[Q] Display problem under sunlight - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I have heard that sgs2 doesnt have a display problem under direct sunlight,but I am facing little
readability prob under sunlight. Anyone else facing same?Is anybody aware of any settings to improve this?

ujwols said:
Hi guys,
I have heard that sgs2 doesnt have a display problem under direct sunlight,but I am facing little
readability prob under sunlight. Anyone else facing same?Is anybody aware of any settings to improve this?
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At maximum brightness (or auto) I don't have any problem of readability under direct sun. It's not perfect, but readable.

What kind of problem? I also had an issue with the phone in direct sunlight. Darker colors would be all messed up on lighter backgrounds and I returned the phone back to Samsung under warranty.

I did had issues while set to auto brightness. For some reasons (battery was more then 50%) the handset didn't switch to higher brightness, but once I managed to half blindly set this up manually (not even to full 100%), it was perfectly readable.
Haven't tried the auto brightness since (it's pretty rainy today).

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Auto Brightness (AT&T)?

Just wondering if I'm alone with this issue... when I have auto brightness turned on, it consistently wants the display to be too dark. I shut off auto-brightness and move the slider back and forth, and it appears that auto-brightness never wants the phone over 25% brightness, ever.
When I set manual brightness the phone is plenty bright enough to see, even in direct sunlight. But auto-brightness never seems to leave the screen bright enough. Is this common or does my unit have a faulty light sensor?
DK
DeathKoil said:
Just wondering if I'm alone with this issue... when I have auto brightness turned on, it consistently wants the display to be too dark. I shut off auto-brightness and move the slider back and forth, and it appears that auto-brightness never wants the phone over 25% brightness, ever.
When I set manual brightness the phone is plenty bright enough to see, even in direct sunlight. But auto-brightness never seems to leave the screen bright enough. Is this common or does my unit have a faulty light sensor?
DK
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Yes, this is a problem with all versions, including international. There is a MOD out on the international side that addresses this issue by setting the minimums to a much higher brightness. Unfortunately, we have yet to get any devs on our side to begin porting these over. Hopefully soon...
DeathKoil said:
Just wondering if I'm alone with this issue... when I have auto brightness turned on, it consistently wants the display to be too dark. I shut off auto-brightness and move the slider back and forth, and it appears that auto-brightness never wants the phone over 25% brightness, ever.
When I set manual brightness the phone is plenty bright enough to see, even in direct sunlight. But auto-brightness never seems to leave the screen bright enough. Is this common or does my unit have a faulty light sensor?
DK
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I actually don't experience this at all on my phone. At home, I have it set manually to the dimmest it will go. But at work, I will change it to auto brightness, and when moving from indoors to outdoors I can see the screen just fine (even with sunglasses on).
I just installed Lux
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS52aXRvLmx1eC5mcmVlIl0.
Seems to have fixed all my auto-brightness issues. Shame we have to use a third-party app to get auto-brightness to work flawlessly, but it's better than nothing. Plus the Lux app has additional features that I'm glad to have.
i also installed Lux, and set it to have the screen at 40% brightness at 0 Lux (default was 20% IIRC), and the screen has been at the correct brightness since.
My guess would be that the default settings in Lux are fine for most people. I do like my screen to be bright most of the time, hence the higher custom setting I put into Lux.
DK
i don't know about all of you, but my screen is the biggest drain on my battery. my guess is the low auto settings is an effort to preserve battery life.
like someone said earlier, i never have an issue seeing the screen inside. only in direct sunlight does it make a noticeable difference. fortunately i have an auto-brightness toggle widget thanks to hd widgets

Anyone noticing screen flicker?

Not only do I have light bleed but I'm also seeing screen flicker. I really want to keep this device but I'm getting sick of this...
The first thing I noticed when I turned on the device was the light bleed. Its pretty bad, and I normally don't mind those types of things. No flicker here though.
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I noticed if I turn up the brightness it goes away.
I don't have light bleed, but I do see flicker if the screen brightness is turned down. It's reminiscent of the original Nexus 7, which had the exact same problem.
I have the flickering too...really annoying. I was hoping that this would replace my iPad but it's not looking good. Although lollipop is pretty amazing so far.
Does it only happen you adjust the brightness? If so, i dont think its a big deal as long as it doesnt happen during actual usage.
I noticed the flicker issue when I first was using it. I then turned off auto brightness from the main settings and started using Lux Auto Brightness and the issue has been resolved as far as I can see. I suspect this is an issue with the Lollipop build's brightness manager and not a hardware issue from the backlight. Also as far as bleed goes, there is apparent bleed when viewing the screen at an angle and looking directly at the edge, however I have found that it is a complete non issue in normal use (even in a fully dark room), which stands in stark contrast to my Nexus 10 which has noticeable edge bleed when viewed straight on.
No Flicking here
No flickering here either.
No flickering, but the auto brightness is very weird! It goes from extremely bright to extremely dark without me actually moving, same light conditions?
No flicker here!
Well, I guess we can all admit screen flicker is of the norm of Tegra.
Im seeing flikkering too.....
Only when brightness is low.
Remind me why Google/htc did not decide to use a 64 bit Qualcomm processor instead? :-\
Do you think that this issue can be solved via software update, or is this issue hardware related, and therefore cannot be fixed easily
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Do you think that this issue can be solved via software update, or is this issue hardware related, and therefore cannot be fixed easily
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considering that not everyone has it
So i say no
This issue seems to be related to auto brightness/adaptive brightness: The same brightness level set manually doesn't flicker.
Seems to be a software issue to me, and it seems highly likely every Nexus 9 flickers with auto brightness on (and at low relative brightness setting) in low light environments.
PartyMango said:
This issue seems to be related to auto brightness/adaptive brightness: The same brightness level set manually doesn't flicker.
Seems to be a software issue to me, and it seems highly likely every Nexus 9 flickers with auto brightness on (and at low relative brightness setting) in low light environments.
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But, my screen flickers when I am on a constant brightness level. But, it doesn't show up as much when the screen is on at full brightness, just when the screen is at half brightness or just below half.
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But, my screen flickers when I am on a constant brightness level. But, it doesn't show up as much when the screen is on at full brightness, just when the screen is at half brightness or just below half.
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I guess we aren't experiencing the same issue, then: My screen only flickers with adaptive brightness enabled in low light conditions, seems like it is constantly readjusting the screen between two brightness values.
My Nexus 9 doesn't flicker at any constant brightness setting.
Yep, my Nexus 9 flickers as well.
About 15-20% brightness (fixed). It doesn't flicker all the time and it goes away if you change the brightness level or even by itself if you change the app you are using.
This leads me to believe this might be a software issue (N7/2013 had this too when it came out).

Anyone else having auto brightness issues ?

Its just too damn bright !! Mine seems to get stuck at higher levels and doesnt automatically dim, unless the change is quite dramatic (like dark room). I have to manually tick auto brighness off then on to make it work again.
I have tried using lux and it seems to be working perfectly so i am guessing its a software issue from LG side.
Anyone else having similar issues ?
Yea, it's too bright
I completely agree with you. Mine always seems to default to 61% which is too bright in normal light (45% is ideal for me). It would be nice if you could set the baseline "auto" brightness level and let the sensor adjust from there.
SHosp said:
I completely agree with you. Mine always seems to default to 61% which is too bright in normal light (45% is ideal for me). It would be nice if you could set the baseline "auto" brightness level and let the sensor adjust from there.
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Well i have done some research and seems like an app called ''Content adaptive backlight'' is the cause of issue. Seems like LG have managed to produce the same issue that plagued G2. I really hope they fix it in future patches.
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same here ... is there another way to fix it ? besides waiting ?
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I have compared G5 MM rom to my G3 and there seems to be no Content adaptive brightness app on my G3 and because of that there is no auto brightness issue on my G3.
I have done more research and there are quite a few latest phone (6p, S7 ) affected by this issue where either brightness is either too low or high.
Only solution is to either get a custom rom or get an update from carrier/manufacture.
I noticed this as well.. I am sure it will eventually get corrected via software.
Chiming in to say same issue here. Doesn't really bother me tho.
Same boat its too bright or dark and when battery saver kicks in you cant see the screen at all.
Agreed. Too bright, except in very low lighting - then too dim. Hopefully software update will fix this up.
also agree! Way to dim in dark room, haven't noticed to bright yet but then I am old and need the extra ummpphhh to see!!! lol
It would be nice if LG could add low and high limits to the auto-brightness.. I think that would fix the problem.
Does everyone use auto-brightness? Does it seem to help with battery life?
So the issue occurs since April and hasn't been fixed yet. I just received my G5 and have the same issue. It annoys me a lot and when I see that LG didn't fix it yet, I am wondering whether they ever will do that.
I have noticed it getting stuck, unchecking it and checking it again sorts it out for a while

An idea for a possible solution for the flickering AMOLED displays

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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Question Adaptive brightness

Nobody but a few owners complained about "adaptive brightness" bug , issue or whatever is it !
Is this a randomly issue or is a general problem ? To me is a very annoying problem so I'm thinking to sell my phone only due to this . Several updates received didn't solved this bug so I'm thinking next major update to A12 won't solve it as well . More then that it seems OnePlus 9 , 8, 8T and Nord series have problems with "adaptive brightness" wich meening a well done display brightness in sun light but indoor or poor light brightness is dimming under absolutely low suported values .
What can I do , I'm very frustrated !!!
How is yours ? Works well ?
No problem here, auto brightness is working fine in low light / medium light conditions.
The only complaint is the very placement of the ambient light sensor and proximity sensor (upper right corner) , when I bought a new bumper case to replace the original one provided in the box I noticed a lot of dust was accumulating between the bumper and where the sensors are in the corner of the screen, resulting in lot of issues with auto-brightness and pocket detection . Now I have a very thin protective case with a better cut and I didn't had a single issue since then.
Same problem here. Every evening when it gets dark, the sensor doesn't work properly on auto brightness.
For now, only solution is the app ''Velis auto brightness'' from the Play store. With this app the sensor works fine. I reported this bug 3 times but no solution in the updates for now.
I know , I used Velis for a time but Isn't correct , common sense to use a third party apk for solve bugs phones . Since December I found only you claimed this issue but rest of owners ?
Seems to be only us ? Now I'm going to think this problem affect only a few phones !?
Hmm - I have kind of the opposite issue, not a bug though.
For my liking - and compared to my old Mi Note 5, the screen could be more dim.
Id there a way to tell the phone to tune brighteness in general lower in adaptive mode? Also for the sake of battery life...
questionesse said:
Hmm - I have kind of the opposite issue, not a bug though.
For my liking - and compared to my old Mi Note 5, the screen could be more dim.
Id there a way to tell the phone to tune brighteness in general lower in adaptive mode? Also for the sake of battery life...
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You can use ''Velis auto brightness'' app from the Play store
Anyone still had this issue recently? I am suffering here and it's quite frustrated.
Yes , the problem persist although there was an major update but is diminished . It's not a big issue , now . Still exist !!!

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