Questions tagged [screen-brightness]
For questions pertaining to screen brightness, whether how to set, how to control or how it affects battery life.
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Can I set the minimum brightness of auto-brightness?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 and I'm getting frustrated with how dark the screen goes. I do find value in using auto brightness but is it possible to limit the minimum or lowest point that the ...
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How can I reduce screen brightness below the minimum without an app?
I have an Optimus Elite, and it has a minimum brightness setting. In certain apps, I can reduce the brightness below the safe minimum, but when I leave the app, the brightness is increased to the ...
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How does the automatic brightness settings work?
Maybe a dumb question, but I couldn't find any official documentation to confirm.
Does it use the light sensor? Do most devices support it?
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Automatic adjust brightness through out the day
It does not seem that automatic brightness works well on my Nexus S.
Basically, I want my phone's brightness to adjust throughout the day. Either that, or something that automatically adjusts ...
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How can I disable auto-dimming of the screen?
What I'd like to see:
When idling, the screen turns off after the configured amount of time.
What I see:
When I don't do anything, the screen dims a bit after ~23 seconds, then at 30 seconds it ...
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How to recover completely darkened screen on Moto G (Lollipop) due to setting brightness to zero?
I have Moto G on Lollipop, and I mistakenly set the brightness bar to zero. Now, the screen is completely darkened and I'm not able to see anything.
How to set back the brightness to usable mode ...
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How to prevent brightness from going to full when the battery low popup appears?
Whenever the "battery low" popup appears in my tablet, the brightness goes to full. This makes no sense because the brightness should be decreased to the minimum instead of going to the maximum, as ...
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Stop screen from dimming while on charger
How can I stop the screen from dimming when my phone is charging? (the same thing the screen does when it's about to turn off).
Note that my screen already stays on, but it gets darker after an idle ...
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Is there an easy way to switch render effects?
I find myself changing render effects a lot on my Nexus One. During the day brightness is ok, but to read on bed it's extremely bright even on the lowest setting.
I find that going to options, ...
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How does reducing brightness of screen increase battery life?
For all I have heard, reducing the screen brightness of your phone can increase your battery life. Just about every expert in the field agrees to this statement. But today I came across this article ...
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How does the new "Brightness adjustment" setting work on CM11?
Cyanogenmod 11 has a new settings for Automatic brightness.
Screenshot (click to enlarge)
I am curious how exactly "Brightness adjustment" and "Adjustment sensitivity" work.
I tried to find the ...
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Make my screen dimmer than the lowest setting available on my Moto Droid?
I primarily use my phone at night and any screen that is white is super bright, even when the brightness is turned as low as it can go (0%). Dolphin HD has an add-on called Dolphin Brightness that ...
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Adaptive brightness is not present in notification bar and altogether does not work
My Nexus 7 2013 has updated with OTA update to Android 5.0.1.
The notification bar has changed. Now when I change brightness, there is no button for auto-adjustment. It currently looks like this:
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Apps can't see the light sensor but automatic brightness works anyway?
I don't have a toggle for automatic brightness in my phone's settings menu and I cannot install apps like Lux Auto Brightness that depend on the light sensor. I can, however, turn automatic brightness ...
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How to lower the minimum brightness?
On my Moto Z Play on the stock 8.0 Oreo ROM (rooted, of course), I find that the lowest brightness setting is still a bit too bright for my liking. This is in contrast with my dad's Galaxy S8+ which ...
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Android Browser Brightness Setting
The web browser application on my Samsung Droid Charge has a Brightness Setting that can be accessed from the menu button while the browser is running. There is no setting to have the browser ...
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How can I see which application is controlling the brightness?
How can I see which application is controlling the brightness?
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Brightness level stuck at minimum after upgrading to Android 5.1.1
I have Sony Xperia Z (C6603, 10.7.A.0.222) and the brightness level is stuck at minimum after update to 5.1.1.
I have tried:
sensor test - light sensor is OK.
set brightness via ADB (settings put ...
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How can I control the brightness from the notification bar?
My friend has the Galaxy S and is able to control the brightness by sliding his finger over the notification-bar. He said he didn't install anything to have it (but he has a custom ROM, so that doesn'...
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keep screen from dimming down when running certain app?
My 2.3.5 Android phone is set up to dim down the brightness after 30 seconds of inactivity, and shut off and lock the screen after another 30 seconds. After that, I need to unlock the screen to regain ...
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How to add screen filter with tasker?
After hours of searching in the internet I decided to ask this question here.
How can I add a screen filter using tasker. Apps like Screen Filter, etc. creates an overlay black filter on screen which ...
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How can I return from power-saving mode in Android 2.3?
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S II Epic (with Android version 2.3.6 installed), and whenever my phone reaches 10% battery life it prompts me to turn on power-saving mode (and I do).
However, once my ...
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Why does video screen get brighter and how to prevent it?
This happens on Nexus 7 2013 (Google stock 5.0.2) and also happens on Galaxy Note 12.2 tablet (Samsung stock 4.4.2). I am in a dark room. I have set the system brightness to the minimum (let us call ...
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Why is my phone's brightness reset to full brightness?
I put a new SIM card in my phone, then took it out and rebooted. Afterwards I noticed the screen brightness was up to nearly 100% (I always have it all the way down). Auto-brightness was off both ...
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incorrect mapping from brightness slider to real system values
Sorry in advance for bad english and also for a noob question.
I have a problem with brightness on my tablet Supra M94BG. There is a system brightness slider, the range is 0% -- 100% (as usual), and ...
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Screen brightness too high on auto mode when in the dark room
An Android-based HTC Desire S is set to "auto brightness" display mode. The brightness is adjusted okay unless the device in a completely dark room. In a dark room then display is very bright - ...
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How to set As Lower Brightness as in Clock application, without rooting
I noticed that with the Froyo "desk clock" application, when you put it in low light mode, it forces the back-light far darker than you can manually make it in the settings.
My question is: is there ...
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No auto-brightness option in LG L90 dual
My L90 has no auto-brightness option. Could anyone please suggest a way to fix the issue?
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Screen turns off after a certain time
I have a weird issue on my Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 with baseband s5830XXKPP (bought in Mexico), whenever I'm doing anything (playing a game, using a web browser, etc), after a certain time (like a ...
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Limit maximum screen brightness when using auto brightness via ADB on Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
Is there any way to limit the maximum brightness on the S23 Ultra or other Samsung devices, I want to save more battery without having to use it manually. Many thanks
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How to disable maximum camera brightness on Samsung Galaxy A10s Android 11
In June, I upgraded to Android 11. In Android 10, you could set the screen brightness in the standard Camera app, just like in all other apps. But in Android 11, the camera automatically turns on at ...
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Increase brightness level without using backlight
I'm looking for a way to increase "software" level of brightness in Android without changing the "hardware" level, just like as if I was applying a brightness filter to an image ...
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Screen Distortion After Using Certain Chargers
My Nexus 5 has burned in a few times over the past year, which is very unusual since I never leave it on when not in use (30 second dim time), but today I finally noticed the trend.
When I charge the ...
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Way to remove fade animation when changing brightness? [Like iOS]
When changing brightness on all android devices I've tried, primarily a Nexus 10 running Rastapop, quickly sliding the brightness slider will result in a smooth fade from starting brightness to ending ...
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How to change video brightness?
Whenever I watch any videos, either through the Gallery, Play Movies, or YouTube, my screen becomes substantially brighter. After searching online, I suspect there's a separate video brightness ...
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Something is filtering blue light and I can't figure out how to stop it
I just got a Samsung Galaxy S9 last week and since day 1 it has been applying a blue light filter even though I turned blue light filter off in the settings (Blue Light Filter turned off and also ...
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How to change the lowest and highest screen brightness in Android?
Is there any way to reduce the lowest and highest screen brightness settings by editing the build.prop file in Android? If yes, then how?
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Can I prevent my S6 from reducing brightness at 5% battery?
My Samsung Galaxy S6 with Android 6.0.1 always dims the screen when hitting 5% remaining battery. This is very bad in bright sunlight because the screen gets so dark that it's impossible to use the ...
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Why does brightness control not work in Oneplus 2 of CM13?
Fig. 1 max, Fig. 2 min of screen brightness where you see no difference
Bug hypothesis in CM13 discussed with the authors here: no manual adjustment of brightness when the system auto-brightness ...
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Kindle screen suddenly became very dim on LG tablet running 4.2.2 Can't increase brightness
How can I increase brightness of Kindle screen on my LG tablet running 4.2.2? Screen suddenly became very dim. Thanks.
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Is there a TRUE brightness controlling app?
I need to set my brightness below what Android allows me, and thus I'm testing a bunch of "dimming" apps. What they all have in common though is that they put on a filter over other apps so while they ...
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Stop App from controlling the brightness of my screen
I was on a flight watching movies on the United App. Around 8pm my screen dimmed. It dimmed a lot, to the point of being unwatchable.
Pulling the notification pane (where the brightness slider is ...
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How to adjust brightness on Android TV?
I have a TCL U55P6046 (EU version of the TCL 55P607). The EU version comes with Android TV instead of Roku TV.
I am trying to change the brightness on this TV, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. I ...
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Why can't I adjust the brightness and the sleep time on my KitKat device?
Whenever I go to settings and to display, the brightness and the sleep buttons are faded out and I can't click them. I tried rebooting my phone and a factory reset but nothing works. I don't know what ...
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Can I change the *maximum* brightness from a system file/apk?
My old Asus TF101 has a faulty backlight and cuts out if it goes above (roughly) 60%. Therefore, I am hunting for a way to change (lower) the maximum brightness that the tablet will reach - both in ...
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How to adjust brightness alternatively?
What if system brightness control does not work ?
How to adjust brightness of android phone alternatively ?
I am on HTC One X. I just noticed my phone's system brightness control is not working as I ...
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how does auto brightness work?
there is a similar question to this one How does the automatic brightness settings work?
however, I do not think it answers my question. This is more to do with the UI.
I just got myself a Galaxy s3....
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My Xiaomi Mi 10T gets a black/shut off screen at minimum brightness. Is it possible to increment the minimum brightness level?
My Xiaomi Mi 10T gets total black screen when setting brighness to minimum - IE: impossible to see anything even in a corner of a dark room - as can be seen in this video:
https://drive.google.com/...
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Xiaomi screen turns black when under the sun
I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S which has the following behaviour: it works normally until the moment it goes under the sun, then (apparently only) the backlight of the screen is turned off and never ...
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Auto brightness turned off, but it's not
I have problem with auto brightness setting on my android smartphone.
Auto brightness turned off in settings, however it still works via not changing the display brightness, but changing lighntess(or ...
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