I'd like to start this bounty thread with a $50 offering.
The requirement is to hack official HTC Sense roms to be able to set levels of brightness which autobrightness uses.
It could be done via an app, or a file edit, or the way cm6.1 does it. And it should be supported for the future OTA releases.
The only true requirement is that I never have to worry about setting brightness again, after I tweak the brightness values to my own eyes.
(technical: autobrightness adjusts the brightness of the lcd by reading the light level sensor. CM6 allows one to edit the table of brightness vs. light sensor. Sense might implement the autobrightness differently. Regardless of the implementation, the default values of brightness, that autobrightness uses, should be adjustable.)
In for $10
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
....have you tried using spare parts..... there is a setting for that in the application
oshizzle1991 said:
....have you tried using spare parts..... there is a setting for that in the application
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry. No, there isn't.
Bounty updated.
edit your /system/build.prop from
Code:
# default value of brightness
settings.display.brightness=143
to whatever you would like. higher is brighter, lower is darker. xD
if this works for you, heres my donate link.
es0tericcha0s said:
edit your /system/build.prop from
Code:
# default value of brightness
settings.display.brightness=143
to whatever you would like. higher is brighter, lower is darker. xD
if this works for you, heres my donate link.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry, what is this?
nabbed said:
Sorry, what is this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's your build.prop, located in /system, just like he said.
es0tericcha0s said:
edit your /system/build.prop from
Code:
# default value of brightness
settings.display.brightness=143
to whatever you would like. higher is brighter, lower is darker. xD
if this works for you, heres my donate link.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks might make that adjustment in my next ROM.
es0tericcha0s said:
edit your /system/build.prop from
Code:
# default value of brightness
settings.display.brightness=143
to whatever you would like. higher is brighter, lower is darker. xD
if this works for you, heres my donate link.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That really has nothing to do what I was asking about in the op.
nabbed said:
That really has nothing to do what I was asking about in the op.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try the CM6 nightlies, they have exactly what you are asking for.
dkelle4 said:
Try the CM6 nightlies, they have exactly what you are asking for.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The point is to do it in sense roms.
How does it not? that edit in your build prop will set the auto brightness level. Are you looking for an app or something?
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
nabbed said:
I'd like to start this bounty thread with a $50 offering.
The requirement is to hack official HTC Sense roms to be able to set levels of brightness which autobrightness uses.
It could be done via an app, or a file edit, or the way cm6.1 does it. And it should be supported for the future OTA releases.
The only true requirement is that I never have to worry about setting brightness again, after I tweak the brightness values to my own eyes.
(technical: autobrightness adjusts the brightness of the lcd by reading the light level sensor. CM6 allows one to edit the table of brightness vs. light sensor. Sense might implement the autobrightness differently. Regardless of the implementation, the default values of brightness, that autobrightness uses, should be adjustable.)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Seems to be exactly what you asked for?
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
nabbed said:
It could be done via an app, or a file edit, or the way cm6.1 does it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
He provided what you asked for, edit the file and you got it!
Sent from my HTC Evo 4G using XDA App
I would like this issue to be fixed as well, but am curious to know how much a table would actually help. It seems that it may not be as bright outside as it is inside sometimes, but the sun reflects light a lot worse than a ton of florescent or artificial light does. When i am inside and all the lights are on, i can still read my phone with the brightness at 15%. But when its cloudy outside it needs to be at 100% or its hard to read from a direct angle. I would almost prefer to leave my brightness at 15% all the time, and then use a hardware switch like hitting both volume rockers together to toggle 100% and 15% to change the brightness.
It would be awesome if the evo used the front facing camera to detect the sky behind you or even use the better light senser in a camera, to detect and adjust the brightness. Probably not great for battery.
auradefect said:
He provided what you asked for, edit the file and you got it!
Sent from my HTC Evo 4G using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How does changing that setting qualify for manually adjusting autobrightness values?
Here's how cm6 does it. It creates a table:
Light Sensor level - Brightness
10 - 50
160 - 60
225 - 70
320 - 80
640 - 110
1280 - 140
2600 - 180
infinity - 255(max)
The autobrightness reads the light sensor level and then sets the brightness to the corresponding brightness value.
S4Rs said:
I would like this issue to be fixed as well, but am curious to know how much a table would actually help. It seems that it may not be as bright outside as it is inside sometimes, but the sun reflects light a lot worse than a ton of florescent or artificial light does. When i am inside and all the lights are on, i can still read my phone with the brightness at 15%. But when its cloudy outside it needs to be at 100% or its hard to read from a direct angle. I would almost prefer to leave my brightness at 15% all the time, and then use a hardware switch like hitting both volume rockers together to toggle 100% and 15% to change the brightness.
It would be awesome if the evo used the front facing camera to detect the sky behind you or even use the better light senser in a camera, to detect and adjust the brightness. Probably not great for battery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It works very well in cm6. It's not perfect, but when I was using cm6, I never had to worry about tinkering with brightness.
Moved to General
egzthunder1 said:
Moved to General
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm sorry, how are developers going to find this thread now?
nabbed said:
I'm sorry, how are developers going to find this thread now?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dev is for people posting roms, kernels, software in development, not for posting "requests for development" and is probably why it was moved.
Sent on the go from my HTC EVO
Related
Please add the option of modifying auto-brightness levels, like CM 6.1. I suppose that it would require a kernel modification + an app to do this through gui.
Thanks.
What can CM do? I've been thinking it would be nice to be able to modify the min and max, and maybe the curve.
Thread moved to General.
Noxious Ninja said:
What can CM do? I've been thinking it would be nice to be able to modify the min and max, and maybe the curve.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It allows one to arbitrarily edit a table of sensor output vs brightness/button brightness.
It's really nifty.
CM6.1 reports these sensor values:
10, 160, 225, 320, 640, 1280, 2600, 10240
10-160 is in dimly lit indoors, 320-640-1280, in moderately to brightly lit indoors, and the rest is outside.
So I set those to brightness something like 50,60,70,80, 110, 140, 180, 255. A it was perfect to my eye. Not too bright, not too dim.
Didn't ever have to mess with brightness after that.
I'd really like to hear from developers like Netarchy and King, as well as from regular users - if they would like that option.
I would love to see this.
I always feel the auto-sensor tends to be too bright, and never adjusts the screen low enough inside.
rdwing said:
I would love to see this.
I always feel the auto-sensor tends to be too bright, and never adjusts the screen low enough inside.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's exactly what I think. Plus, the brightness is not at maximum in direct sunlight (although that might be a safety feature).
Mine always send to bright, or it won't get bright when I go into a bright area until I sleep and wake it. :|
Sent from my EVO 4Gizzle.
+1 on this. So motivated that I searched for this thread....
Any news?
-----------
The stock auto-brightness is way too bright in completely darkness. This is one of the things I had on my list nearly since the beginning. Nobody else seemed to care.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=716547
An article showing how useless auto-brightness is:
http://gizmodo.com/5673444/why-exis...d-brightness-controls-are-effectively-useless
Do people not notice this or do they just not care?
Pretty sure people have given up on this. It's taken me three days of Google searching to find this thread so people probably don't know where to turn.
The lack of adjustments to the auto brightness values is extremely annoying. Even my old Windows mobile 6 phones had this ability.
AdamN said:
Pretty sure people have given up on this. It's taken me three days of Google searching to find this thread so people probably don't know where to turn.
The lack of adjustments to the auto brightness values is extremely annoying. Even my old Windows mobile 6 phones had this ability.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There was an application for WM I used to use on my Mogul, cant remember what it was called but it allowed you to calibrate the auto brightness levels. Anyone know what I'm talking about, or if there's an Android version?
This can be done with Tasker in the Market. Its a powerful app and there was a thread a while back about this exact thing. I don't remember what it was called, but I posted in it, so you could browse my posts from a month or so ago.
Hey... This thing makes phone calls too!
Ok, so I have spent the last few days tweaking the auto brightness settings.
My goal was to have the screen at the dimmest level at just about all lighting conditions, and to not have to strain to see things on the screen. In doing so I also altered settings to the sensor filter and scan timing to make it a small bit snapper. I needed to do this because sometimes I unlocked the phone to a screen so dark I could not tell it was on, and it took too long to adjust. Now it is pretty snappy. I took all my samples from many light situations, however there are situations where you may be directly under a light and at a angle where you have glare. I made no compensation for glare, and find no need to as it's very rare for me.
My goals were power savings and usability. I don't care about colors. if I want better color and I'm going to be using in a dark room I'll turn auto off for a bit. But I honestly don't find them that bad and like a dim screen in bed at night..
display Settings/ custom backlight settings.
Window length: 5sec
Reset threshold 400Lux
Sample interval 2sec
Screen dim level 1
edit other levels: -> see pictures
This is good stuff. I've never been able to tolerate auto-brightness, but I may give it another go. Thanks for sharing your tweaks.
jawman27 said:
This is good stuff. I've never been able to tolerate auto-brightness, but I may give it another go. Thanks for sharing your tweaks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problem. I'm not into coding at all. So when i find something that's on my level to modify i like to give a little back to the community.. Feel free everyone to post tweaks if you find some.. im still going to tweak the high levels, but have not had sunny days to get some good tests
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
these settings have performed rather well for me the past day or two. including in bright sunlight and dark bedrooms.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk 2
I'm finally been able to use my phone in a dark bedroom with these settings. Its visible enough outdoors too, and when I need some life in the colors I just turn up brightness manually. Thanks for this
sageDieu said:
these settings have performed rather well for me the past day or two. including in bright sunlight and dark bedrooms.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I second this. I've been on these settings for a few days now, and I haven't had to touch the manual settings. I think it's safe to say I'm an auto brightness guy now.
I still use manual when I'm indoors like in school where I just leave it all the way down because lighting is consistent, but I leave auto on the rest of the time.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk 2
Been using these setting for the past few days and they are performing great. The brightness seems to almost always be adequate for the lighting conditions. Thanks
neh4pres said:
edit other levels: -> see pictures
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Neh4pres, at the top of your screen shots it shows:
Sensor (filtered/raw): 6/5
Screen: 4
Buttons: 255
After applying your settings, my phone shows -1/-1, disabled, -1 for those same settings, but I don't see any way to change them. Is there something I'm missing?
That's a great setting for autobrightness. But i think its not good for battery life.. too many levels will cause the system works hard for changing the display. Im currently on 7 levels, it gives me a great battery life. I'll try this and report, maybe my thought was wrong...
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA
Anthony2816 said:
Neh4pres, at the top of your screen shots it shows:
Sensor (filtered/raw): 6/5
Screen: 4
Buttons: 255
After applying your settings, my phone shows -1/-1, disabled, -1 for those same settings, but I don't see any way to change them. Is there something I'm missing?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Those are not settings, those are a read out of values of the sensor. What you need to adjust is the grey boxes... And your readings of -1 simply means your auto brightness is turned off.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
shuyin1102 said:
That's a great setting for autobrightness. But i think its not good for battery life.. too many levels will cause the system works hard for changing the display. Im currently on 7 levels, it gives me a great battery life. I'll try this and report, maybe my thought was wrong...
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You could have a thousand levels and it would not make a difference.
What would make a miniscule difference is sampling rate.. But you turn that up to high and your going to start feeling very impatient when light around you changes and your screen takes forever to reflect the changes.
And you won't be saving much of anything by doing do.
Example:
Walk indoors from the bright outdoors, your screen takes 10 seconds to turn down from max brightness. You just wasted more battery with your screen in those 10 seconds than you were trying to save by turning sampling time up.
Our screen is our biggest battery killer
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
I still get about two days of life on the stock battery with these settings. Like neh4pres said, the screen is the real killer. There are also a lot of other tips and tricks out there to get the most out of battery life. In the end, I can't imagine my sampling rate is making any significant difference, and I love watching the screen quickly and smoothly ramp up when I step outside.
I just tried these values....its too dark for me but I like the consistency. I would like to try some slightly brighter values but I am not sure how this works. Can anyone give me some suggestions ?
retareq said:
I just tried these values....its too dark for me but I like the consistency. I would like to try some slightly brighter values but I am not sure how this works. Can anyone give me some suggestions ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
At the top of the screen where you start the settings it shows what light level your on at that second. if it's to dark at that moment adjust the corresponding level and hit apply to see the difference.. Or. Sense i have a pretty good ratio setup, just and 1 or 2 to each level for everything below 100
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
Ok using the values from the OP, currently I am on Screen 11 and its a little too dim for me. What value do I change now? If I unlock screen its on #9 and dim as well..
It's not that bad really just after unlocking there is a heavy blue/purplish tint which goes away in few seconds as the screen brightens but if I could keep it like this only slightly brighter that would work. I don't really know which value I'm supposed to change..
In the meantime I found a nice compromise, I'm using:
Window length: 5sec
Reset threshold 400Lux
Sample interval 2sec
Screen Dim Level @ 20(default)
With the default levels and it seems to be working well so far. I'll know later tonight when I'm listening to beats in the dark.
retareq said:
Ok using the values from the OP, currently I am on Screen 11 and its a little too dim for me. What value do I change now? If I unlock screen its on #9 and dim as well..
It's not that bad really just after unlocking there is a heavy blue/purplish tint which goes away in few seconds as the screen brightens but if I could keep it like this only slightly brighter that would work. I don't really know which value I'm supposed to change..
In the meantime I found a nice compromise, I'm using:
Window length: 5sec
Reset threshold 400Lux
Sample interval 2sec
Screen Dim Level @ 20(default)
With the default levels and it seems to be working well so far. I'll know later tonight when I'm listening to beats in the dark.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Screen dim level set to 1. Then it's the values that are different in the pictures, the middle ones. Those are the brightness values. The first 2 numbers on the left are the light levels that would enable that level.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
Thanks. I did some google searching and combined your light sensor values with levels I found from another site and also enabled Decrease in the settings. Just tried it outside and inside and it seems to be working. I'm not sure if I should post the levels values here because I'm on a galaxy nexus so I'll just leave it out.
retareq said:
Thanks. I did some google searching and combined your light sensor values with levels I found from another site and also enabled Decrease in the settings. Just tried it outside and inside and it seems to be working. I'm not sure if I should post the levels values here because I'm on a galaxy nexus so I'll just leave it out.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I see.. That's probably why yours was to dark. Different screens and all.. Maybe you can make a thread in your forums and help some people out.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
Good idea. Thanks again. Some one already started a thread about it so I added it there.
We all know that some of the color looks washed when we watch in a diff angle , also the head on looks sometimes may not look great since BE2 is not applied all time .
not sure if this works as I dont have a rooted phone ( dont plan to root till 4.2 ) can anyone test this on their rooted phone and post results and reviews please?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nexus4displaycontrol&feature=search_result
this appears to work very well with the Nexus4 hope should work on the XZ too
awaiting positive results
does this work?? any conformation..
ethan3686 said:
does this work?? any conformation..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is what I want someone to try as my XZ is not rooted and this app requires root..
anirudhks said:
That is what I want someone to try as my XZ is not rooted and this app requires root..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can't even download it... My device is not compatible..
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium
This app is incompatible with your SingTel Sony C6603. Sadly.
anirudhks said:
We all know that some of the color looks washed when we watch in a diff angle , also the head on looks sometimes may not look great since BE2 is not applied all time .
not sure if this works as I dont have a rooted phone ( dont plan to root till 4.2 ) can anyone test this on their rooted phone and post results and reviews please?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nexus4displaycontrol&feature=search_result
this appears to work very well with the Nexus4 hope should work on the XZ too
awaiting positive results
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try screen adjuster. Does not require root.
Tried it. It doesn't work. Gives an error everyone you try run it
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium
It won't work more than likely because it is based on the Nexus 4 hardware.
xl VipeR lx said:
Tried it. It doesn't work. Gives an error everyone you try run it
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No error on mine(stock rom). However not really good at adjusting the screen color.
Adjusted as per image. Picture shown the with and without.
argh2000 said:
No error on mine(stock rom). However not really good at adjusting the screen color.
Adjusted as per image. Picture shown the with and without.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you just want to deal with the view angle problem, set the system brightness higher (80% or higher), and set the brightness of the screen adjuster to 50%~70%, nothing else. Then the view angle will be amazing, but you will also find very little blue tint when displaying white color
sillypilot said:
If you just want to deal with the view angle problem, set the system brightness higher (80% or higher), and set the brightness of the screen adjuster to 50%~70%, nothing else. Then the view angle will be amazing, but you will also find very little blue tint when displaying white color
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
done, thank you. The angle view does seems to be better.
sillypilot said:
If you just want to deal with the view angle problem, set the system brightness higher (80% or higher), and set the brightness of the screen adjuster to 50%~70%, nothing else. Then the view angle will be amazing, but you will also find very little blue tint when displaying white color
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow, call it placebo or whatnot, but it seems as though it helps to some extent! (maybe it's just me) O_O!
sillypilot said:
If you just want to deal with the view angle problem, set the system brightness higher (80% or higher), and set the brightness of the screen adjuster to 50%~70%, nothing else. Then the view angle will be amazing, but you will also find very little blue tint when displaying white color
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yep that helps to a certain extent thanks for finding,,
I guess I should have done my research about OLED screens, but I feel that this screen is way too dim both indoors and outdoors. Is anyone else having problems with this? I know that the peak brightness is 475 on autobrightness, but I feel that the screen never reaches that. On another note, the colors seem very saturated and unreal even on movie mode...
Is there any way I can set the autobrightness to kick in at a higher lux indoors? I know it seems like I am venting, but I really like this phone but the display brightness may make me abandon for the Nexus 5...
Thank you everyone!
goft20 said:
I guess I should have done my research about OLED screens, but I feel that this screen is way too dim both indoors and outdoors. Is anyone else having problems with this? I know that the peak brightness is 475 on autobrightness, but I feel that the screen never reaches that. On another note, the colors seem very saturated and unreal even on movie mode...
Is there any way I can set the autobrightness to kick in at a higher lux indoors? I know it seems like I am venting, but I really like this phone but the display brightness may make me abandon for the Nexus 5...
Thank you everyone!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Root the phone and install a custom ROM. That will give you the ability to change the auto brightness levels easily.
You could also turn off auto brightness and set it manually so you fan boost it all the way up whenever you wanted.
As far as the hardware capabilities the screen is capable of being plenty bright. I could see mine if I was standing on the face of the sun.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
Skipjacks said:
Root the phone and install a custom ROM. That will give you the ability to change the auto brightness levels easily.
You could also turn off auto brightness and set it manually so you fan boost it all the way up whenever you wanted.
As far as the hardware capabilities the screen is capable of being plenty bright. I could see mine if I was standing on the face of the sun.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have rooted and installed a custom ROM (omega)...is there any way that I can do it on this rom or do I need cyanogenmod?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk
goft20 said:
I have rooted and installed a custom ROM (omega)...is there any way that I can do it on this rom or do I need cyanogenmod?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't know much about custom TW ROMs as I run aosp exclusively. I know its easy in cm ROMs. If its not a native feature of Omega I'm sure there is a mod you can tweak it with. You would have to search though. I don't know where to direct you.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
Skipjacks said:
I don't know much about custom TW ROMs as I run aosp exclusively. I know its easy in cm ROMs. If its not a native feature of Omega I'm sure there is a mod you can tweak it with. You would have to search though. I don't know where to direct you.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks!
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk
Gday guys just wondering if this phone will be capable of a extra brightness mod like the nexus 6 was. In sunlight this phone is difficult to read..
pafc66 said:
Gday guys just wondering if this phone will be capable of a extra brightness mod like the nexus 6 was. In sunlight this phone is difficult to read..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Even with adaptive brightness off?
And risk screen burn in??? No thanks!!!
Sent from my SM-G920T using Tapatalk
Chilidog said:
Even with adaptive brightness off?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep.. It's nothing like the note 5 in sunlight
Yes please, even my old S5 is easier to see in direct sunlight.
Yeah it's not great at all in direct sunlight
Wow even if adaptive display on I do not have problems with the screen brightness in sunlight. Maybe I just don't use my phone is direct sunlight as often as I think but I never have to turn my brightness above 50%. I find 100% with adaptive brightness off to be way too bright.
I would not risk any mod to increase brightness it will probably destroy your screen.
I hope this will help ! https://m.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/3xexxo/nexus_6p_high_brightness_mode/
Hello everyone, please take a look at the Original Development thread. From the top of my head, Franco and ElementalX kernels have this capability, it works wonders in direct sunlight.
redsmith said:
Hello everyone, please take a look at the Original Development thread. From the top of my head, Franco and ElementalX kernels have this capability, it works wonders in direct sunlight.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Confirming, kernels include this capability, as well as the ability to overclock or underclock other system specs (not required, but possible). Speaking for high brightness mode on Franco Kernel using Franco Kernel Updater, it's maybe 15% brighter. Noticeable, but not dramatic. With this combination (FK + FKU), you can't simply increase the maximum value of the brightness slider. Instead you can either turn it all the way on or off manually from within the app, or have it automated (you can't adjust the settings, e.g. how bright, what threshold it triggers at, and it's still all the way on or off with the automatic setting).
Can't speak for elementalx, but I hope someone delivers a more elegant solution. EDIT: having just watched a video about elementalx, turns out that kernel allows you to automate the trigger with tasker. Again, it's still either all the way on or all the way off. Judging by the video the brightness didn't appear to differ from franko kernel's high brightness mode.
It's the same on all kernels. I brought the feature to this device and also created a handy widget( check my sig). The beta version of the widget has an auto mode