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Screen Brightness Keeps Changing

I took off the automation for the screen brightness and I manually set it. However, after about a day and a half it changes by itself. I can not figure out what is changing it. I use Dolphin browser...but I don't think that is changing it. Does anyone why the screen brightness is not static?

for web browsing the brightness setting can be different then the phone itself .. idk if thats what u mean but just a little fyi ... since the update however if its set to auto ive found the web browsers brightness is not adjustable

dman777 said:
I took off the automation for the screen brightness and I manually set it. However, after about a day and a half it changes by itself. I can not figure out what is changing it. I use Dolphin browser...but I don't think that is changing it. Does anyone why the screen brightness is not static?
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For me it was doing the same thing till I noticed that the drop down curtain at the top of the screen is a manual brightness adjuster as well. If you happen to drop it down just enough to see the date and move your fringer to the right it brightens, if you move it to the left it dims. I found myself pulling it down and accidentally changing it alot until I figured out why. Since then it never changes now that I know to pull the curtain straight down and don't move left or right with it.

Another setting that I noticed would randomly adjust the backlight brightness is Settings -> Sound & Display -> Power Saving Mode. I've disabled this and my backlight no longer changes an I have noticed no difference in power consumption (with it checked or not, the display consumes a lot of power ;-)

TheMostToys said:
Another setting that I noticed would randomly adjust the backlight brightness is Settings -> Sound & Display -> Power Saving Mode. I've disabled this and my backlight no longer changes an I have noticed no difference in power consumption (with it checked or not, the display consumes a lot of power ;-)
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This was sooooo frustrating for me until I found that setting and unchecked it. When I turn off auto-brightness, I don't want the brightness changing unless I change it lol.

jaygraffix said:
For me it was doing the same thing till I noticed that the drop down curtain at the top of the screen is a manual brightness adjuster as well. If you happen to drop it down just enough to see the date and move your fringer to the right it brightens, if you move it to the left it dims. I found myself pulling it down and accidentally changing it alot until I figured out why. Since then it never changes now that I know to pull the curtain straight down and don't move left or right with it.
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That's gotta be it! Is there anyway to disable that?

dman777 said:
That's gotta be it! Is there anyway to disable that?
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setting it to auto brightness will

This sounds kind of funny when I had autobrightness and the powersaver automation on the battery would drain faster. When I turned it off the battery lasted longer.

Have you ever accidentally swiped on your notification bar? This will change the brightness and it's supposed to be some shortcut to change the brightness.
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dman777 said:
This sounds kind of funny when I had autobrightness and the powersaver automation on the battery would drain faster. When I turned it off the battery lasted longer.
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Same experience here. The auto-brightness really keeps the screen pretty bright at all times, it just dims it a little bit in dim lighting. If you set it manually, you can keep it dimmer than the auto-brightness will ever dim it.

Location automatic high precision

Hi
Whenever I turn location on, it automatically jumps into high precision.
Most of the time I use GPS only, but it's kinda annoying becouse it jumps into high precision the moment I turn it on.. How to turn this of so it remembers my choice of GPS only?
Been using my phone as navigation since my new ride doesn't have built in sat nav

are you using a custom rom which has a gps fix or config associated to it?

A|ex said:
are you using a custom rom which has a gps fix or config associated to it?
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No I'm on stock

Phone screen turns on to show clock when set down?

My phone screen would turn on to show the clock only over a black background when let's say I throw in on the bed or put down "not gently". Does this happen to everyone or is this a feature Google added?

mew1838 said:
My phone screen would turn on to show the clock only over a black background when let's say I throw in on the bed or put down "not gently". Does this happen to everyone or is this a feature Google added?
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yes, you can turn off that feature... Settings-Display-Turn off Ambient Display.

that's cool that this setting can be turned off, but with the setting turned on mine does it without even moving. I set it down, it does the screen/clock thing, turns off, then just keeps doing it what seems randomly. Anyone figure have that problem?

An app could be causing that behaviour. In my case I found it was LightFlow, I uninstalled it and no more strange behaviour from the Ambient Display.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

Any other solution?
TaylarRoids said:
that's cool that this setting can be turned off, but with the setting turned on mine does it without even moving. I set it down, it does the screen/clock thing, turns off, then just keeps doing it what seems randomly. Anyone figure have that problem?
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I get this too! I want ambient display set to on (so when I pick the phone up, I can quickly see the time, without unlocking it) but I don't understand why when it is flat and still, there is this random, intermittent screen clock thing

mkouk said:
An app could be causing that behaviour. In my case I found it was LightFlow, I uninstalled it and no more strange behaviour from the Ambient Display.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
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Thanks mkouk that did the trick (driving me mad as well)

sashioni1 said:
Thanks mkouk that did the trick (driving me mad as well)
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I had the same issue with Lightflow. Using Light Manager now.

I've noticed having notifications will have the screen coming on every few seconds even though the phone is not being moved. Had this happen on my Nexus 6 as well.

P8 Lite Bugs, Issues & Missing features

I was surprised about this phone in terms of battery life standby time/battery saving option, how loud the speakers, better than average memory management & general speediness of the UI. But after 3 days of full use at work and at home I noticed some bugs, issues & missing features:
1. Upon SMS receipt when clicking Reply it goes to the messaging centre and not directly within the notification box
2. No option to adjust navigation keys spacing
3. Screen colour adjustment algorithm seem "off"
4. No dark background under Settings
5. No blue light filter option baked in to the drop down quick shortcuts
6. Bluetooth turns on when removing headphones or when turning off Airplane mode
7. No sensor to enable answering of phone when placing near your ears
8. Wifi scanning keeps on turning on when GPS is turned on
9. Own lockscreen wallpaper randomly reverts to the original ones (with different random photos) after a phone reboot
10. No equaliser on music player
11. Choppiness of screen when controlling the brightness
Any comments & advice please.

which phone?
Hi, just to be clear, which phone do you speak about, P8 Lite or P8 Lite 2017?

allkarise said:
Hi, just to be clear, which phone do you speak about, P8 Lite or P8 Lite 2017?
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I think p8 lite because I have got the p8 lite 2017 and never found any of these bugs. Of course, this before rooting and modding.

allkarise said:
Hi, just to be clear, which phone do you speak about, P8 Lite or P8 Lite 2017?
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I am talking about the newer P8 Lite 2017. I am not into rooting or modding so i'm talking about the current software of the device which is Nougat 7.0 / EMUI 5.0. These bugs & issues are non-exhaustive and I may include more as they come. I have been documenting and observing them so these are all 100% true and from someone who owned and used Android for 5 years these could have easily been fixed/patched/updated via a software update.

I have zero problems with this phone, but i also don't care about half of those things you mentioned. Also Blue Light filter is there in dropdown shortcuts, it's called Eye Comfort.

MobileTechArena said:
I have zero problems with this phone, but i also don't care about half of those things you mentioned. Also Blue Light filter is there in dropdown shortcuts, it's called Eye Comfort.
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You don't care coz you're arrogant or bullish or you just don't want to know or you are in denial that most of what I said is true?

Gino76ph said:
You don't care coz you're arrogant or bullish or you just don't want to know or you are in denial that most of what I said is true?
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Woah! Calm your tits. Not everyone experiences the same problems at the same time. Iv been using this phone now for almost a month and I have seen none of these issues, but if I did then I also wouldn't care because they are miniscule.
Sounds like it's a case of your phone doesn't like you. Learn to become one with the phone and the phone will become one with you -wiseman

Gino76ph said:
You don't care coz you're arrogant or bullish or you just don't want to know or you are in denial that most of what I said is true?
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I don't care if it's true or not, i just don't need those options or i don't use it.. with what i use (calls, internet, camera, apps, battery) i have zero issues.

0 problems with this phone.

No lag here, no gapps (btw)... and [email protected]%. Magisk is the only issue...

If the screen legibility under direct sunlight is poor then the phone is no good for my needs/tasks. If it doesn't last the whole day (based on having the same job, the same number of apps and the same tasks/routine day in & day out for the past 2-3 years) then the phone is not good. If the camera is lacking contrast, naturalness & pooor low light photos then the phone is not for me.

PRA-LX2C636B160 owner here. My observations:
#2 - would've been nice, yes, but minor for me
#3 - Yes. I notice this when using the scheduled eye comfort feature. Sometimes you have to manually turn it off and back on to correct screen colors
#6 - doesn't happen
#7 - would be nice. I noticed that the system has 2 different UI's when answering a call. Sometimes it's the one with the slider, sometimes it's the one with just press to answer. I don't get the logic with this.
#8 - it happens, but not always. I think this will happen on certain conditions, like when turning Location Services on when an app prompts it instead of doing it from the Notif Area. I thought it was a Nougat feature. Which is wasteful, since most of the time there aren't any wifi networks in my area to use as reference. But Google won't give me accurate location results when it's off.
#11 - yes. Noticeable when auto brightness adjustment is on. Manually adjusting is sometimes choppy, sometimes smooth.

I have just purchased the Huawei P8 Lite 2017. However I am having problems with scanning batcodes. It scans QRCODE barcodes (2d batcodes) ok, but I cannot get it to scan a 1D barcode. I know there are lots of camera settings but unsure if this is just a setting issue. Has anyone used this phone for scanning 1D barcodes (eg. CODE39 , CODE128 etc..)

Gino76ph said:
I was surprised about this phone in terms of battery life standby time/battery saving option, how loud the speakers, better than average memory management & general speediness of the UI. But after 3 days of full use at work and at home I noticed some bugs, issues & missing features:
1. Upon SMS receipt when clicking Reply it goes to the messaging centre and not directly within the notification box
2. No option to adjust navigation keys spacing
3. Screen colour adjustment algorithm seem "off"
4. No dark background under Settings
5. No blue light filter option baked in to the drop down quick shortcuts
6. Bluetooth turns on when removing headphones or when turning off Airplane mode
7. No sensor to enable answering of phone when placing near your ears
8. Wifi scanning keeps on turning on when GPS is turned on
9. Own lockscreen wallpaper randomly reverts to the original ones (with different random photos) after a phone reboot
10. No equaliser on music player
11. Choppiness of screen when controlling the brightness
Any comments & advice please.
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Seems you have some China copy of this device! I bought my Huawei P8 Lite 2015 at official Huawei Center, and all I got is small bugs, and they are care less.

[Problem] Screen flashes bright on touch

Hello everybody,
I have this problem since few months:
Sometimes out of nowhere the screen starts flashing (like turning up brightness to 100%) for a split second when I touch it. After a while it stops. I have no idea where it comes from or how to replicate it. Sometimes restarting the device helps, sometimes not.
Automatic brightness is turned off.
Can anyone think of the origin of this problem or how to solve it?
It is a A2017G and on 7.1.1 with A2017GV1.2.0B05 but was the same with the last update (B04?).
Anything I could think of would be SystemUI Tuner, but I only use it to hide the NFC icon.
Thanks!

Try turning off assertive display under display settings

Tebor said:
Try turning off assertive display under display settings
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Thanks! I turned it off now, hopefully it won't occure anymore.