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Hopefully we can disable the red key backlighting with the kernel source. As of right now, I am not too keen on it.
I don't think we can. The keys are red even when the phone is turned off.
I mean the backlighting. The red isn't as bad until they were lit up. I wish they could make a phone with blue stuff instead of red.
I like the red. And it wont mess with night vision as bad as the white ones on my incredible do.
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teookie said:
I like the red. And it wont mess with night vision as bad as the white ones on my incredible do.
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That's what I'm thinking, and liking. The white ones on my Incredible are too bright sometimes, especially at night and/or when watching videos. The red ones seem to be less bright, which would be nicer
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That's what I'm thinking, and liking. The white ones on my Incredible are too bright sometimes, especially at night and/or when watching videos. The red ones seem to be less bright, which would be nicer
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agreed, the red ones are going to be great. At night it won't blind me so that I can actually see my autobrightly dimmed screen, not to mention it looks sweeeet.
White ones could be argued you could see better in daylight.. but then you don't need backlights in daylight?
but with all that said, I'm sure after development ramps up it'll be able to be turned off.
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agreed, the red ones are going to be great. At night it won't blind me so that I can actually see my autobrightly dimmed screen, not to mention it looks sweeeet.
White ones could be argued you could see better in daylight.. but then you don't need backlights in daylight?
but with all that said, I'm sure after development ramps up it'll be able to be turned off.
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I'm kinda confused on that though, like if you see it while it's turned off, the buttons are still painted on as red.. err not painted, but you know what I mean. You can see it in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rtCXb9Qays&feature=player_embedded
When (if) we finally get this baby S-Off and devs start cooking kernels, will they be able to tweak how bright the capacitive lights are? On my device, at least, the lights are so bright they look a little pink. Is that something controlled by the kernel? If the brightness on them was dialed down, I feel like it might help.
Rabble rabble rabble.
I believe that's something that will be able to be fixed via software.
Absolutely. That's can absolutely be incorporated into the kernel. If a dev makes a configurator for the terminal emulator th u can adjust it by a percentage. We had a few configurators for the EVO and the settings were for both OCing and the capacitive button. Very useful
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I believe that's something that will be able to be fixed via software.
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Devs can tweak the Capacitive brightness through kernel, Evo 3D & Sensation both can change their brightness. But there's a script that lets you change the lights from bright to dim and then off. Although Faux has managed to make the Leds dynamic based on the screen brightness, which is quite useful.
Having a dynamic ability would be great! However, 9/10 you can see the buttons without them being lit at all.
I couldn't care less about the brightness, I more hate they're so inconsistent. At home with my incadescent lights, they never come on. At work with all of the flourescent lighting where it's much brighter, they do turn on. Makes no sense man!
Could just be the lighting the sensor is more sensitive to.
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I couldn't care less about the brightness, I more hate they're so inconsistent. At home with my incadescent lights, they never come on. At work with all of the flourescent lighting where it's much brighter, they do turn on. Makes no sense man!
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Sounds pretty consistent to me. Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Yeah, I had the EVO 3D for a few weeks, and when we only had temp root I did a lot of playing around with terminal scripts, for OC and whatnot. But this is good news! Like somebody said, you rarely actually need them. But when you do, they don't even need to be very bright at all to be seen. I feel like at stock levels, it is a little overboard.
I think even having it at 50% would be more than enough. Anyway, thanks for the responses. Looking forward to such development.
Rabble rabble rabble.
i usually want my led lights as bright as possible, but i know from taking it apart and lighting it up, its pretty much as bright as the led will go, its just the tint of red on the digitizer is thick enough so the light doesnt shine through pink like you said, however maybe on yours the tint is thinner who knows. I usually change phone everytime a new one comes out, or else i would (which i still might) solder on RED leds so i can push them out even brighter red.
Led Notification ?
Speaking of lights, does this phone have an led notification light for missed calls, voicemail, texts, etc?
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Speaking of lights, does this phone have an led notification light for missed calls, voicemail, texts, etc?
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I agree, the capacitive keys are too bright and look pink-ish. If we can adjust them to make them dimmer, make them more of a true red, that would be awesome.
My lights are on whenever the screen is on. Is there a way to change it. I have seen post talkin about them never turning on but I rather they never turn on not always be on.
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Download an app called Screen Filter. Set it to 100% to keep the normal brightness, then uncheck Enable soft key lighting option. Screen on even in dark with no capacitive lights.
Have been searching around to see if there is such a thing, but I can't find anything. Does anyone know if it would even be possible to make an app to make screen brighter than the factory max setting? I know it must depend, at least to some extent, on the hardware... but I doubt they actually max it out at the factory... i'm just sayin =) would be nice to have in bright sunlight!
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Have been searching around to see if there is such a thing, but I can't find anything. Does anyone know if it would even be possible to make an app to make screen brighter than the factory max setting? I know it must depend, at least to some extent, on the hardware... but I doubt they actually max it out at the factory... i'm just sayin =) would be nice to have in bright sunlight!
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I would imagine you could increase the brightness by upping the voltage of whatever controls it, but I'm not sure if there is a hardware cap or not. I doubt it would be very safe for the hardware though...
yeah good point... i have no idea but wanted to see if anyone else did! i guess you would probably have to worry about "burn in" or "imprinting" ( I guess it would be called) too...
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yeah good point... i have no idea but wanted to see if anyone else did! i guess you would probably have to worry about "burn in" or "imprinting" ( I guess it would be called) too...
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No, because it's only the backlight. But it certainly wouldn't be /good/ for the phone at all. But I haven't developed anything for the phone, and am somewhat new to the scene, so don't take my word alone on it
Looking for some app/mod but to reduce the minimum brightness )
Any ideas?
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No, because it's only the backlight. But it certainly wouldn't be /good/ for the phone at all. But I haven't developed anything for the phone, and am somewhat new to the scene, so don't take my word alone on it
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AMOLED screens don't have backlights.
It's not so much burn-in you have to worry about as burn-out - the individual LEDs are prone to do that if they have to display the same image or colour for long periods of time. Blue, for example, will burn out the fastest. There's a lot of discussion that went on around AMOLEDs for the earlier phones that used the screen tech, like the Nexus One and the SGS.
As for decreasing brightness, Screen Filter is the way to go.
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LOCKDOC_UA said:
Looking for some app/mod but to reduce the minimum brightness )
Any ideas?
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Screen Filter. I've been using it for a when I read before I sleep. Very simple, good app.
Even if you do manage to find something to increase the max brightness, I wouldn't. There are usually caps on those things for a reason.
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AMOLED screens don't have backlights.
It's not so much burn-in you have to worry about as burn-out - the individual LEDs are prone to do that if they have to display the same image or colour for long periods of time. Blue, for example, will burn out the fastest. There's a lot of discussion that went on around AMOLEDs for the earlier phones that used the screen tech, like the Nexus One and the SGS.
As for decreasing brightness, Screen Filter is the way to go.
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not a problem ... i experienced 'burn-out' SEVERAL years ago
seriously though, compared to my fruit phone, the maxx leaves a little to be desired in direct sunlight. it's ok, but just could be better. in fact, i almost switched back to my 4s because of that ... bought a mophie juice pack air yesterday and thought ... oh yeah, 2 days of battery, even more than my maxx. .. then i see that ICS is allegedly hitting in a few days so figured i would wait it out. i can always return the mophie!!!
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Try this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnZpdG8ubHV4LmZyZWUiXQ..
I also use screen filter for additional dimming for nighttime. Juice Defender Ultimate also offers reduced band augmented brightness, although I don't know if their augmented brightness is any brighter than stock (probably not.)
RAZR stock brightness is crazy bright why would you want that your screens probably going to overheat if you go above the manufacturer settings
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r4zrm4xxx said:
RAZR stock brightness is crazy bright why would you want that your screens probably going to overheat if you go above the manufacturer settings
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It hurts my eyes if I steer too long with max bright.
To make it brighter you'll need a moded kernel, but such thing wasn't released for razr yet
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It hurts my eyes if I steer too long with max bright.
To make it brighter you'll need a moded kernel, but such thing wasn't released for razr yet
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Such thing will never be released on ANY PHONE
Phones Should Really have the Battery Life of The DROID RAZR MAXX
MattyOnXperiaX10 said:
Such thing will never be released on ANY PHONE
Phones Should Really have the Battery Life of The DROID RAZR MAXX
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What you mean? That isn't custom kernels?
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What you mean? That isn't custom kernels?
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Surpassing the screen brightness will never be released on phones
Phones Should Really have the Battery Life of The DROID RAZR MAXX
Is there any app the change screen mode? Like more vivid colors, movie like colors and things that that, i miss that feature of my Galaxy S2 (was stolen from me while riding the train the other day) so i bought a DROID RAZR, but the thing i miss is the screen of my S2, the white is not white here is like a yellow thing.
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Is there any app the change screen mode? Like more vivid colors, movie like colors and things that that, i miss that feature of my Galaxy S2 (was stolen from me while riding the train the other day) so i bought a DROID RAZR, but the thing i miss is the screen of my S2, the white is not white here is like a yellow thing.
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1) you are talking of low light, cause if you raise it, white will become much more whiter...
2) white on sgs2 is not white, is blueish... simply some people recognizes blueish white whiter than yellowish, is just subjective... but no one of both has a perfect whiter... if you want real colors, you have to go on ips based screens, not amoled
For lowering brightness, I use this app called Easy on the Eyes. It can reduce your brightness from the original lowest setting. If you have a mac, you can find it on the app store.
So we have a great phone with a horrible screen brightness problem.
Samsung touts its great battery life, (well yah with a dim screen).
I find I must always use 100% brightness setting to make the screen
even 1/2 as bright as my older phones (Evo, etc.). Even at 100% brightness,
white is not white, it is grey/light brown and the battery only lasts a few hours.
Very sad, I wish we could do something about this. And if you look closely,
a lot of colors are really a color with a grid pattern all over it. I am 47 and my
eyes are not that great, but pentile still sucks IMO, no matter how much
review sites rave about the great screen (yah it is big and crisp), but it
still is a dim sucky screen.
hotstocks said:
So we have a great phone with a horrible screen brightness problem.
Samsung touts its great battery life, (well yah with a dim screen).
I find I must always use 100% brightness setting to make the screen
even 1/2 as bright as my older phones (Evo, etc.). Even at 100% brightness,
white is not white, it is grey/light brown and the battery only lasts a few hours.
Very sad, I wish we could do something about this. And if you look closely,
a lot of colors are really a color with a grid pattern all over it. I am 47 and my
eyes are not that great, but pentile still sucks IMO, no matter how much
review sites rave about the great screen (yah it is big and crisp), but it
still is a dim sucky screen.
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thats why u go with the one x~~
since screen is the most importatn part of the phone you interact with, i chose to get the best screen on the market. however, i do envy ur battery life though.
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The battery of the GS3 is bigger than the One X.
What would be the difference between GS3 %100 brightness and 75% brightness HTC one X in terms of battery?
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TitaniumBarbell said:
The battery of the GS3 is bigger than the One X.
What would be the difference between GS3 %100 brightness and 75% brightness HTC one X in terms of battery?
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Actually the one x is really bright screen, and It could make some difference but only cause of the crazy over killing of apps
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TitaniumBarbell said:
The battery of the GS3 is bigger than the One X.
What would be the difference between GS3 %100 brightness and 75% brightness HTC one X in terms of battery?
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actually, s3 at full brighness is one x at around half, maybe 40 percent
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You can get like a 4300 to 4500 mah extended battery off ebay or amazon
with a back cover for like $20. Then the phone will last twice as long, more
than enough to cover a heavy day at 100% brightness. Plus it will make the
phone thicker, I can't stand how thin and delicate the GS3 is, it practically
slips out of your hand, they should have made the phone thicker with a
bigger battery to begin with (Droid Max).
Turn off auto adjust screen time option in the display settings to make your screen brighter. It'll make your whites better as well.
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You can get like a 4300 to 4500 mah extended battery off ebay or amazon
with a back cover for like $20. Then the phone will last twice as long, more
than enough to cover a heavy day at 100% brightness. Plus it will make the
phone thicker, I can't stand how thin and delicate the GS3 is, it practically
slips out of your hand, they should have made the phone thicker with a
bigger battery to begin with (Droid Max).
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In regards of battery, don't trust third party brands unless if they are authorized by the maker themselves. For batteries, third parties usuallly suck in many ways, in worst cases, overheating.
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Kevin Ma said:
actually, s3 at full brighness is one x at around half, maybe 40 percent
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I wouldn't go that far. I had my GS3 turned up to 100% earlier today and compared it to my sister's Evo 4G LTE, and it was practically the same brightness. I assumed her phone was set to around 50-60%, but when I checked her settings, it was set to 100%. Hers was a bit brighter, obviously, but they were a lot closer brightness-wise than I thought they'd be.
If you need your brightness at 100%, you may want to get your eyes checked. Also, which you might already be aware of this, Samsung roms have a brightness setting in the internet browser as well.
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hotstocks said:
So we have a great phone with a horrible screen brightness problem.
Samsung touts its great battery life, (well yah with a dim screen).
I find I must always use 100% brightness setting to make the screen
even 1/2 as bright as my older phones (Evo, etc.). Even at 100% brightness,
white is not white, it is grey/light brown and the battery only lasts a few hours.
Very sad, I wish we could do something about this. And if you look closely,
a lot of colors are really a color with a grid pattern all over it. I am 47 and my
eyes are not that great, but pentile still sucks IMO, no matter how much
review sites rave about the great screen (yah it is big and crisp), but it
still is a dim sucky screen.
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That is strange. I have not experienced this at all. I have both the GS3 and the original Evo and they seem about the same at 100%. The GS3 is, (to my eyes) easier to see because of the contrast. Meaning I feel like I can get away with setting the brightness to a lower setting without sacrificing readability. As for battery life I'm getting a consistent 14 hours with moderate to heavy use. (It's a new toy, I can't put it down.)
Hopefully you can compare your phone to another, see if they're any different.
I have mine at 75ish % the auto is pretty garbage. I can't wait till cm9/10.
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I don't need my eyes checked.
Forget about the whites not even being as white as the Evo.
Try a game like ShadowGun, even at 100% brightness the game
is dim and oversaturated colors. On the Evo the game is significantly
brighter and objects/details are easier seen, not everything is dark.
This phone gets GREAT blacks, but everything is darker because of it.
I had the HOX. **** phone. The screen on the SG3 is much better.
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pimpahlishis said:
I had the HOX. **** phone. The screen on the SG3 is much better.
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thats really one of the worst points u can ever bring up lol. the gs3 beats one x in a lotta areas, but definitely not screen Lol
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Found other similar posts in Q&A. I have to cover the light sensor or be in pitch black to get the buttons to light up. Anyone else? One guy already swapped for a new phone but same problem.
Yep its pretty much hit and miss with this phone. I had to exchange my first one for a different issue, but the capacitive buttons on both don't light up unless in really low light. Personally I like this as I would turn button backlights off with CM based Roms on other phones. I know where the buttons are, don't need them to light up.
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I was wondering the same thing. Mine only light up in very low light or dark. Unless there is a control for it, it is a bug
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I'm not so sure it is a bug. It seems equally possible that they only turn on in extremely low light by design. HTC might assume (and rightfully) that you know where the buttons are after a while and don't need them illuminated unless it is dark enough to not see the phone very well or at all.
Personally, I'm glad they don't light up a lot. I know where they are, I can see them fine in low light and I don't like when capacitive buttons are always shinning at me when I don't need them.
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I think it is a battery saving feature. Why would you need them on in the light anyway. They are not invisible like on the note 2.
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I think it is a battery saving feature. Why would you need them on in the light anyway. They are not invisible like on the note 2.
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I agree but I have still wondered about it. Sometimes mine won't light up at all in dark. But not bothering enough to take it back lol
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Found other similar posts in Q&A. I have to cover the light sensor or be in pitch black to get the buttons to light up. Anyone else? One guy already swapped for a new phone but same problem.
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I've got the same problem. The phone has a problem. I installed AndroSensor on the dna and my razr. The dna consistently gives me false readings. If there's any light at all it gives a 200 lux reading. If you are in total darkness it will reset. That's why your work around works. The phone has a light sensor that, either by design or defect, doesn't differentiate light levels between 2 to 200 lux. It defaults to the higher figure and the cpu apparently uses this figure to shut the lights down.
Personally, I find this to be a little too convoluted to be an energy saving design. I believe it's a bug that a future update will deal with.
Same here. Also.........they arent bright enough!! Lol we need a mod for this. Ill get right on it.
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Mine light up all the time no matter how dark or light it is. They always seem to work on my end.
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Mine light up all the time no matter how dark or light it is. They always seem to work on my end.
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Well mine work, just has to b pretty dark. Btw, theres an app in the one xl forums to dim, or turn off completely that works for our DNA. Ill link u guys to it.
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Anyone who consistently uses the phone in a dimly lit room will want it fixed. I watch movies with a single low-watt lamp on, and I like to use the phone periodically. Having the lights off means that every third button press doesn't land exactly on the capacitive part. If I force the lights on by covering the sensor, I never miss. There's very little play on the sensor area, so you either land perfectly or not at all. Definitely looking forward to a fix. I just hope it's not a hardware glitch that can't detect 2 to 200 lux.