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Hey guys I'm having some concerns about my xperia play and so i want to know if i should be worried...
My screen flickers. ( Not on/off) but between shades. It's hard to explain but it drops between levels of brightness, but here's the deal i turn auto brightness off and it still flickers. Now i have noticed that the screen will dim ( flicker shades) with the orientation of the phone. Idk.
Also when I'm downloading the games thru xperia app it takes forever, i have high speed internet and I'm connected via WiFi but should i be expecting A 150MB download to take up to 45 minutes. Seems kinda slow to me.
Thanks in advance guys.
By Tue screen flickering if u mean the auto brightness increasing and decreasing immensely at times its normal since u cant turn off the auto brightness in our phone....
About the games..most of the games took 15-20 mins or less for me on an 8 mpbs connection
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Is there some kind of other brightness settings, i turned auto brightness off. And I'm still getting fluctuations in the shade of color.
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
start script below
echo "0" > /sys/devices/i2c-0/0-0040/leds/lcd-backlight/als/enable
end script above
do not include the start and end parts
lasts around an hour, stops the flicker in bad light situations
magicriggs said:
Is there some kind of other brightness settings, i turned auto brightness off. And I'm still getting fluctuations in the shade of color.
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It wont turn off even if you untick it, its an anoying bug, hopefully custom roms/kernels will solve this, dont worry about the downloads, even with high speed internet, keep in mind most of the developers are small companies and cant afford expensive hosting, even the gameloft servers are slow imo
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magicriggs said:
Is there some kind of other brightness settings, i turned auto brightness off. And I'm still getting fluctuations in the shade of color.
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You can NOT turn auto brightness off on the Play, it is hard wired right into the os, even if you used an app or widget saying it if off it is NOT! there is nothing you can do until SE fix it or some members here mod the os,
All the Play's do exactly what your describing, lots of topic here and elsewhere about it, everybody moans about it!
And regarding downloads, things from the market download fast for me, very fast, but other stuff from other places can be very slow, gameloft for example, takes hours! just depends on the servers your downloading from.
Hey thanks guys for the information. When i get to a desktop I'll hit the thanks button for all of you. I think my WiFi was acting up last night, i was playing some zombies and downloading torrents at the same time.lol. anyways thanks guys again.
FK1983 said:
You can NOT turn auto brightness off on the Play, it is hard wired right into the os, even if you used an app or widget saying it if off it is NOT! there is nothing you can do until SE fix it or some members here mod the os,
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Actually you can disable it, its just not permanent please see my previous post
To be honest with you I like the auto brightness. I think is super responsive which other phones it seems like it takes forever to kick in which is why I normally shut it off
Varucell said:
To be honest with you I like the auto brightness. I think is super responsive which other phones it seems like it takes forever to kick in which is why I normally shut it off
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I think it works great too, but it is nice to have this little gscript ready for times when the autobrightness goes wacky and the screen flickers
Hey, i updated to the latest firmware that came out today 9. april 2016. Firmware version : G935FXXU1APD1/G935FNEE1APC5/G935FXXU1APD1. My Phone is a Nordic Edition S7E with Carrier Telenor Norway.
after the update everything works like it should except the Always on Display. The AoD works but its always on the lowest brightness... it moves around, shows what i ask etc but it wont get brighter when i go outside or shine something at it, auto brightness works fine on the screen when its on. my question is: does this happen to anyone else? this has to be a software bug within the AoS app or the OS itself :/ cheers
What version does it show in the AOD settings ( About AOD)
Version 1.1.14
I guess its a change, this is the version i have. Im on fw PB6
it seems like it does work tho much slower than before, i think they tweaked the sensitivity on the brightness, because before it changed waaaaaay to easy, now it stays on the right brightness for the area you are in, tho if you go from a dark room to a bright room it takes waaaaaaaaay to long for it to change, and when you take it out of you're pocket it will still be on the lowest brightness for some reason... so AoD is now useless outdoors if its sunny out, ill guess they will change it again since i think they over did it.
it is not a problem it is intended to reduce power uage.
antenehnile said:
it is not a problem it is intended to reduce power uage.
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iknow that, but the point of AoD is that you should not need to turn ON your display, now you have to if you are outside, since the update rate it so low on the brightness. for indoor use its awesome tho.
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iknow that, but the point of AoD is that you should not need to turn ON your display, now you have to if you are outside, since the update rate it so low on the brightness. for indoor use its awesome tho.
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Idk about the brightness, mine bases itself off of lighting around me. As for it moving, that is to save your screen from AMOLED burn in.
I have a real problem with AOD, after the latest T-Mobile April security update, AOD doesn't move and it should to prevent burn in. I currently have it turned off until it's fixed.
My AOD version 1.1.17
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Idk about the brightness, mine bases itself off of lighting around me. As for it moving, that is to save your screen from AMOLED burn in.
I have a real problem with AOD, after the latest T-Mobile April security update, AOD doesn't move and it should to prevent burn in. I currently have it turned off until it's fixed.
My AOD version 1.1.17
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i know it has to move the issue is that it takes so long for the brightness to increase/decrease after the update when the light changes in the room/place you are, so when you are outside and take your phone out its on the lowest brightness, so you cant see anything, it takes over 20 sec before it increases the brightness. but why there is so many " latest version" of the AoD is weird if you ask me. it worked before the firmware update tho it increased the brightness to the max much easier before, so it used a lot of battery, i think they tried to fix this but overdid it. that is why i'm asking if its happening to anyone else.
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i know it has to move the issue is that it takes so long for the brightness to increase/decrease after the update when the light changes in the room/place you are, so when you are outside and take your phone out its on the lowest brightness, so you cant see anything, it takes over 20 sec before it increases the brightness. but why there is so many " latest version" of the AoD is weird if you ask me. it worked before the firmware update tho it increased the brightness to the max much easier before, so it used a lot of battery, i think they tried to fix this but overdid it. that is why i'm asking if its happening to anyone else.
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Oh, sorry I misread that. I thought you were having multiple issues. Yes, mine takes forever too.
I don't know why they just don't put it in the Galaxy App Store so that all can have the latest version.
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Oh, sorry I misread that. I thought you were having multiple issues. Yes, mine takes forever too.
I don't know why they just don't put it in the Galaxy App Store so that all can have the latest version.
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Yeah they really should put it in the app store, just like they did with the edge features, but i didnt receive the new updates yet, so im waiting for it
i did a test now, it only changes brightness when the AoD moves for me, i guess that is how it should work, i don't remember how often i did back on the PB4 firmware but it was much more sensitive that is for sure.
latest firmware did break AOD for me too, T-Mobile US. AOD no longer moves. Not sure if I noticed before but waking the screen up now with power or home button, the screen fades in somewhat. It's a very quick fade in but noticeable because it's not instant.
I am seeing some serious problems with the AOD- I even asked for an exchange thinking something was defective. I got my new phone today and it reacts in the exact same way: AOD brightness changes completely at random ie I am not able to see any sort of correlation between how dark/light it is where I am. AOD version is 1.1.06, while the firmware version is PB9.
The other issue I am seeing is with GPS- worst that I have seen until now. I tried it with GMaps and a couple similar apps- the arrow that shows the direction does not move around based on which way the phone is pointing. This was the exact same on the phone that I sent back in exchange for the new one this morning..
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I am seeing some serious problems with the AOD- I even asked for an exchange thinking something was defective. I got my new phone today and it reacts in the exact same way: AOD brightness changes completely at random ie I am not able to see any sort of correlation between how dark/light it is where I am. AOD version is 1.1.06, while the firmware version is PB9.
The other issue I am seeing is with GPS- worst that I have seen until now. I tried it with GMaps and a couple similar apps- the arrow that shows the direction does not move around based on which way the phone is pointing. This was the exact same on the phone that I sent back in exchange for the new one this morning..
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How do You change Your phone ? What arguments You have for a phone change ? I just wonder how people exchange their phones so easily.
Monkey Slut said:
How do You change Your phone ? What arguments You have for a phone change ? I just wonder how people exchange their phones so easily.
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Well, I got the phone on my new contract less than 30 days ago ie I am entitled to an exchange as opposed to having to send the phone in for repairs.
Has the latest update enabled displaying all notifications, not only calls and sms messages ? If not, better turn it off and be done with it. It's useless.
Cst79 said:
Has the latest update enabled displaying all notifications, not only calls and sms messages ? If not, better turn it off and be done with it. It's useless.
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Nah its still as useless. I disabled, it jjst drains battery
Mine is now showing a grey background. Anyone has this issue? I can't get it to go back to black.
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Mine is now showing a grey background. Anyone has this issue? I can't get it to go back to black.
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Help? Anyone?
Does anybody know of a method or app to add always on display? I tried an app from the app store and it worked well but killed my battery. Probably because it disabled doze and kept the phone awake... Anybody have any input on this?
That function doesn't work exactly perfectly on the Axon but I am using ACdisplay with some success. The always on thing isn't going to be exactly what you'd see on a Motorola device though. If you want the wave to wake feature as good as it gets, try ambient display through xposed but it's still iffy and ACdisplay has much better notification layouts imo.
This is one of the things that really bugged me about this phone at first, especially with the tiny, barely visible LED notification light. Not good synergy.
Always on Amoled Beta
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
howdid said:
Always on Amoled Beta
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
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I tried that one actually. I liked the idea but the power consumption was pretty crazy. Had to uninstall. Maybe others will have better luck.
What you need is a way to allow the CPU to go into deep sleep without turning the display off. I believe this is hardware dependant, though.
All recent moto phone have their own low-power CPUs specifically for ambient display and voice commands without requiring the CPU to wake.
Oneplus devices support gestures while the device is in deep sleep, but this is a hardware feature built into the panel, which is why these gestures are not customizable.
The problem with both of these is that they're hardware-specific, so unless ZTE has made provisions for always on displays, active display, off screen gestures, etc, theres going to be a pretty significant hit to battery when using apps that do these things.
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What you need is a way to allow the CPU to go into deep sleep without turning the display off. I believe this is hardware dependant, though.
All recent moto phone have their own low-power CPUs specifically for ambient display and voice commands without requiring the CPU to wake.
Oneplus devices support gestures while the device is in deep sleep, but this is a hardware feature built into the panel, which is why these gestures are not customizable.
The problem with both of these is that they're hardware-specific, so unless ZTE has made provisions for always on displays, active display, off screen gestures, etc, theres going to be a pretty significant hit to battery when using apps that do these things.
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You can read on Qualcomms homepage about the 820 that it supports always on low power mode ....it is something the CPU can do ....look at Samsung's s7s they have the same CPU
howdid said:
You can read on Qualcomms homepage about the 820 that it supports always on low power mode ....it is something the CPU can do ....look at Samsung's s7s they have the same CPU
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Sweet. I doubt the always on app uses whatever process the s7/g5 use to do this, is this something kernel related?
Thanks for the input everybody. If the Snapdragon 820 can support low power use like some of you suggested we may see this feature in cyanogenmod? (hopefully ZTE actually helps...) otherwise custom roms built on ZTE's base maybe. Although I doubt ZTE will add the feature to the rom in future updates.
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That function doesn't work exactly perfectly on the Axon but I am using ACdisplay with some success. The always on thing isn't going to be exactly what you'd see on a Motorola device though. If you want the wave to wake feature as good as it gets, try ambient display through xposed but it's still iffy and ACdisplay has much better notification layouts imo.
This is one of the things that really bugged me about this phone at first, especially with the tiny, barely visible LED notification light. Not good synergy.
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I've seen this app before. Might try it out.
Yes, glance plus
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thsoft.glance
It's awesome, plus your phone thinks it's on the lock screen. So you can shake whenever glance is active to turn on your flashlight.
Double tap to wake works WAY better.
Is also compatible with fingerprint unlock.
I use this on my Axon, haven't noticed any battery drain
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Yes, glance plus
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thsoft.glance
It's awesome, plus your phone thinks it's on the lock screen. So you can shake whenever glance is active to turn on your flashlight.
Double tap to wake works WAY better.
Is also compatible with fingerprint unlock.
I use this on my Axon, haven't noticed any battery drain
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I can't figure out how to get the fingerprint working!
When it's on, you can't unlock with fingerprint, you have to wait until the screen is fully black
amus76 said:
I can't figure out how to get the fingerprint working!
When it's on, you can't unlock with fingerprint, you have to wait until the screen is fully black
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Have you enabled these settings?
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Have you enabled these settings?
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Yes and I havec to double tap ton open, the fingerprint is not working when glance is on screen
amus76 said:
Yes and I havec to double tap ton open, the fingerprint is not working when glance is on screen
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That's strange! I haven't had that issue.. It just immediately unlocks for me.
I would try uninstalling, rebooting, reinstalling? + maybe another reboot? (I'm no tech expert.. But I'll reboot a phone till magic happens lol)
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That's strange! I haven't had that issue.. It just immediately unlocks for me.
I would try uninstalling, rebooting, reinstalling? + maybe another reboot? (I'm no tech expert.. But I'll reboot a phone till magic happens lol)
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Still got the problem
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Still got the problem
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Have you activated it as a device administrator?
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Have you activated it as a device administrator?
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Yes, all autorisation
Maybe i'm expecting too much from this app, i want to unlock with the fingerprint directly when you get a notification instead of double tap and I don't think any app at the moment manage to do it
Thanks for the help
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Yes, all autorisation
Maybe i'm expecting too much from this app, i want to unlock with the fingerprint directly when you get a notification instead of double tap and I don't think any app at the moment manage to do it
Thanks for the help
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That's strange.. As I'm able to do exactly that.. Sorry man.
I am using this app. The clock goes away after showing for a few seconds. It seems to happen intermittently.
MrWilsonxD said:
That's strange! I haven't had that issue.. It just immediately unlocks for me.
I would try uninstalling, rebooting, reinstalling? + maybe another reboot? (I'm no tech expert.. But I'll reboot a phone till magic happens lol)
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My fingerprint was working. Now its doing the same as yours. Its not working not double tap unlocks phone now.
Hi all,
I know this is an old question, but all my googling thru online forums led to nothing conclusive yet, other than non-working suggestions or using apps. But having to live with this dimming thing is bothering and exhausting !!! Simply said, there aren't any useful settings. Max display timeout in my phone is 10 minutes but, no matter which value I pick, after some seconds my display gets dimmed. And the developer option "stay awake" serves no purposes aswell... it just prevents the screen from going to sleep completely when under charge, but still dims after few seconds of inactivity. Is there any trick to finally turn this infamous auto-dimming off ?? IF I CAN, I would like to achieve this result WITHOUT using any apps, if possible. Oh my J5 is rooted of course, I can even tamper with system scripts or variables, if u instruct me on how to do.
Thanks !
ElenaXX said:
Hi all,
I know this is an old question, but all my googling thru online forums led to nothing conclusive yet, other than non-working suggestions or using apps. But having to live with this dimming thing is bothering and exhausting !!! Simply said, there aren't any useful settings. Max display timeout in my phone is 10 minutes but, no matter which value I pick, after some seconds my display gets dimmed. And the developer option "stay awake" serves no purposes aswell... it just prevents the screen from going to sleep completely when under charge, but still dims after few seconds of inactivity. Is there any trick to finally turn this infamous auto-dimming off ?? IF I CAN, I would like to achieve this result WITHOUT using any apps, if possible. Oh my J5 is rooted of course, I can even tamper with system scripts or variables, if u instruct me on how to do.
Thanks !
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It sounds like a problem with the Rom. What rom u using ?
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ElenaXX said:
Hi all,
I know this is an old question, but all my googling thru online forums led to nothing conclusive yet, other than non-working suggestions or using apps. But having to live with this dimming thing is bothering and exhausting !!! Simply said, there aren't any useful settings. Max display timeout in my phone is 10 minutes but, no matter which value I pick, after some seconds my display gets dimmed. And the developer option "stay awake" serves no purposes aswell... it just prevents the screen from going to sleep completely when under charge, but still dims after few seconds of inactivity. Is there any trick to finally turn this infamous auto-dimming off ?? IF I CAN, I would like to achieve this result WITHOUT using any apps, if possible. Oh my J5 is rooted of course, I can even tamper with system scripts or variables, if u instruct me on how to do.
Thanks !
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On my J5 screen never gets dimmed unless the display is turning off due the timeout.
There are apps which can dim the screen, including apps which "save battery". Maybe you have a kind of this app which does this?
Your screen turn off after 10 minutes or after the screen gets dimmed?
It seems a very common and complained issue between Android users from what I read here and there, so more a wanted feature by the original developers than a rom bug... not sure if u are referring to Android version, it is 5.1.1 Kernel id 3.10.49-787809.
No of course I haven't any energy saver apps installed or such things.
All system energy saving options are disabled already.
My phone dims the screen after abt 10 seconds, no matter how long I set the timeout
Oh it suxxxxxx... !!!!
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It seems a very common and complained issue between Android users from what I read here and there, so more a wanted feature by the original developers than a rom bug... not sure if u are referring to Android version, it is 5.1.1 Kernel id 3.10.49-787809.
No of course I haven't any energy saver apps installed or such things.
All system energy saving options are disabled already.
My phone dims the screen after abt 10 seconds, no matter how long I set the timeout
Oh it suxxxxxx... !!!!
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Go in download mode and tell me if ur screen is still diming
I tried... it is NOT dimming in download mode... but it's obvious isn't it ? Only some minimal kernel portion is ran there, not the whole OS with all its power saving features etc...
I often have to be very persistent in training the phone for brightness in the auto mode. Especially in the evening, when the brightness slider is to the left of the middle. I set the desired brightness, but it is not fixed. You have to do it 10 times or more, and after a minute the brightness again lives its own life. Has anyone come across this on customs ROMs? Everything was great on stock.
Bookworm Yevgen said:
I often have to be very persistent in training the phone for brightness in the auto mode. Especially in the evening, when the brightness slider is to the left of the middle. I set the desired brightness, but it is not fixed. You have to do it 10 times or more, and after a minute the brightness again lives its own life. Has anyone come across this on customs ROMs? Everything was great on stock.
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Turn off auto brightness Its Simple
(I dont understood your issue propperly...)
ai.Sanaul said:
Turn off auto brightness Its Simple
(I dont understood your issue propperly...)
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Maybe you don't know auto-brightness can be trained due to users preferences. At least it works on stock.
Or don't you use auto-brightness at all?
I am accustomed to auto-brightness at any time of a day and I like to use it. I don't want to change it mannualy after each changes of circumstances.
However on the custom ROM the process isn't so easy. I just have doubts if it will be successful at all.
Bookworm Yevgen said:
Maybe you don't know auto-brightness can be trained due to users preferences. At least it works on stock.
Or don't you use auto-brightness at all?
I am accustomed to auto-brightness at any time of a day and I like to use it. I don't want to change it mannualy after each changes of circumstances.
However on the custom ROM the process isn't so easy. I just have doubts if it will be successful at all.
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i,m on Samsung J2 Pro 2018(i use most) with Super Amoled screen and my phone dosent supports auto brightness but i've seen in Redmi 9 Power (second phone i have) that it works according to light around you and cant be trained at all... i think you been talking about another concept, sorry... Tell me about it more if you can so i can learen about it.
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i,m on Samsung J2 Pro 2018(i use most) with Super Amoled screen and my phone dosent supports auto brightness but i've seen in Redmi 9 Power (second phone i have) that it works according to light around you and cant be trained at all... i think you been talking about another concept, sorry... Tell me about it more if you can so i can learen about it.
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There is nothing special to say more here. Just in the auto-brightness mode, the user sets the slider to the desired level at any time. This is repeated a certain number of times and after that the phone remembers the new settings and, depending on this, the new auto-brightness algorithm works. The learning process for brightness is endless. You can adjust it anytime to your preference. In any case, it worked fine on stock and the phone memorized new settings very quickly.
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There is nothing special to say more here. Just in the auto-brightness mode, the user sets the slider to the desired level at any time. This is repeated a certain number of times and after that the phone remembers the new settings and, depending on this, the new auto-brightness algorithm works. The learning process for brightness is endless. You can adjust it anytime to your preference. In any case, it worked fine on stock and the phone memorized new settings very quickly.
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oh! its a cool thing. Thanks
I tried A11, A12, A13 ROMs, and after that I'm on A10 stock again. I think that's the best way for me to keep my nerve sells. Now the autobrigness doesn't even need additional training.