Anyone else's lower end brightness setting not sticking? I'll set it like 1/4 of the way which is pretty low and I understand the brightness goes up by itself when in a bright area but then it won't go back down to how I had it set. It's on auto mode to but it still should go back down to how I had it set when I'm out of the bright area.
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lol. I have never had a working brightness on any samsung phone i can remember.
my note 3 was the best at keeping what i set.
The note edge so so, then s7 edge same thing, there would all change on there own.
Now the note 7 i have it at full and its been staying there so far but i did lower it to 85ish to get better battery yesterday and so far its holding.
I have auto turn off.
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Anyone else's lower end brightness setting not sticking? I'll set it like 1/4 of the way which is pretty low and I understand the brightness goes up by itself when in a bright area but then it won't go back down to how I had it set. It's on auto mode to but it still should go back down to how I had it set when I'm out of the bright area.
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It will go back down.. try this
Once you return from the brighter area (outside, under a light, whatever caused it to increase brightness) lay the phone down for like 3 seconds. It reverts to the previous brightness.
You can also hold the phone flat on it's back in your hand to simulate setting it down, and it reverts it
I don't like the brightness settings on the note 7 either, as far as I know from previous phones you could turn auto on and the slider would adjust the bias, now it seems that you can either set it manually or auto but auto has complete control and you can't adjust the bias, that annoys me, I want it to be adaptive, but I want it a bit dimmer that what auto sets it to, I hope here is a solution to this.
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Someone correct me if I am wrong but shouldn't enabling the option of "Automatic brightness adjustment" under the brightness menu in sounds and display enable the light sensor to adjust the brightness of the LCD based on ambient lighting? I notice no difference with my brightness and it is always one static level. I've tried putting it up to different lights, taking it outside, etc and it doesn't automatically adjust. I couldn't find anything in a search for this... does anyone else have this problem?
I have this problem as well. What firmware are you running and do you have any mods or sre or anything?
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I'm just running stock firmware rooted, I'm going to flash to some kind of rom eventually but just haven't had the time
Are there any roms that this option is confirmed working?
Mine is stock and seems to work just fine. It changes brightness as I move through the office between dark reading rooms and bright conference rooms.
I'm not a big fan of that feature in any of my phones. I prefer to have a constant bright screen, but I haven't bothered turning it off yet for some reason.
Weird how mine doesn't work.. I just waste battery life while I am in the office with the phone and wish it would auto adjust. I'm trying the beautiful brightness widget but I find it tedious to have to micro manage my brightness before going outside
Have you installed any type of screen protector that requires the use of water to apply? I'm wondering if that's what happened to mine.
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Auto brightness doesn't seem to be working too well in JH7 for me. Keeps the brightness all the way down in my lit up room. Worked best on the original JF6.
I have seen my screen change brightness a few times with the automatic setting, but I generally keep it on the lowest brightness to save battery. I'm running the stock firmware.
My biggest problem with the auto brightness is that the dynamic range isn't wide enough. Even in direct sunlight, it doesn't bump up to maximum brightness. The high should be higher, and the low should be loooower.
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No screen protector, just a Body Guards case
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I noticed the same...no change in brightness when "auto" is selected. From day 1. I keep my brightness pretty low to save battery life, so it wasn't a deal breaker. Would be nice if it worked though.
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I bought a Tab P1010 a fortnight ago. Generally been happy with it, but I've noticed something thats begining to annoy.
Just prior to going into standby, the backlight level drops slightly before going off. That seems to be the normal way things work.
However, on mine, the level goes to that stage randomly. Touching the screen may bring it back up after 5 seconds or so, but not straight away. And it happens even when I'm scrolling the screen and there has been activity going on.
Any idea?
Or have I got a return on my hands?
do you have "auto" set on your brightness?
I find when i have brightness set to auto it can go duller or brighter seemingly at random (particularly irritating if im reading)
i mostly manage my brightness level myself
Dont know if this is related to your issue ... good luck
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do you have "auto" set on your brightness?
I find when i have brightness set to auto it can go duller or brighter seemingly at random (particularly irritating if im reading)
i mostly manage my brightness level myself
Dont know if this is related to your issue ... good luck
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lol I feel such a fool!
I was fully aware of the auto back light setting and had already set it to the unchecked.
However at the weekend, I did a full factory reset. All settings had gone. However, it does show up how useless that setting is as the changes seem very random!
Cheers for the reminder.
So the difference between say 1% and 0% is huge on my phone. 0% (all the way down) is unreadable is there is any kind of sun in the area. 1% however is not. I know I can use tasker or whatever to change it to 1% automatically but I often manually use the slider and would like it to never go below 1%, but still have the convenience of being able to slide all the way to the left (very quick)
This is possible, or only with something like Lux or Tasker? I am rooted btw running xposed if that matters
Thanks!
Just to make sure you aware, if you have the brightness set at manual, full brightness is never as bright as it will be in auto. If you are set in auto and go out in the sun, the screen will get about ten percent brighter then it would at full setting on manual. So it is best to let the phone manage the brightness on auto. It knows what is best for you. Let it run your life as it should. Muhahahahaha.
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Just to make sure you aware, if you have the brightness set at manual, full brightness is never as bright as it will be in auto. If you are set in auto and go out in the sun, the screen will get about ten percent brighter then it would at full setting on manual. So it is best to let the phone manage the brightness on auto. It knows what is best for you. Let it run your life as it should. Muhahahahaha.
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I suppose I can try auto but honestly, I havent been using Auto in nearly 2 years because it has always sucked. Didnt realize that auto could get brighter than manual though. Good to know.
Dude forget about stock auto brightness or using manual go download LUX in the play store. Beats the pants of stock management plus let's you set minimum, maximums and how bright to be in certain areas. Check it out
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I haven't used Lollipop at all yet, just picked up the N6 yesterday. Autobrightness is gone, now they want you to slide around the bar to however you want it with adaptive brightness? now how does this work? lets say I set it to full brightness and enable adaptive, itll use anywhere from 0-100%? is the bar just to cap it somewhere so it doesn't exceed? if so what do you have yours set to? Whats a good way to do this all and avoid image burn, ha. which I Heard is kinda a big deal
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I haven't used Lollipop at all yet, just picked up the N6 yesterday. Autobrightness is gone, now they want you to slide around the bar to however you want it with adaptive brightness? now how does this work? lets say I set it to full brightness and enable adaptive, itll use anywhere from 0-100%? is the bar just to cap it somewhere so it doesn't exceed? if so what do you have yours set to? Whats a good way to do this all and avoid image burn, ha. which I Heard is kinda a big deal
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That's exactly how adaptive brightness works. I have my slider set around 25-30%. I change it if I need more outdoors.
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I haven't used Lollipop at all yet, just picked up the N6 yesterday. Autobrightness is gone, now they want you to slide around the bar to however you want it with adaptive brightness? now how does this work? lets say I set it to full brightness and enable adaptive, itll use anywhere from 0-100%? is the bar just to cap it somewhere so it doesn't exceed? if so what do you have yours set to? Whats a good way to do this all and avoid image burn, ha. which I Heard is kinda a big deal
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This is how I understand it and how I believe it works.
With adaptive brightness OFF, you have your brightness slider in the pulldown that goes from ~5% to 100%. This slider set value will remain until you manually change it. Easy enough.
With adaptive brightness ON, you have that same slider in the pulldown that goes from 0% to 100%. Your brightness will change automagically dependent upon ambient light. Look at it as "minimum automated brightness level"
Some tips. Your screen can get darker with adaptive ON and slider all the way down than with adaptive OFF and slider all the way down. Unless in very bright ambient light, your screen can get brighter with adaptive OFF and slider all the way up. Hence, in full sunlight, the peak brightness of the screen is the same with adaptive either ON or OFF and slider all the way up.
I admit its confusing and it frustrated me at first, but I think its excellent and works much better than auto brightness on any other phone or older android OS I've ever used.
As far as burn in (or the more often occurring image retention), well its an amoled, it's susceptible. Just be smart about it and don't display the same static image/s for hours on end.
jbdan said:
Look at it as "minimum automated brightness level"
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I used to think that but after testing, it seems more complicated than that.. It also looks like to may apply a "range" using the slider, but its more complicated than that too.
The closest thing I can think of is it increases the sensitivity or effectiveness of the adaptive brightness.
Have a look at our tests here, maybe you can do some testing and develop our initial findings.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/thread-t1889453/post60222532
I'd love to set it to an exact percentage cuz I'm ocd that's why I hate the slider. How do I really know it's at 25%
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I'd love to set it to an exact percentage cuz I'm ocd that's why I hate the slider. How do I really know it's at 25%
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Yeah but once you know 25% is 63.75 on the brightness scale and brightness can only register full numbers, you're day is blown anyway.
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I used to think that but after testing, it seems more complicated than that.. It also looks like to may apply a "range" using the slider, but its more complicated than that too.
The closest thing I can think of is it increases the sensitivity or effectiveness of the adaptive brightness.
Have a look at our tests here, maybe you can do some testing and develop our initial findings.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/thread-t1889453/post60222532
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I think you nailed it better than I did in my explanation with your statement "increases the sensitivity or effectiveness of the adaptive brightness".
My explanation was as simple as I could write it. I especially like the word "range". Thanks for the link I'll check it out :thumbup:
So is it true if its set half way if the sun hits it that it can use 100%. What do you guys have it set to? I liked the auto brightness ?
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So is it true if its set half way if the sun hits it that it can use 100%. What do you guys have it set to? I liked the auto brightness ?
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Yes if the sun, or even very bright ambient light hits the sensor, the display will go to 100% full brightness with adaptive ON. At least it does with mine (to my aging eyes). I leave mine at about 50% adaptive ON. I like it too
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So is it true if its set half way if the sun hits it that it can use 100%. What do you guys have it set to? I liked the auto brightness ?
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I use manual.brightness.
For everyone testing display settings have a look at 'Pixel battery saver' in the play store.
The app switches patterns of pixels off and saves energy.
Note.
Because this kind of apps are switching pixels off, it is possible that ticking buttons will not work.
But there is an option to turn it off, and several levels of settings.
I am experiencing automatic dimming of my screen when set to maximum. The big thing is Adaptative Brightness is Off. I also set Power Mode to High Performance to make sure power management would not dim. I even bought an app that supposedly cranck up brightness beyond system limits (did not work)
I first noticed this when taking pictures of my garden in bright daylight, the screen was dim and even going over the orange marker on the dial I still struggled to view the screen (sun was almost 90 degree angle).
However when I placed my hand over the screen I could see well but then I noticed a sensible dim. At first I thought it was some king of optical trick, so I tried to repeat the experiment in different conditions to the point that I would simply crank up brightness and have a strong light over my phone then I used a black sheet of paper just above sensors. If I take the sheet off the brightness ramp up a bit, if I put the sheet over the screen dims. And again no auto Adaptative Brightness is turned on neither Power Mode in save.
I guess this wasn't supposed to happen, if I want to ramp up brightness as much as I want I should be allowed and the system should not interfere with my preference? I don't need to justify my use to anyone but as a courtesy to those that are inclined to help me, here it is: I work a lot with gardening and construction all day, including strong daylight, and I need to take a lot of pictures for my work.
What can I do to squeeze this bit more brightness from my Note 9?
Thanks a lot.
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I am experiencing automatic dimming of my screen when set to maximum. The big thing is Adaptative Brightness is Off. I also set Power Mode to High Performance to make sure power management would not dim. I even bought an app that supposedly cranck up brightness beyond system limits (did not work)
I first noticed this when taking pictures of my garden in bright daylight, the screen was dim and even going over the orange marker on the dial I still struggled to view the screen (sun was almost 90 degree angle).
However when I placed my hand over the screen I could see well but then I noticed a sensible dim. At first I thought it was some king of optical trick, so I tried to repeat the experiment in different conditions to the point that I would simply crank up brightness and have a strong light over my phone then I used a black sheet of paper just above sensors. If I take the sheet off the brightness ramp up a bit, if I put the sheet over the screen dims. And again no auto Adaptative Brightness is turned on neither Power Mode in save.
I guess this wasn't supposed to happen, if I want to ramp up brightness as much as I want I should be allowed and the system should not interfere with my preference? I don't need to justify my use to anyone but as a courtesy to those that are inclined to help me, here it is: I work a lot with gardening and construction all day, including strong daylight, and I need to take a lot of pictures for my work.
What can I do to squeeze this bit more brightness from my Note 9?
Thanks a lot.
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Try the the twilight blue app filter. It works wonders with the bulb features on your phone
jd14771 said:
Do you have a screen protector? Could something be obstructing the sensor on top?
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no screen protection at all