Is there any way to increase the backlight further, because screen is not bright enough even when set to max. Maybe some registry hacks?..
I think this is possible, because if you guys had noticed, that when you start the 'Camera' app, the brightness increases a bit even when it was already set to max.
Even my previous Nokia 3100's screen is brighter (shame), so any suggestions would be appreciated. Thnx in advance..
Well, can't anyone help me?? (Even the experts??)
It's probably not possible to make it brighter. I think what you see with the camera is an illusion because it changes the LCD contrast/bright level, not the backlight level. It's not logical to think that the backlight is purposely limited to be less bright than it truly is.
That may be why there are no responses.
Well actually there's a response, since you're using the WM2003-SE it will decrease the brightness as I noticed from several flashing and I'm very aware of that and sensitive about this case. Further more, from couple minutes when I downgraded from 1.72.00 to version 1.66.00 WWE, it decreased as well, so if you flash back to 1.72.00 you'll notice the screen is much brighter than the WM2003 SE and the 1.66.00, I want to add something else. HTC released two type of Himalaya which is different in the Screen type and the flat cable socket. New releases are brighter than the predecessors.
a quick reply, adjusting brightness will also decreases the battery.
a big big diff.
I've search for both "screen" and "brightness" without any results.
Is there anything we can do about the brightness of the screen? It's very low, even if you have it on max. Is it a hardware or software issue?
I've seen a lot of reporst of bad screen brightness, but can't say I've ever experienced a problem. I had more issues with my HTC desire, I could barely see it outside on a cloudy day. The XP I can see fine most of the time.
What are you using to turn the brightness up/down? There is a widget to turn it up and down, but it only makes it go up to 175 (iirc). I use power manager. This changes my brightness depending on different scenarios. Similar to juice defender type things but a lot more basic. The best part of it is the screen timeout and brightness settings.
wired84 said:
I've seen a lot of reporst of bad screen brightness, but can't say I've ever experienced a problem. I had more issues with my HTC desire, I could barely see it outside on a cloudy day. The XP I can see fine most of the time.
What are you using to turn the brightness up/down? There is a widget to turn it up and down, but it only makes it go up to 175 (iirc). I use power manager. This changes my brightness depending on different scenarios. Similar to juice defender type things but a lot more basic. The best part of it is the screen timeout and brightness settings.
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oh cool, will check that out
Thanks,but don't disable sensor :-(
Brightness don't change :-(
That's one of my problem also, the poor brightness of our phone, At first I thought there is an app to increase it, but there's none..
When im using it under the sun, I cant really see what I'm doing to my phone especially when there's my finger print all over my screen, so i always bring my cleaning cloth.
Yeah i have tried every app out there in hopes one would work but that sensor just has to much control i guess.
Hopefully someone will figure it out eventually.
I guess some people are not bothered by it at all so possibly the people who would know how to fix it just dont care enough to.
On the R800x, there is no auto-brightness to enable. It is all manual. 100% seems to be bright enough to read stuff outside in the sun. I don't know that there would be a way to push it even brighter.
A number of people have been claiming that if you remove the pre-installed screen protector it becomes a lot brighter. Maybe that might help you if you are willing to risk the screen scratches.
ryocoon said:
On the R800x, there is no auto-brightness to enable. It is all manual. 100% seems to be bright enough to read stuff outside in the sun. I don't know that there would be a way to push it even brighter.
A number of people have been claiming that if you remove the pre-installed screen protector it becomes a lot brighter. Maybe that might help you if you are willing to risk the screen scratches.
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Yeah by removing the protector the screen becomes much more brighter.. The toughened glass seems to be holding up quite fine though.
For a short 30 seconds experience with factory superglued protector, all I can say is remove it. Much better light sensor response, better contrast and much much much better finger swipeability on the mineral glass under the plastic protector...
Also now as I have phone, I'll see how to disable LS.
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Blagus said:
For a short 30 seconds experience with factory superglued protector, all I can say is remove it. Much better light sensor response, better contrast and much much much better finger swipeability on the mineral glass under the plastic protector...
Also now as I have phone, I'll see how to disable LS.
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I'm glad you finally got your device blagus now start developing lol
Sure, I'm dying too LOL
But first before unlock I have to sniff SEUS communication.
AndroHero said:
I'm glad you finally got your device blagus now start developing lol
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Blagus said:
Sure, I'm dying too LOL
But first before unlock I have to sniff SEUS communication.
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Yeah Blagus,you are the best
Unlocks the brightness' and do a lot of us happy, Sony Ericsson to **** !!!!!!!
Blagus said:
For a short 30 seconds experience with factory superglued protector, all I can say is remove it. Much better light sensor response, better contrast and much much much better finger swipeability on the mineral glass under the plastic protector...
Also now as I have phone, I'll see how to disable LS.
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I was talking to Doomlord the other day about this, the ALS seems to be part of the kernel. The exact location of the sensor parameters is /sys/devices/i2c-0/0-0040/leds/lcd-backlight/als. You can edit those parameters but nothing sticks on save/exit.
If you want to see how crazy the ALS is, fire up logcat in adb and watch what happens when you pull the phone away from a bright light source.
The only problem is some people love the ALS, and some people hate it. I'm in the hate it camp. I'd rather be able to adjust full brightness manually. It would peg the CPU a lot less too in certain lighting conditions, actually improving performance.
To that end, wondering if there is some kind of kernel extension or module that can be flashed, or if it has to be the whole modified kernel that is replaced.
axiomjunglist said:
I was talking to Doomlord the other day about this, the ALS seems to be part of the kernel. The exact location of the sensor parameters is /sys/devices/i2c-0/0-0040/leds/lcd-backlight/als. You can edit those parameters but nothing sticks on save/exit.
If you want to see how crazy the ALS is, fire up logcat in adb and watch what happens when you pull the phone away from a bright light source.
The only problem is some people love the ALS, and some people hate it. I'm in the hate it camp. I'd rather be able to adjust full brightness manually. It would peg the CPU a lot less too in certain lighting conditions, actually improving performance.
To that end, wondering if there is some kind of kernel extension or module that can be flashed, or if it has to be the whole modified kernel that is replaced.
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I found it in kernel. I'll publish it today. Stable, OC, and light sensor will be separated as module.
Everyone who likes it, will have it automatically on, and who don't can remove module from /system/lib/modules.
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I found it in kernel. I'll publish it today. Stable, OC, and light sensor will be separated as module.
Everyone who likes it, will have it automatically on, and who don't can remove module from /system/lib/modules.
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Problem: lightsensor and proximity are one device with one driver. So it'll have to be disabled in hw_config.sh
Blagus said:
Problem: lightsensor and proximity are one device with one driver. So it'll have to be disabled in hw_config.sh
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I tried to solve it through editing the hw_config file, but had the same problem of results not sticking/working correctly. Enable would switch to 0 for a limited time before switching back to 1, and definitely after a boot, but still seemed to be functional and operating as if it was enabled, i.e. the functionality appeared to happen more slowly than rapidly on the fly. Also, the 254 variable never stuck at all, so that test failed, heh.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13937021&postcount=13
Would you need a custom hw_config for a custom kernel mod?
axiomjunglist said:
I tried to solve it through editing the hw_config file, but had the same problem of results not sticking/working correctly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13937021&postcount=13
Would you need a custom hw_config for a custom optional kernel mod?
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Because some people still like it, so I can't disable it for everyone.
Now this is where problem starts: no LS config in hw_config so I can't manage power modes like on older Xperias.
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Because some people still like it, so I can't disable it for everyone.
Now this is where problem starts: no LS config in hw_config so I can't manage power modes like on older Xperias.
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Yeah they conveniently left that out!
I tried experimenting using different parameters and settings in hw_config but nothing would allow me to control it. I even poured over the technical info but couldn't find anything useful related to functionality in android OS.
http://www.austriamicrosystems.com/LMU/AS3676
Blagus said:
I found it in kernel. I'll publish it today. Stable, OC, and light sensor will be separated as module.
Everyone who likes it, will have it automatically on, and who don't can remove module from /system/lib/modules.
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I would imagine we could alter the settings.apk framework to include a checkbox to enable/disable Automatic mode for light sensor, and if off, revert to manual change. Is this a correct assumption? It might be easier for the end user than enabling and disabling a module at terminal prompt or yanking things from the system image or (heaven forbid) the running OS. It would certainly involve a bit more work, to be sure. However, could also just alter the framework to run insmod commands through BusyBox so that we can insert and remove modules. *shrugs* Just thoughts, not mandates. ^_^
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Because some people still like it, so I can't disable it for everyone.
Now this is where problem starts: no LS config in hw_config so I can't manage power modes like on older Xperias.
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Hello Blagus're really good, really compliments for the work you do for us now;-) I think that you release the modified kernel for the brightness?
Appearance? I would be happy and I think many users.
you're great !!!!!!!!
I've searched long and at any places, but nowhere was an answer. Everybody goes crazy if we talk about sensitivity, but what are the benefits of a higher sensitivity really?
I mean, here on mother earth, you can't get something better, without decreasing other features...
So if i turn the sensitivity higher (or lower), i mean if its more precise... Where are the disadvantages?
Higher battery drain?
Please help me to understand
I you slide you finger over the screen it takes a small distance before the phone reactes and moves the part of the display. Try it and you will notice this small distance on the homescreen. It is like a dead zone where you move your finger but nothing happens.
With the toch sensitivity fixes or apps or scripts you can decrease this distance to 0 or any other value. I think a value around 5 is quite common. I am not sure but I thought 15 is default, so you usually want to decrease it.
A disadvatage is, that if you set it too low, the phone might recognize klicks a swipes.
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A disadvatage is, that if you set it too low, the phone might recognize klicks a swipes.
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That was the answer i wanted! Thank you!
On some older kernels, when your phone is on ac power, the screen becomes very unresponsive. That's why people came up with the need to change the touch sensitivity.
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Ok i wanted to start new thread with this issue
got a question about the screen. Some times I can sense and see that despite of auto brightness off that the screen adjusts its brightness by itself. It is a little change but my sharp eyes can see this... Do you have a similar thing?
I can easly notice this when playing my country game. When I click on the building menu the screen gets brighter. When i cancel the menu the screen makes darker
Also in sprinkle when I use water the screen gets little brighter
I think this is because the Tegra 3 (or ASUS's implementation of it) adjusts contrast to conserve power. The changes in contrast make brightness seem to change.
I think their settings are too aggressive and they should either scale them back or add an option to turn it off, if possible. I'm sure it's nice for battery life but it does (in some very specific instances) seem to impact the experience.
Note: this is not a doom-and-gloom post. The Prime's screen performance is the best I've ever experienced on a mobile device, maybe any device, overall. So this is a bit of a nuisance but nowhere near enough for me to have an inkling of regret about buying the Prime.
This only happens on mine while in power saving mode.
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wynand32 said:
I think this is because the Tegra 3 (or ASUS's implementation of it) adjusts contrast to conserve power. The changes in contrast make brightness seem to change.
I think their settings are too aggressive and they should either scale them back or add an option to turn it off, if possible. I'm sure it's nice for battery life but it does (in some very specific instances) seem to impact the experience.
Note: this is not a doom-and-gloom post. The Prime's screen performance is the best I've ever experienced on a mobile device, maybe any device, overall. So this is a bit of a nuisance but nowhere near enough for me to have an inkling of regret about buying the Prime.
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Do you experince the same issue as me?
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This only happens on mine while in power saving mode.
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I'm not sure, I'll have to do some more testing. I seem to remember it happening across the board.
I'll note that Battery mode really does make a HUGE difference in the screen's performance. Colors become very washed out, so much so that I'm really surprised by the impact.
Well in my case this thing occurs on every mode with the same strenght... That sucks
so anyone of you can confirm if this is normal? Do you have the same isue on your primes?
It seems the light sensor has high resolution and Asus needs to smooth up a bit the auto-brightness algorithms If your screen goes up and down then simply disable auto-brightness or change lightning conditions
ankhazam said:
It seems the light sensor has high resolution and Asus needs to smooth up a bit the auto-brightness algorithms If your screen goes up and down then simply disable auto-brightness or change lightning conditions
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Like i said auto brightness is off. Can anyone install my country and check his out for me? Just enter build menu and chec if the screen gets a little brighter
it has nothing to do with auto-brightness... Its a feature of tegra 3, it can change the brightness of each pixel to give you the best image and use the least amount of power.. unfortunately its just annoying and not implemented well.
And you cannot turn it off.
Ya I noticed this too last night and thought that I had a defective screen. Made a thread about it earlier. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421002
jzen said:
it has nothing to do with auto-brightness... Its a feature of tegra 3, it can change the brightness of each pixel to give you the best image and use the least amount of power.. unfortunately its just annoying and not implemented well.
And you cannot turn it off.
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I should b off in perormnce mode. I understand this feature in saving power mode but not on others two. I hope it will be changed
Hello everyone.. You might have that problem where your phone's screen (probably a samsung phone) flickers and goes crazy in low brightness settings.. I've done a lot of searching about the problem or a possible solution. The only working solution I've encountered, which is a software one and requires root, is setting the brightness slider on the lowest point that doesn't cause flickering, then, applying a black overlay to lessen the brightness. I'm wondering about the brightness control mechanism... is it based on hardware and software mechanisms?(case1*) or based on hardware only? (Case2*) In case 2: at least we can adjust the minimum current the phone delivers to the display in order to disable brightness settings that cause flickering. In case 1: we would do as suggested in *case1, plus, we would let the software mechanism kick in to lower the brightness when the hardware mechanism is delivering the lowest amount of current that doesn't cause flickering. It's just an idea.. applying it might be as easy as changing some values in the phone os somewhere or flashing a custom kernel!. But finding that change is what i don't seem to have a clue about.. I have a SGS 5 mini duos.. but i think it doesn't matter as the problem presists in other models (S5, J7) I hope I'm posting in the right forum And i hope someone will figure out a better solution and thanks for reading
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