I just got the Note 2 a few weeks and so far it's my favorite phone I've ever owned. I love the big screen, I use the S pen all the time and the battery is tremendous.
One thing that I'm not quite fond of is the screen brightness, specially when using Netflix.
I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this with Netflix but the brightness on the phone seems to be OK but as soon as I start playing something on Netflix it's really dim. I have the brightness turned all the way up and it still looks really dim.
The quality also isn't great either, it's like it's not playing in HD or something. I've tried connecting to 4G and Wi-Fi and it still doesn't always look so great.
Wondering if there anyone knows of a solution or a hack or something?
I watch a lot of Netflix on my phone and would love to solve this.
I am rooted and I'm using JellyBeans 21 ROM.
Thanks.
Try going back to stock ROM and check if the issue persists.
I noticed that beans rom has reduced brightness overall (cannot say for sure but that was what I felt comparing against stock)
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Try going back to stock ROM and check if the issue persists.
I noticed that beans rom has reduced brightness overall (cannot say for sure but that was what I felt comparing against stock)
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Do you mean go back to stock or go back to a stock like ROM like CleanRom?
Stock rom or cleanrom...either
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Look at setting, display, screen mode. What option do you have selected?
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Roms don't have reduced brightness I promise lol.
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Look at setting, display, screen mode. What option do you have selected?
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It's set for dynamic.
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It's set for dynamic.
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I thought it might be one of the others. They are definitely not as bright.
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I thought it might be one of the others. They are definitely not as bright.
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What should I set it to?
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What should I set it to?
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I use dynamic.
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Newerabs said:
I just got the Note 2 a few weeks and so far it's my favorite phone I've ever owned. I love the big screen, I use the S pen all the time and the battery is tremendous.
One thing that I'm not quite fond of is the screen brightness, specially when using Netflix.
I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this with Netflix but the brightness on the phone seems to be OK but as soon as I start playing something on Netflix it's really dim. I have the brightness turned all the way up and it still looks really dim.
The quality also isn't great either, it's like it's not playing in HD or something. I've tried connecting to 4G and Wi-Fi and it still doesn't always look so great.
Wondering if there anyone knows of a solution or a hack or something?
I watch a lot of Netflix on my phone and would love to solve this.
I am rooted and I'm using JellyBeans 21 ROM.
Thanks.
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Have you adjusted your quality levels on netflix.com yet? If your not worried about data or use wifi alot crank up quality settings on the site. Then reboot and fire flix back up. As the video buffers during play quality will slowly increase. Depending on your connection it should play pretty decent quality a minute or so into the video. And if you use mx player for your video files make sure you have mx brightness turned up. Im pretty sure mx settings are independent of system. Im also running 21 but I always use beans stock kernel. And even on the puter or xbox netflix Never truly hits HD.
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Roms don't have reduced brightness I promise lol.
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Not saying its in the rom specifically....maube the kernel has been tweaked to lower brightness to save battery
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Not saying its in the rom specifically....maube the kernel has been tweaked to lower brightness to save battery
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kernels don't do it either... sorry i'm not trying to troll you or anything it's just not true. maybe you hit "auto-adjust screen tone" in settings? it's a samsung setting that basically reduces brightness.l
Do a search on XDA and download the app called "A Brighter Note" (if you are rooted). It enables you to brighten your screen about 10% more.
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Do a search on XDA and download the app called "A Brighter Note" (if you are rooted). It enables you to brighten your screen about 10% more.
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If you do just remember one thing.
The AMOLED screen in our phones gets burn in if your not careful. the brighter the screen the quicker the burn in, at least thats what ive been told.
I have not seen any burn in on my phone, but I know people who are always at max brightness and you can see their status bar even in full screen apps because its burnt in...
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Everyone, well most people love this phone except the screen! While its still a great screen it just has some weird things goin on with it that you notice immediately cause your not use to it, though i dont notice it at all anymore.
I wanted to give this phone some credit for the fact that i keep the brightness OFF and can still easily see even in the sunlight! That's a very first for me! And i LOVE it for battery reasons.
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Low isnt really low, there are apps that can drop it much lower
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Everyone, well most people love this phone except the screen! While its still a great screen it just has some weird things goin on with it that you notice immediately cause your not use to it, though i dont notice it at all anymore.
I wanted to give this phone some credit for the fact that i keep the brightness OFF and can still easily see even in the sunlight! That's a very first for me! And i LOVE it for battery reasons.
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I thought something was off about that haha! Thanks ima find one, got any favorites for it?
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Whatever works without ad spasms
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I thought something was off about that haha! Thanks ima find one, got any favorites for it?
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Search market for Screen filter
Thats a great app but there are ones that ones that dim the screen really low
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The screen definitely isn't perfect, but it's pretty good. Coming from an EVO 4G, the screen is definitely an improvement.
Although some would argue the Epic Touch 4G screen is superior, and it is in some ways, the over saturated colors on it are more off-putting to me than the Photon's.
i dont mind/care about pentile so thats a non-issue.. however i miss the bright vibrant colors of a samoled.. its one of the reason why the razr is possibly my fav phone on the market
p.s. to anyone who thinks we have nothing going on.. go check them out.. they dont have a stock sbf, no unlock, no roms, no kernels, no cwm, no way to restore back to anything.... oh and they have a leaked ota that has now locked a lot of people onto it which means without a way to write crap they CANNOT get future otas....
lol imagine you were so eager for the first bug fix ota that due to rushing/leaks it prevented you from being able to get the ics ota
I dont mind about the pentile either, i beARLy ever notice it, i mean i did at first but even then i was like.. still very good screen for a phone and never bothered me
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p.s. to anyone who thinks we have nothing going on.. go check them out.. they dont have a stock sbf, no unlock, no roms, no kernels, no cwm, no way to restore back to anything.... oh and they have a leaked ota that has now locked a lot of people onto it which means without a way to write crap they CANNOT get future otas....
lol imagine you were so eager for the first bug fix ota that due to rushing/leaks it prevented you from being able to get the ics ota
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It is for this reason that my first mission was to figure out why RSD lite wasn't working on my computer, and had to find aa way to get back to stock before doing anything else
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I personally like the Pentile - accurate colors, bright and good outdoors. I've tried really hard, but my eyes just do not see the screen door effect on (at least) my particular device.
And - I was very prepared to hate it when I first walked in the store, after reading reviews
The Sammy screens get lots of mention because they have overly-saturated colors (similar to the effect you get when you turn a digital camera to its "Vivid" setting). And lots of people like artifical over-saturation..... As an amateur photog, I prefer accurate color rendition.
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I personally like the Pentile - accurate colors, bright and good outdoors.
And - I was very prepared to hate it when I first walked in the store, after reading reviews
The Sammy screens get lots of mention because they are over-saturated colors (similar to the effect you get when you turn a digital camera to its "Vivid" setting). As an amateur photog, I prefer accurate color rendition.
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Exactly! Ive even read some reviews saying its slightly better than the amoled screen and i got a widget that would actually turn the brightness all the way down (cause stock doesnt as joker mentioned) and i can still see it perfectly with the sunlight facing it! I like the pentile screen all around, on hd games/movies it performs flawlessly. As you said, almost perfect colors.
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Is there any way we will ever get the torch app from cm6 from the incredible I loved that light but when I try to use it its just a normal flashlight I want it bright than my room like the Droid incredible
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I never used that specific one, but have you tried this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408341 Seems to work great for me.
This is the app I use, its a nice app, has worked on any device I have put it on, even non rooted devices.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kZXZ1bmkuZmxhc2hsaWdodCJd
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This is the app I use, its a nice app, has worked on any device I have put it on, even non rooted devices.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kZXZ1bmkuZmxhc2hsaWdodCJd
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I never used that specific one, but have you tried this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408341 Seems to work great for me.
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ive used both of them i like them but nothing like the droid incredible flashlight which was schorching bright like twice as bright as these flashlights!
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ive used both of them i like them but nothing like the droid incredible flashlight which was schorching bright like twice as bright as these flashlights!
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The brightness of the Flash LEDs on the Rezound has nothing to do with the app you use
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The brightness of the Flash LEDs on the Rezound has nothing to do with the app you use
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or it can also be the fact that on my incredible i had cm7 and had torch which pushed the leds to their limit and made them really hot but i just loved that flashlight helped out when i needed to look for something in the dark
again, as a.mcdear pointed out - this is a 100% hardware capability thing. while some software might not set the same brightness levels in settings, the limits are the limits of the hardware.
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again, as a.mcdear pointed out - this is a 100% hardware capability thing. while some software might not set the same brightness levels in settings, the limits are the limits of the hardware.
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yes i know but i took out the leds out of my broken rezound i have a second one that i bought retail for not getting insurance never again and connected to a 3.5 volt connector and was significantly brighter so i know it can be forced to be brighter!
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yes i know but i took out the leds out of my broken rezound i have a second one that i bought retail for not getting insurance never again and connected to a 3.5 volt connector and was significantly brighter so i know it can be forced to be brighter!
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Sure, and you can hook them up to a car battery and they will explode, but that does not mean that another app can miraculously cause the hardware to deliver more power to the Flash LEDs. The fact is that the torch setting on any app is probably already using the maximum brightness that the hardware is capable of.
Snowman is not making things up. The nexus torch on the Incredible would overpower both LEDs at once for a crazy bright light. When I would run non-CM7 ROMs on my Incredible, I always looked for an alternative app that did the same thing, but never could. Most could only run one of the two LEDs. If they could light both at once, they were not overpowered.
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The galaxy torch works for me. Its free on the market.
It's a kernel tweak I believe, find someone who knows how to change it then there you go
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Snowman is not making things up. The nexus torch on the Incredible would overpower both LEDs at once for a crazy bright light. When I would run non-CM7 ROMs on my Incredible, I always looked for an alternative app that did the same thing, but never could. Most could only run one of the two LEDs. If they could light both at once, they were not overpowered.
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Yes thank you that's what I meant to say
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Try something for me then say again that the hardware limits the brightness.
Enter a dark room and turn on any of the available flashlight apps. Then, turn it off and take a picture with flash on. No comparison.
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Try something for me then say again that the hardware limits the brightness.
Enter a dark room and turn on any of the available flashlight apps. Then, turn it off and take a picture with flash on. No comparison.
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Yes I know all of the apps are the same but that torch one on cm7 is just the best and brightest I think they force the LEDs on the phone to go brighter because they do get hot
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Yes I know all of the apps are the same but that torch one on cm7 is just the best and brightest I think they force the LEDs on the phone to go brighter because they do get hot
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Yeah the torch app on the incredible was so bright that every time you turn it on it had a warning popup saying not to leave it on long because it would melt **** lol
No offense, but if having a bright flashlight is really this important to you, why not just get an actual flashlight?
Otherwise, if you're in a pinch and just need a quick light, the rezound is definitely bright enough for illuminating a dark area (like putting your keys in the car door in an unlit parking lot)
I still have my incredible (gf uses it actually) so I know how bright that app is.
What I was saying is that the rezound is clearly capable of the same bright flashlight as the incredible. The incredible one turns on the leds as if to flash while taking a picture but keeps the lights on. I see no reason why the rezound could not do the same. Now do I know how to get that working at the moment - no. But I'm interested enough to do some research and I'll post what I find.
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I still have my incredible (gf uses it actually) so I know how bright that app is.
What I was saying is that the rezound is clearly capable of the same bright flashlight as the incredible. The incredible one turns on the leds as if to flash while taking a picture but keeps the lights on. I see no reason why the rezound could not do the same. Now do I know how to get that working at the moment - no. But I'm interested enough to do some research and I'll post what I find.
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Refer to my post before, it is the answer y'all are looking for
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Yeah the torch app on the incredible was so bright that every time you turn it on it had a warning popup saying not to leave it on long because it would melt **** lol
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Yes no lie the plastic around the LEDs melted a little but I love it so much I am going to do some research to try to get this on our rezounds because it simply is amazing!!
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I just got my S4 and whenever im in my car and using the phone. My radar goes off. It shows there's a Laser nearby. I tried turning off all the extra stuff on the S4, but it still happens. Had no problem before with my Galaxy Nexus.
Anyone else having this problem??
its definitely one of the sensors tripping the detector maybe?
i have an escort 9500ix and i dont have any problems with it setting it off.
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its definitely one of the sensors tripping the detector maybe?
i have an escort 9500ix and i dont have any problems with it setting it off.
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I turned off all the sensors.
thanks
Weird. I too have a Valentine V1 and do not have this problem
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Sounds like the inferred blaster is setting off your radar...you can't turn that off....not sure if its always active or not.
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Dang it, i just took a couple of friends in my car to lunch. They have a S4 from Sprint and AT&T. But my radar does not go off when they use their phones.
Try turning off adaptive display. In display. It uses the front facing ira.
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Try turning off adaptive display. In display. It uses the front facing ira.
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How do I do that??
thanks!!
The s4 has two infrared. One on the top of the device next to the mic. And one on the front display. Go to settings display and screen mode.
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The s4 has two infrared. One on the top of the device next to the mic. And one on the front display. Go to settings display and screen mode.
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Ill try it next time im in my car, thanks!!
No problem. Good luck
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Nope it did not fix it.
I think i have turned off every sensor and its still doing it.
To test you phone infa red sensor. You can use any camera and hold it over the sensors. If it's going off you can see the sensor on the camera. You can also test it to see if it's working this way too.
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To test you phone infa red sensor. You can use any camera and hold it over the sensors. If it's going off you can see the sensor on the camera. You can also test it to see if it's working this way too.
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OK ill give it a shot.
Its weird my friends AT&T and Sprint S4 doesn't set it off.
My phone does this too when I hold it at a certain angle lol. I can make it alarm on cue. I'll try turning off adaptive display next time I'm in my car.
I thought my V1 was on the verge of dying.
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My phone does this too when I hold it at a certain angle lol. I can make it alarm on cue. I'll try turning off adaptive display next time I'm in my car.
I thought my V1 was on the verge of dying.
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Do you have Verizon S4??
Mine is still doing it, the sensor to the left of the camera is causing it. If i place my finger over it. It stops setting off my V1.
I have turned off every single sensor and it still does it.
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Do you have Verizon S4??
Mine is still doing it, the sensor to the left of the camera is causing it. If i place my finger over it. It stops setting off my V1.
I have turned off every single sensor and it still does it.
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Nope, I have an AT&T s4
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There must be something using that fro facing ir light. Most likely one of the smart features in tw
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Yes try disable smart stay and air gesturing and try again.
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I own the HTC One and was watching the various video reviews on YouTube and some of the S4 vs One and all of them were saying the Ones screen could be seen under the sun and that its better under the daylight than the S4 ...not sure what these people were smoking but I can't see the Ones screen in direct sun light for ****.
Can't comment on the S4 so I'll reserve judgement on that device.
There is a screen protector on my One but I don't think it'd hamper that?
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I own the HTC One and was watching the various video reviews on YouTube and some of the S4 vs One and all of them were saying the Ones screen could be seen under the sun and that its better under the daylight than the S4 ...not sure what these people were smoking but I can't see the Ones screen in direct sun light for ****.
Can't comment on the S4 so I'll reserve judgement on that device.
There is a screen protector on my One but I don't think it'd hamper that?
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Perhaps you have power save mode on?
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The screen is great outside in sunlight unless you use it in landscape with sunglasses on, then it will completely black out.
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Perhaps you have power save mode on?
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I'm running CM 10.1
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my guess would be auto brightness is borked
In my experience, the screen performs awesome under direct sunlight, and I live in Arizona, so I know a thing or two about direct sunlight.
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In my experience, the screen performs awesome under direct sunlight, and I live in Arizona, so I know a thing or two about direct sunlight.
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Mine is ok too. Adjust brightness manually and you will be ok.
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my guess would be auto brightness is borked
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Not using auto brightness..I have it set in the middle.
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Not using auto brightness..I have it set in the middle.
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then your phone is Screwed i have no trouble with the screen NONE
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In my experience, the screen performs awesome under direct sunlight, and I live in Arizona, so I know a thing or two about direct sunlight.
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Having been at the crater, Winslow, Flagstaff, and Walnut Canyon last week, I agree.
mine is great in the sunlight as well
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I'm running CM 10.1
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I've had power save on since I got my phone almost 2 months now...Just turned it off after reading this thread and wouldn't you know...capacitive buttons show up and I can see my screen outdoors on auto brightness now. Whataya know? :good:
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No screen performs well in direct sunlight at 50% brightness. This screen is the best out there in direct sunlight in my opinion, and I've owned almost every new phone there is.
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I've had power save on since I got my phone almost 2 months now...Just turned it off after reading this thread and wouldn't you know...capacitive buttons show up and I can see my screen outdoors on auto brightness now. Whataya know? :good:
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I just found out that 50% with power save on is different than 50% without power save on /facepalm
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Not using auto brightness..I have it set in the middle.
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Well there's your problem! Your screen brightness needs to be at 100% to look the best in direct sunlight. All smartphone screens are like this. You'll need to switch to automatic brightness or manually crank up the brightness when outside. And don't use power saving mode - it dims the screen.
Does any know of an app, something on wanam, or a mod that will let you double tap to turn the screen on? I've looked but haven't found much... Currently on Rooted stock rom. Thanks
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Does any know of an app, something on wanam, or a mod that will let you double tap to turn the screen on? I've looked but haven't found much... Currently on Rooted stock rom. Thanks
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Only option appears to be a play store app. The one called Tap Tap app seems like it does the job, but the reviews are less than stellar.
As my E4GT aged and the buttons became less dependable, many of us started using Gravity Screen On, an app I can personally report as highly functional, does the job (differently), yet takes a degree of patience to get it behaving the way you want (can drive you nuts, but get past that, and you may be pleased),
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexnor.gravityscreenofffree
As to natively doing this, I've seen it tied to kernels for HTC phones, the Nexus series (not just the LG variants, but the tablets, even the Galaxy Nexus), but as to the Note 3 specially or an Xposed module, nada that I can find.
Would love to have it. Wouldn't buy a phone without a replaceable battery or am external SD, but that is one cool feature. I hope someone corrects me on this and unearths something.
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Thanks Mic... Merry Christmas!
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Thanks Mic... Merry Christmas!
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You, too bro.
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Only option appears to be a play store app. The one called Tap Tap app seems like it does the job, but the reviews are less than stellar.
As my E4GT aged and the buttons became less dependable, many of us started using Gravity Screen On, an app I can personally report as highly functional, does the job (differently), yet takes a degree of patience to get it behaving the way you want (can drive you nuts, but get past that, and you may be pleased),
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexnor.gravityscreenofffree
As to natively doing this, I've seen it tied to kernels for HTC phones, the Nexus series (not just the LG variants, but the tablets, even the Galaxy Nexus), but as to the Note 3 specially or an Xposed module, nada that I can find.
Would love to have it. Wouldn't buy a phone without a replaceable battery or am external SD, but that is one cool feature. I hope someone corrects me on this and unearths something.
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I'm pretty sure it's tied to the kernel.
Though I've seen it done with the internal knock sensors.
It can be a huge pain to get working reliably.
The screen at the moment has to be on to accept input.
It sounds like a cool idea.
Then reality sets in....
Actually if you could implement this without...
Errant random screen taps waking the phone.
Battery drain from having to keep part of the system up watching and interpreting screen taps.
Hmmm mm
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I'm pretty sure it's tied to the kernel.
Though I've seen it done with the internal knock sensors.
It can be a huge pain to get working reliably.
The screen at the moment has to be on to accept input.
It sounds like a cool idea.
Then reality sets in....
Actually if you could implement this without...
Errant random screen taps waking the phone.
Battery drain from having to keep part of the system up watching and interpreting screen taps.
Hmmm mm
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That at least confirms my suspicion. At least you can give Gravity Screen On a whirl. The free version has full functionality, and your battery doesn't take too bad of a hit on the process. Like I said, it's not something you immediately love, but you can get used to it, and does the job well. It just doesn't work the way the swipe to wake or knock to wake features work.
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