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..
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Even with adaptive brightness off?
And risk screen burn in??? No thanks!!!
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Chilidog said:
Even with adaptive brightness off?
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. :|
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+1 on this. So motivated that I searched for this thread....
Any news?
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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.
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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!
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
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....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
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Sorry. No, there isn't.
Bounty updated.
edit your /system/build.prop from
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# 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.
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Sorry, what is this?
nabbed said:
Sorry, what is this?
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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.
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Thanks might make that adjustment in my next ROM.
es0tericcha0s said:
edit your /system/build.prop from
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# 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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.)
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Seems to be exactly what you asked for?
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nabbed said:
It could be done via an app, or a file edit, or the way cm6.1 does it.
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He provided what you asked for, edit the file and you got it!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Moved to General
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I'm sorry, how are developers going to find this thread now?
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I'm sorry, how are developers going to find this thread now?
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Dev is for people posting roms, kernels, software in development, not for posting "requests for development" and is probably why it was moved.
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Hello everyone, there is another application or to increase the minimum level of auto brightness?
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So you wanna make the screen darker than it can go normally? I dont think you can.
I actually read it to mean the opposite (increase the minimum level would surely mean make the lowest level of the auto-brightness mode brighter?), but if what you said is OP's intention, Screen Filter should do it.
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I actually read it to mean the opposite (increase the minimum level would surely mean make the lowest level of the auto-brightness mode brighter?), but if what you said is OP's intention, Screen Filter should do it.
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I second Screen Filter. It's configurable by percentage of reduction in brightness, and since it's an app rather than a mod, it can be turned off when you don't want to use it and used only when you want. I find it helpful and simple to use.
I wanted to find a way to increase the brightness when you type in the dark or with just a little light because the current level is really low, I hope that I explained well
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!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Thanks!
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Hello, I have recently purchased Moto G4 Play and I find the display of it too bright even on the lowest settings.
I used to read news and ebooks at bedtime but it is very stressful with this level of brightness.
I have tried 'Screen Filter' app and it slows down the mobile plus the actual brightness is not reduced.
I will root my device if it is going to help me with this brightness issue.
What would you recommend? My device is still in the 10 day window for return from Amazon.
Thanks.
Not sure about stock but the brightness goes pretty low on the XOSP rom I'm using right now.
Because you mentioned you use it for reading, I would recommend Twilight or f.lux(both available on playstore f.lux needing root).
They really help with the screen saturation and make it easier on your eyes.
I tried screen filter and it worked perfectly. Maybe it has something to do with the stock rom.
An alternate to screen filter would be Lux Lite it worked as good as screen filter maybe this works in your case.
Thanks for quick reply
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Not sure about stock but the brightness goes pretty low on the XOSP rom I'm using right now.
Because you mentioned you use it for reading, I would recommend Twilight or f.lux(both available on playstore f.lux needing root).
They really help with the screen saturation and make it easier on your eyes.
I tried screen filter and it worked perfectly. Maybe it has something to do with the stock rom.
An alternate to screen filter would be Lux Lite it worked as good as screen filter maybe this works in your case.
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Thank you for quick reply.
I am already using Twilight : ), I am little scared about rooting this brand new mobile due to warranty issues. Just for comparison,
the lowest brightness on Moto G4 Play is like Middle for Moto G3 / E3.
Can I claim warranty after rooting this device?
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Thank you for quick reply.
I am already using Twilight : ), I am little scared about rooting this brand new mobile due to warranty issues. Just for comparison,
the lowest brightness on Moto G4 Play is like Middle for Moto G3 / E3.
Can I claim warranty after rooting this device?
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It says on the bootloader unlock page that you cannot once the bootloader is unlocked. So you can't claim the warranty after rooting. But mostly they don't bother letting you claim it on some hardware problems but you should still think of it as void and not take any chances.
Twilight Pro is much enhanced that the free version. I'm using it since I bought this phone. It has "Bed Reading" profile which helps you read in the dark without letting you put stress on your eyes and help you sleep as soon as you leave your phone. According to me, just leave it on default settings and switch to Bed reading at night.
Thanks for reply
cy56 said:
Twilight Pro is much enhanced that the free version. I'm using it since I bought this phone. It has "Bed Reading" profile which helps you read in the dark without letting you put stress on your eyes and help you sleep as soon as you leave your phone. According to me, just leave it on default settings and switch to Bed reading at night.
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Hi, thanks for reply! I've got 'Bed Reading' profile option too but I am using the twilight free version. Anyway, buying it for sure since it certainly helps me and so should the dev get helped.
I have no compelling reason to root this device except this brightness issue, and I am little worried about Nougat update too, feeling maybe Lenovo will roll back its promise.
When I downloaded it first, it asked me to buy for just ₹20 ($0.29) and there was no reason for denial
What about the adaptive brightness?
I had adaptive brightness set to true when I was facing such a problem. Now it works fine. You can check the Ambient Light sensor in GPS Status and Toolbox app.
If you have Xposed installed there are a couple of modules that can lower the minimum brightness
Thanks for reply
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If you have Xposed installed there are a couple of modules that can lower the minimum brightness
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Thank you for reply, just one question.
Does this will reduce the brightness organically? Meaning no gimmick like 'Screen Filter' or anything?
manasn said:
Thank you for reply, just one question.
Does this will reduce the brightness organically? Meaning no gimmick like 'Screen Filter' or anything?
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Screen filter puts an overlay over everything else, the backlight is still the same it just looks a little dimmer cause everything is a little greyer.
Xposed can lower the backlight
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.smartmadsoft.xposed.aio
Lowers actual backlight
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Great find. Now the brightness is perfect for night reading, and it will also improve battery life.
I don't understand though why manufacturers limit the min brightness when it's "free", maybe to artificially segment the market (flagships always have excellent low brightness)... There are cheap chinese phones that have hardware backlight limits, but for G4 Play it's definitely not the case, it's just software limited.
nick_white said:
Great find. Now the brightness is perfect for night reading, and it will also improve battery life
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GravityBox (xposed) can dim the "real" brigthness too...
Note that if the lcd brigthness set to minimum (GravityBox or AllMy....), Youtube videos cant be played in full screen.
rafaelrgi said:
Note that if the lcd brigthness set to minimum (GravityBox or AllMy....), Youtube videos cant be played in full screen.
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It works for me. But how does it manifest when it doesn't work?
nick_white said:
It works for me. But how does it manifest when it doesn't work?
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- Using GravityBox or AllMy..., ser the minimun brightness to 1 (or even 2)
- Without adaptative brightness, set the brightness (slider) to minimum
- Go to Youtube, play a video and expand it to fullscreen
The screen becames totally black, but the video still playing (the audio still playing).
Note that if the brightness slider isn't at the true real minimun, everything works nicely.
I tried exactly that, but it works for me. I also use Youtube background playback Xposed module.