[Q] Auto-brightness

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There has been a lot said about the screen being dim on this phone, and it's the one and only thing that's holding me back from committing to getting it. Summer's coming and I want to be able to play it outside without having to sit in a dark corner.

I've also read that the auto-brightness feature is mandatory, and that it doesn't work particularly well, so I was wondering if this was the main reason for the reportedly dim screen. My current phone - an AMOLED HTC Desire - is VERY dim with the auto brightness enabled, but thankfully I can turn it off.

For anyone with the phone who is able to test, do you think the screen is bright enough if you cover the light sensor altogether? I'm sure that once the phone is rooted, we'll be able to disable the light sensor altogether, and I'm hoping the screen brightness is purely a software limitation (i.e. fixable) and not a hardware problem (i.e. NOT fixable)

Thanks.

If someone that has theirs already were to check the brightness on boot before the sensors even initialize that might give you a good idea of what it is capable of.

Most android phones i've played with in the past boot at full brightness. Your mileage may varry

Mine arrive tomorrow... dont know until tuesday

I got a slider for the birhgtness, haven't noticed any dimming/brightening automatically, seems just fine to me.

I think that if this problem keeps appearing SE will do something about it, and else the community will

I had mine for a day and sent it back...the auto brightness very temperamental. I would play Gboid emulator (great with new controls btw) and the screen would literally get dim and lighten up constantly every few seconds - under same lighting condition, it became very annoying throughout the day as you end up anticipating it..seems the sensor tries too hard under certain lighting conditions and not having the option to disable auto lighting is just dumb.

The screen is also a terrible fingerprint magnet, and definitely not the best on a cloudy day (Could not test in direct sunlight, this is a rare occurring phenomena here in UK) ...Also dust tends to get into the very fine spacings around the screen.

After an hour of use the phone looked like my kids and dog had played with it for few weeks....Not for me.

But maybe thats just me being spoilt with Nexus S and Ipone4 smudge free, brighter screens.

I dont use the auto-brightness. Ive just manually set it a little lower.

Originally Posted by Aightu

I dont use the auto-brightness. Ive just manually set it a little lower.

I see what people are complaining about and... really it's not that bad.

I can see where it might get annoying if you're looking for it, but the screen is not going off and on like some people make it out to be. At least mine is not.

I keep mine at 50% brightness and I don't notice a brightness change even slightly. It's bright enough to see indoors easily and not noticeably worse outdoors than any other non-amoled phone I've owned.

from my experience people are making a mountain out of a mole hill, and the auto-brightness can be disabled with custom roms in the future, just live with it in the mean time. That or ask SE for an update that allows you to disable it.

Originally Posted by johnsongrantr

I see what people are complaining about and... really it's not that bad.

I can see where it might get annoying if you're looking for it, but the screen is not going off and on like some people make it out to be. At least mine is not.

I keep mine at 50% brightness and I don't notice a brightness change even slightly. It's bright enough to see indoors easily and not noticeably worse outdoors than any other non-amoled phone I've owned.

from my experience people are making a mountain out of a mole hill, and the auto-brightness can be disabled with custom roms in the future, just live with it in the mean time. That or ask SE for an update that allows you to disable it.

Yep, I keep mine at 60% and don't notice any screen change or anything.
Regarding the fingerprint magnet, you can easily install third party screen-protector to avoid that


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