auto-brightness off and brightness turned up all the way, turning ON auto brightness reduces the screen brightness by quite a noticeable bit.
I've read this stated a few places that auto-brightness can actually push the brightness up higher than is possible with manual brightness, but under what conditions? It would make sense that auto would select the brightest possibility under direct sunlight conditions, but I just tested it outside under direct 11am sunlight, toggling back and forth between auto and manual (turned all the way up) -- no difference! Auto brightness did not make my screen brighter than is possible with manual brightness turned up all the way.
All.... as posted in another thread, this only appears to be a problem when launching the browser. My problem with GoSms chat was remedied when I toggled back to 'normal mode' (from it being accidentally set to 'night mode' at some point -- oops! why would an app have its own brightness setting? this should only be a global variable).
Hello guys, I installed 4.5.11, but auto-brightness is very agressive, many times i find it on the lowest setting. Any way to fix this? I just want it a bit higher.
Seems like Oneplus is having everything that saves battery on, from brightness to Doze. As some notifications didn't show untill i opened the app. Usually whatsapp. Personally, instead of 7h of screen on time, i prefer having "just" 6 and everything working good. Just got this phone, 6-7 hours of SOT on a 3300mah battery is insane!
This is very stupid. I have the same problem. I dont know why OnePlus don't make AutoBrightness ajustable like Samsung in Touchwiz for ex...
same with me, when autobrightness in darker room, display is always set to lowest brightness ever. really annoying.
On my side, I really love the way auto brightness behave on my OP5. Too much light is not good for the eyes.
Exactly, the user should be able to set a default level, then auto brightness goes from there.
For those who have sensitive eyes, you can always use night mode. It just block the blue light that is mostly responsible to keep is awake.
When the auto brightness is too low did you go into Settings / Display and move the Adaptive Brightness slider to your desired brightness? I am now in a very dark room and the slider isn't all the way down to the minimum. I can see my screen fine.
jhs39 said:
When the auto brightness is too low did you go into Settings / Display and move the Adaptive Brightness slider to your desired brightness? I am now in a very dark room and the slider isn't all the way down to the minimum. I can see my screen fine.
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Yeah or i do it from the status bar. Still after a while it returns to a lower level. While i already want it on a low level, it's too agressive. I whish i could raise it by 10-20%.
Yeah, that slider doesn't adjust the adaptive brightness level like it would on a Nexus or Pixel device. It remains as a standard brightness level instead
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Well, we could install xposed to fix the brightness. But then i don't know i want to install all of that just for brightness.