I don't know if anyone else is noticing this, however when using an app that has not been optimized for MM, it causes the screen's brightness to dim for some reason.
You can try the app Wordfeud if you want to see it for yourself
There have been a couple of apps that have caused this, and I've checked with various settings (auto-brightness on/off, adaptive display on/off) nothing seems to remedy it.
I believe it's an app optimization issue, but certainly an odd bug.
Install lux brightness
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Brava27 said:
Install lux brightness
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Has nothing to do with auto brightness. It's caused by the app itself, regardless of any settings on the phone. Try it.
ingenious247 said:
Has nothing to do with auto brightness. It's caused by the app itself, regardless of any settings on the phone. Try it.
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Try lux
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Brava27 said:
Try lux
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*sigh*
I've used Lux for years. I'm also savvy enough to know when it's not an auto brightness issue. Trust me, it's a MM issue.
If you don't want to contribute, go find a Lux thread so you can boost the app there.
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*sigh*
I've used Lux for years. I'm also savvy enough to know when it's not an auto brightness issue. Trust me, it's a MM issue.
If you don't want to contribute, go find a Lux thread so you can boost the app there.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux
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Lol this guy really likes lux.
ingenious247 said:
*sigh*
I've used Lux for years. I'm also savvy enough to know when it's not an auto brightness issue. Trust me, it's a MM issue.
If you don't want to contribute, go find a Lux thread so you can boost the app there.
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That awkward moment when Lux actually does fix the problem though.
Tested it myself.
Zeffir said:
That awkward moment when Lux actually does fix the problem though.
Tested it myself.
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You're either not too bright (pun intended) or just a liar.
It does not fix it. Brightness still lowers when opening the two apps I've seen the issue with. Brightness returns to normal upon exiting the apps. Tested it twice.
The childishness on xda has really gotten out of hand lately.
Found the reason. It's not the apps optimization, it's that retarded new game service feature.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/screen-mode-games-t3331330
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I have my brightness setting as low as it will go. At night (darkness) it's still too bright. Is there a way to get the brightness even lower? Thanks.
i've been wondering this too, haha
i just keep everything on the lowest, and make sure the browser setting are adjusted too
Any solution yet?
Has any one found a way to this cos the brightness really hurts my eyes at night!
Thanks.
Try an app called dimmer in the market.It will set brightness to 10. The default low point is 30
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highv0ltage said:
I have my brightness setting as low as it will go. At night (darkness) it's still too bright. Is there a way to get the brightness even lower? Thanks.
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use a voodoo kernel with colorfix. the lowest brightness setting will be suitable at night after installation.
jl8935 said:
Try an app called dimmer in the market.It will set brightness to 10. The default low point is 30
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Thank you, the brightness is the cause of the headache I am currently experiencing, thanks a lot.
jl8935 said:
Try an app called dimmer in the market.It will set brightness to 10. The default low point is 30
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Thank you - I've been looking for something like this since I got my Vibrant. I'm also going to try Screen Filter and see which one works better.
Man screen filter works perfectly! ..cept for notification bar
Been trying to figure this out forever
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I am so glad that works!
Since we have root now. Anyone found a way to disable the auto brightness?
Dazzle allows this to be switched off without going root.
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Link to Dazzle
http://market.android.com/details?id=org.hermit.dazzle
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Well for me Dazzle to disable auto brightness dont work...
Dazzle does not allow the user to disable auto brightness on the Xperia Play.
Dazzle and all other brightness control apps dont work on play. Play works differently from other android phones, even Arc......
If you have root access you can alter the sensor behavior to shift between brightness levels more slowly instead of fast and jerky, but it appears it is never completely disabled.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085086
Some people are having trouble if they put a screen protector on. Did you put one on? If so you need to cut out the part over the square sensor.
Is the brightness issue europe only? I have been using mine here in the US and it seems I am able to disable auto brightness and have manual control. The auto brightness seems to work better than my fascinate. Any US play users having the auto brightness issue.
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how do you disable it? there is no setting unless you root it.
My apologies your right. I cannot disable it. It looks like it only operates at about 30 percent from where I set the brightness and the changes in the auto brightness are so Minor I barley notice it at the higher brightness levels. I guess I was expecting much worse.
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Some people have been complaining about it flickering when they have a screen protector over the sensor.
Legato525 said:
Is the brightness issue europe only? I have been using mine here in the US and it seems I am able to disable auto brightness and have manual control. The auto brightness seems to work better than my fascinate. Any US play users having the auto brightness issue.
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Sadly on mine (UK, unlocked, rooted) there's no option to disable it - there's a bar to adjust the "base" brightness, but it'll still dim whatever that's set to...
if you have root you can disable this, but it is only temporary as somewhere in the system it re-enables this.
create a gscript with su ability
echo "0" > /sys/devices/i2c-0/0-0040/leds/lcd-backlight/als/enable
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lasts around an hour, stops the flicker in bad light situations
teckhwee said:
Since we have root now. Anyone found a way to disable the auto brightness?
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For everyone still having problems with Auto Dim on the Xperia Play, there is an app in the Android market made just for the Xperia Play!
Search: Disable Auto Brightness by hatcyl in the android market!
This app will stop the screen from Dimming / Brightening once it is being used.
hatcyl said:
For everyone still having problems with Auto Dim on the Xperia Play, there is an app in the Android market made just for the Xperia Play!
Search: Disable Auto Brightness by hatcyl in the android market!
This app will stop the screen from Dimming / Brightening once it is being used.
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you are a god among men! I spent the $.99 and this app works and is light!
PS, just gave it 5 stars.
hatcyl said:
For everyone still having problems with Auto Dim on the Xperia Play, there is an app in the Android market made just for the Xperia Play!
Search: Disable Auto Brightness by hatcyl in the android market!
This app will stop the screen from Dimming / Brightening once it is being used.
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I bought your app, congratulations for the work done,but for display brightness?IS low
Well in the description it says that the brightness will depend on how bright it is when you unlock the screen and it remains that way. So if you're in the dark it stays that way until locked.
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OTOGY2002 said:
I bought your app, congratulations for the work done,but for display brightness?IS low
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Instructions cleary say:
This app disables the light sensor AFTER you unlock your screen. So screen will remain dim at night and bright in the day. For maximum screen brightness, unlock your phone while it is bright!
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So, place phone somewhere bright, and unlock screen. It'll stay bright.
Edit: rogeriskira was faster
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Well in the description it says that the brightness will depend on how bright it is when you unlock the screen and it remains that way. So if you're in the dark it stays that way until locked.
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I'm not complaining of the application, I asked if it was possible to increase the brightness of 'the most, that's all
I am using a stock Nexus 7 with Android 4.2.1
I never use automatic brightness; and when I use the lowest brightness, the backlight kind of vibrates a lot.
When I increase the brightness it becomes more stable.
I have made a factory reset, and reloaded my apps and setting with my backup application, yet the problem continues. I don't remember this happening before 4.2.1, but I am not really sure.
Any idea/suggestion is appriciated.
Thanks.
Try disabling HW Overlays.
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android88 said:
Try disabling HW Overlays.
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I will try it, but i heard that it might reduce the performance and drain battery.
What else might there be to try?
Anyone had a similar problem?
Rma it, sounds like the back light is starting to go out I had that same problem on a phone of mine and the back light ended up going out a couple weeks after it did the whole stutter thing
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Zhoene said:
I will try it, but i heard that it might reduce the performance and drain battery.
What else might there be to try?
Anyone had a similar problem?
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I don't think it does.
How can I do that hw overlay?
Do I have to root first? because I searched the forum and I couldn't find the android preferences setting file.
i think you have the screen flickering problem
is it flickering like in this video?
maybe you should take a look
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773767
Root the device
Install "Trickster MOD" from Google Play
Open the app
Scroll to the very right
Disable "Smart Backlight" (also known as NVidia Prism)
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Yes, what do I do to stop it?
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Fatal1ty_18_RUS said:
Root the device
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Disable "Smart Backlight" (also known as NVidia Prism)
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Did not work.
What else could I possibly try?
Can someone please explain how the auto-brightness works on this phone it seems to act a lot weirder than my galaxy nexus did. What does it mean when it talks about setting the baseline brightness and in what context? Do you use it? If so what brightness do you have it set to?
This phone has the worst auto-brightness of any device I've used.
I need to read the manual. I'm assuming the baseline is the minimum brightness, but it never seems to change when expected.
I chose to use a 3rd party app to manage it. Lux auto brightness works really well, and you can calibrate it any way you'd like.
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I have mine set to 40% on auto. I found the best way to decide the minimum brightness was to set it at a comfortable level in a dark environment.
To test this, set up your minimum brightness, then point the screen (ambient light sensor) at a light source, keep your eye on the screen and it'll gradually brighten. I've found mine to work pretty well and rarely have to manually override it, but the change is a lot slower than my note 2.
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Get lux lite from the play store. It works great
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Comfortable in a dark room for me is about 5%, unfortunately even in the brightest of sun it seems like the phone never turns its brightness up at all when on auto like this. Anything less than 50% seems to break auto brightness for my device and that is just sad. Even when it works when set above 50%, it takes 5 seconds or so to adjust which is just terrible and the brightness seems to still act funny about how and when it decides to change. It really is the worst auto brightness ever.
Whoops!
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I chose to use a 3rd party app to manage it. Lux auto brightness works really well, and you can calibrate it any way you'd like.
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zandroid said:
Get lux lite from the play store. It works great
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Thanks for the recommendation guys that app seems to work sooooo much better than the stock auto brightness so far. The stock auto-brightness is garbage on this phone. Seems like the stock setting either doesn't get bright enough or doesn't get dark enough.
I don't agree, either I have a working phone or others are broke, but this is the best autobright performing phone I've every used, after the hd2, galaxy nexus, note 1 and note 2. Its perfect according to the ambient light situation and is really fast acting
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Have any of ya'll tried this yet? I have seen this issue arise when I lower my brightness but this was posted earlier today and I havent tested it yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466268
Walter21026 said:
Have any of ya'll tried this yet? I have seen this issue arise when I lower my brightness but this was posted earlier today and I havent tested it yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466268
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it doesn't work.
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See video here: https://goo.gl/photos/zSiBxiKT4UsxpiAw5
Very annoying when it's on auto brightness (which I like so it does it when I'm inside and then go out ) but when I try to adjust while being in auto it just jumps back to the auto brightness point even though it is way more bright than it should be.
Yeah noticed that, the levels are good for outside but way too bright inside for me.
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animez said:
Yeah noticed that, the levels are good for outside but way too bright inside for me.
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Agreed.