Higher brightness screen in KK

tyrexs · Jan 10, 2014

Today I compared two Moto G (mine with german KK, the other one from my mother with 4.3). Surprise: minimum/maximum brightness is higher in KK. This means that SOC time will be reduced at the end of the day for most users... Can't complain though, if I got 6 SOT on 4.3 now I get around 5h on KK, which now makes sense because I didn't understand what happened.

It's just to see if anyone else noticed it as well, as it's easy to see.

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rioachim · Jan 10, 2014

is this also the case for automatic brightness? and does the brightness slider work together with automatic brightness, or are they separate options like in 4.3? thanks

tyrexs · Jan 10, 2014

rioachim said:
is this also the case for automatic brightness? and does the brightness slider work together with automatic brightness, or are they separate options like in 4.3? thanks

Automatic brightness is also higher, yes. With respect to 2nd question, it's like in 4.3, you choose whether to use automatic brightness or choose the level of brightness you want:

Krisshp · Jan 10, 2014

tyrexs said:
Today I compared two Moto G (mine with german KK, the other one from my mother with 4.3). Surprise: minimum/maximum brightness is higher in KK. This means that SOC time will be reduced at the end of the day for most users... Can't complain though, if I got 6 SOT on 4.3 now I get around 5h on KK, which now makes sense because I didn't understand what happened.

It's just to see if anyone else noticed it as well, as it's easy to see.

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Correct me if I'm wrong

But

1) On Moto G Kit kat makes the screen brighter > This means the screen is brighter > This will cause battery life OVERALL to fall... right? compared to 4.3 jelly bean

I find the screen brightness perfect for my needs right now at 4.3

Ummm

t-bon3 · Jan 10, 2014

This is one area where the iPhone definitely wins.

Give users the ability to control the overall level of auto brightness.

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SamsungAdmire · Jan 10, 2014

That explains some things...

cesc1972 · Jan 10, 2014

Can anyone check in 4.3 if the power consumption of the screen at the lowest brightness level is lower or the same?

scott_doyland · Jan 10, 2014

Which app is that, let me know and I will test.

Bear in mind though that to really test you would need to use the same phone on 4.3 them upgrade it to 4.4. The reason is that each phone could possibly have it's screen calibrated slightly differently , ie maybe the OP's two phones would have different brightness even if both running the same android version.

However I do appreciate there is a (perceived) difference in screen time in the for the OP. But maybe its something else other than the screen in kitkat that is draining the battery quicker.

cesc1972 · Jan 10, 2014

scott_doyland said:
Which app is that, let me know and I will test.

Bear in mind though that to really test you would need to use the same phone on 4.3 them upgrade it to 4.4. The reason is that each phone could possibly have it's screen calibrated slightly differently , ie maybe the OP's two phones would have different brightness even if both running the same android version.

However I do appreciate there is a (perceived) difference in screen on the for the OP.

It's called PowerTutor https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.umich.PowerTutor&hl=es

scott_doyland · Jan 10, 2014

I get same results on 4.3, ie its showing figure of 300.

But I don't trust the results. If I switch to auto brightness the graph still keeps churning out the same figures even though my screen brightens. Same if I use full brightness then switch to auto - new stats keep saying the same figure as on full.

ijen0000 · Jan 10, 2014

??

One word lux

install https://play.google.com/store/search?q=lux&c=apps either lite or paid for

Ian

lost101 · Jan 12, 2014

In GravityBox you can assign a new auto-brightness level.

jusada · Jan 12, 2014

I don't doubt this is true. But my battery is even better on kk so I'm a little shocked.

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death__machine · Jan 12, 2014

t-bon3 said:
This is one area where the iPhone definitely wins.

Give users the ability to control the overall level of auto brightness.

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New Samsung phones allow the same.

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coursemyhorse · Jan 15, 2014

I don't understand again why they have made such a change for the worse in this area if it is true. I cannot detect a difference in brightness at the moment.

Darth · Jan 15, 2014

ijen0000 said:
One word lux

install https://play.google.com/store/search?q=lux&c=apps either lite or paid for

Ian

This ^

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JoaoSony · Jan 29, 2014

I have the same impression with my girlfriend phone, but it isnt because the KitKat! Its hardware.
There are some units that the screen looks more pinkish (you can see when is turn off) and there others with a blueish screen.
The fist one has lower brightness,you can see in white pages.

OrionBG · Jan 30, 2014

There are probably different screens in different batches of the phone.

Mmh7 · Jan 30, 2014

I find the screen too bright with auto mode on both JB and KK. I have been using lux (with default settings) for a few weeks now and it's great.

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