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As you know, automatic brightness has been disabled by default and you cannot enable nor does it have the option.
Here's what you can simply do to enable autobrightness on your xperia s:
1) Head over to the market
2) Search for SPARE PARTS application.
3) Run it, then scroll down to brightness and tick AUTOMATIC
4) Download NOTIFICATION TOGGLE application by j4velin from the market (OR any power widget/brightness application that presents you the option to tick auto-brightness)
5) Enable the brightness toggle
6) Click the brightness toggle you have set, and set it to 18% (REQUIRED to make autobright ness work - this is the lowest sensor value it can read)
7) Finally, tick the choice to choose automatic.
6) And this is how to get autobrightness without root, enjoy your beautiful screen wherever you go in any situation, day or night
confirmed working here, thanks!
confirmed working here to, tho i didn't do the last step 'install notification toggle' it ruins my drop down bar.
Nice find!
Auto bright work withot mod.
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yes AUTO-brigthness is already active
and it's not a MOD....juste an APP
Xperia S already has Auto-brightness, it's always ON.
Razje said:
Xperia S already has Auto-brightness, it's always ON.
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it wasn't on mine, and the method in the OP has worked, tested with a desk lamp before and after
I use quicksettings from market...
Hit menu, hit adjust go to wrench -key brightness... See activate suto... Back in main screen noe you can switch :-D
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It's on by default.
No root required, just a working phone.
Also, this doesn't belong here, as you suggested apps, nothing you actually developed...so it should actually go into the "Themes and Apps" Section.
You pretty much just pointed out a widget that can turn it off which could be done anyways by several apps.
A little bit improvement...
I had installed SPARE PARTS and activated the automatic brightness...
And I also installed Notification Toggle, however I not really like it since it really will ruin my drop down notification...
So I chose to use Brightness Level...
BUT!!!
For my case, if I adjust the brightness to MORE than 50% before and then directly pick auto brightness (multiple tests in both Brightness Level and Notification Toggle), it will no "Auto-Brightness" adjustment.
Addition: If initial brightness is 0% and then directly choose autobrightness will have same problem.
I do need to either do in these 2 ways:
1) toggle the Xperia S preset toggle widget: turn off the backlight (the widget which can toggle wifi, bluetooth...)
OR
2) set the initial brightness between 1 to 50%...then just change to autobrightness...
P.S: I dunno is my illusion or not, if I change to 25% at the beginning then autoB, the brightness will not drop less than it while I close my room's light...XD
Trevor Chuah said:
I had installed SPARE PARTS and activated the automatic brightness...
And I also installed Notification Toggle, however I not really like it since it really will ruin my drop down notification...
So I chose to use Brightness Level...
BUT!!!
For my case, if I adjust the brightness to MORE than 50% before and then directly pick auto brightness (multiple tests in both Brightness Level and Notification Toggle), it will no "Auto-Brightness" adjustment.
Addition: If initial brightness is 0% and then directly choose autobrightness will have same problem.
I do need to either do in these 2 ways:
1) toggle the Xperia S preset toggle widget: turn off the backlight (the widget which can toggle wifi, bluetooth...)
OR
2) set the initial brightness between 1 to 50%...then just change to autobrightness...
P.S: I dunno is my illusion or not, if I change to 25% at the beginning then autoB, the brightness will not drop less than it while I close my room's light...XD
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yes, the lowest the sensor can go is 18% (confirmed), so for auto-brightness to work at its best, set to 18 then click auto, first post updated =)
Working!
Thanx dear! Its working!
thanks
royalbloodvi said:
As you know, automatic brightness has been disabled by default and you cannot enable nor does it have the option.
Here's what you can simply do to enable autobrightness on your xperia s:
1) Head over to the market
2) Search for SPARE PARTS application.
3) Run it, then scroll down to brightness and tick AUTOMATIC
4) Download NOTIFICATION TOGGLE application by j4velin from the market (OR any power widget/brightness application that presents you the option to tick auto-brightness)
5) Enable the brightness toggle
6) Click the brightness toggle you have set, and set it to 18% (REQUIRED to make autobright ness work - this is the lowest sensor value it can read)
7) Finally, tick the choice to choose automatic.
6) And this is how to get autobrightness without root, enjoy your beautiful screen wherever you go in any situation, day or night
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best thing ever for my rooter xperia s. really works and it´s amazing.
rui
awful auto-brightness
Razje said:
Xperia S already has Auto-brightness, it's always ON.
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My problem is that I can't turn it OFF...I hate the Xperia S auto-brightness...it's so slow and not smooth at all...it's like varying from 10% to 10% and it never stops varying!!so annoying!...initially I even thought it was a screen/light problem until I noted "ohh...this is not a screen problem, is just an awful auto-brightness"
not working ,,, root and unlocking bootloader , custom rom and kernal
any advice >?
and thx for hard work
Thank you for sharing
Hello, when i search "spare parts" on google play, i only found the "spare parts plus!" app. But the problem is this app doesnt have the autobrightness option. Anyone knows where i can find the spare parts app that have the option???
Thanks a lot.
it's on by default on my default ics 4.0.4 xperia
its working thanks
Hi,
I just bought the LG G2 mini and I realised there were no auto-brightness when I received it lol... In my opinion this is one of the most missing feature (with notification light).
But I like the phone anyway :victory:
So, I'm looking for tips/apps which can manage screen brightness.
I'm using "Brightness Scheduler" with high brightness when I'm at work or outside (~70% at 08:00 am)%, and low brightness at home (~20% at 07:30 pm).
Which app are you using (if you use one) ? Do you have tips ? :angel:
I'm rooted via Towelroot if required .
Thank you
(I hesitated posting here or in Theme/Apps section...)
GuiGuiGTT said:
Hi,
I just bought the LG G2 mini and I realised there were no auto-brightness when I received it lol... In my opinion this is one of the most missing feature (with notification light).
But I like the phone anyway :victory:
So, I'm looking for tips/apps which can manage screen brightness.
I'm using "Brightness Scheduler" with high brightness when I'm at work or outside (~70% at 08:00 am)%, and low brightness at home (~20% at 07:30 pm).
Which app are you using (if you use one) ? Do you have tips ? :angel:
I'm rooted via Towelroot if required .
Thank you
(I hesitated posting here or in Theme/Apps section...)
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First of all i'm also new with the g2 mini.
I think that this is the right place because it's a question
So , answering your question: the main purpose of auto-brightness is battery saving. That being said , my advice is: don't worry about that, i use set my brightness to max (i also enabled night brightness) and i can easily use my phone for 2 days and still have 35 to 45 % of battery :victory::victory::victory::victory:
You can use Lux Auto brightness App from playstore. It uses the front camera to measure the light from your surroundings. Pretty useful app from me.
I change my brightness manually using the dropdown Notification center, so I don't have to open the settings app.
I don't like autobrightness anyway.
Thanks :good::good:
I tried Lux auto brightness and it's exactly what I want It works very well :victory:
Setting manually the brightness is very hard when you set to ~10% at home and unlock your phone outside, the screen is too dark and you can't see anything...
Thank you
Just use xposed and enable swiping on the statusbar to change brightness
I want to reduce the minimal brightness from 20 to 10. Now I use the app YAAB, but can this easier?
I set in build.prop ro.lcd_min_brightness=10 and find this in /sys/class/backlight/panel/brightness correctly, but see no effect
rp158 said:
I want to reduce the minimal brightness from 20 to 10. Now I use the app YAAB, but can this easier?
I set in build.prop ro.lcd_min_brightness=10 and find this in /sys/class/backlight/panel/brightness correctly, but see no effect
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Do you not have a brightness adjustment in your rom settings?
Darke5tShad0w said:
Do you not have a brightness adjustment in your rom settings?
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Sorry, I gave too few info: I wonna stay on TW-base and there's only the slider, which doesn't make lower brightness than 20 (with the edits, I mentioned).
CM-, AOKP-roms offer manual adjustment and with that I got lower brightness.
I use this app when I'm reading something at night:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.bbarao.nightmode
You may invert color to turn whites into black and reduce screen consumption, w/o installing or tweaking anything
I use black themes and I can adjust brightness lower than 20 by an app. My question is&was: how can I simply adjust it by system-value?
laxsrbija said:
I use this app when I'm reading something at night:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.bbarao.nightmode
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Thanks for the suggestion, good tip
I'm running the recent SlimKat (OmniRom-based) now. But I don't get brightness lower than 20 by settings, too, even if I set in build.prop ro.lcd_min_brightness=5 and in brightness-settings 0lux /0%. Strange...
I found this xposed module, 'screen filter', works great!
Hello, I use this application called screen filter, hope you serve https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor
@bruno.filter: I use it, too. Slim and easy. @Joker87: I avoid xposed atm, because almost every discussion with dev's about any bug begins with 'if you use it, sorry...'
Change the minimum brightness level from usual 10 to 1. It doesn't modify the autobrightness level map so automatic brightness won't be lowered (though it can be easily adjusted on CM11).
This is so far exactly the same as GravityBox offers (modifying 'config_screenBrightnessSettingMinimum').
But Minimum Brightness offers one unique feature - it also modifies the lower brightness levels in MX Player (free/paid). Because no matter whatever you use manual or auto brightness, MX Player always uses minimum brightness of 0.05 (12/255, 19/255, 27/255, 36/255...). To actually lower the brightness, you would have to turn off brightness control in MX Player or use one of many 'overlay filter brightness app'.
So Minimum Brightness module retains the same quadratic function for brightness levels but includes lower values (1/255, 4/255, 9/255, 16/255, 25/255...).
Minimum Brightness uses value 1/255 which might not be suitable for every display (meaning LCD) but it suits perfectly my Super AMOLED screens (Galaxy S5 / Galaxy Tab S 8.4) and watching videos at night is still enjoyable.
There are many excellent auto brightness apps (Lux, Darker etc) that can use overlay filters to lower brightness even more so it's up to everyone to try and decide.
This module has been merged into new module http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/mod-xposed-tweaks-cm-t3279109. Please check that module for any future updates.
Hello! Thanks for the mod, I will test
Works very nice on Xperia Z2, however minimum brightness is absolute darkness Could you please add an option to define minimum brightness value?
_mysiak_ said:
Works very nice on Xperia Z2, however minimum brightness is absolute darkness Could you please add an option to define minimum brightness value?
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The situation is the same on my Xperia SP. When I set the brightness to miniumum the screen is totally black, also when the backlight decreases after 10 seconds screen gets black.
Hi! Tried min brightness but when screen is set to the lowest level, I get a white screen after locking the phone.
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Really great tweak!! I'm noobie in Android enviroment with my new Elephone P3000S and the lowest screen brightness is to high for me so your tweak is very usefull.
I also have the issue that the lowest brightness level sets the screen completly black and I have been scared for 1 hour truing to solve a completely black, touching all buttons but the phone didn't "wake up". Finally, pressing power buttom + volumen up + home soft key it has worked :angel:
So it would be very important to prevent black screen by allowing the user to set the minimun level.
Thanks!
Hey, I know making GUI is a pain in the ass so can you please make alternative version with minimum brightness set to 2? That will satisfy most of people complaining here. Your app is currently the only dimmer working on lollipop.
Dri0m said:
Hey, I know making GUI is a pain in the ass so can you please make alternative version with minimum brightness set to 2? That will satisfy most of people complaining here. Your app is currently the only dimmer working on lollipop.
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I will have a new device soon so that could make me change my mind about lowest value and UI.
@Dri0m
In the first post you can find archive containing multiple versions of module with different low values.
How to disable this module...?
I installed this module last night, enabled it in Xposed Framework, but did nothing with it. Then this afternoon I opened the Settings menu, went to Display, and before I could do anything else I received a phone call. As I terminated the call, the screen flashed, the phone rebooted--and after restarting it is completely, or almost completely blank. If I repeatedly tap the power button I get a fraction-of-a-second glimpse of the SIM PIN screen at normal brightness. This leads me to the suspicion that, by some weird combination of bad luck and an accidental touch of a finger after terminating the phone call, that the Minimum Brightness somehow got set--although why the phone then rebooted I don't know.
Anyway, by luck and good judgement I finally managed to enter the correct SIM PIN and then the phone unlock PIN. However, I can do nothing else. The screen is still blank, and as the phone is currently unlocked I don't want to touch the power button. Before sending the phone back to the manufacturer or anything drastic like that, I would like to try disabling the Xposed Framework. Whilst trying to find something useful in Windows Explorer I found Xposed-Disabler-Recovery.zip in the Internal storage\Android\data\de.robv.android.xposed.installer\files folder on my phone. I assume that this should be what I need. However, as I cannot see anything on the screen I would need to know the exact buttons to press, in which order and how many times etc, in order to enter the Recovery menu and do what is needed. According to the phone manufacturer the OS is unmodified Android 4.4.2., although strangely they will not even tell me which keys to press to enter the Recovery menu (long story, the upshot is, they flat out refuse to help apart from suggesting returning the phone).
Note that I only suspect it is the Minimum Brightness module that is causing the problem, however the problem did not exist before yesterday (when I installed the module), and as I was about to do something with the brightness when the phone rebooted itself, it seems too much of a coincidence to be anything else. If I cannot disable the module/framework, the only other thing I can think of is a factory reset--but again I would need to know exactly which buttons to press, in which order etc. Unfortunately at the moment USB debugging is not enabled, and again without the screen I cannot access it to turn it on.
Any help or suggestions hugely appreciated.
PL
@Papalazzzaru
Xposed now sports a safemode which allows you to disable Xposed during bootloops. To disable Xposed, you'll have to repeatedly tap one of the hardware buttons (Power, Volume, or Home) on your device during startup.
During boot, your device will vibrate twice when it detects the first key press. You'll then have five seconds to press that same button four more times, with each keystroke producing a short single vibration. After ending with a long vibration, your device will disable and prevent most of Xposed's actions, allowing you to easily troubleshoot problematic modules.
Sorted
Outstanding, thanks.
Papalazzzaru said:
I installed thi............. gely appreciated.
PL
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Device model please?
Caterpillar S50, on Android 4.4.2, baseband version LTE_S0201121.0_S50_0.017.00.
it is compatible with lollipop?
imam88 said:
it is compatible with lollipop?
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The MX Player part still works. I don't know about the lowest value of brightness in general but at least with CM12 & Samsung the brightness goes to the hardware minimum by default.
Thanks, this is exactly what I want.
Could you make it for LP ?
I want my phone be absolute zero brightness for driving navigation.
Tested it on CM12.1 Nightly on the Nexus 6. It works here, but on 0 the screen is a bit purple. However, I guess this is the screen's fault
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moneytoo said:
The MX Player part still works. I don't know about the lowest value of brightness in general but at least with CM12 & Samsung the brightness goes to the hardware minimum by default.
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Yes it works
This module seems to be working well on the Moto X Pure Edition (Motorola xt1095) running Lollipop 5.1. It's an AMOLED screen, and I personally find the minimum brightness on 5.1 too bright, so this has helped solve that.
Just what it says it does. My only problem with the Wear24 was keeping the screen on while debugging or charging. This app fixes that problem.
The latest update adds support to change screen brightness while charging. Make sure you grant settings permissions when it asks.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turndapage.watchwake
joelphilippage said:
Just what it says it does. This may only be a problem with Wear24, but turning on keep screen on while debugging does not keep the back-light on. This app fixes that problem.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turndapage.watchwake
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Your is a great simple app. I just wish I could set it a dim level for it. The watch is a little bright for me at night
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
Flexia32 said:
Your is a great simple app. I just wish I could set it a dim level for it. The watch is a little bright for me at night
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Hi Flexia,
The latest release adds support for setting screen brightness while charging. Make sure you grant the app settings permission when it asks.
Thanks!
Will give it a try tonight, thank you for making this app! :good:
joelphilippage said:
Hi Flexia,
The latest release adds support for setting screen brightness while charging. Make sure you grant the app settings permission when it asks.
Thanks!
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Thanks!! This is the only app that sets my Huawei Watch's brightness lower than system setting.
Is it possible to set ambient brightness lower also?
lentm said:
Thanks!! This is the only app that sets my Huawei Watch's brightness lower than system setting.
Is it possible to set ambient brightness lower also?
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This changes both modes on the Wear24. I believe there is no way to manually trigger ambient mode, so I don't think I can do much with that. Does the Huawei watch have separate brightness settings? I may get out my Moto360 sport and see how it works on that.
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This changes both modes on the Wear24. I believe there is no way to manually trigger ambient mode, so I don't think I can do much with that. Does the Huawei watch have separate brightness settings? I may get out my Moto360 sport and see how it works on that.
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If I'm correct, there is no option to set ambient mode brightness on Huawei Watch, and it's way too bright in my opinion...
Thanks for this. I use Google Pay so I'm required to use a lockscreen on my watch. Debugging apps over cable was a nightmare with constant turning of a screen and unlocking.
I only enabled Screen on while Debugging at first, but the screen won't turn off at all while the app is installed. ADB Debugging is off. Also, when Change Brightness is enabled, it changes the brightness when charging, but then does not set the brightness back to whatever it was after taking it off the charger.
Verizon Wear24
Wear OS 2.10
yochananmarqos said:
I only enabled Screen on while Debugging at first, but the screen won't turn off at all while the app is installed. ADB Debugging is off. Also, when Change Brightness is enabled, it changes the brightness when charging, but then does not set the brightness back to whatever it was after taking it off the charger.
Verizon Wear24
Wear OS 2.10
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Hey,
The debugging just checks to see if ADB is enabled using:
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Global.html#ADB_ENABLED
To stop this behavior, you have to go into the developer settings and turn adb off or swipe away the locked on notification. I'd be welcome to change this if you know of a way to check if an Android device is actively being debugged.
I am not able to replicate the issue with the brightness being reset. I would suggest swiping away the notification if it is active before charging, then adjusting the brightness and placing it on the charger again to see if this fixes it.
Also, the charge functionality will not work on Android 8 devices since background services are not allowed to be started from a receiver like charging. I'd also change this if there is another way.
joelphilippage said:
Hey,
The debugging just checks to see if ADB is enabled using:
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Global.html#ADB_ENABLED
To stop this behavior, you have to go into the developer settings and turn adb off or swipe away the locked on notification. I'd be welcome to change this if you know of a way to check if an Android device is actively being debugged.
I am not able to replicate the issue with the brightness being reset. I would suggest swiping away the notification if it is active before charging, then adjusting the brightness and placing it on the charger again to see if this fixes it.
Also, the charge functionality will not work on Android 8 devices since background services are not allowed to be started from a receiver like charging. I'd also change this if there is another way.
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I think I missed that the notification was present. Sorry for the false alarm.
Thank you guys
Thank you
joelphilippage said:
The latest update adds support to change screen brightness while charging. Make sure you grant settings permissions when it asks.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turndapage.watchwake
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Play Market don't allow me to install your app - just say I don't have compatible devices. Other Android Wear apps installed fine so I think it can't install because of country restrictions. I am live in Russia, please give access to install your app.
MATPOC said:
Play Market don't allow me to install your app - just say I don't have compatible devices. Other Android Wear apps installed fine so I think it can't install because of country restrictions. I am live in Russia, please give access to install your app.
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I'm not using any restrictions based on country or device. What device are you trying to install it on? Have you searched for the app on the playstore on your watch?
joelphilippage said:
I'm not using any restrictions based on country or device. What device are you trying to install it on? Have you searched for the app on the playstore on your watch?
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I tried to install it on Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Phone and Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet. I don't upgraded my Wear24 to Wear OS 2.0 and I cant find Play Store in apps of watches. When I am searching WatchWake on phone or tablet it can't be found but it available to search in browser but can't be install because of incompatible. Other Wear OS apps I installed to phone and after that it was installed to Wear24 by Wear OS app from phone.
MATPOC said:
I tried to install it on Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Phone and Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet. I don't upgraded my Wear24 to Wear OS 2.0 and I cant find Play Store in apps of watches. When I am searching WatchWake on phone or tablet it can't be found but it available to search in browser but can't be install because of incompatible. Other Wear OS apps I installed to phone and after that it was installed to Wear24 by Wear OS app from phone.
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Since you haven't updated your Wear24 to 2.0, it will not appear on the play store. I decided not to support Wear 1 on the play store as this requires a mobile app and usually leads to lots of bad reviews from users who install it on their phone and don't see the app and the new method only works half the time which also causes bad reviews. The app should support the watch, but you will have to sideload it. search for "Watchwake apk" and you should be able to find it.
joelphilippage said:
Since you haven't updated your Wear24 to 2.0, it will not appear on the play store. The app should support the watch, but you will have to sideload it. search for "Watchwake apk" and you should be able to find it.
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ОК, I got it. I had а problems with upgrade and successfully upgraded after third attempt. Now I opened Play Market from Wear24 and found and installed your app. Thank you!
MATPOC said:
ОК, I got it. I had а problems with upgrade and successfully upgraded after third attempt. Now I opened Play Market from Wear24 and found and installed your app. Thank you!
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Glad you got it working! Keep in mind leaving the app running may cause burn-in on the Wear24 so I would suggest not leaving it on for long periods of time.
Flexia32 said:
Your is a great simple app. I just wish I could set it a dim level for it. The watch is a little bright for me at night
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You can with AutoWear. The Brightness setting accepts values between 0 - 255. At night I set it to 51 (watch brightness level 1) and 204 during the day (watch brightness level 3).
joelphilippage said:
This changes both modes on the Wear24. I believe there is no way to manually trigger ambient mode, so I don't think I can do much with that. Does the Huawei watch have separate brightness settings? I may get out my Moto360 sport and see how it works on that.
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On my Wear24, this app works to reduce the brightness of the default blue charging display, but not the actual Ambient mode, which can in fact be triggered manually - after dismissing the default display, just smoosh your palm on the whole screen! (this still works while it's on the charger) - Doing that turns the brightness back up.
Would there be any way to detect when I do it while it's charging and turn the brightness back down where I set it?