On my note 4 the LED seems pretty dim as compared to the LED on my Note 2.
Is there any way to change the intensity? Anyone else experiencing the same thing?
I tried downloading Light Manager and it's already set to 'bright.'
Do i have a faulty unit or is the led just that dim?
I think the led notification on the note 4 uses ambient light sensor to adjust its brightness. Try to test it. Just shine a bright light on the sensor and turn and off the screen and you will see the led notification is brighter.
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I always wanted my the light to be dimmer on my Note 2, bought the flip case just to be able to keep it face up at night by my bed.
Yuuuup I also noticed the notification light on the Note 4 is verrry dim and hard to see even at night sometimes from certain angles compared to the Note 2 which is what I switched from.. Always liked having a big bright notification LED on my Note 2. It was even a bit bigger of a cut-out for the LED on Note 2 as well.. Bummer! Kinda takes away from the point when I can hardly see it in daylight! Come on Samsung, f*cksa matter with urself!!
I wondered the same
I also came from the note 2 and its great led notification. Moved to the note 4, love it but the led is barely visible.
My notification light is only visible at night really. In normal lighting indoors it's visible, but not enough to catch your eye. Seems silly.
Is there a way to remove the "auto dimming or auto bright" function? I'd rather it just be bright all the time...is that a romantic or a kernel thing?
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Hey guys,
I have noticed that the auto dim feature doesn't work all that well on my Droid X. When comparing it to the iPhone 4 my friend has in the same light The Droid X seems way brighter than the iPhone. I'm not saying this is a huge issue but considering the size of the screen maybe a tweak to this algorithm could help us squeeze some more juice out of the battery. For now however I have turned the auto brightness off and set the backlight to the lowest setting. I am happy about the how the screen looks, I can read it in almost all lighting except for direct sunlight.
Is there a way to fix this in the future? Or is there a bug reporting thing for Motorola where we can leave a complain about this...or if this isn't a complain how are you guys feeling about the auto dimming backlight?
Thanks
I have noticed the backlight is extremely bright. I have no battery complaints though, so I like it.
The one situation I don't like it is when I'm laying in bed texting, and the light is just about blinding... even on lowest. ;P
Hello,
I just bought a samsung note 10.1, and for now I just put on a makeshift screen protector which is covering both the camera and the light sensor. This is just until I can buy on to fit it. Anyway my question is, it seems like the auto brightness isn't working or working well. I have it on and the screen seems very dark, and I don't have the power settings on either. Would the screen protector covering the light sensor cause this?? or is there some other kind of issue?
Thanks all.
I can't recall how the auto brightness worked before I installed a screen protector so I can't comment on its direct impact but I wouldn't think it should matter. I do find th auto brightness a bit too dark in almost all situations and I think that is a Note 10.1 issue in general.
I just did some test in varying light conditions and the sensor was quick to respond and went quite bright when I was in a very bright room. I just think it over compensates in dark situations.
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Thanks for the reply. I am sure it's ok, but it's been awhile since I had a android tab, so I wasn't sure.
flippingout said:
I can't recall how the auto brightness worked before I installed a screen protector so I can't comment on its direct impact but I wouldn't think it should matter. I do find th auto brightness a bit too dark in almost all situations and I think that is a Note 10.1 issue in general.
I just did some test in varying light conditions and the sensor was quick to respond and went quite bright when I was in a very bright room. I just think it over compensates in dark situations.
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One more question. Do you slide the slider for brightness all the way to the right then click on auto? I heard some say you put the slider all the way to the right, then click on the auto brightness, and that it wont clock lower then the max or something?
Silly question here, I've had an s3 for 2 years now and when debating which color s5 to get, (between black or white) I'm wondering, does anyone own a white one and had some use with the LED notification light? When I saw an s4 in store I noticed they made these lights smaller/dimmer than on the s3... Is it the same case for the s5?
One thing I liked about the white was when the light was blinking, it would light up half the front bezel on my phone because its white.. Does this effect happen with the s5? If anyone has some pictures of videos of their notification lights blinking on a white phone (I wouldn't mind seeing it on a black phone too) that would be awesome!!
Thanks!
(our tmobile store stucks I went in yesterday and they had NO demo units, they acted like they had no clue when the phone would arrive, and I'm stuck at work all day today, just trying to figure out what color I want).
Hi there,
Was just reading this as my white S5 is flashing away. There is definitely slightly more light spread than just from where the notification light is but I wouldn't say it lights up the whole bezel.
brizzle7 said:
Hi there,
Was just reading this as my white S5 is flashing away. There is definitely slightly more light spread than just from where the notification light is but I wouldn't say it lights up the whole bezel.
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well it only appears to light up a good portion of it in a dark room, like at night when its beside my bed on the night stand and it's dark with no lights on, I can see light travel down the sides (it doesn't quit light up the bottom) but it definitely lights up a large portion of it!!
thank you for your reply!
Hi the note 4 seems to be using the light sensor to dim the led notifications led when dark. my note 3 does not do this. I have been through the settings and the conclusion I have is note 3 on KK4.4.2 and note 4 is on KK4.4.4 am I right in assuming this as its a very important decision whether or not I return the note 4 and stay with the note 3, but then again when note 3 gets the 4.4.4 update it will probably do the same thing. Is there any help I could get to disable the light sensor from using the lightflow program, any hacks ect?
thanks in advance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2911961
Try led blinker. Working fine.
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Hi tried LED Blinker and does the same thing, when in a dark area the led dims, put phone in a lighter area and led gets bright?
I have no idea what your talking about cuz my LED on my Note 4 is dim all the time I just tested it again and its actually kind of a piss off coming from the Note 2 and having a big bright LED all the time! *sigh*
chris.k said:
Hi the note 4 seems to be using the light sensor to dim the led notifications led when dark. my note 3 does not do this. I have been through the settings and the conclusion I have is note 3 on KK4.4.2 and note 4 is on KK4.4.4 am I right in assuming this as its a very important decision whether or not I return the note 4 and stay with the note 3, but then again when note 3 gets the 4.4.4 update it will probably do the same thing. Is there any help I could get to disable the light sensor from using the lightflow program, any hacks ect?
thanks in advance.
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Light flow works fine for me. Try dialing *#0*# for diagnostic then click LED test. Blue green and red will appear at normal strength.
Mine is bright when in light and dim when in dark, looked for settings and none found. Mine was purchased from Handtec and is unlocked. came with 2 pin adapter so I assume its from Germany as it started with German as default language?
I tested it and it changes from bright to dim every time.
chris.k said:
Mine is bright when in light and dim when in dark, looked for settings and none found. Mine was purchased from Handtec and is unlocked. came with 2 pin adapter so I assume its from Germany as it started with German as default language?
I tested it and it changes from bright to dim every time.
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Led light uses ambient light sensor to brighten or dim the led notifications. This is specific to Note 4 AFAIK.
Yes thanks. I thought it was kitkat4.4.4 as opposed to kitkat4.2.2 on note 3. So figured when note 3 gets update 4.4.4 led would dim. Kept the note 4 anyway and glad i did not get iphone 6 plus. Oops sorry just swore
Hi,
Not sure if its just me, however, I tried taking a few photos in full darkness with flash on or even in low light. I realized that the flash was very dull and did not produce sharp photos as should happen when the flash is on. This phone has dual LED flash and I can still say that my Galaxy S3 with single LED flash had a better performance and produced really good photos with flash on.
The problem I see here is that the flash is kinda yellow in color while S3 had a pure white flash and that too extremely bright, however, with N6P thats not the case. Has anyone else noticed the same and is there a possible fix for the same ?
I agree, it's not that bright...
The flash on the Nexus 4 is also brighter than this one.
Casmo said:
I agree, it's not that bright...
The flash on the Nexus 4 is also brighter than this one.
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Yes, infact all other phones have a white light flash while this one has a yellowish flash. Even if you're using it as a flash light its evident. This is really depressing to see on an overall excellent phone, though my phone too has that ghoulish yellowish tint, but I've learned to live with it.
I agree, the LEDs are not as bright. My Nexus 5 ( 2013 ) has a stronger LED with a cold white tone while the Nexus 6p is not as bright and has indeed a warm-white tint. It´s not a huge problem though since I don´t use my phone as a torch light.
I believe when I first got it I had used it as a flashlight in a dark bedroom. When I was near the wall I could see that the two LEDs looks like they were different colors. One appeared more yellow while the other was more white. I assumed it had to do with balancing out the flash or something. I didn't really pay much attention to it because I take very few photos with flash.
The Nexus 6P (like many newer phones) has a dual LED flash. One LED is a warm white, while the other is cool white. When taking a photo, the two lights are mixed to create a color balance the camera deems appropriate to the scene. When using the flashlight it just turns them both on at a fixed brightness, resulting in a warm-ish colored light.
I really *don't* like this - there should be an option to just have the cool BRIGHT led activate when the tourch function is used