screen too bright in dark areas

[sgordon777]

Hello all,

I've got an HTC shadow smartphone. The problem I'm having is that the display is too bright when I'm reading in a dark room. This reading mostly involves IE Mobile or Opera Mini.

1- Backlight solution:

Unfortunately, the shadow does not have an adjustable backlight. It appears to have a "high" and a "low" level. I can get a program to make it stay on "low", but this setting is just too dim to read by.

2- Software solution:

Im usually using MobileIE or Opera Mini in these reading situation. Is there a hack either at the application level, or at a lower level to modify the brightness by somehow scaling the RGB values?

3- Screen protector solution:

I'm thinking one of those anti-glare screen protector things might reduce the brighness. Has anyone tried one of these?

Thanks for any help,

Steve

[cktlcmd]

I would go for the software solution. The screen protector only protects the screen. It won't affect the brightness in any way. I am pretty sure you can find a freeware application to adjust your screen's brightness.

[sgordon777]

I would go for the software solution. The screen protector only protects the screen. It won't affect the brightness in any way. I am pretty sure you can find a freeware application to adjust your screen's brightness.

Thats the thing though... I cannot find any way to reduce the brightness via software. I've searched for hours.

If anyone could help it would be greatly apprecieated!

Thanks,

Steve

[itoYo]

try g-light by ageye
or lumos by some one else on the forums ! these apps do exactly what you want!

i know they can be found in the diamond forums for sure

[MarkRain]

For browsing there is UCWEB that has a skin named "Night", that's all black, and is more confortable in a dark room.

[sgordon777]

try g-light by ageye
or lumos by some one else on the forums ! these apps do exactly what you want!

i know they can be found in the diamond forums for sure

Thanks idrisito, but I dont think either of those would work on my HTC shadow (omap850 based smartphone).

[defcomg]

using PHM Registry Editor
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Backlight\Intensity
Value Data
60 is level 1 on my phone backlight very dim
70 Level 2 Dim
80 Level 3 Dim
90 Level 4 Dim
150 Level 10 Average Brightnesr
200 Level 15 Very Bright
255 Level 20 Last Level Super Bright heck back light be a flash light