Light sensor issue? - OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My Oneplus X on OxygenOS 2.1.3-x (and earlier) had an issue with the display brightness in low light conditions (either too low or too high, sudden brightness changes).
Now I installed CM12.1 and it became a bit better (due to a more linear brightness slider, I think) but in the lowest light conditions I still experience sudden display brightness changes (I dont have a light source directly behind me in these cases).
I'm starting to think It's due to the light sensor / ambient light sensor on the phone. I tested it using the app Sensor Box for Android.
When in the darkest environments it switches between 0.0 lux, 9.0 lux and 13.0 lux. I compared to my old galaxy S3 and it's sensor can adjust to more different values (I believe any round number: 0, 1, 2 etc.).
This worries me because I'm doubting: is this because of hardware or software? (I didn't test the light sensor values when still on OxygenOS)

Since no one answered i'll do it. The light sensor is not as perfect as what you find in the galaxy S3. But it can be accounted for in the software. In OxygenOS2.2.1 the screen is less reactive to the sensor input in the lower region. Which mostly solves this. I have to say OOS2.1.2 was a bit of a beta release, but now thanks to Oneplus.

koen12333 said:
Since no one answered i'll do it. The light sensor is not as perfect as what you find in the galaxy S3. But it can be accounted for in the software. In OxygenOS2.2.1 the screen is less reactive to the sensor input in the lower region. Which mostly solves this. I have to say OOS2.1.2 was a bit of a beta release, but now thanks to Oneplus.
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Hi! How is working on oos 2.2.1 the light sensor? The proximity is working fine on calls? Thanks!

dani.galla said:
Hi! How is working on oos 2.2.1 the light sensor? The proximity is working fine on calls? Thanks!
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Hello,
The lightsensor is working as described in the Original Post. But the software has increased in OOS 2.2.1 so the screen is reacting in a good (enough) manner on the light sensor input.
Edit: in low light it improved a lot, in high light it decreased a bit because it reacts slower to changes in ambient light, which you sometimes see when getting the phone out of your pocket.

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[Q] Hardware key light issue?

My hardware keys only lights up when i have screenbrigthness on auto, with low, medium or high they are always off... anyone else got this annoying problem?
Same here, this is very widespread to all on 11501. Hopefully they will fix this on the next firmware revision.
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It´s new bug..
It's not a bug, it's a feature. Usually when you need bright background light you are in a bright environment as well, so you can see the keys without problems. Only when you are in a low light room you need those keys to be illuminated in order to see them.
Nokia says that it is a bug ..
ChrisKringel said:
It's not a bug, it's a feature. Usually when you need bright background light you are in a bright environment as well, so you can see the keys without problems. Only when you are in a low light room you need those keys to be illuminated in order to see them.
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It's a bug, No more needs to be said.
I also experience this after 1500
The new 12070 update is available here. It is confirmed unbranded. You can update any Lumia 800. It improves battery, fixes hardware keys and also fixes the touchscreen.
Ciao,
Heathcliff74

[Q] CM10.1 Proximity Sensor Increase?

Hi, I noticed that since updating to CM10.1 (was on charmeleon) the proximity sensor distance is far too close. I would say about 3/4 of an inch to activate during a call. I used proximity sensor finder and verified this. I wanted to know if there were any way to increase the distance to the max 9cm? I already tried Decks proximity sensor fix by flashing the provided zip but it didn't do anything in terms of making the distance further.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! ^_^

Anyone noticing screen flicker?

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

ONEPLUS 7T PRO - auto brightness issue

hey guys.
i want to purchase the OnePlus 7T Pro, and i've read that there are problems with the auto brightness.
are there realy problems in the 7T pro model?
were they fixed in the last update?
how bad are they?
i must say that auto brightness issues can be a deal breaker for me
The Auto brightness is quite bad. The screen goes really dull and dim in certain light conditions and one has to manually override it. This isn't a deal breaker, but a big irritant for sure.
Have got 2 updates on my 7T Pro and this hasn't been fixed yet. I don't think this is high priority for OnePlus as there are various other software issues to take care of.
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Well... yes, it's annoying. But keep in mind it is a new device and it's a new version of Android with massive changes under the hood.
Older versions also had brightness issues and these got fixed over time. It's a nice device, I use it as my daily driver and it's good. Not perfect. But hey... the hardware is ok, so the rest can be fixed in software.
Generally the auto-brightness and adjustment are responsive and work okay. However there are some scenarios in which it doesn't work so well (dimly lit rooms with ambient light coming from lamps or monitors seems to be the worst case). If you are using dark mode (theme) it also makes the screen harder to read in said scenarios. Also if you have enabled the blue light filter (Night Mode) make sure that the brightness slider is moved to the brightest setting (although even completely disabling Night Mode doesn't solve the issue).
OnePlus were probably more conservative with the brightness levels to save power as well. It's not bad enough to be a deal breaker (I use only auto-brightness as well) but it is a bit annoying and hopefully it gets fixed in a future update (or even better yet, we get an option for different brightness profiles). Honestly, you do get used to it over time but you also kinda lose on the display quality when the brightness is low. You really start noticing it after you increase it manually a bit.
I would probably set my brightness +10% or +20% from the stock auto levels.. I haven't been able to find a way to do this with an adb tweak yet. Make sure the email OnePlus to let them know about the issue.

Question Adaptive brightness

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

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