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You don't want to give your significant other yet another reason to yell at you while you're reading XDA in bed. Rate this thread to express what you think of the Sony Xperia X Compact's display minimum dimness. A higher rating indicates that the display can get extremely dim, ideal for reading in very dark environments.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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The default minimum brightness seems quite bright, but the screen lcd hardware on this phone is capable of going extremely dim without any lcd flickering (much dimmer than where my Z3c would start to flicker).
I haven't figured out how to change the autobrightness levels to be darker on my stock MM ROM, but I can overwrite the screen brightness by changing the value in "/sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness". The default minimum is "34", but "4" seems to be a good value for a pitch black room. Attached is a simple script that will change it. (You'll need root for this.)
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
echo 4 > /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness
dog77k said:
The default minimum brightness seems quite bright, but the screen lcd hardware on this phone is capable of going extremely dim without any lcd flickering (much dimmer than where my Z3c would start to flicker).
I haven't figured out how to change the autobrightness levels to be darker on my stock MM ROM, but I can overwrite the screen brightness by changing the value in "/sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness". The default minimum is "34", but "4" seems to be a good value for a pitch black room. Attached is a simple script that will change it. (You'll need root for this.)
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
echo 4 > /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness
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Hey can I make this change in nougat? i just need do flash super_sark.zip in twrp?
No, it's not flashable. You can run the code lines in the shell or run the .sh file (from the zip) in an app like Script Manager.
Check out this similar thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/x-...power-root-t3637773/post73098701#post73098701
dog77k said:
No, it's not flashable. You can run the code lines in the shell or run the .sh file (from the zip) in an app like Script Manager.
Check out this similar thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/x-...power-root-t3637773/post73098701#post73098701
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I Try to use ScriptManagers, after run line codes, it worked out. But temporarily, after reboot mod stops work. Maybe only changing framework-res.apk values
I ll try tomorrow with adb shell
I personally have a tasker task configured to just run the one-liner.
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I'm trying to decrease the screen's brightness as much as possible.
When specifying the brightness in Profiles (apk) the minimum allowed is 7%. Still it's too much for me in certain situations.
I'd prefer to have an option to completely minimize the brightness like in old phones when disabling back lit.
Is it possible with those new AMOLEDs?
Thanks.
I don't know about any other phones, but for our atrix, use an app called superdim from the market. lowers the brightness even more so than normally allowed.
Not exactly the most comfortable way to do. The Profiles should include this feature natively.
Anyway many thanks, it did dim the screen just fine.
sms2000 said:
I'm trying to decrease the screen's brightness as much as possible.
When specifying the brightness in Profiles (apk) the minimum allowed is 7%. Still it's too much for me in certain situations.
I'd prefer to have an option to completely minimize the brightness like in old phones when disabling back lit.
Is it possible with those new AMOLEDs?
Thanks.
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Look for rogerpodacter's thread on manually lowering the brightness through terminal emulator. It works great and you can lower brightness of capacitive buttons too. Thing is it if you reboot you gotta redo it but it is not hard.
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Does anyone have a solution to auto brightness issue?
Even in the darkest room, the lowest light level is "medium" and not low! Its excellent setting when using phone outdoors but in dark room or at night its just too bright. Is my phone broken or is it general windows phone setting?
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on my titan, the auto brightness behaviour is erratic and sometimes goes too low.
the camera is one of the issue triggers. after every return from a photo session, the screen goes to a lower brightness.
also, sometimes it happens when unlocking the phone but i don't know what triggers it. then suddenly the screen would return to its normal brightness after a few seconds, although not always.
i suppose it's a driver issue...
antaed said:
on my titan, the auto brightness behaviour is erratic and sometimes goes too low.
the camera is one of the issue triggers. after every return from a photo session, the screen goes to a lower brightness.
also, sometimes it happens when unlocking the phone but i don't know what triggers it. then suddenly the screen would return to its normal brightness after a few seconds, although not always.
i suppose it's a driver issue...
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so you get the autobrightness to go as low as 'low' set manually? - I tried it but even after camera the lowest brightness I am getting is same as 'medium' when set manually!
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so you get the autobrightness to go as low as 'low' set manually? - I tried it but even after camera the lowest brightness I am getting is same as 'medium' when set manually!
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no, not that low only lower.
but you are right, even in complete darkness the screen won't go to its lowest setting...
Yes same issue here.
Automatic can go a little bit lower than medium, but not much. Too bright in dim environement.
For general use, i would like to have a preset between low and medium
Since these days many people like ultra bright screens (and ultra loud sound) i am not sure HTC will try to fix this "issue".
I just hope Microsoft can add a brightness slider in the future. (Or bility to set the min auto and max auto levels)
Btw, do you know why camera mode go into max brightness ? This is a little harsh indoor.
crmb said:
Yes same issue here.
Automatic can go a little bit lower than medium, but not much. Too bright in dim environement.
For general use, i would like to have a preset between low and medium
Since these days many people like ultra bright screens (and ultra loud sound) i am not sure HTC will try to fix this "issue".
I just hope Microsoft can add a brightness slider in the future. (Or bility to set the min auto and max auto levels)
Btw, do you know why camera mode go into max brightness ? This is a little harsh indoor.
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Yes that behaviour is very strange too! I think it's present only in the Titan. Some other windows phone manage the camera brightness a little better. But then I think increased brightness while using camera sort of makes it little pleasant when using it outdoors. But indoors as you mentioned, it's a bit too harsh brightness!
I think it's the light sensor that doesn't work properly. Some places/forums mentioned about issues with various HTC driverseven after those 2 softwares updates we received in Nov-early Dec.
In daylight,the auto brightness works wonderfully for me,I never change it.
But in a fairly dark room,it's too bright and most of the time,I set it to low
I usually set it to medium... and set to low by myself by night.
I have sent a message to HTC (via theirs contact/ticket system) about the "can be improved" auto brightness, and "camera set brightness to max" issues.
Better than nothing.
Since this is a easily reproductible problem, maybe they can take a look if they receive several messages about this.
I wonder if the screen going to max brightness with camera may have something to do with the "HTC Camera modes" addon ? (who knows..)
But i don't see how to remove it. I even can't find it on the marketplace (under HTC section).
I have same issue, I get blinded when I check the time on my phone at night
It was there even before camera modes update was applied by HTC. So unlikely
Sent from my TITAN X310e using Board Express
Obviously, the brightness go to max too when using skype with video.
Hope they will notice and fix it.
Trying to talk to HTC customer service is especially unhelpful here in france.
They have absolutely no knowledge of theirs WP7 products
(whatever the problem encountered)
Now that we have unlocked roms, any way to tweak the auto brightness ?
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Now that we have unlocked roms, any way to tweak the auto brightness ?
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I've tried all 4 ROMs and they have the same behaviour as stock ROM at the moment. But it might be useful looking into the registry threshold values. I know there is some sort of home brew app that lets us set the volume increase in 10s, 20s, 30s or 50s. So a regedit might be somewhere, will dig around myself since you've reminded me again
I have noticed that the camera has a feature to increase the Outdoor visibility of the screen, is there anyway to apply this to the normal screen (ie any screen other than in camera mode?)
Looks like an important feature to me, why only have it available in one application?
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I have noticed that the camera has a feature to increase the Outdoor visibility of the screen, is there anyway to apply this to the normal screen (ie any screen other than in camera mode?)
Looks like an important feature to me, why only have it available in one application?
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Camera just set brightness to 100%, so you get better outdoor visibility if you set brightess to 100%.
Sorry, I don't follow you?
My brightness is set to 100% but when I select Outdoor visibility the brightness is increased further, maybe 110%?
Maybe 140, is a big difference, but is oversaturated. I believe supercurio can do this when he wil release display expert for our devices.
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Running ViperRez. Is there a way to make the screen any dimmer than the current lowest setting? . I find it is still too bright at night.
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Running ViperRez. Is there a way to make the screen any dimmer than the current lowest setting? . I find it is still too bright at night.
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I remember it getting quite dim but you should search for a mod or script.
This should be in the Q&A Section though, not development. Happy searching.
Sent from my HTC Rezound using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
get yourself an app like notification toggle or do it manually in brightness settings. automatic brightness isn't great cause it's always checking light levels every to confirm if brightness needs to be increased or decreased. notification toggle will allow any percentage and as many levels as you want. I use 10,15,20,25,40,50 and 100
youre gonna want to get this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor&feature=nav_result#? t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5oYXhvciJd. its free and it works perfectly and you can make it as dim as you want, even to the point where you cant see the screen on at all, i used to use it to text at night all the time. It also should save your battery, i could go two plus hours screen on time on wifi and be in the high 70s for battery on my inc 2
Quicker. It has screen dim in it. I use it every night.
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youre gonna want to get this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor&feature=nav_result#? t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5oYXhvciJd. its free and it works perfectly and you can make it as dim as you want, even to the point where you cant see the screen on at all, i used to use it to text at night all the time. It also should save your battery, i could go two plus hours screen on time on wifi and be in the high 70s for battery on my inc 2
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This works perfectly! Thanks for the help.
I use screen filter too, but keep in mind that it only draws a dark overlay on your screen to let out less light. The LED back light is still at the same level, but less light escapes. So, it really doesn't help your battery since we don't have AMOLED screens.
Chainfire 3D has a "Night Mode" filter if you want to give that a try too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.cf3d
The free version currently has a red-, green-, or blue-only RGB channel filter, as well as Amber and Salmon colored filters. You can fully adjust the RGB values of the filter in the Pro version.
Oddly, there is no "balanced coloring" grayscale filter. Would need to use the previously mentioned app or buy the Pro version and adjust the RGB values equally.
Fun to try out at any rate.
I use Lux. It allows you to reduce screen brightness to completely black and unreadable. I don't know but I don't think it justs adds a transparent black overlay to make it look darker. It seems to actually adjust the brightness below the minimum allowed without the app. Here's a link to it in the market (there is a paid and free version) https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLnZpdG8ubHV4Il0.
How can I change the brightness levels on the s3? I would like to have a lower brighter level than the minimum level and be able to lower all with the brightness bar. I tried going into framework-res.apk and lowering some values for auto brightness in array.xml but that didn't work. It just gave me a black screen and sent me to the lock screen whenever I tried to adjust the brightness. I know that there are apps that can lower screen brightness but I would just like to do it with the brightness adjuster and save a little memory. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
I found an answer to my question. It involves going into service.jar, system.apk, and SystemUI.apk and making some changes. Found the information in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576356
Although, this thread is for the Samsung Galaxy SL, much of the info appears the same for the S3. Will be testing and updating later
Or u can use "Eyesaver" app its wery nice