Outdoor visibility (max brightness)
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Lg g5 has very poor display indoor and outdoor. My old galaxy s5 is more bright and crisp at 50% brightness as compare to 70% brightness of LG G5. LG G5 maxium brightness is like 60 percent brightness of S5..not good for surfing and reading web pages
i have the G5 also, tried everything, but it seems that the burst not kicks in here .....
I still love this phone, it's fu**** amazing fast and makes lovely pictures .....
I still love this phone, it's fu**** amazing fast and makes lovely pictures .....
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Screen G5 is set to maximum brightness , the Xperia next approx. 75 % .
Thermal throbbing my friend, thermal throbbing.
G5 is quite battery savy when it comes to brightness. if the phone gets too hot, the MAX brightness is lowered.
After a benchmark, it's obvious that the screen brightness will go down on it's own.
Try this: Take your cold G5, put on max brightness with auto and go in harsh sunlight, point the light sensor directly. you will see the screen brightness suddenly jumped higher, but not for long, as the phone gets warm fast in sunlight + with this screen brightness.
Ok so, i examined the logcat of my g5 in detail regarding the screen brightness.
Results:
AUTO OFF: at 100% the value reported in logcat is 255
AUTO ON: Strong Flashlight point blank on sensor, never went over 255.
Outside, i ll try today.
It does become incredibly bright, like double the brightness....but sunlight needs to be strong
on h850, v10d
Results:
AUTO OFF: at 100% the value reported in logcat is 255
AUTO ON: Strong Flashlight point blank on sensor, never went over 255.
Outside, i ll try today.
It does become incredibly bright, like double the brightness....but sunlight needs to be strong
on h850, v10d
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So this (as it looks like) is a Thermal Problem, when i'am out in the Sun and i cannot see the display good the phone thinks it's to hot and reduces the Display Brightness to cool down
(or get cooler due to the Brighness limitation).
Anyone here who knows if the "problem" can be fixed or edit the the right parts of the files:
system\etc\thermal-engine-8996.conf
system\etc\thermal-engine-default.conf
to avoid this?
I try now these days to reduce Core&GPU freqs to keep the device cooler when i'am out in the sun
(or get cooler due to the Brighness limitation).
Anyone here who knows if the "problem" can be fixed or edit the the right parts of the files:
system\etc\thermal-engine-8996.conf
system\etc\thermal-engine-default.conf
to avoid this?
I try now these days to reduce Core&GPU freqs to keep the device cooler when i'am out in the sun
Edit thermal-engine-8996.conf:
[LCD_MONITOR]
...
action_info 255
That should disable thermal throtteling for screen brightness.
Have it running for some days already and didnt run into any heat issues yet.
Does it work? I think so, but maybe just placebo
But still use with caution
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[LCD_MONITOR]
...
action_info 255
That should disable thermal throtteling for screen brightness.
Have it running for some days already and didnt run into any heat issues yet.
Does it work? I think so, but maybe just placebo
But still use with caution
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255 is max byte size and is technically 100%Ok so, i examined the logcat of my g5 in detail regarding the screen brightness.
Results:
AUTO OFF: at 100% the value reported in logcat is 255
AUTO ON: Strong Flashlight point blank on sensor, never went over 255.
Outside, i ll try today.
It does become incredibly bright, like double the brightness....but sunlight needs to be strong
on h850, v10d
Edit thermal-engine-8996.conf:
[LCD_MONITOR]
...
action_info 255
That should disable thermal throtteling for screen brightness.
Have it running for some days already and didnt run into any heat issues yet.
Does it work? I think so, but maybe just placebo
But still use with caution
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Going to try, ty: outdoor brightness and thermal throttling in general is the biggest problem of this otherwise wonderful device.
Sony Xperias are awesome outside, the new Samsungs fare pretty well, and i need to admit my Fiancee's iPhone fares pretty well too. There actually was a Sony Xperia i owned which screen pixels were made up of 4 subpixels instead of 3: R, G, B, and a white one which made outside viewing no different from inside. Really awesome.
Actually, this Lg has the worst visibility i've run into lately. Apart from that, love it, will try the thermal throttling tweak, but i confess that every evening i pray to open Xda and find a "max brightness mod".
The G3 and G4 also did that. Was one of the main reasons I never bought them. Really sad to find out that the G5 also has this.
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Its bright if the Phone isnt too hot. If it is hot, its really dark in direct sun!
I recommend the Fluence HD patch, it fixed the problem for me.
I recommend the Fluence HD patch, it fixed the problem for me.
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3my experience so far:
bought one (gold), in outdoor under direct sunlight, the screen was unreadable, from time to time the "super brightness" kicked in for about 1-2 seconds, than gone off again
tought it was defective, got a new one (silver)
same exact problem
my friend bought one: same exact problem
asked on twitter, found one owner, same exact problem
now... i really, really hope is a software thing, a bug, something like that, because when this super brightness turns on the screen is gorgeous under direct sunlight, but the problems is that it doesn't kick in when it have to, and even shoot photos with a sunny day is simply impossibile
the phone was on v10a when i bought it, i'm on V10c now and the problem is still here....1
Have the same problem eith my G5 and i cant find answer on internet.
Someone could help ?1
You must set the brightness to "Auto" in order for the brightness sunlight boost to kick in. Setting the brightness to maximum will also block the boost.
