Is there a way to adjust the light sensor to respond to the external light quicker than it is currently configured to? I find the stock settings to be pretty slow. I am running ICS Alpha2 Dagr8 Rom.
Its a build prop tweak called "mot.prox.delay" I believe I know I misspelled it,I'm using my phone and at work....research for that,am sure that's what your looking for....like when you take your phone away from ear real quick and the keys should light up so you can hit a button right?.....
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Its a build prop tweak called "mot.prox.delay" I believe I know I misspelled it,I'm using my phone and at work....research for that,am sure that's what your looking for....like when you take your phone away from ear real quick and the keys should light up so you can hit a button right?.....
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I think your are referring to proximity sensor. I was referring to the Sensor that adjust the screen's Iight brightness based on the outside brightness.
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I think your are referring to proximity sensor. I was referring to the Sensor that adjust the screen's Iight brightness based on the outside brightness.
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true,, but there is only "one sensor" in the samsung that enables dark /light conditions, same one that works for phone ( while on call )...but your right..you can disable the >setting>Display>Auto adjust screen power setting
wish777 said:
true,, but there is only "one sensor" in the samsung that enables dark /light conditions, same one that works for phone ( while on call )...but your right..you can disable the >setting>Display>Auto adjust screen power setting
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I see. I dont want to disable it, i just wanted it to react faster than it currently does
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I was wondering if someone could create (or if there already is) an app that will dim the screen a lot more than just setting it to 0. I work late hours and come home, just wanting to unwind and play some solitaire. I'm blinded by the screen. I know that there are night/clock apps that can do this. Thanks!
I second this request. The screen is quite blinding in a dark room. A night mode would be nice too have.
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I would pay for this app, blows my mind how they could make a phone that can't dim lower. Even when setting brightness to 10 with Dimmer it's a real pain using this phone in the dark.
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shznit said:
I would pay for this app, blows my mind how they could make a phone that can't dim lower. Even when setting brightness to 10 with Dimmer it's a real pain using this phone in the dark.
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I would also throw down some of my hard earned dollars for something like this, i want to preserve my battery and the dimmest setting isnt making me feel happy about things
Why not just slide your finger across the task bar from right to left and it would lower the brightness to the lowest setting. To brighten go the other way.
Way easier than another app.
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Why not just slide your finger across the task bar from right to left and it would lower the brightness to the lowest setting. To brighten go the other way.
Way easier than another app.
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Thanks, but not what I was talking about. I'm talking about lowering the brightness past that for nighttime usage. I know it's possible; I have a bedside app that lowers it way past the default.
BTW, that trick only works with Auto Brightness off.
yeah this would be nice. also, having those cool filters like on CM6 would be nice too. the red filter is great for checking your phone in a dark movie theater.
Anyone try KillSwitch on the Nook Color?
It turns off the screen when you close the cover...
Sounds interesting...
Close what cover?
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if you have a cover or case on it... it auto shuts it off instead of manually doing it.. not sure if anyone tried it...
What wrong with pressing the power button?
I don't think it would work with the Nook because there is no photo sensor.
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I don't think it would work with the Nook because there is no photo sensor.
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That was my question exactly. How does it detect when the cover is closed?
It uses either a light sensor or a proximity sensor, or the accelerometer
The nook color does not have an ambient light sensor! The only option then is facedown.
I have killswitch on my xoom and love it for the most part but could you possibly make the pop ups become a notification on honeycomb say like when you get a message from Gmail and have it when you click on the notifaction you could disabe or do nothing. And you can change how it reacts in the app.
i like this feature as well - already note for your in another thread
can you please add also shake to power off?
OK been using adj brightness in the market and it was brilliant in brightness control. Unfortunately it doesn't work on the galaxy s2 and because my eyes play up, am finding the phone to bright for me especially when using it at night when lights are off, what alternatives are their to lower the brightness level please.?
For Amoled screens of any type "Screen Filter" seems to be the best.
I agree. Screen Filter seems to be excellent and can make the screen as dark as you ever want. (to a level that no LCD can ever go to imo)
Thanks guys it worked it is the best av seen so far.
I got mine sgs2 on Saturday and hadn't really thougth I would need an App to control this, the settings ont he power widget were good enough for me. However, I tried this out for a laugh and it works well. Will definitely use it at night time.
Although at the moment I am just enjoying the super brightness
Birghtness control from the notification bar
Can one still adjust the brightness by swiping the finger along the notification bar, like one did on the i9000?
Can one disable the automatic brightness from somewhere in the settings menu on the i9100 in the same way as the i9000?
Yep, same thing works in the SGSII.
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Yep, same thing works in the SGSII.
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Perfect. Great. Thanks.
Never mind.
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Can one still adjust the brightness by swiping the finger along the notification bar, like one did on the i9000?
Can one disable the automatic brightness from somewhere in the settings menu on the i9100 in the same way as the i9000?
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Swype for brightness. How I just tried dropped down and not
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Swype for brightness. How I just tried dropped down and not
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Your location is marked as London, so I think that you ought to be able to write a non-nonsensical sentence in English. No offence, but this is unintelligible!
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Swype for brightness. How ? I just tried dropped down and not dropped down and no change
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Swype for brightness. How I just tried dropped down and not
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Hi Crypticc,
You misunderstood what I wrote.
1) I referred to a partially completed sentence:
" How I just tried dropped down and not" - not what?
2) You have confused the verb 'to swipe' with an application called Swype.
As I noted, you wrote your location was from London, yet that you are not a native anglophone; No problem, but I was a little confused in the beginning.
To summarize: Your reply confused me. You partially clarified what you wrote, and now I understand. Thank-you.
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In order to change the brightness by swiping along the notification bar, please ensure that you have turned off the automatic brightness adjustment setting in the menu. I do not recall the exact name. Then, it should work.
I think that this can be found in : Settings -> Display -> Brightness
Best regards.
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Your location is marked as London, so I think that you ought to be able to write a non-nonsensical sentence in English. No offence, but this is unintelligible!
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Lol awesome... You funny definately are.... Maybe hes Yoda?
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Lol awesome... You funny definately are.... Maybe hes Yoda?
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I tried rather than did that's the problem
( swype just replaced swipe with swype - oh and it replaced a few other words too).
That said, thanks for the tips folks; both on previewing/reviewing posts, plus on how to swipe to change the brightness.
What would you all suggest be the optimal brightness setting to put the phone on?
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What would you all suggest be the optimal brightness setting to put the phone on?
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OFF completely?? Maximum battery life... FTW
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I was messing around with the settings on my phone to try and eek out some more battery life. I noticed with the stock battery monitor that the screen was using the most battery (as is expected) so I turned the brightness setting all the way down using the slidebar in settings.
Then I went into the Sprint Zone app, clicked help, then my device, then power controls. There it shows what is turned on on the phone and a general breakdown of how much those things are drawing on the battery (kinda nifty). On the lowest possible brightness setting it says it's at 11% and that that's "medium" usage. Is there a way to get screen Brightness lower? I just find it odd that it still registers as medium usage on its lowest setting...
Also has anyone noticed that on the "Automatic" screen brightness setting that the screen doesn't go as dark as it could go when there is a low light condition? For example if I'm sitting in the dark with auto brightness on, I can turn it off then make the screen darker manually than it would go on auto.
Any thoughts? Or fixes?
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I was messing around with the settings on my phone to try and eek out some more battery life. I noticed with the stock battery monitor that the screen was using the most battery (as is expected) so I turned the brightness setting all the way down using the slidebar in settings.
Then I went into the Sprint Zone app, clicked help, then my device. There it shows what is turned on on the phone and a general breakdown of how much those things are drawing on the battery. On the lowest possible brightness setting it says it's at 11% and that that's "medium" usage. Is there a way to get screen Brightness lower? I just find it odd that it still registers as medium usage on its lowest setting...
Also has anyone noticed that on the "Automatic" screen brightness setting that the screen doesn't go as dark as it could go when there is a low light condition? For example if I'm sitting in the dark with auto brightness on, I can turn it off then make the screen darker manually than it would go on auto.
Any thoughts? Or fixes?
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Try rootdim. Also, the screen brightness is going to be mostly controlled by the kernel, so try using a different kernel or build one from source.
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Try rootdim. Also, the screen brightness is going to be mostly controlled by the kernel, so try using a different kernel or build one from source.
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There's source?
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It's not in the kernel, it's in an xml or something. There are seven brightness levels (I think it's seven) based on lumens, and there's an associated screen brightness value assigned to each on a scale of 0 to 255. Stock auto brightness levels set the bottom three levels to the same brigness value. I think it's 63. Setting the brightness manually, you can go as low as single digits, maybe even zero.
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It's not in the kernel, it's in an xml or something. There are seven brightness levels (I think it's seven) based on lumens, and there's an associated screen brightness value assigned to each on a scale of 0 to 255. Stock auto brightness levels set the bottom three levels to the same brigness value. I think it's 63. Setting the brightness manually, you can go as low as single digits, maybe even zero.
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That's cool you can edit the XML files, but how can screen luminosity or display not be part of the kernel or kernel modules? I have an HD2 with CM7 on it, and through installing different kernels and whatnot, I can get different features for display like render effect, auto brightness, and whatnot. Is this only just for sense ROMs then?
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There's source?
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Not right now there isn't. Would be nice if there was.
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It's not in the kernel, it's in an xml or something. There are seven brightness levels (I think it's seven) based on lumens, and there's an associated screen brightness value assigned to each on a scale of 0 to 255. Stock auto brightness levels set the bottom three levels to the same brigness value. I think it's 63. Setting the brightness manually, you can go as low as single digits, maybe even zero.
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So maybe the stock rom doesn't let you zero it out? It's posting the lowest value as 11% as read by the Sprint Zone app. Maybe they do it as a safeguard against setting it too low and not being able to see the screen to turn it up when it gets in a brighter environment?
That's a funny thought, I could see me kicking myself over something like that. Would be nice if we could make that call on our own though, wonder how dim it is...and why not make the auto brightness go to the lowest setting (or perhaps even lower than the stock setting)? At least then it would ramp back up as needed.
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Did you try rootdim? I'm pretty sure you can dim the screen lower than stock with it on this phone. I've only used it on my HD2, but it worked well with it and It's free.
Nm rootdim only allows the screen to go down to a value of 30. You can set lower values, but it doesn't change the brightness.
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So maybe the stock rom doesn't let you zero it out? It's posting the lowest value as 11% as read by the Sprint Zone app.
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Correct - stock only lets the brightness go down to 11%. I'm not sure if auto brightness will ever set it that low though, doesn't seem like it does.
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Correct - stock only lets the brightness go down to 11%. I'm not sure if auto brightness will ever set it that low though, doesn't seem like it does.
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Yea that's what I'm saying it doesn't go to the minimum. I mean I'm sure the battery savings isn't much, but another usefulness of it going that dark is when you check your phone at night in the car you don't want the phone to be all lit up inviting attention.
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Yea that's what I'm saying it doesn't go to the minimum. I mean I'm sure the battery savings isn't much, but another usefulness of it going that dark is when you check your phone at night in the car you don't want the phone to be all lit up inviting attention.
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I think 11% is probably dim enough for most cases. If you have a dark background that will help with the car situation. The only time I find it still too bright is when I'm laying in bed at night. I haven't rooted yet so I can't comment on the solutions others suggested but give that a try. You probably won't save that much battery though unless you're in the dark a lot.
Oh - and don't text and drive
I use an app called screen filter at night. It allows the screen to get MUCH dimmer.
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Oh - and don't text and drive
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Haha I knew that was coming :thumbup:
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I'm Using My Xperia S Quite A Long, This Is My First Android Phone So Far!:cyclops:
Now Straight Coming To The Problem:silly:
In Market, There Seems To Be So Many Cool Apps Dealing With The Proximity Sensor Like:
1>Proximity Screen Off
2>Wave Control
etc
Well It Seems There Is No Problem Installing It, Or Crash (or force Close)
BUT
On These Application Gesture Function Nothing Seems To Work EXCEPT The 'COVER & HOLD' Mode
[e.g: say I Set 'Swipe Once' To Turn Off The Screen And 'Swipe Once' To Turn On The Screen...NO NOTHING WORKS!:crying:
Now Put 'Cover & Hold' To Both Turn On And Off The Screen Just As Before (in different gesture)...Works Like A Charm:laugh:]
Same Case Happens In Wave Control ('Default Pause Or Play' On 'Cover & Hold' Works, But 'Next Song' On 'Swipe Once' Doesn't Work:crying:
I've Even Uploaded A Video (SORRY FOR LOW QUALITY with Nokia X6 :silly Showing The Problem In 'Proximity Screen Off' App
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVFaV2QeIk
If Anyone Is Having The Same Problem Please Post It Down And Of Course The Solutions Are MOST WELCOME
AnYoNe!!??
Proximity Screen Off didn't work too well with my Xperia S...it had a problem with immediately switching the screen right back on after it triggered a screen off. I'm using Smart Screen Off myself, which I think is the best one of these sensor on/off apps I've seen yet. It has a lot of options and seems to have a better calibration for your proximity sensor and gyroscope. Not only can you trigger your screen on and off with the proximity sensor, but you can also shake the phone to turn the screen on/off, and flip it over to turn the screen off. I'm using a hand wave to turn the screen on, combined with a screen off widget and the flip over motion for turning the screen off, and it works great.
I do wish somebody could make an app like PGM Nexus for Xperias, that is an amazing app that's sadly for the Galaxy Nexus only. You can turn on your screen by just swiping left to right on the screen, or double tapping on it with that app. Swiping right to left at the screen bottom turns the screen back off.
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Proximity Screen Off didn't work too well with my Xperia S...it had a problem with immediately switching the screen right back on after it triggered a screen off. I'm using Smart Screen Off myself, which I think is the best one of these sensor on/off apps I've seen yet. It has a lot of options and seems to have a better calibration for your proximity sensor and gyroscope. Not only can you trigger your screen on and off with the proximity sensor, but you can also shake the phone to turn the screen on/off, and flip it over to turn the screen off. I'm using a hand wave to turn the screen on, combined with a screen off widget and the flip over motion for turning the screen off, and it works great.
I do wish somebody could make an app like PGM Nexus for Xperias, that is an amazing app that's sadly for the Galaxy Nexus only. You can turn on your screen by just swiping left to right on the screen, or double tapping on it with that app. Swiping right to left at the screen bottom turns the screen back off.
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Thank You Very Much For Your Help! I'll Definitely Use The Mentioned App. But Have You Tried Wave Control? I'm Also facing the Same Problem With It!
Actually I Thought My Xperia S Is Defective One:crying:
And I think I've the Solution For Your Problem (immediately switching the screen right back on after it triggered a screen off)
Turn Off the Slide Unlock To None!___:good:
Wave controller not working in my xps also........
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Wave controller not working in my xps also........
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Only Cover And Hold Work, Isn't It!:silly:
Proximity screen off pro works fine for me on the S. Swipe with one or two fingers.
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i have a xperia p on ics and the wave control app is working fine for me
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Proximity screen off pro works fine for me on the S. Swipe with one or two fingers.
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Am I Doing Something Wrong? I Don't Think My Phone Is Defective, Coz The Hold & Cover Works Like Charm!! Any Idea??:silly::silly:
I'm Non-Rooted Though, If It Has Anything To Do With!
Anyone Else?
Anime13 said:
Am I Doing Something Wrong? I Don't Think My Phone Is Defective, Coz The Hold & Cover Works Like Charm!! Any Idea??:silly::silly:
I'm Non-Rooted Though, If It Has Anything To Do With!
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Using 5.0.1 pick one or two finger, make sure start service. All I did. Run finger over sensor and it comes on. Two finger swipe turns off
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Yes i know this bug.
It's just because the proximity sensor is to slow.
And don't worry, it's a software bug.
To fix it, go to system/etc/hw.conf
You will see 'proximity sensor configuration"
CHange values
dev=/sys/bus/i2c/devices/3-0054/
val_cycle=1
val_nburst=1
val_freq=5
val_threshold=1
val_filter=1
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seburton said:
Yes i know this bug.
It's just because the proximity sensor is to slow.
And don't worry, it's a software bug.
To fix it, go to system/etc/hw.conf
You will see 'proximity sensor configuration"
CHange values
Reboot and enjoy your applications
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Thank You Very Much , I'm A Little Noob At Thses Stuff So Does this Process Require Root?
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Anime13 said:
Thank You Very Much , I'm A Little Noob At Thses Stuff So Does this Process Require Root?
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Yes, every changes.in system partition requires root
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